Here we are providing some current affairs from 14 September – 20 September 2015 “THE HINDU” for exam and interview point of view only. This Current affairs will be useful for IBPS PO/MT mains, IBPS Clerk mains exam.
Abbreviation
IMEI- International Mobile Station Equipment Identity
PESO- Petroleum and Explosive Safety Organization
IRRC- India Rapid Reaction Cell
ILO- International Labour Organization
PAHAL- Pratyaksha Hastaantarit Laabh
SCWEC- SAARC Chamber Women Entrepreneurs Council
ULFA- United Liberation Front of Assam
ISAC- ISRO Satellite Centre
EMMC- Electronic Media Monitoring Centre
NJDG- National Judicial Data Grid
Personalities
Convener of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti- Shri Hardik Patel
British High Commissioner to India- Sir James David Bevan
British Deputy High Commissioner to India- David Lelliott
Chairman of Delhi Urban Art Commission- Shri P.S.N. Rao
Minister of State for Finance- Shri Jayant Sinha
Miss America 2016- Betty Cantrell
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights- Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein
India’s Ambassador to the United Nations- Shri Ashok Mukerji
Prime Minister of Combodia- Hun Sen
Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka- Mangala Samaraweera
Chairperson of the Federal Reserve System- Janet Yellen
Director of ISAC- M.Annadurai
Prime Minister of Israel- Benjamin Netanyahu
New Appointments
Retained Director of Indian Cricket Team- Shri Ravi Shastri
New President of Press Trust of India-Hormusji N. Cama
New Vice President of Press Trust of India- Riyad Mathew
New Prime Minister of Australia- Malcolm Turnbull ( 29th PM )
New Chairman of NHAI-Shri Raghav Chandra
New President of Indian Newspaper Society- P.V.Chandran
Book , Artist & author
“Rehan par Ragghu” & “Kashi Ka Assi” written by- Shri Kashi Nath Singh
“The Year of the Runaways” (Shorlisted for Man Booker 2015) written by- Sanjeev Sahota
“The Big Indian Wedding” written by- Sakshi Salve
Sports
Floyd Mayweather Jr. related to- Boxing
U.S.Open 2015 women winner- Flavia Pennetta (Italy)
Runner up- Roberta Vinci (Italy)
U.S.Open 2015 Men winner- Novak Djokovic (Serbia)
Runner up- Roger Federer (Switzerland)
U.S.Open 2015 Women’s Double winner- Martina Hingis (Slovakia) & Sania Mirza (India)
Rugby World Cup 2015 host by- England
National & International Days
Hindi Diwas- 14th September
International Day of Democracy- 15th September
International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer- 16th September
Awards
Bharat Bharti award- Shri Kashi Nath Singh
Download : Computer Capsule 2015 for Bank exams
Business & Economy
World Bank Ranking of the states on the ease of doing business in India-
1st– Gujart
2nd-Andhra Pradesh
3rd– Jharkhand
4th– Chhattishgarh
5th– Madhya Pradesh
Total No. of application received for Small Bank by RBI- 72
Total no. of companies allowed to set up Small Bank- 10
Time Period to set up the Small Bank to get full fledge Licences- 18 Months
Place
Head Quarter of PESO- Nagpur
National Affairs
Pattiseema Project- Pump water from Godavari into Krishna River
Director of Nehru Museum and Library, Shri Mahesh Rangrajan resigned.
Attempt: IBPS PO Prelims Speed test
International Affairs
Sanjeev Sahota shortlisted for Man Booker Prize 2015.
Biggest Largest Cash Transfer Program in World- PAHAL in India
Death
Kalamandalam Satyabhama- An Acclaimed Mohiniyattam Choreographer
All The Best.
