Sorted Most Important September 2018 Current Affaris for Railways, SSC CGL PDF

Awards & Honours

1.    Ramkali Dhurway, a guide from Kanha Tiger Reservein Madhya Pradesh won the "Billy Arjan Singh Memorial Award for Wildlife Guide" at TOFTigers Wildlife Awards. The theme of the 5th edition: "Inclusive Conservation- People and Wildlife".

2.    AAI Devi Ahilya Bhai Holkar Airport, Indore and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport, Ahmedabad were conferred with the prestigious National Tourism Awards 2016-17.Ahmedabad airport received the Best Airport Award in Major Cities category. Indore airport received the Best Airport Award in The awards were presented on World Tourism Day i.e. 27 Sept 2018.

3.    Andhra Pradesh bagged the first prize in state category for comprehensive development of tourism followed by Kerala. Rajasthan and Goa jointly shared the third prize. India will be the host country for official World Tourism Day celebrations in 2019.

4.    Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been awarded the prestigious United Nations Champions of the Earth Award. Narendra Modi and French President Emmanue Macron have been awarded in the Policy Leadership category, for their efforts regarding their International Solar Alliance.

5.    Arjuna Awards 2018 are as follows-

Manpreet Singh- Hockey

Ankur Mittal- Shooting

Shreyasi Singh- Shooting

Manika Batra- Table Tennis

Neeraj Chopra- Athletics

Hima Das- Athletics

Smriti Mandhana- Cricket

6.    Dronacharya Awards for the year 2018:

Subedar Chenanda Achaiah- Boxing

Vijay Sharma- Weightlifting

Srinivasa Rao- Table Tennis

Sukhdev Singh- Athletics

Clarence Lobo- Hockey (Life Time)

Tarak Sinha- Cricket (Life Time)

Jiwan Sharma- Judo (Life Time)

V.R. Beedu- Athletics (Life Time)

7.    Luka Modric won FIFA's best male player award for 2018.

·                Brazil and Orlando Pride forward Marta won the best female player award.

·                Mohamed Salah's curling, left-footed strike in an October 12, 2017 match against Everton won the Puskas Award for the best goal.

·                Peru's supporters won the FIFA Fan Award.

8.    Assamese movie 'Village Rockstars' has been selected as India's official entry to the Oscars 2019.The film is directed by Rima Das. It also won the 'Best Feature film Award' at the 65^th National Film Awards.

9.    Union Transport Minister felicitated Anushka Sharma during the 34th anniversary of Priyadarshni Academy Global Award, in Mumbai. She received the Smita Patil award for best actor. Global Awards honours the eminent personalities in social, cultural and educational fields that have made significant contribution in their respective fields.Awards were started in the year 1987.

10.   British writer Daisy Johnson became the youngest author to be shortlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize 2018. She has been shortlisted for her mother-daughter tale, "Everything Under".

11.   Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and weightlifter Mirabai Chanu will receive the prestigious 'Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna' on September 25, 2018. Chanu was chosen for the prestigious award following her gold medal in the 48kg category at the World Championships 2017. Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra was among 20 sportspersons picked for the Arjuna Awards.

12.   Vasan Bala’s superhero movie, Mard ko Dard Nahin Hota has won the Toronto film festival’s prestigious Grolsch People’s Choice Midnight Madness Award. This is the First flim to be screened in the Toronto festival’s Midnight Madness.

13.   The Union Minister HRD minister conferred the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar 2017-18 at Dr. Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi. Award money ₹ 50,000.

14.   The all-women crew of INSV Tarini has bagged the prestigious Tenzing Norgay National Adventure award.

15.   Peter Farrelly's dramatic comedy buddy movie 'Green Book', won the Toronto International Film Festival audience prize.

16.   Six aerodromes of the Airports Authority of India (AAI) have bagged seven international awards. The winning airports are Lucknow, Indore, Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata and Pune airports.

17.   Jaipur-based poet and writer Sawai Singh Shekhawat will be honoured with Meera Puruskar by Rajasthan Sahitya Academy for his contribution to Hindi Literature.Meera award is the highest award of the Rajasthan Sahitya Academy.

18.   Manoj Jhalani, Additional Secretary & Mission Director (NHM), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, has been conferred with the prestigious UN Interagency Task Force (UNIATF) award.

19.   Balzan Prize: The Balzan Foundation announced that 'Terre des Hommes' will receive 1 million Swiss francs (USD million) for a project in the African nation of Mali.

20.  Aishwarya Rai was felicitated with the 'Meryl Streep Award for Excellence' at the first edition of Women In Film and Television (WIFT).

·                Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar received the 'Wyler Award for Excellence in Direction'.

·                The award has been established to honour the best female talent in Bollywood and Hollywood at the same event.

21.   Odia poet Satrughna Pandav will be honoured with the prestigious 'Sarala Puraskar' for his poetry collection 'Misra Dhrupad'.

22.    Eminent neurosurgeon Dr. Basant Kumar Misra has been named for the prestigious Dr B.C. Roy National Award.

·                Dr B.C. Roy National Award is the highest medical honour of India, instituted by the Medical Council of India in 1962.

23.   Nehal Chudasama is crowned as the new Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva - Miss Universe India 2018.

24.   Two Indian nationals, Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk, were given the Ramon Magsaysay award, popularly known as Asia’s Nobel Prize.

Days & Events

25.   World Rabies Day 28 September. The theme for 2018 is 'Rabies: Share the message. Save a life'.

26.   World Tourism Day 27 September. The theme for 2018 is ‘Tourism and Digital Transformation’

27.   Indian Armed Forces to commemorate second anniversary of Surgical Strike ‘Parakram Parv’

28.   25 September is observed as Antyodaya Diwas every year to mark the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.

29.   The theme of International Day of Sign Languages is "With Sign Language, Everyone is Included”. Day September 23.

30.  International Day of Peace observed on 21 September. Theme- “The Right to Peace- The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 70.” The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948.

31.   The theme for Ozone Day 2018 is: Keep Cool and Carry on: Montreal Protocol. The day is celebrated on 16 September commemorating the date of the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.

32.   International Day of Democracy 15 September. Democracy under Strain: Solutions for a Changing World'.

33.   Engineers Day is celebrate on 15 September every year. It is the birthday of M Visvesvaraya's, he was a world-renowned civil engineer. He received the Bharat Ratna in 1955.

34.   Hindi Divas' is being celebrated across the country on 14 September. On this day in 1949, Hindi written in Devanagari script became the official language of India under the Article 343.

International Affairs

35.   SAFER is the WHO-led roadmap to support governments in taking practical steps to accelerate               progress on health by addressing the harmful use of alcohol.

36.   The famous Indra Jatra festival is being celebrated in Kathmandu in September with gaiety and religious fervour in Nepal.

37.   Ibrahim Mohamed Solih won the Maldives' presidential election on 24th September 2018.

38.   Germany has launched world’s first hydrogen powered train named 'Coradia iLint train'. The trains have been built by French TGV maker Alstom.

39.   Moutaz Mousa Abdallah has become Sudan's new Prime Minister.

40.  Justice Om Prakash Mishra has been sworn in as new Chief Justice of Nepal.

41.   Russia prepares for biggest war games. The exercise named Vostok-2018.

42.   A Long March-2C rocket carrying the 'HY-1C satellite' was launched from China. The satellite will help monitor ocean colour and water temperatures, providing basic data for research on the global oceanic environment.

43.   Arif Alvi, one of the founding members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party, was elected as President of Pakistan on 4th September, 2018.

44.   UAE named its first two astronauts as Hazza al-Mansouri and Sultan al-Neyadi to go for a mission on International Space Station.

45.   The 4th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) summit concluded on 31st August 2018 at Kathmandu, Nepal. The summit concluded with the signing and adoption of the 'Kathmandu Declaration' by all the seven members. BIMSTEC comprises Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. It was launched in 1997.

 National Affairs

46.   Bachendri Pal, chief of Tata Steel Adventure Foundation (TSAF) is the first Indian woman to climb the Mount Everest.

47.   The Assam Petrochemicals Limited (APL) will start a pilot project on October 5, 2018, on the use of methanol as an alternative to cooking gas. The use of methanol or methyl alcohol as an alternative to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will help reduce the cost of cooking.

48.   The Kolkata Municipal Corporation, with the support of the Asian Development Bank launched the India's first flood forecasting and early-warning system.

49.   The Supreme Court declared Section 497 from the penal code as unconstitutional. The Supreme Court on 27 September 2018 declared adultery cannot be a criminal offence.

50.  Hyderabad Metro Rail (HMR) has now become second largest metro rail network in India.

51.   SC formed committee headed by former Justice Amitava Roy to look into jail reforms.

52.   The 4th edition of India International Science Festival will be inaugurated by President of India in Lucknow on October 6, 2018.

53.   NH 6, is a national highway running from Jorabat in Meghalaya to Selling in Mizoram.

54.   The Child Adoption Regulatory Authority (CARA, is India’s nodal adoption agency.

55.   Insurance regulator IRDAI has raised the minimum insurance cover for owner-driver to Rs. 15 lakh for a premium of ₹ 750 per annum.

56.   Talcher fertilizer plant in Odisha. This will be the first plant in India to have a coal gasification based fertilizer unit. Jharsuguda Airport is in Odisha.

57.   Shri Narendra Modi, launched the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) at Ranchi, Jharkhand, on September 23, 2018.

58.   Habibganj Railway station is being redeveloped in the lines with Germany’s Heidelberg Railway Station by Indian Railway and Bansal Pathways Habibganj Pvt. Ltd.

59.   The ISRO Technology Incubation Centre has been launched in Agartala.

60.  ‘C-Vigil’ mobile app to check poll code violations and voters can also file a complaint against misconduct launched by Central Election Commission.

61.   ONGC discovered oil reserves in M.P., Bengal

62.   India along with 23 other nations will participate in a major Indian ocean-wide tsunami mock drill IOWave18.

63.   Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath inaugurated first hi-tech cruise 'Alaknanda' on the banks of river Ganga in Varanasi.

 India and World

64.   The first consignment of non-basmati rice of 100 tonnes have been shipped to China from Nagpur.

65.   The inaugural General Assembly of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) will take place in Delhi-NCR on 2October.

66.   Gandhi March' in Netherlands

67.   The 130-kilometre India-Bangladesh Friendship Pipeline Project will connect Siliguri in West Bengal in India and Parbatipur in Dinajpur district of Bangladesh.

68.   The Jaipur Literature Festival began in Houston at the Asia Society of Texas

69.   India and the United States signed Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA).

70.  India and France have announced a working group for Gaganyaan. A mission to send human to space by 2022.

71.   4th International Ayurveda Congress (IAvC) was inaugurated in the Netherlands on September 1, 2018.

 Personalities in News

72.    Mukesh Ambani has topped the 'Barclays Hurun India Rich List 2018' for the seventh consecutive year.

73.   Naval officer Commander Abhilash Tomy who is representing India in Golden Globe Race 2018 was rescued by French vessel Osiri. He was sailing vessel ‘Thuriya’

74.   Mountaineers Satyarup Siddhanta and Mousumi Khatua created history by climbing Asia's highest volcanic peak Mount Damavand in Iran. Mount Damavand is the highest peak and also a potentially active volcano. Mountain Damavand is known for its Sulphur discharge near its peak which can cause irreparable damage if exposed for a longer duration.

 Environment

75.   The Nagaland government has declared the Singphan Wildlife Sanctuary as an elephant reserve making it the 30th reserve for the elephant in the country.

Government Policies & Schemes

76.   Railways has launched “Rail Heritage Digitalisation Project” in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture.

77.   Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has notified new rules merging police forces in 6 Union Territories on September 25, 2018.

78.   The government of India proposed the merger of state-owned Bank of Baroda, Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank to create the third-largest bank.

79.   The West Bengal government has launched a scheme, 'Swayangsiddha', in different districts of the State to combat human trafficking.

80.  The festival of Nuakhai is being celebrated in Odisha.

 Science and Technology

81.   Japanese space agency's MINERVA-II1 (Micro-Nano Experimental Robot Vehicle for Asteroid, the second generation) is the world’s first rover to land on the surface of the asteroid Ryugu.

82.   Medical Cyclotron Facility,'Cyclone-30' became operational at Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC) in Kolkata.

83.   India’s first underwater robotic drone, 'Eyerovtuna', was launched on 14th September 2018.

84.   NASA is set to launch its Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2, or ICESat-2 - that will track of melting ice and disappearing sea ice.

85.   Country’s oldest research reactor 'Apsara' has been recommissioned after 9 yrs.

86.   ISRO will use its GSLV Mk-III launch vehicle, which can carry the heavier payload of the Gaganyaan.

87.   First airport at Pakyong, Sikkim on 24 September 2018. The airport, perched between the Himalayan ranges at a height of 4500 ft., 100th functional airport.

88.   Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation set up first-ever exclusive 'Pet Park' at Hyderabad.

89.   The Government of India has cleared Jharkhand government's proposal to rename Nagar Untari Railway Station as Banshidhar Railway Station and Nagar Untari town as Banshidhar Nagar.

 Committee and Recommendation

90.  Justice Mukul Mudgal was named the chairman of the 11-member selection committee to select Dronacharya and Dhyanchand awardees for 2018.

91.   The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a monitoring committee to prepare a time-bound action plan on groundwater recharge in Delhi. The committee will be headed by Justice (Retd.) S P Garg.

92.   The Telecom Commission said a National Trust Centre (NTC) would be created. NTC will certify devices and applications for machine-to-machine communication. Machine-to-machine (M2M) communications form the basis of automated information exchange between machines. The Telecom Commission, which is the highest decision-making body of the Department of Telecommunications.

  Business and Economy

93.   Bandhan Bank MD and CEO Chandra Shekhar Ghosh.

94.   BSNL has linked a pact with Japan’s Softbank and NTT Communications to roll out 5G and internet of things (IoT) technology in India.

95.   Private sector lender Yes Bank has paid ₹38 crore in fines to the GST department for alleged violations in domestic remittances.

96.   PayU India has received approval to operate its own Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC). It’s a company of South Africa’s Naspers Ltd.

97.   The Reserve Bank purchased government securities (G-secs) worth ₹ 10,000 crore on September 19, 2018.

98.   Infosys, India's second largest software exporter, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Fluido.

99.   Samsung had opened world's biggest mobile experience centre at Opera House in Bengaluru, Karnataka. Samsung has also launched the world's largest mobile phone manufacturing factory in Noida in July 2018.

100. HDFC Bank retained its top spot in the BrandZ India Top 50 valued company for the fifth year in a row.

101.  SBI Mutual Fund has appointed Ashwani Bhatia as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer.

 Sports

102. Indian team has lifted the Asia Cup for the 7th time by defeated Bangladesh by 3 wickets in the final match played at Dubai.

· Liton Das was named the man of the match for scoring 121 runs off 117 balls.

· Player of the series: Shikhar Dhawan (342)

· Participants: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Hong Kong.

103.  The 8th Asian Yoga Sports Championship organised by Asian Yoga Federation was inaugurated on 27 September 2018 in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.

104. Gurpreet Singh clinched a silver medal in the senior men's standard pistol event at ISSF World Championships.

105. James Anderson has become the highest wicket taker among seamers in Test matches. The list of highest wicket takers in Tests, however, is led by spinners Muttiah Muralitharan (800 wickets), Shane Warne (708 wickets) and Anil Kumble (609 wickets).

106. Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jamie Murray won the US Open mixed doubles title. Murray has now won four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles.

107. The Indian men's hockey team beat Pakistan by 2-1 to clinch a bronze medal on the 14th day of Asian Games 2018.

108. Japanese swimmer Ikee Rikako has been named as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 18th edition of Asian Games. She became the first female athlete to win the MVP title

109. In Asian Games, Women's hockey team settled for silver medal after losing to Japan in the final.

110.  In boxing, Sakshi Choudhary won the gold medal at the World Youth Boxing in Budapest on 31st August 2018. Sakshi won the gold medal in the 57-kilogram category.

 Defence

111.  Astra is the indigenously developed Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM).

112.  The Indian Armed Forces will observe ‘Parakram Parv’ from September 28 - 30 to mark the second anniversary of the surgical strikes across the Line of Control.

113.  Lt. Gen. M.M. Naravane has been appointed as the next Eastern Army Commander.  Also, Air Marshal Anil Khosla who is currently the Eastern Air Force Commander has been appointed as the Vice Chief of IAF.

114.  Indian Coast Guard Ship 'Vijaya', the second in the series of 98 m offshore patrol vessels (OPVs), will be based at Paradip.

115.  A joint military training exercise between India and USA named as "Yudh Abhyas 2018" will be conducted in Uttarakhand.

116.  Indo-Mongolia joint exercise 'Nomadic Elephant-2018', commenced at Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF) Five Hills Training Area, Indian contingent is represented by 17 Punjab Regiment.

117.  The military field training exercise for the 'Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technological and Economic Cooperation' (BIMSTEC) nations called 'MILEX-18' was inaugurated on 10th September 2018 at Aundh Military Station near Pune.

118.  Exercise Aviaindra is an Air Force level exercise between India and the Russian Federation. First Aviaindra was conducted in 2014. Exercise Aviaindra-18 is being conducted at Lipetsk, Russia.

119.  The 2nd edition of Nepal-China joint military exercise begins in China's Sichuan province. Military personnel from both the countries will attend the 12-day long military drill 'Mt Everest Friendship Exercise'.

120. INS Sahyadri reaches the Port of Darwin, Australia to participate in exercise KAKADU 2018.