Current Affairs

Current Affairs - September 2020-4 September Current Affairs

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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

 

  • 1937 Lincoln Tunnel opens
  • 1891 First asteroid discovered through astrophotography
  • 1882 First Christmas tree to be illuminated by electric lights displayed

 

NATIONAL NEWS

 

  • India-China boundary talks held in New Delhi between National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and Wang Yi, State Councillor and Foreign Minister
  • Regional Conference on ‘Improving Public Service Delivery – Role of Governments’ in Nagpur on December 21-22
  • ‘R N Kao: Gentleman Spymaster’, book by Nitin Gokhale, released
  • Kolkata Police launches revamped Bondhu mobile phone app with a new feature of panic button
  • Maharashtra: Govt. announces Mahatma Jyotirao Phule farm loan waiver scheme for loans upto Rs two lakh; cut-off date: September 30, 2019.
  • Eminent cinematographer Ramachandra Babu dies at 72 in Kozhikode (Kerala)
  • Renowned Hindustani classical vocalist Vidushi Savita Devi dies at 80
  • 79th Conference of Presiding Officers of Legislative Bodies organised in Dehradun
  • Anti-hijacking ‘Exercise Apharan’ conducted by the Indian Navy, Indian Coast Guard and Cochin Port Trust in Kochi, Kerala
  • Greater Chennai Corporation launches www.madraswasteexchange.com to connect buyers and sellers of waste
  • PM Modi congratulates Charles Michel on assumption of office of European Council President

 

INTERNATIONAL NEWS

 

  • US President Trump officially launches US military ‘Space Force’
  • Russia, China veto UNSC resolution extending Syria cross-border humanitarian aid for a year
  • Fazle Hasan Abed, the founder of NGO Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) and winner of the 2015 World Food Prize, dies aged 83 in Dhaka

 

SPORTS NEWS

 

  • Gujarat Giants beat Punjab Panthers in final to win Big Bout Indian Boxing League in New Delhi
  • Mexico’s Julio Cesar Martinez defeats Nicaragua’s Cristofer Rosales to win World Boxing Council flyweight title in Los Angeles

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