Important Day
Environment
- A new species of gecko has been discovered from the Western Ghats in Kerala - Palakkad Dwarf Gecko or Cnemaspis Palakkadensis (named after Palakkad, a place).
International
- On 12 September, a virtual meeting of G-20 Agriculture and Water Ministers held under the current Presidency of - Saudi Arabia.
- On 9 & 10 September 2020, ‘Climate:Red’, a fully virtual and truly global climate change summit, was organised by - International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Geneva.
National
- NSRCEL, a startup at this institute, has launched the third cohort of the Women Startup Program - Indian Institute of Management Bangalore.
- India's first coronavirus airport testing facility - Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi.
- Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has decided to implement the Integrated Road Accident Database Project (iRAD) in - Six states (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu).
Sports
- Winner of the Women’s singles event at US Open 2020 - Naomi Osaka (Japan).
- Winner of the Men's Singles event at US Open 2020 - Dominic Thiem (Austria).
- Winner of the Men's Doubles event at US Open 2020 - Mate Pavić (Croatia) & Bruno Soares (Brazil).
State Current Affairs
- This state government on 12 September launched the Smart Ration Card Scheme to cover 1.41 crore beneficiaries across the state - Punjab.
- This state government will launch the ‘Poshan Sarkar’ programme to eliminate the malnutrition - Madhya Pradesh.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 13 September inaugurated the 193-km pipeline of Durgapur-Banka section in - Bihar.
- This state government has announced ‘Mukhyamantri Mahila Kalyan Yojana’, under which more than 10 lakh women will be given loan at zero percent interest rate from 17 September - Gujarat.
General Knowledge
- Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) - Founded: 6 June 1997; Secretariat: Dhaka, Bangladesh; Members: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand.
- Mekong-Ganga Cooperation - Founded: 10 November 2000; Members: India, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.
- Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia (PEMSEA) - Founded: 1994; Headquarters: Quezon City, Philippines.
- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) - Founded: 8 December 1985; Secretariat: Kathmandu, Nepal; Members: 17
