RRB English Cuirrent Affairs 25th September 2018

INDIAN AFFAIRS

1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached Sikkimand was received by Governor Ganga Prasad, Chief Minister Pawan Chamling. He inaugurated Sikkim’s first airport and nation’s 100th operational airport: Pakyong Airport in Sikkim.
2. Prime Minister Narendra Modirolled out the Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana-Ayushman Bharat in Ranchi, Jharkhand, covering 57 lakh families in the state.
3. President Ram Nath Kovindinaugurated the centenary celebrations of the Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha in New Delhi.
4. Home Minister Rajnath Singhhas chaired a meeting of the central Zonal Council in Lucknow.
5. Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Shri Arjun Ram Meghwalinaugurated the two-day National Orientation workshop on National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA).
6. AP, Odisha & Madhya Pradesh Best Performing States in “Ease of Living Index” Under Amrut

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

7. Nepal to be world’s first country to double its tiger population
8. ‘The Annual World Airport Traffic Report 2018’by Airport Council International (ACI), Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) is the 16th busiest in the world.

BANKING & FINANCE

9. Reserve Bankshortlisted five IT firms for implementation of a centralised information and management system (CIMS) for data collection.
10. According to a new report by TransUnion Cibil,Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka make up for nearly 40 per cent of all retail loans in the country.

BUSINESS & ECONOMY

11. BSNLhas inked a pact with Japan’s Softbank and NTT Communications to roll out 5G and internet of things technology in India.

APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS

12. Ibrahim Mohamed Solihwas elected the new President of Maldives.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

13. US scientists from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital in Ohio, for the first time have used stem cells to grow human oesophagus— known as the food pipe — in the laboratory.
14. Prithvi Defence Vehicle successfully test fired off the coast of Odisha

SPORTS

15. France Football magazine announced that, a women’s Ballon d’Orwill be awarded for the first time in 2018.
16. 5th Track Asia Cup (cycling) 2018 in New Delhi: India finished on top with 6 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze

OBITUARY

17. Former Union Minister and Congress leader Shantaram Potdukhe passed away following a short term illness, in Maharashtra.