The Most Important Current Affairs APRIL 2018 CWG 2018 Concludes: Australia Tops Medal 16. BAJRANG Men's Freestyle 65 kg Tally, India Third 17. Vinesh PHOGAT Women's Freestyle 50 kg

The 21st edition of the Commonwealth Games will begin Boxing in Gold Coast, Australia, with a colourful opening 18. Gaurav SOLANKI Men's 52kg ceremony. This will be a momentous day for the city as 19. Vikas KRISHAN Men's 75kg the biggest event in its history begins. 20. MC Mary KOM Women's 45-48kg Carrara Stadium has been chosen as the venue to host Table-Tennis the opening ceremony. These Games will mark the 5th 21. India Men's Team time that Australia has hosted the games. India will be 22. Manika BATRA Women's Singles represented at the opening ceremony by a contingent of 23. India Women's Team over 200 athletes who will be led by flag-bearer P V Badminton Sindhu. 24. Saina NEHWAL Women's Singles India finished third in the medals tally at 25. India Mixed Team Event the Commonwealth Games 2018 with 66 medals (26 Athletics Gold, 20 Silver & 20 Bronze). Australia with 198 medals 26. Neeraj CHOPRA Men's Javelin Throw & England with 136 were ahead. India's 26 Golds was also third, behind Australia (80) & England (45). India's SILVER MEDALS (20) combined 66 medals is its third-best showing in the S. No. Winners Sports Category history of the Games. Weightlifting India's best remains 101 in New Delhi (2010), followed 1. Pardeep SINGH Men's 105kg by 69 in Manchester (2002). India bettered its showing 2. GURURAJA Men's 56kg in Glasgow 2014, where we finished fifth overall, by just Shooting two medals. 3. Heena SIDHU Women's 10m Air Pistol Complete List of all the Medals won by India in 4. Mehuli GHOSH Women's 10m Air the CWG 2018 Rifle GOLD MEDALS (26) 5. Anjum MOUDGIL Women's 50m Rifle 3 Positions S. Winners Sports Category 6. Tejaswini SAWANT Women's 50m Rifle No. Prone Weightlifting Wrestling 1. Chanu Saikhom Women's 48kg 7. Mausam KHATRI Men's Freestyle 97 kg MIRABAI 8. Babita KUMARI Women's Freestyle 53 2. Venkat Rahul RAGALA Men's 85kg kg 3. Sanjita Chanu Women's 53kg 9. Pooja DHANDA Women's Freestyle 57 KHUMUKCHAM kg 4. Sathish Kumar Men's 77kg Boxing SIVALINGAM 10. Satish KUMAR Men's +91kg 5. Punam YADAV Women's 69kg 11. AMIT Men's 46-49kg Shooting 12. Manish KAUSHIK Men's 60kg 6. Manu BHAKER Women's 10m Air Pistol Table-Tennis 7. Jitu RAI Men's 10m Air Pistol 13. ACHANTA Sharath/ Men's Doubles 8. Anish BHANWALA Men's 25m Rapid Fire GNANASEKARAN Pistol Sathiyan 9. Sanjeev RAJPUT Men's 50m Rifle 3 14. BATRA Manika/ DAS Women's Doubles Positions Mouma 10. Heena SIDHU Women's 25m Pistol Badminton 11. Tejaswini SAWANT Women's 50m Rifle 3 15. Satwik RANKIREDDY/ Men's Doubles Positions Chirag Chandrashekhar 12. Shreyasi SINGH Women's Double Trap SHETTY Wrestling 16. Srikanth KIDAMBI Men's Singles 13. Kumar SUSHIL Men's Freestyle 74 kg 17. PV Sindhu Women's Singles 14. SUMIT Men's Freestyle 125 kg Athletics 15. Rahul AWARE Men's Freestyle 57 kg 18. Seema PUNIA Women's Discus 1 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | ADDA247.COM | defence.adda247.com

Throw Prime Ministers of all the Nordic countries -- Denmark, Squash Finland, Iceland, Norway & Sweden also attended the 19. CHINAPPA Joshna/ Women's Doubles summit. PALLIKAL KARTHIK Dipika UK Joins International Solar Alliance to Mark Narendra 20. PALLIKAL KARTHIK Mixed Doubles Modi Visit Dipika/GHOSAL Saurav The United Kingdom joined the India-led International Solar Alliance (ISA) ahead of Prime Minister Narendra BRONZE MEDALS (20) Modi’s visit to Britain. S. No. Winners Sports Category At an event held at the London Stock Exchange as part of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2018 Weightlifting (CHOGM), Britain formally announced its membership of 1. Deepak LATHER Men's 69kg the alliance, which aims to raise $1 trillion of private & 2. Vikas THAKUR Men's 94kg public finance to provide affordable & sustainable Shooting energy for all by 2030. 3. Om MITHARVAL Men's 10m Air Pistol 4. Ravi KUMAR Men's 10m Air Rifle Modi in Sweden on 1st leg of 3-nation visit 5. Om MITHARVAL Men's 50m Pistol PM Modi left for Sweden on the first leg of his three- 6. Ankur MITTAL Men's Double Trap nation tour of Europe. 7. Apurvi Women's 10m Air Rifle This was the first prime ministerial visit from India to CHANDELA Sweden in 30 years after the visit of Rajiv Gandhi in Wrestling 1988. 8. SOMVEER Men's Freestyle 86 kg Modi held a bilateral summit with Swedish Prime 9. Sakshi MALIK Women's Freestyle 62 kg Minister Stefan Lofven. 10. Divya KAKRAN Women's Freestyle 68 kg India & Sweden also co-host the first ever India-Nordic 11. KIRAN Women's Freestyle 76 kg Summit, where the Prime Ministers of the other four Boxing Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland & Norway 12. Hussamuddin MOHAMMED Men's 56kg were present. 13. Manoj KUMAR Men's 69kg PM Modi held a roundtable with top Swedish CEOs 14. Naman TANWAR Men's 91kg Companies in Sweden, the largest Nordic economy in Table-Tennis Europe has committed a fresh 1.1 billion dollars 15. DESAI Harmeet/SHETTY Sanil Men's Doubles investment in India. He Signed various agreements with Shankar Sweden, Denmark & Iceland. 16. Sharath ACHANTA Men's Singles 17. GNANASEKARAN Mixed Doubles Sathiyan/BATRA Manika Badminton 18. REDDY N. Sikki/ PONNAPPA Women's Doubles Ashwini Athletics 19. Navjeet DHILLON Women's Discus Throw Para Powerlifting 20. Sachin CHAUDHARY Men's Heavyweight

PM Modi's 3-Nation Tour of Europe: Important Highlights

Prime Minister visited Sweden & the UK with the aim of

boosting bilateral cooperation in several key areas, Modi in the UK on 2nd leg of 3-nation visit: including trade & investment. PM Modi addressed the world in a globally broadcast In the UK, PM attended the Commonwealth Heads of live event called 'Bharat Ki Baat, Sabke Saath' from the Government Meeting (CHOGM) & in Sweden, he iconic Central Hall Westminster in London. attended the India-Nordic Summit which was co-hosted PM Modi & 52 other leaders attended by India & Sweden. the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) at the Buckingham Palace in London. He 2 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | ADDA247.COM | defence.adda247.com

joined other heads of government for the leaders' retreat India & the UK have signed 10 agreements in several at Windsor Castle, which concluded the Commonwealth sectors including cyber-relationship, rejuvenation of Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in the UK. Ganga & skill development. PM Modi also held bilateral talks with his British The two countries have agreed to an overarching cyber- counterpart Theresa May. Counter-terrorism relationship framework that among others enables the cooperation was the main agenda of discussion. Modi & development of a common & shared understanding of May agreed to take "decisive & concerted the international cyber activity. actions" against terrorism in all its manifestations. An MoU on the rejuvenation of River Ganga, National Mr Modi also paid floral tributes at the bust of 12th- Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) & the UK-based Natural century Lingayat philosopher & social reformer Environmental Research Council (NERC). Basaveshwara at Albert Embankment Gardens on the An MoU on Skill Development, Vocational education & banks of the river Thames. Training & seek to promote greater collaboration in At the special invitation extended by Prince domains such as strengthening skill delivery in high Charles, Modi became the first Indian PM to attend the demand sectors where UK has technical & skilling event in a decade. expertise. A Statement of Intent between NITI Aayog & UK’s Modi in Germany on 3rd & last leg of 3 nation visit: Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Prime Minister Narendra Modi held bilateral talks (BEIS) has also been signed. with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin & Inked the deal on cooperation in the field of Animal discussed ways to further strengthen the strategic Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries Sectors seeking to partnership between the two countries. strengthen collaboration in livestock health & It was third & the last leg of Modi’s three-nation tour to husbandry, breeding, dairying & fisheries. the UK, Sweden & Germany. The PM arrived in Delhi An MoU on Exchange of Information for the Purposes of from Berlin. Combating International Criminality & Tackling Serious Organised Crime has been signed. List of MOUs & Agreements Signed on Visit of PM Modi to Stockholm Static Takeaways MOUs/Agreements between India & Sweden Sweden Capital - Stockholm, Currency - Swedish krona. Joint Declaration on India-Sweden Innovation Denmark Capital- Copenhagen, Currency- Danish krone. Partnership for a Sustainable Future between Ministry Iceland Capital- Reykjavik, Currency- Icelandic króna. of Science & Technology of India & the Ministry of The United Kingdom Capital- London, Currency- British Enterprise & Innovation. pound. Germany Capital- Berlin, Currency- Euro, Chancellor- MOUs/Agreements between India & Denmark Angela Merkel. MOU on Cooperation in the field of Sustainable & Smart Nordic countries include Sweden, Norway, Finland, Urban Development between the Ministry for Housing & Denmark & Iceland. Urban Affairs of India & the Ministry of Industry, Business & Financial Affairs of Denmark. 65th National Film Awards: The Complete List MOU on Cooperation in the fields of Animal Husbandry of the winners & Dairying between Department of Animal Husbandry,

Dairying & Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers The 65th National Film Awards were announced Welfare of India & the Danish Veterinary & Food in Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi. Administration, Ministry of Environment & Food of The chairpersons of the three juries (Feature, Non- Denmark. feature & Writing) for the National Film Awards have MOU on Food Safety Cooperation between the Food announced the awards for the different categories. Safety & Standards Authority of India & the Danish This year, the jury is being headed by director Shekhar Veterinary & Food Administration. Kapur. The jury panel has 10 members. MOU on Cooperation in Agricultural Research & National Film Awards will be given by the President Ram Education between the Indian Council of Agricultural Nath Kovind in May 2018. Research & the University of Copenhagen, Faculty of

Science, Denmark. Complete List of Winners of 65th National Film Awards

Category Winner MOUs/Agreements between India & Iceland MOU on the Establishment of the ICCR Chair for Hindi Best Anthropological Name Place Animal Thing, Slave Language between Indian Council for Cultural Relations film Genesis & the University of Iceland. Best Critic on Cinema Girdhar Jha (Swarn Kamal) Special Mention Mhorkya (Marathi), Hello Arasi MOUs/Agreements between India & UK (Oriya), Take Off (Malayalam), Newton (Hindi) 3 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | ADDA247.COM | defence.adda247.com

Best Ladakhi Film Walking With The Wind Biography- Prairie Fires: The American Dreams of Best Jasari Film Sinjar Laura Ingalls Wilder, by Caroline Fraser (Metropolitan Best Tulu Film Paddayi Books). Poetry- Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016, by Best Odiya Film Hello Arsi Frank Bidart (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Best Kannada Film Hebbet Ramakka Best Hindi Film Newton Notes: Best Bengali Film Mayurakshi 1917 was the first year when the Pulitzer Prizes were awarded. Marathi Film Kachcha Limbu Pulitzer Prize has been named after Joseph Pulitzer. Best Malayalam Film Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Best Telugu Film Ghazi Winners of the Miami Open 2018 Assamese Film Ishu Best Tamil Film To Let The Miami Open, sometimes known as the Miami Best Gujarati Film Dhh Masters, is an annual tennis tournament for men & Best Action Direction Abbas Ali Moghu for Baahubali 2 women currently held in Florida, the USA. American John Isner won his first ever Masters 1,000 Choreography Ganesh Acharya for 'Gori Tu Latth title with a victory over German Alexander Zverev in the Maar' for Toilet - Ek Premkatha Miami Open final. Best Special Effects Baahubali 2 S. Stephens won in the Women's singles category. She Best Music Director Kaatru Veliyidai has defeated J. Ostapenko. Best Background Mom Score Complete list of Miami Open 2018 Title Special Jury Award Nagarkirtan Category Winner Runner Up Best Lyrics JM Prahalad for Muthuratna song Men's Singles John Isner (USA) Alexander Zverev Best Make Up Artist Ram Rajjak (Nagarkirtan) (Germany) Women's Sloane Stephens Jelena Ostapenko Best Production Santhosh Raman (Malayalam Singles (USA) (Latvia) Design movie Take Off) Men's Mike Bryan (USA) Karen Khachanov Best Screenplay Sajeev Pazhoor (Thondimuthalum Doubles Bob Bryan (USA) (Russia) (Original) Driksakshiyum) Andrey Rublev Screenplay Writer JAYARAJ (Bhayanakam) (Russia) (Adapted) Women's CoCo Vandeweghe Barbora Krejcikova Best Dialogues Sambit Mohanty (Hello Arsi) Doubles (USA) (Czech Republic) Best Cinematography Bhayanakam Ashleigh Barty Katerina Siniakova Best Cameraman Nikhil S Praveen (Australia) (Czech Republic) Best Playback Singer Shashaa Tirupati for Kaatru Veliyidai. Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards Best Actress Sridevi for ‘Mom’ 2018 Announced Best Actor Riddhi Sen for ‘Nagar Kirtan’

Best Director Jayaraj for ‘Bhayanakam’ Bollywood actors Bhumi Pednekar, Sonam Kapoor & Best Film Village Rockstars (Assamese) Akshay Kumar bagged the best actress & best actor awards respectively at the Dadasaheb Phalke awards, Winners of the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes given by Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation, held in Winners of the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes were announced at Mumbai. Columbia University in New York City. Manisha Koirala won the ‘Most Versatile Actress’ The Pulitzers are highly revered & mark the best in award. Veteran actor-director Rakesh Roshan was given journalism in different categories. the lifetime achievement award for his contribution to Following are the winners of the Pulitzer Prize 2018. the industry as an actor, producer & a director. Fiction- Andrew Sean Greer’s “Less” has won the The complete list of all the winners of Dadasaheb Phalke Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Greer’s novel tells the comic Film Foundation Awards 2018: story of a middle-aged novelist. Drama- Cost of Living, by Martyna Majok. Category Winner History- The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea, by Best Actor Akshay Kumar, for Jack E. Davis (Liveright/W.W. Norton). Padman (Jury) & for Toilet: Ek Prem Katha 4 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | ADDA247.COM | defence.adda247.com

Best Actress in a Leading Sonam Kapoor, for Best Playback Singer Neeti Mohan Role Padman (Female) Best Actress Bhumi Pednekar, for Best TV Anchor Aditya Narayan Jha Toilet: Ek Prem Katha Best Entertainer (TV) Manish Paul Lifetime Achievement Rakesh Roshan Best Playback Singer (jury) Bhumi Trivedi Award Best Stage Anchor Siddharth Kannan Saraswatibai Dadasaheb Farida Jalal Best Producer (Short Sandip Marwah Phalke Best Actress Films) (Lifetime) award Most Entertaining Film Luv Ranjan ‘Most Versatile Actress’ Manisha Koirala (Sonu ki Titu ki Sweety) Award Best Actor in a Character Rajesh Sharma Role

The Most Important Current Affairs MAY 2018 The Code envisages two distinct processes in case of Acquisition of Bhushan Steel under IBC | A Milestone in insolvencies: automatic fresh start and insolvency Bankruptcy Proceedings resolution. Where does India stand globally on the ease of resolving You all must be aware of the historic Acquisition of the insolvencies? Bhushan Steel Ltd by Tata Steel’s wholly-owned India currently ranks 136 out of 189 countries in the World subsidiary Bamnipal Steel Ltd (BNPL) under Bank's index on the ease of resolving the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), 2016. BNPL insolvencies. India's weak insolvency regime, its significant has control of 72.65% of stake in Bhushan Steel Ltd (BSL). inefficiencies and systematic abuse are some of the reasons Now the question comes what exactly the IBC, 2016 is? for the distressed state of credit markets in India. So in order to answer that we need to understand the How Do Banks Get Benefit from this Acquisition? defining line of IBC by the Ministry of Law and Justice For a banking sector that has suffered back-to-back bad which says that- "It is an act to consolidate and amend the news for a while now, this acquisition offers a ray of laws relating to reorganisation and insolvency resolution hope. Bamnipal Steel Ltd (BNPL) announced the of corporate persons, partnership firms and completion of its acquisition of Bhushan Steel, marking individuals in a time bound manner for maximisation of the resolution of the first case under IBC, 2016. value of assets of such persons, to promote This was among the first lot of 12 companies that entrepreneurship, availability of credit and balance the the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had pushed to interests of all the stakeholders". the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for Key Highlights of IBC, 2016: bankruptcy proceedings in 2017. 1. Corporate Debtors: Two-Stage Process- Union Finance Minister Piyush Goyal (who recently To initiate an insolvency process for corporate debtors, took the finance ministry's charge from Arun Jaitley in the default should be at least INR 100,000 (USD 1495) wake of the latter's ill health) described it as a "historic (which limit may be increased up to INR 10,000,000 breakthrough" in resolving legacy issues of banks. (USD 149,500) by the Government). The Code proposes The most important outcome of the deal is that banks two independent stages: will pocket Rs 35,200 crore immediately, which covers (a) Insolvency Resolution Process (IRP), during which most of the principal amount Bhushan Steel owes to its financial creditors assess whether the debtor's business lenders, besides a 12 percent stake in the company. is viable to continue and the options for its rescue and The cash payment immediately lessens the burden on a revival; and group of banks including fraud-hit Punjab National Bank (b) Liquidation- if the insolvency resolution process fails or (PNB). The top three banks that had given loans to the financial creditors decide to wind down and distribute Bhushan Steel are State Bank of India (Rs 12,800 the assets of the debtor. Crore), Punjab National Bank (Rs 4,900 crore), and 2. Insolvency Resolution Process for Canara Bank (Rs 2,860 crore). Individuals/Unlimited Partnerships- Moreover, over a roughly three-and-a-half year period, For individuals and unlimited partnerships, the Code from mid-2014 to the end-December 2017, India’s public applies in all cases where the minimum default amount sector banks (PSBs) have written-off loans worth Rs is INR 1000 (USD 15) and above (the Government may 2,72,558 crore. Of the amount, a meagre Rs 29,343 crore later revise the minimum amount of default to a higher has been recovered, according to data available with the threshold). RBI.

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Key Appointments in Bhushan Steels after acquisition: been approved and Rs. 261.31 crores have been released Rajeev Singhal has taken over as the new Managing to 12 cities for implementation of the scheme. Director of the steelmaker, while Krishnava Dutt has Total expenditure under the scheme so far is Rs.209.5 been appointed an Independent Director. crores. 58 projects are under implementation at various The new board comprises of three non-executive stages. All works will be completed by September 2018. directors – Anand Sen, Shuva Mandal and Dibyendu Dutta. Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) Smart Cities Mission: 1,333 Projects worth Rs. 50,626 A total of Rs. 6,592 crores have been released to states. Crores Completed or Under Implementation Total number of 48.67 lakh individual household toilets and 3.3 lakh Community/Public Toilet (CT/PT) seats Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs able to achieve have already been constructed and 8.3 lakh individual substantial milestones in both physical and financial toilets and 0.37 lakh CT/PT are under construction. terms in so far as mission objectives/targets are 2679 cities have been so far self-declared Open concerned. Defecation Free and after third-party certification, 2,133 cities/ ULBs have been certified as Open Defecation Free During the year 2017-18, while the total cumulative (ODF). grants released was Rs. 46,663 crores, Utilization Certificates were due only for the grants released upto March 2016, i.e. for approximately Rs. 10,365 crores. Overall projects worth Rs.2,03,979 crores have been identified for all 99 smart cities across the country. The timeline for the completion of smart city projects according to the rounds in which they were selected is given below: 1. Round 1 cities- 2019-20 to 2020-21 2. Round 2 cities- 2019-20 to 2021-22 3. Round 3 cities- 2020-21 to 2021-22 4. Round 4 cities- 2020-21 to 2022-23

AMRUT (Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation) Under AMRUT, out of State Annual Action Plan(SAAP) size of Rs. 77,640 crores, projects worth Rs. 65,075 crores (84%) are under various stages of implementation including projects tendered and where Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards 2018 DPRs have been approved. Announced More than 22 crores urban population will benefit from

this mission. Total of Rs. 11,945 crores has been released Bollywood actors Bhumi Pednekar, Sonam Kapoor and so far. Akshay Kumar bagged the best actress and best actor awards at the Dadasaheb Phalke awards, given by PMAY (U) (Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Urban) Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation, held in Mumbai. Total of Rs. 24,475crores has been released to the States Manisha Koirala won the ‘Most Versatile Actress’ under the scheme. So far, 45.86 lakh houses have been award. Veteran actor-director Rakesh Roshan was given sanctioned under the scheme; out of these 23.43 lakh the lifetime achievement award for his contribution to houses have been grounded and 7.02 lakh houses have the industry as an actor, producer and a director. been completed so far (including incomplete houses of earlier scheme). The complete list of all the winners of Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards 2018:

DAY - NULM (Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Category Winner Urban Livelihoods Mission) Best Actor Akshay Kumar, for Under the Mission, Rs.1907.5 crores have been released Padman (Jury) and for so far. The Mission has been extended to all the statutory Toilet: Ek Prem Katha towns. Since the beginning of the mission, employment Best Actress in a Leading Sonam Kapoor, for has been generated for 6,36,956 beneficiaries. Role Padman Best Actress Bhumi Pednekar, for HRIDAY (Heritage City Development and Augmentation Toilet: Ek Prem Katha Yojana) Lifetime Achievement Rakesh Roshan City HRIDAY Plans (CHPs) for 12 cities have been Award approved. 66 DPRs amounting to Rs. 421.47 crores have Saraswatibai Dadasaheb Farida Jalal 6 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | ADDA247.COM | defence.adda247.com

Phalke Best Actress This was the Vice President's first overseas visit after (Lifetime) award assuming office. He was accompanied by a high-level ‘Most Versatile Actress’ Manisha Koirala delegation, including Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Award Jasvantsinh Sumanbahi Bhabhor. Best Actor in a Character Rajesh Sharma 1. On 1st Leg Visited Guatemala: Role Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu arrived in Best Playback Singer Neeti Mohan Guatemala on the first leg of his three-nation tour (Female) to Latin America. During his stay in Guatemala city, Mr Best TV Anchor Aditya Narayan Jha Naidu met the leadership of the nation. Best Entertainer (TV) Manish Paul A pact has been signed between India and Guatemala for Best Playback Singer (jury) Bhumi Trivedi strengthening diplomatic cooperation through Best Stage Anchor Siddharth Kannan Respective Foreign Service Institutes in the educational Best Producer (Short Films) Sandip Marwah field. 2. On 2nd Leg Visited Panama: Most Entertaining Film Luv Ranjan On 2nd leg, Mr Naidu visited Panama where India and (Sonu ki Titu ki Sweety) Panama have signed 2 agreements on the exemption of

Visas for holders of Diplomatic and Official Passports Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Awards 2018: Complete and in the field of Agriculture. List of Winners During the talks with Panamanian leaders, Mr Naidu also Dadahaheb Phalke Excellence Awards 2018 honoured announced a total of US $ 25 million Line of Credit for the individuals from the entertainment industry for their setting up a Centre of Bio-diversity and Drug Tracking outstanding contribution towards the growth and and a Centre for Innovation and Technology. development of cinema and/or television. 3. On 3rd Leg Visited Peru: The complete list of the winners of the Dadahaheb Vice President Venkaiah Naidu arrived in Peru on the Phalke Excellence Awards 2018: third and final leg of his three-nation visit to Latin Category Winner America. India and Peru signed an agreement in the field Best actor (male) Shahid Kapoor of Renewable Energy at Lima. Best actor people's choice Ranveer Singh The pact was signed in the presence of Vice President M award Venkaiah Naidu and the Prime Minister Cesar Villanueva Entertainer of the year Kartik Aryan Arevalo. Best actress (critics) Aditi Rao Hydari Static Points related to the countries Lifetime achievement Simi Garewal Guatemala Capital- Guatemala City, Currency- award Guatemalan quetzal. Pride of Indian cinema Sanjay Dutt Peru Capital- Lima, Currency- Sol. Path-breaking producer of Anushka Sharma and Panama Capital- Panama City, Currencies- United States the year Karnesh Sharma Dollar, Panamanian balboa. Best director Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari Outstanding performance Raj Kumar Rao, Rana PM Modi visited China: Important Highlights male Daggubati Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in New Delhi Outstanding performance Tamannahh Bhatia, after a two-day informal summit meeting with Chinese female Kriti Sanon President Xi Jinping in Wuhan. He was received at the Promising face of the year Aahana Kumra airport by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Best actress drama award Jennifer Winget He wrapped up his two-day visit to China with both the Best actor (male) Television Karan Patel countries underlining the importance of maintaining Best reality show judge Shilpa Shetty peace and tranquility in all areas of their border region Best talk show host Karan Johar in the larger interest of the overall development of Best lyricist Manoj Muntashir bilateral relations. Best performance in a short Divya Khosla Kumar During his visit, both leaders took a long walk by film Wuhan’s iconic East Lake. They also agreed to issue Iconic contribution towards Hans Raj Hans “strategic guidance” to their militaries to strengthen music communications and to build trust and understanding. After the walk the talk followed a Naav (Boat) pe Venkaiah Naidu 3-Nation Visit: Complete Highlights charcha. The two leaders took a boat ride on a traditional Chinese wooden boat sporting a pagoda.

Wuhan is a city of freshwater lakes along the banks of Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu visited to South the Yangtze River. America's Guatemala, Peru and Panama. Bilateral trade and investments were discussed during the visit.

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The Most Important Current Affairs JUNE 2018 Know how the Trump-Kim Summit took place And the IIFA goes to: IIFA Awards 2018 The historical Trump-Kim summit meeting was the first of  At the Indian International Film Awards (IIFA), late its kind between a sitting American president Donald star Sridevi won Best Actress (posthumously) for Trump & a leader of North Korea Kim Jong-un. It’s been a MOM while Irrfan Khan was given the Best Actor rather long journey of mistrust, war & skirmishes that finally Award for Hindi Medium. The award ceremony was culminated in the historic summit in Singapore. Let us take held in Bangkok. Vidya Balan's Tumhari Sulu was a brief look at the recent events that finally lead to the awarded the Best Film trophy. signing of the agreement.  Karan Johar & Riteish Deshmukh hosted the show. After an unusually provocative 2017 during which North The Complete list of winners Korea tested a thermonuclear warhead & three Category Winners intercontinental ballistic missiles, Kim Jong Un initiates 1. Best Film Tumhari Sulu diplomacy in his annual New Year address. He called for 2. Best Actor in a Sridevi (MOM) improved relations & engagement with South Korea but leading role added he has a nuclear button on his desk.Trump (Female) responded that he has a bigger & more powerful nuclear 3. Best Actor in a Irrfan Khan (Hindi Medium) button adding "And my Button works". North & South leading role (Male) Korean officials meet at a border village & agree on North 4. Best Actor In Meher Vij (Secret Superstar) Korea sending athletes & delegates to the Winter Supporting Role Olympics in the South. (Female) 5. Best Actor In Nawazzuddin Siddiqui In March 2018, South Korean envoys meet Trump in Supporting Role (MOM) Washington & delivered an invitation from Kim to meet. (Male) Trump accepted the invitation. Trump confirmed that Mike Pompeo, then the CIA chief, had met Kim secretly in North 6. Best Director Saket Chaudhary (Hindi Korea & said "a good relationship was formed" heading into Medium) the anticipated summit. North Korea suspended nuclear & 7. Best Debut Director Konkona Sensharma (A Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) tests & planned Death in the Gunj) to close its nuclear test site as part of a shift in its national 8. Outstanding Anupam Kher focus to developing its economy. Pompeo, US Secretary of Achievement by an State, made another visit to Pyongyang to prepare for the Actor in Indian Trump-Kim summit. North Korea released three Americans Cinema who had been imprisoned. 9. Best Story Amit V Masurkar (Newton) In May 2018, Trump announced he will meet with Kim in `10. Best Music Direction Amaal Mallik, Tanishk Singapore on June 12. After few days, North Korea abruptly Bagchi, Akhil Sachdeva cancelled a high-level meeting with the South & threatened (Badrinath Ki Dulhania) to cancel the Summit with Trump too in protest over U.S.- 11. Best Background Pritam (Jagga Jasoos) South Korean military exercises & U.S. commented that Score the North should follow the "Libya model" of 12. Best Screenplay Nitesh Tiwari, Shreyas Jain denuclearization by eliminating everything upfront. (Bareilly Ki Barfi) North Korean envoy Kim Yong Chol, the most senior North 13. Best Playback Singer Meghna Mishra (Main Kaun Korean official visited the United States. He arrived in New Female Hoon - Secret Superstar) York for pre-summit negotiations with Pompeo. After 14. Best Playback Singer Arijit Singh (Hawayein - Jab meeting Kim Yong Chol at the White House, Trump Male Harry Met Sejal) announced that his meeting with Kim Jong Un is back on 15. Best Lyrics Nusrat Fateh Ali, A1 Melody for June 12. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Fana & Manoj Muntashir Sanders tweeted that the Trump-Kim meeting will be held (Mere Rashke Qamar - at Singapore's Capella Hotel. Trump & Kim arrive in Baadshaho) Singapore for the first meeting between a sitting US 16. Best Choreography Vijay Ganguly & Ruel Dausan president & a North Korean leader on 12th of June. Varindani (Galti Se Mistake - Jagga Jasoos) The Outcome of Kim-Trump Summit- 17. Best Style Icon of the Kriti Sanon US president Donald Trump & North Korean leader Kim Year Jong Unsigned a document pledging to work toward complete denuclearization of the

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Korean Peninsula in return for US providing security The 2018 French Open (also known as Roland guarantees to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Garros) was a Grand Slam tennis tournament played on (DPRK). outdoor clay courts.  It was the 122nd edition of the French Open & the PM Modi 3-Nation Visit | Indonesia, Malaysia & second Grand Slam event of 2018. It took place at the Singapore| Complete Highlights Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France.  Rafael Nadal was the defending champion in the PM Narendra Modi returned to New Delhi after Men's Singles & won his 11th French Open title. concluding his significant & successful three-nation visit to  Simona Halep won her first Grand Slam title. Indonesia, Malaysia & Singapore. Here we have covered the complete highlights of the event (Country Wise). Complete List of Winners in Different Category (with their Respective Countries) 1. First Leg Visit to Indonesia: Category Winner Runner Up On the first leg of 3-Nation visit, PM Modi has visited Men's Singles Rafael Dominic Thiem Indonesia. India & Indonesia signed 15 MoUs in the fields of Nadal (Spain) (Austria) defence, scientific & technological cooperation, railways & Women's Simona Sloane Stephens health, among others. Singles Halep (Rome) (USA) Men’s Doubles Nicolas Mahut Oliver Marach 2. Second Leg Visit to Malaysia: (France) & Pierre- (Austria) & Mate PM Modi had arrived in Singapore after a brief halt in Hugues Herbert Pavic (Croatia) Malaysia where he met his 92-year-old Malaysian (France) counterpart Mahathir Mohamad to personally congratulate Women's Barbara Eri Hozumi (Japan) him on his stunning election victory & the two leaders had Doubles Krejcikova (Czech & Makoto Ninomiya "productive discussions" on bolstering the bilateral strategic Republic) & (Japan) ties. Katerina Siniakova (Czech 3. Third Leg Visit to Singapore: Republic) PM Narendra Modi launched three Indian digital payment Mixed Doubles Latisha Chan Gaby Dabrowski systems - RuPay, BHIM app & UPI by SBI at the 'Business, (Taiwan) & Ivan (Canada) & Mate Innovation & Community Event' in Singapore. With the Dodig (Croatia) Pavic (Croatia) launch, India's RuPay digital payments system was linked up with Singapore's 33-year old Network for Electronic Virat Kohli Emerged as International Cricketer Of Year: Transfers (NETS). CEAT Ratings

PM Modi held wide-ranging talks with his  Indian skipper Virat Kohli has emerged as Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong & delivered a the International Cricketer of the Year at the CEAT keynote address at the Shangri-La Dialogue - Asia's premier Cricket Ratings awards, which were presented in defence & strategic affairs conference. He is the first Indian Mumbai. Batsman Rohit Sharma collected the award on PM to address the Shangri-La Dialogue. behalf of Kohli.  The Other CEAT Cricket Ratings awards which were PM Modi on his last day of three-day Singapore visit also presented: went to the Changi Naval Base, the prime naval base for the  International Batsman of the Year Award: Shikhar Republic of Singapore Navy. There the PM visited the Indian Dhawan (India). Naval Ship INS Satpura.  International Bowler of the Year Award: Trent Boult (New Zealand). In a special gesture, an orchid was named after PM  T20 Bowler of the Year Award: Rashid Khan Narendra Modi on the occasion of his visit to National (Afghanistan). Orchid Garden in Singapore. PM Narendra Modi &  Outstanding Innings of the Year Award: Harmanpreet Singapore's former PM Goh Chok Tong jointly unveiled a Kaur (India). plaque to pay tribute at the immersion site of Mahatma  Lifetime Achievement Award: Farokh Engineer Gandhi's ashes at the waterfront Clifford pier. 8 (India). agreements were signed between the two sides which  T20 Batsman of the Year Award: Colin Munro (New covered areas as wide as military cooperation & Zealand). connectivity.  Domestic Player of the Year Award: Mayank Agarwal (India). French Open 2018: Complete List Of Winners  U19 Player of the Year award: Shubman Gill (India).  Popular Choice Award: Chris Gayle (West Indies).

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Seychelles President Danny Faure first bilateral visit to India. Four MoUs have been signed under ‘Adopt a Seychelles President Danny Faure is on his first bilateral visit Heritage’ scheme to India. He held the talks with PM Narendra Modi & Four MoUs have been signed under ‘Adopt a Heritage’ reviewed the wide-ranging cooperation between the two scheme & six more are at an advanced stage, according to Mr countries, including in the fields of defence & security. The Raghvendra Singh, Secretary, Ministry of Culture. It includes: list of MoUs signed between the 2 countries: 1. Mount Stok Kangri Trek Route, Ladakh: Between 1. MOU between India & Seychelles regarding Indian Grant Ministry of Tourism, Adventure Tour Operators Assistance for Implementation of Small Development Association of India (ATOAI) & the state government of Projects through Local Bodies, Educational & Vocational Jammu & Kashmir. Institutions, 2. Gangotri Temple Area & Trail to Gaumukh, Uttarakhand: 2. Twinning Agreement on the Establishment of Friendship Between Ministry of Tourism, ATOAI & Uttarakhand & Cooperation between the Corporation of the City of Government. Panaji (Municipal Corporation) & the City of Victoria of 3. Red Fort, Delhi: Between Ministry of Tourism, Ministry the Republic of Seychelles, of Culture, ASI & Dalmia Bharat Limited. 3. MOU between the Indian Computer Emergency 4. Gandikota Fort, Andhra Pradesh: Between Ministry of Response Team (CERT-in), Ministry of Electronics & Tourism, Ministry of Culture, ASI & Dalmia Bharat Information Technology, India & the Department of Limited. Information Communications Technology of Seychelles on Cooperation in the area of Cyber Security, 4. Cultural Exchange Programme between India & Seychelles for the years 2018-2022, 5. Technical Agreement on Sharing White Shipping Information between the Indian Navy & the National Information Sharing & Coordination Center of Seychelles, 6. MOU between the Foreign Service Institute of the Ministry of External Affairs of India & the Department of Foreign Affairs of Seychelles.

Highlights of the President’s Visit to Greece, Suriname & Cuba President Ram Nath Kovind reached Suriname capital Paramaribo on the second leg of his three-nation tour to Greece, Suriname & Cuba. He was received at the Paramaribo airport by Suriname President Desire Delano Bouterse. Mr All About the French Open 2018 Kovind was given a Guard of Honour. An MoU was signed, in The 2018 French Open (also known as Roland the field of elections, diplomatic academies partnership, Garros) was a Grand Slam tennis tournament played on employment for the spouse of diplomats of the two countries outdoor clay courts. & archives. It was the 122nd edition of the French Open & the President Ram Nath Kovind observed the Yoga day in second Grand Slam event of 2018. Rafael Nadal was the Suriname along with his counterpart Desire Delano defending champion in the Men's Singles & won his 11th Bouterse. This will be the first time that heads of two French Open title. countries will together participate in the International Yoga day. Simona Halep won her first Grand Slam title. An MoU was signed in this regard, along with four others in the field of elections, diplomatic academies partnership, Complete List of Winners in Different Category (with employment for the spouse of diplomats of the two countries their Respective Countries) & archives. The President also addressed the National Category Winner Runner Up Assembly of Suriname, thereby becoming the first foreign Men's Rafael Nadal (Spain) Dominic Thiem Head of State to address the Assembly. Singles (Austria)

Women's Simona Halep (Rome) Sloane Stephens Static/Current Takeaways Important for SBI PO/Clerk Exam Singles (USA) 2018- Men’s Nicolas Mahut (France) & Oliver Marach Suriname Capital- Paramaribo, Currency- Surinamese dollar, Doubles Pierre-Hugues Herbert (Austria) & Mate President- Desire Delano Bouterse. 10 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | ADDA247.COM | defence.adda247.com

(France) Pavic (Croatia) Ten new iconic sites taken up under Phase III of Women's Barbara Krejcikova (Czech Eri Hozumi Swachh Iconic Places of Swachh Bharat Mission. Doubles Republic) & Katerina (Japan) & Makoto Ten new iconic sites have been taken up under Siniakova (Czech Ninomiya (Japan) Phase III of the flagship project Swachh Iconic Places Republic) (SIP) of the Swachh Bharat Mission. These new sites Mixed Latisha Chan (Taiwan) & Gaby Dabrowski have joined the 20 iconic places under Phase I & II. The Doubles Ivan Dodig (Croatia) (Canada) & Mate 10 New Iconic Sites are as follows: Pavic (Croatia) 1. Raghavendra Swamy Temple (Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh); 44th G7 Summit Was Held in Canada 2. Hazardwari Palace (Murshidabad, West Bengal); The 44th G7 summit was held on June 8–9, 2018, in 3. Brahma Sarovar Temple (Kurukshetra, Haryana); Quebec, Canada. This was the sixth time since 1981 that 4. VidurKuti (Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh); Canada has hosted the meetings. The 44th G7 summit 5. Mana village (Chamoli, Uttarakhand); was the first summit for Italian PM Giuseppe Conte. 6. Pangong Lake (Leh-Ladakh, J&K); Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has hosted this summit. 7. Nagvasuki Temple (Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh); The 45th G7 summit or next G7 summit will be held in 8. ImaKeithal/market (Imphal, Manipur); 2019 in France. 9. Sabarimala Temple (Kerala); & 10. Kanvashram (Uttarakhand).

The Most Important Current Affairs JULY 2018 concern and adopted the 'Johannesburg Declaration' by Highlights of PM Modi Visit to Rwanda, Uganda consensus. India and Rwanda signed eight agreements following delegation-level talks between PM Narendra Modi and Static/Current Takeaways Important for SBI PO/Clerk Rwandan President Paul Kagame in Kigali. The two countries Exam 2018- signed agreements in the fields of Defence, Trade, BRICS is made up of China, Brazil, Russia, India and South Agriculture, Leather and allied products and Dairy. India Africa. extended two Lines of Credit of 100 million US dollars each – In December 2010, China, as the Chair, invited South Africa one for development of industrial parks and Kigali Special to join BRIC and attend the Summit in Sanya, China. Economic Zone, and the other for three agricultural projects The 1st BRIC Summit was held in June 2009 in in Rwanda. Mr Modi became the first Indian PM to visit Yekaterinburg, Russia. Rwanda. PM Modi also gifted 200 cows to villagers as a part of Rwandan Government's Girinka Programme. And the Ramon Magsaysay Award goes to India and Uganda signed four MoUs. The agreements were The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award signed following the delegation-level talks between PM established to perpetuate former Philippine President Narendra Modi and Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni in Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in governance, Kampala. The MoUs are: courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism 1. MoU on Defence Cooperation. 2. MoU on Visa exemption within a democratic society. for Diplomatic and official passport holders. Two Indians, Bharat Vatwani (for Restoring Health & Dignity 3. MoU on Cultural Exchange Programme. 4. MoU on Material to troubled lives) and Sonam Wangchuk (for Harnessing Testing Laboratory. nature, culture & education) made the country proud as their Uganda Capital- Kampala, Currency- Ugandan shilling. names figured in the list of 2018 Ramon Magsaysay Award Rwanda Capital: Kigali, Currency: Rwandan franc. winners.

A Brief on 10th edition of BRICS Summit All About Final Draft of NRC Released By Assam The 10th edition of BRICS Summit held in Johannesburg, Assam released the final draft of the National Register of South Africa. It is a 3-day long summit and will be attended Citizens (NRC), seven months after it released the first draft by all the BRICS leaders. on 1 January 2018, which included 1.9 crore names out of a The theme for this summit is ‘BRICS in Africa: Collaboration total applicant pool of 3.29 crore. for inclusive growth and shared prosperity in the 4th It left out 40.07 lakh people wherein 2.89 crore people were Industrial Revolution'. found eligible out of 3.29 crore applicants. The heads of state and government of all five BRICS nations The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is the list of Indian including Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa citizens of Assam. It was prepared in 1951, following the convened for the 10th BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South census of 1951. Africa. The summit saw the BRICS leaders come together and discuss various international and regional issues of common 11 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | ADDA247.COM | defence.adda247.com

28th Meeting of GST Council| Complete Highlights the world's largest mobile factory. Samsung has Invested close to 5,000 Crore Rupees in this plant and aims to Manufacture 12 Crore Mobile Handsets annually which will result in massive job creation. India & South Korea Signed 5 MoUs In Field Of Science and Technology: India and South Korea have signed five MoUs in the field of Science and Technology in New Delhi. Science and Technology Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan and his South Korean counterpart You Young Min signed three MoUs which are Programme of Cooperation 2018-21, Establishment of Future Strategy Group and Cooperation in Biotechnology and Bio- economy. India, South Korea Ink 11 MoUs: India and South Korea signed 11 MOUs during South Korean President Moon The 28th meeting of the GST Council chaired by interim Jae-in's visit to India. finance minister Piyush Goyal was held in New Delhi. India-Korea Technology Exchange Centre The GST Council has exempted sanitary napkins from Goods Inaugurated: The India-Korea Technology Exchange and Services Tax. Earlier, there was a 12% levy of tax on Centre was inaugurated by the Minister of State (I/C) sanitary napkins. MSME Giriraj Singh and Minister of SMEs and Start-ups It reduced tax rates on more than 50 items and exempted of Republic of Korea, Hong Jong- hak in New Delhi. The sanitary napkins, rakhis, stone, marble, wooden deities and purpose of the Technology Exchange Centre is to create a Saal leaves from GST. platform for micro, small and medium enterprises of GST on footwear priced below 1,000 rupees will attract 5% India and Korea where they can be assisted to identify rate. GST on imported urea and ethanol sold to oil and exchange latest technologies, share management companies for blending with petrol and diesel has been expertise, product development and technology reduced to 5%. applications for product development. GST rate on handbags, jewellery box, wooden box for paintings, artware of glass, stone endeavour, ornamental Note| South Korea Capital- Seoul, Currency- South framed mirrors and handmade lamps were reduced to 12%. Korean won. Lithium-ion batteries, vacuum cleaners, food grinders, mixers, storage water heaters, hair dryers, hand dryers, paint, varnishes, water cooler, milk cooler, ice cream coolers, perfumes, toilet sprays and toilet preparation have been brought to 18 from 28% slab. GST council has cleared 46 amendments which will be passed in Parliament. The exemption limit for traders in Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Sikkim has been increased from 10 lakh to 20 lakh rupees. Note: GST is an Indirect Tax which has replaced many Indirect Taxes in India. The Goods and Service Tax Act was passed in the Parliament on 29th March 2017. The Act came into effect on 1st July 2017.

South Korean President Moon Jae-In's Visit to India: Complete Highlights South Korean President Moon Jae-in visited India. This was his first visit to India. He was accompanied by First Lady Kim Jung-sook. FIFA World Cup 2018 Concludes | France Emerged as The main events that took place during the visit: Champions President Moon attended the India-Korea business The 21st edition of the FIFA World Cup concluded forum: Korean President Moon Jae-in spoke at in Luzhniki Stadium in the Russian capital of Moscow. the India-Korea Business Forum. This was organized by 32 nations, divided into eight groups, battled it out for the the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and coveted trophy in the quadrennial month-long event. Industry (FICCI). France emerged as the champion team of the FIFA Inaugurated World's Largest Mobile Factory In Noida: World Cup 2018. It has defeated Croatia in a thrilling PM Narendra Modi and South Korean President Moon final by 4-2. It was the second world cup win for Jae-in visited Noida and inaugurated the New Mobile France, it first won in 1998. Manufacturing Plant of Samsung at Noida. Notably, it is 12 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | ADDA247.COM | defence.adda247.com

Important Highlights and Special Awards of the FIFA Finance Ministry Approves Infusion of Rs. 11,336 Crore 2018 World Cup In 5 PSBs 1. Golden Ball Award: Croatian captain Luka Modric. 2. Golden Glove Award: Belgium's Thibaut Courtois. 3. Golden Boot Award: England's Harry Kane. 4. Young Player Award: France's Kylian Mbappe. 5. Fairplay Award: Spain was awarded the Fairplay Award for being the most disciplined team in the tournament. 6. Man of the Match in Final: Antoine Griezmann (France).

Quick Facts: 1. The Prize money for the champion team was 38 million

US Dollars. The finance ministry has approved an infusion of Rs 2. Zabivaka was the official mascot of the 2018 FIFA 11,336 crore in five state-owned lenders including PNB, World Cup. Corporation Bank and Andhra Bank to help them meet 3. The official song of the tournament was "Live It the regulatory capital requirement. Up", with vocals from Will Smith, Nicky Jam and Era This is the first ever capital infusion in the current Istrefi. fiscal and the remaining amount of Rs 53,664 crore 4. First time in the history of world cup VAR (Video would be disbursed during the course of the year. Assistant Referee) system was used. Which bank will get how much? 5. FIFA World Cup 2022 will be held in Qatar. 1. Punjab National Bank: Rs 2,816 crore (Highest Amount), Wimbledon Championships 2018: Complete List Of 2. Allahabad Bank: Rs 1,790 crore, Winners 3. Andhra Bank: Rs 2,019 crore, The 2018 Wimbledon Championships is a Grand Slam 4. Indian Overseas Bank: Rs 2,157 crore, tennis tournament which takes place at the All England 5. Corporation Bank: Rs 2,555 crore. Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom. It was the 132nd edition of the RBI To Issue New Design Rs100 Denomination Banknote Championships. Novak Djokovic won the men's singles Title for the fourth time. Angelique Kerber won the Women's Singles title.

Category Winner Runner Up Men's Singles Novak Djokovic Kevin Anderson (Serbia) (South Africa) Women's Angelique Kerber Serena Williams Singles (Germany) (USA) Men’s Doubles Mike Bryan (USA) Michael Venus RBI will shortly issue Rs100 denomination and Jack Sock (New Zealand) banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series, bearing (USA) and Raven the signature of Dr Urjit R. Patel, Governor, Reserve Bank Klaasen (South of India. Africa) The new denomination has Motif of “RANI KI VAV” on Women's Barbora Nicole Melichar the reverse, depicting the country’s cultural heritage. Doubles Krejcikova (Czech (USA) and Kveta The base colour of the note is Lavender. Republic) and Peschke (Czech The dimension of the banknote will be 66 mm × 142 Katerina Republic) mm. Siniakova (Czech Republic) All about the five-pronged strategy Project 'SASHAKT' to Mixed Alexander Peya Victoria Azarenka deal with NPAs Doubles (Austria) and (Belarus) and The Sunil Mehta Committee, set up to look into the faster Nicole Melichar Jamie Murray resolution of stressed assets, has recommended the creation (USA) (United Kingdom) of an asset management company for the resolution of stressed loans worth more than Rs. 500 crores.  FM Piyush Goyal announced that government has accepted a report submitted by a committee of bankers 13 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | ADDA247.COM | defence.adda247.com

led by Punjab National Bank chairman Sunil Mehta. It 7. Term Deposit (1-5 years) 6.6-7.4 recommended a five-pronged strategy Project 'SASHAKT' to deal with Non-performing Assets in the ISSF Junior World Cup 2018 Germany| Complete country's banking system. Highlights  The five-pronged strategy includes: The ISSF Junior World Cup 2 concluded in Suhl, 1. SME resolution approach, 2. Bank-led resolution Germany, where 761 junior shooters gathered and approach, 3. AMC/AIF led resolution approach, competed in 22 Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun events — both 4. NCLT/IBC approach, and 5. Asset-trading platform. individual and team. The Mehta Committee also proposed a Bank Led Resolution They represented 61 countries, piling up the impressive Approach (BLRA) for loans between Rs. 50 and Rs. 500 total of 1544 starts: the highest number in the history of crores. Under the BLRA approach, financial institutions will the Junior World Cup. enter into an inter-creditor agreement to authorise the lead Manu Bhaker shot 242.5 points and won the gold bank to implement a resolution plan in 180 days. medal in 10m air pistol event. She created a junior world record. Government Approves Hike In Minimum Support Price India and the People’s Republic of China battled all For Kharif Crops along the competition for the top position in the medal The government has decided to sharply increase the board, which was eventually taken by the Indian Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Kharif crops, as it National Team with 26 total medals: 15 golds, two responds to concerns about distress in the country’s silvers and nine bronzes. farm economy despite two years of strong monsoons. The People's Republic of China took 2nd place with The MSP for common variety paddy, the most 21 podiums: six golds, nine silvers and six bronzes. important Kharif crop, will be raised by Rs 200 over Ran Nation Individual Team last year’s Rs 1,550 per quintal. k Gold Silve Bron Gold Silve Bronz That works out a 13%t increase for the financial r ze r e year ended March 2019 compared to a 5.4% increase in 1. India 6 1 5 9 1 4 FY18. 2. China 1 5 5 5 4 1 The year-on-year jump in MSP for most other Kharif 3. Italy 2 1 4 2 4 4 crops has also been far steeper than the annual increases 4. Czech 1 1 0 3 0 1 Republ announced over the last three years. ic Khareef Season MSPs: Annual Increase 5. Russia 1 2 1 2 4 0 Crop FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 Ran Nation Gold Silve Bron Tota Paddy 3.70 4.30 5.40 12.90 k r ze l Jowar 2.60 3.50 4.60 42.90 1. India 15 2 9 26 Bajra 2 3.50 7.10 36.80 2. China 6 9 6 21 Maize 1.10 3 4.40 19.30 3. Italy 4 5 8 17 Ragi 6.50 4.50 10.10 52.40 4. Czech 4 1 1 6 Republ ic Finance Ministry Keeps SSS' Interest Rates Unchanged The Finance Ministry has kept the interest rates on small savings schemes, including NSC and PPF, unchanged for the July-September quarter. The move is aimed at matching the hardening interest rates in the banking sector. Interest rates for small savings schemes are notified on a quarterly basis. The Interest rates on different Small Savings schemes are as follows: S. Schemes Interest No rate (in %) 1. 5 yr Senior Citizen Savings Scheme 8.3 (Paid Quarterly) 2. Savings Deposits 4 3. Public Provident Fund (PPF) 7.6 4. National Savings Certificate (NSC) 7.6 5. Kisan Vikas Patra (maturity in 11 7.3 months) 6. Sukanya Samriddhi Account (SSA) 8.1 14 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | ADDA247.COM | defence.adda247.com

The Most Important Current Affairs August 2018 Asian Games 2018 Concludes | Complete List of Medals | Sharan Important Highlights WRESTLING India’s final tally at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia read 69 medals – 15 gold, 24 silver 14. Men's freestyle 65 kg Bajrang Punia and 30 bronze to surpass the medal count from 2010 15. Women's freestyle 50 kg Vinesh Phogat Games in Guangzhou, China and match the gold medal tally from the first-ever Asian Games in 1951. List of SILVER MEDALS Won by India: The games saw India create new national records. The Games got underway with Neeraj Chopra as the flag ARCHERY bearer at the opening ceremony. Rani Rampal was the Event Winners flag bearer at the closing ceremony. Muskan Kirar, Madhumita

Kumari, 1st In 18th Asian Games 2018: 1. Women's Team Compound Jyothi Surekha Vennam 1st medal in Sepak Takraw, Rahi Sarnobat became 1st Indian woman to win Asian Games gold in shooting, Abhishek Verma, Rajat Vinesh Phogat became 1st Indian woman to win gold in Chauhan, 2. Men's Team Compound Aman Saini wrestling It was the 1st time that Indian Kabaddi Team could not ATHLETICS win Gold. 3. Men's 800m Jinson Johnson Swapna Barman became 1st Indian to win an Asiad gold 4. Women's 400m Hima Das in the women's heptathlon event. 5. Men's 400m Muhammad Anas Neeraj Chopra became 1st Indian javelin thrower to win 6. Women's 100m Dutee Chand an Asiad gold. 7. Women's 200m Dutee Chand Dutee Chand Won India’s first medal in 20 years in a 8. Men's 400m Hurdles Dharun Ayyasamy women's 100 event. Women's 3000m Bajrang Punia (Wrestling) won 1st Gold Medal for India 9. Steeplechase Sudha Singh in Asian Games 2018. 10. Women's Long jump Neena Varakil Rajiv Arokia, Muhammed List of GOLD MEDALS Won by India: Anas, ATHLETICS 11. Mixed 4 x 400 metres relay Hima Das, M. R. Poovamma Event Winners Dharun Ayyasamy, Kunhu 1. Men's Shot put Tajinderpal Singh Toor Mohammed, 2. Men's Javelin Throw Neeraj Chopra Rajiv Arokia, Muhammed 3. Men's 800m Manjit Singh 12. Men's 4x400m Relay Anas 4. Men's Triple Jump Arpinder Singh BADMINTON 5. Women's Heptathlon Swapna Barman 13. Women's Singles PV Sindhu 6. Men's 1500m Jinson Johnson EQUESTRIAN M. R. Poovamma, Saritaben 14. Individual Eventing Fouaad Mirza Gaikwad, Fouaad Mirza, Rakesh 7. Women's 4x400m Relay Hima Das, V.K. Vismaya Kumar, BOXING Ashish Malik, Jitender 8. Men's Light Fly (49kg) Amit Panghal 15. Team Eventing Singh BRIDGE HOCKEY Pranab Bardhan, Shibhnath 16. Women's Tournament Indian Women's Team 9. Men's Pair Sarkar KABADDI ROWING 17. Women's Tournament Indian Women's Team Sawarn Singh, Dattu Baban KURASH Bhokanal, 18. Women's 52 kg Pincky Balhara Om Prakash, Sukhmeet SAILING 10. Men's Quadruple Sculls Singh Shweta Shervegar, Varsha SHOOTING 19. 49er FX women Gautham 11. Men's 10-metre air pistol Saurabh Chaudhary SHOOTING 12. Women's 25-metre pistol Rahi Sarnobat 20. Men's 10-metre air rifle Deepak Kumar TENNIS 21. Men's trap Lakshay Sheoran 13. Men's Doubles Rohan Bopanna, Divij 22. Men's 50-metre rifle three Sanjeev Rajput 15 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | ADDA247.COM | defence.adda247.com

positions SQUASH 23. Men's double trap Shardul Vihan 18. Men's singles Saurav Ghosal SQUASH 19. Women's singles Joshna Chinappa Dipika Pallikal Karthik, 20. Women's singles Dipika Pallikal Karthik Joshna Chinappa, Saurav Ghosal, Harinder Pal Tanvi Khanna, Sunayna Sandhu, Ramit Tandon, Mahesh 24. Women's Team Kuruvilla 21. Men's Team Mangaonkar TABLE TENNIS List of BRONZE MEDALS Won by India: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, Achanta Sl. Sharath Kamal, No. Event Winners Anthony Amalraj, Harmeet Desai, ATHLETICS 22. Men's Team Manav Thakkar Women's Achanta Sharath Kamal, Manika 1. 1500 m PU Chitra 23. Mixed doubles Batra Women's TENNIS 2. Discus Throw Seema Punia 24. Women's Singles Ankita Raina - BADMINTON 25. Men's Singles Prajnesh Gunneswaran WRESTLING 3. Women's Singles Saina Nehwal Women's freestyle BOXING 26. 68 kg Divya Kakran Men's Middle WUSHU 4. (75kg) Vikas Krishan Yadav Women's Sanda 60 BRIDGE 27. kg (Bronze) Roshibina Naorem Sumit Mukherjee, Debabrata 28. Men's Sanda 56 kg Santhosh Kumar Majumder, 29. Men's Sanda 60 kg Surya Bhanu Pratap Singh Jaggy Shivdasani, Rajeshwar 30. Men's Sanda 65 kg Narender Grewal 5. Men's Team Tewari, Ajay Khare, Raju Tolani Bachiraju Satyanarayana, Rajeev Top 3 Countries in the MEDAL TALLY along with India Khandelwal, Gopinath Manna, are as follows: Himani Khandelwal, Hema RANK COUNTRY GOLD SILVER BRONZE TOTAL 6. Mixed Team Deora, Kiran Nadar 1 China 132 92 65 289 HOCKEY 2 Japan 75 56 74 205 7. Men's Tournament Indian Men's Team Republic of KABADDI 3 Korea 49 58 70 177 8. Men's Tournament Indian Men's Team 8 India 15 24 30 69 KURASH 9. Women's 52kg Malaprabha Jadhav A Brief on the 3rd Bi-monthly Policy Statement of RBI ROWING In 3rd Bi-monthly Policy Statement, RBI’s monetary policy Men's Lightweight committee (MPC) raised policy rates by 25 basis points to 10. single sculls Dushyant Chauhan 6.5% on account of inflationary pressures arising due to hike Men's Lightweight in minimum support price. It increased the policy repo rate 11. double sculls Rohit Kumar, Bhagwan Singh under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) by 25 basis SAILING points to 6.5%. Consequently, the reverse repo rate under Varun Thakkar, Ganapathy the LAF stands adjusted to 6.25%, and the marginal standing 12. 49er Men Chengappa facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate to 6.75%. RBI also Mixed Open Laser raised the average inflation projection for the second half of 13. 4.7 Harshita Tomar the year to 4.8%. RBI expects inflation to edge higher to 5% SEPAK TAKRAW in the first quarter of next fiscal year. The government has 14. Men's Team Regu Indian Men's Team fixed the MSP at 150% of the cost of production of all kharif SHOOTING crops.

10-metre air rifle Winners of mathematics’ prestigious Fields medal, 15. mixed team Ravi Kumar, Apurvi Chandela known as the Nobel prize for math. Men's 10-metre air Akshay Venkatesh, a renowned Indian-Australian 16. pistol Abhishek Verma mathematician, is one of four winners of mathematics’ Women's 10-metre prestigious Fields medal, known as the Nobel prize for 17. air pistol Heena Sidhu math. He has won the Fields Medal for his profound 16 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | ADDA247.COM | defence.adda247.com

contributions to an exceptionally broad range of subjects (POSTHUMOUS) in mathematics. The other three winners are: Caucher SHAURYA CHAKRA Birkar, Germany’s Peter Scholze & Alessio Figalli, an 1. Lieutenant Colonel Arjun Sharma, ARMY Italian mathematician at ETH Zurich. The JAT Regiment 2. MAJOR PAWAN GAUTAM, ARMY President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Governors for 7 44TH BATTALION THE RASHTRIYA States RIFLES President Ram Nath Kovind appointed governors for 3. A. MAJOR ADITYA KUMAR, ARMY seven states — Bihar, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Jammu and THE GARHWAL RIFLES Kashmir, Sikkim, Meghalaya, and Tripura. 4. MAJOR PAWAN KUMAR, THE JAT ARMY Governor Satya Pal Malik transferred from Bihar to REGIMENT Jammu and Kashmir to replace NN Vohra. 5. CAPTAIN KANINDER PAUL SINGH, ARMY Senior BJP leader Lalji Tandon has been appointed the THE RAJPUT REGIMENT Governor of Bihar, replacing Malik. 6. CAPTAIN VARMA JAYESH RAJESH, ARMY Kaptan Singh Solanki, the Governor of Haryana, has been THE RAJPUT REGIMENT transferred to Tripura, while Satyadev Narayan Arya will 7. Naib Subedar Anil Kumar Dhayia, ARMY be the new Haryana governor. First Battalion The Parachute Tripura governor Tathagata Roy has been transferred to Regiment (Special Forces) Meghalaya, and Ganga Prasad, the Governor of 8. NAIB SUBEDAR VIJAY KUMAR ARMY Meghalaya, has been transferred to Sikkim. Baby Rani YADAV, Maurya will be the new Governor of Uttarakhand. THE MARATHA LIGHT INFANTRY REGIMENT Independence Day Gallantry Awards Announced: 9. HAVILDAR KUL BAHADUR THAPA, ARMY Complete List of Winners THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT On the occasion of 72nd Independence Day, President (SPECIAL FORCES) Ram Nath Kovind approved 131 Gallantry Awards to 10. HAVILDAR JAWEED AHMAD ARMY members of Armed Forces personnel and Paramilitary BHAT, SENA MEDAL, THE Forces. PARACHUTE REGIMENT (SPECIAL Defence Ministry said that one Kirti Chakra, three Bar to FORCES) Sena Medals (Gallantry), three Vayu Sena Medals 11. GUNNER RANJIT SINGH, THE ARMY (Gallantry), 11 Nao Sena Medals (Gallantry), 20 Shaurya REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY Chakras and 93 Sena Medals (Gallantry) will be awarded. Braveheart hailing from Jammu and Kashmir, Sepoy 12. RIFLEMAN AURANGZAB, THE ARMY Vrahma Pal Singh has been shortlisted for the Kirti JAMMU AND KASHMIR LIGHT Chakra award posthumously. INFANTRY REGIMENT Major Aditya Kumar's name has been mentioned on the (POSTHUMOUS) list of 20 armed forces personnel for the Shaurya Chakra 13. RIFLEMAN RATHVA LILESH BHAI, ARMY award. Rifleman Aurangzeb will also be conferred with THE ASSAM RIFLES the third highest gallantry award. 14. RIFLEMAN JAIPRAKASH ORAON, ARMY Six women officers of the Indian Navy will be awarded THE ASSAM RIFLES Nao Sena medals. They were part of the expedition to (POSTHUMOUS) circumnavigate the globe. Following gallantry awards 15. CAPTAIN P RAJKUMAR NAVY have been conferred to Army personnel: 16. SHRI AS KRISHNA, HEAD MHA Award No’s Remarks CONSTABLE, CRPF, SUMBAL, Kirti Chakra 01 Posthumous BANDIPORA (J&K) Shaurya Chakra 14 Including 02 17. SHRI K DINESH MHA posthumous RAJA, CONSTABLE, CRPF, SUMBAL, BANDIPORA (J&K) Sena Medal 96 Including 08 (Gallantry) posthumous 18. SHRI PRAFULLA MHA KUMAR, CONSTABLE, CRPF, Mention-in- 27 Including 04 SUMBAL, BANDIPORA (J&K) Despatches posthumous 19. SHRI KULDEEP SINGH CHAHAR, MHA

DEPUTY COMMANDANT, CRPF, Sl. RANK AND NAME Service SHEEP COMPLEX, PULWAMA, No. (J&K) KIRTI CHAKRA 20. SHRI DHANAWADE RAVINDRA MHA 1. A. SEPOY VRAHMA PAL ARMY BABAN, CRPF, SHEEP COMPLEX, SINGH, PULWAMA, (J&K) RAJPUT REGIMENT (POSTHUMOUS) 17 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | ADDA247.COM | defence.adda247.com

BAR TO SENA MEDAL (GALLANTRY) REGIMENT 1. CAPTAIN RAKESH NAIR, SENA ARMY 19. MAJOR MAYANK MISHRA, THE ARMY MEDAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY THE ARMOURED CORPS 20. MAJOR SUMEET BHARDWAJ, THE ARMY 2. CAPTAIN UMESH LAMBA, SENA ARMY RAJPUT REGIMENT MEDAL 21. MAJOR SHAILENDRA KUMAR ARMY FIRST BATTALION THE YADAV, THE CORPS OF SIGNALS PARACHUTE REGIMENT (SPECIAL 22. MAJOR GIRISH SHARMA, ARMY FORCES) CORPS OF THE ELECTRONICS AND 3. NAIK NAZIR AHMED WANI, SENA ARMY MECHANICAL ENGINEERS MEDAL 23. MAJOR ARVIND B NAIR, ARMY THE JAMMU & KASHMIR LIGHT CORPS OF ELECTRONICS AND INFANTRY REGIMENT MECHANICAL ENGINEERS SENA MEDAL (GALLANTRY) 24. MAJOR ISHAN DHIMAN, ARMY 1. LIEUTENANT COLONEL ARMY 21ST BATTALION THE SIKH MAHENDRA PAL SINGH REGIMENT BHADORIA 25. CAPTAIN SAGAR PRAKASH ARMY THE SIKH LIGHT INFANTRY PARDESHI, THE ARMOURED 2. LIEUTENANT COLONEL SAMAR ARMY CORPS RAGHAV, THE KUMAON 26. CAPTAIN SHASHANK SHARMA, ARMY REGIMENT THE MADRAS REGIMENT 3. LIEUTENANT COLONEL RAKESH ARMY 27. CAPTAIN KRISHNAKUMAR K, THE ARMY TOKAS, CORPS OF SIGNALS FIRST BATTALION THE 28. CAPTAIN UDIT MOHAN RAJ, ARMY PARACHUTE REGIMENT (SPECIAL CORPS OF SIGNALS FORCES) 29. LIEUTENANT NAVIN KUMAR, ARMY 4. MAJOR RANVEER SINGH, THE JAT ARMY THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT REGIMENT (SPECIAL FORCES) 5. MAJOR JITENDRA SINGH MEHTA, ARMY 30. SUBEDAR KARAN SINGH, THE ARMY THE REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY PARACHUTE REGIMENT 6. MAJOR JAMES JACOB, THE ARMY 31. NAIB SUBEDAR BIPIN SINGH, ARMY MADRAS REGIMENT 9TH BATTALION THE PARACHUTE 7. MAJOR RAMAN GAKHAR, THE ARMY REGIMENT (SPECIAL FORCES) SIKH LIGHT INFANTRY 32. HAVILDAR RAMVIR SINGH, THE ARMY 8. MAJOR AVIJIT SINGH, ARMY PARACHUTE REGIMENT 6TH BATTALION THE MAHAR 33. HAVILDAR SHIV KUMAR, THE ARMY REGIMENT RAJPUT REGIMENT 9. MAJOR VIKRAM SHARMA, ARMY 34. HAVILDAR RAM LAL, THE RAJPUT ARMY BRIGADE OF THE GUARDS REGIMENT 10. MAJOR ABHISHEK SINHA, THE ARMY 35. HAVILDAR SANDEEP KUMAR, ARMY PUNJAB REGIMENT FIRST BATTALION THE 11. MAJOR DEEPAK SINGH, THE ARMY PARACHUTE REGIMENT (SPECIAL CORPS OF ENGINEERS FORCES) 12. MAJOR KHADASE NANDKISHOR ARMY 36. HAVILDAR RAKESH KUMAR, ARMY DIPAK, THE REGIMENT OF 9TH BATTALION THE PARACHUTE ARTILLERY REGIMENT (SPECIAL FORCES) 13. MAJOR KAMAL KUMAR CHHETRI, ARMY 37. ACTING LANCE DAFADAR HANS ARMY THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS RAJ, ARMOURED CORPS 14. MAJOR ADITYA SHARMA, THE ARMY 38. NAIK SATNAM SINGH, THE ARMY GRENADIERS REGIMENT PUNJAB REGIMENT 15. MAJOR HEMANT DUTTA, THE ARMY 39. NAIK JAGJIT SINGH, THE PUNJAB ARMY SIKH LIGHT INFANTRY REGIMENT 16. MAJOR V RAHUL SAXENA, THE ARMY 40. NAIK RAKESH KUMAR CHOTIA, ARMY PARACHUTE REGIMENT (SPECIAL 11TH BATTALION THE FORCES) GRENADIERS REGIMENT 17. MAJOR JAIKANT SINGH, THE ARMY (POSTHUMOUS) ENGINEER CORPS 41. NAIK SANJAY SINGH, THE RAJPUT ARMY 18. MAJOR BHANU RANA, THE NAGA ARMY REGIMENT 18 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | ADDA247.COM | defence.adda247.com

42. NAIK GULVIR SINGH, THE JAT ARMY BRIGADE OF THE GUARDS / REGIMENT 21ST BATTALION THE RASHTRIYA 43. NAIK JAGATINDER SINGH, ARMY RIFLES 10TH BATTALION THE SIKH 64. LANCE NAIK JATINDER SINGH, ARMY REGIMENT THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS 44. NAIK BAKSHI RAM SINGH, THE ARMY 65. SEPOY BHUSARE SHIVAJI ARMY SIKH LIGHT INFANTRY GANGADHAR, 45. NAIK MUDASIR AHMAD, ARMY 15TH BATTALION THE MARATHA 15TH BATTALION THE JAMMU LIGHT INFANTRY AND KASHMIR LIGHT INFANTRY 66. SEPOY RAVI BHUSAN SHAHI, THE ARMY (POSTHUMOUS) RAJPUT REGIMENT 46. NAIK ZAHIR ABAS, ARMY 67. SEPOY VIJAY SINGH GURJAR, THE ARMY 9TH BATTALION THE PARACHUTE RAJPUT REGIMENT REGIMENT (SPECIAL FORCES) 68. SEPOY SURENDRA KUMAR, THE ARMY 47. NAIK NAZIR AHMAD BHAT, ARMY RAJPUT REGIMENT 162ND INFANTRY BATTALION 69. SEPOY DINESH KUMAR, THE ARMY TERRITORIAL ARMY (JAMMU AND RAJPUT REGIMENT KASHMIR LIGHT INFANTRY) 70. SEPOY BHANU PRATAP SINGH ARMY 48. NAIK SURJEET SINGH, ARMY TOMAR, THE RAJPUT REGIMENT 9TH BATTALION THE PARACHUTE 71. SEPOY HARIOM SINGH PUNDIR, ARMY REGIMENT (SPECIAL FORCES) THE RAJPUT REGIMENT 49. NAIK DEVI SINGH, ARMY 72. SEPOY ABDUL AZIZ KHAN, THE ARMY 4TH BATTALION THE PARACHUTE RAJPUT REGIMENT REGIMENT (SPECIAL FORCES) 73. SEPOY HET RAM GODARA, THE ARMY 50. NAIK DHARAM PAL, THE JAMMU ARMY JAT REGIMENT (POSTHUMOUS) & KASHMIR RIFLES 74. SEPOY JEEWAN KUMAR, THE ARMY 51. NAIK KULWANT SINGH, THE ARMY DOGRA REGIMENT REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY 75. SEPOY LALIT CHAND, THE ARMY 52. NAIK SHREEKANT KARI, CORPS ARMY KUMAON REGIMENT OF ENGINEERS 76. SEPOY SACHIN KUMAR, THE ARMY 53. NAIK JAGIRA RAM THE CORPS OF ARMY KUMAON REGIMENT ENGINEERS 77. SEPOY MAHESH SINGH, THE ARMY 54. NAIK LOURDHU RAJU REDDY ARMY KUMAON REGIMENT MOSU, BRIGADE OF THE GUARDS 78. SEPOY LAL BABU YADAV, THE ARMY 55. NAIK KRASHAN SINGH RAJPUT, ARMY BIHAR REGIMENT 16TH BATTALION THE RAJPUTANA 79. SEPOY SP SOMI, THE ASSAM ARMY RIFLES REGIMENT 56. LANCE NAIK AJAY KUMAR, THE ARMY 80. SEPOY MUKESH SINGH, THE ARMY PUNJAB REGIMENT REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY 57. LANCE NAIK PARTAP SINGH, ARMY 81. SEPOY BANSODE JIVAN UTTAM, ARMY 6TH BATTALION THE JAT REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY REGIMENT 82. SEPOY MANJINDER SINGH OF ARMY 58. LANCE NAIK SANJAY YADAV, ARMY 10TH BATTALION THE SIKH 9TH BATTALION THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT(POSTHUMOUS) REGIMENT (SPECIAL FORCES) 83. RIFLEMAN KRISHNA CHANDRA ARMY 59. LANCE NAIK JAVAID AHMAD ARMY JAKHMOLA, BHAT, 10TH BATTALION THE GARHWAL JAMMU & KASHMIR LIGHT RIFLES INFANTRY 84. RIFLEMAN SACHIN KUMAR, THE ARMY 60. LANCE NAIK GOPAL SINGH, ARMY RAJPUTANA RIFLES 1ST BATTALION THE PARACHUTE 85. PARATROOPER MANAS TUNG, ARMY REGIMENT (SPECIAL FORCES) 4TH BATTALION THE PARACHUTE 61. LANCE NAIK DINESH KUMAR, THE ARMY REGIMENT (SPECIAL FORCES) MECHANISED INFANTRY 86. GUNNER RANJEET KUMAR, ARMY 62. LANCE NAIK NEELESH SINGH, ARMY 76TH FIELD REGIMENT THE REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY 87. GUNNER ARVINDER KUMAR, ARMY (POSTHUMOUS) THE REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY 63. LANCE NAIK KAINATO K ACHUMI, ARMY (POSTHUMOUS) 19 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | ADDA247.COM | defence.adda247.com

88. SOWAR RAJESH KUMAR, THE ARMY 6. Best Assistant Referee Sumanta Datta ARMOURED CORPS 7. Emerging Player of the Anirudh Thapa 89. SOWAR RAHUL SINGH ARMY Year BHADOURIA, THE ARMOURED 8. Emerging Woman E Panthoi CORPS Footballer of the Year 90. SOWAR SANJAY PASWAN, THE ARMY ARMOURED CORPS All about the Vietnam Badminton Open 2018 91. SIGNALMAN KUSHWAH ARMY The 2018 Vietnam Open officially known as YONEX- PRADISINGH BRIJKISHORSINGH, SUNRISE Vietnam Open 2018, was held at Nguyen Du THE CORPS OF Cultural Sports Club in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. SIGNALS (POSTHUMOUS) The tournament was organized by Hochiminh City 92. SAPPER PAVAN BS, THE RAJPUT ARMY Badminton Association. REGIMENT The complete List of Winners of 2018 Vietnam Open: 93. SEPOY PARGAT SINGH, ARMY 2ND BATTALION THE SIKH Event Winner Runner-up REGIMENT (POSTHUMOUS) 1. Men’s Shesar Hiren Ajay Jayaram NAO SENA MEDAL(GALLANTRY) Singles Rhustavito (India) 1. LT CDR ANIL RAINA NAVY (Indonesia) 2. LT CDR VARTIKA JOSHI NAVY 2. Women’s Yeo Jia Min Han Yue (China) 3. LT CDR KUNAL SAINI NAVY Singles (Singapore) 4. DEEPAK SAINI, POA(FD), NAVY 3. Men’s Ko Sung-hyun, Shin Lee Sheng-mu, 5. SUMIT RAJ, POA (FD) NAVY Doubles Baek-cheol (South Yang Po-hsuan 6. VIJAY KUMAR VERMA, LA (FD), NAVY Korea) (Chinese Taipei) 7. LT CDR PRATIBHA JAMWAL NAVY 4. Women’s Misato Aratama, Nami 8. LT PATARPALLI SWATHI NAVY Doubles Akane Watanabe Matsuyama, 9. LT S VIJAYA DEVI NAVY (Japan) Japan Chiharu 10. LT AISHWARYA BODAPATTI NAVY Shida (Japan) 11. LT PAYAL GUPTA NAVY 5. Mixed Nipitphon Alfian Eko VAYU SENA MEDAL (GALLANTRY) Doubles Phuangphuapet, Prasetya, Savitree Amitrapai Marsheilla 1. WING COMMANDER ABHISHEK AIR SHARMA FLYING (PILOT) FORCE (Thailand) Gischa Islami (Indonesia) 2. SQUADRON LEADER VERNON AIR DESMOND KEANE FLYING PILOT FORCE 3. 902943-H SERGEANT AIR SHASHIDHAR P PRASAD FORCE INDIAN AIR FORCE (GARUD)

All India Football Federation Awards 2017 Announced: Complete List of Winners The All India Football Federation (AIFF), the governing body of football in India named India and Bengaluru FC Captain Sunil Chhetri as the AIFF Player of the Year in the Federation's Executive Committee Meeting in Mumbai. The meeting was chaired by AIFF President Praful Patel. The All India Football Federation has announced several other awards as well in the Meeting. Kamala Devi bagged the 2017 AIFF Woman Player of the Year. The complete list of 2017 AIFF Award Winners: Award For Winner 1. Player of the Year Sunil Chhetri 2. Woman Player of the Year Kamala Devi World Badminton Championships 2018 Concluded 3. Best Grassroots Kerala FA The 2018 BWF World Championships is a badminton Development Programme tournament which was held at Nanjing Youth Olympic 4. long-time contribution to Hero Motocorp Games Sports Park Arena in Nanjing, China. Indian Football Ace Indian shuttler P V Sindhu won the silver medal in a 5. Best Referee CR Srikrishna major tournament final as she went down tamely 20 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | ADDA247.COM | defence.adda247.com

to Carolina Marin in the World Championships’ women’s Singles (Japan) singles title. 2. Women's Carolina Marin P. V. Sindhu In men’s singles, Kento Momota of Japan won the Singles (Spain) (India) title over Shi Yuqi. With this victory, Kento Momota 3. Men's Li Junhui (China) Takeshi Kamura became the first Japanese man to win the Doubles and Liu Yuchen (Japan) and Keigo Championships. (China) Sonoda (Japan) The second silver meant Sindhu is the only Indian to have 4. Women's Mayu Matsumoto Yuki Fukushima four world championships podium finishes. She had won Doubles (Japan) and (Japan) and two bronze medals at the 2013 Guangzhou and 2014 Wakana Nagahara Sayaka Hirota Copenhagen editions. (Japan) (Japan) Marin became the first woman shuttler to win the world 5. Mixed Zheng Siwei Wang Yilü championships thrice. She had won the title in 2014 and Doubles (China) and Huang (China) and the 2015 Jakarta edition. Yaqiong (China) Huang Dongping The complete list of the winners of World Badminton (China) Championship 2018: S.No. Event Winner Runner-up 1. Men's Kento Momota Shi Yuqi (China)

The Most Important Current Affairs SEPTEMBER 2018 National Sports Awards 2018 Announced: Johnson Complete List Of Winners 3. Ms. Hima Das Athletics Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award is given for the spectacular 4. Ms. Nelakurthi Sikki Reddy Badminton & most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a 5. Subedar Satish Kumar Boxing sportsperson over a period of four year, Arjuna Award is 6. Ms. Smriti Mandhana Cricket given for consistency outstanding performance for four 7. Shri Shubhankar Sharma Golf years, Dronacharya Award for coaches for producing medal 8. Shri Manpreet Singh Hockey winners at prestigious International sports events, Dhyan 9. Ms. Savita Hockey Chand Award for life time contribution to sports 10. Col. Ravi Rathore Polo development & Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar is 11. Ms. Rahi Sarnobat Shooting given to the corporate entities (both in private & public 12. Shri Ankur Mittal Shooting sector) & individuals who have played a visible role in the 13. Ms. Shreyasi Singh Shooting area of sports promotion & development. 14. Ms. Manika Batra Table Tennis Overall top performing university in inter-university 15. Shri G. Sathiyan Table Tennis tournaments is given Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) 16. Shri Rohan Bopanna Tennis Trophy. 17. Shri Sumit Wrestling 18. Ms. Pooja Kadian Wushu Complete List of Winners of National Sports Awards 19. Shri Ankur Dhama Para-Athletics 2018: 20. Shri Manoj Sarkar Para-Badminton Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2018 Dhyan Chand Award 2018 Name of the Sportsperson Discipline Name of the Sportsperson Discipline 1. Ms. S. Mirabai Chanu Weightlifting 1. Shri Satyadev Prasad Archery 2. Shri Virat Kohli Cricket 2. Shri Bharat Kumar Chetri Hockey Dronacharya Awards 2018 3. Ms. Bobby Aloysius Athletics Name of the Coach Discipline 4. Shri Chougale Dadu Wrestling 1. Subedar Chenanda Achaiah Boxing Dattatray Kuttappa Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar 2018 2. Shri Vijay Sharma Weightlifting Category Name of the entity 3. Shri A. Srinivasa Rao Table Tennis 1. Identification & Nurturing Rashtriya Ispat Nigam 4. Shri Sukhdev Singh Pannu Athletics of Budding & Young Talent Limited 5. Shri Clarence Lobo Hockey (Life Time) 2. Encouragement to Sports JSW Sports 6. Shri Tarak Sinha Cricket (Life Time) through Corporate Social 7. Shri Jiwan Kumar Sharma Judo (Life Time) Responsibility 8. Shri V.R. Beedu Athletics (Life Time) 3. Sports for Development Isha Outreach Arjuna Awards 2018 Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy 2017-18 Name of the Sportsperson Discipline 1. Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 1. Shri Neeraj Chopra Athletics 2. Naib Subedar Jinson Athletics 21 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | ADDA247.COM | defence.adda247.com

Sukhmeet Singh And the 2018 Emmy Awards goes to SHOOTING 11. Men's 10-metre air Saurabh Chaudhary The 70th annual primetime Emmy honors handed out at pistol the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles. Michael Che & 12. Women's 25-metre Rahi Sarnobat Colin Jost hosted the show. pistol

Complete list of Winners of EMMY AWARDS 2018 TENNIS Category Winner 13. Men's Doubles Rohan Bopanna, Divij Sharan Best Comedy The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel WRESTLING Best Drama Game of Thrones 14. Men's freestyle 65 kg Bajrang Punia Best Actress, Rachel Brosnahan, “The 15. Women's freestyle 50 Vinesh Phogat Comedy Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” kg Best Actor, Comedy Bill Hader, “Barry” 1st In Asian Games: Best Actress, Drama Claire Foy, “The Crown” 1st medal in Sepak Takraw, Best Actor, Drama Matthew Rhys, “The Americans” Rahi Sarnobat became 1st Indian woman to win Asian Directing for a Amy Sherman-Palladino, “The Games gold in shooting, Comedy Series Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (“Pilot”) Vinesh Phogat became 1st Indian woman to win gold in Directing for a Stephen Daldry, “The Crown” wrestling Drama Series (“Paterfamilias”) It was the 1st time that Indian Kabaddi Team could not Directing for a Ryan Murphy, “The win Gold. Limited Series Assassination Of Gianni Versace: Swapna Barman became 1st Indian to win an Asiad gold American Crime Story” in the women's heptathlon event. Asian Games 2018 Concludes | Complete List Of Neeraj Chopra became 1st Indian javelin thrower to win Medals | Important Highlights an Asiad gold. India’s final tally at the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta & Dutee Chand Won India’s first medal in 20 years in a Palembang, Indonesia read 69 medals – 15 gold, 24 silver women's 100 event. & 30 bronze to surpass the medal count from 2010 Games Bajrang Punia (Wrestling) won 1st Gold Medal for India in Guangzhou, China & match the gold medal tally from the in Asian Games 2018. first-ever Asian Games in 1951. The games saw India List of Silver MEDALS Won by India: create new national records. The Games got underway ARCHERY with Neeraj Chopra as the flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Rani Rampal was the flag bearer at the closing Sl. Event Winners ceremony. No. List of GOLD MEDALS Won by India: 1. Women's Team Muskan Kirar, ATHLETICS Compound Madhumita Kumari, Sl.No. Event Winners Jyothi Surekha Vennam 1. Men's Shot put Tajinderpal Singh 2. Men's Team Abhishek Verma, Rajat Toor Compound Chauhan, 2. Men's Javelin Throw Neeraj Chopra Aman Saini 3. Men's 800m Manjit Singh ATHLETICS 4. Men's Triple Jump Arpinder Singh 3. Men's 800m Jinson Johnson 5. Women's Heptathlon Swapna Barman 4. Women's 400m Hima Das 6. Men's 1500m Jinson Johnson 5. Men's 400m Muhammad Anas 7. Women's 4x400m M. R. Poovamma, 6. Women's 100m Dutee Chand Relay Saritaben Gaikwad, 7. Women's 200m Dutee Chand Hima Das, V.K. 8. Men's 400m Hurdles Dharun Ayyasamy Vismaya 9. Women's 3000m Sudha Singh BOXING Steeplechase 8. Men's Light Fly (49kg) Amit Panghal 10. Women's Long jump Neena Varakil BRIDGE 11. Mixed 4 x 400 metres Rajiv Arokia, 9. Men's Pair Pranab Bardhan, relay Muhammed Anas, Shibhnath Sarkar Hima Das, M. R. ROWING Poovamma 10. Men's Quadruple Sculls Sawarn Singh, Dattu 12. Men's 4x400m Relay Dharun Ayyasamy, Baban Bhokanal, Kunhu Mohammed, Om Prakash, Rajiv Arokia, 22 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | ADDA247.COM | defence.adda247.com

Muhammed Anas Hema Deora, Kiran BADMINTON Nadar 13. Women's Singles PV Sindhu HOCKEY EQUESTRIAN 7. Men's Indian Men's Team 14. Individual Eventing Fouaad Mirza Tournament 15. Team Eventing Fouaad Mirza, Rakesh KABADDI Kumar, 8. Men's Indian Men's Team Ashish Malik, Jitender Tournament Singh KURASH HOCKEY 9. Women's 52kg Malaprabha Jadhav 16. Women's Indian Women's Team ROWING Tournament 10. Men's Lightweight Dushyant Chauhan KABADDI single sculls 17. Women's Indian Women's Team 11. Men's Lightweight Rohit Kumar, Tournament double sculls Bhagwan Singh KURASH SAILING 18. Women's 52 kg Pincky Balhara 12. 49er Men Varun Thakkar, SAILING Ganapathy 19. 49er FX women Shweta Shervegar, Chengappa Varsha Gautham 13. Mixed Open Laser Harshita Tomar SHOOTING 4.7 20. Men's 10-metre air Deepak Kumar SEPAK rifle TAKRAW 21. Men's trap Lakshay Sheoran 14. Men's Team Regu Indian Men's Team 22. Men's 50-metre rifle Sanjeev Rajput SHOOTING three positions 15. 10-metre air rifle Ravi Kumar, Apurvi 23. Men's double trap Shardul Vihan mixed team Chandela SQUASH 16. Men's 10-metre Abhishek Verma 24. Women's Team Dipika Pallikal Karthik, air pistol Joshna Chinappa, 17. Women's 10- Heena Sidhu Tanvi Khanna, Sunayna metre air pistol Kuruvilla SQUASH 18. Men's singles Saurav Ghosal List of BRONZE MEDALS Won by India: 19. Women's singles Joshna Chinappa Sl. Event Winners 20. Women's singles Dipika Pallikal No. Karthik ATHLETICS 21. Men's Team Saurav Ghosal, 1. Women's 1500 m PU Chitra Harinder Pal Sandhu, 2. Women's Discus Seema Punia Ramit Tandon, Throw Mahesh Mangaonkar BADMINTON TABLE 3. Women's Singles Saina Nehwal TENNIS BOXING 22. Men's Team Sathiyan Gnanasekaran, 4. Men's Middle Vikas Krishan Yadav Achanta Sharath (75kg) Kamal, BRIDGE Anthony Amalraj, 5. Men's Team Sumit Mukherjee, Harmeet Desai, Debabrata Majumder, Manav Thakkar Jaggy Shivdasani, 23. Mixed doubles Achanta Sharath Rajeshwar Tewari, Kamal, Manika Batra Ajay Khare, Raju TENNIS Tolani 24. Women's Singles Ankita Raina - 6. Mixed Team Bachiraju Satyanarayana, 25. Men's Singles Prajnesh Rajeev Khandelwal, Gunneswaran Gopinath Manna, WRESTLING Himani Khandelwal, 26. Women's Divya Kakran 23 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | ADDA247.COM | defence.adda247.com

freestyle 68 kg Vice President 3-Nation Visit To Serbia, Malta WUSHU & Romania: Complete Highlights 27. Women's Sanda Roshibina Naorem Vice President of India, M. Venkaiah Naidu was on an official 60 kg (Bronze) Visit to Serbia, Malta & Romania & returned after a 28. Men's Sanda 56 kg Santhosh Kumar successful official visit. The visit was characterised by 29. Men's Sanda 60 kg Surya Bhanu Pratap extremely cordial discussions with Heads of Governments, Singh PMs & other senior political leaders. The visit helped in 30. Men's Sanda 65 kg Narender Grewal deepening bilateral ties with each of these three countries. The key outcomes: Top 3 Countries in the MEDAL TALLY along with India 1. Support for India’s aspiration to be on UNSC & for taking are as follows: forward UN reforms. Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 2. Endorsement of India’s stand on terror & support for 1 China 132 92 65 289 early adoption of United Nation’s Comprehensive 2 Japan 75 56 74 205 Convention on International Terrorism. Republic of 3. Strong support for resuming EU-India trade agreement 3 Korea 49 58 70 177 after Romania assumes Presidency of EU. 8 India 15 24 30 69 4. Business Forums generated a good deal of enthusiasm among the industrialists & businessmen in every country as they got to listen to the Vice President about India’s transformative initiatives. The growth story & the reports from World Bank, IMF quoted by Vice President enhanced awareness. 5. The leaders in all the countries expressed unequivocal admiration for India’s economic growth & were eager to engage & partner with India politically, economically & culturally. In Romania, there was a special interest in Space & Aerospace. Malta expressed its desire to join the International Solar Alliance. 6. There was a clear demand for Parliamentary friendship groups & frequent visits by Parliamentarians. 7. The visit gave an opportunity for the members of India Diaspora to listen to the Vice President about the transformative agenda of the government & encouraged them to think of various ways in which they can contribute to the country’s development. The vice 4th BIMSTEC Summit concluded in Kathmandu President underscored the growing importance of India 4th BIMSTEC Summit has been successfully concluded in on the world stage & drew attention to four key features Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. Nepal PM K.P. Sharma Oli that need to be recognised. He called them 4Ds – presented draft Kathmandu declaration which was Democracy, Demographic dividend, Demand & Diaspora. unanimously adopted by the all member states. 8. The visit evoked a lot of interest among the top political Key points of the Kathmandu Declaration: leadership & there was an air of bonhomie in all the 1. The Kathmandu Declaration has underlined the meetings. The banquets hosted by the President of importance of multidimensional connectivity as a key Serbia & Malta as well as by the President of Senate of enabler to economic integration for the shared Romania provided an opportunity for sharing views on prosperity of the region. bilateral & multilateral issues with rare candour. 2. The declaration also highlighted the importance of trade 9. The address to the Serbian Parliament was very well & investment as one of the major contributing factors for received & the admiration for India as the largest fostering economic & social development in the region. democracy & a vibrant, well functioning polity was more 3. The BIMSTEC leaders strongly condemned terrorism in than evident in the standing ovation the Vice President all its forms & manifestations & stressed that there can received at the end of his address. be no justification whatsoever for any act of terrorism. 10. MOUs entered into related to plant protection, tourism, 4. An MoU was also signed during concluding session of air services, oil research, diplomatic training & maritime 4th BIMSTEC summit on the establishment of BIMSTEC cooperation. Grid Interconnection to enhance energy cooperation 11. In all the three countries, there was considerable among the member states. interest in Yoga & Ayurveda & in Romania, the Vice 5. Sri Lanka has become the new chair of the BIMSTEC. President launched two books on Ayurveda & inaugurated an Ayurveda Information Centre.

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