NATIONAL UPDATES:
1.
India jumps 16 places in global competitiveness
ranking: India has climbed 16 places to the 39th rank on the Global
Competitiveness Index released by the World Economic Forum. Switzerland has
topped the list for the 8th straight time.
2.
Cabinet approves MoU with Singapore for industrial property cooperation: The Union Cabinet has given its formal nod for
cooperation between India and Singapore on industrial property rights intended
to boost innovation, creativity and technological advancement in both countries.
3.
Project Saksham: 5 things to
know about new tax network of CBEC: Project Saksham, a new indirect tax network of the Central Board of
Excise and Customs (CBEC), has been approved by the Cabinet Committee on
Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister NarendraModi. The total cost
of the project is estimated to be Rs 2256 crore, which will be incurred over a
period of 7 years.
4.
Special trees in Delhi to get ‘natural heritage’
tag: The 16 trees located in Aravali and NCR to be notified as “protected”
natural heritage, on the lines of recognising special monuments in Delhi,
announced by Delhi Cabinet Minister Kapil Mishra. Some of the trees in the list
are banyan, ailanthus, mango, arjuna, and ashok.
5. IPS Officer O P Singh takes over as the new DG of
CISF.
6. Telangana
ties up with ISRO for bandwidth to telecast coaching programmes:The Telangana Government has signed an agreement
with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to get bandwidth to telecast
Mana TV programmes.
INTERNATIONAL
UPDATES:
1.
World Rabies Day observed
on 28th September: The theme for the World Rabies Day is Educate. Vaccinate. Eliminate. The
day is annually celebrated to raise awareness about rabies prevention and to
highlight progress in defeating the disease.
2.
Typhoon Megi hits Taiwan: The powerful typhoon Megi has recently hit island-nation Taiwan with
winds up to 230 km/hr that causing heavy rains and triggering damaging winds. It
is equivalent to Category 4 tropical cyclone.
3.
British woman at 26 becomes
one of the world’s youngest airline captains: A British woman has become one of the world’s youngest commercial
airline captains at the age of 26. She flies Airbus A319 and A320 planes to
around 100 destinations, such as Reykjavik, Tel Aviv and Marrakesh.
4.
Microsoft signed Adobe for Azure
Cloud Computing Services: Tech giants Microsoft and Adobe have announced a major partnership to
promote the use of each other's cloud-computing tools among their mutual
customers.
5.
Obama nominates ambassador
to Cuba: The United
States President Barack Obama has appointed its first Ambassador Jeffrey
DeLaurentis to Cuba in 55 years.
OTHER
UPDATES:
FINANCE/BANKING:
1.
Jim Yong Kim re-appointed as World Bank President.
AWARDS:
2. Uttam Singh to be honoured with
‘LataMangeshkar Award’: Famous music director and violinist Uttam Singh on 27 September 2016 was
named for the 2016 LataMangeshkar Award for Lifetime Achievement of the
Maharashtra Government.
OBITUARIES:
3. Shimon Peres,
former Israeli President dies aged 93: The former Israel's defining political figures
and a Nobel peace prize laureate, Shimon Peres has died at the age of 93.
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