Daily Current affairs for 16th Sep 2017 (English)
1. The State
Govt of Maharashtra have launched the ‘Maharashtra Mission 1
Million’ initiative under which over 10 lakh students across the state
will play football. The mission was launched in an attempt to support
the FIFA U17 World Cup , which is happening for the first time
in India and that too in Maharashtra.
2. A nation-wide
fortnight-long sanitation campaign ‘Swachhta Hi Seva’ (cleanliness
is service) has launched by the Union Government to highlight the government’s
flagship cleanliness initiative Swachh Bharat Mission. It will run
from September 15 to October 2, 2017. It was launched by President
Ram Nath Kovind from Ishworiganj village in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
3. The developmental
trials of indigenously developed Astra beyond visual range air-to-air
missile (BVRAAM) was successfully conducted by the Indian Air Force
(IAF) over the Bay of Bengal, off the coast of Chandipur in Odisha.
Astra is air to air beyond visual range air-to-air indigenously developed
by DRDO. It is one of the smallest weapon system developed by DRDO, having
length of 3.8-metre and weighing 154kg. It is single stage solid fuelled
missile and has payload capacity of 15 kg conventional explosives. Total of
seven trials of Astra BVRAAM were conducted in various missions and two of them
were against Pilotless Target Aircrafts (PTA) successfully fired from Sukhoi-30
MKI aircraft. They were final development flight trials of the missile, paving
way for its early induction into IAF.
4. September 16- World
Ozone Day or
The International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer with the theme
2017 is ‘Caring for all life under the sun’.
5. The advanced towed
artillery gun system (ATAGS) has set a world record in
terms of range by hitting targets at distance of 48.074 km during
trial firings at Pokhran, Rajasthan with special ammunition
high explosive – base bleed” (HE – BB) developed by Kalyani Group.
6. India and Japan have signed
a MoU to set up India Japan Act East Forum to
enhance connectivity and promote developmental projects in Northeast India
during Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to India for the 12th
Indo-Japan annual summit.
7. The International
Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has downgraded conservation
status of snow leopard from “endangered” to “vulnerable” after 45 years.
It was changed after three-year assessment process by international experts.
However, experts have warned that snow leopard species still faces serious
threats from poaching and habitat destruction.
8. The sole Marshal of
the Indian Air Force (IAF) Arjan Singh (98) passed away
following cardiac arrest in New Delhi.
9. India’s foreign
exchange (Forex) reserves have crossed $400 billion mark for the first time.
The increase was due sharp rise in foreign currency asset according to Reserve
Bank of India (RBI). India is now at sixth position in forex reserves ranking .
10.Bacterial
cells treated with a common antibiotic have been spotted changing shape to
survive while aboard the International Space Station(ISS).
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