Yak February 2018 Electrical Flow Affairs Of Import Highlights (One-Liners)

Friends, hither are the Major Current Affairs Highlights of February 2018. These one-liners comprehend all of import International, National, MOUs, Indexes, Banking, Technology, Books & Authors, Committees in addition to Sports affairs of Oct calendar month (from 1st to 28th Feb 2018). We will  provide the pdf version soon, but nosotros propose y'all to write these on your ain therefore that y'all wont forget them again. All the Best in addition to Happy Reading :)

Feb 2018 Current Affairs Highlights (One-Liners) 

• 13th Feb 2018 was observed every bit World Radio Day alongside the subject “Radio in addition to Sports”.
• 15th Death anniversary of 1st Indian American adult woman inwards infinite Kalpana Chawla is beingness observed on 1st Feb 2018.
  
• 17-year-old snowboarder Redmond Gerard won the 1st Au medal for the USA at this year's Winter Olympics, alongside his victory inwards the snowboarding slopestyle competition.
• 18 years in addition to 86 days old Prithvi Shaw, has go the youngest-ever captain to win an ICC Under-19 World Cup final.
• 20th Feb 2018 was observed every bit the World Day of Social Justice alongside the subject "Workers on the Move: the Quest for Social Justice”.
• 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer (36) has go the oldest-ever men's singles world number 1 lawn tennis player.
• 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer in addition to 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams won the Laureus Sportsman in addition to Sportswoman of the Year awards respectively.
• 21st Feb 2018 was observed every bit the International Mother Language Day alongside the subject "Linguistic variety in addition to multilingualism count for sustainable development".
• 21st National Conference on e-Governance was held inwards Hyderabad (Telangana). Theme of the Conference : ‘Technology for accelerating Development’.
• 28th Feb (Last Day of February) was observed every bit Rare Disease Day alongside the subject 'research'.
• 28th Feb 2018 was observed every bit National Science Day alongside the subject "Science in addition to Technology for a sustainable future."
• 2nd edition of ‘Nobel Prize Series Republic of Republic of India 2018’ held inwards Panaji (Goa). Its a month-long Nobel Science Exhibition inwards which Nobel laureates interact alongside schoolhouse children in addition to teachers. Theme of Nobel Prize Series Republic of Republic of India 2018’ is Science Impacts Life.
• 2nd Feb 2018 was observed every bit World Wetlands Day. This solar daytime marks adoption of Convention on Wetlands (also called every bit Ramsar Convention) inwards 1971 inwards Ramsar (Iran). Theme for 2018 "Wetlands for a Sustainable Urban Future".
• 41st Indian Coast Guard Day was observed on 1st Feb 2018.
• 4th Feb was observed every bit World Cancer Day alongside the Theme 'We can. I can'.
• 4th coming together of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) was held inwards New Delhi nether the chairmanship of Dr BibekDebroy, Chairman, EAC-PM & Member, NITI Aayog. During the meeting, EAC-PM discussed the possible modalities of implementing National Health Scheme announced yesteryear the authorities inwards Union Budget-2018-19.
• 4-time champions Islamic Republic of Pakistan volition participate inwards the upcoming Hockey World Cup which volition live hosted inwards Bhubaneswar, Odisha, afterwards this year.
• 5th Edition of Southern Asia Region Public Procurement Conference was held inwards New Delhi. Theme of this Conference : “Public Procurement in addition to Service Delivery”.
• 6th edition of World Government Summit (WGS) 2018, a global platform dedicated to shaping futurity of authorities worldwide, was of late held at Madinat Jumeirah inwards Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). Republic of Republic of India is the invitee province at this year’s event.
• 7 Indian boxers, including five-time world champion Mary Kom, won Au medals inwards the Republic of Republic of India Open International Boxing Tournament.
• A People's Republic of Bangladesh courtroom sentenced Opposition leader in addition to two-time ex-PM Khaleda Zia to 5 years inwards jail for corruption.
• A 'Gender park' opened upwards entirely to women in addition to children volition live set upwards inwards Kerala's Kottayam.
• A total of 225 Indian athletes volition participate inwards fifteen sports of this year's Commonwealth Games, which volition live held inwards Commonwealth of Australia from Apr 4 to Apr 15. The Indian basketball game teams would live participating at the Commonwealth Games after a gap of viii years.
• According to a of late released study yesteryear UK-based wireless coverage mapping fellowship OpenSignal, Republic of Republic of India has recorded the lowest 4G LTE speed inwards Earth at an average of 6.07 Mbps. Singapore topped the listing alongside an average 4G speed of 44.31 Mbps, followed yesteryear the Netherlands in addition to Norway.
• According to a of late released UNICEF study, every twelvemonth inwards India, at to the lowest degree 6, 00,000 newborns exceed away inside 28 days of their birth. The study also revealed that Islamic Republic of Pakistan is the riskiest province to live born inwards every bit it accounted for the world's highest newborn mortality rate.
• According to a study released yesteryear the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), the CM of Andhra Pradesh, Chandrababu Naidu is the richest Chief Minister inwards Republic of Republic of India alongside declared assets worth over ₹177 crore. Naidu is followed yesteryear Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu alongside assets worth over ₹129 crore in addition to Punjab's Amarinder Singh alongside ₹48 crore.
• According to latest authorities data, women constitute only 7.28% of India's police force force.
• According to of late released Global Passport Index 2018, Republic of Korea in addition to Singapore have got the most powerful passports inwards Earth alongside a visa-free score of 162. Republic of Republic of India has been ranked 73rd.
• Actor Kamal Haasan launched his political political party 'Makkal Needhi Maiam' in addition to hoisted a flag carrying the party's symbol inwards Tamil Nadu's Madurai. The flag of Makkal Needhi Maiam Party depicts 6 hands belongings onto each other alongside a six-pointed star inwards the middle.
• Airtel Payments Bank reduced its involvement charge per unit of measurement yesteryear 175 ground points to 5.5 % per annum from 7.25 % per annum earlier.
• Amazon has launched it's ain nutrient retail enterprise titled Amazon Retail inwards Pune. With this, Amazon has became the showtime unusual e-commerce line of piece of work solid to start its ain nutrient retail enterprise inwards India.
• An all-woman crew started operating the Gandhinagar Railway Station inwards Jaipur, inwards a showtime for Rajasthan. This is India's instant railway station alongside an all-woman crew, alongside the showtime beingness Matunga Railway Station inwards Mumbai.
• An Indian consortium led yesteryear ONGC has agreed to pay $600 1 1000 m (over ₹3,850 crore) for a 10% stake inwards an offshore oilfield inwards UAE's Abu Dhabi. This marks the showtime fourth dimension Indian crude companies have got been given a stake inwards Abu Dhabi's hydrocarbon resources.
• As portion of the Vision 2030 social computer program launched yesteryear Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, the Saudi Arabia's General Security sectionalization allowed women aged betwixt 25 in addition to 35 to apply for the rank of soldier.
• Australia's Brisbane Airport has announced that it volition go the world's showtime airdrome to allow travellers pay alongside cryptocurrency similar Bitcoin in addition to Ethereum at its terminal shopping areas.
• Bank of Baroda is going to acquire out the South African marketplace amid allegations that politically connected Gupta menage unit of measurement used its network for illicit transactions.
• Bermuda has go the world's showtime province to abolish same-sex marriages, almost a twelvemonth after it had allowed the same inwards May 2017.
• Bihar Government has banned sale of loose cigarettes inwards the state.
• Bollywood Actress Shilpa Shetty has released her instant volume titled 'The Diary of a Domestic Diva'
• Britain’s Prince Charles has launched a novel 10-million-dollar Development Impact Bond (DIB) to assist improve instruction for over 200,000 children inwards India. It is the largest bond of its type inwards South Asia.
• Business magazine Forbes has released its first-ever Crypto Rich List, comprising twenty wealthiest people inwards the cryptocurrency space. The listing was topped yesteryear Ripple Co-founder Chris Larsen, who is estimated to have got a crypto internet worth of $7.5-8 billion.
• Cab-hailing startup Ola in addition to the Government of Assam have got signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to airplane pilot an app-based river taxi service inwards Guwahati.
• Canada's Upper House of Parliament has passed a pecker to modify the country's National Anthem inwards a bid to prepare it gender-neutral. The words "thy sons command" inwards the instant line of the anthem volition live replaced alongside "all of us command".
• Canadian PM Justin Trudeau arrived inwards Republic of Republic of India for his 7-day province visit. His see is aimed at coming together authorities in addition to line of piece of work organisation leaders in addition to strengthening the "close friendship" betwixt the 2 nations.
• Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) were crowned every bit champions of the eighth Hockey Republic of Republic of India Senior Women National Championship 2018 (B Division) after they defeated Kerala Hockey yesteryear a margin of 7-0 inwards the finally check held at Ranchi (Jharkhand).
• Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Dr Raman Singh presents Budget for the financial twelvemonth 2018-2019. With an outlay of Rs. 83,179 crore, the budget focuses on infrastructure, schoolhouse instruction in addition to agriculture.
• China is going to host Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2018 at Qingdao, eastern Shandong Province inwards June 2018. Republic of Kazakhstan (Astana) hosted the finally year's summit during 8-9th June 2017.
• China was elected every bit vice chair of Financial Action Task Force (FATF), a global torso mandated to combat terror financing in addition to money laundering.
• Citibank Republic of Republic of India has banned the work of its credit in addition to debit cards towards purchase or trading of cryptocurrencies similar Bitcoin.
• Czech Republic's Ester Ledecka became the showtime adult woman to claim Au medals inwards 2 sports at a Winter Olympics after claiming her instant 1 inwards a snowboarding lawsuit at the PyeongChang Winter Games.
• Digital payments startup Paytm has launched 2 insurance companies, Paytm Life Insurance in addition to Paytm General Insurance.
• Dubai has opened the tallest hotel inwards Earth (356-metres) titled Gevora Hotel.
• E-commerce major Amazon Republic of Republic of India has launched its ad-free music streaming service, Amazon Prime Music, for the Prime members, at no extra-cost.
• Elon Musk-led infinite exploration startup SpaceX has successfully launched its Falcon ix rocket, which carried 2 exam satellites for its planned Global Internet Broadband Service.
• Elon Musk-led SpaceX has successfully launched the world's most powerful operational rocket Falcon Heavy towards Mars. The rocket, carrying a Tesla Roadster car, volition revolve about the Lord's Day inwards a way that volition repeatedly choose it unopen to Earth in addition to Mars.
• Environment Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan launched Green Good Deeds travail inwards New Delhi. Aim of this travail : To sensitise people in addition to students, inwards special virtually climate alter in addition to global warming.
• Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp has started rolling its Payments characteristic on both Android in addition to iOS operating systems inwards India. The characteristic volition allow users to immediately transfer money via the Unified Payments Interface (UPI).
• Fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has go the 1st Indian bowler to have got a five-wicket haul inwards all 3 formats inwards international cricket.
• Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has ruled out privatisation of populace sector banks every bit a answer to the $1.77-billion PNB fraud.
• Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was on a two-day official see to Saudi Arabia. During this visit, he co-chaired the twelfth India-Saudi Arabia Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) which was held during 18th in addition to 19th Feb 2018 at Riyadh.
• Flipkart's payments platform PhonePe has signed a partnership alongside Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) to deploy its of late launched Point of Sale (POS) devices at IOCL retail outlets.
• Following the PNB fraud, the Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has asked banks to integrate SWIFT interbank messaging scheme alongside Core Banking Solution (CBS) yesteryear Apr 30. SWIFT network is used yesteryear financial institutions worldwide to securely transmit information in addition to instructions using a scheme of codes.
• For prophylactic keeping of astronauts, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has started working towards developing 'Igloos' on Moon, called the lunar habitats.
• For the showtime time, Islamic Republic of Pakistan is going to send transgenders to Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to serve every bit volunteers during 2018 Haj pilgrimage.
• Former Australian spinner Shane Warne has been appointed every bit the mentor of Rajasthan Royals for this IPL season.
• Former England captain Kevin Pietersen has announced that he is going to retire.
• Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram's boy Karti Chidambaram was arrested yesteryear the CBI for non cooperating inwards the investigation of the INX Media money laundering case.
• Former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been appointed every bit the Brand Ambassador of Islamic Republic of Pakistan Cricket Board.
• Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is going to launch twenty wheel ambulances to bargain alongside casualties inwards the state's tourism belt. .
• Goa CM Manohar Parrikar presented the Rs 17,123-crore budget for 2018-19, an growth of 6.84 per cent over the ongoing fiscal, alongside a stress on instruction in addition to task creation.
• Google announced that users tin can at nowadays pay utility bills alongside its Unified Payments Interface-based payment app 'Tez', without whatever transaction charges.
• Google-spinoff Waymo has go the showtime fellowship to have blessing to launch a driverless commercial ride-hailing service inwards the US.
• Government has constituted an Empowered Expert Committee (EEC) to select twenty Institutions of Eminence from amid 104 institutions (public or private) that have got applied for the status. Head of this Committee : northward Gopalaswami (Former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC))
• Government has signed instant Loan Agreement alongside New Development Bank (NDB) for financing of Rajasthan Water Sector Restructuring Project for the Desert Areas.
• Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani launched the maiden flying of Bhubaneswar-based airline Air Odisha, connecting Ahmedabad in addition to Mundra.
• Hong Kong has voted to ban ivory sales yesteryear 2021.
• In a strategic motility to expand its footprint inwards the Indian Ocean region, Republic of Republic of India has secured access to the key Port of Duqm inwards Sultanate of Oman for armed forces work in addition to logistical support.
• In an inaugural to improve India’s conditions forecasting, the Ministry of world Science (MoES) launched a high performance figurer (HPC) scheme named Mihir.
• In his budget speech, the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has announced that the Indian authorities does non consider cryptocurrencies similar Bitcoin a legal tender in addition to volition have got all possible measures to curb their work for illegal activities.
• In it's sixth Bi-Monthly Policy Review, the Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has kept the Repo rate, the charge per unit of measurement at which banks borrow from RBI, steady at 6% for the 3rd fourth dimension inwards a row.
• In gild to have got on Apple Pay, the applied scientific discipline giant Google has launched a novel payments app called Google Pay. The platform includes features similar the might to pay at checkout counters alongside a smartphone, or pay for populace transportation.
• In what could live biggest banking fraud inwards India, state-owned Punjab National Bank (PNB) announced it has detected a USD 1.77 billion scam.
• Independence Day of Sri Lanka was observed on quaternary Feb 2018.
• India in addition to Canada have got agreed to piece of work together against Sikh terror outfits Babbar Khalsa International in addition to the International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF).
• India in addition to Deutschland have got inked MoU for “Implementation Agreement inwards Sustainable Urban Development in addition to Smart Cities inwards India.
• India defeated Commonwealth of Australia yesteryear 8 wickets to win their ICC Under-19 World Cup. This is the quaternary fourth dimension Republic of Republic of India won ICC Under-19 World Cup (2000, 2008, 2012 in addition to 2018) the most for whatever nation.
• India has been ranked 47th out of 86 countries on the Inclusive Internet Index yesteryear the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), which was commissioned yesteryear Facebook. Sweden took the showtime place, followed yesteryear Singapore in addition to the US.
• India has been ranked 81st inwards the Global corruption perception index for 2017, released yesteryear Transparency International. New Zealand in addition to Kingdom of Denmark were placed the highest inwards the list.
• India has contributed $1 1 1000 m assist to Tonga for rehabilitation efforts after the Island land was hitting yesteryear Tropical Cyclone Gita which had caused massive devastation across the pacific sea archipelago.
• India has contributed additional $1 1 1000 m to India-UN Development Partnership Fund, earmarked for South-South cooperation.
• India has inked memorandum of understanding (MoU) alongside Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC) for supporting its ‘programme based query back upwards inwards addressing electrical flow in addition to futurity global in addition to local developmental challenges.
• India has joined the Ashgabat Agreement which plans to facilitate merchandise betwixt Central Asia in addition to the Western Farsi Gulf yesteryear creating a carry in addition to transit corridor.
• India is going to host the 1st International Solar Alliance (ISA) Summit inwards March 2018 at New Delhi.
• India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has announced that it volition start pan-India ringlet out of its network from Apr this year. All 1.55 lakh postal service business office branches volition operate every bit access points in addition to 650 payments depository financial establishment branches volition provide them back-end support.
• India Signs Second Loan Agreement alongside New Development Bank for USD 100 Million for Rajasthan Water Sector Restructuring Project for Desert Areas
• India started nationwide Tiger census 2018. This is the largest survey of wild fauna anywhere inwards the world.
• India successfully conducted the showtime nighttime trial of indigenously developed nuclear-capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile Prithvi-II.
• India successfully test-fired indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile. The surface-to-surface missile, which has a strike hit of 350 km, is capable of carrying 500-1,000 kg of warheads.
• India successfully test-fired the indigenously developed nuclear-capable Agni-1 ballistic missile from the Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast.
• India volition host the World Environment Day 2018 on June 5 alongside the subject 'Beat Plastic Pollution'.
• India’s biggest electricity producer NTPC Ltd has won tender to furnish 300 megawatts (MW) of electricity to power-starved People's Republic of Bangladesh for fifteen years.
• India’s indigenous low-cal carry aircraft SARAS has been successfully exam flown for a instant time. This was the instant of the twenty exam flights planned for SARAS PT1N, before freezing the production version.
• Indian Air Force officeholder Avani Chaturvedi has go the country's showtime adult woman to wing a fighter jet solo, every bit she operated Russian-made MiG-21 aircraft inwards her showtime preparation sortie.
• Indian boxer Vikas Krishan won a Gold medal in addition to was named the best boxer of the tournament at the 69th Strandja Memorial boxing tournament inwards Bulgaria.
• Indian captain Virat Kohli has go the showtime Indian batsman to go yesteryear 900 points inwards the ICC ODI rankings.
• Indian cricketers Jasprit Bumrah in addition to Harmanpreet Kaur have got been named inwards Forbes Republic of Republic of India thirty Under thirty achievers list. The listing also includes women's hockey squad goalkeeper Savita Punia in addition to shooter Heena Sidhu.
• Indian Golpher Shubhankar Sharma has won the Maybank Championship inwards Malaysia.
• Indian gymnast Aruna Budda Reddy has go the 1st Indian to win an private medal at the Gymnastics World Cup.
• Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has been named the Captain of Kings XI Punjab ahead of the upcoming flavour of IPL.
• Indian Railways inwards collaboration alongside General Electric (GE) has inducted 2 Digitally Enabled Locomotives based on province of fine art insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) technology.
• Indian Railways signed Memorandum of understanding (MoU) alongside Department of Posts for setting upwards of Passenger Reservation System counters at Post Offices.
• Indian shuttler Sameer Verma clinched the Men's singles championship at the $150,000 Swiss Open Super 300 tournament.
• Indian women's cricket squad pacer Jhulan Goswami has go the showtime adult woman inwards Earth to have got 200 wickets inwards ODI cricket.
• India's largest lender State Bank of Republic of Republic of India (SBI) cautioned its cardholders of potential legal, financial in addition to other risks associated alongside Bitcoin in addition to other Cryptocurrencies. However, the depository financial establishment did non ban the work of its cards for such investments.
• India's largest lender State Bank of Republic of Republic of India (SBI) has the highest amount of wilful defaults amounting to ₹27,716 crore till December, 2017.
• India's largest lender State Bank of Republic of Republic of India (SBI) reported a loss of ₹2,416.4 crore for the Dec quarter, mark its showtime quarterly loss inwards at to the lowest degree 17 years.
• Indonesia's Health Ministry has announced that it has listed homosexuality every bit a mental disorder in addition to volition release a medical guide stating the same.
• IndusInd Bank launched its novel Sonic Identity, which is essentially a musical logo, every bit portion of its branding initiatives.
• Infosys Foundation, the philanthropic arm of information technology major Infosys, has signed a MoU alongside the Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation for a grant to create a child-friendly hamlet towards improving children's health, providing instruction in addition to creating a non-violent environment.
• Iran is planning to launch its ain national cryptocurrency. This cryptocurrency would assist Islamic Republic of Iran evade the potential U.S. sanctions.
• Iran President Hassan Rouhani arrived inwards Republic of Republic of India for a three-day visit. This is his 1st see after assuming business office inwards 2013.
• Karnataka has won the Vijay Hazare Trophy yesteryear defeating Saurashtra yesteryear 41 runs inwards the finals.
• Karnataka's Kishan Gangolli has won the National 'A' Chess Championship for Blind for the 5th consecutive time.
• Kerala has made vaccination compulsory for schoolhouse admissions from side yesteryear side academic twelvemonth onwards. Parents volition have got to present details of shots given to children at the fourth dimension of enrolment inwards schools.
• Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel inaugurated the 44th edition of Khajuraho Dance Festival 2018 at Khajuraho temple, a UNESCO world heritage site inwards Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh.
• Ministry of Defence (MoD) constituted 13-member Raksha Mantri Advisory Committee on Ministry of Defence Capital Projects (RMCOMP). Head of this commission : Vinay Sheel Oberoi.
• Mobile payments fellowship Paytm in addition to Alibaba Group-owned AGTech Holdings Ltd have got formed a articulation enterprise to launch Gamepind, a gaming platform aimed at mobile users inwards India.
• Mr. Khalid Bin Abdulaziz Al-Falih, Minister of Energy, Industry in addition to Mineral Resources of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia visited India.
• Mumbai Indians have got appointed IPL history's leading wicket-taker in addition to their quondam musician Lasith Malinga every bit the bowling mentor ahead of the 2018 season.
• Nepal's finally monarch Gyanendra Shah has arrived inwards Odisha to attend the International Gau Sambardhana Mahotsav every bit Chief Guest.
• Pakistan senate has approved proclamation of Standard Mandarin (the main linguistic communication spoken inwards China), every bit 1 of the official languages of the country.
• 'Paschim Lehar', a tri-service maritime exercise was held at India's westerncoast. Objective : To construct interoperability.
• Pension Fund Regulatory in addition to Development Authority (PFRDA) has identified 21 banks (6 Public sector banks, xiv Regional Rural Banks in addition to 1 Cooperative Bank) every bit Makers of Excellence nether Atal Pension Yojana (APY) Outreach Programme every bit the number of electrical flow APY subscribers crosses 86 Lacs mark.
• President Ram Nath Kovind hosted 'LPG Panchayat' at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Aim of LPG Panchayat : To provide a platform for LPG consumers to interact alongside each other, promote mutual learning in addition to part experiences.
• President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated 88th Mahamastakabhisheka of Lord Gomateshwara yesteryear unveiling an idol of Bahubali at Shravanabelagola inwards Hassan district, Karnataka.
• President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the annual Udyanotsav of the Mughal Gardens of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the ‘Magnetic Maharashtra’ Convergence Summit 2018 at the MMRDA grounds at Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex. It was ran alongside the tagline #MadeForBusiness.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the showtime 'Khelo India' schoolhouse games at Delhi's Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 'UP Investors Summit 2018' inwards Lucknow. This is the showtime such lawsuit to live organised yesteryear UP’s Yogi Adityanath government. The 2-day lawsuit is aimed at showcasing investment opportunities in addition to potential across diverse sectors inwards the state.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the World Sustainable Development Summit 2018 inwards New Delhi. The three-day lawsuit has been organized yesteryear The Energy in addition to Resources Institute (TERI).
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi set the foundation for Abu Dhabi's showtime Hindu temple via video conferencing.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched subsidised Amma two-wheeler Scheme for working women inwards Tamil Nadu, on the occasion of quondam Chief Minister Jayalalithaa’s 70th nascence anniversary.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi became the 1st Indian Prime Minister to see Palestine after he arrived inwards Ramallah every bit portion of his three-nation tour. Aim of this see : Strengthening India's ties alongside the Gulf in addition to West Asian region.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a 4-day see to Jordan, Palestine, UAE in addition to Oman.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi's volume on Exam stress titled 'Exam Warriors' was launched yesteryear External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in addition to Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar.
• Private sector lender Axis Bank has opened an Off-shore Banking Unit at the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City).
• Professional tabular array lawn tennis musician of Tamil Nadu, Sharath Kamal beats top-seed Anthony Amalraj to win the Men's singles championship for the eighth time, equalling the feat of Kamlesh Mehta at the 11Even Sports Senior Table Tennis Nationals inwards Ranchi.
• Pune-based swimmer Rohan More (32) became the youngest inwards Earth in addition to showtime Asian to consummate the Ocean Seven Challenge, which involves crossing 7 of the world's toughest sea channels roofing a distance of about 200 km.
• Reigning Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap won the Men's singles championship inwards the Austrian Open International Challenge 2018 yesteryear defeating Malaysia's June Wei Cheam.
• Rio Olympic silvery medallist PV Sindhu finished every bit runner-up inwards Republic of Republic of India Open Super 300 badminton tournament after losing to America's Beiwen Zhang inwards the final.
• Russian infinite way Roskosmos has successfully launched Progress MS-08, an unmanned cargo spacecraft for the International Space Station (ISS).
• Rwanda has go the 1st low-income province to provide universal oculus tending to its entire 1.2 crore population.
• Saudi Arabia has temporarily banned imports of alive birds, hatching eggs in addition to chicks from Republic of Republic of India over an outbreak of a aeroplane influenza virus inwards the province of Karnataka.
• Search Engine giant Google in addition to National Council of Educational Research in addition to Training (NCERT) has signed an understanding to integrate a course of study on ‘Digital Citizenship in addition to Safety’ inwards information in addition to communication applied scientific discipline (ICT) curriculum.
• Singapore is going to impose a 'Carbon Tax' from 2019 to cut greenhouse gas emissions inwards an endeavor to create do climate change.
• Singapore is going to pay its citizens aged 21 in addition to inwards a higher house a one-off 'SG Bonus' of upwards to S$300 each every bit the 2017 budget included a surplus of Singapore $10 billion.
• South Korean electronics giant Samsung has started manufacturing hardware specialized for Bitcoin mining.
• Spiritual leader Prince Karim Aga Khan visited India, during this see he held talks alongside Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu.
• Star Republic of Republic of India Pvt. Ltd has won the rights for audio-visual production services for the Indian Premier League (IPL) in addition to BCCI domestic cricket for the 2018-19 season.
• Sweden has singed Strategic Partnership Agreement alongside United Nations for committing tape $370 1 1000 m dollars to United Nations World Food Programme.
• Swiss lawn tennis ace Roger Federer has won his career's 97th championship yesteryear winning the Rotterdam Open, 2 days after becoming the oldest world number 1 men's player.
• Taking prime number government minister Narendra Modi's Digital Republic of Republic of India inaugural forward, a chat based task search mobile app 'Empzilla', showtime e'er of its sort inwards the country, is beingness launched.
• Tamil Nadu crunch Manipur 2-1 to elevator their maiden championship inwards 23rd edition of Senior Women's National Football Championship 2017-18 at Barabati Stadium inwards Cuttack.
• Tanzanian President John Magufuli has announced that the province volition describe out of the UN's "comprehensive refugee answer framework", which provides lasting solutions for refugees, including integration into host communities, citing security reasons in addition to lack of funds.
• Taxi aggregator Ola has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) alongside the Government of Assam to airplane pilot a one-of-its-kind app-based river taxi service inwards Guwahati.
• Technology giant Apple is going to opened upwards a information centre inwards China yesteryear 2020 alongside an investment of $1 billion.
• The ‘1st Pelican Bird Festival-2018’ was held at Atapaka Bird Sanctuary located at Kolleru lake inwards Andhra Pradesh.
• The 1st edition of Khelo Republic of Republic of India School Games (KISG) was of late held during 31st Jan to eighth February, 2018 at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium inwards New Delhi. Haryana had emerged every bit overall champions, finishing alongside 102 medals (38 gold, 26 silvery in addition to 38 bronze medals) followed yesteryear Maharashtra (111 medals) in addition to Delhi (94 medals).
• The 1st sale of Electoral Bonds volition start from March 1, 2018 for menses of 10 days at iv main branches of State Bank of Republic of Republic of India (SBI) inwards Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata in addition to New Delhi.
• The 2 solar daytime International conference on Sustainable Biofuels was held inwards New Delhi. Aim of this Conference : To provide mutual platform to Government policy makers, industry, investors in addition to query community to substitution experiences in addition to challenges related to evolution in addition to scaling of advance biofuels.
• The 32nd edition of Surajkund International Crafts Mela was of late held at Faridabad, Haryana. Theme province of 2018 : Uttar Pradesh. Partner Nation of 2018 : Kyrgyzstan.
• The seventh Meeting of Eminent Persons Group (EPG) on Nepal-India relations was of late held at Kathmandu. Next coming together of the grouping volition live held inwards New Delhi.
• The ix fellow member commission constituted yesteryear Karnataka authorities has submitted it's study recommending split upwards province flag. The commission has recommended novel tricolour having xanthous (at top), white (in middle) in addition to ruby (at bottom) colorus, alongside state’s emblem Gandaberunda (a two-headed mythological bird) inwards centre.
• The Andijan Region of Uzbekistan in addition to Republic of Republic of India have got signed an understanding for cooperation inwards the pharmaceutical industry.
• The Assam Assembly volition innovate Digital budget inwards its side yesteryear side session, doing away alongside the traditional printed booklet cast practice.
• The Cabinet has approved a proposal to redefine Micro, Small, in addition to Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), based on their annual turnover. The move, which replaces before classification based on investment inwards works life in addition to machinery, is expected to improve ease of doing business.
• The Centre has announced that Karnataka's Hampi monuments volition live amid the 10 destinations selected every bit 'Iconic Tourism' sites. Other selected sites include the Taj Mahal, Konark Lord's Day Temple, in addition to Ajanta in addition to Ellora caves.
• The Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) has inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) alongside Russian line of piece of work solid United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC) to develop specialized vessels for Inland in addition to Coastal shipping.
• The Davis Cup, inwards existence since 1900, is going to live converted into a 'World Cup of Tennis' from side yesteryear side year.
• The European Commission (EC) has announced that Serbia in addition to Montenegro could bring together the European Union (EU) inwards 2025 every bit portion of the European Union enlargement project design for the Western Balkans.
• The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) has entered into partnership alongside Department of Science in addition to Technology (DST) to implement in addition to execute the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Republic of Republic of India Research Training Fellowship (AIRTF).
• The flag carrier airline of India, Air Republic of Republic of India is going to acquire a one-time grant of €750,000 (approximately ₹6 crore) from State of Israel for launching directly flights betwixt New Delhi in addition to Tel Aviv.
• The authorities has made Permanent Account Number (PAN) mandatory for whatever entity conducting financial transactions of ₹2.5 lakh or more.
• The authorities is going to assign iv crore milk-producing cows inwards the province an Aadhaar-like cheap, Unique Identity Card (UID).
• The authorities is going to number tamper-proof grade certificates secured using blockchain applied scientific discipline from the 2019 academic year.
• The Indian contingent won a silvery medal in addition to 2 bronze medals at the Asian Para-Cycling Championships held inwards Naypyidaw, Myanmar.
• The Indian Navy has unveiled the Integrated Automatic Aviation Meteorological System (IAAMS) at INS Garuda, naval air station located inwards Kochi, Kerala.
• The Indian Navy launched the 3rd Scorpene grade submarine Karanj.
• The Indian Railways has signed a Memorandum of Understanding alongside the Maharashtra authorities to set upwards a ₹600-crore subway scheme coach mill inwards Latur district.
• The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) in addition to Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited (RUMSL) signed a sub-loan understanding for financing the shared infrastructure of 2 solar might projects inwards Madhya Pradesh.
• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is going to send the Chandrayaan-2 on the world's first-ever mission to soft-land close the Moon's southward pole.
• The Inland Waterways Authority of Republic of Republic of India (IWAI) inked pact alongside the World Bank for Jal Marg Vikas Project to heighten navigation on National Waterway-1 from Varanasi to Haldia.
• The International Conference on Unani Medicine was held inwards New Delhi. Theme of this conference : "Integration of Unani System of Medicine inwards main flow healthcare".
• The International Cricket Council (ICC) has approved the Cricket Canada's maiden enterprise 'Global T20 Canada', which is going to live held inwards in July 2018.
• The Jharkhand authorities has banned the Popular Front of India, claiming its members were "internally influenced yesteryear the ISIS".
• The King in addition to Prime Minister of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz along alongside Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, have got inaugurated the 32nd edition of Saudi Arabia’s National Heritage Festival inwards Janadriyah village, Riyadh. Republic of Republic of India is invitee of honor province for the twelvemonth 2018.
• The Madhya Pradesh instruction subdivision has decided to implement a uniform wearing clothing code for authorities teachers to depository financial establishment check their personality differences.
• The Madhya Pradesh authorities has launched a mobile application titled 'Pollution Metre' to spread awareness against pollution inwards the western portion of the state.
• The Maharashtra authorities has decided to set upwards a Transgender Welfare Board to protect their Constitutional in addition to human rights.
• The Ministry of Commerce & Industry has launched the 3rd version of the Government e-Marketplace (GeM 3.0). GeM is an Online Market platform to facilitate procurement of goods in addition to services yesteryear diverse Ministries in addition to agencies of the Government.
• The Ministry of Defence (Department of Defence Production) constituted a 17 fellow member task strength to study work in addition to application of Artificial news (AI) inwards military. Head of this Task strength : northward Chandrasekaran (Chairman, Tata Sons)
• The Ministry of Sports in addition to Youth Affairs is going to innovate ranking scheme for National Sports Federations (NSFs). It is aimed at inculcating healthy contest betwixt sports bodies.
• The National Payments Corporation of Republic of Republic of India (NPCI) has given consent to launch WhatsApp BHIM UPI beta alongside express user base of operations of 1 1 1000 m in addition to depression per transaction limit.
• The Nigerian Army has declared victory over the Boko Haram militant grouping after capturing the militants' stronghold Camp Zairo nether counter-insurgency functioning DEEP PUNCH II.
• The possessor of Rotomac Pens, Vikram Kothari, has been defendant of allegedly fleeing alongside loans of to a greater extent than than ₹800 crore from state-owned banks.
• The Punjab National Bank (PNB) has announced that the amount of fraudulent transactions, involving Nirav Modi in addition to Mehul Choksi, could live over ₹1,300 crore to a greater extent than than the electrical flow justice of ₹11,400 crore.
• The Punjab National Bank (PNB) has signed an understanding for information utility alongside National e-Governance Services Limited. The objective of the understanding is to augment the information infrastructure inwards India.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has announced setting upwards ombudsman for addressing client grievances inwards the Non-Banking Finance Companies (NBFCs).
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has announced that it volition link the base of operations charge per unit of measurement for loans alongside the marginal cost of funds-based lending charge per unit of measurement (MCLR) from 1 Apr to improve monetary policy transmission.
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has constituted an proficient commission to aspect into the entire gamut of issues relating to classification of bad loans, effectiveness of audits in addition to rising incidents of frauds. Head of this Committee : Y H Malegam (Former fellow member of Central Board of Directors of RBI).
• The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has raised exposure boundary nether Exchange Traded Currency Derivatives (ETCD) trading for residents in addition to Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) to $100 1 1000 m across all currency pairs involving Indian rupee.
• The province authorities of Odisha is going to sponsor India's national men's in addition to women's hockey teams for the side yesteryear side 5 years.
• The UK's Lloyds Banking Group has banned its customers from buying cryptocurrencies similar Bitcoin using credit cards every bit it fears their falling value could leave of absence it alongside huge debt.
• The Union Budget 2018-19 was presented yesteryear Finance Minister Arun Jaitley inwards the Parliament on 1st Feb 2018. In a interruption from tradition, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has presented the Union Budget 2018 inwards both Hindi in addition to English.
• The Union Cabinet has approved Cooperation Agreement betwixt Republic of Republic of India in addition to Moroccan National Railways Office (ONCFM) to develop long-term cooperation in addition to partnership inwards unlike areas of railway sector.
• The Union Cabinet has approved implementation of Prime Minister’s Research Fellows (PMRF) Scheme for doctoral students pursuing query inwards areas related to technology. To realize importance of invention in addition to applied scientific discipline for progress in addition to evolution of the nation.
• The Union Cabinet has approved the implementation of 'Prime Minister's Research Fellows' scheme at a cost of ₹1,650 crore for a menses of 7 years starting 2018-2019. Under the scheme, students pursuing PhD inwards IITs in addition to IISc volition live offered fellowships worth ₹70,000-80,000 per calendar month for 5 years.
• The Union Government has announced Rs.1.4 lakh-crore Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahaabhiyan (KUSUM) scheme for promoting solar farming i.e. decentralised solar might production of upwards to 28,250 MW to assist farmers.
• The Union Government has inked $84 1 1000 m loan understanding alongside Asian Development Bank (ADB) for improvement in addition to expansion of H2O furnish inwards Bhagalpur in addition to Gaya towns inwards Bihar.
• The Union Government is developing a tool titled Soft Power Matrix. Aim of Soft Power Matrix : To calibrate effectiveness of India’s soft might outreach in addition to foster meliorate diplomatic traction inwards India’s immediate neighbourhood in addition to beyond.
• The Union Health Ministry has passed a proposal that makes it mandatory for Indian students to clear National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) to obtain an eligibility certificate for applying to medical colleges abroad.
• The Union Ministry of Women in addition to Child Development is going to works life National Women Entrepreneurship Council (NWEC). NWEC volition promote entrepreneurship every bit it would live the umbrella organisation for socio-economic gender parity, financial inclusion in addition to economical empowerment of women inwards India.
• The Unique Identification Authority of Republic of Republic of India (UIDAI) has announced that it is going to innovate a blue-coloured 'Baal Aadhaar' carte for the children below the historic menses of 5 years.
• The USA has announced that it volition opened upwards its diplomatic mission to State of Israel inwards Jerusalem on May xiv this year, coinciding alongside Israel's 70th Independence Day.
• The U.S. Citizenship in addition to Immigration Services has dropped the phrase 'Nation of Immigrants' from its mission statement.
• The U.S. province of Indiana has passed a resolution recognising the contributions of Sikhs across the province in addition to the country.
• To choose greater efficiency in addition to accountability inwards functioning of the Revenue Department, Punjab authorities has notified 6-member Revenue Commission. Head of this Commission : SS Saron.
• To create awareness about Internet safety, the search engine giant Google has launched ‘#SecurityCheckKiya’ travail inwards India.
• To generate populace awareness on protection of one-horned rhinoceros (pachyderm) , the Assam authorities volition live observing September 22nd every bit Rhino Day.
• To guide route engineers in addition to policy makers virtually route expansion, the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has released India’s showtime e'er Highway Capacity Manual named Indo-HCM.
• To save the ecosystem, the Uttar Pradesh authorities has inaugurated the state's 1st e'er Butterfly Park inwards Kanpur.
• To protect domestic producers, the Indian authorities has imposed an anti-dumping duty on import of ceramic tableware in addition to kitchenware from China for 5 years starting June 2017.
• To provide inexpensive sanitary pads to schoolhouse girls in addition to women, the Maharashtra authorities is going to ringlet out a scheme titled Asmita Yojana on the International Women’s Day (March 8, 2018).
• To provide healthy, nutritious in addition to hygienic nutrient at affordable prices to all pathetic in addition to needy persons, the Haryana authorities has opened subsidised canteens inwards iv districts nether the ‘Antyodaya Aahaar Yojana’.
• To tackle ever-deepening crisis of depleting groundwater level, the Union Government has formulated ambitious H2O conservation scheme Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABY).
• Top U.S. banks similar JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America in addition to Citigroup have got announced that they are halting the purchases of cryptocurrencies on their credit cards.
• Under its novel Wealth Order law, the UK volition seize assets held yesteryear unusual criminals in addition to corrupt politicians.
• Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar announced that the NCERT syllabus volition live reduced to one-half from the 2019 academic session.
• United Kingdom in addition to Republic of Republic of India have got launched articulation query projects on ‘Water Quality Research’ in addition to ‘Energy Demand Reduction inwards Built Environment’.
• US Air Force Chief of Staff General David L Goldfein became the 1st unusual armed forces primary to wing a sortie inwards the made-in-India Tejas low-cal combat aircraft.
• US-based Virgin Hyperloop One has signed an MoU alongside Maharashtra authorities for a Hyperloop betwixt Bombay in addition to Pune.
• Uttar Pradesh State authorities inwards association alongside UNICEF launched massive door to door travail titled DASTAK, to eradicate deadly Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) in addition to Japanise Encephalitis (JE) illness inwards the state.
• Venezuela in addition to Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya were suspended from voting inwards United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) inwards 2018-19 session for non paying dues to 193-member world body.
• Venezuela has launched it's ain crypto currency titled Petro backed yesteryear oil, gas, Au in addition to diamond reserves to circumvent US-led financial sanctions. With this, Venezulea has go 1st sovereign province to officially launch its ain cryptocurrency.
• Venezuela formally launched a pre-sale of its state-backed cryptocurrency 'Petro' inwards a bid to recover from its worst financial crisis. 'Petro' is the world's showtime state-issued cryptoasset.
• Vice President Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the 1st International Kala Mela inwards New Delhi.
• Vice President Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the eighth Theatre Olympics at Red Fort inwards Delhi. Theme of eighth Theatre Olympics : 'Flag of Friendship'.
• Virat Kohli became the showtime Indian batsman to score 100 runs yesteryear running inwards an ODI innings, achieving the feat during his 160*(159) against South Africa.
• Virat Kohli received the ICC Test Championship mace on behalf of Team Republic of Republic of India for the instant consecutive twelvemonth for beingness the number 1 Test team.
• West Bengal became the 1st province to opt out of Centre’s National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) announced inwards Union Budget 2018-19.
• With a total of xiv medals, Norway's Marit Bjoergen became the most successful athlete inwards Winter Olympics history after winning bronze for USA inwards cross province skiing's women's squad sprint free.
• With a total wealth of $950 billion, India's financial uppercase Bombay has been ranked every bit the twelfth richest metropolis globally yesteryear South Africa-based marketplace query grouping New World Wealth. The listing was topped yesteryear New York alongside $3 trillion wealth.
• Women inwards Kingdom of Saudi Arabia tin can at nowadays opened upwards their ain businesses without the consent of a hubby or manly individual relative, every bit the kingdom pushes to expand a fast-growing private sector.
• World's showtime robot citizen Sophia made a populace appearance inwards Republic of Republic of India at a global applied scientific discipline lawsuit inwards Hyderabad.
• World's showtime robot ski contest was held inwards South Korea.
• Yogi Adityanath govt inwards Uttar Pradesh presented its showtime full-fledged budget for Rs. 4,28,384.52 cr for financial twelvemonth 2018-19.
• Yuki Bhambri became 1st Indian to hit quarter-finals of Chennai Open ATP Challenger Tennis tournament.

sponsored links

Share this post