Daily Current Affairs September 17, 2020 at 06:02AM

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Daily one liner current affairs: 17 September 2020.

• 17 September: INTERNATIONAL COUNTRY MUSIC DAY

• NATIONAL PET BIRD DAY

• INTERNATIONAL PATIENT SAFETY DAY

• NATIONAL CHEESEBURGER DAY

• Rajesh Khullar Appointed Executive Director , World Bank

• Khullar Is Currently Posted As Principal Secretary To Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar

• Khullar Will Represent India , Bangladesh , Bhutan & Sri Lanka At The World Bank

• His Tenure Will Be For 3 Years From The Date Of Assumption Of Charge

• The World Bank Group Comprises 25 ED's Who Represent A Country Or Constituency Of Countries

• S K Khare Has Been Appointed Executive Director Of The Asian Development Bank

• S K Khare Is A 1989 Batch IAS Officer Of Assam-Meghalaya Cadre

• S K Khare Currently Posted As Additional Secretary In The Department Of Economic Affairs

• He Has Been Appointed Executive Director Of ADB For A Tenure Of 3 Years

• India Elected As Member Of Commission On Status Of Women Of ECOSOC

• India Will Be A Member Of Prestigious Body For 4 Years From 2021 To 2025

• Afghanistan Elected As Member Of Commission On Status Of Women Of ECOSOC

• India Elected As Member Of Committee For Programme & Coordination Of ECOSOC

• India Elected As Member Of Commission on Population & Development Of ECOSOC

• ECOSOC : Economic And Social Council

• Wood Mackenzie International Institute Released " Global Discovery 2019 - Continuation Of Profitability " Report

• NIOC Ranked 1st In The World In Terms Of Total Oil And Gas Discovery In 2019

• NIOC : National Iranian Oil Company

• Discovery Of 4.973 Billion Barrels Of Equivalent Hydrocarbon Reserves

• Equivalent To 31% Of The Total Gas Discovered In The World

• Lionel Messi Becomes Ambassador Of OrCam Technologies

• Lewis Hamilton Wins F1 Tuscan Grand Prix 2020

• Yoshihide Suga Become The New Prime Minister Of Japan

• ICICI Bank Launched A Programme For Start-Ups Named " iStartup 2.0 "

• Sachin Tendulkar Named Brand Ambassador Of Paytm First Games

• Suresh Raina Named As Brand Ambassador For 9Stacks

• Adani Green Becomes 1st Adani Group Company To Cross Rs 1 Trillion M-Cap

• Union Ministry Set Up 16 Member Committee To Study Ancient Indian Culture

• Archaeological Survey Of India Was Established In 1861 By Alexander Cunningham

• MILO Becomes The Official Partner Of Royal Challengers Bangalore

• Gujarat & SIDBI Sign MoU To Help 3.5 Million MSMEs Amid Covid-19 Outbreak

• SIDBI : Small Industries Development Bank Of India

• India & US Sign Agreement To Atrengthen Dialogue On Defence Tech Cooperation

• US & Cyprus Sign MoU For New Training Centre On Border Security

• British Police Handed Over To India Ancient Idols Of Lord Ram , Lakshman And Sita 

• Asian Development Bank Expects India's Economy To Contract By 9% In FY

• Former India Cricket Player Sadashiv Raoji Patil Passed Away

• Lionel Messi Ranked No.1 In Forbes Highest-Paid Football Players ($126 M)

• Lionel Messi Becomes Football’s 2nd Billionaire After Cristiano Ronaldo

• Cristiano Ronaldo Ranks 2nd In Forbes Highest-Paid Football Players ($117 M)

• Neymar Jr Ranks 3rd In Forbes Highest-Paid Football Players ($96 M)

• Kylian Mbappe Ranks 4th In Forbes Highest-Paid Football Players ($42 M) .