CURRENT AFFAIRS
♦ Thousands of Venezuelans have rushed to border crossings with Colombia after Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced a tightening of controls. Only those who have registered for a special border card or can produce a passport will be able to cross.
♦ SBI Card, the country's second-largest credit card issuer, has appointed Hardayal Prasad as new Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. He has replaced Vijay Jasuja.
♦ Shutdown averted as Trump signs budget bill. President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping budget bill approved by Congress to re-open the government after it was briefly closed overnight.
♦ Brexit plan to keep Northern Ireland in customs union triggers row. Officials from the UK and EU are drawing up a plan to in effect keep Northern Ireland in the customs union and the single market after Brexit in order to avoid a hard border.
♦ India has increased 'substantially' its score in the International Intellectual Property (IP) Index, ranking 44th among 50 nations, according to the US Chambers of Commerce report. Last year, India ranked 43rd out of 45 countries in the Index. The top 3 countries in the list are- The USA, The United Kingdom and Sweden.
♦ At least two people have been killed and scores wounded in a bombing at a mosque in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, according to medical sources. The casualties were caused by two suspected improvised explosive devices which went off at the Saad Ben Obadah mosque during Friday prayers.
♦ Asteroid set for 'close' 43,300 mile flight past Earth. An asteroid up to 40m in size and only discovered five days ago, is due to skim past the Earth on Friday. Asteroid 2018 CB will pass by at just less than one-fifth the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
♦ UK trade deficit widens in December. A rise in oil prices and higher imports contributed to a widening of the UK's goods trade deficit in December. The gap between exports and imports rose to £13.6bn, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, which was higher than analysts' forecasts.
♦ Thousands of Venezuelans have rushed to border crossings with Colombia after Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced a tightening of controls. Only those who have registered for a special border card or can produce a passport will be able to cross.
♦ SBI Card, the country's second-largest credit card issuer, has appointed Hardayal Prasad as new Managing Director (MD) & Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the company. He has replaced Vijay Jasuja.
♦ Shutdown averted as Trump signs budget bill. President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping budget bill approved by Congress to re-open the government after it was briefly closed overnight.
♦ Brexit plan to keep Northern Ireland in customs union triggers row. Officials from the UK and EU are drawing up a plan to in effect keep Northern Ireland in the customs union and the single market after Brexit in order to avoid a hard border.
♦ India has increased 'substantially' its score in the International Intellectual Property (IP) Index, ranking 44th among 50 nations, according to the US Chambers of Commerce report. Last year, India ranked 43rd out of 45 countries in the Index. The top 3 countries in the list are- The USA, The United Kingdom and Sweden.
♦ At least two people have been killed and scores wounded in a bombing at a mosque in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, according to medical sources. The casualties were caused by two suspected improvised explosive devices which went off at the Saad Ben Obadah mosque during Friday prayers.
♦ Asteroid set for 'close' 43,300 mile flight past Earth. An asteroid up to 40m in size and only discovered five days ago, is due to skim past the Earth on Friday. Asteroid 2018 CB will pass by at just less than one-fifth the distance between the Earth and the Moon.
♦ UK trade deficit widens in December. A rise in oil prices and higher imports contributed to a widening of the UK's goods trade deficit in December. The gap between exports and imports rose to £13.6bn, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said, which was higher than analysts' forecasts.
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