Current Affairs 7th September 2016

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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