Current Affairs 18th & 19th September 2017

Current Affairs 18th & 19th September 2017

NATIONAL

• PM Modi inaugurates country’s biggest dam, Sardar Sarovar Dam, Called ‘Gujarat’s Lifeline’
• Railways Cuts Down Sleeping Hours for Passengers
• Google Tez UPI-Based Digital Payments App Launched in India

INTERNATIONAL

• Russia, Iraq Restore Air Travel After 13-Year Freeze
• Iceland’s PM Bjarni Benediktsson Resigns
• Infosys Senior Vice President Sanjay Rajagopalan has resigned from his post

BANKING & ECONOMY

• Airtel Payments Bank, First Payment Bank to Integrate UPI on its Digital Platform

AGREEMENT

• India and Japan signed an Open Sky agreement to operate unlimited number of flights between the two countries
• Amazon Ties up With Bank of Baroda To Offer Micro-Loans To Sellers

APPOINTMENT

• Y.C Modi has been named the chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA)
• Rajni Kant Misra, has been appointed Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)

DEFENCE

• IAF Completes Development Trials of Astra air-to-air Missile
• Indigenous Artillery Gun Sets New World Record in Range

SPORT

• PV Sindhu becomes the first Indian to win the Korea Open

OBITUARY

• The sole Marshal of the Indian Air Force, Arjan Singh, passed away
• World’s oldest person Violet Mosse-Brown from Jamaica has died at the age of 117