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1. India has started producing ‘Civet Coffee’ the most expensive coffee in the world, in Karnataka. 2. Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated  a two-day conference  on “Sustainable landscapes and forest ecosystems: Theory to Practice”, in New Delhi 3.   Raghunandan Industries Private Limited was awarded Krishi Pragati Award 2017, by National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX),  in New Delhi. 4. Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal (JNPCT) was awarded “Container Terminal of the Year” Award, in Mumbai. 5. The 74th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 30 August to 9 September 2017.  1 –  Golden Lion                –   The Shape of Water, directed by Guillermo del Toro 2 –  Grand Jury Prize         –  Foxtrot, directed by Samuel Maoz...

1.  The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion , Government of India organized the  second State Startup Conference  in New Delhi. 2.  Kochi will host the fifth edition of the  ‘Coastal Shipping and Inland Water Transportation Business Summit 2017 3.  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley  has constituted a  Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi  to monitor and resolve the IT challenges faced in the implementation of GST. 4.  The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)  launched a nationwide Hackathon  ‘OpenGovDataHack’  to support and showcase potential ideas/talent from inner India. 5.  As per the notification of Finance Ministry, the  Reserve Bank of India will introduce 100 rupees coin  to mark the birth  centenary (hundredth anniversary) of AIADMK founder Late Dr. M G Ramachandran. 6.  Turkey has signed a deal with Russia ...

1.  India, Sri Lanka hold ministerial level talks in New Delhi  External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her  Sri Lankan counterpart Tilak Marapana  held wide-ranging talks to deepen bilateral relationship between the two countries 2.  West Bengal cabinet approves changing state’s name to Bangla 3.  Kochi  will  host the 5 th  edition of the ‘Coastal Shipping and Inland Water Transportation Business Summit 2017’  on  22 nd  of September at Hotel Crowne Plaza. 4.  The traditional  Bonderam festival  has  started in Divar Island of Goa 5.  Asian Development Bank to provide $152 million to Nepal to enhance power transmission 6.  The  World Health Organisation (WHO)  has  given the message to the South East Asian countries  to assimilate  their  national plans and mobilise and utilise resources efficiently to reach the Tuberculosis elimination target o...

1. Assam passed the Industrial Disputes (Assam Amendment) Bill, 2017, regarding lay off of employees, in Guwahati. The law enables employers to lay off up to 300 employees without prior permission from the government . 2. Minister of State in the  Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region   (DoNER) Jitendra Singh will inaugurate the “North East Calling” festival in New Delhi  on 9 th  of Sept. 2017. 3. Union Human Resource Development Minister Mr.Prakash Javadekar announced that Government would implement ‘School Chalo Abhiyan’ scheme in 2018, in New Delhi This scheme has been introduced in order to enroll students who have dropped out from school The scheme aims to enroll 70 to 80 lakh students around the country . 4. Union Water Resources Minister Mr.Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister of Maharashtra Mr.Devendra Fadnavis announced a project to link rivers in Maharashtra, in Mumbai. Two major river linking projects in Maharasht...