2015FSB10001
1.
India is going to chair Group of Twenty (G20) nations forum in year
2018 and New Delhi could be the host of the prestigious annual G20 summit. This
decision was taken by G20 forum earlier in September 2015 which was chaired by
Turkey. Turkey will hand over the Chair
for the next year i.e. 2016 to China and in 2017 Germany is going to chair it.
2.
V
Shanmuganthan has sworn in as the 17th Governor of Manipur after taking oath at
ceremony held at Raj Bhawan in Imphal. He succeeded Dr. Syed Ahmed who had died
in late in September 2015. Presently V Shanmuganthan is
Governor of Meghalaya and was given additional charge of Manipur by President
Pranab Mukherjee following death of Dr. Syed Ahmed.
3.
The
International Day of Older Persons (IDOP) was on 1 October 2015 observed across
the world with the theme Sustainability and Age Inclusiveness in the Urban
Environment.
4.
China on 30 September 2015 launched a 20th new generation satellite
into orbit that will support its global navigation and positioning network. The
satellite was launched from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the
south-western province of Sichuan. A Long March-3B carrier rocket carried the
satellite. The launch of the 20th satellite for the BeiDou Navigation Satellite
System (BDS) has put China one step closer to providing an alternative to the
U.S. operated Global Positioning System (GPS). Besides, it was the first time
that the satellite featured a hydrogen atomic clock. Also, multiple tests
related to the clock will be done.
5.
CSIR on 26
September 2015 announced Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize for Science and
Technology 2015 for eleven scientists in recognition of their work
Biological Sciences: Dr Balasubramanian Gopal of Molecular
Biophysics Unit Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
Dr Rajeev Kumar Varshney of Centre of Excellence in Genomics
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi Arid Tropics (ICRISAT),
Hyderabad
Chemical Sciences: Dr D Srinivasa Reddy Division of Organic
Chemistry CSIR National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
Dr Pradyut Ghosh of Department of Inorganic Chemistry Indian
Association for the Cultivation of Science in Jadavapur, Kolkata
Earth, Atmosphere, Ocean and Planetary Sciences: Dr Jyotiranjan
Srichandan Ray of Geosciences Division Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
Engineering Sciences: Dr Yogesh Moreshwar Joshi of Department of
Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Mathematical Sciences: Dr K Sandeep of TIFR Centre for Applicable
Mathematics, Bangalore
Dr Ritabrata Munshi School of Mathematics Tata Institute of
Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Medical Sciences: Dr Vidita Ashok Vaidya of Department of Biological
Sciences Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
Physical Sciences: Dr Bedangadas Mohanty of School of Physical
Sciences National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar
Dr Mandar Madhukar Deshmukh of Department of Condensed Matter
Physics and Materials Science of Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai
6.
Union Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on 30
September 2015 released a commemorative postal stamp on Dr Bhimrao Ramji
Ambedkar. The government is celebrating 125th birth anniversary of Dr Ambedkar
in the year 2015.
7.
India’s ace
shooter Heena Sidhu has clinched a Gold medal in the 10-metre air pistol event
of the Asian Air Gun Championships in New Delhi.
