IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF SEPTEMBER 14th, 2017
1. India - Japan Annual
Summit began
On 14th September at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar.
a. PM Narendra Modi and his
Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe are sharing dais of the Summit.
b. During this summit, both
PMs will review the progress in the multifaceted co-operation between India and
Japan under the framework of their ‘Special Strategic and Global Partnership’.
2. India has been placed at a rank
of 103rd out of 130, the lowest among BRICS economies, on the World
Economic Forum's Global Human Capital Index 2017.
a. It is also the lowest
among G20 nations.
b. The index has been topped
by Norway.
c. Top 10 countries of World
Economic Forum's Global Human Capital Index 2017 :
i.
Norway
ii.
Finland
iii.
Switzerland
iv.
United States
v.
Denmark
vi.
Germany
vii.
New Zealand
viii.
Sweden
ix.
Slovenia
3. The German
nationality has been named the best in the world for
the sixth year in a row, according to the Kochenov Quality of
Nationality Index.
a. The index takes into
account various factors including the country's economic growth and level of
human development.
i.
Note : While Denmark and France came joint second, India was ranked
101 among 159 countries.
4. Israel supports the
establishment of an independent Kurdish state, Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu announced On 14th September.
a. This comes after the
Iraqi Parliament rejected the planned Kurdish independence referendum to be
held later this month claiming it will cause instability in the country.
5. Russia had dropped the world's
largest non-nuclear weapon, popularly known as the 'Father Of All Bombs'
(FOAB), on ISIS in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor last
week.
a. Note : Russia's FOAB is 4
times more powerful than the 'Mother of All Bombs' that the US dropped on ISIS
in Afghanistan.
6. The central government
has decided to grant citizenship to nearly one lakh Chakmaand Hajong refugees
who have been settled in Arunachal Pradesh since the 1960s.
a. The refugees had fled to
India to escape alleged religious persecution in Bangladesh.
7. India and Russia have
begun discussions to work out modalities for conducting their first tri-service
military exercise INDRA 2017 in October 2017 in Russia.
a. Note : It will be India’s
first bilateral military exercise with any country involving all three
services.
8. On 14th September (14th
September) is 'Hindi Diwas (हिंदी दिवस)'.
a. This day is celebrated
every year on 14th September across the country as the language was adopted as
an official language of the Indian union by the Constituent Assembly on this day
in 1949.
b. While there are 22
scheduled languages in India, only Hindi and English are official
languages.
c. Important Note : There is no national
language of India.
9. Karnataka has become the first
Indian state to have an electric vehicle policy after the state
Cabinet approved the Karnataka Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage
Policy On 14th September.
a. The policy aims to
encourage production of electric vehicles to reduce pollution and promote
research and development of electric mobility.
10. The External Affairs
Ministry has launched Operation Insaniyat to provide
humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh on account of the large
influx of Rohingya Muslims in the country.
a. Under the operation, the
government will send multiple consignments of relief materials required
urgently by the refugees like eatables, mosquito nets.
11. PM Narendra Modi and Japanese PM
Shinzo Abe jointly laid the foundation stone of India's
first Bullet Train project at Ahmedabad On 14th
September.
a. Running at a top speed of
350 kilometres per hour, it will reduce the Ahmedabad-Mumbai travel time from
7-8 hours to around 2 hours.
b. The 508-km-long rail
project is expected to complete by August 15, 2022.
12. The Haryana council
of ministers On 14th September decided to create one Wi-Fi zone in
all 6,078 Gram Panchayats within two years and provide 4G services in
every village in the next three years.
a. The state government has
also promised broadband connectivity to every household and Wi-Fi zone at
important public places in all towns and cities.
13. The Union Ministry of
Environment and Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has launched “Wood is
Good Campaign" under Partnership for Land Use Science
(Forest-Plus).
a. It was launched on
sidelines of two-day conference on “Sustainable landscapes and forest
ecosystems: Theory to Practice” in New Delhi.
b. Aim of this campaign : To promote wood as
climate-friendly resource and substitute to materials like steel and plastic as
it is carbon neutral unlike others materials which leave carbon footprint in
their production.
14. World Bank President Jim
Yong Kim has announced that $8 billion has been allocated for
infrastructure projects under China's Silk Road initiative.
a. Note : The Silk Road
initiative is aimed at creating an economic corridor connecting China with
Asia, Europe and the rest of the world.
15. Sri Lanka is going to open its first
official marijuana plantation to ensure high-quality supplies for
medicinal purposes as well as for exports to the US.
16. US-based fellowship The
Marconi Society will honour 2 Indian-origin scientists for their
contribution in the field of communication and information technology.
a. IIT Bombay alumnus Arun
Netravali will get the $100,000 Marconi prize for his work in video
technology.
b. Ex-Stanford Prof and
Padma Bhushan awardee Thomas Kailath will get Lifetime
Achievement Award for contribution to modern communication.
17. The International Olympic
Committee (IOC) On 14th September officially awarded the 2024 Summer
Olympic Games to Paris and the 2028
edition to Los Angeles following a vote in
Peru's capital Lima.
a. Important Note : Paris will be hosting
the quadrennial event 100 years after its last Games in 1924.
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