Current Affairs 22nd September 2016

Current Affairs 22nd September 2016

National News:

• The Golden Temple city of Amritsar topped the list of 27 new smart cities announced by the Minister of Urban Development M.Venkaiah Naidu
• Central government nine highway projects at a cost of Rs 2,600.31 crore
• 3,000 Jan Aushadhi Kendras to be opened by March 2017
• Vadodara to host Power Ministers’ conference on October 7
• Centre to set up committee to deal with complaints regarding Waqf properties
• Cabinet gives ex-post facto approval to pension hike for freedom fighters
• Rourkela selected as second Smart City in Odisha
• Nagaland gets Rs 340 crore for road projects
• North East Connectivity Summit kicks-off in Tripura
• One lakh students take part in Voice of Unity event in Rajasthan
• BIRAC (Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council), a non-profit Public Sector Enterprise under the aegis of Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Government of India, is organizing the 5th Innovators Meet on 22-23 September 2016 in  New Delhi

International News:

• India – Samoa Agreement on Taxes Information
• 193 countries sign declaration to stamp out drug-resistant infections
• Optical Fibre Connectivity to Andaman Nicobar

New Appointment:

• Chairman of e-commerce giant Alibaba, Jack Ma, has been appointed adviser to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

Banking:

• ADB Loan for Vizag-Chennai Corridor
• Global Fund Raises $12.9 bln to fight AIDS

Business & Economy:

• Capital Grant to GAIL Approved
• USOF Support to BSNL Approved
• Extra Support to Infrastructure Spending

Awards & Honours:

• Sajid Nadiadwala was conferred France’s prestigious Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) award

Sports:

• BCCI today appointed a new selection panel. Ajay Shirke has been re-elected as the BCCI secretary. MSK Prasad, former wicket-keeper has been elected as the chief-selector