Current Affairs Day Wise- Sept 7, 2017
1- Mother Teresa was declared the co-patron of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Calcutta.
2-Israeli Prime Minister is Benjamin Netanyahu
3-ICRC-International Committee of the Red Cross; President-Peter Maurer
4-Iranian President is Hassan Rouhani
5-New York Attorney General is Eric T. Schneiderman
6-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe warned North Korea against continuing nuclear program
7- The US Commerce Department has launched trade probe over Indian, Chinese stainless steel flanges
8-Hurricane Irma, a category 5 storm is scheduled to make landfall in the US state
9-Shaktipunj Express derailed near Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh
10-THAAD- Terminal High Altitude Area Defence
11-Radio City 91.1 FM and Apple Music announced to offer curated playlists
12- Nirmala Sitharaman took charge as India’s first full-fledged woman Defence Minister.
13-Economic ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) four-day meeting held in Manila.
14-Gujarat has launched subsidized food scheme for construction workers
15- Facebook is on a hunt for an office space in Shanghai
16-ICBM- Intercontinental ballistic missile
17- Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the grave of last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar known as Shwegadon Pagoda at Yangon in Myanmar and also prayed at a Kali temple.
18-Actor Darsheel Safary has been roped in as face of Harry Potter fest
19- Airtel Business launched Airtel GST Advantage for small businesses
20-The TADA court has awarded death sentence to two convicts namely Tahir Merchant and Feroz Khan, life imprisonment sentence to two including the gangster Abu Salem and Karimullah Khan in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.
21-CAS -Court of Arbitration for Sport
22-FIFA has given order that the World Cup African zone qualifier between South Africa and Senegal will be replayed this November
23-Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises is Anant Geete
24- Two coaches of the Rajdhani Express from Ranchi derailed near Minto Bridge station in New Delhi.
25-American actor Edward Sonnenblick said India is the love of his life
26-15th international bridge championship will be held in New Delhi at the JW Marriott Hotel
27-Google launched a feature for ‘Google My Business’ to help Indian SMBs manage business online.
SMB-small and medium business
28-The West Bengal government headed by CM Mamata Banerjee will ratify the entry of IT major Infosys in the state
29- The Goa government is likely to ban ‘drunken swimming’ off its beaches.Goa state Tourism Minister is Manohar Ajgaonkar.
30- Chinese Foreign Minister is Wang Yi
31-India will face Australia in Hockey World League Final opener to be held in Bhubaneswar Kalinga Stadium
32-Manipur Deputy CM is Yumnam Joykumar
33-Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik was arrested in Srinagar
34-Delhi-Jaipur Jet Airways flight with at least 62 passengers on board suffered a tyre deflation at Jaipur airport
35-Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker is P. Dhanapal
36-An Indian-origin teenager Mansour Anis, Grade 9 student at Delhi Private School in Sharjah, received a certificate for his first solo flight from an aviation academy in Canada.
37- In Bengaluru at the Grand Sheraton, the Ist edition of the India Poker Championship (IPC) Awards will be held.
38-Uber launched a new ride option called ‘PREMIER’, which will be available in Mumbai and Pune initially.
39-RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his son Tejashwi Yadav have received CBI summons to appear before it in Railway hotel leasing case.
40- YES BANK announced that Samsung India will allow its credit Card customers to use payment platform Samsung Pay.
41-Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has finalized the names of the office-bearers for the Research Department of the AICC. It is headed by Congress Rajya Sabha member Rajeev Gowda.
42-Internet connectivity to the remotest part of the north-eastern state is possible now as the Assam government signed a MoU with Google India Pvt. Ltd.
43- Olive tea will come to the markets of Europe soon from Rajasthan farms.
44-STPI- The Software Technology Parks of India
45-Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao(KCR) has written a letter inviting Prime Minister Narendra Modi to inaugurate the first phase of the Hyderabad Metro Rail on November 28, 2017.
46-Amazon has opened its largest fulfillment center near Hyderabad.
47-Actress Adah Sharma will be the ambassador of the coffee brand Nescafé.
48-According to ICC reports, Australia slipped one place to fifth in the International Cricket Council Test rankings headed by India.
49- Fortis Healthcare launched a 24×7 helpline to provide psychological support to teenagers about online game Blue Whale Challenge.
50- Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N T Rama Rao‘s son Nandamuri Jayakrishna gets six months’ simple imprisonment in connection with a 2015 cheque bounce case.But he gets a bail.