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. Watch below some of Current Affairs- One-Liners
1-Chief Minister Pema Khandu said that Arunachal Pradesh is the number one state among the northeastern states in terms of implementation of much important Central government’s flagship schemes.
2- New Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison made his first official overseas visit to Indonesia to finalize a free-trade agreement (FTA) between the two nations.
3- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Kathmandu to participate in the two-day Fourth Bimstec Summit.
4-Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar left for the US from Mumbai for treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer.
5-US football star Clint Dempsey with 57 goals in his credit announced retirement.
6-Facebook’s Head of News Products Alex Hardiman has joined US-based magazine and multi-platform publisher The Atlantic as its Chief Business and Product Officer.
7-Director Amit Rai is coming up with a film on triple talaq ‘Mansuba’.
8-Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has surrendered before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ranchi to serve his sentence in a fodder scam case.
9-Punyakoti is India’s first animated Sanskrit film directed by debutante filmmaker V. Ravi Shankar.
10-India is likely to surpass Britain next year to become the fifth largest economy in the world and is also likely to emerge among the big three global economies by 2040, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said.
11- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh and a government job for Swapna Barman. She who is India’s first-ever Asian Games gold medal winner in the heptathlon.
12-Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced an additional cash reward of Rs 1.5 crore for sprinter Dutee Chand as she won a silver medal in 200 meters race at 18th Asian Games in Indonesia.
13-Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks with Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on the sidelines of the fourth BIMSTEC Summit in Kathmandu.
14-Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) made former India coach Gary Kirsten as their head coach and mentor for the next edition of the cash-rich league.
15-The World Bank has approved a financial assistance of Rs 929.89 crore for Shimla’s water supply project.
16-The Russian military has successfully test-fired a new interceptor missile at the Sary-Shagan test site in Kazakhstan.
17-NCLT– The National Company Law Tribunal; IYC– Indian Youth Congress
18-India’s Chitra Unnikrishnan Palakeezh won bronze in the women’s 1500 meter competition at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.
19-India’s Seema Punia won the bronze medal in the women’s discus throw event at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta.
20-India’s men’s hockey team unfortunate in the semis as they lost to Malaysia in a dramatic penalty shoot-out at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta.
21- India’s Jinson Johnson won the gold in the men’s 1500 meters event at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta.