National: Parliament passed “The Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Bill, 2020” to accord the status of an institution of “national importance” to a Jamnagar-based cluster of Ayurveda institutes. The Bill was passed by a voice vote in Rajya Sabha. Lok Sabha has already approved the bill in the last session. Three Jamnagar, Gujarat

National: Parliament passed Aircraft (Amendment) Bill, 2020. The bill was passed by voice vote in Rajya Sabha, on 15th September, 2020. It was already approved in Lok Sabha in March. The bill is to improve India’s aviation safety ratings and provide statutory status to regulatory institutions, including the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). Lok

National: The Monsson session 2020 of Parliament will begin from September 14, 2020. The fourth session of 17th Lok Sabha and 252nd Session of Rajya Sabha is scheduled to be held on 14th September, 2020 and subject to exigencies of Government Business, may conclude on 1st October, 2020. Harivansh Narayan Singh was re-elected as the

National: The 13th edition of Aero India-21 will be held at Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru, Karnataka from 3rd to 07th February 2021. Defence Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh launched the Aero India 2021 website (aeroindia.gov.in) at New Delhi on 11 Sep 2020. Business and other visitors will be able to buy their tickets online on

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