28th September 2014 Current Affairs

28th September 2014 - Daily Current Affairs

International Affairs

• Libya's New Parliament today swore in Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni and his cabinet during a meeting in the eastern port town of Tobruk.
• PM Modi met hsi Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu today in NEw York to discuss ways to step up bilateral relations.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has invited New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to visit India with a trade mission.
• Narendra Modi assures Prime Minister of Nepal Sushil Koirala of India's support to ensure success of upcoming SARCC summit.
• Sri Lanka becomes the 1st country to give written support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call at UNGA for International Yoga Day.

National Affairs

• The Nation celebrated the 107th Birth Anniversary of the great son of the soil, Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, today.
• Delhi Metro ranked 2nd among 18 international metro system in terms of overall customer satisfaction in an online customer survey.

Business & Economy Affairs

• The RBI will unveil its fourth bi-monthly policy on 30th September, 2014. With retail inflation continuing to remain at elevated level, the Reserve Bank is unlikely to cut interest rates in its upcoming monetary policy review.

Sports Affairs

• Veteran Indian Star Leander Paes wins Malaysian Open title with new partner Marcin Matkowski in Kuala Lumpur today.
• Asian Games 2014:-
• India's Sandeep Kumar, Rajat Chauhan & Abhishek Verma win Gold Medals in men's team archery.
• Star wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt notched up India's fourth gold medal.
• Khushbir Kaur became the first woman from the country to win a medal in 20 KM Race Walking by clinching a silver.
• M.R. Poovamma wins bronze in women's hammer throw.
• Sania Mirza and Prarthana Thombare lost 6-7, 6-2, 4-10 to Taipei's Chan Chin Wei-Hsieh Su Wei in the women's doubles semifinals to get a bronze.
• Divij Sharan and Yuki Bhambri bag Bronze after losing men's doubles semifinals.
• Mary Kom beat Si Haijuan of china to reach the women's boxing semifinals and assured India of another medal.