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SEPTEMBER -26

• According to the World Risk Index (WRI) 2020, India has been ranked at the 89th spot among 181 Countries. India is behind Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Maldives.  the top 2 countries are Vanuatu, Tonga

• Flight Lieutenant, Shivangi Singh to become the first woman fighter pilot of India to fly the Rafale combat aircraft that was formally inducted into the Indian Air Force(IAF) September 10, 2020.

•    Kerala has won the United Nations Inter-Agency Task Force on the Prevention and Control    of Noncommunicable Diseases Awards 2020 for its “outstanding contribution” towards the      non-communicable diseases-related sustainable development goals.

• The United Nations observes 26 September every year as the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons.

• Veteran Atomic Scientist and Former Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission(AEC), Sekhar Basu passed away due to COVID-19.

• A tyre company of RPG Enterprises (Rama Prasad Goenka Group), CEAT Limited has signed Indian Actor Aamir Khan as its brand ambassador for 2 years.

• World Environmental Health Day is observed globally on 26th September every year. The Theme for the 2020 is Environmental health, a key public health intervention in disease pandemic prevention.
  

• India observes Antyodaya Diwas on 25th September every year from 2014. Antyodaya means uplifting the poorest of the poor.