Daily Current Affairs of 18 and 19 February 2018
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Here is the Current Affairs of 18th and 19th 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, GPSC and many more. So read daily current affairs and score high in the examination and increase your chance to be selected.
Here is the Current Affairs of 18th and 19th 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, GPSC and many more. So read daily current affairs and score high in the examination and increase your chance to be selected.
1.) India and Iran have signed
nine agreements in order to further the bilateral cooperation between the two
sides. The pacts were signed after delegation-level talks between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Iran President Hassan
Rouhani at New Delhi's
Hyderabad house.
2.) PNB Housing Finance Ltd has tied up
with International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the
World Bank Group, to raise $800 million for green and
affordable housing in India.
3.) The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
(NABARD) announced area development plans worth Rs 1,918 crore for Punjab to supplement farmers' income.
4.) The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has organized
a National Conference under the title of “Agriculture
2022 – Doubling Farmers’ Income” in New Delhi.
5.) Milkbasket, India's first and largest micro-delivery
platform has been recognised as 'Startup
of the Year' 2017.
6.) Amazon has become the first foreign e-commerce firm to start its own food retail venture in India called Amazon Retail, piloting its services in Pune.
7.) In a first in the country, the Maharashtra government will be setting up an
institute for artificial intelligence (AI) in Mumbai.
8.) Union Bank has suffered three fraudulent remittances of nearly $2 million (129.2 crore).
9.) Maharashtra govt is all set to roll out Asmita Yojana on the International
Women’s Day next month.
10.) Kerala govt is gearing up to geotag the houses & farms of
over 10 lakh livestock & poultry farmers in the state as part of its
massive digitisation drive.
11.) Canadian investor Prem
Watsa’s owned Fairfax Holdings
will buy a 51% stake in Kerala-based
Catholic Syrian Bank.
12.) Mr. J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family
Welfare has addressed the Global
Digital Health Partnership Summit, at Canberra, Australia.
13.) Digital payments entity PhonePe has partnered with Indian
Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) for the adoption of its indigenously-designed Point of Sale (POS) device at IOCL
retail outlets.
14.) Lok Sabha Speaker, Sumitra Mahajan inaugurated the 6th India
region Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conference at Patna in Bihar.
15.) World Congress on Information Technology 2018 has begun in
Hyderabad.
16.) Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the 8th
edition of the Theatre Olympics at Lal Quila in New Delhi.
17.) WhatsApp will launch a “full feature” inter-bank money transfer service in
India, its biggest market, after a test involving a million users.
18.) Sachin Tendulkar has been made the brand ambassador of the upcoming T20 Mumbai League.
19.) Pakistan has contracted a commercial loan of $500 million from
the Industrial and Commercial Bank of
China (ICBC) to shore up its depleting reserves.
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