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Contents:
Important Dates and Events___________________________________ 3
Appointments News _________________________________________ 6
Agreements News __________________________________________ 7
Other Important Updates _____________________________________ 8
National News _____________________________________________ 9
International News _________________________________________ 15
Business News ____________________________________________ 18
Sports News ______________________________________________ 21
Science and Technology News ________________________________ 24
Awards News _____________________________________________ 24
Resignations and Retirements News ___________________________ 24
Defense News _____________________________________________ 25
Obituary News ____________________________________________ 26
Current Affairs 2017 - 18 PDF Collections _______________________ 27
More Current Affairs _______________________________________ 28
More Important GK Sections _________________________________ 28
Recommendations _________________________________________ 28
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Important Dates and Events
▪ Indian Coast Guard Day is Celebrated on 1stFebruary every year
▪ No Politics Day is always celebrated on February 1 st
▪ National Freedom Day is celebrated on Feb 1st which celebrates
freedom from slavery, and recognizes that America is a symbol of
freedom.
▪ World Wetlands Day occurs annually on February 2nd, marking the
date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on February
2, 1971.
▪ Candlemas is celebrated on 2nd February. Candlemas is the last
holiday of the Christmas season.
▪ World Cancer Day is an international day marked on February 4 to
raise awareness of cancer and to encourage its prevention,
detection, and treatment.
▪ National Day of Sri Lanka is celebrated on 4 th February.
▪ National Weatherman's Day is celebrated on 5 th February. This
day honors weathermen, and woman who work hard to accurately
predict the often fickle weather.
▪ Kashmir Solidarity Day or Kashmir Day , is a national holiday in
Pakistan and also observed by Kashmiri nationalists on 5 February
each year.
▪ International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
is a United Nations-sponsored annual awareness day that takes
place on February 6.
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▪ National Pizza Day is always celebrated on February 9 in America.
▪ Umbrella Day is celebrated on 10 th February every year. It is in
honor of one of the world's most invaluable invention.
▪ The World Day of the Sick is celebrated on 11 th February.
▪ National Inventors Day is celebrated on February 11 th. U.S.
President Ronald Reagan declared this day to be National
Inventors Day.
▪ Abraham Lincoln Birthday is celebrated on 12 th February every
year.
▪ World Radio Day is an observance day held annually on 13
February. World Radio Day is about celebrating radio.
▪ Ferris Wheel Day is celebrated on 14 th February. The purpose of
this day is to celebrate the birthday of this great inventor George
Washington Gale Ferris.
▪ National Organ Donor Day is celebrated on February 14 th. It
encourages people to sign up to donate their organs. It may save a
life.
▪ Valentine's Day is celebrated on 14 th February every year. It is a
celebration of love and lovers.
▪ President Day is celebrated on third Monday in February.
President's Day is a day set aside to honor all of the U.S.
presidents.
▪ World Day of Social Justice is celebrated on 20 th February.
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▪ International Mother Language Day is a worldwide annual
observance held on 21 February to promote awareness of
linguistic.
▪ George Washington Birthday is celebrated on February 22nd.
▪ Play Tennis Day is celebrated on 23 rd February every year.
▪ The World Sustainable Energy Days is an annual sustainability
conference held in Austria it took place on 24 th February.
▪ Central Excise Day to be celebrated on 24th February. This day
holds a high significance as it marks the ratification of central &
excise salt act.
▪ Polar Bear Day is celebrated on 27 th February every year. This day
celebrates the world's largest carnivore.
▪ National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28 February each
year to mark the discovery of the Raman effect by Indian physicist
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman.
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Appointments News
➢ Sony CFO Yoshida to replace CEO Hirai.
➢ Surendra Kumar new Chief Electoral Officer of Odisha.
➢ Roberto Fabbricini takes the appointment as emergency leader of
Italian football federation.
➢ Luigi Di Biagio appointed Italy football team interim head coach.
➢ Murugappan takes charge of Murugappa Group.
➢ GoAir appoints Jyri Strandman as Chief Operating Officer.
➢ IRDAI appoints Vasantha Krishna as insurance ombudsman for
Chennai.
➢ Rakesh Singh appointed private banking head at HDFC Bank.
➢ Vidit Gujrathi appointed as a brand ambassador of All India Chess
Federation for Chess.
➢ Tushar Mehta was appointed as the new Special Public Prosecutor
for the 2G case.
➢ Ashok Das appointed Indian envoy to Brazil.
➢ NITI Aayog official appoints Dinesh Arora as PM’s healthcare
programme director.
➢ Sachin Tendulkar made T20 Mumbai League’s brand ambassador
➢ ICHR has appointed Arvind Jamkhedhar as chairman
➢ GoAir appoints Jyri Strandman as Chief Operating Officer.
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Agreements News
India joins Ashgabat agreement.
Iran to lease part of Chabahar port to India for 18 months.
India and Canada ink pact adding feather to boost sports mutually.
India and Canada ink six pacts.
Reliance inks MoUs with Andhra Pradesh government for Rs 52,000-
crore investment.
Food processing sector signs 168 MoUs with the state, proposes to
invest Rs 3,424 Cr.
India Gas Solutions signs MoU with AP to create marketing infra for
natural gas.
India and Iran sign several MoUs.
Cipla partners with Roche India to sell key drugs.
Trump reaches deal $3.9 billion deal with Boeing on Air Force One
planes.
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Other Important Updates Top 10 International Intellectual Property Index
• United States
• United Kingdom
• Germany
• Japan
• Sweden
• France
• Switzerland
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Italy
India's rank - 43rd
Top 5 Countries of Economic Freedom Index 2017
• Hong Kong
• Singapore
• New Zealand
• Switzerland
• Australia
India’s Rank 143
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National News
❖ Pay, pension hike likely to be announced in Karnataka Budget.
❖ Arun Jaitley to presented Modi govt’s last Budget in Parliament on
Feb 1st.
❖ EC issues Meghalaya assembly election notification.
❖ Union budget 2018: A budget for Bharat, but middle India sulks.
❖ Union Budget 2018: A Big role for private players in providing
health services.
❖ Nearly 20 percent reduction in the budget for metro projects.
❖ Over 63 percent cut in the budget for transparency watchdog CIC
and RTI.
❖ Rajdhanis, Shatabdis to get modern coaches.
❖ Ex-Congress MP Devvrat Singh joins Ajit Jogi’s party.
❖ To counter China, a new tunnel to build at 13,700 feet in
Arunachal Pradesh.
❖ Railways to spend over Rs 73,000 crore on safety.
❖ Maharashtra launched 4 new schemes in agriculture and allied
sectors.
❖ Sushma Swaraj meet Nepal leaders with assurances of India’s
support.
❖ I&B Ministry to broadcast DD news in 100 countries.
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❖ Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Global Investors’
Summit in Guwahati.
❖ Maharashtra govt to allocate more funds for agriculture in state
budget
❖ Indian, US air forces to expand cooperation to combat challenges
in Indo-Pacific.
❖ TDP says its ties with BJP intact, for now.
❖ Railways to launch whistleblower staff website.
❖ Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant gets the extension till June 30, 2019.
❖ Israeli and Indian officials to meet to discuss terrorism.
❖ India, Egypt boost cooperation in the field of antiquities.
❖ Maharashtra becomes the first state to clear policy to promote the
use of technology in financial services.
❖ US announces 2+2 ministerial dialogue with India to take place in
Washington DC.
❖ Govt floats tender for 2,000 MW wind power projects.
❖ Shatabdi, Rajdhani, Duronto trains to have 4 CCTV cameras in
every coach.
❖ Union Cabinet approves an auction of 60 oil and gas fields of
ONGC, OIL.
❖ Govt gives approval, financial sanction to build 12 nuclear power
reactors.
❖ Karnataka panel proposes 3-colour official state flag.
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❖ Patna airport slips 15 places in global rankings.
❖ Maharashtra to appoint 30 PROs to act as ‘link’ between state and
media.
❖ Bengaluru-Vidyanagar flight expected to boost industry, tourism.
❖ Kerala tops NITI Aayog Health Index, Uttar Pradesh worst
performer.
❖ Smart Cities Mission: Rs 5,961 crore released between FY16
and FY17.
❖ Govt launches an app to monitor fly ash from thermal plants.
❖ PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the first H indu
temple in Abu Dhabi.
❖ Defence Ministry sanctions Rs 1,487 cr to Army to boost perimeter
security.
❖ Govt plans SOS buttons to get installed on trains to tackle
emergencies.
❖ Govt plans anti-human trafficking unit under NIA.
❖ IMD will expand its forecast facility to 6,500 blocks by this year-
end.
❖ India, UAE agree to work on joint development projects.
❖ Govt released Rs 9,940 crore to states for Smart Cities Mission.
❖ Railways introduce refurbished Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani train.
❖ From April 1, pay Rs 200 to enter Taj mausoleum.
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❖ Meghalaya governor inaugurates India, Bangladesh ‘Friendship
Gate’.
❖ First Abu Dhabi oil to flow for Mangalore storage by May.
❖ South Africa expects over 1 lakh Indians in 2018.
❖ TN’s share from Cauvery should be reduced by 50 tmcft.
❖ PM Modi congratulates Oli on taking oath as Nepal PM.
❖ JD(S) ties up with NCP for Karnataka assembly elections.
❖ PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate conference at World Sustainable
Development Summit.
❖ Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik rules out BJD alliance with BJP.
❖ Kashmir to host major national tourism convention after 30 years.
❖ Central schemes get the boost in UP budget.
❖ No reservation charts on trains from March 1.
❖ Central govt. to set up 562 more Ekalavya schools
❖ Modi inaugurated ‘Magnetic Maharashtra’ Investors’ Summit in
Mumbai.
❖ Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan inaugurated CPA conference.
❖ Shilpa Shetty’s The Dairy of Domestic Diva Launched.
❖ Ola ‘Auto Unnati’ launched to ensure healthy ecosystem for Auto
driver.
❖ PM Modi opens ‘biggest party office in the world’.
❖ PM Modi opens Rs 7,900 crore 4th terminal at JNPT.
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❖ Maharashtra government to launch cheap sanitary pad scheme on
March 8.
❖ Air Odisha takes wings, launches maiden flight in Gujarat under
Udan.
❖ BJP wins Gujarat civic polls, gets 27 of 28 seats in PM Modi’s town.
❖ Mizoram budget to be presented on March 15.
❖ PM Modi to inaugurate first ever TB India summit next month.
❖ Govt to complete 50 of 99 irrigation plans by 2018.
❖ Cabinet okays Rs 60,000 crore fund for urban housing plan.
❖ PM Modi announces Rs 20,000 crore defence production corridor
in UP.
❖ Avani becomes first-ever Indian woman to fly a fighter aircraft
solo, that too a MiG-21.
❖ Bihar CM visits Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum in Japan.
❖ Kamal Haasan party’s name is Makkal Needhi Maiam.
❖ India ranks 81 in global corruption perception index.
❖ Indian set to begin operations at Chabahar Port by May -end.
❖ The first sale of electoral bonds from March 1.
❖ India To Host 1st International Solar Alliance In March 2018
❖ Rajya Sabha polls for 59 seats to be held on March 23
❖ PM Modi Launches Amma 2 Wheeler Scheme in Tamil Nadu.
❖ The 15th edition of BioAsia 2018 held in Hyderabad
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❖ GoM proposes April 1 date for e-way bill rollout.
❖ Rahul Gandhi flags off Vrukshathon 2018 half marathon in
Karnataka.
❖ Andhra govt to go fully online by March-end, says Chandrababu
Naidu.
❖ Isro’s new communication satellites to usher in the high -speed
internet era.
❖ PM Modi to launch National Nutrition Mission next month.
❖ World’s tallest war memorial to come up at Amaravati.
❖ EC likely to announce Karnataka poll schedule in 2nd week of April.
❖ Meenakshi temple to ban mobile phones from March 3 over
security.
❖ Foodgrain production may touch record 277 mn tonnes.
❖ India, Pakistan trade heavy fire on LoC.
❖ Congress wins majority seats in Ludhiana Municipal Corporation
elections.
❖ Tata Steel to host 179th founder’s day celebration.
❖ India, Nepal to hold the joint exercise in Pithoragarh.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
➢ Australian govt will not finance Adani group’s rail link project.
➢ China to make the more polluted land safe for agriculture by 2020.
➢ Indian, US air forces to deepen cooperation in Indo-Pacific region.
➢ Bhutan opens a consulate in Guwahati, Assam.
➢ Donald Trump to host Australian PM Turnbull.
➢ World’s longest Zipline opens in UAE with speeds of up to 150 KPH.
➢ Hong Kong approves the ban on local ivory trading by 2021.
➢ SpaceX set to launch ‘world’s most powerful rocket’ that aims for
Mars.
➢ SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy successfully takes off, launches Elon Musk’s
roadster in space.
➢ The US launches new air attacks against Taliban.
➢ Venezuela sets April 22 for election after talks break down.
➢ Los Angeles Times sold to the local billionaire for $500 million.
➢ China deploys Sukhoi-35 fighter jets in the South China Sea to
counter US patrols.
➢ Former Bangladesh PM Khaleda Zia gets five years in jail for
corruption.
➢ World’s tallest hotel opened in Dubai on Feb 12.
➢ China building huge test site for unmanned ships.
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➢ Myanmar signs a ceasefire with two rebel groups amid decades of
conflict.
➢ US Democrats propose more than $1 billion for election
cybersecurity.
➢ India overtakes the UK in defence spending says report.
➢ KP Oli takes over as Nepal’s Prime Minister.
➢ South African parliament elects Ramaphosa as the new president.
➢ Japanese, US astronauts on the spacewalk to fix robotic arm.
➢ Saudi women can now start their own business without male
permission.
➢ Presidents of Russia, Turkey, Iran to meet in Turkey in April.
➢ China has the highest number of smart city pilot projects.
➢ Venezuela’s digital coin makes a debut.
➢ Krishna Kumari Kolhi will be Pakistan’s first Hindu woman to
become Senator.
➢ Scientists discover the secret to the ancient Roman gate to hell.
➢ Singapore hosts record 1.27 million Indian travellers in 2017.
➢ Bhutan, China to hold boundary talks next month.
➢ Saudi Arabia hosts its first ever jazz festival in Riyadh.
➢ Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe takes over additional charge
of Law, Order minister.
➢ China shuts down 3,908 websites in piracy crackdown.
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➢ Michael McCormack replaces Barnaby Joyce as Australia
Deputy PM.
➢ Nawaz Sharif becomes lifetime leader of PML-N.
➢ China developing 400 kmph bullet train.
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BUSINESS NEWS
• Tata Group to begin 17 cancer care centres across Assam from
2019.
• Indian Oil to invest Rs 3,400 crore in Assam to expand operations.
• Sterlite Power to invest $10 billion in the next 4 years.
• New India Assurance posts a profit of Rs 617 crore in the third
quarter.
• Amazon.com posts a profit of nearly $2 billion, the largest in its
history.
• Apple likely to start assembling iPhone 6s in India.
• Google installs 150 ‘Google Station’ Wi-Fi hotspots in Pune.
• Singtel to raise stake in Bharti Telecom for 2,649 crores.
• Doritos to launch ‘lady-friendly’ tortilla chips.
• Alphabet shifts thermostat maker nest into Google.
• BSNL starts 4G services in India from Kerala.
• Reliance Jio will broadcast PyeongChang Winter Olympics 2018 in
India.
• Google fined Rs 136 crore in India for ‘search bias’.
• Google rewarded $3 million to bug bounties in 2017.
• Omics International to launch in Hyderabad soon.
• L&T Hydrocarbon Engineering gets Rs 2,200 crore order.
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• ITC to invest Rs 1,100 cr in Uttar Pradesh.
• Apple working on lighter VR headset that will help for a longer
period.
• India Post Payments Bank pan-India roll out from April.
• You can now book an Ola cab from Hike Messenger.
• BHEL bags Rs 560-cr order from NTPC for equipment installation in
Dadri power station.
• Microsoft will integrate Chalk up features into Teams.
• Dyson to invest A£150 mn in India.
• Sanjiv Bajaj is EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2017.
• Google’s ad network for apps nears $20 billion in annual revenue.
• Idea Cellular launches up to Rs 35 billion QIP.
• Amazon to pay $1.2 million in the settlement over pesticide sales.
• India slides 16 spots to 78th position on globalisation index over
11 years.
• Google’s new technology to help 911 operators accurately locate
callers.
• Fairfax to acquire 51% in Catholic Syrian Bank.
• Mivi to start manufacturing its products in India.
• You can now pay utility bills through Google Tez.
• Egyptian firm to buy $15 billion of Israeli natural gas.
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• India’s 1st 5G Trial Successful, 3 GB/Sec Speed Achieved.
• Samsung unveils S9 at Mobile World Congress.
• Dropbox files for the public stock offering of $500 million.
• RBI raises currency derivative trade limit to $100 million.
• OYO to reappear on MakeMyTrip.
• Google integrates its mobile payment app with SBI.
• Airtel, Google to launch Android Go phones in India.
• Reliance Jio ties up with Cisco to deploy multi-access edge
computing
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SPORTS NEWS
Shi Yuqi glad to clinch India Open badminton men’s title after
barren 2017.
Shubhankar Sharma wins Malaysia title
Bei Wei Zhang beats PV Sindhu, wins Indian Open 2018.
Chelsea completes Olivier Giroud signing from Arsenal.
PM Modi launched Khelo India School Games.
Arsenal sign Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in club record transfer.
Mesut Ozil extends Arsenal contract until 2021.
London to host inaugural eight-nation World Cup.
MotoGP unveils MotoE electric bike series from 2019.
Viswanathan Anand to make Pro Chess League debut.
MS Dhoni 4th wicketkeeper to effect 400 dismissals in ODIs.
Jhulan Goswami becomes the first woman to pick 200 ODI wickets.
Haryana crowned champions of Khelo India School Games with 38
gold medals.
Asian Para-Cycling Championships: India win one silver, two
bronze.
Railways win senior women’s hockey nationals.
Virat Kohli becomes 5th highest run-getter in ODIs from India.
Manchester City costliest club in history.
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Virat Kohli’s Team India first to win an ODI series in SA.
India wins silver at Asian Games basketball test event.
Haas first Formula One team to show off their 2018 car.
Mumbai Indians to take on Chennai Super Kings in IPL 2018
opener.
Ishant Sharma to represent Sussex in his maiden County stint.
Odisha govt replace Sahara as Indian hockey team sponsors.
Roger Federer becomes oldest tennis world number one with the
win in Rotterdam.
Virat Kohli first batsman ever to score 500 runs in bilateral ODI
series.
Afghanistan’s Mujeeb Zadran becomes youngest ever to take a
five-for in ODIs.
Martin Guptill becomes all-time leading run-getter in T20I history.
Soumya B sets new record in the 20km race walk.
Christian Coleman breaks 60m indoor world record.
MS Dhoni breaks the T20 world record.
Kevin Pietersen to end career after PSL.
Former South Africa pacer Alfonso Thomas named West Indies
bowling coach.
Kia Motors to hire 3,000 for Andhra Pradesh plant.
Parupalli Kashyap wins Austrian Open International Challenge.
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Aruna Budda Reddy becomes 1st Indian to win an individual medal
at Gymnastics World Cup.
Manchester City thrashs Arsenal to win League Cup.
Sameer Verma lifts Swiss Open title.
Kidambi Srikanth claims the highest honour of Sportsperson of the
Year.
Morne Morkel to retire from international cricket after Australia
Test series.
R Ashwin named India A captain in Deodhar Trophy.
Roger Federer becomes the most decorated Laureus award winner.
Karnataka beat Saurashtra to win Vijay Hazare Trophy.
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Awards and Honors
Washington Sundar receives Young Achiever Award.
Ritu Sarin wins International Press Institute’s award for excellence
in journalism.
Indian engineer part of a team awarded sci-tech Oscar.
Maharashtra honors Ratan Tata with the top industrial award.
Resignations and Retirements
Former Meghalaya minister resigns from BJP over ticket denial.
Luger Keshavan retires from the sport with the 34th-place finish.
Wolfsburg coach Martin Schmidt resigns after five months.
Karnataka’s Sreenath Aravind retires from first -class cricket.
Science and Technology
Scientists discover the first planets outside the milky way.
2 Astronauts to take more than 6-hour-long spacewalk today.
Chandrayaan-2 launch in April, to aim for moon’s south pole.
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Defense News
Russia launches 11 space satellites.
SpaceX rocket launches Luxembourg’s communications satellite for
NATO.
US missile defence test unsuccessful says, official.
Boeing in talks with Indian navy to sell F/A-18 fighter jets.
Nuclear-capable Agni-1 test-fired, 700 km range.
Indigenously-built Saras aircraft successfully completes second test
flight.
India Successfully Test-Fires Dhanush Missile.
DRDO successfully carries out a test flight of Rustom 2 drone in
Karnataka.
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OBITUARY NEWS
BJP Kairana MP Hukum Singh passes away.
Fidel Castro’s son Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart dies.
Ex-BJP chief of Arunachal passes away.
Former Manchester United midfielder Liam Miller dies aged 36.
Prince Henrik of Denmark dies at age 83.
Former Indore mayor Suresh Seth passes away at 87.
RSS founder member Bhanu Shashtri dies.
Veteran Actress Sridevi passes away.
Long serving Former Dutch PM passed away.
Legendary climber Jim Bridwell dies at 73.
British boxer Westgarth dies after a heavyweight bout.
Subramanian, former cabinet secretary, dead.
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