Top Best Current Affairs 28 September 2020

Veteran Atomic Scientist and Former Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission(AEC), Sekhar Basu passed away due to COVID-19. He served as the Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and as director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC). He was born on September 20, 1952, in Muzaffarpur, Bihar.

Uttar Pradesh's first vulture conservation and breeding centre is set to be established at Bhari Baisi village in Farenda range of Gorakhpur forest division. This vulture breeding and conservation centre will be the first in India which will be dedicated to king vulture and also the first vulture conservation and breeding centre in Uttar Pradesh.

Indian and Japanese navies began their three-day-long maritime military exercise in the North Arabian Sea. This is the fourth edition of Japan Maritime bilateral exercise (JIMEX).

Vodafone Group has won the tax case against India at the international arbitration Tribunal over retrospective tax demand of 20,000 crore including the capital gains tax and withholding tax. The Permanent Court of Arbitration has ruled that conduct of Income Tax Department is breach of fair and equitable treatment.

The Defense Research Development Organization (DRDO) has began the mass production of Pinaka rockets on September 26, 2020. The Authority Holding Sealed Particulars (AHSP), which is responsible for collecting and analysing defense items, has handed over the Pinaka weapon system production project to Directorate-General of Quality Assurance.

India observes Antyodaya Diwas on 25th September every year. This day is celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya. The day was declared by the Modi Government on September 25, 2014. Antyodaya means uplifting the poorest of the poor.

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.

In order to check banking fraud, the Reserve Bank of India has decided to introduce from January 1, 2021, the 'positive pay system' for cheque, under which re-confirmation of key details may be needed for payments beyond Rs 50,000. Availing of this facility would be at the discretion of the account holder. However, banks may consider making it mandatory in case of cheques for amounts of Rs 5 lakh and above.