Current Affairs for the month of September 2018
1. September 5, 2018—Ms. Poonam Khetrapal Singh was elected as Regional Director of WHO South-East Asia for a second five-year term on September 5, 2018. Ms. Singh's candidature was unopposed, as the 11 member countries of WHO South-East Asia Region met at the Regional Committee session held in New Delhi to elect the next Regional Director. Ms. Singh will commence her next five-year term on February 1, 2019.
2. September 6, 2018—Ashleigh Barty of Australia and CoCo Vandeweghe of the US defeated Timea Babos of Hungary and Kristina Mladenovic of France to win Women's Doubles title in the US Open 2018 September 6, 2018.
3. September 8, 2018—Naomi Osaka of Japan won the first Grand Slam singles champion after she defeated Serena Williams in a controversial US Open 2018 women singles final September 8, 2018. Serena suffered a meltdown after being handed code violations by umpire Carlos Ramos for receiving coaching from her box and a violation for racquet abuse along with a point penalty.
4. September 8, 2018—American Mike Bryan and compatriot Jack Sock won the 18th Grand Slam men's doubles title in the US Open 2018 defeating Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo September 8, 2018.
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5. September 8, 2018—Bethanie Mattek-Sands of the US and Jamie Murray of Britain defeated Alicja Rosolska of Poland and Nikola Mektic of Croatia to win mixed Doubles title in the US Open 2018 September 8, 2018.
6. September 9, 2018—Dr. Arif Alvi was sworn in as the new President of Pakistan on September 9, 2018 in Islamabad. He is the 13th President of Pakistan. Dr. Alvi had defeated Pakistan Peoples Party candidate Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan and the Pakistan Muslim League-N nominee Maulana Fazlur Rehman in a three-way presidential contest.
7. September 10, 2018—Novak Djokovic of Serbia won the men's singles title in the US Open 2018 defeating Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina and lift his third US Open title at Flushing Meadows in New York on September 10, 2018. It was Djokovic's 15th win over Del Potro and his 14th overall Grand Slam title, taking him level with Pete Sampras.
8. September 15, 2018—Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi launched the mega countrywide cleanliness campaign— 'Swachhata hi Seva' Campaign 2018 on September 15, 2018. The fortnight-long campaign was launched by the PM through videoconferencing. During the launch, Mr. Modi interacted with a cross-section of people from 18 locations across the country. The key objective of the campaign was to mobilise people and reinforce the public movement for sanitation to contribute to Mahatma Gandhi's dream of a clean India.
9. September 18, 2018—Veteran BJP leader Mr. L. K. Advani was renominated as Chairman of the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee by Speaker Ms. Sumitra Mahajan on September 18, 2018. Besides Mr. Advani, all other 14 members have also been given another term. The Ethics Committee examines every complaint related to unethical conduct of a member referred to it.
10. September 19, 2018—Mr. Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas, Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), was appointed as the new Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy and Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission on September 19, 2018. The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet had approved his appointment for a period till he attains the age of 64 years, that is up to May 3, 2021, or until further orders, whichever is earlier.
11. September 24, 2018—Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi inaugurated the first airport of Sikkim at Pakyong on September 24, 2018. The airport is located around 33 km from the State capital Gangtok. and it is on the top of a hill about two km above Pakyong village at 4,500 feet above sea level.
12 September 25, 2018 — India won the Women fifth T20 International defeating Sri Lanka at the FTZ Sports Complex in Katunayake in Sri Lanka on September 25, 2018 under the Captainship of Harmanpreet Kaur
13. September 28, 2018—India won the Asia Cup 2018 by defeating Bangladesh at the Dubai International Stadium in Dubai on September 28, 2018. Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Hong Kong participated in the Asia Cup 2018.
14. September 28, 2018—A 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami devastated Palu in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia on September 28, 2018. The quake triggered tsunami waves as high as six metres (20 feet) that smashed into the city's beachfront. More than 1,400 people were dead and an estimated 66,000 homes destroyed or damaged after the calamity, most of them in the small city of Palu, 1,500 km (930 miles) northeast of Jakarta. Hundreds of people were buried in the mass grave on the outskirts of Palu. According to UN's humanitarian office, almost 2,00,000 people needed urgent help.
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