Current Affairs 27-28 September 2015
National
- AIIMS Trauma Centre organizes walkathon to raise road safety awareness
- India’s 1st dedicated satellite for astronomy research ‘Astrosat’ to be launched Monday
- sets up expert committee to revisit entire pattern of Civil Services Exam
- Internet services on broadband restored in J&K
- Syed Ahmed, Manipur governor died in Mumbai
- MARS atlas released by ISRO to mark completion of 1 year by Mangalyaan in red planet
International
- Mark Zuckerberg, Gates pledge internet access to all by 2020
- Ukraine to ban its airspace for Russian airlines from Oct 25
- Ban Ki-moon announces USD 25 bn in commitments for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health
- Nepal’s former PM Bhattarai resigns as legislator amid differences
- Bolivian Parliament passes law that would help eliminate Presidential term limits
- Sri Lanka to reintroduce 7 mega taxes to tax super rich
- France carries out 1st air strike on IS in Syria
Polity
- Files related to Lal Bahadur Shastri be made public, demands his family
- Haryana to make 10% EWS quota mandatory in private schools
- Government proposes independent panel to decide pays and perks of MPs
- CBI raids houses of Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh in assets case
- Rajasthan CM Vasudhara raje promises housing for all in Rajasthan by 2018
- Tarun Gogoi government to spent Rs 862 cr on welfare schemes for rural people
Business
- FMC to be merged with SEBI on Monday
- SD advisor programmer launched by Snapdeal, to assist seller
- Air India announces launch of non-stop flight from New Delhi to San Francisco from December 2nd
- Mukesh Ambani retained the place of India’s richest for 9th year consecutively
- RBI relaxed norms to allow banks to upgrade credit facilities
Defense
- Exercise Mitra Shakti-2015 between Indian & Sri Lankan armies to be held at Pune
- Indian air force celebrated 83rd anniversary in Nagpur
- combat vehicle research and development establishment, Chennai bags DRDO award
- NCC enters Limca book of records for largest yoga performance at various venues on 21 June 2015
- INS Trikand of Indian navy, reaches French port of Toulon for three days visit
Sports
- Pankaj Advani wins IBSF World Billiards title in Adelaide
- Abhinav Bindra wins Gold in Asian Air Gun Championships
- India ‘A’ strongly placed against Bangladesh ‘A’ in the unofficial Test in Bengaluru
- Sania –Martina wins 6th season at Guangzhou Open Title
- Anil Khanna, chief of All India Tennis Association elected as ITF vice president
