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Current Affairs February 2018

  • China will host 2018 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit at Qingdao, eastern Shandong Province in June 2018.
  • Cyril Ramaphosa has been elected as the new President of South Africa.
  • Arvind P. Jamkhedkar will be the next Chairman of the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR).
  • Former Uttar Pradesh minister and senior Samajwadi Party leader Khwaja Haleem passed away. He was 75.
  • India’s Aadhaar and Umang App have won awards at recently concluded 6th World Government Summit 2018 in Dubai. Umang App won the Best m-Government Service Award and Aadhaar has won the Best Government Emerging Technologies Award.
  • World champions Germany has retained its top spot in the latest FIFA rankings while India is placed at 102th rank.
  • The long-serving Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers, who led the Netherlands from 1982 to 1994, has died. He was 78.
  • Indian boxers have won the 10 Medals at the Asian Games Test event in Jakarta, Indonesia.
  • Haruhiko Kuroda has been reappointed as the governor of Bank of Japan.
  • Odisha State Government will sponsor Indian hockey team for Next 5 years.
  • Six Indian Americans- Neil Davey, Ayan Mandal, Pranay Nadella, Vaithish Velazhahan, Kaamya Varagur and Monica Kullar have been chosen for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's prestigious Gates Cambridge scholarship.
  • Famous singer Asha Bhosle has been conferred with the 5th Yash Chopra Memorial Award.
  • SpiceJet Chairman and Managing Director, Ajay Singh has been named as the ‘Indian Entrepreneur of the Year 2017 for Business Transformation’ by Ernst & Young (EY).
  • The Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and Natural History Museum (NHM) in the UK signed a MoU for cooperation in genetic and taxonomic studies and conservation in the country.
  • Indian captain Virat Kohli has become the first ever batsman to score 500 runs in a bilateral One Day International series.
  • Sachin Tendulkar has been made the brand ambassador of the upcoming T20 Mumbai League.
  • The State Bank of India will launch its Global NRI Centre (GNC) in Kochi.
  • Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the world's third wicketkeeper to take 600 catches in international cricket.
  • India and Iran signed nine agreements, including double taxation avoidance, easing the visa process and confirming extradition treaty.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 4th Container Terminal (FCT) of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust in Mumbai.
  • International Finance Corporation (IFC) has signed agreement with PNB Housing Finance.
  • National Banana Festival 2018 has started in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
  • Roger Federer has won the ABN AMRO World Tournament.
  • Fairfax India Holdings will buy a 51% stake in Catholic Syrian Bank for around Rs 1,200 crore.
  • SC/ST Commission chief, Ram Shankar Katheria inaugurated the 27th Taj Mahotsav in Agra.
  • South Africa's Kevin Anderson won the fourth title of his career by defeating Sam Query in the final of the ATP Tour New York Open tennis tournament.
  • Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) and its global partners will set up the country’s first integrated industrial area in Maharashtra with an investment of Rs 60, 000 crore.
  • India successfully test-fired its medium range nuclear capable Agni-II missile from Abdul Kalam Island off Odisha coast. It has a strike range of 2,000 km.
  • Maharashtra Government has awarded Ratan Tata, Former Chairman of Tata Group, with the Mahaudyog Samman for his contribution to the development of the state.
  • Canada's Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan laid the foundation stone for the "world's first high power conductor testing laboratory" in Gujarat. It will be built at the Gujarat Forensic Sciences University (GFSU).
  • Six people including two Indian-American researchers, Arun J Sanyal and Parthik Naidu have been selected for Virginia's 2018 Outstanding STEM award for their contribution and deep commitment towards the betterment of human health globally.
  • Famous Telugu comedian Gundu Hanumantha Rao has passed away. He was 61.
  • Centre has constituted a committee to study the Brahmaputra and flood control measures in Assam and neighboring states. It will be headed by Niti Aayog's Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar.
  • Gandhi Nagar Railway Station of Jaipur became the country’s first all-women railway station in the main line category of the Indian railways.
  • The Union Cabinet approved a MoU between India and Morocco for cooperation in the rail sector. The Cooperation Agreement will enable technical cooperation in training and staff development, Expert missions, exchange of experience and personnel and mutual technical assistance, including exchanging of experts.
  • Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, R.K. Singh has inaugurated the ‘International R&D Conclave’ on Emerging Opportunities and Challenges of R&D in Indian Power Sector.
  • International Mother Language Day will be observed 21 February.
  • 12th India-Saudi Arabia Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) was held in Riyadh.
  • Rajiv Joshi, an Indian-American scientist from IBM, has been selected for the prestigious Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Daniel E Noble award for his work in memory chips and integrated circuits.
  • The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval to the construction of a 4.531 Km long 2-Lane Bi-Directional Silkyara Bend - Barkot Tunnel in Uttarakhand.
  • The Union Cabinet gave its ex-post facto approval to an Agreement on Film Co-production between India and Israel.

 

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