16 September: International Day for the Preservation
of the Ozone Layer
17 September: Maqbool Fida Husain commonly known as MF Husain 100th birthday
17 September: Maqbool Fida Husain commonly known as MF Husain 100th birthday
ü Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan
Yojana (PMKKKY) for the welfare of people affected by mining related operations.
Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015
Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015
ü Earthquake of 8.3-magnitude on Richter
scale has hit off Chile’s coast in
Illapel. Chile is one of the world’s most earthquake prone countries as
it lies on so called Pacific Ring of Fire.
ü Nepal’s Parliament has approved a new
constitution after seven years of painstaking efforts and deliberations.
It should be noted that this is fifth
constitution enacted by Nepal. The previous four constitutions were enacted
in 1959, 1962, 1990 and 1999. Chairman of Constituent Assembly was Subash Nemwang.
ü India and Cambodia have signed two
Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) to boost bilateral cooperation in the field
of Tourism and Mekong Ganga project.
Mekong Ganga Cooperation comprises
six member countries viz. India, Myanmar,Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and
Vietnam.
ü Union Cabinet
approves additional employment of 50 days over and above 100 days under MGNREGA
ü Union Government has
earmarked over 5,000 crore rupees for the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban mission to develop 300
clusters over next three years across the country.
ü The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has
granted in principle approval to 10 entities to set up small finance banks to
provide basic banking services to small farmers and micro industries. Small
Finance Banks
ü Godavari River was formally
interlinked with the Krishna River at Ibrahimpatnam near Vijayawada in Andhra
Pradesh.
ü South Indian
Fertilisers to set up Kissan Kendra, agriculture super markets in Kerala
ü Indian-origin author Sunjeev Sahota
has been short-listed for the prestigious 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. Sunjeev
Sahota’s novel: “The Year of the Runaways”.
Man Booker Prize carries 5000
Pounds. It was first was awarded in 1969.
ü A 15-year-old Indian-American girl
Swetha Prabakaran has been selected by the White House for the prestigious
Champions of Change award.
ü Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina has been selected for the United Nations Champions of the Earth award.
ü SBI launch simplyCLICK card. It is
the country’s 1st ever credit card that focuses on online shopping across
diverse categories. collaboration is with the leading players in the
e-commerce industry – Amazon India, BookMyShow, Cleartrip, FabFurnish, Food
Panda, LensKart and Ola Cabs
ü Union Government has banned Naga rebel
group National Socialist Council of Nagaland- Khaplang (NSCN-K) for five years.
The organisation has been banned under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention)
Act, 1967.
It was founded by Isak Chishi Swu, Thuingaleng Muivah and S.S. Khaplang
It was founded by Isak Chishi Swu, Thuingaleng Muivah and S.S. Khaplang
ü Four new National Institutes of Design
located at Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), Kurukshetra (Haryana), Jorhat (Assam) and
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh)
ü Capital city of Zhejiang Province
Hangzhou in East China has been chosen by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to
host the 2022 Asian Games.
ü Malcolm Turnbull has sworn-in as
Australia’s new Prime Minister. He became the 29th Prime Minister of the country
ü Indian Institute of Science (IISc) (147th),
Bangalore and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi (179th) are
two India institutes to figure in the top 200 in QS World University Rankings
of 2015-16.
It was the 12th edition QS World
University Rankings. Massachusetts Institute of Technology(1st),Harvard University(2nd), University of Cambridge(3rd) ,
ü Manpreet Kaur breaks national shot put record at the 55th National Open
Athletics Championship at Kolkata.
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