Current Affairs 4th September 2016

Current Affairs 4th September 2016 - Important Points

• Mukund Choudhari assumes charge as CMD of – MOIL
• 12 agreements in different areas of cooperation have signed between – India,Vietnam
• Kiran Mazumdar Shaw appointed Knight of the National Order of the - French Legion of Honour
• 3.7 Billion Years Old fossils discovered on Earth in - Greenland Rocks

Current Affairs 4th September 2016 - Details

Mukund Choudhari assumes charge as CMD of – MOIL

Among Important National Current Affairs, on 1st September 2016 Mukund Chaudhari have taken the charges as Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of MOIL Ltd, a miniratna company.

However, prior to taking over as CMD, Chaudhari served as the Director (Finance) of MOIL.

Know About Mukund Chaudhari –

• By profession, Mukund Chaudhari is a chartered accountant. 

• Mukund Chaudhari holds a long experience of over two and half decades in private and public sectors undertakings.

• He had also worked in the private sector.

12 agreements in different areas of cooperation have signed between – India,Vietnam

Among International Current Affairs, India and Vietnam have singed 12 agreements in different areas of cooperation to boost bilateral relations. 

However, these agreements were signed after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held wide-ranging talks with his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc in Hanoi. 

Since the visit of 2001 Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, this was the first bilateral Prime Ministerial visit from India to Vietnam in 15 years.

Kiran Mazumdar Shaw appointed Knight of the National Order of the - French Legion of Honour

Among Important National Current Affairs, on 1st September 2016 Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairperson and Managing Director of Biocon Limited, has been appointed Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur (Knight of the National Order of the French Legion of Honour).

Shaw was also honoured for her contribution to biosciences and research.

However, this award will be conferred on behalf of the President of the French Republic at a ceremony later in 2016.

Also, Chevalier l'Ordre National de la Légion d'Honneur is the highest civilian award of the French Republic for outstanding contribution in diverse fields.

3.7 Billion Years Old fossils discovered on Earth in - Greenland Rocks

Finally, a team of scientists have discovered the world’s oldest stromatolite fossils about 3.7 billion years old in the world’s oldest sedimentary rocks in the Isua Greenstone Belt along the edge of Greenland’s icecap. 

However, these findings were published in journal Nature on 31 August 2016.