Current Affairs 14th September 2016

Current Affairs 14th September 2016 - Important Points

• National Hindi Divas observed across India on - 14th September
• Who won gold at Rio Paralympics in Javelin throw - Devendra Jhajharia
• Name of Indian American scientist who won 2016 Lemelson-MIT Prize of US$500000 - Ramesh Raskar
• Who won Bronze at World Martial Arts Masterships - Sushmita Rai
• India inked agreementes to enhance bilateral cooperation - Afghanistan

Current Affairs 14th September 2016 - Details

National Hindi Divas observed across India on - 14th September

On 14th September 2016, National Hindi Divas was observed across India to promote Hindi and its importance. PHD Chamber of Delhi also organized special function for same.
President of India Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented Rajbhasa awards at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan as these awards were instituted by the Rajbhasha Vibhag of Ministry of Home Affairs.
Do You Know :
Hindi is fourth most spoekn language of world, You may be surprised to know that Hindi is official language of Fiji.

Who won gold at Rio Paralympics in Javelin throw - Devendra Jhajharia

Among Important Sports Current Affairs, On 13th September 2016, Devendra Jhajharia became first Indian to won two gold medals at the Paralympics. He broke his own record in Javelin throw. His first gold medal was in 2004 Athens Games.
Devendra Jhajharia is being supported by GoSports Foundation through the Para Champions Programme and is competing in F46 events.

Name of Indian American scientist who won 2016 Lemelson-MIT Prize of US$500000 - Ramesh Raskar

Among Important Prize winners on 13th September 2016, Indian American Ramesh Raskar won 2016 Lemelson-MIT Prize as he is co-inventor of radical imaging solutions including femtophotography.
Ramesh Raskar is Associate Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), he has done his engineering education from College of Engineering, Pune. Important to mention here that he holds more than 50 patents.
Do You Know :
Lemelson-MIT Prize was started in 1994 by Jerome H. Lemelson and is given by The Lemelson Foundation. Winner of this award receives 500000 US dollars.

Who won Bronze at World Martial Arts Masterships - Sushmita Rai

Sushmita Rai of Sikkim won bronze medal at World Martial Arts Masterships 2016. It was held at Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do of South Korea.
Sushmita Rai represents India in Kick boxingj and hails from village of Bhasmey of Majhitar, Sikkim.

India inked agreementes to enhance bilateral cooperation - Afghanistan

Among Important National Current Affairs, On 14th September 2016, India and Afghanistan inked Extradition Treaty with an aim to facilitate exchange of wanted terrorists and criminals.
Agreements on civil and commercial matters were also inked including peaceful uses of outer space.
It is important to mention here that President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani is on his two day visit to India from 14th september to 15 september 2016.
India also extended billion dollar aid to Afghanistan.