16 September 2020: News Headlines

September 16, 2020

Lok Sabha passes bill to reduce for one year the salaries of MPs by 30%
SC to set up a committee of 5 distinguished citizens to draw up standards of conduct for electronic media
PM inaugurates projects under ‘Namami Gange’ Yojana and ‘AMRUT’ (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) Yojana in Bihar
‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package insurance scheme for health workers fighting COVID-19’ extended for another 180 days; provides an insurance cover of ₹50 lakh
Union Education Minister presents first ever AICTE – Visvesvaraya Best Teachers Award 2020 to 12 faculty members of AICTE approved institutes
Engineer’s Day celebrated in India on September 15; birth anniversary of Sir M. Visvesvaraya

Parliament passes Aircraft (Amendment) Bill 2020; converts DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation), BCAS (Bureau of Civil
Asian Development Bank releases its Asian Development Outlook (ADO) 2020 Update; forecasts 9% contraction in India’s economy in FY2020-21; 8% growth in FY2021-22
Lok Sabha passes Essential Commodities Amendment Bill to deregulate production, storage, movement and sale of several foodstuffs, including cereals, pulses, edible oils and onions
Gujarat govt. signs MoU with SIDBI to support state’s MSMEs

India-US Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) Group Meeting held virtually
UK returns 15th century bronze sculptures of Rama, Lakshamana and Sita stolen 40 years ago from a temple of Vijaynagar Period
India elected as member of Commission on Status of Women (CSW), a body of UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) for four-year term starting 2021
EAM S. Jaishankar holds talks with US special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad in New Delhi
Mali: Former president Moussa Traore, who ruled the West Africa nation from 1968 to 1991, dies at 83
US: Famed jewel thief, Jack ‘Murf the Surf’ Murphy dies at 83
International Day of Democracy observed on September 15
World Lymphoma Awareness Day observed on September 15
US breached global trading rules by imposing multi-billion-dollar tariffs on China: WTO
Donald Trump presides as Israel, 2 Arab states – UAE & Bahrain — sign historic pacts establishing diplomatic ties
China launches nine satellites into orbit from ship stationed in the Yellow Sea