Important Current Affairs 15th February 2018

Important Current Affairs 15th February 2018

Current Affairs 15th February 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

Inauguration of Conference Center in Itanagar
 
●        Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today visited Arunachal Pradesh and inaugurated Dorji Khandu State Convention Center at a function in Itanagar.
●        There is also an auditorium, a conference hall and an exhibition hall in this Convention Center.
●        On this occasion, the Prime Minister also dedicated the state's secretariat building to the nation and laid the foundation stone of the Academy of Health and Medical Sciences of the Tomariiba Institute.
 
'India Pharma and India Medical Equipment' Conference 2018 commences in Bengaluru
 
●        Union Chemicals and Fertilizers and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar has said that Ayushmann Bharat Health Insurance, popularly known as Namo Care, has the potential to develop India as the world's largest pharmaceutical manufacturer in the next three years.
●        Anant Kumar was speaking at the inauguration of 'Bharat Pharma' and 'India Medical Equipment 2018 Conference & Exhibition' in Bangalore today.
●        This three-day conference was organized by the Department of Drugs under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers in association with the Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
 

Political parties get Rs 1,500 crore in five assembly elections
 
●        During the five assembly elections held last year, political parties received donations of more than Rs 1,500 crore.
●        However, he only spent Rs 494 crore.
●        Research Institute Association for Democratic Reform (ADR) has said this in an analysis.
●        During the Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, this charity was jointly received by five national and 16 regional parties.
 

Punjab National Bank (PNB) was started from Lahore
 
●        The Punjab National Bank (PNB), which was hit by a scam of Rs 11,356 crore, started from Lahore.
●        Then there was no division between India and Pakistan.
●        It was registered on May 19, 1894 with the main office in Lahore Anarkali market.
●        After the first board meeting on May 23, it was opened on April 12, 1895, one day before Baisakhi.
●        At present, the bank has been serving its services in 764 cities.
●        It has more than 100 million subscribers.

Modi Government will form 31 km National Highway
 
 
●        The Modi government, which is focusing on road infrastructure, has set targets for making 31 km national highway everyday.
●        Target was made to build 41 km highway every day last year, but despite all efforts, only 20 km highway construction target was achieved daily.
●        Now the government has provided the expenditure of Rs 72 thousand crore on national highways in the financial year 2018-19, which is more than Rs 3,000 crore more than last year.

Notice to Hollywood Actor Brosnan on Adding Pan Masala
 
●        The Kejriwal government has sent a notice to Hollywood actor Pierce Brosnan to add a pan masala.
●        He has given 10 days to answer it.
●        According to officials of the Delhi Health Department, if the actors do not file a reply in time, they can be punished with a penalty of 5 thousand or two years.

Current Affairs 15th February 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

Inauguration of 'World Sustainable Development Conference 2018'

●        Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 2018th edition of the World Sustainable Development Conference (WSDS 2018) at the Vigyan Bhawan in the capital on Friday 16th February.
●        WSDS is the main platform of the Energy and Resource Institute (TERI), which strives to bring global leaders and thinkers together with sustainable development, energy and the environment.

 
Deputy High Commissioner of New Zealand met the Additional Director General of the Indian Coast Guard

●        A 4-member delegation, led by Deputy High Commissioner of New Zealand Ms. Sujana Jasapp, met the Additional Director General of the Indian Coast Guard VSR Murthy today.
●        During this meeting, New Zealand's new Defense Advisor Commodore Ian Mover was introduced, who is on a trip to India from 11 to 17 February 2018.
●        Brigadier John Boswell was also the Chief of Strategic Commitment and Work of the New Zealand Defense Force with the delegation.

KP Sharma Oli was appointed the Prime Minister of Nepal
 
●        Kharag Prasad (KP) Sharma Oli has been appointed Prime Minister of Nepal for the second time on February 15, 2018.
●        CPN-UML president KP Oli has been appointed to replace Sher Bahadur Deuba.
●        President Bidhya Devi Bhandari appointed 65-year-old Oli as the 41st Prime Minister of the country.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani visits India
 
●        Rohani reached Hyderabad on Thursday evening.
●        On Saturday, he will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
●        India is ready to invest in Indian rupee for the first time in Iran, in view of the banking crises caused by Western sanctions imposed on Iran.
●        Due to the international sanctions imposed on Tehran, transactions in international currencies in Iran and making investments are still difficult.

Charge of corruption on Netanyahu
 
●        Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been accused of taking expensive gifts and corruption.
●        Israeli police have recommended running corruption cases against them after a long investigation.
●        Netanyahu has been Israel's PM for nearly 12 years.
 

World's highest hotel in Dubai
 
●        The name of the world's highest hotel is Gevora.
●        This hotel is 356 meters long. Before this, Dubai had a record of making the world's tallest hotel.
●        By making Hotel Gevora, Dubai has broken its own record.
●        The height of Gevora is one meter more than the height of the previous hotel JW Marriott Marquis.

Current Affairs 15th February 2018: ECONOMY

India signs new loan agreement with US $ 100 Million

●        In connection with desert areas, for the Rajasthan Water Area reconstruction project, India signed a new loan agreement of US $ 100 million with New Development Bank (NDB) on February 13, 2018.
●        The first installment of loan sanctioned by NDB is 100 million US dollars.
●        Under this multidisciplinary funding facility, a provision of 345 million US dollars has been made for this project.

Trade deficit at the highest level of 3 years
 
●        On the basis of good shipments of chemicals, engineering goods and petroleum products, India's exports went up 9 percent to $ 24.38 billion in January.
●        However, there was a major setback to the government on the trade deficit front, which reached the highest level of three years.
●        Trade deficit increased to $ 16.3 billion in January, which was the highest level of nearly three years.
●        The main reason for this is the increase in imports, which increased by 26.1 per cent this month to $ 40.68 billion.
 
Diesel will invest Rs 12 crores in India
 
 
●        Britain's IT company Dyson announced to invest 12 hundred crores in the country in the next five years.
●        He has also introduced three state-of-the-art products in the Indian market, including Cord Free Vacuum Cleaner, Link Air Purifiers and Supersonic Hair Dryer.
 

Current Affairs 15th February 2018: SCHEMES

Changes in Small Savings Schemes
 
●        The Central Government proposed amendments to the Short Savings Act on February 13, 2018, which will be implemented on short-term savings.
●        All existing protections have been retained while bringing the PPF Act under the proposed Government Savings Promotion Act.
●        There is no proposal to withdraw any existing benefits that the depositors get from this process.