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IMPORTANT DAYS IN JANUARY January 09 NRI Day (Pravasi Bharatiya Divas) January 10 World Hindi Day Indias Longest Railroad Bridge in Assam 3 January 12 National Youth Day Miss World 2018 4 January 15 Indian Army Day National News 5 International News 12 January 24 National Girl Child Day 500+ G.K. One Liner Questions 18 January 25 National Voters Day Awards 36 January 27 World Leprosy Day (Every last New Appointments 40 Sunday) Sports 45 IMPORTANT DAYS IN FEBRUARY Banking & Financial Awareness 49 Defence & Technology 51 February 02 World Wetlands Day Study Notes 53 February 04 World Cancer Day Tricky Questions 64 February 10 National De-worming Day IBPS Clerk (Main) Practice Test Paper 75 February 12 National Productivity Day SSC CGL (Tier-I) Practice Test Paper 103 February 13 World Radio Day February 14 Valentine Day IMPORTANT RATES February 20 World Day of Social Justice (31-12-2018) February 28 National Science Day Repo Rate 6.50% Reverse Repo Rate 6.25% Marginal Standing Facility Rate 6.75% Statutory Liquidity Ratio 19.50% Cash Reserve Ratio 4% Bank Rate 6.75% RRB (JE) : 14th & 17th January 19 SSC CGL: 07th& 20th January 19 For Admission Contact : IBT Nearest Center or Call Toll Free www.makemyexam.in & www.ibtindia.com IBT: What do you think qualifying the exam is easy or tough? 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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday inaugurated the countrys longest rail-cum-road bridge over the Brahmaputra river at Bogibeel near Dibrugarh in Assam. The prime minister, who reached Dibrugarh from New Delhi, Bogibeel bridge is a combined road and rail bridge over flew directly to Bogibeel in a chopper and dedicated the the Brahmaputra river in the north eastern Indian state 4.94-km-long double-decker bridge to the nation from of Assam between Dhemaji district and Dibrugarh district, the south bank of the river. After greeting people, standing which was started in the year 2002 and took a total of on the foothold of his vehicle, Modi deboarded the car 200 months to complete the project as heavy rainfall in and walked a few metres on the bridge along with I the region being the main cause for the slow progress. Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi and Chief Minister B Bogibeel river bridge is the longest rail-cum-road bridge Sarbananda Sonowal. The prime minister crossed the in India measuring 4.94 kilometres over the Brahmaputra bridge in his cavalcade to the north bank of Brahmaputra, T Institute river. As the Bogibeel bridge being situated in an where he will flag off the Tinsukia-Naharlagun Intercity Pvt. Ltd earthquake prone area it is Indias first bridge to have Express. The train will run five days a week. The 4.9-km fully welded steel-concrete support beams that can bridge will cut down the train-travel time between Tinsukia withstand earthquakes of magnitudes upto 7 Richter in Assam to Naharlagun town of Arunachal Pradesh by Scale. 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