Current Affairs One liner of the day: 12 September 2017

The one liner of 12 September covers important current happenings that are relevant to competitive exams. The day’s one liner’s cover important the happenings like India and Afghanistan agreements, Gunotsav programme and 2017 US Open among others.

•    Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman recently flagged-off the Navika Sagar Parikrama from – Panaji, Goa

•    The winners of the 2017 US Open Women’s Doubles title are - Chan Yung-Jan and Martina Hingis

•    The Punjab National Bank recently inked an agreement with BSNL to roll out an open mobile wallet. The name of the wallet is - Speedway

•    The Assam Government will soon start Gunotsav programme in – Health Sector

•    Harry Potters Hogwarts letter auctioned off recently was sold for - 7000 pounds

•    Indian-American awarded with 2017 Balzan Prize recently - Bina Agarwal

•    This person will be conferred with Badminton Association of India’s (BAI) first-ever life time achievement award in new future - Prakash Padukone

•    This organization has launched a nationwide online platform to bring in transparency in food safety inspection and sampling - Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI)

•    International Day for South-South Cooperation was observed globally on - 12 September

•    The 12-day-long Cauvery Maha Pushkaram is being celebrated in this state - Tamil Nadu

•    India and this country on 11 September 2017 exchanged four pacts in areas of health, transport, space and new development partnership – Afghanistan

•    The country that topped the medal tally at the Moscow Shotgun World Championships is - Italy

•    Medals won by India at the recently concluded Moscow Shotgun World Championships are - Three

•    The commerce ministry of India organised the state start-up conference in this city- New Delhi

•    This country has sent out ballots for non-binding vote on support for legalizing same-sex marriage - Australia