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PM Modi to inaugurate world's second biggest dam on September 17

Fifty-six years after the foundation stone, Sardar
Sarovar Dam will be finally inaugurated by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on September 17, on his
birthday.
The Sardar Sarovar Dam was laid by then Prime
Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in Narmada district's
Kevadia, the dam, India's highest dam.
The Narmada Control Authority had ordered the gates
of the Sardar Sarovar Project be shut on June 16. The
gates of the dam were closed the following day.
After closure of the gates the height of the dam was
increased to 138 metres, with storage capacity raised to 4.73 million cubic metres (MCM)
from the existing 1.27 million cubic metres.
Earlier, the height of the dam was 121.92 metres.
Provide water to 9000 villages:
Over 18 lakh hectares of land in the state would be benefitted with irrigation as Narmada
water will flow to over 9,000 villages of Gujarat through a canal network.
Characteristics of the Sardar Sarovar dam:
The Sardar Sarovar project is the biggest dam in terms of volume of concrete used in it.
It is also the second biggest dam in the world after the Grand Coulee Dam in the United
States.
The 1.2-km-long dam which is 163 metres deep has till date produced 4,141 crore units of
electricity from its two power houses -- river bed powerhouse and canal head powerhouse
-- with an installed capacity of 1,200 MW and 250 MW, respectively.
The dam has earned over Rs 16,000 crore -- more than double the cost of its construction.
Each gate of the dam weighs over 450 tonnes and it takes one hour to close them.
Support power and irrigation:
According to the SSP official, the power generated from the dam would be shared among
three states -- Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Gujarat.
Fifty-seven percent of the electricity produced from the dam goes to Maharashtra, while
Madhya Pradesh gets 27 per cent and 16 per cent goes to Gujarat.
The dam will irrigate 2,46,000 hectares of land in the strategically important desert
districts of Barmer and Jalore in Rajasthan, and 37,500 hectares in the tribal hilly tract of
Maharashtra.
A special allocation of 0.86 million cubic feet (MAF) of water has been made to provide
drinking water to 131 urban centres and 9,633 villages, which is 53 per cent of the total
18,144 villages of Gujarat.
Delays be damned:
The project which was inaugurated in 1961, got delayed due to several reasons.
One of the main being the opposition to construction of the dam by the Narmada Bachao
Andolan (NBA) led by social activist Medha Patkar.
The construction work was suspended in 1996, after the NBA activists obtained a stay
order from the Supreme Court, which highlighted environmental and rehabilitation issues.
It was only after the top court gave an order in October 2000 in favour of construction of
the dam that work resumed.
However, the apex court had set a condition that permission to increase the dam height
would be given in parts after the project-affected-people (PAP) are resettled or
compensated.
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Ahmedabads Walled City gets Indias First World Heritage City Certificate
The cotton city Ahmedabad was formally accorded the status of Indias first World Heritage
City by UNESCO.
This was announced on 1st of Sept 2017.
UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova handed over
the certificate declaring Ahmedabad as a World
Heritage City to Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in
Gandhinagar.
Rupani appealed the citizens of Ahmedabad to
maintain the pride and glory of the newly crowned
World Heritage City.
The city was previously known for trade and
commerce across the globe and now it has bagged one more tag of World Heritage City and
gained recognition globally.
The walled city of Ahmedabad, believed to be founded by Ahmed Shah some 600 years ago,
has 26 ASI-protected structures, several places that capture the essence of community
living and numerous sites associated with Mahatma Gandhi who lived here from 1915 to
1930.
In 1984, the first study for conserving heritage structures was carried out in the city. A
heritage cell was also set up by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC).
Ahmedabad was selected out of 250 cities in the race for the coveted status.
On July 8, India secured the nomination for Ahmedabad on UNESCOs World Heritage list
during the 41st Session of World Heritage Committee.
Forbes's most corrupt country in Asia: India stands No.1

According to the Forbes's magazine, India remains the most corrupt country in the Asia
Pacific region. The report was based on a study by Transparency International on
September 2 ,2017.
Forbes is an American bi-weekly business magazine.
Transparency International, a Berlin based NGO working against corruption, spoke to
nearly 22,000 people across 16 countries in the Asia-Pacific to understand the levels of
corruption in the region.
While India remains the most corrupt country in this region, with 69 per cent bribery rates,
Japan came out as the least corrupt nation, with a 0.2 per cent bribery rate, the report said.
India: 69% bribery rate
In five of the six public services-schools, hospitals, ID documents, police, and utility
servicesmore than half the respondents have had to pay a bribe.The report also showed
how poor sections of the society are more affected by the menace of corruption.The study
showed that people in India are speaking up against corruption now, as according to the
report, 63 per cent Indians felt most empowered to fight against corruption.
Vietnam: 65% bribery rate.
Vietnamese view corruption as endemic. Of all 16 countries surveyed, people in Vietnam
(and Malaysia) were the most negative about the situation in their country. About 60% felt
their government is doing a poor job of combatting corruption.
Thailand: 41% bribery rate
Thailand has struggled with corruption charges at all levelseven government officials
leading the current ruling military junta to tighten the Anti-Corruption Act in 2015. But the
Thai people seem optimistic. Just 14% feel corruption had increased in last 12 months, and
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nearly 72% think the government is handling the fight against corruption fairly or very
well.
Pakistan: 40% bribery rate
In Pakistan, about three-fourths of respondents perceive most or all of the police to be
corrupt. Of the people who encountered either the police or the courts, nearly 7 in 10 had to
pay a bribe. Sadly, people dont feel things can changeonly a third think ordinary people
can make a difference.
Myanmar: 40% bribery rate
Despite a 2013 Anti-Corruption Law, about half of the respondents believe that most or all
police are corrupt, and 40% believe the judiciary is corrupt. But things might be getting
betterat least in the eyes of the people. Less than a fourth believe corruption has
increased over the last year.
Odisha gets a state run medical college after 54 years

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College and
Hospital (SLNMCH) in Koraput disrtict.
Now, Odisha got a state run medical college after a gap of 54 years.
Out of the three government medical colleges in the state, the one founded last is MKCG
Medical College at Berhampur in Ganjam district in 1962.
The other two are SCB Medical College at Cuttack set up in 1944 and Veer Surendra Sai
Institute of Medical Sciences and Research in Sambalpur district founded in 1959.
Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College at Baripada in Mayurbhanj district, scheduled to
be inaugurated, would be the fifth such institute run by the state government.
First hyperloop transport system to come up in Andhra to connect Amravati and Viayawada
The First Hyperloop travel is set to come to India in Andhra Pradesh state.
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) has
signed an agreement with the Andhra Pradesh
government to connect the city centres of Amravati and
Vijayawada.
The MoU marks the first agreement in India for the new
transportation system.
This route would turn a trip of over an hour into a five-
minute ride.
HTT signed an MoU with the Andhra Pradesh Economic
Development Board (APEDB).
The APEDB, along with the government of Andhra Pradesh, will assist Hyperloop
Transportation Technologies with all regulatory requirements to develop and implement
the hyperloop in Amravati.
It will facilitate the development of HTTs Hyperloop Transportation System in Andhra
Pradesh.
The proposed hyperloop project between Vijayawada and Amravati will use a public
private partnership model, with funding primarily from private investors.
HTT would work with local stakeholders to build the regulatory standards necessary for
safe and efficient operation of the HTT.
During Phase-1 of the project, HTT will conduct a six-month feasibility study commencing
in October.
Centre to launch 'Adopt a monument' scheme for maintenance of heritage sites

The Ministry of tourism has decided to launch 'adopt a monument' scheme soon to ensure
proper maintenance of prominent monuments.
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A number of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) protected monuments will be given for
adoption by private parties.
As many as 116 ASI-protected monuments have been identified by the ministry of tourism.
The private parties will maintain cleanliness, safety and security of tourists and
maintenance of the tourist spots.
This year's convention theme is "Indian Tourism-time to reinvent ourselves".
Centre tells SC set up Body to deal with sex determination info on Internet
The government has informed the Supreme Court (SC) that it has set up a nodal agency to
redress complaints seeking deletion of materials
violating Indian laws prohibiting pre-natal sex
determination, from search engines and websites.
The Bench is headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra.
It considered the submission of Solicitor General
Ranjit Kumar, representing the Centre, that the nodal
agency was functional and, besides taking action on
complaints, also kept tabs on websites to ensure that
there was no information available in the virtual world on pre-natal sex determination.
The nodal agency has been taking up issues of violation of the 1994 Pre-Conception and
Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act, if complaints are brought before it.
Meanwhile, counsel for the search engines, Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, which are parties
before the court, informed the Bench that in pursuance to the earlier order, they had set up
in-house mechanisms to deal with issues of hosting or posting of materials on sites
relating to sex-determination.
Section 22 of the PCPNDT Act pertains to prohibition of advertisements relating to pre-
natal determination of sex and punishment for contravention.
The court was hearing a petition by Sabu Mathew George, a doctor who is seeking the apex
courts intervention in view of the falling sex ratio in the country.
The court, which has posted the matter for hearing on November 24, allowed lawyer Sanjay
Parikh to give suggestions on ways to deal with violations of the law on pre-natal sex-
determination.
Earlier, the apex court had asked Google India Pvt. Ltd., Yahoo India and Microsoft
Corporation (I) Pvt. Ltd. to appoint an in-house expert body which would take steps if any
words or key words that is shown on Internet and which has the potential to go counter to
Section 22 of PCPNDT Act shall be deleted forthwith.
It had also asked the Centre to set up a nodal agency to deal with complaints of violations of
the law.
The PCPNDT Act was enacted to stop female foeticide and arrest the declining sex ratio in
India.
It had banned pre-natal sex determination.
Parali I island of the Lakshadweep Archipelago has vanished due to coastal erosion
According to R.M. Hidayathulla, Parali I is an uninhabited island of the Lakshadweep
Archipelago has vanished due to coastal erosion.
He is a research scholar from Lakshadweep.
In his recently awarded PhD thesis titled Studies on
Coastal Erosion in Selected Uninhabited Islands of
Lakshadweep Archipelago with Special Reference to
Biodiversity Conservation has pointed out an
uninhabited island (Parali I) in the archipelago has
vanished due to coastal erosion.
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Parali I is part of Bangaram atoll and was spread over 0.032 square km in 1968.
It has now eroded completely resulting in its inundation, the study claimed.
It is also claimed that four such territories in the sea are also shrinking fast.
The above said research was awarded PhD in July 2017 by Calicut University in Kerala.
Submergence of Parali I was noticed when he visited the Bangram atoll in 2011.
Manipur state recorded Indias lowest infant mortality rate (IMR)

Manipur recorded Indias lowest infant mortality rate (IMR) consecutively for the last three
years, as was disclosed in a report released by the Union Health Ministry during September
2017?
According to the Health Ministry report, Manipurs infant mortality rate (IMR) stands at 9
deaths per 1000 live births, the lowest in the country.
This is the third consecutive year that Manipur has achieved this distinction.
The national IMR, according to the latest available data, is 43 deaths per 1000 births.
Better medical facilities, proper and effective immunization, dedicated doctors and health
workers, high health consciousness, a tremendous increase in institutional deliveries and
women empowerment are being assigned as the key reasons for Manipurs success.
India gets first state-of-the-art homoeopathy research lab

The Ministry of AYUSH has launched India's first homeopathy research laboratory in
Kolkata.
India has got its first virology laboratory to develop homoeopathy drugs against diseases
such as H1N1 (swine flu), dengue, chikungunya etc.
Union minister of state for Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and
Homoeopathy (AYUSH), Shripad Yesso Naik, inaugurated the state-of-the art laboratory at
Kolkatas Dr Anjali Chatterjee Regional Research Institute for Homoeopathy (RRIH).
This laboratory has been established to develop new drugs and technologies in
homoeopathy to combat emerging challenges of viral diseases.
The laboratory is recognized by the Calcutta University to undertake research work of the
PhD students in the field of homoeopathy.
The laboratory, established at a cost of Rs.8 crore.
Holly city Allahabad to be rename as Prayagraj

Uttar Pradesh govt. decided to change the name of
Allahabad as Prayagraj ahead of the 2019 Ardh Kumbh fair
to be held in the holy city.
The seers of Nirvani Ani Akhara, Panchdashnaam Juna
Akhara and Digambar Ani Akhara among others also
requested Adityanath to provide them basic amenities
during the fair.
The Ardh Kumbh fair is held in every six years at Haridwar
and Allahabad where millions of people take a holy dip in the Ganga river.
Allahabad is famous for its holy atmosphere for millions of saints since ancient eras.
Global Human Capital Index: India ranks 103rd

India has been placed at a low 103 rank on the WEFs Global Human Capital Index,the
lowest among BRICS economies.
The top rank has been capped by Norway.
India also ranks among the lowest in the world when it comes to the employment gender
gap, but has fared well when it comes to development of skills needed for the future with a
rank of 65 out of total 130 countries surveyed.
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The list is compiled by Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF).

It takes into account the knowledge and skills people possess that enable them to create
value in the global economic system to measure the human capital rank of a country.
India was ranked 105th on this list last year, while Finland was on the top which has
pushed by Norway to second place this year.
India is ranked lower than its BRICS peers, with Russian Federation placed as high as 16th
place, followed by China at 34th, Brazil at 77th and South Africa at 87th place.
Among the South Asian countries also, India was ranked lower than Sri Lanka and Nepal,
although higher than neighbouring Bangladesh and Pakistan.
India is held back by a number of factors, including low educational attainment (primary
education attainment among 25 -54 year olds is 110th for example) and low deployment of
its human capital, meaning the skills available are not getting put to good use.
India ranks 118 for labour force participation among the key 35-54 year old demographic,
suggesting far too many Indians are engaged in informal or subsistent employment.
India faces a number of challenges but looks to be moving in the right direction.
The overall list was topped by Norway, followed by Finland and Switzerland in the second
and third place respectively.
Other countries in the top 10 include, the United States (4th), Denmark (5th), Germany
(6th), New Zealand (7th), Sweden (8th), Slovenia (9th) and Austria (10th).
The report measures 130 countries against four key areas of human capital development;
Capacity (determined by past investment in formal education), Deployment (accumulation
of skills through work), Development (continued upskilling and reskilling of existing
workers) and Know-how (specialised skills-use at work).
According to the report, 62 % of human capital has now been developed globally.
Dr Harsh Vardhan launches Wood is Good campaign in New Delhi

The central government has launched the Wood is Good campaign in New Delhi.
The campaign was launched by Minister for
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Dr Harsh
Vardhan.
Wood is a climate-friendly material, as it is a
renewable resource, having zero carbon footprint.
India commits to increase the countrys forest cover
from 24 % to 33 % of the geographical area and
creating an additional carbon sink of 2.5 to 3 billion tons of CO2 equivalent in forests.
Balancing of environmental and developmental concerns and also urged the scientists and
foresters to devise a solution to the problem of weeds.
The forests being an integral part of Indian culture and tradition.
India has managed to successfully conserve and enhance its forest resources.
President launches nationwide 'Swachhata Hi Seva' Jan Aandolan from Kanpur

The President Shri Ram Nath Kovind launched the nationwide jan aandolan, Swachhta Hi
Seva, from Iswarigunj, a village in Kanpur district of Uttar Pradesh.
The whole country swings in to mass Shramdaan for toilet making and cleaning of public
places for next two weeks.
Swachhta Hi Seva Campaign is an unprecedented campaign to highlight, once again, the
jan aandolan that is the Swachh Bharat Mission.
This follows an impassioned call by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, ahead of the
3rd anniversary of Swachh Bharat Mission that falls on 2nd October, 2017.
The objective of the campaign is to mobilise people between 15th September and 2nd
October, reigniting the jan aandolan for sanitation.
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Union Ministers, MLAs, MPs, iconic celebrities of India, sports stars, inter-faith leaders,
corporates, etc. have been appealed to join in this campaign towards swachhta.
The President also launched the Solid and Liquid Waste Management activities in the
village which is the next major step in Swachhta after getting the villages Open Defecation
Free.
Swachh Bharat is a critical component of the development of the country, and reaffirmed
his government's commitment to achieve an Open Defecation Free (ODF) Uttar Pradesh by
October 2018.
He also gave a progress update of Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin and Urban, saying that
Sanitation coverage in the country has gone up from 39% to 68% since the launch of the
Mission.
This launch kicked off the nationwide campaign to mobilise people to do large scale
shramdaan.
Ancient Indian text claims back history of zero by 500 years

A recent batch of carbon dating is causing the history of mathematics to be rewritten, as it
has discovered zeros dating back to a period 500 years before previously seen.
The numbers appear in an ancient Indian text called the Bakhshali manuscript, which
consists of 70 leaves of birch bark, filled with mathematics and text in the form of Sanskrit.
The manuscript was first discovered by a local
farmer in 1881, and was named after the village it
was found in, in what is now Pakistan.
A manuscript with the Oxford University has been
carbon dated back to 3rd/4th century AD.
This is now thought to be the first example of using
'0' as a digit in mathematics.
Until now, the oldest recorded use of zero was
believed to be around 9th century.
The symbol "0" is a familiar sight, but its origins are far from certain.
It's been housed by the University of Oxford's Bodleian Library since 1902.
Now, the manuscript has been carbon dated -and this has immediately upturned commonly
held beliefs.
It was originally thought that the manuscript was from the 9th century, but the dating
methods revealed that the oldest pages are from somewhere between 224 AD and 383 AD.
This means that the manuscript predates a 9th century inscription of zero on the wall of a
temple in Gwalior, India, which was previously considered to be the oldest recorded
example of a zero.
Across the text there are hundreds of zeros denoted using a dot.
It's this dot that later evolved to be the symbol with a hole in the middle that we know
today.
The dot was originally used as a placeholder, like how "0" is used in the number 505 to
denote that there are no tens, but was not yet a number in its own right.
The use of zero as a placeholder appeared in several different ancient cultures, such as the
ancient Mayans and Babylonians.
But only the Indian dot would eventually go on to gain true number status, first described
in 628 AD by the Indian astronomer and mathematician Brahmagupta.
Jharkhand state government launched Shaheed Gram Vikas Yojana for upliftment of tribal
Jharkhand state government has launched the Shaheed Gram Vikas Yojana for upliftment
of tribal areas in the state.
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The Shaheed Gram Vikas Yojana was launched by Jharkhand Government on 19

September 2017.
BJP National President Amit Shah along with
Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das launched the
initiative from Ulihatu Village, the birth place of
freedom fighter and Jharkhands tribal icon, Birsa
Munda.
The scheme primarily aims at developing villages of
freedom fighters.
In addition to developing the villages, inhabitants of the villages will be provided with basic
amenities. Most of the tribal villages of the state have long remained inaccessible.
Odisha becomes first state government in India to release its social media under a free
license
The government of Odisha has become the first state entity in India to release all of its
social media posts under a free Creative Commons license, allowing people from around the
world to freely re-use the governments content in projects like Wikipedia.
The pilot project, which covers eight of the states accounts on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube,
Instagram, releases a veritable treasure trove of public interest photos and media.
This has already had an impact; on Wikipedia, for instance, volunteers have added
government images to articles about Rathajatra, Konark Sun Temple, and others.
In general, you dont have permission to use a work unless you are given permission, such
as under a Creative Commons license.
Until 14 September, that lack of permission included anything shared by the Odisha
government on social media.
It can be difficult to share content on Wikipedia-one of the most popular websites in the
world, committed to free and open copyright licenses from its earliest days on the internet
and elsewhere, even that created and shared by government bodies for public use and
consumption.
This limitation has significant real-world impact, but in Odisha, a state in eastern India, this
is quickly changing.
Earlier this year, the Odia language Wikipedia community collaborated with the Odisha
states Youth and Sports Services department to relicense the 2017 Asian Athletics
Championships website.
By doing so, nearly 350 images were added to articles in 35 different language Wikipedias.
Similarly, the Odisha governments most recent decision to re-license its social media
content under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license, abbreviated as CC BY 4.0, will
help illustrate a number of topics.
The governments decision, on 14 September 2017, came less than 24 hours after volunteer
editors of the Odia language Wikipedia.
The present government, under the leadership of Sri Naveen Patnaik, has been focussing of
Transparency, Technology and Teamwork- a 3T bulwark to deliver better governance to
citizens more efficiently.
India third worst-hit nation by natural disasters: UNO

India is the third worst affected country by natural disasters since 1995.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed the world leaders to implement the
historic Paris deal with ever greater ambition.
Extreme weather events like Hurricane Irma are becoming "the new normal of a warming
world.
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The past decade has been the hottest on record. Average global temperature keeps
climbing, glaciers are receding and permafrost is declining.
Millions of people and trillions of assets are at risk from rising seas and other climate
disruptions
The number of natural disasters has quadrupled since 1970.
The US, followed by China, India, the Philippines and Indonesia, have experienced the most
disasters since 1995 - more than 1,600, or once every five days.
The Paris agreement's central aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of
climate change by keeping the global temperature rise in this century well below 2 degrees
Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit it to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The landmark agreement, which entered into force last November, calls on countries to
combat climate change and to accelerate and intensify the actions and investments needed
for a sustainable low carbon future, and to adapt to the increasing impacts of climate
change.
Countries like China and India are benefiting the most from the Paris Agreement.
Indias first electric bus service launched in Himachal Pradesh

Indias first electric bus service was launched at Rohtang Pass area in Himachal Pradesh.
It is first of its kind electric bus service for tourist spot
in India and first in world at an altitude of 13,000
feet.
The electric bus service will ply between Manali and
Rohtang and there will be 10 electric buses in fleet. It
was launched amid concern over environment
degradation in Rohtang Pass area due to plying of
diesel taxis.
The initiative aims to curb carbon emission which is
resulting in melting of glaciers in Himalayas.
Himachal Pradesh Government was forced to
introduce zero-emission transportation facility in ecologically fragile areas after National
Green Tribunal (NGT) had taken stringent step of imposing restriction on entry of vehicles
to Rohtang Pass.
The NGT had shown concern over melting of glaciers in Rohtang Pass area as they were
receding at an alarming rate of 19-20 meters per year.
The entry of vehicles were restricted to 1,000 vehicles per day, including both diesel and
petrol vehicles, however, electric and CNG vehicles are exempted.
Rohtang Pass (elevation 3,978 m) is high mountain pass on eastern Pir Panjal Range of
Himalayas around 51 km from Manali.
It connects the Kullu Valley with Lahaul and Spiti Valleys of Himachal Pradesh.
Central Government launches Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat

Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat scheme has launched by the Ministry of Petroleum and
Natural Gas country-wide to distribute LPG
connections among rural areas where conventional
fuel is used for domestic purposes.
The scheme was launched by Union Petroleum and
Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at Mota
Ishanpur village in Gandhinagar district in Gujarat.
It is backup scheme to existing Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana.
LPG Panchayat scheme The LPG Panchayat scheme aims at spreading awareness among
LPG users about how to properly use clean fuel and its useful benefits.
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It will provide platform to trigger discussion through sharing of personal experiences on

benefits of use of clean fuel compared to traditional fuels like cowdung, charcoal or wood.
It also aims to connect with beneficiaries of Ujjwala Yojana to resolve issues and wrong
traditional beliefs among people through officials of oil PSUs, NGOs, Asha workers and
social workers.
Under it, one lakh LPG Panchayats will be activated across country to deal with issue of safe
use of LPG as well as discuss its various benefits on environment, health and how it
empowers women.
LPG Panchayat will serve as an interactive platform between those who received LPG
cylinders under PMUY.
Each panchayat will have around 100 LPG customers of nearby areas.
Rajnath Singh launches portal PENCIL to eliminate child labour

The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched portal namely PENCIL (Platform for
Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour).
It is a great endeavour to combat the menace of child labour, trafficking and sexual abuse.
Singh along with Minister of State for Labour and Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar,
Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi launched PENCIL.
Singh at the event also assured that the Centre will soon pass the anti-trafficking bill.
PENCIL web portal stands for Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour an
electronic platform for no child labour that has been developed by the Labour Ministry.
This web portal has been was launched during the National Conference on Child Labour in
New Delhi.
Andhra CM Naidu declares 2017 as e-pragati year

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu declared the year of 2017 as e-
pragati year.
Naidu said that all districts must come under the purview of the flagship programme that
will help the government make real-time governance.
The Chief Minister also inaugurated the Andhra Pradesh Sports Policy 2017.
On Parishkara Vedika, a call center that has been set up to hear and redress the
grievances of the public, Naidu said any complaints would be resolved quickly.
The Capital of Andhra Pradesh to progress in Amaravati.
Chief Minister: Chandrababu Naidu and Governor is E. S. L. Narasimhan.
Union Govt launches campaign to sensitise women about cancer

Union minister Anupriya Patel launched a nationwide health campaign to sensitise women
about the early screening and the preventive care for cancer.
Themed Nurturing the Nurturer, the campaign was launched by FICCI Ladies Organisation
(FLO) in partnership with the Apollo Hospitals group.
Shri Ram Vilas Paswan launches Electronic Negotiable Warehouse Receipt (e-NWR)
System:
Shri Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
today launched the Web Portal of Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority
(WDRA) & Electronic Negotiable Warehouse Receipt (e-NWR) System in New Delhi.
National Disaster Management Authority celebrates 13th Formation Day. The 13th
Formation Day of National Disaster Management Authority was celebrated in New Delhi
with the theme School Safety. The event was inaugurated by the Union Home Minister,
Rajnath Singh. It saw in attendance NDMA members and officials, senior officials from HRD
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Ministry, NDRF, NIDM and officials from Central and state governments and various
educational institutions.
Central Government increased Doctors Retirement age to 65 years. Prime Minister
Narendra Modi led Union Cabinet has approved the suggestion to increase the retirement
age of doctors to 65 years. But, this decision shall not be applicable to Central Health
Service (CHS) doctors. The decision is expected to help in better patient care, better
academic activities in Medical institutes and colleges as also it will help in effective and
better implementation of National Health Programmes (NHP) for delivery of health care
services.
Cabinet approves umbrella scheme of Modernisation of Police Forces. Prime Minister Shri
Narendra Modi led Union Cabinet has given its nod for implementation of umbrella scheme
of "Modernisation of Police Forces (MPF)" for years 2017-18 to 2019-20. However, Police is
in a state list and hence it is exclusive to states. Therefore, the centre has its limitations in
this regard. Post-independence, some of the states came out with their own police acts. For
example, the Kerala Police act 1960; Bombay Police act, 1951; the Delhi Police act, 1978.
Govt launches Divyang SarathiAccessible and Comprehensive Mobile Application for
easy information dissemination to Divyangjans. Minister for Social Justice and
Empowerment launched the Beta version of Divyang SarathiThe accessible and
comprehensive mobile application for easy dissemination of information to Divyangjans.
The mobile application will unquestionably have a wide outreach as it has been created
bilingually i.e., the data is accessible in Hindi and additionally English.
Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu declares rural areas in Nargund Open Defecation Free.
Nargund taluk with 13 gram panchayats and 30 villages had 11949 families as per the
baseline survey in 2012 and of them 9949 families did not have toilets. The authorities
found it difficult to get toilets constructed in the village due to the reluctance of the villagers
to have toilets in their backyards and misconceptions surrounding use of toilets.
PM Narendra Modi launches 'Saubhagya' scheme. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana-Saubhagya to mark the birth
anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya. The scheme would provide subsidy on
electrical equipments such as transformers, meters and wires.
Union Government launches Divyang Sarathi mobile application. This accessible and
comprehensive mobile application will ensure easy dissemination of information to
Divyangjans so that they can understand all details pertaining to the schemes, scholarships,
statutes, institutional support systems and other relevant information at the click of a
button. The application was developed by the two Assistant Secretaries Anunaya Jha and B
Susheela in the DEPwD.
Kandla Port renamed as Deendayal Port. The Kandla port, which now renamed as the
Deendayal Port Trust is a seaport in Kutch District of Gujarat state in western India, near
the city of Gandhidham. Located on the Gulf of Kutch, it is one of major ports on west coast.
The Ministry of Shipping has issued a notice renaming Kandla Port Trust as Deendayal Port
Trust with effect from 25th of September, 2017.
Government Constitutes High Level Forum on 5G India 2020. India is at the cusp of a next
generation of wireless of remote technology 5G. 5G has been imagined as an foundation for
eptending the capability of the Networked Society. A computerized of digital
transformation achieved through the power of connectivity is occurring in practically every
industry. For India, 5G gives a chance to industry to contact global markets, and consumers
to pick up with the economies of scale. Overall nations have come up with similar forum
and therefore, India has joined the race in 5G advances.
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Union Government launches Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana.
The Project will experiment and endeavour to formulate and implement appropriate
Science and Technology (S&T) interventions for sustainable development through cluster
approach in Uttarakhand. The project has been inspired by teachings and ideals of Pt. Deen
Dayal Upadhayay whose birth centenary falls in the year 2017.
Union Government announces new PPP Policy for Affordable Housing. The policy seeks to
assign risks among the government, developers and financial institutions and to those who
can manage them the best besides leveraging underutilized and un-utilized private and
public lands towards meeting the Housing for All target by 2022.
Centre to start helicopter and smaller aircraft services to hilly areas. The Centre is planning
to start helicopter and smaller aircraft services to hilly areas, Andaman and Nicobar and
Lakshadweep Islands under the second phase of UDAN scheme. The government had
announced increasing viability gap funding for helicopter operators and allowing smaller
planes, among other concessions, under the regional air connectivity scheme in August
2017.
Union Cabinet approves introduction of the Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 2017. As per the
Dentists Act, 1948, it was required to have the representation of dentists registered in Part
B as Central Government nominees in the Dental Council of India and then the election of
four or two members from Part B to the State Dental Councils. However, it lost relevance.
Union Cabinet approves merger of 17 Government Presses into 5 units. Modernisation of
the Presses will enable the presses to undertake important confidential, urgent and multi-
colour printing work of the Central Government Offices all over the country. This will be
carried out at zero cost to the exchequer and without any retrenchment.
Cabinet approves additional investment towards supplementary nutrition for Anganwadi
children. The Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal for
increase of cost norms for supplementary nutrition provided in Anganwadis and for out of
school adolescent girls under Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS).
India to conduct first BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise 2017. Delegates from all
seven nations of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation (BIMSTEC) grouping, namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri
Lanka and Thailand, will participate in the event. The main focus of the BIMSTEC DMEx-
2017 will be on testing the regions preparedness and resilience towards effective
activation of inter-Governmental interaction/dialogue/agreements for immediate
deployment of regional resources for disaster response.
Union Government to launch mobile app for retiring government staffs. The mobile
application that will allow central government employees who are about to retire to
monitor the process of their pension settlement cases will also allow retired employees to
assess their superannuation funds and record complaints through the pension calculator.
Union Minister to inaugurate first Pension Adalat. Union Minister Jitendra Singh would be
inaugurating the first Pension Adalat in Delhi. The Minister would also be awarding
Pensioners for their outstanding contribution towards Anubhav and launching a mobile
app to help retired or retiring government officials to monitor the progress of their pension
settlement and self-assess their pension through the pension calculator.
Union Government to grant citizenship to Chakma and Hajong refugees. The Chakma and
Hajong refugees currently live in camps in the Northeast India. The move came following an
order of the Supreme Court, which in 2015 had directed the Union Government to grant
citizenship to the Chakma and Hajong refugees, mostly staying in Arunachal Pradesh.
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Ministry of Corporate Affairs and CBDT inks MoU for automatic and regular exchange of
information. The MoU takes forward the initiative launched by the Union Government 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.
Indian Railways permits m-Aadhaar as ID proof for travellers. Aadhaar Card is issued to
Indian citizens by the Union Government. It is issued and managed by the Unique
Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), a statutory authority established under the
provisions of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and
Services) Act, 2016 on 12 July 2016 under the Ministry of Electronics and Information
Technology (MeitY). It is a document for identification.
Union Cabinet approves introduction of Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2017 in
Parliament. The Amendment Bill calls for increasing the maximum limit of gratuity of
employees in the private sector and in Public Sector Undertakings or Autonomous
Organizations under Government which are not covered under CCS (Pension) Rules, at par
with Central Government employees. The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972 applies to
establishments employing 10 or more persons.
Six months cooling period in divorce cases can be waived off: Supreme Court. The main aim
of the cooling off period was to safeguard the marriage against a hurried decision if there
was a possibility of differences being reconciled. However, if there are no chances of
reunion and there are chances of fresh rehabilitation, the court should enable the parties to
have a better option.
Union Government reconstitutes six Committees of Cabinet. Defence Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman and railway minister Piyush Goyal have been included in the Cabinet
Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA), reaffirming their elevation in the Union Cabinet.
They, along with petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan, have also been included as
permanent members of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA).
FSSAI launches online platform FoSCoRIS for food inspection. FoSCoRIS is an online
platform of FSSAI that will help eliminate discrepancy and will make food safety officers
accountable for their inspection. FSSAI is a nodal agency responsible for protecting and
promoting public health in India through regulation and supervision of food safety. It was
established under the Food Safety and Standards Act 2006. It operates under the aegis of
Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) to form committee to examine Supreme
Courts verdict on Triple Talaq. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) will be
forming a committee comprising experts to review the recent Supreme Court verdict on
triple talaq and also to look into the method and process for undertaking large scale
community reform program within the Islamic Sharia.
Union Government launches DIKSHA Portal for teachers. DIKSHA is built considering the
whole life cycle of teacher beginning from the time when they enrol in Teacher Education
Institutes (TEIs) to the time they retire as teachers.
Union Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region to organise North East Calling. The
event will be organised under its Destination North East series of the year 2017.
First batch of 1000 E-rickshaws 'SmartE' launched in Gurugram. The E rickshaw fleet is
operated by Treasure Vase Ventures Private Limited in partnership of Delhi Metro under
the 'SmartE' brand name.
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NITI Aayog launches the National Nutrition Strategy. NITI Aayog has launched the National
Nutrition Strategy aimed at Kuposhan Mukt Bharat that intends at bringing nutrition to the
center-stage of the National Development Agenda.
Nitin Gadkari announces formation of task force for Namami Ganges speedy
implementation. Nitin Gadkari, who assumed additional charge of water resources, has
announced the formation of an inter-ministerial task force to speed up the implementation
of the Centres Namami Gange mission.
CIPAM-DIPP launches social media campaign to promote Geographical Indications. The
campaign will be promoted with #LetsTalkIP which is an ongoing movement initiated by
CIPAM to make more people aware about the importance of Intellectual Property Rights.
Union Health Ministry launches two new contraceptives Antara and Chhaya. These
contraceptives have been launched in 10 states including Delhi, Maharashtra, Uttar
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Haryana, West Bengal, Odisha and Goa.
Environment Ministry launches environment awareness initiative, Prakriti Khoj, on
Teachers Day. This quiz will provide a unique platform for students to measure their
awareness level regarding environmental issues.
President Ram Nath Kovind laid foundation stone for Link-4 of SAUNI Scheme. President
Ramnath Kovind laid the foundation stone for link 4 of Saurashtra Narmada Avataran
Irrigation (SAUNI) Scheme in Rajkot district on 4 September 2017.
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International
9th BRICS Summit-2017

From September3rd -5th, 2017; the 9th
BRICS Summit was organized in Xiamen,
China.
It is known that prior to this, the 3rd BRICS
Summit was held in April 2011 in Sanya,
China.
The 9thsummit was chaired by China
President Xi Jinping.
The theme of this summit was BRICS:
Stronger Partnership for Brighter Future.
President of hosting nation Xi Jinping, Prime
Minister of India Narendra Modi, Brazilian
President Michele Taymer, Russian
President Vladimir Putin and South African President Jacob Zuma participated in the three-
day summit.
In this Summit, discussions were held to increase cooperation between the member
countries in economic areas.
In this summit, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized on terrorism as a threat to the
entire world and adhered to deal it strictly.
During this summit, BRICS member countries adopted 71-point Xiamen Declaration on
September 4, 2017.
In the joint declaration, without naming the Pakistan, it has been condemned for the
terrorist attacks in the member countries, it has been said that this organization condemns
every kind of terrorism around the world, including BRICS countries, wherever the attacks
are done, whoever did these, terrorist activities cannot be considered as correct in any way.
Understanding Indias concern over Pakistan-induced terrorism, BRICS member-states for
the first time bracketed Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taebbya (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed
(JeM), and Haqqani network with the Islamic State, paving the way for strong future action
against these globally outlawed terror outfits and termed these organization as a threat to
security, convicted for violence.
The other groups which have been named include Taliban, ISIS / DAISH and Al Qaeda.
This is the first time that a BRICS declaration has named these terrorist groups and
expressed concern over its activities.
During the BRICS summit-2017, the following 4 documents were signed in presence
of BRICS leaders on September 4, 2017-
1- BRICS Action Agenda on Economic and Trade Cooperation
2- BRICS Action Plan for Innovation Cooperation(2017-2020)
3- Strategic Framework of BRICS Customs Cooperation
4- Memorandum of Understanding between the BRICS Business Council and the New
Development Bank on Strategic Cooperation
Significantly, the term BRIC was first used by Goldman Sachs in the context of the study of
global economic trends in the coming half-century in 2001, in his global economic paper,
The World Needs Better Economic BRICs.
BRICS is the acronym for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil,
Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The first formal summit was held in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
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It was established in 2009. Originally it was known as BRIC before the inclusion of South
Africa in 2011 and thereafter it became BRICS.
Together, they account for 26.46% of world land area, 42.58% of world population.
According to IMFs estimates, BRICS countries generated 22.53% of the world GDP.
Johannesburg, South Africa will host the 10th BRICS Summit in 2018.
Pervez Musharraf declared fugitive in ex-Pakistan PM Benazir Bhutto's murder trial

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Rawalpindi has announced the verdict in the Benazir
Bhutto murder case.
The court declared retired General Pervez Musharraf an absconder in the case.
Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf was declared a proclaimed offender by a
special anti-terrorism court.
It also sentenced two senior police officers to 17 years in jail in the Benazir Bhutto murder
case, nearly 10 years after her assassination.
Bhutto, a two-time prime minister, was killed in a gun and bomb attack in Rawalpindi's
Liaquat Bagh during an election campaign rally on December 27, 2007. She was 54.
The case was registered soon after the assassination and the trial went through many ups
and down until concluded in Rawalpindi.
Aziz and Shahzad were sentenced to 17 years in prison and ordered to pay a fine of Rs 5
lakh each.
While five other accused have been acquitted, former president Musharraf has been
declared a proclaimed offender, with an order to seize his property.
Astronomers found Water on TRAPPIST-1 planets

The research on the Earth-sized planets in the TRAPPIST-1 dwarf star system is giving rise
to more and more lucrative information.
An international team of astronomers used the
NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to determine the
possibility of water on these planets.
If found, it will make the planets one step closer to
being habitable in the near future.
The TRAPPIST-1 planetary system has been found to
have the largest number of Earth-sized planets
discovered so far.
Astronomers announced the discovery of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting TRAPPIST-1 in
February 2017
The planets are located 40 light-years away from Earth
It has been estimated that there might be water on the seven planets orbiting in the nearby
TRAPPIST-1 planetary system
The astronomers studied the amount of ultraviolet radiation received by the individual
planets of the system
A theory exists that the amount of ultraviolet radiation emitted by TRAPPIST-1 suggests
that the planets could have lost gigantic amounts of water over the course of their history
The inner planets could have lost more than 20 Earth-oceans worth of water during the last
eight billion years
However, the results suggest that the outer planets of the system might still harbour
substantial amounts of water
This includes the three planets within the habitable zone of the star, lending further weight
to the possibility that they may indeed be habitable.
Ultraviolet radiation is an important factor in the atmospheric evolution of planets.
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As in our own atmosphere, where ultraviolet sunlight breaks molecules apart, ultraviolet
starlight can break water vapour in the atmospheres of exoplanets into hydrogen and
oxygen.
NHAI to expand 112km highway stretch in Myanmar

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) announced that it will undertake the first
international road project in Myanmar.
It involves expansion of 112 km stretch between
Kalewa and Yagyi in the western Sagaing division.
The announcement coincides with Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's visit to Nay Pyi Taw in Myanmar.
The highway builder for this project will be
completed at Rs 1,200 crore.
The contract for this key stretch on India-Myanmar-
Thailand (IMT) highway has gone to a joint venture
of Punj Llyod and Varaha Infra Ltd.
The external affairs ministry will fund the project as a part of bilateral cooperation and
NHAI will be the implementing agency.
The highway builder will be responsible for its maintenance for three years.
The 1,360 km IMT Highway will link Moreh in India to Mae Sot in Thailand via Myanmar.
Benjamin Netanyahu bans Al-Jazeera journalist from free speech event

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has banned Al-
Jazeera`s Jerusalem bureau chief from attending a
seminar about freedom of speech.
It is the latest move against the broadcaster by the
Israeli leader.
Netanyahu had demanded Walid Al-Omary be
excluded from the conference.
The event was focused on the limits of freedom of
expression.
Netanyahu reiterated his intention to close Al-Jazeera in Israel and called for "legal
measures to be taken to prevent the accreditation of all Al-Jazeera journalists."
Earlier, in July Netanyahu announced plans to expel Al-Jazeera after accusing it of
incitement.
Israel had also announced it would withdraw accreditation of one of the broadcaster`s
journalists, Elias Karam, but he has since been given a six-month reprieve.
Amnesty International called the Israeli moves a "brazen attack on media freedom."
Al-Jazeera is owned by Qatar, has also been banned by the gas-rich Gulf state`s rivals in
recent months.
Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt broke ties with Qatar on June 5,
accusing it of fostering extremism and demanding Al-Jazeera`s closure.
Al-Jazeera has nearly 80 offices around the world and broadcasts in several languages.
Habib Bank of Pakistan to pay $225-million New York fine for compliance failures
According to the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), Pakistan`s Habib
Bank had agreed to pay $225 million to settle an enforcement action brought against it for
infringing laws designed to combat illicit money transfers.
In a legal filing last month it was seeking to fine the bank, Pakistan`s biggest lender, up to
$630 million for "grave" compliance failures over anti-money laundering and sanctions
rules at its only U.S. branch.
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The bank, known as HBL, agreed to pay just over a third of that sum as part of a broader
settlement in which it will shutter its New York branch, subject to conditions.
These include submitting to a DFS investigation of transactions processed by the branch
from October 2013 to the end of September 2014, and from April 2015 through the end of
July 2017.
Shares of HBL surged 5 percent, to 160.58 rupees per
share, amid investor relief that the fine was
The enforcement action followed a 2016 review in
which the regulator found "weaknesses in the banks
risk management and compliance" that management
had failed to tackle.
The review showed HBL had failed to properly screen
thousands of transactions and had processed payments for known criminals and
sanctioned entities, among other failings.
HBL disclosed it was in negotiations with the DFS last month and said the potential fine and
closure of its New York branch would have no material impact on its business outside the
United States.
HBL believes that the opportunity to resolve this matter consensually at this time is in the
best interests of its investors, shareholders and customers.
HBL remains committed to strengthening its operations and controls."
The hefty fine would hurt profits and could force HBL to issue foreign-currency
subordinated debt to pay the regulator.
"Sahara Forest Project" launched by Jordan

Jordan has launched Sahara Forest Project near the southern port city of Aqaba to turn
desert land into farming land to produce food using sun and sea water.
Jordan is a water-poor country, contain 90% land area desert.
The project seeks to demonstrate innovative application of technology to revolutionize our
land systems in a way that benefits the climate, people, and businesses.
It is funded by Norway and European Union.
Sahara Forest Project aims to provide fresh water,food and renewable energy in hot, arid
regions as well as re-vegetating areas of uninhabited desert.
It combines saltwater-cooled greenhouses with solar power technologies, and technologies
for desert revegetation.
In the first stage, the project aims to produce up to
130 tonnes of organic vegetables annually from
area size of four football pitches.
It will also produce fresh water.
It will use solar panels to provide power and
include outdoor planting space, water desalination
unit, two saltwater-cooled greenhouses and salt
ponds for salt production.
In later stages, it is expanded to be expanded from
three hectares to around 200 hectares of desert.
Global Financial Centres Index -2017: London ranks tops

UKs capital London has topped in the 2017 Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI) among
92 financial centres released by the Z/Yen and China Development Institute.
Indias financial capital Mumbai was ranked at 60th position, up by three positions
compared to previous edition.
What is Global Financial Centres Index ?
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The index is ranking of the competitiveness of financial centres based on aggregate of

indices from five key areas: business environment, financial sector development,
infrastructure factors, human capital, reputation and general factors. It is published twice a
year. It is widely quoted as a source for ranking financial centres.
There is little change in top five positions compared to previous year.
London and New York remain in first and second places. Hong Kong has moved just ahead
of Singapore.
Tokyo remains in fifth. New York was 24 points
behind London, biggest gap between the two since
survey started in 2007 presumably due to fears over
US trade.
The index shows that London is globes most
attractive financial centre despite Britains looming
departure from the European Union.
Earlier it was believed that due to Brexit, London will lose its pre-eminent status as a
financial centre, but there are very few signs of that happening yet.
There is overall drop in confidence amongst leading centres. Of the top 25 centres, 23 fell in
ratings and only two rose.
At lower end of table, 20 of 25 lowest rated centres actually rose in the GFCI ratings.
Western European financial centres are still volatile.
Frankfurt, Dublin, Paris and Amsterdam all rose in rankings, but Geneva, Zurich and
Luxembourg fell in rankings.
European centres continued to fluctuate as people speculate about which centres might
benefit from London leaving U. Stockholm, Copenhagen, and Vienna all showing strong
rises.
The leading financial centres in Asia/Pacific region fell in ratings. All of top ten centres in
region fell in ratings with Singapore, Tokyo, and Osaka all showing fall in ratings. These are
reverses of strong gains made in the year 2015-16.
Central American country Mexico was hit by 7.1 magnitude earthquake

The Central American country Mexico was hit by 7.1 magnitude earthquake on 19
September 2017 resulting in extensive damage and
death of over 250 people.
Mexicos central region was hit by a powerful
earthquake.
Dozens of buildings tumbled into mounds of rubble
or were severely damaged in densely populated
parts of capital Mexico City and nearby states.
States of Puebla and Morelos were worst hit. At least
269 people died and more than 1800 were injured.
This earthquake was the deadliest in Mexico since the 1985 quake on the same date that
killed over 10,000 people.
It came less than two weeks after a quake caused 90 deaths in the countrys south. Mexico
is one of the worlds most seismically active regions, sitting atop several intersecting
tectonic plates.
University of Manchester Scientists create worlds first molecular robot

Scientists from University of Manchester have created worlds first molecular robot -
millionth of a millimetre in size.
It can be used to build molecules and may help discover novel drugs. Key Facts The
molecular robot is millionth of millimetre in size.
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It is made up of just 150 carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen atoms which are basic
building blocks required to form molecules.
It can be programmed to move and build molecular cargo using a tiny robotic arm.
The molecular robot operates by carrying out chemical reactions in special solutions which
can then be controlled and programmed by scientists to perform the basic tasks.
It responds to series of simple commands that are programmed with chemical inputs. Each
individual robot is capable of manipulating single
molecule.
In terms of size context, billion of these molecular
robots piled on top of each other will be only same
size as a single grain of salt.
The molecular robot is so small, that it massively
reduces demand for materials, dramatically reduce
power requirements and can accelerate and improve
drug discovery and rapidly increase the miniaturisation of other products.
Indo-Afghan Relation: India to train Afghan police

India is now planning to train Afghan police officers in Afghanistan after training Afghan
National Army officers and soldiers for four years.
The MoU for the proposal will be supported by the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
It was discussed as a part of enhancing the security
partnership between India and Afghanistan during the
meeting of the Strategic Partnership Council in Delhi
this month.
India has always been an excellent partner for all our
capacity building programmes.
This will be a good opportunity for India, Afghanistan and the U.S. to develop their
partnerships in Afghanistan.
About 6,300 members of Afghan security and defence forces were killed by the Taliban
since 2016.
At present about 200 Afghan soldiers are trained at a time at the Indian Military Academy,
including 130 cadets and about 30-40 officers.
The training of police officers, which India had first offered to Afghanistan in 2011, will be a
significant step in security ties.
India has invested $3 billion in civilian projects since 2002 and another 116 new projects
announced this time.
Last year, India sent Afghanistan four Russian-made Mi-25 helicopters, but has yet to
concede to Afghan requests for more equipment, transport vehicles, while an agreement for
Indian engineers to repair the helicopters and to refurbish old aircraft that is presently
non-functional, has still not been finalised a year later.
The recent four Blackhawks (helicopters) is part of our long term plan, to have at least 200
aircraft in 2023.
Indias help is most essential during the transition from Soviet-era to U.S. and NATO
hardware.
Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina floats five-point peace plan

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has floated a five-point peace proposal at United
Nations to find a permanent solution to Rohingya crisis.
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She called for immediate steps to end ethnic cleansing of Rohingya minority as it has
deepened crisis along Bangladeshs border with Myanmar where over 430,000 refugees
fleeing violence in Rakhine State since August 2017.
Five-point proposal Myanmar must stop violence and practice of ethnic cleansing in
Rakhine State unconditionally, immediately and forever.
UN Secretary General should immediately send fact-finding mission to Myanmar.
All civilians, irrespective of religion and ethnicity, must be protected in Myanmar.
For this, safe zones can be created inside Myanmar under UN supervision.
Sustainable return of all forcibly displaced Rohingyas in Bangladesh to their homes in
Myanmar Recommendations of Kofi Annan
Commission Report must be implemented
immediately, unconditionally and entirely.
According to UN estimates, over 450000 Rohingya
Muslims have fled Myanmars Rakhine state into
Bangladesh since August 2017 when a fresh wave of
violence had erupted Myanmars Rakhine province.
The violence had started after Rohingya militants
belonging to Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (also known as Harakat al-Yaqeen or Faith
Movement) had attacked police posts in Myanmars northern Rakhine state.
Following this attack, Myanmars military had launched violent crackdown on insurgents
from Muslim Rohingya population which led to mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims into
neighboring Bangladesh.
Who are Rohingya ?
Rohingya is ethnic Muslim minority group, largely comprising Muslims living primarily in
Myanmars western Rakhine state.
They practice a Sufi-inflected variation of Sunni Islam.
They differ from Myanmars dominant Buddhist groups religiously, ethnically and
linguistically.
They speak Bengali dialect, as opposed to commonly spoken Burmese language in
Myanmar.
Myanmar considers Rohingyas as illegal Bengali immigrants, despite fact that many they
have resided in Rakhine province of Myanmar for centuries.
Interpol admits Palestine as its full member

The International Police Organization or Interpol, as it is commonly known, has decided to
accept the state of Palestine as a new member.
The decision will boost Palestine's international
status.
This was made with more than the required two-third
majority with 74 member countries approving the
proposal and 24 opposing during the annual meeting
of the Interpol that was held in Beijing on Wednesday.
India may have voted in favour of Palestine though
there was no immediate confirmation.
India was the first country to recognise Palestine and later backed its membership to the
United Nations.
Earlier, Palestine applied for membership in 2015.
Last July, it sent a formal letter promising not to use the organization "for any political,
military, racial or religious interventions or activities" and promising to cooperate with
Interpol activities, according to the minutes of the Interpol meeting.
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Palestine gained observer status at the United Nations in 2012 and since then has joined
more than 50 international organisations and agreements, according to the Palestinian
foreign ministry.
Malaysia bans all citizens from travelling to North Korea

South-East Asian nation Malaysia has banned its citizens from travelling to North Korea as
the country faces increasing diplomatic pressure
over its weapons programs.
The foreign ministry announced the ban in a
statement and it would last until further notice.
The statement cited North Korea's missile tests
and related developments.
North Korea has been targeted in recent months
by stricter sanctions and increasing diplomatic
pressure, with Kuwait and Mexico expelling its
envoys in recent weeks.
Since July, North Korea has launched its first
intercontinental ballistic missiles, has flown midrange missiles over Japan and has
detonated its sixth nuclear test.
Malaysia is one of its few remaining diplomatic partners even though bilateral tensions
briefly escalated after the North Korean leader's estranged half-brother was killed at the
Kuala Lumpur airport in February.
Saudi King issues decree allowing women to drive. The royal decree now ends a
conservative tradition seen by rights activists as an emblem of the Islamic kingdom's
repression of women. The decree ordered the formation of a ministerial body to give advice
within 30 days and then implement the order by 24 June 2018.
World's largest aircraft successfully passes first engine tests. The worlds largest airplane,
which has been designed to serve as a launching platform for sending rockets into low-
Earth orbit, has successfully completed its initial engine tests. The plane weighs about
227,000 kg and has the biggest wingspan ever built, measuring 118 m from one end to the
other.
Japan's PM Shinzo Abe calls snap election, seeking stronger mandate. Japanese Prime
Minister Shinzo Abe has called for a snap election, a year earlier than the scheduled time.
Abe said that he would dissolve parliaments lower house on 28 September, seeking a
stronger mandate and support for his tough stance towards the increasing threats from
North Korea following its illegal ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programme.
India seeks zero tolerance against terrorist safe havens at UNSC meeting. India sought for
zero tolerance against terrorist safe havens anywhere and at any level during the recent UN
Security Council meeting, which was held in Afghanistan. India's Permanent Representative
to the UN, Syed Akbaruddin, urged the UN that there should not be any differentiation
between good and bad terrorists and nor should one group be played against the other.
New US travel ban includes N Korea, Venezuela, Chad among 8 countries. The President of
United States, Donald Trump has issued a new travel ban that includes North Korea,
Venezuela and Chad in the list of eight countries. Trump cited reasons such as poor security
and lack of cooperation with US authorities for including the nations on the travel ban list.
India to collaborate with Russia for Bangladesh nuclear power plant. India has announced a
collaboration with Russia to build a nuclear plant in Bangladesh. The move is the first
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initiative under the Indo-Russia deal to undertake atomic energy projects in the third-
world nations. It will also be India's first atomic energy venture abroad.
50 nations sign United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Brazil was
the first country to sign onto the ban, followed by nations from Algeria to Venezuela. Fifty
states as different as Indonesia and Ireland had put their names to the treaty; others can
sign later if they like. Guyana, Thailand and the Vatican also have already ratified the treaty,
which needs 50 ratifications to take effect among the nations that back it.
The world is running out of antibiotics: WHO Report. The Report identifies 12 classes of
priority pathogens. Some of them cause common infections such as pneumonia or urinary
tract infections that are resistant to existing antibiotics. The report also identifies 51 new
antibiotics and biologicals in clinical development that can treat antibiotic-resistant
pathogens, tuberculosis and diarrhoeal infection Clostridium difficile.
WHO releases Non-communicable Disease Progress Monitor 2017 report. As per Progress
Monitor 2017, governments must step up efforts to control Non-Communicable Diseases
(NCDs) to meet globally agreed targets such as preventing the premature deaths of millions
of people from these conditions.
Fallout of North Koreas Nuclear Test: List of countries which have expelled North Korean
ambassadors. In response to the most powerful nuclear test on 3rd September by North
Korea till date, some countries have announced they have expelled the North Korean
ambassador from their capitals. North Korea has been on the radar of most countries,
eversince its constantly violating the international norms and sanctions. It resulted into a
complete isolation at world platform. However, it still enjoys the diplomatic relation with
160 countries, as per the S South Korea's Unification Ministry.
India, Japan sign 15 agreements for enhancing bilateral cooperation. The agreements were
signed during the visit of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to India. Among various
agreements, both the sides exchanged RoD (Record of Discussions) on civil aviation
cooperation with respect to open sky. With this agreement, Indian and Japanese carriers
can now undertake unlimited number of flights to the selected cities of each other's
countries.
Union Government launches Operation Insaniyat to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh.
Under Operation Insaniyat, India will distribute relief material consisting of items required
urgently by the affected people. These materials are rice, pulses, sugar, salt, cooking oil, tea,
ready to eat noodles, biscuits, mosquito nets etc. The relief material will be delivered in
multiple consignments.
India and Pakistan begin high-level talks on Indus Waters Treaty. The two-day high-level
talks on technical issues of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) began between India and
Pakistan in Washington, United States. The talks are a continuation of a discussion on how
to safeguard the treaty for the benefit of the people in both the countries.
India, Belarus sign 10 pacts to expand cooperation. India and Belarus have signed 10
Memorandums of Understanding to expand cooperation in a range of areas including oil
and gas, youth affairs and sports, skill development, scientific and technical cooperation
and education and culture.
Harry Potter's Hogwarts letter auctioned off, sold for 7000 pounds. The Harry Potters
Hogwarts letter is made from marble-effect paper. It features a real red wax Hogwarts seal
and this seal sets this particular letter apart from the others used on the movie sets. The
envelope remains sealed with letters seemingly contained within.
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United Nations Security Council adopts new North Korea sanctions. The fresh resolution
curtails the country's oil supply by almost 30 per cent and bans all its textile exports worth
USD 800 million. It also takes steps to stop North Koreans working abroad from sending
their earnings back to the country and provides new tools for combating smuggling of
prohibited products by sea.
India, Afghanistan exchange four pacts in areas including health, transport. After attending
the meet, the External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj said, 116 new High Impact
Development Projects would be jointly implemented to bring socio-economic and
infrastructure development in Afghanistan. She said, India's focus will continue on building
governance and democratic institutions, human resource capacity and skill development.
Besides, the two leaders also discussed easing of visa regimes to promote trade and people
to people contacts.
Second Indian Workers Resource Centre inaugurated in UAE. Indian Ambassador has said
that the IWRC is being opened to cater to the needs of relatively underserved and the
largely blue-collar community in the emirate.
India refuses to sign Bali Declaration over Rohingya issue. India reiterated its stance that
the purpose of convening the Parliamentary forum was to arrive at mutual consensus for
implementation of sustainable development goal, which requires inclusive and broad-based
development processes.
Donald Trump revokes Obamas amnesty programme, 7000 Indian Americans to be
affected. US President Donald Trump has scrapped an amnesty programme introduced
during Obamas term that granted work permits to immigrants who arrived in the country
illegally as children.
Hurricane Harvey to be costliest natural disaster in US history: Report. The total losses
from Harvey, which has created havoc in Texas and Louisiana in southeast US, would reach
USD 190 billion or one per cent of the nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), countering
the expected growth in the economy for the remaining months of the year 2017.
UNESCO announces winners of International Literacy Prizes 2017. The UNESCO
International Literacy Prizes are divided into two categories namely the UNESCO Confucius
Prize for Literacy that is sponsored by China and the King Sejong Literacy Prize that is
sponsored by South Korea.
North Korea claims successful test of hydrogen bomb. As per the analysts, previous North
Korean nuclear tests have resulted in earthquakes; however, a 6.3 magnitude tremor
indicates that the size of the nuclear test was larger than previous ones.
Five banks of BRICS nations sign agreement to establish credit lines. Five banks of the
BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Bank Cooperation Mechanism have
agreed to establish credit lines in the national currencies and cooperate on credit ratings.
New Development Bank approves USD 1.4 billion loan for projects in India, China and
Russia. The loans were approved ahead of the BRICS Summit to be held in Xiamen city of
China from 3 September to 5 September 2017.
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Economics & Financial Awareness
Aadhaar-linking deadlines for Indian citizen enhance to Feb.2018

Centre has made it compulsory to link Aadhaar with a
number of essentials like Income Tax returns, PAN,
and much more.
Notably, all mobile numbers that are not linked to
Aadhaar will be deactivated after February 28, as per
IANS.
The government is going ahead to link Aadhaar with
mobile SIM cards, the agency further added. Aadhaar
numbers have to be submitted in order to avail
various social security schemes.
As per NDTV, whether linking the Aadhaar with mobile SIM cards, PAN or bank account
numbers, there are deadlines in each case.
Below are four deadlines that you need to meet to link Aadhaar with a number of
documents:
Deadline to link Aadhaar with PAN:
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had extended the last date to link Aadhar with
PAN in August to December 31, 2017.
Earlier deadline was August 31. It is mandatory to link Aadhaar-PAN in order to process the
income tax returns (ITRs) for assessment year 2017-18, the income tax department said.
If this linking (PAN-Aadhaar) is skipped, the return could be considered invalid and the
person may have to file it again which shall be considered belated and may attract penalty,
interest and other consequences like disallowances for losses.
Deadline to link Aadhaar with mobile number:
Mobile numbers that are not linked with Aadhaar will be deactivated after February next
year.
As per IANS, a number of telecom companies have already started sending alerts to
customers to link their Aadhaar numbers with Mobile numbers.
These companies had earlier urged their customers to start the process of linking Aadhaar
card numbers with mobile numbers.
Deadline to submit Aadhaar details with banks:
Centre has made it compulsory for all banks to provide Aadhaar details of clients in Know
your Customer (KYC) document.
This document provides all details to authenticate the identity of account holders.
Those taking loans from banks are also needed to file their Aadhaar details.
In case an account holder fails to link his bank account by December 31, the account may
also become non-operational.
Deadline to provide Aadhaar details to get social security schemes:
Aadhaar number has to be provided for all social security schemes by December 31.
Those who want to avail pension, LPG cylinders or government scholarships, need to
provide his or her Aadhaar card details.
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Ltd given the status of scheduled bank by RBI
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Ltd is a small bank was given the status of
scheduled bank by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) during August
2017.
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Ltd. (USFB) is wholly-owned subsidiary of
Ujjivan Financial Services Ltd.
USFB commenced its operations as a small finance bank with effect
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from 1 February 2017.

Currently it has full-fledged brick and mortar branches in eight states and two Union
Territories.
The status of scheduled bank will enhance the market acceptability of USFB in its effort to
garner institutional deposits at a competitive price and participate more actively in the
inter-bank market.
Indias GDP growth (April-June) 2017 at 5.7%: Lowest in last 3 years

According to the data released by the Union Government on 31 August 2017, Indias GDP
grew 5.7% on a year-on-year basis during the April-
June 2017 period (Q1).
his was thus the lowest growth rate in last 3 years.
The GDP growth rate for the same quarter last year
was 7.9%. The GDP growth rate has been slowing
every quarter since March 2016, when it stood at a
whopping 9.1%.
Analysts have owed the slowing rate of growth to
disruptions in the economy caused by demonetization
and teething problems after the roll out of GST.
What is GDP ?
It is the total production (goods & services) i.e. market value of the final goods and services
produced within the geographical boundary of a country during an financial year (F.Y).
UP capital Lucknow became the ninth Indian city to have it metro rail system
Uttar Pradeshs capital Lucknow became the ninth
Indian city to have its own operational metro rail
system.
Lucknow Metro Rail Corporations (LMRC) first phase
was flagged-off by Union Home Minister Rajnath
Singh and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on 5
September 2017.
The 8.5 km long first phase from Transport Nagar to
Charbagh comes under LMRCs Priority Corridor
section.
It will be operational for the public from 6 am to 10
pm daily. It is worth mentioning that former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and his father
Mulayam Singh Yadav had flagged off the trial run on the same stretch in December 2016.
Earlier, eight Indian cities having operational metro services are - Kolkata, Delhi,
Bengaluru, Gurugram (Gurgaon), Mumbai, Jaipur, Chennai and Kochi.
Foreign bank DBS Bank Ltd. received RBIs approval to offer banking services in India
through WOS
Singapore-based DBS Bank Ltd. has received
approval from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to
offer banking services in India through the wholly
owned subsidiary (WOS) model.
This announcement was made by DBS on 4
September 2017.
DBS thus became the second foreign bank to operate
through the WOS model in India after State Bank of
Mauritius.
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It is worth mentioning that RBI wants foreign lenders in India to function through wholly-
owned subsidiaries in order to insulate banking operations from any crisis the parent may
be facing and also to ensure better regulation.
In November 2013 RBI released a framework for the setting up of wholly-owned
subsidiaries by foreign banks in India.
Under PMGKY, 21000 people disclose Rs 4,900 cr black money

Black money worth Rs 4,900 crore was disclosed by 21,000 people under the Pradhan
Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojna (PMGKY).
The stash money declaration window announced by
the government post demonetisation.
The Income Tax Department has collected a tax of Rs
2,451 crore till now from these declarations. the I-T
department is now following up the legal processes
with the declarants in few cases.
The scheme was launched in December last year by
the government to enable people with black money to
come clean by paying tax and penalty of 50 %.
It closed on March 31 this year. The scheme was announced after Prime Minister Narendra
Modi declared the demonetisation of two high-value currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500
on November 8 last year.
The government had also termed the PMGKY as the one last window for black money
holders to come clean by paying tax and penalty on their undisclosed illicit wealth.
The scheme provided for payment of 49.9 per cent tax, surcharge and penalty.
Also, a mandatory deposit of 25 % of the black money was to be made in a zero-interest
bearing account for four years.
The PMGKY was preceded by the Income Declaration Scheme (IDS), between June 1, 2016-
September 30, 2016, where 71,726 declarations disclosing undisclosed income of Rs
67,382 crore were made by black money holders.
The government has collected over Rs 12,700 crore tax under the IDS till now.
Mahindra launches e-rickshaw e-Alpha Mini at Rs 1.12 lakh

Mahindra and Mahindra has launched e-rickshaw - e-Alpha Mini as part of plans to expand
its electric vehicle portfolio in the country.
Its priced at Rs 1.12 lakh, ex-showroom at Delhi.
The company has introduced the three-wheeler
taking care of the last mile connectivity,
It has already sells a range of electric vehicles
including e-Verito and e20 Plus in passenger vehicle
space.
The launch of this electric three-wheeler is another
step towards e-mobility by the Mahindra group.
The company has already invested Rs 500 crore and
has also committed another Rs 600 crore for the
vertical.
The company will also take a call on which models from its current product portfolio could
be given electric makeover.
Powered by a 120 Ah battery, the five-seater e-Alpha Mini can travel 85 kms on a single
charge and can hit a top speed of 25 kmph.
After NCR, the company plans to launch it in Lucknow followed by Kolkata and other parts
of the country.
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The launch of the e-Alpha Mini is yet another step to provide an emission free, green mode
of safe intra city transportation in the country.
Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana generated massive 5.5 cr jobs

The Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY) has helped in creating 5.5 crore jobs with
industrialised states being major beneficiaries.
It provides access to institutional finance to small
business units.
Industrialised states like Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
and Maharashtra have been the biggest
beneficiaries of the PMMY.
The MUDRA scheme was launched by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on April 8, 2015 with an
objective to fund the unfunded.
So far, Rs 3.42 lakh crore loan has been disbursed to over 8 crore people under the scheme,
mostly small entrepreneurs.
A substantial number of these people are those who were not involved in any kind of
business before.
MUDRA loan is available for non-agricultural activities for up to Rs 10 lakh.
Activities allied to agriculture, such as dairy, poultry, bee-keeping etc, are also covered.
West Bengal state has highest number of GST registrations in India

West Bengal topped the list of states with new registrations under the Goods and Services
Tax regime at 77 per cent while the national average is 23 %.
States such as Gujarat and Maharashtra are lagging behind the eastern state in GST
registration.
About 2,45,000 people in the state are tax-payers while the number in the country stands at
around eight million.
GST, which is technology driven, is eliminating human interfaces.
Not only has it brought a change in the entire psyche of businesses, it has given birth to a
whole new vocabulary.
Words such as OTP (One Time Password) and digital signature have emerged.
The challenge is to make sure even small business people understand these parlances.
Govt aims to start Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train on Aug 15, 2022

The starting the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train on August 15, 2022 to commemorate the
75th year of India's Independence, a year ahead of its schedule.
The deadline to launch the train will remain 2023, the railways is focussed to start it
keeping in view the Independence Day celebrations in 2022.
According to the Railway Minister Piyush Goyal, the scheduled date of starting the bullet
train is 2023.
The 508-km-long Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed rail Project (Standard Gauge) is
estimated to cost Rs 1,10,000 crore on completion.
Total cost of project is estimated to be Rs 1,10,000 crore, of which Japan is giving a loan of
Rs 88,000 crore.
The interest on this loan is minimal at 0.1 per cent and it is to be repaid in 50 years, with a
grace period of 15 years.
The project is expected to provide 12-15 lakh jobs.
Around 20,000 in construction, 4,000 direct jobs for running the system and around 20,000
indirect jobs.
Then eventually, India will make cheaper bullet trains and export it to the world.
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While covering the 508-km stretch between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, the train will stop at
10 stations -- Thane, Virar, Boisar, Vapi, Bilimora, Surat, Bharuch, Vadodara, Anand and
Sabarmati.
The train would take 2 hours and 58 minutes to cover the distance if it took 10 halts, the
travelling time would come down to two hours and seven minutes.
The bullet train will run at an average speed of 320 km per hour with a maximum speed of
350 km per hour.
Navratna Company, BPCL is all set to become a Maharatna Company

State-run oil marketing company Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) is all set to become
a Maharatna company.
The company is at present a Navratna firm. The decision to elevate BPCL to Maharatna
status was taken by a panel headed by the Cabinet secretary.
Under government rules, a firm is eligible for Maharatna status if it is already a listed
Navratna firm.
The company also has an average turnover, net worth and annual net profit after tax of at
least Rs. 25,000 crore, Rs. 15,000 crore and Rs. 5,000 crore, respectively, in the last three
years.
Moreover, the company should have significant global operations.
Maharatna and Navaratna state-owned units operate in strategic fields such as coal,
petroleum, steel, heavy engineering, power supply, telecommunications and transportation
services.
At present, there are seven Maharatna companies Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL), Coal
India Limited (CIL), GAIL, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), NTPC, Oil and Natural Gas
Corporation (ONGC) and Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).
Union Government raise OBC creamy layer income limit raised to Rs.8 lakh per annum
The Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry had
proposed that OBC families which earn more than
Rs.8 lakh per year should be under the creamy layer
category.
In 1993, the limit was kept at Rs.1 lakh.
It was raised thrice i.e. to Rs.2.5 lakh in 2004, Rs.4.5
lakh in 2008 and Rs.6 lakh in 2013.
The creamy layer ceiling for OBC reservation has been raised to Rs.8 lakh per year.
In 1993, the limit was kept at Rs.1 lakh. It was raised thrice - to Rs.2.5 lakh in 2004, Rs.4.5
lakh in 2008 and Rs.6 lakh in 2013.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had on August 23 announced that the Union Cabinet had been
formally apprised of the decision to increase the limit for Central government jobs.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had hinted in Assam that the bar defining creamy layer
would be raised.
The Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry had proposed that OBC families which earn
more than Rs.8 lakh per year should be under the creamy layer category.
The government has already introduced in Parliament a Bill to provide Constitutional
status to the National Commission for Backward Classes.
It has also decided to set up a commission, under Section 340 of the Constitution, to sub-
categorise the OBCs so that the more under-privileged among them can avail the benefit
of reservation for government jobs and seats in educational institutions.
Rajasthan became the third BJP-run state to waive farm loans

Rajasthan state became the third BJP-run state to waive farm loans for farmers.
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Rajasthan announced Rs. 20,000 crore farm-loan waiver on 14 September 2017, making it
the fourth Indian state and the third with a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, to
waive agricultural loans in 2017.
Uttar Pradesh had waived Rs. 36,359 crore in April 2017, Maharashtra had waived Rs.
30,000 crore in June 2017, while Congress-ruled Punjab announced a waiver amounting to
Rs. 20,500 crore in June 2017.
Internet giant Google launched UPI-based payments app Tez

Recently, Internet giant Google launched UPI-based payments app Tez.
It is Googles customized-for-India payments app based on the Unified Payments Interface
(UPI) platform operated by the National Payments
Corporation of India (NPCI).
It was launched by Google on 18 September 2017.
The Tez app was made live on the Google Play Store
for Android phones and the Apple App Store for
iPhones.
Now, users will be able to use the Tez app in seven
languages - Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada,
Marathi, Tamil and Telugu.
For making payments, users can either pay someone using their UPI capable bank account
through the Tez app, or use a UPI ID, scan a QR code or pay using a friends phone number.
However, both parties need to have a bank account linked to the Tez app.
The government has been pushing the UPI platform to boost digital payments in India, to
reduce use of cash.
ICICI Lombard became the first non-life insurer first such entity to be listed on Indian stock
exchanges
ICICI Lombard became the first non-life insurer to bring its initial public offering (IPO) and
will thus become the first such entity to be listed on Indian stock exchanges.
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Companys 3-day initial public offering of Rs. 5,700 crore
closed on 19 September 2017, which was the last day of its IPO. The IPO was
oversubscribed almost 3 times.
The IPO comprised of offer for sale of up to 8.62 crore equity shares (representing a 19%
post paid-up equity) by its two main shareholders ICICI Bank and Canadas Fairfax
Financial Holdings.
ICICI Lombard General Insurance is a joint venture between ICICI Bank and Canadian NRI
Prem Watsa-promoted Fairfax Financial Holdings.
It will be the first non-life insurer to be listed on Indian stock exchanges.
India is worlds 4th fastest growing economy

According to the World Economic Forum, India is the fourth fastest growing economy in the
world.
India is the only major economy among the fastest
growing economies, as the other countries in the list
include names such as Djiboiti, Laos, Tanzania et al.
The countries ahead of India in the list include
Ethiopia, Uzbekistan and Nepal.
According to World Banks latest edition of Global
Economic Prospects, India has a projected economic
growth of 7.2% in 2017, as against global projected growth of 2.7%.
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Ethiopias GDP is forecast to grow by 8.3% in 2017. Uzbekistan and Nepal, the other
countries ahead of India have projected growth rates of 7.6% and 7.5% respectively.
the recent data indicate an acceleration in growth in India, with an easing of cash shortages
and a rise in exports.
An increase in government spending, including on capital formation, has partially offset soft
private investment, says the report.
Further, Indias GDP growth is expected to accelerate to 7.5 is the next fiscal year on the
back of strong domestic demand supported by policy reforms.
The report also points out that inflation has remained benign, hovering below target in
Bangladesh, Pakistan, and India.
favorable weather (e.g., India, Pakistan) and lower oil prices have helped keep inflation low,
and thereby made possible an accommodative monetary policy.
Despite mixed progress with fiscal consolidation in the region, deficits generally declined.
Earlier, a report by the World Economic Forum said that India has been creating a
billionaire a month since 2010. India ranks fourth in the list of countries with the most
number of billionaires.
Only the United States of America (565), China (319) and Germany (114) have more
number of billionaires than India.
Indian economy (GDP) to grow 6.7 % in 2017-18: OECD

According OECD, Indian economy is projected to grow at a lower than expected rate of 6.7
% this fiscal due to the transitory effects of
demonetisation and the GST implementation,
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) is based in Paris.
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD) has also revised downwards its
estimate for the countrys growth in next financial
year (2018-19) to 7.2 %.
For this period, the GDP expansion was pegged at 7.7
% in June.
In 2017-18, Indias growth is forecast to be 6.7% compared to June projection of 7.3%, as
per the OECD Interim Economic Outlook.
In the longer run, the GST is expected to boost investment, productivity and growth.
The GST came into effect from July 1 while demonetisation - cancellation of old Rs 500 and
1,000 currency notes as part of efforts to tackle black money menace - happened in
November last year.
The global economy, growth this year is projected to pick up to around 3.5% and rise to 3.7
% in 2018.
Policy rates have recently been cut in Brazil, India, Indonesia and Russia in light of falling
inflation and the continued need for monetary stimulus.
Top Richest list : Patanjali CEO Balkrishna ranked 8th richest with Rs 70,000 crore wealth
According to the Hurun India rich list 2017, Acharya Balkrishna, the brother of yoga expert
and founder of FMCG company Patanjali Baba Ramdev, and Radhakishan Damani of D-Mart
have found their place along with Mukesh Ambani's list of richest person of India.
Ambani retains the richest Indian title for the sixth year running and this year he has
climbed to top 15 in the Hurun global rich list for the first time.
His wealth is 50 % more than GDP of Yemen, the country of his birth.
Balkrishna, CEO of Patanjali is now among the top 10 rich people in the country.
Damani, the new retail king, of D-Mart is the biggest gainer with wealth increase of 320 %.
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The blockbuster listing of Avenue Supermarts, also added eight new entries in the rich list.
Balkrishna rose to the eighth position from 25th last year, after seeing his wealth grow by
173 % to Rs 70,000 crore.
Patanjali, with a turnover of Rs 10,561 crore in FY-2017 has been a close competition to
major global brands.
The wealth calculation was as of July 31, when the
rate of exchange to the dollar was 64.1.
The 42-year-old Bengaluru-based Ambiga
Subramanian is the youngest self-made woman in the
list. She sold her shares in Mu-Sigma, the data
analytics unicorn that she co-founded.
There are 51 women in the rich list this year.
The cut-off to top 100 has more than doubled to Rs 8,400 crore since 2013.
There are 136 billionaires this year, a record since the inception of Hurun Rich List in 2012.
In terms of cities, Mumbai tops the list with 182 individuals followed by New Delhi (117)
and Bengaluru (51).
Chennai and Kanpur enter the top 10 cities for the first time with 15 and 8 new additions,
respectively.
The 24-year-old Eklavya Juneja of Mankind Pharma is the youngest person in the list with a
12 per cent stake.
Kushal Pal Singh of DLF is the richest real estate billionaire with Rs 27,400 crore.
Mangal Prabhat Lodha of the Lodha Group is the richest private real estate developer in the
list with a wealth of Rs 15,700 crore followed by Jithendra Virwani of Embassy Property
with Rs 8,800 crore.
The Hurun report is a luxury publishing and events group set up in London in 1998 with
strong presence in China.
India Is World's 40th Most Competitive Economy: World Economic Forum

India has been ranked as the 40th most competitive economy -- slipping one place from last
year's ranking - on the World Economic Forum's
global competitiveness index, which is topped by
Switzerland.
On the list of 137 economies, Switzerland is followed
by the US and Singapore in second and third places,
respectively.
According to the latest Global Competitiveness Report,
India has slipped from the 39th position to 40th while
neighbouring China is ranked at 27th.
These include infrastructure (66th rank), higher education and training (75) and
technological readiness (107), reflecting recent public investments in these areas.
According to the report, India's performance also improved in ICT (information and
communications technologies) indicators, particularly Internet bandwidth per user, mobile
phone and broadband.
However, the private sector still considers corruption to be the most problematic factor for
doing business in India.
Among the BRICS, China and Russia (38) are placed above India.
South Africa and Brazil are placed at 61st and 80th spots, respectively.
In South Asia, India has garnered the highest ranking, followed by Bhutan (85th rank), Sri
Lanka (85), Nepal (88), Bangladesh (99) and Pakistan (115).
Other countries in the top 10 are the Netherlands (4th rank), Germany (5), Hong Kong SAR
(6), Sweden (7), United Kingdom (8), Japan (9) and Finland (10).
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The Global Competitiveness Index (GCI) is prepared on the basis of country-level data
covering 12 categories or pillars of competitiveness.
Institutions, infrastructure, macroeconomic environment, health and primary education,
higher education and training, goods market efficiency, labour market efficiency, financial
market development, technological readiness, market size, business sophistication and
innovation are the 12 pillars.
According to WEF's Executive Opinion Survey 2017, corruption is the most problematic
factor for doing business in India.
Cabinet approves pacts by EXIM Bank under BRICS mechanism. Prime Minister Narendra
Modi led Union Cabinet has given its nod for the signing of Interbank Local Currency Credit
Line Agreement (ILCCLA) and (ii) Cooperation Memorandum Relating to Credit Ratings by
Exim Bank with participating member banks under BRICS Mechanism. The Agreements
signed by EXIM will promote multilateral interaction within the BRICS nations in the area
of mutual interest. It will also deepen economic and political relations with BRICS nations.
UNCTAD Report 2017- India, China unlikely to be growth poles for global economy. The
UNCTADs recently released Trade and Development Report (TDR) 2017, stated that India
and China at their current levels of growth will not serve as growth polls for global
economy in near future. The world economy in 2017 is picking up but not lifting off. The
global growth is expected to reach 2.6%, well below pre 2008 financial crisis average of
3.2%. The Trade & Development report is a flagship report of the UNCTAD which evaluates
the global economic climate.
RBI uses Currency Verification & Processing Machine for processing currency notes. As per
RBI, the Currency Verification & Processing (CVPS) machines are way superior to the note
counting machines. RBI uses these machines in two shifts and has also been using other
machines that are temporarily drawn from commercial banks after suitable modifications.
RBI is also exploring other options to augment processing capacity even further.
Government sets up online facility for effective resolution of foreign trade-related issues.
The Union government has set up an online service facility that can be used by importers
and exporters to resolve all foreign trade-related issues.
Government honours CBDT for resolving public grievances. The Central Board of Direct
Taxes (CBDT) was on 4 September 2017 honoured by Minister of State for Personnel
Jitendra Singh for successfully resolving public grievances.
Five banks of BRICS nations sign agreement to establish credit lines. Five banks of the
BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Bank Cooperation Mechanism have
agreed to establish credit lines in the national currencies and cooperate on credit ratings.
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Defence & Security - National/International
INS Satpura and INS Kadmatt deployed to East and Southeast Asia as Part of India's 'Act East
Policy'
Two Indian Naval Ships (INS) proceeded on deployment to East and South-East Asia in
pursuant of India's 'Act East Policy'.
INS Satpura and INS Kadmatt departed from
Visakhapatnam for a deployment of more than three
months, to visit 12 ports in Singapore, Indonesia,
Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines,
South Korea, Japan, Brunei and Russia.
During this deployment, the ships will participate in
the International Fleet Review hosted by the
Association of South East Asian Countries (ASEAN) at
Thailand.
The ships will visit Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines, Cambodia and Brunei to commemorate
the 25thanniversary of India- ASEAN dialogue.
The ships will also participate in the Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR)
exercise at Malaysia.
At Russia, the ships will participate in the annual India- Russia bilateral exercise INDRA.
In a first of its kind event, Ex- INDRA will witness the joint participation of Army, Navy and
Air Force of both countries this year, marking a major milestone in the bilateral relations
between the two countries.
The Indian Navy routinely undertakes deployment of ships to friendly nations.
The visit of Indian Naval Ships to East and South-East Asia is supposed to underscore
India's peaceful presence and strengthen the harmonious relations with countries in the
region.
The deployment also aims to facilitate people-to-people interactions, meetings between
Indian Naval delegations with local dignitaries, and naval exercises to share best practices
at sea.
HAL has signed contract for 41 Dhruv ALH helicopters

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has signed a contract for 41 indigenously developed
Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopters (ALH) for the Army and Navy.
The contracts for supply of 41 ALHs amounting to
around Rs 6100 crore will be executed in a period of
60 months.
Out of these 40 helicopters are for the Army and one
for the Navy.
In March this year HAL had signed a contract for
supply of 32 ALH to the Navy and Coast Guard.
Dhruv has been indigenously designed and developed
by HAL and is developed by a Shakti engine jointly developed by HAL and Turbomeca of
France and there are more than 200 helicopters in service with Indian armed forces.
For the Army and Air Force which depend on helicopters to sustain the troops on icy
heights of Siachen glacier, the ALH has emerged as a lifeline.
The ALH has also been exported to several countries in the region and as part of military
diplomacy India has offered it to several friendly countries in the neighbourhood and South
East Asia and discussions are on.
As on end 2016, the Army Aviation Corps (AAC) was operating 126 Cheetah, 55 Chetak and
65 ALH Dhruv for multi-purpose and utility roles.
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While the Cheetah and Chetaks are ageing platforms in need of replacement, the low
production rate of Dhruvs, eight per year, by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is
limiting their induction in large numbers.
The production is expected to go up with another helicopter assembly line getting ready.
HAL has also set up mini Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facilities at forward
bases to improve availability rate of the helicopters.
ALH has a weaponized variant Rudra which is in the process of being inducted in the Army.
Third Generation ATGM NAG successfully test fired

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully twice flight
tested indigenously developed 3rd generation Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) Nag in
Rajasthan.
During the test, ATGM Nag missile has successfully hit both the targets under different
ranges and conditions with very high accuracy.
With these two successful trials and earlier test conducted in June 2017, complete
functionality of Nag ATGM along with launcher system NAMICA has been established.
It marks successful completion of development trials of Nag Missile.
What is Nag Missile ?
The ATMG Nag missile is one of five missile systems developed indigenously by DRDO
under integrated guided missile development programme (IGMDP).
The other four missiles developed under this programme include Agni, Akash, Trishul and
Prithvi.
The Nag missile is third generation anti-tank guided missile which works on fire and forget
principle. It has been equipped with highly advanced Imaging Infrared Radar (IRR) seeker
along with integrated avionics.
This technology is possessed by very few nations. It also possess advanced passive homing
guidance system.
The missile has been designed mainly to destroy modern main battle tanks and other
heavily armoured targets. It can be launched from land and air-based platforms.
It has operational range of 500m to 4km (Land version) and 7-10km (when air-launched).
The helicopter launched version known of NAG missile is known as NAG (HELINA) can be
fired from Dhruv advanced light helicopter (ALH) and HAL Rudra attack helicopter.
The land-based version of missile is at present available for integration on the Nag missile
carrier (NAMICA).
Navika Sagar Parikrama: Indias first all-women crew circumnavigation flagged-off from
Goa
Navika Sagar Parikrama is the name of Indias first all-women crew circumnavigation
expedition that is also considered the first-ever such attempt in the world.
This expedition was flagged-off on 10 September
2017 at the INS Mandovi Naval training base near
Panaji in Goa by Defence Minister Nirmala
Sitaraman..
INSV Tarini, a 55-foot sailing vessel, will be used in
the mission. It has been built indigenously by
Aquarius Shipyard, Goa and was inducted into the
Indian Navy earlier in 2017.
The mission comprises of six-member crew of the Indian Navy.
The mission led by Lt. Cdr Vartika Joshi and would cover the expedition in five legs with
stop-overs at four ports (Fremantle (Australia), Lyttleton (New Zealand), Port Stanley (the
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Falklands) and Cape town (South Africa) for replenishment of ration and repairs as
necessary, before returning to Goa in April 2018.
The other crew members of the expedition are Lt. Cdr. Pratibha Jamwal, Lt. Cdr. Swathi P.,
Lt. Aishwarya Boddapati, Lt. Sh. Vijaya Devi) and Lt. Payal Gupta.
IAF completes development trials of Astra air-to-air missile

Final development trials of indigenous beyond visual range air-to-air missile Astra were
successfully concluded, moving it a step closer to induction
into the Indian Air Force.
The trials were conducted between September 11 and 14
over the Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast at Chandipur, with
the missile being test-fired from a Su-30 fighter aircraft.
The missions included engagement of target at very long
range, engagement of high manoeuvring target at medium
range and multiple launches of missiles in salvo to engage multiple targets.
This effort for building a state-of-the-art BVRAAM by Defence Research and Development
Organisation, together with Indian Air Force has completed the development phase of the
weapon system successfully.
The project was delayed long over the seeker, which was being developed by DRDO and
was finally tested earlier this year for the single-stage solid-propellant missile, which has a
154 kg launch weight and a 15 kg conventional explosive payload.
The Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd played a role in modifying the aircraft for weapon
integration, while more than 50 public and private industries have contributed in building
the Astra weapon system.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and DRDO Chief S. Christopher congratulated DRDO,
IAF, and other defence public sector undertakings and industries for the missile's successful
trials.
According to scientists, the technology for this missile is more complicated than that of
ballistic Agni missiles, as Astra works on a terminal active radar-seeker and an updated
mid-course internal guidance system that helps the missile in locating the target.
The missile, when fired from the aircraft, does not have its target in view.
However, once the target is locked, the missile, which has a high energy propellant, has the
capability to follow it while the seeker helps keeping the target in focus.
The missile has been designed to be capable of engaging high-speed targets at short range,
up to 20 km in tail chase mode and long range, up to 80 km in head-on chase mode as per
DRDO.
At sea level it has a range of up to 20 km but could have a range of 44 km from an altitude of
8,000 m and 80 km if launched from an altitude of 15,000 m.
Excluding a failure in one test, the missile has efficaciously completed all its tests.
India open to 100 % FDI in defence with full tech transfer

India is open to 100 % foreign direct investment
(FDI) in defence if firms are willing to provide full
technology transfer.
India and the US are set to enter a critical phase of co-
development and co-production.
Executives from the US defence industry also
complimented India on the progress that has been
made under the Make in India campaign.
The criteria by which US original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can participate in the
Indian defence market.
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He also discussed the standards that the government will use for the selection of the OEMs.
In addition, he spoke about the role that Indian public sector units (PSUs) in the defense
industry will play in the Make in India programme.
INS Kalavari : The first indigenous Scorpene-class submarine handed over to the Indian
Navy
India's first indigenous Scorpene-class submarine INS Kalavari was handed over to the
Indian Navy for its commissioning on 21 September 2017.
INS Kalavari is the first of the six Scorpene-class submarines handed over to the Indian
Navy for its commissioning.
This submarine has been built indigenously under a
venture called Project 75, at Mumbais Mazagon
Docks.
Under this project, the Indian Navy was authorised to
build six submarines in collaboration with French
firm DCNS at a cost of around Rs. 350 crore.
Kalvari can carry 18 torpedoes and travel 1,020km
underwater. The 66-metre submarine can dive up to
a depth of 300 metres to elude enemy detection.
It is designed to operate in all theatres of war, including the tropics.
Construction of this first submarine had started on 23 May 2009 and the project ended way
behind schedule.
Israel Defense Forces and US Army inaugurate first permanent American base in Israel. The
base represents the long-standing partnership, the strategic commitment between the
armies and the militaries of the United States of America and Israel. Several dozen
American soldiers will be stationed at the base in Israels south, which America and Israel
have been working on for two years
Indian Navy commissions INS Tarasa at Mumbai. INS Tarasa is the fourth and last of the
follow-on Water Jet FAC's built by the Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE),
Kolkata. The first two ships of the class i.e. IN ships Tarmugli and Tihayu were
commissioned in 2016 and are based at Visakhapatnam; while the third ship INS
Tillanchang was commissioned at Karwar in March 2017. These ships are an upgrade of the
Car Nicobar class Fast Attack Crafts with the Indian Navy, which were also indigenously
designed and built by GRSE, Kolkata.
Rajnath Singh launches intelligence wing of SSB and WARB App. Union Home Minister
Rajnath Singh has launched the intelligence wing of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Welfare
and Rehabilitation Board App (WARB) for grievance redressal of retired CAPFs and Assam
Rifles personnel. The intelligence wing will help gather actionable information that will be
useful to strengthen the security of the nation.
Indo-US joint military training Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2017. Exercise Yudh Abhyas is one of
the largest joint military training and defence corporation programme between India and
US.
India and Sri Lanka begin Joint Naval Exercise SLINEX 2017 at Visakhapatnam. SLINEX
2017 focuses on fleet work, seamanship, communication, replenishment at sea, Visit Board
Search and Seize (VBSS) operations as well as helicopter operations.
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Appointments-National/International
Ken Juster nominated US Ambassador to India

An economic expert Ken Juster to be the next US ambassador to India.
It was nominated by President Trump and announced in the
White House.
Juster most recently served as the Deputy Assistant to the
President for International Economic Affairs and Deputy
Director of the National Economic Council.
He previously served as Under Secretary of Commerce from
2001-2005 and deputy and senior adviser to the Deputy
Secretary of State from 1989-1992.
In the private sector, he has been a partner at the investment
firm Warburg Pincus LLC, Executive Vice President at
Salesforce.com, and senior partner at the law firm Arnold &
Porter.
Juster has also served as Chairman of Harvard University's Weatherhead Center for
International Affairs, and as Vice Chairman of The Asia Foundation.
He holds an A.B. in Government (Phi Beta Kappa) from Harvard College, an M.P.P. from the
Harvard Kennedy School, and a J.D. from the Harvard Law School.
Nirmala Sitharaman became the first-ever full-time woman defence minister of India
Nirmala Sitharaman created history as she became the first-ever full-time woman defence
minister of India on 3 September 2017.
Indira Gandhi was the only other woman to head countrys defence ministry.
She first headed the Defence Ministry in 1975 and again in 1980-82.
But she looked after the Defence Ministry as part-time charge
apart from her primary duties as the Prime Minister.
Nirmala Sitharaman was elevated from minister of state
(Commerce Ministry) to Cabinet Minister (Defence Ministry).
She has a Masters in economics from Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi and has worked for PwC, London and
briefly with BBC World Service.
She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2008, and was made a member of the
national executive and was nominated as party spokesperson in 2010.
Viveck Goenka elected as new PTI chairman and N Ravi is vice-chairman

The Press Trust of India (PTI) has elected Viveck Goenka as its chairman and managing
director of the Express group, as chairman of the
country's largest news agency. N Ravi, former editor-
inchief of 'The Hindu', was elected vice-chairman.
Goenka (60) succeeds Riyad Mathew, a member of the
Malayala Manorama management, while Ravi (69)
succeeds Goenka as the vice-chairman.
The election took place at a meeting of the board of
directors following the company's 69th annual
general meeting on Thursday.
Goenka is an engineer and publisher.
He is also a director of the Indian Newspaper Society (INS), besides being a member of the
Advertising Association, India Chapter.
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He has also served as chairman of United News of India news agency, as a council member
of Audit Bureau of Circulation and was one of the youngest presidents of INS. He is also a
wildlife photographer and an avid student of conservation.
Ravi is an award-winning journalist.
He is director at Kasturi & Sons Ltd, which publishes The Hindu.
He joined 'The Hindu' in 1972 and served as reporter, leader writer and Washington
correspondent until 1980 when he became a deputy editor.
He was editor from 1991 to 2011 and editor-in-chief from October 2013 to January 2015.
He has a master's degree in Economics and a bachelor's degree in Law.
He has previously been chairman of PTI and president of the Editors' Guild of India.
He was a member of the National Security Advisory Board from 2006 to 2008.
Sjoerd Marijne appointed as the new Chief Coach of the Indian mens Hockey team
Sjoerd Marijne was appointed the new Chief Coach of the Indian mens Hockey team by the
Sports Ministry .
Sjoerd Marijne is a national of Netherlands and he is presently the Chief Coach of national
womens Hockey team.
His appointment was surprising as he has no prior experience of handling a senior mens
side.
He replaced his countryman Roelant Oltmans, who was sacked on 2 September 2017 after a
few ordinary performances in the past few months.
On the other had World Cup-winning junior hockey team coach Harendra Singh was
appointed High Performance Specialist coach of the senior womens team.
The decisions were announced by newly-appointed Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh
Rathore on his official twitter page.
Singapore swears in first woman President amid criticism

Singapore recently inaugurated its first woman President amid stinging criticism that she is
taking office without a vote.
Singapores first-ever lady Muslim President Halimah will be
swearing in a grand ceremony with amid criticism.
Halimah Yacob, a former speaker of parliament from the
Malay Muslim minority, won the presidency in a walkover
after authorities decided her rivals did not meet strict
eligibility criteria.
The President has veto powers on key government appointments and safeguards the
countrys substantial financial reserves.
The President pledged to be independent in exercising her custodial powers over the
reserves, which are rarely tapped by the government.
Ms. Halimah was a member of parliament for the ruling Peoples Action Party for nearly
two decades before resigning to contest the presidency.
Authorities decided to allow only candidates from the Malay community to foster harmony
in the city-state of 5.5 million people which is dominated by ethnic Chinese, and give more
opportunities to minorities.
Ms. Halimah is the first Malay president of Singapore for almost five decades.
The last was Yusof Ishak, President from 1965 to 1970, the first years of the city-states
independence.
But the absence of an election has angered Singaporeans, with many venting their ire on
social media.
Social activist Gilbert Goh has organised a protest at the city-states designated free-speech
corner.
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Senior IPS Y C Modi becomes new chief of NIA

Senior IPS officer Y C Modi named chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
He was part of the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team that probed the
2002 Gujarat riot cases.
The federal probe agency is tasked with probing terrorism and terror-financing related
cases.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved Modi's appointment as
director general of the NIA.
Another senior IPS officer, Rajni Kant Misra, has been appointed director general of the
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
Modi will hold the post till his superannuation, i.e. May 31, 202.
ACC has also approved the appointment of Modi as officer on special duty (OSD) in NIA
with immediate effect to ensure a smooth takeover.
Modi is a 1984 batch IPS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre.
He is at present special director in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
He will take over from Sharad Kumar after he completes his tenure on October 30.
Former home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi takes over as CAG

Former home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi took over as the Comptroller and Auditor General
(CAG) of India on Monday.
Mehrishi succeeded Shashi Kant Sharma.
President Ram Nath Kovind administered the oath of office and
secrecy to Mehrishi (62) at a function in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Mehrishi is a 1978 batch (retired) Indian Administrative Service
(IAS) officer of Rajasthan cadre, completed his two-year fixed
term as the home secretary last month.
Sharma had taken over as the CAG on May 23, 2013. He was
defence secretary prior to his appointment as the CAG.
Mehrishi will have a tenure of about three years.
The CAG is appointed for a term of six years or till the incumbent attains the age of 65
years, whichever is earlier.
As a constitutional functionary, the CAG is primarily entrusted with the responsibility of
auditing the accounts of the Union government and of the state governments.
Angela Merkel wins 4th term as Chancellor of Germany

Federal election in GermanyAngela Merkel won a fourth term as chancellor in Germany
elections that lifted the far-right party Alternative for
Germany into parliament for the first time since the
immediate aftermath World War II.
Her nearest rivals, the Social Democrats, and their
candidate Martin Schulz came in the second position
with a post-war record low 20.8%.
Merkels party Christian Democrat-led picked up
32.5% of the votes to defeat Martin Schulzs Social
Democrats.
The chancellors main competitor, the Social Democrats Martin Schulz, has failed to inspire
the public.
His platform of reducing income inequality and reforming social welfare programs isnt
resonating in a country enjoying good economic times now.
Germany s capital is located in Berlin.
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Present President: Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Bibek Debroy to be head of the newly constituted Economic Advisory Council (EAC)
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 25 September 2017 decided to reconstitute the
Economic Advisory Council (EAC) to the Prime Minister in view of clear emerging signs that
the Indian economy is losing growth momentum.
Niti Aayog member Bibek Debroy has been picked as the Chairman of the 5-member
Council.
It will also include Aayogs principal advisor and former finance secretary Ratan Watal as
its member-secretary.
Economist Surjit Bhalla, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) director
Rathin Roy and Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research professor Ashima Goyal
are other members of the council.
The formation of the Council at this time suggests it could play a critical role in reviving the
economys growth momentum that has slumped over the past few quarters, with the first
quarter of this financial year clocking just 5.7% growth, down from 7.9% a year ago.
The EAC to the PM had been rendered defunct after the previous UPA government demitted
office in May 2014.
Lourenco sworn in as Angolas new president

Joao Lourenco was sworn in as Angolas new
president, taking over from the longtime leader Jose
Eduardo dos Santos.
Lourenco will be Angolas first head of state to be
constitutionally limited to serving two five-year
terms.
His Peoples Movement for the Liberation of Angola
won the August 23 general elections, with 61% f the
votes.
He served as governor in several provinces of Angola, and between 1992 and 1997 he was
responsible for propaganda in the MPLA's Politburo. Later, he served as the party's
secretary-general for several years.
Lourenco is the third president of Angola, which achieved independence in 1975 from
Portugal. He succeeded Dos Santos, who took the lead in 1979 after the death of President
Antonio Agostinho Neto.
BHU appoints Royana Singh as its first woman chief proctor

The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) appointed a woman as its chief proctor because of an
unsafe atmosphere for women on the campus.
Royana Singh, a professor in the Anatomy
Department of the Institute of Medical Sciences has
appointed by the 101-year-old central University
authority.
She takes charge after O.N Singh resigned from the
post late taking moral responsibility for the lathi
charge on students who were protesting against the
victim-blaming of a colleague who was molested on the campus.
Ms. Singh is also the chairman of the Women's Grievance Cell of the BHU.
Ms. Singh was born in France, where she also received her primary education.
She then shifted to India along with her parents, who are originally from Senapur village in
Jaunpur district.
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Besides her, the BHU appointed Mahendra Kumar Singh as interim chief proctor.
President Ram Nath Kovind appoints new five governors

President Ram Nath Kovind appointed new Governors for five states, including Tamil Nadu,
which got its first full-time Governor in a year amid the continuing political crisis.
Banwarilal Purohit, Congress-turned BJP leader, will
occupy the Raj Bhavan in the southern state. Purohit,
a former national Vice President of the BJP, will be
taking over as Governor at a time when Tamil Nadu is
going through a political crisis due to infighting in the
ruling AIADMK.
Purohit - a long-time social and political activist from
Vidarbha in Maharashtra - was elected to the Lok
Sabha thrice from Nagpur. He won the elections twice on a Congress ticket in 1984 and
1989 and once as a BJP member in 1996.
Last year, Purohit was appointed Governor of Assam, where he is being replaced by Jagdish
Mukhi, veteran BJP leader. Mukhi was earlier Lt. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar islands.
BJP leader Satya Pal Malik will hold charge in Bihar.
former Delhi BJP MLA Jagdish Mukhi is Governor in Assam.
Bihar BJP leader Ganga Prasad in Meghalaya. Bihar politician Ganga Prasad, the new
Governor of Meghalaya, had been part of BJP's national executive after Amit Shah took over
as party President. He has been a member of Bihar's legislative council for 18 years.
Brigadier (retd) B.D. Mishra, a war veteran, in Arunachal Pradesh.
Brigadier Mishra, a war veteran who served the Indian Army in three major wars in 1962,
1965 and 1971, will be handling Arunachal Pradesh.
Former Navy chief Admiral (retd) D.K. Joshi was named as the new Lt. Governor of
Andaman and Nicobar islands.
There has been demand for a full-time Governor in the state where Maharashtra Governor
C. Vidyasagar Rao was holding additional charge since K. Rosaiah retired in August last
year.
Admiral Joshi, who takes over in the Union Territory, had resigned in the middle of his
tenure as Navy chief after a fire broke out aboard Kilo-class submarine INS Sindhuratna on
February 26, 2014. He was to retire in August 2015.
Bihar also got a full-time Governor in Satya Pal Malik - a former Janata Dal MP from Aligarh
and BJP Vice President.
Raquel Dodge became first woman General Prosecutor of Brazil. Raquel Dodge was sworn
in as the new prosecutor general in the presence of President Michel Temer and Supreme
Court President Carmen Lucia. Born on 26 July 1961, she previously served as a sub-
prosecutor general of the Republic and served on the 3rd Chamber of Coordination and
Revision.
Shashi Shanker appointed Chairman and Managing Director of ONGC. Shashi Shanker was
appointed as the Chairman and Managing Director of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
Limited (ONGC) with effect till March 2021. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet
(ACC) named Shanker as CMD till his superannuation as against an initial one-year term
proposed by the Oil Ministry.
Rajnikant Mishra appointed Chief of Sashastra Seema Bal. Mishra will succeed Archana
Ramasundaram who is set to retire on 30 September 2017. Mishra is a 1984 batch Uttar
Pradesh Cadre IPS officer. He has been posted as Special Director General in Border
Security Force (BSF) since 2012.
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Peruvian President appoints former Economy Minister, Mercedes Aroz Fernndez, as new
PM. Mercedes Araoz, who was appointed as the new Prime Minister of Peru by President
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, has earlier served the country as its economy minister between
2006 and 2011 under the administration of President Alan Garcia. The appointment came
after two days of the no-confidence vote in which the entire cabinet was forced to resign.
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon elected as Chair of the IOC Ethics Commission.
Ban was the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 2007 to
December 2016. He has had a close relationship with the IOC as in 2009, IOC was granted
Permanent Observer Status at the UN. He has also been the Olympic torch bearer.
UN Secretary-General appoints Peter Thomson as 1st Special Envoy for Oceans. United
Nations Secretary-General Antnio Guterres has appointed Peter Thomson, the outgoing
president of the UN General Assembly as the first Special Envoy for the oceans.
Trump appoints Indian-American Raj Shah to key position in Communications team. Raj
Shah, formerly in charge of opposition research at the Republican National Committee
(RNC), was named Deputy Assistant to the President and Principal Deputy Press Secretary.
Earlier in January 2017, Shah was named to the then-incoming Trump Administration as a
Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Communications for Research in
the White House Communications Director's office.
Inder Jit Singh appointed as Chairperson of NACWC. Established on 29 April 2017, National
Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention was set up as an office of the Cabinet
Secretariat to fulfil the obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Indian-origin Joseph Yuvaraj Pillay appointed as Interim President of Singapore. Pillay
succeeds Tony Tan Keng Yam who completed a six-year term on 31 August 2017. At
present, Pillay is serving as the Chairman of the Council of Presidential Advisers (CPA).
Anita Karwal replaces RK Chaturvedi as CBSE chairperson. IAS officer Anita Karwal was
appointed as the new Chairperson of Central Board of Secondary Education, CBSE.
Rajiv Kumar appointed as new DFS Secretary. Senior bureaucrat Rajiv Kumar was
appointed as the Secretary in the Department of Financial Services (DFS), as part of a major
reshuffle.
Sunil Arora appointed Election Commissioner. A 1980-batch IAS officer of the Rajasthan
cadre, Arora has worked in ministries such as Finance, Textiles and Planning Commission.
He also served as Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Civil Aviation during 1999-2002 and
CMD, Indian Airlines for five years.
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Person Resigned/Retired
Hockey India sacks chief coach Roelant Oltmans

Hockey India sacked national coach Roelant Oltmans
after a string of unimpressive outings at the
international level.
High Performance Director David John will be in
charge till a suitable replacement is found for a
smooth transition of the men's team.
The decision was taken during the three-day meeting
of the Hockey India High Performance and
Development Committee.
The power-packed meeting to assess the way forward for Indian hockey was attended by
over 24 members over the last three days.
Presently, Harbinder Singh is the chairman of the Hockey India Selection Committee.
India is going to upcoming critical tournaments in 2018 including the Asian Games & World
Cup and 2020 Olympic Games.
South African Cricketer JP Duminy announces retirement from Test cricket

South African all-rounder JP Duminy has decided to call it quits from Test and first-class
cricket with immediate effect.
Duminy decided to focus on limited-overs cricket
hereafter, opting out of the opening round of first-
class fixtures.
He was dropped from the Test team after the first
match at Lord's in the four-match series against
England in July earlier this year.
He has played for country in 46 Tests and the WSB
Cape Cobras in 108 first-class matches overs the past 16 years.
Duminy made his Test debut against Australia in 2008 in Perth.
He finished with 2103 runs from 46 Tests at 32.85.
He will continue to play one-day and T20 cricket for both South Africa and the Cape Cobras.
He also leading the Cape Town Knight Riders in the inaugural T20 Global League later in the
year.
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Sports
US Open-2017
The 2017 US Open was 137th edition of tennis US Open and the fourth and final Grand
Slam event of 2017 season. It was held on outdoor
hard courts at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis
Center in New York City.
Results
Men's singles: Rafael Nadal (Spain) won the 2017 US
Open title by defeating world number 32, Kevin
Anderson from South Africas by 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 score.
Womens singles: Sloane Stephens (US) won the title by defeating Madison Keys (US) by
63, 60 score.
Mens doubles: Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands) and Horia Tecau (Romania) pair won the
title by defeating Spanish pair of Feliciano Lpez and Marc Lpez by 64, 63 score.
Womens doubles: Chan Yung-jan (Chinese Taipei) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) pair
defeating Lucie Hradeck and Kateina Siniakov from Czech Republic by 63, 62 score.
Mixed doubles: Martina Hingis (Switzerland) and Jamie Murray (United Kingdom) pair
defeated Chan Hao-ching (Chinese Taipei) and Michael Venus (New Zealand) by 61, 46,
[108] score.
Virat Kohli overtakes Sanath Jayasuriya with record-breaking 29th hundred

Ace Indian cricketer Virat Kohli slammed his 29th one-day international hundred.
India took a firm grip of the fourth game of a five-match series against Sri Lanka at the
Premadas in Colombo.
Incidentally, Sachin Tendulkar had got his first ODI
hundreds at the same venue against Australia on
September 9, 1994.
The 28-year-old India captain is now third on the list
of most ODI hundreds behind Sachin Tendulkar (49)
and Ricky Ponting (30).
Kohli was joint-third with Sri Lanka's Sanath
Jayasuriya before this match.
Kohli has been in sensational form since the beginning of 2016, hammering runs across
formats.
He had struck three hundreds last year and has scored three more already in 2017 in ODIs.
Kohli also overtook South Africa captain Faf du Plessis as the leading run-scorer in ODIs
this year.
In 2016, India did not play a lot of one-day cricket but the Delhi dasher was consistent
against Australia and later against New Zealand.
He has had a great year so far with runs against England and West Indies.
The young captain was in fine form in the Champions Trophy as well.
Kohli eventually fell for a 96-ball 131, becoming Lasith Malinga's 300th ODI victim.
The India run-machine, by the way, was also involved in his 10th 200-run partnership.
Nobody else has more than six such stands.
Kohli also became the youngest to aggregate over 2000 runs against any one opposition in
one-day internationals.
He had made his debut against Sri Lanka in August 2009 and has since been the most
prolific batsman in limited-over cricket.
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India seals 5-0 clean sweep against Sri Lanka in ODI series
India became the first visiting country to inflict a 5-0 whitewash on Sri Lanka with a
thumping six-wicket victory in the final ODI of the
series.
India have now completed back-to-back rout after
humiliating the hosts in the three-Test series, which
was also a complete rout.
After Bhuvneshwar Kumar's maiden five-wicket
haul enabled India to restrict Sri Lanka to a below-
par 238, Kohli for the umpteenth time anchored a
successful chase in 46.3 overs with a fluent
unbeaten 110.
Virat Kohli made his 30th ODI hundred in only his 194th game and is now joint-second in
list of most century makers alongside Ricky Ponting with only Sachin Tendulkar (49) ahead
of him.
Bumrah - with 15 wickets in this contest - earned the record for most wickets in a bilateral
series with five ODIs.
He overtook Australian Clint McKay's 14 wickets versus Pakistan in 2010.
Star India has won the television and digital rights of Indian Premier League (IPL)
According to an announcement made by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on
4 September 2017, Star India has won the television and digital rights for the Indian
Premier League (IPL) for a period of five years, from 2018 to 2022.
BCCI bagged Rs. 16347.5 crore from a single bidder for both the rights.
Sony had held the broadcast rights for ten seasons, from 2008 to 2017 while Star held the
previous digital rights till the 2017 season.
The testimony to IPLs growth as the premier sporting property of the country is reflected
by the fact that the previous 10-year bid for TV rights was bought by Sony at Rs. 8200 crore
in 2008.
Star India will pay a staggering 163.48 billion rupees (1.97 billion) for the television and
digital rights of the Indian Premier League (IPL) for the next five years.
Sony, the only other bidder for the television rights of the world's richest domestic
Twenty20 competition, offered 110.5 billion rupees but lost out to Star's consolidated offer
for the worldwide rights from 2018 to 2022.
Bidders for digital rights included Supersport, Facebook, Airtel, Bamtech and Jio. Of the 24
companies that bought the tender document, 14 made bids.
The franchise-based competition began in 2008 with eight teams with owners including
India's richest man Mukesh Ambani and Bollywood actors.
Rupert Murdoch's Star group also owns broadcast rights for 18 ICC global events to be held
during an eight-year cycle from 2015 and India's international matches at home.
India's huge market is a major draw for sponsors and advertisers, who often plan product
launches around major cricket tournaments and book advertising slots in advance.
England's James Anderson joins 500 club Test cricket

James Anderson has become the third fast bowler, and sixth overall, to reach the mile stone
of 500 Test wickets.
He reached the landmark on the second day against West Indies at Lord's, when he bowled
Kraigg Brathwaite.
Anderson, who was the first English bowler to pass 400 in Tests, came into the third
Investec Test needing three wickets to join an even more exclusive club.
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Only Glenn McGrath and Courtney Walsh have previously managed to combine threat and
longevity to the same level.
The spin trio of Anil Kumble, Shane Warne and
Muttiah Muralitharan have taken beyond the 600
mark.
He had taken five wicket for on debut at Lord's
against Zimbabwe in 2003.
In Antigua in 2015, he passed Ian Botham's mark of
383, which had stood since 1992, and he then raised
400 against New Zealand, at Headingley, a few weeks
later.
Anderson is also England's most successful bowler in ODIs, with 269 wickets, to go
alongside a further 18 in T20 internationals.
Last month, he was honoured by Lancashire with the naming of the James Anderson End at
Old Trafford.
Anderson is set to go on his fourth Ashes tour of Australia this winter, where he may be
able to contemplate surpassing Walsh, the next man ahead of him, on 519.
Pakistan defeat World XI by 33 runs to win Independence Cup

Pakistan defeated the visiting World XI by 33 runs in a gripping contest for the
Independence Cup at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium.
Pakistan's total of 183 for the loss of four wickets
was powered by Player of the Match Ahmed
Shehzad's "blistering" run count of 89.
The side's highest-run scorer became the first
Pakistani to smash three back-to-back 6s in T20
cricket.
Right-handed Babar Azam, Pakistans top-order
batsman, was awarded Man of the Series for his
performance in the Independence Cup.
The successful completion of the tournament is another milestone in the revival of
international cricket in Pakistan, which has suffered a dearth of opportunities on home
ground since the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, save a limited-over
series against Zimbabwe in 2015.
Pakistan hopes the successful staging of this series will help them host Sri Lanka for a T20I
on October 29, at the end of their full series in the United Arab Emirates.
A month later they are also likely to host the West Indies for three Twenty20 matches.
Pakistan: Ahmed Shehzad, Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Shoaib Malik, Sarfraz Ahmed
(c)(wk), Muhammad Nawaz, Imad Wasim, Shadab Khan, Hassan Ali, Usman Shinwari and
Rumman Raees.
World XI: Tamim Iqbal, Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis (c), David Miller, Darren Sammy,
Thisara Perera, George Bailey (wk), Ben Cutting, Samuel Badree, Morne Morkel and Imran
Tahir.
Ace Indian Badminton star Sindhu beats Japans Okuhara to clinch Korea Open title
Indias Olympic and World silver medallist shuttler P.V. Sindhu defeated Nozomi Okuhara
of Japan in a thrilling summit clash to clinch the womens singles title at the Korea Open
Super Series.
She exacts takes the sweet revenge of her heart-wrenching World Championship final loss
to the Japanese.
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Presently, the Fifth-seeded Sindhu overcame the eighth-seeded Okuhara 22-20, 11-21, 20-
18 in the final match.
Now, she has bagged the prize money worth $600,000 tournament.
It was the 22-year-olds third Super Series title of her career.
Sindhu started the final brightly, holding a 5-2 lead early in the first game.
The win also helped Sindhu to level her head-to-head record against Okuhara, making it 4-
4.
Meanwhile, unseeded Indonesian Anthony Sinisuka Ginting defeated compatriot Jonatan
Christie 21-13, 19-21, 22-20 in an hour and eight minutes to clinch the mens title.
The results (finals): Women: P.V. Sindhu bt Nozomi Okuhara (Jpn) 22-20, 11-21, 20-18.
Men: Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Ina) bt Jonatan Christie (Ina) 21-13, 19-21, 22-20.
Khelo India scheme: 1,000 selected athletes receive scholarship of Rs. 500,000/ PA
The Union Cabinet gave its approval to a revamped Khelo India scheme.
It will focus on nurturing sports talent in the country and connecting rural India to global
games.
Under this scheme 1,000 selected athletes will receive an annual scholarship of Rs. 500,000
each for 8 years.
The scheme, which would cost the government Rs. 1,756 crore between 2017-18 and 2019-
20, will also promote 20 universities across India as hubs of sporting excellence.
It is worth mentioning that until now, sports schemes were focused on building
infrastructure such as stadiums.
However, the revamped Khelo India scheme will focus on nurturing talent and connecting
rural India to global games.
Corporate entities will also be allowed to fund the Khelo India scheme under corporate
social responsibility (CSR).
Mary Kom: First Indian to be AIBA representative at IOC athletes' forum

Indian woman boxer M C Mary Kom has become the
first Indian to be picked as the International Boxing
Association's (AIBA) representative for the IOC
Athletes' Forum scheduled in November.
She is five-time world champion and Olympic bronze-
medallist.
The 33-year-old, who is also an active
parliamentarian, has been invited to attend the 8th
International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Athletes' Forum in Lausanne from November 11
to 13.
The event, however, overlaps with the Asian Championship in Vietnam, which is scheduled
from November 2 to 12.
Among the most decorated athletes in Indian sports, Mary Kom is an Asian Games gold-
medallist besides being a multiple-time Asian champion.
She has conferred the AIBA Legends award at the annual gala of the world body last year.
The Manipuri, who competes in the light flyweight (48kg) and flyweight (51kg) divisions,
was christened 'Magnificent Mary' by AIBA after her fourth world title back in 2008.
She was also one of the eight brand ambassadors for the marquee event last year.
Saudi Arabia allows women into sports stadium for the first time
Saudi Arabian women has allowed to attend celebrations at a sports stadium in Riyadh, for
the first time in its history.
Women allowed in sports stadium for the first time:
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Women were allowed to enter a sports stadium for the first time in Saudi Arabias history
to attend Saudi Arabias national day celebrations.
Generally, women are not allowed to enter any of the sports arenas in Saudi Arabia as per
rule.
The celebrations took place at King Fahd stadium in Riyadh.
Celebrations included concerts, folk dance and fireworks.
Women with their families were seated separately from single
men in the stadium.
The extremely conservative Saudi kingdom is relaxing some rules as a part of its Vision
2030 plan for economic and social reforms.
The Capital of Saudi Arabia is in Riyadh.
Guwahati to Host South Asian Boxing Championships in December

The Boxing Federation of India has included the prestigious South Asian Championship to
be held in Guwahati Dec. 6-10.
This is the first time India will host the South Asian
Boxing Championship.
It will see a potential blockbuster clash against arch-
rival Pakistan along with other South Asian Association
for Regional Cooperation nations, including
Afghanistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, among others.
The South Asian Championship will be followed by the
India International Open tournament here in the third week of January.
The tournament will see participation from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Ukraine, among
other top boxing nations.
The announcements were made after the fifth executive committee meeting of the
federation chaired by President Ajay Singh.
French anti-doping laboratory suspended by WADA. The provisional suspension, which

took effect on 24 September 2017, prohibits the Paris Laboratory from carrying out any
anti-doping activities, including all analyses of urine and blood samples. The suspension
will remain in place pending disciplinary proceedings being carried out by an independent
Disciplinary Committee.
East Bengal wins 8th consecutive Calcutta Football League title. The Calcutta Football
League is the football league system where several football clubs of the Indian city of
Kolkata participate. It currently consists of seven-tier pyramid system. The CFL is
conducted by the Indian Football Association (IFA) with 157 mostly Kolkata based clubs
and units.
India exempts import duty on goods for FIFA U17 World Cup. The Union government has
exempted import duty on a wide range of goods and sports items for the upcoming FIFA U-
17 World Cup India. The goods include all sports equipment and sports requisites, fitness
equipment, team uniform, spares, accessories, first aid kits, doping control equipment and
broadcast equipment and supplies.
Devendra Fadnavis launches 'Maharashtra Mission 1 Million' initiative. Maharashtra Chief
Minister Devendra Fadnavis has 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-ever time in India and Maharashtra.
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Goa to host 36th National Games. The National Games of India comprises various
disciplines in which sportsmen from the different states of India participate against each
other. The National Games were formerly known as the Indian Olympic Games. The first
Modern National Games on the lines of the Olympics were held in 1985 in New Delhi.
FIFA U-17 World Cup song officially launched. In addition, the song features a host of music
artists that include Sunidhi Chauhan, Neeti Mohan, Babul Supriyo, Shaan, Papon, Mika along
with a rap performance by actor Abhishek Bachchan.
Amritpal Singh creates history, becomes first Indian to be signed by Australian Basketball
Team. Earlier, Singh had been a part of the four-member Indian team of Amjyot Singh,
Yadwinder Singh and Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, who were a part of the National Basketball
League (NBL) Draft Combine in Melbourne, Australia in 2017.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni becomes the first wicketkeeper to have 100 stumpings in ODI
Cricket. Dhoni surpasses Dhoni, who in recent past became the sixth Indian player to play
300 ODI matches, has surpassed former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara, who had 99
stumpings.
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Honours / Awards
UNHCRs Nansen Refugee Award-2017

On September 8th, 2017, Zannah Mustapha, a champion
for the rights of displaced children growing up amid
violence in north-eastern Nigeria to get a quality
education, has been named the 2017 winner of UNHCRs
Nansen Refugee Award.
This award has been provided to him for the dedicated
efforts and commitment made to provide school
education to the children and orphans affected by the
conflict in Borno state.
The school has stayed open throughout the conflict with
Boko Haram.
Mustafa had established a school in 2007 that provides free education, food, clothing and
health care to children affected by violence.
He mediated between Nigerian government and Boko Haram militant outfit in the Chibok
School kidnapping (April 2017) case, due to which 100 girl students could be freed.
Under the awards, Zannah will be given a cash of one million US dollars and a medal.
The prize distribution ceremony will be organized in Geneva on October 2, 2017.
Global Diversity Award 2017

On September 15th, 2017 Famous Bollywood actor Salman
Khan was honored with the Global Diversity Award 2017
at the British Parliament House (House of Commons).
This award was given for his contribution in the Indian film
industry as well as for social service.
He is working to change the lives of poor people in the
country through his NGO Being Human.
This award is given to people who have done a special job
for diversity in the world.
Earliar, Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan, actress Aishwarya Rai, Chinese actor Jackie
Chan, Bangladeshs Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, American human rights leader Jesse
Jackson and Formula One racer Louis Hamilton has also been honored with this award.
Hindi film Newton: Indias official entry to Oscars 2018

The Film Federation of India (FFI) has selected Hindi film Newton, a black comedy on
foibles of democracy to represent India in Best Foreign Language
category at 90th Academy Awards (Oscars) to be held in February
2018.
It was unanimously chosen by FFIs selection committee, headed by
Telugu producer C V Reddy from 26 entries received this year.
Newton The movie has been directed by Amit Masurkar.
It stars Rajkummar Rao, Pankaj Tripathi and Raghubir Yadav.
The film is political satire revolving around an honest election
officers (Newton Kumar) attempt to conduct a free and fair poll in
naxal-controlled town in the conflict-ridden jungles of Chhattisgarh.
It showcases rookie government clerks best efforts to conduct free
and fair voting despite odds stacked against him mainly with apathy
of security forces and the looming fear of guerrilla attacks by communist rebels.
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Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize : Ten scientists to conferred by President

Ten scientists were announced winners of the annual Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize.
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize is Indias highest science award.
The winners this year for the Biological Sciences are Deepak Nair at the Regional Centre for
Biotechnology, Faridabad.
Sanjeev Das, National Institute of Immunology, Delhi; Chemical Sciences.
Naresh Patwari, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay; Earth Sciences.
Suresh Babu, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvananthapuram; Engineering Services.
Aloke Paul and Neelesh Mehta, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru; Medical Sciences.
Amit Dutt, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai.
Deepak Gaur, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Physical Sciences, Nissim Kanekar, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Pune.
Vinay Gupta, National Physical Laboratory, Delhi.
There were no awards this year for the mathematical sciences and, for the second year
running, no women recipients.
Every year 8-10 scientists, below 45, are selected across institutions by the Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research and awarded for outstanding scientific work in the last
five years.
Since 2013 however, only two women have been awarded.
Ace shuttler P V Sindhu recommended for Padma Bhushan by Sports ministry

Rio Olympics silver-medallist will be awarded the nation's third highest civilian award, for
his contribution to the game
The Sports ministry has recommended Indian badminton star P V Sindhu for the
prestigious Padma Bhushan, the nation's third highest civilian award, for his contribution
to the game.
The nomination comes just a few days after Olympic silver-medallist Rajyavardhan Singh
Rathore replaced Vijay Goel as new Sports Minister.
Sindhu, who recently got stunned by Nozomi Okuhara in the pre-quarterfinals of the Japan
Open Super Series, made the country proud at the Rio Olympics by bagging the silver
medal. She narrowly lost to Spanish shuttler Carolina Marin.
Recently, Sindhu also took a sweet avenge of her World Championship final defeat to
Okuhara by beating her in the summit showdown of the Korea Open. She became the first
Indian to win the Korea Super Series title.
The world number four, who had also won the China Super Series Premier last year and
clinched the India Super Series and Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold this season.
She had to settle for the bronze medal at the World Badminton Championship in the finals
in Glasgow.
Earlier, former Indian skipper and World Cup winning captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni was
nominated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for the coveted gong.
Fortunes most powerful women in business list : India's Indra Nooyi, Kochhar & Shikha
Sharma are inducted
Two Indians - Chanda Kochhar and Shikha Sharma have
made it to the rankings of most powerful women in
business outside the United States drawn up by the
Fortune magazine while Indra Nooyi featured in the top
three on the US edition list.
The Most Powerful Women in Business outside the US
list, which was topped by Banco Santander group
executive chairman Ana Botin, placed ICICI Banks Kochhar at the fifth spot while Axis
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Banks Sharma has been ranked 21st.

US Most Powerful Women Business list:
Mary Barra
Indra Nooyi
Marillyn Hewson
Forbes' top-10 highest-paid TV actresses list : Indian actress Priyanka Chopra makes 8th
spot
Indian star Priyanka Chopra has made it to Forbes' annual top-10
highest-paid TV actresses list that has Sofia Vergara on the number
one spot.
Chopra, already an established star in Bollywood, made her acting
debut in the West with TV show "Quantico".
She cemented her position as one of the rising stars in Hollywood by
playing the antagonist in the movie reboot of "Baywatch".
She is in the eighth position on the list, nudging "House of Cards" star
Robin Wright ($9 million) to the ninth spot with her earning of $10
million.
Vergara, best known for her portrayal of Gloria Delgado- Pritchett on "Modern Family", has
topped the list for the sixth year in a row with an impressive earning of USD 41.5 million.
"The Big Bang Theory" star Kaley Cuoco was second on the list by earning $26 million.
"Grey's Anatomy" star Ellen Pompeo tied with "The Mindy Project" star Mindy Kaling for
the third spot on the list with both making $13 million.
Mariska Hargitay ($12.5 million) of "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit" features on the
fifth spot while Vergara's "Modern Family" costar, Julie Bowen, was placed sixth with her
earning of $12 million dollars.
"Scandal" star Kerry Washington sits at seventh with $11 million.
Pauley Perrette ($8.5 million) is on number 10.
C N R Rao chosen for 2017 Von Hippel Award. The award citation noted Raos immense
work on novel functional materials, including nanomaterials (having particles of nanoscale
dimensions), graphene (the strongest and thinnest material) and 2D materials,
superconductivity, and colossal magnetoresistance (change in electrical resistance of a
material in a magnetic field).
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust wins Rajbhasha Kirti Award for 11th consecutive time. The
JNPT was honoured with the prestigious award in the category of B region for autonomous
bodies and boards. It won the prize for its excellent implementation of the official language.
This is the 11th consecutive year that Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust has won this award.
Neeraj Bansal, Deputy Chairman of JNPT, accepted the award from the Honourable
President of India, Ramnath Kovind.
69th Primetime Emmy Awards announced. The Handmaid's Tale became the first web
television series to win the award for Outstanding Drama Series. Westworld and Saturday
Night Live were the most nominated programs, each with 22 nominations.
BAI to confer first Lifetime Achievement award on Prakash Padukone. Announcing the
award at Kochi, the Association President Himantha Biswa Sarma said, Prakash Padukone
has been selected for the award for his contributions to Badminton. The award carries a
cash prize of 10 lakh rupees with a citation which will be presented to him at New Delhi
very soon. Padukone is the only Indian male player to reach world No.1 ranking, will be
awarded a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh and a citation.
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2 US scientists, Indian economist among 2017 Balzan Prize awardees. The International
Balzan Foundation announced the winners of the 2017 Balzan Prize. James P Allison of the
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Robert D Schreiber of the Washington
University School of Medicine were awarded for Immunological Approaches in Cancer
Therapy that enhanced the survival of patients with metastatic melanoma.
Tahir Mahmood awarded with N R Madhava Menon Best Law Teacher Award. The awards
are bestowed every year to honour the most deserved law teachers and institutions in India
and across the SAARC region.
UNESCO announces winners for Girls and Womens Education Prize 2017. UNESCO
Director-General Irina Bokova announced the names of the two laureates from Peru and
Thailand recommended by an International Jury.
N R Narayana Murthy conferred with PLuS Alliance Prize 2017. The PLuS Alliance Prize is a
prestigious honour that recognises research innovation, education innovation, global
leadership and global innovation.
Konkani writer Mahabaleshwar Sail receives 2016 Saraswati Samman. Saraswati Samman
is an annual award bestowed upon Indian citizens for their outstanding literary work
written in any 22 Indian languages mentioned in Schedule VIII of Constitution.
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Obituaries
Pulitzer-Prize winning poet, John Ashbery, dies at 90

John Ashbery, an enigmatic giant of modern poetry
whose energy, daring and boundless command of
language raised American verse to brilliant and baffling
heights, died at age 90.
Ashbery, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and often
mentioned as a Nobel candidate, died at his home in
Hudson, New York.
Ashbery was the first living poet to have a volume
published by the Library of America dedicated
exclusively to his work.
His 1975 collection, "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror,"
was the rare winner of the book world's unofficial triple
crown: the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle
prize.
In 2011, he was given a National Humanities Medal and credited with changing "how we
read poetry.
Among a generation of poets that included Richard Wilbur, W.S. Merwin and Adrienne Rich,
Ashbery stood out for his audacity and for his wordplay, for his modernist shifts between
high oratory and everyday chatter, for his humour and wisdom and dazzling runs of
allusions and sense impressions.
He was awarded National Humanities Medal to poet John Ashbery in 2012.
Ashbery also was a well-regarded translator and critic.
At various times, he was the art critic for The New York Herald-Tribune in Europe, New
York magazine and Newsweek and the poetry critic for Partisan Review.
He translated works by Arthur Rimbaud, Raymond Roussel and numerous other French
writers.
He was a teacher for many years, including at Brooklyn College, Harvard University and
Bard College.
Senior Journalist Gauri Lankesh Shot Dead At Her Residence In Bengaluru

Gauri Lankesh, a senior journalist and activist in
Bengaluru, has been shot dead at her residence in
Rajarajeshwari Nagar.
Unidentified men shot at 55-year-old Ms Lankesh
seven times from close range and three bullets hit her
on the neck and chest.
She collapsed at the door of her house in West
Bengaluru.
She ran the weekly Gauri 'Lankesh Patrike,' a Kannada tabloid, and was seen as a fearless,
independent and outspoken journalist.
She had been under attack from people with ideological differences.
In November 2016, she was sentenced to six months in jail after a defamation case was filed
against her for a report against BJP leaders.
In 2015, MM Kalburgi, renowned scholar and the 77-year-old former vice chancellor of
Hampi University, was also shot dead on the doorstep of his Dharwad home in Karnataka.
The police are yet to make any arrests in this case.
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Arjan Singh, Marshal of Indian Air Force, passes away

Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and India's oldest, five-star ranked air
force officer, died after suffering a heart attack at the
age of 98.
Arjan Singh was the only officer of the IAF to be
given a distinction equal to that of a Field Marshal.
In 2016, the IAF named its Panagarh (West Bengal)
air base after Arjan Singh on the occasion of his 97th
birth anniversary.
The Panagarh base would be called Air Force Station
Arjan Singh.
He was the only living officer to have a base named after him.
In his glorious career, Arjan Singh flew over 60 different kinds of aircraft and his zest for
flying didn't end until the day he retired in 1969.
Brief History:
He was born on 15 April 1919 in Lyallpur, Punjab (now in Pakistan).
Arjan Singh entered the distinguished Royal Air Force College at Cranwell at the age of 19
and graduated as a pilot officer the following year.
He proved his valour during the Second World War, when he faced the Japanese Army
while serving as a pilot officer in the British-Indian forces in Burma (now Myanmar).
He received the Distinguished Flying Cross for "fearless and exceptional" service in 1944.
Singh served as the IAF's Chief of Staff during the 1965 India-Pakistan war. When Pakistan
launched its Operation Grand Slam, in which an armoured thrust targeted the vital town of
Akhnur, he was summoned to the defence minister's office with a request for air support.
He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan for his leadership of the IAF and his service to the
nation during the historic war.
After his retirement from the Indian Air Force in 1969, Singh served the nation as an
ambassador to Switzerland in 1971, and as High Commissioner to Kenya in 1974.
Later, he also became the Lt Governor of Delhi, in 1989.
He was promoted to the five-star rank in 2002.
Liliane Bettencourt the richest woman in the world, died

Liliane Bettencourt, listed by Forbes as the richest woman in
the world with a fortune of almost $50 billion, died on 20
September 2017.
She was associated with LOreal, cosmetics entity.
Liliane Bettencourt was the heiress of the French cosmetics
giant LOreal.
She was the daughter of LOreal founder Eugene Schueller
who passed away in 1957 and thus inherited the LOreal
empire.
LOreal is a $126 billion global cosmetics brand today and is Frances fourth-largest listed
firm.
KS Chugh, 'father of nephrology in India', dies

Eminent nephrologist Kirpal Chugh passed away at the age of 85.
He was fondly called the 'father of nephrology in India'.
Chugh was suffering from blood cancer since last two years and was admitted to the
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER).
He is survived by his wife Harjeet Chugh and two sons - Sumeet and Sumant, both doctors
and settled in the US.
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Chugh was emeritus professor and former head of department of nephrology at the
PGIMER.
He was a recipient of several national and international awards, including the Padma Shri,
the fourth highest civilian award, in 2000.
The International Society of Nephrology had acknowledged the pioneering work and
outstanding contributions of Dr Chugh and had included him amongst 50 legends in
nephrology.
Legendary soul singer Charles Bradley dies aged 68

Charles Bradley, the legendary soul singer and a late-in-life
headliner, died on 23rd Sept. in Brooklyn New York at the age of 68.
He was diagnosed with stomach cancer in the fall of 2016 and
underwent treatment.
He started his solo career relatively late in life when he was signed
to Daptone Records in 2002 after being spotted as Black Velvet.
He released three albums, No Time for Dreaming, Victim of Love,
and Changes.
Renowned Marathi writer, journalist Arun Sadhu passes away at 76 in Mumbai

Renowned Marathi author and senior journalist,
Arun Sadhu passed away on Sep 25 2017 at the age
of 76.
Sadhu is survived by his wife Aruna, a social activist,
and two daughters, Suvarna and Shefali.
Brief History:
He was known for his work Mumbai Dinank,
Kakasaheb Gadgil, Simhasan and many more novels
in Hindi, English and Marathi.
He won the Sahitya Academy award.
He has written on rise of Shiv Sena, Vietnam War and Chinese revolution and also written
several short stories.
He has won several awards including Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad, NC Kelkar and Acharya
Atre award.
World's 'heaviest' woman Eman Ahmed dies in Abu Dhabi

Eman Ahmed, formerly the 'heaviest' woman in the world, passed away due to comorbid
conditions, including heart disease and kidney dysfunction.
She was died at the Burjeel Hospital in Abu Dhabi.
The Egyptian national had been transferred to Burjeel Hospital from India in May to
continue rehabilitation from bariatric surgery.
She was earlier weighed 500kg and suffered from a rare thyroid condition since childhood.
She had lost more than 300kg after the surgery.
Eman Ahmed, who lost about 330 kilograms after undergoing weight-loss surgery in
Mumbai's Saifee hospital, had left for the United Arab Emirates for long-term treatment on
May 4.
Eman Ahmed, who weighed more than 500 kilograms when she was flown to Mumbai for
treatment in February, was reportedly the world's heaviest woman.
The 37-year-old was discharged from the Mumbai hospital for further treatment in the
UAE.
She was supervised by a team of more than 20 doctors from different disciplines who had
successfully improved her health since she arrived in the UAE.
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Yesteryear Bollywood actress Shakila passes away. Born on 1 January 1935, Shakila was an
Indian actress. She was best known for her roles in Guru Dutt's films Aar Paar (1954) and
CID. (1956). She also starred with Shammi Kapoor in Shakti Samanta's China Town (1962).
Constitutional law expert Pavani Parameswara Rao dies. Widely considered a doyen of
Constitutional Law, Rao argued a number of landmark cases before the Supreme Court. He
had helped develop the argument against the legal challenge to Presidents Rule in four
Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and
Himachal Pradesh, after demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992.
Gay rights activist Edith Windsor passes away. Edie Windsor was the lead plaintiff in the
Supreme Court of the United States case United States v. Windsor, which successfully
overturned Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act. It was considered a landmark legal
victory for the same-sex marriage movement in the United States of America.
Former Union Minister Sultan Ahmed passes away. Ahmed was in the news in July 2017 as
one of the key accused in the Narada TV sting operation case and was facing investigation
by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
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Important Days with Theme
September 5 : Teacher's Day (Dr. S. Radhakrishnan's Birth Day)

Theme of 2017 : No Theme
September 8 : International Literacy Day(UNESCO)
Theme of 2017 : Literacy in a digital world
September 10 : World Suicide Prevention Day
Theme of 2017 : Take a minute, change a life
September 14 : Hindi Day [India], World First Aid Day
September 15 : International Day of Democracy (UN)
Theme of 2017 : Democracy and Conflict prevention
September 16 : International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (UN)
Theme of 2017 : Caring for all life under Sun
September 21 : International Day of Peace (UN),
Theme of 2017 : Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All
September 21 : World Alzheimer's day
September 27 : World Tourism Day (UNWTO)
Theme of 2017 : Sustainable Tourism a Tool for Development
September 28 : World Maritime Day
Theme of 2017 : Connecting Ships, Ports and People
September 29 : World Heart Day (WHF)
Foreign Visits / Foreign Visitors
Visit of External Affairs Minister Smt. Sushma Swaraj to USA for 72nd Session of UN General
Assembly in between September 18-24, 2017.
Visit of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to Myanmar in between September 5-7, 2017.
Visit of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi to China to attend 9th BRICS Summit on
September 03, 2017.
Visit of Chief Executive of Afghanistan Dr. Abdullah Abdullah to India in between
September 27-29, 2017.
Visit of Prime Minister of Japan Mr. Shinzo Abe to India in between September 13-14, 2017.
State visit of President of Belarus Mr. A.G. Lukashenko to India in between September 11-
12, 2017.
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List of Council of Ministers
S.No. Name Ministry

1. Shri Narendra Modi Department of Atomic Energy
(Prime Minister) Department of Space
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
All important policy issues and all other portfolios not
allocated to any Minister
Cabinet Ministers
2. Shri Raj Nath Singh Ministry of Home Affairs
3. Smt. Sushma Swaraj Ministry of External Affairs
4. Shri Suresh Prabhu Ministry of Commerce and Industry
5. Shri Arun Jaitley Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
6. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Ministry of Shipping
Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and
Ganga Rejuvenation
7. Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
8. Sushri Uma Bharati Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation
9. Dr. Harsh Vardhan Ministry of Science and Technology
Ministry of Earth Sciences
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
10. Shri Ramvilas Paswan Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution
11. Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Ministry of Women and Child Development
12. Shri Ananthkumar Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
13. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Ministry of Law and Justice
14. Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
15. Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh Ministry of Steel
16. Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati Ministry of Civil Aviation
17. Shri Anant Geete Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
18. Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal Ministry of Food Processing Industries
19. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar Ministry of Rural Development
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
Ministry of Mines
20. Shri Jual Oram Ministry of Tribal Affairs
21. Shri Radha Mohan Singh Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
22. Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani Ministry of Textiles
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
23. Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
24. Shri Prakash Javadekar Ministry of Human Resource Development
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25. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
26. Shri Piyush Goyal Ministry of Coal
Ministry of Railways
27. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman Ministry of Defence
28. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Ministry of Minority Affairs
Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
29. Shri Inderjit Singh Rao Ministry of Planning
30. Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar Ministry of Labour and Employment
31. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy,
Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)
32. Dr. Jitendra Singh Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
33. Dr. Mahesh Sharma Ministry of Culture
34. Shri Giriraj Singh Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
35. Shri Manoj Sinha Ministry of Communications
36. Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
37. Shri Raj Kumar Singh Ministry of Power
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
38. Shri Hardeep Singh Puri Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
39. Shri Alphons Kannanthanam Ministry of Tourism
Ministers of State
40. General (Retd.) V.K. Singh Ministry of External Affairs
41. Shri Inderjit Singh Rao Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
42. Dr. Jitendra Singh Department of Atomic Energy
Department of Space
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Prime Minister's Office
43. Dr. Mahesh Sharma Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
44. Shri Ram Kripal Yadav Ministry of Rural Development
45. Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Ministry of Mines
Chaudhary Ministry of Coal
46. Shri S.S. Ahluwalia Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation
47. Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir Ministry of Home Affairs
48. Shri Manoj Sinha Ministry of Railways
49. Shri P.P. Chaudhary Ministry of Law and Justice
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
50. Shri Upendra Kushwaha Ministry of Human Resource Development
51. Shri Radhakrishnan P Ministry of Shipping
Ministry of Finance
52. Shri Kiren Rijiju Ministry of Home Affairs
53. Shri Krishan Pal Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
54. Shri Vijay Sampla Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
55. Shri Vishnu Deo Sai Ministry of Steel
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56. Shri Sudarshan Bhagat Ministry of Tribal Affairs

57. Shri Vijay Goel Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
58. Shri Y.S. Chowdary Ministry of Science and Technology
Ministry of Earth Sciences
59. Shri Jayant Sinha Ministry of Civil Aviation
60. Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
61. Shri Babul Supria (Babul Supriyo) Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
Baral
62. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti Ministry of Food Processing Industries
63. Shri Ramdas Athawale Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
64. Shri Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation
65. Shri Rajen Gohain Ministry of Railways
66. Shri Parshottam Rupala Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Ministry of Panchayati Raj
67. Shri M.J. Akbar Ministry of External Affairs
68. Shri Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Bhabhor
69. Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Ministry of Shipping
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
70. Smt. Anupriya Patel Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
71. Shri C.R. Chaudhary Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public
Distribution
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
72. Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre Ministry of Defence
73. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Ganga Rejuvenation
74. Shri Ajay Tamta Ministry of Textiles
75. Smt. Krishna Raj Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
76. Shri Alphons Kannanthanam Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
77. Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla Ministry of Finance
78. Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
79. Dr. Virendra Kumar Ministry of Women and Child Development
Ministry of Minority Affairs
80. Shri Anantkumar Hegde Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
81. Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
82. Dr. Satya Pal Singh Ministry of Human Resource Development
Ganga Rejuvenation
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Compendium- September, 2017

PM Modi to inaugurate world's second biggest dam on September 17

Forbes's most corrupt country in Asia: India stands No.1

Odisha gets a state run medical college after 54 years

Centre to launch 'Adopt a monument' scheme for maintenance of heritage sites

Manipur state recorded Indias lowest infant mortality rate (IMR)

India gets first state-of-the-art homoeopathy research lab

Holly city Allahabad to be rename as Prayagraj

Global Human Capital Index: India ranks 103rd

The list is compiled by Geneva-based World Economic Forum (WEF).

Dr Harsh Vardhan launches Wood is Good campaign in New Delhi

President launches nationwide 'Swachhata Hi Seva' Jan Aandolan from Kanpur

Ancient Indian text claims back history of zero by 500 years

The Shaheed Gram Vikas Yojana was launched by Jharkhand Government on 19

India third worst-hit nation by natural disasters: UNO

Indias first electric bus service launched in Himachal Pradesh

Central Government launches Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat

It will provide platform to trigger discussion through sharing of personal experiences on

Rajnath Singh launches portal PENCIL to eliminate child labour

Andhra CM Naidu declares 2017 as e-pragati year

Union Govt launches campaign to sensitise women about cancer

9th BRICS Summit-2017

Pervez Musharraf declared fugitive in ex-Pakistan PM Benazir Bhutto's murder trial

Astronomers found Water on TRAPPIST-1 planets

NHAI to expand 112km highway stretch in Myanmar

Benjamin Netanyahu bans Al-Jazeera journalist from free speech event

"Sahara Forest Project" launched by Jordan

Global Financial Centres Index -2017: London ranks tops

The index is ranking of the competitiveness of financial centres based on aggregate of

Central American country Mexico was hit by 7.1 magnitude earthquake

University of Manchester Scientists create worlds first molecular robot

Indo-Afghan Relation: India to train Afghan police

Rohingya crisis: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina floats five-point peace plan

Interpol admits Palestine as its full member

Malaysia bans all citizens from travelling to North Korea

Economics & Financial Awareness

Aadhaar-linking deadlines for Indian citizen enhance to Feb.2018

from 1 February 2017.

Indias GDP growth (April-June) 2017 at 5.7%: Lowest in last 3 years

Under PMGKY, 21000 people disclose Rs 4,900 cr black money

Mahindra launches e-rickshaw e-Alpha Mini at Rs 1.12 lakh

Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana generated massive 5.5 cr jobs

West Bengal state has highest number of GST registrations in India

Govt aims to start Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train on Aug 15, 2022

Navratna Company, BPCL is all set to become a Maharatna Company

Rajasthan became the third BJP-run state to waive farm loans

Internet giant Google launched UPI-based payments app Tez

India is worlds 4th fastest growing economy

Indian economy (GDP) to grow 6.7 % in 2017-18: OECD

India Is World's 40th Most Competitive Economy: World Economic Forum

Defence & Security - National/International

HAL has signed contract for 41 Dhruv ALH helicopters

Third Generation ATGM NAG successfully test fired

IAF completes development trials of Astra air-to-air missile

India open to 100 % FDI in defence with full tech transfer

Ken Juster nominated US Ambassador to India

Viveck Goenka elected as new PTI chairman and N Ravi is vice-chairman

Singapore swears in first woman President amid criticism

Senior IPS Y C Modi becomes new chief of NIA

Former home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi takes over as CAG

Angela Merkel wins 4th term as Chancellor of Germany

Present President: Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Lourenco sworn in as Angolas new president