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10th September observed as World Suicide Prevention Day

September 10, 2020
World Suicide Prevention Day
  • Every year 10th September observed as World Suicide Prevention Day with an aim to provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides.
  • The theme for 2020 World Suicide Prevention Day is ‘Working Together to Prevent Suicide’

Rs.10,000 crore released by Highways Ministry over amid pandemic

September 10, 2020
Road
  • In order to fasten highways construction, the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, during the COVID-19 period, released Rs.10,339 to developers.

Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana, e-Gopala App recently launched by PM

September 10, 2020
PM Modi
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi digitally launched the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) and e-Gopala App on September 10, 2020 for farmers in Bihar. The Prime Minister also launched several initiatives for the fisheries and animal husbandry sectors in Bihar.
  • The Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) aims to focus on the focused and sustainable development of the fisheries sector in the country.
  • The e-Gopala App is a comprehensive breed improvement marketplace and information portal, which will be launched for direct use of farmers. The e-Gopala App will hence, aim to bridge the gap and provide viable solutions to the farmers on all these aspects.

SC orders stay on reservation for Marathas

September 10, 2020
Supreme Court
  • The Supreme Court has ordered a stay on reservation for those belonging to the Maratha community in government jobs and educational institutions in Maharashtra.

First Kisan Rail flagged off from Andhra’s Anantapur to Delhi

September 10, 2020
First Kisan Rail
  • Union Minister for Agriculture Shri Narendra Singh Tomar and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy flagged off the second ‘Kisan Rail’ in India and the first from the South India region from Anantapuramu district of Andhra Pradesh to the national capital New Delhi.

Karnataka launched the country’s first integrated air ambulance

September 10, 2020
first integrated air ambulance
  • To provide long distance emergency medical transportation, Karnataka Chief Minister, Yediyurappa launched the country’s first integrated air ambulance service recently. It was jointly launched by the International Critical Air Transfer Team (ICATT) and the Kyathi. ICATT-Kyathi’s fixed wing aircraft have capacity.

Centre makes visa rules stricter for Chinese Nationals

September 10, 2020
MHA
  • The Indian government has introduced stricter visa norms for the Chinese Nationals. These norms will bring the Chinese on a par with Prior Referral Category countries such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.

Doorstep Banking Services launched by FM

September 10, 2020
Nirmala Sitharaman
  • On 9th September, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharam launched Doorstep Banking Services by Public Sector Banks (PSBs) with an aim to provide customers with the convenience of banking services at their doorsteps.

India signs MoU with Japan on Reciprocal Provision of Supplies and Services between Armed Forces

September 10, 2020
Indo-Japan
  • India signs MoU with Japan on Reciprocal Provision of Supplies and Services between Armed Forces. This will enable closer cooperation between the Armed Forces of the two countries.

UNICEF: India’s child mortality rate declines

September 10, 2020
UNICEF
  • According to the mortality estimates, the under-five mortality rate (deaths per 1000 live births) in India declined from 126 in 1990 to 34 in 2019.The report was jointly released by the UNICEF, WHO, Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the World Bank Group.

10th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting

September 10, 2020
10th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting
  • The 10th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers Meeting was held via video conference and was attended by the Foreign Ministers of the East Asia Summit (EAS) participating countries. It was chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Vietnam Pham Bin Minh. The Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan on September 9, 2020, attended the event.

SCO Council of Foreign Ministers meeting

September 10, 2020
SCO Council of Foreign Ministers meeting
  • Union External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar is currently attending the Council of Foreign Ministers meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization(SCO) in Moscow, Russia.
  • This is the third Council of Foreign Ministers meeting that India will be attending as a full member of SCO. While the first meeting was in Beijing in April 2018, the second was in Bishkek in May 2019.

India, France, Australia hold trilateral dialogue to enhance cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region

September 10, 2020
India, France, Australia
  • On 9th September, the Foreign Secretaries of Australia, India, and France co-chaired a first trilateral dialogue with an aim to synergizing their respective strengths to ensure a secure, peaceful, prosperous, and rules-based Indo-Pacific region.

IAF formally inducts Rafale fighter jets

September 10, 2020
Rafale
  • The Rafale aircraft were formally inducted into the IAF with a Sarva Dharma Puja followed by an air display of the fighter jets and a water cannon salute.

ICMR clinical trial finds convalescent plasma therapy against COVID-19 to be ineffective

September 10, 2020
plasma therapy
  • The trials called PLACID Trials were conducted between 22nd April and 14th July at 39 centres across the country. 
  • There was not any significant difference in mortality rates between those who received convalescent plasma therapy and those in the control group.

Hubballi Railway Station to be renamed after Siddharoodha

September 11, 2020
Hubballi Railway Station
  • The Ministry of Home Affairs approved the process of renaming of Hubbballi Railway Station in Karnataka after Sri Siddharoodha Swami.

1.75 lakh houses in Madhya Pradesh to be inaugurated by PM

September 11, 2020
PM Modi
  • On 12th September Prime Minister Modi will be virtually inaugurating 1.75 lakh houses built under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana – Gramin (PMAY-G) in Madhya Pradesh. Under PMAY-G, which was launched in November 2016, 1.14 crore houses have been built across the country so far.

Amount under ‘Pragati and Saksham’ schemes for J&K students increased to Rs 50,000

September 11, 2020
Pragati and Saksham
  • Govt increases scholarship amount under ‘Pragati and Saksham’ schemes for J&K students from Rs 5,000 to Rs 50,000.
  • Pragati scheme provides scholarships to the girls of UT Jammu and Kashmir from those families whose annual income is less than Rs 8 lakh.
  • The Saksham scheme provides scholarships to all specially-abled students with 40% disability and belonging to families with annual income less than Rs 8 lakh.

Andhra Pradesh tied up with UiPath for skill development corporation

September 11, 2020
UiPath
  • Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation (APSSDC) partnered with UiPath, an enterprise Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software company, as part of its Academic Alliance Programme.

NABARD: Disburse Rs 1.20 Lakh Crore Crop Loan to Farmers This Fiscal

September 11, 2020
NABARD
  • National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) aims to disburse a Rs 1.20 lakh crore crop loan to farmers for meeting production expenses this fiscal and support the agriculture sector amid COVID-19 crisis.

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