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Daily Current Affairs :(19 – 18) February 2018

Prime Minister inaugurated World Congress on Information Technology in Hyderabad.It has been organized in partnership with NASSCOM, WITSA & the Government of Telangana.

Saudi Arabia announced women of the country can launch their own businesses and benefit from governmental e-services without having to prove consent from a guardian (Male)

The Maharashtra government cleared the decks for India’s first individual aircraft maker Captain Amol Yadav to set up an indigenous factory for manufacturing 20-seater aircraft in Palghar

India is Global Host for World Environment Day 2018, ‘Plastic Pollution” is central theme this year

Samsung India and the Tamil Nadu government launched 15 “Samsung Smart Healthcare” centres in the state.To provide affordable yet quality healthcare to patients from the lower strata of society

The Prime Minister dedicated to the nation, the electrification of railway line between Mysuru and KSR Bengaluru. He also flagged off the Palace Queen Humsafar Express between Mysuru and Udaipur.

Japanese Yuzuru Hanyu has become the first figure skater in 66 years to win back-to-back Winter Olympic gold medals in the men’s singles event.

India’s Yuki Bhambri has finished as runner-up losing to Australian Jordan Thompson in the Men’s Singles in the Chennai Open ATP Challenger Tennis Championships

Shri J P Nadda addresses Global Digital Health Partnership Summit at Australia

In order to encourage the Swachh Bharat Mission’s toilet construction scheme, the Karaikal municipality has announced that those who complete toilet construction by March 15,2018 would receive gold coins.

An Indonesian volcano Mount Sinabung on Sumatra island erupted sending a massive column of ash and smoke some 5,000 metres (16,400 feet)into the air.Mount Sinabung on Sumatra island, which has been rumbling since 2010 and saw a deadly eruption in 2016.

UK and India upgrade joint research on clean water and clean energy by research projects on ‘Water Quality Research’ and ‘Energy Demand Reduction in Built Environment’

The CBI sealed the Brady House Branch of the Punjab National Bank as multiple probe agencies continued with their probe into the Rs 11,515 crore fraud.

Reliance Industries Ltd and global technology companies will invest 600 billion rupees ($9.34 billion) over 10 years to set up an integrated industrial area in Maharashtra

The Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation is organising a “Regional Conference of Southern States on Water Resources” at Hyderabad

In a step towards women empowerment, the Indian Railways has handed over the Gandhi Nagar railway station here to an all women crew.“The Gandhi Nagar railway station in the Pink city links major train routes including Jaipur-Delhi.

Cyril Ramaphosa sworn in as the new President of South Africa after Jacob Zuma resignation

Vikas Sathaye has won the Scientific and Engineering Academy Award at the Oscars Scientific and Technical Awards 2018 in Los Angeles, California.

Indian Hockey Teams new sponsor Odisha Government for the next five years.

The Supreme Court directed the Karnataka to release 177.25 tmcft of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from its inter-state Biligundlu dam, which is down from the state’s earlier allocation of 192 TMC water.

The government of India has decided to change the base year to 2017-18 for the calculation of GDP and IIP. The current base year is 2011-2012

Asha Bhosle Honoured With 5th Yash Chopra Memorial Award

Prime Minister inaugurated the World Sustainable Development Summit (WSDS 2018) was held in New Delhi

A tri-service maritime exercise “Paschim Lehar’ kicked off at India’s western coast

India’s second lunar mission Chandrayan-2 to be launched in April

Vice President has inaugurated the 8th edition of the Theatre Olympics at Lal Quila in Delhi

Roger Federer surpasses Andre Kirk Agassi to become oldest World No. 1 in tennis

Scientists have reported the discovery of a new class of antibiotics called malacidins. It has been produced by microorganisms living in soil & dirt

Leninist’s Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli has been appointed the Prime Minister of Nepal

ONGC is planning to introduce CO2 injection technology in its Gandhar oil field in Gujarat

Maharashtra inks deal with Virgin Group for World’s First Hyperloop between Mumbai and Pune.