September 2016 Key Point for Current Affairs: For CLAT, BBA Entrance

 Bezwada Wilson, TM Krishna receive 2016 Magsaysay Award

 Ashok Chawla appointed as Chancellor of TERI University

 2016 BRICS Convention on Tourism begins in Madhya Pradesh

 Union Cabinet approves simplification and liberalisation of FDI Policy, 2016

 CCI fines 10 cement companies and CMA for cartelisation

 Solung festival begins in Arunachal Pradesh

 First BRICS film festival begins in New Delhi

 India ranks 35th in World Bank’s 2016 Logistics Performance Index

 Majuli declared largest river island in world by Guinness World Records

 Canada’s British Columbia becomes first foreign government to issue masala bonds

 Election Commission grants National Party status to All India Trinamool Congress

 Kiran M Shaw appointed Knight of Legion of Honor by France

 C Vidyasagar Rao sworn in as acting Governor of Tamil Nadu

 Nico Rosberg wins 2016 Italian Grand Prix  Mother Teresa canonised as Saint

 Urjit Patel assumes charge as 24th RBI Governor

 N Sikki Reddy, Pranaav Chopra wins Brazil Open Grand Prix mixed doubles title

 Ecologist Bibhuti Lahkar wins IUCN’s Heritage Heroes Award 2016

 Union Health Ministry launches campaign to eradicate leprosy

 2016 G-20 Summit held in Hangzhou, China

 Indian film Thithi wins best film award at BRICS Film Festival

 WHO certifies India Yaws, Maternal & Neonatal Tetanus free

 India, Kazakhstan Joint Exercise PRABAL DOSTYK-16 begins

 India inks open skies pact with Greece

 Bengaluru hosts first edition of IoT India Congress

 08 September: International Literacy Day

 Novel on Apatani tribe of Arunachal Pradesh wins MM Bennetts Award

 ICICI Bank: First bank to introduce Software Robotics for power banking operations

 ISRO’s GSLV-F05 launches advanced weather satellite INSAT-3DR

 2016 ASEAN Summit held in Vientiane, Laos

 Haryana wins Best Horticulture State award

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

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

 Union Government launches Urja Mitra Helpline for power outages

 World’s first daily driverless bus service launched in Lyon, France

 CBDT launches e-nivaran to resolve I-T grievances

 Stan Wawrinka wins 2016 US Open Men’s Singles title

 Union Cabinet approves formation of GST Council

 Deepa Malik first Indian woman to win Paralympics medal

 3rd BRICS Urbanisation Forum Meet begins in Vishakhapatnam

 Joint India-US army exercise Yudh Abhyas 2016 begins in Uttarakhand

 Devendra Jhajharia wins gold medal in javelin throw at 2016 Rio Paralympics

 14 September: National Hindi Divas

 India-born innovator Ramesh Raskar wins 2016 Lemelson-MIT Prize

 Reliance Communications and Aircel to be merged

 Indian-American Abraham Verghese selected for National Humanities Medal 2015

 Dinesh Bharadia wins 2016 Marconi Society Paul Baran Young Scholar Award

 NASA’s Cassini spacecraft to make final observations of Saturn

 16 September: International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer

 Writer Meghna Pant wins FON South Asia Short Story Award

 Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma conferred with Arjuna Award

 Kunwar Bai chosen as Swachh Bharat Abhiyan mascot

 Indian Navy’s most Advanced Guided Missile Destroyer Mormugao launched

 India declares itself free from Avian Influenza

 Priyesha Deshmukh wins bronze medal in World Deaf Shooting Championships

 Indian shooter Subhankar Pramanick wins gold at ISSF Junior World Cup in Azerbaijan

 Supreme Court moves away from death penalty

 HRD Minister inaugurates Super Computer PARAM-ISHAN at IIT Guwahati

 India ranks 112th in 2016 World Economic Freedom Index

 Long range surface-to-air Barak-8 missile successfully test fired

 World leaders adopt New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants at UNGA

 Union Government shortlist 27 Cities for Smart Cities Mission in 3rd batch

 21 September: International Day of Peace

 National Board for Wildlife clears first phase of Ken-Betwa interlinking project

 Union Cabinet approves advancement of the Budget presentation

 Union Cabinet approves merger of Rail budget with General budget

 Incredible India Tourism Investors Summit-2016 begins in New Delhi

 Syrian aid group White Helmets wins Right Livelihood Award

 2 Indians selected for 2016 Clark R. Bavin Wildlife Law Enforcement Awards

 Union Government appoints three economists to Monetary Policy Committee

 Navtej Sarna appointed Ambassador to the US

 World’s largest solar power plant commissioned at Kamudhi, Tamil Nadu

 Hindi and Urdu writer Reoti Saran Sharma passes away

 Tamil film Visaranai selected as India’s official entry to Oscars 2017

 Indian Air Force successfully test fires long range air-to-air MICA missile

 India and Russia joint military exercise Indra 2016 begins

 India, France ink deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets

 Velavan Senthilkumar wins U-19 Asian title of Squash

 India, US Joint Military Training Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2016 concludes

 World’s largest radio telescope built in China

 CSIR celebrates its platinum jubilee

 ISRO successfully launches 8 satellites into two different orbits

 Sathiyan Gnanasekaran wins Belgium Open title of Table Tennis

 India wins historic 500th Test against New Zealand

 27 September: World Tourism Day

 Union Government decides to suspend talks on Indus Waters Treaty

 RK Pachnanda appointed as DG of National Disaster Response Force

 Colombia, FARC sign Historic Pact ending 52-year Civil War

 Gurgaon officially renamed Gurugram

 IGI becomes Asia-Pacific’s first carbon neutral airport

 Jim Yong Kim re-appointed as President of World Bank for second term

 India ranks 39th in 2016-17 Global Competitiveness Index

 Union Cabinet gives approves Varistha Pension Bima Yojana, 2003 and Varistha Pension Bima Yojana, 2014

 CCEA approves implementation of Project SAKSHAM for CBEC’s GST integration

 World’s first three-parent baby born in Mexico

 Union Cabinet approves ratification of the Paris Agreement

 Former Israeli PM and President Shimon Peres passes away

 S Sivakumar appointed as full time member of 21st Law Commission of India

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