Current Affairs Quiz-September, 2020

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Noor Inayat Khan, who worked as a spy for Britain during World War II, becomes the first Indian-origin woman to get a Memorial plaque in London.
The house in London, where Noor Inayat Khan once lived, got a distinct Blue plaque. She is a descendant of Tipu Sultan, and she was the first woman radio operator to be sent into occupied France under the code name ‘Madeleine’.

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India has recently co-sponsored a Security Council resolution tabled by Indonesia in the United Nations, that seeks women’s participation in peacekeeping missions.
Indonesia is currently a non-permanent member in UN Security Council. India’s Permanent Mission at the United Nations supported the resolution, that was passed by a consensus in the Security Council.

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India’s premier news agency, the Press Trust of India has elected the Vice Chairman of Ananda Bazar Group of Publications (ABP), Aveek Sarkar as the next Chairman.
Aveek Sarkar is to succeed Vijay Kumar Chopra, Chief Editor of the Punjab Kesari Group. He was also the editor of the Bengali language daily ‘Anandabazar Patrika’ and English daily ‘The Telegraph’. He was the founding MD of Penguin India and the founding Editor of Business Standard.

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Former Finance Secretary, Rajiv Kumar has taken charge as the new Election Commissioner (EC) of India.
Rajiv Kumar is a 1984 batch Indian Administrative Service Officer and has served in various capacities at Ministries in the Centre and his state cadre of Bihar/Jharkhand. He retired as Finance Secretary, in February 2020, after which he was appointed as the Chairman Public Enterprises Selection Board.

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Every year 30th of August is observed by the United Nations as “International Day for Victims of Enforced Disappearances”.
On 21 December 2010, the United Nations adopted a resolution in this regard. Victims of enforced disappearance are those who are deprived of all their rights and liberties and are at the mercy of their captors.

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The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Defence Ministers’ Meet is to be hosted in the city of Moscow, Russia.
Union Defence Minister of India Rajnath Singh has recently left for Russia to attend the meet. He is also expected to hold talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu. However, no schedule has been made for meeting with the Chinese Defence Minister.

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Insurance Regulatory Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has constituted a 6-member panel to examine feasibility of permitting life insurance companies to offer index linked insurance products.
The panel would be headed by the appointed actuary of LIC, Dinesh Pant. Presently Life Insurance companies are offering two types of products namely Unit linked insurance plans and traditional plans.

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Union Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) implements Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters).
Recently, the Union Government has approved the implementation of 27 projects under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana scheme. The projects aim to develop integrated cold chains and value addition infrastructure.

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The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has extended the tenure of Pramod Chandra Mody for a period of 6 months from 01.09.2020 to 28.02.2021.
This move has been made to ensure continuity in Income Tax related matter till the next Budget. Pramod Chandra Mody is a 1982 batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer and his tenure has been extended for the second time in a row.

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The lawmakers of Tunisia have approved Hichem Mechichi as the country’s new Prime Minister. Mechichi and his proposed government won a confidence vote, after a long debate.
Earlier, the 46-year-old former Minister explained how his government would bring the country out of the economic and social crisis. This is the third Government of Tunisia since October and the ninth since the revolution held in 2011.