Current Affairs of 27 September

1. Indian men’s archery team wins gold; women settle for bronze
 India earned their second gold medal in the 17th Asian Games after the men’s compound archery team bagged the yellow metal by getting the better of South Korea, in Incheon on Saturday.
The Indian women’s compound team, meanwhile, settled for a bronze after beating Iran in the third-place play-off. The Indian men’s trio of Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar eked out a narrow 227-225 victory over the hosts to give the country their second gold medal in eight days.
Earlier, the Indian women’s team consisting of Trisha Deb, Purvasha Shende and Surekha Jyothi shot 224, while Sakineh Ghasempour, Maryam Ranjbarsari and Shabnam Sarlak of Iran could earn a total of 217 points. Both Indian and Iranian women had a total of nine 10’s each at the Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field here.

2. Indian shooter Chain Singh wins bronze medal in 50m Rifle 3 Positions
 Chain Singh won a bronze medal in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men’s Finals, even as India narrowly missed out on a third-place finish in men’s team event of the Asian Games in Incheon on Saturday.
Singh shot a total of 441.7 points to finish behind two Chinese shooters — Cao Yifei and Zhu Qinan — who bagged the first and second positions with 455.5 and 455.2 points to their credit, respectively.

3. Indian women’s squash team settles for silver
 Gold proved elusive but it was nonetheless a historic silver for the Indian women’s squash team after it went down to Malaysia in the final of the 17th Asian Games in Incheon on Saturday.
The team lost 0-2 to Malaysia to settle for the silver after Deepika Pallikal and Anaka Alankamony lost their matches in a contest which lasted a little over an hour.
Alankamony opened the proceedings for India and did up some fight before going down 9-11 10-12 2-11 to Odette Arnold Delia in 43 minutes.
Next up was Dipika Pallikal, who once again came face to face against world number one Nicol David after losing the singles semifinal to her earlier this week.

4. Google's 16th birthday: Latest doodle marks search engine's sweet sixteenth
Saturday is a milestone for Google as it matures into adulthood - it's the
search engine's 16th birthday and to celebrate, it has given itself a doodle.
The animation - in which the Google logo is yet again anthropomorphized - a parental-like 'G' with a party hat makes pencil marks on the 'white wall' next to it, first measuring the height of the red 'o' and then that of the taller green 'l'.
The 'o', which at first is ecstatic at having grown so much since the last recording, appears sullen upon the realization that the 'l' is so much bigger.

5. SBI signed 500 million dollar Line of Credit with Korea Eximbank
State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender announced that it has signed a Line of Credit (LoC) of 500 million dollar with Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank). 
The LoC will be utilised to provide finance to SBI’s clients in India and neighbouring countries that have business relationships either by way of equity participation or regular trade with Korean companies globally, as well as joint ventures or subsidiaries of Korean companies.

6. China launched Made in China campaign to retain its manufacturing prowess
China on 25 September 2014 launched Made in China campaign to counter India. The launch of the campaign coincided with the launch of Made In India campaign.
The decision to launch the campaign was taken by Chinese cabinet headed by Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang.
China by launching Made in China campaign seeks to retain its manufacturing prowess through giving host of tax concessions.

7. Four-year jail, Rs 100 crore fine for Jayalalithaa in disproportionate assets case
In a huge setback to J Jayalalithaa, a special court on Saturday held the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister guilty of amassing Rs 66.65 crore wealth disproportionate to known sources of her income during her first term in office. Her conviction has led to violent protests in Tamil Nadu.
Following this verdict, Jayalalithaa, also known as Amma (mother) by her party cadres, is disqualified as a member of Tamil Nadu Assembly. The big question now is who will head the government in the absence of Jayalalithaa.
Pronouncing the order amid tight security, Special Judge John Michael D'Cunha held AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa guilty of amassing wealth disproportionate to known sources of her income under Sections 109 and 120 (b) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, said Special Public Prosecutor G Bhavani Singh.


1. Indian men’s archery team wins gold; women settle for bronze
 India earned their second gold medal in the 17th Asian Games after the men’s compound archery team bagged the yellow metal by getting the better of South Korea, in Incheon on Saturday.
The Indian women’s compound team, meanwhile, settled for a bronze after beating Iran in the third-place play-off. The Indian men’s trio of Abhishek Verma, Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar eked out a narrow 227-225 victory over the hosts to give the country their second gold medal in eight days.
Earlier, the Indian women’s team consisting of Trisha Deb, Purvasha Shende and Surekha Jyothi shot 224, while Sakineh Ghasempour, Maryam Ranjbarsari and Shabnam Sarlak of Iran could earn a total of 217 points. Both Indian and Iranian women had a total of nine 10’s each at the Gyeyang Asiad Archery Field here.

2. Indian shooter Chain Singh wins bronze medal in 50m Rifle 3 Positions
 Chain Singh won a bronze medal in 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men’s Finals, even as India narrowly missed out on a third-place finish in men’s team event of the Asian Games in Incheon on Saturday.
Singh shot a total of 441.7 points to finish behind two Chinese shooters — Cao Yifei and Zhu Qinan — who bagged the first and second positions with 455.5 and 455.2 points to their credit, respectively.

3. Indian women’s squash team settles for silver
 Gold proved elusive but it was nonetheless a historic silver for the Indian women’s squash team after it went down to Malaysia in the final of the 17th Asian Games in Incheon on Saturday.
The team lost 0-2 to Malaysia to settle for the silver after Deepika Pallikal and Anaka Alankamony lost their matches in a contest which lasted a little over an hour.
Alankamony opened the proceedings for India and did up some fight before going down 9-11 10-12 2-11 to Odette Arnold Delia in 43 minutes.
Next up was Dipika Pallikal, who once again came face to face against world number one Nicol David after losing the singles semifinal to her earlier this week.

4. Google's 16th birthday: Latest doodle marks search engine's sweet sixteenth
Saturday is a milestone for Google as it matures into adulthood - it's the
search engine's 16th birthday and to celebrate, it has given itself a doodle.
The animation - in which the Google logo is yet again anthropomorphized - a parental-like 'G' with a party hat makes pencil marks on the 'white wall' next to it, first measuring the height of the red 'o' and then that of the taller green 'l'.
The 'o', which at first is ecstatic at having grown so much since the last recording, appears sullen upon the realization that the 'l' is so much bigger.

5. SBI signed 500 million dollar Line of Credit with Korea Eximbank
State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender announced that it has signed a Line of Credit (LoC) of 500 million dollar with Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank). 
The LoC will be utilised to provide finance to SBI’s clients in India and neighbouring countries that have business relationships either by way of equity participation or regular trade with Korean companies globally, as well as joint ventures or subsidiaries of Korean companies.

6. China launched Made in China campaign to retain its manufacturing prowess
China on 25 September 2014 launched Made in China campaign to counter India. The launch of the campaign coincided with the launch of Made In India campaign.
The decision to launch the campaign was taken by Chinese cabinet headed by Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang.
China by launching Made in China campaign seeks to retain its manufacturing prowess through giving host of tax concessions.

7. Four-year jail, Rs 100 crore fine for Jayalalithaa in disproportionate assets case
In a huge setback to J Jayalalithaa, a special court on Saturday held the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister guilty of amassing Rs 66.65 crore wealth disproportionate to known sources of her income during her first term in office. Her conviction has led to violent protests in Tamil Nadu.
Following this verdict, Jayalalithaa, also known as Amma (mother) by her party cadres, is disqualified as a member of Tamil Nadu Assembly. The big question now is who will head the government in the absence of Jayalalithaa.
Pronouncing the order amid tight security, Special Judge John Michael D'Cunha held AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa guilty of amassing wealth disproportionate to known sources of her income under Sections 109 and 120 (b) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, said Special Public Prosecutor G Bhavani Singh.


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