Daily Current Affairs dated 14.09.2020

Daily Current Affairs – Top 10

dated 14th September, 2020

1.   The Pesticides Management Bill, 2020 was approved by the Union Cabinet in February this year.  It will replace the Insecticides Act, 1968.

2.      iRAD stands for Integrated Road Accident Database Project. The primary purpose of IRAD is to enhance road safety.

3.      Hindi Divas is celebrated annually on 14 September to commemorate the adoption of Hindi as official language of India. On 14 September, 1949, Constitutional provisions of Official Language were passed by the Constituent Assembly and Hindi in Devanagari became official language of India.

4.      SCTIMST has developed a device to prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) or formation of a blood clot in a vein located deep in body, usually in the legs. The device helps in flow of blood from the veins in the legs and prevents DVT.

5.      Former Union Minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh has passed away at AIIMS, Delhi. He served as Union Cabinet Minister for Rural Development and was elected from Vaishali constituency (Bihar) in 14 Lok Sabha. Currently, 15 AIIMS are functioning in country and government is working on making eight more AIIMS operational by 2025.

6.      Devendra Vijay Darda has been elected chairman of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for the year 2020-2021. He is the managing director of Lokmat Media, one of the largest regional media groups in India.

7.      US Open is one of the Gand Slam tournaments. The other three are- Australia Open, French Open and Wimbledon. US Open 2020 is the 140 edition of tennis’ US Open, fourth and final Grand Slam tournament of a year. Rafael Nadal won the Men’s singles in 2019.

8.      Suguna, one of India”s largest poultry broiler enterprises, has been significantly affected by supply disruptions caused by the nationwide lockdown to contain COVID-19.

9.      Masatsugu Asakawa is the President of Asian Development Bank (ADB).

10.  Moody’s Investors Service has forecast India’s real GDP to contract by (-)11.5% in fiscal 2020-21, much weaker than its previous estimate of a 4.0 per cent contraction. Moody’s said, growth is expected to rebound to 10.6 per cent in 2021-22, reflecting a strong statistical base effect from the low GDP levels of 2020 as economic activity slowly normalises.

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