Current Affairs 1st October 2016

Current Affairs 1st October 2016

National News:

• Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar inaugurated the 35th Coast Guard Commanders Conference at Coast Guard Headquarters (New Delhi)
• Railways: 33%Quota to Women in Railway Catering
• One lakh villages will become Open Defecation Free (ODF)
• In Arunachal Pradesh, Chief Minister Pema Khandu flagged off the all-women Mt Gorichen Expedition from his office premises in Itanagar
• Unified District Information System for Education (U-DISE) Day observed across Nagaland

International News:

• India-Canada Annual Ministerial Dialogue
• Vice President of India Mohammad Hamid Ansari will address the National Assembly of Mali in capital Bamako

New Appointments :

• The government has appointed S. Sivakumar, professor at the Indian Law Institute in New Delhi, as a full-time Member of the 21st Law Commission of India
• Riyadh Mathew new PTI Chairman, Viveck Goenka, Vice Chairman –
• Shakti Sinha to head Nehru Memorial Museum and Library
• Somesh Sharma of RashtradootSaptahik is elected President of The Indian Newspaper Society (INS) for 2016-17
• Yashvardhan Sinha appointed India’s High Commissioner to UK

Banking:

• Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) constitution under the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, has been notified
• Enforcement Directorate (ED)  attaches Rs.235-cr. assets of Tayal Group
• Yes Bank to raise Rs.2,500 cr. via long-term bonds

Business & Economy :

• GST Council to finalise registration, refunds & payment rules
• India embarking on significant reforms & will grow more than 7%: IMF

Science & Technology:

• Infosys launches e-commerce platform Skava Commerce
• Facebook, Amazon, Google, IBM And Microsoft On One AI Platform

Sports:

• Sports Sector Gets Infrastructure Status
• India won the Under-18 Asia Cup hockey tournament after beating hosts Bangladesh 5-4 in the final

Awards: 

• Telugu author and eminent scholar Prof Kolakaluri Enoch was honoured with the 29th Moorti devi Award 2015 for his novel Ananta Jeevanam
• Tirupati Airport named most tourist friendly airport

Obituaries : 

• Bangladeshi author Syed Shamsul Haq passed away