Friends, hither are the Major Current Affairs Highlights of April 2018. These one-liners encompass all of import International, National, MOUs, Indexes, Banking, Technology, Books & Authors, Committees together with Sports affairs of Apr calendar month (from 1st to 30th Apr 2018). We will render the pdf version past times tomorrow. All the Best together with Happy Reading :)
Apr 2018 Current Affairs Highlights (One-Liners)
- 10th edition of DefExpo18 was inward Chennai from 11-14 April. Theme of the Expo : ''India: The Emerging Manufacturing Hub''.
- 11th Apr 2018 was observed every bit National Safe Motherhood Day with the topic ‘Respectful Maternity Care’.
- 15-year-old shooter Anish Bhanwala became India's youngest gilt medalist at the Commonwealth Games, winning the men's 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Finals with a tape score at Gold Coast.
- 17th Apr 2018 was observed World Hemophilia Day with the topic ‘Sharing Knowledge Makes Us Stronger’.
- 18th Apr 2018 was observed every bit International Day for Monuments together with Sites / World Heritage Day with the topic “Heritage for Generations”.
- 19th Apr 2018 was observed every bit World Liver Day (WLD) with the topic ‘Riding New Waves inward Liver Diagnosis, Staging & Treatment’.
- 19-year-old Naman Tanwar won Republic of Republic of India its 1st boxing medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, winning a bronze inward the men's 91 kg category.
- 22nd Apr 2018 was observed every bit International world Day with the topic "End Plastic Pollution".
- 23rd Apr 2018 was observed every bit World Book Day or World Book together with Copyright Day. Athens chosen every bit the World Book Capital 2018.
- 25th Apr 2018 was observed every bit World Malaria Day with the topic “Ready to vanquish malaria“.
- 26th Apr 2018 was observed every bit World Intellectual Property Day with the topic "Powering Change: Women inward Innovation together with Creativity".
- 28th Apr 2018 was observed every bit Workers' Memorial Day / World Day for Safety together with Health at Work with the topic "Unionised workplaces are safer workplaces".
- 2nd Apr 2018 was observed every bit World Autism Awareness Day with the topic "Empowering women together with girls with autism".
- 34 leading global engineering scientific discipline firms including Facebook, Microsoft, HP, ARM, Cisco, together with Oracle receive got signed Cybersecurity Tech Accord to operate together on cybersecurity issues.
- 4th Apr 2018 was observed every bit United Nations' Mine Awareness Day (International Day of Mine Awareness together with Assistance inward Mine Action) with the topic "Advancing Protection, Peace together with Development".
- 5 Nordic nations ( Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, together with Finland) receive got supported India's bid for permanent membership to the United Nations Security Council.
- 5th Apr 2018 was observed every bit National Maritime Day inward Republic of Republic of India with the topic “Indian Shipping – An Ocean of opportunity”. Don't live confused with National Maritime Day with World Maritime Day. The World Maritime Day is observed on 29th September.
- 5time world champion together with Olympic bronze medallist MC Mary Kom has learn the 1st Indian adult woman boxer to win a Gold medal at the Commonwealth Games 2018.
- 70 years after Independence, the Indian Government has announced that all villages inward the solid ground receive got forthwith access to electricity. Note : Leisang hamlet inward Senapati district of Manipur was the lastly hamlet brought on the national mightiness grid on 26th Apr 2018.
- 7th Apr 2018 was observed every bit World Health Day with the topic 'Universal health coverage: everyone, everywhere’.
- A 2-day coastal security exercise ‘Sagar Kavach’ was held along Kerala coast. Aim of Sagar Kavach : To strengthen together with assess the loopholes inward the coastal security machinery
- A 2-day Scientific Convention was organised inward New Delhi past times Ministry of AYUSH on the occasion of World Homoeopathy Day. Theme of this Convention : "Innovate: Evolve; Progress: Exploring Science since xl years".
- A grouping of l alumni from the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) across the solid ground receive got quit their jobs to shape a political political party titled Bahujan Azad Party to struggle for the rights of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes together with Other Backward Classes.
- A Jodhpur courtroom sentenced self-styled godman Asaram to life imprisonment after he was convicted of raping a pocket-sized daughter inward his ashram inward 2013.
- A London-based startup, Pigzbe, has launched a hardware wallet for children to store its cryptocurrency called 'Wollo', to learn them virtually money.
- A calendar month after Uttar Pradesh, the Bihar regime has also announced its determination to innovate 'Ramji' every bit the middle call to BR Ambedkar inward regime together with courtroom records.
- A trial service of Transnational Buses plying betwixt Bangladesh, Bhutan, Republic of Republic of India together with Nepal was of late launched. The buses launched nether the Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal Motor Vehicles Agreement signed inward June 2015.
- According to a recent written report released past times the Steel Users Federation of Republic of Republic of India (SUFI), Republic of Republic of India has overtaken Nippon to learn world’s minute largest producer of unsmooth steel inward Feb 2018. Red People's Republic of China is the largest producer of unsmooth steel inward the world, accounting for to a greater extent than than 50% of the production.
- According to a of late released World Bank report, Republic of Republic of India has xix crore adults without a banking concern account, making it the world's second-largest unbanked population after China.
- According to a written report released past times cybersecurity draw of piece of work solid Symantec, Republic of Republic of India is the ninth most affected solid ground inward Earth inward cryptojacking activities (2nd inward Asia-Pacific Nippon region).
- According to a written report released past times global startup ecosystem map Startupblink, Republic of Republic of India ranked 37th inward the Global startup ecosystem inward 2017. U.S. topped the listing followed past times the United Kingdom.
- According to of late published Internet Security Threat Report, Republic of Republic of India emerged every bit 3rd most vulnerable solid ground inward terms of risk of cyber threats, such every bit malware, spam together with ransomware inward 2017. The U.S. remains most vulnerable to such attacks, followed past times China.
- Amazon has launched an Android spider web browser app titled Internet which is designed to utilisation minimal storage together with data.
- American multinational engineering scientific discipline fellowship Apple has announced its global facilities are forthwith powered past times 100% create clean energy, including information centers, offices together with retail stores inward 43 countries.
- Anu Kumari, the minute rank holder inward the UPSC Civil Services Examination 2017, has been appointed every bit the novel create ambassador of the government's Beti Bachao Beti Padhao motion inward Haryana's Sonipat district.
- As a component division of Saudi General Sports Authority's novel 10-year partnership with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia hosted its 1st always WWE lawsuit inward which women together with children were allowed every bit spectators.
- Australia has pledged to a greater extent than than 500 1000000 Australian dollars ($379 miillion) to aid save the Great Barrier Reef. This essay volition aid to protect Earth heritage site from the effects of climate change.
- Australian batsman Aaron Finch has learn the 1st-ever instrumentalist to correspond 7 teams inward the IPL. Finch had played for Kings XI Punjab (2018), Rajasthan Royals (2010), Delhi Daredevils (2011-2012), Pune Warriors Republic of Republic of India (2013), SunRisers Hyderabad (2014), Bombay Indians (2015) together with Gujarat Lions (2016-2017).
- Axis Bank CEO together with physician Shikha Sharma has sought blessing from the bank's board to stair downwards at the destination of 2018.
- Axis Bank has appointed executive search draw of piece of work solid Egon Zehnder to aid it discovery a successor to the electrical current physician together with CEO Shikha Sharma.
- Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has announced that the solid ground volition live scrapping reservation inward regime jobs.
- Barcelona thrashed Sevilla 5-0 to elevator their 4th straight together with 30th overall Copa del Rey title, an annual football game loving cup contest for Castilian football game teams.
- Beijing-based Red People's Republic of China Construction Bank has opened the country's 1st unmanned banking concern equipped with robots together with machine holograms to speak to customers.
- Bihar regime has reduced the fee for women candidates appearing for the examinations conducted past times Bihar Public Service Commission together with Bihar Staff Selection Commission past times nearly 75%.
- Bollywood Actress Katrina Kaif is going to release her autobiography which has been tentatively titled 'Barbie Dreams'. She is the alone Indian histrion to receive got a Barbie doll modelled on her.
- Brazil's Supreme Court has ruled that quondam President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva must start serving a 12-year prison house judgement for taking bribes, denying his plea to stay costless spell he appeals his conviction.
- Britain's Anthony Joshua vanquish New Zealand's Joseph Parker to add together the WBO heavyweight world entitle title to his tally of WBA, IBO together with IBF world heavyweight entitle titles which he currently holds.
- Britain's saccharide revenue enhancement on soft drinks came into effect. This displace aimed at reversing the tendency of obesity amongst children.
- Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has granted First Licence to Gujarat Alkalies together with Chemicals Ltd for Liquid Chlorine on all Republic of Republic of India ground every bit per Indian Standard (IS) 646:1986. This is the First Licence granted on All Republic of Republic of India basis.
- Businesses together with transporters transportation goods worth to a greater extent than than ₹50,000 from ane province to some other volition receive got to carry GST e-way pecker starting 1st Apr 2018.
- China conducted its Largest Naval Parade inward history, with to a greater extent than than 10,000 personnel along with 48 vessels together with 76 aircraft taking component division inward the country's apparent exhibit of force. It was the 1st naval parade held inward the South Red People's Republic of China Sea.
- China has launched a website for citizens to written report names of people who essay to bribe regime or armed forces officials every bit component division of its crackdown on corruption.
- China has unveiled a Cloud-Seeding Project intended to forcefulness rainfall together with snowfall over an expanse roughly 3 times the size of Spain. As component division of the plan, Red People's Republic of China volition build combustion chambers to spray silverish iodide towards the heaven past times burning solid fuel.
- China is going to send seeds of Potato, a Flowering Plant, together with Silkworm Eggs with its lunar probe afterwards this twelvemonth to demeanor the foremost biological experiment on the Moon.
- Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman together with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj were the alone lady ministers who attended the 8-member Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's defense forcefulness together with unusual ministers' meetings which were of late held. Member countries inward the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) include China, India, Russia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, together with Islamic Republic of Pakistan receive got attended the meetings.
- Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was on a see to Russian Federation to attend the seventh Moscow Conference on International Security. This is her foremost see to Russian Federation inward her capacity every bit the Defence Minister.
- Delhi has learn the 1st Indian urban center to approve a policy directing mightiness distribution companies to render ₹50 to residents for the minute hr of an unscheduled mightiness cutting together with ₹100 for every subsequent hour.
- Delhi has learn the 1st Indian urban center to upgrade to "Ultra-Clean" Euro-VI grade Petrol together with Diesel from Euro-IV grade fuels.
- Diu Smart City has learn 1st urban center inward Republic of Republic of India to run on 100% renewable unloosen energy during daytime.
- During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s see to the UK, the NASSCOM (National Association of Software & Services Companies) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with UK cyber security community TechUK to launch a novel UK-India Tech Alliance. The alliance is aimed at increasing collaboration on skills together with novel technologies, assisting policy evolution together with encouraging invention together with lay groundwork for roadmap which volition live jointly presented inward June 2018.
- Ending an over 35-year ban on cinemas, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia launched its 1st commercial motion painting theatre.
- External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was on a 3-day see to Azerbaijan. During this see she held talks with top leadership of the solid ground together with attended a coming together of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM).
- External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was on a see to Mongolia. During this visit, Swaraj co-chaired the sixth circular of the India-Mongolia Joint Consultative Committee with Mongolia’s Foreign Minister Damdin Tsogtbaatar.
- Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel won his minute Grand Prix inward every bit many races, at the Bahrain Grand Prix, spell Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas finished second.
- For the 1st time, the Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan cricket board is going to demeanor T20 league during fifth to 24th Oct 2018 inward Sharjah.
- Former FBI Director James Comey is going to release a volume titled 'A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies together with Leadership'. Comey has made controversial revelations regarding his interactions with the States President Donald Trump inward the book.
- Former Republic of Republic of India football game captain Bhaichung Bhutia launched his political political party 'Hamro Sikkim Party'.
- Former Indian Navy Commando, Praveen Teotia, completed the 2018 Triathlon Championships inward South Africa together with became India's foremost disabled human to win the 'Ironman' title.
- Global credit rating means Fitch has kept India’s sovereign rating unchanged at ‘BBB-‘ with stable outlook.
- Google Arts & Culture inward partnership with Ministry of Tourism has unveiled 360-degree virtual reality (VR) video for global ‘Incredible India’ tourism campaign.
- Gujarat High Court acquitted quondam BJP government minister Maya Kodnani, the key defendant inward the Naroda Patiya illustration during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
- Himachal Pradesh is celebrated 71st Himachal Day on 15th Apr 2018.
- Hydro mightiness major Sutlej Jal Vidut Nigam (SJVN) Limited has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ministry of Power for generating 9200 1000000 units for the twelvemonth 2018-19.
- In a bid to boost defense forcefulness cooperation , the Union Government has decided to gift obsolete weaponry that tin can live refurbished at minimal terms to friendly countries.
- In a bid to facilitate cheaper access of overseas funds Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) farther liberalised External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) Policy past times including to a greater extent than sectors inward the window.
- In a bid to grow its deposits, HDFC Bank has hiked involvement rates on term deposits past times upwards to 100 ground points (1 percent point)..
- In a bid to strengthen cooperation along economical lines, Republic of Republic of India participated at the BRICS Finance Ministers together with Central Bank Governors coming together inward Washington DC. During this meeting, Republic of Republic of India has pressed the BRICS Nations to set upwards an independent credit rating means of the five-member group. (BRICS - Brazil, Russia, India, Red People's Republic of China together with South Africa)
- In a bid to utilisation engineering scientific discipline for do goodness of farmers, the Tamil Nadu Government launched bi-lingual ‘Uzhavan’ (farmer) mobile application. The app available inward Tamil together with English linguistic communication language volition allow ryots to receive got access to nine types of services, including details virtually their crop insurance.
- In its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected Republic of Republic of India is expected to grow at 7.4% inward 2018 together with 7.8% inward 2019. The International Monetary Fund is held that Republic of Republic of India volition ane time again emerge every bit world’s fastest-growing major economic scheme at to the lowest degree for the adjacent 2 years (2019 together with 2020).
- In it's of late released report, the World Bank has announced that the Indian economic scheme has recovered from the effects Demonetization together with Goods together with Services Tax (GST). The World Bank predicts that Indian economy's growth volition accelerate from 6.7% inward 2017 to 7.3% inward 2018 together with 7.5% inward 2019.
- India together with Republic of Finland receive got reached an understanding on the revenue enhancement dispute with Nokia nether Mutual Agreement Procedure (MAP) system. This involves payment of Rs 1,600 crore, a amount that was deposited with regime past times Nokia inward March 2018.
- India together with Kingdom of Morocco receive got signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) inward the fields of Mining together with Geology for a menstruum of 5 years to promote mineral exploration.
- India together with Islamic Republic of Pakistan are going to receive got component division inward a Counter-Terror Military Exercise with fellow member nations of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) inward Russia's Ural mountains inward September. This volition live the foremost fourth dimension since Independence that the 2 nations volition together participate inward a armed forces exercise.
- India together with Republic of Korea signed usual recognition of certificate of competency of seafarers to render Indian seafarers occupation on over 500 Korean ships.
- India together with World Expo 2020 Dubai receive got signed participants contract for India’s pavilion inward prestigious World Expo 2020 held ane time inward 5 years. The contract provides for setting upwards of Republic of Republic of India pavilion at Expo 2020 on extra-large plot (about ane acre) inward Opportunity segment.
- India clinched the Silver inward the Squash mixed doubles lawsuit (Dipika Pallikal Karthik together with Saurav Ghosal) for the 1st fourth dimension inward the history of Commonwealth Games.
- India clinched their 1st-ever Badminton mixed squad lawsuit Gold inward Commonwealth Games history after defeating defending champions Malaysia 3-1 inward the finals.
- India defeated Nigeria 3-0 to clinch Gold inward the Men's tabular array lawn tennis squad lawsuit at the Commonwealth Games for the foremost fourth dimension since 2006.
- India has agreed to build strategic railway link betwixt Raxaul inward Bihar together with Kathmandu inward Nepal to facilitate people-to-people (P2P) contact together with mass motion of goods.
- India is going to host the Asia Cup 2018 inward the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after a unanimous determination was taken past times the Asian Cricket Council to displace the tournament from Republic of Republic of India due to political reasons betwixt Republic of Republic of India together with Pakistan.
- India donated USD 1 1000000 to back upwards Swaziland's national disaster management means together with expressed commitment to developmental partnership to create local capacities inward the solid ground together with across Africa.
- India U-16 were crowned champions of the Jockey Cup International Youth Invitational Football Tournament past times defeating hosts Hong Kong 4-2 inward the finals.
- India volition bring together Russian Federation amongst the nations that volition lose weightlifting spots at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics due to the number of doping violations registered against the nation's athletes.
- India, Republic of Korea articulation anti-piracy, search together with rescue exercise ‘Sahyog-Hyeoblyeog 2018’ was of late held at Bay of Bengal off the Chennai coast inward Tamil Nadu.
- India’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank became 1st Indian banking concern to go alive on SWIFT’s (Society for World Interbank Financial Telecommunication System) Global Payment Innovation (GPI), an improved cross-border payments service.
- Indian Army has signed Memorandum of Undertaking (MoU) with Axis Bank on Defence Salary Package.
- Indian badminton instrumentalist Kidambi Srikanth has learn the foremost Indian manly mortal badminton instrumentalist to attain Earth number ane ranking since Prakash Padukone inward the 1980s.
- Indian information technology draw of piece of work solid Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has joined the world's 100 most valued companies together with forthwith ranks 97th, according to Bloomberg data. TCS has became the minute Indian fellowship to arrive at the $100-billion marketplace capitalisation milestone.The 1st Indian fellowship to cross the $100 billion milestone was Reliance Industries inward 2007.
- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping together with held informal talks during 27th together with 28th Apr 2018 inward China's Wuhan. Aim of this coming together : To ameliorate relations together with scale downwards tensions next the 73-day armed forces standoff at Doklam.
- Indian shooter Heena Sidhu set Commonwealth Games tape to win Gold inward women's 25m pistol shooting event.
- Indian shooter Jitu Rai broke the Commonwealth Games tape with a score of 235.1 inward the men's 10m Air Pistol lawsuit to win his career's minute Commonwealth Games Gold.
- Indian lawn tennis instrumentalist Leander Paes set the tape for the most number of doubles wins inward Davis Cup (also known every bit the 'World Cup of Tennis).
- Indian weightlifter together with electrical current world champion Mirabai Chanu opened the country's Gold medal tally at the Commonwealth Games past times lifting a total of 196 kg inward the women's 48 kg category.
- Indian weightlifter P Gururaja bagged the country's 1st medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games after lifting a total of 249 kg (111 kg snatch, 138 kg create clean together with jerk) to win Silver inward men's 56 kg.
- Indian women's cricket squad captain Mithali Raj has learn the 1st-ever adult woman to boom l fifties inward ODI cricket, achieving the feat against England.
- Indian wrestler Babita Kumari Phogat won a Silver medal inward the women's freestyle 53 kg Nordic System lawsuit to claim India's foremost wrestling medal at the Commonwealth Games 2018.
- Indian wrestler Rahul Aware bagged India's foremost wrestling gilt medal at the Commonwealth Games 2018 after beating Canada's Steven Takahashi inward the lastly of men's Freestyle 57 kg event.
- India's ranking has dropped 2 spots to 138 amongst 180 countries inward the World Press Freedom Index 2018 released past times non-government scheme Reporters Without Borders. Kingdom of Norway topped the listing for the minute consecutive twelvemonth followed past times Sweden.
- India's minute Luna mission, Chandrayaan-2 has been postponed from Apr 2018 to October-November 2018.
- Indigenously developed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas successfully fired Derby air-to-air beyond visual arrive at missile (BVRM) off the Goa coast. The successful essay demonstrated its overall capability every bit effective supersonic scrap jet.
- Japan has activated its 1st Marine unit of measurement since World War II to counter invaders occupying the country's islands along the East Red People's Republic of China Sea.
- Jio Payments Bank has commenced operations with termination from 3rd Apr 2018. It is a articulation venture of Reliance Industries (RIL) together with State Bank of Republic of Republic of India (SBI). RIL held a 70% stake together with SBI has 30% stake.
- Kerala has learn the 1st province inward the solid ground to number guidelines for declaring a patient every bit encephalon dead. According to these guidelines, all hospitals inward the province are required to follow a special protocol inward guild to obtain organs for transplant from the patient.
- Leading private lender ICICI Bank announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind service titled 'Social Pay'. Social Pay enables Non Resident Indians (NRIs) to send coin to a beneficiary inward Republic of Republic of India using social media platforms similar WhatsApp together with e-mail.
- Manika Batra has learn the 1st-ever Indian adult woman to purse Gold inward the women's tabular array lawn tennis singles' lawsuit inward Commonwealth Games history.
- Manish Kaushik has learn the 1st Indian boxer to win Silver medal inward the Men's lightweight category (60kg) at the Commonwealth Games. .
- Marking a formal divide inward Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United), rebel Sharad Yadav's supporters launched a novel political political party named Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD).
- Marking the growing prominence of Republic of Republic of India inward the global unloosen energy map, the 16th International Energy Forum Ministerial (IEF16) was hosted past times India. The forum was co-hosted past times China.
- Martin Sorrell, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the world's largest advertising grouping WPP, resigned after 33 years.
- Mauritius is going to host the 11th edition of World Hindi Conference (विश्व हिंदी सम्मेलन) inward its upper-case missive of the alphabet urban center Port Lois inward August 18-20, 2018. Theme of 11th World Hindi Conference : “Vaishvik Hindi Aur Bharatiy Sanskriti“.
- Microsoft has announced that it is going to launch a novel operating scheme Azure Sphere. With this, for the foremost fourth dimension Microsoft is launching a production based on quondam competitor engineering scientific discipline Linux kernel.
- Ministry of Commerce together with Industry has launched FIEO GlobalLinker, a digital platform for MSME exporters to digitise their businesses together with bring together global community of growing businesses. FIEO GlobalLinker aims to create the concern growth of SMEs simpler, to a greater extent than profitable together with enjoyable. FIEO - Federation of Indian Export Organisations.
- Ministry of Tourism along with the Ministry of Culture together with Archaeological Survey of Republic of Republic of India (ASI) had launched a novel projection titled Adopt a Heritage Project. Under Adopt a Heritage Project, selected populace sector companies, private sector companies together with individuals volition develop tourist amenities at heritage sites.
- Neeraj Chopra has learn the 1st-ever Indian to win Gold inward javelin throw at the Commonwealth Games.
- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un became the 1st solid ground leader to cross the demilitarised zone together with go into the South Korean territory since the destination of the Korean War. North together with Republic of Korea receive got agreed to sign a peace treaty to destination the 65-year-long Korean war.
- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has announced that he has suspended all missile tests together with volition unopen downwards a nuclear essay site. This statement comes every bit Democratic People's Republic of Korea prepares for historic talks with Republic of Korea together with the US.
- On the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti, PM Narendra Modi launched the 1st stage of the government's ambitious Ayushman Bharat healthcare programme past times inaugurating its foremost wellness centre inward Chhattisgarh's Bijapur. The programme is aimed at creating a network of 1.5 lakh health together with wellness centres at an estimated terms of ₹1200 crore.
- Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail allocated $9.6 billion (nearly ₹64,000 crore) for Defence inward the 2018-19 fiscal. This is an 18% increment from the lastly fiscal.
- Paytm has launched a payment mode titled Paytm Tap Card inward airplane pilot mode inward Chennai. This carte du jour uses Near Field Communication (NFC) technology.
- Pension regulator Pension Fund Regulatory together with Development Authority (PFRDA) has made banking concern concern human relationship details together with mobile number compulsory for subscribers of the National Pension Scheme.
- PM Narendra Modi launched the Van Dhan Scheme of Ministry of Tribal Affairs together with TRIFED at Bijapur, Chattisgarh. Aim of Van Dhan Scheme : To render science upgradation together with capacity edifice grooming together with setting upwards of primary processing together with value improver facility.
- Prajnesh Gunneswaran has clinched his foremost always singles lawn tennis entitle on the ATP Challenger circuit. In the lastly of the Kunming Open held at Anning, China, he defeated Egypt's Mohammed Safwat.
- President Ram Nath Kovind, accompanied past times First Lady Savita Kovind, embarked on a 3-nation State see to the African countries of Equatorial Guinea, Swaziland together with Republic of Zambia from Apr 7 to 12. The President's see to Republic of Equatorial Republic of Guinea together with Swaziland is the 1st-ever see past times whatever caput of province of India. Kovind's see to Republic of Zambia is taking identify after 29 years.
- Prevention of Blindness Week 2018 was observed from 1st of Apr 2018 to seventh Apr 2018.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi together with his Nepalese counterpart KP Oli jointly set foundation stone of the 900 MW Arun III hydropower projection to live built inward Nepal's eastern part. This is the largest hydropower projection undertaken past times Indian regime inward Nepal.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off India's foremost all-electric high-speed locomotive inward Bihar. The foremost large Make-in-India projection completed past times France's Alstom, the prepare has the country's most powerful engine with 12,000 horsepower together with a maximum speed of 120 km per hour.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the Rashtriya Gramin Swaraj Abhiyan from Madhya Pradesh's Mandla. Aim of Rashtriya Gramin Swaraj Abhiyan : Training, edifice infrastructure, together with setting upwards initiatives for e-governance nether the e-Panchayat Mission Mode Project.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated tenth Defence Expo (DefExpo 2018) inward Chennai at Tiruvidanthal, inward Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu. Theme of DefExpo 2018 : “India: The Emerging Defence Manufacturing Hub”.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a 5-day see to Sweden together with United Kingdom. During this see he attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2018.
- Private sector lender HDFC Bank has reported a 20.2% year-on-year increment inward turn a profit to ₹4,799 crore for the March quarter. The bank's cyberspace involvement income during the quarter rose past times 17.7% year-on-year to ₹10,657.7 crore.
- Prohibiting the spread of imitation news, the Malaysia passed the 'Anti-Fake News 2018' bill. The novel law sets out fines of upwards to 500,000 ringgit (over ₹84 lakh) together with a maximum half dozen years inward jail.
- Red Bull Formula 1 driver Daniel Ricciardo has won the Chinese Grand Prix.
- Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli has learn the leading run-scorer inward the Indian Premier League (IPL) overtaking Suresh Raina.
- Saina Nehwal, who had bagged women's singles gilt medal at CWG 2018 before this month, won bronze at the Badminton Asia Championships.
- Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling became the longest-serving Chief Minister inward India, surpassing the tape of Jyoti Basu, who served every bit West Bengal CM from 1977 to 2000.
- Singapore Airlines has been named the Best airline inward Earth inward the 2018 Travellers' Choice Awards past times TripAdvisor. Air New Zealand stood at 2nd spot followed past times Emirates.
- Social media giant Facebook has started testing Digital Payments inward Republic of Republic of India inward a beta version of its Messenger app. Users volition live able to recharge mobile phones together with other prepaid services including DTH together with broadband amongst others.
- SoftBank has signed a $930-million bargain with China's unloosen energy conglomerate Golden Concord (GCL) to make together with sell solar equipment inward India.
- Spain's Rafael Nadal has won 11th Monte Carlo Masters entitle past times defeating Japan's Kei Nishikori. With this, Earth number ane Nadal has became 1st manly mortal lawn tennis instrumentalist inward the Open Era to win the same entitle xi times inward his career.
- Swaziland's King Mswati III has changed the call of the solid ground to the 'Kingdom of eSwatini'.
- Sweden introduced a novel Aviation Tax requiring all rider flights inward the solid ground to receive got an added accuse ranging from sixty kronor (₹470) to 400 kronor (₹3,100), depending on the destination.
- Syria's Foreign Ministry has returned the Legion of Honor respect of President Bashar al-Assad which was given past times French Republic inward the twelvemonth 2001, proverb he would non wearable the honour of a solid ground that was "slave" to the US.
- The 114th coming together of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) betwixt Republic of Republic of India together with Islamic Republic of Pakistan was of late held inward New Delhi. Representatives from both sides discussed Indus Water Treaty (IWT) dispute together with resolution of outstanding issues.
- The 16th International Energy Forum (IEF) Ministerial Meeting was held inward New Delhi. Theme of 2018 Ministerial Meeting IEF : “The Future of Global Energy Security : Transition, Technology, Trade together with Investment”.
- The 1st International SME (Small, Medium Enterprises) convention held at New Delhi. Aim of this Convention : To render platform to allow Entrepreneur to Entrepreneur (E2E) telephone substitution of ideas, costless together with fair concern discussions, usual sizing of opportunities together with ways to address them.
- The 1st coming together of National Council on India’s Nutrition Challenges nether POSHAN Abhiyaan was held inward New Delhi. It saw participation of NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Dr Rajiv Kumar, CEO Amitabh Kant together with representatives of diverse ministries of Central together with State Governments.
- The 23rd coming together of Western Zonal Council was of late held at Gandhinagar, Gujarat. This coming together was chaired past times Rajnath Singh (Union domicile minister).
- The 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 (CHOGM 2018) was held inward London, United Kingdom. Theme of CHOGM 2018 : "Towards a Common Future".
- The 2nd edition of Republic of Republic of India Mobile Congress (IMC-2018) volition live held inward New Delhi during 25th to 27th Oct 2018. Aim of Republic of Republic of India Mobile Congress : To render platform for policy makers, manufacture together with regulators to engage inward meaningful deliberations to drive the time to come management of telecom sector.
- The seventh edition of Home Expo Republic of Republic of India 2018 held at the Greater Noida.
- The 8th edition of Theatre Olympics concluded inward Mumbai, Maharashtra after glorious run of 51 days across 17 cities of Republic of Republic of India together with showcasing rich heritage together with civilization across length together with breadth of the country. This was the biggest international theater festival held inward Republic of Republic of India for foremost time.
- The 8th Regional 3R Forum inward Asia together with Pacific Region was held inward Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Theme : “Achieving Clean Water, Clean Land together with Clean Air through 3R together with Resource Efficiency– Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 21st Century Vision for Asia-Pacific Communities”.
- The 99th anniversary of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre was observed on 13th Apr 2018.
- The ninth India-Japan-US trilateral coming together was successfully concluded at New Delhi. This coming together was represented past times senior diplomats of the 3 countries. All the 3 countries agreed to go along to collaborate to promote increased connectivity inward Indo-Pacific.
- The Andhra Pradesh regime launched a novel scheme titled 'Chandranna Pelli Kanuka' welfare scheme. Under this scheme Rs 75,000 volition live paid to an SC/ST bride marrying a groom of a unlike cast.
- The Asia Pacific Regional Workshop of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), was of late held at New Delhi. Aim of this workshop : Building capacity of Asia-Pacific Region to monitor together with written report on solid ground degradation.
- The Asian Development Outlook 2018 released past times Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected India’s economical growth to 7.3% inward 2018-19 financial together with farther to 7.6% inward 2019-20 fiscal.
- The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) receive got approved $140 1000000 loan for projection aimed at improving rural roads (connectivity) inward Madhya Pradesh.
- The Bhabha Atomic Reseach Centre (BARC) has developed a lightweight, cheaper bulletproof jacket of next-generation, titled Bhabha Kavach. Named after Dr. Homi J. Bhabha (father of Indian nuclear programme), the jacket was developed every bit per the asking from Ministry of Home Affairs together with Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).
- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has launched a $12 1000000 Grand Challenge to encourage people to create a vaccine that could protect against all strains of flu. The Challenge has been launched inward collaboration with the household unit of measurement of Google Co-founder Larry Page.
- The nativity anniversary of nationalist politico Babu Jagjivan Ram (5th Apr 1908) was observed every bit Samta Diwas on fifth Apr 2018.
- The volume 'Mann Ki Baat: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Social Revolution on Radio' which was released lastly year, is inward tidings due to controversies. Rajesh Jain, attributed every bit the writer of this volume has denied he wrote the book.
- The volume of quondam President Pranabh Mukherjee 'The Turbulent Years: 1980-1996', which was released inward the twelvemonth 2016 is inward tidings due to controversies. The Delhi High Court has sought a reply from Mr. Mukherjee over a petition, which claims that references to the Babri Masjid demolition inward the book, wound Hindu sentiments.
- The British regime has announced a novel India-UK merchandise partnership wherein Republic of Republic of India volition invest over ₹9,000 crore inward the country. India's investment volition aid create or safeguard nearly 6,000 British jobs.
- The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved restructured National Bamboo Mission (NBM), a Centrally Sponsored Scheme nether National Mission for Sustainable Agriculture (NMSA) during remaining menstruum of 14th Finance Commission (2018-20) with an outlay of Rs. 1290 crore.
- The cabinet has approved restructured Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) aimed at making rural local bodies self-sustainable, financially stable together with to a greater extent than efficient.
- The Cabinet has given its ex post facto blessing to Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) betwixt Republic of Republic of India together with Islamic Republic of Iran on institution of an skilful grouping on merchandise remedy measures. It aims to promote cooperation inward areas of usual interest.
- The CBI has registered a illustration against quondam UCO Bank CMD Arun Kaul over a ₹621-crore fraud.
- The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has constituted 5-member commission to examine Taxation aspects related to High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) who are migrating abroad to other jurisdictions. Head of this Committee : Pragya Sahay Saksena.
- The Central Government together with the Government of Maharashtra receive got signed States $420 1000000 loan understanding with World Bank for Project for Climate Resilient Agriculture to aid little together with marginal farmers inward Marathwada together with Vidarbha regions of Maharashtra. The loan volition live provided from World Bank’s International Bank for Reconstruction together with Development (IBRD).
- The Centre is working on a scheme to deduct the route toll amount direct from banking concern accounts thus that drivers don't receive got to halt at toll plazas, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has announced . This scheme already exists inward South Korea.
- The Centre the ordinance prescribing Death penalty to those convicted of raping children aged below 12 years. Currently, the maximum penalty for the offense is life imprisonment, spell the minimum is a seven-year jail term.
- The commission on on Inter-country removal & retentiveness of children has submitted it's written report to Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi (Minister for Women together with Child Development). The commission recommended to found ‘Inter Country Parental Child Removal Disputes Resolution Authority (ICPCRDRA)’. Head of this Committee : Justice Rajesh Bindal.
- The Commonwealth Games Federation has confirmed that Shooting volition non live a component division of the CWG 2022. Note : Republic of Republic of India won xvi medals inward Shooting at the Commonwealth Games 2018.
- The Dalmia Bharat Group has adopted Delhi's Red Fort for 5 years. With this, Dalmia Bharat Group has became the 1st-ever corporate fellowship to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) nether the government's "Adopt a Heritage" project.
- The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), Defence Ministry’s highest decision-making trunk on procurement, chaired past times Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman cleared upper-case missive of the alphabet acquisition proposals of DRDO’s NAG missile scheme (NAMIS) for Indian Army together with 127 mm calibre guns for Indian Navy.
- The Directorate General of Goods together with Services Tax Intelligence (DGGST) issued exhibit get notices to India’s top banks including State Bank of Republic of Republic of India (SBI), ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank together with Axis Bank, demanding them to pay service tax, penalties together with interests on the costless services provided to their customers. The revenue enhancement volition live levied on the services provided to minimum residuum concern human relationship holders for the lastly 5 years, including the pre-GST era for which the previous service revenue enhancement cases tin can live opened.
- The Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance 2018 got the President's assent. With this novel law, the Enforcement Directorate is moving to confiscate assets worth over ₹15,000 crore belonging to economical offenders who fled India.
- The High German urban center of Trier, the hometown of Karl Marx, is selling souvenirs of '0-euro' notes bearing Marx's human face upwards to celebrate his 200th nativity anniversary (5th May 2018).
- The regime has increased Minimum Support Price (MSP) of raw jute past times ₹200 to ₹3,700 per quintal for 2018-19 season.
- The Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted past times Union Ministry of Road Transport together with Highways has proposed One Nation One Tax policy for seamless motion of commercial vehicles across the country. The GoM is headed past times Yoonus Khan (Rajasthan carry minister).
- The Home Ministry has issued a gazetted notification removing the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA), 1958 across the province of Meghalaya. The ministry building also reduced the human activity from xvi to viii constabulary stations inward Arunachal Pradesh.
- The Indian Air Force (IAF) has conducted its biggest always scrap exercise titled Gagan Shakti 2018 along Islamic Republic of Pakistan together with Red People's Republic of China borders from tenth to 23rd Apr 2018.
- The Indian together with Malaysian armies volition grip a two-week armed forces exercise titled 'Harimau Shakti 2018' start Apr thirty inward Malaysia every bit component division of efforts to bolster defense forcefulness cooperation. The articulation exercise volition receive got identify inward the dense forests of Sengai Perdik inward Hulu Langat district of Malaysia.
- The Indian contingent finished the Belgrade International Boxing Tournament with a total of xiii medals (3 Gold medals, 5 Silver medals, together with 5 Bronze medals). Gold medal Winners : Sumit Sangwan (91 kg category), Himanshu Sharma (49 kg category) together with Nikhat Zareen (51 kg category).
- The Indian Government along with the Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has launched 1st tranche of Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGBs) for electrical current financial (FY 2018-19). It volition live sold through banks, designated post offices together with recognised stock exchanges namely NSE together with BSE together with Stock Holding Corporation of Republic of Republic of India Limited (SHCIL).
- The Indian regime has amended Income Tax rules to recognise transgenders every bit an independent category of applicants for obtaining a Permanent Account Number (PAN).
- The Indian Government has signed Loan Agreement with World Bank for IBRD loan of States $48 1000000 for Meghalaya Community – Led Landscapes Management Project (MCLLMP). Aim of MCLLMP : To strengthen community-led landscapes management inward selected landscapes inward Meghalaya past times 2023.
- The Indian regime imposed a 10% import duty on 3 key smartphone components with a watch to boost domestic manufacturing. The components are photographic goggle box camera modules for phones, Printed Circuit Board Assembly, together with connectors.
- The Indian Navy has inducted the tertiary ship of the Landing Craft Utility (LCU) Mk-IV projection at Port Blair. The ship was commissioned every bit INLCU L53 past times Vice Admiral Bimal Verma, commander-in-chief, Andaman & Nicobar Command, of the Indian Armed Forces' tri-service command.
- The Indian Railways is going to launch a dedicated mobile application for lodging grievances titled 'MADAD' (Mobile Application for Desired Assistance During travel).
- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) together with its French counterpart Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) are going to collaborate on missions to Mars together with Venus.
- The India-Wiesbaden Conference 2018 was held at New Delhi. The Theme of the Conference is : ‘Securing Global Supply Chains through Government-Industry Partnerships towards Effective Implementation of UNSC Resolution 1540’.
- The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced that it volition grip a World T20 instead of the Champions Trophy inward Republic of Republic of India inward 2021.
- The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided to aid Republic of Republic of India set upwards the country's medal hopefuls for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games "to tap into its cracking potential".
- The articulation armed forces exercise betwixt United Arab Emirates (UAE) together with Malaysia titled “Desert Tiger V” was of late held. Aim of this Exercise : To portion expertise together with to heighten articulation armed forces actions inward Dubai, UAE.
- The Kerala State Human Rights Commission issued a directive to the regional component division of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to add together a alert every bit violence against women is a punishable offence. Malayalam films volition live displaying a statutory alert spell showing scenes that pull violence against women.
- The Law Commission of Republic of Republic of India (LCI) has recommended to declare Board of Control for Cricket inward Republic of Republic of India (BCCI) every bit a populace body.
- The Madras High Court became 1st courtroom inward due south Republic of Republic of India together with overall 8th inward the solid ground to innovate e-court fee payment facility.
- The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has constituted 12-member commission to review enforcement of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) provisions nether Companies Act, 2013. Head of this Committee : Manmohan Juneja
- The Ministry of world Sciences (MoES) is tying upwards with U.S. together with Republic of Finland to develop novel pollution-forecast scheme that volition aid anticipate Particulate Matter (PM) levels at to the lowest degree 2 days inward advance together with at greater resolution.
- The Ministry of Environment, Forest together with Climate Change has notified the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules 2018. The amended Rules lay downwards that the phasing out of Multilayered Plastic (MLP) is forthwith applicable to MLP, which are “non-recyclable, or non-energy recoverable, or with no alternate use.”
- The Ministry of Environment, Forests together with Climate Change (MoEFCC) has released draft of National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) proposing multiple strategies to cut back air pollution. Aim of NCAP : To tackle increasing air pollution job across solid ground inward comprehensive manner.
- The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has relaxed 6-decade-old Protected Area Permit (PAP) regime to allow unusual tourists to access border areas of Nagaland, Mizoram together with Manipur for 5 years with termination from Apr 1, 2018. The displace is beingness initiated to promote tourism, create task opportunities for the locals together with generate revenue for the states.
- The Ministry of Social Justice together with Empowerment has issued a circular directing all states together with matrimony territories to avoid using the words 'Dalit' together with 'Harijan' inward official communications. The term 'Scheduled Caste' should live used for denoting people belonging to the category.
- The Mumbai-based Kotak Mahindra Bank led past times Asia’s richest banker Uday Kotak became India’s second-largest banking concern past times marketplace capitalisation surpassing India’s largest banking concern past times property State Bank of Republic of Republic of India to select grip of the spot.
- The National Aeronautics together with Space Administration (NASA) has successfully conducted Advanced Supersonic Parachute Inflation Research Experiment (ASPIRE) to essay supersonic parachute that volition aid its infinite exploration missions to solid ground on Mars.
- The National Aeronautics together with Space Administration (NASA) is set to launch the Parker Solar Probe, also beingness called every bit the humanity's foremost mission to the Sun, on July 31.
- The National Aeronautics together with Space Administration (NASA) launched Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), a novel planet-hunting spacecraft onboard of SpaceX’s Falcon nine rocket from Cape Carnival, Florida, US. TESS mission is designed to carry out foremost spaceborne all-sky transiting exoplanet survey.
- The National Stock Exchange’s (NSE) arm Republic of Republic of India Index Services & Products Ltd (IISL) has launched Nifty equity savings index which volition serve every bit benchmark for equity saving funds offered past times diverse usual funds. The index volition capture performance of portfolio having exposure to equity, equity arbitrage together with debt instruments inward similar way to the investment philosophy of equity savings funds.
- The PHD Chamber of Commerce together with Industry (PHDCCI) together with Indian Yoga Association (IYA) receive got signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to facilitate interaction together with cooperation betwixt 2 organisations to promote wellness, spiritual together with cultural tourism inward Krishna Circuit.
- The Prime Minister of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan resigned from the post, merely 7 7 days after he was sworn-in. Karen Karapetyan is the acting Prime Minister.
- The Prime Minister of Nepal K P Oli along with his married adult woman Radhika Shakya together with a 54-member delegation was on a 3 solar daytime see to India. With Modi he launched Motihari To Amlekhganj India-Nepal Petroleum Product Pipeline Project.
- The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has announced that India’s forex (foreign exchange) reserves receive got touched tape high of $424.864 billion inward Apr 2018.
- The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has announced that it is looking at the possibility of introducing a fundamental bank-backed Digital Currency. An inter-departmental grouping has been constituted to study together with render "guidance on the desirability together with feasibility to innovate a fundamental banking concern digital currency".
- The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has dropped Axis Bank from the listing of banks it has cleared to import gilt together with silverish inward the electrical current financial that began Apr 1. Two other banks, Karur Vysya Bank together with South Indian Bank, were also dropped from the list.
- The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has kept the Repo charge per unit of measurement (the charge per unit of measurement at which banks borrow from RBI) unchanged at 6% during its 1st bi-monthly monetary policy review of 2018-19.
- The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has placed xi Public Sector Banks (PSBs) out of 21 State-owned banks nether its Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) framework because of deteriorating performance.
- The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) has revised its Know Your Customer (KYC) guidelines, making Aadhaar key to conducting client due diligence past times banks together with finance companies.
- The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) switched dorsum to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) model from the Gross Value Added (GVA) methodology to render its approximate of economical activity inward the country. The switch to gross domestic product is mainly to suit to international standards together with global best practices.
- The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) tightened reporting norms for the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) nether which an private tin can transfer upwards to USD 2,50,000 abroad inward a year.
- The Reserve Bank of Republic of Republic of India (RBI) imposed a penalty of ₹3 crore on IDBI Bank for failing to comply with norms related to reporting bad loans. The RBI has mandated banks to divulge divergences that go past times 15% of the reported number.
- The Romanaian regime has adopted a memorandum to shift its diplomatic mission inward State of Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
- The Sabarmati station of India's 1st bullet train, which volition connect Ahmedabad together with Mumbai, volition live themed around Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March.
- The State Bank of Republic of Republic of India (SBI) has announced the launch of its UK subsidiary, SBI (UK) Limited, with an initial upper-case missive of the alphabet commitment of 225 1000000 pounds from its parent entity. The State Bank of Republic of Republic of India (SBI) has announced the launch of its UK subsidiary, SBI (UK) Limited, with an initial upper-case missive of the alphabet commitment of 225 1000000 pounds from its parent entity.
- The Table Tennis Federation of Republic of Republic of India (TTFI) has recommended Manika Batra for the prestigious Arjuna Award. Manika is India's alone quadruple medallist at the Commonwealth Games 2018.
- The Toronto District School Board has unanimously adopted a displace recognising Nov every bit 'Hindu Heritage Month' inward the city.
- The total deposits inward accounts opened nether Pradhan Mantri January Dhan Yojana has crossed ₹80,000 crore score every bit on 11th Apr 2018.
- The UIDAI has told the Supreme Court that it has imposed a penalty on Airtel together with Axis Bank for breaching terms attached to Aadhaar authentication.
- The UK has opened a naval base of operations inward Bahrain which volition host around 300 British troops together with back upwards personnel. This is its foremost permanent armed forces base of operations inward the Middle East inward nearly l years.
- The Ultra Long Range version of the Airbus' A350 XWB, which has a arrive at of nearly 18,000 km together with tin can wing for twenty hours non-stop, has successfully completed its foremost flight. The aircraft volition live used to operate the 15,322-km flying betwixt Singapore together with New York, which volition live the world's longest commercial flight, afterwards this year.
- The Union Cabinet also approved the Arrangement betwixt Republic of Republic of India together with Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan for cooperation inward the plain of nutrient security together with related areas.
- The Union Cabinet has allowed Ministers of Petroleum together with Finance to respect stone oil together with gas blocks to successful bidders inward an essay to ameliorate ease of doing business. Until now, alone the Cabinet headed past times Prime Minister had the powers to approve such allotments.
- The Union Cabinet has approved Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed betwixt Republic of Republic of India together with United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Technical Cooperation inward Rail Sector. The MoU volition render platform to Indian Railways to interact together with portion latest developments together with knowledge inward railway sector.
- The Union Cabinet has approved Memorandum of understanding (MoU) betwixt India, Great Britain together with Northern Republic of Ireland on the render of Illegal Migrants.
- The Union Cabinet has approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed betwixt Republic of Republic of India together with Canada to foster cross-border partnerships focused on enquiry excellence together with industry-academic collaboration.
- The Union Cabinet has approved the promulgation of the Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance, which volition empower authorities to seize assets of economical offenders who flee India. The ordinance is aimed at forcing offenders to render to Republic of Republic of India to human face upwards prosecution.
- The Union Government (Ministry of Finance) has signed a Loan Agreement with the World Bank for IBRD credit of US$ 125 for Innovate inward Republic of Republic of India for Inclusiveness Project. The objective of projection is to bring upwards indigenous innovation, foster local production evolution together with accelerate commercialization procedure inward biopharmaceutical together with medical devices manufacture inward India.
- The Union regime has banned imports of hormone oxytocin to halt its misuse inward livestock industry, where it causes hormonal imbalances together with shortens the lives of milch animals.
- The Union Government has constituted 13-Member Task Force to set upwards route map together with fast-track implementation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) engineering scientific discipline or drones inward the country. Head of this Committee : Jayant Sinha [Minister of State (MoS) for Civil Aviation']
- The Union Government is going to launch GOBARdhan Yojna nationally from Karnal district of Haryana past times destination of Apr 2018. GOBAR is acronym for Galvanising Organic Bio Agro Resources.
- The Union Government launched “Gram Swaraj Abhiyan- Special Interventions (GSA-SI)”, a high-intensity outreach programme to deliver welfare schemes to select villages which demand special attention.
- The Union Ministry of Health together with Family Welfare has decided to curl out ‘Integrated initiatory for prevention & command of viral hepatitis’ nether National Health Mission (NHM) for prevention together with command of viral hepatitis. The initiatory volition receive got budgetary back upwards of to a greater extent than than Rs. 517 crore for 3 years.
- The Unique Identification Authority of Republic of Republic of India (UIDAI) has brought inward secured Digitally-signed QR Code on e-Aadhaar. It volition comprise photograph of Aadhaar holder inward improver to demographic details.
- The Unique Identification Authority of Republic of Republic of India (UIDAI) has launched the beta version of its Virtual ID service to mask the unique 12-digit Aadhaar number with a randomly generated 16-digit Virtual ID.
- The U.S. along with the Great Britain together with France, has launched air strikes inward Syria. This is inward reply to the chemic onrush that killed dozens of people.
- The University of Hyderabad has announced that it's professor of linguistics has discovered 2 languages which were lying hidden till now. They are, Walmiki Language together with Malhar Language.
- The States has approved a $1.3-billion artillery sale to Saudi Arabia, including 180 Paladin howitzer systems together with artillery-firing vehicles. The deals come upwards every bit Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman made his foremost official see to the US.
- The States Treasury Department has added Republic of Republic of India to a "monitoring list" of countries with potentially questionable unusual telephone substitution policies, along with China, Federal Republic of Federal Republic of Germany together with 3 other nations.
- The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has launched Ganga Hariteema Yojana (also known every bit Ganga Greenery scheme) inward 27 districts of the province located on the banking concern of river Ganga.
- The Women together with Child Development Ministry has announced that the regime is preparing a draft Cabinet Note to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act together with go far gender-neutral. It has also proposed making expiry judgement for raping minors gender-neutral.
- The world's debt reached a tape $164 trillion inward 2016, which is worth 225% of the world's Gross Domestic Product, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Red People's Republic of China lone contributed to a greater extent than than 40% to the increment inward global debt since 2007.
- To address outstanding H2O resources issues, the 1st regional conference of eastern states on Water Resources was held inward Kolkata, West Bengal.
- To address rising incidence of Vitamin D deficiencies (VDD), peculiarly amongst the immature people, the Food Safety together with Standards Authority of Republic of Republic of India (FSSAI) launched a novel projection titled ‘Project Dhoop’. Aim of Project Dhoop : To encourage schools to shift their forenoon assembly to around noon-time, mainly betwixt xi am to 1 pm to ensure maximum absorption of Vitamin D inward students through natural sunlight.
- To allow unusual tourists together with travellers to avail of paperless together with cashless visa-related services, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has launched web-based application e-FRRO (e-Foreigners Regional Registration Office).
- To attract unusual students to India, the Union regime launched the 'Study inward India' programme. The programme projects 160 premier universities together with institutes, including IITs together with IIMs, every bit the ideal destination for higher education.
- To commemorate 2562nd Buddha Jayanti, International Buddhist Conference was held inward Lumbini, Nepal. Theme of International Buddhist Conference 2018 : ‘Lumbini Nepal: The birthplace of Lord Buddha together with the outpouring of Buddhism together with world peace’.
- To formulate armed forces together with security strategy, the Centre is going to set upwards the Defence Planning Committee (DPC). Head of Defence Planning Committee (DPC) : Ajit Doval (National Security Adviser)
- To aid users quit smoking, all tobacco products together with cigarette packs volition receive got the national toll-free number 1800-11-2356 printed on them starting September 1.
- To ameliorate route security worldwide, the United Nations has launched United Nations Road Safety Trust Fund. The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) volition human activity every bit the secretariat for the trust fund.
- US fellowship Orion Span is going to opened upwards 'Aurora Station', the world's foremost luxury hotel inward infinite inward 2021.
- WhatsApp has released a characteristic for its Android beta users which allows them to 'Request Money' from other users on the platform. Users tin can access the characteristic inward the 'Payments' alternative inward 'Settings', currently inward its testing phase.
- With a watch to attain total digitisation of postal operations inward the country, nether the information technology Modernisation Plan, Department of Posts has launched DIGITAL ADVANCEMENT OF RURAL POST OFFICE FOR Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 NEW INDIA (DARPAN) Project. Aim of DARPAN : To connect all 1.29 lakh Rural Branch Post Offices inward the solid ground together with to enable them to do online Postal together with Financial Transactions.
- World number ane together with 16-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal has won his 44th consecutive onrush clay together with registered his 400th win on the surface. Nadal achieved the feat past times defeating world number 10 David Goffin inward the Barcelona Open semi-final.
- World number ane Rafael Nadal has won Barcelona Open past times defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas.
- World tape holder Shahzar Rizvi claimed India's foremost medal (i10 meter air pistol event) at the ongoing ISSF World Cup organised past times the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) at Changwon, South Korea.
- Wrestler Bajrang Punia won his 1st Commonwealth Games Gold medal inward the men's freestyle 65 kg final.
- Zimbabwe has learn the 2nd African nation to legalise the production of cannabis for medicinal or scientific purposes. Kingdom of Lesotho Becomes First African Country to Legalize Marijuana for medicinal purposes on 20th September 2017.
sponsored links
