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Important Current Affairs September 2017 – Keralasarkar.com
1st September
Karnataka’s Ksheera Bhagya Scheme implementation help given by - Amazon
President presents National Sports & Adventure Awards 2017 on - 29th August 2017
IAS officer Rajiv Gauba takes charge as Union Home Secretary on - 31st August 2017
Rajiv Mehrishi appointed as Comptroller and Auditor General on - 31st August 2017
Sunil Arora appointed Election Commissioner on - 31st August 2017
Annual conference ‘Rajaswa Gyan Sangam’ in Delhi inaugurated by - PM Modi
ISRO's launch of IRNSS-1H satellite gone - Unsuccessful
Anita Karwal replaces RK Chaturvedi as CBSE chairperson on - 31st August 2017
Rajiv Kumar appointed as new DFS Secretary on - 31st August 2017
Konkani writer Mahabaleshwar Sail receives 2016 Saraswati Samman on - 31st August 2017
2nd September
U Kamachi Mudali appointed as Chief of Heavy Water Board on - 31st August 2017
Joseph Yuvaraj Pillay appointed as Interim President of Singapore on - 1st September 2017
Ahmedabad gets India’s first 'World Heritage City’ tag on - 1st September 2017
Swedish defence giant collaborates with Adani group for defence manufacturing on - 1st
September 2017
3rd September 2017
First gene-altering leukemia treatment approved by - FDA
NASA Astronaut Peggy Whitson to return home after 288 days in space on - 2nd September 2017
4th September 2017
India’s first full-time woman Defence Minister - Nirmala Sitharaman
Hockey India sacks head coach Roelant Oltmans on - 2nd September 2017
Winners of International Literacy Prizes 2017 announced by - UNESCO
Solid garbage dumping banned in Ghazipur, Bhalswa landfills by - Delhi L-G Anil Baijal
Foundation stone for Link-4 of SAUNI Scheme laid by - President Ram Nath Kovind
Entire Assam declared as ‘disturbed area’ under AFSPA for six months on - 1st September 2017
North Korea claims successful test of hydrogen bomb on - 3rd September 2017
Locky Ransomware spreading stated by - CERT-In
5th September 2017
Mahendra Singh Dhoni becomes the first wicketkeeper to have 100 stumpings in ODI Cricket on -
3rd September 2017
International Day of Charity 2017 observed globally on - 5th September 2017
Social media campaign to promote Geographical Indications launched by - CIPAM-DIPP
CBDT for resolving public grievances honoured by - Government
FIFA U-17 World Cup song officially launched on - 4th September 2017
Amritpal Singh becomes first Indian to be signed by Australian Basketball Team on - 31st August 2017
Formation of task force for Namami Gange’s speedy implementation announced by - Nitin Gadkari
Teacher’s Day celebrated across India on the birth anniversary of Dr S Radhakrishnan on - 5th
September 2017
BRICS Summit adopts documents on cooperation in areas of Economy and Trade, Innovation and
Customs on - 4th September 2017
Environment awareness initiative, Prakriti Khoj, on Teachers’ Day launched by - Environment Ministry
6th September 2017
Two new contraceptives Antara and Chhaya launched by - Union Health Ministry
Hurricane Harvey to be costliest natural disaster in US history stated in - Report
Disability pension for defence forces to be made at par with civilians by - the Government
Former Union Minister Sultan Ahmed passed away on - 5th September 2017
Assam Government sets up Direct Benefit Transfer cell to implement - DBT scheme
The National Nutrition Strategy launched by - Niti Aayog
Artificial leaf creating fuel from sunlight and water developed by - Scientists
Winners for Girl's and Women’s Education Prize 2017 announced by - UNESCO
First batch of 1000 E-rickshaws 'SmartE' launched in Gurugram on - 4th September 2017
7th September 2017
11 Agreements signed between India and - Myanmar
Obama’s amnesty program revoked by - Donald Trump
PLuS Alliance Prize 2017 conferred by - N R Narayana Murthy
Study: Uninhabited Island from Lakshadweep has vanished
Expert Task Force on Employment & Exports constituted by NITI Aayog on - 5th September
A giant black hole discovered near heart of Milky Way by - Researchers
DIKSHA Portal launched by - Union Government
Financial powers of chiefs of CRPF, BSF extended by - Home Ministry
North East Calling to be organized by - Union Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region
Mother Teresa declared as co-patron of Archdiocese of Calcutta on - 6th September 2017
8th September 2017
Narmada Mahotsav Yatra' flagged off by - Gujarat Chief Minister
India and Sri Lanka begin Joint Naval Exercise SLINEX 2017 at Visakhapatnam on - 7th
September 2017
Ashish Kashyap resigns as President and Co-founder of MakeMyTrip on - 6th September 2017
Major research works on agriculture with World Bank fund to be undertaken by - ICAR
International Literacy Day observed globally on - 8th September 2017
Viveck Goenka elected as Chairman of PTI on - 7th September 2017
Indo-US joint military training Exercise Yudh Abhyas for 2017 to be conducted in - USA
India Paternity leave introduced by - Johnson & Johnson
9th September 2017
India refuses to sign Bali Declaration over Rohingya issue on - 7th September 2017
MoU signed for Hyperloop between Vijaywada and Amravati by - Andhra Pradesh
Who has been appointed as Chairperson of NACWC ? - Inder Jit Singh
Images of strongest Solar Flare captured by - NASA
10th September 2017
South Asian Women Development Forum to organise summit at Kathmandu on - 11th
September 2017
11th September 2017
New species of edible fish found in Kerala in - Pampa river
Sahara Forest Project launched by - Jordan
Second Indian Workers’ Resource Center inaugurated in UAE on - 10th September 2017
Sloane Stephens beats Madison Keys to win US Open Women’s Singles on - 10th September 2017
Online facility for effective resolution of foreign trade-related issues set up by - Government
DRDO successfully test-fires 3rd Generation Anti Tank Guided Missile NAG on - 9th September 2017
12th September 2017
Two Pluto Mountains after mountaineers who first scaled Mount Everest named by - IAU
Committee to be formed to examine Supreme Court’s verdict on Triple Talaq on - 10th September
2017
Currency Verification & Processing Machine for processing currency notes used by - RBI
Tahir Mahmood awarded with N R Madhava Menon Best Law Teacher Award on - 9th September
2017
Online platform FoSCoRIS for food inspection launched by - FSSAI
Commerce Ministry organised state startup conference on - 12th September 2017
International Day for South-South Cooperation 2017 observed on - 12th September 2017
2 US scientists, Indian economist among 2017 Balzan Prize awardees on - 11th September 2017
United Nations Security Council adopts new North Korea sanctions on - 11th September 2017
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman flags-off Navika Sagar Parikrama from Panaji on - 10th
September 2017
13th September 2017
MoU between India and Morocco in the field of health approved on - 12th September 2017
Harry Potter's Hogwarts letter auctioned off on - 12th September 2017
BAI to confer first Lifetime Achievement award to - Prakash Padukone
First compendium of animal diversity in Indian Sundarbans released by - Zoological Survey of India
1 percent Dearness Allowance to Government employees approved by - Union Cabinet
Conference on Women Prison Officers to be inaugurated by - Minister of State for Home Affairs
India to step up cooperation with Egypt into - textiles sector
India’s first advanced Homoeopathy Virology lab inaugurated on - 12th September 2017
14th September 2017
Gay rights activist Edith Windsor passed away on - 12th September 2017
Trump appoints Indian-American Raj Shah on - 12th September 2017
Six months cooling period in divorce cases can be waived off declared by - Supreme Court
JNPCT awarded with - Gateway Awards 2017
Wood is Good' Campaign launched by - Union Minister of Environment, Harsh Vardhan
National Hindi Diwas 2017 celebrated on - 14th September 2017
Rajiv Kumar from NITI resigned from - DHFL board
Indian Railways permits m-Aadhaar as ID proof for travellers as announced on - 13th September 2017
Goa hosted 36th National Games announced by - The Indian Olympic Association
15th September 2017
MoU for expansion of biotech laboratory signed between India and - Japan
World Economic Forum released Human Capital Report 2017 on - 13th September 2017
Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon elected as Chair of the IOC Ethics Commission on - 14th
September 2017
International Day of Democracy observed globally on - 15th September 2017
India, Japan signed 15 agreements for enhancing bilateral cooperation on - 14th September 2017
Union Government launched Operation Insaniyat to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh on - 14th
September 2017
India and Pakistan began high-level talks on Indus Waters Treaty on - 14th September 2017
16th September 2017
'Maharashtra Mission 1 Million' initiative launched by - Devendra Fadnavis
Union Government to grant citizenship to Chakma and Hajong refugees in - September 2017
India, China growth status in - UNCTAD Report 2017
Swachhta hi Seva Campaign launched by - President of India
17th September 2017
International Day for the preservation of Ozone Layer 2017 observed on - 16th September 2017
18th September 2017
Name of the first Indian shuttler to win BWF Korean Open Super Series - PV Sindhu
Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh passed away, he was hero of - 1965 Indo-Pak War
Which animal was moved out of list from endangered species by IUCN - Snow Leopards
Who has been appointed as new Director General of National Investigation Agency - Y C
Modi
Name of digital payment App launched by Google - Tez
19th September 2017
First permanent American base in Israel inaugurated by - IDF and US Army
North Korea’s Nuclear Test fall out by - Some Countries
The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet has decided to provide a monthly honorarium of Rs 2500 to 'Jal
Rakshaks' on - 18th September 2017.
First-ever National Conference on under-nutrition hosted by - WCD Ministry
20th September 2017
Shaheed Gram Vikas Yojana launched by - Jharkhand Government
First woman General Prosecutor of Brazil - Raquel Dodge
Non-communicable Disease Progress Monitor 2017 report released by - WHO
First BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise 2017 to be conducted by - India
Mobile app for retiring government staffs to be launched by - Union Government
Chief of Sashastra Seema Bal appointed by - Rajnikant Mishra
21st September 2017
The world is running out of antibiotics, stated by - WHO Report
Commemorative Coin on MS Subbulakshmi released by - Vice President
Revamped Khelo India Program approved by - Union Cabinet
Union Cabinet approves introduction of the Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 2017 on - 20th September
2017
International Day of Peace 2017 observed across the world on - 21st September 2017
Additional investment towards supplementary nutrition for Anganwadi children approved by - Cabinet
22nd September 2017
Food Street to be introduced at global food fair by - Government
2017 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award won by - Nigerian lawyer
Zannah Mustapha
World's richest woman and L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt passed away on - 21st September 2017
First state to launch electric bus service - Himachal Pradesh
United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons signed by - 50 Nations
INS Kalvari, delivered to Indian Navy on - 21st September 2017
Bollywood actress Shakila passed away on - 20th September 2017
23rd September 2017
New PPP Policy for Affordable Housing announced by - Union Government
India to collaborate with Russia for Bangladesh nuclear power plant on - 20th September 2017
24th September 2017
Earth’s sixth mass extinction likely by 2100 predicted by - MIT
25th September 2017
East Bengal wins 8th consecutive Calcutta Football League title on - 24th September 2017
Rajiv Mehrishi sworn in as new CAG of India on - 25th September 2017
Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana launched by - Union Government
'Saubhagya' scheme launched by - PM Narendra Modi
Mary Kom to be AIBA representative at IOC Athletes’ Forum in - September 2017
Multi-agency exercise Pralay Sahayam held in Hyderabad on - 23rd September 2017
New underground water treatment plant inaugurated in Tripura on - 23rd September 2017
C N R Rao chosen for 2017 Von Hippel Award in - September 2017
26th September 2017
New US travel ban includes N Korea, Venezuela, Chad among 8 countries on
- 24th September 2017
Prime Minister constitutes Economic Advisory Council headed by Bibek Debroy on - 25th September
CGECB notice to Bharat Aluminium Company for closure of thermal power plant in - September 2017
World’s smallest squirrel discovered in Indonesian forest on - 16th September 2017
Who has been appointed Chairman and Managing Director of ONGC? - Shashi Shanker
International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons 2017 observed globally on - 26th
September 2017
World's largest aircraft successfully passed first engine tests - Report
27th September 2017
Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour Portal launched by - Union Government
Indian Navy commissions INS Tarasa on - 26th September 2017
Saudi King issues decree allowing women to drive on - 16th September 2017
Union Government launched Divyang Sarathi mobile application on - 26th September 2017
Joao Lourenco sworn in as President of Angola on - 26th September 2017
Electronic Negotiable Warehouse Receipt System launched by - Union Government
Kandla Port renamed as Deendayal Port on - 25th September 2017
28th September 2017
World Tourism Day 2017 observed across the world on - 27th September 2017
World Rabies Day observed on - 28th September 2017
National Disaster Management Authority celebrated 13th Formation Day on - 28th September 2017
MoU between India and Belarus in oil and gas sector approved by - Cabinet
French anti-doping laboratory suspended by WADA in - September 2017
Gravitational waves detected for fourth time by scientists on - 27th September 2017
Umbrella scheme of Modernisation of Police Forces approved by - Cabinet
29th September 2017
Doctors Retirement age increased to 65 years by - Central Government
International Day for Universal Access to Information 2017 observed globally on - 28th September
2017
MoU between India and Afghanistan on cooperation on Police Training approved on - 27th September
2017
India and Norway sign Letter of Intent to extend cooperation in health sector on - 28th September
2017
India jumps to 14th rank as best country for expats: Survey from HSBC
Non-venomous aquatic snake discovered in - Western Ghats
MoU between India and Afghanistan on cooperation on Police Training approved on - 27th September
2017
30th September 2017
India International Science Festival 2017 to be held in Chennai
between - 13th October 2017 and 16th October 2017
Who has been appointed as first woman chief proctor of BHU ? –
Royana Singh
International Translation Day 2017 observed globally on - 30th
September 2017
To devise safety mechanisms for rail network - Indian Railways
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