Current Affairs 7th September 2016

Current Affairs 7th September 2016

National News:

• Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal has inaugurated a new world class library, ‘Bharat Ratn Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Learning Resource Centre in National Institute of Technology (NIT), Silchar
• Haryana govt to develop 340 villages as Horticulture Villages
• Hyderabad-Karnataka regions First bird conservation reserve at Ankasamudra
• Goa to host three-day bird festival
• Bihar 1st state to  link Aadhaar with examination forms
• Rajasthan partners with Cisco for connected learning solution
• NGO opens school that teaches kids who beg at signals in mumbai
• India to be 50 years late in achieving education goals: UNESCO
• NESAC technology to monitor progress of 700 NEC projects

International News:

• Indian embassy sets up solar plant at Vietnam (Hanoi)
• Russia, Saudi pledge oil cooperation without freeze
• Russia most unequal country in world
• World’s largest LEGO ship sets Guinness record
• Sri Lanka was declared malaria-free by the World Health Organization which called it a “remarkable public health achievement”
• China agrees on steps to reduce steel exports
• 170 mn-year-old marine reptile fossil uncovered
• Driverless Bus Services Start In France

New Appointments:

• Ricky Ponting appointed brand ambassador for Tasmania
• Assam based ecologist BIBHUTI LAHKAR has become the first Asian to be awarded the prestigious Heritage heroes award. The award is facilitated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

Banking:

• RBI opens door for Islamic finance
• Canada’s British Columbia becomes first foreign government to issue masala bonds
• SofBank completes $31 billion acquisition of ARM

Business & Economy:

• MobiKwik launches one step offline payments with ‘Bubble Pin’
• Sun Pharma inks pact to market medicines in Japan
• Technology giant Google is reportedly working on a website called ‘Bharat Saves’ to provide information about financial planning to Indians to help save money

Awards & Honours:

• Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore remained India’s top ranked university according to the QS World University Rankings 2016-17
• Indo Japanese Priyanka Yoshikawa named Miss Japan
• VETERAN ACTOR RISHI KAPOOR was felicitated at the 1^st BRICS Film festival. He was honored by union ministerof state for I&B Rajyavardhan and union minster of state external affairs V.K. Singh
• Jellyfish photo wins wildlife photography award
• Miss India’ contest for Blind and low-vision girls at Odisha

Science & Technology:

• First time, carbon nanotube transistors outperform silicon
• Asteroid named after Queen singer Freddie Mercury
• First Solar-Powered Bags That Charge Phones in US
• GRSE hands over fast attack craft ‘Tihayu’ to Indian Navy

Sports:

• India win 9 medals at the Asian Wushu Championships
• Serena Williams sets women’s record of 307 victories in grand slams
• Sikki & Pranaav clinch Brazil Open Grand Prix title
• Shahan Ali Mohsin created history by becoming the first Indian racer to win the Asian Karting Champion Championship
• Nico Rosberg won the Italian Grand Prix

Obituary:

• Czech gymnast vera caslavska dies
• World’s oldest cricketer Lindsay Tuckett passes away