Current Affairs Update – 11th September, 2015

Hello and welcome to ExamPundit. Here are the Important Current Affairs of 11th September, 2015. These are important for the upcoming IBPS PO V Exam.

• When it comes to currency notes, Rs 500 bills top the demand
  charts in India, followed by thousand-rupee notes at the second place, an
  Assocham study said today.
• Of all bank notes in circulation, Rs 500 denomination bills
  accounted for 46%, while thousand-rupee notes were close behind at 39.3% as on
  March 2015.
• Showing its poor purchasing power, the Rs 100 notes
  accounted for just 10.5% of total currency notes in circulation, Assocham said
  in its survey based on RBI data.
• Among other denominations, twenty-rupee notes account for
  less than 1% of the currency in circulation and Rs 50 notes are just about 1.2%
  of the cash in circulation, the chamber observed.
• In March 2013, twenty rupee notes accounted for 5.2% of the
  total cash which got reduced to 0.6% in March, 2015. While fifty rupee notes
  accounted for 4.7% of the total circulation in the same month of that year.

• Google has announced that it is officially launching its new
  mobile payments platform Android Pay in the US.
• According to The Next Web, it replaces Google Wallet as
  Google’s primary NFC-based payment system.
• Android Pay allows the users to make contactless payments
  using their smartphone at participating retailers.
• Android Pay works with MasterCard, Visa, Discover and
  American Express cards from numerous major US banks. Citibank and Wells Fargo
  are not currently available on the platform, but Google says they will be added
  soon along with other banks.
• The company says Android Pay will work at over one million
  businesses throughout the US which includes brands like Best Buy, McDonalds,
  Walgreens and Whole Foods.

• The Global Investors Meet (GIM 2015) was on 10 September
  2015 held in Tamil Nadu to woo investors to invest in the state. The GIM 2015
  was officially inaugurated by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at the
  Chennai Trade Centre.
• The first-of-its-kind investor’s summit in Tamil Nadu was
  aimed at targeting investment commitment of 1 lakh crore rupees. Over 5000
  delegates including from foreign nations attended the two-day summit, that is,
  from 9 September to 10 September 2015.
• This event sought to realize the State’s vision of inclusive
  growth through investment inflows, growth in employment, balanced regional
  development and environmentally sustainable long term development.
• Nine countries registered themselves as partner nations for
  this mega investment event.
• HCL will invest over 1 billion US dollars over the next five
  years in southern Tamil Nadu.
• Mahindra & Mahindra will invest 2000 crore rupees in the
  state.
• Yamaha will set up a third plant in Tamil Nadu while TVS
  Motor Company will expand its footprint in Hosur and TICEL Bio Park II will
  also be set up.
• Several agreements were signed for setting up of 5345 MW
  solar power projects involving an outlay of 35356 crore rupees.

• Rajasthan on 11 September 2015 became the first Indian state
  to submit State Annual Action Plan under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and
  Urban Transformation (AMRUT).
• Under the Action Plan, Rajasthan has targeted universal
  coverage in respect of water supply connections, sewerage connections and urban
  transport to all urban households in the state.
• The State Government has proposed projects under these two
  categories worth 1087 crore rupees for approval by the Union Urban Development
  Ministry during the financial year 2015-16.
• Under the State Annual Action Plan, AMRUT projects are
  proposed to be taken up in 13 of the 28 AMRUT cities in Rajasthan.

• Union Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Smriti Irani
  on 10 September 2015 launched the National Web Portal for promotion of National
  Apprenticeship Scheme for Graduates, Diploma holders and 10+2 pass-outs
  vocational certificate holders.
• The Union Ministry also released a Logo and a Slogan Sashakt
  Yuva, Samarth Bharat for the National Web Portal.
• The Union Ministry implements the apprenticeship training
  scheme for one year through Board of Apprenticeship Training (BOATs)/Board of
  Practical Training (BOPT) located at Mumbai, Chennai, Kanpur and Kolkata.

• Virat Kohli, the test cricket captain of India, on 10
  September 2015 became the co-owner of the UAE Royals. The team will be led by
  tennis ace Roger Federer.
• Federer played for the Indian Aces team in 2014 when the
  inaugural season of IPTL (International Premier Tennis League) was played but
  this time he will be featuring for the Royals.
• The UAE Royals feature some of tennis’ greatest players like
  Tomas Berdych, Ana Ivanovic, Goran Ivanisevic, Daniel Nestor, and Kristina
  Mladenovic.
• The UAE leg of the league will be held from 14 to 16
  December 2015 at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium.

• Indian-American Jagdeep Grewal was on 3 September 2015
  sworn-in as the first woman postmaster of Sacramento city in California. With
  her swearing-in, Sacramento got a female postmaster after a span of 166 years.
• As per the US Postal Service, Gerwal (57) will oversee 1004
  employees who process and deliver mail on 537 city routes and 94 rural routes.
• Grewal started her career with the US Postal Service as a
  window clerk in 1988. Five years later, she was promoted to the post of the
  manager. She has also worked as a postmaster in Pacifica-Daly City, California.
• She had received her bachelor’s degree in education and her
  master’s degree in language arts from Punjab University in India.

• Popular Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami’s new book has gone
  on sale, with a major domestic bookstore chain buying 90 per cent of the
  initial print run in a direct challenge to online rivals.
• Murakami’s autobiographical essay, which translates into
  English as Novelist by Profession, appeared in bookstore shelves yesterday.
• The new book has grabbed headlines in Japanese media, partly
  because the Kinokuniya bookstore chain scooped up the bulk of the initial
  100,000 copies of Murakami’s work in a bid to compete with online giants such
  as Amazon.

• Renowned water policy expert Ramaswamy R Iyer passed away on
  9 September 2015 following a severe bout of viral fever in New Delhi. He was
  86.
• Iyer was known for producing a rich body of commentary on
  water policy and environmental issues. His opinion pieces in the national daily
  The Hindu were widely read and appreciated by regular readers.
• His last held position was that of an honorary research
  professor at the Centre for Policy Research. Prior to that, Iyer served as Secretary
  of Water Resources in the central government as an officer of the Indian Audit
  and Accounts Service.
• He was instrumental in drafting India’s first National Water
  Policy in 1987. For his valuable contributions, he was also awarded with the
  Padma Shri in 2014.

• Senior Congress Leader and former Member of Parliament
  Balkrishna Ramchandra Wasnik died on 10 September 2015 following cardiac
  arrest. He was 86.
• He is survived by his son and All India Congress Committee
  General Secretary and Former Union Minister Mukul Wasnik and two daughters.
• He had represented two constituencies of Vidarbha in
  Parliament namely Bhandara (in 1957 and 1962) and Buldhana (1980).
• Wasnik, a dedicated activist worked for developments of the
  Dalits and other deprived and underprivileged sections of the society. He was a
  staunch supporter of separate Vidarbha.

• Veteran Congress leader Gopal Krishan Chatrath died here
  today following a brief illness, his family said.
• Chatrath, a senator of Punjab University (PU) here, was also
  a former Advocate General and former Congress MLA.
• He was elected as MLA from Batala in the year 1980. For
  decades he had been the senator of PU. Presently, he was the chairman of Punjab
  Congress disciplinary action committee.
• His daughter Anu Chatrath had also been Chandigarh’s mayor
  in the past.
• Meanwhile, Punjab chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, deputy
  chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal and Punjab Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa
  condoled the death of Chatrath.

• John P Connell, best known as the star of the daytime drama
  Young Dr. Malone, has died in Woodland Hills. He was 91.
• Born in Philadelphia, Connell received five battle stars and
  a Purple Heart during World War II. He was a radio operator and waist gunner
  aboard a B-24 crew which completed 43 bombing missions, reported Variety.
• He broke into show business on Broadway in Time Limit and
  Uncle Willie and with the national company of Picnic.
• Connell worked on dozens of live TV broadcasts, including
  Studio One in Hollywood, Kraft Theatre, You Are There, and Goodyear Playhouse
  and starred for five years as Dr David Malone on Young Dr Malone.

• Dennis Greene, a founding member of the rock and
  roll/doo-wop group Sha Na Na and former Columbia Pictures executive, has died
  at a hospital in Dayton, Ohio. He was 66.
• According to the LA Times, Greene died after a brief illness
  on Saturday.
• Greene reached fame as part of Sha Na Na, the group known
  for ‘Tears on My Pillow’ and ‘Born to Hand-Jive.’ Both songs were on the
  soundtrack of the 1978 film “Grease,” along with other tracks
  performed by the group including ‘Those Magic Changes,’ ‘Hound Dog,’ ‘Rock
  & Roll Is Here to Stay’ and ‘Blue Moon.’
• Sha Na Na appeared as a band called Johnny Casino and the
  Gamblers in the film, along with appearances in the 1970 documentary
  ‘Woodstock’ and the group’s television series, ‘Sha Na Na.’ The variety show
  aired from 1978 to 1981.

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