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Golden Temple gets FCRA Registration

September 12, 2020
Golden Temple
  • The Union Home Ministry has granted the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration to Gurdwara Harmandir Sahib, or the Golden Temple, in Amritsar.

12th September International Day for South-South Cooperation

September 12, 2020
International Day for South-South Cooperation
  • On 12th September every year International Day for South-South Cooperation is observed globally. The day celebrates the economic, social and political developments made in recent years by regions and countries in the south.

Shipping ministry launches dispute redressal portal SAROD-Ports

September 11, 2020
Shipping ministry
  • With an aim to bring private players to operate major ports in India, the shipping ministry has unveiled SAROD-Ports (Society for Affordable Redressal of Disputes – Ports). The portal is to resolve the disputes while also saving time consumption and legal expenditure.

Poonam Khatri crowned Wushu World Champion

September 11, 2020
Poonam Khatri
  • Indian Wushu stalwart Poonam Khatri has claimed World Championship status after her silver medal at the Wushu World Championship last year has been upgraded to a Gold medal.

G-20 Labour and Employment Ministers

September 11, 2020
G-20 Labour and Employment Ministers
  • On September 10, 2020 the Labour and Employment Minister Santosh Gangwar addressed the virtual meeting of G-20 Labour and Employment Ministers.

Preeti Sudan former health secretary appointed WHO panellist

September 11, 2020
Preeti Sudan
  • The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) independent panel for pandemic preparedness and response appointed former health secretary Preeti Sudan as one of its 11 panellists from across the world.

National School of Drama appointed Paresh Rawal as its chairperson

September 11, 2020
Paresh Rawal
  • Veteran Bollywood actor and BJP MP Paresh Rawal was appointed as the Chairman of the National School of Drama.

Economic Freedom Index 2020

September 11, 2020
Economic Freedom Index 2020
  • As per an annual report released on the Global Economic Freedom Index 2020 India has fallen 26 spots to rank at the 105th position. Hong Kong topped the index again, followed by Singapore at the second rank.

CARE Ratings report: Overall Jobs Growth Rate Slips to 3.5% in FY20

September 11, 2020
Jobs
  • According to the CARE Ratings report, the employment growth rate declined to 3.5 per cent in FY20 from 3.8 per cent in the previous fiscal year, but the total number of jobs increased to 50.02 lakh from 48.32 lakh.

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance tied up with NSDL Payments Bank to offer insurance

September 11, 2020
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited
  • ICICI Prudential Life Insurance joined hands with NSDL Payments Bank to provide its products to customers of payments banks.

LinkedIn partners with NSDC to impart free digital skills training

September 11, 2020
LinkedIn
  • National Skill Development Corporation and professional network LinkedIn have joined hands to provide access to free LinkedIn Learning resources for imparting digital skills to youth for enhancing employability by giving 10 free LinkedIn Learning paths, consisting of 140 courses for a range of in-demand tech jobs, will be made available for free on eSkill India digital platform until March 31, 2021.

First Indian firm to cross $200 bn m-cap: Reliance Industries

September 11, 2020
Reliance
  • The first Indian company to cross $200 billion in market capitalization (m-cap) is Reliance Industries (RIL).
  • Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) holds the 2nd position with an m-cap of Rs 8.75 trillion, ($119 billion).

ICICI Bank launches iStartup 2.0

September 11, 2020
iStartup 2.0
  • To cater to the banking needs of startups and entrepreneurs, ICICI Bank has launched a new product named iStartup 2.0.

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) recently launched by Mastercard

September 11, 2020
Mastercard
  • Payments giant Mastercard announced the launch of a proprietary virtual testing environment for central banks to evaluate Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) use cases.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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