DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS: 1 SEP 2015
(Daily
News India)
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1. 305 CITIES TO BE
COVERED IN ‘HOUSING FOR ALL’SCHEME
i. Union
Government has announced list of 305 cities to be covered in Housing for All
scheme
ii.
‘Housing for All’ scheme is launched for construction of houses for the
urban poor.
iii.
Recently the Union Government has announced to provide housing to all
poor people before year 2022.
2. US EXTENDS ANTI DUMPING DUTY ON INDIAN MUSHROOMS
FOR NEXT 5 YEARS
i. United
States extended Anti Dumping Duty on Preserved Mushrooms for 5 years, as India
is exporting maximum Mushroom to USA, UAE etc.
ii.
It will have negative impact on Indian Mushroom Exporters
Solan District of Himachal Pradesh
is known as Mushroom City of India.
3. ONE STOP CENTER FOR
WOMEN IN DISTRESS ‘SAKHI’ INAUGURATED IN HARYANA
i. One
stop center for women in distress ‘SAKHI’ is inaugurated in Haryana to provide
help to women in distress.
ii. The
Center will provide help to Sexually, mentally and emotionally harassed women.
CM of Haryana: Manohar Lal
Khattar
4. RAGHAV CHANDRA APPOINTED AS NEW CHAIRMAN OF NHAI
i. Raghav Chandra is appointed as new Chairman of
National Highways Authority of India.
ii. Raghav
Chandra replaced Vijay Chibber
NHAI is responsible for
management of a network of over 70000 km of National Highways in India.
5. RAJIV MEHRISI IS TO BE NEW UNION HOME
SECRETARY
i. Rajiv Mehrisi is appointed as New Union Home
Secretary for the next 2 years.
ii. He had replaced L.C. Goyal
6. INDIAN WRESTLER ANIL
WON GOLD IN CADET WRESTLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:
i. Indian Wrestler Anil won gold medal in Cadet
Wrestling World Championship
ii. He defeated Erfan Aeini in the 50 kg
Freestyle Category
iii. Earlier, Ankush won silver medal in 38 kg
women free style in last week in Cadet Wrestling World Championship.
Venue:Sarajevo,
Capital of Bosnia and Herzegov
