National: Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Law & Justice Shri Ravishankar Prasad released the result of second edition of Ranking of States on Support to Startup Ecosystems on 11th September, 2020. A total of 22 States and 3 Union Territories participated in the exercise. States are classified into 5 Categories for the purposes […]

International: Iran’s army began an annual three-day naval exercise near the strategic Strait of Hormuz on 10 Sep 2020. Northrop Grumman, an American global aerospace and defence technology company’s NG-14 Cygnus spacecraft named after former astronaut Kalpana Chawla. Northrop Grumman next Cygnus capsule will be named the “S.S. Kalpana Chawla”. Appointments: Paresh Rawal has been

National: The Indian Air Force formally inducted the Rafale aircraft on 10th September 2020 at Air Force Station, Ambala. The aircraft is inducted as a part of 17 Squadron, the “Golden Arrows”. Hon’ble Raksha Mantri, Shri Rajnath Singh and Mrs Florence Parly, Minister of the Armed Forces of France was the Chief Guest for the

Govt Announcement: Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmer Welfare, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, and Shri Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh flagged off the Kisan Rail between Anantapur and New Delhi on 09 Sept 2020 via video link. This was the South India’s 1st and country’s

National: CSIR–Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), Durgapur and National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), Gurugram signed online Memorandum of Understanding as a “Strategic Association” to bolster the Solar Energy sector across the nation on 7th September 2020. The second edition of Rail Connect was organised by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) on 08

Govt Announcement: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi shall inaugurate the “Patrika Gate” on the Jawaharlal Nehru Marg in Jaipur via video conference on the 8th September 2020. This Iconic Gate is built by the Patrika Group of Newspapers. Global Multidimensional Poverty Index is an international measure of multidimensional poverty covering 107 developing countries. According to

Govt. Announcement: Union Environment Minister, Shri Prakash Javadekar will be chairing a webinar on the first-ever International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies on 07 September 2020. Principal Secretaries of the Urban Development Department and Environment Department of 28 states and 8 Union Territories will join the webinar. A virtual meeting of G20 Education