Current Affairs

                                                       Current Affairs

SEPTEMBER - 22

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched nine highway projects and Optical Fibre Internet Services under the scheme “Ghar Tak Fibre”  in Bihar.
• HDFC Bank has launched video KYC (Know Your Customer) facility for its customers.
• IDFC Mutual Fund has started a new campaign called SIFI or `SIP in Fixed Income’.
• Volvo Car India has partnered with HDFC Bank to launch Volvo Car Financial Services to enable buyers get easy finance for its vehicles.
• HCL Technologies and Google Cloud has announced the expansion of their strategic partnership to bring HCL’s Actian portfolio, starting with Actian Avalanche, to Google Cloud.
• Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi has been awarded the Ig Nobel Prize 2020 for Medical Education. Prior to this, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was awarded in 1998.
• Novak Djokovic has defeated Argentine Diego Schwartzman, 7-6, 5-3, to win 2020 Men’s Single Italian Open title and his fifth overall Rome title.
• Renowned Assam music composer, Bibhuranjan Choudhury passed away.
• India and the Maldives have launched the first-ever direct Cargo Ferry Service on 21 September 2020 to boost trade between the two countries.
• The Union Minister, Dr Jitendra Singh has unveiled the Logo and song for festival “Destination North East-2020” (The Emerging Delightful Destinations) through a video conference.
• Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha launched the National Generic Document Registration System for the union territory.