Today Current Affairs 26th Sept 2016

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GST Amendment Bill Passed by the Madhya Pradesh

The MP Assembly has passed the Goods & Service Tax (GST) Constitution Amendment Bill. Madhya Pradesh became the seventh state in the country to ratify the important tax amendment bill.

Before Gujarat, Bihar, Jharkhand, Assam, Himachal Pradesh and Chhattisgarh have already passed the bill in their respective States.

Indian Oil Corporation New Chairman Sanjiv Singh

Sanjiv Singh (56-year) will be the new Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation (IOC).
He replaced B Ashok on his superannuation at the end of May 2017.
Singh is currently Director of Refineries at IOC since 1st July 2014.

Rajasthan replaces 5 lakh streetlights with LED bulbs

Rajasthan becomes the first state to approve Centre’s Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) in all its urban local bodies (ULB). Almost 5 lakh conventional streetlights have replaced with LED streetlights across the state.

The project has supported by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a public energy services company under the administration of Union ministry of power at no cost to the state.

International airport to come up at Purandar, Pune

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has declared that proposed Pune International Airport will now come up in Purandar taluka, which is about 42 km from Pune.

An expert team of Airports Authority of India (AAI) had conducted the feasibility study of the land for the project at Purandar taluka and approved it four days ago.

Delhi Government to have state-level bravery awards

The Delhi government has cleared a proposal of having state-level bravery awards.

These awards were given out on Independence Day (15-August) and Republic Day (26th-January) every year.
Ten awards will be paid and will carry a cash prize of 2 lakh rupees each.
The winners will be selected as per the nominations by the public.

Delhi government raises Doctors retirement age to 65

The Delhi administration has increased the retirement age of city government services doctors to 65 years.

Earlier, the retirement age of doctors was 62 years.
The Lieutenant Governor (LG) Najeeb Jung has given his approval to government’s proposal to increase the retirement age of doctors.

IAF successfully test fires long range air-to-air MICA missile

Indian Air Force (IAF) has successfully fired long-range air-to-air MICA missile from Mirage-2000 Upgrade combat aircraft on a maneuvering target.

The rocket reached a direct hit on a target which was much smaller than an actual aircraft and flying at a low altitude.
IAF has become one of the few air forces in the world that have the capability of starting such beyond visual range (BVR) air-to-air missile.

Velavan Senthilkumar wins squash U-19 Asian title in Kuala Lumpur

Asian Junior Individual Squash Championship under 19 title was Lifted by the India’s Velavan Senthilkumar (from Chennai) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Senthilkumar defeated Jordan’s Mohammad Al-Sarraj (12-14, 9-11, 11-6, 11-8, 11-7) to claim the title.

Today Current Affairs 26-09-2016