What to Study in September 2015 Current Affairs
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New Schemes
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Swavlamban
Health Insurance Scheme
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Pradhan
Mantri Khanji Kshetra Kalyan Yojana
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One
Rank One Pension
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Housing
For All (Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana)
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Culture / Arts /
History
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Mandirapattinam
fishing hamlet in Thanjavur Dt – port town during Sangam Era
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Kerala
temple (Vadakkumnathan) gets UNESCO honour
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Digital
version of Mahatma Gandhi’s collected work
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World’s
first natural heritage centre – WII, Dehradun
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Science &
Technology
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PrEP
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Homo
Naledi
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NXT
DIGITAL
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SafePay
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BOSS
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500th
manned launch in space history
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Days
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International
Translation Day
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World
Heart Day
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World
Tourism Day
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World
Rhino Day
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International
Day of Peace
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International
Day for the preservation of Ozone layer
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International
Day of Democracy
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World
Suicide Prevention Day
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International
Literacy Day
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Economics
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RBI
cuts Repo rate; @ present Repo is 6.75; CRR is 4.00
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Global
Competitiveness Report: by WEF; top 3 are Switzerland, Singapore and USA;
India at 55th position (last year it was @ 71st)
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India
signed agreement with ADB for developing tourism infrastructure in Punjab, Uttarakhand
and Himachal Pradesh
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Ease
of doing business report on Indian State: by World Bank; top 3 are Gujarat,
Andhra Pradesh and Jharkhand; Tamil Nadu at 12th
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RBI
bring Braille features for new 500 and 1000 rupee bank notes
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Forward
Markets Commission merged with SEBI
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Systemically
important banks: SBI and ICICI
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Summits
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G4
Summit @ New York
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Regional
PBD @ California (to be held in Nov)
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G20
Finance Ministers Meet @ Ankara; G20 launched W20 to enhance women
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SAARC
Conference on Disaster Mitigation @ New Delhi
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10th
World Hindi Conference @ Bhopal
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Awards
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2015
SASTRA Ramanujan Award: Jacob Tsimerman (Canada)
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Vyas
Samman Award 2014: Dr. Kamal Kishore Goenka (Hindi Writer)
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USIBC
Global Leadership Award: Indira Nooyi and Shobhana Bharatia
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National
Tourism Awards: Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan bags top honours
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Gandhi
Peace Prize 2014: ISRO
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UN
Champions of the Earth Award: Sheikh Hasina
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National
Humanities Medal by US to Jhumpa Lahiri
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World Affairs
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Longest
volcanic chain of world is found in Eastern Australia; named as a Cosgrove
Hotspot track
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Global
Waste Management Outlook by UNEP
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NASA
and USAID launched SEVIR – Mekong: to monitor environment in Southeast Asia
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Malcolm
Turnbull: New PM of Australia
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Alexis
Tsipras: PM of Greece
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Lee
hsien Loong: PM of Singapore
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Refugee
crisis in European countries
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Nepal
enacted new Constitution; Cow declared as National Animal;
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Palestine
flag hoisted for first time in UNO
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New
Sustainable Development Agenda for 2015 – 2030; 17 goals
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UNHCR:
Sri Lankan War Crimes
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India
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Centre
notified 56, 825 sq. km across the Western Ghats in 6 States as ecologically
sensitive area. K. Kasturirangan Panel and Madhav Gadgil Panel
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InSPA:
International Agency for Solar Policy and Application
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Modi’s
visit to USA: Project Nilgiri, Project Loon, Bharat Fund and Startup Konnect
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Modi’s
visit to Ireland; first Prime Minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to visit
Ireland
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Railway
Ministry: PARICHAALAN, Operation Five Minutes
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INS
Kochi; INS Vajrakosh
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ASTROSAT
(PSLV – C30); India’s first dedicated satellite for astronomy research
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One
Year of Mangalyaan (MoM)
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MITRA
SHAKTI: joint exercise between India and Sri Lanka
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AUSINDEX:
joint exercise between India and Australia
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EKUVERIN:
joint exercise between India and Maldives
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Shauryanjali:
50th year of Indo – Pak war of 1965; a graphic depicting the Sardar Post in
Rann of Kutch was released; RBI to release Rs. 5 coin to commemorate the war;
Operation Gibraltar by Pakistan in 1965; ended by Tashkment Agreement
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Joint
Challenge Coin: India & USA
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B
S Baswan Committee: to change Civil Service Examination pattern
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T
Haque Panel: by NITI Aayog on land leasing issue
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Mihir
Shah Committee: to restructure Central Water Commission
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NOTA
symbol unveiled
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UIDAI
shifted from NITI Aayog to Union IT Ministry
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Hybrid
Vaccum Toilet in Indian Railways at Delhi – Dibrugarh Rajdhani Express
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Pattiseema
Project: interlinking of Godavari and Krishna Rivers in Andhra Pradesh
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Qualification
for contesting local body elections in Haryana; second state to do so
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Tamil Nadu
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Global
Investors Meet – 2015; 98 MoUs; 9 Partner Countries; Rs. 2.42 lakh crore
investments
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Number
of taluks increased to 285 (from 269)
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Number
of revenue divisions increased to 85 (from 80)
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Tamil
Nadu Fibernet Corporation
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Amma
Literary Award
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Tamil
Poet Day
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Microsoft’s
Cloud Computing Service in Chennai
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PMKSY
scheme in 3 districts soon (Dindigul, Krishnagiri and Tirunelveli)
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Amma
Baby Care Kit
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20th
government medical college
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Sports
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US
Open 2015 (Tennis)
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CYG –
2015; Indi @ fifth place
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CWG
2022 to be held @ Durban
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Asian
Games 2022 to be held @ Hangzhou
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Kalarippayattu
recognised as Sports
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