Current Affairs 21st September 2016

Current Affairs 21st September 2016

National News:

• Govt appointed panel recommends for MSP of gram to Rs 4,000 a quintal
• Govt to build one crore houses by 2019 under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna
• Govt to announce next set of 27 smart cities
• Union Human Resource Development minister Prakash Javadekar has inaugurated the super computer PARAM ISHAN at IIT Guwahati campus
• Railways launches Yatri Mitra Sewa for elderly, differently-abled
• Three-day international seafood show in Vizag
• Noted Indian sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has paid his tribute to the slain soldiers of Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri terror attack by creating a sand art at Puri Beach in Odisha
• 40th edition of Soorya Festival has started in Thiruvananthpuram (Kerala)

International News:

• World leaders adopt breakthrough declaration on refugees at UN
• North Korea hails successful test of new rocket engine
• Thousands evacuated as typhoon Malakas makes landfall in Japan

New Appointments:

• Lt Gen Surinder Singh today took over as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command
• Monika Kapil Mohta has been appointed as the next envoy of India to Sweden
• Anandi Ramalingam assumed charge as Bharat Electronics Limited’s first woman director
• Canara Bank appointed P V Bharathi as Executive Director with effect from September 15
• Biotechnology company Biocon has appointed Suresh Subramanian as the Head of the company’s branded formulations (India) business
• Glaxo Smith Kline has appointed Emma Walmsley as its new chief executive

Banking:

• Bangladesh’s Junaid Ahmad new World Bank head in India
• Infrastructure Development Finance Company(IDFC) Limited has issued commercial Papers of Rs.700 crore
• Vijaya Bank has launched three innovative information technology (IT) products

Business & Economy:

• Sale of government stocks worth INR 14k crore announced
• India’s GDP to grow by 8% over next few yrs: S&P

Awards & Honours:

• Himachal Pradesh has won the ‘2015 Better Performing Project Award’ for development of infrastructure in the state

Science & Technology:

• India successfully test fires long range surface-to-air Barak-8 missile off Odisha coast

Sports:

• Shuttlers Srikanth, Kashyap to begin campaign in Japan Open

Obituary :

• Odisha’s first ever football referee, centenarian Narottam Mohanty passed away in his hometown of Baripada, Odisha

Books :

• The Consul General of Malaysia in India Eldeen Husaini Muhammad Hashim has released the translated version of ‘Sai Charitra Granth’, a book on the life of Sai Baba
• Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Dr Jitendra Singh released the NEC Coffee Table Book, 2016 “North Eastern Council: A Story of Sagacity and Success”