SEPTEMBER

NATIONAL

03 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister  Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy killedwith four others in a chopper crash; For the first time since 1979 Islamic revolution, Iranian Parliament approves the first woman Minister of the country.

04 The Anil Ambani-promoted Adlabs renamed Reliance MediaWorks Ltd to reflect its identity as a diversified film and media services company.

06 Pankaj Advani creates history by becoming the second Indian, after Geet Sethi, to win the World Professional Billiards Championship.

07 The Union Human Resource Development Ministry abolishes CBSE Class X Board examinations from 2011; Annual National Film Awards are announced.

08 Around 180 flights of airline giant Jet Airways affected as 360 of its pilots went on sick leave.

13 The five-day-old strike by Jet Airways pilots ended.

11 The Supreme Court orderes the Mayawati government of U.P. to stop all construction activities at the Kanshi Ram Memorial Sthal and other sites in Lucknow.

18 The Lakme Fashion Week Spring Summer 2010 starts in Mumbai.

20 India books berth in the elite Davis Cup World Group after a gap of 11 years.

23 ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) puts Oceansat-2 and six foreign nano satellites in Orbit; More than 40 labourers killed as a chimney collapsed at an under-construction thermal power plant of BALCO in Korba.

24 The Chandrayaan-1 probe finds traces of water across the surface f large parts of the moon.

INTERNATIONAL

01 Fiji is suspended from the Commonwealth of Nations, only the second full suspension in the organization's history; The European Union bans the  manufacture or import of 100 watt incandescent light bulbs, beginning a phase-out in favour of energy-saving compact fluorescent lamps.

02 The 66th Venice International Film Festival gets underway.

04 The International Monetary Fund grants Zimbabwe a US$ 500 million loan, its first to the country in 10 years.

10 The prestigious Toronto International Film Festival begins.

12 Popularly called as the father of the Green Revolution, Agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug passes away.

13 Kim Clijsters writes history by winning U.S. Open women’s singles tennis tournament.

14 Argentina’s Juan Martín del Potro defeats Roger Federer at the U.S. Open men’s singles final.

15 Internet giant Google unveils an  online news reader called ‘Fast Flip’ featuring stories from the BBC, the  New York Times, the Washington Post and other major media outlets; Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zeidi, who threw shoes at the then US President Geroge W. Bush last December, is released from prison.

16 Yukio Hatoyama is sworn in as the 60th Prime Minister of Japan.

18 Pakistan is elected to the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for a twoyear term against a regional seat reserved for the Middle East and South Asia.

21 The second largest personal computers  manufacturer company Dell acquirs information-technology company Perot Systems for $3.9 billion.

24 The two-day summit of G-20 leaders starts in Pittsburgh, USA.

28 Philippines faces the worst floding in forty years, scores killed.

29 An 8.3 magnitude earthquake strikes the Samoa Islands, triggering a tsunami that kills several people in Samoa and nearby American Samoa.

30 A 76 magnitude earthquake strikes western Indonesia, killing more than 1000 people.