Current affairs of 26 September 2020

 Current affairs of 26 September 2020

• KVIC appointed Fashion Icon Sunil Sethi as Advisor

  Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) has appointed Shri Sunil Sethi, a leading personality in the Indian fashion industry, as its advisor. Sethi will advise the Commission on latest design interventions in the readymade garments segment and promotion of Khadi in India and abroad. He appointment is be for a tenure of one year.

• Kerala Tourisms Human by Nature campaign bagged 2020 PATA Grand Award

  Kerala Tourism's internationally-acclaimed 'Human by Nature' campaign has bagged one of the three PATA Grand Awards 2020. The awards were announced live during a virtual presentation ceremony in Beijing, China.

• India-Denmark sign Memorandum of Understanding on Intellectual Property Cooperation

  The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and Ministry of Industry, Business and Financial Affairs signed Memorandum of Understanding on Intellectual Property Cooperation.

• India-Israel to develop hi-tech weapon systems: A new Sub-group set up

  A new sub group was set up under Ministry of Defence to promote a greater number of India-Israel defence projects. Under the group, India and Israel have planned to develop high-tech weapons and export to other friendly countries. The main focus on the cooperation is Technology Transfer.

• JIMEX 2020: India-Japan Bilateral Maritime Exercise commences

  The bilateral Maritime Exercise, JIMEX, conducted between India and Japan biennially is to be in the North Arabian Sea between September 26, 2020 and September 28, 2020.

• RBI to introduce Positive Pay System to check Cheques

  The Reserve Bank of India is to introduce "Positive Pay System" from January 2021. The system makes it mandatory to re-confirm key details of cheques that need payments beyond Rs 50,000.

• September 26: International Day of Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

  Every year International Day of Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons is celebrated on September 26. The day provides an occasion for the world community to reaffirm its commitment to global nuclear disarmament as a priority.

• Shivangi Singh set to become India's 1st woman fighter pilot to fly Rafale

  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. She is one of the 10 Indian women fighter pilots in IAF.

• World Environmental Health Day: 26 September

  World Environmental Health Day is observed globally on 26th September every year. This day is celebrated to shed the light on important work of environmental health around the world.

• PadmaShri Awardee Sekhar Basu passes away

  Veteran Atomic Scientist and Former Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission(AEC), Sekhar Basu passed away due to COVID-19. He served as the Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and as director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). He was born on September 20, 1952, in Muzaffarpur, Bihar.

• Bollywood actor Aamir Khan becomes Brand Ambassador of CEAT

  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.

• India ranked 89th in World Risk Report 2020

  According to the World Risk Index (WRI) 2020, India has been ranked at the 89th spot among 181 Countries. WRI has been developed in cooperation with the United Nations University's Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNUEHS) and calculated by the International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV). The topped inn th list is Vanuatu.