Current affairs notes on 05/09/2018-06/09/2018

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, 

5.BSNL has roped in Indian boxer M.C.Mary Kom as its brand ambassador for two years. Mary Kom will endorse and be engage in promotional activities of BSNL for its various services.

6.India to buy 18 bullet trains from Japan for Rs 7,000 crore. Each train will have 10 coaches and would be able to cruise at the speed of 350 km per hour. Purpose:- To launch India's first bullet train by 2022.National High-Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL) will be responsible for executing the project of the high-speed train corridor. 

7.The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently introduced Internal Ombudsman (IO) scheme 2018 to tighten internal grievance redressal system at Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs). In it, RBI has given statutory powers to Internal Ombudsman (IO) under section 35 A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949.

8. The first round of the ‘two-plus-two dialogue’ between India and the US will be held in New Delhi on September 6. Both sides will discuss the long-pending Communications, Compatibility, Security Agreement “COMCASA”. It will help India obtain critical and encrypted defence technologies for Indian defence platforms from the US.

9.India has recently signed five pacts with Bulgaria in the fields of Civil Nuclear cooperation, Investment, Tourism, Science & Technology (S&T) and establishment of Hindi chair at Sofia University, after delegation level talks between President Ram Nath Kovind and his counterpart Rumen Radev. 

10.The Indo-Kazakhstan joint Army exercise ‘KAZIND 2018’ will be conducted between the Indian and Kazakhstan Army from 10 to 23 Sep 2018 in Otar region, Kazakhstan. 

11.India and France has recently signed an agreement to collaborate on ISRO’s first human spaceflight programme “Gaganyaan”. The aim of the Gaganyaan mission is to send a 3-member crew to space for a period of 5 to 7 days by 2022. 

12.The joint maritime naval exercise “SLINEX-2018” will be held between Indian & Sri Lankan navy at Trincomalee, Sri Lanka from September 7 to 13.

13.The Government is celebrating the month of September, 2018 as the National Nutrition Month under the Poshan Abhiyan.POSHAN Abhiyaan (National Nutrition Mission) was launched on 8th March, 2018.

14.The government has launched Coffee Connect – India coffee field force app and Coffee Krishi Tharanga – digital mobile extension services for coffee stakeholders.

15.The Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned the project“Development of Rural Circuit: Malanad Malabar Cruise Tourism Project’ in Kerala (Kannur) under Swadesh Darshan Scheme .It started based ontourist circuits in the country. It is 100% centrally funded.

16.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved continuation of the Centrally Sponsored Umbrella Scheme of Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats (CSS-IDWH) beyond the 12thPlan period from 2017-18 to 2019-20. It contains Project Tiger, Development of Wildlife Habitats (CSS-DWH) and Project Elephant. It gives Support to Protected Areas (National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Conservation Reserves and Community Reserves).

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