Weekly Current Affairs January 2018 (Week-IV)

Banking and Financial Awareness

●Indian Overseas Bank and NHB tie up for Rural Housing Interest Subsidy Scheme.
●Small Finance and Payments Banks to Offer Atal Pension Yojana.
●The government has announced 88,139 crores rupees’ capital infusion in 20 public sector banks

Appointments

• ●Om Prakash Rawat appointed new Chief Election Commissioner.
• ●S Somnath appointed Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre.
• ●Usha Ananthasubramanian, MD and CEO, Allahabad Bank, has been elected the first woman chairman of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA).
• ●FICCI Appoints Dilip Chenoy as Director General.
• ●Sudeep Lakhtakia Appointed New DG of National Security Guard.

Honour and Awards

• ●'Hindi Medium' bagged honours in the categories of Best Film and Best Actor in a Leading Role (Male) for Irrfan Khan's impeccable performance.
• ●Vidya Balan won her 6th Filmfare award when she was awarded her 4th Best Actor in a Leading Role (Female) award for Tumhari Sulu.
• ●Shah Rukh Khan Honoured with Crystal Award at World Economic Forum.

MOU’s and Agreement

• ●India and Vietnam Release First-Ever Commemorative Stamps.
• ●Ministry of Road Transport & Highways Signs MoU with IL&FS for Construction of Zojila Tunnel.
• ●India and Cambodia Ink 4 Agreements.
• ●National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) signed an MoU with SME Corporation Malaysia.
• ●Andhra Pradesh-Zurich Sign Sister State Agreement.

Important News- World

• ●The World Economic Forum summit at Davos, Switzerland commenced on 22nd January 2018 themed “Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World”.
• ●Valletta, the capital of Malta, was officially named European Capital of Culture 2018.

Important Dates

• ●24th January- National Girl Child Day The theme for this year was “A girl is flower, not a thorn”.
• ●National Voters' Day 2018 in India: 25 January. The theme of this year's National Voters' day is 'Accessible Elections'.
• ●Nation Celebrates 69th Republic Day.
• ●Uttar Pradesh Diwas- 24 January.

Obituaries

• ●Veteran Bengali Actress Supriya Devi Passes Away.
• ●Ursula K. Le Guin, Best-Selling Science Fiction Author Passes Away.
• ●Hugh Masekela, 'Father of South African Jazz' Passes Away.

Important News- India

• ●The Housing & Urban Affairs Minister announced the commencement of the Liveability Index Programme in 116 cities.
• ●National CSR Data Portal & Corporate Data Portal launched
• ●Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan (PMSMA) Crosses One Crore Mark
• ●India formally became the 43rd member of the Australia Group (AG).
• ●India Ranks 62nd on WEF’s Inclusive Development Index.
• ●India's to Launch Automated Ocean Pollution Observation System
• ●IMF: India to Grow at 7.4% in 2018.
• ●India will host a two days International Conference on dam safety at Kovalam, Thiruvananthapuram.
• ●India Signs $120 Million Loan Agreement with World Bank to improve access to water supply in peri-urban areas in Uttarakhand.
• ●India Ranks 81st On Global Talent Competitiveness Index.
• ●India, 5th Most Attractive Market for Investments: PwC Survey.
• ●India will host the 16th International Energy Forum (IEF) Ministerial Meeting that is going to be held in New Delhi
• ●Book by Sheila Dixit “Dilli Meri Dilli: Before and After 1998” released.
• ●Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI)- India Ranks 81st
• ●A one-day International Conference on ‘Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in the Election Process’ was hosted by the Election Commission of India in New Delhi.
• ●India Ranks 177 In Environmental Performance Index.
• ●India to host informal WTO Ministerial gathering in March 2018.

Business, Science and Technology

• ●MeitY Launches Cyber Surakshit Bharat to Strengthen Cybersecurity
• ●Vodafone India has partnered with e-commerce marketplace Flipkart to provide a range of entry-level smartphones at an effective price of Rs 999.
• ●4 Schemes to Promote Young Scientists Announced by the Centre.
• ●Reliance Industries (RIL) become the first Indian company to cross the Rs6-lakh crore mark in market capitalisation.
• ●NIIF has partnered with DP World in building logistics infrastructure, together 
• ●ONGC Acquires 51.11% Stake in HPCL.

Defence

• ●Alpha Design Technologies wins firing simulator order from India Army.

Important News- States

• ●Shri Hardeep Singh Puri, Minister of State (I/C) for Housing and Urban Affairs along with the Chief Minister of Goa, Shri Manohar Parrikar launched the ‘Protocol for Star Rating of Garbage-Free Cities’ in Goa.
• ●Fourth Edition of India International Science Festival to be held in Lucknow
• ●India's 1st Garbage Festival Organised in Chhattisgarh.
• ●A replica of the iconic Qutub Minar made out of municipal waste, costing Rs 16 lakh, has been erected in a newly-created street roundabout near the Delhi international airport.
• ●Telangana, Tokyo Body Sign MoU for Municipal Waste Incineration.
• ●Delhi Declaration of the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit.
• ●GoI, Uttarakhand, And World Bank Sign $120 Million Loan Agreement for Water Supply.
• ●7th Asia Steel International Conference to Be Held in Bhubaneswar.
• ●Himachal CM Launches 'Shakti' App for Women's Safety.
• ●Kolkata Becomes 1st Indian Metro to Get a Floating Market.
• ●AYUSH Minister Lays Foundation Stone for Homeopathy Research Institute in Jaipur.
• ●Punjab Government Launches Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojana.

Sports News

• ●The Indian cricket team won the blind world cup 2018 by beating arch-rivals Pakistan by 2 wickets in the final.
• ●West Indies to Host 2018 Women’s World T20.
• ●Lifter Rakhi Halder Creates New National Record.
• ●Shuttler Siddharth Singh Wins Swedish Open Junior Badminton Title.

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