RRB English Current Affairs 11th September 2018

INDIAN AFFAIRS

1. Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Housing and Urban Affairs, Hardeep Singh Puriinaugurated first regional workshop on RERA in Pune.
2. 1^stedition of BIMSTEC Military Exercise MILEX-18 inaugurated; Nepal does not participate in MILEX-18
3. National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI),the first of its kind university on the transport sector in India, started has started functioning.
4. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal launched the doorstep delivery of 40 services in Delhi.
5. Sadarmatt Anicut and Pedda Cheruvu irrigation tankof Telangana are the first from India to secure a place in the register of World Heritage Irrigation Structures (WHIS).
6. CEO  of Ayushman Bharat Dr. Indu Bhushaninaugurated Ayushman Bharat call centre in Bengaluru.
7. Bengaluru International Airportannounced that roll out facial recognition facility for the passengers of some select airlines from 2019.
8. National Green Tribunal (NGT) appointed three committees to monitor disposal of garbage

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

9. President Kovind’s maiden 8-day 3-nation visit to Cyprus, Bulgaria & Czech Republic

AWARDS & RECOGNITION

10. Bibek Debroy, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister, was conferred ‘Honoris Causa’by the University of Engineering & Management (UEM) in Kolkata.

APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS

11. Aegon Life Insuranceappointed Ahmed Zackaria as the Chief Distribution Officer.
12. Alok Amitabh Dimriwas appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Kyrgyz Republic.
13. Shri B. Vanlalvawna(IFS:1998), was appointed as the next Ambassabor of India to the Republic of Azerbaijan.
14. Sprinter Hima Daswas named the sports ambassador of Assam.

SPORTS

15. US Open (tennis) 2018 was held at outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, United States.

Men’s Single : Novak Djokovic (Serbia)

Women’s Singles : Naomi Osaka (Japan)

Men’s Doubles : Mike Bryan (United States), Jack Sock (United States)

Women’s Doubles : Ashleigh Barty (Australia), CoCo Vandeweghe (United States)

Mixed Doubles : Bethanie Mattek-Sands (United States), Jamie Murray (United Kingdom)

BOOKS & AUTHORS

16. Preeti Shenoyannounced the launch of her new book named “The Rule Breakers”.

IMPORTANT DAYS

17. 10^thSeptember 2018, World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) was observed all over the world.