Daily Current Affairs 9 September 2017

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This post contains important current affairs of 9 September 2017. It includes all Major National, International, Business and Sports related current affairs of 9 September 2017. A brief explanation of every current affair is provided to further enhance your general knowledge. Once you have gone through these current affairs we would recommend to you to try 9 September 2017 Current affairs test.

National News

1. CBI raids Jayanti Natrajan’s house

CBI has booked former Environment Minister Jayanti Natrajan over allegations of criminal conspiracy and corruption.
She is accused of alleged anomalies in clearance of 55.79 hectares of land to Electrosteel Casting Limited in Jharkhand.

2. Use clean fuel, or will bulldoze plan: Gadkari

Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has directed carmakers to switch to alternative fuel.
He added that the government has a crystal-clear policy to reduce imports and curb pollution.

3. Manipur village 1st in Northeast with 100% computer literacy

Manipur’s Nungthang Tampak village has become the 1st in northeast to report 100% computer literacy .
The initiative was started by a social enterprise called Mangaal Rural.

4. Goa may ban swimming in seas in dark

The Goa Tourism Department has said it is planning to enact a law banning swimming in the sea after sunset and after consumption of alcohol.
This comes after 3 people drowned last week.

International News

1. India refuses to condemn Rohingya crisis

India dissociated itself from an international declaration that condemned Myanmar over the ongoing violence against Rohingya Muslims.
India argued that the forum focussed on discussing Sustainable Development Goals and referring to the violence was inappropriate

2. 60,000 people to try blowing away Hurricane Irma with fans

60,000 residents of Florida have pledged to pint their fans in the direction of Irma to blow it away.
Hurricane Irma is one of the strongest Atlantic hurricanes.

3. UK’s National Health service uses 10% of world’s pagers

UK’s National Health Service uses 1.3 lakh pagers amounting to 10% of devices in the world.
Critics suggested that smartphone apps are a cheaper alternative to pagers.

4. China to spend Rs.400 cr for Mars simulation base

China has unveiled plans to develop a 95,000 sq-km replica of Mars.
The simulation base would be used for training astronauts and tourism purposes .
The country also plans to launch a Mars probe around 2020.

Business News

1. Casino firm increases its CEO’s salary by 400%

Casino operator Las Vegas Sands has increased its CEO Sheldon Adelson’s salary to Rs.32 crore.
He can earn a bonus of around Rs.80 crore if the company bets its earnings target before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation.

2. Pandey appointed as interim GSTN Chairman

UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey is given an additional charge of Interim chairman of the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN).
GSTN’s first chairman Navin Kumar completed his term on August 29th.

3. Let us grow at 8-10% for 10 yrs before chest-thumping: Rajan

Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said India should not boast on being fastest growing economy without achieving strong GDP expansion for 10 years.
He added that Indian economy is still small but we feel we’re a big country.

Sports News
1. Harmanpreet Kaur gets job promotion from Railways

Cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur, who hit 171 runs in the recent women’s cricket World Cup, has been promoted as Officer on Special Duty (OSD) in Western Railway.
Earlier, she was serving as chief office superintendent of the Western Railway in Mumbai since May 2014.

2. Rafeal Nadal’s move to final of US Open