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World Bank appointed Rajesh Khullar as Executive Director

September 15, 2020
Rajesh Khullar
  • The World Bank appointed Rajesh Khullar as Executive Director. Khullar is currently posted as principal secretary to chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar. He will join the World Bank in the first week of November.

‘Paytm First Games’ appointed Sachin Tendulkar as brand ambassador

September 15, 2020
Paytm First Games
  • The Gaming platform of Paytm, ‘Paytm First Games’ appointed Sachin Tendulkar as brand ambassador.

Chaitanya Tamhane bags Best Screenplay award for The Disciple at Venice Film Festival

September 15, 2020
Chaitanya Tamhane
  • Filmmaker Chaitanya Tamhane’s ‘The Disciple’ won the Best Screenplay award at Venice International Film Festival. This is the second award the film got at the festival.

SpiceJet tied up with Liberty General Insurance to Offer Travel Insurance

September 15, 2020
SpiceJet
  • To offer Liberty Secure Travel’ an insurance policy to consumers who book airline travel through SpiceJet’s website and mobile site, SpiceJet tied up with Mumbai-based Liberty General Insurance.

ADB: India’s economy to shrink by 9 percent in 2020

September 15, 2020
ADB
  • The Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced that India’s economy is expected to contract by 9% in 2020-worse than the 4% contraction which the bank had forecasted three months ago.

‘My Family, My Responsibility’ campaign launched by Maharashtra

September 15, 2020
Maharashtra CM
  • The Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray has launched a state-wide campaign titled, ‘My Family, My Responsibility’, to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. The first phase of the campaign will end on October 10 and the second phase will take place between October 12 to 24.

Seven urban infrastructure projects launched by PM in Bihar

September 15, 2020
PM Modi
  • Seven urban infrastructure projects inaugurated and laid by PM Narendra Modi.
  • The projects will be implemented at a total cost of Rs 541 crore.
  • water supply projects built under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation in Siwan Municipal Council and Chapra Municipal Corporation
  • laid the foundation stone of the Munger water supply scheme under the AMRUT Mission
  • laid the foundation stone of the Jamalpur water supply scheme under the AMRUT Mission in Jamalpur Municipal Council
  • inaugurate sewerage treatment plants built under Namami Gange at Beur and Karmalichak in Patna Municipal Corporation
  • laid the foundation stone of the Muzaffarpur Riverfront Development Scheme, being built under Namami Gange. Under the scheme, three ghats of Muzaffarpur – Chandwara Ghat, Poorvi Akhada Ghat and Seedhi Ghat will be developed.

India will be self-reliant in the production of fertilizers by 2023

September 15, 2020
farmer-fertilizers
  • Chemicals and Fertilizers Minister D V Sadananda Gowda has said that India will be self-reliant in the production of fertilizers by 2023.

Govt moves ahead with Orientation and Training Programme of iRAD App

September 15, 2020
road
  • The Road Transport and Highways Ministry is in the process of implementing Integrated Road Accident Database Project (iRAD) which will be applicable across the country.

Export of all Varieties of Onion banned by India

September 15, 2020
Onion
  • The Government of India has released a notification banning the export of all varieties of onions. The major reason behind imposing this ban is that the wholesale price of the onion has been increased steadily.

15th September is celebrated National Engineer’s Day

September 15, 2020
National Engineer’s Day
  • To recognise the contribution of engineers’ in the development of the nation, on 15th September National Engineer’s Day is celebrated every year across the country. The day marks the birth anniversary of the engineering pioneer of India, Sir Mokshagundam Vishweshvaraya, (popularly known as Sir MV).

F1 Tuscan Grand Prix 2020 won by Lewis Hamilton

September 14, 2020
Lewis Hamilton
  • The Formula One Tuscan Grand Prix 2020 won by Mercedes player from Great Britain Lewis Hamilton.
  • Valtteri Bottas (Mercedes-Finland) took the second place followed by Alexander Albon (Red Bull – Thailand) at third place.

ADB appointed Takeo Konishi as Country Director for India

September 14, 2020
Asian Development Bank (ADB)
  • On September 14, 2020 the Asian Development Bank (ADB) appointed Takeo Konishi as a Country Director of India. Takeo Konishi has succeeded Kenichi Yokoyama.

Citigroup named its 1st female CEO Jane Fraser

September 14, 2020
Jane Fraser
  • Citigroup named its 1st female CEO Jane Fraser. She will succeed Michael Corbat, who is retiring in February 2021.

Subhash Kamath becomes new Chairman of ASCI

September 14, 2020
Subhash Kamath
  • Subhash Kamath has been elected as the chairman of the board of governors of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI). He will replace Rohit Gupta, president, Sony Pictures Networks.

CARE ratings projects India’s GDP to contact between 8-8.2% in FY21

September 14, 2020
GDP
  • The Indian rating agency, CARE Ratings has projected the GDP of India to contract in the range 8 to 8.2% for 2020-21 (FY21). This is more than its earlier projection of -6.4%.

Government to infuse Rs 20,000 crore in Public Sector Banks

September 14, 2020
Nirmala Sitharaman
  • The Union Government is set to infuse Rs 20,000 crore in public sector banks in the current financial year to meet regulatory requirements.

‘Grih Pravesham’ event in MP addressed by PM

September 14, 2020
Grih Pravesham
  • The ‘Grih Pravesham’ event in Madhya Pradesh was addressed by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi through video conferencing. Under this, 1.75 Lakh Families in Madhya Pradesh were delivered pucca houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Grameen (PMAY-G).
  • GARIMA Scheme will be implemented by the state Housing and Urban Development department in all the 114 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) of Odisha.

14th September is observed on Hindi Diwas

September 14, 2020
Hindi Diwas
  • 14th September is celebrated as Hindi Diwas across the country. The constituent assembly had adopted Hindi written in Devanagari as the official language of the country in 1949.

Raghuvansh Prasad Singh passes away

September 13, 2020
Raghuvansh Prasad Singh
  • The member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India, former Union minister and veteran leader of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Raghuvansh Prasad Singh passed away. He also represented Vaishali constituency of Bihar.

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