Current Affairs 2nd September 2016

Current Affairs 2nd September 2016

National News:

• BRICS Convention on Tourism begins in Madhya Pradesh
• Odisha Assembly ratifies GST Bill
• Justice Dhingra submits report on Robert Vadra’s land deals
• Cabinet approves permanent residency plan for foreign investors
• Centre notifies National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme
• The Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD) signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Amar Chitra Katha to publish and distribute a special edition of the comic book, focusing on Swachh Bharat Mission
• The Centre announced that the governors of Maharashtra and Gujarat will hold the additional charge of Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh
• Centre constitutes expert committee to study silt in river Ganga in Bihar

International News:

• Brazil’s Senate has removed President, Dilma Rousseff, from the office for breaking budgetary laws
• Gabon’s President Bongo re-elected, national assembly set on fire
• A 10-week-long festival showcasing dance, music, theatre, sports and other visual arts from India and Australia is set to launch next month across six cities of the island nation. It aims to foster cultural ties between the two countries
• President of Egypt, Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, is arriving on a three-day visit to India

New Appointment:

• Noted filmmaker and actor Rajinikanth’s daughter Aishwaryaa Dhanush was appointed United Nations Women’s Advocate for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in India
• RK Pachauri Replaced: Ashok Chawla is TERI’s New Chancellor

Banking:

• The RBI has proposed that peer-to-peer lending platforms would be regulated as a separate category of NBFCs
• Mobile payments start-up PhonePe Internet Pvt. Ltd, which is owned by Flipkart, in partnership with Yes Bank has launched unified payments interface (UPI) based payments app

Business & Economy:

• Government to issue Fifth Tranche of Sovereign Gold Bonds
• Britian-India bilateral relationship has potential to become stronger partnership in trade, investment: Liam Fox
• The country’s economy grew at 7.1 % in the April to June quarter of the current fiscal

Awards & Honours:

• Irrfan Khan awarded with ‘Entertainer of the Year’
• Two Indians — Carnatic singer T.M. Krishna and campaigner for eradication of manual scavenging Bezwada Wilson — were among six persons who received the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay prize

Sports:

• Paes, Mirza, Bopanna win at US Open
• Off-spinner R Ashwin dropped a rung to 3rd but remained the highest-placed Indian bowler
• Indian para athletes left for the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro last night for the Summer Paralympic Games beginning next week