Current Affairs for September 2020

International

• September 7, 2020, observed as first International Day of Clean Air for blue skies
• Cate Blanchett appointed as the President of Jury for 77th annual Venice International Film Festival held in September 2020
• International Literacy Day was observed on the 8th of September.
• Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) ranking of states released by Union Minister Normal Sitharaman and Andhra Pradesh tops the list.
• Pakistan’s attempts to designate Indians as terrorists under its 1267 committees for counterterrorism sanctions, rejected by UN Security Council.
• Abraham Accord signed between Israel and the UAE.
• Faceless Income Tax appeals launched by the Income Tax Department.
• September 25 observed as World Pharmacist Day 2020.

Legal

• Homoeopathy Central Council Act, 1973 repealed by National Commission for Homoeopathy Bill, 2019
• Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill 2020 passed by the Parliament.
• Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Rules, 2020 notified under Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019
• Aircraft Act 1934 amended by Aircraft (Amendment) Bill 2020.
• Code on Occupational Safety, Health & Working Conditions Code, 2020 passed in Lok Sabha
• Three bills for the transformation of Agriculture sector introduced in Lok Sabha

1. The Essential Commodities (Amendment) Bill, 2020
2. The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, 2020
3. The Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance and Farm Services Bill, 2020

• The Parliament passed Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Bill, 2020 replacing the ordinance protecting the healthcare workers from violence.
• National Commission for Indian System of Medicine Bill, 2019 was passed by Parliament
• The Parliament passed National Forensic Sciences University Bill, 2020 and Rashtriya Raksha University Bill, 2020.
• Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020 passed by the Parliament. The languages declared as the official language of the state by the bill are Hindi, English, Kashmiri, Urdu, and Dogri.
• The parliament passed Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Second Amendment) Bill 2020.
• Geographical Indication (GI)) granted to Dalle Khursani found in Sikkim and areas nearby. Dalle Khursani is one of the spiciest chillies in the world.

National

• 118 Chinese Mobile Applications banned by the Central Government in addition to 59 Chinese applications banned in June 2020.
• Hypersonic Technology Demonstration Vehicle (HSTDV) successfully flight-tested by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
• JIMEX-2020 which was a bilateral military exercise between the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and Indian Navy completed.
• e Goapala App launched by the Government for breed improvement marketplace and information portal for farmers.
• By 2030, Indian Railways aims to become ‘net zero carbon emitter’.
• National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP) implemented by the Government across the country.

Sports and Awards

• Sanju, midfielder of Indian Women Football team, awarded with All India Football Federation (AIFF) Footballer of the Year awards 2019-20.
• Air Force Sports Control Board was awarded the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2020.
• Dominic Thiem (Austria) won in the men’s single category in 2020 US Open (tennis).
• First AICTE Visvesvarya Best Teacher Awards 2020 presented by Ramesh Pokhriyal (Ministry of Education)
• Naomi Osaka (Japan) won in the women’s single category in 2020 US Open (tennis).
• The Italian Grand Prix 2020 (Formula 1 Gran Premio Heineken d’Italia 2020) held in September 2020

Appointment and Obituary

• Major Jaswant Singh who served as an Indian Army officer and a cabinet Minister, passed away.
• Shekhar Kapur appointed as the chairman of FTII (Film and Television Institute of India) Pune.
• Harivansh Narayan Singh re-elected as Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha
• Sripathi Panditaradhyula Balasubrahmanyam, the renowned singer in India passed away.
• Rajiv Kumar assumed the charge of Election Commissioner.
• Keasavananda Bharti Swamiji, the petitioner of the judgement dealing with the Doctrine of the basic structure, passed away.