Current Affairs: Daily GK Update 05 September 2017
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Current Affairs: Daily GK Update 05 September 2017
National
1.Teacher’s Day is celebrated in India on 5th September in honor of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who was born on September 5, 1888. Dr. Radhakrishnan was India’s second president and a great scholar, philosopher and Bharat Ratna recipient.
2.President Ram Nath Kovind laid the foundation stone of the second phase of link IV pipeline canal of Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI) Yojana in Rajkot, Gujarat.
3.The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched two new contraceptives- an injectable contraceptive MPA under the ‘Antara’ program and a contraceptive pill ‘Chhaya’ in the public health system to expand the basket of contraceptive choices for couples.
4.The Union Environment Ministry launched an environmental awareness initiative on the occasion of Teachers’ Day. Under the initiative, an online environmental quiz competition named Prakriti Khoj will be conducted at the national level.
Appointment
5.R A Sankara Narayanan has taken charge as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Vijaya Bank.
6.Olympic silver-medallist Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore being appointed as the new Youth Affairs and Sports Minister.
7.KV Rama Moorthy has assumed charge as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank.
Sports
8. India’s Konsam Ormila Devi bagged a gold medal in 44kg weight category on the opening day of the Commonwealth Youth (boys & girls) weightlifting championships, held at Gold Coast, Australia.
9.Captain of Indian basketball team Amritpal Singh created history by becoming the first Indian player to be signed by an Australian Basketball team.
Banking & Finance
10.RBI included HDFC Bank in the list of ‘too big to fail’ lenders.With the inclusion of HDFC Bank in the list, there will now be three ‘too big to fail’ financial entities in the country.