Here are top News Headlines of 26th September 2020.

INDIA

• PM Modi addresses 75th United Nations General Assembly; calls for India’s inclusion as a permanent member of UN Security Council
• L. Adimoolam (Health and The Antiseptic publication) elected president of the Indian Newspaper Society
• Economist and former chairperson of ICRIER (Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations) Isher Judge Ahluwalia dies aged 74; Padma Bhushan awardee (2009)

ECONOMY & CORPORATE

• UK India Business Council signs MoU with West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation (WBIDC)
• NCAER sees GDP shrinking by 12.6% in 2020-21, falling in three remaining quarters
• India, Denmark ink pact to increase cooperation on IPRs

WORLD

• International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons observed on September 26
• India extends $15 mn assistance to Sri Lanka for promoting Buddhist ties