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• Renowned farm expert Professor Ramesh Chand has been appointed as new member of Niti Aayog
• Information & Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley on 8th September unveiled the electronic version of Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi at Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi.
• Andhra Pradesh government launches e-pragathi bringing all government services under one roof
• Haryana Assembly fixing matriculation as minimum educational qualification for elections to Panchayati Raj  after Rajasthan.
• The government on 8th September set a target of achieving 100 per cent literacy in villages adopted under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana by March 2016.
• Kumar M Birla buys iconic Jatia House for Rs 425 cr
• The census put the total leopard population of the country at 12,000-14,-000
• YES Bank to set up its largest services facility in Chennai.
  
• Dearness Allowance was today hiked to 119%, up 6 percentage points, a move which will benefit over 1 crore government employees and pensioners.
• Google to enter grocery delivery business, will partner Whole Food, Costco
• Centre launches SAHAJ scheme for online release of new LPG connections
• Police station 'by women, for women' opened in Haryana on Raksha Bandhan
• Law commission recommends abolition of death penalty
• Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Dr. Harsh Vardhan launches web-based system for DBT(Department of Biotechnology) projects
• India pitches for finalisation of CCIT(Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism) at UN
• Haryana opens Sakhi, one stop center for women in distress
• India to join UN-based cash less alliance to achieve financial inclusion
• Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun have world’s first centre for conservation of natural heritage
• Govt to wind up 115-yr old natural calamity trust IPNCT(Indian People's Natural Calamity Trust )
• Delhi HC allows permanent commission for women in Navy
• PM releases commemorative coins( Rs 125 and Rs 10 )in honour of former President S Radhakrishnan
• Wheeler Island(Odisha) renamed as Abdul Kalam Island
• Govt announces to implement OROP(one rank one pension)
• It will be implemented from the first of July, 2014 with the base year as 2013.
• Pension will be re-fixed every five years.
• Personnel who voluntarily retired will not be covered by OROP
• The benefit of OROP will be given from 1 July 2014
• Arrears will be paid in four half-yearly installments.
• However, War widows will get full arrears in one installment.
• The tallest mountain in North America, Mount McKinley renamed as Denali
• China will downsize military by three lakh personnel: Xi Jinping
• US extends anti-dumping duty on Indian preserved mushrooms for 5 years
• SAARC countries' conference on disaster held in Delhi
• India, UAE agree to increase bilateral trade by 60% in next 5 years
• Indian Naval Ships Deepak, Delhi, Tabar and Trishul enter Dubai to enhance bilateral ties with friendly regional navies.
• Centre identifies 305 cities, towns for implementing 'Housing for All' scheme
• Swiss, European banks ask Indian clients to utilise 'compliance window'
• RBI designates State Bank, ICICI as ‘too big to fail’(Domestic Systemically Important Banks (D-SIBs))
• Govt accepts Shah panel report exempting FIIs from MAT before April 2015
• FMC( Forward Market Commisambit) will come under SEBI ambit from Sept 28
• RBI to issue Rs 5 coin on golden jubilee of 1965 Indo-Pak war
• Nearly 1.65 lakh a/c holders avail overdraft under PMJDY
• ONGC buys 15% stake in Russia's 2nd-largest oil field from Rosneft
• Punjab govt sets up special NREGA cell with an aim to effectively implement it
• IITs start virtual centre on biofuel technology
• India wins UNESCO award for conserving major temple(Sree Vadakkunnathan Temple) in Kerala
• India win test series, end 22-year drought in Sri Lanka
• Government to recognize Yoga as sports discipline
• Mumbai clinch Buchi Babu Memorial Trophy (Cricket) beat Tamilnadu
• First ever International Cricket Tournament for People with Physical Disabilities in Dhaka
• Durban(SouthAfrica) to host 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Narang becomes Asia no. 1 in men's 50m rifle prone shooting
• MM Kalburg: In Karnataka, senior Kannada writer and former vice-chancellor of Kannada University shot dead
• Ashwani Lohani -- New Air India Chairman
• Aadesh Shrivastava: Bollywood singer passed away
• Guatemalan President Otto Perez has resigned over a corruption scandal
• R Sampanthan became the first tamilian to lead the opposition of in the Sri Lankan parliament 

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