Latest Current Affairs of September 2019

The theme of the 7th annual World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF) 2019 held in Mumbai: ---   Prosperous Society: Stronger Society
The Indian classical singer after whom a minor planet (located between Mars and Jupiter) has been named: ---  Pandit Jasraj
The index released by the NITI Aayog to evaluate the performance of States and Union Territories (UTs) in the school education sector is named : ----  School Education Quality Index (SEQI)
The indigenously built submarine which was commissioned into the Indian Navy by the Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh in Mumbai ---- INS Khanderi
The child activist who has become the first Indian to be awarded the Changemaker Award 2019, for her work towards abolition of child marriage in Rajasthan, by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation :----  Payal Jangid
The Indian duo which has won the IBSF World Snooker Team title defeating the team from Thailand at Mandalay, Myanmar :----   Pankaj Advani and Aditya Mehta
The former Indian track and field athlete who has been honoured by the IAAF with Veteran Pin for her contribution to sports: ----   PT Usha
The Bulgarian economist who has been chosen to be the new Managing Director of International Monetary Fund replacing Christine Lagarde: ----   Kristalina Georgieva
The team which has won the 20th Senior Women’s National Football Championship defeating Railways in the finals at Paisghat in Arunachal Pradesh :----   Manipur
The venue of UN Climate Action Summit held on 23 September 19 with the theme A Race We Can Win:----    New York
The international organisation which has awarded the Global Goalkeeper award to the Indian Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi:---    Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The veteran Bollywood actor who has been chosen for the 66th Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2018: ---  Amitabh Bachchan
The TV journalist who has been awarded the first Gauri Lankesh National Award for Journalism:---    Ravish Kumar
The Argentine football player who has been awarded the FIFA Best Player of the Year 2019 award:---    Lionel Messi
The trilateral maritime exercise by the navies of India, Japan and the USA to be conducted off the coast of Japan from 26 Sep 19 to 04 Oct 19: ---   Exercise Malabar
The theme of 6th India Water Week being observed from 24 to 28 Sep 2019:---    Water Cooperation – Coping with 21st Century Challenges
The noted mathematician, educator and founder of Super 30 who has been awarded Education Excellence Award 2019 by US based organisation Foundation for Excellence:---    Anand Kumar
The renowned Indian photographer who has been chosen for the first edition of the Académie des beaux-arts Photography Award - William Klein:----    Raghu Rai
The Indian state which has declared 2020 to be the Year of Artificial Intelligence :---   Telangana
The Vice Chief of Air Staff who has been chosen to be the next Chief of Air Staff of India:    Air Marshall RKS Bhadauria
The IAF officer who has become the India's first female military diplomat on being appointed as the Deputy Air Attache to Russia : ---  Wg Cdr Anjali Singh
The place at which Union Govt has accorded approval for setting up India's first Central Police University: ---   Greater Noida
The country in which the Indian President has unveiled the statue of Mahatma Gandhi sculpted by Ram Vanaji Sutar:  ---  Switzerland
The team which has won the Under-19 Asia Cup cricket tournament defeating Bangladesh in the finals in Colombo, Sri Lanka : ---  India
The Indian billiards player who has clinched his 22nd world title by winning the World Billiards Championship in Mandalay, Myanmar :---  Pankaj Advani
The maiden trilateral maritime exercise being conducted at Port Blair from 16 Sep to 20 Sep 19 by the navies of India, Singapore and Thailand is named: ---   SITMEX 19
The river in Andhra Pradesh in which a tourist boat capsized killing several people onboard: ---   Godavari
The veteran bollywood music director who has been chosen for the 2019-20 Lata Mangeshkar Award: ---   Usha Khanna
The minimum export price (MEP) fixed by the Central Govt for onions in order to increase domestic prices and check rising prices:---    $ 850 per metric tonne
The 1972 batch retired IAS officer who has taken over as the new Prinicipal Secretary to the Prime Minister succeeding Shri Nripendra Mishra who resigned recently:---    Dr. Pramod Kumar Mishra
The three member committee constituted by the Union Govt to look into the distribution of assets and liabilities of Jammu and Kashmir between two new Union Territories is headed by: ----   Sanjay Mitra
The noted Odia writer who has been chosen for the prestigious Sarala Puraskar - 2019 for his work Chaur Chibar O Charjya:---   Pradeep Dash
The place in Meghalaya where Joint Military Exercise MAITREE-2019 between India and Thailand is scheduled to be conducted from 16 to 29 Sep 2019: ---   Umroi
The airport at which India's tallest Air Traffic Control tower with a height of 102 meters was inaugurated by the Union Minister Shri Hardeep Puri : ---  Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
The Sri Lankan cricketer who has become the first bowler to claim 100 wickets in T20 internationals: ---  Lasith Malinga
The squadron of the Indian Air Force which has been resurrected about 3 years after it was disbanded in 2016 and also chosen to be the first squadron to be equipped with Rafale in future :  --- 17 Squadron (Golden Arrows)
The venue of World Energy Congress being held from 09 to 12 Sep 19 with the theme Energy for Prosperity:  ---  Abu Dhabi
The former leg-spinner from Pakistan who passed away on 06 Sep 2019 : ---  Abdul Qadir
The team which has won the Duleep Trophy 2019-20 defeating India Green in the finals in Bengaluru : ---  India Red
The 7th edition of bilateral maritime exercise by India and Sri Lanka being conducted at Visakhapatnam from 08 Sep 19: ---   SLINEX 2019
The former President of Zimbabwe who passed away on 06 September 2019 in Singapore: ---   Robert Mugabe
The Nobel laureate from Bangladesh who has been conferred the Lamp of Peace of St. Francis award by the Vatican:---    Prof Muhammad Yunus
The venue of annual training exercise of Russian armed forces TSENTER 2019 to be held from 09 to 23 Sep 2019 with participation from India, Pakistan and China:  ---  Orenburg, Russia
The town in Gurdaspur district of Punjab where a fire accident in a fire-crackers factory killed 23 people and injured several others:  ---  Batala
The Indian women's cricketer who has announced her decision to retire from T20 internationals : ---  Mithali Raj
The organisation which has chosen to honour Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi with the 2019 Global Goalkeeper Award for his leadership of the Swachch Bharat Mission: ---   Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The Indian bowler who has become the 3rd Indian to claim a hat-trick in test cricket while playing against West Indies: ---   Jasprit Bumrah
The theme of Rashtriya Poshan Maah being observed for the month of September by the Union government : ---  Complementary Feeding
The Indian Air Force base at which AH-64E Apache Attack Helicopter was inducted into the IAF in presence of the Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshall BS Dhanoa : ----  Pathankot
The venue of Indo-US joint military exercise Yudh Abhyas 2019 being held from 05 to 18 September 2019 : ---  Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington
The country from India has taken over the Presidency of COP to UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) for a period of 2 years (till 2021) : ---  China

New Governors
Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari:--- Maharashtra
Shri Arif Mohammad Khan:--- Kerala
Shri Bandaru Dattatreya:--- Himachal Pradesh
Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan:-- Telangana
Shri Kalraj Mishra:-- Rajasthan

Important Days of September

International Day of Charity: 05 September 2019
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly

First observed: 2013

International Literacy Day: 08 September 2019
Designated by: UNESCO

First observed: 1966

Theme: Literacy and Multilingualism

World Suicide Prevention Day: 10 September 2019
Designated by: International Association for Suicide Prevention

First observed: 2003

Theme: Working together to prevent suicide

International Day of Democracy: 15 September 2019
Designated by: UN General Assembly

First observed: 2008

Theme: Participation

International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer: 16 September 2019
Designated by: UN General Assembly

First observed: 1995

Theme: 32 years and healing

International Day of Peace: 21 September 2019
Designated by: UN General Assembly

First observed: 1982

Theme: Climate Action for Peace

International Day of Sign Languages: 23 September 2019
Designated by: UN General Assembly

First observed: 2019

Theme: Sign Language Rights for All

International Day for total elimination of Nuclear Weapons: 26 September 2019
Designated by: UN General Assembly

First observed: 2014

World Maritime Day: 27 September 2019
Designated by: International Maritime Organisation

First observed: 1978

Theme: Empowering Women in Maritime Community

World Tourism Day: 27 September 2019
Designated by: UNWTO General Assembly

First observed: 1980

Theme: Tourism and Jobs: A Better Future for All

World Rabies Day: 28 September 2019
Designated by: Global Alliance for Rabies Control

First observed: 1980

Theme: Vaccinate to Eliminate

International Day for Universal Access to Information: 28 September 2019
Designated by: UNESCO

First observed: 2016

Theme: Leaving no one behind

International Translation Day: 30 September 2019
Designated by: Federation of International Translators and UN General Assembly

First observed: 1953 (By FIT) and 2019 (by UN)

IIFA Awards 2019
Venue: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium, Mumbai
Best Film: Raazi directed by Meghna Gulzar
Best Director: Sriram Raghavan for Andhadhun
Best Actor: Ranveer Singh for Padmavat
Best Actress: Alia Bhatt for Raazi
Lifetime Achievement Award: Jagdeep (Actor-comedian) and Saroj Khan (Choreographer)

Books in News
Loktantra ke Swar (Republican Ethic) - II - Compilation of speeches by President Shri Ramnath Kovind
Shiksha, My Experiments as an Education Minister - Manish Sidodia

US Open 2019