Important Current Affairs September 17 – One liner
- Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated two pilot projects of smart fencing along the Indo-Pakistan International Border in Jammu.
- Germany rolled out the world’s first hydrogen-powered train.
- Expats in UAE will be allowed to stay back in country for longer period of time after their retirement.
- The Hubble Space Telescope has started a new mission to study six massive galaxy clusters in the universe.
- NITI Aayog proposes that land for shifting cultivation be recognised as agricultural land under agro-forestry.
- A bilateral meeting on Tourism Cooperation between India and Morocco held in New Delhi.
- The Union Minister for Railways and Coal, Shri Piyush Goyal inaugurated the ‘first ever’ India Tourism Mart (ITM 2018) in New Delhi.
- Prashant Kumar – SBI Chief Financial Officer
- Centre proposes to amalgamate Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank.
- “Sagarmatha Friendship-2” military exercise between Nepal and China focuses on counter-terrorism and disaster management.
- Kerala Tourism – Two Pacific Asia Travel Association gold awards [‘Yalla Kerala’ travel advertisement print media campaign in the Gulf countries and second for an innovative poster for Kochi-Muziris Biennale.]
- The National Health Agency (NHA), the apex body implementing the Ayushman Bharat has launched a website and a helpline number.
- Sakshi Malik won Silver medal in the 62 kg category and Pooja Dhanda won Bronze medal in the 57 kg category at the Medved International Wrestling tournament at Minsk.
- World champion Kevin Mayer set a new world record in the decathlon in France.
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