Daily Current Affairs for Sep 15, 2017 ( English)
1. The
book titled , “ Unstoppable : My Life So Far” was written
by Maria Sharapova.
2. The Government
of India recently decided to grant citizenship to the refugees
of Chakma and Hajong who came from erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) five
decades ago and are living in northeast. The apex country had directed Union
government to grant citizenship to these refugees, mostly staying in Arunachal
Pradesh. Chakmas and Hajongs were originally residents of Chittagong Hill
Tracts in erstwhile East Pakistan.
3. Qatar have
signed an agreement with Bangladesh to export
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for 15years.
4. The first map of
water trapped in uppermost layer of Moon’s soil was created by US Scientists
from Brown University. This was build using NASA’s Moon Mineralogy Mapper
onboard of India’s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft.
5. NASA’s
Space Craft Cassini ended its 20 year voyage by
dividing into the atmosphere of Saturn by Sep 15,2017.
6. To curb the menace
of shell companies, money laundering and black money in the country and prevent
misuse of corporate structure by shell companies for various illegal purposes
an MoU was signed between The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) and
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) for automatic and regular exchange of tax
information.
7. Yemen
could hit 8.5 lakhs of Cholera cases in the country according to
report of International Committee of Red Cross.
8. India and Japan exchanged RoD
(Record of Discussions) on civil aviation cooperation with
respect to open sky. Both the countries agreed to ink open
sky arrangement to operate unlimited number of
flights. It will not only help to encourage connectivity and passenger
travel between two countries, but also result in reduction in airfares on the
air routes between two countries. It will be signed in accordance with the
National Civil Aviation Policy (NACP), 2016.
9. Ban
Ki Moon was elected as the Chairman of IOC( International
Olympic Committee) Ethics Commission for a four-year term.
10. The Union
Government signed $76 million loan deal with Japan International
Cooperation Agency (JICA) for starting up gradation project
related to environment management plan at Alang-Sosiya ship recycling
shipyards in Gujarat. The total cost of project is $111 million out of
which $76 million will be provided by JICA as soft loan. Out of remaining
amount, $25 million will be borne by Gujarat Government as taxes and fees and
balance $10 million will be shared by Ministry of Shipping. The project will be
executed by Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) and is likely to be completed by 2022.
11. According
to the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation,
the state of Tripura has performed poorly in the
implementation of centrally sponsored Projects.
12. India and China at their
current levels of growth will not serve as “growth polls” for
global economy in near future according to the Trade and Development
Report (TDR) 2017 released by UNCTAD’s recently.
13. Tunisia has
abolished the ban on Muslim women marrying non- Muslims.
14. United Arab
Emirates (UAE) have contributed US $ 300,000 to the President of UN General
Assembly.
15. National Institute
of Ayurveda, Jaipur has made a Guinness world Record for receiving Nasya
Panch Kararma simultaneously.
16. A new 10-pound
plastic note featured by Jane Austin was circulated in Britain recently.
17. September 15
–International Day of Democracy with the Theme 2017 “ Democracy and
Conflict Prevention”
18. The 2-day high
level talks on technical issues of the Indus Waters Treaty(IWT) began
between India and Pakistan in Washington, United
States.
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