24 September 2020: Today’s News Headlines
[no_toc]Here are top News Headlines of 24th September 2020.
INDIA
- Parliament passes Bill for inclusion of Kashmiri, Dogri and Hindi in the list of official languages in J&K UT in addition to the existing Urdu and English
- Indigenously developed laser-guided anti-tank guided missile of 4 km range test fired from MBT Arjun Tank by DRDO in Ahmednagar, Maharashtra
- EAM S. Jaishankar addresses 15th CII-Exim Bank digital conclave on India-Africa Project Partnership
- PM Modi, Ayushmann Khurrana in Time’s magazine list of ‘100 Most Influential People’ of 2020
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- Parliament passes Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2020; limits administrative expenses drawn from foreign donations to 20% as against the current 50%
- Parliament passes three labour reform bills that will remove impediments for winding up of companies and allow firing of staff without government permission in firms with up to 300 workers
- Parliament passes the Bilateral Netting of Qualified Financial Contracts Bill, 2020
- Lok Sabha passes the Major Port Authorities Bill, 2020 to provide for regulation, operation and planning of major ports in the country
WORLD
- International Day of Sign Languages observed on September 23
- Michael Lonsdale, who played James Bond villain in Moonraker (1979), dies at 8
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