Important Current Affairs 25th February 2018

Important Current Affairs 25th February 2018

Current Affairs 25th February 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

RSS Will launch e-branch through app
 
●        In this era of technology, the RSS does not want to be behind.
●        Under this exercise, the Sangh will not only send information about its services to the masses, but also through E-branch and IT Milan programs will also try to create penetration in the new generation.
●        A senior RSS pracharak told that the RSS is going to launch an app called 'Gatha' and it is expected that it will be launched in two months.
 
 
NCERT's Syllabus will be made half
 
●        Union Human Resource Development Minister Prakash Javadekar said that under the effort to provide relief to school students, the NCERT system will be reduced by the session of 2019. The NCERT's syllabus will be reduced by half.
●        He said that the syllabus of the school is more than the course of BA and B.Com.It needs to be reduced to half, so that students can get the time for every kind of development.
●        In a conversation with Rajya Sabha TV, he said, "There is a need to give full freedom to the students in the development of knowledge skills.
 
Special train for Banaras

●        In order to reduce the additional crowd of passengers during the summer carpet leave, the Central Railway will run 52 additional summer special trains on the special tariff between Lokmanya Tilak Terminus and Varanasi.
●        The train number 01101 will leave Special Lokmanya Tilak Terminus from 2.4.2018 to 25.6.2018 every Monday (Sunday-Monday night) at 00.45 pm and reach Varanasi at 04.55 the next day.

Barsana Holi will receive international recognition
 
 
●        The government will declare Gokul, Vrindavan, Barsana, Nandgaon and Govardhan as pilgrimages.
●        Talking about these developmental developments, further plans, the Chief Minister gave credit to the Ministers, MLAs and MP Hema Malini, from every development work to the event.
●        He said that he is constantly doing this through his efforts.
●        He said, the Brahmins have kept their cultural and religious heritage through Holi in these programs for years.
●        The Government will try to get this Holi an international identity.
 
 
Team to identify tuberculosis patients from home
 
●        The first phase of campaign started in the district on Saturday to identify the patients of tuberculosis and their mucus.
●        CMO Dr. Ramesh Chandra said that presently the total population of the district is 36,15,123.
●        By visiting the teams of Health Department, 10% of its families, i.e., to 72,977 families of 3,70,603 people, will go to the Health Department team to investigate the molestation of suspected patients.
●        Within 48 hours, the team will report it to the concerned.

Big B releases coffee table book
 
●        Bollywood actor Big B released Gopaldas Neeraj, the famous coffee table book songs of popular songwriter Gopaldas Neeraj.
●        This book, written by Dr. Rupal Agarwal and Harshvardhan Agarwal, Managing Trustee of Help You Educational and Charitable Trust, was released on Saturday evening on the basis of his residence in Mumbai.
●        Dr. Harshvardhan said that it took a year for writing and preparing this book.
●        The book includes Gopaldas Neeraj's literary travels and achievements, songs, poems and ghazals rare pictures.
 

Subhash Yadav will take charge of UP
 
●        BJP's new state president, Subhash Yadav, will formally take charge of UP on February 26.
●        The State President will be welcomed at the party headquarters.
●        On this occasion, the party's state president Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey and the state's general secretary (organization) Sunil Bansal will also be present.

NPAs of traders are 9 times more than farmers
 
●        On one hand, the country's farmer is indebted to the debt, on the other hand, industrialists' debt is growing at a tenth level.
●        Industrialists such as Vijay Mallya and Nirav Modi escaped with a loan of thousands of crores of rupees from the bank , while the small farmers got themselves forced to commit suicide.
●        The non-profit assets of the country's farmers are 66,176 crores, while NPAs of industries are 5,67,148 crores.
●        If you look at the entire NPA of the country, then one thing is clear that this amount is Rs 7,76,067 crore.
●        Out of this, Rs 6,89,806 crore belongs to public sector banks, 86,281 crores are from private banks.

Defense Ministry prepares Roadmap -2018
 
●        The Army will need 400 modern drones over the next decade.
●        Includes Combat and Remote-powered Aircrafts to be launched from submarine.
●        At the same time, the Indian Army wants the Highway Laser and Microwave Weapons to target the enemies' bases.
●        At the moment, the Army has 200 drones.
●        Most of these are purchased from long distance and target-looking Israelis.

Current Affairs 25th February 2018: ECONOMY

1,000 crores of projects launched in Daman and Diu
 
●        Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived on the tour of Daman and Diu, laid the foundation of this Union Territory for the projects of about one thousand crore rupees, terming it as 'Mini India'.
●        This includes solar power plants, water cleansing plants, bridges, facilities for fishermen etc.
●        Air service was started between Diu and Ahmedabad.
●        At the same time, he announced the creation of a university in Daman and Diu.
●        Giving the gift to the fishermen, the Prime Minister said that the fish killers will be given boats to kill long distances so that they can catch more fish in less time.

Prabhatam Group pays Rs. 700 crores
 
●        Prabhatam Group has signed two MoUs of Rs 700 crore in the Investor's Summit.
●        The group has signed contracts worth Rs 500 crore for infrastructure development and Rs 200 crore for aviation services for the development of the Delhi-Mumbai freight corridor.
●        Group chairman Dinesh Gupta said that he will build the road using innovative technology.
●        This will provide direct and indirect employment to 1000 youth.

Current Affairs 25th February 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

Sridevi dies in Dubai
 
●        Bollywood actress Sridevi, who ruled the hearts of filmmakers from her superb acting, was not among us.
●        Sridevi was in Dubai where he died suddenly due to cardiac arrest.
●        Sridevi was 54 years old.
●        He is also known as the first female superstar of Hindi films.
●        He was awarded the Padma Shri award in the year 2013.


North Korea ready to talk to America
 
●        North and South Korea came along just before the Winter Olympics, the way for talks between the US and North Korea has opened on its closing event.
●        After the new and stringent restrictions imposed by the US, North Korea has agreed to negotiate.
●        It has been said on behalf of South Korea's Presidential Office.
●        A high level delegation led by a General of the Army reached South to join the Winter Olympics closing ceremony.

India-China talks on bilateral relations
 
●        Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale visited Beijing on Friday after resolving the controversy.
●        Here he talked to Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
●        Vijay Gokhale has played an important role in resolving the Dolaam controversy.
●        In a meeting with the Chinese Foreign Minister, Vijay Gokhale talked about the tension and border dispute between India and China in bilateral relations.
 
 President Xi Jinping can be made president again, so China will amend constitution 
 
●        China's chances of becoming president twice can end soon.
●        On Sunday, the country's ruling Communist Party has presented a proposal in this regard.
●        It has been asked to change the rule of the Constitution, according to which a person can remain a president only twice.
●        If there is a change in China's constitution, then Jinping will be the first president who will get the chance to become president more than 2 times.

Current Affairs 25th February 2018: SPORTS

Aruna made history in Gymnastics World Cup by winning bronze
 
●        India's Aruna Buda Reddy has created history by winning the Bronze Medal at the Gymnastics World Cup.
●        Aruna is the first gymnast in India to win an individual medal in the Gymnastics World Cup, which has achieved this in the Gymnastics World Cup being played in Melbourne (Australia).
●        22-year-old Aruna secured third position in this competition by scoring 13.649.