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The one liner of the week is a recap of the important happenings that occurred Weekly Current Affairs One Liners (19 Feb - 25 Feb) 2018: Download Now
The important happenings of the week covered in this segment include the appointment of Budget 2018, Australian Open 2018 and India& First Kachra Mahotsav among others.
BANKING & ECONOMY
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched Ombudsman Scheme for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) for redressal of complaints
against NBFCs registered with RBI under section 45-IA of the RBI Act, 1934.
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed banks to link SWIFT (Society for World Interbank
Financial Telecommunication System platform) with their core banking solutions (CBS) by April 30, 2018.
- The first sale of electoral bonds will start from Mar 01, 2018 for a period of 10 days at four main branches of State Bank of India in Mumbai, Chennai,
Kolkata and New Delhi.
- Digital payments startup, Paytm launched two insurance companies, Paytm Life Insurance and Paytm General Insurance.
- The regulator National Housing Bank (NHB) has approved the merger of the Capital First along with Capital Home Finance and
Capital First Securities Limited with
IDFC Bank.
- Retirement fund body Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation
(EPFO) has reduced the interest rate on
deposits to 8.55 percent for the
financial year 2017-18 following a general decline in interest rates.
- The Union Cabinet approved the creation
of Rs. 60,000 crores National Urban Housing Fund (NUHF) to finance Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban).
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) constituted a new 5-member expert Committee headed by Y H Malegam, a former
member of the Central Board of Directors of RBI, to look into the reasons for wide divergence by banks in asset classification,
provisioning and measures to prevent frauds.
- Technology giant Google has launched new payments app called Google Pay in order to take on Apple Pay.
- The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has
announced area development plans worth Rs 1,918 crore for Punjab to supplement
farmers' income.
- 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.
- The online payment service provider, PhonePe partnered with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)
for adoption of its
indigenously-designed Point of Sale (POS) device at IOCL retail outlets.
- Milkbasket, India's first
and largest micro-delivery platform has been recognised as 'Startup of the Year' 2017 at the 7th Small Business
Awards. Anant Goel is the CEO of
Milkbasket.
- The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) allowed
Facebook-owned WhatsApp to beta test
its BHIM UPI beta payments service with
limited user base of 1 million and low transaction
limit.
NATIONAL NEWS
- India will be hosting
the first International Solar Alliance
(ISA) summit in Mar 2018 in New
Delhi.
- India contributed $1 million aid in Tonga for
rehabilitation efforts after island was hit by Tropical Cyclone Gita which had caused massive
destruction across the pacific ocean archipelago.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged
off the Palace Queen Humsafar Express
between Mysuru and Udaipur in Mysuru Railway Station.
- The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers
Welfare (MoA&FW) has organized a National
Conference under the title of “Agriculture
2022 – Doubling Farmers’ Income” at National Agriculture Science Complex
(NASC), Pusa, New Delhi.
- India ranked 81st out of 180 countries in the global Corruption Perception Index (CPI)
for 2017, released by
Transparency International (TI) in which New
Zealand topped the list.
- The Union Ministry for Development of
North-East Region (DoNER) is setting up the ‘NITI Forum for North-East’ to
identify constraints and recommend suitable interventions for speedy and
sustainable growth in North East
Region (NER).
- Northeast India’s
first regional Centre for Agriculture is to be inaugurated in Mizoram in March 2018.
- The Union Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare launched six new features of National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) Platform to
make it more users friendly.
- The six new features are e-NAM Mobile
App, BHIM payment facility, new and improved Website with eLearning Module, MIS
Dashboard, Grievance Redressal Management System for Mandi Secretaries and
Integration with Farmer Database.
- The Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation launched Gangotri Swachh Iconic Place project and Swajal, a community owned drinking
water programme in Uttarkashi district of
Uttarakhand.
- The Govt constituted Empowered Expert Committee (EEC), headed
by former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) N Gopalaswami, to select 20
Institutions of Eminence from among 104 institutions (public or private)
that have applied for the status.
- The Union Minister of State (IC) for
Power and New & Renewable Energy, R.K.
Singh has inaugurated the international
R&D Conclave’ in New Delhi, aimed on Emerging Opportunities and
Challenges of R&D in Indian
Power Sector.
- The Parliament House is setting up crèche
facility on its premises for establishing inclusive and supportive work environment for its women
employees.
- According to
the UNICEF latest report, India has been ranked 12th-worst among 52 low-middle income
countries based on the number of children dying within the first month of their
birth, which is 25.4 per 1,000 live births.
- Japan, with an NMR
of 0.9 deaths per 1,000 live births, has been ranked the world's safest country in which to be born followed by Iceland (1)
and Singapore (1.1).
- The Gandhi Nagar railway station in Jaipur has become the country’s first major railway station to be
fully-managed by women.
- The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) organized Youth Exchange Programme- Watan Ko Jano programme.
- The Union Govt has constituted a committee
headed by Rajiv Kumar, the Vice Chairman of the NITI Aayog, to study the Brahmaputra and flood control
measures in Assam and neighboring states.
- India will be the Global Host for World Environment Day
(WED) 2018 which is observed annually on
- June 5 with the
central theme ‘Plastic Pollution”.
- The Union Minister for Health and
Family Welfare, J P Nadda addressed
the Global Digital Health Partnership Summit, at Canberra, Australia.
- The Union Govt formulated ambitious
water conservation scheme, Atal Bhujal
Yojana (ABY) to tackle ever-deepening crisis of depleting groundwater level
for which Rs 6,000-crore has been piloted by the Ministry of Water Resources,
River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation.
- According to report of Census Directorate, 42 languages or dialects in India are
considered to be endangered and are
believed to be heading towards extinction as only few thousand people speak
them.
- The 4th edition of Economic Times –
Global Business Summit (ET-GBS 2018)
held in New Delhi with theme “New Economy – New Rules”.
- The Delhi govt launched “Mission
Buniyaad” for improving learning
skills of children studying in state and
municipal-run schools.
- The International Conference on Sustainable Biofuels (ICSB-2018),
jointly organized by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India on behalf of
Mission Innovation and Biofuture Platform, held in New Delhi.
- The 7th edition of the Youth Festival started with theme “Let Love Live” at Central Park in New Delhi.
- The Kerala govt has recently made vaccination
compulsory for school admissions to Class 1 from the 2018-19 academic year.
- A Centre for
Agriculture,
with the collaboration of Israeli
expertise, is going to be inaugurated in Mizoram in March 2018.
- The 44th edition of Khajuraho Dance Festival 2018 held at Khajuraho temple, a UNESCO world
heritage site in Chhatarpur district, Madhya
Pradesh.
- Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar presented in the
state assembly a Rs 17,123-crore budget for 2018-19, an increase of 6.84 per cent
over the ongoing fiscal, with a stress on education and job creation.
- The Haryana govt officially launched the Parivartan scheme, which is designed to address 10 issues including
cleanliness and pollution, in 46 developmental blocks of the state.
- The Sanskriti Mahotsav, “Swachhagrah
– Bapu ko Kaaryaanjali” held at the Man Mandir Ghat and Assi Ghat in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh to celebrate the creative and cultural
industries in Varanasi and to focus attention on the need for Swachhta by
using cultural forms.
- The regional conference of southern states held in Hyderabad to resolve the pending inter-state water issues.
- Prime Minister
Narendra Modi inaugurated World Information
Technology Congress (WITC) 2018 in Hyderabad,
Telangana via video conference with the theme ‘Future Enterprises’.
- The Maharashtra Govt will set up the India’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) centre in Mumbai.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated
the 'Magnetic Maharashtra' Convergence
Summit 2018 at the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)
grounds at Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC).
- The 8th edition of Theatre Olympics, organised by National School of
Drama (NSD), has been inaugurated by Vice president Venkaih Naidu in New Delhi with the theme “Flag of Friendship”.
- The Haryana govt opened four
subsidised canteens in four districts under the ‘Antyodaya Aahaar Yojana’ to
provide healthy, nutritious and hygienic food at affordable prices to all poor
and needy persons.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
inaugurated the Fourth Container
Terminal (FCT) of Jawaharlal Nehru
Port Trust (JNPT) in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- The 2018 SAARC Business Leaders’
Conclave is going to be held in Kathmandu,
Nepal from Mar 16 to 18, with aims to promote investment, innovation and
entrepreneurship in the region.
- 2018 India
International Textiles Expo (IIT Expo) started in Sri Lankan capital of Colombo.
- The World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT-2019) is going to be
held in Yerevan, Armenia.
- The member countries of TAPI, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and
India ceremonially broke ground on Afghanistan
section of ambitious, multi-billion dollar TAPI gas pipeline.
- Venezuela has become the first sovereign country to officially
launch its own cryptocurrency called
Petro backed by oil, gas, gold and diamond reserves to circumvent US-led
financial sanctions.
- Singapore would impose a carbon tax from next year to
cut its greenhouse gas emissions and make
companies more competitive as global agreements on climate change take
effect.
- Saudi Arabia has allowed women to open their own businesses
and benefit from govt e-services without having to prove consent from
husband or male guardian.
SCIENCE & DEFENCE
- Telecom Major Bharti Airtel and Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei
successfully conducted
- India’s first
5G (fifth generation) network trial.
- Nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Dhanush ballistic missile or Prithvi-III
has been successfully test-fired from
naval ship off Odisha near Paradip in the Bay of Bengal
- Scientists from Botanical Survey of
India (BSI) identified new plant species
named Drypetes kalamii from Buxa and
Jaldapara National Parks in West Bengal.
- The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC)
chaired by Defence Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman gave approval for the procurement
of BMP-2 infantry combat vehicles for Indian Army and survey training vessel
for Indian Navy at cost of Rs. 1, 850
crores.
- The 6th edition
of annual joint military exercise, ‘Garuda
Shakti-2018’ has been started between Indian
and Indonesian Army in Bandung, Indonesia.
- Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc),
Bengaluru indigenously developed the country’s
first super critical carbon dioxide
(S-CO2) Brayton Test Loop facility.
- India has successfully conducted a night trial of
its indigenously developed nuclear capable
Prithvi-II missile with a strike range of 350 km, from a test range in
Odisha.
- India’s
indigenous developed light transport aircraft SARAS PT1N successfully
completed second test-flight.
- India successfully
test-fired its medium range nuclear capable
Agni-II missile with a strike range of
2,000 km from Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast.
- Scientists confirmed discovery of nearly 100 new exoplanets
outside our solar system based on data from second mission of NASA’s Kepler
Space Telescope (K2 mission) released in 2014.
- Pakistan Army announced to deploy troops in its close ally Saudi
Arabia under existing bilateral security cooperation agreement.
- India and
Canada signed six agreements in different fields
including nuclear science, energy cooperation, sports, education, and science and technology cooperation and
information communication technology.
- India and
Germany inked
MoU for “Implementation Agreement in
Sustainable Urban Development and Smart Cities in India.
- The Andijan Region of Uzbekistan and India inked agreement for cooperation in pharmaceutical industry.
- A constituent industrial unit of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Heavy Water
Board (HWB) signed an collaborative agreement with Clearsynth, Mumbai for sale
of 20 tonnes of Heavy Water in year.
- The Telangana Govt signed a technology partnership agreement with the Taiwanese city of Taoyuan to facilitate learning and knowledge sharing
in emerging technologies and their implementation at the World Congress on Information Technology
(WCIT) 2018 in Hyderabad on Feb 21.
- The Govt of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $84 million loan for improvement and expansion of water supply in Bhagalpur and Gaya towns in Bihar.
- The Uttar Pradesh govt signed 1,045
Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) amounting to proposed investments worth
Rs 4.28 lakh crore at UP Investors Summit 2018 in Lucknow.
- The summit was inaugurated by Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and gave 4-P
mantra: Potential, policy, planning
and performance which leads to progress.
- State-owned telecom firm, BSNL and Japan’s NTT AT along with
their Indian partner Virgo Corps,
signed a MoU to collaborate in
futuristic technologies such as artificial intelligence/IoT and jointly create
a 5G test bedan agreement to collaborate in developing futuristic technologies.
- Uttar Pradesh's
Khadi and Village Industries Board signed a pact with Amazon India to facilitate online selling of Khadi products.
- The Cabinet Committee on Economic
Affairs (CCEA) approved methodology for
auction of coal mines/blocks for
sale of coal to private sector under Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015
and Mines and Minerals (Development
and Regulation) Act, 1957.
- The CCEA approved construction of 4.531 km long 2-Lane Bi-Directional Silkyara
Bend-Barkot Tunnel in Uttarakhand as
part of ‘Chardham Mahamarg Pariyojana’.
- The Union Cabinet approved
Cooperation Agreement between India and
Moroccan National Railways Office
(ONCF) to develop long-term cooperation
and partnership in different areas of railway sector.
- The Union Power Ministry extended waiver
of inter-state power transmission charges and losses for solar and wind power projects commissioned
till 31 March 2022 in order to give boost to clean energy sources.
- United Kingdom
and India launched
joint research projects on ‘Water
Quality Research’ and ‘Energy Demand Reduction in Built Environment’.
- Maharashtra
Govt has
signed an intent agreement with the
Virgin Group led by Richard Branson to
build world’s first hyperloop
transportation system between Mumbai and Pune.
- The Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and UK’s Natural History Museum (NHM)
signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in field of genetic
and taxonomic studies, research and training, conservation in India, including
species and habitat conservation assessments.
- India and Iran signed nine agreements, including one on
connectivity related to strategic Chabahar port and on double taxation avoidance.
- Chairman
of ICHR Arvind P. Jamkhedkar’
BOOKS
- The Director
General of National Archives of India (NAI), Pritam Singh launched a Book reading series - “Archives Reads” in New
Delhi to showcase importance of archival records.
AWARDS
- Three
Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri won the best film award at the 71st British Academy Film Awards at the Royal
Albert Hall in London, England.
SPORTS
- Indian Gymnast, Aruna Budda Reddy created history after becoming the first Indian gymnast to win a medal in
an individual event at the Gymnastics
World Cup by claiming a bronze medal in the women’s individual vault event
at Hisense Arena in Melbourne, Australia.
- Reigning
Commonwealth Games champion, Parupalli
Kashyap won men’s singles title
at the 2018 Austrian Open International Challenge badminton tournament.
- The Indian team, led by Kiran Nadar, won the 5th Commonwealth bridge championship,
held in Gold Coast, Australia.
- The official broadcaster for the Indian Premier League (IPL), Star India
has got the audio-visual production rights of the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League
(IPL-2018).
- The Swiss star, Roger Federer won his 97th
career title by cruising past Grigor Dimitrov in the Rotterdam Open final.
- Australia's most-capped female player
and vice-captain Alex Blackwell has announced her retirement from
international and state cricket.
- Feb
21 - International Mother Language Day-
'Linguistic diversity and multilingualism count for sustainable development'
- Feb
20 - World Day of Social Justice -
“Workers on the Move: the Quest for Social Justice”
OBITUARY
- Noted
violinist - M.S. Anantharaman
- 106-year-old
Woman mascot for 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ (Chhattisgarh)- Kunwar Bai
- Veteran
journalist & editor-in-chief of Delhi-based National Herald - Neelabh
Mishra
- Madhya
Pradesh minister & senior Congress leader - Suresh Seth
- Renowned
author & human rights activist - Kunhiraman Panoor
- Telugu
film comedian - Gundu Hanumantha Rao
- French
jazz violinist - Didier Lockwood
The one liner of the week is a recap of the important happenings that occurred Weekly Current Affairs One Liners (19 Feb - 25 Feb) 2018: Download Now
The important happenings of the week covered in this segment include the appointment of Budget 2018, Australian Open 2018 and India& First Kachra Mahotsav among others.
The important happenings of the week covered in this segment include the appointment of Budget 2018, Australian Open 2018 and India& First Kachra Mahotsav among others.
BANKING & ECONOMY
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched Ombudsman Scheme for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) for redressal of complaints against NBFCs registered with RBI under section 45-IA of the RBI Act, 1934.
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed banks to link SWIFT (Society for World Interbank Financial Telecommunication System platform) with their core banking solutions (CBS) by April 30, 2018.
- The first sale of electoral bonds will start from Mar 01, 2018 for a period of 10 days at four main branches of State Bank of India in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and New Delhi.
- Digital payments startup, Paytm launched two insurance companies, Paytm Life Insurance and Paytm General Insurance.
- The regulator National Housing Bank (NHB) has approved the merger of the Capital First along with Capital Home Finance and Capital First Securities Limited with IDFC Bank.
- Retirement fund body Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has reduced the interest rate on deposits to 8.55 percent for the financial year 2017-18 following a general decline in interest rates.
- The Union Cabinet approved the creation of Rs. 60,000 crores National Urban Housing Fund (NUHF) to finance Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban).
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) constituted a new 5-member expert Committee headed by Y H Malegam, a former member of the Central Board of Directors of RBI, to look into the reasons for wide divergence by banks in asset classification, provisioning and measures to prevent frauds.
- Technology giant Google has launched new payments app called Google Pay in order to take on Apple Pay.
- The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has announced area development plans worth Rs 1,918 crore for Punjab to supplement farmers' income.
- 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.
- The online payment service provider, PhonePe partnered with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) for adoption of its indigenously-designed Point of Sale (POS) device at IOCL retail outlets.
- Milkbasket, India's first and largest micro-delivery platform has been recognised as 'Startup of the Year' 2017 at the 7th Small Business Awards. Anant Goel is the CEO of Milkbasket.
- The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) allowed Facebook-owned WhatsApp to beta test its BHIM UPI beta payments service with limited user base of 1 million and low transaction limit.
NATIONAL NEWS
- India will be hosting the first International Solar Alliance (ISA) summit in Mar 2018 in New Delhi.
- India contributed $1 million aid in Tonga for rehabilitation efforts after island was hit by Tropical Cyclone Gita which had caused massive destruction across the pacific ocean archipelago.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the Palace Queen Humsafar Express between Mysuru and Udaipur in Mysuru Railway Station.
- The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) has organized a National Conference under the title of “Agriculture 2022 – Doubling Farmers’ Income” at National Agriculture Science Complex (NASC), Pusa, New Delhi.
- India ranked 81st out of 180 countries in the global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2017, released by Transparency International (TI) in which New Zealand topped the list.
- The Union Ministry for Development of North-East Region (DoNER) is setting up the ‘NITI Forum for North-East’ to identify constraints and recommend suitable interventions for speedy and sustainable growth in North East Region (NER).
- Northeast India’s first regional Centre for Agriculture is to be inaugurated in Mizoram in March 2018.
- The Union Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare launched six new features of National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) Platform to make it more users friendly.
- The six new features are e-NAM Mobile App, BHIM payment facility, new and improved Website with eLearning Module, MIS Dashboard, Grievance Redressal Management System for Mandi Secretaries and Integration with Farmer Database.
- The Union Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation launched Gangotri Swachh Iconic Place project and Swajal, a community owned drinking water programme in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand.
- The Govt constituted Empowered Expert Committee (EEC), headed by former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) N Gopalaswami, to select 20 Institutions of Eminence from among 104 institutions (public or private) that have applied for the status.
- The Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, R.K. Singh has inaugurated the international R&D Conclave’ in New Delhi, aimed on Emerging Opportunities and Challenges of R&D in Indian Power Sector.
- The Parliament House is setting up crèche facility on its premises for establishing inclusive and supportive work environment for its women employees.
- According to the UNICEF latest report, India has been ranked 12th-worst among 52 low-middle income countries based on the number of children dying within the first month of their birth, which is 25.4 per 1,000 live births.
- Japan, with an NMR of 0.9 deaths per 1,000 live births, has been ranked the world's safest country in which to be born followed by Iceland (1) and Singapore (1.1).
- The Gandhi Nagar railway station in Jaipur has become the country’s first major railway station to be fully-managed by women.
- The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) organized Youth Exchange Programme- Watan Ko Jano programme.
- The Union Govt has constituted a committee headed by Rajiv Kumar, the Vice Chairman of the NITI Aayog, to study the Brahmaputra and flood control measures in Assam and neighboring states.
- India will be the Global Host for World Environment Day (WED) 2018 which is observed annually on
- June 5 with the central theme ‘Plastic Pollution”.
- The Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, J P Nadda addressed the Global Digital Health Partnership Summit, at Canberra, Australia.
- The Union Govt formulated ambitious water conservation scheme, Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABY) to tackle ever-deepening crisis of depleting groundwater level for which Rs 6,000-crore has been piloted by the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation.
- According to report of Census Directorate, 42 languages or dialects in India are considered to be endangered and are believed to be heading towards extinction as only few thousand people speak them.
- The 4th edition of Economic Times – Global Business Summit (ET-GBS 2018) held in New Delhi with theme “New Economy – New Rules”.
- The Delhi govt launched “Mission Buniyaad” for improving learning skills of children studying in state and municipal-run schools.
- The International Conference on Sustainable Biofuels (ICSB-2018), jointly organized by Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India on behalf of Mission Innovation and Biofuture Platform, held in New Delhi.
- The 7th edition of the Youth Festival started with theme “Let Love Live” at Central Park in New Delhi.
- The Kerala govt has recently made vaccination compulsory for school admissions to Class 1 from the 2018-19 academic year.
- A Centre for Agriculture, with the collaboration of Israeli expertise, is going to be inaugurated in Mizoram in March 2018.
- The 44th edition of Khajuraho Dance Festival 2018 held at Khajuraho temple, a UNESCO world heritage site in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar presented in the state assembly a Rs 17,123-crore budget for 2018-19, an increase of 6.84 per cent over the ongoing fiscal, with a stress on education and job creation.
- The Haryana govt officially launched the Parivartan scheme, which is designed to address 10 issues including cleanliness and pollution, in 46 developmental blocks of the state.
- The Sanskriti Mahotsav, “Swachhagrah – Bapu ko Kaaryaanjali” held at the Man Mandir Ghat and Assi Ghat in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh to celebrate the creative and cultural industries in Varanasi and to focus attention on the need for Swachhta by using cultural forms.
- The regional conference of southern states held in Hyderabad to resolve the pending inter-state water issues.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated World Information Technology Congress (WITC) 2018 in Hyderabad, Telangana via video conference with the theme ‘Future Enterprises’.
- The Maharashtra Govt will set up the India’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) centre in Mumbai.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 'Magnetic Maharashtra' Convergence Summit 2018 at the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) grounds at Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC).
- The 8th edition of Theatre Olympics, organised by National School of Drama (NSD), has been inaugurated by Vice president Venkaih Naidu in New Delhi with the theme “Flag of Friendship”.
- The Haryana govt opened four subsidised canteens in four districts under the ‘Antyodaya Aahaar Yojana’ to provide healthy, nutritious and hygienic food at affordable prices to all poor and needy persons.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Fourth Container Terminal (FCT) of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
- The 2018 SAARC Business Leaders’ Conclave is going to be held in Kathmandu, Nepal from Mar 16 to 18, with aims to promote investment, innovation and entrepreneurship in the region.
- 2018 India International Textiles Expo (IIT Expo) started in Sri Lankan capital of Colombo.
- The World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT-2019) is going to be held in Yerevan, Armenia.
- The member countries of TAPI, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India ceremonially broke ground on Afghanistan section of ambitious, multi-billion dollar TAPI gas pipeline.
- Venezuela has become the first sovereign country to officially launch its own cryptocurrency called Petro backed by oil, gas, gold and diamond reserves to circumvent US-led financial sanctions.
- Singapore would impose a carbon tax from next year to cut its greenhouse gas emissions and make companies more competitive as global agreements on climate change take effect.
- Saudi Arabia has allowed women to open their own businesses and benefit from govt e-services without having to prove consent from husband or male guardian.
SCIENCE & DEFENCE
- Telecom Major Bharti Airtel and Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei successfully conducted
- India’s first 5G (fifth generation) network trial.
- Nuclear-capable surface-to-surface Dhanush ballistic missile or Prithvi-III has been successfully test-fired from naval ship off Odisha near Paradip in the Bay of Bengal
- Scientists from Botanical Survey of India (BSI) identified new plant species named Drypetes kalamii from Buxa and Jaldapara National Parks in West Bengal.
- The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave approval for the procurement of BMP-2 infantry combat vehicles for Indian Army and survey training vessel for Indian Navy at cost of Rs. 1, 850 crores.
- The 6th edition of annual joint military exercise, ‘Garuda Shakti-2018’ has been started between Indian and Indonesian Army in Bandung, Indonesia.
- Scientists from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru indigenously developed the country’s first super critical carbon dioxide (S-CO2) Brayton Test Loop facility.
- India has successfully conducted a night trial of its indigenously developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile with a strike range of 350 km, from a test range in Odisha.
- India’s indigenous developed light transport aircraft SARAS PT1N successfully completed second test-flight.
- India successfully test-fired its medium range nuclear capable Agni-II missile with a strike range of 2,000 km from Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast.
- Scientists confirmed discovery of nearly 100 new exoplanets outside our solar system based on data from second mission of NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope (K2 mission) released in 2014.
- Pakistan Army announced to deploy troops in its close ally Saudi Arabia under existing bilateral security cooperation agreement.
- India and Canada signed six agreements in different fields including nuclear science, energy cooperation, sports, education, and science and technology cooperation and information communication technology.
- India and Germany inked MoU for “Implementation Agreement in Sustainable Urban Development and Smart Cities in India.
- The Andijan Region of Uzbekistan and India inked agreement for cooperation in pharmaceutical industry.
- A constituent industrial unit of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Heavy Water Board (HWB) signed an collaborative agreement with Clearsynth, Mumbai for sale of 20 tonnes of Heavy Water in year.
- The Telangana Govt signed a technology partnership agreement with the Taiwanese city of Taoyuan to facilitate learning and knowledge sharing in emerging technologies and their implementation at the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) 2018 in Hyderabad on Feb 21.
- The Govt of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $84 million loan for improvement and expansion of water supply in Bhagalpur and Gaya towns in Bihar.
- The Uttar Pradesh govt signed 1,045 Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) amounting to proposed investments worth Rs 4.28 lakh crore at UP Investors Summit 2018 in Lucknow.
- The summit was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and gave 4-P mantra: Potential, policy, planning and performance which leads to progress.
- State-owned telecom firm, BSNL and Japan’s NTT AT along with their Indian partner Virgo Corps, signed a MoU to collaborate in futuristic technologies such as artificial intelligence/IoT and jointly create a 5G test bedan agreement to collaborate in developing futuristic technologies.
- Uttar Pradesh's Khadi and Village Industries Board signed a pact with Amazon India to facilitate online selling of Khadi products.
- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved methodology for auction of coal mines/blocks for sale of coal to private sector under Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 and Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.
- The CCEA approved construction of 4.531 km long 2-Lane Bi-Directional Silkyara Bend-Barkot Tunnel in Uttarakhand as part of ‘Chardham Mahamarg Pariyojana’.
- The Union Cabinet approved Cooperation Agreement between India and Moroccan National Railways Office (ONCF) to develop long-term cooperation and partnership in different areas of railway sector.
- The Union Power Ministry extended waiver of inter-state power transmission charges and losses for solar and wind power projects commissioned till 31 March 2022 in order to give boost to clean energy sources.
- United Kingdom and India launched joint research projects on ‘Water Quality Research’ and ‘Energy Demand Reduction in Built Environment’.
- Maharashtra Govt has signed an intent agreement with the Virgin Group led by Richard Branson to build world’s first hyperloop transportation system between Mumbai and Pune.
- The Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and UK’s Natural History Museum (NHM) signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for cooperation in field of genetic and taxonomic studies, research and training, conservation in India, including species and habitat conservation assessments.
- India and Iran signed nine agreements, including one on connectivity related to strategic Chabahar port and on double taxation avoidance.
- Chairman of ICHR Arvind P. Jamkhedkar’
BOOKS
- The Director General of National Archives of India (NAI), Pritam Singh launched a Book reading series - “Archives Reads” in New Delhi to showcase importance of archival records.
AWARDS
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri won the best film award at the 71st British Academy Film Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England.
SPORTS
- Indian Gymnast, Aruna Budda Reddy created history after becoming the first Indian gymnast to win a medal in an individual event at the Gymnastics World Cup by claiming a bronze medal in the women’s individual vault event at Hisense Arena in Melbourne, Australia.
- Reigning Commonwealth Games champion, Parupalli Kashyap won men’s singles title at the 2018 Austrian Open International Challenge badminton tournament.
- The Indian team, led by Kiran Nadar, won the 5th Commonwealth bridge championship, held in Gold Coast, Australia.
- The official broadcaster for the Indian Premier League (IPL), Star India has got the audio-visual production rights of the 11th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL-2018).
- The Swiss star, Roger Federer won his 97th career title by cruising past Grigor Dimitrov in the Rotterdam Open final.
- Australia's most-capped female player and vice-captain Alex Blackwell has announced her retirement from international and state cricket.
- Feb 21 - International Mother Language Day- 'Linguistic diversity and multilingualism count for sustainable development'
- Feb 20 - World Day of Social Justice - “Workers on the Move: the Quest for Social Justice”
OBITUARY
- Noted violinist - M.S. Anantharaman
- 106-year-old Woman mascot for 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ (Chhattisgarh)- Kunwar Bai
- Veteran journalist & editor-in-chief of Delhi-based National Herald - Neelabh Mishra
- Madhya Pradesh minister & senior Congress leader - Suresh Seth
- Renowned author & human rights activist - Kunhiraman Panoor
- Telugu film comedian - Gundu Hanumantha Rao
- French jazz violinist - Didier Lockwood
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