Current Affairs 6th September 2016

Current Affairs 6th September 2016

National News:

• The Rajasthan High Court becomes 4^th state to launch the e-stamp facility in its Jodhpur and Jaipur benches simultaneously
• Lt Governor Kiran Bedi has launched ‘Shramdaan movement’ as part of Swachh Bharat and Swachh Puducherry initiative at a remote village
• The Bombay high court ruled that “merely watching a pirated copy of a film is not a punishable  under copyright act
• Mobile access scheme for remote areas soon
• State-owned petroleum companies will hold the nation’s first international conference on cooking gas at Bhubaneswar in Odisha
• Roadside Cafe Street in Agra by the end of 2016

International News:

• Scientists have discovered a ghost snake a new species of elusive, pale grey reptiles dwelling in Madagascar.  The named it madagascarophislolo which means ghost in Malagasy
• Sri Lankan Prime minister Ranil Wickremsinghe inaugurated the 69th session of WHO (World Health Organisation) Regional committee meeting at Colombo

New Appointments:

• Kerala appoints Sachin as brand ambassador for anti-liquor campaign
• Sakshi Malik appointed wrestling director of Rohtak University
• Mukund Chaudhari took over as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of MOIL Ltd on 1 September 2016, a miniratna company
• Dr. Urjit Patel has assumed charge as the 24th Governor of Reserve Bank, succeeding Raghuram Rajan whose three-year tenure ended on 4^th September 2016

Banking:

• 3000 crore funded by World Bank to tamilnadu for irrigation tanks
• SBI hopes to kick off merger of its associates as well as Bharatiya Mahila Bank with itself by October-end and try to complete the process by March next, making it the 45th largest lender globally in terms of assets

Business & Economy:

• Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington, that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports and sells computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services

Awards & Honours:

• Action movie star Jackie chan to be given an honorary academy award for his extraordinary achievement in film
• Sonitpur district of Assam has been selected for the ‘Saakshar Bharat Award’ in recognition of its efforts in implementation of the SB programme, according to a National Literacy Mission Authority (NLMA) letter to the state government
• Kalanithi Maran Top Paid Indian Exec At 71.47 Crore
• The Jan Sikshan Sansthan (JSS), Malappuram, has won the Unesco Confucius Prize for Literacy

Science & Technology:

• Scientists have named a small maroon & gold fish species after the U.S. President Barack Obama.

Sports:

• Sikki & Pranaav clinch Brazil Open Grand Prix title
• Olympic gold-medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra announced his retirement from shooting
• Nico Rosberg wins Italian grand prix
• Serena Williams sets women’s record of 307 victories in grand slams

Obituary:

• Australian writer and social commentator Richerd Neville best known for co-founding the counter cultured magazine Oz Died