Current Affairs 18th September 2016

Current Affairs 18th September 2016

National News:

• Centre issues final call to Kerala, Tamil Nadu for implementing National Food Security Act
• Centre okays Rs 500 crore for J&K under Swadesh Darshan scheme
• Bengaluru 3rd among Indian cities in molestation cases
• Open defecation practiced in 80 per cent ‘Adarsh’ villages
• Aadhaar is mandatory, UIDAI writes to all ministries and states
• Gujarat is India’s growth engine: USIBC
• World Economic Freedom Index: India’s rank: 112
• All India Radio launched a multimedia website and app of its Balochi radio service

International News:

• US to be a partner country for Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2017
• India extends $750 mn credit line to Nepal for post-quake reconstruction

New Appointments:

• Nadia Murad Basee Taha appointed UNODC Goodwill Ambassador
• Atul Kumar Goel, General Manager, Allahabad Bank, has taken charge as Executive Director (ED) in Union Bank of India (UBI)

Banking:

• Markets regulator SEBI made Unique Client Code (UCC) and Permanent Account Number (PAN) mandatory for all the persons transacting on commodity exchanges

Business & Economy:

• Hanjin Shipping plan would see sale of most of its ships
• Johnson & Johnson to buy Abbott’s vision unit for $4.33 billion

Awards & Honours:

• The SKOCH Insurance Awards 2016: ujjivan gets platinum award
• Arjuna Awards on cricketers Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane
• Dinesh Bharadia wins 2016 Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award
• His Bloody Project authored by Graeme Macrae Burnet shortlisted for Man Booker prize

Science & Technology:

• Indowind to invest Rs.65 crore for 10 MW plant
• Mormugao, Indian Navy’s advanced guided missile destroyer, launched

Sports:

• Track Asia Cup 2016 concluded; Indian finished second

Obituary:

• Former Italian  central bank governor Carlo Azeglio Ciampi has died
• Pulitzer-winning playwright Edward Albee dead at 88