Current Affairs – September 6, 2020 [Top Headlines]

September 6, 2020

Here are top Current Affairs of September 6, 2020

In a first, govt introduces ‘on-demand’ Covid testing without prescription
For the first time, the Union Health Ministry has allowed on-demand COVID-19 testing without a prescription. The new advisory has been made on the recommendations of the National Task Force on the novel coronavirus.
National Teachers’ Award 2020 presented in a virtual ceremony
September 5 celebrated as Teachers’ day in India; birth anniversary of former President Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
MoTA (Ministry of Tribal Affairs) and IIPA (Indian Institute of Public Administration) organize ‘National Tribal Research Conclave’ on Sept 3-4
BRAP
Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, announced the 4th edition of Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) ranking of states and UTs
The rankings are an indicator of the ease of doing business
Andhra Pradesh remained the top ranked state followed by UP and Telangana
Delhi (12th among both states/UTs) was the best among UTs
Parameters for the rankings include areas construction permit, labour regulation, environmental registration, access to information, land availability and single-window system.

DGCA orders airlines to resume pre-flight alcohol tests for pilots and cabin crew members; were suspended from March 29
60th annual session of ACMA (Automotive Component Manufacturers Association) organised; addressed by Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh met his Chinese counterpart, Defence Minister and State Councillor General Wei Fenghe on the sidelines of SCO meeting in Moscow
Virtual meeting of BRICS Foreign Ministers convened by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov; External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar attended
India sending two teams to UN missions for Covid effort to Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan
Germany joins Indo-Pacific club aimed at securing trade routes from aggressive China
Japanese companies relocating from China to India, Bangladesh to get Japan govt’s subsidy
Iran has more than 10 times the amount of enriched uranium permitted under an international agreement (2015): International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Britain named former Australian PM Tony Abbott as a trade adviser
International Day of Charity observed on September 5; is death anniversary of Mother Teresa who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta in 1950 and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979