3rd Week February 2018 Current Affairs
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Important News – National
- The international exhibition and conference on Pharmaceutical & Medical Device sector ‘India Pharma & India Medical Device 2018’ held in ___ Bengaluru
- The World Sustainable Development Summit -2018 held in ___New Delhi.
- The 6th conference of Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA) of India Region has been inauguratedin____ Patna
- Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has inaugurated the 8th edition of the Theatre Olympics in ___Delhi.
- The Union govt. has extended the anti-narcotics scheme for _____3 more years.
- Four places in Chhattisgarh will get airports as part of the UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) scheme___Ambikapur, Bilaspur, Jagdalpur and Raigarh.
- India’s second lunar mission Chandrayan-2 to be launched in _____April 2018.
- The Centre has constituted a committee headed by the Vice Chairman of the NITI Aayog to study the Brahmaputra and flood control measures in Assam and neighbouring states___ Mr Rajiv Kumar.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the prestigious World Congress on Information Technology through a video link in _____Hyderabad.
- India’s ballistic missile test-fired successfully from the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast___ Agni-II.
- Who has started limited period online survey to gather consumer feedback on its services____ India Posts
- The Union Minister Uma Bharti has launched the Bagori Ganga Gram project, New Swajal Project and Gangotri as Swachh Iconic Place in____ Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand.
States in News
1.The Supreme Court has awarded an additional 14.75 TMC of Cauvery water to ___ Karnataka
2.The state govt. has introduced ‘The Assam Yoga Council Bill, 2018’ in the state Assembly to set up a yoga council for regulating the teaching and practice of yoga___ Assam govt.
3.Who has become the country’s only non-suburban railway station to be entirely run by women ___Jaipur’s Gandhinagar.
4.The state govt. has passed a bill to establish a maiden law university to improve the quality of professional legal education in the state____ Jammu and Kashmir state.
5.Regional conference of southern states on water resources to be held in____ Hyderabad.
Banking & Financial Awareness
1.Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constituted an expert committee to look into the issues relating to classification of bad loans, effectiveness of audits and rising incidents of frauds___ Y H Malegam committee
2.India has signed a loan agreement with the bank for 100 million dollars for Rajasthan Water Sector Restructuring Project for Desert Areas ___ New Development Bank (NDB).
3.The official Wholesale Price Index (WPI) for All Commodities for the month of January 2018 rose by ____0.1%.
4.The bank has decided to exit its South Africa operations after 21 years amid a probe into alleged compliance lapses by the bank there___ Bank of Baroda
5.Who has announced a development plans worth Rs. 1,918 crores for Punjab to supplement farmers’ income ___NABARD.
6.The Digital payments entity has partnered with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) for the adoption of its indigenously designed Point of Sale (POS) device at IOCL retail outlets____ PhonePe
Important News – International
1.Who has declared to impose a ‘carbon tax’ from 2019 to cut its greenhouse gas emissions ___Singapore
2.The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) suspended Romania’s drug-testing laboratory for _____six months.
3.The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit will be held this year in the city of Qingdao in ____ China.
4.The annual Munich Security Conference held in ____Munich, Germany
5. The country will debut with its first ever Arab Fashion Week in ___ Riyadh,Saudi Arabia
Sports News
1. The country has won the 5th Commonwealth bridge championship 2018__India
2.Who has won the Chennai Open ATP Men’s Singles ___ Jordan Thompson
3.Who has become the oldest world number one in Tennis history___ Roger Federer
4. Who has become the first figure skater in 66 years to win back-to-back Winter Olympic gold medals in the men’s singles event____ Yuzuru Hanyu
5.Who has won the Senior Women’s National Football Championship for the first time at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack ____ Tamil Nadu
Honours & Awards
1. Who has been recognized as ‘Startup of the Year -2017’ at the 7th Small Business Awards in New Delhi ____Milkbasket
2.Indian engineer has won the Scientific and Engineering Academy Award at the Oscars Scientific and Technical Awards 2018___ Vikas Sathaye
3.India’s App has won the best M-Government Service Award in the Accessible Government category at World Govt Summit 2018 in Dubai_____ Umang App
4.The film has won the best film award at the 71st British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)-2018 ___ Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
New Appointments
1.Who became the 41st Prime Minister of Nepal _____ K P Sharma Oli
2. Who reappointed as Bank of Japan Chief ____ Haruhiko Kuroda
3.The UGC has constituted a four-member Empowered Expert Committee headed by former Chief Election Commissioner for shortlisting 20 Institutions of Eminence _____N Gopalaswami
4.Who has been sworn in as South Africa’s new president____ Cyril Ramaphosa
5.Archaeologist and historian will be the Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) __ Arvind P. Jamkhedkar
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