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Daily Current Affairs 6th April,2018

Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli has begun his three-day visit to India.



 The 55th edition of National Maritime Day was celebrated all over India yesterday.The theme for National Maritime Day 2018 is: ‘Indian Shipping – An Ocean of opportunity’. 




The Union Minister for Railways and Coal Shri Piyush Goyal launched UTTAM App for Coal Quality Monitoring. UTTAM stands for – Unlocking Transparency by Third Party Assessment of Mined Coal.





Global Logistics summit held in New Delhi




Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurated first flight from Delhi to Pathankot (Punjab) under UDAN scheme



India emerged as the third most vulnerable country.The U.S. (26.61%) was most vulnerable to such attacks follwed by China





Indo-Korean joint anti-piracy, search and rescue exercise ‘Sahyog- Hyeoblyeog 2018’ was conducted off the Chennai coast, in Tamil Nadu






India and Azerbaijan have inked two documents for the visa waiver for diplomatic, official and service passports holders and cooperation between diplomatic training institutes.





Digital payments company PayPal and the Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) signed an agreement for the promotion of outbound shipments




Weightlifter Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu has delivered India its second gold medal of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast City, Australia by dominating the women’s 53kg event.





Deepak Lather became the youngest Indian (18 Yrs old) weightlifter to claim a Commonwealth Games medal, clinching a bronze in the men’s 69kg category. 




Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj has become the most capped player in women's ODI cricket




Today (6th April) is International Day of Sport for Development and Peace.





The Keibul Lamjao National Park, located in the Loktak Lake in Manipur, India, is known as the only floating National Park





The Madhya Pradesh government will start a one-year diploma course on Hindu priesthood called 'Purohityam’ from July this year. 







Eleven Madison Park in New York has topped the 'World's 50 Best Restaurants' list.





India wins South East Asian women handball Championship defeating Bangladesh.





ICICI Bank has announced the launch of a service 'Social Pay' that enables Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) to send money to a beneficiary in India using social media platforms like WhatsApp and e-mail.The service 'Social Pay' is available on Money2India (M2I),.






All tobacco products and cigarette packs will have a national toll-free number (1XXX-XX-2356) printed on them to assist users to quit an addiction (from September 2018).





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