Current Affairs

SEPTEMBER -21

• Indian Railways is observing “Swachhta Pakhwara” from 16th to 30th September 2020.

• In a first-of-its-kind initiative, eight beaches of India have been recommended for the Blue flag certification.

The eight beaches selected for Blue flag certification are

1. Shivrajpur in Gujarat
2. Ghoghla in Daman & Diu
3. Kasarkod in Karnataka
4. Padubidri beach in Karnataka
5. Kappad in Kerala
6. Rushikonda in Andhra Pradesh
7. The golden beach of Odisha
8. Radhanagar beach in Andaman and Nicobar

• Fitch Solutions has revised downward its forecast for Indian economic growth and now estimates that India’s GDP will contract by 8.6% in 2020-21 

• A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the Ministry of AYUSH and Ministry of Women and Child Development to control Malnutrition as a part of POSHAN Abhiyaan.

• Former Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) chief, Anil Dhasmana has been appointed as the chief of the National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO).

• Former US President, Barack Obama has announced his first presidential memoir titled “A Promised Land.”

• The World Alzheimer’s Day is observed globally on September 21 every year.  The  theme for World Alzheimer Day 2020 is ‘Let’s talk about dementia’.

• International Day of Peace is observed globally on 21st September every year. The theme for the International Day of Peace is “Shaping Peace Together.”

• Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited (HOCL), a PSU under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers has been granted Bureau of Indian Standards – BIS certification for all its products.

• Former Prime Minister of India, H D Deve Gowda took oath as a member of the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka.