Current Affairs September, 2016

• ISRO’s GSLV-F05 launches advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR
• Assam’s Majuli becomes first island district of India
• Novel on Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh wins MM Bennetts Award

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.

India along with 10 other member countries of World Health Organisation̢۪s (WHO̢۪s) South-East Asian Regional Committee has decided to set up a dedicated fund aimed at building preparedness for health emergencies in the region.

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.

India̢۪s first LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory) laboratory will be set up in Aundh in Hingoli district of Maharashtra.

China has claimed that it has successfully developed and tested a radar system that uses quantum entanglement to beat the stealth technology of modern military aircrafts.

The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has successfully launched advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR.

India’s largest private sector bank ICICI Bank has successfully deployed ‘Software Robotics’ for power banking operations. With this, it becomes first bank in the country and among few globally to deploy ‘Software Robotics’.

Novel based on Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh titled Into the Hidden Valley has won 2016 MM Bennetts Award for Historical Fiction in the United Kingdom.

Majuli became the first island district of India after it was inaugurated as the 35th district of Assam by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.

• President gives assent to the Constitution (122nd Amendment) (GST) Bill, 2014
• Integration of DigiLocker with Driving Licenses & Vehicle Registration Certificates launched
• Bengaluru hosts first edition of IoT India Congress

The Union Government has launched a new service -integration of DigiLocker with Driving Licenses (DL) & Vehicle Registration Certificates (RC).