MONTHLY CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR SEPTEMBER

National Small Industry Day is observed on which date to promote small industries across the country?	30^TH August
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances is observed on which date to draw attention to the fate of individuals imprisoned at places and under poor conditions unknown to their relatives?	30^th August
Government has raised the prize money given under the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, with effect from the year 2020. What is the new prize money that will be given to the winners?	25 Lakhs
Which financial institution will help Assam government for funding the first ever Skill University of North East region, to be set up in Darrang district of Assam?	Asian Development Bank
Which company has announced to acquire the Kishore Biyani’s Future retail business?	Reliance Retail Ventures Limited
The stock exchange of which country was recently hit by cyber attack “distributed denial of service” (DDoS)?	New Zealand
India will not participate in the multilateral Military Exercise Kavkaz 2020 due to COVID-19. The exercise is scheduled to be held in which country?	Russia
Which company has topped the Rabobank’s Global Top 20 Dairy Companies?	Nestle
Assam government has signed an MoU with which country to set up the Skill University in the state?	Singapore
Name the top ranking Indian company in the Rabobank’s Global Top 20 Dairy Companies list?	Amul
Joe Ruby, who has passed away recently was a well known animation artist. He was known as the co- creater of which famous cartoon series?	Scooby-Doo
Researchers from which University has designed WARBOT to help protect doctors which are at the forefront of the fight against covid-19?	Osmania University
Who has become the bowler to claim 500 wickets in T20 cricket?	Dwayne Bravo
International Day against Nuclear Tests is observed on which date to commemorate the tenth International Day against Nuclear Tests?	29^th August
Who has been re-elected unanimously as President of the African Development Bank Group?	Dr. Akinwumi Adesina
The Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region has decided to establish three Bamboo clusters in which of the following state/ UTs for making Bamboo basketry, Agarbatti and Bamboo Charcoal?	Jammu & Kashmir
National Sports Day is observed on which date to honour the legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand?	29^th August
Who has been elected as the new Chairman of the Press Trust of India to replace Vijay Kumar Chopra?	Aveek Sarkar
Mustapha Adib will be appointed as the next prime minister of _______.	Lebanon
Who has been roped in as the brand ambassador of Myntra?	Kiara Advani
Japanese government has extended Official Development Assistance loan of how much amount to India as COVID-19 Crisis Emergency Response Support fund?	JPY 50 billion
‘Seva Saptah’ is associated with the birthday of ________.	Narendra Modi
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will resume its services from 7th of September in a calibrated manner with new guidelines. Who is the current Managing Director of DMRC?	Mangu Singh
The ‘Etikoppaka’ dolls were recently in the news. They are prepared by the people of Etikoppaka village in ________ district.	Visakhapatnam
Which state will start first of its kind seaplane service from October 31?	Gujarat
Which railway zones will operate the first ‘Roll On Roll Off’ (RORO) train service?	South Western Railway
Who has recently won the Formula One Belgian Grand Prix 2020?	Lewis Hamilton
Along with India, which country was declared as the joint winners of the 2020 Online FIDE Chess Olympiad?	Russia
Who became the first Divyanga Indian sportsperson of the country, who has been awarded with the Tenzing Norgay Adventure Award?	Satyendra Singh Lohia
Recently, Chadwick Boseman passed away. He was popular;y known playing the character of ________ in Marvel cinematic universe?	Black Panther
Former President Pranab Mukherjee has passed away. He had served as the _____ President of India?	14^th
Which month of the year has been announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be observed as “Nutrition Month”?	September
As per the Official data of the National Statistics Office (NSO, what was India’s GDP in the first quarter (April-June 2020) for FY21?	-23.9%
The GVA of India was calculated to decline by what percent in Q1 of FY20, as per the data of NSO?	22.8%
Which country has launched an agri-commodity trading and sourcing e-market platform Agriota to bridge the gap between its food industry and rural farmers in India?	UAE
Who participated in the 8th East Asia virtual Summit (Economic Ministers’ Meeting) 2020 from India side?	Piyush Goyal
The mobile app ‘Pension Corner’ has been launched by which organisation for its retired personnels?	CISF
Which team has won the 2020 FA Community Shield?	Arsenal
What was the profession of Dr. S Padmavati, who has passed away recently?	Cardiologist
Which state has roped in India’s first-ever woman ambulance driver?	Tamil Nadu
According to the annual National Crime Records Bureau report,Suicides in the country went up slightly from 1,34,516 to ________ across the country last year compared to 2018.	1,39,123
Accidental deaths in the country increased by _____% Compared to 4,11,824 in 2018, the figure stood at 4,21,104 last year.	2.3%
The government has extended the term of PC Mody for Six month, he belongs to which organisation ?	CBDT
Who has taken charge as the Chairman and Managing Director of Hindustan Shipyard?	Hemant Khatri
Who has been appointed as the Head Coach for Chennaiyin FC for the 2020-21 Season?	Csaba Laszlo
Who has been appointed as the Secretary in Lok Sabha with effect from September 1?	Utpal Kumar Singh
Which institutes has developed the World’s Largest Solar Tree?	CSIR-CMERI
The Government of India has set the target to achieve 100 million tonnes (MT) coal gasification by which year?	2030
What is the amount of contract signed by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the supply of Six Pinaka Regiments to the Regiment of Artillery of the Indian Army?	Rs 2580 Crore
World’s Largest Solar Tree developed by CSIR-CMERI has been installed in ________.	Durgapur
The “Chhavni COVID: Yodha Sanrakshan Yojana” has been launched by the government for?	employees working in cantonment areas across India.
What is the insurance cover under the Chhavni COVID: Yodha Sanrakshan Yojana?	Rs 5 Lakhs
Who will implement the “Chhavni COVID: Yodha Sanrakshan Yojana”?	LIC
Recently, The first commercial direct flight between ________ and the UAE landed in Abu Dhabi after both countries announced normalisation of relations.	Israel
Recently, Indian High Commission gifted books to top 100 universities and Colleges to mark Mujib Barsh in which country?	Sri Lanka
Who is the head of the committee setup by the Ministry of Defence to review the effective utilisation of the Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Services (AFHQ CS) cadre.	D B Shekatkar
Which country dismantles the Kafala Employment System ?	Qatar
RBI will be conducting term repo operations for an aggregate amount of __________ in mid September 2020.	Rs. 100,000 crore
Which Airport has won the CII-GBC ‘National Energy Leader’ and ‘Excellent Energy Efficient Unit’ award at the 21st National Awards for ‘Excellence in Energy Management’?	Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad
With which bank, Vedanta has tied up for a long-term syndicated loan of Rs 10,000 cr?	State Bank of India
According to the State Bank of India’s research report – Ecowrap, India’s real GDP is likely to be ______________ in FY21.	-10.9%
Name the bot developed by Indian Railways to remotely control medical trolley to deliver food and medicines to COVID-19 patients?	MEDBOT
Researchers from which university have launched an AI-based alternative to CamScanner, named AIR Scanner?	IIT Bombay
An amount of Rs 601.12 crore annual action plan has been approved for Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) for the year 2020-21 in which state/ UT?	Jammu & Kashmir
The Defence Ministry has signed contracts worth Rs ______ crores with Indian companies to supply six Army regiments with Pinaka missiles.	2580
The Ministry of Defence signed contracts with Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML), __________ and Larsen & Toubro (L & T) for Pinaka Missile ?	Tata Power Company Ltd
India and Russia are scheduled to hold the bilateral naval exercise, “Indra 2020”, in the _______	Andaman Sea
Name the first newspaper specially designed for kids which has been launched in Assam.	The Enlightened Minds
Which has become the first country to eliminate human African Trypanosomiasis or sleeping sickness?	Togo
Which Bank has launched a virtual property exhibition that digitally showcases real estate projects from key cities across the country?	ICICI
According to the Report titled, “Fraud & Risk Management in Digital Payments” released by Data Security Council of India and PayPal, what will be the worth of e-commerce market in India by 2026?	USD 200 billion
European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced what amount for the Kanpur Metro Project?	EUR 650 million
Where is the headquarters of European Investment Bank?	Luxembourg
India has launched the trilateral Supply Chain Resilience Initiative (SCRI) for building a resilient supply chain in the Indo-Pacific region in association with which countries?	Japan and Australia
Which country is going to host the combined meeting of Defence Ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) and Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)?	Russia
Union Cabinet has approved Mission Karmayogi which is a capacity building programme for which category of individuals?	Civil Servants
How much fund allocated for Mission Karmayogi ?	Rs. 510.86 crore
Coal India to invest over Rs 1.22 lakh crore on _____ projects by 2023-24.	500
Which state has announced to set up exclusive anti-electricity theft police stations in every district to address the problem of frequent cases of power theft?	Uttar Pradesh
How many languages will be the official languages of J&K , according to J&K official languages Bill 2020.	5
The Cycling Federation of India (CFI) will host the first-ever “Cycling Summit” in 2021 across _________.	Delhi, Mumbai & Bengaluru
Who is the author of the book ‘The Big Thoughts of Little Luv’?	Karan Johar
Which country’s astronomers has recently discovered a galaxy called ‘AUDFs01’, 9.3 billion light-years away from Earth.	India
AIR Scanner’ is an AI based Reading Assistant and Document Scanner app launched by the students of which institute?	IIT Bombay
Under which section of the Information Technology Act, 2000 the Indian government has banned PubG and 118 other apps?	Section 21A
When is World Coconut Day observed?	2^nd October
What is the theme of “World Coconut Day 2020”?	Invest in coconut to save the world
Which country plans to unveil the bronze statue of DrDwarkanath Kotnis?	China
Which platform has been launched by the Ministry of Power for renewable energy in India?	GTAM Platform
With which country, India has resolved to deepen cooperation to counter terrorism, insurgency and piracy?	Nigeria
Where will India’s first toy manufacturing cluster come up?	Karnataka
Seaplane service to be started from 31 October in Gujarat will be operated by which airlines?	Spicejet
Which company acquired the nation’s biggest mobile-phone service provider Reliance Jio Infratel Pvt. through the Tower Infrastructure Trust?	Brookfield Asset Management
Which player received Biju Patnaik Sports Award for outstanding performance in sports and games by the Odisha government?	Jayanti Behera
Which institute has launched ‘EduRide’, a web portal to help candidates appearing for National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) and Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) find transport to their test centres?	IIT Bombay
Who has been appointed as the new Chief of Materiel of the Indian Navy?	S R Sharma
What will be the total investment in the 27 projects given approval by the govt. under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana for development of integrated cold chains and value addition infrastructure in the country?	Rs 743 crore
Which University has topped the “THE World University Rankings 2021”?	University of Oxford
Which Indian University has achieved the highest rank in the “THE World University Rankings 2021”?	Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
How many Indian Universities are in the top 300 of THE World University Ranking 2021?	Zero
Which country has emerged as the largest solar market in the world in 2019 as per the Mercer Global listing?	China
What is the rank of India in the list of the largest solar market globally, as per the 2019 Mercer Global listing?	Third
How much solar power is developing the capacity of India in terms of the world’s installed capacity ?	9%
Name the Indian company which has emerged as the top Solar power developer in the world in 2019?	Adani Green Energy
The Global Innovation Index is prepared by which of these organizations?	World Intellectual Property Organization
Where is the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property Organization ?	Geneva
Which country has topped the Global Innovation Index 2020?	Switzerland
What is the rank of India in the Global Innovation Index 2020?	48^th
The Appointment Committee of the Cabinet has extended the tenure of the CMD of India Trade Promotion Organisation (ITPO) by one year. Name the CMD of the company?	L C Goyal
Who has been appointed as the first-ever Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Railway Board?	VK Yadav
Name the first-ever Women Director-General of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), appointed recently	Usha Padhee
Who been appointed as its advisor by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission?	Sunil Sethi
Which company will host the ‘Handicrafts Mela’ from 26 September to 10 October in a bid to support artisans from various parts of the country?	Amazon
Nation pays homage to revolutionary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh on his 113th birth anniversary. Bhagat Singh was born in the year ________.	1907
________________ birth anniversary of Bhagat Singh was observed on September 28, 2020.	113^TH
Recently, Narendra Singh Tomar inaugurated the Indian Agricultural Research Institute’s Assam campus. IARI Assam will be named after ________.	Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya
What is the theme of the World Rabies Day 2020?	End Rabies: Collaborate, Vaccinate
The World Rabies Day is observed every year on which day?	28^TH September
The World Rabies Day is commemorated on the death anniversary of which scientist?	Louis Pasteur
What is the theme of the International Day for the Universal Access to Information 2020?	Access to Information – Saving lives, Building Trust, Bringing Hope!
When is the International Day for the Universal Access to Information observed globally?	28^th September
Who among the following has authored the book ‘’The Very, Extremely, Most Naughty Asura Tales for Kids’’?	Anand Neelakantan
Who has inaugurated the vaccine portal for covid-19 in a bid to create awareness among the masses?	Harsh Vardhan
How many scientists have been decided for awarding the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2020?	12
Who has surpassed MS Dhoni’s record to take top position in the list of wicket keepers with most dismissals in T20i?	Alyssa Healy
Name the winner of 2019-20 AIFF Women’s Player of the Year?	Sanju Yadav
The government of which state will provide loans to entrepreneurs between Rs.1 lakh and Rs.20 lakh to revive the tourism sector?	Assam
Which state government announced a scheme called ‘Paryatan Sanjeevani Scheme’ to provide interest subsidy to entrepreneurs to revive the tourism industry?	Assam
Which state governments has recently launched a Radio Pathshala program for students upto class 8?	Odisha
India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System train with a design speed of 180 kmph has been unveiled on which of the following corridors?	Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut
The design of India’s first Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) train which can attain a top speed of 180 kilometres per hour is inspired by whom?	Lotus Temple
How much worth of loan has been approved by ADB for Madhya Pradesh Urban Services Improvement Project?	$89 million
According to ICRA, what is the GDP growth rate for India in the financial year 2020-21?	-11%
As per RBI’s new notification, the banks can avail funds under the marginal standing facility (MSF) at the rate of ______ of its NDTL till 31 March 2021	3%
The World Bank approves a 200 million dollar loan for safe water & sanitation for which country?	Bangladesh
‘Contactless Connections’ is a new brand campaign launched by which company?	SBI Card
Moctar Ouane has recently been named as the new Prime Minister of which country?	Mali
Who has been roped in by the Reserve Bank of India for the customer awareness campaign to prevent gullible account holders from being duped by fraudsters?	Amitabh Bachchan
Who has been appointed as the new brand ambassador of the online tutor company Vedantu?	Aamir Khan
How many Electric buses are sanctioned in Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Chandigarh under Phase-2 of FAME India scheme ?	670
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has congratulated Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR on its79th Foundation Day. CSIR was founded in the year ________.	1942
Recently, The US restricted the stay of Chinese journalists to _________.	90 Days
Railways extended pact with IIT for infrastructure modernisation research?	IIT kanpur
Who is the brand ambassador of Aakash Educational Services?	Yuvraj Singh
_____________ is observed as International Daughters’ Day every year.	Fourth Sunday of September
When is the UN recognised International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons celebrated globally?	26^th September
What is the theme of the 2020 World Tourism Day?	Tourism and Rural Development
When is the World Tourism Day observed?	27^th September
Name the winner of the F1 Russian Grand Prix 2020?	Valtteri Bottas
With which country countries has India recently inked an MoU for cooperation in the field of Intellectual Property?	Denmark
India’s indigenously-made Microprocessor ‘MOUSHIK’ has been developed by which institute?	IIT Madras
Who represented India at the Informal Meeting of the SAARC Council of Ministers 2020?	S. Jaishankar
Where did the Indian and Japanese navies hold their three-day-long maritime military exercise called JIMEX?	Arabian Sea
India provided 1.54 billion rupees to which nation as post-earthquake assistance?	Nepal
The Positive Pay facility will be made available to the customers by banks in case where the amount of cheque is ___________ and above.	Rs 50,000
The Positive Pay System will be implemented from _________	1^st January 2021
Which organisation will develop the Positive Pay System for Cheque Truncation System (CTS), as announced by RBI?	NPCI
Which institutions has approved a USD 300 million loan to finance inclusive water supply and sanitation infrastructure and services in secondary towns of Rajasthan?	Asian development Bank
What is the projected GDP growth of India in 2020-21 as per NCAER?	-12.6%
How much has been extended by India to Sri Lanka for the promotion of Buddhist ties between the two countries?	USD 15 million
Who has been appointed as the Chairman of the BCCI’s women’s national selection panel?	Neetu David
Mustapha Adib has recently resigned as the Prime Minister-designate of which country?	Lebanon
What is the rank of India in the World Risk Index (WRI) 2020?	89^TH