Daily Current Affairs of 7 and 8 and 9 May 2018

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Here is the Current Affairs of 7 and 8 and 9 May 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.




 Static GK
1.) World Laughter Day: 6 May.

Launched
2.) India’s Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) will launch the country’s first crude oil options contract on May 15.
3.) Madhya Pradesh has launched country’s first Integrated Control & Command Centre for all the 7 smart cities of the state in Bhopal.
3.) Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has released new draft regulations on food packaging.
4.) Balikatan : US and Philippine forces have begun their largest annual military exercise.
5.) India has launched a flood & earthquake early warning systems in Myanmar aimed at helping the country mitigate the effects of natural calamities that affects people every year.
6.) Centre has approved setting up of 100 additional One-Stop centres in 9 states to help violence affected women.
7.) After Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), state-owned Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) has launched home-delivery of diesel in Mumbai.

News
8.) GravityRAT has recently been updated further and equipped with anti-malware evasion capabilities.
9.) UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has announced that a climate summit to review the Paris Agreement commitments will take place in September 2019 in New York.
10.) NASA and Uber have signed an agreement to explore putting flying taxis in the skies over US cities.
11.) Tribal Affairs Ministry will expand Van Dhan Vikas Kendras in Tribal Districts across the country.
12.) The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified a protocol to amend the existing double taxation avoidance pact (DTAA) between India and Kuwait.
13.) A Statement of Intent (SoI) was signed between Google and NITI Aayog. The move is aimed at fostering growth for India’s nascent AI and machine learning ecosystem
14.) India has signed a loan deal worth $200 million with World Bank for National Nutrition Mission (POSHAN Abhiyaan).
15.) India will establish a Marine Observation System Along the Indian Coast (Mosaic).

Meeting & Vanue
16.) World Robot Conference will be held in Beijing.
17.) Asia Media Summit (AMS) 2018: Inida
18.) The ‘first sensitization meeting of stakeholders to make Delhi a model Accessible city’ was held in the national capital on May 7.

Appointment & Resignation
19.) Journalist Carlos Alvarado has been sworn in as Costa Rica’s President, accepting the sash of office from his predecessor and ally, Luis Guillermo Solis.

Award & Ranking
20.) Holistic coach and consultant, Nisha Bhalla was felicitated at the recently concluded Annual WEF 2018 Awards.
21.) Asia-Pacific Power Index: India ranks 4th.

Sports
22.) Gagan Narang combined with Pooja Ghatkar to win the mixed team silver medal in the Grand Prix of Liberation.\
23.) India’s Ramit Tandon has won the .
24.) India finished on top in the seven-nation competition with 20 gold, 22 silver and 8  bronze medals at the 3rd South Asian Junior Athletics Championships in Colombo.

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