Daily GK Updates - 7th September, 2015

NATIONAL UPDATES:

   I.  PM inaugurates Badarpur-Faridabad Metro: PM Modi inaugurated Badarpur-Faridabad Metro in Delhi National Capital Region. The Metro corridor will connect the national capital with the satellite town and give impetus to economic growth in the region by fast transportation of people.

II.       ‘e-Pragati’ to pave way for Digital Andhra Pradesh: With Andhra Pradesh already topping the country in e-transactions, the state government is now rechristening the AP State Enterprise Architecture (APSEA) as ‘e-Pragati’. APSEA is a comprehensive architecture to leverage the latest advances in e-governance tools. ‘e-Pragati’ is developed in association with technology giant Wipro.

III.  Puducherry government announced annual Teacher’s Day awards: CM N Rangasamy distributed the awards to encourage the teaching community and also to recognise their professional competence and achievement in the field of education at various levels.

IV.  Bala Tripura Sundari Devi Temple renovated under India-Nepal Economic programme inaugurated: It is situated on the back of glacial river ThuliBeri in Dolpa district of Nepal.

V.      Haryana Government passed the Haryana Police Amendment Bill, 2015, abolishing the Police Recruitment Board and transferring the Police Recruitment to Haryana Staff Selection Commission (HSSC).

VI.      Odisha renames Wheeler Islands as Abdul Kalam Island: The Odisha Government has renamed the Wheeler Island, the missile launching station of the DRDO after Former President APJ Abdul Kalam.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

  

 I.        China and Pakistan launch joint ‘Shaheen (Eagle)-4’ Air Drill in China: It is the 4^th edition of air exercise between the air force of both the countries which was launched as part of a series of military exchange programme between the two countries. The 1^st air exercise took place in 2011 in Pakistan.

II.     G20 launches W-20 grouping for gender inclusive economic growth: It was launched by Group of Twenty (G-20), a forum of world’s 20 largest economies, including India, in the on-going G-20 Summit of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Ankara under Turkish Presidency. The W20 group would include 20 women leaders from G20 nations. It will host its 1^st summit in October 2015 in Istanbul. G. Turktan from Turkey has been appointed as the 1^st president of the W20 forum.

III.     Thailand’s military appointed National Reform Council rejected the draft of the new constitution: The draft was rejected mainly due to a clause that enabled a 23-member panel to take over government during a national crisis.

IV.      Austria and Germany open their borders to thousands of exhausted, rain-soaked migrants: The migrants are mostly refugees from Syria’s civil war.

OTHER UPDATES:

SPORTS:

I.            Australian cricketer Shane Watson announces retirement from Test Cricket.

II.        Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins 2015 Italian Grand Prix of Formula One: This was his 7^th victory of the season. He has won Australian GP, Chinese GP, Bahrain GP, Canadian GP, Belgian GP and British GP other than the latest Italian GP.

III.     Apurvi Chandela bags silver at ISSF Rifle and Pistol World Cup Finals held in Munich.

BOOKS AND AUTHORS:

IV.    Book titled ‘To the Brink and Back: India’s 1991 Story’ authored by Jairam Ramesh was released.