Daily GK Updates - 30th September, 2016

NATIONAL UPDATES:

1. Riyadh Mathew is new PTI Chairman: Riyadh Mathew, Director of Malayala Manorama, Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Express has been unanimously elected Chairman of Press Trust of India (PTI).

2. Shakti Sinha to head Nehru Memorial Museum and Library: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet approved the appointment of retired IAS officer Shakti Sinha to the post of director, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML).

3. Telugu author Kolakaluri Enoch bags Moortidevi Award: Telugu author and eminent scholar Prof Kolakaluri Enoch was honoured with the 29th Moortidevi Award 2015 for his novel Ananta Jeevanam.

INTERNATIONAL UPDATES:

1. International Translation Day celebrated on 30^th September: The International Translation Day is being observed today on 30 September across the world with the theme "Translation and Interpreting: Connecting Worlds".

2. US and Vietnam navies begin 7^th annual NEA in Da Nang: The US and Vietnamese navies have begun the 7th annual Naval Engagement Activity NEA, Vietnam 2016 at TienSa Port in Da Nang. The exercise will also include Code for Unplanned Encounters at Sea and search-and-rescue scenarios.

3. Facebook, Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft on one Artificial Intelligence Platform: Facebook, Amazon, Google, IBM and Microsoft, have joined hands to announce a historic partnership on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.

4. World’s first three parent baby born: The world’s first child with genes from three people was born to a Jordanian couple in Mexico. The five-month-old boy carries not only the DNA from both his parents but also a tiny piece of genetic code from a donor in order to avoid inheriting a genetic condition that could kill him.

OTHER UPDATES:

SPORTS:

1. Rani becomes 1^st Indian woman to cross 60m in javelin: Javelin thrower Annu Rani broke her own national record and in the process became the first Indian woman to cross the 60m mark on the third and penultimate day of the 56th Open National Athletics Championships in Lucknow.

OBITUARIES:

2. Syed Haq no more: Bangladeshi author Syed Shamsul Haq passed away in Dhaka. He was 81. He was an accomplished short-story writer, novelist, playwright and a very popular poet.