To the Points - SEPTEMBER 2015

Raghav Chandra has taken over as the Chairman of the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on 1 September 2015.

Rajiv Mehrishi has been appointed as new Union Home Secretary on 31 August 2015.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 31 August 2015 declared State Bank of India and ICICI as Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs).

Highest mountain of North America was on 28 August 2015 renamed as Denali.

Ratan P Watal on 31 August 2015 took charge as the Union Finance Secretary.

L C Goyal was on 31 August 2015 appointed as CMD of India Trade Promotion Organisation.

U Mumba team won the Pro Kabaddi League 2015 title.

Palakkad district in Kerala was recently declared as the first total HIV/AIDS literate district in the country.

Indian Cricket team on 1 September 2015 won the Test Series in Sri Lanka soil after 22 years.

Sports Ministry recently recognized Yoga as a sports discipline.

Union Government has recently notified the merger of commodities market regulator Forward Markets Commission (FMC) with SEBI.

West-Central Railway Zone has recently become the first railway zone to eliminate all unmanned level crossings.

On 2 September 2015, Durban was chosen to host 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Logo of Tokyo Olympics to be held in 2020 was recently scrapped amid plagiarism claim.

First ever International Cricket Tournament for People with Physical Disabilities began on 2 Sep 2015 at Bangladesh.

Canada's economy has recently fallen into a recession for first time after global financial crisis of 2009.

Google Inc. unveiled a redesign of its iconic logo on 1 September 2015. Google started its operations in 1998.

Mumbai team recently won the Buchi Babu Memorial Trophy in the All India invitation cricket tournament.

SreeVadakkunnathan Temple,Kerala has won the UNESCO prize Award of Excellence 2015.

A K Jha was recently given additional charge of interim Chairman & Managing Director (CMD) of National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
Limited.

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has recently decided to upgrade Broadband speed to minimum 2 Mbps in the country.

Sixth Indo-Maldives joint Training Exercise was held recently at Thiruvananthapuram.

One Rank One Pension scheme (OROP) announced by Union Government recently for ex-serviceman will be implemented with effect from 1
July 2014.

China and Pakistan have recently launched a joint air exercise called Shaheen (Eagle)-4 in China.

Shane Watson, Australian all rounder has recently (Sep 2015) announced retirement from Test cricket with immediate effect.

Union Government is going to develop Bodhgaya in Gaya district of Bihar as Spiritual Capital of the country.

Lewis Hamilton on 6 Sep 2015 won 2015 Italian Grand Prix of Formula One.

Indian boxer Vikas Krishan has recently won the silver medal in the Asian Championships held at Bangkok, Thailand.

2015 Commonwealth Youth Games started on 7 September 2015 at Apia, Samoa.

Book titled "To the Brink and Back: India's 1991 Story" which was in news recently is written by Jairam Ramesh.

Union Cabinet has recently allowed 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) under the automatic route for white label ATM.

President Pranab Mukherjee on 9 Sep 2015 conferred the Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2014 on ISRO.

Queen Elizabeth II on 9 September 2015 became the longest-reigning Monarch of Britain. She surpassed the previous record held by Queen
Victoria.

Anirban Lahiri has recently become the first Indian golfer to qualify for the prestigious Presidents Cup of Golf.

Ramesh Chand, renowned Agriculture expert who was recently appointed as full time member of NITI Aayog.

J Manjula was on 9 Sep 2015 appointed as first woman Director General of DRDO.

Union government on 9 Sep 2015 approved 6 per cent hike in Dearness Allowance for Central Government of Employees.

Hrushikesh Senapathy was recently appointed as the new director for NCERT.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 Sep 2015 has inaugurated 10th World Hindi summit inBhopal.

Election Commission on 9 Sep 2015 announced assembly polls in five phases between 12 October and 5 November for Bihar.

In recently concluded 2015 Singapore General Elections Peoples Action Party led by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has emerged victorious.

Mary Barra, CEO General Motors has topped 2015 Fortunes business list of powerful women.

Inaugural bilateral maritime exercise between India and Australia named AUSINDEX15, commenced on 13 Sept 2015 at Visakhapatnam.

Union Government has recently announced to extend e-Tourist Visa Scheme to 37 more countries.

Rajasthan has recently become the first state in the country to submit State Annual Action Plan under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban
Transformation (AMRUT).

Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently given its approval to constitute the 21st Law Commission of India
(LCI).

Rakesh Sharma was recently appointed as new the Managing Director and CEO of Canara Bank.
Indian Railways have recently collaborated with Google to create Project Nilgiri that will deliver Wi-fi access to around 400 railway stations
across India.

Leander Paes along with Martina Hingis has won US Open Mixed Doubles Title 2015.

Gujarat has been placed to top position in World Banks first ever ranking of States on the ease of doing business in India.

Hormusji N. Cama has been recently elected as the new Chairman of the Press Trust of India (PTI).

on 15 Sept 2015, Malcolm Turnbull sworn as Australia's new prime minister.

Iconic Lincoln House in Mumbai was on 13 Sept. 2015 bought by Cyrus Poonawalla, making it the biggest property transaction in India.

Padmashree-awardee Kalamandalam Satyabhama who passed away recently was an exponent in Mohiniyattam.

National Hindi Divas is celebrated every year on 14 September.

Narsingh Pancham Yadav, Indian wrestler who for the first time, has earned an Olympic berth with a World Championship Medal.

Chanda Kochhar has topped the list of most powerful women in Asia Pacific prepared by the global magazine Fortune recently.

Ranil Wickremesinghe who recently begun his 3 day official visit to India is the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.

Sania Mirza - Martina Hingis won the 2015 US Open Tennis Womens Doubles title.

Union Government on 17 Sept. 2015 launched the Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY) for the welfare of people affected
by Mining related operations.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 17 Sept. 2015 has granted in principle approval to Tenentities to set up small finance banks.

Nepal's constituent Assembly has recently approved a new constitution after seven years of painstaking efforts and deliberations.

Union Government has recently banned Naga rebel group National Socialist Council of Nagaland- Khaplang (NSCN-K) for 5 years.

Union Cabinet has recently approved Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Rurban Mission (SPMRM) for its ambitious bid to spur social, economic and
infrastructure development in Rural Areas.

Engineers Day is observed in India every year on 15 September on the birth anniversary ofM Visvesvaraya.

Hangzhou, China was on 16 September 2015 chosen to host the 2022 Asian Games.

Indian-origin author Sunjeev Sahota has been short-listed for the prestigious 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for his novel The Year of the
Runaways.

Sheikh Hasina who has been recently selected for the United Nations Champions of the Earth award is the Prime Minister of Bangladesh.

Flavia Pennetta won the 2015 US Open Women's Singles title.

E Sreedharan was recently invited to the United Nations High Level Advisory Group on Sustainable Transport (HLAG-ST).

Amogha-I, indigenously developed second generation anti-tank guided missile, which was successfully test fired on Sept. 10, 2015.

Aqeela Asifi who has recently won the 2015 United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Nansen Refugee Award is a Teacher by
profession.

Union Cabinet has recently approved 150 days employment per household under MGNREGA in the drought hit areas of the country.

As per the newly adopted constitution of Nepal, the country will have 7 federal provinces.

India and China are all set to conduct its bilateral military exercise named Hand in Handfrom October 11 to 23 at Kunming in China.

Manpreet Kaur has recently broken the national record in shot put and booked her place for the Rio Olympics 2016.

Novak Djokovic won the US Open Men's singles title 2015.

Union government has recently approved the purchase of 10 Heron TP drones from Israel.

Axis Bank recently launched "LIME", the countrys first mobile app that offers Wallet, Shopping, Payments & Banking.

Shamim Hanfi who was recently conferred with inaugural Jnangarima Manad Alankaran award of Bharatiya Jnanpith is a
eminent Urdu litterateur.

Indian Coast Guard has recently commissioned two new ships named Fast Patrol Vessel ICGS Apoorva and Interceptor Boat C-421 in the naval
dockyard at Mumbai.

International Day of Peace is observed every year on 21 September.

Sherif Ismail on 21 Sept 2015 sworn-in as the new Prime Minister of Egypt.

Alexis Tsipras led left-wing Syriza party has emerged as the largest party in the recent general election held in Greece.

China has recently launched a newly-developed smaller version of carrier rocket Long March-6.

Sebastian Vettel won 2015 Singapore Grand Prix of Formula One.

Jagmohan Dalmiya who passed away on 20 September 2015 was the president of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

Nepalese constitution has recently declared Cow as the national animal of the country.

World Alzheimers Day is observed on September 21.

Indias first dedicated satellite for astronomy research Astrosat was launched on 28 Sept. 2015 using PSLV-C30.

World Tourism Day is observed every year on 27 September.

Union Government has recently constituted an expert committee to examine various issues related to UPSC civil services examination. The
committee would be headed by B.S. Baswan.

Yogi Berra who died recently was famous in Baseball.

Dr. Jacob Tsimerman who has been chosen for the prestigious 2015 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize belongs to Canada.

Pankaj Advani has recently won the 2015 IBSF World Billiards Championship (Time Format) held at Adelaide, Australia.

Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis won the Guangzhou Open 2015 womens doubles title.

Syed Ahmed who passed away recently was the Governor of Manipur.

Lewis Hamilton won the 2015 Japanese Grand Prix title of Formula One.

WHO recently removed Nigeria (African country) from Polio-Endemic List.