CURRENT AFFAIRS : 21ST SEPTEMBER - 27TH SEPTEMBER

INDIAN ADMINISTRATION:

• Entry norms for IIT's relaxed. Those who have 75% in class XII will also be eligible.
• New ranking systems for universities in the Country to be introduced soon.
• Government to give boost to Inland water ways,
• Supreme Court Rules for a through investigation in to Encounters.
• Supreme Court cancels allocation of 214 coal Blocks.
• Assam Hit by minor floods,
• Supreme Court asks for a Phased cleaning of Ganga River.
• Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi launches " MAKE IN INDIA " campaign.
• Jammu & Kashmir not ready for Assembly Polls : CM owes the reason to Recent National Floods.

  

  MODI HEADING TO WEST

• BJP Breaks its bond with ShivSena in Maharashtra.
  
• Narendra Modi Applauds ISRO on its successful launch of Mars Orbiter Mission.
• PM Narendra Modi Heads to USA.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS:

• One Million people under Quarantine over Ebola in Sierra Leone.
• Japan Extends its aid for Ebola Victims.

  

  EBOLA PREVENTIVE MEASURES
• Srilanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa Lashes out at UN General assembly on setting International Investigation.
• Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his maiden visit to USA
• BAMIYAN , the Afghan Town was selected as SAARC Cultural capital for the year 2015. Dhaka for 2016-17.
• UK Parliament votes to join air strikes against Islamic State in Iraq.

BUSINESS & ECONOMIC AFFAIRS: 

MAKE IN INDIA CAMPAIGN 

• Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi launches " MAKE IN INDIA " campaign.
• Global Rating Agency Standard & Poor's[S&P] raised India's Sovereign outlook from "Negative" to " Stable"
• Mukesh Ambani Tops the Forbes list of India top 100 Billionaires.  

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY:

INDIA's MARS ORBIT

• Social Activists in India bat for Regulation of Surrogacy.
• NPPA Withdraws its order to fix cap on prices of drugs which are not under the list of essential medicines.
• Laptops with 3-D sensors to hit the markets soon.
• Americans Mars orbiter MAVEN [ Mars Atmosphere Volatile Evolution] launched successfully.
• Indians Create History by launching the cheapest Inter planar Space Mission MOM[Mars Orbiter Mission] in the mars orbit in its maiden attempt.
• GSLV-MKIII[MarkIII] ISRO's next project.

ENVIRONMENT & BIODIVERSITY:

• Global March on Climate Change held in USA.
• BAMIYAN , the Afghan Town was selected as SAARC Cultural capital for the year 2015. Dhaka for 2016-17.

ENTERTAINMENT:

LIAR'S DICE

• Hindi Film "LIAR's DICE" directed by Geetha Mohandas was the unanimous choice, as India's entry for the OSCARS.

SPORTS & GAMES:

JITU RAY

• JITU RAY wins gold in 50M air rifle ,shooting at INCHEON .
• Saurav Ghosal clinches Silver in mens Squash at INCHEON.
• Swetha Chowdary wins Bronze in 10M air rifle Women at INCHEON.
• Indians women badminton team wins bronze medal.
• Abhinav Bindra clinches Bronze in 10M air rifle.
• Sawaran Singh clinches Bronze in Men single Sculls [ Rowing]
• Indians women Shooting team won bronze in 25M air rifle.
• China leads INCHEON Medals tally so far. Japan and South Korea in the Next two places.
• Alastair Cook to lead England at 2015 World Cup.
• Kapil Dev Honoured with a Life time Achievement award at a ceromony in house of Lords, London.

STATEMENTS OF THE WEEK:

K.RADHAKRISHNA

"We have done our best. India is great. We are not racing with any body.we are racing with ourself. We have to race to reach the next level of Excellence"

       K. Radh Krishna , ISRO Chairman , After the successful launch of MOM

KAPILDEV

"I used to hate England because they ruled my country but I am happy.They gave us the game of cricket,which they con't play well, and the English which I con't Speak well".

Kapil Dev, Former Indian Cricket Skipper ,at House of Lords London.