20th September Current Affairs

• Indian Films Won an award at TFF
  • Vasan Bala’s superhero movie, Mard ko Dard Nahin Hota has won the Toronto film festival’s prestigious Grolsch People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award.
  • The film pays tribute to action comedies of the 70s and 80s and tells the story of a young man born with a disorder that makes him immune to pain.
  • This is the first ever Indian film to be screened in the Toronto festival’s Midnight Madness.

  
• N. Korea sign agreement on denuclearisation
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in signed an agreement on the denuclearization.
  • Kim stated that the regime is willing to demolish the country’s largest nuclear facility in Yongbyon if the US takes corresponding measures.

  

  • Mr. Kim also pledged to visit Seoul, the first visit by a North Korean leader to the South since the Korean War.
• Document on cooling action plan by India
  • Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan released world’s first draft on Cooling Action Plan.
  • The plan gives thrust to actions for securing both environmental and socio-economic benefits.

  

  • The plan lists out actions which can help reduce the cooling demand, thus helping in reducing emissions.
  • On the event Union minister also released a booklet on ‘Montreal Protocol – India’s Success Story’. 
• Ind-Germany pact to boost vocational education
  • India and Germany signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) to focus on the field of dual vocational education and training and skill development.
  • Under the MoA, students who complete specific training courses in India will get a certificate that is recognised in India and in Germany.

  

  • These students can apply for jobs in India and also in Germany.
• All India Pension Adalat inaugurated
  • The Union Minister, Dr Jitendra Singh inaugurated the ‘Pension Adalat’, organised by the Department of Pension & Pensioners, Government of India.
  • Dr Jitendra said that Pension Adalats will help in on-the-spot redressal of pensioners’ grievances.

  

  • He also presented the ‘Anubhav’ awards 2018 to six pensioners for their contribution towards creating institutional memory for the departments.
• India signs loan pact with WB for Uttarakhand
• India has signed a financing loan agreement with the World Bank for US$74 million for Uttarakhand Workforce Development Project (UKWDP).
• • The project objective is to improve the quality and relevance of training at priority Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs).

  

  • Another aim is to increase the number of skilled workers certified under the National Skills Qualification Framework.