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Daily Current Affairs 9th and 10th April,2018

India and Nepal have agreed to further strengthen bilateral relations in key areas of border security, connectivity, trade and agriculture




Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb launched the state component of Pradhanmantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna (PMKVY) in Agartala. 





Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) scheme in Delhi and distributed new LPG connections and cylinders to beneficiaries.




The two-day Assam Spring Festival began at the Manas National Park.





India and Equatorial Guinea sign four agreements in the field of agriculture, mining, health, telecommunications and IT after delegation-level talks between Indian President Ram Nath Kovind and Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo at Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.





The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Malaysia concluded joint military exercise “Desert Tiger 5” 





The Reserve Bank of India, in consultation with the Government, hiked the foreign portfolio investors (FPI) investment limit in Central government securities (G-Sec) from 5% of outstanding stock now to 5.5% in FY2019 and 6% in FY2020.





Deutsche Bank AG named Christian Sewing as the Chief Executive officer of the Bank






The Reserve Bank of India switched back to the gross domestic product (GDP)-based measure to offer its growth estimates from the gross value added (GVA) methodology,





India’s foreign exchange reserves hit a life-time high of 424.361 billion US dollar





Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma will be awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award for her successful movies as a producer.





Sebastian Vettel wins Bahrain Grand Prix.




Jitu Rai broke the games record to claim the gold medal by some distance in men's 10m air pistol, at the ongoing 21st Commonwealth Games.




India's 17-year-old shooter Mehuli Ghosh set a Commonwealth Games joint record to win silver in the women's 10m Air Rifle event.He lost to tie breaker.





India clinched their first-ever badminton mixed team event gold in Commonwealth Games history




India defeated Nigeria to clinch gold in the men's table tennis team event



India’s weightlifter Punam Yadav won gold in the Women’s 69kg weightlifting category.





Marking the growing prominence of India in the global energy map, the 16th International Energy Forum Ministerial (IEF16) is being hosted by India.




A 2-day Scientific Convention is being organised in New Delhi by Ministry of AYUSH on the occasion of World Homoeopathy Day. 




The 8th edition of Theatre Olympics concluded in Mumbai,




President Ram Nath Kovind was today conferred with the Highest Civilian Honour given to a non-citizen by Equatorial Guinea. 




The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is set to launch the Parker Solar Probe, also being called as the humanity's first mission to the Sun, on July 31. 




Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off India's first all-electric high-speed locomotive in Bihar with a maximum speed of 120km/hr




Tripura hosted the first meeting of the NITI Forum- a unit of NITI Aayog in Agartala




The government has amended Income Tax rules that will now allow transgenders to be recognised as an independent category of applicants for obtaining a Permanent Account Number (PAN) 





Singapore and China Signed MoU along Belt and Road Initiative





President of Nepal Bidya Devi Bhandari inaugurated an International Conference on Human Rights in South Asia in Kathmandu.




An international conference on ‘Water, Environment and Climate Change: Knowledge Sharing and Partnership’ started in Kathmandu, Nepal




The SBI has announced the launch of its UK subsidiary, SBI (UK) Limited, with an initial capital commitment of 225 million pounds from its parent entity.





The State Bank of India will be investing a total of Rs 80 billion in the Arun III hydropower project of Nepal, which has 900 megawatts (MW) electricity production capacities.




Indian shooter Heena Sidhu set Commonwealth Games record to win gold in women's 25m pistol shooting event.



Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) launched a new project titled ‘Project Dhoop’. 





Bollywood Actor Ranveer Singh is going to be honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award 2018 in the Best Actor category for his work in 'Padmaavat'. 




Singapore Airlines has been named the Best airline in the world in the 2018 Travellers' Choice Awards by TripAdvisor. 




Former UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was elected as Chairman of Boao Forum (also known as known as “Asian Davos”)





Global software major Wipro’s Chief Strategy Officer Rishad Premji has been appointed the new Nasscom Chairman for 2018-19.


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