Current affairs notes on 02/08/2018

1.India and Germany have signed an agreement on financial and technical cooperation focusing on sustainable urban development and renewable energy.

2.The US has elevated India's status in the export control regime and designated it as a Strategic Trade Authorization-1 (STA-1) country. This will allow India to buy more advanced and sensitive technologies from America. India is the only South Asian country to be on the list. 

3.China successfully launched The Gaofen-11 satellite, an optical remote sensing satellite, as part of its high-resolution Earth observation project, It will also provide data for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

4.The Madhya Pradesh government will observe the 2018 Independence Day eve as Shahid Samman Divas to honour martyrs.

5.The 2018 BRICS Film Festival took place in Durban, South Africa, along with the International Durban Film Festival (DIFF) from 22-27th July. 'Newton'The Indian film bagged the best film award at the 3rd edition of the BRICS Film Festival 2018.

6.The first ‘Nepal-India Think Tank’ Summit was held in Kathmandu on July 31 to foster greater collaboration and knowledge-sharing among the think tanks of the two countries. 

7.‘State Energy Efficiency Preparedness Index’ has been released by Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), the nationwide Index is a joint effort of the NITI Aayog and BEE. Performing states are Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, and Rajasthan.

8.India has unveiled a tagline and a tricolour logo for geographical indication (GI) certified products. A GI is primarily an agricultural, natural or a manufactured product (handicrafts and industrial goods) originating from a definite geographical territory. A total of 320 products have been conferred the GI status in India so far.



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