Current Affairs – September 3, 2020 [Top Headlines]

September 3, 2020

Here are top Current Affairs of September 3, 2020

Union Cabinet approves ‘Mission Karmayogi’ – National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB) – aimed at capacity building of central government employees
Govt bans 118 Chinese apps, including PUBG, over security concerns
Bureaucrat Kshatrapati Shivaji appointed as the chief statistician of India
Union Cabinet approves J&K Official Languages Bill; J&K will have Urdu, Kashmiri, Dogri, Hindi and English as official languages

Govt caps benefits under MEIS (Merchandise Export from India Scheme) to Rs 2 crore per exporter till December
Cabinet approves pact between India, Finland for cooperation in geology
Cabinet approves MoU between India and Japan for cooperation in the field of good quality textiles

Switzerland first, India 48th on Global Innovation Index (GII) 2020 compiled by WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization), Cornell University and INSEAD Business School
UK’s University of Oxford tops World University Rankings 2021 of Times Higher Education (THE); none from India in top-300
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar holds talks with his Nigerian counterpart Geoffrey Onyeama
Tunisia: Parliament approves Hichem Mechichi as new prime minister
Australian government appoints former cricketer Matthew Hayden as Member of Australia-India Council for advancing business ties with India
World Coconut Day celebrated on September 2; theme: ‘Invest in Coconut to save the world’