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📚GK/CA/GA | Friday, 18 Sept. 2020
1. Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Thursday expressed hope that COVID-19 vaccine would be available in the country by early next year.
2. President Ram Nath Kovind and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu have greeted PM Modi on his birthday. who turned 70 yesterday. BJP has organised a week-long Seva Saptah to celebrate PM's birthday. Several programmes related to cleanliness, distribution of sanitary pads and wheel chairs and social service are being organized from 14th to 20th of this month across the country.
3. Delhi international airport on Thursday opened an exclusive terminal to handle the flight operations of private jets.
4. On Thursday, PM Modi hailed the passage of the "historic" agrarian reform bills , describing it as an important moment in the agriculture sector. He stated that these bills will free the farmers from middlemen and other barriers. According to him, the farmers will get new opportunities for selling their produce, thereby increasing their income.
5. Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal resigns from Modi cabinet opposing three Farm Bills : BJP ally Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Thursday, opposed the three Farm bills in the Lok Sabha. The three bills aimed at massive agricultural reforms were introduced on the first day of the ongoing monsoon session by Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar.
6. What are the three Farm bills?
Amending the Essential Commodities act, the Centre aimed to enable better price realisation for farmers by attracting investments - making agriculture sector competitive. Agriculture foodstuff including cereals, edible oils, oilseeds, pulses, onions and potato to be deregulated while stock limits were to imposed under extreme conditions.
7. Under the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm services ordinance, 2020, it provided a framework for the protection and empowerment of farmers with reference to the sale and purchase of farm products overriding all state APMC laws.
8. The ordinance which was promulgated on June 5, 2020, will enable farmers for engaging with processors and aggregators, large retailers, exporters in a transparent way.
9. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General MM Naravane arrived in Srinagar on Thursday for a two-day visit to Kashmir . The Army Chief will be reviewing the situation along the Line of Control (LoC) in North Kashmir amid the continuous ceasefire violations by the Pakistan army.
10. Centre to increase Janaushadi kendras to 10,5000 by March 2024: Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers announced the government’s intension to increase the number of Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadi Kendras (PMBJKs) to 10,500 by the end of March 2024. The PMBJKs are being established by the Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India under Pharmaceuticals department.
11. In view of rising cases of coronavirus COVID-19, the Mumbai Police have extended prohibitory orders restricting the movement of people in the city till September 30. However, no new restrictions have been imposed,
12. The Indian army is exploring and drilling for water at Daulat Beg Oldie (DBO) , one of the strategic outposts along the LAC. There is also the hope for the possibility of reconstructing a paleo lake that existed at DBO 10,000 years ago. At the altitude of 17,000 feet in eastern Ladakh.
13. Time to end DRDO’s monopoly on defence research: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, in a welcome move, has banned imports of several defence items in order to move decidedly in the direction of self-reliance in defence.Major steps are also in the pipeline to re-organise the Defence Research and Development Organisation and make it more efficient.
14. Military Intelligence, Lucknow, have arrested a man in Jaipur from Dharuhera in Rewari for allegedly passing classified information to Pakistani Military Intelligence unit after allegedly getting honey-trapped on Facebook.
15. School reopening cancelled in Uttarakhand from September 21 amid rising COVID-19 cases.
16. UPSC NDA, NA (II) final results declared, check full merit list at upsc.gov.in. Total of 662 candidates have qualified in the NDA and NA examinations.
17. The written examination for NDA and NA examinations were held on November 17 and the merit list was prepared after the interview round. “The following is the list, in order of merit of 662 candidates, who have qualified on the basis of the results of the Written Examination held by the Union Public Service Commission on 17th November, 2019
18. PM Modi responded to Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt's birthday wish for him on Thursday and said that he prays for his good health. Sanjay Dutt is battling cancer and is currently in Dubai.
19. Newly elected Rajya Sabha member Ashok Gasti, who was admitted to a private hospital after testing positive for the novel coronavirus, died on Thursday night. He strengthen the Party in Karnataka.
20. Union Home Minister Amit Shah discharged from AIIMS , who recently recovered from COVID-19 and was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences for a complete medical checkup, was discharged on Thursday evening
21. Government on Thursday said that the country's recovery rate among the COVID-19 patients has reached to 78.64 per cent .
INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. PM Modi will be inaugurating Kosi Rail Mahasetu (mega-bridge) along with 12 other rail projects in Bihar . The government sanctioned the Kosi Mega Bridge line project on 2003-04. It is of strategic significance along the India-Nepal border.
2. 10th Meeting of the BRICS High Representatives on National Security was held yesterday, September 17, 2020. The virtual meeting was chaired by Russia.
3. The National Security Advisors of the BRICS nations discussed the issues related to strengthening of the political security and cooperation among the BRICS nations.
Countries also exchanged their views on international security, biosafety, cooperation on counter-terrorism and cybersecurity.
4. BRICS is an association of five economies including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. This was formed in 2009.
5. Environment Ministerial Meeting of G20 countries held virtually : The video conference was under the Presidency of Saudi Arabia. Environment Minister Prakash Javdekar, while representing India, commended the group’s launch of Global Initiative to reduce Land Degradation and Coral Reef Programme and two climate change-related documents this year.
6. World Bank’s Human Capital Index released
Among the 174 countries, India holds 116th position in the 2020 Human Capital Index , with its score increasing to 0.49 from 0.44 in 2018. The updated index includes latest data of health and education of all 174 countries, encompassing 98% of the global population.
7. The Bangladesh Government granted permission to India so as to export Hilsa fish. in the view of. Earlier, in 2012, the Government of Bangladesh imposed a ban on export of Hilsa fish to. However, India continues to export fish during the Durga Puja with the government’s permission. Around 500 tonnes were imported from Bangladesh during 2019 Durga puja.
8. India’s Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) recently exited from Sudan oilfields. This step was taken by ONGC after the African nation refused to pay for oil it lifted from the fields.
9. Pakistan violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. The Pakistani troops continued shelling for two hours in Balakot and Mendhar sectors in the district. The Indian Army gave a befitting reply.
10. Nations need to come together to provide vital treatment to suppress Covid-19 transmission: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said .
11. UNICEF: 1.2 billion children living in multidimensional poverty due to COVID-19 pandemic . This is a 15% increase in the number of children living in deprivation in low and middle income countries
12. NASA considers sending probe to Venus
After an international research team discovered evidence of potential microbes residing in the harshly acidic Venusian clouds, a NASA panel is reviewing missions to send robotic probes to Venus. The approval is expected to be given by next April.
13. Thousands of firefighters battle US West Coast blazes amid 'overwhelming' ruin : The Oregon Department of Forestry said 6,500 firefighters from the state and elsewhere in the United States and Canada were working to stop the blazes,
SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS
1. IPL 13 is scheduled to be the thirteenth season of the IPL, a professional Twenty20 cricket (T20) league established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2007. The tournament would be played between 19 September and 10 November 2020 in the United Arab Emirates.
2. United Arab Emirates (UAE) has three grounds to conduct the IPL matches, namely;
A. Sheikh Zayed Stadium,
B. Dubai International Stadium and
C. Sharjah cricket stadium.
3. As per the IPL New Schedule 2020, the fianl match will take place on November 10. IPL 2020 1st match will be played between the Mumbai Indians (MI) Vs Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on 19 September 2020.
September 20, Sunday
Delhi Capitals vs Kings XI Punjab: 7:30 P Dubai
September 21, Monday
Sunrisers Hyderabad vs Royal Challengers Bangalore: 7:30 PM Dubai
4. Australia wins ODI series vs England : Glenn Maxwell and Alex Carey struck centuries in a 212-run stand to help Australia reach its target of 303 with two balls remaining and secure a one-day international series win over England.
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2. Satyagraha in South Africa
3. The Story of my Experiments with Truth
4. An Autobiography
5. Trusteeship
6. Truth is God
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