Current Affairs One liners: 26 September 2016

The one liner of the day covers important current affairs of the day like Additional Secretary in the GST Council, 2016 St Petersburg Open and ISRO launched eight satellites in two orbits among others.

•    The first Russian-Pakistani joint military exercise, which recently commenced in Pakistan, is - Druzhba-2016

•    The Indian player who recently won India's first medal at Asian Beach Games is - Pincky Balhara

•    The winner of the 2016 St Petersburg Open Men’s Doubles title is - Dominic Inglot and Henri Kontinen

•    The winner of the 2016 St Petersburg Open Men’s Singles title is - Alexander Zverev

•    US golfer Arnold Palmer recently passed away. He was nicknamed as – The King

•    The country that recently launched world's biggest radio telescope in search for extraterrestrial life is – China

•    Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) successfully launched eight satellites in two different orbits in a single mission with - PSLV C35 rocket

•    The satellite of students of IIT, Bombay that was launched in ISRO’s launch in which it sent eight satellites to space under one mission is - Pratham

•    The satellites that was carried into space as the primary payload of India is - SCATSAT-1

•    The satellite developed by a consortium-led by the PES University in Bengaluru that would explore remote sensing applications is - PISAT

•    The senior IAS officer who was appointed as the Additional Secretary in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council - Arun Goyal

•    He bagged the Under-19 Asian Junior Individual squash championship title - India's Velavan Senthilkumar

•    The Union Health Ministry has decided to launch Mission Parivar Vikas in 145 High Focus districts in seven states for - improved family planning services

•    Off-spinner from India who became the fastest Indian and second overall to take 200 wickets, reaching the milestone in his 37th Test is - Ravichandran Ashwin

•    Tamil film directed by Vetrimaran and produced by Dhanush’s Wunderbar Films that was selected as India's entry in the Foreign Language Film category for the 89th Academy Awards (Oscars) to be held in 2017 - Visaranai

The recap of the day covers important current affairs of the day like Additional Secretary in the GST Council, 2016 St Petersburg Open and ISRO launched eight satellites in two orbits among others.