Daily Current Affairs | 20 - 01 - 18*

_*Daily Current Affairs | 20 - 01 - 18*_


1. India became the 43rd member of the Australia Group (AG). This Group counters the spread of materials, equipment and technologies that could contribute to the development or acquisition of chemical or biological weapons.


भारत ऑस्ट्रेलिया समूह (एजी) का 43वां सदस्य बना। यह समूह रासायनिक या जैविक हथियारों के विकास या अधिग्रहण में योगदान देने वाली सामग्री, उपकरण और प्रौद्योगिकियों के प्रसार की रोकथाम करता है।


2. Allahabad Bank became the first public sector lender to offer an employee stock option Scheme (ESOP), under which it will offer 5 crore ordinary shares to its staff.


इलाहाबाद बैंक कर्मचारी स्टॉक विकल्प योजना (इसॉप) पेश करने वाला पहला सरकारी बैंक बन गया। इसके तहत वह अपने कर्मचारियों को पांच करोड़ सामान्य शेयर जारी करेगा।


3. The Indian football team has climbed three places to reach at 102nd place in the latest FIFA rankings.


भारतीय फुटबाल टीम फीफा की नवीनतम रैंकिंग में तीन स्थानों के सुधार के साथ 102वें स्थान पर पहुँच गई है।


4. Eminent cartoonist and author Chandi Lahiri died. He was 87.


प्रतिष्ठित कार्टूनिस्ट और लेखक चंडी लाहिड़ी निधन हो गया। वह 87 वर्ष के थे।


5. 10th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture was held in Berlin from 18th to 20th January 2018.


खाद्य और कृषि विषय पर 10वें वैश्विक फोरम का आयोजन बर्लिन में 18 से 20 जनवरी 2018 तक किया गया।
6. Noted Kannada film actor, director and producer Kashinath died. He was 67.


जाने-माने कन्नड़ फिल्म अभिनेता, निर्देशक और निर्माता काशीनाथ का निधन हो गया। वह 67 वर्ष के थे।


7. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu launched the e-Pragati CORE platform, which will be a common portal for all citizen services online.


आंध्र प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री एन चंद्राबाबू नायडू ने ई-प्रगति कोर मंच का शुभारंभ किया, जो सभी नागरिक सेवाओं के लिए एक कॉमन ऑनलाइन पोर्टल होगा।


8. Viorica Dancila has been named as Romania's first female Prime Minister. She will succeed Mihai Tudose.


विओरिका डांसीला रोमानिया की पहली महिला प्रधानमंत्री के रूप में नामित किया गया है। वह मिहाई ट्यूडोज का स्थान लेंगी।


9. Niklaus-Samuel Gugger became the first Indian to be elected to the Switzerland's parliament.


निकलॉस-सैमुअल गगर, स्विट्ज़रलैंड की संसद के लिए चयनित किये जाने वाले पहले भारतीय बने।


10. S Selvakumar has been appointed as the CMD of Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd (SPMCIL).


एस सेल्वाकुमार को सुरक्षा प्रिंटिंग और मिंटिंग कॉरपोरेशन ऑफ इंडिया लिमिटेड (एसपीएमसीआईएल) के सीएमडी के रूप में नियुक्त किया गया है।


11. Tamil Nadu will host the biannual defence exhibition, Defence Expo from 11th to 14th April 2018.


तमिलनाडु 11 से 14 अप्रैल 2018 तक अर्द्धवार्षिक रक्षा प्रदर्शनी, रक्षा एक्सपो की मेजबानी करेगा।

*✅Daily GK & CURRENT UPDATES*

 
1. *Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)* has decided to set up *Cyber Warrior Police Force (CWPF)* and *Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)* to tackle *internet-related crimes* such as *cyber threats, child pornography and online stalking.* These divisions will be set up under *MHA’s newly created Cyber & Information Security (CIS) Division.*

2. *10th edition* of *Global Forum for Food & Agriculture* was held in *Berlin, Germany* from *18th -20th January 2018.*

 *Theme:-* “Shaping the future of livestock – sustainably, responsibly, efficiently ”.

3. *Maharashtra* became *1st state in country* to unveil *Public Cloud Policy* that virtually mandates state government departments to *shift their data storage onto cloud.*

4. *PM Narendra Modi* and his Israeli counterpart *Benjamin Netanyahu* inaugurated *iCREATE facility* at *Deo Dholera Village in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.* iCreate aims to develop *an ecosystem in India to generate quality entrepreneurs.*

*About iCreate:-*

iCreate is an independent Centre established with an objective of facilitating entrepreneurship through blend of creativity, innovation, engineering, product design and leveraging emerging technologies.

5.India’s most-valued lender *HDFC Bank Ltd* crossed *Rs5 trillion market capitalisation* for the *first time*, making it only the *3rd Indian company to achieve this milestone.*

*Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS)* and *Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL)* are the other two companies which crossed *market capitalisation of Rs5 trillion.*

6. *ICC Award 2017- Complete List of Winners:-*

1. Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for ICC Men’s Cricketer of the Year - Virat Kohli (India)

2. ICC Men’s Test Cricketer of the Year -
Steve Smith (Australia)

3. ICC Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Year - Virat Kohli (India)

4. ICC Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year - Hasan Ali (Pakistan)

5. ICC Men’s Associate Cricketer of the Year - Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)

6. ICC Men’s T20I Performance of the Year -
Yuzvendra Chahal (6-25 v England) (India)

7. David Shepherd Trophy for ICC Umpire of the Year – Marais Erasmus

8. ICC Spirit of Cricket - Anya Shrubsole (England)

9. ICC Fans Moment of the Year - Pakistan stuns India to win the ICC Champions Trophy 2017.