Current Affairs 24th September 2016

Current Affairs 24th September 2016

National News:

• India seeks cooperation from BRICS nations to meet shortfall of pulses
• GST Council to finalise tax rate during Oct 17-19 meet
• Rajnath holds meeting with Parrikar to review security situation
• Recently released Census 2011 data has revealed two alarming facts: as many as 78 lakh Indian children are forced to earn a livelihood even as they attend schools while 8.4 crore children don’t go to school at all
• India asks SAARC nations to strictly enforce sanctions against terrorist entities, individuals

International News:

• Saudi Arabia celebrates its 86th National Day
• Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes off Japan’s coast
• Magnitude-5.3 quake jolts Tibet: USGS
• Top US think-tank analyses 2 yrs of NDA govt

MoUs:

• India inks Rs. 58,000 cr Rafale fighter jet deal with France
• BSNL to introduce lifetime free voice plans from 2017
• Afghanistan signs peace deal with Hezb-i-Islami
• Google to partner Maha govt to make Mumbai ‘WiFi city’

Business & Economy:

• Exemption threshold for GST fixed at Rs 20 lakh: Jaitley
• Centre is focused to spend on infrastructure to create smooth logistics experience for industries: Sitharaman
• Technology giant Apple has partnered with e-commerce company Flipkart to sell its latest smartphones, iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus in India from October 7
• Huawei to start making phones in India from October

Awards & Honours:

• An Indian-American physician and author, Abraham Varghese, has been presented with the National Humanities Medal, America’s highest humanities award, by President Barack Obama
• Oxford replaces Caltech as world’s best university

Science & Technology :

• Android was not created by Google
• ‘Blind people do math using brain’s visual cortex’

Sports:

• Play called off on Day 2 as New Zealand reach 152/1 against India
• India bag five medals on day four of Junior Shooting World Cup
• BCCI has 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

Obituary:

• Hindi and Urdu writer Reoti Saran Sharma passes away in New Delhi