30 September 2020: Today’s News Headlines

September 30, 2020

[no_toc]Here are top News Headlines of 30th September 2020

Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur appointed President of Pune-based Film and Television Institute of India (FTII)
Sonu Sood receives SDG Special Humanitarian Action Award by UNDP
Amnesty International halts India operations after govt. freeze on its bank accounts
Syeda Anwara Taimur, Congress leader and Assam’s only woman chief minister (1980-81), dies at 84
Ideal weight now 5kg more: 65kg for men, 55kg for women — Hyderabad-based National Institute of Nutrition (NIN)
Astrosat, India’s first multi-wavelength astronomical observatory, completes 5 years of imaging celestial objects in space
NITI Aayog fine tuning indicators used in ranking 112 most backward districts every month under ADP (Aspirational Districts Programme): CEO Amitabh Kant

Rajnath Singh launches Defence India Startup Challenge-4, releases PMA (Product Management Approach) guidelines for iDEX (Innovations for Defence Excellence) ecosystem
Hurun India Rich list 2020: Mukesh Ambani tops for ninth consecutive year
P. D. Vaghela to take charge as new Chairman of TRAI (Telecom Regulatory Authority of India) for 3-year term from Sept 30
MECL (Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited) starts exploration of the Kolar Gold Fields in Karnataka after gap of 16 years

Kuwait’s ruler Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah dies at 91
World Heart Day observed on Sept 29; theme: ‘Use Heart To Beat Cardiovascular Disease’
1st International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste celebrated on Sept 29; theme: “Stop food loss and waste. For the people. For the planet”