👉👉 Current Affairs of 1 September 2020👈👈
NATIONAL
AFFAIRS
17TH ASEAN-India Economic Ministers’ Consultations held Virtually ;
Co-Chaired by Union Minister
1. On August 29, 2020, the 17th (ASEAN)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations -India Economic Ministers
Consultations was held virtually which was co-chaired by Minister of Commerce
and Industry & Railways Piyush Vedprakash Goyal and Minister of Industry and Trade of Vietnam Tran Tuan Anh.
2.
focus of the meet was to discuss the reviewing
of ASEAN India Trade in Goods Agreement (AITIGA)
3.
The meet was
attended by Trade Ministers of all the 10 ASEAN countries—Brunei, Cambodia,
Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and
Vietnam.
About Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN):
2020 Chairmanship– Vietnam
Chairman– Nguyen Xuan Phuc
Secretariat – Jakarta, Indonesia
Union Minister
Nitin Gadkari lays Foundation Stone for Road Projects worth Rs. 777 Crores
About Ministry of Road Transport &
Highways:
Union Minister – Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Minister
of State (MoS) – Vijay Kumar Singh (known as
V.K. Singh)
INTERNATIONAL
AFFAIRS
6th International Military-Technical Forum
“Army-2020 held in Russia; Indian Pavilion Inaugurated
The 6th International Military-Technical Forum “Army-2020” was held between
August 23-29, 2020 at the Moscow, Russia which was organized by
Russian Defence Ministry and operated by International Congresses and
Exhibitions Ltd. (ICE Ltd).
About Russia:
Capital– Moscow
Currency– Russian Rouble
President– Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin
BRICS Sports Ministers Approve MoU for Cooperation
in the field of Physical Culture and Sport
First Meeting of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia,
India, China & South Africa) Sports Ministers under the Russian BRICS
Chairmanship took place through video conference.
About BRICS:
BRICS Chairman (2020) – Russia
President
of New Development Bank – Marcos Prado
Troyjo, Brazil
(BRICS
Bank)
BANKING
& FINANCE
Vedanta Tied Up with SBI for Long Term Syndicated
Loan of Rs.10000 Crore
Vedanta announced its tie up for a long term syndicated loan facility
for Rs.10000 crore with State bank of India(SBI) as facility agent and SBICAP Trustee Company limited(SBICTCL)
About Vedanta Limited:
Chief Executive Officer(CEO)– Sunil Duggal
Headquarters– Mumbai, Maharashtra
About State Bank of India(SBI):
Chairman– Rajnish Kumar.
Headquarters– Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Tagline– The banker to every Indian; With you all the way; Purely banking nothing
else; The nation banks on us.
AWARDS
& RECOGNITIONS
Hyderabad International Airport wins CII-GBC
‘National Energy Leader’ award
1.
The GMR led
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Hyderabad International Airport) won the
‘National Energy Leader’ and ‘Excellent Energy Efficient Unit’ awards at the
21st National Awards for ‘Excellence in Energy Management’.
2.
The award was
given during the 19th edition of ‘Energy Efficiency Summit’
ACQUISITIONS &
MERGERS
DoT & SEBI Approved Brookfield Infrastructure
Partners Proposal to Acquire Reliance Telecom Tower Assets
·
The Department
of Telecommunications’ (DoT) and The Securities and Exchange Board of India-SEBI(with certain clauses) has
given approval to Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJio), to sell units worth Rs 25,215 crore in Tower Infrastructure Trust to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P
·
About Brookfield
Infrastructure Partners L.P
Headquarters– Toronto, Canada
CEO – Sam Pollock (Managing Partner of Brookfield)
SCIENCE
& TECHNOLOGY
New E-market Platform “Agriota” Launched to Bridge
Gap between Indian Farmers & UAE food industry
·
United Arab
Emirates (UAE) has launched Agriota, a new technology-driven agri-commodity
trading and sourcing e-market platform during a launch ceremony, which was also
attended by Pavan Kapoor, Ambassador of India to the UAE.
·
It has been
launched by Dubai’s free-zone Dubai Multi Commodities Centre (DMCC) and the
government of Dubai’s authority on commodities trade and enterprise.
About United Arab Emirates (UAE):
Capital– Abu Dhabi
Currency– UAE Dirham
President– Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
SPORTS
Formula One Champion Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton Won
the Belgian Grand Prix 2020; Won this title for 4th time, Claimed his 89th GP
·
Formula One
Champion Mercedes Lewis Hamilton(British) won the Belgian Grand Prix(GP) 2020 at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Belgium.
·
This is his 4th Belgian GP win, the record equals with Jim Clark and Kimi Raikkonen in 3rd
position in all time most wins of Belgian GP, behind Michael Schumacher(6
times)and Ayrton Senna(5times).
·
With this victory, he claimed his 89th career
title.
India, Russia declared joint winners of 2020 Online
FIDE Chess Olympiad
·
India and
Russia were declared joint winners of the 2020 Online FIDE (International Chess
Federation) Chess Olympiad after the final was marred by internet disconnection.
OBITUARY
Dr S Padmavati, India’s 1st Female & Oldest
Cardiologist, Founder of AIHF & NHI, Padma Awardee Died of COVID-19
·
.Dr S.
Padmavati Sivaramakrishna Iyer( S. I. Padmavati or S. Padmavati), India’s 1st Female & Oldest Cardiologist died at the age of 103 in National Heart Institute(NHI) due to
COVID-19 infection
·
.She is popularly known as the “GodMother of Cardiology”. She is the recipient of Padma Bhushan(1967) and Padma Vibhushan(1992)
Former president pranab mukerjee passes away(13 th president ) at 84
STATIC GK based on
Current Affairs
1.
Nubra valley
which is in news recently is located in which state/UT?
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Lakshadweep
3) Arunachal Pradesh
4) Ladakh
5) Chandigarh
Answer-4) Ladakh
Explanation:
The government has started work on a Rs 1,200 crore project
to connect the Nubra valley and Zanskar valley in Ladakh to the national power
grid.
2.
Machagora dam
built across Pench river is located in which state?
1) West Bengal
2) Telangana
3) Madhya Pradesh
4) Odisha
5) Assam
Answer-3)
Madhya Pradesh
Explanation:
The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) on Saturday
rescued a youth trapped for 24 hours in waters released from the Machagora dam
in Belkheda village of the Chhindwara district.
3.
The headquarters
of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is located in which city?
1) Vienna
2) London
3) New York
4) New Delhi
5) Wellington
Answer-3) New York
Explanation:
The headquarters of United Nations Development Programme
(UNDP) is located in New York, United States.
4.
Where is the headquarters
of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) located?
1) Lausanne
2) London
3) Vienna
4) Budapest
5) New Delhi
Answer-3) Vienna
Explanation:
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization is an
international organization that will be established upon the entry into force
of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, a Convention that outlaws nuclear
test explosions. Its seat will be Vienna, Austria.
5.
Narora Atomic
Power Station is located in which state?
1) Chhattisgarh
2) Uttar Pradesh
3) Haryana
4) Punjab
5) Maharashtra
Answer-2) Uttar
Pradesh
Explanation:
Narora Atomic Power Station is a nuclear power plant located
in Narora, Bulandshahar District in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Thank
you to all
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