Current Affairs 16th September 2016

Current Affairs 16th September 2016

National News:

• Kunwar Bai (105), who was felicitated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for building toilet by selling off her goats, has been chosen as the ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ mascot
• Agriculture museum – Indira Gandhi Krishi Vishwavidyalaya (IGKV) inaugurated in Chhattisgarh
• ‘Free flights for India Olympics, Paralympics winners’
• Dharamshala International Film Festival to be held in Nov
• ‘India to be 3rd largest construction market by 2025’
• India has declared itself free from the highly contagious avian influenza or bird flu

International News:

• Strongest typhoon in 21 years hits Taiwan
• Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) elected Aleksander Ceferin to succeed Michel Platini as president
• Headscarf emoji was designed by Saudi girl
• A ‘Museum of Illusions’ where guests can witness holograms and optical illusions has opened in Ljubljana city, Slovenia
• Zurich in Switzerland has been named the most sustainable city in the world by global design and consultancy firm Arcadis

New Appointments:

• N Siddiqui appointed as the brand ambassador of ‘Samajwadi Kisan Beema Yojana’
• Hiroshi Nakagawa as the Chairman of Isuzu Motors India
• Indo-American woman Diane Gujarati to be federal judge

Banking:

• Axis Bank has tied up with Banaras Hindu University (BHU) for banking courses
• India’s microfinance sector sees 60% growth in FY16
• SBI, PNB, IDFC, & Paytm will issue electronic tags

Business & Economy:

• Reliance Communications and Aircel to be merged to create 4th largest telco

Agreements & MoUs:

• U.S. and Isreal sign $38 bn military deal
• Gionee signs MoU with Haryana to set up its phone manufacturing hug
• India and Afghanistan signed 3 MoUs  – Mutuala Legal Assistance Treaty, Treaty on extradition, Peaceful uses of outer space

Awards & Honours:

• Dinesh Bharadia, a graduate of IIT Kanpur was honoured with the 2016 Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award
• Meghna Pant won the Fellows of Nature South  (FON) Asia Short Story Award
• 7 women get M.S. Subbulakshmi Awards : Girija Devi, Kishori Amonkar, Aruna Sairam and Vishaka Hari; dancers Yamini Krishnamurthy and Vyjayantimala Bali; and Pandavani exponent Teejan Bai

Science & Technology:

• Indian scientists recycle fish scales into green energy

Sports:

• India Blue wins 2016-2017 Duleep Trophy tournament
• Indian cyclists bag 6 medals on opening day of 2016 Track Asia Cup

Obituary:

• K.V arunachalam, a former all India umpire passed away