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Indian Affairs

• Government planned India’s longest 600 km(5-6 hours) expressway to connect Delhi and Katran(J&K) -

INR 15,000Cr.

• Union Gov released Rs 2,000Cr for Employees’ Pension Scheme

• Smart National Common Mobility Card(NCMC- 47 cr) model for seamless travel across India -

M.Venkaiah Naidu( Urban Development ).

� Developed by National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and Centre for

Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC).

• Gov launched Sakhi, One Stop Crisis Center (OSCC) at Karnal district in Haryana by Haryana’s Women

and Child Development Minister Kavitha Jain.

� To help the women, who are suffering from sexual, mental and emotional harassments.

• Manipur assembly passes Protection of Manipur People Bill, 2015:

� 2 amendment bills, Shops and Establishments (2nd Amendment) Bill, 2015 and Land

Revenue and Land Reforms (7th Amendment) Bill, 2015.

• Rajasthan High Court declared Santhara as illegal which involves voluntary fast-unto-death, illegal and

an offence punishable under the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

• Law Commission of India submitted its report on Death Penalty after 53 years -272 page draft report.

• Maharashtra gov given permission to amend Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities (MPDA)

Act 1981 by CM Devendra Fadnavis.

• India host the World Hindi Conference after a gap of 32 years in Bopal , MP-organised by Ministry of

External Affairs - Theme : “Hindi Jagat: Vistar evam Sambhavnai”.

• Cabinet Approved Marginal Fields Policy(MFP) for development of hydrocarbon discoveries made by

National Oil Companies - principle of ‘Minimum Government Maximum Governance’.

• Arun Jaitely announced that the gov has accepted the recommendations of the Justice A.P. Shah

Committee on MAT(indirect tax)- under Section 115JA pay a MAT @ 18.5%.

• Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI- Ashish Bahuguna) reduced Permitted Levels of

Trans-Fat in Edible Oils from 10 to 5%, DG of WHO – Margaret Chan.

• Cabinet approved reimbursement (Rs.113.40Cr) to 4 PSUs for import of pulses

1.National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation (NAFED), 2.Project and Equipment

Corporation (PEC), 3.State Trading Corporation (STC) and 4.Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation

(MMTC).

• SAARC conference on Disaster Mitigation held in Delhi - South Asian Annual Disaster Management

Exercise (SAADMEx).

� Table Top Exercise (TTx), the Field Training Exercise (FTx) and the After Action Review

(AAR).

• Railway launches 3 IT initiatives developed by Centre For Railway Information Systems (CRIS)

� Paperless unreserved ticket, ATVMs (Automatic Ticket Vending Machines) and

‘Parichalaan’ mobile application for freight operations.

• Gov to infuse Rs. 8.5 lakh cr in Railways focus on infrastructure development in railways to boost

growth.

• Indian Wind Atlas is an online GIS (Geographic Information Tool) for identification of the regional and

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local wind energy potential launched by MNRE.

• Western Central Railway- HQ in Jabalpur, Madhya Prades -1st to close all the unmanned railway

crossings.

• PM released Rs 125 and Rs 10 coins to honour of former President Dr. S Radhakrishnan On Teachers’

day.

• Non-profit NGO‘s FCRA(Foreign Contribution Regulation Act) registration of NGO Greenpeace

canceled by the Ministry of Home affairs(MHA).

• Centre planned a new major port at Colachel lies at the southern-most tip of Tamil Nadu and will serve as

a southern gateway for transshipment- Rs. 21,000Cr.

• AP Legislative Assembly passed the Andhra Pradesh Special Courts Bill-aims to recover ill-gotten

wealth.

• Special cell of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) cell set up in

Punjab to facilitate effective implementation of the scheme -outlay of Rs. 233 crore.

• eSagu(electronic cultivation)- spreading modern crop protection awareness among farmers- Media Lab

Asia and IIIT, Hyderabad and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL).

• Gov announced One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme for ex-servicemen by the Defence Minister

Manohar Parrikar.

• PM Narendra Modi(3rd PM) participated in the concluding ceremony of the 3-day International

Buddhist Conclave concluding ceremony at Bodh Gaya-Delegates from 47 countries.

• Government to develop Bodh Gaya as spiritual capital

• Indian Navy missile frigate INS Trikand to take part in Exercise KONKAN 2015 in London – India and

UK.

• Odisha gov named Wheeler Island as Abdul Kalam Island by CM Naveen Patnaik

• Maharashtra Gov decided to provide training to over 50,000 employees as part of its Key Result Area

(KRA) programme to enhance their performance - Ajit Deshmukh.

• PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Delhi-Faridabad Metro line – Rs.2500 crore

• Delhi High Court granted Permanent Commission for Women in Indian Navy – 14 years.

• Indian Railways to tie-up with ISRO for improving safety and enhancing efficiency via GPS-aided

system.

• Haryana Legislative Assembly passed Haryana Police (Amendment) Bill, 2015 abolishing the Police

Recruitment Board - CM Manohar Lal Khattar.

• Bilateral Defense Tie-up with India & Thailand - Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha’s visit to Thailand for

“Act East policy” Gen Worapong Sanganetra, Chief of Defence Forces of Thailand.

• Arun Jaitley launched e-version of Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi(CWMG) in New Delhi - 100

volumes .

• Haryana gov passed Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2015 and fixes minimum educational

qualification relating to eligibility criteria for elections to Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) - second

state after Rajasthan.

• Maharashtra gov decided to abolish the Local Body Tax (LBT) alternate tax will be imposed by State

Finance Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar.

• World Economic Forum (WEF) released a new survey based report called ‘The Inclusive Growth and

Development Report 2015’.Global Competitiveness Index 2014–2015 rankings is 71 out of 144

countries.

• BSNL to Boost Minimum Broadband Speed to 2 Mbps - Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union minister for

Communication and Information Technology and Anupam Srivastava, chairman of BSNL .

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• India gave the first tranche of $500,000 for distressed Syrians.

• India and Belarus agreed to increase the trade target from present level of USD 400 million to an

ambitious USD 1 Billion by 2018 at7th session of the India-Belarus Intergovernmental Commission on

Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation.

• Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh announced 33% reservation to women in all para-military

forces. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) will recruit women under 33%reservations.

• AP Cabinet approved the launch of AP State Enterprise Architecture (APSEA), e-Pragati, a

comprehensive architecture to leverage the latest advances in e-governance tools which will bring all the

gov services under one roof - Rs.1,528Cr.

• Ministry of Home Affairs have asked Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) bans import

of Ammonium Nitrate in loose form.

• Cabinet approved a proposal to increase dearness allowance by 6%, for central government employees

and pensioners-119% from 113%

• Indian Air Force is organising an ‘Ultra Marathon’ from Air Force Station Pathankot to Air Force Station

Hindon-574 km over a period of 11 days to mark the golden jubilee of the 1965 Indo-Pak war.

• First-ever Census on India’s Leopard presented - 12,000 to 14,000.

• Haryana gov has announced the ban on gutka, panmasala and other products that are containing tobacco -

Health Minister, Anil Vij.

• Gov announced to give nod to Gold Monetization Scheme (GMS) and Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme as

announced in Union Budget 2015-16.

• India and Indonesia inked a pact to cooperate on criminal matters including collecting evidence.

• Union Cabinet approves National Offshore Wind Energy Policy-more than 23,000 mw(Power, Coal and

New & Renewable Energy Minister – Piyush Goyal)

� Ministry for new and renewable energy (MNRE)

� National Institute of Wind Energy (NIWE)

• Union Defence Minister, Manohar Parrikar commissioned the latest establishment of Indian Navy, INS

Vajrakosh at Karwar in Karnataka - World’s largest naval base east of the Suez Canal.

• Union Cabinet approved constitution of the 21st Law Commission of India for a period of three years by

the Charter Act of 1833.

• Rajnath Singh inaugurates South Asian Sub-Regional Drug Focal Point Meeting in New Delhi organized

by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), UNODC – 40 countries.

• CCI imposed penalty on Kerala Film Exhibitors Federation for Contravening Competition Law - Section

3 of the Competition Act, 2002 - Penalty of Rs. 82414.

• central gov decided to decrease its shares of funding in the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA) scheme which

aimed at the universalisation of elementary education from 65% to 50%.

• Railways to invest $140 billion, Japan to modernize station - Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu.

• Global Investor Conference inaugurated by state chief minister J. Jayalalitha in Chennai - Rs.2.4 Lakh

Crore investment, Partner: Reliance Jio.

• Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani launched national web portal at New Delhi for

promotion of a national apprenticeship scheme for Graduates, Diploma holders and 10+2 pass-outs- Logo

and a Slogan – “Sashakt Yuva, Samarth Bharat”.

• Rajasthan – 1st state to submit Atal Mission action plan under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban

Transformation (AMRUT - Rs. 555 crore ) Rajasthan CM – Vasundhara Raje.

• Amitabh Bachchan and Ratan Tata joined hands for the Indian Gov initiative Call to Action for a TB-free

India,Mumbai Dialogue: ‘Towards a TB-Free India’.

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• E-Tourist Visa scheme extended to 37 more countries to attract maximum foreign tourists by Tourism

ministry at Indian Association of Tour Operators (IATO).

• West Bengal CM, Mamata Banerjee release 64 files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose - display at Kolkata

Police Museum.

• Centre approved to buy 10 Heron TP Drones worth of 400million US$ from Israel.

• Maharashtra gov set to hold a three-day ‘Tadoba festival’ in Mumbai in Chandrapur Maharashtra

Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC).

• Bilateral Maritime Exercise between India and Australia ‘AUSINDEX-15’, conducted on the east coast

of India, at Visakhapatnam.

• Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya announced to decided to raise the wage eligibility limit

to 21,000 per month as against Rs 10,000 or below at present under the Payment of Bonus Act - 3,500 to

Rs. 7,000 per month

• MoRTH(Ministry of Road Transport and Highways) will add 50,000km of roads to National Highways in

next six Month by Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari.

• Centre imposed 20% safeguard duty on imported steel from China and the countries.

• Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore(IISc) and Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IIT-D)

placed 147 and 179 in the QS World University Rankings for 2015-16.

� Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – 1st,Harvard – 2nd

• Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion with technical assistance from the World Bank,

consultancy firm KPMG, and CII and FICCI has released a state-wise report on the ease of doing

business - Gujarat topped with 71.14%.

• Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports recognized the Indian Kalarippayattu Federation (IKF) as Regional

Sports Federation (RSF).

• Kerala CM Chandrababu Naidu launched the ‘New Tourism Policy-2015-20 to develop AP as one of the

most preferred tourist destinations - Rs 10,000 crore.

• Union Govt. formed Mihir Shah Committee(7 member committee) to restructure water agencies headed

by Mihir Shah.

• Supreme court seek review of ban on CMs’ photos in ads - Exception:Prime Minister, President and

Chief Justice of India.

• Centre decided to provide additional 50 days of work in drought-hit areas under the Mahatma Gandhi

National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme – presently 100days.

• TN CMJ Jayalalitha announced to set up Tamil Nadu Fibernet Corporation in order to implement the

Central Government’s Bharatnet scheme to link 12524 villages through optical fibre network -Rs 3000

Cr.

• Indian Railways tie up with Google and RailTel to provide free Wi-Fi services under Project Nilgiri -

400 railway stations across the country.

• Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) framed regulations for products based

on ayurveda, sidhha and unani.

• Union Cabinet approves Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission(SPMRM) -5142.08 Crore - to

create 300 Rurban growth clusters – 14 components.

• Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal approves “Victim Compensation Scheme” :

• Compensation in cases of death- Rs 5 lakh to Rs 10 lakh from earlier 3-5 lakh

• For rape victims-Rs.5 lakh from existing Rs.3 lakh

• To the victims of acid attack-Rs.7 lakh from Rs.3 lakh.

• Arun Jaitley launched the Hinduja Ventures Headend-In-The-Sky (HITS), a digital initiative under the

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brand name NXT DIGITAL - broadcasting platform will provide over 500 TV channels to cable

operators.

• Andhra Pradesh accomplished country’s first river linking project Godavari and Krishna - agreement

between Maharashtra, MP and AP.

• TN CM Jayalalitha has announced the housing scheme of worth Rs 1,700 crore- to

build 2,300 flats with all facilities at Ambattur in Chennai.

• Union Cabinet banned Naga militant group NSCN-K, for five years for killing of 18 soldiers of the Army

in Manipur - under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA).

• Cabinet approved to promulgate the Negotiable Instruments (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015 for 2nd time to

make prosecution easier in cheque bounce cases by allowing filing of cases where it is presented for

receiving payments.

� Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881-undersection 138

• Gov decides to withdraw postal stamps of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi - “Builders of Modern India -

Union Minister, Ravi Sankar Prasad.

• Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) decided to increase the Employees Deposit Linked

Insurance (EDLI) scheme from Rs 3.60 lakh to Rs 6 lakh.

• Govt mulls raising FDI limit in private banks to 100% from 74%.

• India’s ranking slipped to 81st in Global Innovation Index 2015 - Central and Southern Asian Region

(CSA) -141 economies and 79 indicators .

• Union Minister of State for Labour & Employment (Independent Charge), Shri Bandaru

Dattatraya launched three new mobile based services for Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) members

� Mobile Application(app in epfindia.gov.in), SMS based UAN Activation(SMS to

7738299899) and Missed Call service(01122901406)

• Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY) launched by Minister of mines and steel –

Narendra Singh Tomar.

� Welfare of areas and people affected by mining related operations - District Mineral

Foundations (DMFs).

• Kerala’s Perumanna Grama Panchayat becomes 1st Panchayat to declare a water policy – 13 point action

plan - garbage free by 2020.

• PM launches financial inclusion initiative in Varanasi

� 101-rickshaws, 501 pedal rickshaws and bank accounts and RuPay cards under (PMJDY).

• 4th edition of the International textile fair ‘VASTRA’ held at Sitapura based Jaipur Exhibition &

Convention Centre (JECC) -300 overseas buyers from 56 countries - Mrs Veenu Gupta, RIICO

• Ministry of Health and Family Welfare banned the sale of Diclofenac in multidose based on Ministry of

Environment recommendations

• Actor, Vishwanath Nana Patekar established Naam Foundation to donate money to farmers with SBI.

• MP School Education Minister, Paras Jain has launched M-Shiksha-Mitramobile app for teachers by

National Informatics Centre (NIC)

• Supreme Court launched a public access portal of National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG) - ecourts.gov.in

for district courts to demystify the judicial process for the ordinary citizen by Supreme Court

judge Justice M.B. Lokur.

• Indian Railways Develops Hybrid Vacuum Toilets fitted in Dibrugarh Rajdhani for trail.

• Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which issues Aadhaar cards shifted to the

administrative control of the ministry of communication and information technology from NITI Aayog.

• Delhi, Mumbai among world’s cheapest cities to live in : Swiss Bank UBS - Ukrainian capital Kyiv the

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cheapest city in the world.

• Election Commission of India (ECI) launched the new symbol for the “None of The Above” (NOTA)

designed by the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.

• PM Modi launches Rs 45,000 crore IPDS(Integrated Power Development Scheme) scheme to strengthen

power distribution - Union Power Minister – Piyush Goel

• India and Laos signed two MoU’s on air services and Quick Impact Projects.

• Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar adopted Barauliya village in Amethi under Pradhan Mantri

Adarsh Gram Yojna.

• Leaders of the Apatani and Nyishi tribes of Arunachal Pradesh signed an accord in presence of AP CM

Nabam Tuki.

• Narendra Modi addressed the India-US Startup Konnect and share his vision on “Start up India, Stand up

India” as part of his US visit organized by IT industry NASSCOM

• All India Banjara Sangh(AIBS) formed to fight for pending issues of the Banjara community- MLC

Haribhau Rathod 1st national president.

• Government hikes import duty by 5% on edible oils -Central Board of Excise and Customs.

• Swavlamban Health Insurance Scheme” for persons with disabilities - Department of Empowerment of

People with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, signed MoU with New India

Assurance Company Limited(DGM Neera Saxena)

� 18 years and 65 years and annual income of less than Rs. 3,00,000 per annum

• India’s first National Investment and Manufacturing Zone (NIMZ) in Prakasham district in AP.

• GOI decided to set up an expert committee IC4(Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre) to tackle child

pornography and online abuse - Rs 400 crore

• Cabinet Committee on Security approved purchase of Boeing’s Apache(22) and Chinook

helicopters(15) for the Indian Air Force (IAF) - $2.5 billion.

• 2 Indian Coast Guard Ships(ICGS) Apoorva and interceptor boat C-421 were commissioned in Mumbai -

Vice Admiral Surindar Pal Singh Cheema

• Rajasthan 5th State to pass Vexatious Litigation (Prevention) Bill 2015, other bills - Prisons

(Amendment) Bill, Rajasthan Police (Amendment) Bill.

• Haryana gov will develop Gurgaon as a Smart City with its own resources - 500 cr for 5 years –

(Faridabad and Karnal)

• GOI approved Rs 1,575.38-crore highway project in Odisha under its National Highways Development

Project (NHDP).

• Nagaland CM T.R. Zeliang launched its official website www.chiefminister nagaland.in.

• National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development(NABARD) sanctioned Rural Infrastructure

Development Fund (RIDF) assistance of Rs 1,134.74 crore to Odisha.

• GOI approved to setting up an Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre (ISLRTC) in New

Delhi - under the Societies Registration Act, 1860.

• India falls to 155th place from 113 in UN’s broadband penetration ranking – ‘The State of Broadband’ –

UN Broadband Commission.

• Union minister for health and family welfare J P Nadda released National Health Profile (NHP – 11th)-

2015 ,prepared by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence (CBHI).

• Union Cabinet gives nod to amend MoU on Indo-German Partnerships in Higher Education.

• Brigade Commander level flag meeting held at Chakkan-Da-Bagh LoC (Line of Control) Crossing point

in Poonch in J & K between India and Pakistan.

• NITI Aayog constituted an expert group(10 member) on land leasing headed by former Commission for

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Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) chairman T Haque.

• Telangana gov entered into a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Chhattisgarh for supply

of 1000MW Power for 12 years.

• United Nations Development Programme(UNDP) will provide support in the implementation

of Arunachal Vision 2030 and Mission on Skill Development and Employment Generation in AP -Dr.

Jaco Cilliers,head of UNDP.

• Gov cleared proposal of Rs 8,000Cr project for Indian Air Force Integrated Air Command and Control

System (IACCS).

• Kerala Tourism and St Petersburg’s tourism department signed MoU to promote tourist arrival from the

Russian city to Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi.

• AP gets Rs.1000 crore special assistance from Centre under the state reorganisation Act.

• Union gov is all set to unveil Green Highways policy under which bushes and trees will be grown along

all the highways in a phased manner – Rs.100 Cr for this year.

• INS Viraat - oldest operational aircraft carrier in the world expected to be decommissioned by next year.

• Kerala government’s official website www.kerala.gov.in hacked by “suspected Pakistan-based hackers” -

www.Faisal1337.com

• Expert committee formed by the gov to examine various issues related to age relaxation, eligibility,

syllabus and pattern of civil services examinatio-headed by BS Baswan

• Suresh Prabhu Launches Indian Railway Knowledge Portal : “One Stop” Hub

www.kportal.indianrailways.gov.in - interface through e-Granthalaya by NIC.

• TN CM J Jayalalithaa announced an “Amma mobile phone scheme” to help women Self-Help Group

(SHG) trainers supervise work as a part of “Amma” brand.

• Tendulkar lends voice to Swachh Bharat anthem,song written by lyricist Prasoon Joshi,Composer –

Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Singer – Shankar Mahadevan.

• India set up the Department of Ayush in Dubai as Indian Consulate by Minister of Health and Family

Welfare – Jagat Prakash Nadda.

• Union HRD Minister Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani launches National Institutional Ranking Framework

Document and Web portal and also Govt to roll out domestic ranking system

• Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu adopts Siddhapuram village

• Dr. Mahesh Sharma, launched the NOC Online Application Portal and Processing System (NOAPS) for

the National Monument Authority (NMA), Ministry of Culture at Samrat Hotel in New Delhi -

http://nmanoc.nic.in./

• India ranked 55th in Global competitiveness Index - World Economic Forum

� Top 5: Switzerland,Singapore,United States,Germany,Netherlands

• India($31 billion) overtakes China($28 billion) and US($27 billion by grabbing the crown of FDI in the

Financial Times report.

• Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad released a commemorative postal stamp on Dr

Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar with a commitment that it will also launch a coin in his honour.

• NLC(Neyveli Lignite Corporation) set up its first 10 MW solar power plant - Rs 74.60 crore by BHEL

become the first renewal energy project of the company announced by Surender Mohan, CMD .

• Govt cuts natural gas prices by 16% to $ 4.24 per unit.

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International Affairs

• Highest mountain of North America Mt McKinley(25th U.S. president) renamed as Denali by Obama.

• Indian-origin Sikh migrant driver named ‘Australian of the Day’ for feeding the homeless in Darwin by

Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

• Australian Minister of Defence, Mr. Kevin Andrews and Minister of State for Home Affairs Shri Kiren

signed Bilateral Co-operation in the field of intelligence sharing, combating international terrorism and

security .

• NASA and US Agency for International Development (USAID) launched a joint project “SERVIR-

Mekong” to strengthen regional environmental monitoring -Burma, Cambodia,

Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.

• Russian spacecraft Soyuz with 1st Danish astronaut launches towards International Space Station-

500th manned launch in space travel history.

• United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) has approved the draft 2030 Sustainable Development

Agenda- 17 goals.

• Myawaddy- Thinggan Nyenaung-Kawkareik section (25.6 km long) of the Asian Highway No.1, which

links India to Thailand via Myanmar,bus-service between Imphal & Mandalay started.

• Canada Entered 1st Technical Recession in 6Years-GDP is 0.5% in Q2(April& June) followed a by a

contraction of 0.8% in Q1(first 3 months), PM Stephen Harper.

• Russia rejects France’s proposal to limit the use of veto in the UNSC at 70th celebration- Flight MH17.

• India, UAE agreed to increase bilateral trade by 60% by Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj

and Foreign Minister of UAE Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al-Nahyan - $75 billion at 11th session of

the India-UAE Joint Commission held in New Delhi.

• Akshay Kumar,Hrithik Roshan and AR Rahman join ‘Global Goal Campaign’ is to create and raise

awareness about sustainable development.

• G-20(group of 20 major economies) and OECD(Organisation for Economic Co-operation and

Development – 34countries) issued a new corporate governance code - Host Leader,Ahmet Davutoğlu.

• Rajavarothiam Sampanthan became 1st Tamil politician to be chosen as the Sri Lankan leader of

opposition National Alliance(TNA) in 32 years.

• G20 launches W20 grouping for gender inclusive economic growth-1st Summit of W20 (Group of 20

women leaders from G20 nations) will be hosted next month in Istanbul,Turkey-Gulden Turktan,the 1st

president of W20.

• Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Ranjit Rae inaugurated the renovated Bala Tripura Sundari Devi Temple at

Tripurakot located on the bank of glacial river Thuli Bheri in Dolpa district of Nepal.

• Chinese and Pakistani forces launched a joint air drill, named ‘Shaheen (Eagle)-4’ held in Pakistan.

• Japan reopens radiation-hit town Naraha after four years - Fukushima Daiichi plant.

• India announced a cash assistance of USD 500,000 to Jordan to meet the enormous impact of Syrian

refugee crisis - Indian Ambassador to Jordan Anil Trigunayat.

• ‘Ex-Ekuverin 2015′ is the sixth of the at Pangode Military Station, Trivandrum

• 7 Indians Feature in Forbes Asia’s Heroes of Philanthropy List :

� Infosys co-founders Senapathy Gopalakrishnan, Nandan Nilekani and SD Shibulal,Rohan

Murthy another co-founder of Infosys, Entrepreneur Sunny Varkey founder of GEMS Education,

Entrepreneurs Suresh Ramakrishnan and Mahesh Ramakrishnan the founders of Whitcomb &

Shaftesbury Tailors, Bill Gates and Warren Buffet.

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• United States and South Korea conduct Joint anti biochemical exercises against Republic of Korea - Able

Response (AR) – 15 exercise is the fifth in the series.

• More than 1.3 million people died in South-East Asia, by the consumption of tobacco-WHO

• An Indian-origin entrepreneur Payal Kadakia, CEO and co-founder of ClassPass has been named among

the most promising businesswomen of 2015 by Fortune magazine.

1. Brit Morin – Founder and CEO, Brit + Co.

2. Jody Miller – Co-founder and CEO, Business Talent Group

3. Payal Kadakia – CEO and co-founder, ClassPass

• India was among 119 nations that voted in support of a UN General Assembly resolution granting the

right to non-member observer States of Palestine.

� 8 against :Australia, Canada, Israel, Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia,

Palau, Tuvalu and the US.

• Number of people aged 100 and above has hit 60,000 in Japan in 2015, September

• Singapore’s ruling party PAP wins 2015 General Elections -56-year grip on power -13th Parliament.

• Egypt’s PM Ibrahim Mahlab and his cabinet resigned amid corruption probe.

• PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi (2nd) in Fortune’s 50 powerful women in business list

• Russian Cosmonaut Genady Padalka(totally 879 days) returned to Earth with a new record for the most

time spent in space.Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev of Russia who spent 803 days.

• US based Hindi Sangam Foundation will organize 3rd International Hindi Conference at Rutgers

University, New Jersey to promote Hindi in America from March 4-6, 2016.

• Indian bankers Chanda Kochhar(1st ) and Arundhati Bhattacharya(2nd) ranked as top two in a list of most

powerful women in Asia-Pacific prepared by the global magazine Fortune.

• Indian-origin Ashok Sridharan becomes Mayor of Germany’s Bonn city.

• Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif inaugurated five ‘Pakistan – China Friendship Tunnels’ - 275$ million in

order to restore a strategic road link to China Via Gilgit-Baltistan.

• China builds museum in honour of first nuclear, space scientists on the Huairou campus of CAS

University.

• Betty Cantrell won the Miss America 2016 Pageant - 89th Miss America.

• December 9 declared as International Genocide Commemoration Day - UN

• UN General Assembly adopted a negotiating text for the Security Council reforms, setting the stage for

talks on the long pending process at the 70th session of the global body.

• India Ranks 142 in Ease of Doing Business Among 189 Economies: World Bank

� Singapore(1st), New Zealand(2nd) and Hong Kong SAR (China-3rd)

• Constituent Assembly of Nepal rejected the proposal to declare Nepal as a Hindu State.

• Hungary declares a state of emergency in two countries, shares their border with Serbia.

• Yongbyon nuclear plant of North Korea continues operation -manufactured the fissile material - shut

down in 2007.

• Nepal approves new constitution after 7 years of painstaking efforts and deliberations. It replaced Interim

Constitution of Nepal, 2007

• India, Cambodia ink 2 MoU for bilateral cooperation in Tourism, Mekong Ganga Project -Vice President

Hamid Ansari and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Phnom Penh - $50,000

• Pentagon established a first-ever country special cell,India Rapid Reaction Cell (IRRC), to speed up its

defence ties with India(only) - IRRC is headed by Keith Webster.

• National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) set up a separate global body – NHAI International to

build roads and highways in Iran, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan.

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• 4th edition of India-Kuwait Joint Working Group on Hydrocarbons was held in New Delhi - Ashutosh

Jindal(Joint Sec),Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas and Dr. Ahmad Al-Qattan, representative of the

Kuwaiti Oil Sector.

• Indian, Chinese firms ink 15 MOUs in the field of Infrastructure, energy, agriculture, IT, electronics and

pharmaceuticals worth $590 million at Economic and Trade Cooperation Conference 2015 in

Ahmedabad.

• India and the US have created a “joint challenge coin to Mark Partnership in Navy.

� One side of the coin : Forward Together We Go and Chale Chale Saath Saath.

• Hotel Price Index (HPI) survey of Hotels.com – Singapore 1st for Indian travelers,Dubai (UAE – 2nd)

and Bangkok (Thailand-3rd).

• Cow is declared as the national animal of Nepal.

• China to open museum with rare Buddhists statues in Hebei -more than 200 statues.

• AusIndex-2015, the first ever naval exercise(every 2 years) between India and Australia concluded.

• Indian diaspora in the US launched “Mission 2022” in partnership with the Confederation of Indian

Industries (CII).

• 9th Regional Pravasi Bharatiya Divas(RPBD) in Los Angeles,California on Nov 14-15.

Theme - “The Indian Diaspora: Defining a New Paradigm in India-US Relationship”

• Iranian airline Mahan Air to operate its first flights between Denmark and Iran.

• India to invest Rs 1, 00,000 crore in Iran to supply natural gas at $2.95 per mmbtu for urea plant that will

set up at Chabahar port on the Persian Gulf.

• PM Modi second Indian PM to visit Ireland - Jawaharlal Nehru in 1956.

1. Ireland support for India’s membership of UN Security council

2. Science and technology and education Cooperation

3. Direct flight between the two countries

4. Irish Prime Minister – Enda Kenny ,President – Michael D. Higgins

• Mukesh Ambani India’s richest for 9th consecutive year: Forbes

• Sachin and Binny Bansal (founders of Flipkart) – 86th position

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD) released the International Migration

Outlook 2015 – India 4th .

• European Union (EU) imposed a provisional anti-dumping duty of up to 31.2% on imports of water and

sewage pipes from India for six months.

• UN adopts agreement on Sustainable Development Goals(17) for the next 15 years at 70thsession of

United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), Mogens Lykketoft - 169 specific targets - USD 3.5 trillion

to USD 5 trillion.

• First Bhagavad Gita Conference held at the School of Oriental and African Studies(SOAS), University of

London, UK.

• Nigeria removed from the list of polio endemic countries – WHO.

• Indo Sri Lanka Joint Exercise MITRA SHAKTI 2015 began at Aundh Camp Pune - 14days.

• PM Modi visit to US :

1. Meeting With Ceos Of Fortune 500 :Theme of “Media, Technology And Communications –

Growth Story For India”.

2. Modi Addressed UN Sustainable Development Summit – 17 goals - New framework –

“Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development”

3. PM Modi hosted a G-4 Summit with leaders of G-4 nations Brazil, Germany and Japan in

New York.

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4. Visit to Silicon Valley & San Jose - Google to provide India a set up base for free Wi-Fi at

500 railway stations.

5. Startup Konnect was held by NASSCOM in partnership with TiE Silicon Valley and IIM

Ahmedabad’s CIIE India

6. MoU between Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms and the California Institute for

Quantitative Biosciences, IIM Ahmedabad’s Centre for Innovation and

Entrepreneurship(CIIE) and Lester Centre for Entrepreneurship of the Haas Business School

of the University of California,CIIE and Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator,CIIE and Google,

CIIE and Tata Trust.

7. $2.5-billion helicopter deal of Chinook and Apache was signed.

• Foreign ministers of India(Sushma Swaraj), Japan(Fumio Kishida) and the US(John Kerry)held their first

trilateral meeting in New York.

� Japan will participate in the 2015 MALABAR exercise(naval exercise of US & India).

• Taliban militants captured northern Afghan city of Kunduz - control a major urban area for 1st time since

the 2001 U.S.-led invasion.

Banking & Finance

• Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has released

the estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for the first quarter (April-June) Q1, of 2015-16.

� Q1 of 2015-16 is estimated at 27.13 lakh Cr, growth rate of 7.0%.

• RBI proposes formula to calculate Base Rate- include cost of funds, negative carry on CRR/SLR, un-

allocable overhead costs and average return on net-worth.

• RBI to issue Rs 5 coin on golden jubilee of 1965 Indo-Pak war-Coinage Act 2011

• ICICI Lombard General Insurancetied up with Catholic Syrian Bank(CSB) for sale of its products

through 431 branches of the bank.

• Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) received USD 1.1 billion from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), under

the currency swap agreement - CBSL Governor Arjuna Mahendran.

• SEBI notified Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements Regulations, 2015- time period of ninety

days provisions of Companies Act, 2013.

• RBI’s proposal to allow Non-Competitive bidding in T-bills for retail -Government Securities (G-Secs)

have short-term maturity long-term maturity.

• SEBI has directed banks and depositories to defreeze the bank and securities accounts of Gemini

Communications after it recovered pending dues of over Rs 11 lakh.

• Sahara India Pariwar, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cancelled the license of its holding

company Sahara India Financial Corporation Limited (SIFCL).

• Union Cabinet allowed 100% FDI in White Label ATM operations -more than 1.82 lakhs ATMs operated

in the country by 54 banks.

� Rs100 cr, Payment and Settlement Systems (PSS) Act 2007, Tata Communications

Payment Solutions Limited(Indi Cash),India’s first White Label ATM “Indicash”

at Chandrapada in Thane, Maharashtra.

• Odisha State Cooperative Bank Limited (OSCB) launched ‘Banks of Wheels’ scheme in 20 backward

blocks to reach the farmers and other people in remote areas of the state by Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik.

• Managing Director and CEO Satish Kumar Andhra Bank e-launched the 2600th branch at Yadgirigutta

and the 3000th ATM at Sunshine Hospital in Secunderabad.

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• Bank of Maharashtra Launch of Soil & Water Health Card in Mumbai and Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana

(PMMY) in Delhi Zone - Mr. R.K.Gupta, Executive Director

• RBI signed MoU on Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information with Nepal

Rastra Bank (NRB), Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal.

• SBI launches SimplyCLICK an online specific credit card in association with seven of biggest e-

commerce partners - India’s 1st ever credit card - more than Rs.2 lakh.

• Paytm to launch India’s first payments bank-Rs 10,000 crore in deposits

• RBI Names 10 Companies to Set Up Microfinance Banks

1. Au Financiers (India) Limited, Jaipur

2. Capital Local Area Bank Limited, Jalandhar

3. Disha Microfin Private Limited, Ahmedabad

4. Equitas Holdings P Limited, Chennai

5. ESAF Microfinance and Investments Private Limited, Chennai

6. Janalakshmi Financial Services Private Limited, Bengaluru

7. RGVN (North East) Microfinance Limited, Guwahati

8. Suryoday Micro Finance Private Limited, Navi Mumbai

9. Ujjivan Financial Services Private Limited, Bengaluru

10. Utkarsh Micro Finance Private Limited, Varanasi.

• Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) gets RBI nod for using Rs 2,500 crore reserve as

provision against bad loans –MP – 3 districts.

• SEBI has slapped its highest ever fine of 7,269 crore, on PACL and its directors.

• Bank of Maharashtra (BOM) launched MUDRA Card for Micro and Small entrepreneurs - loans up to Rs

5.00 lakh by Shri. S. Muhnot, CMD of BOM

• RBI allowed banks to use e-payments for imports with Online Payment Gateway Service Providers

(OPGSPs) - not exceeding USD 2,000.

• Gov decided to bring down its holding in IDBI Bank to 49 per cent follow the model of Axis Bank.

• RBI would allow banks to convert the status of their loans to a company into standard ones if the entity is

sold to a new major stakeholder - existing promoter/promoter group – 51% capital under Strategic Debt

Restructuring Scheme.

• IDFC Bank announced no ATMs, free service at other machines – motto is “hatke bank” MD & CEO –

Mr. Vikram Limaye.

• SEBI to absorb FMC(Forward Markets Commission) will be absorbed seven director-level officials by

the capital market regulator.

• Forward Markets Commission (FMC) merged with SEBI first ever merger of two regulatory bodies -

Union Budget of 2014-15.

• RBI cuts Repo Rate from 7.25 Percent to 6.75 Percent, Reverse Repo Rate – 5.75%, CRR – 4% and SLR

– 21.5%.

Business

• Google’s logo gets a new look by Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt

• Overseas arm of ONGC, ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL) bought a 15% stake in Vankorneft, a subsidiary of

the Russian oil giant Rosneft for $1.25 billion.

• Ratan Tata invests(14th investment) in Food Tech Startup Holachef -$1 billion

• Snapdeal will invest USD 100 million (about Rs 665 crore) in Shopo.

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• Siemens, the German Conglomerate will invest 1 Billion Euros in India - Joe Kaeser, Chief Executive of

Siemens - Make in India programme.

• Anil Ambani-led Reliance Defence Ltd(RDL) signed an MoU with Abu Dhabi Ship Building(ADSB) to

set up a strategic partnership for construction of naval ships.

• Doha Bank tied up with Anil Ambani-led Reliance Group to generate business opportunities in the Gulf

Cooperation Council nations and India.

• Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE) has the highest number of listed companies in the world by World

Federation of Exchanges (WEF) report - 5689 companies.

• Snapdeal launched instant refund facility to help its customers get refunds within 1 hour of receiving the

returned products using Immediate Payments System (IMPS),CEO of Snapdeal : Kunal Bahl.

• Mahindra Group enters e-commerce segment with M2ALL launch -16.9 billion USD.

• India ranks 34th out of 60 in business growth environment – Thornton

� 53rd out of 60 in the GDI in business operating environment

• Toronto and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) signed MOU to engage

in mutual co-operation.

• Lycos(Suresh Reddy) and Apollo International Ltd(Raaja Kanwar) signed an agreement to launch a joint

venture (JV) that will provide B2B e-commerce.

• Telecom operator, Uninor renamed as Telenor(Vivek Sood) and tagline changed from ‘Sabse Sasta’

to ‘Ab life full paisa vasool’.

• Anil Ambani-led Reliance Defence Ltd signed a pact with UAE’s Emirates Defence Industries Company

(EDIC) to work together in the defence sector in maintenance, repair and overhaul category.

• Wipro selected as Dow Jones Sustainability World Index member and Emerging Markets Indices.

Awards

• Punjab Gov won award for achievement in rooftop solar power output by Piyush Goyal, Union Minister

of State for Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy.

• UNESCO prize ‘Award of Excellence’ 2015- Asia Pacific Heritage Award for Cultural Heritage

Conservation to Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple, Thrissur.

• UNESCO’s “Award of Merit” to Sino-Portuguese former residence of a Thai aristocrat.

• Obama presents the National Humanities Medal to Indian-American Jhumpa Lahiri.

• Haryana wins the Skoch Order-of-Merit National Award for e-governance and IT initiatives-163 e-

Governance services.

• The prestigious Seacology Prize to be awarded to seaweed collector M Lakshmi(1st Indian Woman) for

her contribution in conversing the marine resources and cultural traditions of Chinnapalam.

• Maharaj Sayyajirao Bhasha(Founder) Samman introduced by Bank of Baroda for creating awareness and

spreading Hindi .

• National Literacy Award is given to three districts for implementation of the Total Literacy Campaign

(TLC), Post Literacy Programme (PLP) and Continuing Education Programme (CEP)-Bastar,

Chhattisgarh, Haveri in Karnataka,Dharampuri in Tamil Nadu and the Gram Panchayat of Girod.

• 15yr-old prodigy K Vilasini is a holder of 5 world records, including the highest IQ and IELTS

(International English Language Testing System).

• A nine-year-old, Indian-origin Anirudh Kathirvel, crowned champion of “The Great Australian Spelling

Bee Contest”.

• Veteran actor Anupam Kher presented with the “Honoured Guest” award by the U.S. state of Texas for

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his contribution to cinema and art.

• President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the Gandhi Peace Prize 2014 to Indian Space Research

Organisation (ISRO) - ISRO Chairman A S Kiran Kumar

• Royal Aeronautical Society honoured Dr G Satheesh Reddy with Silver Medal for work contributing to

major advances or contributions in aerospace

• Venezuelan film From Afar (Desde Alla) won top award The Golden Lion prize at the Venice film

festival and became the first ever Latin American film.

• Rajeev Bansal,Manmohan Agarwal,Kush Puri – 3 members of Indian Industries Association (IIA) receive

awards at the 10th Asia Brand Ceremony or Oscars of Industry Awards organized by the Asia Brand

Association.

• President of India presents Rajbhasha awards on the occasion of Hindi Divas to SK Biswas, Director

(Personnel), THDCIL.

• Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina recognised with “United Nations Champions of the Earth award” her

initiatives to address climate change.

• CEO Swetha Prabhakaran(among 11) won Champions of Change award by the White House

for empowering the community by imparting Internet coding.

• Indian-origin British author Sunjeev Sahota was shortlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize for

Fiction for 2015 -novel “The Year of the Runaways”.

• Afghan refugee Aqeela Asifi won 2015 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award - October 5th in Geneva.

• Press Freedom Awards

1. Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque – Malaysia

2. Candido Figueredo Ruiz – Paraguay

3. Raqqa– Syria

4. Zone 9 bloggers – Ethiopia

• Former West Indies captain Shivnarine Chanderpaul awarded with the Icon Award by the Indo-

Caribbean Alliance in a ceremony held in Flushing, New York.

• Indian Amateur boxer Mandeep Jangra received the Arjuna Award from the Sports Minister, Sarbananda

Sonawal.

• Actor, Anupam Kher gets Certificate of Recognition from the California legislature for his dedicated

efforts to the community of 500,000 Kashmiri Hindus.

• Pranab Mukherjee presented National Tourism Awards for 2013-14 at a function held at Vigyan Bhavan,

New Delhi - Tourism Minister – Mahesh Sharma – Gujarat(4 awards)

• Minister of State for Labour & Employment (Independent Charge) Shri Bandaru Dattatreya presented

Vishwakarma Rashtriya Puraskar (VRP) and National Safety Awards (NSA),2013 - 28 award

winners out of a total of 193 applications.

• Thiruvananthapuram City Road Improvement Project (TCRIP) conferred the Global Road Achievement

Award (GRAA) 2015 by the International Road Federation (IRF)

• Eminent Urdu Scholar Shamim Hanfi received Jnangarima Manad Alankaran award by Bharatiya

Jnanpith.

• Director of CVRDE, P Sivakumar elevated as Distinguished Scientist by the Union Ministry of Defense.

• Bank of Baroda(Ranjan Dhawan) won 1st prize under Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar Scheme of GOI.

• 67th Emmy Awards – Dominated by Game of Thrones(12 awards) and Veep at the Microsoft Theater in

Los Angeles, California

• PepsiCo Chairman Indra Nooyi and Hindustan Times Group chairperson Shobhana Bhartia presented

with the 2015 Global Leadership Award of the US India Business Council (USIBC).

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• Marathi film ‘Court’ selected as India’s official entry under Best Foreign Film Category to

the 88th Academy Awards, 2016.

• Hindi writer Dr Kamal Kishore Goenka conferred with 24th Vyaas Samman for the year 2014 for

‘Premchand ki Kahaniyon ka Kaal Kramanusaar Adhyayan’ by KK Birla Foundation.

• Konte Venkata Narayana, CMD of TSNPDCL has received the prestigious ‘Skoch Order-of-Merit

Award’ at the 41st Skoch Summit held in New Delhi

• Lalita Prasida Sripada Srisai from Odisha wins ‘Community Impact Award’ at the prestigious Google

Science Fair in California. – bio absorbent based water purifier.

• Gaia Vince becomes 1st woman to win Royal Society Winton Prize National Cadet Corps enters Limca

Book of Records for the largest Yoga performance concurrently by NCC at multiple venues on

International Day of Yoga on 21st June 2015.

• Indian-Singaporean doctor Dr Uma Rajan won tabla! Community Champion Award by Indranee

Rajah, the Minister of State for Law and Education, Singapore.

• Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio receive Screen Actors Guild’s Actors Inspiration Award

at 30th Anniversary Celebration of SAG will be held in Beverly Hills November.

• Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Science and Technology announced prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award

1. Biological Science Categor : Balasubramanian Gopal 2. Field Of Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean And Planetary Sciences :Jyotiranjan Srichandan Ray

3. Field Of Engineering Science : Yogesh Joshi

4. Field Of Mathematical Sciences : Ritabrata Munshi and K Sandeep

5. Field Of Medical Science Category : Vidita Vaidya

6. Field Of Physical Science Category : Bedangadas Mohanty and Mandar Deshmukh

7. Field Of Chemical Science Category : D Srinivasa Reddy and Pradyut Ghosh

• Mathematician Jacob Tsimerman conferred with SASTRA Ramanujan Prize 2015.

• Actor Shashi Kapoor honoured with lifetime achievement award at 6th Jagran Film Festival in Mumbai.

• Veteran Russian Activist Wins Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize by Parliamentary Assembly of the

Council of Europe (PACE) President Anne Brasseur.

• Porter Prize 2015

1. Porter Prize for Leveraging Unique Activities - JSW Steel

2. Porter Prize on Industry Architectural Shift - Mahindra Rural Housing and Finance

3. Porter Prize on Exploiting Tradeoffs - Abbott India

4. Porter Prize for Creating Distinctive Value- DHL

5. Porter Prize for Value Based Healthcare - Apollo

6. Porter Prize on Creating Shared Value - Jain Irrigation and JSW Group

7. Porter Prize for Enabling Social Progress - Reliance Foundation

8. Porter Prize for Excellence in Corporate Integration & Governance - Tata Power

• Indo-British van driver Dee Patel honoured with Pride of Britain Award – he risked his life to save

others.

• Indo-American Kartik Chandran an environmental engineer conferred with 2015 MacArthur Fellow, his

area is treatment of wastewater by transferring it into useful resources.

• Sprinter Machettira Raju Poovamma (Athletics) and Wrester Babita Kumari honoured with Arjuna

Award 2015 by Minister of State for Youth affairs and Sports Shri Sarbananda Sonowal in New Delhi.

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Appointments & Resigns

• Delhi’s Deputy CM Manish Sisodia given the additional charge of the Law Ministry of the city will

replace Kapil Mishra.

• AK Jha appointed as interim Chairman and Managing Director of NTPC Limited.

• S A V Satya Murty is the new Director of IGCAR(Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research),

Kalpakkam-TN, replaced P R Vasudeva Rao.

• ABB appointed Bazmi Husain(1st Indian) MD of ABB India as the global CTO (Chief Technology

Officer).

• Vinod Dasari appointed as President of Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM)

• Edelweiss Financial Services roped Saina Nehwal as the brand ambassador.

• Smita Purushottam appointed as Indian Ambassador to Holy See.

• Ashok Kumar appointed as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Minister of State for Prime Minister’s

Office Jitendra Singh.

• Dr.Ramesh Chand,Agriculture expert appointed as a new member of NITI Aayog(The National Institute

of Transforming India), by the govt.

• Brij Raj sharma appointed as chief secretary of Jammu & kashmir

• Manjula becomes the first woman chief of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

• JSW Energy to acquire 100% stake in 500MW Bina Thermal power plant for Rs.3500 crore which is

located in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh.

• Senior bureaucrat Ramnganing Muivah took charge as secretary of the North Eastern Council.

• Rakesh Sharma appointed as Canara Bank MD and CEO

• Professor Kumkum Dhar was given additional charge of Vice Chancellor of Bhatkhande Music Institute

replaced by Shruti Sadolikar Katkar.

• Shashidhar Sinha elected as chairman of ABC(Audit Bureau of Circulation)

• FC Goa to appoint Sukhvinder Singh as CEO.

• Hormusji N Cama, MD of Bombay Samacha elected as Chairman of PTI(Press Trust of India).

• Malcolm Turnbull sworn in as 29th Prime Minster of Australia.

• Indian-Origin Britsh MP Seema Malhotra and Lisa Nandy appointed as the shadow chief secretary to

the Treasury and secretary for energy and climate change.

• Union Cabinet agreed to create 4 posts of directors for National Institute of Design (NIDs) - National

Design Policy 2007

1.Kurukshetra–Haryana,2. Bhopal–MP, 3.Jorhat–Assam and 4.Vijayawada–AP

• Dr Nikolai Snesarev resigned as National Athletic coach due to poor infrastructure and a lack of facilities.

• CTS appointed former president of Pepsico Zein Abdalla to its Board of Directors.

• United Liberation Front of Asom ULFA (Independent) claimed that Dr Abhijit Asom is

their chairman and not Dr Mukul Hazarika.

• Mahesh Rangarajan resigned as director of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML).

• Elattuvalapil Sreedharan, Principal adviser of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) in UN high

level advisory group

• P.V. Chandran elected as President of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS) Replaced of Kiran B.

Vadodaria.

• Vikas Purohit, leader of Amazon India‘s fashion and lifestyle category quit.

• Sunil Duggal appointed as CEO of Hindustan Zinc Limited

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• Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma and Hollywood actors Matt Le Blanc and Salma Hayek joined a anti-

poaching campaign to save the wild animals of Africa.

• Sherif Ismail sworn in as new Prime Minister of Egypt

• Cisco’s John Chambers replaced Ajay Banga as USIBC(US-India Business Council’s Board of Directors

) chairman.

• GOI appointed CANBANK Venture Capital Fund Ltd (CVCFL) in order to implement the Electronics

Development Fund (EDF) -‘Fund of Funds’ to participate in ‘Daughter Funds’

• Rahul Chhabra, Ambassador of lndia to Hungary appointed as the next Ambassador of India to Bosnia

and Herzegovina.

• L & T elevated S.N Subrahmanyan as deputy managing director and president - replaced K.V.

Venkataraman

• US based Harley Davidson appointed Vikram Pawah as Managing Director (MD) of its Indian operations

- succeed Anoop Prakash.

• Zayn Khan elected as President of Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India (FMSCI).

• Stuti Narain Kacker appointed as NCPCR(National Commission for Protection of Child Right)

Chairman.

• Yudhvir Singh Malik(CEO , FSSAI) appointed as Additional Secretary, NITI Aayog

• Filmmaker Rahul Rawail resigned from India’s Oscar Selection Jury

• K. M. Singh appointed as the Chairman & Managing Director of NHPC

• Rajat Sharma reappointed as the President of News Broadcasters Association (NBA).

• Alexis Tsipras sworn in as new Prime Minister of Greece

• Syed Akbaruddin made India’s permanent representative at the UN -replaced Asoke Mukerji.

• Keshari Nath Tripath appointed as Governor of Tripura.

• Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned from his position.

• Oxigen Services, digital payment solution appointed Sachin as brand ambassador

• Abdul Bari Siddiqui elected as President of Bihar Cricket Association (BCA).

• S K Sharma appointed as Chairman of BBMB(Bhakra Beas Management Board) replaced A B Agrawal.

• George Raju appointed India’s next Ambassador to Iraq - succeed Ajay Kumar.

• Sourav Ganguly appointed President of Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), as

a successor of Jagmohan Dalmiya.

• Gov decided to appoint NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya as the Sherpa for G-20 talks,

replacing Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu - November 15–16 at Antalya in Turkey.

• UN Foundation Announces Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez named as first-ever global advocate for girls

and women

• “Diesel dupe – VW” appoints Matthias Mueller as new CEO replacing Martin Winterkorn.

• Reliance Industries owned Network18 Group CEO shifted as Advisor to Chairman

• Shivinder Mohan Singh resigned as Executive Vice-Chairman of Fortis Healthcare Limited

• David Haggertyf ormer USTA head elected as ITF(International Tennis Federation) President.

• Meghalaya Governer V Shanmuganathan appointed as Manipur Governor.

• Banker Woman Kidwai to stepdown as Chairperson of HSBC(Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) India.

• Former ambassador Jayant Prasad appointed the next Director General of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA).

• Ambassadors for Digital India :

• Satwat Jagwani (17) All India IIT-JEE

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• Ms. Krati Tiwari (17) All India IIT-JEE

• Mr Ankit Fadia (30) Author & Ethical Hacker

• Shri Pranav Mistry (34) – Computer Scientist and Author of 6th Sense, Global Vice President of Research at Samsung USA

• Neelesh Garg appointed MD and CEO of Tata AIG General Insurance successor of KK Mishra.

Acquisitions & Mergers

• Snapdeal acquires Silicon Valley tech-startup Reduce Data(Asaf Ali)

• SEBI-FMC (Forward Markets Commission) merged to to strengthen regulation and reduce wild

speculation of market.

• Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd and PanTheryx entered into a licensing agreement to market and distribute

PanTheryx’s nutritional intervention.

• Online auto classified portal CarDekho set to acquire Zigwheels, an auto portal owned by Times

Internet.CarDekho founder - Amit and Anurag Jain.

• JK Tyre Industries, India’s third largest tyre manufacturer to buy Haridwar manufacturing unit of

Kesoram Industries for 2200 crore –JK Chairman Raghupati Singhania.

• Bengaluru-based Practo(Shashank ND) online healthcare platform acquired Insta Health(Ramesh Emani)

hospital information management Solutions company for $12 million (Rs.79 crore).

• Sun Pharmaceutical Industries acquired the US-based eye care firm InSite Vision.

• Axis Bank’s Business Correspondent (BC) Suvidhaa Infoserve buys Aasaan Pay, the first Indian mobile

Point of Sale (MPoS) technology platform - Paresh Rajde, founder of Suvidhaa Infoserve.

• Punjab based Hero cycles(Pankaj Munjal) bought Firefox Bikes(Shiv Inder Singh ) for an undisclosed

amount.

• Blackstone Group L.P(Amit Dixit),US based Private investment banking company acquired India based

BPO operations of UK’s Serco Group Plc for Rs.2558crore.

• Aditya Birla Chemicals Ltd (ABCL) completed the acquisition of the Jayashree Chemicals Ltd’s chlor-

alkali division - 212 crore.

• Healthcare platform Practo(4th) has acquired Qikwell

• Chicago-based Azur Global(Ranghan Venkatraman) announced acquired Chennai-based Sybrant

Technologies Limited(V Thiyagarajan) to builds multi-channel internet products.

• Drug firm GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals complete the deal with Novartis vaccines business.

Science & Technology

• HIV prevention drug PrEP(Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) showed positive results.

• Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) successfully test-fired an indigenously developed anti-tank guided

missile called Amogha-1(2nd generation) at Babina Army Range in MP.

• GOI launching its own OS ‘BOSS(Bharat Operating System Solutions) to replace Microsoft Window

developed by C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing).

• Facebook unveiled a news gathering tool- “Signal” for journalists.

• China successfully placed 20 micro satellites into space using its latest carrier rocket from “Long March -

6” in the northern province of Shanxi.

• Microsoft launches Office 2016 with “Collaborative”, new office software provides real-time

collaboration on documents - available in 40 languages.

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• India signed an agreement to launch 23 foreign satellites as per Antrix Cooperation and to launch 6

Singapore satellites , Antrix Corporation signed pact with US to launch 9 small satellites.

• ISRO launched India’s 1st dedicated multi wavelength space observatory satellite ASTROSAT for

astronomical research from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota along with six foreign

satellites(Inodonesia, Canada and USA) - Vehicle PSLV – 30.

• Evidence of flowing water on MARS - hydrated salt crystals containing molecules of water - Compact

Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars (CRISM).

• China launched navigation satellite BDS I2-S(plough or big dipper constellation)- featured with hydrogen

atomic clock ) - 20th satellite for its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System launched by Long March3B

carrier rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the southwestern province of Sichuan.

Environment

• Over 3 Trillion Trees currently grow on Earth - ‘Billion Tree Campaign.

• 25 million years older fossil found in South America - more than six feet long.

• Scientists discovered a new human-like species in a burial chamber deep in a cave system in South

Africa.

• Ancient twin caves discovered in Nalgonda, Telangana - Department of Archaeology and Museums.

• world’s longest chain of volcanoes stretching for over 2,000 km discovered in Eastern Australia - past 33

million years - Rhodri Davies

• Indian scientists made an interesting breakthrough towards understanding the medicinal value of the

famous Queen of herbs Tulsi(Ocimum tenuiflorum-40 special chemicals) -Team led by Sowdhamini

Ramanathan from the National Centre of Biological Science, Bengaluru.

• Global Forest Resources Assessment (GFRA) 2015 report, world’s forests shrunken by 3% since 1990 -

India, Vietnam and Ghana -losing their forest cover faster than others.

• China renovated a 2000-year-old Ashoka Stupa in a remote town of Tibet-symbol of the Buddhism

arrival from India to China - Gyalwang Drukpa.

• Coast of Chile hit by 8.3 Magnitude of earthquake - Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile

• Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa inaugurates butterfly park at at the Arignar Anna Zoological Park at

Vandalur-Rs.4Cr.

• 7-day celebration of Ladakh festival celebrated in Leh town of Jammu & Kashmir.

• Magnitude 6.6 earthquake hits East Indonesia.

• Nine new species of wild mushrooms discovered in Sikkim by Dr Kanad Das.

• 100 million year old dinosaur fossils found at an Australian archaeological site – 1930’s - Queensland

dinosaur museum curator Timothy Holland.

• Anindya Dutta, Indian-origin scientist discovered new cancer gene mutations MCM8 and MCM9.

Sports

• Sports Ministry recognized ‘Yoga’ as a sports discipline and place it in the ‘Priority’ category.

• Mumbai won Buchi Babu Memorial Trophy of Cricket defeated Tamil Nadu Cricket Association

Districts (TNCA) in Chennai.

• India beat Sri Lanka to won first test-series on the Lankan soil in 22 years. The last series win in the

island nation in 1993.

� Cheteshwar Poojara named as Man-of-the-match.

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• ICC Test rankings : Cheteshwar Pujara (20th),Virat Kohli (11th) and Ishant Sharma- 18th in the bowler list.

• 2022 Commonwealth Games to be held in Durban,South Africa. 2018 Games to be held in Gold Coast,

Australia.

• Logo for 2020 Tokyo Olympics scrapped after plagiarism allegations - designer Kenjiro Sano.

• Indian football team secured 155th rank in the recent FIFA rankings,Coach, Mr. Stephen Constantine.

Argentina(1st),Belgium(2nd),Germany(3rd),Colombia(4th) and Brazil(5th).

• Marvan Atapattu resigned as Head Coach of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) team.

• Apurvi Chandela Indian shooter secured silver medal in women’s 10 meters air rifle event, Ahmadi

Elaheh of Iran-gold medal at ISSF (International Shooting Sport Federation) World Cup final.

• Gagan Narang-Indian shooter No.1 spot in Men’s 50m Rifle prone shooting category in Asia, Jitu

Rai(well known as Pistol King) second place and Abhinav Bindra 5th rank in 10 metres air rifle shooting.

• Australian allrounder Shane Watson retires from International Test cricket

• Indian boxer Vikas Krishan wins silver medal in 75 kg category in Asia Championships

in Bangkok,Uzbekistan’s Bektemir Melikuziev – Gold medal.

• Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain won 2015 Italian Grand Prix of Formula One.

• Sushant Chipalkatti Memorial India Junior International Badminton Championship.

1. Women’s singles titles: Ruthvika Shivani Gadde defeated Thailand’s Supamart Mingchua .

2. Men’s singles titles :Lakshya Sen beat compatriot Chirag Sen

3. In men’s doubles: Indian pair of Krishna Prasad Garaga and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy beat

Thailand’s Warit Sarapat and Panachai Worasaktyanan.

• Champion Joshna Chinappa clinched the women’s title in the USD 15,000 NSCI Open JSW Indian

Squash Circuit 2015 after beated Egyptian Habiba Mohammad.

• Wasim Akram and Rameez Raja signed contracts with PCB to be the brand ambassadors of the Pakistan

T20 Super League (PSL).

• Ace golfer Anirban Lahiri becomes 1st Indian to qualify for President’s Cup team- biennial Presidents

Cup in Korea.

• Indian weightlifter Deepak Lather won a gold medal in5th Commonwealth Youth Games (CYG) held in

Apia, Samoa-new CYG record and 138 kg

• Asian Amateur Boxing Championship 2015 in Bangkok,Thailand :

� India wins 4 medals : Vikas Krishnan (75Kg) won silver medal at the Asian

Championship. Satish Kumar (95 Kg), L Devendro (49Kg), Shiva Thapa (56Kg) won

Bronze medals.

� 1Kazakhstan, 2.Uzbekistan, 3.Thailand, 4.Mongolia,5. Philipines

• Australian Wicketkeeper Brad Haddin announced his retirement from International cricket.

• Usain Bolt’ of tortoises sets new Guinness record - covered 18ft (5.48m) in 19.59. seconds

• Tennis player Roger Federer joins UAE Royals in the 2nd season of the IPTL(International Premier

Tennis League).

• Indian Super League (ISL) franchise Delhi Dynamos announced Serginho Greene’s signing at the

Bravida Arena - U-16 and U-21 football teams.

• US Open Tennis Championships 2015 :

1. Men’s Singles: Serbian Novak Djokovic defeated Feliciano Lopez

2. Women’s Singles : Italian Flavia Pennetta defeated Roberta Vinci

3. Men’s Doubles: French pair of Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut won by

defeating Jamie Murray (United Kingdom) and John Peers (Australia).

4. Women’s Doubles: India’s Sania Mirza and Switzerland’s Martina Hingis won the women’s

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Doubles trophy by defeating Casey Dellacqua (Australia) and Yaroslava Shvedova

(Kazakhstan)

5. Mixed Doubles: India’s Leander Paes and Switzerland’s Martina Hingis pair won the Mixed

Doubles trophy of Final Grand Slam of the US Open by defeating American pair of Bethanie

Mattek-Sands and Sam Querrey.

• Indian golfer Aditi Ashok won the Singha Thailand Amateur championship.

• India Placed 22nd in New Asian Football Technical Ranking released by the AFC.

• India ranks 5th in commonwealth Youth Games 2015 at Samoa in Apia

� Australia – 63 medals , South Africa – 35,England – 40 ,Malaysia - 17

India – 19(9gold, 4 Silver and 6 Bronze)

1. Prachi Singh (women) Archery Gold

2. Prachi Singh – Pantelides Thomas (Mixed) Archery Gold

3. Sasi Kumar Mukund (Men single’s) Tennis Gold

4. Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal (Women single’s) Tennis Gold

5. Sasi kumar Mukund – Dhruthi Tatachar (Mixed) Tennis Gold

6. Deepak Lather Weightlifting Gold

7. Jamjang Deru Weightlifting Gold

8. Tejaswin Shankar (High Jump-Men) Athletics Gold

9. Mohd Hadeesh (Javelin Throw-Men) Athletics Gold

10. Gourav Solanki Boxing (52 Kg) Silver

11. Nishant Kumawat (Boys Recurve Individual) Archery Silver

12. Jisna Mathew (400m) Athletics Silver

13. Velavan Senthil Kumar – Harshit Jawanda (Mixed) Squash Silver

14. Bhimchand Singh Leichombam Boxing (49 Kg – Men ) Bronze

15. Prayag Chauhan Boxing (64 Kg – Men) Bronze

16. Anamika Das (Shot-put Women) Athletics Bronze

17. Velavan Senthil kumar (Singles – Men) Squash Bronze

18. Chandan Bauri (400m – Men) Athletics Bronze

19. Abitha Mary Manuel (800m – Women) Athletics Bronze

• 2018 Commonwealth Games will be held at Gold Coast City, Queensland in Australia.

• Wrestler Narsingh Pancham Yadav(1st Indian) qualifies 2016 rio olympic game, he

clinches bronze medal in World Wrestling Championships in Las Vegas, USAin the Men’s 74kg

Freestyle category.

• Ravi Shastri retained as Team Director till T20 World Cup 2016

• Indian tennis player Yuki Bhambri won Shanghai Challenger by defeating local player Di Wu.

• India bagged bronze in Archery World Cup - India’s second team finished its campaign with bronze

medal in the men’s compound team event at Archery World Cup Stage 4.

• Indian badminton players, Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponnappa , Sumeeth Reddy andManu Atri selected

under the Target Olympic Podium(TOP) scheme - funding from National Sports Development Fund

(NSDF).

• Sourav Ganguly will train Under-16 and Under-19 teams of Tripura.Tripura Cricket Association (TCA)

secretary, Sourav Dasgupta .

• Hangzhou, China confirmed as the host of 2022 Asian Games. by OCA president Sheikh Ahmad al-

Fahad al-Sabah.Games 18th edition will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia.

• US Boxer Floyd Mayweather announced his retirement after defeating Andre Berto in Welterweight

World Championships at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, USA.

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• Belgium International Challenge championship at Lueven, Belgium

� Sumeeth Reddy and Manu Attri clinch the Men’s double title defeated Adam Cwalina and

Przemyslaw Wacha of Poland

• Railways shot putter Manpreet Kaur shattered an 18-year-old national record(Harbans Kaur) en route to a

sixth title at the 55th National Open Athletics Championship at Kolkata.

• International Olympic Committee(IOC) announced name of 5 cities to host 2024 Summer Olympics.

� Los Angeles – US,Paris – France,Rome – Italy,Budapest – Hungary and Hamburg –

Germany.

• Skeet shooter Mairaj Ahmad Khan clinches 2016 Rio Olympics quota for India at the ISSF Shotgun

World Championship in Lonato, Italy.

• Ajinkya Rahane conferred with honorary life membership by Cricket Club of India (CCI).

• Indian Shuttler Ajay Jayaram lost the match against Chen Long of China and settled for a Silver medal in

the Korea Open Superseries in Seoul.

• Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel has won 2015 Singapore Grand Prix F1 Championship at Marina Bay in Asia.

• Kenyan veteran Kipchumba(41yr) won 2015 Beijing Marathon becoming 1st non-Ethiopian athlete.

• 5th International Pars Wushu Cup in Tehran – India – 12 medals(1gold, 4 silver and 7 bronze medals).

• Former West Indies cricket captain Richie Richardson inducted in to the Elite Panel of ICC Match

Referees by the International Cricket Council (ICC).

• Yannick Noah appointed as Davis Cup captain.

• Goa to host AFC(Asian Football Federation)U-16 Championship 2016,Stadium : GMC

Bambolim and PJN Fatorda

• Abhinav Bindra clinched gold in the men’s 10m Air Rifle event of the 8th Asian Air Gun Championships

held at Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range in New Delhi.

• Lewis Hamilton wins the Japanese Grand Prix 2015 in Suzuka city, Japan.

• India’s billiard player Pankaj Advani bagged his 14th world title when he won the IBSF World Billiards

Championship Demolishin Singapore’s Peter Gilchrist in Adelaide, Australia .

• India bagged seven medals, including five silver and two bronze at the 16th Asian Rowing

Championships in Beijing.

• Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis win Guangzhou Open title 2015 and in singles Jelena Jankovic of

Serbia defeated Denisa Allertova of Czech Republic.

• Badminton Association of India(BAI) appointed Sportzlive as its official marketing and sponsorship

partner for the second season of the Indian Badminton League (IBL) scheduled to be held from January

2 to 17 , 2016.

• West Indies fail to qualify, Bangladesh return to ICC Champions Trophy 2017 in England.

Obituary

• Author and Neurologist Doctor Oliver Sacks passed away.

• Social Worker from Arunachal Pradesh Binny Yanga passed away.

• Former Goa Chief Minister Wilfred De Souza passed away.

• World’s shortest man Chandra Bahadur Dangi(Nepali) passed away

• Music Composer Aadesh Srivastava passed away

• Renowned water policy expert Ramaswamy R. Iyer passed away

• Hollywood actor John P Connell passed away

• Frank D. Gilroy, Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright, screenwriter, film producer and director

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passed away.

• Mohiniyattam dancer Kalamandalam Sathyabhama passed away

• Former England goalkeepeer Springett passed away

• Former England captain Brian Close passed away.

• South African boxer Mzwanele Kompolo passed away after knocked out in the first round of a fight in

the Eastern Cap.

• Australian Boxer Davey Browne Jr. died after he was knocked out by Carlo Magali of

the Philippines at IBF super-featherweight regional title.

• Marathi cricket commentator Bal Pandit passed Away

• Board of Control for Cricket in India(BCCI) president Jagmohan Dalmiya passed away

• British novelist Jackie Collins passed away - novel “Hollywood Wives”

• Noted Odia lyricist Nizam passed away

• Veteran Communist leader MP Sadhan Gupta passed away

• Radhika Thilak Malayalam playback singer passed away

• Swami Dayananda Saraswati passed away

• Australia’s oldest cricketer Harold Stapleton passed away

• Former England cricketer Frank Tyson passed away.

• Manipur Governor Syed Ahmed passed away.

• Noted environmentalist Pokkudan passed away

• Renowned Hindi poet and Sahitya Academy awardee Viren Dangwal passed away.

Books & Authors

• The Duels of the Himalayan Eagle authored by Air Marshal Bharat Kumar.

• M. Hamid Ansari released 5 volume set of books entitled ‘Khirman’ formed on the collection of Late Shri

Muztar Khairabadi’s compiled by grandson of Muztar khairabadi – Shri.Javed Akhtar.

• To the Brink and Back: India’s 1991 Story by former Union Environment and Forest Minister

(Independent Charge) Jairam Ramesh.

• Kalburgi Murder - Kannada writer returned Pampa award

• Vice President Releases the Book ‘Feminist and Orientalist Perspectives – A Study of Lady Mary

Montagu’s Turkish Embassy Letters’ by Dr. Farha Hiba Parvez.

• “Two Years Eight Months and Twenty Eight Nights” written by British Indian novelist Sir Ahmed

Salman Rushdie.

• Pranab Mukherjee received 1st copy of a book “Building a Just World: Essays in honour of Muchkund

Dubey” from Trustee of India International Centre, Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan.

• New York Yankees icon Lawrence Peter Yogi Berra passed away

• Union Home Minister,Rajnath Singhreleased a graphic booklet on Sardar Post at Rann of Kutch in the

1965 lndo-Pak War.

• Hungry Bengal: War, Famine, Riots and the End of Empire authored by Janam Mukherjee.

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• Sep 2 : World Coconut Day – ‘Coconut for Family Nutrition, Health and Wellness’

• Sep 5 : National Teachers Day – ‘Teachers for gender equality’

International Day of Charity(death of Mother Teresa) -

• Sep 6 : International Peace Day – ‘Partnerships for Peace – Dignity for All’

• Sep 8 : International Literacy Day – ‘Literacy and Sustainable Societies’

• Sep 10 : World Suicide Prevention Day – ‘Preventing Suicide: Reaching Out & Saving Lives’

• Sep 12 : United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation - Scaling-up Global Support for South-South

• Sep 13 : World Chocolate Day

• Sep 14 : Hindi Diwas - ‘Hindi Meri Pehchan’

• Sep 15 : International Day of Democracy – ‘Space for Civil Society’

National Engineer’s Day

• Sep 16 : International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer – ‘30 Years of Healing the Ozone

Together’

• Sep 19 : International Red Panda Day

• Sep 21 : International Day of Peace – ‘Partnerships for Peace - Dignity for All’

World Alzheimer’s Day

• Sep 22 : World Rhino Day – ‘What is Home Sweet Home For The Rhino? ‘

• Sep 24 : World Maritime Day - ‘Maritime education and training ‘

• Sep 26 : International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons – ‘Maintaining the Caribbean

and Latin America as a Zone of Peace'

• Sep 27 : World Tourism Day –‘ One Billion Tourists, One Billion Opportunities’

World Deaf Day – ‘Connect and Communicate’

• Sep 29 : World Heart Day – ‘Creating heart-healthy environments’

• Sep 30 : International Translation Day – ‘The Changing Face of Translation and Interpreting’

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