I.
Microsoft launches data
centres in India at cost of $200 million: Microsoft
India launched commercial cloud services from local data centres in India. The
company has invested around $200 million to set up three centres in Pune,
Chennai and Mumbai.
II.
Neelesh Garg appointed
as MD and CEO of Tata AIG General Insurance.
III. Union Government
appointed four Brand Ambassadors for Digital India Programme: The
list of brand ambassadors comprises of SatwatJagwani (IIT-JEE Advance
Topper-2015), KratiTiwari (IIT-JEE Advance Girl Topper-2015), AnkitFadia
(Author and Ethical Hacker) and PranavMistry (Computer scientist- Samsung USA).
IV.
Piyush Goyal launched
‘Access to clean cooking energy and electricity-survey of states report’: The
study was conducted by the council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) in
collaboration with Columbia University with support from the Shakti Sustainable
Energy Foundation.
V.
NOC online application
portal and processing system for the National Monument Authority launched:
An initiative of the National Monument Authority, NOAPS will make the approval
procedure more efficient for construction related activities in
regulated/restricted areas in the vicinity of ASI protected monuments in
different cities of India.
VI. Jayant Prasad appointed
as Director General of Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses.
VII. CCMB Scientists
developed nano-particle-based drug delivery method to fight fungal keratitis: Scientists
from Centre of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad have developed the innovative
drug delivery method.
VIII. Can’t force political
parties to keep poll promises:SC: A bench headed
by Chief Justice HL Dattu said that it was not the judiciary’s job to force
political parties to fulfil their pre-election promises or stay away from post-poll
alliances.
IX.
21st meeting
of the Western Zonal Council held in Panaji:
The council was headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The meeting planned upon
development issues which have mostly social and economic bearing. Issues
related to internal security were also discussed in the meeting.
X. NDTV signed 100 crore
rupees deal with Taboola, a US based content recommendations engine:
The deal is signed to boost the entire network of desktop and mobile sites of
NDTV.
XI. The Ministry of Social
Justice and Empowerment launched ‘Accessible India Campaign’:
Social Justice and Empowerment minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot launched the
Accessible India Campaign (Sugamya Bharat Abhiyaan) that focuses on building
accessible government buildings for persons with disabilities.
XII. 17th All
India Government Whips Conference held in Visakhapatnam:
It was presided by Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs and Urban
Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu. The two day conference was attended by
179 whips from various state assemblies, legislative councils and the two
houses of Parliament.
XIII. Tamil Nadu Government
increased the MSP for paddy crops.
XIV. Praveen Dixit appointed
as Maharashtra DGP.
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
I.
Leader’s Summit on
Peacekeeping held at the UN headquarters in New York: The
high level summit reviewed the on-going operations of 125000 strong UN
Peacekeeping force and announced commitments to modernize the force. Besides
the UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, it was attended by leaders of more than
50 countries including PM Modi and the US President Barack Obama.
II.
International
Translation Day observed across the world:
It was observed on 30th September 2015 with the theme ‘The Changing
Face of Translation and Interpreting’.
III. 1st ever
US-India-Japan trilateral ministerial dialogue held: It
was held on the sidelines of the 70th UN General Assembly session in
New York. It was attended by Japanese Foreign Minister F Kishida, US Secretary
of State John Kerry and Union External Affairs Minister SushmaSwaraj.
IV. A team led by Charles
Chiu, associate professor of laboratory medicine at University of California
San Francisco developed DNA sequencing-based blood test to diagnose Ebola and
other pathogens.
OTHER UPDATES:
FINANCE/BANKING:
I. RBI allows corporates
to raise up to $750 million via rupee denominated bonds overseas: The
Reserve Bank of India has allowed corporates to raise $750 million under the
automatic route per annum by way of rupee denominated bonds overseas. Cases
beyond this limit will require prior approval of the RBI.
II. SBI cuts lending rate
by 0.4%: Soon after reduction in repo rate by the
RBI, the country’s largest lender SBI slashed minimum lending or base rate by
0.4% to 9.3%, setting the trend for benign interest rate regime.
III. London based business
daily Financial Times released FDI data for the period January-June of 2015. As
per the data, India in the 1st half of 2015 surpassed China to
emerge as the most favoured destination for FDI.
SPORTS:
IV. M R
Poovamma and BabitaKumari conferred Arjuna Award 2015: Both sportspersons have been conferred the
award for their outstanding achievements in Athletics and Wrestling
respectively.
V. India’s
Gurpreet Singh wins silver medal at 2015 Asian Air Gun Championship held in New
Delhi.
VI. Sportzlive
appointed as official marketing partner for 2nd India Badminton
League 2016.
AWARDS:
VII. Indo-British van driver Dee Patel
honoured with Pride of Britain Award.
VIII. India-American environmental engineer KartikChandran named
MacArthur Fellow.
BOOKS AND AUTHORS:
IX. Book titled ‘Hungry
Bengal: War, Famine, Riots and the End of Empire’ authored by Janam Mukherjee
was released.
OBITUARIES:
X. Twin Peaks star Catherine Coulson died
at the age of 71.
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