Page-20 of Current Affairs - September, 2016

Mandi, Sindhudurg emerge cleanest Districts in India: Gramin Swachh Survekshan

September 10, 2016

Mandi in Himachal Pradesh and Sindhudurg in Maharashtra have emerged the cleanest districts in India according Gramin Swachh Survekshan. Sindhudurg was judged as the cleanest in the ‘Plains’ category and Mandi in the cleanest district in ‘Hills’ category. The Gramin ..

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Mariyappan Thangavelu wins India’s first Gold medal at 2016 Rio Paralympic Games

September 10, 2016

Mariyappan Thangavelu has won India’s first gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. He won the gold medal in the Men’s High Jump T-42 event with jump of 1.89 metres. With this, Thangavelu became the first Indian high-jumper to win ..

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Haryana wins Best Horticulture State award

September 10, 2016

Haryana has won ‘Best Horticulture State’ award of the Indian Council of Food and Agriculture (ICFA). The award was bestowed upon the state for its concerted efforts made to increase the income of the farmers in horticulture. The award was ..

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NASA launches OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to collect samples from Bennu asteroid

September 9, 2016

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a US space agency has launched OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to collect samples from an asteroid 101955 Bennu and return to Earth. The spacecraft was launched onboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket ..

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2016 ASEAN Summit held in Vientiane, Laos

September 9, 2016

The 28th and 29th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit was held in Vientiane, Laos from 6th to 8th September 2016. Prime Minister of the Lao PDR H.E. Thongloun Sisoulith was Chairperson of the summit. The theme of the ..

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India, South-east Asian countries to set up fund for health emergencies in region

September 9, 2016

India along with 10 other member countries of World Health Organisation’s (WHO’s) South-East Asian Regional Committee has decided to set up a dedicated fund aimed at building preparedness for health emergencies in the region. Decision in this regard was taken ..

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Assam’s Majuli becomes first island district of India

September 9, 2016

Majuli became the first island district of India after it was inaugurated as the 35th district of Assam by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal. The inauguration the island district coincides with the 90th birth anniversary of Assamese music maestro and Dadasaheb ..

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India’s first LIGO laboratory to come up in Hingoli, Maharashtra

September 9, 2016

India’s first LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) laboratory will be set up in Aundh in Hingoli district of Maharashtra. It will be third such laboratory in the world and first outside the United States. The existing two laboratories are located ..

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