Manoj Sinha inaugurates Kashmir’s first multiplex, Priyanka Chopra speaks at the UN General Assembly, ICC introduces new rules in cricket: Top headlines | Let's Catch Up 20 September 2022

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• India, UAE and France hold the first trilateral ministerial meeting in the US. Jaishankar began his hectic diplomatic week with a series of bilateral and multilateral engagements on the sidelines of the high-level session.
• Equatorial Guinea, one of the world's most authoritarian countries, has abolished the death penalty, state television announced on Monday citing a new law signed by President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.
• On First International Trip, New UK PM Liz Truss Pledges Support For Ukraine.
• Mexico was hit by a powerful quake on the same day for the third time.
• Kurdish rights group says five killed in Iran during protests over death in custody.

NATIONAL NEWS

• The lieutenant governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha inaugurated Kashmir’s first multiplex on Tuesday in Srinagar.
• President Droupadi Murmu approves appointment of new directors in 8 IITs.
• The Congress appoints Yuri Alemao as its new legislature party leader in Goa.
• Bhaichung Bhutia Becomes New Chief Of Hamro Sikkim Party, he said he will strive to serve the people of Sikkim and represent their hopes and aspirations.
• PM Modi virtually inaugurated the National Mayors’ Conference in Gujarat today.
• Seeking transfer of the investigation related to the alleged Nagrik Apurti Nigam (NAN) scam in Chhattisgarh, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) told the Supreme Court on Monday that “a sitting judge of the High Court was in touch with constitutional authorities who were helping the accused”.

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

• Tamil actor Pauline Jessica, died by suicide on September 18 found hanging in her Chennai apartment,
• Global star Priyanka Chopra was one of the speakers at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Monday.
• Filmmaker Woody Allen, who is currently shooting his 50th film in Europe, has given out a clarification stating that he is not planning to retire anytime soon. He also shared in the statement that his previous interviews were taken out of context.
• Nicholas Galitzine, who won hearts with his performance in 'Purple Hearts', is all set to work opposite Anne Hathway in the much-awaited romantic film 'The Idea of you'.

SPORTS NEWS

• Reigning chess world champion Magnus Carlsen continued to dominate headlines after losing his match against Hans Niemann at the Julius Baer Generation Cup after just two moves.
• Former India cricketer Wasim Jaffer has made a bold suggestion asking the Indian team management to leave Rishabh Pant out of the playing XI in the T20 World Cup 2022
• ICC introduces new rules in cricket: No more 'mankad', permanent ban on use of saliva on ball.

STOCK MARKET

• Closing Bell: Nifty ends above 17,800, Sensex jumps 578 pts as auto, pharma, metals rally. All the sectoral indices ended in the green with pharma index up 3 percent. BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices rose 1-1.6 percent.
•  Sun Pharma, IndusInd Bank, Dr Reddys Labs, Tata Steel, Titan Company were top gainers in the NIFTY today, The losers included - Nestle, Shree Cements, Grasim, Power Grid Corp, Infosys.