Current Affairs

Persons In News
Senior IPS officer O P Singh (1983-batch UP cadre) has been appointed as the newDirector-General (DG)
of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).
Former petroleum secretary Vijay Kelkar has been elected president of the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI).
Senior IAS officer Arun Goyal (1985-batch of Union Territory cadre) has been appointedAdditional Secretary in
the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council.
The Chairman and Managing Director (MD) of Spicejet Airlines Ajay Singh (51-year) has elected as the
new president of the Boxing Federation of India(BFI).
Anurag Srivastava appoints Ambassador of India to the Republic of Djibouti.
Sanjiv Singh (56-year) will be the new Chairman of nations biggest company (by revenue) Indian Oil
Corporation (IOC).
Appointments Committee of Cabinet appointed Madhusudan Sahoo as chairperson of Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Board of India for a period of five years.
The Appointments Committee of Cabinet (ACC) has appointed three economists as the external appointees on the
Monetary Policy Committee (MPC).They are Pami Dua, Chetan Ghate and Ravindra Dholakia.They will have a
fixed four year term and it is non-renewable.
Anandi Ramalingam has appointed as the Director Marketing of the Public sector Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL).
Captain of the Indian national cricket team in limited-overs formats Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been named
the captain of the all-time India Test XI chosen by cricket magazine Wisden.
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped Forbess annual list of Indias 100 richest
tycoons with a net worth of $22.7 billion.
Former Indian women's hockey captain Ritu Rani has announced her retirement from international hockey.
Indian Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has become the fastest Indian and second overall to take 200
wickets in his 37th Test.
S S Mallikarjuna Rao has taken charge as executive director (ED) of Manipal-based Syndicate Bank.
Former India wicketkeeper M.S.K. Prasad (41-year) has been appointed as the new chairman of selectors.
The World Bank has appointed Junaid Ahmad (Bangladesh) as its new Country Director for India.
Social networking giant Facebook has roped in former chief product officer at Snapdeal, Anand Chandrasekaran,
for a strategic role for its Messenger app.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has elected Ajay Shirke as Secretary unopposed at its Annual
General Meeting.
Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs Ms Monika Kapil Mohta has been appointed as the
Ambassador of India to the Sweden.
Heir of Warrior King Chattrapati Shivaji, Sambhajiraje Bhosale is appointed as Tourism Brand Ambassador of
Maharashtra.
The President Pranab Mukherjee has appointed Retd. IAS officer of MP Cadre Smt.Alka Sirohi (UPSCMember) as the chairman of Union Public Service Commission(UPSC).
Canara Bank appointed P V Bharathi as Executive Director with effect from September 15.
State-owned Punjab National Bank has roped in Indian test skipper Virat Kohli as brand ambassador,To improve
its image which has taken a hit due to rising bad loans.
Union Government has chosen 105-year-old Kunwar Bai from Chhattisgarhs Dhamtari district as the Swachh
Bharat Abhiyan mascot.

Obituaries/Deaths
American professional golfer Arnold Palmer (87-year) has passed away in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania due to heart
complications.
Film Certification Appellate Tribunal chairman Mahajan passes away.

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 Renowned Hindi and Urdu writer, playwright and television personality Reoti Saran Sharma passed away.
Oscar-winning writer and director Curtis Hanson pass away.
First Football Referee Of Odisha Narottam Mohanty Passes Away.
Pulitzer-winning US playwright Edward Albee passed away.

Awards in News
Indian forest officials Sanjay Dutta and Ritesh Sarothiya have been selected for the2016 Clark R. Bavin
Wildlife Law Enforcement Awards.
The eighth edition of India-Russia 11-days joint military exercise INDRA-2016 has begun in the Ussiriysk
District in Vladivostok, Russia
The Tamil film Visaranai has been selected as the Indias official entry to Oscars 2017 (89th Academy Awards) in
the Foreign Language Film category. The film has been directed by Vetrimaran.
First Jesse Owens Award goes posthumously to Muhammad Ali.
President Pranab Mukherjee and PM Narendra Modi has launched Vice PresidentMohd Hamid Ansaris book
titled Citizen and Society at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.
Syrian aid group White Helmets wins Right Livelihood Award 2016.
The Chairman of Godrej Group Adi Godrej has conferred the 10th Annual Clinton Global Citizen Award for
leadership in business and philanthropy.
Bollywood filmmakerSajid Nadiadwala conferred with Frances prestigious Chevalier dans lOrdre des Arts et
des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) award.
Hindustani classical singer Shubha Mudgal would be honoured with the annual Lalit Arpan Samman this year.
Misbah-ul-Haq has received the prestigious ICC Test Championship mace for inspiring Pakistan to the top of the
ICC Test Team Rankings.
Noted Malayalam critic Dr. M Leelavathi has been chosen for the prestigious N Mohanan Suvarna Mudra Award
2016.
To honour legendary singer Lata Mangeshkars contributions to Bengali songs, the West Bengal
government would confer this years Banga Bibhushan.
Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to get humanitarian award.
Member of the UK Parliament Lord Narendra Babubhai Patel(78) honoured with the Lifetime Achievement
Award.
Bollywood Fame Abhishek Bachan had become a Guinness World Record Holder for Most Public Appearances
Made By A Film Star In 12 Hours.
Writer Meghna Pant has won the Fellows of Nature (FON) South Asia Short Story Award in Nature writing.
68th Emmy Awards, television's biggest award ceremony, was held in Los Angeles on September 18. 'Game of
Thrones' won the best Drama Series award.Tatiana Maslany won the best actress award for Orphan Black, Rami
Malek won the best actor for Mr. Robot.
The scripts of Adil Hussain-starrers "Sunrise" and "Parched" have been archived at the library of the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Bengaluru-based Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and Bollywood actors Katrina Kaif and Juhi Chawla
are among recipients of the Priyadarshini Global Awards 2016.

Economy/Banking/Finance
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given approval to Rs. 26 thousand crore cash credit
limit (CCL) for purchasing paddy in poll-bound Punjab.
Google has launched its latest mobile chat application Allo along with Google Assistant.
Maharashtra based DCB Bank launched its Unified Payment Interface (UPI) application. The UPI interface was
billed as a revolutionary of sorts in digital banking by theNCPI.

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 The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management, Ministry of Finance has appointed ICICI Prudential
Asset Management Company Ltd as the asset management company for the creation and launch of a new Exchange
Traded Fund (ETF).
GST council sets exemption threshold for tax at Rs.20 lakh
The first meeting of Goods & Services Tax (GST) Council has decided to exempt
businesses with annual turnover below Rs.20 lakh out of the GST net.
Threshold for exemption for businesses in Northeastern and hill states will be for
annual turnover below Rs.10 lakh and rest of India it will below Rs.20 lakh.
Regulator Irdai has imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on SBI Life Insurance Company for violations of various
norms, including guidelines on accepting business from a corporate agent after the expiry of licence.
Mobile payments and loans start-up ftcash, backed by IvyCap Ventures, is the first fintech start-up to launch
Unified Payment Interface (UPI) for merchants in association with ICICI Bank.
Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar and Chairperson of Samruddhi Cooperative Bank Kanchan
Gadkari launched the Banks first-ever RuPay Card in central India.
HDFC, Airtel and State Bank of India named in the Top 50 valued brands by the The third annual BrandZ Top 50
Most Valuable Indian Brands report released by WPP and Kantar Millward Brown.
Apple acquires Hyderabad based startup Tuplejump.
Chinas online marketing giant Alibaba planned to launch the worlds first e-commerce satellite next year to
provide people with the best vegetables after analyzing agricultural cultivation and harvesting data.
Public sector lender Andhra Bank announced that it had entered into agreements with private insurers Cigna
TTK and Reliance General Insurance to provide health and general insurance services to its customers.
Wipro Consumer Care & Lighting, the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) arm of Wipro Enterprises has signed
a pact to acquire 100% shareholding in Zhongshan Ma Er Daily Products to boost its presence in the fast-growing
toiletries and liquid detergent space in south China.
The United States Federal Reserve has kept its key interest rate unchanged amid recent weak economic data and
tepid inflation.The Fed raised its target range for the federal fund rate by 25 basis points to 0.25-0.5 percent in
December last year.
Indias largest e-commerce company Flipkart currently had 100 million registered users to becomes the first
company to reach this milestone in a single country outside the US and China.
Kotak Mahindra Bank announced the launch of Kotak Now a digital account opening process on the mobile.
ADB clears $631 million loan for Vizag-Chennai industrial corridor.
S&P Global Ratings projected India to clock a steroid-free growth of 8 per cent over the next few years.
World Bank will invest Rs. 1,000 crore rupees in Assam for the betterment of the inland waterways.
Federal Bank, Kochi-based Private Sector Bank has launched its second Federal Skill Academy at Coimbatore, as
part of its Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR) initiatives.
Infrastructure Development Finance Company(IDFC) Limited has issued commercial Papers of Rs.700 crore.
BSE Sensex collaborate with Twitter to provide live updates of S&P to its investors.It is the first collaboration in
Asia between a stock exchange and a social networking site.

National Affairs
The World Tourism Day (WTD) is being observed annually on 27th September. The theme of this year is
Tourism for all promoting universal accessibility.
The ninth edition of the largest gathering of tourism stakeholders Kerala Traval mart (Spice Route Culinary
Festival)begins at Kochi.The event will focus on Responsible Tourism and Muziris Spice Route.
Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh has inaugurated 4- days Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Krishi Unnati
Mela 2016 in Mathura.
The Agriculture Minister has also laid the foundation stone of first Gokul Gram Projectin Mathura.

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He also presents Antyodaya Krishi Puruskars to 22 farmers for their contribution in theagriculture
sector at the birth place of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay in Mathura.
Azma of Telangana has been awarded for conserving old seeds and setting up community seeds bank.
Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation Narendra Tomar has set a target of toilets in every household by 2019.
According to Tomar 23 districts are now totally free from open defecation.
Swachh Bharat Week is being celebrated from 25th September to 2nd October.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off the platinum jubilee celebration of Indias largest civilian research
and development agency Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
2nd SAARC Anti-Terrorism Mechanism held in New Delhi.
Rajasthan became the first state to adopt centres Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) in all its urban
local bodies (ULB). Almost 5 lakh conventional street lights were replaced with LED street lights across the state.
Uttar Pradesh, Bihar have Indias youngest population.
World Environmental Health Day is observed every year on September 26. Theme : Tobacco Control a
response to the global tobacco pandemic.
Five Indian cities in the top 100 Mastercard Global Destinations Cities Index.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has announced that proposed Pune International Airport will
now come up in Purandar taluka, which is about 42 km fromPune.
Union Government to launch Mission Parivar Vikas in seven states (145-districts) for improved family planning
services.
The Delhi government has increased the retirement age of city government services doctors to 65 years.
Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bhartireleased Rs 315 crore to
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation for building toilets under Swachh Bharat campaign (Gramin) during
2016-17 along Ganga river.
World Rivers Day September 25, 2016.
2016 North East Connectivity Summit Held In Tripura.
Jayalalitha lead government issued orders to set up Amma Free Wi-Fi zones in 50 places across the Tamil Nadu
on September 23, 2016.
PM approved constitution of two committees for commemoration of birth centenary of Pandit Deendayal
Upadhyay while Home Minister Rajnath Singh chaired the 23 member Executive Committee.
BRICS Agriculture Meeting held in New Delhi.
The Tamil Nadu government has allotted Rs 204 crore towards the implementation of the enhanced gold scheme
under a marriage assistance programme.
First International Sikh Conclave started in Bihar, ahead of 350th birth anniversary celebration of Guru
Gobind Singh.
Incredible India Tourism Investors Summit 2016 New Delhi.
Oxford University (UK) topped the list as the worlds leading university in the latest Times Higher Education
world rankings index.
Lutyens Delhis iconic Race Course Road, where the Prime Ministers residence is located, would be known
as Lok Kalyan Marg.

The National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has given its approval to Rs. 10000 crore Ken-Betwa river interlinking
project.It is Indias first inter-State river interlinking project.
The International Day of Peace is observed across the world annually on 21stSeptember.The theme of this year
(2016) is The Sustainable Development Goals: Building Blocks for Peace.
Vadodara to host Power Ministers conference on October 7.
The flagship rural housing scheme Indira Awas Yojana (IAY), started by former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, has
been restructured and renamed as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY), which will be launched next month.
Union Minister of Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu has announced the third list of smart cities.The new list
accommodates 27 cities from 12 states.
Indian Railways has launched Yatri Mitra Sewa in a move to make rail travel comfortable for elderly,
differently-abled and ailing travellers.
Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar has announced Charkhi Dadri as the 22nd district of
Haryana.

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 The Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar has inaugurated the super computer
PARAM ISHAN at IIT Guwahati campus.
The Govt is planning to expand Direct Benefit Transfer and double the number to 147 schemes by March 2017.
The Ludhiana District Administration has started the Selfie with my Shauchalya campaign to make the
Swachh Bharat Mission successful and encourage people to use clean toilets.
ducherry Governor Kiran Bedi launched Coastal Clean Up as part of the 31nd International Coastal Clean Up
Day. The drive was being carried out in all coastal pockets in Puducherry.
The Chief Economic Advisor (CEA)-led panel asked the Centre to immediately announce higher minimum
support price (MSP) of gram (chana) to for Rs.4,000 a quintal rabi 2016 and Rs.6,000 a quintal for both
urad and tur for kharif season 2017.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has announced funds for renovation of churches and mosques under the
Waqf board. She has ordered release of Rs. 3 crore for the corpus fund.
Indian Railways has launched Swachhta Saptah (Cleanliness Week) to mark the Swachh Paryavaran Diwas (Clean
Environment Day).The special nine-day (from 17 to 25 September 2016) long public cleanliness outreach
programme was launched by Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in New Delhi.
Andhra Pradesh has emerged on the top among all other states in attracting industrial investments in 2015-16,
pushing the previous years topper Maharashtra to the third spot.
Odisha government to organise two-day national conference on labour.

International Affairs
Japan will host the Asian Games in 2026 after Aichi prefecture and its capital Nagoya were confirmed as the venue
for the multi-sport event by the Olympic Council of Asia(OCA).
Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia in 2018 and the Chinese city of Hangzhou in 2022.
Japan will host 2017 Asian Winter Games, 2019 Rugby World Cup and 2020 Summer Olympics.
Swiss voters have given a approval to a law on new surveillance powers for the intelligence agencies.The new
law will allow the authorities to tap phones, snoop on email and deploy hidden cameras and bugs.
China for the first time had deployed a robot to maintain security at one of its busiest airports in Guangdong
Province The Anbot, a security robot hired for its first job at theShenzhen airport.
India ranked 143rd position in the latest health Index by UN General Assembly.The list is topped by Iceland.
India business, culture festival held in Chinese city Yangzhou .
India and France has signed an Inter-Governmental Agreement for the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets at a cost of
7.87 billion Euros.
India stands at 112th spot on World Economic Freedom Index. List is topped by Hong Kong.
The 193 countries of the United Nations (UN) have signed a landmark declaration to rid the world of drug-resistant
infections or Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) or superbugs.
Saudi Arabia celebrates its 86th National Day.
The Institute for Quantum Computing at the University of Waterloo set a world record for creating a Canadian
flag measuring about one one-hundredth the width of a human hair.
First Indian music-dance festival starts in Aus
The Consul General of Malaysia in India Eldeen Husaini Muhammad Hashim released the translated version of
Sai Charitra Granth, a book on the life of Sai Baba.The book is translated into Malay by a social outfit called I
love Sai.

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 President Vladimir Putins ruling United Russia Party has won the parliamentary election with more
than 54% of the votes.
Germany Chancellor Angela Merkels party CDU (Christian Democratic Union of Germany) has lossed
in Berlin state elections.
Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachandaarrived in New Delhi for a three-day state visit to India
and External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj received him at the airport on September 15, 2016.
17th NAM summit held in Venezuela. Vice President Hamid Ansari held talks with Venezuelan President Nicolas
Maduro on a host of issues of mutual interest.
Worlds largest permanent shiplift designed by Chinese and German engineers on ChinasThree Gorges
Dam began its trial on September 18, 2016. It is the largest and most sophisticated shiplift in the world.
The US government had decided to become a partner country for the upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Global
Summit, which was prepared to be held in January 2017.

Sports News
Indian table tennis player from Chennai Sathiyan Gnanasekaran (24-year) has become only the second to win
an International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) event in Belgium.
Indias Harish Banghel has won a silver in the mens middleweight Muay Thai event in the 5th Asian Beach
Games in Danang, Vietnam.
50th State Athletics Championship 2016 started at Dasarath Dev State Sports Complex in Agartala (Tripura).
Union Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Vijay Goel unveiled BRICS football tournament logo at the
Bambolim Stadium, Goa on September 26, 2016.The first BRICS Under-17 football tournament will be begin in
Goa on October 5, 2016.
Indias Velavan Senthilkumar (from Chennai) bagged the Under-19 Asian Junior Individual squash championship
title in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
India 3rd in ICC ODI standings, Kohli 2nd in batting chart.
Niti Aayog has devised a short-term and medium-to-long term action plan to help India achieve 50 medals in
2024 summer Olympics.
The Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) has lifted the Obaidullah Khan Heritage Cup Hockey
Tournament in Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh).
Star raider Anup Kumar from Haryana will lead India in next months Kabaddi World Cup to be held in
Ahmedabad.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) tied up with financial services firm Janalakshmi Financial
Services (Jana) as an associate sponsor.
15th Summer Paralympic Games for athletes with disabilities governed by the International Paralympic
Committee held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from September 7 to 18, 2016. With the theme Todo Mundo tem
um Coracao (Everybody Has a Heart).
19 competitors (16 Men & 3 Women) participated in Rio 2016 paralympic games for
India in 5 sports.
The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games 2016 (15th) have ended in Rio with a colourful
closing ceremony at Maracana Stadium in Brazilian City, Rio de Janeiro.
Brazilian officials handed over the flag to Tokyo for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Indias Devendra Jhajharia (36-year) has won Gold Medal in the mens javelin throw, F46 event at the
Rio Paralympics 2016.

Deepa Malik (45-year) wheelchair-bound adrenaline junkie from Haryana has created history
by winning the silver medal in Womens shotput at Rio Paralympics 2016,Brazil. Deepa Malik
first Indian woman to win Paralympics medal

Mariyappan Thangavelu (Athletics) Mens High Jump F42- Gold

Varun Singh Bhati (Athletics) Mens High Jump F42- Bronze
New Zealand sprinter Liam Malone (22-year) has broken the Oscar pistorius mens 200metre T44 Paralympic Games.
Vietnam won its first-ever Paralympic gold medal after para weightlifter Le Van Cong lifted 183 kgs, to set a new world record at
the event.

Mariyappan Thangavelu has won Indias first gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics.

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China dominated the Rio Paralympics games with( 107 Gold out of 239 medals), followed
by Britain,Ukraine and the United States.
India capped off a successful Paralympic Games campaign in Rio by procuring their best ever haul
of four medals (two gold, one silver and a bronze medal).
Indian shooter Subhankar Pramanick has clinched the gold medal in 50-metre rifleprone event at the ISSF
Junior World Cup for pistol, rifle and shotgun at Gabala inAzerbaijan.
Hosts India were routed by Spain 0-5 in the Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie.
Priyesha Deshmukh, 23-year old hearing-impaired shooter from Pune won bronze in the 10m air rifle category at
the 1st World Deaf Shooting Championships held in Kazan, Russia.
Nico Rosberg wins the Singapore Grand Prix.

Science & Technology

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched its satelliteSCATSAT-1 for ocean and
weather-related studies from Satish Dhawan Space Centre,Sriharikota.The PSLV C35 Polar Satellite Launch
Vehicle, carrying three satellites from India, three from Algeria, and one each from Canada and the US, lifted
off from Sriharikotain Andhra Pradesh and the launch was 100 per cent successful.
The first military exercise between Russia and Pakistan named Druzhba-2016 (Friendship-2016) has kicked off in
Pakistan.
China has built worlds largest radio telescope nicknamed Tianyan (Heavenly Eye or The Eye of Heaven) or the
five-hundred-metre aperture spherical radio telescope (FAST).
Indian Air Force (IAF) has successfully fired long-range air-to-air MICA missile fromMirage-2000 Upgrade
combat aircraft on a manoeuvring target.
The joint military training exercise of the Indian and US Armies Yudh Abhyas 2016 was held at Chaubattia in
Uttarakhand.
India has successfully test-fired the most advanced surface-to-air missile Barak-8 from a mobile launcher at the
Integrated Test Range in Chandipur in Balasore district,Odisha.
China, Russia conducted joint naval exercises Joint Sea-2016 in South China Sea.

China, launched its second experimental space station.The Tiangong 2 was carried into space from the Jiuquan
Satellite Launch Center on the edge of the Gobi Desert in northern China.

The vessel has been built by government-run Mazgaon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (MDL) and belongs to the
Visakhapatnam class of ships being constructed under Project 15B.

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