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Daily Current Affairs 11th April 2018

The tenth edition of a biennial exhibition of weapons and military hardware - DefExpo India- 2018 has begun at Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu.


India and World Expo 2020 signed participants contract for India’s pavilion in the prestigious World Expo 2020 




Balram Bhargava has been appointed the new Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)






Indian shooter Shreyasi Singh won the women's double trap gold




The French government today announced the closure of its oldest nuclear power plant at Fessenheim by April 2020




The 1st rail freight service from United Kingdom to China departed from Essex. 




The 12th edition Indo-Mongolian Joint Military Exercise Nomadic Elephant 2017 has begun at Vairengte in Mizoram. 




Today (11th April 2015) is National Safe Motherhood Day.




The Central government today launched 'Nakshe', a dedicated web portal allowing Indians to download accurate Indian maps prepared by the Survey of India. 




PM Narendra Modi and his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull on Monday inaugurated the TERI-Deakin Nanobiotechnology Centre at Gurugram.





The 1st woman Commissioner of Scotland Yard in its 187-year history, Cressida Dick took charge of her post today.




Former Prime Minister of India Morarji Ranchhodji Desai is known to be the 'oldest appointed Prime Minister' at the time of first appointment, according to the Guinness World Records. 




During his 4 day visit to Arunachal Pradesh, the Dalai Lama has released a book titled "Ocean and Blue Mountains".




Ruhaan Alva, a 10-year-old boy from Bengaluru has won the Easykart Championship, a go-karting tournament, in Lonato, Italy today.

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