IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF SEP 28, 2016

IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF SEP 28, 2016

• World Tourism Day: 27 September
• The World Tourism Day (WTD) is being observed annually on 27th September to raise awareness about the importance of tourism.
• Theme for the World Tourism Day is - "Tourism for all promoting universal accessibility’. 
• Govt removes Sushil Muhnot as CMD of Bank of Maharashtra
• The Centre has removed Sushil Muhnot from the post of Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Maharashtra.
• The head office of Bank of Maharashtra is in Pune.
• Vijay Kelkar elected president of Indian Statistical Institute
• Former petroleum secretary Vijay Kelkar has been elected as a president of the prestigious Indian Statistical Institute (ISI). 
• Vijay Kelkar has succeeded former RBI governor C Rangarajan. 
• Agriculture Minister inaugurates Krishi Unnati Mela in Mathura
• The Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Shri Radha Mohan Singh has inaugurated the 4 days Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Krishi Unnati Mela – 2016, in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh.
• CSIR celebrates its platinum jubilee
• India's largest civilian research and development agency Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR is celebrating its platinum jubilee.
• The platinum jubilee celebrations will be inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is also the President of CSIR.
• Pakistan assembly passes marriage bill protecting Hindu women’s rights
• Pakistan’s lower house of parliament has passed a landmark bill giving its small Hindu minority the right to register marriages.
• Sachin, Amitabh in new Swachh Bharat campaign
• The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has launched an ad campaign featuring Amitabh Bachchan and Sachin Tendulkar, for the Swachh Bharat Mission.
• Under this campaign, three ad films featuring.
• Veerappa Moily-led parliamentary panel to examine merger of budgets
• The parliamentary committee headed by the Congress MP M Veerappa Moily, has been constituted to review the all budgetary reforms.
• Besides the budget, the committee will also review the disinvestment policy, the banking sector in India, RBI’s emerging role and its framework. 
• Tripura Legislative Assembly ratifies GST Bill
• Tripura  becomes 22nd state to ratifies the Constitutional Amendment Bill on Goods and Services Tax (GST).
• State Finance Minister Bhanulal Saha moved a resolution to ratify the Constitution (122 Amendment) Bill, 2014 which was passed without any opposition.
• Sathiyan Gnanasekaran wins Belgium Open
• Sathiyan Gnanasekaran has become only the second Indian table tennis player to win an ITTF event as he clinched the men's singles title of the Belgium Open. 
• Sathiyan won his first pro title by defeating local player Nuytinck Cedric
• Achanta Sharath Kamal is the first Indian to win an ITTF event in 2012.