Important Current Affairs 23rd February 2018

Important Current Affairs 23rd February 2018

Current Affairs 23rd February 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

North Regional Kisan Mela 2018
 
●   The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Radha Mohan Singh addressed the farmers in North Regional Kisan Mela-2012 in Varanasi on February 23, 2018.
●   Radha Mohan Singh, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has said that today the whole country is aiming to double the income of the farmers at the time of celebrating 75th anniversary of independence in 2022.
●    He said this in the North Regional Kisan Mela, organized in Varanasi today.
 
Standardization of Big Data

●        The Indian Standards Bureau (BIS), the National Standards Institute of India, organized the fifth International Data Science Conference in New Delhi today with the support of the Data Science Foundation.
●        In the conference, 130 delegations were included with the Human Development Organization in Strategy, Government Policy, Planning Academy Institutions, Electrical Utility Sectors, Researchers and Developers.
●        Speakers from around the world discussed various topics and aspects of Big Data, including Big Data Standardization, Big Data Challenges, Machine Learning, Media, Artificial Intelligence.
 
Two-day "Juhu Banaras Culture Festival" successfully completed in Varanasi,

●        The "Ministry of Culture" organized by the Ministry of Culture at the temple of Varanasi and the eighty Ghats "successfully organized" Juhu Banaras - Sanagara-Bapu performances "yesterday evening successfully.
●        Folk songs and dance, local dishes and handicrafts and garments were organized in the festival.
●        With the message of cleanliness to the people of Varanasi, the youth were introduced to various aspects of the country's rich heritage.

Memorandum of Understanding signed between Financial Affairs Department and NBCC

●        A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Department of Economic Affairs and the National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) in the presence of Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Shri Arun Jaitley on housing construction for Indian Economic Service (IES) officers.
●        The Ministry of Urban Development has allocated 3519 square meters of land on Deendayal Upadhyaya Marg in New Delhi to create 90 residential units for IIS officers.
●        This residential project is being started due to lack of housing system for the junior officers, especially the serious crisis of houses under government General Pool Housing.

Indian Railways included 2 high-speed HP engines 

●        Indian Railways has incorporated two fully capable 2 rail engines under public-private partnership with the assistance of M / s General Electric (GE).
●        These engines are equipped with state-of-the-art insulated-gate biopolymer transistor (IGBT) technology, due to which the efficiency of the engine has increased.
●        In order to make the two HP high-powered 2 Rail engines available to the Indian rail system, GE entrusted the keys of the engines to the Chairman of the Railway Board Mr. Ashwani Lohani.

 The first Ladies Special railway station of Gandhinagar, Jaipur
 
●        In Rajasthan, the Gandhinagar railway station of Jaipur has become the first general railway station, which will be handled by women only.
●        Gandhinagar station has now become the 'Ladies Special' railway station.
●        Women employees have been given special training to work with full confidence.
●        Previously, Matunga of Mumbai was made "All Woman Station", but it is sub-urban (suburban) railway station.
●        At this railway station 40 women team will do all kinds of work round the clock.
 
IPO approved for two PSU companies
 
●        Public sector companies of India Dynamics and Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) have got the approval of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for the initial public issue (IPO).
●        Bharat Dynamics received the findings letter from SEBI on February 15, and IREDA on 16 February, which is necessary for any company's IPO.
●        Both the companies had deposited the documents for the IPO between January and December of SEBI.

Current Affairs 23rd February 2018: ECONOMY

$84 million loan agreement for improving and expanding water supply in Bihar

●        Government and Asian Development Bank signed a $ 84 million loan agreement today for improving and expanding water supply in Bhagalpur and Gaya cities of Bihar.
●        In two parts this loan is part of the multi-series financial facility (MFF) of 200 million dollars for Bihar Urban Development Investment Program.
●        ADB had approved in 2012 to provide continuous urban infrastructure and services in four cities of Bihar-Bhagalpur, Gaya, Darbhanga and Muzaffarpur.
 

 Policy commission will introduce special women cell
 
●        In view of the rapidly growing group of women entrepreneurs, the Commission will launch a special women cell so that they can get a platform to connect with different stakeholders to promote their campaigns.
●        According to the Policy Commission, women entrepreneurs in the public and private sectors are growing rapidly in India.
●        Anna Roy, a member of the Policy Commission, who arrived in the United States on a business trip with Indian women entrepreneurs, gave this information.
●        In a FICCI program he said that special women cell will be launched next month.
 

Mahindra & Mahindra to enter General Insurance Business
 
●        Mahindra & Mahindra, the country's largest farm equipment company, is going to step in the General Insurance business soon.
●        For this, he has made a joint venture with XL Kaitlin.
●        The agreement has been signed with XL Kaitlin to start the General Insurance Company in Partnership.
●        In this, Mahindra and Mahindra will have 51% and XL Kaitlin will have 49% share.

Current Affairs 23rd February 2018: SPORTS

 Sports Marit Bowergen won the most medal at the Winter Olympics
 
●        Norway's cross-country skier Marit Bowergen became the player with the bronze medal on 21 February 2018 as well as the medalist in the Winter Olympics.
●        On 17 February 2018, he had equalized his opponent, Ole Ener Bournandel after winning the women's four-fold five-kilometer relay.
●        Marit Bowergen broke the record on 21 February 2018 to his rival, Boryndell, and now he has become the highest medalist in the Winter Olympic Games with 14 medals.

Current Affairs 23rd February 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

Agreement between India and Germany for technical cooperation in smart cities and sustainable urban development programs

●        A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Germany was signed here today for technical cooperation in smart cities and sustainable urban development program.
●        The aim of the program is to develop and implement appropriate concepts for the availability of urban basic services and housing in select cities and smart cities. 

 
Trump Administration Strictened H-1B visa rules

●        The Trump Government has strictly enforced the rules for issuing H-1B visas, which can lead to major problems in getting the visa to Indian Employees in IT companies.
●        It will have an impact on Indian IT companies and employees.
●        Under the new policy of the US government, it has to prove that the job of the employee called on this visa is a specific type of work for one or more job-based jobs at one or more places and should be called for special needs. Used to be.
 
India-Canada signed 6 agreement
 
●        The friendship of Canada and India has become deeper. Today there are six important agreements between the two countries.
●        The first agreement between the two countries is electronics, second petroleum, third sports, fourth commerce and industrial policy, fifth highest education and sixth science, technology and innovation.
●        After these agreements, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau joint press conference in Hyderabad House.
 

FATF put Pakistan in the gray list

●        The Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an agency monitoring terrorist funding Pakistan, who is struggling on the economic front, has given a big jolt.
●        FATF has put Pakistan in the Gray List.
●        Coming to the gray list of this global institution of Pakistan means that it will be very difficult to get foreign investment now.
●        Other countries will now avoid investing in Pakistan.
 

The world's tallest building will be made of wood
 
●        The country known for its technology, Japan is now preparing to build the world's tallest building with the help of wood.
●        The Japanese company, which will be set up in Tokyo, will build the Japanese Sumitomo factory.
●        The 70-story building is named as 'W 350' project.
●        About 1 lakh 80 thousand cubic meter of wood will be used in this building.
●        It will take at least 13 years to build this made of wood.