Current Affairs 27-28 September 2015

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 1^st 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 2^nd
• Mukesh Ambani retained the place of India’s richest for 9^th 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 6^th season at Guangzhou Open Title
• Anil Khanna, chief of All India Tennis Association elected as ITF vice president