Daily Current Affairs of 7 April 2018
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Here is the Current Affairs of 7 April 2018. Current Affairs is the very important in General Awareness 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 7 April 2018. Current Affairs is the very important in General Awareness 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.)
7 April is observed as World Health Day. The theme
for this year is “Universal health coverage: everyone, everywhere” and the slogan
is “Health
for All”.
2.)
A professor of the University of Hyderabad
has discovered
two new languages- ‘Walmiki
and Malhar’. These languages are
spoken in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha.
3.)
Tamil Nadu government has launched
the bi-lingual “Uzhavan” (farmer) app
that will allow ryots to have access to nine types of services.
4.)
Britain rolled out a sugar tax on soft
drinks in an attempt to tackle
obesity and tooth decay in children.
5.)
IndusInd Bank announced a collaboration with Samsung
Electronics to enable its MasterCard and Visa credit card customers
to use ‘Samsung Pay’.
6.)
Jammu got its first tulip garden at Sanasar in Ramban district of
Jammu region.
7.)
In Uttar
Pradesh, “Ganga Hariteema Yojana” (Ganga Greenery Scheme) has been launched in 27 districts of the state
located on the bank of river Ganga.
8.)
The RH300
sounding rocket, developed by Vikram
Sarabhai Space Centre as part of a study to enrich available atmospheric data,
was launched
on 6th April from the Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station
in Kerala.
9.)
The government
of India has approved a new scheme namely Mahila Shakti Kendra
for 2017-18 up to 2019-20 to empower rural women through community
participation.
10.)
The Reserve
Bank of India, in consultation with the Government, hiked the foreign portfolio
investors (FPI) investment limit in Central government securities
(G-Sec).
11.)
The Union government banned imports of the
hormone oxytocin to stop its misuse in the livestock industry.
12.)
Leander Paes created a new world record by becoming the
most successful doubles player in Davis Cup history after winning his
43rd such match.
13.)
The Government of India, Government
of Maharashtra and the World
Bank signed a US$ 420 million
project to help Small and Marginal
farmers in the Marathwada and Vidarbha regions of Maharashtra.
14.)
Chhattisgarh bagged the ‘State of the Year’ Award under the ‘business
leader” category as part of the India Business Leadership for the
increase in business and services activities.
15.)
Weightlifter Sathish Sivalingam won the gold
medal by winning the men’s 77kg event at Commonwealth Games 2018.
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