Important Current Affairs 9th April 2018

Important Current Affairs 9th April 2018

Current Affairs 9th April 2018: NATIONAL  NEWS

PM addresses 'CPSE Conference'

●        Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi attended the 'CPSE Conference' organized at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi today.
●        Presentations were presented to the Prime Minister before various themes (theme) including corporate governance, human resources management, financial restructuring, innovation and technology and Vision 2022 for new India.

Prime Minister will inaugurate the 16th ministerial meeting of the International Energy Forum

●        Underlining India's growing importance in the global energy map, India is hosting the 16th Ministerial Meeting of International Energy Forum (IEF16) and inaugurated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on Wednesday.
●        'IEF16' is the largest conference of heads of energy ministers, industrial figures and important international organizations around the world.
●        During this, intense discussions will be done on the future of global energy.
 
Prime Minister will lay the foundation stone for conversion of NH-2 Aurangabad-Chaurha block into six lanes in Bihar
 

●        Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will lay the foundation of a National Highway Project to transform the 70-kilometer long section of NH-2 from Chauraha to Bihar-Aurangabad on Bihar-Jharkhand border to six lanes during a function to be held in Motihari. .
●        The cost of this project is Rs. 882 crores.
 
 Direct delivery starts in Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust from next month

●        The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has taken a new transport solution to deliver cargo destinations directly and at a faster pace through direct port delivery.
●        Four successful bidders have received orders for five routes to send cargo from JNPT to Gujarat, Goa and Bangalore, Nashik, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Indore and Hyderabad, Ahmednagar and local areas in Mumbai and nearby areas.
 
Prime Minister will lay the foundation for four sevage projects costing Rs 1111.56 crore for Patna

●        Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of four sewerage projects for the city of Patna with a cost of Rs 1111.56 crore.
●        This function will be organized in Bihar's Motihari city.
 
The first meeting of the policy forum for the North East on April 10 in Agartala

●        The first meeting of the newly formed North East Policy Forum will be held on April 10, 2018 in Agartala, Tripura.
●        The meeting will be chaired by the Deputy Chairman of the Commission Rajiv Kumar and Mr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Development of Eastern Region (DONER).
●        Chief Ministers of the North Eastern States and leading people in the field will participate in the discussion.
 
Indian IAF's biggest maneuvers start
 
●        The Indian Air Force started the biggest warship Gagan Shakti 2018, which lasted from April 08, 2018 to fifteen days.
●        This war is going on near the border of Pakistan and China.
●        In this exercise, the entire furnace, including the fleet of air force fighters, has been included.
●        The main goal of this exercise is to assess the combat capability of

Now 12,000 horsepower electric locomotive engines in India
 
●        The Indian Railways engine is going to be extremely powerful.
●        Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave the country's first 12,000 horsepower (HP) electric locomotive (rail engine) from the Rail Engines factory in Madhepura on April 10.
●        With this launch India will join the list of countries including Russia, China, Germany and Sweden, who have an electric rail engine of 12,000 HP or more.
 
The most complaints of corruption against the Railways and banks: CVC
 
●        According to a recent report by the Central Vigilance Commission, in the last year, he got the highest complaints related to corruption against the Railways and the public.
●        According to the annual report, the complaints received by the Commission in 2017 declined by more than 52 percent compared to 2016.
●        According to the report submitted recently in Parliament, the Commission received a total of 23,609 complaints in 2017, which is the lowest since 2011.

Current Affairs 9th April 2018: DAYS AND DATES

Inauguration of Vice President Science Conference on World Homoeopathic Day

●        On the occasion of World Homeopathy Day, a two-day science conference has been organized by AYUSH Ministry on 10 and 11 April in New Delhi.
●        Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu will be the Chief Guest while the AYUSH Minister will preside over the Independent Charge Mr. Shripad Yasonik Festival.
●        World Homeopathy Day Homeopath is celebrated in the celebration of the Birthday of Christian Father Frederick Samuel Hainiman.

Current Affairs 9th April 2018: DEFENSE 

Contract for world-class bullet proof jackets for the Army under the government's Make-in-India initiative

●        A large contract letter has been signed for the purchase of 1,86,138 bullet proof jackets for the army.
●        The need for effective bullet proof jackets for the Indian Army has been completed successfully after the necessary testing for the war zone.
●        Bullet proof jackets are state-of-the-art, with additional levels of defense and coverage area.
 
 the army.
●        This exercise is being done in the daytime as well as at night.

Current Affairs 9th April 2018: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Hubble telescope measured the precise distance of the group of oldest stars

●        Scientists have an accurate measurement of the distance from the Hubble Space Telescope of NASA to the first time the group of oldest stars.
●        The precise distance of the group of stars can be detected by the age of the universe.
●        This will help astronomers improve the successive development patterns of stars.
●        This star group is 13.2 billion years old, which was made after the Big Bang.

The RH-300 sound rocket was successfully launched
 
●        India has launched an important rocket on April 06, 2018 for accurate weather information.
●        The RH-300 sound rocket developed by Vikram Sarabhai Space Center was launched from Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station in Kerala.
●        It has been sent to space from the Rocket Equatorial Launching Station (TERLS).

Current Affairs 9th April 2018: SPORTS

Saina Nehwal gives India a 10th gold medal in mixed team badminton
 
●        The 21st Commonwealth Games were started on April 04, 2018 in the Gold Coast city on the coast with a colorful opening ceremony in Australia.
●        The Indian team was led by Olympic silver medalist PV Sindhu, who was the Indian flag bearer.
●        Australia is hosting the Commonwealth Games for the fifth time.
●        Thanks to Saina Nehwal of India's star-female badminton player, the Indian Badminton Mixed Team has won gold medal for the first time in the history of Commonwealth by defeating Malaysia 3-1.

Current Affairs 9th April 2018: ECONOMY

Agreement for the benefit of the farmers of Maharashtra between the Government of India and the World Bank

●        Government of India, Government of Maharashtra and World Bank signed a project of US $ 420 million to help small and marginal farmers living in Marathwada and Vidarbha regions of Maharashtra.
●        The World Bank will provide a loan of $ 4.2 million for the project to be started for more than 7 million small and marginal farmers in Vidarbha and Marathwada regions of Maharashtra, for friendly training for climate.

Current Affairs 9th April 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

Shaomi to invest 2 million dollars in Zestmoney

●        China's smartphone and electronics company Shaomi is in the final round of talks to buy a stake in the financial technology firm, Zestmoney.
●        She already has partnership with Jesmany, who offers EMIs to those who buy products from Shomei's online portal mi.com.
●        There have been several meetings between the two companies regarding the deal.