RRB English Current Affairs 9th September 2018

INDIAN AFFAIRS

1. 6th International Geriatric Orthopaedic Conference inaugurated by Shri Rajnath Singh at AIIMS, Delhi
2. Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)in its study reported that the pollution by particulate emission from commuting in Delhi is highest among 14 major cities in the country.
3. Home Minister Rajnath Singhannounced that all contributions to home ministry’s ‘Bharat Ke Veer’ fund have been exempted from the income tax under 80(G) .
4. 2-week combat exercise “Yudh Abhyas” between Indian, US armies to carry out in Uttarakhand
5. 4th Annual Sustainable Smart Cities India Conferencewas inaugurated by B. Ibrahim, IAS, Mission Director, Smart City Mission, Karnataka in Bengaluru.
6. Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamlinglaunched the first data sharing and accessibility portal of Sikkim: State Data Sharing and Accessibility Platform (SDSAP).
7. Rajasthan Assemblypassed the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2018.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

8. India to participate in Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) test after 9 year Boycott
9. ‘Source India’ at 87th Izmir International tradeshow in Turkey

BANKING & FINANCE

10. Government doubles monetary limit for filing cases in DRT to 20 lakh rupees

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

11. Temasek inks agreement to invest $400 million in NIIF Master Fund

APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS

12. Panel to select new Chief Economic Advisor to be chaired by former RBI governor Bimal Jalan

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

13. Chinasuccessfully launched a new marine satellite called HY-1C aboard a Long March-2C rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in north China’s Shanxi Province.
14. NASA’s Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager, or FOXSItook its third flight from the White Sands Missile Range in White Sands, New Mexico.
15. Google launched “Dataset Search”,a new search engine for the scientific community to help them find the data required for their work.

SPORTS

16. 2018 AIBA Youth Women’s & Men’s World Championships in Budapest, Hungary

BOOKS & AUTHORS

17. Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidureleased a book New Delhi.

IMPORTANT DAYS

18. 52^ndWorld Literacy Day celebrated on September 8