The Maharashtra government has announced the Gan Samragni Lata Mangeshkar award for the year 2020-21 to veteran female playback singer Usha Mangeshkar.
Former Malian Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane as the new prime minister of Mali. Moctar Ouane has served as Mali’s ambassador to the United Nations from 1995-2002.
Assam’s first and only woman chief minister, Syeda Anwara Taimur passed away. She was nominated for a Rajya Sabha term in 1988. She joined the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) in 2011.
Every year, September 30 is observed as International Translation Day to pay tribute to the works of language professionals who have played an important role in bringing nations together, understanding and cooperating, contributing to the development and strengthening of world peace and security.
2020 theme: “Finding the words for a world in crisis”.
National Investigation Agency (NIA) will be going to set up three more branches in Imphal, Chennai and Ranchi to ensure a quick response to any emergent situation in the concerned states.
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development will begin a Sanitation Literacy Campaign (SLC) in Karnataka with an aim to promote literacy on ‘WASH’ (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) in 2,000 villages. The campaign will start from October 2 and continue till January 26, 2021.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will be going to initiate Dharani land Web Portal Integrated land record management. Through this online portal, the citizens can avail of the revenue services Mutation, Land Conversion, and Registration Services, etc.
Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI) become the first to implement the new feature of document embedding facility with Letter of Credit (LC) / Bank Guarantee (BG) messages over SFMS (Structured Financial Messaging System) platform of Indian Financial Technology and Allied Services (IFTAS).
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has granted in-principle approval to Vakrangee Ltd to set up Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU) to handle payment services related to bills.
Power Finance Corporation Ltd has signed memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Union Power Ministry to achieve various targets by PFC during FY 2020-21.
IIFL Hurun India released the Rich List for the year of 2020. Reliance Industry’s Chairman Mukesh Ambani topped the IIFL Hurun India Rich List 2020 with a total wealth of Rs 6.58 lakh crore. He has topped the list of richest Indians for the 9th consecutive year.
The prestigious Special Humanitarian Action Award of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) conferred to Sonu Sood for selflessly extending a helping hand and sending lakhs of migrants, stranded students across geographies abroad, back to their homes.
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has announced Shekhar Kapur as the new President of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Society and Chairman of FTII Governing Council. His tenure will be till March 3, 2023.