International
- First position on the 2020 Smart City Index, released by the Institute for Management Development (IMD) - Singapore (followed by Helsinki and Zurich).
- Indian cities on the IMD’s 2020 Smart City Index - Hyderabad (85th), New Delhi (86th), Mumbai (93rd), Bengaluru (95th).
National
- This foreign organisation is rushing to set up a ‘community response forum’ to conduct a thorough analysis of the impact of stubble burning on Delhi and its neighbouring areas - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
- First winner (Overall) at the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Utkrisht Sansthan Vishwakarma Award 2020 - College of Engineering, Pune.
- AICTE under its ‘Utkrisht Sansthan Vishwakarma Award (USVA) 2020’ has proposed the theme of the year as - “India Fights Corona”.
- First Indian airline that offer in-flight Wi-Fi internet - Vistara.
- India’s first general aviation terminal for private jets - Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International airport.
- Till 13 September 2020, India has entered into Air Bubble agreements with - 10 countries (USA, Canada, France, Germany, UK, Maldives, UAE, Qatar, Afghanistan and Bahrain).
- Newly approved institution to regulate homoeopathic education and practice - Central Council of Homoeopathy.
Persons in News
- Person who has been given one-year extension (beyond September 3, 2020) as the Deputy National Security Advisor (Dy NSA) - Pankaj Saran.
Sports
- First tennis competition that named after a woman by the International Tennis Federation - Fed Cup (renamed as Billie Jean King Cup).
State Current Affairs
- The ______ State School Education Department has announced that Class 5 will henceforth be considered under the Primary section - Maharashtra.
- On 18 September, “cOcOn 2020”, the cybersecurity and hacking conference, was organised jointly by ______, the Society for the Policing of Cyberspace (POLCYB) and the Information Security Research Association - Kerala Police.
- Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur inaugurated the “Swachhata Cafe” at - Nalagarh, Solan district.
- Under Ek Bharat Shresth Bharath programme, Goa is paired with - Jharkhand.
Science and Technology
- Ashok Leyland and _____ have joined hands with IIT-Madras in the technology institute’s endeavour to develop a Zinc air battery - Hindustan Zinc.
- World's smallest ultrasound detector, which is 100 times tinier than an average human hair, developed by the German researchers - Silicon waveguide-etalon detector (SWED).
General Knowledge
- Charter of the United Nations - Adopted: 26 June 1945; Effective: 24 October 1945.
- Vienna Convention on Consular Relations - Adopted: 24 April 1963; Effective: 19 March 1967.
- Convention on special missions (“New York Convention”) - Adopted: 8 December 1969; Effective: 21 June 1985.
- United Nations Convention on Jurisdictional Immunities of States and Their Property was adopted on - 2 December 2004.
- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide - Adopted: 9 December 1948; Effective: 12 January 1951.
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination - Adopted: 7 March 1966; Effective: 4 January 1969.
