IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF FEBRUARY 19th, 2018
IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS OF FEBRUARY 19th, 2018
1.
To tackle ever-deepening crisis of depleting groundwater
level, the Union Government has formulated ambitious water conservation scheme Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABY).
a. Rs 6,000-crore will
be piloted under the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga
Rejuvenation for this scheme.
2.
The government is going to reintroduce the Transgender bill in the Parliament
with changes suggested by a parliamentary committee and various rights
groups.
a. Some of the changes
include, dropping the phrase "neither wholly male or female"
from the definition of transgender and doing away with the
need to have a screening committee at the district
level.
3.
To provide healthy, nutritious and hygienic food at
affordable prices to all poor and needy persons, the Haryana government has
opened subsidised canteens in four districts under the ‘Antyodaya Aahaar
Yojana’.
4.
US-based Virgin Hyperloop
One has signed an MoU
with Maharashtra government for a Hyperloop between Mumbai and Pune.
a. This Hyperloop will
reduce the travel time for 140-km distance to 25 minutes.
5.
The drama film 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing,
Missouri' written, produced, and directed by Martin McDonaghhas has won the Best Film Award at the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) 2018.
a. Gary Oldman was honored with Best Actor Award.
b. Frances McDormand was honored with Best Actress Award.
6.
Private sector lender Axis Bank has opened an Off-shore Banking
Unit at the
International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at Gujarat
International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City).
a. The offshore
Banking unit is capable to trade in foreign currency in overseas markets and
also with Indian Banks, raise funds in foreign currency in deposits &
borrowings from non-residential sources and provide loans and liabilities
products for clients.
7.
Amazon has launched it's own food retail venture titled Amazon Retail in Pune.
a. With this, Amazon
has became the first foreign
e-commerce firm to start its own food retail venture in India.
8.
The owner of Rotomac Pens, Vikram Kothari, has been accused of allegedly
fleeing with loans of more than ₹800 crore from state-owned banks.
9.
According to the recent data released by the Reserve Bank
of India (RBI), at least one bank staffer is caught and punished for
involvement in fraud every four hours on an average.
a. According to this
data, around 5,200 officials of public sector banks punished between January 1,
2015, and March 31, 2017.
b. Among them, 1,500
officials were the employees of the State Bank of India (SBI).
10.
Noted French jazz violinist Didier Lockwood (62), a disciple of the late Stephane Grappelli, passed away.
11.
BJP nominated Rajendra Trivedi, a two-time BJP
MLA from Raopura as the Speaker of the 14th state Legislative Assembly, Gujarat.
12.
Swiss tennis ace Roger Federer has won his career's 97th title by winning theRotterdam Open,
two days after becoming the oldest world number one men's player.
a. Federer defeated Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria in the
final match.
13.
Fast bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar has become the 1st Indian bowler
to take a five-wicket haul in all three formats in international cricket.
14.
USA's Christian Coleman broke the 20-year-old world
record in the 60 metres sprintafter registering a timing of 6.34
seconds at the US Indoor National Championships in Albuquerque today. .
15.
Star India Pvt. Ltd has won the rights
for audio-visual production services for theIndian Premier League (IPL) and BCCI domestic
cricket for the 2018-19
season.
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