Current Affairs 04 September 2018

1. On September 2, President Ram Nath Kovind embarked on a 8 day three-nation tour to Europe – Cyprus, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic.

Current Affairs 03 September 2018

1. B. K. Misra has been named for the prestigious Dr B. C. Roy National Award for the year 2018 as an Eminent Medical Person of the Year.

Current Affairs 02 September 2018

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches India Post Payments Bank.

Current Affairs 01 September 2018

1. The merger of Vodafone India and Idea Cellular has been completed. This has created India’s largest telecom operator with over 400 million subscribers.

Current Affairs 31 August 2018

1. The Indian Railways will not provide free travel insurance to its passengers starting September 1.

Current Affairs 30 August 2018

1. The shipping and railway ministries along with Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra governments entered into a pact to implement around Rs 9,000 crore Indore-Manmad rail project.

Current Affairs 29 August 2018

1. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami has inaugurated India’s tallest Film Studio named ‘MGR Centenary Film Studio’.

Current Affairs 28 August 2018

1. India-Kenya Joint Trade Committee Meeting Held In Kenya.The meeting was co-chaired by Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu and Mr. Peter Munya, Cabinet Secretary (Minister) for Industry, Trade and Cooperatives, Government of Kenya.

Current Affairs 27 August 2018

1. State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, has asked its customers to replace their ATM cards for Europay, MasterCard, Visa (EMV) chip based ATM-cum-debit cards with magnetic stripe before December 31

Current Affairs 26 August 2018

1.  The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has reportedly said that people will be allowed to make calls and use the internet during flights (at 30,000 ft) from October.

Current Affairs 25 August 2018

1. Chinese Defence Minister Lieutenant General Wei Fenghe has landed in New Delhi on August 21st for a four-day visit, with an aim to improve bilateral relations, especially on military ties.

Current Affairs 24 August 2018

1. India and China agreed to work towards full implementation of ongoing Confidence Building Measures (CBM) along the border as well as improve military to military interactions.

Current Affairs 23 August 2018

1.  The 65-year-old BJP leader, Arun Jaitley has resumed charge as the Finance Minister and Minister of Corporate Affairs after taking a break for three months to undergo a kidney transplant.

Current Affairs 22 August 2018

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch India Post Payments Bank on September 1.

Current Affairs 21 August 2018

1. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has become the first public sector enterprise to make a transaction on the “TReDS platform”, which is an online electronic institutional mechanism for facilitating the financing of trade receivables of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) through multiple financiers.

Current Affairs 19 August 2018

1. International Conference on Recent Advances in Food Processing Technology (iCRAFPT) gets held at IIFPT, Thanjavur

Current Affairs 18 August 2018

1. The Manipur Governor, Dr. Najma A. Heptulla inaugurated the project ‘Development of North East Circuit: Imphal & Khongjom’ implemented under the Swadesh Darshan Scheme of Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.

Current Affairs 17 August 2018

1.  Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 93 years old, passed away on 16th August due to his prolonged ill health. He was one of the greatest leaders of India.

Current Affairs 16 August 2018

1. Addressing the nation on the 72nd Independence Day, PM Narendra Modi said, ‘India has registered its name as the sixth largest economy in the world.’ In 2013, India used to be counted as part of the ‘Fragile Five’ in the world. But today, India is seen as a destination for multi-billion dollar investments.

Current Affairs 15 August 2018

1. State Bank of India ranked As India’s Most Patriotic Brand. 
2.  According to the Kotak Wealth and Hurun report, Godrej Group’s Smita Crishna, HCL’s Roshni Nadar and Bennett Coleman’s Indu Jain are among the top 10 wealthiest women in India..
3. Scientists found that the marine reefs could survive global warming as the combination of coral reefs and the mutualistic micro-algae withstood various climate change events since the Mesozoic era.
4. State-owned Power Finance Corporation (PFC) has appointed Praveen Kumar Singh as Director (Commercial) of the company.
5. Justice Manjula Chellur took oath as the Chairperson of Appellate Tribunal for Electricity.