Important Current Affairs 4th March 2018

Current Affairs 4th March 2018: NATIONAL  NEWS

Prime Minister addressed youth conference in Tumkuru, Karnataka through video conferencing

●        Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed a youth conference in Tukkuru, Karnataka today through a Vision-Theme Video Conference for New India: Youth Power.
●        The Youth Conference in Tumkuru is being organized on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee celebrations of Ramkrishna Vivekananda Ashram at Tumkuru to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Swami Vivekananda's address in Chicago along with the 150th anniversary of Sister Nivedita.
 
 
DEFXPO 2018 Exhibition
●        The DFXPO 2018 exhibition will show India's defense manufacturing capabilities for the first time in front of the world.
●        It is reflected in the tagline of the exhibition which is 'India: an emerging defense manufacturing hub'.
●        The DEFXPO 2018 exhibition will be branding as one of the defense exporters nation of all the three armies of the Army, Navy and Air Force of several Defense Systems and Components.

Telangana government will give Rs 2 crore reward for Gymnast Aruna Reddy

●        Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao announced a reward of Rs 2 crore for Aruna Reddy, who won bronze medal in the Gymnastics World Cup .
●        Rao honored Aruna in the program organized in Pragati Bhavan, Hyderabad on Sunday.
●        On February 24, Aruna B. of Hyderabad Reddy made history by becoming the first Indian gymnast to win an individual medal in the Gymnastics World Cup.
●        She named Bronze Medal in women's Vault competition.
 
Railway will construct 10 thousand kilometer high-speed train corridor in 10 lakh crore

●        Indian Railways will soon announce plans to build a high-speed train corridor to connect all the major cities of the country.
●        It is estimated to cost Rs 10 lakh crore on its construction.
●        This corridor, built on the lines of the Government's Bharatmala Highways Development Program, will be about 10,000 kilometers long.
 
 
BJP to form two government legislators in Meghalaya
 
●        Even after winning 21 seats in Meghalaya, Congress was away from power and BJP is going to join the government with only two MLAs.
●        The non-Congress front has submitted a claim to form the government in front of Governor Ganga Prasad.
●        The letter of support of 34 MLAs with BJP (2), NPP (19), UDP (6), HSPDP (2), PDF (4) and 1 independents has been given to the Governor.

Railway will make 'service captain' to overcome problems of passenger in trains

●        During the journey to the train, the Railway Service Captain (Supervisor) is planning to deploy the passenger's basic problems.
●        In December last year, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal had sought suggestions in the meeting from the head of all the zones.
●        On this, the committee has said that different types of uniforms should be given to the service captain so that the passenger can easily recognize them.
●        At the same time, they will be deployed as pilot projects in the first 10 trains by providing tool kit and better training.

90th Oscars Festival

●        The 90th Academy (Oscar) Awards Festival is going on in Hollywood.
●        Sam Rockwell won the Best Supporting Actor (Male) award.
●        This is Sam's first Oscar award.
●        At the same time, Allison Jenny received the Best Supporting Actor (Female) Award.
●        Victoria and Abdul, who played the role of India's actor Ali Fazal and British star Judi Dench, did not receive an Oscar.

More than 800 loan defaulters details will be given to CBI

●        The way the government came in speed after the issue of PNB fraud of Rs 2 thousand crore.
●        Looking at him, CBI can screw up more than 800 defaulters.
●        These are the default which is more than Rs. 50 crores.
●        In this case, the bank can hand over the list of these defaulters to the CBI this month.

Current Affairs 4th March 2018: GLOBAL  NEWS

President hosted the President of Vietnam

●        President Shri Ram Nath Kovind hosted His Excellency Trang Dai Kuang, President of Vietnam today (March 3, 2018) at the Rashtrapati Bhawan.
●        Welcoming the President of Vietnam in India, the President thanked Vietnam for playing the role of a coordinator country in ensuring concrete results in the ASEAN India Memorial Summit held in New Delhi in January 2018.
●        The President said that between 2000 and 2000, there has been a longstanding civilizational relationship between India and Vietnam.
●        Buddhism, Hindu Champa civilization and our shared philosophy have strengthened our equal relationships.
 

Social Media launch of 'Hello Salome', a magazine on Indo-Israeli relations

●        Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Donor (Done), here yesterday, a letter devoted to Indo-Israeli relations, 'Hello Salome' Participated in the social media launch.
●        The festival of Holi and the Purim festival of the Jews was celebrated on the same day.
●        Editor of this magazine is former Member of Parliament Mr. Tarun Vijay.
●        On this occasion, Israeli Ambassador to India Mr. Daniel Carmon and other dignitaries were also present.

China warns US against trade war

●        China on Sunday warned US President Donald Trump, that if Washington begins the trade war, then he will have to bear the consequences.
●        "China does not want a trade war with the United States , but China will not be silent on the steps to harm its interests and take necessary action ," said Jeng Ysui, spokesperson of the National People's Congress in China, at a press conference .
 
 
Hindu woman Krishna Kumari became Senator in Pakistan

●        Krishna Kumari , a resident of Thar of Muslim-majority Pakistan 's Sindh province, became the first Hindu-Dalit woman to be elected as a colonel senator.
●        39 year old Kolhi was elected from the Pakistan People's Party led by Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.
●        Krishna has defeated a maulana associated with the Taliban in the elections.
 
 80% of bank accounts and 60% mobile connected to Aadhar

●        The last date for linking bank accounts and mobile connections from the base is March 31.
●        So about a month ago, about 80% of the country's bank accounts have been linked to the base.
●        According to an officer of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), about 60% of mobile connections have also been added to the base.
 

 US defense is nothing in front of Russia: Putin

●        Valadimir Putin has claimed that Russia has created a missile, beyond which no missile technology can survive in the world.
●        In his last speech on Thursday, just before the election, Putin said that this new weapon can reach any corner of the world and NATO's strength ahead of it is nothing.
●        Putin claimed that the nuclear capable missile could not prevent the shield of America and Europe in Asia.
●        Apart from this, Putin demonstrated another missile.
●        They claimed that nuclear missiles can also be made from this submarine-launched missile.

Current Affairs 4th March 2018: ECONOMY

4,472 crore investment to Flipkart from parent company

●        Flipkart, one of the country's top e-commerce companies, got an investment of Rs 4,472 crore from its parent company in Singapore in February.
●        This investment has been done in the wholesale unit of Flipkart.
●        Flipkart is strengthening its financial position to counter America's Amazon and Alibaba of China.
 
Institutional Investors invested $ 3.4 billion in Indian Warehousing Market

●        With the introduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and the status of the logistics sector as the infrastructure sector, the interest of institutional investors has increased manifold in the Indian Warehousing market.
●        For a long time in the Indian Warehousing segment, which has been unincorporated, Global and Domestic Institutional Investors have invested more than $ 3.4 billion in the last four years, which is about 26% of total private equity investment in real estate during this period.
●        These figures have come from a study report from Knight Frank India.

Important Current Affairs 3rd March 2018

Current Affairs 3rd March 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

The country's first honey enrichment museum will open in Kutch of Gujarat
 
●        If farmers and craftsmen of Kutch get proper guidance and training, then honey can be an important factor in environmental protection along with economic benefits.
●        For the promotion of honey, the country's first museum will be constructed in the next few years in Kutch. The only Research Center is working in Pune.
●        Now a similar kind of research center is being organized in Kutch.
 
 
BJP's strong base in North-Eastern states
 
●        Election results in the three North-Eastern states have made the Bharatiya Janata Party even more stable on the political platform.
●        While the party won an unprecedented victory in Tripura, the performance of BJP in Meghalaya and Nagaland was encouraging.
●        Use of these results will be done by BJP in the next two months to prepare the ground for itself in Karnataka's important election season.

Increased Private Investment, Returns Trust in India Inc

●        During the third quarter of the current fiscal year investment activity indicates revival.
●        During this period, more than 10% growth in the capital formation was recorded and commercial vehicles sales were strong.
●        With the increase in the construction sector and the increase in cement production, the growth of capital goods has accelerated.
 

FSSAI Draft Rules for Restaurants
 
●        The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has prepared regulations for restaurants and food serving outlets.
●        Under these, it is mandatory to appoint food safety officers to get the license of restaurants.
●        Apart from this, e-commerce companies who sell food products also need to get licenses under a separate category.

Monorail will run in April in Mumbai
 
●        Monorail services will be available for service to Mumbai from April.
●        The Commissioner of Railway Safety will review the project before March 15.
●        After two to four days of this formalization, the date of operation of the project will also be decided.
●        Monorail first phase from Chembur to Wadala began in 2014.
 

A smart gadget ready for TB testing
 
●        Researchers at IIT Delhi, Jamia Hamdard University and Indian Council for Medical Research have teamed up with a smart gadget to check TB .
●        This gadget is named 'iMC2 TB Test'.
●        With this help, TB can be detected in just one hour, i.e., as in the case of TB no longer will be taken four days.
●        This Smart Gadget will save time as well as economical.

Current Affairs 3rd March 2018: DEFENSE

Navy's 6 women officers reached Cape Town on the Sagar Parikrama
 
●        The Indian Navy's sailboat INSV Tarin reached the Cape Town on Friday.
●        Tarini Sagar is the world's first such sailboat, which has all the 6 crew members.
●        Tarini had left from Panaji on September 10, 2017.
●        It reached Cape Town while being Port Stanley of Littleston and Falklands, New Zealand's Fremantle, New Zealand.
●        Sailboats will return to India this month from Cape Town.

Successful test of anti-tank NAG missile

●        Successful testing of Nag missile was conducted by the Indian Defense and Research Organization (DRDO) in Rajasthan on February 28, 2018.
●        Nag is an anti-tank guided missile of the third generation.
●        Nag missile test has been done with the aim of giving more force to Indian forces.
●        Officers of Army and DRDO were present during this trial.

Current Affairs 3rd March 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

Life Time of the World's Fastest Electronics Detected
 
●        Achievement of the first time in the world of 'Bright Electrons', the achievement of 10 Indian researchers has been achieved.
●        This research was going on in the Lab of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Colaba, for the last two years, which was successful.
●        Team Leader Professor G. Ravindra Kumar said, 'Electrons move ahead in a solid thing like glass, faster than light.
●        This was detected in 1930, but no one succeeded in searching about the life of the 'fastest electrons'.
 
7041 people created world record

●        On Saturdays, 7041 people have decided to write a book titled 'Gandhi Vichar Ayaa' and 'Non-Violence' at the Guinness Book of World Records together.
●        Although the official announcement for the name of the Guinness Book has not yet been made.
●        This achievement of Gadchiroli will be recorded in Guinness Book of World Records 20 days later.
●        On May 18, 2017, Turkey also created such a world record. In which 5,754 were involved.

 
Many economies may suffer due to loss in steel and aluminum in the US: IMF
 
●        The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that the decision to impose heavy duty on steel and aluminum imports of President Donald Trump could harm the US and its business partners.
●        IMF has urged all countries to remove issues of disagreements in a constructive manner.
●        Trump had said on Thursday that it would impose 25 percent on steel and 10 percent import duty on aluminum to protect the interest of the American industry.

Current Affairs 3rd March 2018: AWARDS

GLOMO Awards to Reliance Jio

●        Reliance Jio got the prestigious Global Mobile Awards of 2018.
●        It was announced at the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona.
●        In this happiness, Jio announced to give free 10 GB of data to its customers.

Current Affairs 3rd March 2018: ECONOMY

The world's 500 richest people lost 8345 billion rupees  this week 
 
●        The world's 500 richest people lost about $ 83.45 trillion ($ 128 billion) this week.
●        This amount is equal to total market capitalization of NetFlix or McDonald Corp.
●        Berkshire Hathaway chairman, Warren Buffett, became the world's biggest hauler in the world market.
●        From Monday, Warren Buffett's property has lost about 243 billion rupees ($ 3.74 billion).
●        Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was at second place in the property givers who had a shock of about $ 241 billion ($ 3.71 billion) during last Friday to Friday.

Current Affairs 3rd March 2018: SPORTS

Shahzar Rizvi won gold
 
●        India's Shahzar Rizvi made it memorable by winning the gold medal in the World Cup held in Guadalajara, Mexico.
●        Shahzar targeted the gold medal on Saturday night in the 10 meter air pistol.
●        Rizvi also made a new world record of shooting as well as winning gold in this 10 meter shootout competition.

 
Navjot Kaur won gold medal at Asian Wrestling Championship
 
●        Indian women wrestler Navjot Kaur won gold medal in the Asian Wrestling Championship on 02 March 2018.
●        Navjot won this medal by defeating Mia Emai of Japan in the 65 kg category by defeating 9-1.
●        The final of the Asian Wrestling Championship was played between Navojot and Miya in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
●        Navjot Kaur defeated Mongol wrestler Sevamed Nakhbir 2-1 in the semi-finals of the Asian Wrestling Championship.

Current Affairs 3rd March 2018: SCMEMES

RBI launches Ombudsman scheme for NBFCs

●        Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has introduced the Lokpal Scheme for non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) on February 23, 2018.
●        This arrangement will facilitate the speedy and duty free redressal of complaints related to the reduction of services in NBFCs.
●        The offices of NBFC Ombudsman will work in the metros of Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai.

Important Current Affairs 28th February 2018

Current Affairs 28th February 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

Approval of MOU between India and Jordan for Mining and Finishing of Rock Phosphate and Mop

●        With a long-term agreement for 100% uproot in India, the Union Cabinet has approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Jordan for setting up a production unit in Jordan for the mining and finishing of phosphoric acid / DAP / NPK fertilizers ( MoU has been approved.
●        To meet the needs of the country from this MoU, continuous supply of raw materials, intermediates and ready-made P & K fertilizers will be ensured at reasonable prices.
 
 
MoU clears between India and Vietnam on economic and trade cooperation

●        The Union Cabinet has approved the signing of MoU between India and Vietnam on Economic and Trade Cooperation.
●        Under this MoU, bilateral trade and economic cooperation will be further increased between India and Vietnam.
 
India and Macedonia agree to sign Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in health sector

●        Under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the Union Cabinet has approved the signing of MoU between India and Macedonia for cooperation in health sector.
●        The following areas of cooperation in the Memorandum include: -
●        Short-term training in capacity building and human resources in health

Memorandum of Understanding between India and Fiji on cooperation in renewable energy sector
 
●        Under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the Union Cabinet was apprised of the Memorandum of Understanding regarding cooperation between renewable energy between India and Fiji.
●        The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on May 24, 2017 in Suva, Fiji.
●        A Memorandum of Understanding is a mechanism for setting up a Joint Working Committee so that issues related to the areas of cooperation can be reviewed, monitored and discussed.
●        It has a network of expertise exchange and networking of information.

For the first time in Saudi Arabia, the woman was made deputy minister
 
●        Saudi Arabia's Sultan Salman made major changes in the mechanism of the country on February 27, 2018, under which he removed the military commanders, and for the first time he has appointed a woman as a deputy minister.
●        Under the major changes in Saudi Arabia, many top commanders, including the Military Chief of Staff, have been sacked.
●        Sultan has made some political appointments along with this change, in which the queen Bint Yusuf al-Ramah has been appointed the Deputy Minister of Labor and Social Development Department.
 
 Temperate minus reached below 20 in 15 countries of Europe
 
●        In Europe, the icy storm has caused a huge devastation. The lake, the rivers and the banks of the sea have solidified.
●        Mercury has gone below Arctic (minus 20 degrees Celsius) in more than 15 countries.
●        At least 35 people died due to the snow storm.
●        More than 300 flights have been canceled in 2 days.

Current Affairs 28th February 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

Approval of work plan for champion areas in services

●        The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal of the Commerce Department to give special attention to 12 scheduled champion service sectors with the aim of understanding the promotion and capacity of champion areas.
●        These include information technology and information technology enabled services (IT and ITES), tourism and hospitality services, medical evaluation tours, transportation and logistics services, accounting and finance services, visual audio services, legal services, communications services, construction and related engineering services, Environmental services, financial services and education services are included.
 
 Approval of agreement between India and Jordan on cooperation and mutual administrative assistance in matters relating to customs
●        The Union Cabinet has approved the agreement between India and Jordan on cooperation and mutual administrative assistance in matters relating to customs issues.
●        The agreement will help in providing appropriate information for the prevention of customs offenses and their investigation.
●        The agreement is likely to accelerate trade between the two countries and speed up the business commodities.
 
Approval of signing of cooperation in the field of labor force between India and Jordan

●        Under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for signing a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation between India and Jordan in the field of labor force.
●        The purpose of this MOU is to promote best efforts in the employment administration of the contract between the two parties, to reflect the latest improvement in the recruitment process and to promote the protection and welfare of Indian laborers in Jordan.
●        In the use of online portal for the recruitment of Indian labor force, more transparency can be achieved with the cooperation between the two parties and help in prevention of corruption in the recruitment process.
 

 Central Agriculture and Farmer Welfare Minister completes 88 glorious years

●        The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Radha Mohan Singh addressed the 89th Annual General Meeting of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) in Pusa, today, in New Delhi.
●        In order to make the reach of science to the farmers, a new program 'My Village - My Gaurav' has been started by Hon'ble Prime Minister.
●        Under this program, 5 villages are adopted by a group of 4 scientists and they provide agricultural advice and information to the farmers.
 
 Implementation of 31 sewage management projects costing Rs. 1024.5 crores in Uttarakhand

●        Under Sewage Management Projects in Uttarakhand, the work of providing 100% wastewater treatment facilities in cities like Haridwar and Rishikesh has been completed.
●        In the state, 31 waste management projects related to the 155.45 MLD capacity water purification plant (STP) with an estimated cost of 1024.5 crore rupees have been approved.
●        It also includes the task of laying / moving 155.02 km long sewer line.
 
 Kanchi Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati passes away

●        Jayendra Saraswati, the chief Shankaracharya of Kanchi Monastery, died on February 28, 2018, in Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu.
●        Jayendra Saraswathi Swamigal, chief of Kanchi Kamakoti Peeth was 82 years old.
●        He was admitted to the hospital after suffering from breathing.
●        Shankaracharya Jayendra Saraswati was born on July 18, 1935 in Tamil Nadu.
●        Located in Kanchipuram Nagar of Tamil Nadu state of South India, Kanchi was the 69th Shankaracharya of Kamakoti Peeth.
●        They are considered to be the knowers of the Vedas.
 

Aircel offered to pay bankruptcy
 
●        Aircel, the sixth largest telecom operator in the country, has applied to declare himself bankrupt in the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) with its units - Aircel Cellular and Dishnet Wireless.
●        The company is under heavy burden of debt.
●        This is the fourth company since the arrival of Mukesh Ambani's Geo in September 2016, who has taken up his business.

Government to book defaulter's property

●        With a lesson from fugitives such as Nirav Modi , Mehul Choksi and Vijay Mallya , who have been absconding from the country by stealing thousands of crores of rupees from banks, the government is now preparing to screw up other such defaulters.
●        On Thursday, the Cabinet will discuss the matter that people who have a debt of more than 100 crores and they are out of the country, then the properties of such people will be taken into account.
●        After so much scandal in PNB Bank, now the government is serious about adopting a tough attitude in such cases.
 

Current Affairs 28th February 2018: SPORTS

25 years of Mexican Open
 
●        This photo is about the exhibition match played at the historic Sinfonia del Mar Amphitheater on the seashore of Mexico.
●        This match was held on the 25th of the Mexican Open Tennis Tournament, i.e. Silver Jubilee.
●        The match was played between Austrian Dominic Thiem and Germany's Zvereva. Thimm won the tournament in 2016.

Current Affairs 28th February 2018: ECONOMY

SBI raises the deposit rate of various periods by 0.75%
 
●        State Bank of India has increased its retail and wholesale deposit rates by 0.75%.
●        Effective since Wednesday, these rates are for different period deposits.
●        The retail deposit rate up to Rs 1 crore has been increased by 0.50 percent.
●        This move by SBI will benefit lakhs of people who have fixed deposits.

Important Current Affairs 26th February 2018

Current Affairs 26th February 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

Launch of viral load test

●        Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Shri J.P. Nadda launched Viral Load Test for people suffering from HIV / AIDS (PLHIV) during a function organized here today.
●        With this initiative, the free viral load test of 12 lakh PLHVs being treated in the country will be done at least once in a year.
●        Nadda also announced that after all 'Treat All', viral load test is a major step towards the treatment and monitoring of people suffering from HIV.

 Intermodal stations will be built in 15 cities

●        The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has undertaken a detailed feasibility study to set up Intermodal Station (IMS) in Nagpur and Varanasi and detailed project report (DPR) for this is in the final stages of preparation.
●        In order to develop intermodal station, 15 cities of the country have been given priority, out of which Nagpur and Varanasi have been selected for the pilot project.

Nitin Gadkari inaugurated Truck Parking Terminal and Information Center at Tuticorin Port

●        Union Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Conservation Minister, Shri Nitin Gadkari today under the ambitious Sagarmala project, V.O. Tuticorin. Inauguration of a Truck Parking Terminal at the port of Chidambaranar. Built at a cost of Rs 23.69 crore, this terminal can operate up to 200 trucks.
●        The Minister of State for Finance and Shipping, Shri P. Radhakrishnan was also present on this occasion.
●        Shri Gadkari also inaugurated a Port Information Center.
●        Built at a cost of Rs 1.89 crore, this information center has 60 LED panels, which show the emergence and development of this port.
 
 Nitin Gadkari laid the foundation stone of National Technology Center for ports, waterways and beaches in IIT Chennai

●        Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Conservation Minister, Shri Nitin Gadkari today laid the foundation stone of National Technology Center (NTCPWC) of ports, waterways and beaches in IIT Chennai.
●        On this occasion, IIT Chennai and Ministry signed a memorandum of understanding on this occasion.
●        NTCPWC has been established under the flagship program of Shipping Ministry, Sagarmala.

Former Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramanian passes away
 
●        Former Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramanian died on February 26, 2018.
●        He was 79 years old.
●        A committee was formed a few years ago under the chairmanship of former Cabinet Secretary TSR Subramanian, to create a new education policy.
●        TSR Subramanian remained a part of bureaucrats and politicians, whose petition was initiated by the Supreme Court in the year 2013 in the reform of civil services.

Bill of Rights to Power will come in Parliament's Monsoon session
 
●        The government is planning to bring a bill in the monsoon session of Parliament, so that people can get the right to get electricity supply.
●        Under this, the power distributors will be held accountable for not having 24 hours of electricity supply in the normal conditions since April 2019.
●        PM Narendra Modi has fixed deadline April 1, 2019 to ensure electricity supply to every household in the country.
 
Live telecast of meeting of government and officers

●        Delhi Government is considering live telecast of its meetings with the officers.
●        Working on a live broadcast of these meetings is being done on one website.
●        Apart from this, the planning of the notice of the ministers and officers on files is also made online.

Current Affairs 26th February 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

Meeting of India and US delegations for cooperation in defense sector

●        As part of Indo-US bilateral defense cooperation, the eighth meeting of the Inter Agency Working Group formed on Defense Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI) was held here today.
●        Vice-Chief of the Integrated Defense Staff, Vice Admiral A.K., co-chaired this meeting. Jain and Acting Director (International Cooperation) Mr. Matthew Warren.
●        DTTI was launched in 2012 as an idea of former US Defense Minister Dr. Ashton Carter.

International Conference on sustainable biofuels

●        A two-day conference on sustainable biofuels is being organized jointly by the Department of Biotechnology and the Biofuels Platform of the Government of India.
●        Experts and representatives of sustainable biofuels in 19 countries will review current knowledge and share information and best practices and will agree on taking necessary steps for the future.

China becomes vice president of FATF
 
●        China became the Vice President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). India congratulated China for becoming the Vice President of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
●        At the FATF's full meeting, the US and some of its European collaborators were in favor of putting Pakistan on the list of countries that fund terrorism.
●        India expressed hope that Beijing will maintain the objective of the organization in a balanced and objective manner and will support it.
●        FATF is a global body that has the responsibility of fighting terror financing.

Current Affairs 26th February 2018: AWARDS

M. Venkaiah Naidu conferred the Prime Minister's Labor Award to 338 workers

●        Hon'ble Vice President Mr. M.Venkaiah Naidu conferred the Prime Minister's Labor Award to 338 workers in the presence of Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State for Labor and Employment.
●        Vice President has given 194 prestigious awards for the year 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 here at a function here.
●        The award winners included the public undertakings of at least 500 workers of central and state governments and workers working in private units.

Current Affairs 26th February 2018: SCHEMES

'Srijan' is launched on the MyGov Portal

●        Indian Railway Station Development Corporation Limited (IRSDC) has started work on redevelopment of around 600 major railway stations across the country.
●        Under this comprehensive expedition, assistance and participation of all stakeholders, such as rail passengers, urban planners, architects and engineers, is essential.
●        In view of this objective of consultation with the stakeholders, the launch of a competition 'creation of a competition (joint initiative by the Station Rejuvenation Initiative) for inviting innovative ideas (Idea) for the development of 635 stations in Indian Railways was launched by MEGAV Has been done on the portal.

RBI launches Ombudsman scheme for NBFCs
 
●        Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has introduced the Lokpal Scheme for non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) on February 23, 2018.
●        This arrangement will facilitate the speedy and duty free redressal of complaints related to the reduction of services in NBFCs.
●        The offices of NBFC Ombudsman will work in the metros of Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai and Mumbai.

Current Affairs 26th February 2018: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

CSIR signs MoU with IORA

●        The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has organized regional center for the transfer of science and technology of the Indian Ocean Coastal Regional Cooperation Association (IORA) to make a coordinating center for Central Medicinal and Aromatic Vegetation Institute, Lucknow (CSIR-CIMAP). Has signed the Memorandum of Understanding.
●        On the memorandum of understanding, CSIR-CIMAP Director Professor Anil Kumar Tripathi and IORA-RCSTT Director Dr. A. Sedpausan signed the memorandum.

Current Affairs 26th February 2018: DEFENSE

Organizing the largest marine naval exercise Milan-2011 in Andaman Nicobar
 
●        In the second week of March 2018, the Indian Navy is going to organize the largest marine naval exercise Milan-2011, in Andaman Nicobar so far.
●        This exercise will be organized from 06 March to 13 March in Port Blair under the auspices of Navy's Andaman Nicobar Command.
●        For the first time to participate in maneuvers, together with 22 countries of the world Navy will be involved in India.

Current Affairs 26th February 2018: RANKING

Yuki reached 101th position in ATP ranking
 
●        India's top singles tennis player Yuki Bhambri has reached the 101rd position with a gain of 11 places in the latest ATP singles ranking.
●        Yuki got the benefit of a spectacular performance in the Chennai Open Challenge Tournament where he was runners-up.
●        After losing to Australian Thompson of Australia in the final, he got 48 ranking points and $ 4240 prize money from this tournament.

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.

Important Current Affairs 24th February 2018

Current Affairs 24th February 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

Modi plans to launch scooters for women in half price
 
●        Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a special scheme on Saturday.
●        Under this, subsidy will be given to working women for buying scooters.
●        This scheme has been started on the occasion of 70th birth anniversary of Tamil Nadu's popular leader Jayalalithaa.
●        Modi did this in the presence of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Palaniswamy and O Panneerselvam.

Shramodya School will be built on the lines of public school
 
●        The government will construct Sharmodaya Vidyalaya on the lines of public school in four big cities, Bhopal, Jabalpur, Gwalior and Sehore.
●        The special feature of this school will be that it will be for the children of the workers.
●        Not only this, the government will also provide free coaching arrangements for talented children for competitive examinations.
●        This announcement was made by CM Shivraj Singh Chauhan while addressing the Workers' Conference in Jabalpur.
 
International Mahashivratri Festival

●        The international Shivratri Festival -2018 in the small Kashi is done on Thursday.
●        This seven-day festival, which started with Jaleb of Aradh Dev Dev Raj Madhora, was inaugurated by CM Jayaram Thakur.
●        Hundreds of Gods joined the Jaleb in Madurai and made the small Kashi devamai.
●        The Chief Minister inaugurated the fair after leaving the balloons at Paddal Maidan.

 Nandan Nilekani will build IT infrastructure for health insurance project

●        IT veteran and tech investor TV Mohandas Pai on Friday said that only Nandan Nilekani can help the central government in preparing the IT infrastructure for the National Health Protection Scheme in less time .
●        He said that he can not think of anyone else's names in the world except Nilekani for this work.
●        This month, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced the budget allocation for NHPC to be allocated in the budget.
●        Under this, health insurance of 5 million members of 100 million families will be given 5 lakhs .

Current Affairs 24th February 2018: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Land Rover Launches Smartphone

●        The Royal Car maker Land Rover has launched a smartphone.
●        This is the world's strongest smartphone ever.
●        This phone is waterproof.
●        The phone is offered at $ 649 or about 42,000 rupees.

Inauguration of the country's first 4G LTE telecom system
 
●        Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha introduced India's first locally developed 4G / LTE Telecom system.
●        This system is designed by VNL Ltd, the country's largest telecom equipment manufacturer.
●        It has been specially designed keeping in view the high speed connectivity in rural areas.

 Conducting workshop on a similar open area license policy of hydrocarbon excavation

●        A successful workshop was organized by the government in Ahmedabad to provide information about the uniform open area licensing policy of hydrocarbon excavation to the potential investors and information about the tender process.
●        In this workshop organized by the Directorate of Hydrocarbons, more than 150 excavations and production companies, investors, entrepreneurs and academicians participated, including the Director General of Hydrocarbons (DGH) and senior government officials.

Current Affairs 24th February 2018: ECONOMY

389 crore fraud in Oriental Bank of Commerce
 
●        After the Nirav Modi and Mehul alert, the alleged fraud of another diamond trader has come out.
●        Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a lawsuit against a Diamond Jewelry Exporter of Delhi in the bank loan fraud of 389.85 crore in the Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC).
●        The CBI has taken this action on Dwarka Das Seth International Pvt Ltd in this case.
●        This includes the names of the company, its directors, Sribha Seth, Rita Seth, Krishna Kumar Singh, Ravi Singh and another company Dwarka Das Seth SEZ Incorporation.
 
 
Business Parks for Small Businesses
 
●        The Central Government is contemplating to build such business parks, where small businessmen can run their business by leasing or leasing.
●        The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has prepared a proposal for this effect, which will be placed in the meeting of the National Board for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.
●        According to the agenda prepared by the Ministry of MSME for the meeting, the State Governments will be encouraged to mark Mid-size Land Parcel in the Urban and Mid-Urban Areas in their State, so that there is a need to develop SMEs And Medium Enterprises).
 
With the cyber crime in 2017, the world has lost Rs 39 lakh crore

●        The world has crossed Rs 39 lakh crore last year Loss of
●        This claim is made by Global Cyber Security firm McAfee and Center for Strategic and International Studies in the report called the Economic Impact of Cybercrime-No Slowing Down.
●        Russia is at the forefront of cyber crime.
●        North Korea is the number after Russia.

India's Chandrayaan-2 mission only in 800 crores
 
●        India's next Chandrayaan-2 mission will be cheaper than Hollywood's interstellar-made movie on 2014 in space.
●        800 crores spent on the Chandrayaan-2 mission, while the Hollywood movie Interstellar budget was about Rs 1,062 crore.
●        Earlier, the Mars mission of ISRO launched in 2013 was Rs 470 crores, while the budget of the Hollywood film Gravity this year was 644 crores.
  
 
E-way bill for interstate transport
 
●        Under the Goods and Services (GST) arrangements, the use of the necessary electronic vouchers for transport of goods from one state to another for transporters should be implemented from April 1.
●        A group of finance ministers of states formed under GST Council have recommended this on Saturday.
●        Chief Minister of the Group and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi said that this system, essential for the inter-state transport of goods worth more than Rs. 50,000, will be implemented in a phased manner while estimating the response.
●        GST was implemented in the country on July 1, 2017.
 
 
Economic Times Global Business Conference
 
●        Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addressed the Economic Times Global Business Conference in New Delhi today.
●        The subject of his speech was - New Economy - New Rule.
●        The Prime Minister presented facts and figures to show India's important role in overall global growth.
●        India's share in World GDP increased from 3.1 percent in 2017, which was 2.4 percent in 2013. 

 
12.9% increase in budget allocation of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

●        In the Union Budget for the year 2018-19, the budget provision of the Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry has been increased by 12.10 percent.
●        The Ministry had allocated Rs 6908.00 crores in the year 2017-18, whereas for the year 2018-19 this amount has been increased to Rs. 7750.00 crores.
●        In addition, in the ratio of 2017-18 in the year 2018-19, the budget allocation for schemes has been increased by 11.57%.

 
The bullion depository has about 4600 tonnes of gold
 
●        A large part of the US Official Gold Reserve is kept in the Boolean depository in Fort Knox, Kentucky.
●        Its volume is around 4600 tons.
●        Fork Knox is an Army Post, which extends over 109,000 acres.
●        The gold vault contained in it is surrounded by thick granite walls.
●        It is one of the safest buildings in the world.

Current Affairs 24th February 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

Trump is the worst president of American history
 
●        200 political experts and the people of the United States have chosen Donald Trump to be America's 229-year-oldest democratically elected president.
●        In the Great President Survey, Trump remained at the 44th position.
●        In this survey, US presidents were given marks in 100 of their achievements, failures, disputes, image and their tenure based on the conditions of the country. 1
●        Former President Obama secured 8th rank with 71 points in the survey.

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.

Important Current Affairs 22nd February 2018

Current Affairs 22nd February 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

Shahzada Karim Aga Khan meets President Ramnath Kovind
 
●        Shahzada Karim Aga Khan met President Shri Ramnath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
●        Welcoming Shahzada Agha Khan at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President congratulated him for the diamond jubilee of his leadership of the Ismaili community.
●        He said that the princes have politely led the community and they are the radical examples of the good of humanity.
●        The President said that the princess appreciated the support of Aga Khan in the development initiatives being made in India and in other parts of the world.
 
ICAR has established a new research center in Motihari.
 
●        Shri Radha Mohan Singh, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare has said that the Eastern Research Complex of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Patna is working not only in the area of paddy, wheat or pulses, oilseeds but also in the field of crop diversification, livestock development, fisheries management , Water Management, Horticulture, Agriculture, Forestry and Soil Science.
●        Singh said that a new research center has been set up at Motihari for the purpose of intensive research and technical creation and dissemination by the ICAR on consolidated farming system and six scientists have also been appointed.
●        Integrated agricultural system model has been developed in Patna, Pusa, Sabaur, Madhepura, Kaimur and Buxar.
 
Signing of Memorandum of Understanding for joint working of Public Sector Undertakings and Organizations of the Department of Telecommunications
 
●        Minister of State for Communication and Minister of State for Railways Shri Manoj Sinha released a strategic plan for working together with public sector undertakings and organizations of the Department of Telecommunications in New Delhi today.
●        He highlighted the strength of various PSU BSNL, MTNL, BBNL, TCIL, ITI and other organizations such as TEC and C-DOT.
●        He gave an example of the revelation of Bharatnet and ITI and it is a good example of working together in public sector undertakings.

Formation of Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (MAP) for North Eastern Region

●        An inter-ministerial committee has been constituted for medicinal and aromatic plants for the North Eastern Region.
●        This decision was taken in the meeting of secretaries of North Eastern Region and Ministry of AYUSH.
●        The committee will coordinate the various programs of the Central Government to develop the area of medicinal and aromatic plants.
●        The first meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) will be held on 12 March.
●        Co-chaired by the Secretary of North Eastern Region and Ministry of AYUSH this meeting.

Ashwini Kumar Choubey launches healthy lifestyle cyclist journey

●        A healthy lifestyle cyclist was organized on 22nd February in Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi.
●        Its main purpose is to promote the adaptive lifestyle of nature and health.
●        This program was organized by National Medicos Organization.
●        This cyclist will travel from New Delhi to Sonepat, Haryana.

Union Cabinet approves creation of National Urban Housing Fund
 
●        The Union Cabinet has approved the formation of National Urban Housing Fund (NUHF) of 60,000 crores on 20th February 2018.
●        This meeting took place under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
●        This fund will be held in the Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC).
●        BMTPC is an autonomous body of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, registered under the Institution Registration Act 1860.

 
Central Cabinet Approves Proposal for Judicial Settlement of Mahanadi Water Dispute
 
●        The Union Cabinet has approved the proposal for the judicial settlement of Mahanadi river water dispute.
●        The tribunal will determine the distribution of water between the total reservoirs in the entire Mahanadi basin, the contribution of each state, the current use of water resources in every state and the possibility of future development.
●        According to the provisions of Interstate River Water Dispute (ISRWD) Act, 1956, there will be a president and two other members in the tribunal, who will nominate the Chief Justice of India from the Supreme Court or the High Court Judges.
●        Apart from this, water resources experts will be provided services of two assessors to give advice in the proceedings of the tribunal.

EPFO lowered interest rate
 
●        The Employees Provident Fund Organization has reduced the interest rate for the year 2017-18.
●        The Employees Provident Fund Organization has fixed the new interest rate at 8.55 per cent, while it was 8.65 per cent earlier.
●        Investments in Employee Provident Fund for employed people is very beneficial.
●        The EPF is also mandatory for private sector employees with the government.

Current Affairs 22nd February 2018: ECONOMY

15th Finance Commission invited suggestions / suggestions from the general public, institutions and organizations for high inclusive development.

●        15th Finance Commission has invited suggestions / ideas from the general public, institutions and organizations for high inclusive development.
●        The commission will review the current status of the efforts made by the Central and State Governments for finances, deficits, liability levels, cash balance and fiscal persistence.
●        The Commission will also recommend a fiscal persistence roadmatch in relation to solid fiscal management.
●        The Commission will review the responsibilities of the Central Government and the State Governments in relation to the levels of general government debt and losses.

Approval of projects worth Rs. 4,000 crores in the ninth meeting of Executive Committee of National Ganga Sanitation Mission

●        In the ninth meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Ganga Sanitation Mission (NMCG), about 4,000 crore rupees projects have been approved.
●        This includes 20 MLD public wastewater treatment plant for leather refining factories located in Jajmau, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
●        In this project of three stages of estimated cost of Rs 629 crore, there will be a pre-purification unit of 380 different leather refining units, one 20 CETP, in which natural, biological and advanced refining arrangements.

Current Affairs 22nd February 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

Agreement to avoid double taxation between India and Kenya
 
●        The agreement to avoid double taxation between India and Kenya was signed in 1985 and it was notified.
●        After this, the agreement was re-negotiated and a revised agreement was signed between the two countries on July 11, 2016.
●        The amended agreement was notified in the Official Gazette on February 19, 2018.

The world's largest cave in Vietnam
 
●        This cave, Vietnam's Hong San Dong, is the world's largest cave.
●        The 9 km long, 200 meters wide and 150 meter high cave has its own world.
●        There is everything from small forests and trees to clouds and river.
●        For the first time in 2013, it was opened for tourists, but only 250 to 300 people were allowed to go there every year.
●        Now this year, for the first time here, 900 tourists will go.

Current Affairs 22nd February 2018: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

 Indian scientists develop a next generation technology loop to create clean energy
 
●        Indian scientists have developed excellent micro-carbon dioxide Bretan Test Loop facility, which will help in generating clean energy from future energy plants, including solar heaters.
●        This next generation technology loop has been developed indigenously by Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
●        This is India's first test bed for the next generation, which is an effective, compact, waterless, super critical carbon dioxide Bretton cycle test loop for power generation.
●        Probably this technology is the world's first test loop in which there is a solar heat source.

Current Affairs 22nd February 2018: SPORTS

A world-class football academy may be established in Manipur
 
●        A group of 20 students from Chandel district of Manipur met their teachers with Union youth Affairs and Minister of State for Sports Rajyavardhan Rathore.
●        The age of students is 11-16 years.
●        He said that his ministry is considering establishing a world-class football academy in the state with the help of the Manipur government.

Current Affairs 22nd February 2018: RANKING

India ranked 81th in global corruption perception index
 
●        In the 'Global Corruption Perception Index' released by Transparency International, India is placed 81st.
●        In the case of corruption and press freedom in the Asia Pacific region, the country was named after the worst case scenario.
●        In this index, about 180 countries were kept in the public sector corruption cases.
●        In 2016, India was ranked 79th in 176 countries.

Current Affairs 22nd February 2018: DEFENSE

India successfully tested Prithvi-2 missile
 
●        India successfully test-fired Prithvi-missile capable of indigenously manufactured and atomic weapon on February 21, 2018 from a test center in Odisha.
●        This missile is able to kill 350 kilometers.
●        As an experimental test by the army, the surface-to-surface missile was launched from the launch of the Integrated Testing Center (ITR) at Chandipur, about 8:30 pm, from the launch complex-3.

Important Current Affairs 21st February 2018

Current Affairs 21st February 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

‘Uttar Pradesh Investor Conference'
 
●    The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today delivered the inaugural address at the Uttar Pradesh Investors’ Summit – 2018.
●    He said that when change happens, it becomes apparent for all to see. 
●    He added that the organization of such a big investors’ summit in Uttar Pradesh, with the participation of so many investors, is itself indicative of change. 
●    He congratulated the State for establishing itself on the path of development and prosperity in such a short time frame.

Six new features for the National Agricultural Markets 
 
●        The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Radha Mohan Singh today launched its six new features today to make the use of the National Agricultural Market platform more easy.
●        On this occasion, the Minister of State for Agriculture and Kisan Kalyan, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat was also present.
●        The scheme is one of the flagship and important flagship schemes of the Government of India.
 
 
The foundation stone of the integrated office premises of DGCA, BCAS, AERA, AAIB and AAI at Safdarjung Airport
 
●        The Union Civil Aviation Minister, Shri P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju has taken over the responsibility of Civil Aviation Directorate (DGCA), Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS), Indian Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA), Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) have laid the foundation stone of the integrated office premises at Safdarjung Airport, New Delhi.
●        This unified office complex, constructed at an approximate cost of about 303 crores, will fulfill the long pending demand of the offices of aviation regulatory authorities at one place and near the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
●        This proposed integrated office complex, built in an area of 70,940 sq.m., will be three-storey and it employs 1500 workers.
 

Government establishes 'Policy Forum for the Northeast'

●        The Central Government has issued an order to establish 'Policy Forum for the North-East'.
●        Forum co-chaired by the Deputy Chairman of the Policy Commission and Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge). The forum's secretariat will be in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region.
●        Forum will identify bottlenecks in development work and recommend necessary steps for faster and sustainable development in the North-East.
●        He will also take note of the development situation in the North-Eastern region.
 

First regional agricultural center inaugurated in Mizoram on 7th March, with Israeli cooperation

●        A Delegation led by Israel's ambassador to India, Mr. Daniel Carman, met the Minister of State for North Eastern Region, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Minister of State, Personnel and Pension, Atomic Energy and Minister of State for Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh. 
●    During the meeting, various issues of mutual interest including start-up, food processing, innovation and technology were discussed.
●        Israel's Ambassador told that the first Regional Agriculture Center in the North-East with the help of Israel will be inaugurated on March 7 in Mizoram.
●        Established at a cost of Rs. 08-10 crore, this center will be specially for the processing of citrus fruits.
 

J P Nadda addressed Global Digital Health Partnership Seminar in Australia

●        Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, Shri J. P. Nadda today addressed the Global Digital Health Partnership Seminar in Sydney, Australia.
●        The National Health Policy of India (2017) expressly expresses the aspirations of the people of India's health care as three distinct goals.
 
NDMA organizes workshop on Preparedness, Mitigation and Management of heat wave

●    In its continuous efforts towards reducing the adverse impact of the imminent heat wave across different parts of the country, National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with the Government of Andhra Pradesh is conducting a two-day national workshop on Preparedness, Mitigation and Management of Heat Wave in Vijaywada today.
●    The workshop is aimed at sensitising States to the need of preparing and implementing their Heat Wave Action Plans in line with NDMA’s ‘Guidelines for Preparation of Action Plan – Prevention and Management of Heat-Wave’, first prepared in 2016, updated in 2017 and shared with all heat wave-prone States and stakeholders for implementation.

 
India accounts for 25.4 deaths per 1,000 infant babies
 
●        A recent report titled 'Every Child Alive' was released by the United Nations Children's Fund.
●        According to this report, Japan is the safest country for newborns, while Pakistan is the most dangerous country.
●        In this report, Japan, Iceland and Singapore have been described as the safest country for birth, where only one case of death per thousand children occurs in the first 28 days of birth.

Kamal Haasan created 'Makkal Needhi Maiam'
 
●        Famous actor of South Indian films Kamal Haasan has announced the name of his political party.
●        Arvind Kejriwal CM of Delhi, was present at the launch program of 'Makkal Needhi Maiam', which was launched on Wednesday.
●        Describing former President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam as his ideal, Kamal termed his party as a "party of people".

Current Affairs 21st February 2018: DEFENSE

Saras successfully completed the second test flight
 
●    India’s indigenous light transport aircraft SARAS has been successfully test flown for a second time today. 
●    The flight commanded by Wing Commander U.P. Singh, Group Captain R.V. Panicker and Group Captain K.P. Bhat of Indian Air Force- Aircraft and System Testing Establishment, took off from HAL’s airport in Bengaluru for a text book flight.
●    This was the second of the 20 test flights planned for SARAS PT1N, before freezing the production version.

Avani Chaturvedi flew fighter plane 
 
●        Flight officer of Indian Air Force Avani Chaturvedi has created history by flying the MiG-21 fighter plane alone.
●        On the morning of 19 February, Avani took off from Jamnagar air base of Gujarat and successfully completed his mission.
●        She became the first woman in India to fly fighter aircrafts alone.

Current Affairs 21st February 2018: SPORTS

Blind Cricket World Cup winning Indian team felicitated

●       Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Shri Thawar Chand Gehlot honored 17 members of the winning Indian team in the visually impaired Cricket World Cup.
●        He also presented a cash prize of Rs 34 lakhs to the winning team at a function here today.
●        Cash prize was given under Ministry's awareness generation and promotional scheme.

Current Affairs 21st February 2018: ECONOMY

20% increase in budget allocation for policy commission

●        The role of the policy commission has been strengthened by the finance minister as the carrier of change in the country from the budget presented for the new India.
●        The allocation for the Ministry of Planning, which is a part of the policy commission, has been increased from Rs. 279.79 crores of 2017-18 to Rs. 339.65 crores for 2018-19.

Current Affairs 21st February 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

Plan of America, Japan, Australia and India equivalent to China's OBOR
 
●        To challenge China's OBOR Project, Australia, America, Japan and India have jointly formed a joint project.
●        These four countries are jointly preparing for joint regional infrastructure scheme.
●        According to the Australian Financial Review, India has made this preparation to reduce the growing dominance of Beijing.
●        Under this important plan, high level infrastructure will be developed from Asia to Africa. For this, America, Japan, Australia and India will work together with their partner countries to improve trade routes from land and sea.

Misconception in Japanese exchange, people bought bitcoins for free
 
●        Due to the fault in Japan's cryptocurrency exchange, many investors managed to buy cryptocurrency bitcoin free, however no one could earn profits from this purchase.
●        Investors were able to purchase bitcoin for free for 20 minutes because of the mess in the system of registered Jeff in Japan.
●    Only 7 people have managed to buy bitcoin in this way.
●        The incident happened on February 16.

Current Affairs 21st February 2018: SCIENCE

Successful surgery done on a women at the age of 104

●        The story of a woman in Thane district of Maharashtra has become a precedent for the people of the state and the patients suffering from serious ailments.
●        Due to Vithabai strong will and strong intentions of Thane, her successful hip replacement surgery took place at 104 years of age.
●        Dr Milind Patil, of the hospital of Vithabai surgery said, "The maximum age of registered surgery for hip replacement in the Guinness Book of World Records is 102 years.

Important Current Affairs 20th February 2018

Current Affairs 20th February 2018: NATIONAL NEWS

Cabinet approval for formation of National Urban Housing Fund
 
●        The Union Cabinet has approved the formation of National Urban Housing Fund (NUHF) of 60,000 crore rupees.
●        This fund will be held in the Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council (BMTPC).
●        BMPTC is an autonomous body of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, registered under the Institution Registration Act 1860.

Approval of India-Morocco Cooperation Agreement in Railway Sector
 
●        The Union Cabinet has approved the retrospective agreement for the cooperation between the National Railway Office of India and Morocco.
●        Under this, long term cooperation and partnership will be developed in different areas of the railway.
●        The cooperation agreement was signed on December 14, 2017.
 
Approval of the new Bill, 2018 to ban irregular deposits and chit funds (amendment)
 
●        Under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Union Cabinet has approved to introduce the Bill on Ban on Irregular Deposit Scheme, 2018 in Parliament.
●        The objective of this bill is to deal with the problems related to non-legal deposits in the country.
●        The Bill on Ban of Irregular Deposit Schemes, 2018, will provide a detailed law to deal with the evil associated with illegal savings schemes in this way,
 
 
Early introduction of Shishu Sadan facility in Parliament House
 
●        Presenting the example of the spirit of the inclusive and collaborative work environments for women employees, the infant house (crèche) will be established soon in the Parliament House.
●        In the direct supervision of Lok Sabha Speaker, the development work of the Shishu Sadan is in progress and a senior official is monitoring the work.
 
India's 42 languages and dialects on the verge of extinction

●        The report released by the Home Ministry said that 42 languages and dialects spoken in India are in crisis.
●        According to this report, there are only a few thousand people using these 42 languages and dialects, which have led to this defeat.
●        It has been reported in the report of the Census Directorate under the Ministry of Home Affairs that there are 22 notified and 100 non-notified languages in India which are spoken by one lakh people or more.
●        The United Nations has also prepared a list of such 42 Indian languages or dialects.

Instructions to make Gayatri Mantra mandatory in Haryana schools
 
●        According to the recent order issued by the Education Directorate of Haryana, all government schools will be started with Gayatri Mantra.
●        In the instructions issued by the Directorate of Education, it has been specifically emphasized that schools have to chant Gayatri Mantra every day to their students.
●        Prayer will start with the Gayatri Mantra in Government schools, while the prayer will end with the national anthem.
 
 
Opening coal mines and trade doors for private companies
 
●        By taking a big decision, the government has incorporated private companies into the coal business.
●        Now private companies will also be able to take out their business from coal.
●        After nationalization of coal sector in 1973, it is believed to be a major reform.
●        This decision was taken in the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) meeting.

Kamal Haasan will launch his party tomorrow
 
●        Kamal Haasan will launch his political party on Wednesday
●        He has also called Delhi's CM Arvind Kejriwal in this program .
●        Hassan said that he is coming into politics just because the existing AIADMK government in the state is bad.
●        That is why they are not meeting any member of this party.

Current Affairs 20th February 2018: DEFENSE

Approval of construction of bus-bay near land of Indian Defense University in Gurugram, Haryana

●        The Union Cabinet has approved the three milled land of the National Highway Authority of India for the construction of bus-bay near the land of Indian Defense University in Gurugram, Haryana.
●        With this, the Cabinet also sanctioned payment of Rs 1,82,719 lakhs made back by the Haryana Government on non-notification of the three dead land.
●        This amount was given to the Haryana Government in 2011 during land acquisition.

Agni-II missile test successful
 
●        Agni-II intermediate range ballistic missile was tested on Tuesday from APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha.
●        This test was done by Strategic Force Command.
●        The range of missile is 2000 km.
●        It can be increased to 3 thousand km.
●        Agni II missile is capable of carrying nuclear weapons.

Current Affairs 20th February 2018: GLOBAL NEWS

Approval of agreement to co-produce films between India and Israel
 
●        The Cabinet has granted retrospective approval to an agreement related to film production between India and Israel.
●        This agreement was signed by the two countries during the visit of Prime Minister of Israel Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu to Hyderabad House in New Delhi on January 15, 2018.

Walmart can open retail stores with Flipkart
 
●        There is also a proposal to open retail stores chain in the country with Walmart's ongoing investment interactions with Flipkart.
●        Wal-Mart is in talks to buy more than 30% stake in the country's largest online marketplace.
●        This will help the American company to open another front in the global competition with Amazon.
 
 
Surplus budget in Singapore, citizens get Rs 15,000 bonus
 
●        The Singapore government has announced a unique gift to its citizens on Monday.
●        Singapore's finance minister informed about the surplus of about 10 million Singapore dollars in 2017 budget.
●        According to him, keeping in mind the surplus, Singapore's all citizens 21 years and above will be given a 'SG bonus' of 300 Singapore dollars (about Rs 15,000).
 
 
Indian-American announces fight for Florida
 
●        An Indian-American announced the decision to contest the election of the US House of Representatives from the Florida District.
●        Brevard Democratic Party leader Sanjay Patel will challenge the Republican Party's outgoing MP Bill Pozo from Florella District 8.
●        Patel, a resident of Satellite Beach, announced his candidacy this week in a meeting of the Vieira of the Brevard County Democratic Executive Committee.

Current Affairs 20th February 2018: ECONOMY

An allocation of Rs 37,000 crore to eradicate water crisis in Rajasthan
 
 
●        Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje presented the 5th budget of the Rajasthan government for the financial year 2018-19.
●        This time Chief Minister made several major announcements in the state government budget this time.
●        According to budget announcements, seven lakh new electricity connections will be released in the state.
●        The chief minister has allocated Rs 37 thousand crore to overcome the problem of drinking water in 13 districts of Rajasthan.

 
35,000 crore deal with Maharashtra government's Rooftop aircraft maker Amol Yadav
 
●        The Maharashtra government has signed a deal worth 35 thousand crore with Rooftop Aircraft Maker Amol Yadav.
●        The Maharashtra government approved Monday the deck of Captain Amol Yadav, India's first private aircraft maker, to set up a indigenous factory for the construction of 20-seat planes in Palghar in a Rs 35,000-crore project on Monday.
●        The Maharashtra government had given support to it and was impressed by their efforts to offer land and fund to make a 20-seater aircraft.