Current Affairs 11th September 2016

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Current Affairs 11th September 2016

National News:

  • National Crime Record Bureau: Odisha had lowest conviction rate in 2015
  • All-women Police Control Room vans launched in New Delhi
  • India makes list, plans outreach to 68 countries end of 2016
  • Gorkhas demand indigenous status in Assam
  • Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) and Sindhudurg (Maharashtra)  Declared as cleanest districts in India
  • Home Minister commissioned the offshore patrolling (OPV) vessel, Sarathi
  • Construction Workers pension scheme launched by Odisha

International News:

  • Italian chefs make over 5,800 pizzas in 12 hours
  • Home Secretary-level talks between India and Nepal concluded in Delhi
  • Denmark-based Dong Energy has installed the first of the world’s largest wind turbines at its Burbo Bank windfarm off the coast of Britain

New Appointments:

  • Dilip Kumar Mandal has been appointed managing director (MD) & chief executive officer (CEO) of IDBI Asset Management Company (AMC)

Banking:

  • India’s forex reserves hit all-time high of $367.76 bn
  • NCR Corp to add 15,000 ATMs this fiscal
  • LIC Housing targets Rs.40,000 cr. loan disbursal

Business & Economy:

  • L&T Insurance acquired by HDFC Ergo
  • BSE becomes 1st Indian stock exchange to file for IPO
  • Nissan sells India-made Datsun GO+ in South Africa

Awards & Honours:

  • PepsiCo’s IndraNooyi only Indian-origin woman in Fortune list
  • Nagaland Chief Minister T R Zeliang receives ‘Pangkor Dialogue Award 2016’ in Malaysia
  • Haryana bagged Best Horticulture State award

Science & Technology:

  • Kaspersky introduces first ‘Cybersecurity Index’
  • NASA launches first mission to collect samples from asteroid

Sports:

  • Four athletes banned for 10 months by USOC
  • Advani 1st Indian medallist at Six-Red World C’ship
  • Mariyappan Thangavelu won India’s first gold medal at the Rio Paralympics
  • Captain Manpreet Singh of the Indian Army on Friday set the Guinness world record for the “Longest continuous ride standing on the seat of a motorcycle