Current Affairs One liner of the day: 15 September 2017

The one liner of 15 September covers important current happenings that are relevant to competitive exams. The day’s one liner’s cover important the happenings like Operation Insaniyat, Chakma and Hajong refugees and International Day of Democracy.

• The union ministry that recently signed an MoU with CBDT for automatic and regular exchange of information is - Ministry of Corporate Affairs

• The operation launched by the Union Government to help Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is - Operation Insaniyat

• The author of the book titled “Unstoppable: My Life So Far” is - Maria Sharapova

• The Government of India recently decided to grant citizenship to - Chakma and Hajong refugees

• Qatar recently announced that it will sign a 15-year agreement with Bangladesh to export - liquefied natural gas

• This Indian port’s terminal was awarded ‘Container Terminal of the Year’ at the Gateway Awards 2017 - Jawaharlal Nehru Port

• This United Nations day is celebrated across the world on 15 September - The International Day of Democracy

• This city’s National Institute of Ayurveda has made a Guinness world record for most people receiving Nasya Panch Kararma simultaneously – Jaipur

• This state’s government has launched a comprehensive land survey for rectification of land records in the state - Telangana

• This gulf country has contributed USD 300,000 to the office of President of UN General Assembly – UAE

• This country has abolished the ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims – Tunisia

• According to the International Committee of Red Cross, number of cholera cases in this country could hit 8, 50,000 in 2017 – Yemen

• This NASA spacecraft ended its 20 year voyage by diving into the atmosphere of Saturn on 15 September 2017 – Cassini

• This state has performed poorly in the implementation of the centrally sponsored projects according to the Union Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation - Tripura

• India has begun high level talks on water sharing treaty with this country - Pakistan

• Person elected as the Chair of the IOC Ethics Commission recently - Ban Ki-moon

• A new plastic 10-pound note was recently circulated in Britain. This 10-pound note features - Jane Austen