Current Affair 13-14 September 2015

Current Affair 13-14 September 2015

National

• Sri Lanka frees 16 Indian fishermen ahead of PM Ranil’s visit
• Two Tripura rivers to be linked with Meghna of Bangladesh
• Haryana officials orders ban on meat
• ADB gave Rs 3000cr Rajasthan for constructing 20,000 km roads
• Rajasthan became 1^st state to submit state annual action plan under AMRUT
• 3rd international Hindi conference 2016, to be held in New Jersey

International

• 107 killed by falling crane at grand Mosque in Mecca
• Nepal begins vote for new constitution
• Singapore ruling party wins elections, returns to power
• Egypt’s PM and cabinet resigns amid corruption probe
• IS hackers intercept confidential British government emails
• Sri Lankan government handed over crime reports to UN

Politics

• Manjhi’s son caught with Rs. 4.65 lakh cash, released
• Hemant soren, Jharkhand CM meets RJD chief Lalu, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha may join alliance of RJD-JDU-congress
• OBC group to rally against reservation demand of Patels
• Owaisi extents AIMIM party’s reach to Seemanchal for upcoming Bihar elections
• Shiv Sena decides to contest Bihar elections

Business

• Rakesh Sharma appointed as MD and CEO of Canera bank
• JK tyres’ Singapore branch to buy 100% in Cavendish Industries for rs 2200 cr
• Federal bank launched mobile app for opening account
• 14 foreign investment proposals approved by FIPB
• Shashidhar Narain Sinha , CEO of IPG Mediabrands India, elected as chairman of Audit bureau of circulation(ABC)

Defence

• India’s first women recruiter for ISIS, Afsha Jabeen, arrested in Hyderabad
• India-Australia naval exercise –AUSINDEX 15 started in Indian ocean
• Britain planning to give more counter –IED help to Pakistan
• Rafale deal to take more time to finalise
• Indian naval ships INS Deepak and INS Tabar visits Kuwait to enhance bilateral ties

Sports

• Sania – Martina Hingis wins US opens doubles titles
• Bangladesh Cricket Board suspends fast bowler Shahabad Hossain
• Australia wins series against England after defeating it in 5^th ODI
• Flavia Pennetta of Italy, wins her 1^st grand slam -US open women
• Floyd Mayweather wins against Andre Berto, ends career
• Ravi Shstri’s tenure extended by BCCI as India’s team director till 2016 world T-20