IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF SEP 23, 2016

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF SEP 23, 2016

• Delhi's Race Course Road renamed as Lok Kalyan Marg
• Delhi's Race Course Road has now been renamed as Lok Kalyan Marg.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence is located on this road.
• Mukesh Ambani tops Forbes' 100 Richest Indians list
• Forbes India has released the annual India rich list and Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped the Forbes' '100 Richest Indians' list.
• India's richest pharmaceutical magnate Dilip Shanghvi remains at 2nd.
• Centre appoints three members to Monetary Policy Committee
• The Centre has appointed 3 members to the Monetary Policy Committee. 
• They are Chetan Ghate, Professor, Indian Statistical Institute; Pami Dua, Director, Delhi, School of Economics; and Ravindra Dholakia, Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. The members will have a term of four years
• Ritu Rani retires from international hockey
• Former Indian women's hockey captain Ritu Rani has announced her retirement from international hockey.
• The 24-year-old midfielder made the announcement in a mail to Hockey India president Narinder Batra. 
• Mohan M Shantanagoudar new CJ of Kerala
• Justice Mohan M Shantanagoudar was sworn in as Chief Justice of Kerala High Court. 
• Governor Justice(Retd) P Sathasivam administered the oath of office to Justice Shantanagoudar, who was the acting Chief justice.
• Girish Chandra Gupta sworn in as Calcutta HC chief justice
• Justice Girish Chandra Gupta was sworn in as Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court.
• West Bengal Governor K.N. Tripathi administered the oath of office to Justice Gupta at the Raj Bhavan
• Dhoni named captain of India's all-time Test XI by Wisden
• MS Dhoni has been named as captain of the Wisden's all-time India Test XI team.
• The team was announced as India is all set to face New Zealand in Kanpur for their 500th test match.  
• HDFC Bank named India’s most valuable brand
• HDFC Bank has emerged as India’s most valuable brand for the third consecutive year, ranking first on the BrandZ Top 50 list released by WPP Group.
• HDFC Bank was followed by Airtel and SBI in the list.
• Rafale deal cleared
• The government has cleared the much-anticipated deal with France for 36 Rafale fighter jets which will cost 7.878 billion Euros.
• Last year, the original plan to buy 126 planes was scaled down to 36 due to the Air Force's urgent requirement. 
• SIEMA inks pact with Anna varsity
• The Southern India Engineering Manufacturers’ Association (SIEMA) has inked an agreement with Anna University, Regional Campus, Coimbatore (AURCC) to work jointly on projects required for industries.
• Industrialist Adi Godrej conferred Clinton Global Citizen Award
• Industrialist Adi Godrej, the Chairman of Mumbai-based Godrej Group, was conferred the 10th Annual Clinton Global Citizen Award for leadership in business and philanthropy.
• The award recognises Godrej's leadership in transforming the intersection of business and philanthropy and making the Godrej Group a global example of what can be achieved through inclusive, sustainable business strategies.
• Oxford tops the list as the world's leading university
• In the latest Times Higher Education world rankings index, Oxford topped the list as the world's leading university, followed by the California Institute of Technology, Stanford and Cambridge.
• The United States had 63 institutions in the top 200, while the UK had 32 and Australia had eight. 
• Asian universities, with more rising up the list in 2016, the region's top institution National University of Singapore was ranked 24th.