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Quick Review

September -2016 IMPORTANT DAYS

1-7 September - National NutritionWeek

2nd September -World Coconut Day

5th September - Teacher's Day in India

8th September - International Literacy Day

10th September -World First Aid Day

10th September -World Suicide Prevention Day

11th September - Patriot Day

2nd Saturday of September -World First Aid Day

12th September - United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation

14th September - Hindi Diwas (Hindi Day)

14th September -World Fraternity and Apology Day

15th September - Engineer's Day

15th September - International Day of Democracy

16th September -World Ozone Day

3rd Saturday of September - International Coastal Cleanup Day

19th September - International Red Panda Day

20th September - Railway Police Force (RPF)Foundation Day

21st September - International Day of Peace

21st September -World Alzheimer’s Day

22nd September -World Car Free Day

Last Sunday of September -World Deaf Day

26th September - European Day of Languages

27th September -World Tourism Day

28th September -World Rabies day

28th September - 189th Gunners Day

29th September -World Heart Day

30th September - International Translation Day

NEW APPOINTMENTS

Abid Riaz Qureshi - Federal Judge (US) [1st Muslim to be nominated]

Aishwaryaa Dhanush-United Nations Women’s Advocate for Gender Equality and Women’s

Empowerment

Ajay Singh - President, Boxing Federation of India (BFI)

Aleksander Ceferin - President, UEFA (Union of European Football Associations)

Ali Bongo Ondimba - President, Gabon

Alka Sirohi - Chairman, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)

Ambati Venu - Managing Director, Abbott India

Anandi Ramalingam - 1st Woman Director, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)

Anoop Kumar Sharma - CMD, Shipping Corporation

Anuradha Rao - MD & CEO, SBI Mutual Fund

Arun Goyal - Additional Secretary, Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council

Ashok Chawla - Chancellor, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) University

BHVS Narayana Murthy - Director, Research Centre Imarat (RCI)

C.K. Asnani - CMD, Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL)

Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao - Governor, Tamil Nadu

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Deep Kumar Upadhyay - Nepal's envoy to India

Diane Gujarati - Attorney to the US District Court bench (New York)

Dilip Kumar Mandal - MD & CEO, IDBI Asset Management Company (AMC)

DR Soni - 19th General Officer Commanding-in-Chief

Emma Walmsley - CEO, GlaxoSmithKline (1st woman to lead a major global pharmaceutical

company)

Girish Chandra Gupta - Chief Justice, Calcutta High Court

Hamid Baeidinejad - Iranian ambassador to the UK

Hiroshi Nakagawa - Chairman, Isuzu Motors India

J. Satyanarayana - Chairperson, Unique

Identification Authority of India (UIDAIU)

Jacob Martin - Head Coach, Baroda Ranji team

Jayant Purushottam Gokhale - Director, Syndicate Bank

Jeffrey DeLaurentis - 1st US Ambassador to Cuba

Jim Yong - President,World Bank (2nd Term)

Junaid Ahmad - Country Director (India),World Bank

K.K. Aggarwal - National President, Indian Medical Association (IMA

Lee Jae-yong - Executive Director, Samsung Electronics Board

M.S. Sahoo - Chairman, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board

Mannava Sri Kanth Prasad - Chief Selector, BCCI

Michel Temer - New President, Brazil

Mohan M Shantanagoudar - Chief Justice, Kerala High Court

Monika Kapil Mohta - India's Ambassador to Sweden

Nadia Murad Basee Taha - Goodwill Ambassador, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

(UNODC)

Navtej Sarna - Indian Ambassador to the United States

Nawazuddin Siddiqui - Brand Ambassador, Samajwadi Kisan Beema Yojana

Nicholas Hopton - UK ambassador to Iran

Om Prakash Kohli - Governor,Madhya Pradesh

OP Singh - Director General, Central Industrial Security Force

P.V. Bharathi - Executive Director, Canara Bank

Radhakrishna Kini - Secretary (Security), Cabinet Secretariat

Ravi Reddy - Head, International Society for Blood Transfusion (ISBT)

Ravindra Prabhakar Marathe - CMD, Bank of Maharashtra

Ricky Ponting - Brand Ambassador, Tasmania

RK Pachnanda - Director General, National Disaster Response Force

S S Mallikarjuna Rao - Executive Director, Syndicate Bank

Sachin Tendulkar - Brand Ambassador, Kerala government’s campaign against drugs and alcohol

SakshiMalik -Wrestling Director, Rohtak university

Sanjiv Singh - Chairman, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd

SP Singh - Director General, National Security Guard

Sunil Godhwani - CEO, Religare Enterprises Limited (REL)

Suresh Subramanian - Head, Biocon Branded Formulations (India)

Urjit R Patel - 24th Governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

V. Shanmuganathan - Governor, Arunachal Pradesh

Virat Kohli - Brand Ambassador, Punjab National Bank (PNB)

Wasim Bari - Manager, Pakistan cricket team

New Chief Justices for 5 High Courts Justice Shanatanagoudar Mohan Mallikarjuna gouda - Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court

Justice Girish Chandra Gupta - Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court

Justice Satish Kumar Agnihotri - Chief Justice of the High Court of Sikkim

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Justice Tinlianthangh - Chief Justice of the High Court of Tripura

Justice Rakesh Ranjan - Chief Justice of the High Court of Manipur

DEATHS Arnold Palmer - One of the Greatest Golfers of all time

Asia Ramazan Antar (Angelina Jolie of Kurdistan) -Kurdish fighter

BK Bansal - Former Director General of CorporateAffairs

Carlo Azeglio Ciampi - Former Italian PM

Curtis Hanson - Oscar winning Writer and Director (LA Confidential)

Edward Albee - Pulitzer-winning US playwright (who’s Afraid of VirginiaWoolf)

Isabelle Dinoire -World's 1st face transplant (2005)

Islam Karimov - Uzbekistan's President

Jon Polito - Actor (The Big Lebowski)

K. Madhavan - Freedom fighter and communist leader

Len Maddocks - Australia's Oldest Surviving Test Player

Lindsay Tuckett -World’s oldest cricketer

Mir Quasem Ali - Bangladeshi media tycoon

Nalinidhar Bhattacharya - Noted Assamese poet

Reoti Saran Sharma - Renowned Hindi and Urdu writer

Richard Neville - Australian writer and social Commentator

Sharad Rao - Mumbai trade Union leader

Shimon Peres - Former Israeli Prime Minister and President

Syed Shamsul Haq - Bangladesh's Best KnownWriter

AWARD AND HONOUR Abraham Verghese - National Humanities Medal 2015

Adi Godrej - 10th Clinton Global Citizen Award

Ana Botín - 1st Place, Fortune's 2016 '50 Most Powerful Women'

Anjum Chopra - Life Membership of Marylebone Cricket Club (1stWoman Cricketer)

Anshu Gupta - Ramakrishna ''Bajaj Memorial Global Award''

Aung San Suu Kyi - 2016 Humanitarian of the Year Award

Bibhuti Lahkar - Heritage Heroes Award

Canara Bank - Dun & Bradstreet Banking Awards 2016

Dinesh Bharadia - 2016 Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award

Dr. Hrushikesh Mallick - 37th Sarala Award

Game of Thrones (TV Series) - Highest number of Emmy AwardsWinner (38)

Gisele Bündchen - World's Highest-Paid Model of 2016

Gurmeet Singh - 2016 World Sikh Award

Haryana - ‘Best Horticulture State’ award

HDFC Bank - India’s most valuable brand

Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore - India's top ranked university

Irrfan Khan - Entertainer of the Year Award

Jackie Chan - Lifetime Achievement Oscar

Jan Shikshan Sansthan - 2016 UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy

K.G. George - J.C. Daniel Award 2015

Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank - 4 Awards from Skoch Group

Katrina Kaif - Smita Patil Memorial Award

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw - Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur' (Knight of the

National Order of the French Legion of Honour)

Kunwar Bai - 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' mascot

Lata Mangeshkar - Banga Bibhushan Award

Lopamudra Raut - 2nd runner-up at Miss United Continents 2016

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Lord Narendra Babubhai Patel - 'Lifetime Achievement Award' at Asian Achievers Awards

M. Leelavathy - N. Mohanan Suvarna Mudra Award 2016

Majuli -World's largest river island

Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) - Cleanest District inIndia (‘Hills’ category)

Mary Barra - Fortune magazine's 2016 list of Most Powerful Women

Meghna Pant (People of the Sun) - Fellows of Nature (FON) South Asia Short Story Award

Mother Teresa - Saint Teresa of Calcutta

Muhammad Ali - 1st Jesse Owens Award

One Thousand Hockey Legs (NGO) - Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar

Pawan Singh - International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) Medal

Priyanka Chopra - Breakthrough Style Star Award by In Style

Priyanka Chopra - Highest paid actress of India

Priyanka Yoshikawa (Indo Japanese) - Miss Japan 2016

Prof. Kalakaluri Enoch - Moortidevi Award 2015

Ramesh Raskar - Lemelson-MIT Prize 2016

Sajid Nadiadwala - Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and

Letters) award

Sikkim - Cleanest State of India

Sindhudurg (Maharashtra) - Cleanest District in India (‘Plains’ category)

Slum Soccer (Indian NGO) - 1st FIFA Diversity Award

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar - Humanitarian Award by Jewish human rights organization

Stuart Blackburn (Into the Hidden Valley) – 2016 MMBennetts Award

Subramanian Swamy - Tamil Ratna Award

T.R. Zeliang (Nagaland Chief Minister) – Pangkor Dialogue Award 2016

Taj Lake Palace Hotel (Udaipur) - Best Hotel in Asia

The Hindu - Silver and Bronze awards at South Asian Digital Media Awards (WAN-IFRA)

Thithi (Kannada Movie) - Best Film Award at first BRICS Film Festival

University of Oxford (UK) - Best University in the World

Uttam Singh - Lata Mangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement

Vijay Shekhar Sharma (Paytm Founder)-'Best Businessman' at 'GQ Men of the Year Awards 2016'

Visaranai (Tamil Film) - India’s official entry for 2017 Oscar

Zaheer Khan - Honorary Life Membership of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC)

2016 Emmy Awards winners list Drama Series : “Game of Thrones” (HBO)

Comedy Series : “Veep” (HBO)

Mini-Series or Movie : “The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story” (FX)

TV Movie : “Sherlock : The Abominable Bride (Masterpiece)” (PBS)

Variety Talk Series : “Last Week Tonight With JohnOliver” (HBO)

Variety Sketch Series : “Key & Peele” (Comedy Central)

Actor in a Comedy Series : Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent”

Actress in a Comedy Series : Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep”

Actor in a Drama Series : Rami Malek, “Mr. Robot”

Actress in a Drama Series : Tatiana Maslany, “Orphan Black”

Actor in a Mini-Series or Movie : Courtney B. Vance, “The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime

Story”

Actress in a Mini-Series or Movie:Sarah Paulson,“The People v.O.J.Simpson: American Crime

Story”

Supporting Actor in a Drama : Ben Mendelsohn, “Bloodline”

Supporting Actress in a Drama : Maggie Smith, “Downton Abbey”

Supporting Actor in a Comedy : Louie Anderson, “Baskets”

Supporting Actress in a Comedy : Kate McKinnon, “Saturday Night Live”

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2016 Right Livelihood Award (Alternative Nobel Prize) Winners

Syria Civil Defence (TheWhite Helmets)

Egypt’s Mozn Hassan and Nazra for Feminist Studies

Russia’s Svetlana Gannushkina

Turkish daily Cumhuriyet

2016 Clark R. BavinWildlife Law Enforcement Awards

Sanjay Dutta

Ritesh Sarothiya

BRICS Film Festival 2016 Awards Best Film : Thithi (India).

Best Director : Huo Jianqi (China).

Best Actor : Thabo Rametsi (South Africa).

Best Actress : Yulia Peresild (Russia).

Special Jury Award : Brazil’s Phillipe Barcinski for “Between Valleys”.

73rd Venice International Film Festival Awards The Woman Who Left (Filipino drama film) -

'Golden Lion' award (Best Film)

o Directed by : Lav Diaz

Oscar Martínez (The Distinguished Citizen) – Best Actor

Emma Stone (La La Land) - Best Actress

Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Awards 2016 Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Award 2016 for lifetime achievement

o Jharana Das (Cinema)

o Guru Kishore Kumar Mohanty (Odissi)

Guru Kelucharan Mohapatra Yuva Prativa Samman 2016

o Rajib Bhattacharya (Odissi)

o Madhusmita Mohanty (Odissi)

o P. Praveen Kumar (Bharatanatyam)

o Rupak Kumar Parida (Odissi vocal)

Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2016 T. M. Krishna (India - Chennai) : for social inclusiveness in culture

Bezwada Wilson (India - Karnataka) : for asserting the inalienable right to a life of human dignity

Conchita Carpio-Morales (Philippines) : for her work in “restoring faith in the rule of law”

Dompet Dhuafa (Indonesia) : for “expanding the transformative impact of zakat”, which in Islam is

a form of alms-giving and religious tax.

Vientiane Rescue (a group from Laos) : its volunteering to save lives at risk.

Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers Building :

for contributing “to the reconstruction and progress of developing countries” towards the goal of building a

world of genuine solidarity.

Lonavla International Film Festival India (LIFFI) Awards

Nawazuddin Siddiqui (Manjhi – TheMountain Man) - Best Actor

Tannishtha Chatterjee (Rough Book) - Best Actress

AnantMahadevan (Rough Book) - Best Director

US Open 2016 Winners List Men's Singles : StanislasWawrinka (Switzerland)

Women's Singles : Angelique Kerber (Germany)

Men's Doubles : Bruno Soares (Brazil) / Jamie Murray (United Kingdom)

Women's Doubles : Bethanie Mattek-Sands (United States) / Lucie Šafářová (Czech Republic)

Mixed Doubles : Laura Siegemund (Germany) / Mate Pavić (Croatia)

Top 10 Countries inWorld Economic Freedom Index 2016

1. Hong Kong 2. Singapore 3. New Zealand

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4. Switzerland 5. Canada 6. Georgia

7. Ireland 8. Mauritius 9. UAE

10. Australia

India's Rank - 112th

Most popular travel destinations of 2016

1. Bangkok 2. London 3. Paris

4. Dubai 5. New York

Top 5 Best Universities in theWorld 2016

1. University of Oxford 2. California Institute of Technology

3. Stanford University 4. University of Cambridge,

5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Top 5 in BestMuseums in the world List

1. Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)

2. Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago city)

3. State Hermitage Museum (Saint Petersburg)

4. Musee d'Orsay (Paris)

5. National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico)

Top 5 in HSBC Expat Explorer Survey

1. Singapore

2. New Zealand

3. Canada

4. Czech Republic

5. Switzerland

SEPTEMBER -2016 (Quick View) Asia's oldest stock exchange BSE has filed draft papers with markets regulator SEBI for its Initial

Public Offering (IPO).

American television series 'Game of Thrones' has broken the record for the highest number of Emmy

Awards won by any fictional series, with a total of 38 Emmys.

Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos has once again overtaken Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett to

become the world's third-richest person with a net worth of $66.5 billion.

Actress Rekha's Biography titled 'Rekha: The Untold Story', was recently released. This book was

written by Yasser Usman.

A 60-year-old Japanese government document, which was recently made public, has revealed that

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose died in a plane crash in Taiwan on August 18, 1945.

At least 17 Jawans were martyred in the terror attack at the battalion headquarters of the Army at

Uri, Jammu and Kashmir.

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani is on a Two day visit to India. This is his 2nd visit to the country.

A book with a collection of all of Agatha Christie's Miss Marple stories is recognised by the Guinness

World Records as the thickest book published.

According to a recently launched fecility, Drivers would not be required to carry their driving licence

and registration certificate, but can store them in 'DigiLocker', the secured national digital locker system.

A 24-year-old transgender British soldier, Chloe Allen has become the first woman to serve on the front

line with the army.

According to a survey conducted by Virtuoso, an international luxury travel network, Iceland is the best

adventure destination for luxury travel.

Acharya Balkrishna, the CEO of Patanjali, has become a billionaire with a net worth of ₹25,600 crore

(around $3.8 billion), according to the Hurun India Rich List 2016.

Adani Enterprises has commissioned a 648 MW solar power plant in Tamil Nadu, which it claims is the

world's largest solar plant at a single location, with an investment of ₹4,550 crore.

A 2-day National Labour Conference was recently held in Odisha.

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Agra's 12-year-old Shahan Ali Mohsin, has became the first Indian to win the Asian karting

championship.

Aiming to promote avian tourism, the Goa forest department is going to host its first "Bird Festival" in

the state in November.

Aiming to raise awareness and change perceptions regarding the Denotified Tribes, the '1st Nomad

Film Festival' was recently held at the India Islamic Cultural Centre in Delhi.

Air pollution has emerged as the deadliest form of pollution and the fourth-leading risk factor for

premature deaths, which cost the global economy over $5 trillion in 2013 in "welfare losses", aWorld Bank

report revealed.

American multinational technology company, Search Engine Giant, Google was incorporated on 4th

September in the year 1998.

Andhra Pradesh has reportedly become the Second state after Gujarat to achieve 100% electrification of

households.

Armenian PM Hovik Abrahamyan has announced his resignation after weeks of civil unrest and

economic recession in the country.

Australian motoring organisation RAC has launched the country's first ever driverless bus called RAC

Intellibus.

Author of the bestselling novel 'The Da Vinci Code', Dan Brown, is set to release a new Robert Langdon

thriller titled 'Origin' on September 26, 2017.

Bangladesh has decided to erect a barbed wire fence along its border with India and Myanmar.

Barack Obama agreed to lift economic sanctions against Myanmar, during a meeting with the country's

leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

BCCI (Board Of Control For Cricket In India) has put an age limit of 60 years for the post of National

Selectors and has also set September 14 as the deadline for applying for the posts.

Bihar replaced Urdu with Hindi as its sole official language in 1881, becoming the first state in India to

adopt the language.

Bishesh Huirem (27) from Manipur is slated to represent India at the Miss International Queen contest

for transgender women to be held in Thailand on November 11.

Britain has approved construction of the $24-billion nuclear power plant Hinkley Point C, amid

national security concerns over Chinese state companies being involved in "critical" British

infrastructure.

Canada is going to impose a minimum price on carbon emissions in provinces that do not adequately

regulate emissions by themselves, in a bid to combat climate change.

China and Russia have carried out joint naval exercises dubbed as Joint Sea-2016 in the resource-rich

South China Sea (SCS) off China’s southern Guangdong province.

China finished on top of the medals' table at the Rio Paralympics with 239 medals, while India ended

their campaign at 43rd spot with four medals. This was India’s best-ever performance at the Paralympics,

with two golds, one silver and one bronze.

China has began operating the world's largest radio telescope, the FAST (Five-hundred-metre Aperture

Spherical Telescope).

China has successfully launched Tiangong-2 space lab to develop expertise for a future space station

and conduct science experiments.

China is set to build the world’s deepest and largest high-speed railway station under a section of the

Great Wall, as part of its preparations for the 2022Winter Olympics.

China tops the World Health Organisation's (WHO) list for the world's deadliest air pollution, with over

one million people dying in the country in 2012 from dirty air. China is followed by India (6,21,138

deaths), and Russia (1,40,851 deaths).

China-based Alibaba has become the most valuable Asian listed company, after its market valuation

rose to $266 billion.

CRPF topped with 14 Gold, 6 Silver& 6 Bronze medals at 65th All India Police athletics Championship

held in Hyderabad.

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Deaf Indian shooter Priyesha Deshmukh won the bronze medal in her first-ever international

competition at the 1stWorld Deaf Shooting Championships held in Kazan.

Deepa Malik became India's first female Paralympic medallist after winning the Silver in the F-53 shot

put event at Rio Paralympics.

Deepak Punia, the son of a former milkman Subhash Punia, won the 85kg wrestling gold at the Cadet

World Championships held in Georgia.

Deutsche Bank has been asked to pay a fine of $14 billion (approx ₹93,611 crores) by the US

Department of Justice to settle an investigation into mis-selling of mortgage-backed securities.

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi was on a 3 day visit to India. During this visit, he held talks

with Prime Minister Narendra Modi with an aim to step up engagement in areas of security, counter-

terrorism and trade.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has launched a web portal for pensioners, which will serve as a one-stop

destination for providing information. The Web Responsive Pensioner's Service Portal will allow

pensioners to access information about pension cases, and pension payments processed by central

departments and banks.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is going to attend the 3-day annual meeting of IMF and World Bank in

Washington, US which begins on October 7.

Flight attendant Neerja Bhanot was the youngest and the first female recipient of Ashoka Chakra,

India's highest peacetime gallantry award.

Following Bastian Schweinsteiger's retirement from international football, the German Football

Association has announced goalkeeper Manuel Neuer as the team's new captain.

Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar launched SRT Sports, his own sports management company.

Former Indian women's hockey captain Ritu Rani has retired from international hockey following her

axing from the Indian Rio Olympics-bound squad.

Former Kerala Finance Minister KM Mani-led Kerala Congress (M) was recognised as a separate bloc

in the Kerala Assembly by the Speaker.

Former 'One Direction' singer Zayn Malik is publishing an autobiography titled 'Zayn', which will be

released on 1st November 2016.

Former West Indies pacer Courtney Walsh has joined the Bangladesh cricket team as its Specialist

Bowling Coach.

Four Indian banks have surpassed Germany-based Deutsche Bank in market capitalisation this year.

With a 50% drop in its shares this year, Germany's biggest lender is valued at $18 billion, whereas SBI,

ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, and Axis Bank are all valued at over $20 billion.

France has passed a new law banning all plastic utensils, allowing only those made from biologically-

sourced materials.

France's Melanie Astles became the first ever female pilot to participate in Red Bull Air Race, an

extreme-sport air racing competition.

German shoemaker Adidas has revealed its first ever shoe made entirely by robots at the company's

robot manufacturing plant in the home market.

Germany's biggest lender Deutsche Bank's (DB) shares fell to the lowest level since mid-1980s. This

comes amid reports that the government has refused any state-aid to the bank before elections next year.

Google has launched its smart messaging app Allo which is the first product to have the 'Google

Assistant' which will rival Apple's Siri and Microsoft's Cortana.

Gujaratis dominated the Forbes list of 'India's 100 Richest People' in 2016 with Mukesh Ambani

topping the list for the ninth year in a row.

Gumthala Garhu Village near Pehowa in Kurukshetra district (Haryana) became the first Wifi hotspot

village in Haryana circle.

Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar has announced that the Centre has approved the change in the

name of the Gurgaon city and the Gurgaon district to 'Gurugram'.

Haryana Transport Minister Krishan Lal Panwar has announced free bus rides for the girl school

students in the state.

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HDFC Bank has emerged as India’s most valuable brand for the third consecutive year, ranking first on

the BrandZ Top 50 list released byWPP Group

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has received the Securities and Exchange Board of India's (SEBI)

approval to file its initial public offering (IPO), which will be the first life insurance sector IPO in India.

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance's Initial Public Offering (IPO), the first ever by an Indian insurer,

opened for subscription. It is the biggest local IPO in last six years.

In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Delhi Police flagged off five all-women Police Control Room (PCR)

vehicles for improving woman safety in the capital.

In a step to benefit over 5 lakh coal mine workers across the country, Aadhaar number would now be

linked to their provident fund accounts and treated as the PF number.

India (112) has slipped 10 positions and ranks behind Bhutan (78), Nepal (108) and Sri Lanka (111) but

stood higher than China (113), Bangladesh (121) and Pakistan (133) in the World Economic Freedom

Index 2016. Hong Kong topped the index, followed by Singapore and New Zealand among 159 countries.

India and Afghanistan have reached an agreement to establish an air corridor to facilitate trade

between the two nations through air.

India and China have hold the first High Level Dialogue on Counter-terrorism and Security. This

dialogue was held in Beijing (China).

India and Egypt have signed an agreement in the area of Maritime Transport to step up co-operation

on the seas.

India and Mali have inked two agreements in the fields of Standards and Cultural exchange.

India and Sri Lanka have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support livelihood of the

fishing and farming project to communities in Sri Lanka’s southern Hambantota district.

India contributed nearly twenty five lakh soldiers to the British war effort in the SecondWorldWar,

making it the largest ever volunteer force in the world.

India finished 2nd in the medals tally at the Track Asia Cup 2016 which was recently concluded in New

Delhi.

India has approved a $1.04 billion project for constructing and upgrading 558 km of roads to link it with

Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Nepal.

India has been placed at the 35th rank in the World Bank’s 2016 Logistics Performance Index (LPI)

among 160 countries.

India has lost its World Trade Organization appeal against a US complaint on discrimination against

importers in the solar power sector.

India has observed National NutritionWeek from 1st of September to 7th of September. Theme of the

year 2016 : "Savor the Flavor of Eating Righ"

India has officially declared itself free from highly contagious Avian Influenza (H5N1) or bird flu and

has notified the same to theWorld Organization for Animal Health (OIE).

India has officially received certificates from World Health Organisation (WHO), recognizing the

elimination of Yaws and Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus (MNT) from the country.

India has ranked on top in terms of offering the least-expensive flight prices, making it the best value

location for international and domestic flights worldwide, a survey by a global travel website stated.

India has sent a contingent of 17 athletes, its largest ever, to the Paralympic Games, which were held

in Rio de Janeiro.

India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Greece to allow unlimited number of

flights into each other’s countries and also has initiated the air service agreement for open skies.

India has successfully test-fired a long-range surface-to-air missile, ‘Barak-8' from the Defence

Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) base at Chandipur in Odisha. It has been jointly

developed by India and Israel.

India is now the world's third-biggest importer for Scotch whisky, after France and the US.

India is the 7th largest seafood exporter in the world.

India is the Second most 'unequal' country after Russia in terms of wealth and its distribution among

masses, with 54% of the wealth being held by millionaires, a report by a wealth research firm recently

announced.

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India slipped 10 positions to the 112th spot, out of 159 countries and territories on the 'Economic

Freedom of the World' rankings which measures the extent to which countries' policies and institutions

are supportive of economic freedom.

India won 4 Golds, 1 Silver and 5 Bronze medals in the recently-concluded International Table Tennis

Federation Junior and Cadet Open Championships, to finish second to Taipei in the medals tally.

India, Kazakhstan joint bilateral military exercise PRABAL DOSTYK-16 was recently held at

Karaganda region of Kazakhstan.

India’s first international conference on cooking gas was recently held in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

India’s high jumper Mariyappan Thangavelu has created history by winning a Gold medal in the men’s

high jump T-42 event.

India’s largest lender SBI has cut deposit rates by 25 basis points in some maturities, thereby

indicating excess liquidity in the banking system.

India’s Pinky Balhara has won bronze medal in the sporting event of kurash at the 5th Asian Beach

Games held at Da Nang, Vietnam.

India’s squash player Velavan Senthilkumar has won the Under-19 Asian Junior Individual squash

championship title.

Indian cueist Pankaj Advani became the first Indian to win a medal at the Six-Red World

Championships, after winning bronze at the 2016 edition of the tournament.

Indian e-commerce company Flipkart has crossed the 100-million registered users mark, becoming the

first ecommerce company in the country to hit the milestone.

Indian film Thithi has won the best film award at the first BRICS Film Festival held in New Delhi.

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee, which was established in 1847 as Thomason College of

Civil Engineering, is the oldest engineering college in the country.

Indian kickboxer Sushmita Rai won the bronze medal at the World Martial Arts Masterships 2016,

held at Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do of South Korea.

Indian Navy’s indigenously built most Advanced Guided Missile Stealth Destroyer ‘Mormugao’ was

launched in Mumbai,Maharashtra.

Indian Olympic Association has sent a 208-member contingent, its largest ever, to the 5th Asian Beach

Games starting on September 24 in Danang, Vietnam.

Indian pacer Lakshmipathy Balaji announced his retirement from First-class cricket.

Indian public service broadcaster Doordarshan has began transmission 57 years ago on 15th September

in the year 1959.

Indian Railways has launched Swachhta Saptah (Cleanliness Week) to mark the ‘Swachh Paryavaran

Diwas’ (Clean Environment Day).

Indian shooters Akhil Sheoran and Vinita Bhardwaj won Gold medals at the 6th World University

Championships at Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Indian shuttler Rituparna Das won the Polish Open after defeating compatriot Rasika Raje in the

women's singles final.

Indian shuttlers Pranaav Chopra and Sikki Reddy defeated the Canadian pair of Toby Ng and Rachel

Honderich 21-15, 21-16 to win the Mixed doubles title at the Brazil Grand Prix

Indian table tennis player Sathiyan Gnanasekaran won India's first international men's singles table

tennis title in half a decade, after securing the Belgian Open.

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza won her 40thWTA doubles title after winning the Pan Pacific Open title

in Tokyo.

Indian women’s beach kabaddi team has won the Gold medal at the 5th Asian Beach Games held in

Danang, Vietnam.

Indian wrestler Manisha won a gold medal in women’s freestyle wrestling 38 kg event at the World

Cadet Wrestling Championships in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Indiana-based biology professor Thomas Platt has named a parasitic flatworm 'Baracktrema obamai' in

honour of US President Barack Obama.

India's financial capital Mumbai, which is worth over ₹52 lakh crore, is the wealthiest city in the

country, according to the NewWorldWealth Report.

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India's historic 500th Test match was recently held in Kanpur. India won the test by beating New

Zealand.

India's nuclear energy generation capacity has crossed 6,000 MW after the synchronisation of Unit II of

Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu.

India's ranking on the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index for 2016-17 has

improved 16 places to 39, making it the fastest riser among the 138 nations surveyed.

India's Rio Olympics silver medallist PV Sindhu has signed a three-year-long endorsement deal worth

₹50 crore with sports management company, Baseline.

India's second biggest stock exchange BSE is planning to launch its initial public offer (IPO), which will

make it India's first listed stock exchange, by the fourth quarter of this fiscal.

India's unemployment rate reached a five-year high of 5% in 2015-16, the Labour Bureau's annual

survey on employment stated.

INS Viraat, world’s oldest aircraft carrier which served the Indian Navy for 29 years, will be

decommissioned later this year.

Iran has began building a Nuclear Plant with Russian help, in a $10 billion project, after agreeing to

limit its nuclear stockpile last year.

Iran has introduced credit cards for the first time amid attempts to encourage public spending. Two

banks, Bank Melli Iran and Ayandeh Bank, have started issuing credit cards.

Iran’s Morteza Mehrzadselakjani has become the tallest athlete to compete in the history of the

Paralympics, standing at 8ft 1in tall.

Iran's Defence Ministry has launched the production of a home-grown ballistic missile named 'Zolfaqar',

which will come into service by March 2017.

ISRO has successfully launched 8 satellites into two different orbits for the first time. This is the

longest mission undertaken by ISRO so far.

J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti has launched ‘CM Scooty scheme’ in the state under which 300 girls of two

colleges were distributed scooters.

Japan has recently announced a grant assistance of ₹183 crore to Nepal on the 60th anniversary of the

establishment of diplomatic relations between Japan and Nepal.

Japan is going to host the Asian Games for the 3rd time in 2026 after the Aichi Prefecture and its

capital Nagoya were confirmed as the venue by the Olympic Council of Asia.

Japan PMShinzo Abe pledged $440 million to help Asian countries strengthen counter-terrorism

measures.

Japan's biggest opposition Democratic Party has chosen RenhoMurata as its first ever woman leader.

Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia became the first Indian to win two Paralympic gold medals,

winning his second with a world record throw in the F46 javelin event at the Rio Paralympics.

Kerala's St Joseph's College is the only higher education institute given A++ grade by the National

Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) under its new grading system.

'Mercedes' German Formula One racer Nico Rosberg won the Italian Grand Prix.

Mother Teresa was recently declared 'Saint Teresa of Calcutta' in canonization ceremony headed by

Pope Francis in the Vatican.

National Security Advisors of the BRICS Nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) have

decided to launch joint efforts to counter terrorism and violent extremism in West Asia and North Africa,

during a meeting in New Delhi.

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal was on a 4-day state visit to India. This was his first

bilateral visit abroad after assuming office for the second time as Nepal’s Prime Minister on 4th August

2016.

New Zealand PM John Key has announced a ban on forced marriages and introduced family member

abuse as a separate offence in a crackdown on domestic violence.

Olympic gold-medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra announced his retirement from shooting.

One of the most popular Indian writers of the present times, Chetan Bhagat, who is often credited to

haveintroduced the genre of campus novels in India, recently announced the title of his next book, One

Indian Girl. Contrary to all his previous books, this has been written from the viewpoint of a woman.

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Pangolin is the world’s most trafficked mammal and the only one to be completely covered in scales.

India is a major supplier of pangolin meat and scales across illegal markets in China, Vietnam, and

Thailand.

Paralympics gold medalist Devendra Jhajharia was named Sportsman of the Year at the GQ Men of the

YearAwards 2016.

PM Narendra Modi and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi have decided to step up Defence and

Security cooperation to deal with radicalisation and terrorism.

PM Narendra Modi announced a ₹200 crore package for Jammu & Kashmir, to involve the state’s

youngsters in sports.

PM Narendra Modi has recently visited Vietnam. This is the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to

Vietnam in 15 years.

President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Vice President Hamid

Ansari's book titled 'Citizen and Society' at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.

President Pranab Mukherjee signed the Goods and Services Tax Bill (GST), making the bill a law.

Under GST, taxes previously imposed by the Centre and States will be replaced with a common nation-

wide taxation system.

Ravichandran Ashwin became the fastest Indian and second fastest overall to register 200 Test wickets,

after reaching the landmark in his 37th Test against New Zealand.

Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo has topped the list of EA Sports FIFA 17's top-rated players for

the first time since the FIFA 09 edition of the game.

Reliance Communications board has approved a merger with Aircel, making it the largest-ever

consolidation deal in India's telecom sector.

Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani has announced the full-scale launch of its telecom venture

'Reliance Jio', during the company's 42nd annual general meeting. Reliance Jio started operations from

September 5.

Russia and Cuba have signed an agreement on cooperation in the field of peaceful atomic energy use.

Sikkim is the best workplace for women in India while Delhi is the worst workplace, claimed a report

prepared jointly by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, a top American think-tank, and

Nathan Associates.

Sofia Vergara, known for her appearance in 'Modern Family', has been named the highest paid

television actress in the world by Forbes, earning $43 million in the last 12 months up to June.

Solar power capacity of about 4,800 MW will be added in India this year as the number of installations

are increasing.

Somali refugee Fadumo Dayib has become the first woman ever to contest in the country's presidential

elections.

Sri Lanka was declared Malaria-free by theWorld Health Organisation (WHO).

State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, IDFC Bank, and digital wallet Paytm will start issuing

electronic tags to vehicles for toll collection.

State-owned Canara Bank has announced that its board has permitted raising up to $500 million as a

part of its $2-billion medium-term note programme, for funding its overseas branches.

Taiwanese electronics maker Acer has recently unveiled the world's first curved screen laptop named

'Predator 21 X'.

Tamil film 'Visaaranai' is India's official entry to Academy Awards 2017 in the Foreign Language Film

category.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa has announced that the government will increase maternity

leave for female state government employees from six months to Nine months, fulfilling an electoral

promise.

Tamil Nadu CMJayalalithaa has announced the set up of 'Amma Marriage Halls' to help the poor

people conduct weddings by paying a reasonable rent

The 1st BRICS film festival was recently held at the Sirifort Auditorium Complex in New Delhi. The

film festival is the run up to the BRICS summit which is to be held in Goa in October 2016.

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The 1st military exercise between Russia and Pakistan named Druzhba-2016 (Friendship-2016) was

recently held.

The 2016 BRICS Labour & Employment Ministerial Meet was held in New Delhi from September 27-

28, 2016 to deliberate on issues including job creation and social security for workers.

The 2016 Group of Twenty (G20) Summit was held in Hangzhou, China from 4th to 5th September

2016 .

The 28th and 29th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit was recently held at

Vientiane, Laos.

The 2nd meeting of the High Level Group of Eminent Experts to strengthen the SAARC Anti-Terrorism

Mechanism was held in New Delhi.

The 8th edition of joint military exercise ‘Indra-2016’ between India and Russia was recently held at

the Russian city of Vladivostok.

The annual socio-religious Solung festival of Adi tribe was recently held in Arunachal Pradesh.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $631 million assistance for India's first coastal

industrial corridor between Visakhapatnam and Chennai.

The Bank of England has kept its interest rate unchanged at a record low of 0.25%, amid expectations

of a future rate cut.

The Bank of Japan has kept the interest rates on the current accounts held by financial institutions at

the central bank unchanged at (-)0.1%.

The BRICS Convention on Tourism for the year 2016 was recently held t Khajuraho (UNESCO World

heritage) of Madhya Pradesh. The goal of this 2 day convention is to promote intra-regional tourism.

The Cabinet has approved a ₹1,102 crore-project to lay an undersea cable link to Andaman and Nicobar

Islands from Chennai.

The Cabinet has approved the scrapping of the 92-year old practice of presenting a separate Railway

Budget and merged it with the Union Budget.

The Cabinet has cleared a $3.14 billion (around ₹21,000 crore) stake buy in two Russian oilfields by a

consortium of Indian Oil, Oil India, and BPCL.

The Canadian government has approved a new law which allows doctors to prescribe pharmaceutical-

grade heroin to treat severe heroin addicts.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has launched ’e-nivaran’ (electronic resolution) facility for

online redressal of taxpayers’ grievances.

The Central government has decided to ban the use of polythene within a 100-metre radius of all

national monuments starting 2nd October 2016, as a part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Swachh

Bharat campaign.

The Centre has cleared the deal to buy 36 Rafale fighter jets from France, which is likely to cost India

nearly €7.8 billion (over ₹58,000 crore).

The Centre has cut the import duty on wheat, crude and refined palm oils, and potato to keep prices in

check ahead of the festival season.

The DCB Bank, a new-generation private sector bank, has launched a card-less mobile-based payment

solution 'mVisa', to make payments at retail outlets easier.

The Defence Ministry has approved the acquisition of weaponry worth ₹1,900 crore, including ₹330

crore lowintensity electronic warfare systems for Jammu and Kashmir.

The Department of Telecom (DoT) has created ‘Urja Mitra Helpline’ through which customers can get

information on power outages from distribution companies by dialling 14401.

The Election Commission has confirmed that the Mamata Banerjee-led All India Trinamool Congress is

now a 'National party'.

The first air show in North Korea was recently held at the Kalma Airport inWonsan city.

The first edition of ‘IoT (Internet of Things) India Congress, 2016’ was recently held in Bengaluru,

Karnataka.

The first Jesse Owens Olympic Spirit Award will be posthumously awarded toMuhammad Ali.

The first meeting of Goods & Services Tax (GST) Council has decided to exempt businesses with annual

turnover below Rs.20 lakh out of the GST net.

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The Global Burden of Disease study has ranked India 143th in a list of 188 countries, citing mortality

rates, malaria hygiene and air pollution as major challenges. Iceland topped the index. Central African

Republic was ranked the lowest.

The government has approved the Human Resource Development Ministry's proposal to set up a

Higher Education Financing Agency (HEFA) that will pro vide funds for research-oriented infrastructure

in premier institutions like IITs and IIMs.

The government has ordered the prohibition of photography and shooting of videos in the Parliament

House complex by visitors, officers and staff of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Secretariat, and allied

agencies.

The government is planning to double the number of schemes under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) to

147 by March, Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa has recently announced.

The government is planning to make the issuance of passport documents easier by processing passport

applications at major post offices in Delhi by the year-end.

The Gujarat government has inked a tripartite memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the

Ministry of Civil Aviation and the Airport Authority of India (AAI). Under these MoUs, 11 small airports

and airstrips will be developed under the Centre’s Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) to boost regional

air connectivity in the State.

The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has successfully conducted a technical flight of the new

indigenous Light Utility Helicopter (LUH).

The Incredible India Tourism Investors Summit (IITIS) 2016 was recently held in New Delhi.

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has successfully fired the recently acquired long-range air-to-air MICA

missile on a manoeuvring target from Mirage-2000 Upgrade combat aircraft.

The Indian Army has set up Army Design Bureau (ADB) in an attempt to indigenise procurements and

reduce import dependence.

The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has commissioned well-equipped Offshore Patrolling Vessel (OPV)

named ‘Sarathi’.

The Indian contingent won a total of 9 medals, including 4 silver and 5 bronze medals at the 9th Asian

Wushu Championships.

The Indian government recently gave its nod for the installation of a Laser Interferometer

Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in the country.

The Indian Navy has launched the country's latest missile destroyer, the Mormugao, at Mumbai's

Mazagon Docks.

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has successfully launched GSLV-F05 rocket carrying

an advanced weather satellite 'INSAT-3DR' from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. This is the first time

ISRO has used an indigenous cryogenic engine on an 'operational flight'.

The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has signed a contract with German company DST to

design vessels suited to navigate the 1620 km stretch of National Waterway (NW-1).

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has agreed at an international summit to ban

domestic ivory trade.

The joint military training exercise between India and United States dubbed as “Yudh Abhyas 2016”

was recently held in Chaubattia in Uttarakhand.

The Karni Mata Temple is a temple near Bikaner in Rajasthan where rats are worshipped.

The meeting of BRICS Representatives in charge of security was recently held in New Delhi, India.

This meeting was hosted by Ajit Doval (National Security Adviser).

The Naropa festival, which is held every 12 years, was recently held at the 17th century Hemis

Monastery in Ladakh.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a US space agency has launched OSIRIS-

Rex spacecraft to collect samples from an asteroid 101955 Bennu and return to Earth.

The Odisha Government has launched the Biju Kanya Ratna Yojana (BKRY) for the development of

girls in three districts of the state.

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The Odisha government has reduced the stamp duty on the purchase of land and houses in the name of

women to 4% from 5%.

The Punjab National Bank has recently announced that it will charge current account holders more

from October for not maintaining the quarterly average balance.

The Race Course Road, where the Prime Minister's residence is situated, has been renamed as Lok

Kalyan Marg.

The Railways Ministry has introduced a flexi-fare system for premium trains like Rajdhani and

Shatabdi starting September 9, to decide ticket prices based on the availability of seats.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) left the official cash rate on hold at a record low of 1.5%, amid

concerns thatthe rates are becoming ineffective at stimulating growth.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed banks to accept tax dues in cash under the domestic

black money declaration scheme which closes on September 30.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently announced that it will reallocate the portfolios for its

three Deputy Governors, including shifting the monetary policy, economic policy and research, and

financial market operations to R Gandhi.

The Supreme Court has directed authorities, including the Food Safety and Standards Authority of

India (FSSAI), to immediately enforce ban on all forms of chewable tobacco and nicotine.

The third edition of BRICS Urbanisation Forum Meet was recently in Visakhapatnam, Andhra

Pradesh.

The two-day International Buddhist Conclave is going to be held during 3rd and 4th October 2016 at

Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh.

The UK government has agreed to ban plastic microbeads in beauty products by the end of 2017,

following a campaign by environmenta lists.

The UN Security Council has approved a resolution on Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), urging

global implementation of the treaty that would ban tests of nuclear weapons.

The Union Government has approved 450 crore rupees for Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Tamil

Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim under the Swadesh Darshan scheme.

The Union Government has constituted 4 member expert committee to study silt in river Ganga in

Bihar. The team will be headed by : A .K. Sinha (member of Ganga Flood Control commission).

The Union Government has notified National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) for providing

apprenticeship training to over 50 lakh youngsters in order to create more jobs.

The Union Government has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with one of India's largest

selling comic book series, Amar Chitra Katha to publish and distribute comic book on Swachh

BharatMission.

The Union Health Ministry has recently launched the “Leprosy Case Detection Campaign (LCDC)” to

eradicate leprosy from the country.

The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has approved the use of Pelargonic Acid Vanillyl Amide

(PAVA) shells as an alternative to Pellet Guns for crowd controlling in Jammu and Kashmir.

The Union Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas has launched #Gas4India campaign, aimed at

promoting the use of natural gas in the country.

The United Nations Charter has been translated into Sanskrit for the first time since coming into force

in 1945.

The United Nations held its first-ever summit on 'Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and

Migrants' to discuss the issue of around 65.3 million refugees displaced around the world.

The United States has agreed to partner with India for the 2017 Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, the

biennial investors’ summit to create a business-friendly environment in Gujarat.

The United States is the third-most depressed nation in the world, after India and China, according to

a WHO report on mental illness.

The US has labelled the Syrian jihadist rebel group Jund al-Aqsa as a terrorist organisation.

The US House of Representatives has approved a bill authorising the sale of lethal weapons to Ukraine.

The World Trade Organization has cut its forecast for global trade growth in 2016 to 1.7%, down from

its April estimate of 2.8%.

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The World War II, which resulted in the death of about 56.4 million people, is recognised by the

Guinness World Records as the war having the highest death toll ever.

The world’s largest river island Majuli, was declared as a district to make it the 35th district of Assam

and the only river island district in India.

The world’s largest Solar Power Plant with an installed capacity of 648MW was commissioned at

Kamudhi in Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu.

The world's largest indoor theme park, IMGWorlds of Adventure was recently opened in Dubai.

To clean up the examination system after the toppers scam, the Bihar School Examination Board has

decided to link Aadhaar card number of the students with their examination forms to avoid duplication.

Twitter has announced that it is rolling out changes to its 140-character limit, which were first

announced in May this year.

UK PMTheresa May is going to introduce the 'Alan Turing' Law, which will give posthumous pardons

for gay men convicted under historic indecency crimes.

UK's former PM David Cameron has announced that he is resigning from the Parliament to end his

political career, months after he lost a referendum to stay in the EU.

Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman was a 3-day visit to Sri

Lanka. The aim of this visit was to expand bilateral trade relations between the two nations.

UP and Bihar have the youngest population in India while Kerala and Tamil Nadu have the oldest

population, stated Census 2011 data.

US Federal Reserve has left the key interest rate unchanged at 0.25-0.50% for the sixth straight time.

US President Barack Obama has established the first national marine monument in the Atlantic,

permanently protecting nearly 5,000 square miles of underwater canyons and mountains. US space agency NASA is building the world's largest and most powerful rocket at its Michoud Assembly Facility,

US.

US-based flash memory products maker SanDisk unveiled a prototype of the world's first 1 TB SD memory card.

US-based Moody's Investor Service has cut Turkey's sovereign credit rating to "junk" (from Baa3 to Ba1),

following an attempted coup and amid a slowing economy.

US-basedWells Fargo lost its status as the world’s most valuable bank to JPMorgan Chase.

Venezuela is the most successful country in terms of wins at the Miss World beauty pageant (6 winners). India

and the United Kingdom stand second with five winners each.

Vice-President Hamid Ansari was on a 5-day visit to Nigeria and Mali. This is the first-ever high-level visit to

Mali from India. The main aim of this visit was to strengthen India's bilateral engagements with the two West

African nations.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has left for a week-long visit to Rome and Germany. During this

visit, she attended Mother Teresa's canonisation ceremony.

With 86.4% literacy, the Jain community has the highest proportion of literates among all communities in India,

the 2011 Census data has revealed. Meanwhile, Muslims were revealed as the least educated, with 42.7% of the

17.22 crore being illiterate.

With an altitude of up to 6,700 m (22,000 ft), Siachen Glacier at the India-Pakistan LoC, is the world's highest

battlefield.

World leaders have adopted New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants at the United Nations General

Assembly (UNGA).

World number one Serena Williams broke the all-time record for most Grand Slam match wins in tennis history

after her 308th win, coming against Kazakhstan’s Yaroslava Shvedova in the US Open today.

Young Indian shooter Subhankar Pramanick has won the gold medal at the ISSF Junior World Cup for pistol,

rifle and shotgun in Gabala, Azerbaijan.

Zurich in Switzerland has been named the most sustainable city in the world by global design and consultancy

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