Daily Current Affairs of 13 January 2018

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Here is the Current Affairs of 13th January 2018. Current Affairs is the very important section to score high in the mains exams of the various government exams like BANK, SSC, INSURANCE, RAILWAY, UPSC, GPSC and many more. So read daily current affairs and score high in the examination and increase your chance to be selected.







1.) IDFC Bank will merge with Warburg Pincus-backed Capital First in an all-share deal.

2.) Passports may not serve as a valid proof of address anymore. Govt. has decided not to print the last page of the document with the address of the holder.

3.) According to eMarketer, India is now the world’s fastest-growingproximity mobile payment” market in the world. The number of mobile payment users in India surged 75.5% from 32 million in 2016 to 56.2 million in 2017.

4.) Agriculture ministers of ASEAN countries met for the fourth sitting in New Delhi. The topic of discussion was based on food and agricultural future developments.

5.) India has signed an MoU with the United Kingdom to enable the return of illegal Indian migrants within a month of their detection by authorities abroad. Theresa May is the Prime Minister and London is the Capital of UK.

6.) President Ram Nath Kovind is set to visit Maharashtra to inaugurate the Economic Democracy Conclave at Thane on January 13.

7.) India has extended a fresh financial assistance of $45.27 million for upgrading Kankesanthurai (KKS) Harbour in northern Sri Lanka.

8.) Saudi Arabia has for the first time allowed women to spectate a football match.

9.) American and Japanese military forces have launched joint exercise named Iron Fist. The 13th annual Iron Fist exercises kicked off in the U.S. western state of California.

10.) Senior sports administrator Anil Khanna was named Chairman of the Finance Commission of the Indian Olympic Association.

11.) India has emerged as a top borrower from the China-sponsored Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) with USD 1.5 billion worth of loans last year and USD three billion more in the pipeline.

12.) ISRO is going to conduct landing simulation tests for Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft at Mahendragiri. Chandrayaan-2 mission comprises an orbiter, lander and six-wheeled rover which would move around the landing site and would send back data to study the lunar surface.






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