Current Affairs 25th September 2016

Current Affairs 25th September 2016

National News:

• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare will soon launch “Mission Parivar Vikas” in 145 high focus districts having the highest total fertility rates in the country
• PM approves constitution of two committees for commemoration of birth centenary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay
• 315cr Released for Building Toilets Along Ganga
• India Ranks 143rd in Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

International News:

• Russia-Pakistan Military Drill ‘Friendship 2016’
• China’s Yangzhou city is hosting India Week celebrations from 23 September with a business and investment meeting to be attended by CEOs of top Indian firms

New Appointments:

• Girish Chandra Gupta was sworn in as Chief Justice of Calcutta
• Sanjiv Singh will be the new Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the nation’s largest company
• M.S. Sahoo appointed chairman of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board
• Former petroleum secretary Vijay Kelkar has been elected president of the prestigious Indian Statistical Institute (ISI)
• Justice Mohan M Shantanagoudar was sworn in as Chief Justice of Kerala High Court at a function held at Raj Bhavan

Banking:

• Insurance regulator IRDAI has imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on SBI Life Insurance Company for violations of various norms
• SEBI Bars 4 Firms From Selling Assets
• Canara Bank to raise $500mn for its overseas branches
• Digital finance to create 21mn jobs in India by 2025′

Awards & Honours:

• Industrialist Adi Godrej, the Chairman of Mumbai-based Godrej Group, was conferred the 10th Annual Clinton Global Citizen Award for leadership in business and philanthropy

Sports:

• Hurt Ritu Rani retires from international hockey
• Vani Kapoor clinched the 13th leg of the womens Professional Golf Tour
• Sania Mirza wins her 40th WTA doubles title