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Daily Current Affairs of 18th September 2019
International Current Affairs
- External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will embark on a 3-day official visit to Finland tomorrow.
- This will be his maiden visit to Finland after assuming charge as External Affairs Minister.
- During the visit, the Minister will have detailed discussions with Foreign Minister of Finland, Pekka Haavisto, on a broad spectrum of bilateral relations.
- He will call on the President and the Prime Minister of Finland.
- The External Affairs Minister will also unveil the statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Finland.
- The Indonesian Parliament has raised the minimum age at which women can marry from 16 to 19 in a bid to curb child marriages.
- Previously parents could ask religious courts or officials to authorise the marriages of girls aged below 16.
- Note : One in four girls in Indonesia is married before they turn 18, according to Indonesia's Statistics Agency and UNICEF.
- Sri Lanka today unveiled South Asia's tallest tower, the Lotus Tower, in the capital Colombo.
- Constructed in the shape of a 356-metre lotus, the tower has been built at a cost of $104.3 million, 80% of which has been funded by the Chinese government.
- Russia is holding its annual Center-2019 International Command Exercise involving 6 other nations from 16 to 21 September 2019.
- Center-2019 is an annual strategic and operational military exercises which aren’t aimed at any third-party country rather focus on counterterrorist operations and is purely defensive in nature.
National Current Affairs
- The Union Cabinet has banned the production, manufacturing, import, export, distribution and advertisement of e-cigarettes after considering their impact on the youth.
- First-time offenders would face a prison term of up to one year and a fine of ₹1 lakh, while repeat offenders would face jail terms of up to three years, with a penalty of up to ₹5 lakh.
- Note : E-cigarettes are battery-operated devices that produce an aerosol by heating a solution containing nicotine which is the addictive substance in combustible cigarettes.
- The 5th International Ramayan Festival organized by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) is being held from 17-19 September 2019 in New Delhi.
- The maiden day of festival was presided by Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah as Chief Guest.
Banking, Business & Economic Affairs
- Indian Bank today announced that the board has given its in-principle approval for the merger of Allahabad Bank with itself.
- It also cleared the proposed infusion of capital by the government up to Rs 5,000 crore in the bank by way of preferential issue of shares.
- After the amalgamation, the combined entity will have over 6,100 branches across the country and overseas presence in 3 countries.
- Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal today announced taht the government is going to shut down state-owned trading companies such as State Trading Corporation (STC), Project and Equipment Corporation (PEC) and MMTC (Metals and Minerals Trading Corporation) one by one.
- In a bid to boost domestic manufacturing, the government has removed 5 per cent custom duty imposed on import of open cell TV panel, which are used in the manufacturing of LED TVs.
- The move would also help to reduce the price of TV panel by around three per cent.
Science & Technology
- Indian Air Force (IAF) has successfully flight-tested air-to-air missile Astra off the coast of Odisha.
- The missile was launched from a Sukhoi Su-30 MKI combat aircraft as a part of User trials.
- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has signed MoUs with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to develop human-centric systems for India's first manned space mission Gaganyaan.
- DRDO will provide critical technologies including space food, survival kits for the crew, radiation protection equipment, among others.
- The Maharashtra government announced that it will tie-up with US firm Zipline to use autonomous delivery drones to deliver emergency medicines and critical care across the state.
- The initiative will be supported through a grant from Serum Institute of India (SII).
- Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will fly in the indigenously-built Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas in Bengaluru tomorrow.
- Tejas, designed and developed by the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited and Aeronautical Development Agency, is a four-and-half generation single-engine multirole light fighter jet. the Indian Air Force is likely to purchase 83 LCA Tejas for about ₹45,000 crore.
Awards & Honors
- 'Moti Bagh', a documentary film based on the struggle of a farmer named Vidyadutt living in Uttarakhand's Pauri Garhwal region, has been selected as an entry to Oscars 2019.
- The film was directed by : Nirmal Chander Dandriyal.
People in News
- Breast cancer survivor Sarah Thomas (37) has become the 1st person to swim English Channel 4 times non-stop.
Sports Current Affairs
- Vinesh Phogat has become the 1st Indian wrestler to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after defeating American wrestler Sarah Hildebrandt in the World Championships.
- Vinesh will wrestle in the bronze-medal bout against Maria Prevolaraki of Greece tomorrow.
- The 25-year-old has qualified for the Olympics in the 53-kg category.
- All-rounder Dinesh Mongia has announced retirement from all forms of cricket, 12 years after playing his last international match.
- The 42-year-old represented India in 57 ODIs from 2001 to 2007 and was also part of India's first-ever T20I.
- Mongia last represented his domestic side Punjab in 2007 before joining the now-defunct Indian Cricket League.
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