Current Affairs – September 11, 2020 [Today’s News Headlines]
Here are top Current Affairs News Headlines of September 11, 2020.
INDIA
- Five Rafale fighter jets formally inducted into the Golden Arrows squadron of IAF at the Ambala air base in Haryana in presence of French Defence Minister Florence Parly
- India and Japan sign agreement on Reciprocal Provision of Supplies and Services between Forces of both countries
- Paresh Rawal appointed Chairperson of the National School of Drama (NSD)
- Twitter India launches initiative to prevent suicide and self-harm on World Suicide Prevention Day: September 10
ECONOMY & CORPORATE
- Govt forms committee chaired by former CAG Rajiv Mehrishi for assessment of relief to bank borrower
- Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY) launched to boost production and exports in the fisheries sector
- PM launches mobile app e-Gopala for providing assistance to farmers on livestock related issues
- Bihar: Under PMMSY (Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana) Fish Brood Bank to be set up at Sitamarhi and Aquatic Disease Referral Laboratory at Kishanganj
- Indian economy will contract by 9 per cent in 2020-21: CRISIL
- India Post launches Five Star Villages Scheme to ensure 100% rural coverage of postal schemes
- MoS for Shipping (I/C) Mansukh Mandaviya launches ‘SAROD-Ports’ (Society for Affordable Redressal of Disputes – Ports)
- Reliance Industries (RIL) becomes first Indian company to surpass the $200-billion market capitalisation mark
- ICICI Bank introduces iStartup2.0 as a ‘one-stop-shop’ for early and growth stage needs of startups
WORLD
- ISS-bound Cygnus spacecraft of US company Northrop Grumman named after late Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla
- Foreign ministers of RIC – Russia (Sergey Lavrov), India (S. Jaishankar) and China (Wang Yi) – hold talks in Moscow
- Japan’s Defence Minister Taro Kono calls for increased cooperation in the India-Pacific region to counter Chinese expansion
- Iran holding naval exercise ‘Zolfaghar-99’ near the Strait of Hormuz in the Gulf of Oman
- Citigroup announces Jane Fraser as its first woman chief executive
- Game of Thrones, James Bond actor Diana Rigg dies aged 82 in London
Month: Current Affairs - September, 2020