Current Affairs. 6th and 7th September 2015.

Current Affairs. 6th and 7th September 2015.

- OPV Injectable Polio Vaccine in India from November 15.
_OPV introduction marks a major milestone in total eradication of Polio and it will come 6 months ahead of WHOs global plan.

- Group of Twenty (G20) is the premier forum for global economic and financial cooperation that brings together the world's major advanced and emerging economies, representing around 85 per cent of global GDP.
_G20 members are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia,Saudi Arabia, South Africa , South Korea, Turkey , the United Kingdom, the United States and the European Union.
_ Gender Inclusive Economic growth 2015.World's 20 largest economies, including India, today launched W20, an engagement grouping of women leaders, The push for gender inclusive global economic growth.
_The W20 group -- having 20 women leaders from G20 nations -- would host its first summit next month in Istanbul after all
member countries appoint their nominees.

- Telangana the country's latest state soon to have more number of districts for faster growth and administration convenience.

-Black Money. Upto Rs 15 lakh reward for info on defaulters : Income tax department.

- Indian Railways to tie up with ISRO For better safety.
_Massive exercise of GIS mapping of the entire route and assets including building lands, workshops etc using GEOSPATIAL technology.

- Bala Tripura Sundari Devi Temple renovated under India-Nepal Economic programme inaugurated.
_Bala Tripura Sundari Devi Temple at Tripurakot. It is situated on the bank of glacial river Thuli Bheri in Dolpa district of Nepal.
_The temple was constructed with 33.3 million Nepali rupees financial support from the Indian government.

- Thailand's military-appointed National Reform Council rejected the draft of the new constitution.

- Four-colour logo of Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games was scrapped by Games Organising Committee on 1 September 2015.
_The logo was scrapped amid allegations by a Belgian graphic designer Olivier Debie that it was plagiarised from his work.
_Debie claimed that the design was similar to his 2013 logo for the Theatre de Liege.

- Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)  successfully positioned India's latest communication satellite GSAT-6 into its orbital slot.
_It was positioned in its orbital slot 83 Degree east after carrying out four drift arresting maneuvers. It has been collocated with other four communication satellites INSAT-4A, IRNSS1C, GSAT 12 and GSAT 10 .
_About GSAT-6 satellite
GSAT-6 satellite was carrying S-Band and C-Band transponders meant for public and strategic purposes. It weighs 2117 kg and has mission life of nine years.
_The satellite is having S-Band Unfurlable Antenna (UFA) of 6 m
diameter. This is the largest antenna ever made by ISRO for a satellite.
_GSAT-6 is the 25th geostationary communication satellite of India and 12th in the GSAT series.
_Application: It will provide S-band multimedia communication and broadcasting services across the country. C-Band is for strategic purpose and it will provide national security and law enforcement agencies a secured satellite telephony services.
Background
-ISRO had successfully launched GSAT-6 from an indigenous cryogenic engine GSLV-D6 rocket from Sriharikota on 27 August 2015. ISRO had performed successive orbit raising operation of the satellite and had deployed the UFA successfully after the launch.

- China and its strategic partner Pakistan have launched a joint air exercise called Shaheen (Eagle)-4 in China.