Days in Focus
- Theme for the World Maritime Day (26 September) - Empowering Women in the Maritime Community.
- Theme for World Space Week from 4 to 10 October 2019 - ‘The Moon: Gateway to the Stars’.
Economy
- According to the Trade and Development 2019 report by United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), India’s growth forecast in 2019 - 6%.
Environment
- According to the study carried by University of Arkansas in the US, this much percent of wheat-growing areas around the world may see simultaneous, severe and prolonged droughts by the end of the century - Up to 60%.
International
- 16 years-old Swedish climate activist who won the Right Livelihood Award 2019 - Greta Thunberg.
- Winners of the Right Livelihood Award 2019 - Greta Thunberg, Aminatou Haidar, Guo Jianmei and Davi Kopenawa.
- First place in the list of World’s Best Regarded Companies compiled by Forbes – Visa (Italian Ferrari on second).
- World's largest airport - Daxing International (Beijing, China).
National
- Indian IT company that ranked third in the list of World’s Best Regarded Companies compiled by Forbes – Infosys.
- India announced a partnership with the World Bank which is providing a $400 million credit for accelerating TB response in - 9 states.
- On 24 September 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced this global coalition about climate change which is developed through consultations with more than 35 countries - Global Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI).
- According to the 'India TB Report 2019', India witnessed this much percentage increase in the number of tuberculosis cases in 2018 – 16%.
Persons in News
- Teenage Rajasthani girl who received the "Changemaker" award by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Payal Jangid.
- Chairman of the reconstituted Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) for a period of two years - Dr. Bibek Debroy.
Sports
- Indian pair that won the 2019 IBSF World Snooker Team event - Pankaj Advani and Aditya Mehta.
- Indian track and field player who got Veteran Pin honour from International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) – P T Usha.
- Winner of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 - Spain.
- Winner of the Rugby World Cup 2019 - Uruguay.
Science and Technology
- First astronaut of the United Arab Emirates - Hazzaa AlMansoori.
General Knowledge
- Nobel Peace Prize first awarded on - 10 December 1901.
- United Nations (UN) – Established in: 1945; Headquarters: New York City, USA.
- The Right Livelihood Award was created in 1980 by - Swedish-German philatelist Jakob von Uexkull.
- United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) was created in -1999.
