Important Current Affairs 18th February 2018

Current Affairs 18th February 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

No woman MLA has been there in Nagaland till date
 
●        Nagaland will be going for the upcoming assembly elections on February 27.
●        The results will be announced on March 3.
●       This time, in the 60-member assembly, 195 candidates are in the fray, out of which only five are women.

Surat's 'Pad couple' 
 
●        Pad couple Meena Mehta and Atul Mehta are both living in Surat Gujarat.
●        For the last five years, these couples are distributing 5000 sanitary napkins every month to those needy women and girls.

Hyperloop project between Mumbai-Pune
 
●        After starting the bullet train project between Ahmedabad and Ahmedabad from the country's financial capital, the people of Mumbai are getting double the speed of hyperloop running with speed .
●        In order to connect Mumbai-Pune with HyperLoop, the American company Virgin Group has announced signing an intent agreement with the Maharashtra government.
●        The company claims that this technique can be carried out at a speed of 1000 kilometers per hour and the journey between Mumbai-Pune will be completed in just 13 minutes.

Current Affairs 18th February 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

The foundation of Trump Towers will be laid in India.
 
●        US President Donald Trump's son and businessman Donald Trump is coming to India on Monday to keep the cornerstone of Junior Trump Towers luxurious residences project.
●        Trump Group Director Trump Jr. will reach Gurigram from his special aircraft.
●        The construction work of Trump Towers will commence in March and this project will be completed in 5 years.
●        Each tower will be of 50 floors, equipped with all modern comforts.

'View Image' option disappeared from Google
 
●        You will not see this 'View Image' option in Google Image Search.
●        This is a way to generate revenue for Google's copyright protection and uploading websites.
●        Google wants users to visit the website now and see them only by visiting the website.
●        Whereby publishers could get revenues for their image.


Tamil Nadu has more wind power than Denmark and Sweden


●        Tamilnadu appears to be heading towards becoming the world's leading sector in wind power.
●        In the report of the US-based Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis, it has been estimated that by the year 2027, more than half of the energy produced in Tamil Nadu will start with zero emission technology i.e. wind power and solar energy.
●        At present, Tamil Nadu has the capacity of 7.85 GW wind power.
●        These capacities are more than Denmark and Sweden.


A Mexican creature named Xolotal can be reborn
 
●        The eyes of the scientists are nowadays on an organism that can be said that they can die and then be born again.
●        This creature named Mexican Xolotal is found in the lakes of Mexico.
●        It can live on land as well as water. This animal, which looks like a lizards, is known for its extraordinary strength to grow again after its organs are destroyed.
●        If there is no organ of this organism, it is able to grow that organ with bone, vein and meat again in the same place every week.

Current Affairs 18th February 2018: SPORTS

Winter Olympics 2018: Marcel Hirscher won the second gold at the Olympics
 
●        Austria's Marcel Hirscher won the second Olympic Gold Medal of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Games, easily winning the Gold Medal of Men Giant Slalom.
●        Herschers, who dominated the World Cup for the last six years, were successful in winning Alpine Combined individual gold medal on Tuesday.
●        Francis Alexis Pinuturl won the bronze.
 
225 players for CWG 2018
 
●        The Commonwealth Games Association has increased the quotas for Indian players in two games considering India's demand and now 225 players will represent India in the Commonwealth Games from April 4 to 15 in Australia.
●        While the federation has increased quota in boxing and athletics, at the same time, India has reduced quota in gymnastics, shooting and cycling.
●        2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Indian team of 214 players took part. 
 
India won the first T20 match against Africa by 28 runs
 
●        India batted first, scored 203 runs in five wickets in 20 overs.
●        In reply, South Africa could score 175 runs in nine overs in 20 overs.
●        Shikhar Dhawan scored 72 runs off just 39 balls.

 
Current Affairs 18th February 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

HyperLoop idea was first given by Elon Musk
 
●        Tesla Co-founder Elon Musk gave the idea of hyperloop for the first time.
●        Then work on several projects related to it started and the world saw that a vacuum tube could be run on the basis of magnetic levitation technology (magnetic levitation technique) and it would be a revolutionary transport system of the coming tomorrow.
●        Work on development of maglev or magnetic levitation trains is already underway.
●        In this, the train runs over the top of the track with the help of a magnet.

Iran is the biggest threat to the world: Netanyahu
 
●        Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has described Iran as the biggest threat to the world.
●        He accused Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif that he is the only plain spokesman of the Iranian leadership who lie.
●        Netanyahu said that last week Iran sent drones in the border of Israel, which had been killed by our security forces, but Iran has denied it.
 
 
Ben Coomes traveled 21 countries with his sports car
 
●        A man from England traveled 21 countries from his pub to the southwest of the pub located most north of the earth with his sports car.
●        38-year-old Ben Coomes is from Plymouth in England.
●        From the Arctic Circle to the southern end of Chile, he traveled 20 thousand miles through three continents.
●        It takes seven months to complete this journey.

Current Affairs 18th February 2018: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists have created human eggs in the lab
 
●        Edinburgh University scientists claim that they have developed human eggs in the laboratory.
●        Each and every girl born with the normal body produces approximately 10 to 20 million underdeveloped ovules.
●        At the time of adolescence, this egg develops one by one each month, which is called a monthly cycle.

Current Affairs 18th February 2018: ECONOMY

 

RIL to invest 60,000 crore
 
●        The Magnetic Maharashtra Global Investor Summit was organized on Sunday.
●        Founder Mukesh Ambani, founder of Reliance Industries, in the summit announced to invest Rs 60,000 crore in Maharashtra's first Integrated Digital Area.
●        Ambani said that like other global companies, REL will invest 60 thousand crores in the next 10 years for the first integrated digital area in Maharashtra.
 

Bad loan increased by 23% in 8 months
 
●        Punjab National Bank, which is facing the country's largest banking fraud, can now have an impact on ratings.
●        Rating agency Crisil has put Punjab National Bank of Public Sector in the 'Watch' category.
●        These defaulters have increased by 23 per cent.

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