Daily Current Affairs of 21 February 2018

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Here is the Current Affairs of 21st 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.) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 2-Day long UP Investors Summit in Lucknow.
2.) Google has combined its two payment services, Google Wallet and Android Pay, into a new app called Google Pay.
3.) The Gandhi Nagar railway station in Jaipur, Rajasthan became railway station to be fully-managed by women.
4.) The Delhi government announced the launch of "Mission Buniyaad" for improving learning skills of children studying in state and municipal-run schools. The announcement was made by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
5.) Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 22nd edition of the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) in Hyderabad through a video conference.
6.) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar launched 4 food canteens at Faridabad, Gurugram, Hisar, and Yamunanagar via video-conferencing from Chandigarh.
7.) Maharashtra government will roll out 'Asmita Yojana' on the International Women’s Day (March 8, 2018) to provide cheap (subsidised) sanitary pads to school girls and women.
8.) Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, R.K. Singh inaugurated the ‘International R&D Conclave’ in New Delhi.
9.) The Centre has constituted a committee headed by the Vice Chairman of the NITI Aayog Mr Rajiv Kumar to study the Brahmaputra and flood control measures in Assam and neighbouring states.
10.) Kerala government has made vaccination compulsory for school admissions from next academic year onwards. Parents will have to show details of shots given to children at the time of enrolment in schools.
11.) US Marines in Thailand for the Cobra Gold training exercise took part in one of the wildest parts of the drills - drinking cobra blood. This was the 37th edition of the exercise.
12.) The Indian and Indonesian armies began the sixth edition of their annual military exercise named 'Garuda Shakti' in Bandung, Indonesia.
13.) The World Day of Social Justice (WDSJ) is observed globally on 20th February. The theme for WDSJ 2018 is "Workers on the Move: the Quest for Social Justice". 


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