International
Somalia new PM
Somalia parliament voted Mohamed Hussein Roble unanimously to become new Prime Minister of the nation. His predecessor, Hassan Ali Khaire, was ousted by parliament in July 2020 in a no- confidence vote tied directly to his failure to present a roadmap to holding democratic elections due before February 2021.
India-Denmark Green Strategic Partnership
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Denmark Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen participated in virtual bilateral summit on 28 September 2020.
A joint statement was issued after the summit said that the new “green strategic partnership” will build on an existing Joint Commission for Cooperation, created in 2009, for cooperation in politics, economics and commerce, science and technology, energy, environment and education.
Cargo Ferry to the Maldives
The first-ever Cargo Ferry Service between India and the Maldives was launched on 21 September 2020. The Cargo Ferry Vessel MCP Linz operated by the Shipping Corporation of India that will connect Tuticorin and Cochin ports in India with Kulhudhuhfushi and Male ports in the Maldives.
Class of Young Leaders for SDGs
Udit Singhal, a teen from India has been named by the United Nations to the 2020 cohort of young leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals. He has been named to the 2020 Class of 17 Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Udit is the founder of Glass2Sand, a zero-waste ecosystem that addresses the growing menace of glass waste in Delhi. It is the highest-profile recognition opportunity at the world body for youngsters who are leading efforts to combat the world's most pressing issues.
UNEPAmbassador
Khushi Chindaliya, a 17-year-old girl from Surat appointed as Regional Ambassador for UN Environment Programme-Tunza Eco-Generation. The nature lover and passionate environmentalist, she invested a lot of time working on the environment, trying to understand the causes of degradation
and looking for the plans to correct it. Khushi Chindaliya’s appointment will give a platform to spread awareness about the safeguard of environmental treasures and discuss India’s contribution to environmental conservation.
The influential people list
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is one among the five Indians have been featured in TIME Magazine’s annual list of the world’s 100 most influential people. This is fourth time for PM Modi to find the place in the list since he took office in 2014. He was named under the category of leaders along with US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Didi Bilkis, the 82-year-old grandmother who relentlessly protested against the Citizenship Amendment ACT (CAA) at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh, Bollywood actor Ayushmann Khurrana, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Ravindra Gupta, the professor of clinical microbiology at the Cambridge University is a doctor of Indian origin are other Indian origin found in the list.
National
BrahMos
The new version of the extended range BrahMos supersonic cruise missile which can hit a target of 400 Km range, blasted off and flew straight to its target successfully off the coast of Odisha. The BrahMos with its supersonic speed of 2.8 Mach (almost 3,000 kmph) making it extremely difficult for enemy fighters to intercept and shootdown. The missile has been developed as a joint venture between DRDO and the Federal State Unitary Enterprise NPO Mashinostroyenia (NPOM) of Russia.
Parliament passed 3 bills
Both houses of Parliament passed three labour code Bills for the welfare and protection of workers.
The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code 2020, seeks to amend the laws regulating the occupational safety, health and working conditions of the persons employed in an establishment. The Industrial Relations Code 2020, aims at amending the laws relating to Trade Unions, conditions of employment in industrial establishment or undertaking, investigation and settlement of industrial disputes. The Code on Social Security, 2020 seeks to amend the laws relating to the social security of the employees in the country.
Institutions of National Importance
Parliament passed the Indian Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) Bill 2020. The Bill seeks to declare five IIITs set up under the Public-private partnership (PPP) mode in Surat, Bhopal, Bhagalpur,
Agartala, and Raichur as institutions of national importance. There are 25 IIITs in the country out of which 5 are purely run by the central government and 15 operate under public private partnership (PPP) mode.
Major Port Authorities Bill-2020
On 23 September 2020, Lok Sabha passed the Major Port Authorities Bill, 2020. The Bill seeks to provide for regulation, operation and planning of major ports in the country and provide greater autonomy to these ports.
ABHYAS
On 22 September 2020, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted the successful flight test of ABHYAS-Highspeed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT). The flight test was done from
the Interim Test Range, Balasore in Odisha. ABHYAS is designed and developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), DRDO
ATGM
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test-fired the indigenously-developed Laser-Guided Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) from the Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun at KK Ranges in Ahmednagar in Maharashtra to enhance the armoured warfare capabilities. The missile was fired at a range of around 3 km in the test and successfully took out a target. While the missile is currently being tested from the MBT Arjun, it has been designed so that it can be fired from other platforms too.
Others
World Tourism Day
World Tourism Day is commemorated each year on the 27th of September. The 2020 edition of World Tourism Day, with the theme of “Tourism and Rural Development”, celebrated the unique role that tourism plays in providing opportunities outside of big cities and preserving cultural and natural heritage all around the world.
UNWTO (United Nations World Tourism Organisation) revealed the data that 100 to 120 million direct tourism jobs are at risk due to COVID pandemic. On this eve, the Home Minister Amit
Shah inaugurated the Destination North East 2020 on the occasion of world tourism day. For Destination North East 2020, the theme is "The Emerging Delightful Destinations".
Golden Pen of Freedom Award
The Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom award of the World Association of News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) was awarded to Colombian journalist, Jineth Bedoya Lima. The award conferred on Jineth for her tireless work in promoting and protecting the rights of women. She reported on the armed conflict in her native Colombia as well as drug trafficking and gender issues that nourished her journalistic work over the past two decades.
International Translation Day
International Translation Day is observed on September 30 to celebrate the work of language translation professionals which facilitates dialogue, understanding, and cooperation, contributing to the development and strengthening of world peace and security. The theme of International Translation Day 2020 is “Finding the words for a world in crisis”.
Model Questions
1. Whose tenure has been extended by the central government as Deputy National Security Adviser?
1) Sunil Sethi 2) Narayanaswamy 3) Pankaj Saran 4) Archana Soreng 5) Shikha Sharma
2. Who heads the High-Level Task Force that constituted to improve the air quality in the National Capital Region of Delhi?
1) Amitabh Kant 2) Dr V K Paul 3) Dr. P. K. Mishra 4) Preeti Sudan 5) Kapil Mishra
3. Who had beaten Diego Schwartzman of Argentina to win his fifth Italian Tennis Open title?
1) Rafael Nadal 2) Alexander Zverev 3) Novak Djokovic 4) Dominic Thiem 5) Stefanos Tsitsipas
4. Which state introduced 'Moksha Kalash Yojana-2020' to allow free bus travel to two members of a family to immerse ashes of their loved ones in the Ganga in Haridwar?
1) MP 2) Rajasthan 3) Andhra Pradesh 4) Chhattisgarh 5) Tamil Nadu
5. Parliament passed the bill for the inclusion of Kashmiri …… and Hindi in the list of official languages in Jammu and Kashmir, in addition to the existing Urdu and English.
1) Dogri 2) Pashto 3) Punjabi 4) Nepali 5) Persian
6. International Day of Democracy observed on…
1) 30 September 2) 24 September 3) 28 September 4) 15 September 5) 29 September
7. Union Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi passed away. He represented which Loksabha constituency in Karnataka?
1) Belagavi 2) Kolar 3) Gulbarga 4) Hassan 5) Bijapur
8. India's first Coast Guard Academy will be established at..
1) Kochi 2) Goa 3) Machilipatnam 4) Mangaluru 5) Chennai
9. Brookwater Golf Club women’s championship won by..
1) Ko Jin-young 2) Ashleigh Barty 3) Nelly Korda 4) Danielle Kang 5) Brooke Henderson
Key: 1-3; 2-3; 3-3; 4-2; 5-1; 6-4; 7-1; 8-4; 9-2.
