Current Affairs 12th September 2016

Current Affairs 12th September 2016

National News:

• Union Minister for Chemicals & Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs Ananth Kumar has inaugurated the two day BRICS Wellness Workshop at Bengaluru (Karnataka)
• Buddhist Conclave to be held in India in sarnath
• Karnataka’s Inchal village, with a population of about 6,000, reportedly has at least one teacher in every house, with the highest number being 13 for one family
• The 2-day Indo-US Economic Summit will begin in New Delhi from September 13
• Govt plans to build memorial for Sant Kabir in UP
• Patanjali Mega Food and Herbal Park in Mihan at Nagpur

International News:

• WHO’s South-East Asian Regional Committee decided to set up health emergencies in the region
• Vietnam wins 1st Paralympic gold with world record
• Half Girlfriend 1st Indian film to be shot at UN
• World’s smallest theater seats only 8 people
• UK hosts fashion festival for plus size women
• China, Russia have world’s best developers: HackerRank

Banking:

• Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) launched e-nivaran to resolve Income Tax grievances
• Qatar National Bank (QNB) in India
• FPIs invest INR 6.8k cr in capital markets in September
• Equity mutual fund inflows hit 1-yr high in August

Book & Author:

• Explosive West Indies opener Chris Gayle launched his autobiography ‘Six Machine’, which contains extensive details about his life and career

Awards & Honours:

• Subramanian Swamy awarded ‘Tamil Ratna’ in US
• Lincoln Plaza wins UK’s ‘ugliest’ building award
• US bull vies for world’s tallest bovine title
• The Woman Who Left named best film at Venice Film Fest
• 9th Global Agriculture Leadership Award 2016 ODISHA –

Science & Technology:

• World’s 1st robotic eye operation performed in Britain
• A British company has developed a concept headset called ‘Viewi’ to diagnose and monitor glaucoma at home using smartphones
• Iran, Russia start building second nuclear plant

Sports:

• Indian Test captain ViratKohli remained the top-ranked T20I batsman, according to ICC’s latest T20I rankings
• 14 of 19 Indian Paralympians ranked in world’s top 10
• The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games is the second most attended Paralympic Games in the history of the event
• Newly crowned world number one Germany’s Angelique Kerber beat Czech Karolina Pliskova to win US Open title
• Jamie Murray-Bruno Soares win US Open doubles title