CURRENT AFFAIRS WEEKLY ONE LINERS: February 15– February 21

Dear Bankers daily Aspirant,

The SBI Clerk  exam is coming in the forthcoming days. Are you prepared for the General Awareness section and the Banking Awareness which is the scoring part for many aspirants ? If not you should definitely read this one liners if you need a quick & Short content for your preparations henceforth we provide the One Liners for the 3rd Week of February, 2018.

We are providing the aspirants with the curated list of Recent happenings in the 1st week of February and so this  could be vital for your preparations for the General Awareness and Static Awareness and also for the Banking Awareness section in the forthcoming exams.

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You can download the Weekly One Liners of February 15–February 21 from the link given below and you can read the one liners also which is provided below.

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NATIONAL

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched three important projects in Arunachal Pradesh.
• India’s first radio festival will be held in Delhi and the festival is being organised by the International of Women in Radio and Television, in collaboration with UNESCO.The radio festival is being held to mark World Radio Day 2018.The 2018’s theme of World Radio Day: sports and radio.
• The ‘Assistance to States and UTs for Narcotics Control’ scheme has been extended for a further period of 3 years–from 2017-18 to 2019-20.The estimated budget is Rs 21 crore.
• Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced the decision to opt out of Centre’s ‘Modicare’ scheme.
• ‘Paschim Lehar‘, a tri-service maritime exercise begins in India’s western coast.Around 40 ships, submarines and fighter aircraft participated in ‘Paschim Lehar’.
• India’s biggest Global Conference on Pharma Industry and Medical Devices began in Bengaluru.
• The New Development Bank (NDB) has signed a loan agreement of USD 100 million with the government of India.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally inaugurated the World Sustainable Development Summit 2018 in New Delhi’s Vigyan Bhawan.It was organised by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).Theme of the forum is ‘Partnerships for a Resilient Planet’.
• Chandrayaan-2, the lunar mission under which the ISRO attempts first time to land a rover on the moon’s south pole. It will be launched in April.
• In a first in the country, the State government will be setting up an institute for artificial intelligence (AI) in Mumbai.
• The Assam government introduced a Bill in the state Assembly to set up a yoga council for regulating the teaching and practice of yoga.
• Tribal affairs minister Mr.Oram has announced that Govt. will setup 562 schools for tribal children.He also added that “Every block with at least 20 thousand tribal persons, will have an Ekalavya School”.
• Botanical Survey of India (BSI) and Natural History Museum (NHM), UK signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the field of genetic/taxonomic studies, research and training, conservation in India.
• The Virgin Group signed an “intent agreement” with Maharashtra government to build a hyperloop transportation system between Navi Mumbai International Airport and Pune.
• The Haryana government launched four canteens which will serve subsidised and healthy food to the poor. Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar launched the food canteens at Faridabad, Gurugram, Hisar, and Yamunanagar via videoconferencing from Chandigarh.
• Maharashtra government is all set to roll out its “Asmita Yojana” on the International Women’s Day next month. Under the scheme, girls in Zilla Parishad schools will get a sanitary napkin packet at Rs 5 while rural women can avail it at a subsidised rate of Rs 24 and Rs 29.
• Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that an International Educational Institution for Minorities will be built in Rajasthans Alwar city as part of the Centres ambitious plan to set up five such institutes across the country.
• The government has finalised the contours of a Rs 6,000-crore scheme to tackle the country’s depleting groundwater level. Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABY), the scheme will be launched in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Haryana, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, covering 78 districts, 193 blocks and more than 8,300 gram panchayats.

• India is the global host of 2018 World Environment Day which will take place on June 5, 2018.With “Beat Plastic Pollution” as the themefor this year’s edition, the world is coming together to combat single-use plastic pollution.

• India’s surface-to-surface Agni-II ballistic missile, with a strike range of 2 thousand kilometres was test-fired successfully from the Abdul Kalam Island, off Orissa coast.
• Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Shri R.K. Singh inaugurated the ‘International R&D Conclave’– two day conference on Emerging Opportunities and Challenges of R&D in Indian Power Sector, organised by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) in New Delhi.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the Palace Queen Humsafar Express trainat the Mysuru railway station. The train will run from Mysuru to Udaipur in Rajasthan.

• Cabinet approves India-Morocco Cooperation Agreement in Railway Sector
• Cabinet approves Agreement between India and Israel on Film Co-production
• Cabinet approves New Bill to ban Unregulated Deposit Schemes and Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2018
• Cabinet approves proposal for Mahanadi Water Disputes – Constitution of a Tribunal under Inter-State River Disputes Act, 1956
• Cabinet approves Six Laning of Nidagatta – Mysuru Section of NH-275 in Karnataka
• Cabinet approves Silkyara Bend-Barkot Tunnel in Uttarkhand as part of ‘Chardham Mahamarg Pariyojana’
• The city is set to host two mega technology events — Nasscom India Leadership Forum (ILF) and the 22nd edition of the World Congress on Information Technology (WCIT) was held in Hyderabad.
• The Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW) is organizing a National Conference under the title of “Agriculture 2022 – Doubling Farmers’ Income” at National Agriculture Science Complex (NASC), Pusa, New Delhi.
• The Union cabinet approved extra-budgetary support for government’s flagship housing scheme Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). Under the PMAY(U), the housing and urban affairs ministry targets construction of about 1.2 crore houses for the urban poor.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the UP Investors Summit in Lucknow. The mega event, organised by the Yogi Adityanath government, is aimed at showcasing investment opportunities and potential across various sectors in Uttar Pradesh.

• The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modihas given approval for creation of National Urban Housing Fund (NUHF) for 60,000 crores.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, chaired by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modihas approved the methodology for auction of coal mines / blocks for sale of coal under the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 and the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.
• The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman and accorded approval to Capital Acquisition Proposals of the Services valued at over Rs 1850 crore.
• The cabinet has approved amendments to the Chit Funds Actto facilitate orderly growth of the sector and provide more financial products to investors. The cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has given approval to introduce the Chit Funds (Amendment) Bill, 2018 in Parliament.
• The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to the construction of 531 km long 2-Lane Bi-Directional Silkyara Bend – Barkot Tunnelwith escape passage including approaches on Dharasu -Yamunotri section between Chainage 25.400 Km.
• In order to create a strong base in very initial studies, Delhi Government has joined hand with Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Manish Sisodia announced the programme “Mission BUNIYAD”.

 INTERNATIONAL

• The2018 Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit will be held in the city of Qingdao, China in June.

• About 2,300 Indian Army personnel are leaving for South Sudan to join the UN peacekeeping mission in the war-torn African country.
• Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has arrived in Hyderabad as a three day visit to India.

• The Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on a seven-day visit to India.
• The pacts were signed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Iran President Hassan Rouhaniat New Delhi.

• The Munich Security Conference, in its 54th edition, began in Munich, Germany, amidst strict security measures for more than 4,000 security personnel.

• Women in Saudi Arabia can now open their own businesses without the consent of a husband or male relative, as the kingdom pushes to expand a fast-growing private sector.
• The UK- India Joint research projectson Water Quality Research and Energy Demand Reduction in Built Environment were launched in New Delhi.
• Saudi Arabiawill debut with its first ever Arab Fashion Week in Riyadh in March this year. The move is another example of the opening up of the country under Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman’s ambitious transformation programme.
• Singaporesaid it would impose a “carbon tax” from next year to cut its greenhouse gas emissions and make companies more competitive as global agreements on climate change take effect.
• “Digital Health” has a great potential towards reducing inequity in provisioning and distribution of healthcare resources and services. This was stated by Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare during his address at the Global Digital Health Partnership Symposium at Sydney, Australia.
• The Indianand Indonesian armies began the sixth edition of their annual military exercises “Garuda Shakti” in the West Java province of the archipelago country.
• University Grants Commissionconstituted a four-member Empowered Expert Committee, which is being entrusted to conduct the appraisal of applications for shortlisting 20 Institutions of Eminence. N Gopalaswami, former Chief Election Commissioner of India is the Chairperson of the committee.

BANKING AND BUSINESS

• According to a report in The New York Post, Apple tops the most valuable company list with $849.2 billion market cap.
• The Power equipment maker BHEL has bagged an order worth Rs 560 crore for supply and installation of the flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) system from NTPC for 2×490 MW National Capital Power Station (NCPS).
• Yes Bank has listed$600 million bond issued under its maiden $1 billion MTN programme, on Global Securities Market (GSM) of India INX.
• The India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) announced that it will enable Digital Paymentsin Post Offices from April 2018.

• India’s Punjab National Bank (PNB) has detected fraudulent transactions worth over Rs 11,300 crore at its Mumbai branch. The amount is nearly 1/3rd of the bank’s total market capitalisation of Rs 36,000 crore.

• Private sector lender, Axis Bankannounced opening of off-shore banking unit at the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City).
• Amazonhas rolled out its own food retailing business in India with a pilot in Pune, becoming the first foreign ecommerce firm to stock and sell food items directly to consumers.

• International Finance Corporation (IFC), member of the World Bank Group, is set to enter into a pact with PNB Housing Finance to form an $800-million platform to support construction of environment-friendly affordable houses across the country.

• Amazonhas rolled out its own food retailing business in India with a pilot in Pune, becoming the first foreign ecommerce firm to stock and sell food items directly to consumers.
• Following the biggest scam in the country’s banking sector to the tune of Rs 11,340 crore at state-run Punjab National Bank (PNB), credit ratings agency Moody’splaced the lender under review for downgrade.
• India has been ranked 12th-worstamong 52 low-middle income countries based on the number of children dying within the first month of their birth, which is 4 per 1,000 live births.
• A top American business advocacy group USIBC has announced the formation of an India Advisory Councilto enhance bilateral strategic and economic partnership between them.

APPOINTMENTS AND RESIGNS

 AWARDS AND RESIGNS

• India’s Aadhaar won the best emerging technology award at the recently concluded World Government Summit 2018 in Dubai. India was the ‘Guest of Honour’ country at the summit.Umang App won in Best m-Government Service Award for Accessible Government Category.
• Vikas Sathaye, a Pune-born person has been honoured with the Scientific and Engineering Academy Award at the Oscars Scientific and Technical Awards 2018.It was held at Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, California.
• Sanjiv Bajaj, Managing Director, Bajaj Finserv was named the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2017.Dr. E Sreedharan was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for transforming the face of public transportation in India.
• Milkbasket, India’s first and largest micro-delivery platform has been recognised as ‘Startup of the Year’ 2017 at the 7th Small Business Awards

SPORTS

• Tamil Nadu beat Manipur 2-1 to lift their maiden title in the Senior Women’s National Football Championship.The 23rd Senior Women’s National Football Championship was held in Cuttack.
• The 20-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer has become the oldest world number one in Tennis history.
• Gopichand launched ‘train the trainers’ programme inducting 1500 Physical Education (PE) teachers from across Gujarat for advanced training.
• Roger Federer marked his impending return to the top of the world rankings by sweeping aside second seed Grigor Dimitrov in the Rotterdam Open final in Netherlands.
• Bhuvneshwar Kumar, a fast bowler, has become the first Indian bowler to take a five-wicket haul in all three formats in International Cricket. Bhuvneshwar Kumar made this record by taking his first T20I five-wicket haul at the first T20I against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.

• Christian Colemanhas set up a world record in 60 metres race.The World silver medallist ran the distance in 6.34 seconds at the US indoor national championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

• Japanese Yuzuru Hanyu became the first figure skater in 66 years to win back-to-back Winter Olympic gold medals in the men’s singles event as he won Japan’s first gold medal at PyeongChang Games.
• The Hockey India selectors brought back Sardar Singh as captain of an 28-member Indian squad for the 27th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup to be held in Ipoh, Malaysia from March 3-10.
• Alex Blackwell, Australia’s most capped female player has announced retirement from all forms of cricket.
• In Tennis, Yuki Bhambrihas become the first Indian to reach the quarter-finals of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger tournament.
• In Tennis, Yuki Bhambrihas become the first Indian to reach the quarter-finals of the Chennai Open ATP Challenger tournament.

OBITUARY

• Ruud Lubbers, the youngest and longest-serving prime minister of the Netherlands, died at the age of 78 in Rotterdam.
•  French jazz violinist Didier Lockwood, whose eclectic career spanned more than four decades and the world’s most prestigious festivals and concert halls, has died. He was 62.
• Well-known Telugu cinema comedian Gundu Hanumantha Rao passed away in Hyderabad. He was 61. The first role he essayed on stage was in a play called Ravana Brahma in Vijayawada. He has won three Nandi awards.
• Well-known Telugu cinema comedian Gundu Hanumantha Rao passed away in Hyderabad. He was 61. The first role he essayed on stage was in a play called Ravana Brahma in Vijayawada.

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