CURRENT AFFAIRS FOR THE MONTH SEPTEMBER 2015

CORPORATE AFFAIRS, TECHNOLOGY AND E-COMMERCE

1. FoxConn to invest Rs 460 Crores in refurbished goods retailer GreenDust.
2. Indian led Atlas Jewellery defaults on $ 136 million.
3. Uber plans to launch mobile wallet in India.
4. Tata Sons made a personal investment in online marketplace for Chefs known as 'HolaChef'.
5. Flipkart ( 94% ) and Practo ( 100% ) CEO's gets top ratings from staff.
6. Flipkart will sell goods worth Rs 6500 Crores in fiscal year 2016.
7. Max Life Insurance looks forward to sell 22% stake to private equity firms which will fetch them Rs 4000 crores.
8. Ericsson to invest $ 20 million in 2nd unit in India.
9. ABB, the Swedish-Swiss Power and Automation tecnology group has appointed Bazmi Hussain as Chief Technology officer.
10. Cipla set to buy Hetero's US operations for $ 550 million.
11. Twitter is the top source of Breaking news.
12. Genesis Assets sells 2% stake in Ambuja Cement for Rs 646 Crores.
13. Sistema Shyam Teleservices, CEO, Dmitry Shukov resigns.
14. Cipla to buy US based InvaGen Pharmaceuticals and Exelan Pharmaceuticals for Rs 3,652 Crores.
15. Everstone Capital raises $ 730 million in third round which is largest in the year 2015.
16. Suvidhaa acquires Aasaaan Pay a mobile data Company for Rs 3 Crores.
17. Delhi government rejects Uber's license plea again.
18. CLP India's green energy arm has raised Rs 600 crores from green bonds.
19. Blackstone buys back Intelenet for Rs 2500 crores.
20. Donate sperm and get I-phone 6s in China.
21. Lupin eyes UK Pharma company Sinclair for $ 500 million.
22. Sun Pharma to buy US company Insite vision for Rs 300 Crores.
23. Blackstone set to buy back Serco BPO at a discount at Rs 2558 Crores.
24. Toshiba Corporation hikes stake in UEM India to 80%.
25. Hasit Joshipula to lead L & T Corporation initiatives.
26.  Vedanta Resources has hired Cynthi Carolll as the Chairwoman of the holding company.
27. Volkswagen has initiated an internal probe in India after the scandal over rigged emission test.
28. Apple to launch I-phone 6s and 6s Plus in India on October 16.
29. Nestle ends contract with third party maker Saj Food Products of Maggi.
30. Quick Heal plans to raise Rs 1,200 Crores via IPO.
31. Switzerland bans sale of 18,000 Volkswagen vehicles.
32. UK businessman Raj Bagri buys Leela Hotel in Goa for Rs 725 Crores which will be biggest single property deal in hospitality sector.
33. Honda recalls 2.24 lakhs premium cars to replace faulty air-bags.
34. Vikas Purohit head of Amazon India Fashion and Lifestyle quits.
35. Sunil Duggal is appointed as CEO of Hindustan Zinc.
36. Martin WinterKorn CEO of Volkswagen has quit in awake of the scandal.
37. 75 employees of Adidas each took ownership of one Franchisee retail store in India.
38. Vedanta resources cuts 4000 jobs in India since January 2015.
39. 2 Independent directors of Spice Jet resigns.
40. Two Indian Conglomerates were forced to pay $ 5 million each to hackers.
41. Dilip Shanghvi might be the second wealthiest Indian but lowest paid MD at Rs 2.73 crores.
42. MRG Hospitality acquires Mumbai's biz hotel Aura Grande for Rs 100 Crores.
43. Vedanata Resources Chief Legal Officer Mukesh Bhavnani resigns.
44. R Sundar Rajan appointed as the head of Legal department of Bharti Airtel.
45. PACL fined a record Rs 7,269 Crores by SEBI.
46. E-Commerce companies may spend Rs 2000 crores on Discounts and Marketing.
47. Volkswagen market capitalization down by $ 17 billion over scam.
48. India World's No.3 market for diamonds.
49. L&T has appointed Mr SNS as Deputy MD and President with effect from October 1 2015.
50. Bain Capital buys 10% stake in L&T Finance for $200 million.
51. Indian IT Companies paid $ 22 billion in US taxes over 5 years.
52. Lodha Group's top executives CFO Anurag Singhvi and CMO R karthik quits.
53. LINE Instant messaging app India Business Head Damandeep Singh and User Acquisition Head Rajat Gupta have resigned.
54. Videocon to convert Rs 75000 Crores debt to equity.
55. Arun Sarin is the new investor and strategic advisor for music streaming service Saavn.
56. Idea to also shift prepaid users to per second billing.
57. Mukesh Ambani retains richest Indian tag for 9th year in the row.
58. Tata Steel sells Rs 2.5k Crores stock in Tata Motors.
59. Pravin Dixit named as the State's new DGP.
60. Apple India sales target 12 Lakh I-Phones in 1st Quarter.
61. Chrys Cap's Infogain acquires BlueStar's IT unit for Rs 180 Crores.
62. Reliance Jio raises Rs 3500 Crores via Debentures.

POLITICS, ECONOMY, SPORTS, CRIMES, ENTERTAINMENT AND WORLD NEWS.

1. Rajiv Mehrishi named as the home secretary as LC Goyal quits.
2. SEBI is setting up Rs 325 Crores campus in Patalganga to train people.
3. GDP growth rate @ 7% for the first quarter.
4. Supreme Court stays Rajasthan High Court's ban on ' Santhara '.
5. MSCPCR has said CCTV cameras in bus is a must.
6. One out of 298 new colleges get government nod.
7. Bono becomes world's richest Pop Star because of facebook shares.
8. Ratan Watal named as the finance Secretary.
9. Foreign investors have taken out Rs 17,300 Crores from the market.
10. Catholics plan T.V. Channel to inculcate family values.
11. Indian Government believes Pakistan is holding 54 army personnels as Prisoners of Wars.
12. A bartender in UK finds $ 20 and plays lottery with it and wins $ 1 billion.
13. Manufacturing activity slows on new order moderation.
14. Oil Companies cut Aviation turbine fuel by a steep 11.7% but still Airfares are high.
15. Sports Sector is $ 2 billion sector says CEO of Star India Sanjay Gupta.
16. Shiv Sena demands to change the name of Aurangabad to Sambhaji Nagar.
17. The Railway Ministry has approved projects worth Rs 1.5 Lakh Crores which will be funded by LIC loan.
18. 75000 people aged 15-34 years were killed and 82% of victims were males.
19. GOA tops states in Crimes against Foreign Visitors.
20. In CWG scam 4 Delhi Civic Staff gets 4 years jail and Firm's MD gets 6 years Jail.
21. Enrollment to Under-Graduate courses sees a rise by 22% in Mumbai University.
22. TV Ad spends increase by 21% in Jan- June 2015.
23. 11 Indians in UAE detention for IS links.
24. Mumbai tops World in terror risk to GDP.
25. Green Peace India's FCRA Licence cancelled by Centre.
26. More than 3 trillion trees exist on earth roughly 422 per person.
27. ONGC Videsh limited to buy 15% in Rosneft's Vankor Field for Rs 8910 Crores.
28. Saina Nehwal signs Rs 12 Crores endorsement deal with Edelweiss.
29. Salary of 1,500 teachers hiked.
30. Nine Universities in Maharashtra state gets Rs 20 Crores each to improve their infrastructure.
31. New Body for 230 buses to cost Rs 20 Crores.
32. Slum Rehabilitation Authority set to survey slum-dwellers and will issue identity cards to those eligible for free housing.
33. In Maharashtra to become a rickshaw driver you need to know Marathi.
34. Maharashtra State suspended deputy director of education for Mumbai Region due to irregularities in FYJC admissions.
35. BEST daily passengers at a low of 28 Lakhs in June 2015.
36. Indian Oil Corporation lines up investments of Rs 2 Lakh Crores.
37. Exports dip by 20.7% in August to $ 21.6 billion from $ 26.8 billion.
38. Imports dipped nearly 10% to $33.7 billion.
39. Railways to seek Rs 1 Lakh Crore for Safety fund from Finance Ministry.
40. The Wadala RTO revoked Janhavi Gadkar's Driving licence.
41. 10 micro-finance banks get RBI nod.
42. Godavari and Krishna rivers linked , it will help to boost river grid nationality.
43. 23 Lakh doctorates apply for 368 peons post in UP.
44. Platform raising of all suburban railway platforms to be completed by 2018.
45. 4 teachers from Mumbai City receive awards from President.
46. Madras HC lets GreenPeace Keep its FCRA licence.
47. Two Indians abducted in Libya.
48. The first round of FM radio licences closed with Government raising Rs 1,064 Crores.
49. One in Three Persons in the world are Malnourished.
50. 8000 villages to be declared drought hit.
51. Marine life dipped by 50% in 40 years.
52. The Ministry of Civil Aviation has withdrwan the no-frisking privilege from Robert Vadara.
53. 18 power plants to get Rs 1,7 thousand Crores subsidy to buy imported gas.
54. Kharif foodgrain output likely to dip 1.79 % this year.
55. Number of Kids studying in English medium Schools doubles in 5 years growth rate is 89.6%.
56. Actor Nana Patekar's NAAM Foundation gets net goodwill of Rs 6 Crores.
57. 80 Transgenders among 2 lakh students taking CAT this year.
58. The no of Indians killed in HAJ stampede rose to 45.
59. Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has lent his voice to Swachh Bharat Anthem.
60. Packs of all tobacco products to Carry  85% pictorial warning.
61. Only 6 states show dedication towards Swachh Bharat Mission.
62. Government holding in IDBI bank to be reduced to 49%.
63. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley sets the target of Rs 1.22 crores loan target.
64. Uttarakhand lists people who are under 4 feet across 12 districts and government will give them aid of Rs 800 a month.
65. Former PM of India Manmohan Singh's Daughters voluntarily surrenders Special Protection Group.
66. ED attaches properties worth Rs 200 Crores in NRHM Scam.
67. Only 22 Crores people under health insurance cover.
68. NITI Ayog Vice-Chairman Arving Panagariya has been appointed as the Sherpa for G20 negotiations.
69. AICTE plans to slash 6 Lakh Enginnering Seats.
70. Global costs of dental diseases is $ 442 billion.
71. Jagmohan Dalmiya, BCCI President Dead.
72.  717 die in Haj Stampede on Eid eve, worst tragedy in 25 years.
73. Airfares down by 47%.
74. Kiran Nadar buys Francis Souza's painting ' BIRTH ' for Rs 27 Crores.
75. Sheena Bora probe transferred to CBI.
76. For every Cops there are 2 NGO'S in India.
77. Rajasthan's Anti-Corruption Bureau arrested 8 people in Rs 8 crore mining bribe case. 
78. Sugar Stock piles up , Government asks producers to export 40 Lakh tonnes.
79. 66% of Indians including Congress supporters , Back Narendra Modi.
80. Now, None of the Above option (NOTA) gets own symbol ' X '.
81. India has topped the list of destinations for FDI.
82. Global stocks 2 Year low on Commodities.