Important Current Affairs September 1,2 2018 – One liner
- September 2 – World Coconut Day
- Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi launched the India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) at Talkatora Stadium in New Delhi.
- Scientists from Pune’s Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) find that ocean mean temperature (OMT) that has better ability to predict this than the sea surface temperature.
- Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, have successfully produced a chitosan-based corrosion inhibitor from sea food waste that shows over 90% efficiency in preventing steel corrosion.
- Mauritius remained the top source of foreign direct investment (FDI) into India in 2017-18 followed by Singapore, according to RBI data.
- Commerce & Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu attended the 6th East Asia Summit– Economic Ministers’ Meeting (EAS-EMM) and 15th India-ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM) in Singapore.
- A five-day training programme on ‘Landslide Mitigation and Detailed Project Report (DPR) Preparation’ concluded at IIT-Mandi successfully at Himachal Pradesh supported by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
- Binoy Kumar – Secretary in Steel Ministry
- Justice Tahira Safdar – First woman chief justice of Balochistan High Court
- R Madhavan – Assumes charge as Hindustan Aeronautics Limited [HAL] Chairman and Managing Director [CMD]
- Punjab National Bank’s managing director and chief executive, Sunil Mehta – Indian Banks Association’s (IBA) New chairman for 2018-19.
- Croatia captain Luka Modric – UEFA Men’s Player of the Year trophy has been voted the best player in Europe
- Dr B.K. Misra – Prestigious Dr B.C. Roy National Award as an Eminent Medical Person of the Year
- “Moving On, Moving Forward – A Year in Office” book – Venkaiah Naidu [to mark one year in office of Vice President Venkaiah Naidu] released by PM Modi.
- Indian Kho Kho team to participate at the First International Kho Kho Championship
Asian Games 2018
- Amit Panghal bags gold in men’s boxing in the 49kg category.
- Pranab Bardhan and Shibhnath Sarkar win gold in bridge in the men’s pair event.
- Men’s Hockey team won Bronze after defeating Pakistan
- Women’s Squash team of Joshna Chinnappa and Sunanya Kuruvilla won Silver
- Lewis Hamilton won the Italian Grand Prix to tie Michael Schumacher’s record of five Italian GP victories.
- Indonesia will bid to host the 2032 Olympics. Tokyo – 2020 Olympics with Paris – 2024 Olympics and Los Angeles – 2028 Olympics respectively.
- England clinches five match series with a 60-run win over India in the fourth test, lead series 3-1.
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