Current Affairs- September 2015

1. The Indian institutes which have figured in the QS World University Rankings of 2015-16 at rank 147 and 179 respectively- Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru and IIT, Delhi

2. The six-day exhibition being held at the India Gate lawns in New Delhi celebrating the Golden Jubilee of Indo-Pak War of 1965 is named- Shauryanjali

3. The American professional boxer who has matched Rocky Marciano’s record of 49-0 (wins and losses) by defeating Andre Berto in professional boxing fight, contested for the welterweight and super welterweight championships- Flyod Mayweather

4. The severe tropical storm which caused widespread flooding in Japan forcing evacuation of over 100,000 people was named- Typhoon Etau

5. The place in Karnataka which has been chosen to be the seat of state’s first Indian Institute of Technology- Dharwad

6. The denomination in which the Reserve Bank of India has decided to issue coins to commemorate golden jubilee of Indo-Pak war 1965- Rs. 5

7. The South African city which has been chosen to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games becoming the first African city to host the games- Durban

8. As per a report released by Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) the number of internet users in India is- 350 million

9. The Indian Railways zone which has become the first in the country to eliminate all unmanned level crossings from its system by August 31, 2015- West Central

10. The venue of 10th World Hindi Conference being held from 10 to 12 Sep with Madhya Pradesh as partner state- Bhopal

11. The third joint military exercise by the armies of India and Sri Lanka which commenced at Pune on Sep 29 is named- Mitra Shakti 2015

12. The typhoon which hit the coast of China after lashing Taiwan, forcing evacuation of over 2.5 lakhs in eastern provinces of China was named- Typhoon Dujuan

13. The 60-year-old commodities regulatory body which has been merged with the capital markets watchdog Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in first major case of two regulators being merged- Forward Markets Commission (FMC)

14. The new name of Facebook owned mobile app internet.org- Free Basics