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STUDY NOTES FOR BANK EXAMS Important Headlines: # Bhanu Pratap Sharma has been appointed as the expected to be 7.3 % this fiscal year. chairman of Banks Board Bureau (BBB). # India and World Expo 2020 signed participant’s # Boeing India has signed an agreement with Hindustan contract for India’s pavilion in the prestigious World Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), and Mahindra Defence Expo 2020 held once in 5 years. Systems (MDS) to manufacture Super Hornet fighter # Inspector General Vijay Chafekar has been appointed aircraft in India. as the Coast Guard Commander (western region). # A 1994-batch IFS (Indian Foreign Service) officer, # AIIMS professor Balram Bhargava was appointed Sripriya Ranganathan has been appointed as the new the Director General of Indian Council of Medical Ambassador of India to the Republic of Korea. Research (ICMR) and Secretary of the Department of # 65th national film awards have been announced. The Health Research. award for Best actress has been conferred to Shridevi. # Rishad Premji has been appointed as the Chairman # The National Highways Authority of India has signed of the National Association of Software and Services an agreement for upgradation of Yagyi – Kalewa Companies (NASSCOM). section of highway in Myanmar. # Euronet India has partnered with Yes Bank to # Government has decided to constitute a Task Force for modernize the bank’s core payment infrastructure. fast-tracking the roll-out of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle # Shreyasi Singh has won 12th gold medal for India in (UAV) technology. Women’s Double Trap in 21 Common Wealth Games. # India has jumped 13 places in the last one year to 130th # Actor Ranveer Singh and Actress Anushka Sharma spot in the latest annual Index of Economic Freedom will be honored with the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence released by a top American think-tank the Heritage Award. Foundation. # The first meeting of newly constituted NITI Forum for # ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C41 North East will be held in Agartala, Tripura. successfully launched the 1,425 kg IRNSS-1I # PM Modi flags off three rail projects in Bihar, including Navigation Satellite from Satish Dhawan Space Madhepura Electric Rail Locomotive factory. Centre, Sriharikota. # Azad Hind Fauj veteran Fauzi Sheikh Ramzan Qureshi # Indian Consortium and Saudi Aramco Sign MoU for dies. He was 9 Ratnagiri Mega Refinery in Maharashtra. # M Sathiyavathy took charge as member of Union # India and Morocco have signed an MOU in the field of Public Service Commission (UPSC). Mining and Geology for a period of 5 years. # The Eighth Regional 3R Forum in Asia and Pacific # Reserve Bank of India has imposed a penalty of Rs 3 was held in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. crore on IDBI bank for non-compliance to the Income # The eight edition of Theatre Olympics concluded in Recognition and Asset Classification (IRAC) norms. Mumbai. # Kidambi Srikanth became the first Indian male to # The UN World Tourism Organization appointed become world No. 1 in men's singles badminton Lionel Messi as an ambassador to promote responsible rankings. tourism. # The SBI has announced the launch of its UK subsidiary, # M. Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated a scientific convention SBI (UK) Limited. on the World Homoeopathy Day. # India has signed a MoU with the Republic of Korea on # According to the List of the busiest airports by the Mutual Recognition of Certificates of Competency of Airport Council International ACI, Indira Gandhi Seafarers. international airport, New Delhi was ranked 16th # Bangladesh and India signed an agreement on their among the busiest airports in 2017. proposed nearly 130km oil pipeline. # Maharashtra government has announced that cancer # According to ADB, India’s economic growth is patients would be provided free chemotherapy Write us : [email protected] www.mahendras.org www.mahendraguru.com myshop.mahendras.org [2] STUDY NOTES FOR BANK EXAMS treatment at their district hospitals. # Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb has launched # President Ram Nath Kovind was conferred with the the state component of Pradhanmantri Kaushal Vikas Condecoracion, the highest honour accorded to a non- Yojna (PMKVY) in Agartala. citizen by the government of Equatorial Guinea. # Maharashtra government has announced to provide # Viktor Orban has won the third consecutive term as free chemotherapy to cancer patients. Prime Minister of Hungary. # World Health Day is celebrated on 7 April under the # The Goa government has decided to launch its own leadership of World Health Organisation (WHO). app-based taxi service to some key tourist destinations. Theme for the year 2018 was ‘Universal Health # The Union government has banned imports of the Coverage: Everyone, Everywhere’. hormone oxytocin to stop its misuse in the livestock # Chief Minister of Tamilnadu K Palaniswami launched industry, as it causes hormonal imbalances and the bi-lingual 'Uzhavan' (farmer) app. shortens the lives of milch animals. # The Centre, Maharastra Government and the World # India defeated Nigeria by 3-0 to clinch gold in the Bank have signed a 420 million dollar project to help men's table tennis team event at the Commonwealth small and marginals farmers in the Marathwada and Games after 12 years. Vidarbha region of the state. # Harsimrat Kaur Badal has inaugurated Uttarakhand’s # In Uttar Pradesh Ganga Hariteema Yojana (Ganga second mega food park at Udham Singh Nagar. Greenery scheme) is launched in 27 districts of the # Indian women cricket team captain Mithali Raj has state located on the bank of river Ganga. become the first player to play the most ODI match in # The veteran actor, Raj Kishore, died following a women's cricket. cardiac arrest. He was 8His most significant work till # Indian Air Force has started "Gaganshakti 2018" date has been in the movie Sholay. biggest combat exercise along the borders of Pakistan # India-Korea joint anti-piracy, search and rescue and China. exercise 'SAHYOG- HYEOBLYEOG 2018' was # Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Nepali Prime conducted off the Chennai coast. Minister K.P. Sharma Oli laid the foundation stone # Global Logistics Summit was held in New Delhi. of Petroleum pipeline between Motihari in Bihar and # Tamil Nadu Government has launched "Amma" Free Amlekhganj of Nepal, which is the first international Wi-Fi zones in five cities. petroleum pipeline in South Asia. Write us : [email protected] www.mahendras.org www.mahendraguru.com myshop.mahendras.org [3] STUDY NOTES FOR BANK EXAMS WEEKLY SPECIAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS INDIA SIGNS MOU WITH WORLD WORLD CLASS BULLET PROOF EXPO 2020 DUBAI JACKETS FOR ARMY. India and World Expo 2020 signed participant’s contract for India’s pavilion in the prestigious A major contract through capital procurement route, World Expo 2020 held once in 5 years. The contract for procurement of 1, 86,138 Bullet Proof Jackets was signed by Manoj K. Dwivedi, Joint Secretary, (BPJs) has been signed. The impending requirement Ministry of Commerce, Government of India on of the Indian Army for effective BPJs, has been met Indian side and Mr. Najeeb Mohammed Al Ali, after successful conduct of stringent field evaluation Executive Director, Dubai Expo 2020 Bureau on trials. behalf of Expo 2020 at the Expo site in the presence The contracted BPJs have contemporary and state- of Navdeep Suri, Ambassador of India to UAE, of-the-art specifications with added protection level Vipul, Consul General of India, Dubai and Dr. and coverage area. These ergonomically designed Tarek Shayya, Board Director-Chief International BPJs have modular parts, thereby providing immense protection and flexibility to soldiers Participants Officer, Dubai Expo. operating in different operational situations ranging The contract provides for the setting up of India from long distance patrolling to high risk room pavilion at Expo 2020 on an extra-large plot (about intervention scenarios. The new BPJs will provide one acre) in the ‘Opportunity’ segment. This is tune 360 degree protection to the soldier in combat, with the great opportunity for economic activity that including from latest hard steel core bullets. India provides on the way to becoming a $5 trillion The concerns for BPJs for the Indian Army, have economy by 2025. Focus will be given to India’s been raised at the highest levels, even in the civil advances in Space, Pharma, IT, Renewable Energy, domain and media reports amidst heightened Telecom sectors. security situation, along the borders and in the The pavilion will be developed in public-private hinterland in the disturbed areas. The provisioning partnership mode. Leading industries and businesses of this operationally urgent and very critical will work with Central government and State equipment concerning personal ballistic protection, governments to participate in India’s pavilion. A will boost the confidence of the soldier and provide number of state governments, various ministries of moral ascendency to security forces. central government and major industry associations The case was processed as a ‘Buy Indian’. The and businesses have shown interest in partnering provision of these new BPJs was done by Indian and participating in World Expo 2020 which will manufacturers who were successful in the trials. take place for six months beginning October 2020. This has given an impetus to the ‘Make in India’ initiative of the Government, and provides Commerce & Industry Minister, Suresh Prabhu confidence that the Indian Industry is capable of has expressed his happiness on the signing of the fulfilling the requirements