English Current Affairs
National News
• Indian Government is planning to set up $350 million solar development fund for financing solar projects
• Maharashtra state cabinet approved one percent reservation for orphans in government jobs under general category.
• The government has planned to form a Cyber Warrior Police Force to combat cyber crimes like cyber threat, child pornography, online stalking etc.
• 14th meeting of the special committee for inter-linking of rivers was held on Jan 17 2018 in New Delhi.
• Minister of state for Textiles, Ajay Tamta inaugurated 60th edition of India International Garment Fair (IIGF) at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
• Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly passed grants for horticulture department for 2018-19 for Rs.528.33 crore.
• Andhra Pradesh Government signed a MoU with NITI Aayog to create an online dashboard for the 115 most backwards district of India, in Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh.
• Madhya Pradesh has become the first state in India to completely implement door to door Garbage collection in all areas under urban bodies.
• PM Modi and PM Benjamin Netanyahu inaugurated the i-create centre at Deo Dholera in Ahmedabad
• Maharashtra became the first state in the country to unveil public cloud policy that virtually mandates state government departments to shift their data storage
International Affairs
• International solar alliance hosted a two-day event ‘International Solar Alliance Forum’ during 17-18th Jan 2018 at the world future energy summit (WFES) 2018 in Abu Dhabi, UAE
• The 10th edition of Global forum for food and Agriculture was held in Berlin, Germany.
Theme of this year: Shaping the future of tire stock – sustainably, responsibility, efficiently
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