Daily Current Affairs September 20

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September 20 | Daily Current Affairs 2021

RANKING – Daily Current Affairs September 20

1. What is the rank of India in the Global Innovation Index 2021?
A)48th
B)47th
C)46th
D)43rd
E)44th
Answer: C)46th

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BANKING AND FINANCE – Daily Current Affairs September 20

2. Which Bank inks pact with Paytm to ramp up credit card issuance?
A) HDFC Bank
B) ICICI Bank
C) Canara Bank
D) Union Bank of India
E) DBS Bank
Answer: A) HDFC Bank

• Looking to regain lost ground in the credit cards segment, HDFC Bank on Monday announced a tie-up with leading payments company Paytm to start selling co-branded plastics before the onset of the festive season.
• The credit cards will be powered by Visa and will include offerings targeted at millennials, business owners, and merchants, an official statement said.
• Paytm has a reach of over 330 million consumers and 21 million merchants, while HDFC Bank has over 5 million debit, credit, and prepaid cards, and serves 2 million merchants through its offerings.

3. PayPoint India partner with which Bank to widen reach of banking services?
A) HDFC Bank
B) ICICI Bank
C) Bank of Baroda
D) Kotak Mahindra Bank
E) DBS Bank
Answer: C) Bank of Baroda

• PayPoint India has entered into a partnership with Bank of Baroda (BoB), to provide banking services across the country through the Business Correspondent (BC) model.
• Commercial banks have been finding it unavailable to set up owned branches at remote locations and smaller centres, but with PayPoint India’s proven expertise in taking financial and payment products to the remotest locations through its vast and ever-expanding distribution network.
• Almost all essential banking services can be delivered through BC customer service points.

APPOINTMENTS – Daily Current Affairs September 20

4. Charanjit Singh Channi took oath as 16th Chief Minister of which state?
A) Nagaland
B) Assam
C) Punjab
D) Arunachal Pradesh
E) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: C) Punjab

• Congress MLA Charanjit Singh Channi took oath as Punjab’s 16th Chief Minister.
• Channi a three-time MLA from Rupnagar’s Chamkaur Sahib – will be Punjab’s first Dalit Chief Minister.
• He has served as Technical Education Minister in the Captain Amarinder Singh government.
• According to the official website of the Punjab Government, Channi remained Municipal Councilor for three terms and moved on to become the President of Municipal Council Kharar for a two-term.
• He was elected to the Punjab Vidhan Sabha from Chamkaur Sahib Consistency for the first time in 2007.
• He was elected to the assembly seat again in 2012 and then in 2017.

AWARDS – Daily Current Affairs September 20

5. ____ Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles’ Event Deck at L.A. Live?
A)72
B)71
C)73
D)75
E)74
Answer: C)73

• Unlike last year’s mostly virtual ceremony, this year in 2021, the Primetime Emmy Awards went back to an in-person event.
• The event is being conducted on the evening of Sunday, September 19 (September 20 early morning in India) in Los Angeles’ Event Deck at L.A. Live.
• Here are all the winners at 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards:

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – Daily Current Affairs September 20

6. Which country launches cargo spacecraft to carry supplies to its space station?
A) India
B) UAE
C) Iran
D) Israel
E) China
Answer: E) China

• China successfully launched an unmanned cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-3 to deliver supplies for its under-construction space station Tiangong, which is scheduled to be completed by next year.
• The Long March-7 Y4 rocket, carrying Tianzhou-3, blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan, China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS – Daily Current Affairs September 20

7. Which edition of Sco Exercise “Peaceful Mission – 2021” Commences at Orenburg, Russia?
A) 6
B) 3
C) 8
D) 7
E) 5
Answer: A) 6

NATIONAL AFFAIRS – Daily Current Affairs September 20

8. Which Ministry will kick-start the exercise to prepare the annual Budget for 2022-23 from October 12?
A) Sports Ministry
B) Women & Child Development Ministry
C) External Affairs Ministry
D) Defence Ministry
E) Finance ministry
Answer: E) Finance ministry

• The finance ministry will kick-start the exercise to prepare the annual Budget for 2022-23 from October 12 amidst signs of revival of the Indian economy hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.
• The budget for the next year will have to address critical issues of demand generation, job creation, and putting the economy on a sustained 8 percent-plus growth path.
• It will be the fourth budget of the Modi 2.0 government and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

9. Which state launched state wide outreach programme ‘Sarkar Tumachya Dari’ (Government at Your Doorstep)?
A) Nagaland
B) Assam
C) Goa
D) Arunachal Pradesh
E) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: C) Goa

• Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant launched state wide outreach programme ‘Sarkar Tumachya Dari’ (Government at Your Doorstep), at a function held at Ram Vidya Mandir.
• Under the Goa outreach programme, counters of various departments were set up to provide and inform the public about various services, schemes, programmes, implemented by the government for the welfare of people.

10. Which organisation and Big Basket enter into MoU for promotion and sale of natural Van Dhan products?
A) CCI
B) CII
C) NHAI
D) NTPC
E) TRIFED
Answer: E) TRIFED

• The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED) and e-grocery platform Big Basket, on Monday, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the promotion and sale of natural Van Dhan products being made available to Big Basket from Van Dhan production units.
• With this, Big Basket will be able to enrich its portfolio through the of hand-made authentic forest products sourced by the tribal population.

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