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Yak 16Th January 2018 Events - Of Import Daily Electrical Flow Affairs

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Dear Great Ambitionists, hither are today's (16th Jan 2018) Important Current Affairs updates. Happy Reading :)

Daily Current Affairs of 16th Jan 2018

International Current Affairs
  • The 13th annual Iron Fist practise between American and Japanese military forces was lately kicked off at California (USA).
National Current Affairs
  • To brand learning to a greater extent than interesting, the Centre has decided to launch 'Operation Digital Board'.
    • This programme volition tending students thought diagrams together with presentations through digital tools. 
  • President Ram Nath Kovind today inaugurated the 'Economic Democracy Conclave' at Thane.
    • This conclave is beingness organised yesteryear Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini.
    • Aim of this conclave : To do a platform for immature entrepreneurs together with self-employed individuals together with render them motivation, networking together with mentoring.
MOUs & Agreements
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have signed an understanding for the co-production of films between the 2 nations. 
    • Aim of this understanding : To flora a framework to encourage all good visual media output, peculiarly co-production of films for benefitting cinema industries of both countries. 
  • Maharashtra Health subdivision and Johnson together with Johnson signed MoU to prepare rural midwives and social health activists regarding tuberculosis and maternal together with babe mortality.
  • Punjab Government signed MoU amongst Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to fix bio-gas together with bio-CNG plants inwards state, to discovery sustainable solutions to paddy straw burning. 
    • Total 400 such plants volition perish operational inwards 3-4 years amongst investment of INR 5000 crores.
Awards & Honors
  • Actor Sudhir Dalvi was honoured amongst the Janakavi P Sawlaram Award.
    • The accolade is jointly given yesteryear the Thane Municipal Corporation together with the Janakavi P Savlaram Kala Samiti.
  • Well-known dancer Jaishree T was bestowed amongst the Ganga Jamuna Award, which is instituted inwards retentiveness of a pop vocal written yesteryear Sawlaram.
  • US President Donald Trump has been awarded a 'Medal of Bravery' yesteryear the residents of Afghanistan's Logar province for his opinion against Pakistan. 
    • The medal, which has been handed over to the USA Embassy inwards Kabul, is worth around $645 (over ₹41,000) together with has been made out of xv grams of gold.
Deaths
  • The atomic number 82 vocalizer of the Irish Gaelic stone band 'The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan (46) has passed away.
    • She is known for songs similar 'Zombie' together with 'Linger'.
New Appointments
  • Market regulator Sebi has approved appointment of Vijay Kumar every bit Managing Director together with CEO of of leading agri-commodity bourse NCDEX (National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited).
    • He volition supersede Samir Shah.
  • The Gems together with Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) appointed Pramod Agarwal every bit its novel Chairman.
    • He volition supersede the outgoing chairman Praveenshanker Pandya.
    • Note : Colin Shah has been appointed every bit the vice-chairman of GJEPC.
  • Ajendra Bahadur Singh has been appointed every bit Chief of Western Naval Command of Indian Navy.
    • He volition supersede Admiral Ravneet Singh.
Banking, Business & Economic Affairs
  • Federal Bank has entered into a strategic partnership amongst Hedge Equities Ltd for providing Portfolio Investment Scheme (PIS) services to NRIs.
  • Messaging app Telegram is developing a blockchain platform to competitor world's minute biggest crypto Ethereum together with is seeking to heighten $1.2 billion through an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). 
    • Called the 'Telegram Open Network' (TON), it is designed to host a novel generation of cryptocurrencies together with decentralised applications. 
  • Former Andhra Bank manager Anup Prakash Garg has been sent to a seven-day Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody inwards a ₹5,000-crore banking corporation fraud case. 
  • Chinese Bike Sharing Firm OFO launched its services across vii Indian cities (Indore, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Pune, Coimbatore, and Chennai), inwards partnership amongst digital payments describe solid Paytm.
  • India ranked thirty inwards the Global Manufacturing Index released yesteryear the World Economic Forum (WEF).
    • The Index was topped the yesteryear Japan. 
    • Top v inwards the Global Manufacturing Index
      • Japan
      • South Korea
      • Germany
      • Switzerland
      • China
Sports Current Affairs
  • Assam Hockey won the 8th Hockey Republic of Republic of India Sub Junior Men National Championship 2018 (B Division) yesteryear beating Hockey Rajasthan inwards the finals at  Hojai Hockey stadium, Assam.
  • Hyderabad Hunters won the tertiary edition of the Premier Badminton League championship yesteryear beating Bengaluru Blasters inwards the concluding at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium inwards Hyderabad.
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