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.
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