7 September 2015 – 13 September 2015: The Hindu Weekly Current Affairs

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The Hindu current affairs for the second week of September 2015. As we all know the IBPS PO PRE 2015 and IBPS Clerk Pre 2015 are approaching very fast. It may be very useful to secure good marks in general awareness section of IBPS PO Mains and IBPS Clerk Mains exams.

Abbreviation

BMD- Ballistic Missile Defence

INTACH- Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage

IEDs- Improvisex Explosive Devices

CISF- Central Industrial Security Force

NAAC- National Assessment and Accreditation Council

PMKVY- Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna

GCMMF- Gujrat Co-operatipe Milk Marketing Federation

FIDC- Finance Industry Development Council

MDGs- Millennium Development Goals

SDGs- Sustainable Development Goals

Personalities

Chief of International Monetary Fund- Christine Lagarde

Governor of Assam- Shri Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya

President of Nasscom- Shri R. Chandrashekhra

Chief General of Pakistan’s Army- Gen. Raheel Sharif

Chairman of Public Accounts Committee- K.V.Thomas

Chairman of New Delhi Muncipal Council- Shri Naresh Kumar

Director General of CISF- Shri Surendra Singh

TRAI Chairman- Shri R.S.Sharma

Chief Election Commissioner of India- Nasim Zaidi

Chairman of National Statistical Commission- Pronab Sen

CMD of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd. – Shri S. Varadarajany

Director of FIDC- Anuradha Chenoy

Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir- Shri Nirmal Singh

Governor Of Punjab and Haryana- Shri Kaptan Singh Solanki

New Appointments

Director of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library- Dr. Mahesh Rangarajan

New Air India Chief- Shri Ashwani Lohani

New Home Secretary of Bihar- Shri Sudhir Kumar Rakesh

New Leader of Labour Party in Britain- Jeremy Corbyn

Book , Artist & Author

“Awakenings” written by- Oliver Sacks

Sports

Australian Cricketer Shane Watson took retirement from Test Cricket.

Winner of Rubik’s Cube World Championship in blind fold category- Abyanil Talukdar (India)

Subroto Cup related to- Football

Anirban Lahiri related to- Golf

U S Open 2015 Mixed Double Winner- Martina Hingis & Leander Paes

National & International Days

International Literacy Day- 8th September

Himalaya Diwas- 9th September

United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation- 12th September

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Awards

Gandhi Peace Prize 2014- Indian Space Research Organization

Sister Nivedita Gold Medal- Shri Biswaranjan Chakraborty (An Eminent Painter)

Business & Economy

Next Monetary Policy Review date by RBI- 29 September

Place

Nagarjunsagar Dam situated on- Krishna River

World Economic Forum’s annual meet of the Champion 2015 held at- Dalian, China

World Assembly of Women with Disabilities held at- South Korea

Place of the exercise AUSINDEX 15- Visakhapatnam

National Affairs

One Rank One Pension cleared for Armed Forces including early retirees.

Mission Indradhanush- To vaccinate all Unimmunised & Partially immunised children and Pregnant women. (Launched by Union Govt.)

First City of the India to Give free 4G Network- Sangli, Maharashtra.

Import of loose Amonium Nitrate banned in India.

International Affairs

Name of Atomic Bomb used in Hiroshima- Little Boy

Name of Super Bomber by which Little Boy executed- Enola Gay

Theme of the 10th World Hindi Conference- Hindi Jagat: Vistar avm Sambhavna

The Name of the First Bilateral Maritime Exercise between Australia and India- AUSINDEX 15

Death

Ramaswamy R. Iyer- A Water Policy Expert

All The Best.

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