Days in Focus
- Theme for International Day for Universal Access to Information 2019 OR International Right to Know Day (28 September) - ‘Leaving No One Behind!’.
- International Translation Day - 30 September.
International
- The annual meeting of the 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference (CPC) was held in - Kampala, Uganda.
- According to Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), this country jumped to the world's second biggest military purchaser in 2018 – Australia (1st place - Saudi Arabia).
- This gulf country is looking at investing $100 billion in India in areas of petrochemicals, infrastructure and mining among others - Saudi Arabia.
- Regional winners of the 2019 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award - Evariste Mfaume from Congo (Africa), Bianka Rodriguez from El Salvador (Americas), Alberto Cairo from Afghanistan (Asia), Humanitarian Corridors from Italy (Europe), Abeer Khreisha from Jordan (Middle East).
- India is hosting the ‘Second Lead Author Meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group III Sixth Assessment Report’ in - New Delhi (during 30 Sept & 4 Oct 2019).
National
- The Doing Business Report 2020, commissioned by the World Bank has ranked India as one of the top - 20 improvers.
- India’s rank in the Doing Business Report 2020 of the World Bank - 77th.
- The government on 29 September banned exports of - onions.
- Railway station of South-eastern Railways in West Bengal that became the 5000th railway station in the country to get access to free public wi-fi - Midnapore.
Persons in News
- Recipient of the prestigious MP Birla Memorial Award 2019 - Thanu Padmanabhan (Physicist and cosmologist).
- Former Foreign Secretary who died in Thiruvananthapuram on 29 September – K. P. S. Menon (junior).
- An asteroid between Mars and Jupiter named after India's artist and musician, named - Pandit Jasraj ('Panditjasraj (300128)') (first Indian artist).
Sports
- Indian tennis player who won the Buenos Aires ATP Challenger 2019 - Sumit Nagal.
- Athlete who broke Usain Bolt’s record for the most gold medals in world championships history with 12 - Allyson Felix.
- Winner team of SAFF Under-18 Football Championship 2019 in Kathmandu – India.
- Winner of Formula One Russian Grand Prix 2019 - Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes).
State Current Affairs
- This state government is going to launch a campaign 'Plants for Plastic' in Bongaigaon District administration - Assam.
- The Jammu and Kashmir state Election Commission will hold Block Development Council (BDC) elections on 24 October in 310 of - 316 blocks.
- This state is holding its annual flower festival Bathukamma from 29 September to 6 October - Telangana (in Warangal district).
General Knowledge
- International Astronomical Union (IAU) – Founded: 1919; Headquarters: Paris, France.
- Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) – Founded: 1911; Secretariat: London (UK).
- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was established in – 1988.
- United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) - Founded: 1972 (5 June); Headquarters: Nairobi, Kenya.
- International Translation Day is celebrated every year on 30 September on the feast of - St. Jerome (Bible translator).
- International Federation of Translators (FIT) – Founded: 1953; Secretariat: New zealand (since October 2010).
