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TNPSC Current Affairs September 2016
Miscellaneous

• Important Days
• September 5 - National Teachers' Day
• September 8 - International Literacy Day
• September - First Saturday of the Month - International Vulture Awareness Day.
• September 9 - Himalaya Diwas
• September 10 - World Suicide Prevention Day
• September 14 - National Hindi Diwas
• September 15 - International Democracy Day
• September 16 -  International Day for preservation of Ozone Layer
• September 21 - World Alzeimer's Day
• September - Third Saturday of the month - International Coastal Cleanup Day.
• September 22 - World Car Free Day
• September 27 - World Tourism Day, International Day of Deaf
• September 28 - World Heart Day, World Rabies Day
• Awards
• Ramon Magsaysay Award 2016
1. TM Krishna (India)
2. Bezwada Wilson (India)
• Bibhuti Lahkar - was awarded IUCN's Heritage Heroes Award 2016.
• White Helmet - a syrian civil organisation was awarded Rightlivelihood Award 2016
• Solung Festival - It is a tribal festival celebrated in Arunachal Pradesh.
• Swach Bharat Abiyan Mascot - Kunwar Bai
• Kunwar Bai was an 105 Year Old Women from Chhattisgarh, she sold her goats to construct a toilet in her house.
• Inspired by this, she was selected as the mascot for the Swach Bharat Abiyan (Clean India Mission)
• Committees
• TVSN Prasad Committee
• A committee under the head of TVSN Prasad was formed to recommend the alternatives to the usage of Pellet guns.

Polity

• TVSN Prasad Committee.
• The Union govt has constituted a committee on the usage of Pallet guns by the armed forces during tackling the protesters.
• All India Trinamool Congress Party
• It got the status of National Party from the Election Commission of India.
• It became the 7th National Party of India.
• Important Appoinments
• C Vidyasagar Rao 
• He was the Governor of Maharashtra who was appointed as the acting Governor of Tamil Nadu,
• Alka Sirohi - appointed as the new Chairman of UPSC.
• GST Council (Very Important Topic)
• It was formed as per 101st Constitutional Amendment act 2016.
• This amendment added the Article 279A which deals about the GST Council
• Composition
• Chairman - The Union Finance Minister
• Members - The Union Minister of the state - Revenue of finance & Minister incharge of finance in each state.
• New District of Haryana State
• Charkhi Dadri was the name of the New district (22nd district) of the Haryana State separated from the Bhiwani District.

Economy

• 10 Lakh Insurance Option for Railway e-ticket passengers
• India railway has launched the insurance scheme for Passenger booking tickets via online through IRCTC website.
• Masala Bonds
• Masala Bonds are rupeed denominated bonds which are issued outside India.
• Recently British Columbia (Canadian Province) issued Masala bonds and thus becoming the first foreign government to issue Masala bonds.
• Appointments
• Anandi Ramalingam - became the first women to be appointed as one of the Director of BEL - Bharat Electronics Limited.
• Arun Goyal - Appointed as the first Additional Secretary of GST Council Secretariat.
• Important Schemes
• Biju Kanya Ratna Yojana - Odisha
• It was launched by Odisha Government.
• It aims to improve the Child Sex Ratio.
• Global Competitive Index 2016
• India ranks 39th in the Global Competitive Index released by WEF.

Environment

• India's First International Conference on Cooking gas
• It was held at Bhuvaneshwar in Odisha.
• Majuli Island [Very Important for Upcoming Exams]
• It is a riverine Island located in Assam in the Brahmaputra river.
• It was recently declared as the world's largest river Island with area of 880 Sq Km.
• It is also declared as the new district of Assam and thus becoming the first island district of India.
• Swach Survekshan Gramin Report 2016.
• Top 2 Cleanest Districts of India
1. Mandi in Himachal Pradesh
2. Sindhudurg in Maharashtra
• Sikkim - Cleanest State in India
• Carbon Neutral Status
• The Indira Gandhi International Airport (in New Delhi) achieved the Carbon neutral airport Satus and thus became the first airport to get this status in the asia-pacific region.
• ICFA Awards 2016
• Best Horticulture State - Haryana
• Best Agriculture State - Odisha

Science and Tech

• e-Nivaran
• It is an online portal launched by the CBDT Central board of  Direct Taxes for online redressal of taxpayers grievances.
• World's Largest Radio Telescope
• FAST or Tianyan is the name of the World's largest Radio Telescope Constructed by China.
• LIGO Laboratory
• India's First LIGO Laboratory to be set up at Aundh in Hingoli District of Maharashtra.
• LIGO - Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory Laboratory.
• INSAT 3DR
• It was launched on Sep 8, 2016 by the GSLV-F05 vechicle.
• World's Largest Solar Power Plant (Very Important)
• The World's largest solar power plant was commissioned at Kamudhi in Ramanathapuram District of Tamil Nadu.
• Capacity: 648 MW.
• World's First Three Parent Baby
• The World's First three parent baby was born in Mexico with the help of Mitochondria Replacement Therapy Technique.
• Gumthala Gaarhu - becamae the First Wifi Hotspot Village of Haryana state.

World

• First BRICS Film Festival
• The First BRICS Film Festival (2016) was held in  New Delhi.
• Mother Teresa
• Mother Teresa was declared a saint by the Pope Francis.
• She became the 4th Indian to be canonised as saint,
• G-20 Summit 2016
• It was held at Hangzhou Province of China.
• ASEAN 2016
• It was held at Vientiane (Laos).
• Joint Military Exercises
• Yudh Abhyas 2016
• It is a joint military exercise between India and USA held at Chaubattia in Uttarakhand.
• Joint Sea 2016
• It is a joint naval exercise between China and Russia
• INDRA 
• It is a joint military Exercise between India and Russia held at Vladivostok (Russia).
• Druzbha 
• It is a joint military Exercise between Russia and Pakistan.
• Druzbha means Friendship.

Sports

• Rio Paralympics 2016
• Mariyappan Thangavelu - he won the Gold Medal in the High Jump Event.
• Deepa Malik - She won the Silver Medal in Women's Shotput Event.
• Devendra Jhajharia - He won the Gold Medal in Men's Javelin Throw event.
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