# ISRO successfully placed a communication satellite GSAT – 6A
through the launch vehicle GSLV F-08; it will provide mobile communication to
India; this is the fifth consecutive success achieved by GSLV carrying
indigenously developed Cryogenic Upper Stage.
# Prime Minister, Mr. Narendra Modi to take part in the
concluding ceremony of the Champaran Satyagraha centenary celebrations in
Bihar; Bihar has been celebrating Champaran centenary since April last year
# Government to file review plea in Supreme Court against ruling
on SC / ST Act; Court earlier said the immediate arrest should not be made under
the SCs and the STs (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
# Union Government cannot disclose the details of the Rafale
deal as India and France had recently signed an agreement to protect classified
information exchanged between the two sides: Union Defence Ministry
# The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, the convening
and coordinating Ministry of Swachh Bharat Mission, in association with the
Ministry of Human Resource Development, has come up with the innovative ‘Swachh
Bharat Summer Internship (SBSI) 2018’ aimed at engaging the college youth
with Swachhata work in villages in the
coming Summer vacation. This is in line with the Prime Minister’s clarion call
on Oct 02, 2014 for each individual to devote 100 hours to Swachhata through
the year.
TAMIL
NADU
# With the Central
Government not coming out with a scheme on the Cauvery issue within the
six-week period stipulated by the Supreme Court, the Tamil Nadu government has
decided to approach the court with a contempt petition
STATES
SCAN
# Rajasthan: State’s first mega food park was inaugurated at
Roopangarh village in Ajmer
# Uttar Pradesh: ASI will permit tourists to spend only three
hours per visit at the Taj Mahal to ease rush and control pollution
# Uttar Pradesh: NHAI has tied up with AAI (Airports Authority
of India) to develop a green corridor covering 16.55 km in Varanasi
BILATERAL
ISSUES
# 9th India – Japan strategic dialogue was held in Tokyo;
India’s External Affairs Minister, Ms. Sushma swaraj and Japan Foreign
Minister, Mr. Taro Kono participated in the meet
- India is Japan’s “most important” partner in its “Free and
Open Indo – Pacific Strategy”: Japan Foreign Minister [List of documents exchanged b/w two countries]
# India has increased its annual contribution to the UNRWA
(United Nations Relief and Works Agency) for Palestine Refugees in the Near
East from $1.5 million to $5 million for a period of 3 years from 2018-19
WORLD
# The historic 2018 South – North Summit to be held on April 27
at the South’s Peace House in Panumunjom; it is third such summit between
Koreans, earlier being held in 2000 and 2007
# Ms. Rosemary DiCarlo (USA) was named as UN Political Chief,
becoming the first female UN Political Chief
# Ethiopia: Mr. Abiye Ahmed was elected as the new Prime
Minister
# Pakistan: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai returned to Pakistan
after five and a half years after she was critically injured in a Taliban
attack
# Venezuela: rioting and a fire in the cells of a Venezuelan
police station in the central city of Valencia killed 68 people
ECONOMICS
# The 44 new Economic Corridor proposed to be built under the
Bharatmala network, designed on the shortest possible route connecting the
origin and destination, would impact the existing highway networks by directly
competing with a few stretches, including some existing BOT (Build Own
transfer) (toll) road projects
# RBI will soon roll out limited edition coins of Rs. 350
denomination to mark the 350th birth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh
# Jana Small Finance Bank Ltd commenced operations as a Small
Finance Bank
# Google acquired Tenor, a GIF search engine for Android, iOS
and Desktop
SPORTS
# Badminton Player
Kidambi Srikanth was honoured with the post of “Deputy Collector” by Andhra
Pradesh Government
# 17th Sub-junior National Wushu Championship started in Jammu
MISC
# Book “Building Alternatives” by Thomas Issac
(Finance Minister of Kerala)
# Scientists
have discovered a hot, metallic, Earth – sized planet named “K2-229b” that
orbits a dwarf star located 260 million light years away
# Veteran film
director Shekhar Kapur has been appointed as the chairman of the central panel
of the 65th National Film Awards
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