Important Day
Economy
- This stock exchange will launch ‘silver options’ in the commodity derivatives segment from September 1 – NSE Limited.
National
- A 1.8- kilometre long ropeway service, India’s longest river ropeway, inaugurated in – Assam (connects Guwahati and North Guwahati).
- According to the report is titled as ‘Population projections for India and States 2011-2036’, it has observed the population in ____ is expected to be more feminine compared to the population as of 2011 when it came to sex ratio - 2036.
- On 24 August 2020, the Government of India, the Government of Maharashtra, Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation and this international organisation signed a loan agreement for a $500 million Mumbai Urban Transport Project-III to improve the network capacity - Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
- To advise the Central Government on the formulation of policies, programmes, legislation and projects with respect to transgender persons, the Union Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has constituted - National Council for Transgender Persons.
- This research institute will jointly organise the international conference on ‘Aerosol Air Quality, Climate Change and Impact on Water Resources and Livelihoods in the Greater Himalayas’ between 14th -16th September 2020 - Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital.
State Current Affairs
- This state government has launched a new scheme for promoting intensive aquaculture through Biofloc technology in fisheries - Odisha.
- This state government will launch YSR Asara Scheme on September 11 to uplift living standards of women - Andhra Pradesh.
General Knowledge
- The Cycling Federation of India was founded in – 1946.
- Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) – Founded: 3 January 1954; Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) – Founded: 1987; Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- Uranium Corporation of India (UCIL) – Founded: 1967; Headquarters: Jadugora, Jharkhand.
- Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL) – Founded: 11 April 1967; Headquarters: Hyderabad.
