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Current Affairs Refresher on September 2019 for CLAT 2020

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Aditya Anand
27 August 20201 min read

LEGAL NEWS

  • Strength of Supreme Court Judges increased to 34 as four new judges are appointed.
  • Promulgation of Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes (production, manufacture, import, export, transport, sale, distribution, storage and advertisement) Ordinance, 2019 approved by Union Cabinet.

POLITICAL/ NATIONAL NEWS

  • Houston, Texas hosted ‘Howdy Modi’ Event.
  • ‘Krishi Kisan’ mobile app launched by Union government to help farmers with new farming technologies.
  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation awarded PM Modi for Swacch Bharat Abhiyan.
  • Country’s longest electrified rail tunnel between Cherlopalli and Rapuru inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh.
  • Trial of Astra, the air to air missile, successfully done by DRDO.
  • Emergency Response Support System (ERSS – Dial 112), ‘E-Beat Book’ System and ‘E-Saathi App’ launched by Ministry of Home Affairs.

ECONOMIC NEWS

  • 6th India-China Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED) hosted by India in New Delhi.
  • Mukesh Ambani tops the list in IIFL Wealth-Hurun India Rich List 2019.
  • Vladivostok, Russia hosted Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) (5th
  • As per the announcement made by Facebook, it will acquire the tech company that produces wrist bands that reads minds i.e. CTRL Labs.
  • United Nations World Tourism Organisation selects India as the host country for World Tourism Day 2019.
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