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SEPTEMBER -17

• The Lok Sabha has passed the Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members of Parliament (Amendment) Bill, 2020 on 15 September 2020. The bill seeks to cut salaries of all Members of Parliaments (MPs) by 30 per cent for a period of one year commencing April 1, 2020, to meet the urgent financial need arising out COVID-19 pandemic.
• Titan Company has partnered with the State Bank of India (SBI) to launch India’s first contactless payment watches named “Titan Pay”.
• UBS Securities has projected India’s GDP for 2020-21 (FY21) to contact by 8.6%. (Earlier it was -5.8%).
• The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) expects the Indian economy to contract by 10.2% in FY21 (2020-21) as compared to its previous estimate of 16.7% in June.
• The Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) in Rome, Italy, has become the first airport in the world to be certified with “COVID-19 5-star airport rating” from Skytrax, a U.K.-based airport and airline review firm.
• External Affairs Minister of the Republic of India, Shri S. Jaishankar, chaired the customary meeting of IBSA Foreign Ministers through video conferencing.
• The 4th edition of Global Ayurveda Summit was virtually inaugurated by Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu on the theme “Emerging Opportunities for Ayurveda during Pandemic”.
• The World Patient Safety Day is observed globally on 17th September. The theme for World Patient Safety Day 2020: Health Worker Safety: A Priority for Patient Safety.
• Former President of Republic of Mali, who was in power from 1968 to 1991, General Moussa Traore passed away.
• The Ministry of Education organized a webinar on Faculty Development for Quality Education under Shikshak Parv Initiative.