Page-6 of Current Affairs - February, 2018

India offers $1 million aid to Tonga

February 22, 2018

India has contributed $1 million aid Tonga for rehabilitation efforts after island was hit by Tropical Cyclone Gita which had caused massive destruction across the pacific ocean archipelago. India will provide $500,000 for immediate relief assistance and remaining $500,000 from ..

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India to host first International Solar Alliance summit

February 22, 2018

India is going to host first International Solar Alliance (ISA) summit in March 2018 in New Delhi. It will be hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and attended by leaders from over 50 member countries. It will include French President ..

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DAC approves procurement of BMP-2 infantry combat vehicles and survey training vessel

February 22, 2018

Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gave approval to procure BMP-2 infantry combat vehicles for Indian Army and survey training vessel for Indian Navy at cost of Rs. 1, 850 crores. DAC is Defence Ministry’s highest ..

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Avani Chaturvedi: First woman fighter pilot to fly fighter jet

February 22, 2018

Flying officer Avani Chaturvedi (24) created history by becoming first Indian woman pilot of Indian Air Force (IAF) to complete a solo flight in a MiG-21 Bison fighter aircraft. She had achieved this feat by completing half-an-hour long solo flight ..

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MoUs worth Rs 4.28 lakh crore inked at UP Investors Summit

February 22, 2018

The Uttar Pradesh government signed 1,045 Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) amounting to proposed investments worth Rs 4.28 lakh crore at UP Investors Summit 2018 in Lucknow. The summit was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and gave 4-P mantra: Potential, ..

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Jaipur's Gandhinagar railway station becomes 1st fully women operated non-suburban station

February 22, 2018

The Gandhi Nagar railway station in Jaipur, Rajasthan became the country’s first major non-suburban railway station to be fully-managed by women. It is the second in the country to be managed solely by women – the first being Matunga in ..

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Light transport aircraft SARAS successfully completes second test-flight

February 21, 2018

India’s indigenous developed light transport aircraft SARAS PT1N has successfully completed second test-flight. It was the second of the 20 test flights planned for SARAS PT1N, before it is frozen to production version.  The first successful test was carried out ..

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N Gopalaswami Committee to select top 20 educational institutes of eminence

February 21, 2018

Government  has constituted Empowered Expert Committee (EEC) to select 20 Institutions of Eminence from among 104 institutions (public or private) that have applied for the status. The committee will be headed by former Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) N Gopalaswami. Its ..

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RBI constitutes YH Malegam committee to monitor bad loans, rising cases of frauds, audits

February 21, 2018

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constituted an expert committee to look into the entire gamut of issues relating to classification of bad loans, effectiveness of audits and rising incidents of frauds. The committee will be headed by Y H ..

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Northeast’s first regional Centre for Agriculture with Israeli collaboration to come up in Mizoram

February 21, 2018

Northeast India’s first regional Centre for Agriculture with collaboration of Israel will be inaugurated in Mizoram in March 2018. It will be first such centre in North East region of India being established with Israeli collaboration. There are 22 such ..

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