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January 2018 Current Affairs Important Highlights (One-Liners)

Friends, here are the Major Current Affairs Highlights of January 2018. These one-liners cover all important International, National, MOUs, Indexes, Banking, Technology, Books & Authors, Committees and Sports affairs of October month (from 1st to 31st January 2018). We will  provide the pdf version soon, but we advise you to write these on your own so that you wont forget them again. All the Best and Happy Reading :)

January 2018 Current Affairs Highlights (One-Liners) 

• 1st International Dam Safety Conference-2018 was recently held in Kovalam, Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) from January 23-24, 2018.
• 1st January 2018 was observed as the World Day of Peace with the Theme ‘Migrants and Refugees: Men and Women in search of Peace’.
  
• 27th January 2018 was observed as the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust with the Theme “Holocaust Remembrance and Education: Our Shared Responsibility”
• 28th January 2018 was observed as the Data Privacy Day/ Data Protection Day with the theme "Respecting Privacy, Safeguarding Data and Enabling Trust".
• 3rd edition of  Science Film Festival 2018 was recently held at Goa.
• 48th annual meeting of World Economic Forum (WEF) was recently held at Davos (Switzerland). Theme : Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World.
• 6 Southeast Asian nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Brunei)  formed an initiative titled 'Our Eyes'. Aim of 'Our Eyes'  : To counter terrorism and extremism in the region.

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31st January 2018 Events - Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 31st January 2018

International Current Affairs

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to visit Palestine on 9th February 2018.
• During this visit, he will inaugurate Palestine Institute of Diplomacy, which has been set up with Indian assistance of ₹28.6 crore.
• Important Note : Modi will be the first Indian Prime Minister to visit Palestine.
• India and Pakistan have extended an agreement on linking the two countries through Munabao-Khokhrapar rail line till January 31, 2021. 
• The rail link, which connects Sindh and Rajasthan, is important for improving relations between the two countries.
• The 1st-ever public LGBT festival was held in Myanmar after the government gave its approval for the '&Proud' festival, though homosexuality is illegal in the country. 
• The primary goal of the event is to acknowledge equality and human rights, and create awareness among the people about the LGBT community.
  
• The UK government has approved a plan to build a memorial in London to honour the Indian Sikh servicemen who fought for Britain during WWI and WWII.

National Current Affairs

• The government has reversed its decision to issue Orange-coloured passports to people requiring emigration check amid criticism that it might lead to discrimination and segregation. 
• The orange passports identify people who don't file taxes and are not educated beyond Class 10. 
• Important Note : The government also reversed it's decision to not print the passport holder's address on the last page of the booklet, so now Passports will remain a valid address proof in India.

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30th January 2018 Events - Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 30th January 2018

International Current Affairs

• The Vietnam-India Bilateral Army EXercise (VINBAX-2018) was recently held at Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh). 
• Important Note : VINBAX-2018 is the first military exercise between India and Vietnam. 
• The 48th annual meeting of World Economic Forum (WEF) was recently held at Davos (Switzerland).
• Theme : Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World
• India was represented by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with several other union ministers.
  
• Note : Modi became First Indian PM to Visit Davos WEF Meet in past 20 years, after H D Deve Gowda's Visit in 1997.

National Current Affairs

• Today (30th January) is National Martyrs' Day.
• This day is also known as Sarvodaya day / Shaheed Diwas.
• We observe this day to commemorate 70th death anniversary of Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi.
• Note : On this day in 1948, Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated by Nathuram Godse during a prayer meeting at Delhi's Birla House.

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29th January 2018 Events - Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 29th January 2018

International Current Affairs

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on 4-day official state visit to Palestine, Oman and UAE in February 2018.
• This will be the first ever visit by Indian Prime Minister to Palestine.
• During the visit, PM will hold talks with the leadership in the countries on matters of mutual interest with their leaders, apart from participating in other events.
  
• To deal with disputes related to its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China has decided to establish 3 international courts in Beijing, Shenzhen and Xi’an, a development strategy focused on road connectivity and maritime cooperation between Eurasian countries.

National Current Affairs

• Acid attack victims, people with Autism, Mental Illnesses, and Intellectual Disabilities, will now get reservation for central government jobs. 
• In case of direct recruitment, 4% of the total number of vacancies will be reserved for people with benchmark disabilities.
• Note : Benchmark disability means a person with not less than 40% of a specified disability
• Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITY) has launched an initiative titled Stree Swabhiman. 
• Aim of Stree Swabhiman Initiative : To create sustainable model for providing adolescent girls and women an access to affordable sanitary products by leveraging Common Service Centres (CSCs).

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28th January 2018 Events - Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 28th January 2018

International Current Affairs

• Today (28th January) is Data Privacy Day/ Data Protection Day.
• The purpose of this day is to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practices.
• Theme of Data Privacy Day 2018 : "Respecting Privacy, Safeguarding Data and Enabling Trust"
• Today is Anti Leprosy Day.
• Anti Leprosy Day is observed internationally on January 30 or its nearest Sunday to increase the public awareness of the Leprosy or Hansen's Disease.
• This day was chosen in commemoration of the death of Gandhi, who understood the importance of leprosy.
• Pakistan was named on this day (28th January) in the year 1933.
• Muslim nationalist Choudhry Rahmat Ali, who is also known as the Founder of Pakistan National Movement, used 'Pakistan' in his pamphlet 'Now or Never' explaining reasons to establish a separate nation.
• 'Pakistan' referred to the five northern units of India- 'P'unjab, North-West Frontier ('A'fghan) Province, 'K'ashmir, 'S'ind, and Baluchis'tan' (PAKSTAN).

National Current Affairs

• Today is National Immunization Day.
• On the eve of this day, President Ram Nath Kovind launched the Pulse Polio programme 2018 by administering polio drops to children below five years of age at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. 
  
• More than 17 crore children of less than five years across the country will be given polio drops as part of the government’s drive to eradicate polio from the country.
• The Oxford Dictionaries announced 'Aadhaar' as its 2017 'Hindi Word of the Year' at the Jaipur Literature Festival today. 
• The shortlist included words such as 'Mitron', 'Notebandi', 'Bahubali' and 'Gau-rakshak', among others.
• Today is freedom fighter Lala Lajpat Rai's 153rd birth anniversary. 
• He was popularly known as Punjab Kesari.
  He was also associated with activities of Punjab National Bank and Lakshmi Insurance Company in their early stages.
• The Union government has approved setting up of the long-awaited Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) at Raichur (Karnataka).
• This is 2nd IIIT in Karnataka after one in Dharwad.

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27th January 2018 Events - Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 27th January 2018

International Affairs

• Today (27th January) is International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust.
• This day commemorates the genocide that resulted in the death of an estimated 6 million Jewish people, 2 million Romani people, 250,000 mentally and physically disabled people, and 9,000 homosexual men by the Nazi regime and its colalborators.
  
• Theme of the year 2018 : “Holocaust Remembrance and Education: Our Shared Responsibility”
• India and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have agreed to set up a mechanism aimed at enhancing maritime cooperation. 
• India is going to host informal Ministerial meeting of World Trade Organisation (WTO) in March 2018 in New Delhi.
• Aim of this Meeting : To muster support for issues and also help to multi-lateral process.
• In a bid to safeguard world from hackers and growing data breaches, the World Economic Forum (WEF) has launched new Global Centre for Cybersecurity headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.
• This autonomous organization will become operational from March 2018
• Aim of Global Centre for Cybersecurity : Tto establish first global platform for governments, businesses, experts and law enforcement agencies to collaborate on cybersecurity challenges.

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26th January 2018 Events - Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 26th January 2018

International Current Affairs

• The ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit was recently held at New Delhi. 
• This summit marks the 25 years of India's ties with the southeast Asian bloc.  
• Leaders of the ten ASEAN countries, comprising Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, Laos and Brunei have attended the summit. 
• The ASEAN Nations have issued a joint statement titled Delhi Declaration focusing on counter-terrorism, identity security, military cooperation, and bilateral financial support.
• ASEAN - Association of South East Asian Nations.
• Theme of this summit : “Shared Values, Common Destiny”.
• 6 Southeast Asian nations (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Brunei) today formed an initiative titled 'Our Eyes'. 
• Aim of 'Our Eyes'  : To counter terrorism and extremism in the region. 
• Under this initiative, nations will share information on militant groups and develop a common database of extremists.

National Current Affairs

• India celebrated its 69th Republic Day today with a record 10 heads of state from ASEAN Nations, watching the grand parade with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Rajpath, Delhi.
• The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) today said that engineering students will study vedas, puranas, and yoga under the revised curriculum from the next academic session. 
• The modified course will also focus on Indian philosophical, linguistic and artistic traditions.
• The Maharashtra government has launched `Balasaheb Thackeray Shaheed Sanmaan' scheme, under which family members of martyrs would be provided jobs with the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC). 
• Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu inaugurated the World War II Memorial Museum in the state's Changlang district bordering Myanmar.

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25th January 2018 Events - Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 25th January 2018

National Current Affairs

• Today is 8th National Voters Day.
• The date (25th January) was declared as the National Voters' Day in the year 2011 as the Election Commission of India was founded on this day in the year 1950.
  
• The day aims at increasing the enrolment of voters, especially encourage participation of newly eligible young voters and ensure universal adult franchise.
• Theme of National Voters Day 2018 :  "Assessable Elections"
• Maharashtra state government has banned the sale of tobacco at shops selling fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG). 
• What are Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) ?
• The products that sell quickly at relatively low cost are called Fast-Moving Consumer Goods. 
• Examples : Milk, Chocolates, Fruits and vegetables, Soda, Over-the-counter drugs like aspirin, packaged foods and beverages etc.

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24th January 2018 Events - Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 24th January 2018

International Current Affairs

• India has been ranked 177 among 180 countries in the recently released Global Environmental Performance Index 2018.
• Top 5 in the List :
• Switzerland
• France
• Denmark
• Malta 
• Sweden 
• India has been 81st in the recently released Global index of talent competitiveness (GTI) 2017.  
• Last years rank : 92nd. 
• Top 3 in the List :
• Switzerland 
• Singapore 
• US
• China is going to build a 'Great Wall' along the border of the Muslim-dominated Xinjiang province to prevent infiltration by militants.  

National Current Affairs

• To boost production of the nutrient-rich millets and the sunrise agri industry, the Indian Government has approved 2018 as National Year of Millets.
• Note : Earlier in November 2017, India had forwarded proposal to United Nations (UN) for declaring year 2018 as ‘International Year of Millets’.
• Ahead of the nation's Republic Day on 26th January, the Microblogging site Twitter has introduced an 'India Gate' emoji.
• The emoji appears when you type hashtags including '#RepublicDay' and '#HappyRepublicDay' while composing a tweet.

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23rd January 2018 Events - Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 23rd January 2018

International Current Affairs

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed the Plenary Session at the World Economic Forum 2018 in Switzerland's Davos.
• With this he became the first Indian PM to address the WEF in 20 years. 
• The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau has announced that he will be on a state visit to India from 17th to 23rd February 2018.

• During the visit, both dignitaries will discuss creating good middle-class jobs for Canadians and Indians alike.
• Union Minister for Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad was on a 3-day visit to Sri Lanka. 
• During this visit, he called on Srilankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremsinghe and discussed issues of mutual interest. 

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22nd January 2018 Events - Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 22nd January 2018

International Current Affairs

• India ranked 62nd in the Inclusive Development Index released by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
• China stood at 26th position and Pakistan is at 47th position in this Index. 
  
• This index takes into account the "living standards, environmental sustainability, and protection of future generations from further indebtedness".
• Norway remains the world's most inclusive advanced economy, while Lithuania topped the list of emerging economies.
• Prime Minister Narendar Modi is on a visit to Davos to attend the World Economic Forums Annual Meeting 2018.
• This is his mainden visit to the meeting and he is the only Indian PM to attend the event after former PM HD Deve Gowda(in 1997).
• In the meeting, he will spread the word about India's progress and seek investment on the lines of India's 'Make in India' agenda.
• Valletta, the capital of Malta, was officially named European Capital of Culture 2018. 
• Valletta will share the title with Leeuwarden, a city in the Netherlands. 

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21st January 2018 Events - Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 21st January 2018

National Current Affairs

• Today (21st January) is the 46th Statehood Day of 3 states Manipur, Tripura and Meghalaya.
• The three states attained statehood on this day in the year 1972 under the North-Eastern Areas (Re-organisation) Act, 1971.
• While Meghalaya was a part of Assam before becoming a full-fledged state, Manipur and Tripura were Union Territories before 1972.
• Madhya Pradesh became 1st state to completely implement door-to-door garbage collection in all urban areas, using measures like solid waste management at landfill sites and processing through Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.
• Amid a string of rape incidents in Haryana, the state is going to enact a law providing death penalty for rapists of girls aged 12 years and below.
  

Awards & Honors

• The Irrfan Khan and Saba Qamar starrer 'Hindi Medium' was named the Best Film at the 63rd Filmfare Awards. 
• Irrfan Khan was named Best Actor for 'Hindi Medium'.
• Vidya Balan won Best Actress for 'Tumhari Sulu'. 
• Check complete winners list of 63rd Filmfare Awards 2018.
• Bollywood Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan along with 111 other women achievers were felicitated by President Ram Nath Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhawan. 
• Titled the 'First Ladies' awards, it was an initiative of the Ministry of Women and Child Development to honour women who are the first to set a milestone in their respective fields.

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20th January 2018 Events - Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 20th January 2018

International Current Affairs

• The 10th Global Forum for Food & Agriculture was recently held in Berlin (Germany).
• India was represented by Minister of State (MoS) for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
• Theme of 10th Global Forum for Food & Agriculture 2018 : "Shaping the future of livestock – sustainably, responsibly, efficiently". 
• The US government has officially shut down after the Senate failed to agree on a bill to fund the government until February 16, causing the fourth government shutdown in 25 years. 
• The shutdown means many government services will close down until a new budget is agreed. 
• However, essential services including national security and disaster assistance will continue to run.
• In a move aimed at promoting Indian traditions abroad, India is going to offer Yoga training sessions at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland. 
• Important Points to Note :
• More than 70 heads of states are expected to attend the WEF Summit next week. 
  
• PM Narendra Modi will be the first Indian Prime Minister to attend the summit in 21 years. 

New Appointments

• Former Chief Minister of Gujarat Anandiben Patel will be appointed as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh. 
• She will replace Gujarat Governor OP Kohli, who was given the additional charge of the office of Madhya Pradesh Governor in 2016. 

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19th January 2018 Events - Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 19th January 2018

International Current Affairs

• India today became the 43rd member of the Australia Group, which counters the export of material, equipment and technologies that could create chemical and biological weapons.
• The informal and voluntary Australia Group works to counter the spread of materials, equipment and technologies that could contribute to developing or acquisition of chemical and biological weapons (CBW) by states or terrorist groups. 
  
• Important Points to Note : 
• In 2016, India had joined the Missile Technology Control Regime, aimed at restricting missile proliferation. 
• Last year, India joined the Wassenaar Arrangement, which controls export of conventional weapons.

National Current Affairs

• The Maharashtra government has announced a 1% reservation in government jobs and education for orphans in the state. 
• The reservation will be provided under the general category and the state won't increase its caste reservation quota.

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18th January 2018 Events - Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 18th January 2018

International Current Affairs

• For the first time, India has attended the meeting of International Military Cooperation Departments of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).
  
• This meeting was held in in Beijing(China).
• The government of Iran has lifted restrictions on use of Internet, including messaging app Telegram.
• Note : These restrictions were put after protests against unemployment and rising consumer prices in December 2017.

National Current Affairs

• The Election Commission has today announced that the polling for legislative assembly elections in Tripura will be held on February 18, while polling in Meghalaya and Nagaland will be held on February 27.
• The counting for all three states will be held on March 3.
• EVMs and VVPATs will be used in all three states.
• The government has announced April 1 as the deadline for the mandatory installation of Global Positioning System (GPS) devices and panic buttons in all passenger transport vehicles, including taxis and buses. 
• Note : Three-wheelers like e-rickshaws and auto rickshaws have been exempted from the rule.
• Odisha State Government announced a scheme titled ‘Mukshyamantri Kalakar Sahayata Jojana’ (MMKSJ).
• Under this scheme, artists from across the state will get a monthly assistance of Rs 1200.
• This scheme will benefit around 50000 artists from across state.
• As a part of its policy to 'empower minorities without appeasement', the Indian Government decided to end Haj subsidy from this year.
  

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17th January 2018 Events - Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 17th January 2018

International Current Affairs

• The US today officially opened its new embassy in London which is believed to be the world's most expensive embassy. 
• The embassy worths over ₹6,400 crore and is designed like a crystalline cube.
• Indo-US joint military exercise Vajra Prahar will be held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) in Seattle (USA) in last week of Jan 2018.

National Current Affairs

• To tackle crimes like cyber threats, child pornography and online stalking, the government is going to set up a Cyber Warrior Police Force (CWPF).

New Appointments

• UK PM Theresa May today appointed Tracey Crouch to look after the loneliness-related issues of people across the country. 
• With this, Crouch will be the world's first-ever minister tasked with the portfolio of 'Loneliness'.

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16th January 2018 Events - Important Daily Current Affairs

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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.
• This conclave is being organised by Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini.
• Aim of this conclave : To create a platform for young entrepreneurs and self-employed individuals and provide them motivation, networking and mentoring.

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15th January 2018 Events - Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 15th January 2018

International Current Affairs

• Indian External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj and Bhutan's Minister of Foreign Affairs Lyonpo Damcho Dorji today jointly unveiled the 'Special logo' for the 50 years of diplomatic relations (Golden Jubilee). 

MOUs & Agreements

• Minister for Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad is on a visit to Sri Lanka.
• During this Visit, India and Sri Lanka signed the following agreements
• Collaboration in Information and communication technology (ICT) sector
• Connecting National Knowledge network (NKN) for collaboration among universities and academics
• Setting up of e-office system.

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14th January 2018 Events - Important Daily Current Affairs

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Daily Current Affairs of 14th January 2018

International Current Affairs

• Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in India for a 6-day state visit. 
  
• He is the second Israeli Prime Minister to visit India in the last 25 years of a diplomatic relationship.
• He attended the ceremony to mark the formal renaming of Delhi's Teen Murti Chowk as Teen Murti Haifa Chowk, after the Israeli city of Haifa. 
• Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedoy has issued an order banning women from driving in the country.

National Current Affairs

• Haryana has recorded its Highest Sex Ratio at birth with 914 girls per 1,000 boys in 2017.
• Note : Haryana had recorded the worst sex ratio at birth in the 2011 Census with 834 girls per 1,000 boys.
• West Bengal government has launched a Water ATM project to provide bacteria-free drinking water in schools.

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