National
News
1.
Central
Government has sanctioned the raising of a Territorial army battalion for
cleaning river Ganga
2.
Bihar
State Government has imposed a ban on manufacture, distribution, sale,
purchase, display and advertisement of electronic cigarettes (e – cigarettes)
across the state
3.
Mankidia
a tribe of Odisha was denied habitat right inside the Similipal Tiger Reserve
in Odisha under the historic scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest
Dwellers
4.
Union
Minister of Earth Science Dr. Harshvardhan dedicated India’s Fastest and First
'multi-petaflops’ Supercomputer to the nation in Pune.
5.
Prime
Minister Modi inaugurated the first persons of Indian origin (PIO)
Parliamentary Conference in the Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra in New Delhi.
6.
Gujarat
has topped a perception based index of mobility of goods and efficiency of
logistics chain closely followed by Punjab and Andhra Pradesh
7.
Delhi
CM Arvind Kejriwal launches a common card for rides on public buses and the
Metro Delhi is the first city in the country to have a common mobility card
8.
The
Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare is going rollout National Programme
for Control of Viral Hepatitis a new scheme free treatment of Hepatitis c from
2018 – 19 Financial year.
International Affairs
9.
Turkish
Government announced plans to extend the ongoing State of emergency for the
sixth time
10. The
goal to cut the carbon emission by 2020 may be missed by Germany as the
chancellor Angela Market and her party has denied achieving the goal in next
two years.
11. World’s
largest Ice Festival ‘International Ice and Snow Festival’ held in China
12. Iran
banned the teaching of English in primary schools after Islamic leaders warned
the learning the language opened the way to a western ‘Cultural Invasion’
13. According
to the Union Minister for Minority Affairs Shri Mukhtar Abbas Saudi Arabia
given the green signal for India’s decision to revive the option of sending Haj
Pilgrims through sea route
Banking and Finance
14. Cab
hailing app ola has partnered with ICICI Bank to offer a range of integrated
service to customers and driver – partners.
15. Punjab
National Bank(PNB) and National scheduled castes Finance and development
corporation(NSFDC) have signed a MOU to provide Financial Association to SC
families living below Double poverty line
16. Flipkart
–owned payments platform phonepe announced a strategic tie – up with leading
Wallet player Freecharge to enable over 45 million users to link their existing
Freecharge Wallets to the Phonepe App.