Current Affairs: Daily GK Update 13 September 2017

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Current Affairs: Daily GK Update 13 September 2017

National

1.The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion, Government of India organized the second State Startup Conference in New Delhi.

2.Kochi will host the fifth edition of the ‘Coastal Shipping and Inland Water Transportation Business Summit 2017’.

3.Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi to monitor and resolve the IT challenges faced in the implementation of GST.

4.Japanese Prime Minister  Shinzo Abe is at Ahmedabad in Gujarat with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the India-Japan 12th annual summit meeting. They will also attend a function to mark the commencement of work of India’s first high-speed rail project between Ahmedabad and Mumbai.

5.Prime Minister Narendra Modi and  Belarus President Aleksandr Grigoryevich Lukashenko in New Delhi signed TEN MOUs. Belarus and India are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.

 Following Agreements/MoUs were signed:
 
1. MoU between the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus
2. MoU between the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship of the Government of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Education of the Government of the Republic of Belarus for Cooperation in the Field of Vocational Education and Training
3. Agreement on Scientific and Technical Cooperation between Indian National Science Academy (INSA) and the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus
4. MoU between Indian Council of Agricultural Research, India and Belarusian State Agricultural Academy, Gorki, Belarus for Cooperation in Agricultural Research and Education
5. Protocol amending the Agreement between the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmer’s Welfare of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Belarus signed on April 16, 2007
6. Programme of cooperation between the Government of Republic of India and the Government of Republic of Belarus in the field of culture for 2018-2020
7. MoU between M/o Petroleum & Natural Gas of the Republic of India and Belarusian State Concern of Oil and Chemistry in the Oil and Gas Sector
8. MoU between JSV “Belzarubezhstroy” and National Buildings Construction Corporation Ltd.
9. MoU between JSC Belarusian Potash Company (BPC) and Indian Potash Ltd (IPL)
10. Agreement on the implementation of MoU signed between OJSC Minsk Tractor Works and Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. India in Pune.
6.The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) launched a nationwide Hackathon ‘OpenGovDataHack’ to support and showcase potential ideas/talent from inner India.
International
7.Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has removed his deputy Tourism Minister Arundika Fernando for allegedly defying the party leadership.
8.London retained its crown as the world’s top financial center in a ranking that surveys industry professionals, extending its lead over New York and Hong Kong despite ongoing uncertainty about the implications of Brexit.
9.Turkey has signed a deal with Russia to buy S-400 missile defence systems in its first major weapons purchase from Moscow, according to the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Appointment
10.Halimah Yacob was sworn-in as the 8th President of Singapore. She became the country’s first female President and the first in five decades to come from the Malay ethnicity.
Banking & Finance
11.Paytm Payments Bank (PPB) has partnered with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to launch a RuPay-powered digital debit card.
12.Payment gateway provider PayU has announced its collaborations with the IRCTC to provide users a safe and secure option to pay for rail tickets booked via the IRCTC website.
13.Reserve Bank of India will introduce 100 rupees coin to mark the birth centenary (hundredth anniversary) of AIADMK founder Late Dr. M G Ramachandran.

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