25 September 2020: Today’s News Headlines

September 25, 2020

Indian Navy, Royal Australian Navy hold Passage Exercise (PASSEX) in East Indian Ocean Region (IOR)
Surface-to-surface Prithvi-II missile test fired at night in Odisha; nuclear capable missile has range of 350 km
Former Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Dr. Sekhar Basu dies at 65
Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi dies from Covid-19 at 65; was Lok Sabha MP from Belagavi in Karnataka.
Kannada film comedian Rockline Sudhakar passes away at 65
Karnataka: Congress MLA B. Narayan Rao dies from Covid-19 at 65
40% of toilets surveyed by CAG in government schools non-existent, unused

Govt allows states to spend 50% of disaster response fund to fight Covid-19
CAG slams French companies Dassault, MBDA for not fulfilling Rafale offset terms
IAF bought uncertified engines for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) at inflated prices from Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI) in 2010: CAG
Government notifies standards for safety evaluation of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles

World Maritime Day celebrated on September 24; theme: ‘Sustainable Shipping for a Sustainable Planet’
G4 (India, Brazil, Japan, and Germany) countries call for decisive push for UN Security Council reforms
EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar addresses World Economic Forum Development Impact Summit
EAM Dr S Jaishankar participates in Special Ministerial Meeting of FMs of CICA (Conference on Interaction & Confidence Building Measures in Asia)
UN, Britain to co-host a global climate summit on Dec 12
Nobel Prize winners to get $110,000 more as prize money increased
Legendary French singer Juliette Greco dies at 93

Former Australian batsman Dean Jones dies at 59; played in 52 Tests and 164 ODIs
PM launches Age Appropriate Fitness Protocols on 1st anniversary of the Fit India Movement