Current Affairs Sep 14, 2015

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1. Bank of Maharashtra launches Soil & Water Health Card and PMMY: Mr. R.K.Gupta, Executive Director, Bank of Maharashtra, a Leading Public Sector Bank launched Soil and Water Health Card for farmers through Mahabank Agriculture Research & Rural Development Foundation (MARDEF). This is to supplement the efforts of Hon’ble Prime Minister of India for focusing attention on the health of soil in agricultural areas to boost productivity and bring increased prosperity.

2. Australia win ODI series after Ashes misery: With the pain of losing the Ashes, team Australia celebrated the consolation prize of winning the ODI (One Day International) series against England.

3. Sports Ministry Grants Recognition to Indian Kalarippayattu Federation as RSF: Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has recognized the Indian Kalarippayattu Federation (IKF) as Regional Sports Federation (RSF) with an immediate effect.

4. 14th September: National Hindi Divas: National Hindi Divas is an annual literary-day celebrated on 14 September in Hindi speaking regions of India and other countries with Hindi speaking population.

5. Indian bankers top Fortune’s most powerful women list: Bankers Chanda Kochhar and Arundhati Bhattacharya have been ranked as top two in a list of most powerful women in Asia-Pacific prepared by the global magazine Fortune. Kochhar, 53, who heads the country’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank, has been ranked at the top, up from the second position last year. She is followed by Arundhati Bhattacharya, Chairman of the country’s largest lender State Bank of India, whose ranking has also moved up from the fourth spot where she was last year.

6. Prabhat Singh takes over as MD & CEO of Petronet LNG: Prabhat Kumar Singh took over as the new Managing Director and CEO of Petronet LNG Ltd, India’s biggest liquefied natural gas importer.

7. Classical dancer Kalamandalam Sathyabhama passes away: Kalamandalam Sathyabhama, doyen of classical dance form Mohiniyattam passed away in Palakkad district of Kerala.

8. Narsingh Pancham Yadav books an Olympic berth for 2016 Rio games: Indian Wrestler Narsingh Pancham Yadav has secured quota for India in the 2016 Olympic Games.