Current Affairs One liners: 15 September 2016

The recap of the day covers important current affairs of the day like 2015 National Medal of Arts, Duleep Trophy Cricket tournament and International Day of Democracy among others.

•    The Reliance Communications recently agreed to merge with Aircel. The parent company of Aircel is - Maxis Communications

•    Hiroshi Nakagawa was appointed the Chairman of - Isuzu Motors India

•    The country that recently announced to resume work on Giant Sea Wall to save its sinking capital is – Indonesia

•    International Day of Democracy was observed on 15 September 2016 with theme - Democracy and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

•    The Defence Ministry has written a letter to CBI seeking a probe into the allegations of kickbacks in the 2008 deal with - Brazilian aircraft maker, Embraer

•    The United States signed a 38 billion dollars deal with Israel to provide the country with military assistance over a 10-year period, from - 2019 to 2028

•    He was honoured with ‘Tamil Ratna’ award by America Tamil Sangam in September 2016 - Subramanian Swamy

•    Former England batsman who signed a deal to become Australia's batting coach until March 2020 is - Graeme Hick

•    The winner of the 2016-2017 Duleep Trophy Cricket tournament is - Indian Blue

•    The runner-up of the 2016-2017 Duleep Trophy Cricket tournament is - India Red

•    The colour of the ball used during the 2016-2017 Duleep Trophy Cricket tournament is – Pink

•    Morgan Freeman is among the recipients list of 2015 National Medal of Arts to be given by US President Barack Obama. Morgan Freeman is an- Actor