Important Current Affairs 20th April 2018

Important Current Affairs 20th April 2018

Current Affairs 20th April 2018: NATIONAL  NEWS

The second session of the book reading series of National Archives of India organized

●        The Indian National Archives (NAI), organized by the second edition of the book reading series 'Archives Reads', was held here today.
●        Professor Deepak Kumar, a former writer and professor of Jawaharlal Nehru University, in the program, read out his publication 'Hung Kum Nation-Memory, Self and Society in Contemporary India'.

SJVN signs MoU with Power Ministry

●        SJVN Ltd, which manages the 1500 MW Nathpa Jhakri hydroelectric station, the country's largest hydro power plant, today signed an MoU with the power ministry for the year 2018-19.
●        On the agreement, Power Secretary Shri Ajay Kumar Bhalla and SJVN Chairman and Managing Director Shri Nandlal Sharma signed.
●        Under the agreement, the target of generating 9200 million units of electricity has been fixed.

Mukesh Ambani, Acharya Balkrishna included in the list of the world's greatest pathfinder
 
●        Mukesh Ambani , the country's richest industrialist and human rights lawyer advocate Indira Jaising, has been included in the list of the greatest leaders of the world in 2018 by Fortune Magazine.
●        On Thursday, World's Greatest Leaders of 2018, the ranking list of 50 greatest publishers worldwide was released.
●        This list includes the names of Pritzker Prize winner of the year 2018, Balkrishna Doshi, Apple CEO Tim Cook, New Zealand's Prime Minister Zac Chanda Arden and Football Kochak Nick Saban.
 
Birla Group to raise 200 million by selling steak in Idea Payments Bank
 
●        Aditya Birla Group will raise around 200 million rupees by selling 15 to 20 per cent stake in its Idea Payments Bank.
●        Two people, who have a direct knowledge of the scheme, told that the group is putting the valuation of two months old venture in this minority stack cell at Rs 1,000 crore.
●        In this company, the two group companies - Idea Cellular and Aditya Birla Nuvo, have 51% and 49% respectively.

Current Affairs 20th April 2018: AWARDS

Prime Minister will present awards for excellence in public administration and will address administrative officials

●        Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will award prizes to the districts / implementation units and Central / State Organizations for excellence in public administration for effective implementation of innovative primary programs and innovation in science building on 21st April.
●        On this occasion, he will also address the administrative officials.
●        The Prime Minister's Public Administration Excellence Award is being given to organizations and districts of Central and State Governments to do great work in the welfare of the citizens.
 

Defense Hospital Trophy for Best Service Hospital went to Command Hospital, Chandimandir

●        Defense Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman presented Defense Minister's trophy and testimonial paper for the best service hospital of Armed Forces Medical Services (AFMS), Command Hospital (Western Command) Chandimandir, here today.
●        Major General Rashmi Dutta, Commandant, Command Hospital, Western Command, Chandimandir gave away the award from the hospital on behalf of the Defense Minister.

Current Affairs 20th April 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

Secretary of the Economic Affairs Shri Subhash Chandra Garg participated in the meetings of the Finance Ministers of the BRICS countries and governors of central banks in Washington

●        Washington DC. During the spring meetings of the IMF / World Bank on April 19, 2018, the first meeting of the Finance Ministers and Governors of BRICS countries was organized separately.
●        In this meeting, the Ministry of Finance of the Government of India was represented by Shri Subhash Chandra Garg, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (EA).

Swaziland changed his name

●        King Mswati III of South African country Swaziland has announced the name of his country as 'The Kingdom of Iswati'.
●        The King announced its official announcement on the celebration of 50 years of Swaziland's independence.
●        Isvatiini means 'Land of Swazis'

Amazon has most users in India: Jeff Bezos

●        Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has told how the e-commerce company Amazon is doing business in India.
●        According to Jeff Bezos, India is one of the fastest growing markets for them because their site is the most viewed here.
●        The 55-year-old Jeff Bezos, who has invested nearly 3 trillion in setting up his own market in India, said that Amazon is the most downloaded shopping app in 2017.

Current Affairs 20th April 2018: ECONOMY

Government bank pioneer in cancellation of RTI application: study
 
●        In Public Organizations, the government bank is at the forefront of canceling the Right to Information (RTI) application.
●        It was informed in the information released by the Commonwealth Human Rights Campaign that in the total RTI applications received by all government authorities, nine percent of the applications are received by 26 public banks, including the Reserve Bank.
●        It was found in the study that their share of RTI applications to be canceled was 33 percent.
●        In comparison to other public units, the government bank ranks RTI most often.

Rs.637 crore National Clean Air Program
 
●        To clear the air, the Modi government has given a clearance of Rs 637 crore National Clean Air Program .
●        In this 20-point program, emphasizing the responsibilities of fighting air pollution on the State Governments, the emphasis is on mobilizing authentic data on sources of pollution.
●        In addition, there is also a provision for creating a new institutional structure at the state and central level for monitoring pollution in rural areas and checking and preventing air quality.
 
Foreign exchange reserves at record $ 426.08 billion
 
●        The country's foreign exchange reserves rose to an all-time level of $ 426.08 billion .
●        In the week ending April 13, the foreign exchange reserves rose by $ 1.21 billion to $ 426.082 billion.
●        Increase in foreign currency assets has increased.
●        This information was received from RBI data.
 
55 percent of all new bank accounts in the world got opened in India
 
●        Financial Services Secretary Rajiv Kumar said that according to World Bank statistics, 55 percent of new bank accounts opened in the world have been opened in India.
●        He tweeted that efforts of financial inclusion of India have been recognized in the World Financial Report of the World Bank.
●        During the year 2014-17, 51.4 crore bank accounts were opened globally. Of these, 55 percent of bank accounts are open in India.
 
PNB aims to recover Rs 150 cr every month

●        The employees of Punjab National Bank have started the 'Gandhigiri' unique campaign for the recovery of immovable debt.
●        Under this, the employees of the bank sit in peacefully outside the offices and houses of the defaulter.
●        PNB hopes that by embarrassing old borrowers who do not pay in such a way, they will recover the old rupees loan of Rs 150 crore every month.
●        The mission of PNB will last for one year.

Current Affairs 20th April 2018: SPORTS

India will contribute double in Commonwealth Technical Cooperation Fund

●        Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced his commitment to provide developmental cooperation to small island countries, with the announcement of doubling India's contribution to the Commonwealth Fund created for technical cooperation.
●        India is going to help in building capacity of these small island and coastal countries.
●        For this, the National Institute of Oceanography located in Goa will provide training to them.

Meeting of Commonwealth Heads of Government
 
●        The meeting of Commonwealth Heads of Government, ie Chogm, started on April 19, 2018 in London.
●        The formal introduction of the meeting was in the presence of Queen Elizabeth II of Britain.
●        Representatives of 53 countries including India are participating in this meeting.
●        About 20 years later, Britain is hosting this meeting.
●        Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also been in Britain to attend the meeting.

Wenger will resign from Arsenal's coach after 22 years
 
●        Arsene Wenger , coach of Arsenal Football Club, says that he will resign from the post of coach this season.
●        Wenger will leave Arsenal's coach after 22 years.
●        He was appointed to this post in 1996.
●        In the direction of Wenger, Arsenal did not lose a single match in their league season in 2004.
 
Super Cup: East Bengal defeated Bengaluru FC champions
 
●        With the help of two goals from Captain Sunil Chhetri , Bengaluru FC won the title of the first Super Cup football tournament by defeating East Bengal 4-1 and playing ten players on Friday.
●        Chhetri continued his excellent performance and scored 68th (on penalties) and scored in the 90th minute.
●        On the Bangalore side, Rahul Shekhar scored 39th and Nicholas Fadier i.e. Miku scored in the 71st minute.