Current Affairs 3rd September 2016

Current Affairs 3rd September 2016

National News:

• The Gujarat government has inked a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Airport Authority of India (AAI) to develop 11 small airports and airstrips under the Centre’s Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) to boost regional air connectivity in the State
• A two day ‘Regional Editors Conference’ being organized by Press Information Bureau started in Chennai
• Petroleum companies to hold first international conference on cooking gas in Bhubaneswar
• Solung festival begins in Arunachal Pradesh
• Railway Launches Travel Insurance Scheme
• Allahabad HC imposes Rs 1cr fine on UP govt

International News:

• Michel Temer sworn in as new Brazil president
• First BRICS film festival to begin in New Delhi
• India improves its ranking from 54 (in 2014) to 35 (in 2016) in World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index

New Appointments:

• A software industry veteran Ajei Gopal was named the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a leading US company ANSYS
• Anuradha Rao appointed as MD, CEO of SBI Mutual Fund
• Deep Upadhyay re-appointed as Nepal’s envoy to India

Banking:

• Union Bank of India has launched USSD (unstructured supplementary service data) based ‘*99#’ mobile application on Play Store on Android platform
• Andhra Bank begins gold bond sale

Business & Economy:

• Coal India Limited (CIL) and Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) signed an MoU for effectively monitoring of environment related issues in the coal mining projects
• Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani on Thursday announced that the company is setting up a Rs.5,000 crore fund—Jio Digital India Startup Fund—to invest in digital businesses

Awards & Honours:

• Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Appointed ‘Knight of the Legion of Honour’ by the Government of France
• Jackie Chan to receive lifetime achievement Oscar

Science & Technology:

• A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket has exploded in Cape Canaveral,Florida
• The Indian Space Research Organization ISRO has scheduled the launch of the INSAT-3DR satellite on board the launch vehicle GSLV-F05

Sports:

• West Indies great Courtney Walsh is set to take over as bowling coach of the Bangladesh cricket team on a three-year contract

Obituary:

• Veteran trade union leader Sharad Rao passes away