English Current Affairs 

National News

• Minister of State (Independent charges) for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh puri along with the Chief Minister of Goa, Manohar Parrikar launched the ‘Protocol for Star Rating of Garbage free cities in Goa’. The seven star rating system has been developed by the Swachh Bharat Mission – Urban

• President Ram Nath Kovind approved disqualification of 20 MLA’s of Aam Aadmi party (AAP) for holding offices of profit.

• SSC, Shenio, Director of Indian National centre for Ocean Information Service (INCOIS) has stated that India will soon have its own automated Ocean Pollution observation system. This new ocean data acquisition system (called automated moorings) which is expected to be functional in April 2018 will not only help in tracking ocean pollution levels but will also offer insights on how the Marine system is changing.

• Arunachal Pradesh CM Pema Khandu inaugurated the World War – III memorial Museum in State’s changlang district. World War – II memorial Museum in Changlang has been built by the Union Culture Ministry at a cost of Rs.2.25 crore

• Manipur CM N. Biren Singh launched the Chief Minister – gi Hakshelgi Tengbang a health assurance scheme for the Poor and disabled people. Under this scheme poor people of Manipur will be provided cashless treatment at Government Hospitals health centers and other empanelled selected Private hospitals.

• Maharastra State Government will soon start a system to issue daily district – wise weather advisory to farmers across the State. The objective behind this iniative is to help farmer to minimize their crop losses due to adverse Weather conditions.

• India’s first Garbage festival ‘Kachra Mahotsav 2018’ organized in Chhattisgarh

International Affairs

• India has ranked at the 62nd place among 74 emerging countries economies on the annual Inclusive Development Index 2018 released by World economic Forum. Among advanced economies, Norway has topped the list while Lithuania has topped the list of emerging economies.

• World Bank approved USD 300 million loan to Nepal for undertaking reconstruction work post April 2015 earthquake. This loan also includes USD 80 million for a livestock project and another USD 60 million for vocational training.

• According to Sanctum Wealth management report, India will overtake China to be the fastest growing large economy in 2018. This report also unlined that India’s equity market will become the fifth largest in the world.

• Shri Gajendra Singh Sekhawat participate in the agriculture Minister’s conference held in Berlin, Germany during the 10th Global forum for food and agriculture

• The Three day International conference – 2018 at Thiruvananthapuram on Jan – 23 – 24.

• Four district in Nagaland, (Mokokchung, Zuntieboto, Kiphire and Longleng) have achieved the status of Open Defecation Free under Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin)

• The United Arab Emirates has invited Mamata Banerjee to a business summit in Dubai.

• West Bengal is planning to renovate a World War – II United States Air Force airbase at Charra in Purulia district into a full fledged airport.

• The Telangana Government signed a MOU with the clean Authority of Tokyo in connection with Municipal solid waste incineration in Hyderabad.

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