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KONSAM ORMILA DEVI : has bagged a gold medal in 44kg weight at 2017 Commonwealth Youth Weightlifting Championships.

PRAKRITI KHOJ - quiz launched by Environment Ministry on the occasion of Teachers Day.
[Environment Minister: Dr. Harsh Vardhan; His constituency: Chandni Chowk]

“EMERGING SPIRITUALISM: RENAISSANCE OF HINDUISM” – theme of International Hindu Conference, which was held at Kathmandu in Nepal.
[PM of Nepal: Sher Bahadur Debua]

ECS – EMPOWERED STEERING COMMITTEE
SPORTS MINISTRY – has approved constitution of a 13 members Empowered Steering Committee (ESC), which will have the mandate to work till 31^st Dec 2020.
[Sports Minister: Vijay Goel (former)/  New: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]
[The decision to form the committee has been taken on the recommendations made by the Olympic Task Force head Abhinav Bindra (Olympic gold medalist)]
[Next Olympic games will be held in Tokyo, 2020]

TOPS – TARGET OLYMPIC PONDIUM SCHEME

The first project funded by The New Development Bank has started operation in Shanghai.
[76 MILLION USD loan with a maturity length of 17 years was granted to Shanghai Lingang Distributed Solar Power Project, under an agreement signed in December 2016, and now it has started operation in SHANGHAI.]
[NDB HQ: Shanghai, China; NDB President: K V Kamath]

SLINEX : biennial joint maritime fleet exercise will be conducted between INDIA & SRILANKA.

IDRBT: The Institute for Development & Research in Banking Technology
[Director: Dr. A S Ramasastri]

“KARNATAKA BANK” has bagged the “Best Bank Award” among small banks for the use of technology for financial inclusion at the 13^th IDBRT Banking Technology Excellence Awards 2016-17.
[HQ: Mangaluru, Karnataka; MD &CEO: Mr. M.S. Mahabaleshwara]

RAJIV GANDHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT : has bagged the National Award for “Excellence” in Energy Management.
[Location: Hyderabad]

CUBA: has begun to elect new officials to replace President Raul Castro who is going to step down in February 2108.
[Capital: Havana; Currency: Peso]

Latest Ransomware: LOCKY

6.7% : India’s GDP Growth Rate according to Morgan Stanley report

5^th September: International Day of Charity 
[It was declared officially by the UN GENERAL
ASSEMBLY in 2012, it was the 5^th Int. Day of Charity]
[5^th September commemorates the anniversary of the passing away of MOTHER TERESA who is known as SAINT TERESA OF CALCUTTA]

GYANKUNJ E-CLASS PROJECT : this project has launched by Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani on the occasion of Teacherd day.
[The aim of gyankunj e- class project is to provide the tablet to replace bags and books in all the primary schools and bridge the gap in education system. This scheme will be rolled out by the state education department for Class VII and VIII students in the schools.]
[Governor of Gujrat: Mr. Om Prakash Kohli]

LUCKNOW METRO : CM Yogi Adityanath and Home Minister Rajnath Singh flagged off Lucknow metro.
[Station: From Transport Nagar to Charbagh]
The CM also invited ‘Metro Man’ E Sreedharan to work with the corporation as principal advisor. 

New Youth Sports Center: Former Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Mr. Vijay Goel has announced that a new Youth Sports Centre to be built at Alipur, Delhi.


[Sports Minister: Vijay Goel (former)/  New: Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]

PLuS Alliance Prize : Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy and Mumbai-born scientist Veena Sahajwalla have been conferred the PLuS Alliance Prize.

NOVARTIS CEO: VASANT NARSIMHAN succeeds Joseph Jimenez who will step down in 2018 after eight years in the position.
[Hq: Basal, Switzerland]

STAR INDIA: has bagged IPL Media Rights for 5 years (2018-2023).

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