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International Current Affairs

The 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018, also known as CHOGM 2018 is to begin in London tomorrow.

The CHOGM is a biennial (held for every 2 years) summit meeting of the heads of government of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Every two years the meeting is held in a different member state and is chaired by that nation's respective Prime Minister or President who becomes the Commonwealth Chair-in-Office until the next meeting.

Important Points to Note about CHOGM 2018 :

Host Country : United Kingdom
Starting Date : 19th April 2018
Ending Date : 20th April 2018
Chair : Theresa May (PM of UK)
India is being represented by : Narendra Modi (PM of India)
Next meeting will be held on : 2020

To improve road safety worldwide, the United Nations has launched UN Road Safety Trust Fund.

The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) will act as the secretariat for the trust fund.

Aim of this Fund : To accelerate progress in improving global road safety by bridging gaps in mobilization of resources for effective action at all levels.

National Current Affairs

Himachal Pradesh is celebrating 71st Himachal Day today.

The hill stat came into existence on this day after the merger 30 odd princely states in the year 1948.

About Himachal Pradesh :

Total Districts : 12
Capitals : Shimla, Dharmashala (2nd Capital in WInter)
Chief Minister : Jai Ram Thakur
Governor : Acharya Dev Vrat
Chief Justice : Justice Sanjay Karol
Official Language : Hindi

The Sabarmati station of India's 1st bullet train, which will connect Ahmedabad and Mumbai, will be themed around Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March.

The station will also have a 3-level parking structure with separate provisions for cars, autos, and buses.
The roof-top solar panels will be modelled around a revolving chakra.

Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises has announced that it has extended Phase-1 of FAME India Scheme to provide financial support to electric and hybrid vehicles by another 6 months (till 30 September 2018) or till launch of phase-II.

FAME India : Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles India

Note : This scheme was launched in the year 2015 under National Electric Mobility Mission (NEMM).
Aim of FAME India Scheme : To promote eco-friendly vehicles in the country.

The 2nd edition of India Mobile Congress (IMC-2018) will be held in New Delhi during 25th to 27th October 2018.

The congress will be jointly organized by Department of Telecommunications (DoT) and Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI).

Aim of India Mobile Congress : To provide platform for policy makers, industry and regulators to engage in meaningful deliberations to drive the future direction of telecom sector.

Banking, Business & Economic Affairs

Martin Sorrell, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the world's largest advertising group WPP, resigned today after 33 years.

Sorrell built WPP into one of the UK's largest companies with over 2 lakh employees in 112 countries.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that India’s forex (foreign exchange) reserves have touched record high of $424.864 billion in April 2018.

The surge was due to massive spike in foreign currency assets (FCAs), a key component of the reserves.
Note : The forex reserve had crossed $400-billion mark for the first time in September 2017, but has since been fluctuating.

Awards & Honors

Bollywood Actress Kriti Sanon will be receiving the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award for her performance in the 2017 film 'Bareilly Ki Barfi'.

Ranvir Singh will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award for his contribution as Actor for Padmavat.
Anushka Sharma will receive the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award for her contribution to films as a producer.

Founder of the Microsoft Corporation Bill Gates has emerged as the world's most admired man in UK-based research firm YouGov's survey.

Hollywood Actress Angelina Jolie has been named the World's most admired woman.
Note : Prime Minister Narendra Modi was named world's eighth most admired man according to this survey.

Science & Technology

Elon Musk-led SpaceX is going to launch NASA's space telescope titled TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) to search for other planets orbiting distant stars.

NASA's TESS will monitor 200,000 of the nearest stars using the same method that enabled Kepler's spacecraft to spot 2,600 confirmed exoplanets.
It is scheduled to launch on April 16 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

Sports Current Affairs

The 21st Commonwealth Games 2018 concluded today.

Host country australia topped the medal tally with 198 medals including 80 Gold, 59 Silver and 59 bronze medals.
England stood at the 2nd spot with 136 medals (45 Gold, 45 Silver and 46 Bronze).
With an overall tally of 66 Medals including 26 Gold, 20 Silver and 20 Bronze Medals India stood at the 3rd place.
India was the best nation in 5 disciplines (Weightlifting, Shooting, Westling, Badminton and Table Tennis), and the second best nation in boxing.
Over the 11-day course, Indian athletes set 11 CWG records cumulatively.

Boxer MC Mary Kom, who claimed her maiden Commonwealth gold on Saturday, is set to be India's flag-bearer at the 2018 Commonwealth Games' closing ceremony.

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