Daily Current Affairs 26 September 2017

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This post contains important current affairs of 26 September 2017. It includes all Major National, International, Business and Sports related current affairs of 26 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 26 September 2017 Current affairs test.

National News

1. Official arrested over Rs.500 cr wealth 3 days before retirement

An Andhra Pradesh municipal department official Golla Venkata Raghurami Reddy was arrested 3 days before his retirement.
He owns a hotel in Shirdi, 300 acres of land near Vijayawada among others.

2. Economic Advisory Council revived

NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy will head the Council and NITI Aayog Principal Advisor Ratan Watal will serve as its Member-Secretary.
The part time members include Surjit Bhalla, Rathin Roy and Ashima Goyal.

3. Passenger carrying 10 live bullets arrested at Delhi airport

A passenger who was supposed to take a flight to Bengaluru was found carrying the bullets in his luggage.
Officials handed him over to the police as he did not produce valid documents for carrying it.

4. 23% of child marriages in India happen in Karnataka

According to the Karnataka State Commission for Protection of Child Rights, the state accounts for 23.2% of them.
The practice is more prevalent in North Karnataka with the majority of cases being reported from Kalaburgi and Belgavi districts.

International News

1. Pakistan spy sues his own agency

A serving Pakistani intelligence officer has filed a petition accusing seniors in his Intelligence Bureau of protecting terrorists.
He has accused the officials of being directly involved with terrorist groups and enemy intelligence agencies.

2. We have not declared war on North Korea : US

The White House said that the US has not declared a war on North Korea and any suggestion in this regard is absurd.
This comes after North Korea claimed Trump’s recent statements on N Korea amount to a war declaration.

3. ISIS challenges UK’s Prince Harry

ISIS has released a video challenging Britain’s Price Harry to fight its militants.
The fighter also called on jihadists to fight for ISIS across the Middle East and Africa.

4. India to get Pinaka rockets to counter Pak’s nukes

Indian Army might develop the Pinaka guided rockets to counter Pakistan’s threat of using nuclear weapons.
A govt official reportedly said the Pakistanis developed the nukes with the help of Chinese.

Business News

1. Deloitte cyber attack compromises client’s passwords, e-mails

Accountancy firm Deloitte said that the hackers accessed data from the company’s e-mail platform.
The firm added that only a small number of its clients have been impacted.

2. Patanjali CEO ranked 8th in Hurun Rich List

Acharya Balakrishna’s net worth grew by 173% to Rs.70,000 crore.
He is ahead of Bharti Airtel’s Sunil Mittal(Rs.56,500 cr) and Kotak Mahindra’s Uday Kotak(Rs.62,700 cr).

3. Two Indians on list of most powerful women in International Business

Two Indian women have featured on Fortune’s list of Most Powerful Women in business outside the US.
Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Bank Chanda Kocchar was ranked 5th and MD and CEO of Axis Bank Shikha Sharma was ranked at 21.

Sports News
1. India number 1 in ODI

Following their win over Australia in the third ODI, India dislodged South Africa to become sole number one ODI team.
India are currently 5th in T20I rankings.

2. Shaw 2nd youngest after Sachin to hit 100 in Duleep Trophy

Mumbai youngster Prithvi Shaw became the 2nd youngest player after Sachin to score a century in Duleep Trophy, making debut in the tournament’s final for India Red.
He also scored a hundred in his Ranji Trophy debut in January.

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