➢ HDFC Bank remained the country’s most- Weekly One Liner Updates valuable bank with a market capitalization of 15th –21st April 2018 5.04 lakh crore rupees.

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1. The bank has received the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) 1. Veteran journalist who worked with several leading approval to open two representative offices in London newspapers including The Indian Express, The Statesman and Singapore__ Yes Bank. passed away__ S Nihal Singh. Note: Note: ➢ It will help in further diversification and ➢ He was the founding editor of The Indian Post (in expansion of financial services to the NRI 1987). diaspora. ➢ He was awarded the prestigious International ➢ In the year 2015, Yes Bank opened its first Editor of the Year Award in New York for representative office in Abu Dhabi and launched opposing the Emergency imposed by former IFSC banking unit (IBU) at GIFT City, Gandhinagar. prime minister Indira Gandhi. 2. The World Bank has projected a growth rate for India this 2. Former US first lady passed away __Barbara Bush. year ___7.3%. Note: Note: ➢ Barbara Bush was the wife of the George HW ➢ India requires a decisive structural reform Bush (41st President) and mother of the George momentum that succeeds in stimulating W Bush (43rd President). investment and export growth while maintaining 3. Indian animation pioneer passed away while undergoing macroeconomic stability. dialysis at a hospital in Mumbai___ Bhimsain Khurana. 3. India signs a loan agreement with an international Note: financial institution for USD 48 million for Meghalaya ➢ He known for films like ‘Gharaonda’ (got Film Community - Led Landscapes Management Project (MCLLMP)___World Bank. fare Awards) and for iconic animation shots Note: like”Ek Anek Ekta’ (won him a National Award ) ➢ The Objective of the Project is to strengthen with the unforgettable “ Ek Chidiya akek chidiya” community-led landscapes management in song. selected landscapes in the State of Meghalaya. ➢ In 1970, he made his debut with his first ➢ The closing date for the Project is 30th June animation short “The Climb”, which earned him 2023. the Silver Hugo Award in the Chicago Film 4. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Festival. India is expected to grow in 2018 at___ 7.4%. 4. Rajasthan sitting BJP MLA from Mundawar in Alwar Note: passed away___ Dharampal Choudhary. ➢ India will leave its nearest rival China which will Note: grow at 6.6 in 2018 and 6.4% in 2019. ➢ He was and suffering from a liver problem for ➢ India has made progress on structural reforms in some time. the recent past, which will help reduce internal 5. Former Delhi High Court Chief Justice passed away ___ barriers to trade, increase efficiency, and Rajinder Sachar. improve tax compliance. Note: 5. The bank become the second most valued bank in the ➢ Justice Sachar was the Chief Justice in Delhi High country (after HDFC Bank), in terms of market Court from 6thAugust to 22nd December 1985. capitalization___ Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. ➢ He was the chairperson of a committee to look at Note: the social, economic and educational status of ➢ Now, Kotak Mahindra Bank has a market Muslims in India. capitalization of 2,22,970.4 crore rupees and SBI 6. Chief Editor of leading Malayalam daily 'Kerala Kaumadi' market capitalization stood at Rs. 2,22,043.74 passed away in Thiruvananthapuram___ MS Ravi. crore. 1 | P a g e

Note: ➢ The Commonwealth is an intergovernmental ➢ He was Son of Kerala Kaumadi's founder editor K organization of 53 members states that are Sukumaran. mostly former territories of the British Empire. ➢ He was actively involved in socio-cultural 4. Who was formally named the new president of Cuba___ activities and was the recipient of several Miguel Diaz-Canel. awards. Note: 7. One of the world's biggest Swedish dance music stars ➢ He was selected by a vote of 603-1 (in the passed away in Muscat, Oman___ DJ Avicii (Tim National Assembly) as the unopposed candidate Bergling). to replace Raul Castro (86-year). Note: ➢ on 24 February 2013, Mr. Diaz- Canel was elected ➢ He was 28-year old. as the first Vice President of the Council of State. ➢ Avicii's club anthems include Wake Me Up, Levels, and recently, Lonely Together with Rita Important News – India Ora. 1. The three days Home Expo India 2018 at India Expo New Appointments Centre & Mart ____Greater Noida. Note: 1. Who took over the reins of the National Cadet Corps ➢ Around 650 Indian exporters of all the three (NCC) as its Director General (DG)__ Lieutenant General categories has displayed exquisite products of PP Malhotra. Houseware, decorative, furnishing, flooring, Note: textiles and furniture accessories. ➢ NCC is one of the largest uniformed youth ➢ Home Expo India 2018 expected to generate organizations in the world. business deals for direct import, organized by ➢ The National Cadet Corps (NCC) is the Indian Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH). military cadet corps with its Headquarters in New ➢ The expo was three segmented categories show Delhi, India. comprising Housewares, Textiles, and Furniture. ➢ It is open to school and college students on 2. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) voluntary basis. successfully carried out its fourth and final orbit raising 2. US Navy veteran will become the 13th administrator of operation of __IRNSS-1I. the National Aeronautics and Space Note: Administration(NASA)__Jim Bridenstine. ➢ The targeted perigee height is 35,381 km and Note: apogee height at 35,793 km. ➢ The National Aeronautics and Space ➢ Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System, Administration(NASA) is an independent agency IRNSS-1I is the eighth and the last navigation of the executive branch of the United States satellite in the constellation. federal government responsible for the civilian 3. Who has launched the DARPAN (Digital Advancement of space program, as well as aeronautics and Rural Post Office for a New India)-PLI App in New Delhi__ aerospace research. Manoj Sinha. ➢ Previous full-time administrator of NASA's Note: former astronaut ‘Charles Bolden’ resigned In ➢ It will help in the collection of Premium for January 2017. Postal Life Insurance (PLI) and Rural Postal Life 3. Who will be the next ‘head of Commonwealth’___ Prince Insurance (RPLI) policies at Branch Post Offices Charles. anywhere in India, with online updating of the Note: policies. ➢ The Head of the Commonwealth is recognized by ➢ It will help Department of Posts in providing the members of the Commonwealth of Nations better after-sales service to customers, as the "symbol of their free association" and particularly those living in rural areas of the serves as a leader. country.

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4. Who has introduced an updated 'QR code' that holds ➢ The 'e-Vidhan' is a mission mode project to non-sensitive details like name, address, photo, and date digitize and make the functioning of State of birth, and can be used for offline user verification Legislatures in the country paperless. without the 12-digit ID number____ Unique ➢ The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs is the Nodal Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). Ministry for the project and it is taking all Note: necessary steps for rolling out the Project in all ➢ QR code is a form of barcode label which the States. contains machine-readable information and 8. Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has launched a project under provides an extra layer of privacy to Aadhaar. which 4900 smartphones with mobile internet ➢ Aadhaar holders can download and print their connectivity will be handed over to investigating biometric ID with the QR code from the website officers____ Pocket Cop Project. of Unique Identification Authority of India or its Note: mobile app. ➢ The smartphone will have four data-rich ➢ The offline QR code will allow everyone to applications loaded for passport verification, the establish their identity through offline search of criminals, missing persons and stolen verification without giving out Aadhaar number. vehicles. 5. The GITC (Global IT Challenge for Youth with Disabilities)- ➢ It will be given to the police personnel, including 2018 will be held during 8th to 11th November 2018 in every police station in-charge, investigating _____New Delhi. officer, PCR van, and those involved in passport Note: verification. ➢ Around 300 participants including 120 Youth with 9. The first-ever Indian Filmmaker to get a place at the disabilities from 24 Asia Pacific countries will famous Madame Tussauds___ Karan Johar. participate in the invent. Note: ➢ This competition is amongst four categories of ➢ The process has begun in London and it will take disabilities namely, Physical, Visual, Hearing, and about six months for the wax figurine to be Intellectual. ready. ➢ GITC is being held every year in Asia- Pacific region and such events were held in the past in States News countries like Korea, China, Thailand, Vietnam etc. 1. Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik has inaugurated a ‘2.5 km 6. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken part in the long bridge’ constructed over river Ib that will connect Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) Jharsaguda district with ____Sambalpur. in ____London. Note: ➢ It will help connect the coal region of Note: Brajarjnagar & Belpahar in Jharsuguda district ➢ The summit's focus is on addressing common with Sambalpur & boost economic activities in challenges across the Commonwealth for a more the area. prosperous, secure and sustainable future. ➢ It will reduce the distance between Lakhanpur ➢ The theme of the summit is ‘Towards a Common and Sambalpur by 50 kilometers. Future’. 2. A health scheme of the Assam government that offers ➢ The Commonwealth Heads of Government free medical care of up to 2 lakh rupees for every individual from Below Poverty Line (BPL) and Above Meeting is a biennial summit meeting of the Poverty Line (APL) families__ Atal Amrit Abhiyan. heads of government from all Commonwealth Note: nations. ➢ The Atal Amrit Abhiyan will cover 92% of the 7. Who inaugurated the new office of Central Project state's population with annual income below 5 Monitoring Unit for the e-Vidhan project of the lakh rupees. Government at the Parliament House Annexe __ Vijay ➢ It is estimated that the number of Indians falling Goel below the poverty line due to health spending run as high as 6.3 crore. Note:

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➢ The Assam govt. has earmarked 400 crore rupees ➢ TESS is designed as a follow-on to the US space for the scheme in the financial year 2018-19. agency's Kepler spacecraft, which was the first of 3. The state govt has ordered all govt hospitals and its kind and launched in 2009. The aging orphanages to establish SHISHU SWAGAT KENDRA spacecraft is currently low on fuel and near the ‘PALNA’ and put up cradles in front of their buildings so end of its life. that parents can give up unwanted babies safely__ Uttar 4. Who will launch the ‘UN Road Safety Trust Fund’ to Pradesh Govt. stimulate action that can save lives and prevent injuries & Note: sufferings associated with road accidents ___United ➢ This will help in tackling the problem of Nations. abandoning the infant at the roadside. Note: ➢ The 'Palna' scheme will also help bridge the gap ➢ The Road Safety Trust Fund will serve as a between the number of children available for catalyst for much-needed progress towards the adoption and the burgeoning list of adoptive road safety targets of the Sustainable parents. Development Goals. 4. The state govt. will start distributing smartphones to over ➢ As per the UN data, more than 1.3 million 55 lakh people for free from May this year, under the drivers, passengers, and pedestrians die each Sanchar Kranti Yojana (SKY)__ Chhattisgarh. year on the roads. 5. French President Emmanuel Macron has announced to Note: contribute how many dollars toward urgent humanitarian ➢ The objective of this free smartphone scheme is aid for Syria___61.9 million dollars. to make poor people digital by providing them Note: free smartphones and increase mobile ➢ The funds will be allocated to NGOs and U.N. connectivity in the state. agencies working on the ground in Syria, ➢ In the 1st phase, the state government will including the U.N. office for humanitarian affairs. distribute about 50 lakh smartphones while the ➢ According to United Nations estimates, around 13 million people including six million children rest 5 lakh will be distributed in the 2nd phase. are in need of humanitarian aid in Syria. 6. The country will host the meeting of the Council of Important News – World foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) ____ China. Note: 1. The country is hosting the 29th Arab League Summit 2018 ➢ The Indian delegation will be represented by to promote Arab joint action to address challenges facing Union External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj. the nation___ Saudi Arabia. ➢ The foreign ministers meeting is part of the Note: preparations of the SCO summit scheduled in ➢ In the annual summit of Arab leaders, Saudi June 2018 that will also be attended by Prime Arabia hopes to push for a unified stand against Minister Narendra Modi in Qingdao. Iran. 2. The famous nine days annual festival is being celebrated in Nepal__Bisket Jatra. Important days Note: ➢ The Jatra begins four days before the start of 1. The World Haemophilia Day is being observed new year. worldwide on ___17th April. ➢ Thousands of visitors from various parts of Nepal Note: and a large number of foreign tourists gather at ➢ The day increase awareness of haemophilia Bhaktapur to see this thrilling event. and other inherited bleeding disorders. 3. NASA has launched a washing machine-sized spacecraft ➢ The theme of WHD 2018 is 'Sharing that aims to vastly expand mankind's search for planets beyond the solar system __Transiting Exoplanet Survey Knowledge Makes Us Stronger'. Satellite (TESS). 2. The World Liver day is observed every year on ___19th Note: April. ➢ Its main goal over the next two years is to scan Note: more than 200,000 of the brightest stars for signs ➢ The day spread awareness about the second of planets circling them and causing a dip in largest organ ‘liver’ in the body. brightness known as a transit.

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➢ This year, the theme of World Liver Day 2018 ➢ actor-director Mrinal Kulkarni for V Shantaram is 'Riding New Waves in Liver Diagnosis, Special Contribution awards. Staging & Treatment'. 2. Who will be conferred with the prestigious ‘Raj Kapoor ➢ The liver is one of the most important organs Special Contribution awards __ Rajkumar Hirani. of the body as it performs a wide range of very Note: ➢ Mr. Hirani is regarded as one of the most vital functions. celebrated filmmakers of Hindi cinema, having 3. The 'World Heritage Day' is being observed across the made critically-acclaimed and commercially- globe on ____18th April. successful films such as "Munna Bhai MBBS", "3 Note: Idiots" and "PK". ➢ The day aims to spread awareness of the 3. San Francisco author has won the Pulitzer Prize 2018 for importance of protecting and preserving his novel ‘Less’___Andrew Sean Greer. various sites around the world that have 4. Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 has won the achieved world heritage status. Pulitzer Prize for Poetry by ___Frank Bidart ➢ There are over 1000 World Heritage Sites 5. Who has won the Pulitzer Prize for music for his album (man-made and natural) recognized by ‘Damn’ ___Rapper Kendrick Lamar. UNESCO. Note: ➢ The theme of 2018 is “Heritage for ➢ The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in Generations”. newspaper, magazine, online journalism, 4. The ‘UN Chinese Language Day’ is observed every year on ____20th April literature, and musical composition in the United Note: States(US). ➢ The day was chosen as the date for the ➢ It was established in 1917 by provisions in the Chinese language to pay tribute to Cang Jie, a will of American (Hungarian-born) ‘Joseph mythical figure who is presumed to have Pulitzer’. invented Chinese characters about 5,000 6. Scientists have won Icrisat’s highest award for research years ago. Doreen Margaret Mashler Award for 2018 in their 5. The first official World Creativity and Innovation Day respective research fields of plant pathology and (WCID) has been celebrated to raise awareness of the biotechnology____Mamta Sharma and Pooja Bhatnagar role of creativity and innovation in problem-solving Mathur. and by extension, in the implementation of the Note: Sustainable Development Goals__21 April. ➢ Mamta Sharma works on the epidemiology of Note: plant diseases and pathogens, focussing on ➢ On this day the world is invited to embrace disease-resistant breeding in chickpea and the idea that innovation is essential for pigeonpea. harnessing the economic potential of nations. ➢ Pooja Bhatnagar Mathur was part of a landmark 6. The Civil Services Day (CSD) has been celebrated in research to combat aflatoxin in groundnut using India____ 21st April. a ‘double-defense’ approach. Note: 7. The All India Management Association’s (AIMA’s) annual ➢ The Civil Services Day (CSD) is organized award for lifetime contribution to media __ Indu Jain. every year on 21st April in India by civil Note: servants to rededicate and recommit ➢ It has honoured Indu Jain for managing the Times themselves to the cause of the people. Group and for establishing the Times Foundation. ➢ AIMA honours achievers who created a Honor & Awards fundamental difference to society through its annual Managing India Awards. 1. Who will be conferred with the prestigious ‘Raj Kapoor Lifetime Achievement’ ___Dharmendra. Note: Sports News ➢ Dharmendra has acted in more than 250 films in

over six decades and has over 100 box office hits including Bandini, Mamta, Anupama, Satyakam, 1. Afghanistan wicketkeeper has been fined after he was Seeta Aur Geeta, Sholay, Chupke Chupke, Yaadon caught playing for a Pakistani cricket club in Peshawar Ki Baarat to name a few. (Pakistan) without permission __Mohammad Shahzad. ➢ Veteran Marathi actor Vijay Chavhan for V Note: Shantaram Lifetime Achievement award ➢ Shahzad has been ordered to pay about 4,400 US Dollars.

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➢ According to the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB), players require to obtain "no objection certificate" if they want to play matches other than those approved by the ACB. 2. FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 unveils official mascot ____Son of Dreams. Note: ------0------➢ The mascot finalists are a Chinese dragon ('Son of Dream'), a Siberian tiger ('Speed Tiger') and a lion ('Qiu Qiu'). ➢ The tournament will take place in eight Chinese cities and 32-team from 31st August to 15th September 2019. 3. The 16th junior (under-20) national athletics meet held at ____Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. Note: ➢ The three-day event seen 440 boys and 352 girls in the age group of 16 to 20 years take part in 44 events, Organised by the Tamil Nadu Athletics Association (TNAA). ➢ The meet has served as the selections trials for the 18th Asian Junior Athletic Meet to be held at Gifu, Japan, in June. 4. Birmingham Organising Committee of CWG decides to exclude shooting from 2022 Games Note: ➢ South Africa (Durban) was to originally host the 2022 CWG but it later expressed its inability to host the Games due to financial problems. 5. Who has recommended Manika Batra (22-year) for the prestigious Arjuna Award___ Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI). Note: ➢ She is country's only quadruple medallist at the 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. ➢ She also secured a women's doubles silver alongside Mouma Das and mixed doubles bronze with G Sathiyan. 6. Who has won the the football tournament at the in Bhubaneswar__ Bengaluru FC. Note: ➢ They defeated Kolkata football giants East Bengal by a convincing margin of 4-1. ➢ The 2018 Indian Super Cup is the inaugural edition of the Super Cup, the main club knockout football competition in India. 7. Indian tennis player has won the 2018 Santaizi ATP Challenger tournament in Taipei___ Yuki Bhambri. 8. Australian racing driver has won the 2018 Formula One Chinese Grand Prix tournament ___Daniel Ricciardo. Note: ➢ The race was the third round of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship and marked the fifteenth time that the Chinese Grand Prix has been run as a round of the Formula One World Championship. 6 | P a g e