31st August – 6 September 2015 : The Hindu Weekly Current affairs

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The Hindu weekly current affairs for the first week of September 2015.As we all know that IBPS RRB 2015 clerk exam is approaching very fast and there may be some current questions like IBPS RRB 2015 Officer Scale I exam. So below are the some important affairs that are in news from last one month and current affairs of September first week.

Abbreviation

GRIHA- Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment

TERI- The Energy and Resource Institute

NIMZ- National Investment and Manufacturing Zone

D-SIBs- Domestic Systemically Important Banks

G-Secs—Government Securities

LPG- Liquefied Petroleum Gas

NCSC- National Commission for Scheduled Castes

ESA- European Space Agency

NULM- National Urban Livelihood Mission

FCRA- Foreign Contribution Regulation Act

Personalities

Chairman of Indian Green Building Council- Dr, Prem C Jain

CMD of Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd.- Shri R.G.Rajan

Union Railway Minister- Shri Suresh Prabhu

Defence Minister of Australia- Kevin Andrews

General Secretary of All India Trade Union Congress- Shri Gurudas Dasgupta

Director General of World Health Organization- Margaret Chain

Vice President of India- Hamid Ansari

Chief of Army- General Dalbir Singh

Indian Ambassador to China- Ashok K. Kantha

CEO and MD of TCS- Shri N. Chandrasekaran

Union Petroleum Minister- Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

Chairman of NCSC- Shri P.L.Punia

Chairman of HSBC India- Naina Lal Kidwai

Tribal Affair Minister- Jual Oram

Delhi Tourism Minister- Kapil Misra

External Affair Minister of UAE- Sheikh Al-Nahyan

Chairman of Competition Commission of India- Shri Ashok Chawla

Chairman of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.- Shri T.Suvarna

Prime Minister of Hungry- Viktor Orban

Syrian Ambassador to India- Riad Kamel Abbas

New Appointments

Next President of United Nations General Assembly- Mogens Lykketoft

New Home Secretary- Rajiv Mehrishi

New Law Minister of Delhi- Shri Manish Sisodia

Chief of Standing Committee on Information Technology and Telecom- Anurag Thakur

New Vice Chairman of Delhi Development Authority- Shri Arun Goel

New Finance Secretary of India- Shri Ratan P Watal

Book & author

“Enlarging the Human Story” written by- Jumpha Lahiri

“The Danish Girl” directed by- Tom Hooper

Sports

Shooting World Cup 2015—Apurvi Chandela (Silver Medal)

National & International Days

Teachers Day- 5th September

International Day for Charity- 5th September

International Literacy Day- 8th September

Awards

National Humanities Medal 2014- Jumpha Lahiri

Business & Economy

D-SIBs declared by RBI- State Bank of India & ICICI.

Minimum Alternate Tax will be waived on Capital Gain by FIIs.

Place

SAARC summit 2016- Pakistan

4th National Dragon Boat Championship held at- Bhopal

Venue of Meeting of G-20 finance minister and Central Bank governor- Ankara, Turkey

National Affairs

Permanent Commission for Women in Army and Air Force.

New Name of Wheeler Island- Abdul Kalam Island

Aurangzeb Road in Delhi is renamed as Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam Road.

International Affairs

Jumpha Lahiri selected for White House Medal.

Theme of International Literacy Day 2015- Literacy and Sustainable Socities

Death

M.M.Kalburgi- A famous Kannada Writer

Oliver Sacks- A Neurologist

Aadesh Srivastava- Bollywood Music Director

All The Best.

Also Download -> August 2015 Monthly Current affairs digest pdf

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