Important Weekly Current Affairs PDF Download (1st to 7th September 2018)

Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 1^st Week of September 2018. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming IBPS RRB 2018 and other competitive exams can make use of it.

Important Weekly Current Affairs 1^st Week of September 2018

1) The National Nutrition Week will be observed throughout the country from – 1st to 7th September

2) India has opened Zokhawthar land immigration check-post in Mizoram along border with – Myanmar

3) Union Government introduces Atal ranking for institutions to promote innovation

4) Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has established Innovation Cell at AICTE premises in – New Delhi.

5) India’s National REDD+ Strategy is released by – Environment Ministry

6) Amethi village to go digital from – September 1

7) Germany to provide Euro 120 million soft loan for – Clean Ganga Mission

8) PM Modi inaugurates 400-bed Nepal-Bharat Maitri Pashupati Dharamshala

9) China to limit number of online games over – myopia fears

10) Home for widows ‘Krishna Kutir’ inaugurated in – UP’s Vrindavan

11) Prakash Javadekar has launched the Innovation Cell and ARIIA in – New Delhi

12) HDFC Bank plans to adopt 30 villages in flood-hit – Kerala

13) Mumbai airport renamed as – Chhatrapati Shivaji ‘Maharaj’ International Airport

14) NSIC Integrated Marketing Development Centre for MSMEs inaugurated in – Bhubaneswar

15) RBI approves re-appointment of Rana Kapoor as – Yes Bank CEO

16) India’s GDP growth in 2018-19 Q1 is – 8.2 per cent.

17) Vodafone Idea’s 1st CEO is – Balesh Sharma

18) Mumbai neurosurgeon Dr B.K. Misra named for – Dr B.C. Roy award

19) Two Indian nationals, Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk, were given – The Ramon Magsaysay award.

20) 6th RCEP Trade `Ministers’ Meeting held in – Singapore

21) ICAR organizes two-day conference on – Motivating & Attracting Youth in Agriculture (MAYA)

23) “Mil -Banche” programme organised in govt schools of – Madhya Pradesh

24) Nitu clinches second successive gold at – World youth boxing championships

25) “Shades of Truth: A Journey Derailed” by – Kapil Sibal

26) New Zealand spinner who has announced her retirement from all forms of cricket is – Morna Nielsen

27) Coconut Development Board is celebrating World Coconut Day 2018 on – 2nd September

28) Census 2021 for first time to collect data on – Other Backwards Castes

29) Nepal-Bharat Maitri Pashupati Dharamshala inaugurated in – Kathmandu

30) China-Maldives Friendship Bridge: First cross-sea bridge in the – Maldives inaugurated

31) Bengal aiming to reduce under nutrition by – 2020.

32) New Chairman of Indian Bank’s Association for 2018-19 is – Sunil Mehta

33) PM Modi Launches India’s Largest Payments Bank, IPPB on – September 1 2018

34) SBI opens e-facilitation facility for army veterans in – Bengal

35) According to NCAER, Indian economy likely to grow at – 7.4% in FY19

36) The new Secretary of the Ministry of Steel is – Binoy Kumar.

37) ICICI Bank reappoints Chanda Kochhar on board of – ICICI Securities

38) Madhavan takes charge as – HAL CMD

39) India, Nepal sign MoU on – Raxual-Kathmandu railway line

40) The 4th International Ayurveda Congress (IAvC) 2018 has been inaugurated at – Leiden, the Netherlands

41) Punjab’s CM launches e-properties module to facilitate online property transactions called – PUDA 360

42) Licence of Bhilwara Mahila Urban Co-operative Bank cancelled by – RBI

43) Next Chief Justice of India is – Justice Ranjan Gogoi

44) Japan’s swimmer Rikako Ikee named Asian Games’ – Most Valued Players

45) Government launched mobile blood donation camp in – West Bengal

46) The Nagaland government has declared the Singphan Wildlife Sanctuary as an – Elephant reserve

47) Madhya Pradesh will organise “Mil -Banche”, an interactive programme between – Schools and society

48) Top source of FDI into India in 2017-18 is – Mauritius

49) ITI Limited partners with start-ups to boost manufacturing of – ICT, IoT and Defence Technology

50) Wipro signed a USD 1.6 billion with Illinois based – Alight Solutions LLC

51) Harvard and Google joint hands and developed an Artificial Intelligence system to – Analyze and predict earthquake

52) Vedanta Resources Plc. has appointed Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan as – The CEO of the company

53) Nehal Chudasama is crowned as the new Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva – Miss Universe India 2018

54) Seventh Meeting of National Medicinal Plants Board held in – New Delhi

55) Gujarat government partners with US advocacy group for – Vibrant Gujarat summit

56) 6th East Asia Summit- Economic Ministers Meeting (EAS-EMM) was held in – Singapore

57) Modi released the book “Moving On, Moving Forward – A Year in Office” written by – Venkaiah Naidu

58) Power System Operation Corporation limited (POSOCO) organization has developed the book on – “Weather Information Portal for Indian Power System”

59) NASA scientists found signs of water in – Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

60) Tsunami mock drill ‘IOWave18’ begins in Sumatra India along with – 23 countries participates in exercise

61) NASA is set to launch the most advanced laser instrument – ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2)

62) In the UEFA Awards, Croatia captain Luka Modric was voted the best player in – Europe

63) Teacher’s Day is celebrated on September 5 every year in – India

64) NASA has announced a public competition seeking novel solutions to turn – Carbon dioxide into useful compounds.

65) UAE revealed the names of the 2 astronauts for the space mission – Hazza al-Mansouri, 34-year-old, and Sultan al-Neyadi, 37-year-old.

66) China pledged to offer USD 60 billion to – Africa

67) Jharkhand Government renames town and railway station after – Bansidhar temple of Lord Krishna

68) China will be Jharkhand’s partner country at the Food Processing Summit slated in – November

69) Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi inaugurates the first luxury cruise ‘Alaknanda’ in – Varanasi

70) Rajasthan Government To Provide Free Mobile Phones To Women Of – BPL Families

71) Paytm Money launched new app for – Google android and Apple iOS

72) RBI buys gold for the first time in – 9 years

73) RBI orders Banks With Over 10 Branches To Have – Internal Ombudsman.

74) ADB unveils new tool to boost access to – Trade Finance

75) Internet Society & ISPAI sign pact to secure Internet infrastructure in – India

76) India and Cyprus signed MoUs on curbing – Money Laundering

77) The International Aviation Summit began in – New Delhi, India.

78) The International Women Entrepreneurs Summit 2018 is being held in – Kathmandu

79) J.P. Nadda inaugurate the ‘71st Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia’, in – New Delhi

80) USIBC to hold its first Summit in – Mumbai

81) Ukraine launched joint military exercises with the U.S. and other – NATO countries

82) Anjum, Apurvi become first set of Indian shooters to secure quota places for – 2020 Olympics

83) FIBA 3×3 World Tour Masters event going to host by – India.

84) Former footballer Arthur Pereira passes away

85) NITI Aayog expert group urges plan to save springs in – Himalayas

86) India not to attend Afghan peace conference in – Moscow

87) TRANSTAN made Aadhaar mandatory for – Organ Transplant

88) India to generate 100 GW solar energy by – 2022

89) In a world first achievement, a lioness at the Ukutula Conservation Center and Biobank in – South Africa

90) 13th President of Pakistan is – Dr Arif Alvi.

91) Puducherry bags top position in National Clean School Award given by – HRD Ministry

92) State Government that denies ‘stop promotion’ rumour on social media is – West Bengal.

93) Lucknow to host 1st International cricket match after – 24 years

94) S&P BSE Private Banks Index: Asia Index Pvt Ltd launches index to measure the performance of – Private Banks

95) India on track to buy 18 bullet trains from Japan for – Rs 7,000 crore

96) HDFC ERGO makes Cyber Insurance Personal with Launch of – E @ Secure

97) 2nd Indian company to cross Rs. 8 trillion market cap is – TCS

98) Amazon India made its e-commerce website and mobile application available in – Hindi

99) Amazon hits USD 1 trillion market capitalisation after – Apple

100) Former India fast bowler who has announced his retirement from Cricket is – RP Singh

101) Conference on E-Mobility in Indian Railways held in – New Delhi

102) Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit released the first copy of “Paritchaikku Bhayamen”, the Tamil translation of – Exam Warriors

103) Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry launched Coffee Connect-India coffee field force app and – Coffee KrishiTharanga

104) India, Kazakhstan joint army exercise KAZIND will be conducted between Indian and Kazakhstan Army in Otar region, Kazakhstan from – 10 to 23 September 2018

105) Indian Kho-Kho team to get financial support for participation in International championship in England

106) Noted Gujarati author Bhagwati Kumar Sharma passes away.

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