NATIONAL UPDATES:
I.
Union Government formed
B S Baswan committee to revisit civil services examination pattern: The
seven member committee headed by B S Baswan is to submit the report within six
months from the date of its constitution.
II.
Grant citizenship to
Chakma-Hajong refugees within 3 months: Supreme Court: The
Supreme Court has directed the Union and Arunachal Pradesh Governments to grant
citizenship to Chakma-Hajong refugees who migrated to India from Bangladesh in
1964-69 and settled in the state.
III.
India’s 1st
dedicated satellite for Astronomy research ASTROSAT launched:
The satellite was launch from the 1st Launchpad of SatishDhawan
Space Centre at Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh at 10 am by PSLV-C30. PSLV-C30 is
the 10th flight of PSLV in its ‘XL’ configuration. It also carried
six foreign satellites from Canada, Indonesia and USA.
IV.
Google teamed up with
Indian Railways to provide free Wi-Fi at 400 stations: The
facility will be provided under the ‘Project Nilgiri’.
INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:
I.
Zuckerberg backs call
for Universal Internet Access by 2020: A
day before he met PM Modi, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a call to world
leaders at the UN to ensure universal internet access by 2020 to ‘give a voice
to the voiceless and power to the powerless’.
II.
World Tourism Day
observed with theme One Billion Tourists, One Billion Opportunities:
The World Tourism Day was observed across the world on 27th
September 2015. Burkina Faso will host the official celebrations 2015.
III.
Qualcomm announced investment
of 150 million USD for Indian start-ups: Silicon
valley based chip maker Qualcomm has announced that it will invest 150 million
USD for Indian start-ups. The investment will come through a venture fund. The
announcement was made by company’s executive chairman Paul E Jacobs who met
with PM Modi at the Digital Economy event in San Jose.
IV.
Nepal imposed vehicle
curbs due to fuel shortage: It enforced an
odd-even licence plate system for plying of vehicles on alternate days. With
this, drivers are permitted on the roads only on alternate days depending on
whether their licence plates end in odd or even numbers.
V.
G-4 countries issue
Joint Statement on UNSC Reforms: G-4 countries
viz. Brazil, Germany, India and Japan have issued a joint statement on United
Nations Security Council Reforms at the G-4 meeting held at New York.
OTHER UPDATES:
FINANCE/BANKING:
I.
World Bank released
report entitled Leveraging Urbanisation in South Africa: The
report provided original empirical and diagnostic analysis of urbanisation and
related economic trends in the South Asia region.
SPORTS:
II.
Advani
pockets 14th World Title: India’s most successful cueist PankajAdvani added another
feather to his cap by winning the IBSF World Billiards Championship by
outplaying his opponent in the final to take his world title count to 14.
III.
Bindra
shoots down gold in Asian Air Gun Championships: Beijing Olympic champion AbhinavBindra produced some
excellent shooting to clinch the gold while London Games bronze medallist
GaganNarang failed to finish on the podium in the men’s 10m Air Rifle event.
IV.
Mercedes
driver Lewis Hamilton won 2015 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix held at the Suzuka
circuit.
AWARDS:
V. Mathematician Jacob Tsimerman won 2015
SASTRA Ramanujam Prize: Tsimerman is currently working as an
Assistant Professor in the University of Toronto. He primarily conducts
research on Number Theory.
VI.
Lucknow based CSIR-CIMAP won CSIR Award for S&T
Innovations for Rural Development, 2014: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research- Central
Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants was awarded for enhancing the
incomes of farm communities through Vetiver based Technological Interventions.
OBITUARIES:
VII.
England’s former fast bowler Frank Tyson
died at the age of 85.
VIII. Manipur Governor Syed Ahmed died of
cancer at the age of 70.
IX. Meghalaya’s longest serving legislator
Hoping Stone Lyngdoh died at the age of 86.
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