Current Affairs 3 September 2015

Current Affairs 3 September 2015

National

• Crop insurance period for Non-Loanee farmers extended to Sept 15
• NITI Aayog holds workshop on development of smart cities
• Ban on Gujrat’s mobile internet service lifted
• Telangana to spend 81,000 cr. On irrigation project
• Strike over government’s labour reforms hits many sectors

International

• 500^th manned launch successful with launch of soyuz rocket
• Water being used as weapon of war in Syria, says Red Cross
• Tiger Memon named man arrested in Karachi, India is not excited
• India along with 49 Prospective Founding Members (PFMs) on Monday signed the Articles of Agreement for the formation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
• Sri Lankan Parliament urged to repeal anti-terror Act

Business

• Government to auction 69 oil and gas field of ONGC, Oil India
• Chinese firm foxconn to setup unit at Tamilnadu
• Ericsson won 4 year 4G contract in Delhi from Airtel Bharti
• Jet airways to merge jet lite with itself
• India post to take e-commerce to Tamilnadu’s rural area

Politics

• Lalit modi’s Singapore and Mauritius accounts may be seized
• Modi’s packed foreign schedule for next three months
• State-run outlets in Tamilnadu to sell onion at Rs. 55 a kg
• BJP, VHP attack Ansari on ‘reservation for Muslims’
• Manmohan knew everything on Jindal firm: Koda

Defence

• Deadlock on rafale broken, DAC approved further talks
• India and Australia set to hold AUSINDEX joint naval exercises in mid-September
• Indian naval fleets returning to India after naval exercise with Iran
• Decision on OROP likely to be taken before announcement of Bihar poll dates
• Pakistan has lost international support on Kashmir says Ex Pakistan envoy

Sports

• Ishant, Pujara enter Top-20 in ICC Test rankings
• US Open 2015: Novak Djokovic, Serena Williams to be seen in second round action
• Logo for 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games scrapped
• Cricket should be kept out of India-Pakistan relations says PCB to BCCI
• Sri Ramakrishna Mills Sports Club (SRMSC) regained first division title and won the Lakshmi Card Clothing Trophy in the 57th Annual Day celebration