Saturday, 3 September 2016

Current Affairs -Sept 3, 2016

Current Affairs Sept 3,  2016

1. BCCI to conduct compulsory bimonthly fitness tests

2. Goa to host first Bird Festival in the States in November.

3. Modi 1st Indian PM to visit Vietnam in 15 years. Signed 12 agreements. Announced a new line of credit of $500 million for Vietnam to facilitate defence cooperation.

4. Trinamool Congress becomes India's 7th National Party. Now recongnised in West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Manipur.

5. BRICS film Festival opens in Delhi.

6. Mother Teresa will enter into sainthood on September 4, 2016 after a relatively short period of 19 years since her away on September 5 September 1997.

7. BRICS Convention on Tourism held on 1st and 2nd September 2016 at Khajuraho, MP.

8. Majuli (in Assam) is all set to be the first island district of the country.

9. Michel Temer former Vice President of Brazil has been sworn in as President of Brazil.

10. 14th ASEAN-India Summit2016 and 11th East Asia Summit2016 will be held in Vientiane, Laos on September 2016. It will be attended by Heads of 10 ASEAN and 18 East Asia Summit.

11. Jharkhand has become the first indian state to have implemented Public Fund Management System PFMS.

12. Kerala government appoints the Legendary Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar as brand ambassador for anti- liquor and anti-drug campaign.

13. The people of Jammu and Kashmir living in other states can report their grievances to Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India directly by calling on the Helpline numbers. MHA has nominated a Director level officer as the Nodal Officer to help the people of J&K living in other states.

14. The United States and China, together responsible for 40% of the world's carbon emissions have ratified the Paris global climate agreement.

15. Former BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu all set to float his own political outfit 'Awaaz-e-Punjab'.

16. Eid-ul-Adha will be celebrated on Sept 13th across country; in Kerala, Eid-ul-Adha will be celebrated on Sept 12th.

17. India and Egypt have signed an agreement in the area of Maritime Transport to step up co-operation on the seas. The agreement was signed after delegation level talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting President of Egypt Abdel Fattah El-Sisi in New Delhi.

18. India and African nations have decided to take major steps to boost collaborations in joint medical research and work to harmonise regulatory frameworks to develop the pharmaceutical market in Africa. "India and over 20 African nations, agreed to take concrete steps to boost health and research collaborations.

19. 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in January 2017 to be held in Banglore. 

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