Current Affairs of India January 2018
India Launches 3rd Kalvari -Class Attack Submarine.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ India extends Munabao-Khokhrapar rail link with Pakistan for 3 years.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ India thrash Pakistan to reach U19 World Cup Final.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Xiaomi beats Samsung to top spot in India’s smartphone market.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Leaders of all 10 ASEAN countries will come as chief guests on Republic Day.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ India at 177th position in green rankings: Environmental Performance Index (EPI)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Shah Rukh Khan receives human rights award at WEF (World Economic Forum).
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ India fifth most attractive market for investments: CEOs survey
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ WEF ranks India at 62nd place on Inclusive Development Index.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Congress passes funding bill, ends three-day USA government shutdown.
Indian Banks Suspending Bitcoin Exchange Accounts.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ India set to auction ‘enemy’ properties of Pakistani nationals worth 1 lakh crore.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ India tests-fires Agni-V, a nuclear-capable ICBM.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Brazilian World Cup winner Ronaldinho has formally confirmed his retirement from football.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ India ends government subsidies for Hajj pilgrimage
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Benjamin Netanyahu gifts desalination jeep to PM Modi.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Benjamin Netanyahu became the first Israeli Prime Minister to visit India in 15 years.
IDFC Bank, Capital First announce merger.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ India sends its 100th satellite into space to watch borders.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Accountancy firm Price Waterhouse banned from India.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Ecuador grants nationality to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Aanchal Thakur gives India its 1st international medal in skiing.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ India a top borrower from China-sponsored AIIB in 2017.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Playing national anthem in cinema halls not mandatory: Supreme Court.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Angelo Mathews reappointed Sri Lanka's limited-overs team captain.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ PM Narendra Modi to inaugurate first Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) Parliamentary Conference today. (Jan 09)
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Arvind Kejriwal launches 'Delhi Common Mobility Card' valid in both metro and buses.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ John Young, NASA's 'most experienced astronaut' passes away.
January 1 - January 7
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Brisbane International: Nick Kyrgios lifts maiden title, beats Ryan Harrison 6-4 6-2.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Aamir Khan's Lagaan and Sarfarosh co-star Shrivallabh Vyas passes away at 60.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Prominent Sikh Federation in UK bans Indian officials from entering Gurudwara.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ RBI introduces new chocolate brown Rs 10 note.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ The economic growth is expected to slow to a four-year low of 6.5 per cent in 2017-18.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Lok Sabha passes bill to hike salaries of Supreme Court, High Court judges.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Kerala orders closure of 'Peace International School' that taught 'hate'.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ India Consider 7.5% Tariff on Imported Solar Panels.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Mamata Banerjee booked for NRC ‘hate speech’.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ 21-year-old Shree Saini crowned Miss India USA 2017.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Former RAW Chief Rajinder Khanna is India’s new Deputy National Security Adviser.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Colin Munro became the first player to hit three centuries in international Twenty20 cricket.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ India lost at least 115 tigers in 2017.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ SBI collects Rs 1,771 crore in minimum balance fine in Apr-Nov, more than its Q2 profit.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ FM Arun Jaitley announces contours of electoral bonds for political funding.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Hip injury forces Andy Murray to withdraw from Brisbane International.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Ashes 2017-18: ICC labels Melbourne Cricket Ground as 'poor' following drawn Boxing Day Test.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ India’s manufacturing activity hits 5-year high in December.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Vijay Keshav Gokhale to be next foreign secretary.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ US President Donald Trump stops financial aid to Pakistan.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ NSA Ajit Doval met Pakistan NSA Lt Gen Janjua in Thailand on December 27.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Eight core sectors (coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement and electricity) grew by 6.8 per cent in November 2017.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Ranji Trophy: Vidarbha stun Delhi by nine wickets to clinch maiden title.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Anti-triple talaq crusader Ishrat Jahan joins BJP.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Viktor Axelsen guides Bengaluru Blasters to win over Mumbai Rockets in PBL 2018.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Assam recognises 1.9 crore people as legal citizens in first draft of National Register of Citizens.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________ Bandhan Bank files IPO papers, likely to raise over Rs 2,500 crore.

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