Current Affairs 25 September 2015
National
- Government to provide all facilities to disabled through ‘Accessible India Campaign’
- Government launches contest for logo, name, tagline for Tribal carnival
- DG(News)-AIR releases Hindi magazine named ‘Samachar Bharti’
- PM Modi meets US business leaders, CEOs of media firms in New York
- Assam Government launches mobile app “Disaster Ready Assam” to tackle disaster
International
- EU pledges another $1.1 billion to help Syrian refugees
- Australia unveils $100 million package to fight domestic violence
- Hackers stole fingerprints of 5.6 million federal employees from US Government
- Constitution crisis: Nepal agrees to hold talks with protesters, withdraws army from Terai
- Death toll climbs to 717, over 850 Haj pilgrims injured in Mecca stampede
Politics
- Bihar polls: 24 nominations rejected after scrutiny during first phase
- EC expresses concern over black money being pumped in poll-bound Bihar
- Hardik Patel appears before Gujarat High Court
- Sonia Gandhi to visit Bihar on 3rd October
- Court allows RK Pachauri to travel to Bolivia, US
Business
- Government exempts Foreign firms without permanent establishment from paying MAT
- BIS to develop standards for 43 products under Make in India program
- Bank of Maharashtra launches Mudra card
- RBI relaxes change in ownership norms
- CBDT to issue pre-filled ITR forms to ease e-filing
Defense
- Manohar Parrikar asks NCC to join Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
- US to support India’s membership to missile technology control regime (MTCR)
- INS Kochi, stealth destroyer to be commissioned on 30th of September
- Government clears Rs 8,000 cr IAF’s fully automated surveillance and defense system
- India ready to invest $ 15 bn in projects in Iran
Sports
- Sourav Ganguly appointed Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president, Avishek Dalmiya to be Joint Secretary
- India gets low in 1st round, will face either Kiwis or Korea next Davis Cup
- Australia’s oldest cricketer, Harold Stapleton, dies at 100
- Ajay Jayaram climbs up seven places to be back in top-25 rankings
- Indian Cricket Captain MS Dhoni Raises Rs. 20 Lakh Funds for Indian Army at a charity match
