Thursday, 8 September 2016

DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS-SEPTEMBER 8TH

1.Odisha government has launched Biju Kanya Ratna Yojana for the development of girls in Ganjam,dheknal,angul districts of the state.

2.Union ministry recently launched Leprosy case Detection campaign to eradicate leprosy from the country.

3.Supreme court directed all the states and Union Territories to upload on police or government websites,FIRs with in 24 hours of their registration in police stations.

4.Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly has passed a resolution supporting the constitution Amendment and GST bill.





5.ICICI prudential life insurance company has received markets Regulator SEBI approval to raise an estimated 5000 crore through IPO.It is the first by an Insurer in India and largest in 6 years.The Insurer is a Joint venture between ICICI and UK's prudential corporation holdings.






6.Present Governor of Gujarat OP Kohli was sworn in as the new Governor of Madhya Pradesh suceeding Ram Naresh Yadav as his tenure expires.

7.Author Stuart BlackBurn's Into the Hidden valley, a book on Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh won the MM Benetts Award for Historical Fiction 2016 in the UK.

8.Raam Reddy's Kannada film Thithi was conferred the Best film award by union minister of Information and technology and Broadcasting minister M.Venkaiah Naidu at the closing ceremony of 1st BRICS film festival

9.India and Kazhakstan's Joint bilateral military exercise Prabal Dostyk-16 began in Karaganda region of Kazhakstan.

10.India  has signed an Air Services Agreement with Greece to allow unlimited no. of flights with each others countries.Greece has become the first country with an open sky arrangement under now civil aviation policy.