{"id":32781,"date":"2015-09-16T05:27:26","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T05:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kopykitab.com\/blog\/?p=32781"},"modified":"2021-08-14T14:18:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T08:48:10","slug":"daily-current-affairs-16-september-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kopykitab.com\/blog\/daily-current-affairs-16-september-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Current Affairs 16 September 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>1.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Malcolm Turnbull sworn in as 29th Prime Minister of Australia :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Quick Info : <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Who:<\/strong> Malcolm Turnbull<br \/>\n<strong>Where:<\/strong> Australia<br \/>\n<strong>What:<\/strong> Sworn in as Prime Minister of Australia<br \/>\n<strong>When:<\/strong> 15 September 2015<\/p>\n<p>Malcolm Turnbull was on 15 September 2015 sworn in as the 29th Prime Minister of Australia. Turnbull was sworn in by Governor-General Peter Cosgrove.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.\u00a0World This Week: 7 September-13 September 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>7 September 2015<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 UNEP released Global Waste Management Outlook<br \/>\n\u2022 7th session of India-Belarus Intergovernmental Commission held in Minsk<br \/>\n\u2022 North, South Korea agreed to resume family reunions<br \/>\n\u2022 Anirban Lahiri became first Indian golfer to qualify for Presidents Cup<br \/>\n\u2022 Anupam Kher conferred with Honoured Guest of Texas award<br \/>\n\u2022 WEF released The Inclusive Growth and Development Report 2015<br \/>\n\u2022 Black Mamba Anti-Poaching Unit of South Africa selected for 2015 UNEP Champions of the Earth award<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>8 September 2015<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Pakistan SC ordered adoption of Urdu as official language<br \/>\n\u2022 International Literacy Day 2015 celebrated across the world<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>9 September 2015<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 India, Indonesia signed pact to cooperate on criminal matters<br \/>\n\u2022 Levels &amp; Trends in Child Mortality Report 2015 released<br \/>\n\u2022 Queen Elizabeth II became longest-reigning UK monarch<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>10 September 2015<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 UNGA adopted Resolution on Raising of Flags by Non-Member Observer States<br \/>\n\u2022 Hollywood Actor John P Connell died<br \/>\n\u2022 Acclaimed writer Jhumpa Lahiri awarded with 2014 National Humanities Medal by White House<br \/>\n\u2022 World Suicide Prevention Day observed with theme Preventing Suicide: Reaching Out and Saving Lives<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>11 September 2015<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Leander Paes, Martina Hingis won US Open Mixed Doubles Title 2015<br \/>\n\u2022 Indian-Australian Navy Bilateral Maritime Exercise AUSINDEX-15 started<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>12 September 2015<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Ruling People\u2019s Action Party won Singapore general elections for record 12th time<br \/>\n\u2022 DGs of BSF and Pakistan Rangers held Bi-annual talks in New Delhi<br \/>\n\u2022 Flavia Pennetta won 2015 US Open Women\u2019s Singles title<br \/>\n\u2022 Pulitzer prize-winning playwright Frank D Gilroy died<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>13 September 2015<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2022 Novak Djokovic defeated Roger Federer to win 2015 US Open Men\u2019s Singles title<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.\u00a0Report titled Assessment of State Implementation of Business Reforms released on\u00a014 September 2015.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The report captures the findings of an assessment conducted jointly by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP), the World Bank Group and KPMG as the knowledge partner, the Confederation of Indian Industry and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.\u00a0Sports Ministry recognized the Indian Kalarippayattu Federation as Regional Sports Federation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on 14 September 2015 recognized the Indian Kalarippayattu Federation as Regional Sports Federation with a view to promote and give due acknowledgement and importance to sports having regional spread.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.\u00a0RBI, Nepal Rastra Bank signed MoU for Exchange of Supervisory Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 14 September 2015 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nepal Rastra Bank (NRB) on Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information.<\/p>\n<p>The MoU was signed by Meena Hemchandra, Executive Director of RBI and Nepal Rastra Bank\u2019s Executive Director Narayan Prasad Paudel in New Delhi. With this agreement, RBI seeks to promote greater co-operation and share supervisory information among the authorities.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Stay tuned\u00a0for more\u00a0updates\u00a0on\u00a0current affairs\u00a0and GK\u00a0updates<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1.\u00a0Malcolm Turnbull sworn in as 29th Prime Minister of Australia : Quick Info : Who: Malcolm Turnbull Where: Australia What: Sworn in as Prime Minister of Australia When: 15 September 2015 Malcolm Turnbull was on 15 September 2015 sworn in as the 29th Prime Minister of Australia. Turnbull was sworn in by Governor-General Peter Cosgrove. &#8230; <a title=\"Daily Current Affairs 16 September 2015\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kopykitab.com\/blog\/daily-current-affairs-16-september-2015\/\" aria-label=\"More on Daily Current Affairs 16 September 2015\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":""},"categories":[2927],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kopykitab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32781"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kopykitab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kopykitab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kopykitab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kopykitab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32781"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.kopykitab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115214,"href":"https:\/\/www.kopykitab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32781\/revisions\/115214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kopykitab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kopykitab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kopykitab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}