Daily Current Affairs Quiz: September 29, 2020

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‘International Sign Languages Day’ is celebrated on September 23. In India, it was celebrated by Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC), an autonomous body under Social Justice and Empowerment virtually. United Nations has declared 23rd September as International Sign Language Day. The theme of this year is ‘Sign Languages are for everyone’ with a view to enhancing awareness about Sign language and expanding its reach to everyone.

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Each year on 24th September, World Maritime Day is celebrated by International Maritime Organization in order to mark the contribution of international maritime industries towards the economy of the world especially shipping. The theme for this year is “Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet”.

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The Gunda and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Bill was passed by Gujarat Legislative Assembly on September 24, 2020. The Bill seeks to strictly deal with anti-social elements and hardened criminals, prescribing jail terms ranging from seven to 10 years and it also empowers the police to seek 30 day remand instead of 15 days while a charge sheet can be filed within 90 days instead of the present provision of 60 days.

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The Government of India, Ministry of Textiles is implementing National Handloom Development Programme (NHDP) for development of Block Level clusters across the country including Andhra Pradesh & Telangana States. The Block Level clusters are sanctioned on the basis of the viable proposals received from States Government.

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The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare conducts National Nutrition Surveys in order to keep the check on the nutritional status of children through periodically conducting surveys. Recently, a Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS)(2016-2018) has captured the data on nutritional status of school going children.