Current Affairs 11th September 2016

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”