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Current Affairs Pragnya IAS Academy 9880487071 www.upsccivilservices.com Delhi, Hyderabad & Bangalore 9880486671 www.pragnyaias.com CURRENT AFFAIRS – SEPTEMBER 2017 POLITY,GOVERNANCE,NATIONAL AFFAIRS AND POLICIES National Nutrition Week 6 SC to hear Rohingya plea for help 7 Rohingya children to get UNHCR cards in Bengal 8 Cabinet approves survey of Un-appraised Areas of Sedimentary Basins of India 8 Refugees go to SC against Article 35A 9 Bharat ke Kaushalzaade 9 Govt launches ‘Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat’ to boost PMUY 10 Directorate General of Quality Assurance Celebrates its Diamond Jubilee 11 SAIL’s retail sales gets boost with SAIL’s Gaon ki Ore campaign 11 India’s first bullet train project 12 Government Checking Report On Law To Deal With Internet Hate Speech 14 Jharkhand Governor gives assent to Religious Freedom Bill, 2017 14 Government plans to create FarmerZone 15 Sports Ministry approves constitution of Empowered Steering Committee 15 Karnataka govt invokes ESMA against garbage contractors 16 Assam for first time extends AFSPA orders on its own 17 Women’s Reservation Bill 17 YC Modi appointed as DG of NIA 18 ARPAN 3.0: Government rolls out new automation software for Defence Security Corps 18 States will have to compete for central projects 19 Kandla Port renamed as Deendayal Port 21 Gorakhpur, Koraput and Thane to launch Zero Hunger Program 21 Government unveils rules to tackle on-board disruptive and unruly behaviour by passengers 23 Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana 23 Divyang Sarathi 24 India’s first advanced Homoeopathy Virology lab inaugurated in Kolkata 25 Centre rethinks joining Hague child custody pact 25 All states gain if rivers linked through waterways: Expert 26 SATH- Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital 26 Is it time to review Section 377? 27 Deendayal Hastkala Sankul 29 India ranks third in nuclear power installations: study 29 VASTRA 2017 30 Centre announces new PPP Policy to promote private investments in affordable housing 30 Assam Assembly adopts resolution for Population Policy 31 NITI Aayog constitutes Expert Task Force on Employment and Exports 31 Assam forms ‘State Capital Region’ around Guwahati 32 Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) 32 Maharashtra approves 50 per cent cost sharing for Sagarmala project 33 Government reconstitutes six Committees of Cabinet 33 Pragnya IAS Academy 9880487071 www.upsccivilservices.com Delhi, Hyderabad & Bangalore 9880486671 www.pragnyaias.com Cabinet approves Revamped Khelo India Program 34 UGC rolls out application process for institutes seeking status of eminence 34 CARA launches monthly “Jan Sampark” Program to facilitate adoption 35 Inter-bank Local Currency Credit Line Agreement and Cooperation Memorandum relating to 36 Credit Ratings Cabinet approves Extension of time period of Udaan 36 Simultaneous LS, assembly polls good 37 Modernisation of Police Forces 37 Supreme Court for open air jails, better treatment for prisoners 38 FSSAI launches online platform for food inspection, sampling 39 Karnataka anti-superstition Bill 40 India and China need to demarcate LAC 41 Law Ministry clears draft bill on fugitive economic offenders 41 UJALA scheme launched in Melaka, Malaysia 42 All set for NIRF ranking exercise next year 42 Considering to extend FAME-India scheme 43 TRAI recommends delicensing of some spectrum for M2M services 43 No move to fix national minimum wage at Rs. 18,000/month: Govt 44 Diksha Portal 45 ‘Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation Yojana’ (SAUNI) 45 PM launches Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana “Saubhagya” 46 Government data shows India’s infant mortality rate has declined 8% 46 Andhra Pradesh to get India’s first Hyperloop 47 National Nutrition Strategy 48 Private member’s bill proposes MPs also declare assets after term ends 48 Tribes India products to be sold on Amazon 48 State-funding of polls 49 ‘PENCIL’ Portal On Child Labour Elimination 50 Northeast Venture Fund 50 Two new contraceptives launched by Health Ministry to aid family planning 51 India will soon grant citizenship to Chakma, Hajong refugees 51 Swachhta Hi Seva 53 Humanitarian Assistance to Bangladesh on Account of Influx of Refugees 53 Sardar Sarovar Dam 53 Rajiv Mehrishi appointed new CAG of India 54 DISASTER MANAGEMENT Workshop on implementation of Emergency Action Plan for Dams held 55 BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise- 2017 55 Multi-Agency Exercise ‘Pralay Sahayam’ 56 In a first, govt to run safety checks on 5,000 big dams 56 ENVIRONMENT AND ECOLOGY Tigers to make a comeback in Buxa reserve 57 Uninhabited Lakshadweep island Parali I vanishes, 4 others shrinking fast: study 57 Pragnya IAS Academy 9880487071 www.upsccivilservices.com Delhi, Hyderabad & Bangalore 9880486671 www.pragnyaias.com Snow leopard no longer ‘endangered’ 58 Uttarakhand ropes in HNB Garhwal University students to clean Ganga 58 30th Anniversary of Montreal protocol and 23rd World Ozone Day Celebrated 59 A ‘Boat Lab’ to study Brahmaputra 59 India’s first electric bus service launched in Himachal Pradesh 60 International Solar Alliance 60 NGT paves way for Chardham highway project 60 Western Ghats throw up a new snake 61 Labeo filiferus: New species of edible fish found in Pampa river in Kerala 62 Centre notifies wetland rules 62 Mouse deer released in Amrabad Reserve for the first time 63 “Wood is Good” Campaign 63 SECURITY ISSUES CERT-In issues alert on ‘Locky Ransomware’ 65 New ASEAN Cyber Drill Kicks Off in Vietnam 65 Sir Creek is very important for national security: Nirmala Sitharaman 65 Army to induct women into military police soon to probe gender crimes 66 India, Japan to step up defence cooperation 67 Successful Development Trials of Astra Missile 67 DRDO successfully test fires ‘Fire and Forget’ Nag missile 68 SLINEX 2017: India-Sri Lanka joint maritime naval exercise 69 Navika Sagar Parikrama 69 ATAGS: Indigenous artillery gun sets new record in range 69 Sashastra Seema Bal to get intelligence wing 70 First Of 6 Scorpene-Class Submarines, Kalvari, Handed Over To Navy 70 INS Tarasa 71 BSF , ITBP chiefs stress on need for technology in border management 71 Surya Kiran- Joint India-Nepal army exercise 72 INDO-USA Joint Exercise Yudh Abhyas – 2017 72 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AND BILATERAL RELATIONS India refuses to join declaration of international meet against Myanmar 73 Chennai-Vladivostok sea route to make it near East 73 China Wants India To Go Slow On Asia-Africa Corridor 73 India-European FTA talks this month 74 UN Security Council Unanimously Steps Up Sanctions Against North Korea 74 India to flag worry on pace of services talks at RCEP 75 Govt to strengthen ‘Korea Plus’ cell to strengthen FDI from S.Korea 75 India signs MoU to train Afghan police 76 Women rejoice as Saudi ban ends 76 Cabinet approves MoU between India and Japan in field of Silk Industry 76 50 nations ink UN nuclear ban treaty opposed by big powers 77 Jordon launches Sahara Forest Project 77 Pragnya IAS Academy 9880487071 www.upsccivilservices.com Delhi, Hyderabad & Bangalore 9880486671 www.pragnyaias.com India-Japan sign open sky agreement, fares may come down 78 India Signs Deal with JICA to Upgrade Alang-Sosiya Shipyards 78 Japan teams up with India for Northeast 78 India, China unlikely to be growth poles for global economy: UNCTAD Report 79 Up to 18,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar violence last week: International Organisation for 79 Migration Chabahar Port likely to be operational by end-2018: Government 80 India, Belarus sign 10 pacts to expand cooperation 80 India, Russia to collaborate on Bangladesh nuclear plant 81 India and Norway sign Letter of Intent to bilateral extend health cooperation 81 BRICS Leaders’ Xiamen Declaration 81 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 3rd India International Science Festival to be held in Chennai 83 world’s biggest X-ray laser gun 83 Sun and sea water powers vegetable farms in Jordan 84 Scientists make fuel from oxygen in air 84 Ultra-thin craft may wrap and destroy space junk 84 Why infections picked up in hospitals are the big threat today, how world is trying to cope 85 Scientists map lunar water with data from Chandrayaan-1 85 India joins quantum computing race 86 Hortinet 87 Fast spinning star confirms Indian Nobel Laureate’s theory 87 Stratolaunch: World’s largest aircraft successfully passes first engine tests 88 4th gravitational wave detected by LIGO, Virgo observatory 88 CSIR scientists develop artificial leaf create hydrogen fuel from sunlight, water 89 India’s Mars Orbiter Mission completes 3 years in orbit 89 NASA’s Cassini completes last flyby of Saturn’s moon Titan 90 ECONOMY AND RELATED ISSUES Bharat Petroleum set to get Maharatna status 91 India imposes countervailing duty on some Chinese steel products for 5 91 years Business & Climate summit 2017 91 Farm loan waivers a quick-fix, may have adverse impact 92 Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs) 93 Farm loan waiver may push inflation by 0.2%: RBI paper 93 RBI takes masala bonds out of corporate bond limit for FPIs 94 HDFC Bank listed in Domestic Systemically Important Banks 94 The lowdown on the petrol pricing policy 95 Graded Surveillance Measure 96 Banks can classify priority loans as standard debt: RBI 96 Decoding shell companies 96 Peer-to-peer lending platforms to be treated as NBFCs 96 Pragnya IAS Academy 9880487071 www.upsccivilservices.com Delhi, Hyderabad & Bangalore 9880486671 www.pragnyaias.com Forex reserves cross $400 billion for first time 97 Norms eased for fund raising by REITs, InvITs 98 Government launches negotiable warehousing receipts in e-format 98 Cabinet approves introduction
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