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SEPTEMBER -18


  • Mexico has become the first country in the world to issue a sovereign bond linked to the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations.

  • The ICICI Home Finance launched “Apna Ghar Dreamz”, its new home loan scheme for skilled laborers like electricians, mechanics, painters, grocery store owners etc in the informal sector of Delhi.
  • Chef Vikas Khanna has been chosen to be honoured with the prestigious Asia Game Changer Award 2020 for feeding millions of people across India in the COVID-19 pandemic through a massive food distribution drive ‘FeedIndia’.
  • The Institute for Management Development, in collaboration with Singapore University for Technology and Design (SUTD), has released the Smart City Index 2020. Theindex has been topped by Singapore, followed by Helsinki and Zurich as top three smart cities.  Hyderabad was the top Indian city, placed at the 85th position.
  • Arundhati Roy’s new book titled “Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction” is published by Penguin Books Limited.
  • World Bamboo Day is observed globally on 18 September every year. The theme for 11th edition of WBD 2020 is ‘BAMBOO NOW.’
  • The World Water Monitoring Day is observed globally on 18th September since 2003. This year theme is ‘Solve Water.’
  • International Equal Pay Day is observed globally for the first time on 18th September 2020.
  • Tamil Nadu based prominent Indian Ayurveda physician, PR Krishnakumar passed away.
  • The shortest-serving Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, Amitabha Ghosh passed away.
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