Current Affairs September 2017

1st September

Karnataka’s Ksheera Bhagya Scheme implementation help given by -

Amazon

President presents National Sports & Adventure Awards 2017 on - 29th

August 2017

IAS officer Rajiv Gauba takes charge as Union Home Secretary on - 31st

August 2017

Rajiv Mehrishi appointed as Comptroller and Auditor General on - 31st

August 2017

Sunil Arora appointed Election Commissioner on - 31st August 2017

Annual conference ‘Rajaswa Gyan Sangam’ in Delhi inaugurated by - PM

Modi

ISRO's launch of IRNSS-1H satellite gone - Unsuccessful

Anita Karwal replaces RK Chaturvedi as CBSE chairperson on - 31st August

2017

Rajiv Kumar appointed as new DFS Secretary on - 31st August 2017

Konkani writer Mahabaleshwar Sail receives 2016 Saraswati Samman on -

31st August 2017

2nd September

CSIR ranked 9th public research institution of the world in - August 2017

Rajiv Pratap Rudy resigns from Union Cabinet- 31st August 2017

U Kamachi Mudali appointed as Chief of Heavy Water Board on - 31st

August 2017

Joseph Yuvaraj Pillay appointed as Interim President of Singapore on - 1st

September 2017

Ahmedabad gets India’s first 'World Heritage City’ tag on - 1st September

2017

Swedish defence giant collaborates with Adani group for defence

manufacturing on - 1st September 2017

3rd September 2017

First gene-altering leukemia treatment approved by - FDA

NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson to return home after 288 days in space on -

2nd September 2017

4th September 2017

India’s first full-time woman Defence Minister - Nirmala Sitharaman

Hockey India sacks head coach Roelant Oltmans on - 2nd September 2017

Winners of International Literacy Prizes 2017 announced by - UNESCO

Solid garbage dumping banned in Ghazipur, Bhalswa landfills by - Delhi L-G

Anil Baijal

Foundation stone for Link-4 of SAUNI Scheme laid by - President Ram Nath

Kovind

Entire Assam declared as ‘disturbed area’ under AFSPA for six months on -

1st September 2017

North Korea claims successful test of hydrogen bomb on - 3rd September

2017

Locky Ransomware spreading stated by - CERT-In

5th September 2017

Mahendra Singh Dhoni becomes the first wicketkeeper to have 100

stumpings in ODI Cricket on - 3rd September 2017

International Day of Charity 2017 observed globally on - 5th September

2017

Social media campaign to promote Geographical Indications launched by -

CIPAM-DIPP

CBDT for resolving public grievances honoured by - Government

FIFA U-17 World Cup song officially launched on - 4th September 2017

Amritpal Singh becomes first Indian to be signed by Australian Basketball

Team on - 31st August 2017

Formation of task force for Namami Gange’s speedy implementation

announced by - Nitin Gadkari

Teacher’s Day celebrated across India on the birth anniversary of Dr S

Radhakrishnan on - 5th September 2017

BRICS Summit adopts documents on cooperation in areas of Economy and

Trade, Innovation and Customs on - 4th September 2017

Environment awareness initiative, Prakriti Khoj, on Teachers’ Day launched

by - Environment Ministry

6th September 2017

Two new contraceptives Antara and Chhaya launched by - Union Health

Ministry

Hurricane Harvey to be costliest natural disaster in US history stated in -

Report

Disability pension for defence forces to be made at par with civilians by -

the Government

Former Union Minister Sultan Ahmed passed away on - 5th September

2017

Assam Government sets up Direct Benefit Transfer cell to implement - DBT

scheme

The National Nutrition Strategy launched by - Niti Aayog

Artificial leaf creating fuel from sunlight and water developed by - Scientists

Winners for Girl's and Women’s Education Prize 2017 announced by -

UNESCO

First batch of 1000 E-rickshaws 'SmartE' launched in Gurugram on - 4th

September 2017

7th September 2017

11 Agreements signed between India and - Myanmar

Obama’s amnesty program revoked by - Donald Trump

PLuS Alliance Prize 2017 conferred by - N R Narayana Murthy

Study: Uninhabited Island from Lakshadweep has vanished

Expert Task Force on Employment & Exports constituted by NITI Aayog on -

5th September

A giant black hole discovered near heart of Milky Way by - Researchers

DIKSHA Portal launched by - Union Government

Financial powers of chiefs of CRPF, BSF extended by - Home Ministry

North East Calling to be organized by - Union Ministry of Development of

North Eastern Region

Mother Teresa declared as co-patron of Archdiocese of Calcutta on - 6th

September 2017

8th September 2017

Narmada Mahotsav Yatra' flagged off by - Gujarat Chief Minister

India and Sri Lanka begin Joint Naval Exercise SLINEX 2017 at

Visakhapatnam on - 7th September 2017

Ashish Kashyap resigns as President and Co-founder of MakeMyTrip on -

6th September 2017

Major research works on agriculture with World Bank fund to be

undertaken by - ICAR

International Literacy Day observed globally on - 8th September 2017

Viveck Goenka elected as Chairman of PTI on - 7th September 2017

Indo-US joint military training Exercise Yudh Abhyas for 2017 to be

conducted in - USA

India Paternity leave introduced by - Johnson & Johnson

9th September 2017

India refuses to sign Bali Declaration over Rohingya issue on - 7th

September 2017

MoU signed for Hyperloop between Vijaywada and Amravati by - Andhra

Pradesh

Who has been appointed as Chairperson of NACWC ? - Inder Jit Singh

Images of strongest Solar Flare captured by - NASA

10th September 2017

South Asian Women Development Forum to organise summit at

Kathmandu on - 11th September 2017

11th September 2017

New species of edible fish found in Kerala in - Pampa river

Sahara Forest Project launched by - Jordan

Second Indian Workers’ Resource Center inaugurated in UAE on - 10th

September 2017

Sloane Stephens beats Madison Keys to win US Open Women’s Singles on -

10th September 2017

Online facility for effective resolution of foreign trade-related issues set up

by - Government

DRDO successfully test-fires 3rd Generation Anti Tank Guided Missile NAG

on - 9th September 2017

12th September 2017

Two Pluto Mountains after mountaineers who first scaled Mount Everest

named by - IAU

Committee to be formed to examine Supreme Court’s verdict on Triple

Talaq on - 10th September 2017

Currency Verification & Processing Machine for processing currency notes

used by - RBI

Tahir Mahmood awarded with N R Madhava Menon Best Law Teacher

Award on - 9th September 2017

Online platform FoSCoRIS for food inspection launched by - FSSAI

Commerce Ministry organised state startup conference on - 12th

September 2017

International Day for South-South Cooperation 2017 observed on - 12th

September 2017

2 US scientists, Indian economist among 2017 Balzan Prize awardees on -

11th September 2017

United Nations Security Council adopts new North Korea sanctions on -

11th September 2017

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman flags-off Navika Sagar Parikrama

from Panaji on - 10th September 2017

13th September 2017

MoU between India and Morocco in the field of health approved on - 12th

September 2017

10 pacts to expand cooperation signed by India and - Belarus

Harry Potter's Hogwarts letter auctioned off on - 12th September 2017

BAI to confer first Lifetime Achievement award to - Prakash Padukone

First compendium of animal diversity in Indian Sundarbans released by -

Zoological Survey of India

1 percent Dearness Allowance to Government employees approved by -

Union Cabinet

Conference on Women Prison Officers to be inaugurated by - Minister of

State for Home Affairs

India to step up cooperation with Egypt into - textiles sector

India’s first advanced Homoeopathy Virology lab inaugurated on - 12th

September 2017

14th September 2017

Gay rights activist Edith Windsor passed away on - 12th September 2017

Trump appoints Indian-American Raj Shah on - 12th September 2017

Six months cooling period in divorce cases can be waived off declared by -

Supreme Court

JNPCT awarded with - Gateway Awards 2017

Wood is Good' Campaign launched by - Union Minister of Environment,

Harsh Vardhan

National Hindi Diwas 2017 celebrated on - 14th September 2017

Rajiv Kumar from NITI resigned from - DHFL board

Constitutional law expert Pavani Parameswara Rao died on - 13th

September 2017

Indian Railways permits m-Aadhaar as ID proof for travellers as announced

on - 13th September 2017

Goa hosted 36th National Games announced by - The Indian Olympic

Association

15th September 2017

MoU for expansion of biotech laboratory signed between India and - Japan

World Economic Forum released Human Capital Report 2017 on - 13th

September 2017

Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon elected as Chair of the IOC

Ethics Commission on - 14th September 2017

International Day of Democracy observed globally on - 15th September

2017

India, Japan signed 15 agreements for enhancing bilateral cooperation on -

14th September 2017

Union Government launched Operation Insaniyat to help Rohingya refugees

in Bangladesh on - 14th September 2017

India and Pakistan began high-level talks on Indus Waters Treaty on - 14th

September 2017

16th September 2017

'Maharashtra Mission 1 Million' initiative launched by - Devendra Fadnavis

Union Government to grant citizenship to Chakma and Hajong refugees in -

September 2017

Shape-shifting bacteria found by - NASA

India, China growth status in - UNCTAD Report 2017

Swachhta hi Seva Campaign launched by - President of India

17th September 2017

International Day for the preservation of Ozone Layer 2017 observed on -

16th September 2017

18th September 2017

Name of the first Indian shuttler to win BWF Korean Open Super Series - PV

Sindhu

Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh passed away, he was hero of -

1965 Indo-Pak War

Which animal was moved out of list from endangered species by IUCN -

Snow Leopards

Who has been appointed as new Director General of National

Investigation Agency - Y C Modi

Name of digital payment App launched by Google - Tez

19th September 2017

First permanent American base in Israel inaugurated by - IDF and US Army

North Korea’s Nuclear Test fall out by - Some Countries

First state to set up district family welfare committees - Tripura

The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet has decided to provide a monthly

honorarium of Rs 2500 to 'Jal Rakshaks' on - 18th September 2017.

First-ever National Conference on under-nutrition hosted by - WCD

Ministry

20th September 2017

Shaheed Gram Vikas Yojana launched by - Jharkhand Government

First woman General Prosecutor of Brazil - Raquel Dodge

Non-communicable Disease Progress Monitor 2017 report released by -

WHO

First BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise 2017 to be conducted by -

India

Mobile app for retiring government staffs to be launched by - Union

Government

Chief of Sashastra Seema Bal appointed by - Rajnikant Mishra

21st September 2017

The world is running out of antibiotics, stated by - WHO Report

Commemorative Coin on MS Subbulakshmi released by - Vice President

Revamped Khelo India Program approved by - Union Cabinet

Union Cabinet approves introduction of the Dentists (Amendment) Bill,

2017 on - 20th September 2017

Five rounds of Quiz, ‘Prakriti Khoj’, across the Country to be conducted by -

Environment Ministry

Merger of 17 Government Presses into 5 units approved by - Union Cabinet

International Day of Peace 2017 observed across the world on - 21st

September 2017

Additional investment towards supplementary nutrition for Anganwadi

children approved by - Cabinet

22nd September 2017

Food Street to be introduced at global food fair by - Government

2017 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award won by - Nigerian lawyer

Zannah Mustapha

World's richest woman and L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt passed away

on - 21st September 2017

First state to launch electric bus service - Himachal Pradesh

United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons signed by -

50 Nations

INS Kalvari, delivered to Indian Navy on - 21st September 2017

Bollywood actress Shakila passed away on - 20th September 2017

23rd September 2017

New PPP Policy for Affordable Housing announced by - Union Government

India to collaborate with Russia for Bangladesh nuclear power plant on -

20th September 2017

24th September 2017

Earth’s sixth mass extinction likely by 2100 predicted by - MIT

25th September 2017

East Bengal wins 8th consecutive Calcutta Football League title on - 24th

September 2017

Rajiv Mehrishi sworn in as new CAG of India on - 25th September 2017

Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana launched by -

Union Government

'Saubhagya' scheme launched by - PM Narendra Modi

Mary Kom to be AIBA representative at IOC Athletes’ Forum in - September

2017

Multi-agency exercise Pralay Sahayam held in Hyderabad on - 23rd

September 2017

New underground water treatment plant inaugurated in Tripura on - 23rd

September 2017

C N R Rao chosen for 2017 Von Hippel Award in - September 2017

26th September 2017

New US travel ban includes N Korea, Venezuela, Chad among 8 countries on

- 24th September 2017

Prime Minister constitutes Economic Advisory Council headed by Bibek

Debroy on - 25th September 2017

Japan's PM Shinzo Abe calls snap election on - 25th September 2017

CGECB notice to Bharat Aluminium Company for closure of thermal power

plant in - September 2017

World’s smallest squirrel discovered in Indonesian forest on - 16th

September 2017

Who has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of ONGC? -

Shashi Shanker

International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons 2017

observed globally on - 26th September 2017

World's largest aircraft successfully passed first engine tests - Report

27th September 2017

Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour Portal launched by -

Union Government

Indian Navy commissions INS Tarasa on - 26th September 2017

Saudi King issues decree allowing women to drive on - 16th September

2017

Union Government launched Divyang Sarathi mobile application on - 26th

September 2017

Joao Lourenco sworn in as President of Angola on - 26th September 2017

Electronic Negotiable Warehouse Receipt System launched by - Union

Government

Kandla Port renamed as Deendayal Port on - 25th September 2017

28th September 2017

World Tourism Day 2017 observed across the world on - 27th September

2017

World Rabies Day observed on - 28th September 2017

National Disaster Management Authority celebrated 13th Formation Day

on - 28th September 2017

MoU between India and Belarus in oil and gas sector approved by - Cabinet

French anti-doping laboratory suspended by WADA in - September 2017

Gravitational waves detected for fourth time by scientists on - 27th

September 2017

Umbrella scheme of Modernisation of Police Forces approved by - Cabinet

29th September 2017

Doctors Retirement age increased to 65 years by - Central Government

International Day for Universal Access to Information 2017 observed

globally on - 28th September 2017

MoU between India and Afghanistan on cooperation on Police Training

approved on - 27th September 2017

India and Norway sign Letter of Intent to extend cooperation in health

sector on - 28th September 2017

India jumps to 14th rank as best country for expats: Survey from HSBC

Non-venomous aquatic snake discovered in - Western Ghats

MoU between India and Afghanistan on cooperation on Police Training

approved on - 27th September 2017

30th September 2017

India International Science Festival 2017 to be held in Chennai

between - 13th October 2017 and 16th October 2017

Who has been appointed as first woman chief proctor of BHU ? –

Royana Singh

International Translation Day 2017 observed globally on - 30th

September 2017

To devise safety mechanisms for rail network - Indian Railways