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Current Affairs Of 19 September 2020 by gkrecall
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Singapore topped in 2nd Smart City Index 2020; 4 Indian Cities in Top 100
i.Smart Cities Observatory (SCO) has released the 2nd edition of global listing of smart cities i.e. “Smart City Index (SCI) 2020” in which the ranking of four Indian cities- New Delhi, Mumbai (Maharashtra), Hyderabad (Telangana), and Bengaluru (Karnataka) was declined as the technological advancement in these cities is not up to date to cater the COVID19 Pandemic.
Sanjay Dhotre Attended 6thBRICS Communication Ministers Meeting held virtually
Ajit Doval Attended 10th BRICS NSAs Meet virtually
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
PM Modi inaugurates Kosi Rail Mega Bridge and 12 other Railway Projects in Bihar
Hardeep Singh Puri Inaugurated India’s first General AviationTerminal at Delhi Airport
BANKING & FINANCE
Canara Bank Introduced i-Lead 2.0 to Enhance Customer Services
Managing Director(MD) and Chief Executive Officer(CEO)– L.V.Prabhakar
HeadOffice– Bangalore, Karnataka
Tagline– Together We Can
KVGB Launched Vikas Laghu Suvarna, a Special Gold Loan Scheme
80% market Value– Under Vikas Laghu Suvarna, the bank offers 80% of the market value of the gold subject to a maximum of Rs 3200 per gram.
Maximum– Loans up to a maximum of Rs 15 lakh will be provided.
Chairman– P Gopi Krishna
HeadOffice- Dharwad, Karnataka
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
United Nations Named Indian Teenager Udit Singhal to the 2020 Cohort of Young Leaders for SDGs
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNATIONS
Government forms Expert Committee under NCSC Rajesh Pant to probe reports of snooping by Chinese firm
Centre Sets up High-Level Committee Headed by Ajay Tirkey to Prepare Roadmap to Regularise Land Leasing in Agri Sector
OBITUARY
Balli Durga Prasad Rao, Tirupati Lok Sabha MP Passed Away of COVID-19
BOOKS & AUTHORS
“A Promised Land”: First Volume of Former US President Barack Obama’s Memoir
IMPORTANT DAYS