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CURRENT AFFAIRS SEPTEMBER Part 1(1

September 1st:

• The bronze statue of Carnatic vocalist Bharat Ratna M.S. Subbulakshmi at the

Poornakumbham circle is to get a

• Scientists find simple method to extract gold from old phones,researchers from

University of Edinburgh in the U.K.

• Two Indians — Carnatic singer T.M. Krishna and campaigner for eradication of manual

scavenging Bezwada Wilson

Ramon Magsaysay prize for 2016

• Cabinet okays enemy property ordinance

• The amended provisions are to guard against claims of succession or transfer of

properties left by people who migrated to Pakistan and China after the war

and 1962.

• Use violet sketch pen for RS polls: EC

• Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff was stripped of the country’s presidency on Wednesday in a

Senate impeachment vote, ending 13 years of Leftist rule in Latin America’s biggest

economy

• U.S. commercial flight lands in Cuba

• The Tamil Nadu women’s team bagged gold while its men’s team settled for bronze in

the Federation Cup National throwball championships held at Kurnool, AP

• GDP growth slows to 7.1% in first quarter

• New norms to ease funds flow in construction

• India at 35th rank in World Bank logistics index

September 2nd:

International:

• Micahel Timer : Brazils New President(Dilma Rouseff removed)

• Asia’s Nobel Prize Raman Megasasay Indian recievers T.M. krishna, Bejawada Wilson

• Egypt President El-sissi Visting

National:

• First Film Festiaval Of BRICS begin in Newdelhi

• Govt Constitutes Ak Sinha Commitee to study about river ganga in Bihar

• Odisha Governament Passes GSTbill

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SEPTEMBER Part 1(1st Sept – 12thSept)

The bronze statue of Carnatic vocalist Bharat Ratna M.S. Subbulakshmi at the

Poornakumbham circle is to get a facelift

Scientists find simple method to extract gold from old phones,researchers from

University of Edinburgh in the U.K.

Carnatic singer T.M. Krishna and campaigner for eradication of manual

scavenging Bezwada Wilson — were among six persons who received the prestigious

Ramon Magsaysay prize for 2016

Cabinet okays enemy property ordinance

The amended provisions are to guard against claims of succession or transfer of

properties left by people who migrated to Pakistan and China after the war

Use violet sketch pen for RS polls: EC

Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff was stripped of the country’s presidency on Wednesday in a


lands in Cuba

The Tamil Nadu women’s team bagged gold while its men’s team settled for bronze in


GDP growth slows to 7.1% in first quarter

New norms to ease funds flow in construction

India at 35th rank in World Bank logistics index

Micahel Timer : Brazils New President(Dilma Rouseff removed)

Asia’s Nobel Prize Raman Megasasay Indian recievers T.M. krishna, Bejawada Wilson

sissi Visting India

First Film Festiaval Of BRICS begin in Newdelhi

Govt Constitutes Ak Sinha Commitee to study about river ganga in Bihar

Odisha Governament Passes GSTbill

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The bronze statue of Carnatic vocalist Bharat Ratna M.S. Subbulakshmi at the

Scientists find simple method to extract gold from old phones,researchers from

Carnatic singer T.M. Krishna and campaigner for eradication of manual

ns who received the prestigious

The amended provisions are to guard against claims of succession or transfer of

properties left by people who migrated to Pakistan and China after the wars in 1965

Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff was stripped of the country’s presidency on Wednesday in a


The Tamil Nadu women’s team bagged gold while its men’s team settled for bronze in


Asia’s Nobel Prize Raman Megasasay Indian recievers T.M. krishna, Bejawada Wilson

Govt Constitutes Ak Sinha Commitee to study about river ganga in Bihar


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Sports:

• Former West Indies fast bowler Courtney Walsh has agreed as bowling coach for

Bangladesh

• India Paralympic athletes leave for Brazilian city of Rio for summer paralympics games.

Business-Economy-Mou’s:

• Reliance Industries to create 5000crore venture capital fundover next five years

• Coal india limited and Indian council of forestry research and education signed an mou

for monitoring of environmental related issues

• RBI issued new set of guidelines on sales of Stressed assets.Banks now can sell their

stressed assets to other lenders,nbcs’s

• Indian Railways launches news insurance scheme which cover upto 10lakh

Deaths:

• Trade Union Leader Sharad Rao Dies

Septmber 3rd:

International:

• Hurricane Hermine tears through Florida(a city in Usa)

• Uzbekisthan President Islam Karimov Dies.

Sports:

• Serena wins 306 career grand slams tied Martina Navratilova’s Record

• Zaheer khan gets Mcc honory life membership

Economy and business:

• Trai Extends dead line for comments on interconnect rate.

• India has slapped anti dumping duty on chinese glass

• Ireland decides to fight EU on apple tax

National:

• Pm announces Rs.200cr for sports in J&K

• Noted Assamist Poet Nalini Dhar Bhattacharya dies


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September 4th:

International:

• Ghost snake named “Madagascarophis” species found in Ankarana National Park,

Madagascar.

• Jackie chan awarded Honory Oscar

• Bangladesh Hangs Jamaat leader Mir Quasem Ali

• Pm Modi Reaches Hangzhou For G-20 Summit

National:

• Centre approved the use of chilli-based PAVA shells for crowd control measures

• Prakampana-2016 Joint disaster management excercise held in Vishakapatnam

• Legendary Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has been appointed as brand ambassdor for

anti-piquor and drug campaign by the Kerala Governament.

• Odisha Launches Biju Kanya Ratna Yojana scheme aims providing eduaction to girls

,provision of toilets for girls and self defence in school

• Odisha CM: Naveen Patnayak

Sports:

• Indian shutler anand power enters into men’s single finals of Brazil Open Grandpix

Badminton 2016

• Sriram Balaji and Sasi kumar wins ITF mens tennis tournament held in Jakarta

• South africa cricket team announces racial quotas across all 3 formats

• Serena williams sets women’s record aiming to clinch 23rd grand slam total

Economy and Businnes:

• IRDAI extends reviaval options for Unit link Insurance Plan for Policy Holders

• India Extends $500 million to Vietnam, 12 agreements signed

• Maharashtra state ranked top in easing of doing business in indian states

• Samsung recalls galaxy note 7 series models as they are catching fire while charging

• Allahabad Bank to Raise 500 cr by insurance equity shares


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Septmber 5th:

International:

• Canada’s British Columbia issues masala bonds. successfully raised Rs. 5bn through a

rupee-denominated bond

National:

• Mother Teresa declared Saint Teresa of Calcutta

Sports:

• Abhinav Bindra announces retirement From shooting.Abhinav is India’s lone individual

Olympic gold medalist-London Olympics 2008

Business:

• Infosys sets up Joint Venture for Saudi Arabian Market

• India security market to grow at 10.6 per cent in 2016:Gartner Inc. security

States:

• First WiFi Hotspot Village in Haryana under the bulk plan of BSNL–Gumthala Garhu

village.

• Odisha Govt launches Biju Kanya Ratna Yojana–Ensures Enrollment of Girls from

Schools

• Rajasthan Launches E-stamping Facility

Appointments:

• Mukund Choudhari appointed as CMD of Manganese India ore limited(MIOL).

Awards:

• SS(Jan shiksha sansthan) Malappuram wins UNESCO literacy award for skill

development activities among the underprivileged in rural areas

September 6th :

• UK Appoints ambassador to Iran: ---- Nicolas Hepton

• Urjit Patel Takes Over as -----24th RBI Governor

• Sikki Pranav Win Maider Gradn Prix Title In Brazil:Badminton

• Asia’s Biggest Digital Library in –NIT Silchar

• Mobikwik Launches One Step Offline Payments with ---“BubblePIn”

• Haryana govt to develop 340 villages as---- horticulture villages

• World Oldest Cricketer---- Lindsay Tuckett Passed away


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• Serena Willam’s Win Grand Slam history ------ U.S.Open

• Jhan Abraham ------Is Arunachal Pradesh’ New brand Ambassdor

• Intel acquires google’s----- Tango Project

September 7th :

• Govt Approves 450cr for s-------wadesh darshan scheme

• UN Charter translated in to -----Sankrit

• Darmendra Pradan Launches -----“Gas4India”

• K G George to be hanoured with -----JC Daniel award 2015

• Govt approved -------6 Startup centers

• Thithi wins Best film honour at 1st BRICS film festival

• India and Chile---Preferential Trade Agreement

• HelpLine no.for power cuts –14401

September 8th :

• O.P. Kohli sworn as -------Madya Pradesh Govenor

• World Biggest River Island -----Maujuli gets district Status

• Paralympic Games begin in -------------Bazil

• India-Kazakisthan Joint Military Exercise –Prabhal Dostyk-16

• India Greece sign MOU on--- Air services agreement

• Next ambassador of india to Algeria----Satbir Singh

• “Into the hidden Valley” --by Stuart Blackburn-wins MM Bennetts award

September 9th :

• ICICI bank deploys -----software robots

• ISRO launches ---------INSAT -3DR (GSLV rocket)from Sriharikota

• Syndicate bank new director----Jayanth Purushotha Gokhale

• Pepsico’s Indra Nooyi ----only India woman In Fortune List

• Uttar Pradesh Bacome 1st state to rollout----Twitter seva

• Cleanest State in India—Sikkim

September 10th:

• MEA launches online module for Indian students ---studying abroad

• Odisha Govt. launches -----construction workers pension scheme

• First LIGO lab outside U.S. may come up in Maharashtra’s--- Hingoli

• HDFC Ergo completes acquisition of -----L&T Insurance

• Zeliang receives Pangkor Dialogue Award in -----Malaysia

• Rajnath Singh commissions offshore patrolling vessel Sarathi in--- Goa

• IDBI AMC appoints Dilip Mandal MD & CEO

• Chris Gayle launches his autobiography--- 'Six Machine'


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September 11th :

• Indo-US Economic Summit from------ September 13

• World’s 1st robotic eye operation performed in ---Britain

• US Open doubles title----- Jamie Murray-Bruno Soares

• Yoga guru Ramdev sets up mega food park in--- Nagpur

• Angelique Kerber wins ----US Open Tennis tournament

• Thangavelu wins gold; Varun Bhati(highjump) bags bronze in Paralympics

• Railways to implement---- Flexi Fare system in Rajdhani, Shatabdi & Duronto trains

• Chris Gayle launches his autobiography --'Six Machine' in India

September 12th:

• Stan Wawrinka Beats Defending U.S. Open Champion --Novak Djokovic

• Joint Indian-US army exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas 2016’ to begin in-- Uttarakhand

• CBDT launches online ‘e-nivaran’ to-- resolve I-T grievances

• Pakistan appoints Wasim Bari as-- manager of national cricket team

• HP, Singapore sign MoU for-- smart integrated township

• Cabinet Approved--- Formation and Functioning of GST Council

• Centre issues fresh guidelines for flexi-fund for ----CSS

• Centre inaugurates national fair in------ Bengaluru

• Mandi, Sindhudurg ------- Cleanest Districts In India

Current affairs-14th September:

• Zero interest loans for women self-help groups:maharashtra

• Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa removed as Arunachal Pradesh governor

• Claude Lila Parulekar Animal rights activist daughter of eminent editor and founder of

the Marathi daily ‘Sakal’, Nanasaheb Parulekar, passed away here on Tuesday.

• India’s top women bankers, SBI chief Arundhati Bhattacharya, ICICI head Chanda

Kochhar and Axis Bank CEO Shikha Sharma, are among the 50 most powerful women based

outside the U.S., according to a list by Fortune,which is topped by Banco Santander’s boss Ana

Bot

• A new polymer banknote featuring wartime leader WinstonChurchill went into

circulation on Tuesday in Britain — one of the first European countries with notes that,

literally, can be laundered.

• 7 women get M.S. Subbulakshmi Award

• Army begins operation ‘Calm Down’ in J&K


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• Sabala, a member of Millet Network of India, has launched ‘millet brigade campaign’

demanding that the government include millets in PDS (public distribution system), mid-day

meal and ICDS menu. The campaign will continue up to October 16, World Food Day.

• Serena Williams pens female-power poem

• P. Kaarthikeyani won three titles in the fourth DRM Cup badminton tournament which

concluded at the Railway Indoor Stadium

Current Affairs In Short:15th September

• Typhoon Meranti hits in-Taiwan

• Devendra Jhajharia wins gold in javelin throw at Paralympics

• Sbimart.com launched by-SBI

• Postal Complaints Register No.-1924

• India Agreement With Mauritius-defense and security. Indian counter part:sushma

swaraj

• August with July-hottest Month

• Bayer buying Monsanto for-$66bn

• Rcom Merged with Aircel- constitutes largest network

• Winner of the 2016 USD 500,000 Lemelson–MIT Prize-Ramesh Raskar

• U.S. finalizes $38 bn military deal with- Israel

• BRICS meeting at newdelhi,focusing on -Security

• Obama Nominates Indo-American woman to U.S.district court bench-Diane Gujarati

• Wholesale Price Inflation Rises to --3.74%

Extra Dose:

• NABARD headquarter-Mumbai

• Urjit Patel--24th RBI governor

• Union minister for Textiles - Smriti Irani

• 2015 Arjuna Winners: Rohit Sharma,Dipa Karmakar,Poovamma Raju


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Current Affairs In Short: 16th september

• U.P.'s 'Samajwadi Kisan Beema Yojana' scheme brand ambassador-Nawazuddin siddiq

• India is Free from Influenza(H5N1)(bird flu): misitery of Agri&Environmental

• Humanatirian award--Ewan McGregor

• Hamid ansari to represent india in NAM summit to be held in- Venezula

• Duleep Trophy goes to gambhir headed -India Blue

• hindi diwas celebrated on- 14th sept

• India&Srilanka MOU - livelihood of fishing&farming communities in hambamtota

district

• YudhAbhyas- Military exercise b/w India&US commenced at- Uttarakhand

• Theme of Ozone day 2016 -Ozone and climate: Restored by a world united

• Uber tied up with NSDC --skill 1mn people by 2018

• Naropa festival -- began in ladakh(held once in 12 yrs)

Extra Dose:

• India's Permanent ambassador to UNHRC- Ajit Kumar

• Thomas Cup-(Related to Men's badminton)-winner -Japan

• Uber Cup(Related to women's) winner- china

• Jnanpith award winner 2016- Raghuveer Chowdary(Gujarati)

• Anshi National Park--Karnataka

• Ringside with Vijender book authored by-Rudraneil sengupta

• U.s Open men's Double title-Jamie Murray and Bruno

• Durand(football) Cup winner-Army Green

• Italian Grand prix goes to--Nicolas rosberg

• 2016 kabaddi world cup at--Ahmadabad(Gujarat)


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Current Affairs In Short: 17th september

• India Nepal agreement-3 MOU's -Road Inftrastructure and,Dollar credit line agreement

b/w Nepal and Exim bank

• UNODC(drugs&crime) goodwill ambassador-Narida Murad Basee Taha

• Rohit shrama,Ajinkya Rahane conferred-- Arjuna 2015,2016

• All india radio launched --Balochi Website ,mobile app

• World Economic Freedom Index -India Rank-112(down from 159) Top:Hongkong

• Former President of Italy dies--Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

• Tack Asia Cup(Cycling)- India at 2nd Place(Topped by Hongkong)

• U.S. legend Playwright Died- Edward Albee

• Guided Missile destroyer 'Mormugao 'launched in -Mumbai

• Narendra Modi celebrating his 66th birthday

Extra Dose:

• 1st Female judge to be appointed to the Supreme Court of India (1989)-Justice M.

Fathima Beevi

• International Mother Tongue Day- 21st Feb

• Capital of Sierra Leone-- Freetown

• Satpura National Park -- Madya Pradesh

Current Affairs In Short: 18th September

• Union Govt approves 500 cr rupee for development of tourism in J&k under Swadesh

Darshan scheme

• New brand Ambassdor for Punjab National Bank - Virat kohli

• Sunrise ana Parched Movie scripts archived at Oscar library

• Indian-Origin Narendra baubhai patel wins- lifetime achievement award in U.K.

• China launched Space lab- Tiangong2 space lab

• UPSC appointed new chairman- Alka Sirohi

• An Iranian cyclist, Bahman Golbarnezhad, has died in competition, after a horrific crash

in the men’s C4/C5 road race in Rio


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• NASA updated its horoscope database zodiac sign named- Ophiuchus

• Arun Jaitly attending IMF world Bank annual meet to be held in Washington

• Popular English author WP Kinsella dies(Field of Dreams)

• 17 indian soldiers were killed in Uri Terrorist Attack in J&K

Extra Dose:

• International Yoga Day- June 21st

• Gumura Dance belongs to- odisha state

• Highest Waterfalls in India- Narmada falls-Maharashtra-560mtrs

• BIMSTEC abbreviation :The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and

Economic Cooperation .Countries included are Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka,

Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal

• Hepatitis-B affected organ-- Liver

• 16th summit of NAM(non aligned moment) held in – IRAN

CURRENT AFFAIRS IN SHORT: 19TH SEPT

1.68th Emmy Awards 2016(Television):

Best Drama Series –Game Of Thrones

Best Comedy Series-Veep

Best Lead Actor-Rami Malek(Mr.Robot)

Best Lead Actress-Tatiana Maslanay(Orphan Black)

Best Director: Miguel Sarpochnik(Game Of Thrones)

2.Paralympics Gold Medal Winners:

1.China – 239Medals

2.Great Britan-147 Medals

3.Ukrain-117

4.US-115

5.Australia-81

->India won – 4 medals


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3.Tamilanadu CM Jayalaita announced marriage halls in the state at an estimate of83cr

4.Bhubaneswar to host 2018 Men’ Hockey World Cup

5.Infosys making software for GST Network.The bill will rollout from April 1st, 2017

6.Typhoon Malakas hits Taiwan

7.FederalSkill Academy in coimbatore by –Federal bank

8.’Selfie with my Shauchalya’ campaign in under swatch bharat-Ludhiana Dist.(Punjab)

9.Haryana govt declared 22nd district –Charki Dardi

10.After success of men’s team, Cricket Association for the Blind in India (CABI)launches

India’s blind women’s cricket team

11.Paytm today said it will enable health insurance for 3 lakh auto and cab partners across the

country.

The new health insurance scheme covers hospitalisation expenses of up to Rs 50,000.

The company has arranged a cashless health insurance policy with TATA AIG General

Insurance for these drivers.

Extra Dose:

United Nations Organisation –New York

United Nations Childrens’ Fund (UNICEF) –New York

World Health Organisation –Geneva

International Labour Organisation –Geneva

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) –Paris

Current Affairs In Short: 20th sept:

->Punjabi version of Pm modi website launched

->Param -Ishan supercomputer unveiled at IIT-Gawhati

->Railways Launched YatriMitraSeva for differently-abled and elder persons

->China ,Russia conducted naval excercise south china sea

->India's GDP to grow 8%- Standard&Poor's global rating(S&P)


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->Vijaya Bank 3 new apps- VPAYQWIK,vijaya *99# nd V-eConnect+

->ADB approves $631 mn loan for vizag-chennai industrail corridor

->New executive director of syndicate bank : Mallikarjuna rao

->BSE ties up with twitter to provide live stock updates.

->HAL conferred with Asia-Pacific Aerospace quality group

->Naropa festival started in -Ladakh

->Bharat Electronics limited 1st woman director-Anandi Ramalingam

->India test fired Barak-8(Surface to Air missile)

Extra Dose:

-Miss World 2015-Mireia Lalaguna(Spain)

-Miss Universe 2015 -Pia Wurtzbach(Philippines)

-Femina Miss India World 2016--Priyadarshini Chatterjee

- Miss International 2015-Edymar Martínez

-Miss USA 2016-Deshauna Barber

Current Affairs In Short: 21st sept

->The union cabinet on Wednesday decided to merge the railway and general budgets from

next year, a move that will end a 92-year-old practice of a separate budget for the railways

->Former India wicket-keeper MSK Prasad has succeeded Sandeep Patil as the chairman of the

senior selection committee

->Lutyens' Delhi’s iconic Race Course Road, where the Prime Minister’s residence is located,

will now be known as Lok Kalyan Marg.

->Google has launched Allo — a messaging app that helps users make plans, find information

and more

->Homegrown e-tailer Flipkart has crossed the 100-million registered users mark, becoming

the first e-commerce company in the country to hit the milestone.

->India and Sri Lanka will jointly operate 30 oil tanks in Trincomalee, kick-starting a plan to

develop the coastal town into a regional petroleum hub


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->Dinesh Bharadia a researcher at MIT, has been honoured with the 2016 Marconi Society Paul

Baran Young Scholar Award

->Ajay Shirke elected as BCCI secretary

->Center announces new list of 27 smart cities

->Hindustani classical singer Shubha Mudgal will be honoured with the annual 'LalitArpan

Samman' this year. Mudgal, a Padma Shri recipient, was born in Allahabad

->The World Bank has appointed Junaid Ahmad as its new Country Director for India. He will

replace Onno Ruhl who completed his four-year term

->Movie director Curtis Hanson, who won an Oscar for “L.A Confidential”, was found dead.

-> Lata Mangeshkar will be conferred with 2016’s Banga Bibhushan award

-> Patna to host global conclave to celebrate legacy of Sikhism

->The Cabinet on Wednesday gave approval for signing and ratification of an agreement

between India and Samoa for exchange of information to curb tax evasion

->Anup Kumar to lead India in Kabaddi World Cup to be held In Gujarat.Balwan Singh is the

head coach of the squad

CURRENT AFFAIRS IN SHORT: 22nd SEPT

–>Senior RSS leader Jagdish Gagneja was shot died

–>Forbes names Mukesh Ambani as India’s richest for ninth year

–>Pension for freedom fighters/ heirs hiked by 20%

–>Amazon.in launches Amazon Pantry in Hyderabad

–>The Adani Group’s 648 MW solar power plant, claimed to be the world’s largest solar plant

at a single location, was inaugurated in Tamilnadu

–>Tamil film director Vetrimaran’s Visaranai has been selected as the official entry to Oscars

2017 in the Foreign Language Film category. The film, based on police brutality, had bagged

three National Film awards.

–>An Edelweiss group entity has agreed to acquire Ambit Alpha Fund, a category III Alternate

Investment Fund (AIF) with assets under management (AUM) of over Rs. 1,100 crore. It will be

its new investment manager

–>India to launch 8 satellites in on Sept 26

–>India’s High Commissioner to UK Navtej Sarna was appointed as ambassador to the US


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–>Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa launched distribution of gold coins, weighing 8

grams, to 12,500 women under the government’s marriage assistance scheme.

–>Mukesh Ambani named India’s richest person for a ninth year in a row with networth to

$22.7 billion.Sun Pharma’s Dilip Shanghvi was ranked 2nd with a wealth of $16.9 bn

–>To strengthen risk management framework of the commodities market, regulator SEBI

issued norms for early delivery as well as pay-in facility and penalty on sellers in case of

delivery default.

CURRENT AFFAIRS : 23RD SEPT

–>GST Council sets exemption threshold for tax at Rs.20 lakh.North-eastern and hill states

below Rs 10 lakh would be out of GST net.Rest of India would be annual turnover of Rs. 2o

lakh.Compensation for states routinely,quarterly, or bi -monthly

–>French defence minister Jean Yves Le Drian arrived for signing of the 7.8 billion deal today

for 36 Rafale jets which will come equipped with latest missiles and weapon system

–>Tech giant Apple has acquired Tuplejump — a Hyderabad-based machine learning startup

that helps companies to store, process and visualise big data with its unique software

–>Sun Pharma signs deal to develop dengue vaccine with the delhi unit of Internationa center

for Genetic engineering and biotechnlogy(ICGEB)

–>With an aim to deepen corporate bonds market by attracting more overseas funds, markets

regulator SEBI decided to allow well-regulated Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) to trade

directly trade in these securities without any broker

–>Nirma,the Rs 7,000-crore-plus Ahmedabad company on Monday agreed to buy French

cement major Lafarge’s local business for an enterprise value of Rs 9,400 crore ($1.4 billion),

–>HDFC,Airtel,SBI most valued brands

–>A boat(belongs to Egyptian coast) was capsized in the mediterranean sea while attempting

to head to Europe


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CURRENT AFFAIRS 26TH SEPTEMBER:

-Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s PSLV C-35 rocket launched a total of eight

satellites, into two different orbits.The 371 kg SCATSAT-1, a satellite for weather-related

studies, was placed in the polar sun synchronous orbit at an altitude of 730 km some 17

minutes after the rocket took off from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota

-Shri Anurag Srivastava (IFS: 1999), presently Ambassador of India to the Federal Democratic

Republic of Ethiopia

-Spice Jet co-founder Ajay Singh has been elected as the new president of the Boxing

Federation of India

-Velavan Senthilkumar wins squash U-19 Asian title

-Young Indian shuttler Rituparna Das clinched the Polish Open after defeating fellow Indian

Rasika Raje in the women’s singles final of the International challenge badminton event

-Golfing Legend Arnold Palmer Dies at 87

-Former Delhi High Court judge S K Mahahan, who was serving as the chairman of Film

Certification Appllate Tribunal died

CURRENT AFFAIRS 27TH SEPTEMBER

1.Typhoon Megi hits central Taiwan

2.Pakistan’s National Assembly clears Hindu marriage bill, allows remarriage

3.Colombia signs historic peace deal with FARC rebels ending long conflict

4.ICICI Bank crosses 1 lakh virtual payment addresses via UPI

5.The Hazira Group of Companies, announced the appointment of Rahul Deep Singh as

Managing Director of Hazira LNG Pvt Ltd (HLPL) and Hazira Ports Pvt Ltd (HPPL).

6.Gurgaon-based DLF has been ranked India’s most reputed real estate brand followed by

Godrej Properties and Lodha Group in second and third places respectively, according to a

report


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7.Puducherry government would write off crop loans by farmers to the primary agricultural

cooperative societies, totalling about Rs 20 crores

8.As part of the ‘Google For India‘ programme, the company announced five new launches

including Google Station, YouTube Go, Google Assistant in Hindi, Google Play in low

bandwidth (2G) and new Chrome browser that can used to save web pages of contents to

view them later.

9.Government of India signed a 15-year contract with the International Seabed Authority

(ISA) for exploration of polymetallic sulphides (PMS) in Indian Ocean

10.The Indonesian writer Eka Kurniawan won the $40,000 prize for best novel at the second

FT/OppenheimerFunds Emerging Voices awards in New York . Kurniawan won the award for

his novel Man Tiger

11.One of Indonesia’s hottest startups GO-JEK has acquired Bengaluru-based Pianta, a

marketplace for home healthcare services

12.Today is World Tourism Day

CURRENT AFFAIRS 28TH SEPTEMBER

–>India at 39th spot -The Global Competitiveness Report 2016-17 :World Economic Forum

–>The Centre will tomorrow launch ‘Progress Panchayat’, an outreach campaign to create

awareness about its programmes for the welfare of religious minorities and remove their

“fear and misconceptions” about the NDA government

–>DeLaurentis appointed first US ambassador to Cuba in 55 years

–>World Bank unanimously reappoints President Jim Yong Kim

–>The government on Wednesday cleared a proposal to give productivity-linked bonus (PLB)

amounting to Rs 2,090.96 crore to more than 12.25 lakh non-gazetted railway employees

–>The Securities and Exchange Board of India has allowed the introduction of options

contracts in the commodity derivatives market. Currently, only futures contracts are available

in the commodity segment.

–>Telangana government on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with

the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to improve services of its educational channel

‘Mana TV’

–>IDFC sets a new trend in banking sector with #BankingNibhao campaign

–> Indian shuttlers Ajay Jayaram and B Sai Praneeth advanced to the men’s singles second

round of the Korea Open


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–>The ICC today announced the appointment of William Glenwright to the role of Head of

Global Development.

–>Karnataka government today announced the appointment of senior IAS officer Subhash

Chandra Khuntia as the state’s Chief Secretary

–>Former Australia paceman Walker passes away


->World Heart Day: 29 September

-> Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was launched in the state of Jammu & Kashmir at

Srinagar by Hon’ble Chief Minister of J&K Mehbooba Mufti

->World Maritime Day is observed across the world on 29 September

-> Indian women’s Kabbadi team on 28 September 2016 bagged the gold medal at the 5th

Asian Beach Games.

-> The World Health Organisation, a specialised agency of UN has declared the Region of the

Americas as Measles free

-> Cuba and Russia sign agreement on Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation in the field of peaceful

atomic energy use.

->Karnataka Bank Ltd has inked a memorandum of understanding with Birla Sun Life Asset

Management Company for distribution of mutual fund products.

->The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has signed three separate MoUs with

Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) and Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) to accelerate the

development of inland water transport sector as an alternative mode of transport in Panaji.

->Former Australian cricketer Max Walker passes away


->National Translation Day: 30 September

theme "Translation and Interpreting: Connecting Worlds".

->Riyadh Mathew, Director of Malayala Manorama, Chairman and Managing Director of Indian

Express has been unanimously elected Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI).


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-> The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the appointment of retired IAS

officer Shakti Sinha to the post of director, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML).

->US & Vietnam navies begin 7th annual NEA in Da Nang

->Telugu author Kolakaluri Enoch bags Moortidevi Award

->Facebook, Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft on one Artificial Intelligence platform

->The world’s first child with genes from three people was born to a Jordanian couple in

Mexico.

-> Javelin thrower Annu Rani broke her own national record and in the process became the

first Indian woman to cross the 60m mark on the third and penultimate day of the 56th Open

National Athletics Championships in Lucknow.

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