Current Affairs for various competitive examinations
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These are written mainly for aspirants of Banking, SSC, IBPS, or competitive exams like UPSC, APPSC, TSPSC, TNPSC, IAS, RRB State Level Public Service Commission, and other exams.
Current Affairs bits help in the last minute preparation for various exams.
Current Affairs One-Liners help a lot.
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1- Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani said the government will set up a single-window clearance system for filmmakers to facilitate all types of clearances faster and under one roof.
2-Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Egypt’s capital Cairo on his first public trip.
3-Actress Allison Janney got her first Oscar in the Best Actress in a Supporting Role category for her performance in ‘I, Tonya’ at the 90th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
4-Filmmaker Christopher Nolan‘s war drama ‘Dunkirk’ won top sound honors at the 90th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
5- Indian actor Ali Fazal-starrer ‘Victoria & Abdul’ out of Oscar race at the 90th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
6-Actor Sam Rockwell won his first Oscar in the Best Supporting Actor category for his performance in ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ at the 90th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
7-Indian late actor Shashi Kapoor and India’s first female superstar Sridevi were honored at the 90th Academy Awards ceremony at Los Angeles.
8-Guillermo del Toro won the Best Director and Best Picture Academy Awards for the movie ‘The Shape Of Water’ at the 90th Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles.
9-Gary Oldman in ‘Darkest Hour’, and Frances McDormand in ‘Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri’, won the best actor and best actress at the 90th Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles.
10-Ravi Kumar won his first shooting World Cup medal i.e a bronze in the men’s 10m Air Rifle event in Guadalajara (Mexico).
11- The YSR Congress Party of AP said their members of Parliament (MPs) would resign from the Lok Sabha on April 6 if Andhra Pradesh is not accorded special status by April 5.
12-Actor-turned-politician Rajinikanth said he can provide the rule of AIADMK founder and late Chief Minister M.G. Ramachandran (MGR).
13- HSPDP– Hill State People’s Democratic Party.
14-IELTS– International English Language Testing System; COAI– Cellular Operators’ Association of India
15- Shubhankar Sharma has climbed to 66th spot in world golf ranking.
16-Sony has acquired media rights from England and Wales Cricket Board for the Indian subcontinent for a period of five years starting in 2018 through 2022.
17-The Himachal Pradesh government to set up the National Medicinal Plants Board of the Ministry of Ayush in the state at an outlay of Rs 748.30 lakh.
18-The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has celebrated Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s birthday as ‘Sewa Divas’ in the entire state.
19-The sugar industry in India has produced 230.5 lakh tonnes during October-February 2017-2018.
20-Forbes India has named 25 women as ‘trailblazers’ in India ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8.
21- RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s daughter Misa Bharti and her husband Shailesh Kumar got bail in an alleged Rs 8,000 crore money laundering case.
22-‘Coco’ has been named Best Animated Feature Film at Oscars 2018.
23- Filmmaker James Ivory became the oldest Oscar winner at 89 for his adapted screenplay for Call Me By Your Name.
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