Current affairs: ***************** > Serena Williams won her third consecutive US Open trophy and joined the Tennis greats Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova on 18 Grand Slam titles. > Indian Air Force Chief Marshal Arup Raha inaugurated India’s first Air Veteran Rally at the Air Force Auditorium, Subroto Park in New Delhi. > Sushma Swaraj was on a two day visit to Bahrain. During the visit, she attended the Indian Diaspora Engagement meet for Indian businesses in Bahrain. > The Supreme Court on 5 September 2014 ordered to release undertrial prisoners who have completed half their maximum term without the completion of trial. > Union Environment and Forests Minister announced a Special Rhino Protection Force in Assam. > China on 5 September 2014 awarded China Book Award to JNU professor Priyadarsi Mukherji. > WTI and TCL signed a MoU to set up India’s first of its kind Coral Garden in Gujarat at Mithapur coastal region of Devbhoomi-Swarka district. > The National Judicial Appointments Commission Bill, 2014 and the 121st Constitutional Amendment Bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 13 March 2014. > A massive 100 million-year-old ancient extinct volcano was discovered beneath the Pacific Ocean. > Smriti Irani inaugurated KRITI Exhibition 2014 that was organised by JSSs at Dilli Haat in New Delhi. > Harika Dronavalli on 6 September 2014 won bronze at the women Grand Prix chess at the Asian Games. > Ever since the BJP led NDA government came into power in May 2014, it has constantly shown its opposition to the FDI in multi-brand retail. > Arab League has decided to join the global coalition to counter the threat of jihadist militants from the Islamic State Group. > PM of Australia, Tony Abbott visited India from and held talks with Prime Minister Modi on bilateral, regional and multilateral issues. > Unit 5 of the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station on 7 September 2014 became the second longest running reactor in the world. > World Literacy Day was observed across the world on 8 September 2014. The theme of International Literacy Day 2014 is Literacy and Sustainable Development. > A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the National WAQF Development Corporation (NAWADCO) and the National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) on 8 September 2014 for developing the WAQF properties. > Marin Cilic of Croatia won the Men’s Singles title at the US Open after defeating Kei Nishikori of Japan in straight sets 6-3, 6-3, 6-3. > Electrolux agreed to buy a home-appliances unit of General Electric Company of Louisville for 3.3 billion US dollars. > Dr. Kamal Bawa, Dr. Alfred Oteng-Yeboah and Dr. Bibiana Vila won the 2014 Midori Prize in Biodiversity on 8 September 2014. > Cipla on 8 September 2014 announced a commercial collaboration with UK-based S&D Pharma. > Pranab Mukherjee presented the Saakshar Bharat Awards 2014 at International Literacy Day Celebrations. > Government extended deadline for Central Government employees to file details of their assets and liabilities from 15 September to 31 December 2014. > Bharti Airtel on 8 September 2014 announced an agreement with Eaton Towers to divest 3500 towers in 6 African nations. > Debut film of Chaitanya Tamhane, Court won best debut award at 71st Venice Film Festival. The film is a multilingual courtroom drama in narrative style. > A former NASA chief scientist Dr. Noel W. Hinners died on 5 September 2014 due to brain tumor.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:56:01 +0000
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