Current Affair 16 September 2015

16 September 2015 Current Affair

National

• Pentagon establishes special cell to speed up its defence ties with India
• Delhi Government cancels leave of doctors amid rise in dengue cases
• IISc, IIT-D in top 200 rankings
• Swetha Prabhakaran, Indian-American teen entrepreneur to get prestigious ‘Champions of Change’ award at the White House
• Bangaluru bans meat on Ganesh Chaturthi

International

• Malcolm Turnbull sworn in as Australia’s new PM
• Migrant crisis: Hungary declares emergency in areas near Serbian border
• North Korea to launch satellites to mark party anniversary
• North Korea restarts all its atomic bomb fuel production plant
• Sunjeev Sahota, Indian origin author , among authors short-listed for 2015 man booker prize for fiction

Politics

• RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav to select party candidates for Bihar polls
• AAP asks Somnath Bharti to surrender before Delhi Police
• BJP announces 1^st list of 43 candidates for Bihar elections
• Delhi court allows RK Pachauri to travel to Kazakhstan for conference
• Hardik Patel meets Gujarat CM Anandiben Patel, renames ‘reverse Dandi Yatra’ to ‘Ekta Yatra’

Business

• RBI cancels registration certificate of Sahara India Financial Corporation as NBFC
• SEBI to conduct nation-wide investor survey
• FM to visit Singapore, Hong Kong to woo investors
• Toyota launches hydrogen-fuelled sedan
• SBI Card launches credit card for online shopping

Defence

• Russian defence firm deal with India for providing spare parts of T-72
• INS Kochi, missile destroyer to be commissioned on 30^th September
• Pakistan says, Kashmir a must in any talks
• LAC tensions reduces after India china flag meet
• Bharat Dynamics Limited confirmed the successful testing of indigenous anti-tank missile Amogha-1

Sports

• US authorities expand probe into corruption in FIFA
• Korea Super Series Badminton tournament begins today in Seoul, Saina Nehwal is not taking part
• India grabs bronze in archery world cup
• ICC approves Sachin and Shane Warne for their 3 match T-20 series in US
• Boxing India still suspended confirms AIBA