1st International Day of Awareness of Food Loss & Waste is observed on 29th Sept. 2020. In 2019, UN designated 29 Sept. as Int. Day of Awareness of Food Loss & Waste recognizing the vital role sustainable food production plays in promoting food security.
THEME: Stop food loss and waste. For the people. For the planet.
P. D. Vaghela has been appointed as the Chairman of TRAI. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his appointment. He will replace R.S. Sharma. Mr Vaghela will hold the post for a period of 3yr or until he attains the age of 65 years.
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India founded: 20th Feb. 1997
Maharashtra announced the Gan Samragni Lata Mangeshkar award for the year 2020-21 to veteran female playback singer Usha Mangeshkar. Award is given by cultural dept of the state govt. She has sung songs in Marathi, Hindi & several Indian language films.
Lata Mangeshkar is nicknamed as the Nightingale of Bollywood.
Every year World Heart Day is observed on 29th September.
It was created by the World Heart Federation on September 29, 1999 to inform people around the globe that cardiovascular disease is the world’s leading cause of death claiming many lives each year.
2020 Theme: Use heart to beat CVD.
In Tennis, final grand slam of the year, the French Open got off in Paris with many changes in place amid COVID-19. Time slot, weather conditions, match balls and the clay-court swing are all different at the Rolland Garros this year.
Official match ball has changed from Babolat to Wilson
PM will inaugurate 6 mega projects in Uttarakhand under Namami Gange Mission through video conf. Projects include construction of 68MLD Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), upgradation of the existing 27 MLD at Jagjeetpur & construction of 18 MLD STP at Sarai.
Uttarakhand Capitals: Dehradun (Winter), Gairsain (Summer)
Prime Minister will inaugurate "Ganga Avalokan", the first museum on Ganga dedicated to showcase the culture, biodiversity and rejuvenation activities done in Ganga river. The museum is located at Chandi Ghat, Haridwar.
A book, ‘Rowing down the Ganges’, will be launched at the event.
Saudi Arabia announced that it will hold the G20 summit virtually in Nov, instead of having leaders of the world's richest nations converge on Riyadh. The 2020 G20 Leaders' Summit will be held on Nov. 21-22 & will be chaired by King Salman bin Saud.
G20 Summit will focus on protecting lives and restoring growth
Mali’s interim President Ndaw has named former Malian Foreign Minister Moctar Ouane as PM. Ouane, 64, served as Mali’s ambassador to the United Nations from 1995-2002, and as foreign minister from 2004-2009 during Amadou Toumani Toure’s presidency.
Mali's Capital: Bamako
Currency: West African CFA franc
Private sector lender HDFC Bank launched a Warehouse Commodity Finance App. This will enable customers in drawing down and managing the loan against pledge of commodities online without physical intervention or multiple visits to a bank branch.
HDFC HQs: Mumbai
Founded: August 1994
Epic Games has acquired London-based kidtech platform SuperAwesome to build a wide range of kid-safe services. SuperAwesome gives developers the tools to create safer digital experiences for younger audiences.
Microsoft's corporate venture fund had invested in SuperAwesome.
Alapan Bandyopadhyay has been appointed the new Chief Secretary of West Bengal. He'll take over the role from Oct. 1, succeeding Rajiva Sinha. Rajiva has now been appointed the Chairman of WB Industrial Development Corporation for a period of 3 years.
WB CM: Mamata Banerjee
Governor: Jagdeep Dhankhar
Veteran songwriter Abhilash, who penned down the song 'Itni shakti hame dena daata' from the 1986 film 'Ankush' passed away at 74 due to stomach illness. He had ghazals and stories published under this name before starting his career in the music industry.
His real name was Om Prakash.
Syeda Anwara Taimur, 84, the only woman to have become the CM of Assam till now passed away in Australia. Taimur, a Congress politician was the CM from Dec. 1980 to June 1981. She became Rajya Sabha MP twice nominated in 1988 & elected in 2004.
Assam CM: Sarbananda Sonowal
Capital: Dispur
Scientists have discovered 2 new species of pipeworts, a type of wetland plant, in areas along the Western Ghats in Maha. & Karnataka. Species found in Maha. has been named Eriocaulon parvicephalum & Karnataka species is called Eriocaulon karaavalense.
Western Ghats, also known as Sahyadri.
Highest point: Anamudi
Local language learning app for jobs Entri, has signed up former Indian & current Rajasthan Royals cricketer Robin Uthappa as its brand ambassador. It has also partnered with Hotstar to run ad campaigns in 5 diff. languages throughout the IPL 2020.
Founder & CEO of Entri: Mohammed Hisamuddin.
Twitter Inc., the social media company, appointed Rinki Sethi, a former information security executive at IBM, as its chief information security officer. She had previously worked as VP of information security at cyber-security firm Palo Alto Networks.
Twitter CEO: Jack Dorsey
Founded: 21 March 2006,
RBI has given its nod to the appointment of a three-member committee of directors to run the cash-strapped private sector lender Lakshmi Vilas Bank. The committee will be chaired by Meeta Makhan and will have Shakti Sinha and Satish Kumar Kalra as members.
LVB HQs: Chennai
Founded: 1926
DPIIT has shared a list of 24 key sectors including food processing, toys, furniture, agro chemicals & textiles with resp. ministries asking them to work on an action plan with a view to boost domestic manufacturing and make India a self-reliant country.
The DPIIT comes under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Union Health Ministry launched a web portal that will provide all vital info on COVID-19, vaccine development & ongoing clinical trials. "Vaccine web portal" & "National Clinical Registry for COVID-19" have been developed by ICMR.
Union Health Minister: Dr. Harsh Vardhan.
ICMR Founded: 1911.