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Yak 15Th February 2018 Events - Of Import Daily Electrical Flow Affairs

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Dear Great Ambitionists, hither are today's (15th Feb 2018) Important Current Affairs updates. Happy Reading :)

Daily Current Affairs of 15th Feb 2018

International Current Affairs
  • South African President Jacob Zuma has resigned from the postal service after defying a 48-hour deadline given past times the ruling African National Congress (ANC) to exit the office. 
  • Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba resigned opening the door for the Left alliance to cast the adjacent government, over ii months after his political party faced a debacle inwards the country's historic parliamentary too local polls.
    • Note : The CPN-UML (Communist Party of Nepal) picked political party chairman Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli as the adjacent Prime Minister of Nepal.
  • China is going to host Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit 2018 at Qingdao, eastern Shandong Province inwards June 2018. 
    • Kazakhstan (Astana) hosted the lastly year's summit during 8-9th June 2017.
    • About Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) :
      • Formed on : 15th June 2001
      • Headquarters :Beijing, China
      • Members : 8
    • Note : India, Islamic Republic of Pakistan decease total members of SCO on ninth June 2017.
  • 'Paschim Lehar', a tri-service maritime practise was held at India's westerncoast. 
    • Around forty ships, submarines too fighter aircraft participated inwards this exercise.
    • Objective : To construct interoperability.
  • Venezuela and Libya were suspended from voting inwards United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2018-19 session for non paying dues to 193-member Blue Planet body. 
    • Note : It is for tertiary fourth dimension inwards 3 years these countries convey been suspended from voting for unpaid dues.
National Current Affairs
  • The Centre today announced that Karnataka's Hampi monuments will live with the 10  destinations selected every bit 'Iconic Tourism' sites. 
    • Other selected sites include the Taj Mahal, Konark Dominicus Temple, too Ajanta too Ellora caves.
    • Note : In his Union Budget speech, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said that the sites volition live provided back upwardly for holistic infrastructure too science development.
  • 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. 
  • West Bengal became the 1st province to opt out of Centre’s National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) announced inwards Union Budget 2018-19. 
    • According to State Government, it has already made hospitalisation too medical handling complimentary for its citizens too has already enrolled l lakh people nether its Swasthya Sathi programme.
  • President Ram Nath Kovind hosted 'LPG Panchayat' at Rashtrapati Bhavan. 
    • Aim of LPG Panchayat : To supply a platform for LPG consumers to interact with each other, promote usual learning too portion experiences.
    • It was organised past times the Ministry of Petroleum too Natural Gas nether the Pradhan Mantri Ujjawala Yojana (PMUY).
  • India started nationwide Tiger census 2018.
    • This is the largest survey of wild fauna anywhere inwards the world.
    • This Rs. 10 crores practise volition ask 40,000 wood guards traversing 4,00,000 sq. km. of forests.
    • The lastly census, inwards 2014, had estimated India's tiger population at 2,226, upwardly from 1,706 inwards 2010.
  • For the get-go time, Bharat is laid to host the 8th Theatre Olympics, the largest international theater festival, with participation from thirty countries inwards a serial of performances to live held across India.
    • The 51-day-long outcome volition live inaugurated at the regal Red Fort on Feb 17 past times Vice President Venkaiah Naidu.
    • The festival volition live concluded on Apr 8 with a grand ceremony at the iconic Gateway of Bharat inwards Mumbai.
Awards & Honors
  • India’s Aadhaar and Umang App have won awards at late concluded 6th World Government Summit 2018 in Dubai.
    • Umang App won inwards Best m-Government Service Award for Accessible Government Category.
    • Aadhaar won inwards the Best Government Emerging Technologies Award. 
Banking, Business & Economic Affairs
  • 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.
  • Yes Bank’s MTN (Medium Term Note) bonds issuance has received overwhelming answer from international investors. 
    • It has been already listed on London Stock Exchange International Securities Market (LSE ISM) too Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (SGX).
  • The authorities today proposed to arrive easier for small savings system holders to unopen their accounts early on as good every bit permit the opening of such accounts inwards the refer of a minor. 
    • At present, little savings accounts similar populace provident fund (PPF) cannot live closed prematurely earlier the completion of 5 years.
New Appointments
  • US President Donald J. Trump appointed Lt Gen Paul Nakasone every bit the adjacent Director of National Security Agency too the States Cyber Command.
Sports Current Affairs
  • Tamil Nadu beat Manipur 2-1 to elevator their initiative championship inwards 23rd edition of Senior Women's National Football Championship 2017-18 at Barabati Stadium inwards Cuttack.
  • 4-time champions Islamic Republic of Pakistan volition participate inwards the upcoming Hockey World Cup which volition live hosted inwards Bhubaneswar, Odisha, later on this year. 
    • Note : Islamic Republic of Pakistan had failed to qualify for the 2014 World Cup too their participation inwards the 2018 World Cup was doubtful owing to the political relations of Bharat too Pakistan. 
  • Yuki Bhambri became 1st Indian to accomplish quarter-finals of Chennai Open ATP Challenger Tennis tournament.
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