Important Current Affairs 4th February 2018

Important Current Affairs 4th February 2018

Current Affairs 4th February 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

New project approved to control river pollution
 
●    The Central Government approved the new project to control pollution of the year in Navalin city of Goa.
●    This project was approved by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change under the National River Conservation Scheme and its cost would be Rs. 61.74 crore.
●    Both the central government and the state government will share the cost based on the ratio of 60:40.
●    Under this project, a sewer of approximately 32 km will be added and 3 million liters per day (MLD) sewage treatment plant will be constructed.
●    This project is scheduled to be completed by January, 2021.

BSNL will shut down free Sunday calling on landline
 
●    Government Telecom Company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited has decided to end Sunday free voice calling on landline from 1st February.
●    The company has taken this decision immediately after the change in the free night calling facility.
 

Pramila Jayapal joined the Politico Power List
 
 
●    Politico has included American woman MP Pramila Jaipal of Indian origin in the first Power List of 2018 .
●    He has been given this place to lead the opposition in the House.
●    In the list of 18 people, the 52-year-old Jaipal has been ranked fifth in Power List.
●    She is the first American woman of Indian origin whose name is included in the Politico Power List.

Indian child achieves highest marks in Mensa IQ Test
 
●    In the UK, the 10-year-old Indian-origin child achieves the highest marks in the Mensa IQ Test and achieve this achievement at the youngest of the decade.
●    He left behind sharp educated people like Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking.
●    Mehul Garg decided to take part in the competition while walking on the map and steps of his 13-year-old elder brother Dhruv Garg.
●    Dhruv scored the highest score with 162 points last year.

Current Affairs 4th February 2018: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Google will plant 150 hotspots for free Wi-Fi
 
●    After bringing millions of Indians online through Railtel Wi-Fi project, Google said that in partnership with Larsen & Toubro, the company has installed 150 Google stations in Pune.
●    This development is part of the Smart City project of Pune Smart City Development Corporation Limited and it is for the first time that the company is deploying Google station.
●    This is a local portal, which enables the public Wi-Fi connection.

NASA to launch Gold mission
 
●    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, which is affiliated to American space programs,will launch Global Scale Observations of the Gender and Disk ( Gold Mission) on Thursday .
●    The aim of this mission is to try to understand the earth's outer space.
●    The American Space Agency said on Wednesday that it is NASA's first mission under which it will send some equipment commercially in space.
●    In this mission, SES-14 Commercial Communications satellite will be released.

NASA's missing satellite found
 
●    American Space Agency NASA said that its satellite, which was deemed inactive for decades, disappeared for decades, it is true and active.
●    NASA's Imager for Magnetopause-to-Aurora Global Exploration (Image) has identified this satellite found on January 20.
●    America's 'Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab' has successfully collected telemetry data from the satellite.
 
Scientists created food stuffs made of human feces
 
●    Scientists have developed a system to develop human feces in the form of potential food ingredients.
●    This will solve the problem of food for astronauts on Mars or other space missions.
●    Scientists use microbes to break the solid and liquid from human stool and claim to prepare food by removing the elements of protein and fat from it.

Current Affairs 4th February 2018: RANKING

7,000 super-rich Indians left the country in 2017
 
●    Over 7,000 people with high net worth lasting from India turned to another country.
●    This is the second largest figure of the country's richest people after China.
●    In comparison to 2016, more than 16% of the wealthy took citizenship of another country except India's citizenship.
●    According to the New World Wealth report, in 2017, 7,000 ultra-rich Indians took citizenship of another country.

Current Affairs 4th February 2018: ECONOMY

Amazing increase in Amazon's stock market value
 
●    Amazon's shares were a huge boost on Friday and the stock market value of the company rose to $ 700 billion.
●    It is now ready to leave behind the legendary software company Microsoft.
●    The online e-commerce company had announced the record profit on Thursday itself.
●    Amazon's shares increased by 3.7 percent and in the afternoon it was trading at $ 1,441 a share.
●    This makes the company's market capitalization of $ 701 billion.

Tech Mahindra profits up 14% 
 
●    Medium-sized IT company Tech Mahindra's performance in December 2017 quarter was better than expected.
●    Due to cost reduction, the margins of the company have also been increased.
●    The company had a profit of $ 14.7 million in the December quarter, which is 13.8% more than the September quarter.
●    Its earnings rose 2.5 percent to $ 1.21 billion on quarter-on-quarter basis.

Current Affairs 4th February 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

Ola will start in Australia
 
●    India's Ride-Hailing Company 'Ola' is now trying to make international penetration.
●    In addition to the domestic market, Ola is now preparing to offer her services in Australia.
●    In this way 'Ola' can challenge America's riding company Uber.
●    Ola can first start service with private vehicles and driver partners in Australia, Melbourne, Sydney and Perth.

US will develop new small atomic bombs
 
●    In the United States, the Trump Administration has announced a new policy to modernize its nuclear weapons.
●    He will develop new small atomic bombs and will increase the country's resistance.
●    American President Donald Trump said that this policy has been prepared in conjunction with the various hazards encountered in the 21st century.
 
1099 established Westminster Hall repairment approved
 
●    UK MPs voted in favor of temporarily withdrawing from their Parliament House 'Venminder Palace' to repair them.
●    MPs voted in favor of the Palace's "full and timely" repairs with 234 votes compared to 185.
●    Along with this, the way of repair work, which has cost billions of pounds, has become clear.
 
The Ministry was created to remove loneliness in England
 
●    After separation from the European Union, various changes were made in England's administrative system.
●    In the same sequence, Theresa May decided to form a ministry to overcome loneliness, taking a historic decision on January 17, 2018.
●    England's Sports Minister Tracy Crouch will be England's first 'Minister for Loneliness'.

Current Affairs 4th February 2018: AWARDS

6 Ambassadors including Lakshmi Puri of India receive 'Power of One' award
  
●    At the United Nations headquarters , six top diplomats, including an Indian woman, have been honored with the first Deepawali Power of One award .
●    This award was given in view of their contribution in making a more ideal, peaceful and secure world.
●    The recipients include Britain's outgoing ambassador to the United Kingdom Matthew Wright, Ambassador of the United Kingdom Nawaf Salam and UN Chief of Land, Laxmi Puri .