The 113th birth anniversary of Indian revolutionary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh was observed on September 28, 2020. On this day in 1907, Bhagat Singh was born in Banga village of Lyallpur district of undivided Punjab province. He fought against British rule for the country’s independence and was hanged in Lahore jail at the age of 23, along with Rajguru and Sukhdev.

 In Football, the Indian men’s team Goalkeeper Gurpreet Singh Sandhu has won the 2019-’20 AIFF Player of the year awards in men’s category.

Veteran Atomic Scientist and Former Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission(AEC), Sekhar Basu passed away due to COVID-19.

Positive Pay System will be implemented from January 01, 2021

The Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras have come up with an indigenously-made Microprocessor, named ‘MOUSHIK.’

The Pacific island state of Vanuatu has topped as per Index 2020 with 49.74 scores. it means the nation has the highest disaster risk among 181 nations. Qatar registered its name as the lowest risk with 0.31.

As per the Ranking of World Risk Index (WRI) 2020, India has got 89th place among 181 countries. World Risk Index highlights the natural disaster risk for different countries and regions. The report shows that India got 6.62 scores. it means India poorly prepared itself to handle with ‘climate reality’.

External Affairs Minister, Dr. S Jaishankar participated in the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building Measures (CICA) in Asia, held virtually on 24th September 2020.EAM congratulated Kazakhstan on assuming the Chair of CICA and reaffirmed India’s support for CICA’s initiatives on peace, security and prosperity in Asia. He shared India’s efforts in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and India’s contribution to partner countries in CICA and beyond. He underlined India’s traditional ties with Central Asia, shared perspectives on counter-terrorism, and Afghanistan

The National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) has projected the GDP growth for the Indian economy at -12.6% For 2020-21 (FY21).

Filmmaker Sreehari Dharman’s “Aavruthi” (Fence) won the best film trophy at the closing ceremony of IFFT-Orange Short and Documentary Film Festival which is jointly organised by the Orange Academy and the IFFT from Thrissur, Kerala.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will implement the “’Technology Vision for Cyber Security’ for Urban Co-operative Banks (UCBs) – 2020-2023” to enhance the IT security system of Urban Co-operative banking to prevent, detect, respond to and recover from cyber-attacks. RBI will achieve this objective using its five-pillared strategic approach ‘GUARD’.

Ericsson announced on Friday that it has acquired Cradlepoint in a deal that values the enterprise at $1.1 billion.

The Swedish carrier equipment manufacturer said Cradlepoint had SEK1.2 billion in sales for 2019, which is approximately $137 million, with a margin of 61%.

After dragging Ericsson’s margins down by 1% in 2021 and 2022, it is expected the deal will start to make a contribution to operating cash-flow in 2022.

Cradlepoint and its over 650 staff will be a standalone subsidiary of Ericsson, and remain headquartered in Boise, Idaho with offices in Silicon Valley, the UK, and Australia. It will be part of Ericsson’s business area technologies and new businesses segment.

The company describes itself as providing “cloud-delivered wireless edge solutions for branch, mobile, and IoT networks”. Cradlepoint has over 20,000 customers, 1,500 channel partners, and over 1 million SaaS subscriptions.

“Ericsson is uniquely positioned to build on Cradlepoint’s leadership position in wireless edge and the wireless WAN market,” CEO Börje Ekholm said.

“Combining the scale of our market access and established relationships with the world’s biggest mobile operators we are making a strong investment to support our customers to grow in this exciting market.”

The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind conferred the National Service Scheme (NSS) Awards for the year 2018-19 trough videoconferencing from Rashtrapati Bhawan on 24 September 2020. The 2018-19 NSS Award has been given to 42 awardees

Retired Colonel Dr Girija Shanker Mungali has been appointed as one of the seven members of the Asian Football Confederation’s task force.

The summit will increase the momentum ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26) to be held in Glasgow, Scotland in November 2021.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and PM’s Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa is to hold a virtual bilateral summit on 26 September 2020. This summit will be the first official engagement after parliamentary elections in Sri Lanka.

The World Pharmacist Day is observed on September 25 annually to create awareness about the role of a pharmacist in improving health.2020 theme : “Transforming global health“.

Kerala on September 23, 2020 received an award from the United Nations for its “outstanding contribution” towards preventing and controlling the spread of non-communicable diseases. The UN Interagency Task Force award was announced by WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare chaired ‘Aarogya Manthan’ 2.0 celebrating the 2nd Anniversary of Ayushman Bharat- Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY).

IDFC First Bank will launch a contactless debit card-based payment facility, SafePay. It will allow transactions up to Rs 20,000 per day. ( to  be launched in September 2020 end)

The government has approved the proposal to appoint Simanchala Dash as an advisor to Executive Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), in Washington.

The Competition Commission of India has approved the proposed merger of e-pharmacy companies Medlife and PharmEasy.

Sebi set up a technical group on social stock exchange to develop a framework for onboarding non-profit organisations and for-profit enterprises as well as prescribe disclosure requirements on financials and governance.
The regulator has constituted the technical group under the chairmanship of Harsh Kumar Bhanwala, former chairman of Nabard.

The legendary former Australian batsman Dean Jones passed away on September 24, 2020 in Mumbai, India due to cardiac arrest. He was 59. Jones was part of the Star Sports commentary team and was in a bio-secure bubble in a seven-star hotel in Mumbai.

Noted Indian Historian and author Romila Thapar has written a new book titled “Voices of Dissent”

Former rebel military commander Ishmael Toroama has been elected as president of Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea.

Tamil Nadu became first state in the country to come out with policies on Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain and Cybersecurity policies.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed AK Das (ex-general manager at Union Bank of India), as the new administrator of the Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank.

World Maritime Day is observed on the last week of September on Thursday annually. The event’s date varies by year and country, this year World Maritime Day will be celebrated on September 24, 2020, in the form of an online event due to social distancing measures caused by the pandemic.

According to the un.org, “Sustainable shipping for a sustainable planet” has been selected as the World Maritime theme for 2020. This will provide an opportunity to raise awareness of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and showcase the work that the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and its Member States are undertaking to achieve the targets.

Union Minister of State for Railways Suresh Angadi passed away in New Delhi on September 23, 2020 due to COVID-19. He is the first Union Minister to have succumbed to the deadly virus. The Minister had tested positive for COVID-19 on September 11 and was under treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at the time of death.