Current Affairs – September 1, 2020 [Top Headlines]

September 1, 2020

Here are top Current Affairs of September 1, 2020

Aveek Sarkar of ABP (Ananda Bazar Group) group elected new Press Trust of India chairman
Former President (2012-2017) Pranab Mukherjee dies at 84; awarded Bharat Ratna in 2019
India’s first female cardiologist, Dr S. I. Padmavati, dies at 103; won Padma Bhushan (1967) and Padma Vibhushan (1992)
K. S. Bajpai, former Indian Ambassador to the United States and Pakistan, dies at 92
A. R. Lakshmanan, former Supreme Court judge and ex-Chairman of Law Commission, dies at 78
SC bench punishes lawyer Prashant Bhushan with a ₹1 fine for committing criminal contempt
N. Bhanu Prakash Jonnalagadda wins gold medal at the Mind Sports Olympiad in London

GDP growth at –23.9% in April-June Quarter (Q1); first contraction in more than 40 years
Output of eight core infrastructure sectors drops by 9.6% in July
Adani Group acquires 74% stake in Mumbai International Airport Ltd. (MIAL) from GVK group (50.5%), Airport Company of South Africa (10%) and Bidvest (13.5%)
Suspension of scheduled international passenger flights extended till September 30: DGCA
CSIR-CMERI develops World’s Largest Solar Tree in Durgapur (West Bengal); annual generation capacity is 12,000-14,000 units

Indian-origin Pritam Singh takes charge as first Leader of the Opposition in Singapore
First commercial direct flight between Israel and the UAE takes off from Tel Aviv, lands in Abu Dhabi
Qatar raises minimum wage by 25%, lifts restrictions on changing jobs
International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances observed on August 30

Western & Southern Open tennis tournament in US: Serbia’s Novak Djokovic (men’s), Victoria Azarenka of Belarus (women’s) win singles title
Arsenal beat Liverpool to lift the FA Community Shield football title at Wembley Stadium in London