Current Affairs Notes Daily

1. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched a new web portal 'Budget Dashboard', incorporating features of Ministry of AYUSH and Department of Health Research. It will have information on budget, expenditure and Bill Payment position. 2. Sakshi Malik settled for a Silver medal at the Medved International Wrestling tournament at Minsk, Belarus last night. In the Final of the 62 kg category, Sakshi lost to Hungary's Marianna Sastin. 3.Saudi Arabia is to join as the third strategic partner of the $50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).  The CPEC is the flagship project of the multi-billion dollar Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a project of Chinese President Xi Jinping. It aimed at enhancing Beijing's influence around the world through China-funded infrastructure projects. 4.Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated a new airport at Jharsuguda odisha ,The airport has been developed under the Centre's UDAN scheme. 5.Prime Mi

1. India and Niger singed an MOU for establishment of the Mahatma Gandhi International Convention Centre in Niamey, Niger. This was signed Mr. Saidil Mohamed's visit in India. 2. Cyclone-30 , the biggest cyclotron in India for medical application became operational in at VECC, Kolkata. It is under the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and will be commissioned in 2019.This facility will provide for affordable radio isotopes and related radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic and therapeutic use for cancer care.  3.DRDO successfully flight tested the indigenously developed surface-to-surface tactical missile 'Prahaar' , 'Prahar' is a contemporary weapon system capable of carrying multiple types of warheads and neutralizing a wide variety of targets.  150 Km is the strike range of 'Prahar'. 4.The Odisha Assembly has recently passed a unanimous resolution to name the newly-built Jharsuguda airport after noted freedom fighter Veer Surendra Sai. P

1. Tajinder Mukherjee has taken over as the Chairman and Managing Director of National Insurance Company Limited (NICL).  2. Kamlesh Nilakanth Vyas , Director of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, has been appointed as the Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission and the Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy. 3.The Government of India (GoI) has proposed to merge state-owned Vijaya Bank, Dena Bank and Bank of Baroda (BoB) to create India's third largest lender as parts of reforms in the public sector banking segment. The decision was taken at the meeting of a ministerial panel headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley which oversees merger proposals of state-owned banks. 4.The Odisha government has launched a 'Star-Rating' system for industries to check air pollution. It's a first-of-its-kind initiative in the state to ensure transparency in compliance to pollution standards. The initiative will help public find out whether industries in their vicinity are fai

1. The Delhi government has signed a "Friendship and Cooperation Agreement" with the Seoul Metropolitan Government under which the two cities would exchange expertise for betterment in 12 fields including environment, transport, tourism, solid waste management and public health. 2.(ISRO) successfully launched PSLV C 42 with two British earth observation satellites NovaSAR and S1-4 in precision from the Sathish Dhawan Space Centre Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. NovaSAR is intended to be used for forest mapping, land use and ice cover monitoring, flood & disaster monitoring.S1-4 will be used for surveying resources, environment monitoring, urban management and disaster monitoring. 3. Punjab National Bank (PNB) bagged the "Rajbhasha Kirti" award for outstanding performance in implementing the Official Language Policy during 2017-18. The award was given on the occasion of Hindi Diwas (15th September).  4.According to the 14th report "HIV Estimat

1. India and Malta  to come together for strengthening cooperation in Tourism MoU to boost economy for both countries.The Main objectives of the MoU are to encourage the quality destination of tourism industry in both countries. 2.The government of Andhra Pradesh entered into a MOU with Mastercard and launched a mobile platform,  e-Rythu  (e-farmer in Telugu) enabling small-scale farmers to market their produce at reasonable prices. The government aims to integrate the e-Rythu with existing platforms such as-e- NAM  (National Agricultural Market). 3.The second edition of the 10-day Nepal-China joint military exercise  "Sagarmatha Friendship-2018"  will be held at Chengdu, the capital of China's southwestern Sichuan Province, from September 17.  4.The Supreme Court has appointed a 3-member committee headed by  D.K. Jain,  a former judge of the court, to probe the harrowing arrest and alleged torture of former space scientist Nambi Narayanan in the 'ISRO s

1. Delhi government has rolled out its ambitious project to deliver public services at the doorstep of residents. It's first of kind service in the country for doorstep delivery of essential government services. 2.India and Afghanistan agreed to enhance cooperation under the 'New Development Partnership'. India had announced taking up 116 "high impact community developmental projects" in Afghanistan. 3.The Ministry of External Affairs signed an agreement with the Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL) for the implementation of e-Network Project between India and Africa. The two projects namely e-VidyaBharati and e-AarogyaBharati (e-VBAB) will work in the field of tele-education and tele-medicine. The projects will be completely funded by the Government of India. 4. India, Iran and Afghanistan held their first tripartite meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan during which implementation of the Chabahar port project and a host of other issues includin

1. Exercise Nomadic Elephant is an annual, bilateral exercise since 2006 which is designed to strengthen the partnership between Indian Army and Mongolian Armed Forces. The 12 days long Indo-Mongolia joint exercise Nomadic Elephant-2018, commenced at Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF). 2.Australian Open 2018 tournament concluded in January 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. Roger Federer of Switzerland won in the men's Singles category after defeating Marin Cilic of Croatia. In women's singles category, Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark defeated Simona Halep of Romania. 3.The first of its kind university in the country in the transport sector, the National Rail and Transportation Institute (NRTI), started operations. Currently, it is functioning out of the National Academy of Indian Railways, Vadodara. 4.The Airports Authority of India (AAI) cancelled the proposed water aerodrome project at Chilika Lake in Odisha as it would have a negative impact on the ecosystem and the surrou

1. Naomi Osaka became the first Japanese woman to win a Grand Slam title after she registered an emphatic win over Serena Williams in the finals of the U.S Open. 2.In the US Open Tennis, Novak Djokovic of Serbia won the Men's singles final. He defeated Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina in straight sets. It was Djokovic's 14th Grand Slam title and the third US Open title. 3.India's current account deficit (CAD) widened to a four-quarter-high at 2.4% of gross domestic product (GDP) in April-June period on the back of rising crude oil prices, from 1.9% of GDP in the January-March quarter of 2017-18. The  current account deficit  is a measurement of a country's trade where the value of the goods and services it imports exceeds the value of the goods and services it exports. 4. China launched a new marine satellite HY-1C on Long March-2C rocket for surveying climate change recently. 5.The armies of India and the US decided to hold an annual combat exercise

1. The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the 3-day Defence & Homeland Security Expo and Conference - 2018, organised by PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry in association with Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in New Delhi.  2.The Telangana State Cabinet has recommended the dissolution of the State Legislative Assembly. The decision was taken at a meeting of the State Cabinet that was chaired by Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao. 3.Google launched a new search engine called 'Dataset Search', which works in multiple languages, to help scientists, data journalists and others find data required for their work. 4. In a landmark judgement on September 6, the Supreme Court of India (SCI) struck down Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and decriminalized homosexuality. IPC Section 377 came into force in 1861 during the British rule of India. 5.Recently, the Delta Force has celebrated its 25th Raising Day on September 6 i

1. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned Rs 335 crore under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) to West Bengal. The fund was allotted in August 2018. It will be used for 158 minor irrigation projects and 23 flood protection projects.  2.Arif Alvi is elected as the President of Pakistan. He is a close ally of Prime Minister Imran Khan and one of the founding members of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party.  3.Anjum Moudgil and Apurvi Chandela became the first set of Indian shooters to secure quota places for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Moudgil finished 2nd on the podium and won a silver in the women's 10m air rifle event of the ISSF's World Championship 2018 in Changwon, South Korea on September 3. 4. The Government of India (GoI) has provided first-ever financial support to International sporting event 'Kho Kho' at the First International Kho Kho Championship in England from 1st to 4th September, 2018, 

1. The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has announced new ranking system - named Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) - for higher educational institutions to promote culture of innovation and research in higher education at AICTE in New Delhi.  2.Minister of State for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik inaugurated the Fourth International Ayurveda Congress (IAvC) at the Netherlands.  A special Seminar is also organized by the Indian Embassy titled "India-Netherlands collaboration in Healthcare, including Ayurveda". 3.Indian economy grew by 8.2% in the first quarter (April-June) of the current fiscal, the highest in over two years. This announcement was made by Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley. The manufacturing sector grew by 13.5% which signals very good turnaround in the sector. 4.Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) made public 13 standardised advanced ship designs suitable for large barge haulage on river Ganga (National Wat