1. The
International Cricket Council has launched an anti-corruption
investigation in Sri Lanka
2. Vaishnavi
Jakka Reddy ( Indian Shuttler ) won the Women’s singles in
U-19 title at Belgian Junior Open Badminton Tournament.
3. Pradhan
Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana –Saubhagya was launched by PM
Modi to provide last mile power connectivity to all rural and urban
households. Under the scheme, government will provide free electricity
to all households identified under Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC) data
2011.
4. The
Veteran Journalist and Marathi Litterateur Arun Sadhu known
for his work in Mumbai Dinak was passed away recently
5. Mary
Kom was chosen as the first Indian to be picked
as representative of the International Boxing Association for the IOC
Athletes Forum.
6. Mission
Indradhanush will be launched in North –eastern region on 7th October
2017
7. Abdul
Majid, the famous Assamese film icon passed away recently. He
was popularly known as Majidka
8. Pralay
Sahayam, a multi –agency exercise was recently conducted
on the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad.
9. NGT
( The National Green Tribunal ) has directed the government of Delhi to submit
a report on segregation, compaction and disposal of waste at one of its major
land fill sites.
10. The
Union Government has recently launched Pandit
Deen Dayal Upadhyay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana in the state
of Uttarakhand. This project is to formulate and implement
appropriate Science & Technology interventions for Sustainable development
through cluster approach.
11. The
State of Uttar Pradesh has decided to release over 100
inmates to mark the birth centenary of pandit Deen Dayal
Upadhyaya.
12. South
Korea is planning to boost its defence programme with
nuclear submarines and spy satellites.
13. East
Bengal won its 8th Consecutive Calcutta Foot ball league title
.
14. A
new underground water treatment plant was inaugurated at Sadhutilla
, in Southern Part of Agartala, Tripura with the support of the state
Urban development department. The plant has been designed to treat surface
water and deep tube wells .
15. Rajiv
Mehrishi ( Former Home Secretary ) has taken over the
charge as 13th Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of
India . He was succeeding Shashi Kant Sharma.
16. CNR
Rao was chosen for 2017 Von Hippel Award. He is first Indian
and first Asian to win this honour. Von Hippel Award, the highest international
prize in materials research. The award will be presented to Prof Rao for his
interdisciplinary contributions to development of novel functional materials,
including nanomaterials, graphene, superconductivity, 2D materials and colossal
magnetoresistance at Boston in November 2017. He was first Indian scientist to
reach the h-index of 100.
17. INS
“TARASA “ ( T94) will be commissioned into the Indian Navy on
26th Sep,2017 at Naval Dockyard, Mumbai. INS TARASA is
a patrol Vessel of the Car Nicobar -class of Indian Navy and the last ship in
the series of 4 Water Jet Fast Attack Craft.
18. The
President of United States, Donald Trump has issued a new
travel ban that includes North Korea, Venezuela and Chad in the list of 8
countries . He cited that poor security and lack of co-operation with
US authorities for including the nations on the ban list .The ban on other
Muslim-majority nations including Iran, Libya, Somalia, Syria and Yemen
remains like before.
19. Indian Coast
Guard’s (ICG) new interceptor boat V-409 was launched in Mangaluru,
Karnataka by Bharathi Defence and Infrastructure Limited (BDIL). The vessel
has the capability of attaining a very high speed in a very short duration and
can operate in shallow waters. The vessel will be inducted into service by
mid-October 2017 to give boost to coastal security and national security.
20. NASA’s
asteroid-chasing spacecraft Osiris-Rex successfully swung by Earth to put it on
desired trajectory towards near earth asteroid Bennu using Earth’s gravity. It passed within
17,237 kilometres from Earth above Antarctica. It was launched in September
2016 for studying 101955 Bennu, a carbonaceous asteroid. It is NASA’s first
asteroid sampling mission.
21. PM Modi has
constituted Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM)
headed by Niti Aayog member Dr Bibek Debroy. The five member of council
consists of Dr Surjit Bhalla, Dr Rathin Roy, Dr Ashima Goyal and Ratan
Wata as other members. The EAC-PM is an independent body ,
which will analyse any issue economic or otherwise referred to it by the Prime
minister.
22.Tribal
Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED) has
inked MoU with e-commerce giant Amazon with an aim to promote
tribal handicrafts like handloom products, cane and bamboo products,
tribal jewellery, Dhokra craft, tribal weaves and embroidery, tribal paintings
etc. TRIFED already has tied-up with Snapdeal.
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