Current Affairs 18 September 2020

Abhishek Sinha September 18, 2020

Current Affairs 18 September 2020


Most important Current Affairs for 18 September 2020, useful in different competitive exams. Here we are trying to serve you every single information regarding daily current affairs. So that you could prepare yourself for all competitive exams. Along with these current affairs, we shall provide you MCQ practice set to check your preparation level.



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Important Current Affairs for 18 September 2020 :


  • 17 September

  • India holds 116th rank in Human capital index 

  • Tata Groups got the contract for new Parliament Building

  • The Environment Ministerial meeting ( EMM ) was held in visual platform

  • Harsimrat Kour resigned from Modi Cabinet

  • The AFMC hosted IMPACT 2020

  • The Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Bill,  has been passed by the Parliament




17 September

 

  • 17 September is observed as International Patient Safety day and National Pet Bird day.


  • In the 72nd World Health Assembly ( WHA), in May 2019, 17 September was accepted as International Patient Safety day.


  • National Pet Bird day is celebrated to spread awareness about  birds as a pet.



India holds 116th rank in Human capital index 


  • India has gotten 116th rank in the World Bank's annual Human Capital index 2020.


  • It includes the health and education data amongst 174 countries upto march 2020, covering 98% of the World's population.


  • India's rank in 2019 was 115 out of 157 countries.



Tata Groups got the contract for new Parliament Building


  • Tata Groups got the contract to build the new Parliament Building with a bid of Rs. 861.90 crore.


  • The new Parliament Building will be made in the same premises under the Central Vista redevelopment project of the Modi Government.


  • The Central Public Department had opened these bids on September 16 and Tata group won as the lowest financial bidder.



The Environment Ministerial meeting ( EMM ) was held in visual platform


  • The EMM meeting of G 20 countries was performed through the visual platform.


  • The EMM meeting was conducted under the presidency of Saudi Arabia on September 16.


  • In the EMM meeting the initiative to reduce Land Degradation and Coral Reef program was launched.



Harsimrat Kour resigned from Modi Cabinet


  • Harsimrat Kour Badal resigned from the Modi cabinet against the Agriculture Bill.


  • She belongs to the party Shiromani Akali Dal and was the Union minister in the Modi cabinet.




The AFMC hosted IMPACT 2020


  • The AFMC hosted the online conference cum workshop IMPACT 2020 for the Medical researchers from September 16-18, 2020.


  • AFMC : Armed Forces Medical College.


  • This conference is organised by the Medical Journal Armed Forces India (MJAFI ).



The Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Bill,  has been passed by the Parliament


  • The Rajya Sabha has passed the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda Bill, 2020.


  • The bill was already passed by Loksabha on March 19, 2020.


  • The Bill will establish the Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda ( ITRA ) at Jamnagar, Gujrat.


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