DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS 19 SEPTEMBER 2020
1. KOSI RAIL
MEGA BRIDGE AND 12 OTHER RAILWAY PROJECTS IN BIHAR
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PM
Narendra Modi inaugurated the historic Kosi Rail Mahasetu (mega
bridge) and other projects including a new railway bridge on the Kiul River,
two new railway lines, 5 Electrification projects, Bihar’s first Electric
Locomotive Shed at Barauni and 3rd Line Project between Barh-Bakhtiyarpur in Bihar
through video conference.
2. INDIA’S FIRST TERMINAL AT DELHI AIRPORT
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Hardeep
Singh Puri, Ministry of Civil Aviation inaugurated India’s first General
Aviation Terminal at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport, Delhi to handle
the flight operations and movement and processing of passengers flying through
of private jets or chartered flights.
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This
terminal can handle Code C type aircraft, which are 50-seater
charter aircraft and the biggest in their category.
3. SMART CITY INDEX 2020
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Institute
for Management Development (IMD), &Smart Cities Observatory (SCO) has
released the 2nd edition of global listing of smart cities i.e. “Smart
City Index (SCI) 2020” in which the ranking of four Indian cities- New
Delhi, Mumbai (Maharashtra), Hyderabad (Telangana),&Bengaluru (Karnataka)
was declined as the technological advancement in these cities is not up to date
to cater the COVID19 Pandemic.
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The
index was topped by Singapore followed by Helsinki (Finland) and Zurich
(Switzerland) in the second and the third place respectively.
4. BRICS NSAS MEET
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10th
meeting of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) National
Security Advisors (NSAs) was hosted by Russia, the current chair of BRICS,
where India was represented by Ajit Doval, Adviser to the Prime Minister (PM)
of India on National Security.
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The
focus of the meet was to exchange views on combating terrorism and extremism.
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Notably,
a draft anti-terrorist strategy of the BRICS nations has been
prepared, which will be submitted for approval during the upcoming
summit.
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Theme
for 2020– “BRICS Partnership for
Global Stability, Shared Security and Innovative Growth”.
5. 2020 COHORT OF YOUNG LEADERS FOR SDGS
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Udit
Singhal (18 years), the founder of Glass2S and, a zero waste ecosystem to control the
increasing menace of glass waste in Delhi, has been named to the 2020
Cohort of young leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs) by
the United Nations(UN).
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The
Galss2Sand have prevented around 8000 bottles from being dumped into the
landfills and have produced 4815 kilograms (Kg) of high grade silica sands with
them.
6. RAJESH PANT TO PROBE REPORTS OF SNOOPING BY
CHINESE FIRM
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Government
of India formed an Expert Committee led by National Cyber Security Coordinator
(NCSC) Lt General (retd)Rajesh Pant, India’s Chief Coordinator on
Cyber Security to examine the reports of digital surveillance on Prominent
Indian Nationals including President, Army Chief by Chinese firm Shenzhen
Zhenhua Data Information Technology Company Ltd.
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The
Expert Committee will submit its recommendations in 30 days.
7. BOOK-“A PROMISED LAND”
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Penguin
Random House announced
that the first volume of the Former President of United States of America (USA),
Barack Obama’s memoir “A Promised Land” is set to hit the
stores on 17th November 2020, two weeks after Election day.
This book will be released by Crown, a division of Penguin Random
House around the world in 25 languages which includes Spanish,
Chinese, Arabic, Czech, Finnish and Vietnamese.
