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GK Power Capsule for ESIC | Canara Bank| IBPS SO Prelims 2018 GK Power Capsule for ESIC | Canara Bank| IBPS SO Prelims 2018| Content Topic 1: Most Important Current Affairs .......................................................................................................................... 2 Topic 2: BANKING & FINANCIAL AWARENESS CURRENT AFFAIRS ................................................................ 12 Topic 3: ECONOMY/FINANCIAL CURRENT AFFAIRS ........................................................................................... 16 Topic 4: BUSINESS NEWS (NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL)............................................................................... 17 INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES ................................................................................................................................ 18 Topic 5: AGREEMENTS/MOU SIGNED ....................................................................................................................... 18 Topic 6: NEW APPOINTMENTS: NATIONAL ............................................................................................................. 20 Topic 7: NEW APPOINTMENTS: INTERNATIONAL ................................................................................................ 22 Topic 8: AWARDS & RECOGNITION ........................................................................................................................... 23 Topic 9: SUMMITS|EVENTS|FESTIVALS Held (NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL) ........................................... 26 Topic 10: COMMITTEES IN NEWS ................................................................................................................................ 29 Topic 11: NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS .................................................................................................................. 30 Topic 12: CURRENT AFFAIRS RELATED TO STATES IN INDIA ............................................................................ 34 Topic 13: INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS ..................................................................................................... 36 Topic 14: OBITUARIES (NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL) ....................................................................................... 38 Topic 15: LIST/INDEXES ANNOUNCED RECENTLY ............................................................................................... 39 Topic 16: IMPORTANT DAYS OBSERVED RECENTLY ............................................................................................. 41 Topic 17: BOOKS & AUTHORS ....................................................................................................................................... 43 Topic 18: DEFENCE CURRENT AFFAIRS ..................................................................................................................... 43 Topic 20: SPORTS CURRENT AFFAIRS ......................................................................................................................... 45 Topic 21: Bills Passed/Proposed in the Parliament ...................................................................................................... 50 Topic 22: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (NASA, ISRO & OTHERS) ........................................................................... 50 Topic 23: SCHEMES ........................................................................................................................................................... 51 Topic 24: MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS ............................................................................................................................ 54 Topic 25: Static Takeways from the Current Affairs ..................................................................................................... 57 Topic 26 : CM/Governors/Wildlife Santuaries/National Parks / Power Plants in India ...................................... 64 1 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected] GK Power Capsule for ESIC | Canara Bank| IBPS SO Prelims 2018 GK Power Capsule for ESIC | Canara Bank| IBPS SO Prelims 2018 Topic 1: Most Important Current Affairs G-20 Summit Buenos Aires 2018: Complete Highlights Note: ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast G-20 Summit 2018 was held in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Asian Nations. | Headquarters: Jakarta, Indonesia. G-20 is a grouping of the world’s 20 major economies. Theme of the summit was ‘Building Consensus for Fair & Vice President’s visit to 3 South African Countries| Sustainable Development’. The important agenda Complete Highlights discussed during the summit: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu visited 3-South 1. Climate change: G20 signatories to the Paris African nation visit to Botswana, Zimbabwe, & Agreement on climate, which is all of them except the Malawi. He visited Botswana on first leg, Zimbabwe US, pledged the “full implementation” of the pact, on second & on the third leg he visited Malawi. Here which they called “irreversible.” They also took note, are the complete highlights of 3 nation visit of M without further pledges, of UN scientists’ call for a Venkaiah Naidu. more ambitious target of reducing warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Key Highlights| 3-day Visit to Botswana 2. Trade: Bowing to the view of Trump’s administration, Capital: Gaborone | Currency: Botswana pula| President: the G20 stated that multilateral trade was “falling Dr. Mokgweetsi Eric Masisi short of its objectives” on promoting growth & job Botswana decided to join the International Solar creation. Alliance. 3. IMF: Calling the International Monetary Fund crucial M. Venkaiah Naidu attended the India-Botswana CEO to the global safety net, the G20 pledged to provide Roundtable in Gaborone. adequate funding & to meet a goal of finalising new He visited the state-of-the-art diamond sorting & national quotas in time for the global lender’s spring valuation operating facility ‘The Diamond Trading 2019 meetings. Company Botswana’. It is the second largest Diamond 4. Corruption: The G20 “committed to prevent & fight Trading company in the world. corruption & lead by example,” promising action from MoU was signed for waiving Visa for Diplomatic 2019 through 2021 on cleaning up state-run Passport holders. enterprises. 5. Gender inequality: The G20 recommitted to a four- year-old goal of reducing the gender gap in the labor force by 25 percent by 2025. 6. Future of work: Noting that new technologies will transform the nature of labour, the G20 called for “an inclusive, fair & sustainable” future of work, with retraining of workers where needed. 7. Infrastructure: Calling infrastructure a key driver of global growth, the G20 called for greater standardisation in contract-making to encourage more private capital. Note: PM Narendra Modi highlighted the flagship programmes like the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna, Key Highlights| 3-day Visit to Zimbabwe MUDRA & Start-up India undertaken by Indian Capital: Harare| Currency: US dollars, South African government to modernise the economy & promote rand, Euro.| President: Mr. Emmerson Mnangagwa inclusive growth at the opening session of the G-20 Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu reached summit in Buenos Aires. Harare, Zimbabwe for his 2nd leg of the official tour at the invitation of Vice President of Zimbabwe. 33rd ASEAN Summit held in Singapore Vice President announced the US$ 310 million Line of 33rd edition of the ASEAN Summit held in Singapore. Credit for up-gradation of Hwange Thermal Power PM of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong is the Chairman of Station. It is Zimbabwe’s second biggest power plant the Summit. PM Modi & IMF, Managing Director with an installed capacity of 920 MW. Christine Lagarde will also address the audience. 2 www.bankersadda.com | www.sscadda.com | www.careerpower.in | Adda247 App REPORT THE ERROR IN CAPSULE at [email protected] GK Power Capsule for ESIC | Canara Bank| IBPS SO Prelims 2018 US$23 million Line of Credit for rehabilitation of 5 MoUs were exchanged in the field of disability Bulawayo Thermal Power Plant, sector, education, trade-investment, scientific US$19.5 million Line of Credit for Deka Pumping & cooperation, agriculture & on higher education River Water Intake System, focussing on PhD by both the nations. Assistance for construction of Mahatma Gandhi He also unveiled the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Convention Centre, Parramatta in Sydney. The President addressed the US$2.93 million grant for Up-gradation of INDO-Zim International Business Summit 2018 organized by Technology Centre. Australian Financial Review on Australia-India India, Zimbabwe sign 6 agreements in various fields economic engagement. including Mining & Visa waiver: Mr. Naidu addressed the India-Zimbabwe Business List of Loan Agreements Signed With Asian Forum meeting in Harare, Zimbabwe. Development Bank India & ADB have signed 3 important loan agreements in Key Highlights| 2-day Visit to Malawi various fields/projects in New Delhi. Capital: Lilongwe| Currency: Malawian A $300 million Loan Agreement to support lending by kwacha|President: Prof. Arthur Peter Mutharika. India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited Attended the Malawi-India Business Meet, in (IIFCL). Lilongwe, Malawi. A $169 million loan as the First Tranche of a $500 The MOUs are Extradition treaty, MoU on cooperation million multi-tranche financing to develop climate- in the field of atomic energy for peaceful purposes resilient water supply,