Daily Current Affairs of 16 February 2018

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Here is the Current Affairs of 16th February 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.) Global Conference on Pharma Industry and Medical Devices going to be held in Bengaluru. The theme was, ‘Driving NextGen Pharmaceuticals’.
2.) World Sustainable Development Summit 2018 in New Delhi inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi.
3.) Umang App was named winner of the Best M-Government Service award in the Accessible Government category in Dubai.
4.) Aadhar App won the best emerging technology award at the recently concluded World Government Summit in Dubai.
5.) KP Sharma Oli has become new Prime Minister of Nepal. Nepalese Rupee is the currency and Kathmandu is the Capital of Nepal.
6.) Ethiopia's Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn suddenly resigned. Ethiopian Birr is the currency and Addis Ababa is the capital of Ethiopia.
7.) Haruhiko Kuroda reappointed as Bank of Japan Chief. Tokyo is the capital and Yen is the currency of Japan.
8.) Cyril Ramaphosa sworn In as New President of South Africa. South African Rand is the currency and Cape Town, Bloemfontein and Pretoria is the capital of South Africa.
9.) Indian hockey has got a new sponsor in state govt of Odisha, which has decided to support the game for next 5 years.
10.) KPIT tech has announced 2-year statement of intent with NITI Aayog to promote innovative skills among students of senior secondary level as part of AIM.
11.) Maneka Gandhi, Union Minister for Women and Child Development, will launch a menstrual hygiene campaign on Feb 20.
12.) Private sector lender, Yes Bank has announced the listing of the Bank’s debut US $600 million bond issue under its maiden US $1 billion medium-term note (MTN) bond on country’s first international exchange BSE’s IndiaINX at the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at GIFT City in Gandhinagar.
13.) E-commerce company Homeshop18 and home shopping network Shop CJ Network have combined their businesses. 
13.) Vikas Sathaye has been honoured with the Scientific and Engineering Academy Award at the Oscars Scientific and Technical Awards 2018.


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