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Current Affairs September 2014 | www.jagranjosh.com 1 Current Affairs PREFACE 18 PICK OF THE MONTH 19 Introduction 19 India -US 19 India and the US issued Joint Statement to push strategic ties to new levels 19 Indo-China 26 India-China signed sixteen agreements during the visit of Chinese President Xi Jingping to India 26 India-Vietnam 32 India-Vietnam signed 7 pacts to strengthen Strategic Partnership 32 India - Australia 36 India, Australia signed pact on Civil Nuclear Energy deal 36 India-Japan issued Joint Statement for enhancing cooperation 39 39 Indian space programme created history as Mangalyaan entered Mars orbit successfully 42 Report titled Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion 2014 released by UNEP and WMO 44 17th Asian Games began in Incheon, South Korea 46 INTERNATIONAL 49 Afghanistan signed Bilateral Security Agreement with the US 49 PM Narendra Modi addressed 69th session of UNGA in Hindi 50 President of Catalonia signed decree to hold independence referendum on 9 November52 Turkish Government imposed ban on tattoos and piercings in all schools 53 UK Parliament approved Airstrikes in Iraq against ISIS 54 UNSC adopted resolution to prevent citizens of other nations from joining militants like ISIS 54 US and partners began air strikes in Syria 55 UNSC passed a resolution backing new Government in Iraq in its fight against ISIS mili- September 2014 | www.jagranjosh.com 2 Current Affairs tants 56 France joined US air strikes against ISIS in Iraq 57 Barack Obama authorised air strikes against ISIS militants in Syria 58 Arab League agreed to join global coalition to counter IS militants 59 China launched Made in China campaign to retain its manufacturing prowess 60 India announced to contribute 12 million US dollar to UN to fight Ebola virus 61 Pakistan test fired short range nuclear capable missile Hatf IX 62 3rd Meeting of SAARC Culture Ministers adopted Delhi Resolution 62 Union Cabinet approved agreement on grid connectivity with Nepal 64 US agreed to pay 500 million US dollar in compensation to Native American Navajo tribe 65 Royal Mint of Britain launched its own online trading service for gold coins 66 US Federal Jury found Arab Bank liable for backing terrorism 67 Third meeting of the India-Bangladesh Joint Consultative Commission held in New Delhi 68 Voreqe Bainimarama Sworn in as Prime Minister of Fiji 69 UN Secretary-General announced to establish UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Re- sponse 70 Post-unity deal, Ashraf Ghani named as President-elect of Afghanistan 71 Yemen Government and Houthi rebels signed peace deal 73 John Key re-elected as the Prime Minister of New Zealand for a third term 74 Scotland rejected the referendum for independence 76 US Senate passed resolution declaring September 30 as US-India Partnership Day 77 India-China agreed to set up Joint Working group on films 79 Bangladesh Parliament regained the power to impeach Supreme Court judges 81 French Parliament approved Anti-terror Bill aimed at travel ban of jihadists 82 Ukraine and pro-Russian rebels signed ceasefire agreement called Minsk agreement 83 India and Bangladesh signed MoU in the field of traditional medicines 84 India and Germany agreed to cooperate in skill development and solid waste manage- ment 86 Wales Declaration of NATO Summit 2014 87 September 2014 | www.jagranjosh.com 3 Current Affairs Israel to take over West Bank land 90 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated TCS Japan Technology and Culture Academy in Japan 91 Japan removed six Indian space and defence entities from foreign end users list 92 Libyan parliament reappointed Abdullah al-Thinni as Prime Minister 92 Lesotho Prime Minister Tom Thabane deposed by Coup Leader Kamoli 93 NATIONAL 95 NAT-SC issued guidelines on fake encounters and called for mandatory registration of FIRs 95 Union Government launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Antyodaya Yojana for urban and rural poor 96 SC struck down National Tax Tribunal Act, 2005 terming it unconstitutional 98 Union Government launched Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana 100 Union Cabinet approved Swachh Bharat Mission for Urban Areas 101 SC quashed allocation of 214 coal blocks allocated since 1993 103 P.M. launched Make In India Campaign to make India a manufacturing hub 104 Union Government appointed Debroy Panel to suggest ways for restructuring the Railway Board 107 Google India to launch a nationwide contest to develop a mobile app for PMO 109 Ancient Nalanda University inaugurated after 800 years 110 Union I&B Ministry launched News SMS Service in 5 Indian languages 111 SC asked Union Government to bring transparency in appointment of CVC, VCs 112 Union Cabinet approved the launching of National AYUSH Mission 113 CCEA approved the scheme titled Enhancement of Competitiveness of the Capital Goods Sector 114 Union Government announced to fund Swachh Vidyalaya campaign 116 SC asked Union government to respond on Delhi Government Formation by October 10 117 PMO constituted committee to facilitate utilization of Mineral resources in Meghalaya 118 Union Government mandated scientists to undertake lectures in Public schools & colleges September 2014 | www.jagranjosh.com 4 Current Affairs 119 Union Government approved 28 road projects in Ladakh region in J & K 120 Union Health Minister Launched First National Anti-TB Drug Resistance Survey of India 121 Union Civil Aviation Ministry launched no-frills airport in five cities 122 Union Government extended deadline for employees to file details of assets 123 MoU signed between NAWADCO and NBCC for the development of WAQF Properties124 SC ordered to release undertrial prisoners who have completed half of maximum term 125 Union Government approved Task Force to monitor Citizenship, Long Term Visas 126 SC upheld Uttar Pradesh Government decision to use Urdu as second official language 128 SC asked Union Government to clarify its stand on citizenship of surrogate children 129 Union Government amended Rule 10 of Lokpal Search Committee Rules granting it more autonomy 131 Union MHA approved forest land diversion to fight Maoists 132 Congress party secured chairmanship of five DRSCs of the Parliament 133 Union Health Ministry launched revised strategy to eradicate Kala azar by 2015 in Patna 135 ECONOMY 138 RBI announced fourth Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Statement 2014-15 138 SEBI notified final rules for REITs and InvITs 139 Union Heavy Industry Ministry proposed to shut down six sick CPSE to the Union Cabinet 140 Public Sector Banks require 26–37 billion US dollars to meet Basel-III norms: Moody 141 AAI signed MoU with US Trade & Development Agency 142 IFC raised 100 million US dollars through Maharaja Bonds 143 Union Textiles Ministry approved setting up of 13 textile parks 144 WPI-based Inflation declined to 5-year low of 3.74 percent 146 CCEA approved 4754 crore for power transmission scheme in Arunachal and Sikkim 146 FICCI’s Economic Outlook Survey estimated India’s GDP growth rate at 5.6 percent in September 2014 | www.jagranjosh.com 5 Current Affairs 2014-15 147 RBI closed six UCBs suspected of money laundering 149 SBI celebrated 150 years of its operations in Sri Lanka 151 RBI fixed the upper age limit at 70 years for M.D. and CEO in private sector banks 152 Union Government launched New Payment Gateway Integrated to e-Filing System 153 SEBI censured BSE for guilty of lapses in share sale of NMDC 154 Union Government launched RVC service for smooth transportation of perishable goods 156 Highest percentage of hired workers in India is in Arunachal Pradesh: 6th Economic Cen- sus 157 CCEA approved stake sale in CIL, ONGC abd NHPC 159 Moody’s Analytics released a report titled India outlook: Prospects Brighten 159 Government approved 7% hike in Dearness Allowance 161 India slipped to 71st rank in WEF’s annual Global Competitiveness List 2014-2015 162 CAD narrowed down to 1.7 per cent of GDP in Q1 of 2014-15: RBI 164 RBI issued guidelines on implementation of Basel III Capital Regulations 165 RBI asked banks to set time line to process loans 166 ENVIRONMENT | ECOLOGY 168 WWF released Living Planet Report 2014 168 Volcano Mount Ontake erupted in Japan 169 Union government submitted Action Plan on Rejuvenation of River Ganga to the SC 171 People’s Climate March organised worldwide against Climate change 172 BNP Paribas launched equity index linked green bond to mitigate climate change 173 Scientists warned Climate change will exacerbate the threat of Megadroughts 174 Union Government constituted a panel to review environment laws 176 Tea Board of India postponed the implementation of Plant Protection Code 177 SCIENCE | TECHNOLOGY 178 New Type of Brain Cell Discovered 178 Infosys Ltd signed agreements with Microsoft Corp, Hitachi Data Systems and Huawei179 September 2014 | www.jagranjosh.com 6 Current Affairs New compound BQU57 developed to block protein aiding cancer growth 180 Cambridge University scientists developed first graphene-based flexible screen 182 First evidence for water ice clouds found outside Solar System 184 Solar power technology Electrodialysis unveiled in India to desalinate water 185 Unit 5 of RAPS became second longest running nuclear reactor of World 186 Massive 100 million year old ancient extinct volcano discovered beneath Pacific Ocean 187 Rechargeable magnesium battery developed at IICT- Hyderabad 189 WHO recommended Ebola survivors’ blood to treat EVD 190 Japan Researchers developed new method called RT-LAMP to detect Ebola virus 191 SPORTS 193 Europe won 40th Ryder Cup in Gleneagles 193 Leander Paes and Marcin Matkowski won Malaysian Open doubles title of tennis 193 BCCI extended tenure of Ravi Shastri as team India Director till 2015 World Cup 194 Kuala Lumpur to host ICC World Cricket League Division 3 195 Marvan Atapattu appointed as head coach of Sri Lankan cricket team 195 Union Ministry of Sports inaugurated National Academies for Athletics & Golf in Thiru- vananthapuram 196 Hockey India inducted Hockey Village India as an academy member 197 Sardar Singh became India’s flag bearer at 17th Asian Games opening 198 China’s Grand Slam winner Li Na announced retirement 198 Union Sports Ministry finally agreed to honour Boxer Manoj Kumar with Arjuna Award 199 AIBA permitted Indian boxers to take part in Asian Games under Tricolour 200 Basketball: FIBA allowed players to wear religious head coverings 200 Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council organised 3rd Ladakh Marathon at Leh201 Boxing India earned Official Recognition from AIBA 203 USA won FIBA Basketball World Cup 2014 204 HS Prannoy won Indonesian masters title 204 Chitresh Tatha is the youngest sailor at the Asian Games 2014 205 ICC suspended Pakistan’s Saeed Ajmal for illegal bowling action 205 September 2014 | www.jagranjosh.com 7 Current Affairs Pankaj Advani announced to retire from professional snooker 206 Mike and Bob Bryan won fifth U.S. Tennis Open men’s doubles title 207 IOC and Interpol meet to combat match fixing & illegal betting 208 Union Government cleared 679-member squad for Asian Games 208 Marin Cilic won Men’s Singles title of US open 209 Harika Dronavalli won bronze in women Grand Prix chess 210 Serena Williams won 3rd consecutive US Open 210 Sania Mirza & Brazilian teammate Bruno Soares won Mixed Doubles trophy of US Open 211 India won the five matches ODI series 3-1 against England 211 Sudhakar Jayant won gold medal at IWF World Masters Weightlifting Championships 213 Ritu Rani to lead Indian Women’s Hockey team in Asian Games 2014 213 Saina Nehwal decided to train under new Coach Vimal Kumar 214 World Badminton championships 2014 215 Anita Wlodarczyk of Poland set world record in womens hammer throw 218 Jaipur Pink Panthers won the inaugural title of Pro Kabaddi League 219 CORPORATE 221 Tata motors Limited appointed Mayank Pareek as president of Passenger Vehicle Division 221 Auto Portal Cardekho acquired Gaadi.com for 11 million US dollar 222 SBI signed 500 million dollar Line of Credit with Korea Eximbank 223 Emami biotech acquired Vanaspati brand Rasoi 223 EAC under Union MoEF gave CRZ clearance for Bay of Bengal Gateway Submarine Cable System 224 Alliance Air signed MoU with NE Council for flight operations 225 Merck KGaA announced to acquire US based Sigma-Aldrich for 17 billion US dollar 226 Reliance Jio signed Master Services Agreement with Indus Towers 227 Union Government removed three independent directors from the ONGC board 229 RBI approved the appointment of V.G. Mathew as MD and CEO of South Indian Bank 230 Amit Mathew elected as chairman of Audit Bureau of Circulations 231 September 2014 | www.jagranjosh.com 8 Current Affairs Yahoo acquired Bangalore start-up firm BookPad 232 China fined British drug maker firm GSK Plc 489 million US dollars for paying bribes 233 Infosys BPO Poland signed largest office lease deal with Skanska Property in Poland 234 Puma India appointed Abhishek Ganguly as Managing Director 235 IndiGo signed agreement with ICBC to purchase over 30 A320 aircrafts 236 Gilead gave voluntary licenses to Indian pharma companies to make genetic version of Sofosbuvir 237 Cognizant acquired healthcare software company TriZetto 239 Microsoft Corp acquired Minecraft game maker Mojang 239 Croma and Snapdeal tied up to sell electronic items online 240 Drug firm Lupin tied up with Merck Serono 241 SEBI extended deadline by six months to appoint atleast one women director on board 242 SC issued notice to Union and all State governments on wetland conservation 243 Raya Power to set up 50 MW solar park in Andhra Pradesh 244 Union government decided to wind up HMT Watches 244 Apple Inc launched iWatch designed to work with iPhone 6 246 BlackBerry acquired UK mobile technology start-up Movirtu 246 Tata Technologies Ltd appointed Warren Harris as MD and CEO 248 ICICI launched Cardless Cash Withdrawal service 248 Intel launched new range of Processors Xeon E5-v3 for Data Centres 249 Bharti Airtel announced agreement with Eaton Towers to divest 3500 towers in Africa 250 Cipla announced commercial tie-up with UK firm S&D Pharma 251 Electrolux agreed to buy GE Appliances for 3.3 billion US dollars 252 Snapdeal signed joint venture with Den Networks 253 Bharti Airtel launched music streaming app Wynk for Android and iOS 254 V Nagarajan joined IGL as a new director 255 GMR Infrastructure signed MOU with JBIC for infra sector 256 United Bank of India declared Vijay Mallya as wilful defaulter 256 Venus Remedies tied up with Israel-based generic drug maker Teva 258 USFDA granted QIDP status to Indian pharmaceutical firm Wockhardt 259 September 2014 | www.jagranjosh.com 9 Current Affairs STATE 260 Himachal Pradesh government introduced Cage Culture Technique for fish farming 260 AP Government signed MoU with Google India for Digital AP project 261 O Panneerselvam sworn-in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu 262 PM Narendra Modi inaugurated India Food Park in Tumkur 263 Tamil Nadu government announced Price Stabilization fund for green tea leaf 264 MP to host Global Investors Summit to attract foreign investment 265 AP Government enhanced the upper age limit for direct recruitment to 40 years 266 DMRC observed World Green Building Week 267 UP government to set Nirbhaya Centers in all districts 268 Sixth Delhi Economic Census 2013 released 268 Assam Chief Minister launched Angel Fund for first generation entrepreneurs 269 Goa became permanent venue for IFFI 271 K P Reddy of ruling TRS Party won by-election for Medak Parliament constituency 272 NTPC and AP government signed MoU for development of 1000 MW Solar Power Pro- jects 272 Tangirala Sowmya of TDP won Nandigama Assembly by-poll of AP 273 Prime Minister launched Gujarat Government’s 11 schemes under Swavalamban Abhiyan 274 Delhi Police to launch its first e-police station to deal with vehicle thefts 275 ASSOCHAM estimated J&K floods caused losses of 5700 crore rupees to state’s economy 276 West Bengal cabinet cleared farmer-friendly project Sech-Bandhu Prakalpa to boost ir- rigation 277 Delhi Government to charge cess of one rupee on cigarette and liquor to promote public tra 277 Union Home Minister inaugurated integration of BSF with BISAG at Bhuj in Gujarat 279 Puducherry CM presented Tax free budget for 2014-15 financial year 280 Rajasthan HC ordered end of caste based discrimination at crematoriums 281 Bihar government recognised transgender as third gender 282 SC questioned logic behind Kerala’s new liquor policy 282 September 2014 | www.jagranjosh.com 10

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