Daily Current Affairs Update September-03 2017
1. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has approved the constitution of an Empowered Steering Committee (ESC) on the basis of the recommendations of the interim report of the8-member Task Force headed by AbinavBindra.It will increase India’s medal prospects in forthcoming Olympic games including 2020 Tokyo Olympic games.
2. Assam Government has extended term of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), 1958 and declared entire state a Disturbed Area for six more months under section 3 of AFSPA act.This is for first time state government has extended AFSPA and Disturbed Area provision on its own.
3. Ahmedabad was formally accorded the status of India’s first World Heritage City by UNESCO .
UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova handed over the certificate declaring Ahmedabad as a World Heritage City to Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in Gandhinagar.
4. An international team of sand artists has built the world’s tallest sandcastle in Duisburg, in the Ruhr region, Germanyafter the city’s attempt failed last year.
5. Fincare Small Finance Bank (previously known as Disha MicrofinLimited) started its banking operations with about 25 operational branches across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.The bank was given final small finance bank (SFB) licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in May this year.
Fincare CEO Rajeev Yadav
6. Swedish defence giant Saab and Indian conglomerate Adani group has announced a collaboration in defence manufacturing
7. IAS officer Anita Karwal was appointed as the new Chairperson of Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE
8. Forbes an American bi-weekly business magazine published a report stating that India remains the most corrupt country in the Asia Pacific region. The report was based on a study by Transparency International.
India: 69% bribery rate.
9. Hyderabad International Airport Ltd has bagged the National Award for ‘Excellence’ in Energy Management at a conference hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
10. World Coconut Day is all about coconut. Coconut day is celebrated on 2nd of Sep. It is celebrated by the Coconut Development Board.
The main function will be held at Vijayawada, with the theme ‘Coconut for Family Nutrition, Health and Wellness.’
11. Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Vijay Goel has announced that a new Youth Sports Centre to be built at Alipur, Delhi.
12. The three-day International Hindu Conference began on 31st Aug 2017. Its aim is to reinstitute Kathmandu as the global capital of Hinduism.
The theme of the conference is ‘Emerging spiritualism: Renaissance of Hinduism’.
About Nepal
Capital: Kathmandu
President: Bidhya Devi Bhandari
PM: Sher Bahadur Deuba
13. Indian-origin veteran civil servant JY Pillay has appointed Singapore’s acting President.
14. Chipmaker AMD has presented a new line of microprocessor chips called ‘Ryzen Pro’ for commercial desktop workstations to be available in India and other countries by end of 2017.
15. A Japanese man Sumiteru Taniguchi who survived the Nagasaki atomic bomb in August 1945 has died of cancer at the age of 88.
16. Nirmala Sitharaman was given the Defence Ministry, becoming only the second woman to hold the post after Indira Gandhi.
Piyush Goyal has been appointed as the Union Railway Minister after being inducted into the Union Cabinet
17. The government has issued an alert on the spread of new malware 'Locky Ransomware' that can lock computers and demand ransom for unlocking them.
18. Hockey India has sacked national coach Roelant Oltmans after a string of unimpressive outings at the international level.
19. Divya Deshmukh (11) has won gold in the girls’ Under-12 category at the World Cadets Chess Championship at Pocos de Caldas, Brazil.
20. The Karnataka government has recently decided to provide free education for girls across the state from Class 1 up to graduation in all public and aided private schools and colleges, excluding professional institutions
irrespective of their family’s annual income.
2. Assam Government has extended term of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), 1958 and declared entire state a Disturbed Area for six more months under section 3 of AFSPA act.This is for first time state government has extended AFSPA and Disturbed Area provision on its own.
3. Ahmedabad was formally accorded the status of India’s first World Heritage City by UNESCO .
UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova handed over the certificate declaring Ahmedabad as a World Heritage City to Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in Gandhinagar.
4. An international team of sand artists has built the world’s tallest sandcastle in Duisburg, in the Ruhr region, Germanyafter the city’s attempt failed last year.
5. Fincare Small Finance Bank (previously known as Disha MicrofinLimited) started its banking operations with about 25 operational branches across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.The bank was given final small finance bank (SFB) licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in May this year.
Fincare CEO Rajeev Yadav
6. Swedish defence giant Saab and Indian conglomerate Adani group has announced a collaboration in defence manufacturing
7. IAS officer Anita Karwal was appointed as the new Chairperson of Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE
8. Forbes an American bi-weekly business magazine published a report stating that India remains the most corrupt country in the Asia Pacific region. The report was based on a study by Transparency International.
India: 69% bribery rate.
9. Hyderabad International Airport Ltd has bagged the National Award for ‘Excellence’ in Energy Management at a conference hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
10. World Coconut Day is all about coconut. Coconut day is celebrated on 2nd of Sep. It is celebrated by the Coconut Development Board.
The main function will be held at Vijayawada, with the theme ‘Coconut for Family Nutrition, Health and Wellness.’
11. Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Vijay Goel has announced that a new Youth Sports Centre to be built at Alipur, Delhi.
12. The three-day International Hindu Conference began on 31st Aug 2017. Its aim is to reinstitute Kathmandu as the global capital of Hinduism.
The theme of the conference is ‘Emerging spiritualism: Renaissance of Hinduism’.
About Nepal
Capital: Kathmandu
President: Bidhya Devi Bhandari
PM: Sher Bahadur Deuba
13. Indian-origin veteran civil servant JY Pillay has appointed Singapore’s acting President.
14. Chipmaker AMD has presented a new line of microprocessor chips called ‘Ryzen Pro’ for commercial desktop workstations to be available in India and other countries by end of 2017.
15. A Japanese man Sumiteru Taniguchi who survived the Nagasaki atomic bomb in August 1945 has died of cancer at the age of 88.
16. Nirmala Sitharaman was given the Defence Ministry, becoming only the second woman to hold the post after Indira Gandhi.
Piyush Goyal has been appointed as the Union Railway Minister after being inducted into the Union Cabinet
17. The government has issued an alert on the spread of new malware 'Locky Ransomware' that can lock computers and demand ransom for unlocking them.
18. Hockey India has sacked national coach Roelant Oltmans after a string of unimpressive outings at the international level.
19. Divya Deshmukh (11) has won gold in the girls’ Under-12 category at the World Cadets Chess Championship at Pocos de Caldas, Brazil.
20. The Karnataka government has recently decided to provide free education for girls across the state from Class 1 up to graduation in all public and aided private schools and colleges, excluding professional institutions
irrespective of their family’s annual income.
21. The Pulie Badze Wildlife Sanctuary (PWS) is located at Kohima District of Nagaland .
22. The government has released the Guidelines of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana. The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi had announced the pan-India implementation of this scheme w.e.f. 01st January, 2017.
- PMMVY is implemented by the Ministry of Women & Child Development in collaboration with State Governments.
- Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), previously Indira Gandhi Matritva Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY), is a maternity benefit program run by the government of India.
- It is a conditional cash transfer scheme for pregnant and lactating women of 19 years of age or above for first two live births.
- In 2013, the scheme was brought under the National Food Security Act, 2013 to implement the provision of cash maternity benefit of ₹6,000 stated in the Act.
23. To harness the potential of mobile technology, The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has developed a mobile app- Hortinet- to allow farmers to apply on-line to facilitate their farm registration, tracking the status of application & approvals by State Government and Lab sampling by authorized Laboratories.
24. The West Bengal government will distribute identity cards issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to Rohigya children lodged in the juvenile justice homes of the State.
25. NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson is set to return to Earth from the International Space Station on 2 September 2017, after completing a 288-day mission.
26. The Environment Ministry will launch an environment awareness initiative, under which an online environmental quiz competition named “Prakriti Khoj” – an Environment Quiz to be conducted at the national level.
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- Kenya’s Supreme Court has nullified the result of August 8 presidential election won by President Uhuru Kenyatta
28.
- Sanjaya Baru has taken over as the Secretary General of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry.
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