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Current Affairs Weekly PDF – September First Week (1-8)

INDIAN AFFAIRS

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the annual conference – Rajaswa Gyan Sangam, 2017 in New
Delhi on 1st of Sep. The Conference have been jointly organised by the Central Board of Direct Taxes
(CBDT) and the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC).
• The deadline for linking Permanent Account Number (PAN) with Aadhaar has extended by four months to
31st December announced by the government.
• On September 1, 2017 Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Vijay Goelhas announced that a
new Youth Sports Centre to be built at Alipur, Delhi. Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) and Sports
Authority of India (SAI) will jointly create and run this unique Youth Sports Centre.
• The Kerala Tourism department has launched a campaign called ‘Yalla Kerala’ (Yalla means lets go). It has
been launched to target tourists from Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain and
Qatar.
• India’s first indigenous sniper rifle was launched at the rifle factory in West Bengal.Its total cost is Rs 2.5
lakh and weighing 6.7 Kg.The rifle has a shooting range of 800 meters.
• With an aim to improve the condition of small and marginal farmers, the Union Ministry of Science and
Technology is planning to create Farmer Zone which is a collective open source data platform for smart
agriculture using biological research.
• On September 1,2017,Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has approved the constitution of an Empowered
Steering Committee (ESC) on the basis of the recommendations of the interim report of the8-member Task
Force headed by AbinavBindra.It will increase India’s medal prospects in forthcoming Olympic games
including 2020 Tokyo Olympic games.
• Environment Ministry will launch an environment awareness initiative. Under which an online environmental
quiz competition named “Prakriti Khoj” an Environment Quiz to be conducted at the national
level.The quiz is being launched on 5th of September on the occasion of Teachers’ Day.
• On September 3,2017, the cabinet got extended and reshuffled for the third time. Modi expanded his council
of ministers twice–first on November 9, 2014 and then on July 5, 2016. Nine new Ministers of state were
inducted into the Union Council of Ministers. Four Ministers of state were elevated to the cabinet rank.
• On September 2 ,2017 Delhi lieutenant governor Anil Baijal banned dumping of waste at the Ghazipur landfill
site because on September 1 ,2017 a mountain of waste collapsed into a canal, killing two people. Baijal
ordered immediate halt to dumping of solid waste at the landfill and clearing the site within two years.
• The Karnataka government has decided to make education free for all girls from Class 1 to graduation level in
all public and aided private schools and colleges from the next academic year announced on 2nd Sept 2017.
Under this scheme, student must pay the fees first at the time of admission and later get it reimbursed by the
government.
• Cell for IPR Promotions and Management (CIPAM), which works under the Department of Industrial Policy
and Promotion (DIPP) in the ministry, has started an “#LetsTalkIP” initiative to promote Indian Geographical
Indications.
• ‘Ye India ka time hai’ event was organized at National Institute of Technology, Raipur Chhattisgarh on 3rd of
Sept.The event was held as per the directives of HRD ministry to mark India’s 70 years of independence and
75 years of the Quit India movement.
• Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River
Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has flagged off a fleet of first batch of 1000 E-rickshaws from Huda
City Centre metro station in Gurugram on 3rd of Sept 2017. The E rickshaw fleet is being operated by
Treasure Vase Ventures Private Limited in partnership of Delhi Metro, under the SmartE brand name.
• The Union Ministry of Water Resources, River Development, and Ganga Rejuvenation constituted a task
force for speedy implementation of various ongoing Namami Gange program.
Namami Gange programme is a program of Union Government aiming at integrating various efforts to clean
and protect River Ganga.

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• On 5th September 2017, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union Home Minister Rajnath
Singhflaged off the first run of the Lucknow Metro from the Transport Nagar Metro Station in
Lucknow.The 8.5-km-long ‘Priority Corridor’ from Transport Nagar to Charbagh, which is part of the Phase-1
of the project, will be operational for the public from 6 am to 10 pm everyday.
• On 5th September 2017, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched two new contraceptives,
an injectible MPA (Medroxyprogesterone Acetate) under the ‘Antara’ programme and contraceptive
pill ‘Chhaya’ in New Delhi. The contraceptives are said to be safe and highly effective.
• On 5th September 2017, Leader of the Green Revolution Dr.M.S.Swaminathan and Padma Shri
Dr.H.Sudarshan launched the National Nutrition Strategy, along with Vice Chairman of Niti Aayog Dr.Rajiv
Kumar and Member of Niti Aayog Dr.Vinod Paul.
• Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has launched “Gyakunj e-class project” from Shahpur primary school in
Gandhinagar announced on 4th Sept 2017. Under this initiative, interactive e-class will be launched with
smart board.In the first phase, 550 schools will be covered under the ‘Gyankunj Project’ and
gradually standard 5th to 9th of every schools of the state will cover under the project.
• Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has inaugurated the Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College and
Hospital (SLNMCH) in the tribal-dominated district of southern Odisha on 4th Sept. 2017. The SLNMCH in
Koraput has been established at a cost of Rs. 192 crore.
• In Assam, the state govt. has set up a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Cell for implementation of DBT across
schemes in the Country. It helps in coordinating efforts at the State Level in taking the DBT initiative forward
with immediate effect.
• Assam government will upgrade employment exchanges to Modern Career Centres announced on 6th of Sep.
2017. All modern facilities including counselling will be provided at the proposed career centres.
• As part of labour law reforms, the Government has undertaken the exercise of rationalisation of the 38 Labour
Acts by framing 4 labour codes viz Code on Wages, Code on Industrial Relations, Code on Social Security
and Code on occupational safety, health and working conditions.It subsumes 4 existing Laws,
1. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948;
2. The Payment of Wages Act, 1936;
3. The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965; and
4. The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976.
• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has announced a new programme named ‘Jala Siriki
Haarati’. It is a programme offering prayers to water bodies and to create awareness among the public
regarding water preservation announced on 6th sept. 2017. The programme will be held on September 6, 7
and 8 across the state.
• On 6th September 2017, an Expert Task Force was constituted with the NITI Aayog Vice Chairman, Dr.Rajiv
Kumar, as its Chairperson to provide a major thrust to job creation by enhancing India’s exports.
• On 6th September 2017, Home Ministry announced that Chiefs of central armed police forces like Central
Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Border Security Force (BSF) and other central agencies have been
empowered to spend up to Rs.15 crore for executing major projects and Rs.1 crore for minor works, including
repairing of residential buildings.
• Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Andhra
Pradesh Economic Development Board (APEDB) on 6th of Sept. 2017.The pact has been signed to connect
Vijayawada and Amaravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh in Guntur district.After conducting the
feasibility study, in the second phase of the project, the company will construct and build the first hyperloop
in the country.
• On 8th September 2017, Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), Ministry of Water Resources entered into a
Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore for development of
ground water flow models and preparation of aquifer management plans for Karnataka, in New Delhi.
• First water ATM has been inaugurated by Telangana State Home Minister N Narasimha Reddy at Nalgonda X
Roads on 7th of Sept. 2017.It will provide affordable, 24×7 safe water access in Hyderabad.
• The government has allowed import of 3 lakh tonnes of raw sugar at a concessional duty of 25% import duty
under Open General License (Tariff Rate Quota) has been allowed through millers/refiners on 7th of Sept.
2017. The imports will be allowed through the ports namely Tuticorin, Karaikal, Chennai, Mangalore,
Kakinada, Gangavaram and Vishakapatnam in the South.
• On 8th September 2017, in New Delhi the Ministry of Civil Aviation introduced new rules for the formation
of a national No – Fly list that bans unruly passengers from travelling in airplanes.
• On 7th September 2017, a new study claimed that one of the biodiversity-rich uninhabited island of
Lakshadweep ‘Parali I’ has vanished due to coastal erosion.Parali I island of Laskshadweep has been eroded

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completely and vanished.The island was a part of Bangaram chain of islands, and was 0.032 square km in area
in 1968.

PLACES IN NEWS
• On September 1,2017,Assam Government has extended term of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA),
1958 and declared entire state a Disturbed Area for six more months under section 3 of AFSPA act.This is for
first time state government has extended AFSPA and Disturbed Area provision on its own. In the past,
AFSPA provisions in state were always extended by the centre.
• Australia and East Timor have agreed on key elements of a maritime boundary and revenue sharing from
anatural gas field beneath the seabed between the two countries announced on 2nd Sep 2017.Australia and
Timor-Leste have resolved their bitter and long-running dispute over maritime boundaries in the Timor Sea. It
is being described as a “landmark day” in the relationship between the two nations.
• On September 1 ,2017, An international team of sand artists has built the world’s tallest sandcastle in
Duisburg, in the Ruhr region, Germanyafter the city’s attempt failed last year.It was 54.5ft (16.68 meters) high
and its theme is tourism.It is the new Guinness World Record for tallest sandcastle.

FOREIGN VISITS
Arun Jaitley visit to Japan 2017
• On 4th September 2017, Mr.Arun Jaitley left to Japan for a two day visit. During the meeting issues relating to
the US-2 amphibious aircraft were also figured out.
• The two sides also agreed to commence technical discussions for research collaboration in the areas
of Unmanned Ground Vehicles and Robotics.
• India plans to buy the US-2 ShinMaywa aircraft from Japan for its navy. Last year, China had reacted angrily
to reports that Japan plans to sell weapons to India at cheaper prices, saying that such a move is disgraceful.
Swiss president Doris Leuthard is on a three-day visit to India
• Swiss president Doris Leuthard will begin her three day visit to India on August 6 2017. The visit is
significant as Switzerland is the chair of the Nuclear Suppliers Groupwhere India has been seeking
membership.
• Both countries will sign trade agreements and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on railway
infrastructure.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
• Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), under Ministry of Power, Government of India has launched
UJALA (Unnat Jyoti by Affordable Lighting for All) Scheme in the State of Melaka, Malaysia on 6th of Sept.
2017. UJALA’s impact in Malaysia will bring about clean energy, contribute to climate change targets and
save the already dwindling energy resources.
• Lebanese President Michel Aoun has officially signed an animal welfare and protection law. It guarantees that
domestic and wild animals will be legally protected from abuse in the country announced on 30th Aug 2017.
• Recently on 18 July 2017 India and China jointly submitted a proposal to the World Trade Organisation
(WTO) calling for the elimination of farm subsidies by developed countries. In WTO context, this trade
distorting farm subsidies is calledAggregate Measurement of Support (AMS) or ‘Amber Box’. It is a
prerequisite for consideration of other reforms in domestic support negotiations.
• The world’s largest and powerful X-ray laser- European X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) presented in
Hamburg, Germany.The XEFL is series of 3.4-kilometer tunnels up to 38 meters underground near the city of
Hamburg.It took 8 years to build 1.5-billion-euro ($1.7 billion) facility.
• The “artificial quake” in North Korea thought to be its sixth nuclear test was five to six times more powerful
than the fifth nuclear test.As per the South’s Yonhap news agency reported it was 9.8 times more powerful
than the tremor from Pyongyang’s fifth test.
• The Tajikistan government has banned its women from wearing veils and Tajikistan government has
introduced a legislation, wherein it has asked the women to “stick to traditional national clothes and culture”.

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• According to the US space agency NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is set to depart the International Space
Station (ISS) and return to Earth after completing a 288-day long mission.
• The New Development Bank (NDB) of the five nations has approved $1.4 billion loans for sustainable
development projects in China, India and Russia. For India, the bank has approved $470 million loan for
Madhya Pradesh’s Multi-Village Rural Drinking Water Supply Scheme Project.
• Nepal has signed UN assistance package for a USD 635 million for 2018-2022. The UNDAF lays out the
development strategy for the UN Country Team for the next five years.
• Seychelles ratifies the ISA Framework Agreement and became the ninth member of ISA framework
agreement announced on 3rd sep 2017.
• Nepal’s government has enacted a new law which aimed at stopping the practice of forcing a woman who is
menstruating, or has just given birth, to sleep outside their home, in a hut or shed.
• Nepal’s Parliament has endorsed an electoral law for upcoming elections to the federal and provincial council
which bars people involved in corruption and criminal offences to stand as candidates.
• On 5th September 2017, Cuba began a five-month political transition expected to end with Raul Castro’s
departure from the Presidency, due to his family’s dominance in the country’s
• According to the reports, an Indian parliamentary delegation, led by Speaker Lok Sabha Sumitra
Mahajan,refused to be a part of the Bali Declaration adopted at the World Parliamentary Forum on
Sustainable Development held at Nusa Dua in Indonesia.India has refused to be a part of the Bali Declaration
to show of solidarity with Myanmar.
• The Department of Financial Services has fined USD 225 million to Pakistan’s Private lender Habib Bank and
its New York branch announced on 8th Sept. 2017.The bank has failed to comply with laws and regulations
designed to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and other illicit financial transactions.

SUMMITS & CONFERENCES

• The ninth BRCIS Summit is held from 3-5 September, 2017 in Xiamen, China. The participating countries are
the five member nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The summit is hosted by China for
the second time after the 2011 Summit.The theme of the 2017 BRICS Summit is“BRICS: Stronger
Partnership for a Brighter Future”.Thelogoof the 2017 BRICS Summit resembles both full sails and a rotating
earth, painted in 5 colors representing the 5 BRICS countries.
• On 4thSeptember, 2017 Chinese President Xi JinPing announced that China will give 500 million yuan ($76.4
million) for BRICS economic and technology cooperation plan, and another $4 million for projects at the
BRICS countries’ New Development Bank.
• The three-day International Hindu Conference began on 31st Aug 2017. Its aim is to reinstitute Kathmandu as
the global capital of Hinduism.The theme of the conference is ‘Emerging spiritualism: Renaissance of
Hinduism’.
• On august 31,2017 External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj travelled to Colombo to participate in the two-
day Indian Ocean Conference in Colombo, SrilankaTheme of the conference is peace, progress and prosperity.

RANKINGS & REPORTS

• On august 31,2017 India’s largest autonomous public research and development organisation Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has been ranked ninth best government organisation in the world,
according to the Scimago Institutions ranking World Report 2017.Chinese Academy of Sciences topped the
list.
• Oxford and Cambridge named the best universities in the world; IISc, Bangalore tops Indian universities
according to the World University Rankings 2018 was published by the Times Higher Education (THE).
• On September 2 ,2017, Forbes an American bi-weeklybusiness magazine published a report stating that India
remains the most corrupt country in the Asia Pacific region. The report was based on a study by Transparency
International.While India remains the most corrupt country in this region, with 69 per cent bribery rates, Japan
came out as the least corrupt nation, with a 0.2 per cent bribery rate, the report said.

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BANKING & FINANCE

• As per the data released by the RBI, old notes worth Rs 15.44 lakh crore were there in the market out of
which 15.28 lakh crore have been received by the bank.It means all but 1.4% of the old Rs 1,000 notes have
come back into the banking system.As per the RBI report about 89 million units of the demonetised Rs 1,000
notes, worth Rs 8,900 crore, had not come back into the system.
• On September 1,2017,Fincare Small Finance Bank (previously known as Disha MicrofinLimited) started its
banking operations with about 25 operational branches across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra
Pradesh.The bank was given final small finance bank (SFB) licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in
May this year.Fincare CEO Rajeev Yadav informed that the bank started its operations with 25 branches, out
of which nearly 50 per cent are located in Gujarat.
• On September 2,2017, the first project funded by The New Development Bank, set up by India and other
members of the BRICS grouping of emerging economies, has started operation in Shanghai. The $76 million
loan with a maturity length of 17 years was granted to Shanghai Lingang Distributed Solar Power
Project, under an agreement signed in December 2016.
• On September 3,2017, Global brokerage firm UBS has lowered India’s GDP growth forecast to 6.6 per cent
from 7.2 per cent.
• On September 4,2017, Singapore based bank DBS has got final approval to operate as a wholly-owned
subsidiary (WOS) in India.DBS was the first foreign lender to apply for the new operating WOS model two
years ago and its approval was delayed due to lack of precedent.
• China has banned individuals and organisations from raising funds through initial coin offerings (ICO), or
launches of digital currencies announced on 4th of Sept 2017. According to cryptocurrency analysis website
Cryptocompare in total, $2.32 billion has been raised through ICOs, with $2.16 billion of that being raised
since the start of 2017.
• RBI has included HDFC Bank in the list of ‘too big to fail’ lenders, referred to as D-SIB or domestic
systemically important bank announced on 4th of Sept. 2017. India’s largest lender SBI and private sector
major ICICI Bank was classified as D-SIBs in 2015.
• On 5th September 2017, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) CEO Mr.Ajay Bhushan
Pandey said that the UIDAI has given banks one more month to open Aadhaar enrolment centres in a
stipulated 10 per cent of branches and will impose Rs.20,000 as fine per uncovered branch after
30th September 2017.
• A member of the World Bank Group, International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested $10 million as
equity in e-commerce firm Power2SME announced on 5th sept 2017. It will helps small and medium
companies to buy raw materials at bulk prices and get working capital without collateral.
• Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM-L) and Yes Bank has tied up with the purpose of spreading
climatic awareness announced on 5th of Sept. 2017. The main aim of the collaboration will be to enhance the
‘Climate Literacy’ amongst people.
• According to the Ujjivan Small Finance Bank it will bring down its cost of funds by up to 150 basis points
during the current financial year.It has replaced 75% of its bank loans with borrowings using money market
instruments including certificate of deposits.

BUSINESS
• India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) will meet this month in order to conclude their long
pending negotiations on FTA (Free Trade Agreement). Nirmala Sitharaman said that India would look into
“every concern” of foreign investors on intellectual property rights (IPR) and investment protection.
• The first consignment of 30 MT of High Speed Diesel was sent on 4th of Sept from India to Myanmar by land
route.
• Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has entered into four more Advance Pricing
Agreements (APAs)related to sectors like telecom, banking, manufacturing and education announced on 4th of
Sept. 2017.Out of these four agreements, three are unilateral and one is a bilateral.
• On 6th September 2017, the National Highway Authority of India awarded its first international project in
Myanmar to a joint venture of Punj Lloyd-Varaha. This project is for the upgradation of the Yagyi–Kalewa
section in Myanmar to two lanes with Project length – 120 km and Estimated cost – Rs.1,177.02 crore.
• On 7th September 2017, Airtel Business an arm of the Bharti Airtel telecom launched Airtel GST
Advantage to enable small businesses and start-ups file their GST (Goods & Services Tax) returns with ease,
in New Delhi.
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• The Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has inaugurated India’s first ever food safety institute
set up by Nestle India in Manesar.

APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS

Appointee Designation- Organisation

Sunil Arora Election Commissioner
Former Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi Comptroller and Auditor General of India
Rajiv kumar NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman
Indian-origin civil servant J Y Pillai Singapore’s acting president
Rajiv Kumar Secretary, Department of Financial Services
IGCAR nuclear scientist U. Kamachi Mudali Heavy Water Board chief
Anita Karwal CBSE chairperson
Nirmala Sitharaman India’s first women new Defence Minister
Kenneth I. Juster U.S ambassador to India
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Union sports minister
Roelant Oltmans (sacked) - Hockey India National coach
KV Rama Moorthy MD & CEO of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd
Vasant Narasimhan CEO of Novartis Pharma
Sankara Narayanan MD and CEO of Vijaya Bank
Gopal Singh CMD of Coal India
Parineeti Chopra First Indian woman ambassador for Tourism Australia
Ashish Kashyap (resigns) President- MakeMyTrip
Viveck Goenka New PTI Chairman
N. Ravi Vice Chairman of PTI
Harshil Mehta Joint MD and CEO of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd
Baijendra Kumar National Mineral Development Corporation-chief
Sjoerd Mrijne Indian Men’s hockey team coach
Harendra Singh Indian women’s Hockey Team Coach

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

• On the occasion of National Sports Day on 29th August Former India Women’s Hockey captain Sumurai Tete
was awarded Dhyan Chand Award 2017 by the President Ramnath Kovind at a function held at Rasthrapati
Bhawan in New Delhi.
• Minister of Women & Child Development, Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi has given National Level Awards to
anganwadi workers at New Delhi on 31st Aug 2017.
• Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has announced the winners of the 2017 International Literacy
Prizes on the occasion of International Literacy Day, celebrated on 8 September.The awards will be handed
out to five laureates from Canada, Colombia, Jordan, Pakistan and South Africa.
• The Reliance Foundation was awarded with the prestigious Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Award at Rashtrapati
Bhawan.Chairperson of the foundation, Nita Ambani collected the award from President Ram Nath Kovind in
New Delhi.
• Hyderabad International Airport Ltd has bagged the National Award for ‘Excellence’ in Energy
Management at a conference hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
The event focused on recognizing companies that are engaged in energy efficiency initiatives and displaying
commitment towards energy conservation.
• Karnataka Bank has bagged the ‘best bank’ award among small banks for the use of technology for financial
inclusion announced on 3rd Sept 21017.It is the 13th IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence Awards 2016-
17.
• On 5th September 2017, The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) was honoured by Minister of State for
Personnel, Mr.Jitendra Singh for successfully resolving public grievances.
• Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy and Mumbai-born Scientist Veena Sahajwalla has granted the PLuS
Alliance Prize. It is a prestigious honour that recognises Research Innovation, Education Innovation, Global
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Leadership and Global Innovation.The Prize of USD 50,000 was awarded in two categories; Education
Innovation and Research Innovation.
• To mark the first anniversary of Mother Teresa’s canonization, the Archdiocese of Kolkata will declare the
saint a co-patroness of the local Church announced on 6th of sept.
• On 6th September 2017, India’s first operational Smart City, Gujarat International Finance-Tec City (GIFT
City), has won the prestigious Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM)
Services Excellence Award in New Delhi.

ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

• HCL has announced that it has agreed to buy Datawave a business unit of ETL Factory Limited, a UK–based
company to accelerate data integration and migration for their clients.
• On 6th September 2017, State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) partnered with Coriant, a US-based
packet optical and mobile routing solutions company to study and deploy 5G-based industrial internet
applications for enterprise customers in New Delhi.

MOUs
• The Gujarat government has signed a MoU with Google India for ‘Digital Gujarat’ movement under ‘Digital
India’. Under the MoU Google will train small and medium scale entrepreneurs the use of digital platform for
business development under the ‘Digital Unlocked’ programme.
• Assam government has signed a MoU with Google India Pvt. Ltd. to increase digital literacy and takeInternet
connectivity to the remotest part of the north-eastern state. Under this MoU the government would work
to provide Internet connections to 26,000 villages and 1,500 tea garden areas in Assam.
• The Women & Child Welfare Department of the Gujarat Government, Gujarat Milk Marketing Federation and
three leading dairies have signed tripartite MOU to save the children of anginawadi from malnutrition. The
MoU was signed in the presence of Gujarat Chief Minister, Vijay Rupani in Gandhinagar.

COMMITTEES
• On 8th September 2017, a Joint Parliamentary Committee has been formed to examine and present a report on
the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017, in New Delhi. This is a joint committee of both the
houses of the parliament and Mr.Bhupender Yadav, MP as its chairman.

SCHEMES
• Karnataka government will merge the existing seven health schemes to launch a unified health scheme-
‘Arogya Bhagya’. It will cover all 1.4 crore households of the state. The main theme of the ‘Arogya Bhagya’
scheme is ”Treatment Firstand Payment Next”.
On 4th September 2017, Mr. Ram Nath Kovind, President of India laid the foundation for Link-4 pipeline
canal of SAUNI Scheme at Jasdan in Rajkot district of Gujarat. Saurashtra Narmada Avataran
Irrigation (SAUNI) Scheme was conceived by Mr. Narendra Modi when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

• On august 31,2017, India’s ISRO failed in its attempt to launch its eighth regional navigation satellite
(IRNSS-1H) from Sriharikota at 7pm. The satellite got stuck in the fourth stage of the Polar Satellite Launch
Vehicle–PSLV-C39.
• Chipmaker AMD has presented a new line of microprocessor chips called ‘Ryzen Pro’ for commercial
desktop workstations to be available in India and other countries by end of 2017.

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• Tamil Nadu Police has launched of new online services. Under the online services petitioners seeking
documents to file accident claims can now download all necessary documents via the Internet on payment of a
minimum charge.The online services has launched in Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu.A copy of the LDR
would be sent to the applicant’s registered email.
• On September 1,2017 Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar launched an online portal for redressal of public
grievances — aimed at addressing complaints within 30 days. The portal www.goaonline.gov.in can be
accessed after providing basic information like name, address, mobile number, Aadhaar number, date of birth,
email id, etc.
• The Food and Drug Administration has approved its first gene therapy drug in the United States that will treat
childhood leukemia.Novartis drug Kymriah works by genetically modifying pediatric and young adult
patients’ blood cells to attack cancer cells in blood and bone marrow.
• The government has issued an alert on spread of new malware ‘Locky Ransomware’ that can lock
computers and demand ransom for unlocking them. Ransomware is a malicious software and the Locky
Ransomware is learnt to be demanding ransom of half bitcoin, which at present rate is equivalent to over Rs
1.5 lakh.
• Intel has introduced a new vision processing unit (VPU) called Movidius Myriad X. The new Intel
VPU is aimed at providing end-to-end artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to a wide range of product
categories such as smart cameras, virtual reality (VR) devices, robotics and even drones.Myriad X is
the world’s first system-on-chip (SOC) shipping with a dedicated neural compute engine for accelerating deep
learning inferences at the edge.
• Astronomers had discovered seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a relatively nearby dwarf star. The system is
called TRAPPIST-1. It is especially appealing because it has three planets in the habitable zone it means that
these worlds could potentially support liquid water and perhaps even life announced on 1st sept 2017.
• Breakthrough Listen project detected 15 Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) coming from a dwarf galaxy about 3
million light years away from earth.
• WhatsApp is launching a new app to help businesses communicate with their customers announced on 6thsept
2017. WhatsApp Business gives users a verified green checkmark badge next to their names.
• According to the Commerce Ministry, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development
Authority(APEDA) has developed a mobile app “Hortinet” for farmers to facilitate registration, testing and
certification of certain fruits and vegetables.
• Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has launched national teacher’s portal diksha.gov.in on 5th of Sept.
2017. DIKSHA Portal is created to provide digital and advance technology to the teachers.
• Astronomers have discovered a pulsar spinning at more than 42,000 revolutions per minute. It is thesecond-
fastest Spinning Pulsar identified so far. The new object, named PSR J0952-0607 – or J0952 for short –
is classified as a millisecond pulsar and is located between 3,200 and 5,700 light-years away in the
constellation Sextans.
• On 8th September 2017, the Government set up an online service named Contact @DGFT facility to help
importers and exporters resolve all foreign trade-related issues, in New Delhi.
• Scientists have developed an artificial leaf that absorbs sunlight to generate hydrogen fuel from water. It is
an advance technology that may provide clean energy for powering eco-friendly cars in the future.

DEFENCE
• On 5th September 2017, India handed over an off-shore patrol vessel, Varuna, to Sri Lanka as a part of
stepping up co-operation between the two coast guards. The ship (Varuna) was decommissionedwith
traditional honours on August 23 to facilitate the handing over at Kochi.
• On 7th September 2017, the seventh edition of India-Sri Lanka joint maritime naval exercise SLINEX 2017
started near Vishakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh in India on the Bay of Bengal. It will last till 14th
September 2017.SLINEX – Sri Lanka India Naval Exercise are a series of naval exercises between the Indian
Navy and the Sri Lankan Navy.
• Nepal India Joint Military Exercise Surya Kiran has launched and it is to be held from September 3 to 16. This
is the 12th edition of the exercise.Joint military exercise, Surya Kiran Nepal Army Battle School at Saljhandi.
• Ashok Leyland Defence Systems (ALDS), Russia’s Rosoboronexport and ELCOM Group have signed a
cooperation agreement in defence business announced on 6th of Sept. 2017.The MoU has signed on the
sidelines of the International Military Technical Forum Army, held at Kubinka, near Moscow.
• Swedish defence giant Saab and Indian conglomerate Adani group has announced a collaboration in defence

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manufacturing announced on 1st sept 2017.The project would encompass design, development and production
of Gripen jets for India in line with the Make in India initiative.

ENVIRONMENT
• On august 28,2017 , Archaeologists in Andhra Pradesh have discovered an ancient Buddhist site that dates
back to 1st century AD , in Guntur district, in Putlagudem village of Achampet mandal.

SPORTS
• Young Indian shuttler Rahul Bharadwaj is defeated by top seed Thai Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the men’s singles.
He finish runners-up at the India Junior International Grand Prix on 3rd Sept 2017.
• MS Dhoni reached a record of 100 stumpings in One-Day Internationals during his 301st match, as India
played Sri Lanka in the fifth ODI of the five-match series at Colombo.Dhoni surpassed former Sri Lankan
wicket-keeper Kumar Sangakkara, who had 99 stumpings in 404 matches.
• Nagpur-based Divya Deshmukh clinched the gold medal in the the girls’ U-12 category at the World Cadets
Chess Championship at Pocos de Caldas, Brazil.She scored a total of 9.5 points to give India its only medal in
the championship this year.
• Amritpal Singh becomes first Indian to sign up for Australia’s National Basketball LeagueDraft Combine in
Melbourne, Australia.
• India’s Konsam Ormila Devi bagged a gold medal in 44kg weight category on the opening day of
theCommonwealth Youth (boys & girls) weightlifting championships.Commonwealth Youth weightlifting
Championship was held at Gold Coast, Australia.
• The official song for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup football tournament was launched by the Local
Organising Committee (LOC) and Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) on 4th of Sept 2017. The official song
called “Kar Ke Dikhla De Goal”and the song has been written by lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya and
composed by Pritam.
• Star India bagged the IPL media rights for TV and digital broadcast for a consolidated sum of Rs.16, 347.5
crore ($ 2.55 billion) for a period of five years.It will start from the 11th edition of IPL 2018 for five years. It
pipped Sony to acquire the rights from 2018 to 2022.
• Lewis Hamilton has won the Italian Grand Prix 2017 to take lead in Formula-1 title race announced on
3rd sept. 2017.
• India has been selected to host the 2019 edition of the Commonwealth (Youth, Junior and Senior)
Weightlifting Championships. The current edition of the tournament is being held at the Gold Coast Australia.
• Tejasvi Duduka from Hyderabad won the women’s singles of U.S. Open Grand Slam Carrom tournament.
Earlier, she had won the Telangana State Women’s singles title in Nizamabad. In the men’s singles, Vemuri
Anil Kumar of India finished runner up for the second year in the U.S Open.
• India’s Ankur Mittal has won the silver medal in the men’s double trap event at the ISSF Shotgun World
Championships held in Moscow.Russia’s Vitaly Fokeev has won the gold medal at ISSF Shotgun World
Championships. In the junior category, Ahvar Rizvi also won a silver medal in the same event.
AIBA world boxing championships - Hamburg, Germany
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On 25 August 2017, the 2017 edition of AIBA world boxing championships started. This event was hosted
byHamburg, Germany. The event lasted till 2nd September 2017.
• On 31stAugust 2017, 24 year oldIndian boxer Gaurav Bidhuri and 19 year old American boxer Duke
Ragan fought in the semi-finals of the bantamweight (56 kilogram) category.Gaurav Bidhuri lost 0-5 to Duke
Raganand clinched
• Ukraine’s Oleksandr Khyzhniak wins Best Boxer, Cuba win Best team and USA’s Billy Walsh wins Best
Coach

OBITUARY
• A Japanese man Sumiteru Taniguchi who survived the Nagasaki atomic bomb in August 1945 has died.
• Pulitzer-prize winning poet John Ashbery, a post-modern American trailblazer, has died at age 90 in Hudson,
New York.

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• Noted poet and activist Shirish Pai had passed away on 2nd sept 2017. She started writing Haiku in 1975.
She studied Japanese Haiku, its origin and nature and published five Marathi Haiku books.
• Former Union minister and Trinamool Congress MP Sultan Ahmed had passed away on 4th of Sept. 2017. He
was elected to the Lok Sabha from Uluberia constituency on a TMC ticket.
• Arunachal Pradesh Health and Family Welfare Minister Jomde Kena had passed away on 5th Sept. 2017.

BOOKS & AUTHORS

• Amish, a best selling writer who has entertained readers with his mythological series on Lord Shiva and Lord
Rama, has announced to launch his new book “Immortal India” in non-fiction category.It was published by
Westland and Tranquebar Press.
• The book of Former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran named “How India Sees the World: Kautilya to the 21st
Century” launched by former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh .The book records the crucial meeting of
the CCS (Cabinet Committee on Security) on the eve of India-Pakistan Defence Secretary-level talks in May
2006.

IMPORTANT DAYS
• World Coconut Day is all about coconut. Coconut day is celebrated on 2nd of Sep. It is celebrated by
theCoconut Development Board.The main function will be held at Vijayawada, with the theme ‘Coconut for
Family Nutrition, Health and Wellness.’
• National Nutrition Week has been observed throughout the country from 1st to 7th September. National
Nutrition week is used to make the people get every knowledge about the nutrition and its importance for
human body.The theme of the National Nutrition Week for 2017 is “Optimal Infant & Young Child Feeding
Practices: Better Child Health”.
• Each year, Teacher’s Day is celebrated on the 5th of September in India. Teacher’s Day is celebrated to mark
in honour of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.The first Teachers’ Day was celebrated in India in 1962.
• On 5th September every year International Day of Charity is observed world-wide. It was declared in
the United Nations General Assembly in 2012.
• On 8th September 2017, 51st International Literacy Day was celebrated at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The
theme was`Literacy in a digital world’.

Union -Ministers and Portfolios after reshuffle

Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers
Narendra Modi Prime Minister and also in-charge of: Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;
Department of Atomic Energy; Department of Space; and All important policy
issues; and All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister.
Rajnath Singh Home Affairs
Sushma Swaraj External Affairs
Arun Jaitley Finance and Corporate Affairs.
Nitin Jairam Gadkari Road Transport and Highways; Shipping; and Water Resources, River
Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
Suresh Prabhu Commerce and Industry.
D.V. Sadananda Gowda Statistics and Programme Implementation.
Uma Bharati Drinking Water and Sanitation.
Ramvilas Paswan Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Women and Child Development
Ananthkumar Chemicals and Fertilizers; and Parliamentary Affairs
Ravi Shankar Prasad Law and Justice; and Electronics and Information Technology
Jagat Prakash Nadda Health and Family Welfare
Ashok Gajapathi Raju Civil Aviation

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Pusapati
Anant Geete
Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Narendra Singh Tomar
Chaudhary Birender Singh
Jual Oram
Radha Mohan Singh
Thaawar Chand Gehlot
Smriti Zubin Irani
Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Prakash Javadekar
Dharmendra Pradhan
Piyush Goyal
Nirmala Sitharaman
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Rao Inderjit Singh
Santosh Kumar Gangwar
Shripad Yesso Naik
Giriraj Singh
Dr. Jitendra Singh
Dr. Mahesh Sharma
Manoj Sinha
Col. Rajyavardhan Singh
Rathore
Raj Kumar Singh
Hardeep Singh Puri
Alphons Kannanthanam
Shiv Pratap Shukla
Vijay Goel
Ashwini Kumar Chaubey
Virender Kumar
Anantkumar Hegde
Gajendra Singh Shekhawat
Dr. Satya Pal Singh
General(Retd.) V.K. Singh
Santosh Kumar Gangwar
Faggan Singh Kulaste
S.S. Ahluwalia
Ramdas Athawale
Ram Kripal Yadav
Haribhai Parthbhai
Chaudhary
Giriraj Singh
Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi
Rajen Gohain
Parshottam Rupala
M.J. Akbar
Upendra Kushwaha
Radhakrishnan P.
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Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
Food Processing Industries
Rural Development; Panchayati Raj; and Mines.
Steel.
Tribal Affairs
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Social Justice and Empowerment.
Textiles; and Information and Broadcasting.
Science and Technology; Earth Sciences; and Environment, Forest and Climate
Change.
Human Resource Development
Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
Railways; and Coal.
Defence
Minority Affairs.
Minister of State (Independent Charge)
Planning; and Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Labour and Employment.
Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH).
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
Development of North Eastern Region; Prime Minister’s Office; Personnel, Public
Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; and Department of
Space.
Culture; and Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
Communications; and Railways.
Youth Affairs and Sports; and Information and Broadcasting.
Power; and New and Renewable Energy
Housing and Urban Affairs.
Tourism; and Electronics and Information Technology.
Ministers of State
Finance.
Parliamentary Affairs; and Statistics and Programme Implementation.
Health and Family Welfare.
Women and Child Development; and Minority Affairs
Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Human Resource Development; and Water Resources, River Development and
Ganga Rejuvenation.
External Affairs.
Finance
Health and Family Welfare
Drinking Water and Sanitation.
Social Justice and Empowerment.
Rural Development.
Mines; and Coal.
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
Home Affairs.
Drinking Water and Sanitation
Railways.
Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Panchayati Raj.
External Affairs.
Human Resource Development.
Finance; and Shipping.
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Kiren Rijiju Home Affairs

Krishan Pal Social Justice and Empowerment.
Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Tribal Affairs.
Bhabhor
Vishnu Deo Sai Steel
Sudarshan Bhagat Tribal Affairs.
Y.S. Chowdary Science and Technology; and Earth Sciences
Jayant Sinha Civil Aviation.
Babul Supriyo Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises.
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Food Processing Industries.
Vijay Sampla Social Justice and Empowerment.
Arjun Ram Meghwal Parliamentary Affairs; and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga
Rejuvenation.
Ajay Tamta Textiles
Krishna Raj Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.
Mansukh L. Mandaviya Road Transport and Highways; Shipping; and Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Anupriya Patel Health and Family Welfare
C.R. Chaudhary Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution; and Commerce and Industry.
P.P. Chaudhary Law and Justice; and Corporate Affairs.
Subhash Ramrao Bhamre Defence.

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