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Daily Current Affairs of 16th January 2018
International Current Affairs
- The 13th annual Iron Fist exercise between American and Japanese military forces was recently kicked off at California (USA).
National Current Affairs
- To make learning more interesting, the Centre has decided to launch 'Operation Digital Board'.
- This programme will help students view diagrams and presentations through digital tools.
- President Ram Nath Kovind today inaugurated the 'Economic Democracy Conclave' at Thane.
MOUs & Agreements
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have signed an agreement for the co-production of films between the two nations.
- Aim of this agreement : To establish a framework to encourage all audio visual media output, especially co-production of films for benefitting film industries of both countries.
- Maharashtra Health department and Johnson and Johnson signed MoU to train rural midwives and social health activists regarding tuberculosis and maternal and infant mortality.
- Punjab Government signed MoU with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to set up bio-gas and bio-CNG plants in state, to find sustainable solutions to paddy straw burning.
- Total 400 such plants will become operational in 3-4 years with investment of INR 5000 crores.
Awards & Honors
- Actor Sudhir Dalvi was honoured with the Janakavi P Sawlaram Award.
- The award is jointly given by the Thane Municipal Corporation and the Janakavi P Savlaram Kala Samiti.
- Well-known dancer Jaishree T was bestowed with the Ganga Jamuna Award, which is instituted in memory of a popular song written by Sawlaram.
- US President Donald Trump has been awarded a 'Medal of Bravery' by the residents of Afghanistan's Logar province for his stance against Pakistan.
- The medal, which has been handed over to the US Embassy in Kabul, is worth approximately $645 (over ₹41,000) and has been made out of 15 grams of gold.
Deaths
- The lead singer of the Irish rock band 'The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan (46) has passed away.
- She is known for songs like 'Zombie' and 'Linger'.
New Appointments
- Market regulator Sebi has approved appointment of Vijay Kumar as Managing Director and CEO of of leading agri-commodity bourse NCDEX (National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited).
- He will replace Samir Shah.
- The Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) appointed Pramod Agarwal as its new Chairman.
- He will replace the outgoing chairman Praveenshanker Pandya.
- Note : Colin Shah has been appointed as the vice-chairman of GJEPC.
- Ajendra Bahadur Singh has been appointed as Chief of Western Naval Command of Indian Navy.
- He will replace Admiral Ravneet Singh.
Banking, Business & Economic Affairs
- Federal Bank has entered into a strategic partnership with Hedge Equities Ltd for providing Portfolio Investment Scheme (PIS) services to NRIs.
- Messaging app Telegram is developing a blockchain platform to rival world's second biggest crypto Ethereum and is seeking to raise $1.2 billion through an Initial Coin Offering (ICO).
- Called the 'Telegram Open Network' (TON), it is designed to host a new generation of cryptocurrencies and decentralised applications.
- Former Andhra Bank director Anup Prakash Garg has been sent to a seven-day Enforcement Directorate (ED) custody in a ₹5,000-crore bank fraud case.
- Chinese Bike Sharing Firm OFO launched its services across seven Indian cities (Indore, Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Pune, Coimbatore, and Chennai), in partnership with digital payments firm Paytm.
- India ranked 30 in the Global Manufacturing Index released by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
- The Index was topped the by Japan.
- Top 5 in the Global Manufacturing Index
- Japan
- South Korea
- Germany
- Switzerland
- China
Sports Current Affairs
- Assam Hockey won the 8th Hockey India Sub Junior Men National Championship 2018 (B Division) by beating Hockey Rajasthan in the finals at Hojai Hockey stadium, Assam.
- Hyderabad Hunters won the 3rd edition of the Premier Badminton League championship by beating Bengaluru Blasters in the final at Gachibowli Indoor Stadium in Hyderabad.
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