Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar to chair a webinar on the first-ever International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies. He will review the progress of the activities under the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) during the course of the webinar.
PM called for holistic improvement in air quality in 100 cities.
The 3rd Rashtriya Poshan Maah is being celebrated in the month of September to address malnutrition among young children and women. The objective of the Poshan Maah is to encourage Jan Bhagidaari to ensure health and nutrition for everyone.
POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched in 2018 by MoWCD.
Bangladesh to host the 36th Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) the first time since it joined the organisation in 1973. The 35th FAO Asia-Pacific regional conference was organised by Bhutan this year
The first regional conference was held in India, in 1953.
China’s experimental reusable spacecraft landed safely after orbiting the Earth for two days. It was launched with a Long March-2F rocket from the Jiuquan satellite centre. Details of the craft remain secret but it may act like the US X-37B spaceplane.
China’s Mars mission Tianwen-1
China’s Navigation System: BeiDou
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has successfully sent 60 Starlink internet satellites aboard the Falcon 9. The satellites are meant to provide ‘cheaper and faster’ internet to inaccessible areas. The satellites in its initial tests had provided over 100 Mbps speeds.
SpaceX has conducted 16 missions this year.
AP govt to float India’s largest solar tender for setting up 10 GW capacity. AP has around 7.7 GW of solar and wind projects & has India’s second-largest installed capacity of clean energy. AP Green Energy Corporation Ltd (APGECL) to be the nodal agency.
This mega solar bid aims to entail a ₹35,000 crore investment.
Karnataka approved Rs 600 cr project- Rejuvenating Watersheds for Agriculture Resilience through Innovative Development (REWARD) for the benefit of 20 taluks with low groundwater levels. 70% of the project to be funded by World Bank 30% by the state govt.
It will benefit farmers to cultivate in 10 lakh hectares of land
Andhra Pradesh govt signed an MoU with 8 companies including the Netherlands government in the food processing sector. The govt is focussing on the maximum utilisation of aqua base in the state. It has also proposed Fisheries University in West Godavari.
National Research Centre for Banana also signed MoU with govt.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha launched Smart Performance Appraisal Report Recording Online Window (SPARROW) system for Jammu & Kashmir Administrative Service officers. It aims to bring more transparency, timely completion of performance appraisals, etc.,
It is implemented by J&K e-Governance Agency along with NIC.
Virudhunagar district of Tamil Nadu, which houses a large number of small and medium enterprises, especially in the firecrackers and allied sectors, has been selected by the Central Government as the state's first Fully Digital Economy district.
Nagpur is India’s first digital district.
KfW IPEX-Bank is enabling the export of construction machinery for Srei Equipment Finance Limited (SEFL) to India by providing a framework loan of 10 million euros. The financing is backed by cover from Euler Hermes. Devendra Kumar Vyas - MD SEFL.
KfW IPEX-Bank HQ: Frankfurt, Germany.
SEFL HQ: Kolkata, India.
Advertising Standards Council of India named Manisha Kapoor as its new secretary-general. She will take over ASCI’s secretariat responsibilities, including consumer complaints redressal process marketing, public relations and social media initiatives.
She replaces Shweta Purandare
ASCI established in 1985.HQ:Mumbai
Diversified conglomerate ITC has appointed Supratim Dutta Chief Financial Officer (CFO) as part of its organizational restructuring. He would be replacing Rajiv Tandon. Rajnikant Rai has been made the chief executive of agri-business. ITC CEO: Sanjiv Puri.
ITC – An Indian multination conglomerate based in Kolkata.
Kerala, Goa, Tripura, Tamil Nadu & Mizoram are among the top 5 States for well-being of children according to a report by NGO Mobile Creches. The index was constructed for 2 time periods - 2005–2006 and 2015–2016. India spent ₹1,723 per child in 2018–2019.
Jharkhand, MP, Chhattisgarh – Worst Performing States.
September 7, 2020 marked the 1st-ever International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies as part of a resolution taken by UN on December 19, 2019. It intends to emphasize on the ill-effects of air population and calls for action against the environmental evil.
The theme for 2020 is "Clean Air for All".
Facebook-owned WhatsApp partnered Cyber Peace Foundation (CPF) to create awareness on cyber safety among students. The partners aim to reach about 15,000 students in five Indian states Delhi, MP, Bihar, Jharkhand and Maharashtra in the first phase.
It is based on a previous partnership named 'e-Raksha' programme
The National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) has signed an MoU with IIT Roorkee for collaboration in areas of universal design principles and inclusive development in the backdrop of ‘Building Accessible Safe Inclusive Indian Cities’ (BASIIC) program.
NIUA works under the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.
According to the MoS for Space Jitendra Singh Chandrayaan-3, India's mission to Moon is likely to be launched in early 2021. Unlike Chandrayaan-2, it will not have an orbiter but will include a lander and a rover. Chandrayaan–2 was launched in July 2019.
ISRO’s maiden mission to moon Chandrayaan-1 was launched in 2008
France’s Pierre Gasly won an astonishing Italian Grand Prix thriller for Italy-based AlphaTauri. McLaren's Spaniard Carlos Sainz finished a close second. The victory was a first in F1 for Gasly, the first for a French driver since Olivier Panis in 1996.
Italian Grand Prix is the fifth oldest national Grand Prix.