Current affairs : September 18, 2016 for all competetive exams
INS Viraat to be handed over to Andhra Pradesh after decommissioning
The Indian Navy has agreed
to hand over INS
Viraat to the Government of Andhra
Pradesh after decommissioning it in June.
- It will be based off Visakhapatnam
coast for promotion of tourism in the State.
All India Radio Launches
Balochi Website, Mobile App
All India Radio (AIR) has
been launched a website and mobile app for its Balochi service to reach people
who speak this language across the globe.
- The move to start an AIR web service comes in the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech in which he had brought up the issue of Pakistani atrocities on people of Balochistan and PoK.
Punjab National Bank appointed
Virat Kohli as its new brand ambassador
State-owned Punjab National
Bank has roped in Indian test skipper Virat Kohli as brand ambassador to
improve its image which has taken a hit due to rising bad loans.
- Since its inception in 1895, PNB has been people's bank serving millions of customers throughout India.
Indian-Origin Peer Wins
‘Lifetime Achievement Award’ In UK
Lord Narendra Babubhai Patel ,a 78-year-old
Indian-origin British obstetrician and member of the UK Parliament was honored
the 'Lifetime Achievement Award'during the Asian Achievers Awards for his work
in the medical profession and public life in Britain over the years.
Mormugao:
It is indigenously built
Guided Missile Destroyer. It was recently commissioned. It is the second ship
of Project 15B.
- Project 15B ships feature cutting edge advanced technology and are comparable to the best ships of similar class anywhere in the world. These ships have been designed indigenously by the Directorate of Naval Design, New Delhi.
World Bank will invest nearly
1,000 crore rupees in Assam
World Bank will invest
nearly 1,000 crore rupees in Assam for the betterment of the inland waterways.
- The central government has also assured to re-construct jetty for which 100 percent assistance will be given by the Centre.
Prabhu launches cleanliness
drive at railway premises
Railway Minister Suresh
Prabhu on 17-Sep-2016 launched the 'Swachhta Saptah' as part of the Swachh Rail
Swachh Bharat Mission from New Delhi Railway Station.
- After launching the cleanliness drive Suresh Prabhu said In order to create massive awareness on sanitation and cleanliness at railway premises and make hygiene a habit amongst the travelling public.
17th NAM summit held at
Venezuela
17th NAM summit held in
Venezuela and Vice President Hamid Ansari held talks with Venezuelan President
Nicolas Maduro on a host of issues of mutual interest.
- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro touted the latest meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), a large Cold War-era bloc, as one that would be remembered for centuries to come.
ISRO, Katrina, Juhi Chawla
will get Priyadarshini Global Awards
Bengaluru-based Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO) and Bollywood actors Katrina Kaif and Juhi Chawla
are among recipients of the Priyadarshini Global Awards 2016 which will be
presented on September 19.
- Other recipients of the awards, instituted by a socio-cultural and educational organisation Priyadarshini Academy, in various fields are from Israel, Switzerland and UK.
Malaysian envoy releases
translated book on Sai Baba
The Consul General of
Malaysia in India Eldeen Husaini Muhammad Hashim has released the translated
version of 'Sai Charitra Granth', a book on the life of Sai Baba.
- The book is translated into Malay by a social outfit called 'I love Sai'.
Rio Paralympics 2016 Concluded
The 15th Rio 2016 Paralympic
Games 2016 (7-18 September) is over now and this time, we have witnessed some
of the world record-breaking performances by the athletes.
- China has got highest medals (239) followed by
Great Britain& N.Ireland (147), Ukraine (117), USA (115) and Australia
(81)/
India has secured 43rd Place
with 4 Medals
Men's High Jump -
T42 - THANGAVELU Mariyappan- Gold
Men's High Jump - T42- VARUN
SINGH Bhati- Bronze
Men's Javelin Throw - F46
– DEVENDRA – Gold
Women's Shot Put - F53 - MALIK Deepa- Silver
- The 2020 Summer Paralympics, the 16th edition of the international multi-sports event, will be held in Tokyo, Japan, from 25 August to 6 September 2020
Japan to designate manga hotspots
Eighty-eight places in Japan
are going to be designated “animation spots” to encourage tourism using train
stations, school campuses, rural shrines and other fairly everyday places where
popular “manga” characters are depicted.
- The project highlights Japan’s recent push to make tourism a valuable boon for a stagnant economy, as dynamic as the export of the long-hailed Toyota cars and Sony video-game machines.
