Daily Current Affairs : 22nd September 2020 | Daily GK update Quiz

Exp. PM Narendra Modi has launched 9 highway projects and Ghar tak Fiber scheme in Bihar on 21 September 2020. Under the Ghar tak fibre Scheme, optical fibre services will be provided to every households.

Bihar Highway projects will construct 350 kilometers of road. The roads will be built at a cost of Rs 14,250 crores (Rs 142.5 Billions). The Optical Fibre Services project is to be implemented GoI’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology under the Ghar Tak Fibre Scheme (GTFD). It will connect 45,945 villages inter-state.

Exp. SBI started a programme by the name “Mahila Atmanirbharshil Aachani” (Women Self-Reliance programme) support Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhijan launched by Prime Minister of India to the ground level.

SBI stated that women SHGs are very active and credit worthy in rural areas of Assam as it relies on social collateral rather than on financial collateral. It also empowers the women by encouraging them to create their micro enterprises for self-reliance and to maintain a sustainable economic condition.

Exp. India has provided financial assistance of USD 250 million to the Maldives to help it mitigate the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian embassy here said on 20 September.

The grant, provided under the most favourable terms possible, was in response to the request made by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to overcome the difficult economic situation in the Maldives.

India has provided a sovereign guarantee to SBI for this financial assistance. The soft loan of $ 250 million has a comfortable tenor of 10 years and a very low interest rate.

Exp. The first ever Cargo Ferry Service between India and the Maldives was jointly launched on 21st September opening a new chapter in connectivity initiatives in the Indian Ocean Region.

The Cargo Ferry Vessel MCP Linz operated by the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) will connect Tuticorin and Cochin ports in India with Kulhudhuhfushi and Male ports in the Maldives.

Exp. Aviation giant Airbus on 21st Setember revealed three concepts for the world’s first zero-emission commercial aircraft which could enter into service by 2035.

All of these concepts are powered by hydrogen – an option that the European firm believes holds exceptional promise as a clean aviation fuel and is likely to be a solution for aerospace and many other industries to meet their climate-neutral targets.

Exp. SBI Life Insurance on 21st Septeber announced it has signed bancassurance agreement with Yes Bank to offer a comprehensive bouquet of life insurance solutions to the bank’s customers across the country.

As part of the partnership, SBI Life’s diverse range of individual and group insurance solutions will be offered to the customers of Yes Bank through the bank’s branches. “This partnership is a great opportunity for us to deepen our customer connects, empowering them to stay in control while fulfilling their evolving insurance needs.

Exp. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been awarded the Ig Nobel Prize 2020 for Medical Education. Modi was awarded the prize for “using the COVID-19 pandemic to teach the world that politicians can have a more immediate effect on life and death than scientists and doctors can”.

Besides Modi, the medical education prize was jointly awarded to Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil, Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom, Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico, Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, Donald Trump of the USA, Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey, Vladimir Putin of Russia, and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow of Turkmenistan.

Exp. Every year on September 22, the world celebrates World Rhinoceros Day. The day intends to celebrate rhinos across the world in unique ways. The World Rhinoceros Day was announced by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in 2010.

The day which is focused on celebrating rhinoceros across Africa and Asia was first celebrated by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

Exp. Novak Djokovic has defeated Argentine Diego Schwartzman, 7-6, 5-3, to win 2020 Men’s Single Italian Open title and his fifth overall Rome title.

In Women’s single, Simona Halep defeated champion Karolina Pliskova, 6-0, 2-1, to win her first Italian Open title.

Exp. Novak Djokovic has defeated Argentine Diego Schwartzman, 7-6, 5-3, to win 2020 Men’s Single Italian Open title and his fifth overall Rome title.

In Women’s single, Simona Halep defeated champion Karolina Pliskova, 6-0, 2-1, to win her first Italian Open title.

Exp. Veteran actor Ashalata Wabgaonkar has passed away. Ashalata Wabgaonkar acted in over 100 Marathi movies, and several Marathi and Konkani plays. She made her Bollywood debut with the Basu Chatterjee directorial Apne Paraye, which won her a Filmfare Award.

She was also seen in Hindi films like Woh Saat Din, Namak Halaal, Shaukeen, Ahista Ahista, Ankush, Coolie, Sadma and Ghayal.

Exp. Nepal-based Ang Rita Sherpa, the first man to climb Mount Everest 10 times, passed away. He made all the ascents to the world’s tallest mountain between 1983 and 1996 and that too without bottled oxygen.

He was therefore also known as the “snow leopard” for his climbing skills.

Exp: About Maldives:

Capital– Male

Currency– Maldivian rufiyaa

President– Ibrahim Mohamed Solih