CURRENT AFFAIRS SEPTEMBER 2015
Lets know all the happenings around us .

• Naina Lal Kidwai  is the author of   book,    30 Women in Power: Their Voices , Their Stories .

• Highest  mountain  of North  America   Mt  McKinely  renamed as Denali.

• India  won  three - match  test series  against Srilanka.

• Bihar  to give  2%  reservation to  grand children of freedom fighters in  government jobs.

• India won UNESCO 's  Award  of Excellence  2015  for  conserving Sree  Vadakkunnathan Temple  in  Kerala.

• Mercedes   driver Lewis   Hamilton  of Britain  won 2015  Italian  Grand Prix  of Formula 1.

• Union  Government  announced  One Rank One Pension  for  ex- serviceman.

• Music  Composer  Aadesh   Shrivastava died.He  had composed  music for over 100 Hindi  films.

• Indian  boxer  Vikas  won  Silver  medal  in 75 kg  category at 2015  Asian  Boxing  Championships.

• Black Mamba  Anti-Poaching Unit of South  Africa  selected  for 2015 UNEP Champions  of the  Earth award.

• Acclaimed writer Jhumpa Lahiri awarded with 2014 National Humanities  Medal  by President   Barack  Obama   at the White House.

• Weightlifter Deepak Lather Won Goin 2015 Commonweath Youth Games.

• First -ever  Census on India's Leopard presented around  7910 in country  excluding North  eastern region of  India.

• Leander Paes , Martina Hingis  won US  Open  Mixed  Doubles  Title  2015.

• Sania  Mirza-  Martina  Hingis  won  2015 US  Open Women Doubles  title.

• Novak  Djokovik defeated  Roger Federer   to win 2015 US  Open Men's single  title.

current affairs

CURRENT AFFAIRS 

• India celebrated its 69th Independence Day on August 15, 2015.
• On the eve of Independence Day, 824 Central & State forces, police personnel were awarded Gallantry & other service medals.
• Saina Nehwal becomes first Indian to reach finale of World Badminton Championship.
• The founder of Hero Cycles Om Prakash Munjal passes away.
• IAS officer Om Prakash Rawat appointed as new Election Commissioner of India.
• India born Sundar Pichai appointed as the CEO of Google.
• Kochi became the first Indian City to be a member of World Tourism Cities Federation Council (WTCF).
• The Indian Government has signed a peace accord with Naga National Council (NNC) to bring peace in Nagaland.
• Chinese Capital Beijing has been chosen to host 2022 Winter and Para Olympics.
• Saina Nehwal defeated by Carolina Marin  in final of World  Championship.
• The UAE decided to allot  land for building a first temple in Abu Dhabi.
• A landslide in Manikaran , Himachal  Pradesh killed 10 pilgrims.
• Union  Finance  Minister Arun Jaitely launched State Bank  of India 's  mobile wallet  app known as   SBI Buddy.
• Economist intelligence units (EIU) Global Liveability  Index  named Melbourne  as world's most liveable city for the   5th  consecutive year.
• Suvra  Mukherjee wife of president pranab Mukherjee passed away following a cardiac arrest .
• Ranil Wickremasinghe  sworn in as Prime Minister of Srilanka for fourth time.
• Austrilian Captain Michael  Clarke and Sri Lanka batsman Kumar  Sanagakkara  retire from Test Cricket.
• Usain Bolt win World 100 metre title in 9.79 seconds  at the world athletics Championship in Beijing .
• New Delhi 's Aurangzeb  road  RENAMED as APJ  Abdual  kalam road.
• National Sports Day  observed  on 29 th  August in    India.
• Prime Minister  pay tribute to soldiers  who fought  in 1965  Independence   war on 50th  anniversary  on 28th  A UGUST.
• The Indian  Space  Research  Organisation  (ISRO)  Launched  military  communication  satellite GSAT6 in space.

story weaver

The diversity of the people in the world can never be truly judged. Everyone is different and each one has a different story. To dwell in the minds of these diverse individuals, storyweavers brings you stories from different aspects of India. Each story has the potential to make you live a different life and for you to experience something new. .For discovering the magic of stories and joy of reading  click on the given link.  

https://storyweaver.org.in/

Happy Teacher's Day

Teacher's Day is a tribute to the hard work and devotion of the teachers all year long, to educate a child. In India, teacher's day is celebrated on 5th of September every year. Indian Teacher's Day is dedicated to Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, who was a zealous advocate of education and one of the greatest scholars and teachers of all times, apart from being the first Vice President and the second President of India. As a mark of respect to this phenomenal teacher, his birthday came to be observed as Teacher's Day in the country. 

Personality Development workshop

On August 27th,2015, students of CBSE i attended a workshop on personality development. It was conducted by Ms.Tayal in association with Primary Plus. It was an interactive session where students were taught many ways in which they could improve their personality

Visit to Shanti Devi Arya Kanya Gurukul

Students of class I to VI CBSE-I visited Shanti Devi Arya Kanya Gurukul, a residential school for girls on 3rd September 2015.

Gurukul provides necessary and quality education at Delhi, to the young tribal girls from India’s north-eastern province who are afflicted by the terrorism activities.

Shanti Devi Arya Kanya Gurukul is successfully looking after these girls providing them all basic and necessary facilities like shelter, cloths, food, education and medical etc.
It is wisely said that ‘with a girl’s education, whole house, society and nation gets educated’. Therefore, educating girls is very important; in fact, it is the right of girls to get education. 
At Shanti Devi Arya Kanya Gurukul, Sainik Vihar, girls are given preschool education to make them capable of entering the regular schools of Delhi. Presently, there are 16 girls who are undergoing this in-house training. The older inmates of gurukul study in SM Arya Public School, Kendriya Vidhyalas and KIIT School
Apart from the education, the girls are nurtured to be confident, responsible citizen and capable enough to look after themselves. Also, they are imparted with the education of Indian values. Holy books like Ramayan, Bhagwat Geets and Vedic Mantras are recited to them. In order to make them able to safeguard and protect themselves, they are given the self-defense training.

INVESTITURE CEREMONY, CBSE i (2015-16)

Monday, the 31st August was a special day at DAV, Pushpanjali as CBSE i Student Council Investiture Ceremony was held for the very first time for the session 2015-16. After two rounds of written test and personal interview, the selected students took oath in the ceremony in the presence of our esteemed guests- Mr. Arun Mehta(Dist. Chair Administrator, Rotary Club), Mr. Sanjay Garg ( President, Rotary Club ) and Mr. J.P. Ahuja ( Secretary, Rotary Club )The oath was administered by the principal of the school, Mrs. Rashmi Raj Biswal. In her address to the students, she laid stress on good character and to maintain a balance between studies and additional responsibilities. The students promised to fulfill their duties with full integrity and zeal.The council members were also joined with class representatives from each class. The list of selected students is as follows:- 

HEAD PREFECTS (Class 6 )                                          PREFECTS (Class 5 )

1. Arpita Chugh                                                               1. Amadhya Vats      

   2. Lakshita Kapoor                                                          2. Delisha Kumar

3. Ashmit Arya                                                                 3. Riddhi Khare

4. Kanchi Kapoor                                                            4. Siddhi Khare

5. Tripti Deol                                                                    5. Mehul Dahiya

6. Pranav                                                                          6. Kashvi Singhal

7. Khushi Ohlan                                                               7. Samridhi Dewan

8. Kashish Garg                                                               8. Daiwik Mehta

9. Tejasv Lalawat                                                             9. Somya Pasrija

10. Arsheya Singh                                                           10. Pranav GargCLASS

REPRESENTATIVES

Class I – Nishkarsh

Class II- Kritvi NiranjanClass

 III- S.SaanviClass

IV- Pranjal SharmaClass

 V- Aradhya AggarwalClass

VI- Saral Mishra