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You can verify that by matching the question papers and e-Dristi contents from yourselves. 1 http://www.edristi.in/ Contents Preface ................................................................................................................................................ 1 National ................................................................................................................................................ 10 PM Inaugurates Bogibeel Bridge ........................................................................................................ 10 Assembly Election in 5 States ............................................................................................................. 11 Year End Review 2018: Ministry of Tribal Affairs ................................................................................ 12 Ministry of Commerce & Industry to setup trade promotion bodies in 15 countries .......................... 13 National Medical Devices Promotion Council ..................................................................................... 13 National e-Vidhan Application (NeVA) Project ................................................................................... 14 Multi-Disciplinary Training Centre...................................................................................................... 15 Ministry of Steel initiative of Make in Steel – Make in India ............................................................... 15 Indian National Centre for Ocean Information (INCOIS) ..................................................................... 15 India’s First Water Metro ................................................................................................................... 16 SDG India Index 2018 ......................................................................................................................... 17 President Rule ................................................................................................................................... 17 Ujjawala Yojana extended to all poor households .............................................................................. 18 NITI Aayog Document ........................................................................................................................ 18 Multilingual Exposure to Students ..................................................................................................... 19 Vision of a New India – USD 5 Trillion Economy ................................................................................. 19 India offers Financial Aid to Maldives................................................................................................. 20 Year end Review 2018 – MNRE .......................................................................................................... 21 Cloud-Based New Generation Technology: PCS 1x ............................................................................. 21 India Water Impact Summit-2018 ...................................................................................................... 22 Clean Sea-2018 .................................................................................................................................. 23 Startup India Venture Capital Summit 2018 ....................................................................................... 23 PRASAD SCHEME ............................................................................................................................... 24 PEETHA scheme ................................................................................................................................. 24 Kartarpur Corridor ............................................................................................................................. 25 HAUSLA-2018 .................................................................................................................................... 25 NITI Aayog organizes South Asian Regional Conference on Urban Infrastructure ............................... 26 Ekamra Sports literary festival ........................................................................................................... 27 Sashakt India ..................................................................................................................................... 27 Mission Raksha Gyan Shakti ............................................................................................................... 28 Miniratna Status for NPCC ................................................................................................................. 29 IFFI screens two films on tiger conservation....................................................................................... 29 2 http://www.edristi.in/ Airsewa 2.0 to provide Chatbot support ............................................................................................ 30 The 6th Indian Social Work Congress ................................................................................................. 30 Rationalization of Flexi fare system .................................................................................................... 31 President of India inaugurates International Arya Mahasammelan-2018 ........................................... 31 Multi Modal Terminal on River Ganga................................................................................................ 32 CSIR develops Less Polluting Firecrackers named – SWAS, SAFAL and STAR ....................................... 33 PM inaugurates Kundli-Manesar Section of Western Peripheral Expressway ..................................... 33 NMCG on G Governance .................................................................................................................... 34 National Council on India’s nutritional challenge ............................................................................... 34 India International Cherry Blossom Festival 2018 ............................................................................... 35 Hunar Haat ........................................................................................................................................ 35 Govt to set up a National Institute of Inter-faith Studies .................................................................... 36 International ......................................................................................................................................... 36 Global Carbon Project’s Carbon dioxide Emitters List ......................................................................... 36 5th Enterprise India Exhibition ........................................................................................................... 37 Mount Soputan erupts in Indonesia ................................................................................................... 37 Akademik Lomonosov........................................................................................................................ 38 Passport Power Index-2018 ............................................................................................................... 38 Partners’ Forum 2018 ........................................................................................................................ 39 Forbes most Powerful Women List .................................................................................................... 40 Qatar to withdraw from OPEC ........................................................................................................... 40 Asia Pacific Summit 2018 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