18th APRIL 2018 DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS

Most important daily current affairs of 18th April 2018 for all competitive exams.

1   India signed loan Agreement with World bank for Meghalaya of 48 million USD :-

•  This 48 million US dollar loan Agreement for the Meghalaya community led- landscape management project(MCLLMP).
• Objectives of the project is to strengthen community led-landscape management in selected landscape in Meghalaya.
•  Mehhalaya C.M :-    Conrad Sangma
  Governer:-                   Ganga Prasad
  World bank:-               july1945
  Head quarter:-            Washington D.C
  President :-                   Jim Yong Kim.

2   Govt. Revises to complete PMGSY target from 2022 to 2019 :-

• union govt. stated that PMGSY(Pardhan mantari gramin sadak yojna) is well on its way to achieving the target by march 2019.

3  Bangaluru higest Paying City for talent :-

• According to rent stand inside the Garden City of Bengaluru is found to be highest(11 lakh) paying city in the country.
•  Pune stands second at around 10 lakh followed by Delhi NCR and Mumbai at 10 lakh and around 9 lakh respectively.
• Bangalore      – capital of  karnataka
•  CM                   Sidaharamaiah
• Governor   Vajubhai rudabhai vala

4        India’s projected growth rate by World Bank at 7.3% for 2018-19:-

•  The World bank projected growth rate of 7.3% for India this year and 7.5% for 2019 -20 and also noted that India’s economy has recover from the impact of demonetization and GST.

5     You can join International solar Alliance during Narendra Modi hold a visit to Britain:-

• This alliance iaims to raise 1 trillion dollar of private and Public Finance to provide affordable and sustainable energy for all by 2030.
•  International solar Alliance headquarter     Gurugram, Haryana
•     UK    –   London        British pound
•     Pm        Theresa May

6    World haemophilia day 17th April:-

• WHD is recognised worldwide increase Awareness of haemophilia and other inherited bleeding disorders.
• Theme of WHD 2018 ” sharing knowledge make us stronger “.
• WHD was started in 1989 by world Federation of haemophilia on April 17 .
• WFH   Founder       Frank Schnabel.

7   Pulitzer prizes 2018 announced in USA :-

List of winners

• Fiction –   Andrew Sean Greer For “Less novel”.
• Drama      cost of living by Martina Majok.
• History-   The Gulf  –  the making of an American Sea  by Jack E Davis.
• Biography   Prairie fires the American dreams of Laura Ingalls by Caroline Fraser.
•  Poetry –  “Half light”  collected Poems 196-2016 of  Frank Bidart.
• Pulitzer prizes started 1917 on the name of Joseph pulitzer.

8  Bandhan Bank Most valuable brand in India among top 50:-

• Kolkata based Bandhan Bank Limited become one of the top 50 most valuable publicly traded term in India. Its market capitalisation was at Rs 64000 crore according to BSE data.
• Tata Consultancy Services Limited is the most valuable company in India followed by Reliance Industries Limited and HDFC Bank.
•  MD and CEO of Bandhan Bank   –   Chandrashekhar Ghosh.
•  Headquarter of bandhan Bank    –     kolkata West Bengal.

9     Yes bank Launched GST backed  overdraft(OD) facility for MSMEs :-

• Yes bank Launched YES GST and overdraft facility for micro small and medium enterprises.
• MSMe can avail overdraft up to Rs 1 crore based on their annual turnover.
•  Yes Bank headquarters –   mumbai.
•   MD and CEO    Rana Kapoor.

10 Veteran journalist S. Nihal Singh passed away at the age of 88 :-

• Nihal Singh worked with several leading newspapers including Khaleej times and Indian Express.
• Lieutenant General PP Malhotra selected Given Charge of director general of NCC.
•  He was the chief engineer of the army’s premier Northern Command.
• NCC is the largest uniformed youth Organisation in the world.
•  Headquarter of NCC New Delhi
•  Established on 16th April 1948