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Sep 16, 2015

[CA] September 2015 Events: Week 2

September 2015 Events – Week 2

September 2015 Events – Week 2
Pranab Mukherjee presented the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2014 to Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
Kerala Government's prestigious Swathi Sangeetha Puraskaram to Ustad Amjad Ali Khan (Sarod maestro)
Dr G Satheesh Reddy conferred with Royal Aeronautical Society Silver Medal
Bangladesh PM Ms. Shiekh Hasina wins UN's 'Champions of the Earth' award
Indian-origin British author Sunjeev Sahota ('The Year of the Runaways') is among six writers shortlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction for 2015
India gave $500,000 for Syrians in distress and displaced from their homes.
7th session of India-Belarus Intergovernmental Commission held in Minsk
India-Maldives joint military training Exercise EKUVERIN 2015 held in Kerala
India to give $5 million aid to Afghan Red Crescent Society for the treatment of Afghan Children suffering from congenital heart disease
PM Modi hold a bilateral meeting with Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe; 4 pacts signed
Pentagon establishes first ever country specific Rapid Reaction Cell to speed up its defence ties with India
Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) and Integrated Association of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises of India (IamSMEofIndia) signed a MoU aimed at creating awareness among Micro, Small and Medium enterprises (MSMEs) on the benefits of commodity price risk management.
Doha Bank tied up with Reliance ADA Group to generate business opportunities
It is in the domain of RBI to set monetary policy (rate cuts): Finance Minister
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has the highest number of listed companies (5689) in the world: World Federation of Exchanges (WEF)
Union Cabinet gave its ex-post-facto approval to the capital infusion made in the Export Import Bank of India (EXIM Bank) of Rs. 800 crore
Union Cabinet gave its approval for introduction of the Sovereign Gold Bonds Scheme
White Label ATMs: 100% FDI is permitted hereafter
DGFT launched online certificate programme Niryat Bandhu@Your Desktop
Bank of Maharashtra launches Soil & Water Health Card and PMMY
Ease of doing business among India States (prepared by World Bank): (1) Gujarat (2) Andhra Pradesh and (3) Jharkhand
Flipkart opened its warehouse centre in Chennai; this is 15th centre in India
Bankers Chanda Kochhar and Arundhati Bhattacharya have been ranked as top two in a list of most powerful women in Asia-Pacific prepared by the global magazine Fortune.
RBI, Nepal Rastra Bank signed MoU for Exchange of Supervisory Information
SimplyCLICK: SBI's credit card for online shopping
Haryana has become the second State (after Rajasthan) to fix educational and other qualifications for the candidates contesting Panchyat Raj elections
Andhra Pradesh Government launched e-Pragati project to provide Integrated One Governance
Himachal Pradesh organised organic fair and food festival to boost organic farming
Jayalalithaa launched 'Amma baby Care Kit'; 16 products worth Rs. 1000
Women should form 33% of paramilitary forces: Rajnath Singh
Agriculture expert Ramesh Chand appointed as a full time member NITI Aayog
Haryana banned manufacture, storage, sale of gutka, pan masala in the state
Jharkhand Government approved the formation of an Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in the state.
Jammu and Kashmir government approved a state-sponsored social assistance scheme for girl child 'Ladli Beti' which will be implemented in six districts with low child sex ratio
Union Cabinet approved Sovereign Gold Bonds Scheme to reduce dependence on physical gold
NITI Aayog has set up an expert committee under the chairmanship of T Haque, former chairman of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices, to prepare a model agricultural land leasing act in consultation with states
Bihar Assembly elections will be held in 5 phases from Oct 12, 2015 to Nov 05, 2015; counting will be held on Nov 08, 2015; VVPAT will be introduced in 36 Assembly Constituencies; To ensure violence-free elections, drones will be used in sensitive and Naxal affected areas; Out of 243 seats around 47 assembly seats are Naxal affected
Union Cabinet has given its approval to the National Offshore Wind Energy Policy.
Union Cabinet gave its approval for the constitution of 21st Law Commission (Sep 01, 2015-Aug 31, 2018)
Union Cabinet has approved additional dearness allowance, DA of 6% for central government employees.
INS ‘Vajrakosh’ was dedicated to the nation from Karwar base, Karnataka
SC agrees to review its verdict on government advertisements; filed by the state governments of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Assam and West Bengal
CBSE schools to train girls in self defence
Smriti Irani launched National Web Portal for Apprenticeship Training
Investments touches to Rs. 2, 42, 160 crore for Tamil Nadu in GIM 2015 held at Chennai
Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to submit State Annual Action Plan under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)
IIT Bhubaneshwar becomes the first IIT in country to introduce dance as BTech subject
Shauryanjali: exhibition to commemorate the golden jubilee of India - Pakistan war 1965; Arun Jaitley released the commemorative coins, at the Special Exhibition on 1965 Indo-Pak War
Every Indian household will have electricity by 2019: Piyush Goyal
Operatin Hamla: in 13 coastal districts of Tamil Nadu
E-Tourist Visa scheme extended to 37 more countries
DMRC to execute 6769 crore rupees worth Vijayawada Metro Rail Project
Union Government formed Mihir Shah Committee on restructuring water agencies
Sign in Hindi: Mr. Rajnath Singh tells Government Servants
Centre, has notified 56,825 sq km spread over six states --Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu-as ecologically sensitive area (ESA)
Ken-Betwa to be model link Project of Inter-Linking of Rivers: Uma Bharti
A high level committee headed by Gulshan Rai recommended to create a National body (Indian Cyber Crime Coordinating Centre or I-4C)
Andhra Pradesh: Rivers Godavari and Krishna to be interlinked
Maharashtra: autorickshaw permits to only who knew Marathi language
Tamil Nadu Government has decided to make it mandatory for all new multistorey (more than four floors) buildings to have solar power generation facility: Ms. Jayalalithaa in Assembly
Andhra Pradesh unveils “New Tourism Policy”
Madhya Pradesh government constituted one-member commission  (Retired High Court judge Justice Aryendra Kumar Saxena) to probe Petlawad explosion incident
Sep 08: International Literacy Day; Theme: 'Literacy and Sustainable Societies'
Sep 10: World Suicide Prevention Day; Theme: "Preventing Suicide: Reaching Out and Saving Lives"
Sep 15: International Day of Democracy; Theme: 'Space for Civil Society'
Hindi Divas observed on 14 September across India
UN adopted Resolution proclaiming 9 December as International Genocide Commemoration Day
Arun Jaitley launched digital version of Mahatma Gandhi's collected work
BSNL to upgrade Broadband speed to minimum 2 Mbps at no additional cost
Anirudh Kathirvel (9 year old) Indian-origin boy is Australia's new spelling champion
India's first gay ambassador Nakshtra Bagwe is the one of the contestants of 'Bigg Boss 9'
Homo Naledi: new species of Human ancestors
Experts discovered existence of thriving port town in Thanjavur district in Sangam Era
Mumbai Dialogue: Towards a TB-Free India was launched
Mumbai based 'Sunni' Muslim group issued fatwa against A R Rahman and Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi for their film `Muhammad: Messenger of God
A Spanish cancer patient gets world's first 3D printed ribs
Hindi Divas observed on 14 September across India
QS World University Rankings 2015-16 released; IISc-B (147th) & IIT-D (179th) figured in top 200; (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) of the USA was adjudged as the top university in the world)
Ashok Sridharan: Indian-origin born is the new mayor for City of Bonn
Documentary film "India's Daughter" to be screened in Women's Film Festival in Beijing; the film which was based on 2012 gang rape incident in Delhi is banned in India
Longest chain of (2000 km) of volcanoes found in Australia
2018 World Cup (Football) Qualifying match: Iran beats India; held at Bengaluru
Anirban Lahiri becomes the first Indian to qualify for the prestigious Presidents Cup
IPTL: Roger Federer joins UAE Royals team (co-owned by Virat Kohli)
CYG 2015: India finished at fifth position in medals table (19 medals = 9 gold + 4 silver + 6 bronze)
Infosys to be exclusive tech partner of ATP (the governing body of men’s professional tennis)
Sports Ministry recognized the Indian Kalarippayattu Federation as Regional Sports Federation
Narsingh Pancham Yadav won bronze at 2015 World Wrestling Championships and qualified for 2016 Rio Olympics
US Open 2015: Novak Djokovic and Flavia Pennetta won the Men's and Women's Singles titles respectively
US Open 2015: India's Sania Mirza (along with Martina Hingis) and Leander Paes (along with Martina Hingis) won the Womne's Doubles and Mixed Doubles titles respectively
10th World Hindi Conference held at Bhopal; theme: 'World of Hindi: Expansion and Scope'
UK has decided to give its public a chance for the first time to name storms that hit Britain and Ireland
Queen Elizabeth II completes 63 years of service as the monarch; becomes Britain's longest reigning monarch
Myanmar’s Suu Kyi opens election campaign on Facebook
Pakistan SC ordered adoption of Urdu as official language
France to close its oldest nuclear plant (Fessenheim) by 2018
Tropical storm Etau swept across Japan's main island of Honshu; Nearly 1 lakh forced to leave their homes
United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) overwhelmingly approved the Resolution on Raising of Flags by Non-Member Observer States (Palestine and Vatican would be flying their flags at UN headquarters)
US marked 14th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
Singapore's ruling party PAP (People's Action Party) won a majority in parliamentary elections
Mount Aso, the largest volcano of Japan erupted
Malcolm Turnbull sworn in as 29th Prime Minister of Australia
Germany introduced border controls along Austrian border to check migrant influx from Syria
Will continue military support to Syira: Russian President Mr. Vladimir Putin
In lieu of the migrant crisis, Hungarian Defence Minister Csaba Hende resigned
Indian-Origin Lawmakers Seema Malhotra, Lisa Nandy appointed to Shadow Cabinet in UK
Jeremy Corbyn elected as leader of Labour Party in UK

SEPTEMBER 2015 EVENTS

Week 1 [01 – 07, 2015] [Click Here]

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Week 3 [16 - 23, 2015] [Click Here]

Week 4 [24 – 30, 2015] [Click Here]

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