RRB English Current Affairs 17th April 2018

1. Government launches first tranche of Sovereign gold bonds for FY19
2. FAO designates 14 new sites as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)
3. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) unveiled the beta version of a website(http://tariff.trai.gov.in) that contains information about mobile tariffs of all operators for all service areas.
4. Union Commerce and Industry Minister, Suresh Prabhu launched Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO’s) GlobalLinker, a digital platform for Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Exporters.
5. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated a 2.5-km-long bridge built over the Ib river in Sambalpur district.
6. Union Minister for Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu said that, Central government along with state government and private partners is working to promote Goa as a tourism destination and a cargo hub.
7. A MoU was signed between the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM), India, and the Groupement des Industries Françaises Aeronautiques et Spatiales (GIFAS), France, to promote a sustainable framework for present and future partnerships and cooperative actions between the French aerospace industry and the Indian defence industry.
8. loan agreement worth USD 48 million for the “Meghalaya Community – Led Landscapes Management Project (MCLLMP)” was signed by India and the World Bank, in New Delhi.
9. The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules 2018.
10. On 16 and 17 April 2018, the India-Wiesbaden Conference 2018 was held at the Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi.
11. Bisket Jatra celebration began in Bhaktapur, Nepal on April 14, 2018.
12. India’s largest private sector bank, ICICI Bank announced that it has on-boarded over 250 corporates on its blockchain platform for domestic and international trade finance.
13. Aditi Rao Hydari will be awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke excellence award 2018 for the Best Leading Lady (Critics Award) for her performance in the Bollywood movie ‘Bhoomi’.
14. Scientists in Britain and the United States have discovered “PETase” an enzyme that can digest some commonly polluting plastics.
15. Yuki Bhambri entered into the top-100 ATP men’s singles ranking with a rank of rank 83, for the first time since February 2016.
16. 17 April 2018, World Haemophilia Day was observed all over the world.