News Headlines : 20th September 2022

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi asks BJP Mayors to focus on planned urban development, better transport facility and cleanliness in their cities.
  • Anurag Thakur said that Biggest threat to mainstream media is the mainstream media channel itself in AIBD’s program.
  • India to be driven more and more by digitisation of banking and related services, says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.
  • Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) added 18.23 lakh net members in July this year registering growth of 24.48 percent in comparison to same month of last year.
  • Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari emphasises maintaining equilibrium between ecology, environment and development in the country.
  • Chemicals and Fertilizers minister Mansukh Mandaviya urged the chemicals and petrochemicals sector to be a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ vision by helping the country transform into a global manufacturing hub.
  • India and Egypt sign MoU to bolster defence cooperation across all sectors of mutual interest.
  • Election Commission has sought limits on cash donations to political parties. In a letter to Law Minister Kiren Rijiju, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has suggested some amendments in the Representation of the People Act to increase transparency and accountability.
  • Central Bureau of Narcotics destroys one thousand 32 hectares of illicit cultivation in Himachal Pradesh.
  • External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar who is in New York met President of the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly Csaba Kőrösi at UN headquarters. He congratulated Mr Kőrösi on his priorities for UNGA 77th session.
  • World leaders meeting at 77th UNGA today to take decisive action to end spiraling global Hunger crisis; Over 200 civil society organizations from 75 countries signed an open letter expressing outrage at skyrocketing hunger levels and recommendations for immediate action.