Top current affairs of 16 September 2013 1. International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer was observed on 16 September 2013 across the world to bring awareness about the depletion of Ozone layer in the atmosphere. 2. India’s wholesale price based inflation jumped to 6.10 percent in August, government data showed Monday. The headline inflation, measured in terms of the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), accelerated to 6.10 percent in August as against 5.79 percent in the previous month. 3. Abhinav Shiv Tiwari’s “OASS”, a movie on human trafficking, was named the best film at the second edition of the Ladakh International Film Festival (LIFF). 4. Saudi Arabia, where cinemas are banned, is to compete for an Oscar for the first time next year with feminist film “Wadjda” directed by Haifaa al-Mansour, a Saudi official announced on Sunday. 5. Nina Davuluri (24 year old) has become the first person of Indian descent to be crowned Miss America. 6. In Turkey, clashes between anti-government demonstrators and police continued into the early hours on Monday in Istanbul. 7. Foreign banks will provide upfront financing for wealthy non-resident Indian clients to entice them to place bulky dollar deposits back home in response to India’s drive for dollar funding to defend its weak currency, sources said. 8. The Union Ministry of Science and Technology, and RIKEN, Japan’s largest research organization have signed Ministry of Understanding (MOU) for Launching joint Research programs in applied science. 9. Kanoon Lugat, an Urdu law dictionary, a first of its kind in the country was released on 15 September 2013 in Mumbai. 10. With huge trade imbalance in favour of China, India Monday strongly pitched for market access and invited Chinese investments in infrastructure sector to address the deficit. 11. Private life insurer IndiaFirst Life has announced the availability of all its policies in dematerialised format after the formal launch of the insurance repository today. The insurance repository will provide policyholders the facility to keep insurance policies in electronic form and provide a single platform for making any changes in the same. 12. The Left-leaning All India Students Association (AISA) on Monday swept the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) election, bagging three of the four top posts by huge margins. Akbar Chaudhary was elected the president, Anubhuti Agnes the vice president, Sandeep Saurav the general secretary and Sarfaraz Hamid the joint secretary. 13. South Korean businessmen crossed into North Korea on Monday as the joint Kaesong industrial zone reopened five months after it was closed by soaring military tensions and threats of war. 14. The Indian duo of N. Sriram Balaji and Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan won the ITF Men’s Doubles Title at Sharam-Al-Sheikh, Egypt on 15 September 2013. In the title clash, the top seeded Indian duo defeated the fourth seeded Egyptian pair of Karim Hossam and Karim-Mohamed Maamoun, 6-4, 7-6. 15. Serena Williams remained first in an unchanged top 10 of the women’s tennis rankings issued on Monday by the WTA. WTA rankings as of September 16 (i) Serena Williams, United States (ii) Victoria Azarenka, Belarus (iii) Maria Sharapova, Russia,. (iv) Agnieszka Radwanska, Poland, (v) Sara Errani, Italy, (vi) Li Na, China, . (vii) Marion Bartoli, France, . (viii) Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, . (ix) Angelique Kerber, Germany, (x) Jelena Jankovic, Serbia 16. Novak Djokovic slightly increased his lead over US Open Champion Rafael Nadal in the latest men’s tennis ranking released on Monday by the ATP. ATP top 10 as of September 16 (i) Novak Djokovic, Serbia (ii Rafael Nadal, Spain, (iii) Andy Murray, Britain (iv) David Ferrer, Spain, (v) Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic,. (vi) Roger Federer, Switzerland (vii) Juan Martin del Potro, Argentina, (viii) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, (ix) Richard Gasquet, France, (x) Stanislas Wawrinka, Switzerland 17. Typhoon Man-yi hit central Japan today as officials issued a “special warning” of heavy rain, amid fears the storm could go on to hit the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.
Posted on: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 17:42:09 +0000
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