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(CURRENT AFFAIRS)

SEPTEMBER – 13.09.2019

Main Office @

Weshine Study Circle Chromepet, Chennai Phone: 8939144344, 8939244344

Branch Office @ Weshine Study Circle

Plot No: 47/60, “AK” Block, 3rd Floor, West Wing, GokulArcarde, 7th Main Road, Anna Nagar No.2, Sardar Patel Road, Adyar Chennai, Tamil Nadu – 600 040. Chennai, Tamil Nadu– 600020.

https://weshineacademy.com

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INDEX

 NATIONAL NEWS

 SCIENCE AND TECH UPDATES

 SPORTS

 APPOINTMENTS

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NATIONAL NEWS

 The Food and Cultural Festival, titled “Madrasapattinam Feast”, is being held in Chennai today(13-9-19) with the Tamil Nadu Food Security Department and the Tamil Nadu Urban Habitat Movement. o The food festival, which takes place on the Theevu thidal until the 15 september.

 With an aim to push skill development among the youth, Government has approved setting up of 3 Indian Institute of Skills (IIS). o Taking another step in this director, Union Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey laid the foundation stone of ISS Mumbai on September 13.

SCIENCE AND TECH UPDATES

 China launched a 3 new remote sensing satellite using a Long March 4B launch vehicle from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center on Thursday. o Launch of the Ziyuan (ZY-1 02D) satellite took place around 03:26 UTC from the LC9 Launch Complex.

SPORTS

 The government's move to suspend the Paralympic Committee of on the grounds of alleged mis-governance. o Nearly six months the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) held its annual general meeting (AGM) in Bengaluru.

APPOINTMENTS

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 On September 13, former Indian Administrative Service officer Pramod Kumar Mishra appointed as the new principal secretary to , and former Cabinet Secretary Pradeep Kumar Sinha to the post of principal advisor to the prime minister.

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