Daily Current Affairs : 12th and 13th September 2020 | Daily GK update Quiz

Exp. The Union Home Ministry recently granted Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration to Gurdwara Harmandir Sahib, or the Golden Temple, in Amritsar. It will now enable the Golden Temple to receive foreign donations.

The foreign contribution can be used by the Sikh shrine for providing financial and medical assistance to the needy. It can also be used to organise langar which is a free community kitchen.

Exp. The new policy raising the cap of foreign direct investment through automatic approval in the defence sector from 49 per cent to 74 per cent now has a ‘National Security’ clause as a condition. The policy was approved by the Union Cabinet on 10th September.

The government has been focusing on the defence sector to act as an engine for boosting manufacturing in the country, and is aiming to achieve a turnover of Rs 1.75 lakh crore, including exports worth Rs 35,000 crore, by 2025.

Exp. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the ENGIE group signed a long-term loan of up to 4.66 billion Indian rupees (about $65.5 million) to construct and operate a 200-megawatt alternating current solar photovoltaic-based power plant at Raghanesda Solar Park in India’s western state of Gujarat.

“The project will enable the ENGIE group to expand its renewable energy capacity in India and send positive signals to global investors to continue supporting the growth of renewable energy in India.

Exp. World Health Organisation’s independent panel for pandemic preparedness and response appointed former health secretary Preeti Sudan as one of its 11 panellists from across the world. The decision by the panel’s two heads, former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clarke and former Liberia President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, received a rather muted response in India.

The global panel will evaluate international response to the Covid-19 pandemic and submit a report by May 2021 to the World Health Assembly.

Exp. UNICEF (United Nations International Children Education Fund) appointed Ayushmann Khurrana as its celebrity advocate for promoting and supporting its work around ending violence against children.

The actor will work towards ending violence against children especially in the current scenario when COVID-19 risk has blanketed the whole world.

Exp. Siegemund and Zvonareva Won the title in their first event together, beating Nicole Melichar and Xu Yifan in the final, 6–4, 6–4.

This is the first time since the 2006 US Open that an unseeded team won the US Open Women’s Doubles title also won by Zvonareva.

This was Zvonareva’s third Grand Slam title in women’s doubles, fifth Grand Slam title overall, her first Grand Slam title since the 2012 Australian Open women’s doubles, and her first U.S. Open title since 2006.

Exp. Mate Pavić and Bruno Soares defeated no. 8 seeds Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektić in the final, 7–5, 6–3 to win the Men’s Doubles tennis title at the 2020 US Open.

This is the first time since the 2000 US Open that an unseeded team won the US Open Men’s Doubles title.

With this win, Pavić won his second Grand Slam men’s doubles title after having won the 2018 Australian Open, and Soares won his third Grand Slam men’s doubles title after having won the 2016 Australian Open and 2016 US Open.

Exp. Naomi Osaka ended Victoria Azarenka’s dream run to claim her second U.S. Open title in three years with a 1-6 6-3 6-3 comeback win on 12th September which cemented her status as the sport’s leading light both on and off the court.

Naomi Osaka won the 2018 US Open and 2019 Australian Open.

Exp. Former Haryana MLA and Arya Samaj leader Swami Agnivesh, who was hospitalised due to liver cirrhosis and was in a critical condition, died at a hospital in New Delhi.

Agnivesh founded a political party, Arya Sabha, that was based on the principles of the Arya Samaj in 1970. He was also an advocate for the dialogue between religions.

Exp. Veteran playback singer Anuradha Paudwal’s son, music composer Aditya Paudwal passed away in a Mumbai hospital on 11th September. He was 35.

It had to do something with his lungs and finally, his kidneys failed. Last four days he was in the ICU and this morning he passed away. Aditya Paudwal was a music arranger and producer. He had recently worked on Nawazuddin Siddiqui starrer Thackeray.

Exp. Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray on 13th September announced that the government is launching ‘My Family, My Responsibility’ campaign to tackle coronavirus.

According to the guidelines released by BMC, the authorities will reach out to every family door-to-door to check temperature and oxygen levels. It asked people to maintain two-metre distance, sanitise hands regularly and wear mask.

Exp. Former union minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh died at AIIMS, Delhi on 13th September.

Raghuvansh Singh played a pioneering role in the implementation of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) during the UPA government.