CURRENT AFFAIRS 4 SEPT 2020
1)
BAN ON 118
CHINESE MOBILE APPS
· Ministry of Electronics and Information &
Technology banned 118 Chinese Mobile Applications.
· The mobile applications have been banned as they were
found to be harmful to the Sovereignty, Integrity, Defence of India and Public
Order.
· The Government has banned them amidst the border
tensions with China.
· The apps have been banned under section 69A of
the Information Technology Act read with the relevant
provisions of the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking
of Access of Information by Public) Rules 2009.
2)
SIKKIM
CELEBRATED PANG LHABSOL
· A festival of cultural heritage and historical
importance is one of the most historically and culturally significant
festivals celebrated annually by Sikkim people.
· This festival is celebrated only in this state.
· It commemorates the blessing of Mount Khangchendzonga
as the guardian deity of Sikkim.
3)
GLOBAL
INNOVATION INDEX 2020
·
For the First
time, India joined the group of Top 50 Countries in the 13th Edition
of Global Innovation Index (GII) 2020, as it took the 48th rank with a
score of 35.59 in the Annual report jointly released by World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO), Cornell University and INSEAD Business
School.
·
The Theme of
the 13th edition of the GII 2020 is “Who Will Finance Innovation?”.
|
Rank |
Country |
Score |
Income |
|
1 |
Switzerland |
66.08 |
HI* |
|
2 |
Sweden |
62.47 |
HI |
|
3 |
United States |
60.56 |
HI |
4)
THE WORLD
UNIVERSITY RANKING 2021
· Times Higher Education (THE), based in
the United Kingdom (UK) released the World University Rankings
2021.
· Placed under the group of 301-350 rankings,
Indian Institute of Science(IISc) Bengaluru tops among the 63 institutions
that qualified for the rankings.
· University of Oxford of UK was spotted tops in the
list IIT, Ropar which is under the 351-400 group rankings and IISc
Bengaluru are the only Indian institutes in the world top 400 Universities.
5)
NATIONAL AWARD
TO TEACHERS 2020
· For the first Time, Sudha Painuli, a vice-principal
of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS), established under the Ministry of
Tribal Affairs has been selected for National Award to Teachers (NAT)
2020.
· Sudha Painuli is the vice-principal of EMRS-Kalsi,
Dehradun, Uttarakhand since its establishment. Sudha Painuli made it to the
list of 47 outstanding teachers after a 3-stage rigorous online transparent
process.
6)
NEW CHAIRMAN
OF PTI
·
The Board of
Directors of Press Trust of India(PTI) announced that Aveek
Sarkar (75 years), Editor Emeritus and Vice Chairman of Ananda Bazar
Group of Publication was elected as the new Chairman of PTI, he
will succeed Vijay Kumar Chopra, Chief Editor of the Punjab Kesari
Group of Newspapers.
7)
FIRST EVER CEO
OF IR
· The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
(ACC) has approved the organizational restructuring of
the Indian Railways, which includes the merger of eight Group A
services and also approved the appointment of the current chairman of the
Railway Board V K Yadav as the first ever Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
of IR.Along with the CEO post he also holds the chairman post.
8)
ADANI GROUP TO
ACQUIRE 74% STAKE IN MIAL
·
Adani Airport
Holdings Limited(AAHL), holding company of Adani Group for its airports
business has entered into an agreement to acquire 74% in
Mumbai International Airport Limited(MIAL) or Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj International Airport.
9)
POPE FRANCIS’S
NEW BOOK “LET US DREAM”
· Pope Francis is set to release the book “Let Us
Dream” in December 2020.
· The book will be an outcome of numerous exchanges between
Pope Francis and his Biographer Austen Ivereigh in the weeks
following the Coronavirus outbreak around the world.
