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Current Affairs 23 September 2020
Daily Current Affairs 23 September 2020: This post contains the latest current affairs for 23 September 2020 that are important for all competitive exams like Bank, SSC, IBPS, SBI exams. You can also attempt our Current Affairs Quiz after reading our daily current affairs.
National
Government unveils YuWaah, a multi-stakeholder platform to prepare young people career ready as per 21st century
- The Union Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) have signed a “Statement of Intent” to establish YuWaah-Generation Unlimited (GenU), a global multi-stakeholder platform in India, to equip young people in India with the skills they need to fulfil their potential and lift up their communities.
- The YuWaah initiative is linked to the global Generation Unlimited (GenU) movement of UNICEF, which began in New York in September 2018.
- Basic objective of YuWaah project
- Support young people by providing entrepreneurship classes (online and offline)
- Upskilling of young people on 21st century works and skills
- Create linkages with aspirational economic opportunities
- Providing career guidance support to young people
Committee
Sebi forms technical committee on social stock exchange under the chairmanship of Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
- SEBI has constituted a Technical group on the social stock exchange (SSE) to develop a framework for onboarding non-profit organizations (NPO) and for-profit enterprises (FPE) on SSE.
- The technical group would be chaired by former chairman of NABARD, Harsh Kumar Bhanwala.
- The committee would be required to:
- define for profit social investing /enterprises,
- prescribe disclosure requirements relating to financials, governance, performance etc.
- dwell upon aspects related to social impact, social audit, information repositories etc.
- Click here to see other member of the committee
About social stock exchange (SSE)
- The Social Stock Exchange (SSE) was proposed by Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in July 2019 Budget Speech for social enterprises and voluntary organisations to help them raise capital through debt, equity and mutual funds.
- An SSE will allow the listing of non-profit or non-government organisations on stock exchanges and provide them with an alternative fund-raising structure.
Business
Google Pay partners with Visa for card-based payments with tokenization
- Google Pay has partnered with VISA for the rollout of tokenization that will enable users to safely transact with their debit or credit cards.
- Through tokenization, Google Pay users can make payment by using the debit or credit card without physically sharing their credit or debit card details through a secure digital token attached to their phone.
- This will also help the user in tap-to-pay method on near-field communications (NFC)-enabled point of sale (PoS) terminals and online merchants.
- This feature is now available to all users of Axis, SBI Card and Kotak.
Sports
Multi-talented Tennis world No. 1 and former cricketer Ash Barty wins Golf Club Championship
- Ashleigh Barty, who is the top-ranked WTA player in the world, and a former professional cricket player, has now added another feat in her sporting list by winning golf club championship.
- The 24-year-old, world number one Australian, has won the Brookwater Golf Club women’s championship.
- Ash Barty had withdrawn from participating in US Open and French Open due to coronavirus pandemic.
Books
Chef Vikas Khanna’s book titled “Kitchens of Gratitude” to be out soon
- Star chef Vikas Khanna has authored a book titled “Kitchens of Gratitude” in which he has written about his Feed India initiative.
- The book will be released in 2021. Feed India initiative is one of the largest food drives in the world, serving meals to the underprivileged.
- He will also be honored with the 2020 Asia Game Changer Award in October.
Obituary
Former Canadian Prime Minister John Turner passes away at 91
- Former Canadian Prime Minister, John Turner, has passed away at the age of 91.
- He served as the 17th Prime Minister of Canada , for just 79 days, from June 30 to September 17, 1984.
- Turner had also served as the Minister of Justice from 1968 to 1972, and Minister of Finance from 1972 to 1975.
Veteran Marathi actress Ashalata Wabgaonkar passes away at 79
- Renowned Marathi, Hindi films, and stage actress Ashalata Wabgaonkar has passed away after contracting COVID-19 while shooting for a Marathi serial. She was 79.
- Besides working in several Marathi films and plays, Ashalata Wabgaonkar had also starred in various Hindi films such as ‘Apne Paraye’, ‘Woh Saat Din’, ‘Namak Halaal’, ‘Zanjeer’ among others.
Former Rajasthan minister and 3-time MLA Zakiya Inam passes away
- Zakia Inam, the former Minister of Rajasthan from the Congress Party and three times MLA from Tonk constituency has passed away due to coronavirus infection
- Zakia was the only woman candidate who became MLA three-time in Rajasthan.
- She had handled portfolios like health, women and child welfare in the Rajasthan government.
Important Days
World Rhino Day : 22 September
- World Rhino Day is observed every year on 22 September to celebrates and raise awareness of the need to protect all the five existing species of Rhinoceros, which are:
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- Black Rhino
- White Rhino
- Greater one-horned Rhino
- Sumatran Rhino
- Javan Rhinos
- World Rhino Day was first announced by World Wildlife Fund-South Africa in 2010 and is being observed internationally since 2011.
International Day of Sign Languages: 23 September
- The International Day of Sign Languages (IDSL) is celebrated annually across the world on 23 September to raise awareness on sign languages and strengthen the status about sign languages.
- Theme 2020 : “Sign Languages Are for Everyone!”.
- Also, the last full week of September is observed as International Week of the Deaf.
- 23 September has been chosen to mark IDSL as it commemorates the establishment of the World Federation of the Deaf on 23 September 1951.
- The International Day of Sign Languages was first celebrated in 2018.
Current Affairs Quiz – 23 September 2020