Daily Current Affairs 26 September 2018

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National News
1. WAYU (Wind Augmentation Purifying Unit)

WAYU (Wind Augmentation Purifying Unit) is Air Pollution Control Device and is inaugurated by Harsh Vardhan in New Delhi.
It is developed by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – National Environmental Engineering Research Institute

2. Jan Dhan Darshak App

Finance Ministry has Launched ‘Jan Dhan Darshak’ App for Financial Inclusion.
App to provide guidance in Locating a Financial Service Touch Point at a Given Location in the Country for Users.
Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance and National Informatics Centre has jointly developed a mobile app.

3. National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA)

Two-day National Orientation workshop on National e-Vidhan Application has started.
It is inaugurated by Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Arjun Ram Meghwal.

4. Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)

Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) has completed four years orbiting around Mars.
It was launched on November 5, 2013, and placed into the Martian orbit on September 24, 2014.

International News

1. Investment in health care and education: The Lancet Survey

Finland :- First Position
India :- 158th
United States :- 27th
China :- 44th
Pakistan :- 164th

2. Asia’s best-performing stock market

It is now New Zealand Exchange 50 Gross Index of New Zealand.
India has lost its place as Asia’s best-performing stock market.

3. Nelson Mandela Decade of Peace

UN has declared 2019-2028 as the Nelson Mandela Decade of Peace.
The decision is took place at Nelson Mandela peace summit New York.

4. Barclays Hurun India Rich List 2018

Mukesh Ambani’s family with net worth of ₹3,90,500 crore
Adi Godrej’s family with net worth of ₹2,23,000 crore
SP Hinduja’s family with net worth of ₹1,59,000 crore

Business News

1. Google’s New Chief Privacy Officer

Google has appointed Keith Enright as Chief Privacy Officer.
Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational conglomerate headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was created through a corporate restructuring of Google on October 2, 2015 and became the parent company of Google and several former Google subsidiaries.

2. Boeing’s 2nd-largest Aircraft Factory

Boeing will set up its 2nd-largest aircraft electronics factory in Bengaluru of ₹1,152 crore.
The Boeing Company is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells airplanes, rotorcraft, rockets, satellites, and missiles worldwide. The company also provides leasing and product support services.

3. Sunra’s New Plant (Chinese e-vehicle company)

Sunra to set up a factory at Bengaluru in India.
SUNRA is a professional electric vehicles company including Electric Bicycles and has become a leader in Chinese Electric Vehicle Industry.

4. New CEO of Mercedes-Benz