Daily Current Affairs of 20 April 2018

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Here is the Current Affairs of 20 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.) Pocket Cop project launched by Gujarat Police, which will enable quicker verification of passport applicants, and search of accused persons, among others.
2.) Chhattisgarh govt. will start distributing smartphones to over 50 lakh people for free from May under the Sanchar Kranti Yojana. Under the scheme, 40 lakh phones will be given to women heads of households in villages having population of more than 1,000.
3.) Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Limited (GNFC) started its socio-economic Neem Project. This project was inaugurated by Union Minister Smriti Irani in Amethi District of Uttar Pradesh.
4.) Syria has returned to France the prestigious Legion d’honneur presented to President Bashar al-Assad.
5.) Yes Bank has received the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) approval to open two representative offices in London and Singapore.
6.) Standard Chartered Bank has announced an alliance with Zoho to offer solutions to enhance corporate banking experience.
7.) The 3 edition of the Annual 5G India Congress 2018 will be held on April 20 in New Delhi.
8.) Swaziland’s King Mswati III, Africa’s last absolute monarch, officially changed the name of his country to the ‘Kingdom of eSwatini’. Mbabane and Lobamba are the capitals of Swaziland’s.
9.) 'Son of Dreams' was unveiled as official Mascot of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 in China.
10.) To facilitate a structured dialogue for strengthening bilateral cooperation among themselves, India & Eritrea will sign a MoU on Foreign Office Consultations.
11.) Indu Jain, chairman of Bennett, Coleman & Co, India’s largest media house, has received the All India Management Association’s (AIMA’s) annual award for lifetime contribution to media.
12.) Daniel Ricciardo wins Chinese Grand Prix 2018 at Shanghai, China.
13.) Veteran journalist and columnist TVR Shenoy passed away at Manipal Hospital in Karnataka.

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