Current Affairs Quiz-September, 2020

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The Supreme Court of India has imposed a penalty of Re 1 on lawyer cum activist Prashant Bhushan as a punishment for his criminal contempt of the Supreme Court.
This judgment was pronounced by a bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra. The bench ordered that Prashant Bhushan should deposit Re 1 by September 15 else he will be imprisoned for 3 months and would be debarred from practice for a period of 3 years.

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Mustapha Adib has been nominated for the position of Lebanon’s Prime Minister. He has been Lebanon’s ambassador to Germany, since 2013.
He is proposed to replace Hassan Diab, whose Government resigned following the aftermath of August 4 blast at Beirut Port. The President of Lebanon Michel Aoun designated him to form a new government after he secured the support of a majority of MPs.

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After the United Arab Emirates requested, Saudi Arabia announced that it will allow flights from all countries to cross its skies to reach the UAE.
Before some days, Saudi Arabia allowed the first direct Israeli commercial passenger flight use its airspace to reach the UAE. It carried a high-level delegation of the Government of Israel and the USA, which moderated the ties.

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The Ministry of Power’s Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) is set to procure 250 electric vehicles from Tata Motors and Hyundai Motors.
The government’s electric vehicles procurement arm, will procure 150 units of Tata Nexon EV and 100 units of Hyundai Kona EV. The companies were selected by way of an international competitive bidding.

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Researchers at CSIR’s Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI) have developed solar based spray systems to tackle water crisis in agriculture.
Two variants of the equipment have been developed – one for “marginal famers” and other for “small farmers”. These sprayers are equipped with two separate tanks, flow control and pressure regulator to handle different water requirements of the crops.

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Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot is set to launch the Mental Health Rehabilitation Helpline “KIRAN”.
This 24×7 Toll-Free Helpline has been developed by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, to provide psychological support and rehabilitation services to persons with Mental Illness, across the country.

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A painting of V.S. Gaitonde has become the most expensive work of art by an Indian artist, as it has fetched Rs 32 Crore at an auction held at Mumbai auction house Pundole.
The untitled oil-on-canvas painting was created in the year 1974 and was bought by an unnamed international buyer. This sale breaks the record held by another art work of V.S. Gaitonde that fetched Rs 29.3 crore in the year 2015.

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Kerala, Goa, Tripura and Tamil Nadu are the top performers in child health development as per the ranking named “Young Child Outcome Index – YCOI”.
The ranking has been prepared by “Mobile Creches” which is an not-for-profit organisation working for the development of underprivileged children across India. The report has been released by Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu

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Indian young Grand Master P.Iniyan won the 48th annual world open chess tournament conducted recently.
This tournament was conducted in an online format due to the Covid 19 pandemic. The event was conducted in 3 rounds where in 122 participants of 16 countries participated.

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As per a statement by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), the rainfall received by the country in August 2020 is the highest since 1926.
August 1926 recorded a rainfall of 34.8 cm exceeding normal by 33%, whereas August 2020 recorded 32.7 cm rainfall exceeding normal by 27%. Also, IMD has stated that in June’20 to 6th September’20, India had registered 7% more rainfall than what is normal for this period.