Around INDIA
# Union Cabinet approved the Commerce Ministry’s proposal to
give focused attention to 12 identified Champion Services Sectors for promoting
their development and realizing their potential
- 12 identified champion services sectors: IT & ITeS,
Tourism and Hospitality services, Transport and Logistic services, medical
Value Travel, Accounting Services, Financial Services, Audio Visual Services, Communication
Services, Legal Services, Construction and related Engineering Services,
Education Services and Environmental Services
# Union Cabinet approved to increase the Parliamentary fund for
MPs from Rs. 45, 000 to Rs. 60, 000
# Union Cabinet approved proposal to make apex anti-terror body
-- National Investigation Agency (NIA) -- the nodal authority for probing cases
of human trafficking
# Union Cabinet approved MoU with Jordan for rock phosphate
mining
# Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CC EA) has approved the
continuation of Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) beyond
12th plan for three years from 2017-18 to 2019-20 with a total outlay of Rs. 5,
500 crore
# Union Civil Aviation Minister, Mr. P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju
inaugurated a one-of-its-kind aviation multi skill development centre in
Chandigarh
# CMFRI (Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute) has
developed a multivendor e-commerce website and mobile app named
“marinefishsales” to help fishermen sell their products and marine catch
directly to the customers
# Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi chaired his 24th interaction
through PRAGATI – the ICT based, multi – modal platform for Pro – Active
Governance and Timely Implementation
# Anti Tank Guided Missiles (ATGM) NAG were successfully flight
– tested in desert conditions against two tank targets at different ranges and
timings
- ATGM NAG was developed by DRDO
STATES SCAN
# Haryana: State Cabinet approved a proposal to bring in
legislation for awarding death penalty or rigorous imprisonment to those found
guilty of raping girls aged 12 years or less
# Maharashtra: Government assured the State Legislative Council
that caste panchayats of the Kanjarbhat community would face action if they
compelled newly married women to undergo a “virginity test”
WORLD
# Israel: An Israeli group said that it has minted a coin
bearing U. S. President Donald Trump’s image to honour his recognition of
Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The Mikdash Educational Center said the “temple
Coin” features Mr. Trump alongside King Cyrus, who 2, 500 years ago had allowed
Jews to return to Jerusalem from Babylon
ECONOMICS
# Aircel Ltd., along with Aircel Cellular Ltd and Dishnet
Wireless Ltd has filed for bankruptcy under Section 10 of the Insolvency and
Bankruptcy Code, 2016
# GDP growth in the third quarter (Oct – Dec) of financial year
2017-18 was 7.2%
SPORTS
# Roger Federer won the Laureus World Sportsman of the Year and
Comeback of the Year awards at the 2018 Laureus World Sports Awards, in Monaco
# Tokyo students choose 2020 Olympic mascots; the winning
Olympic and Paralympic mascots have not yet been given names
# India’s Javelin thrower Davinder Singh Kang has been suspended
provisionally by the World Athletics governing body after he returned positive
for a steroid in an out-of-competition
# 66th Senior Nation Volleyball Championships 2018: Kerala won
the Men’s title by defeating railways; railways won the Women’s title by
defeating Kerala
MISC
# Inclusive Internet Index 2018
- India has ranked 47th out of 86 countries in the index (last
year India was ranked at 36th position)
- (1) Sweden (2) Singapore (3) USA (4) Denmark (5) South Korea
- Inclusive Internet Index is commissioned by Facebook and is
conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU)
# Kanchi acharya Jayendra Sawaraswathi passed away; he was 69th
head of the Kanchi mutt
# Former Supreme Court judge S. Ratnavel Pandian passed away;
after his retirement from Supreme Court, he served as Chairperson for Backward
Classes; "My Life Journey - A to Z"
is an autobiography of Ratnavel Pandian
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