September 2015 Events – Week 1
September 2015 Events – Week 1
|
The famous Vadakkumnathan temple in Kerala's Thrissur town has
been honoured with UNESCO's Award of Excellence
for 2015
|
Obama picks Jhumpa Lahiri for top White House medal ( National
Medal of Arts and National Humanities medal)
|
India to participate in international mining event ‘AIMEX- 2015’ ( Asia Pacific’s International
Mining Exhibition ) in Sydney, Australia
|
India signed an agreement with UNESCO to establish the world's
first centre for the conservation of `natural' World Heritage sites at the
Wildlife Institute of India (WII) in Dehradun
|
Australia has offered to sell the Bushmaster protected mobility
vehicle and anti IED devices to India
|
Section of the India-Myanmar-Thailand
highway now operational
|
"Konkan 2015":
joint naval exercise between India and UK
|
Bala Tripura Sundari Devi Temple renovated under India-Nepal
Economic programme inaugurated
|
Government accepted the Just A P Shah
recommendations on MAT; Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) need
not pay MAT prior to April last
|
Indian Government partnered with the United Nations’ (UN) Better
Than Cash Alliance to share success stories from the financial inclusion
programme Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)
|
Union Finance Ministry rejects Prime Minister Modi's idea of
bringing Rs. 25 currency notes
|
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd has constantly and consistently
featured in Fortune's Global 500 ranking for the last 20 years. (for 2015 it
is placed at 119th position)
|
RBI will shortly put into circulation Rs 5 coins to
commemorate golden jubilee of Indo-Pak War 1965.
|
ICICI Lombard in bancassurance tie-up with Catholic Syrian Bank
(CSB)
|
Sri Lanka Central bank receives $1.1 bn from RBI
|
G20 launched W20, an
engagement grouping of women leaders in order to push for gender inclusive
global economic growth. Ms. Gulden Turktan
from Turkey has been appointed as the first President of W20 forum
|
Sensex crashes below 25,000-level
|
Mobile Application for Freight Operations (PARICHAALAN)
was launched by Ministry of Railways along with CSIR
|
NDMC renamed Aurangazeb Road as Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Road; Muslim
outfits oppose naming Aurangzeb Road after APJ Abdul Kalam
|
Manipur assembly passes Protection of Manipur People Bill, 2015
|
Government planning India’s longest 600 km expressway to connect
Delhi and Katra
|
Smart National Common Mobility Card model for seamless travel
across India
|
West Central Railway (HQ at
Jabalpur) becomes the first zone on Indian Railways to eliminate all unmanned
level crossings from its system
|
Forest and wildlife officers must focus on the 4 ‘I’s – Image,
Innovation, Initiative and Interaction: Javadekar
|
15,000 jobs for disabled by Feb. 2016: Centre
|
Swachhata Sangraam Abhiyaan was
launched in Indore district of Madhya Pradesh. On the occasion, over 100
public representatives donated 140 toilets for the poor.
|
Bihar Government decided to give two percent reservation in
government jobs to the grand children of freedom fighters.
|
Allahabad HC: Ensure flag hoisting ceremony of National Flag in
Madarsas on 15 August and 26 January
|
NDRF to host advance coordination conference ahead of the South
Asian Annual Disaster Management Exercise (SAADMEx-2015)
|
Stamp Release on Women Empowerment
|
Centre launches 'wind atlas' to help green power firms
|
Don't give nod to new dams: Water Ministry tells CWC (Central
Water Mission)
|
Colachel in Tamil Nadu all set to become major port in three years
|
Modi releases the commemorative coins of Rs.
125 & Rs. 10 to mark the 125th birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
|
‘Skill India’ connects with India Inc through Google+ Hangout on
partnerships for Skill Development
|
Women to get full-term service in Indian Navy
|
“DBT-Pan IIT Centre for Bioenergy”, a virtual Centre spread
across 5 Indian Institutes of Technology; Bombay, Kharagpur, Guwahati,
Jodhpur, and Roorkee and coordinated by IIT Bombay signing a Memorandum of
Agreement (MoA)
|
Odisha Government to rename Wheeler Island
after APJ Abdul Kalam
|
Bodh Gaya to be
developed as 'Spiritual Capital' – Modi
|
Four decade old wait comes to an end; Government decided to
implement One Rank One Pension (OROP)
|
Sale of Amma Salt will be launched in New Delhi, Gujarat,
Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana
and Uttar Pradesh soon by the Tamil Nadu Salt Corporation
|
Union Government announced One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme
for ex-servicemen. The scheme was pending for nearly four decades.
|
Prime Minister Modi inaugurated extension of Delhi Metro Line
till Faridabad
|
Indian railways to tie up with ISRO to use satellite imaging for
enhanced safety
|
20th Government Medical College (Omandurar Government Medical College,
Chennai) of Tamil Nadu was inaugurated
|
Indian Muslims enjoy more constitutional rights than they do in
many Muslim countries: Vice President Hamid Ansari
|
Sep 02: 'World Coconut Day'; Theme: 'Coconut for Family Nutrition, Health and
Wellness'; Host City: Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh
|
An Indian-origin driver in Australia Tejinder Pal Singh was
named as Australian of the Day by Commonwealth Bank of Australia for feeding
the homeless in Darwin for the past three years.
|
A commemorative plaque was placed by the Tree of Peace and Unity
to mark the end of World War-II (WW-II) in Asia and the Pacific
|
Chandra Bahadur Dangi: World's shortest man (from Nepal) dies
|
Akshay, Hrithik, AR Rahman join global campaign on UN goals on
Sustainable Development Goals
|
Fragrances
from the North East, a three - day festival of Cinema held at New
Delhi
|
Hamid Ansari released a five volume set of books entitled “Khirman” based on the collection of verses
of Late Shri Muztar Khairabadi; verses have been compiled by his grand son
and noted lyricist Javed Akhtar
|
Anupam Kher has been honoured with a ‘Senate Proclamation’ by
the state of Texas
|
Rekhta - name
of the website that deals with the richness of Urdu language
|
India's total leopard population to be in the range of 12,000 to
14,000: WWI, Dehradun. Leopards in India (in absolute numbers): Madhya Pradesh
> Karnataka > Maharashtra > Chhattisgarh > Tamil Nadu
|
Lydia Sebastian, Indian-origin girl in UK with IQ higher than
Albert Einstein
|
NASA and USAID launched SERVIR-Mekong to monitor environment in
Southeast Asia
|
The Russian spacecraft Soyuz, carrying three astronauts- a
Russian, Dane and Kazakh blasted-off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan, becoming the 500th manned launch in space
travel history
|
HIV prevention drug PrEP showed
positive results
|
WhatsApp crosses 900 million users milestone
|
Sports Ministry recognizes ‘Yoga’ as a sports discipline
|
Durban to host XXII Commonwealth
Games in 2022
|
Saurav Ghosal became India's highest-ranked player by returning to
a career-high 15 in the latest Professional Squash Association Rankings
|
Argentina retains No.1 spot in FIFA rankings; India at 155th
position
|
Logo for 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games scrapped amid plagiarism
accusation
|
US Open 2015: Rafael Nadal crashes out; Fabio Fognini beat Nadal
|
Asian Boxing Championships: India's Vikas Krishan
settles for Silver medal; India won 3 Bronze and one silver medals
in total
|
Indian Shooter Apurvi Chandela clinched the
silver medal in women's 10m air rifle event at world cup finals
|
Lewis Hamilton of Britain and Mercedes racing driver won the
2015 Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix title
|
Shane Watson announces retirement from Test cricket
|
Joshana Chinappa wins women's title at Indian Squash Circuit
2015
|
CYG (Commonwealth Youth Games)
2015 is being held at Apia (Samoa)
|
InSPA,
global alliance of 107 sunshine countries to be launched in New Delhi
|
SAARC conference on Disaster Mitigation begins in Delhi
|
75000 youngsters killed in road crashes last year; Delhi tops
the list of deadly cities
|
India now has 350 million Internet users
|
Hurricane Fred hit
Cape Verde
|
Russia tightens control over internet
|
USA must consult India, China and Russia on tackling terrorism:
Hamid Karzai
|
Schengen visa regime under threat; migrant crisis makes EU
nations restore internal frontiers
|
Polio back in Europe after Ukraine outbreak
|
For first time in decades, TNA’s Sampanthan is
Leader of the Opposition in Sri Lanka
|
American President Barack Obama crossed the
Arctic Circle, in a first by a sitting U.S. president
|
The refugee crisis grows, biggest movement of people to Europe
since Second World War
|
EU set quotas to
take asylum seekers of 160000 refugees; Germany to take 40000, France to take
30000
|
Thailand's military-appointed National Reform Council rejected
the draft of the new constitution
|
In a first, most Britons want UK out of EU, reveals poll
|
Bangladesh gets its first Lesbian Comic Strip (Dhee)
|
Pakistan army chief warns India of 'unbearable cost' in case of
war
|
Australia promises to increase Syrian refugee intake quota
|
China, Pakistan launched joint air drill Shaheen
(Eagle)-4
|
SEPTEMBER 2015 EVENTS
Week 1 [01 – 07, 2015]
<<<You are Here>>>
=========================================
No comments:
Post a Comment