Current Affairs: Daily GK Update 11 September 2017

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Current Affairs: Daily GK Update 11 September 2017

National

1.Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman flagged off the Navika Sagar Parikrama by an all-women crew of Indian Navy aboard Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) Tarini from INS Mandovi jetty in Goa.

2.Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation stone for Ranchi Smart City coming up on the Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) land. According to the Urban Development Minister CP Singh, this would be the country’s first ‘green-field’ smart city.

3.Indian Ambassador in UAE Navdeep Singh Suri inaugurated the second Indian Workers’ Resource Centre (IWRC) in UAE to provide support and counseling to Indians in distress.

Defence

4.India’s indigenously developed third generation anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) Nag has been successfully flight tested by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in deserts of Rajasthan, marking the completion of development trials.

Bank & Finance

5.Punjab National Bank and state-run firm BSNL teamed up to roll out open mobile wallet Speedpay across 10 states in the country.

6.Private sector lender IndusInd Bank and India’s second largest Microfinance company Bharat Financial Inclusion have signed a confidentiality agreement for the proposed merger between them.

International

7.Prince Charles, the heir to Britain’s throne, became the longest-serving Prince of Wales in history. 

8.The air forces of China and Pakistan began a joint training exercise named “Shaheen VI” and deployed their latest fighter jets and AWACS aircraft

Sports

9.2017 US Open

                       Rafael Nadal was the winner of Men’s Singles. 

                       Sloane Stephens was the winner of Women’s Singles

10.India has finished fifth in the medals tally with one gold and two silver medals at the Moscow Shotgun World Championships.Italy topped the tally with nine gold medals for a total of 17 medals in all.

11.India has won 2nd South Asian Basketball, SABA, Under – 16 Championship. India defeated Bhutan by 131-50 in its last league match at Kathmandu in Nepal.