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International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons | 26 September

UN General Assembly declared the International Day in December 2013, as a follow-up to the high-level meeting of the General Assembly on nuclear disarmament held in New York to seek deeper engagement on nuclear disarmament matters.

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Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, signed in 1970.

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India, Japan 3-day naval exercise JIMEX begins in Arabian sea

4th edition of India - Japan Maritime bilateral exercise JIMEX, which is conducted biennially between the Indian Navy and Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) is being held in the North Arabian Sea in a ‘non-contact at-sea-only format’.

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‘JIMEX’ series of exercises commenced in January 2012.

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Singer-actor SP Balasubrahmanyam passes away at 74

Singer-actor SP Balasubrahmanyam passed away following coronavirus complications. He was 74. Over 5 decades, he won 6 National Film Awards for Best Male Playback Singer & 25 Nandi Awards. He won Padma Shri in 2001 Padma Bhushan in 2011.

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He held a Guinness World record for singing over 40,000 songs.

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Madhya Pradesh CM launches Mukhyamantri Kisan Kalyan Yojana in Bhopal

Under the Mukhyamantri Kisan Kalyan Yojna, Samman Nidhi of Rs 4000 will be given by the state government in 2 equal installments to the beneficiary farmers of PM Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana. Every farmer will now get a total of Rs 10000 per year.

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MP CM: Shivraj Chauhan; Governor: Anandiben Patel.

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‘Cable Stayed Bridge’ constructed across Durgam Cheruvu Lake in Hyderabad inaugurated

Minister of State for Home G. Kishan Reddy inaugurated the new ‘Cable Stayed Bridge’ constructed across Durgam Cheruvu Lake along with four-lane elevated corridor connecting it with Jubilee Hills in Hyderabad.

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Telangana CM: KCR Rao; Governor: T Soundarajan.

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Bihar Assembly Elections to be held in three phases from Oct 28

Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora said the elections will take place in 3 phases starting from the 28th of next month. The counting will take place on the 10th of November for the 243-member Bihar assembly polls.

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Candidates to have option to deposit a security amount online.

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India holds webinar with Cambodian Army to boost Defence cooperation

Union government held a webinar with officials of the Cambodian Army to boost defence cooperation as part of a series of webinars being organised with friendly foreign countries in order to boost Indian defence exports & achieve the Defence export targets

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Cambodia Capital: Phnom Penh; Currency: Cambodian riel

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Shikshak Parv: Education Ministry Hosts Webinar On Academic Bank of Credit

National Education Policy 2020 has mentioned the establishment of an Academic Bank of Credit to digitally store the academic credits or marks & grades earned from various educational institutes so that the grades earned in the previous yrs can be awarded.

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Min. of Edu. organised a 2-week programme -- Shiksha Parv.

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Asian Development Bank (ADB) approves $300 million loan to develop Rajasthan's towns

ADB has approved a $300 mn (₹2,200 crore) loan to finance inclusive water supply & sanitation infrastructure and services in secondary towns of Rajasthan to build citywide access for improved water supply service for about 5.7 lakh people.

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ADB HQ: Philippines; Rajasthan Governor: Kalraj Mishra.

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Assam govt to provide loan to entrepreneurs to revive tourism sector

Under the 'Paryatan Sanjeevani Scheme', loan between ₹1 lakh & ₹20 lakh will be extended to interested local youths to take up new initiatives so that the tourism sector gets a fresh lease of life. The advances will be provided for a period of 5 years.

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Assam CM: Sarbananda Sonowal; Governor: Jagdish Mukhi.

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Magawa the rat, was recently awarded the PDSA gold medal for his life-saving work in Cambodia

Magawa, the HeroRAT is an African giant pouched rat was awarded a gold medal for his gallantry contribution in detecting land mines in Cambodia. For the first time a rat has won a British charity’s top civilian award for animal bravery.

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He has been detecting landmines for the past 5 years.

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Gurpreet Singh Sandhu and Sanju bag AIFF Player of the Year Awards

India national team goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu & Women's team midfielder Sanju were awarded the AIFF (All India Football Federation) Men's Footballer of the Year Award & the AIFF Women’s Footballer of the Year Award respectively for 2019-20 season.

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1st goalkeeper to win the AIFF prize was Subrata Paul in 2009.

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Star & Disney India’s K Madhavan appointed as Indian Broadcasting Foundation president

Star & Disney India’s managing director K Madhavan has been elected as the new president of Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF). He will succeed NP Singh of Sony Pictures. Prasar Bharti’s CEO Shashi S. Vempati has been elected as the treasurer of IBF.

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IBF is a not-for-profit industry association.

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Medical Council of India dissolved, National Medical Council is now new regulatory authority

National Medical Commission (NMC), in place of the Medical Council of India (MCI), for development & regulation of all aspects of medical education/profession, has been constituted. Dr Suresh Chandra Sharma appointed as President for 3 years period.

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NMC to have a Chairman, 10 ex-officio & 22 part-time members.

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Former Ferrari boss Stefano Domenicali appointed F1 CEO

The Italian Stefano Domenicali will be F1 president with Chase Carey, who led the revamping of the sport following the 2017 ouster of former supremo Bernie Ecclestone, moving to the position of non-executive chairman.

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Domenicali is chairman & CEO of Italian sportscar Lamborghini.