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

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

Important Weekly Current Affairs 1st Week January 2018

1) Global Family Day is celebrated each year on – 1st of January.

2) Government has launched BHARAT 22 Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) to benefit long-term and retail investors by providing an opportunity to purchase equity stocks of government-run companies and earn stable returns, The government has allotted- Rs 14,500 crore.

3) Two countries have introduced Value Added Tax (VAT) for the first time they are –  Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates

4) Germany is set to start enforcing a law that demands social media sites move quickly to remove hate speech, fake news and illegal material, the law is named as – Hate Law.      

5) The state government which has published its first draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) that includes the names of 1.9 crore people is – Assam.

6) The state which has emerged as the second state in the Northeast, after Sikkim, to be declared Open Defecation Free – Arunachal Pradesh

7) Telangana government rolled out 24-hour free-electricity supply for – farming sector.

8)The Centre has allotted in capital of Rs.7,577 crore in various weak public sector banks as ordered below

9)For the Information Utility Services envisaged under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, Allahabad Bank entered into an agreement with – National e-Governance Services Limited (NeSL)

 10)Chennai resident women who has attempted a new Guinness World Record for performing yoga continuously for over 105 hours- Kavitha Bharanidaran

11) Indian golfer who wins third Asian Tour title of 2017 – Shiv Kapur

12) On the reflect of continuous terrorist attack in the border Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj has stated that till stops the terrorist attack there will be no bi-lateral series between – India and Pakistan.

 13)The education institute which is to promote the success stories to school-going girls to increase the presence of women in its campus is – IIT- Bombay.

14) Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi inaugurated an online portal NARI in New Delhi for the empowerment of women, the name of the portal is nari.nic.in

15) Bangalore based leading IT firm Infosys has appointed its new CEO – Salil Parekh

16) The Karnataka state government will purchase 640 electric vehicles under the Central government’s scheme called – FAME.

17) Kolkata is set to get its first floating market, named – ‘The Floating Market of Patuli’

18) The State government which launched tourist-friendly police force – Puduchery

19)  The country which Strong Underwater Servilance Network In Indian Ocean is – China.

20) HSBC predicts India’s growth rate is to be expected in 2017-18 – 6.5 percent

       Useful Info:

       It is slowly improve to 7 percent by 2018-19.

       It will reach 7.6 percent by 2019-20.

21) Country’s largest lender State Bank of India and Agri house NABARD have signed an agreement with five NGOs for the promotion of 2,500 joint liability groups (JLGs) in – West Bengal

22) Indian Railways is set to launch its own co-branded debit card and also hold monthly lottery draw to give 100% cash-back to 10 lucky passengers for this Railways tie-up with – SBI

23) After invested in PayTm and BigBasket, Alibaba going to invest $100 Mn in Logistic sector – XpressBees, Pune based logistic firm

24) Future group one of the India’s largest retailers buys the Snapdeals logistic firm – Vulcan Express for 50Cr.

25)To increase the healthy competition in the maritime sector government is offered “Samudra Manthan – Caring Organisation of the Year” award 2018 to – The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust

26) Nations largest lender State Bank of India brings down its base rate 30 percent it will come to effect from –  January 2, 2018.

27) Customers will not have to pay any transaction charges for payments through debit card, BHIM app and other payment made for up to – Rs 2,000.

28) 171st Araadhanai Music Festival begins in – Thiruvaiyaru Thyagaraja temple, Tamil Nadu.

29) Senior diplomat Vijay Keshav Gokhale was appointed as Foreign Secretary for a two-year term, He will succeed S Jaishankar.

30) The former chief of the country’s Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW) who was appointed as the next deputy National Security Advisor – Rajinder Khanna

• Useful Info: Present National Security Advisor of India is Ajith Doval

31) According to the NABARD (Amendment) bill the authorized capital is raised – to 30000 Cr from 5000 Cr

32) The first cricketer to hit three centuries in T20I cricket after smashing a 47-ball ton against West Indies is – New Zealand opener Colin Munro.

33) Carnatic singer Radha Vishwanathan died in Bengaluru at the 83.She was a daughter of a legendry singer M.S. Subbulakshmi.

34) World Braille Day is annually celebrated on- January 4

35) The opening ceremony of the 22nd National Youth Festival, the Centre has decided to move the festival venue from Jaipur to Noida.

36) The 105th Indian Science Congress (ISC) will be held from March 16 to 20 at – Manipur University in Imphal.

37) The country which becomes the first country to make it illegal to pay men more than women – Iceland

38) The Pakistan Navy successfully test-fired the indigenously developed naval cruise missile – Harba

39)  The state government that makes solar power plants mandatory for new buildings is – Haryana.

40) Indian apex bank RBI orders all the banks to recalibrate ATM to install – new Rs.200

41) The Grameena Vikas Bank which has operationalised it’s first desktop ATM at Kasibugga in Mandi Bazar of Warangal in Telangana – The Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank (APGVB)

42) The 5th airport in India having CAT III landing system is Kolkata’s Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport

43) India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) signed an agreement for the training of employees of the latter in the area of payment banking with The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA)

44) SBI had increased the minimum balance requirement to Rs 5,000 in June. Because of public backlash the bank brought down the minimum balance requirement to Rs 3,000 in metros, Rs 2,000 in semi-urban and Rs 1,000 in rural areas.

45) The government has notified a new 7.75 per cent taxable Savings bond scheme for retail investors. These bonds are mature in seven-year will open for sale from the – 10th of January.

46) Reserve Bank of India to issue new Rs 10 note in chocolate brown colour:

• India’s central bank will soon issue a new Rs 10 note in chocolate brown colour.
• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has already printed 1 billion pieces of the new note. Further, the new note will bear the picture of Konark Sun Temple.
• The design received the go-ahead from the government last week. Earlier in 2005, the central bank had changed the design of the old Rs 10 note.

47) World Book Fair opens at Pragati Maidan in the national capital New Delhi, organised by the National Book Trust in association with India Trade Promotion Organisation. focus is – Environmental issues:

48) India’s first park for people with special needs was inaugurated by Telangana Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao in Hyderabad.

49) The Indian Railways has dropped service charges levied on online bookings through its website till – March 31, 2018.

50) A week-long international kite festival has been launched in Gujarat

51). World’s first sand art certificate course in March, 2018 launched by – Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)

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