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Current Affairs Gist-2018

Vinod Khanna wins the 2018 Dadasaheb Phalke Award.

"Village Rockstar" which wins the Best Feature Film in the 65th is a Assamese film.

What is the rank of in the ranking published by Index of Economic Freedom 2018- 130.

World Homeopathy Day - April 10t h.

Total number of medals won by India in the 2018 Commonwealth Games is- 66.

Total number of gold medals won by India in the 2018 Commonwealth Games is- 26.

Australia tops the Medal Table in the 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Diu is the first city in India to use 100% renewable energy during daytime.

TCS becomes the first Indian company to reach 100 billion dollar market capitalization.

UAE applied Value Added Tax (VAT) for the first time on 1st January, 2018.

Arunachal Pradesh is the second State in North East after to declared as the Open Defecation Free State.

K Sivan is appointed as the Chairman of ISRO.

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri wins the Best Drama Motion Picture award in the 75th Golden Globe Awards.

The world's coldest village Oymyakon which records -620C is located in Russia.

Caroline Wozniacki wins the Australian Open Women's Single title in 2018.

Roger Federer wins the Australian Open Men's Single title in 2018.

National Girl Child Day is observed on 24th January.

Irrfan Khan wins the Best Actor Award in the 2018 Filmfare Awards.

Vidya Balan wins the Best Actress Award in the 2018 Filmfare Awards.

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Hindi Medium wins the Best Movie Award in the 2018 Filmfare Awards.

H. D. Deve Gowda was the last Prime Minister of India before Narendra Modi to attend Davos World Economic Forum.

Maharashtra becomes the first to unveil public cloud policy.

World's biggest flooded cave found in Mexico.

Roger Federer is the only Tennis player to wins 20 Grand Slam title in Men's category.

New Zealand host the Under-19 World Cup 2018.

India wins the Under-19 World Cup Cricket 2018.

Kerala tops in the list of "Healthy States, Progressive India" published by Niti Aayog in the month of February, 2018.

Uttar Pradesh is at the bottom in the list of"Healthy States, Progressive India" published by Niti Aayog in the month of February, 2018.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit which country in the month of February, to become the first Prime Minster to make an official visit in Palestine.

Avani Chaturvedi, IAF officer becomes first Indian woman to fly solo.

Shikhar Dhawan becomes the first Indian batsman to score century in 100th ODI

Australia hockey team wins the Azlan Shah Cup 2018.

The 2018 win by India B Team.

Balkrishna Doshi is the first Indian architect to win the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 2018.

India's first helicopter shuttle service (HeliTaxi) launched in Bangaluru.

Krishna Kumari Kohli is elected as the first Hindu Women to Pakistan Senate from Sindh province.

Navjot Kaur becomes the first Indian women to win gold medal at Asian Wrestling Championship.

The Shape of Water wins the Best Movie Award in the Oscar 2018.

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Gary Oldman wins the Oscar for Best Actor in a leading role Award

Frances McDormand wins the Oscar for Best Actress in a leading role Award

India's first insect museum opened in Tamilnadu.

Surat, () district in India become the first to have 100% solar powered Primary Health Centers.

Mathematician Robert P. Langlands who wins the 2018 Abel Prize is belongs to Canada.

"Krem Puri" which is the World's longest sandstone cave is recently discovered in .

World Press Freedom Day is observed on 3rd May.

Xi Jinping is ranked as the most powerful man in the Forbes' Magazine for 2018.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ranked in __9th______postion in the Forbes' Powerful man list of 2018.

Walmart purchased 77 percent stack in the Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart is the first Indian cricketer to hit 300 sixes in T20 matches across all tournament.

NASA's InSight spacecraft will probe the depths of planet Mars.

The Nipah virus outbreak is first detected in .

Indore is declared as the cleanest city under the Swachh Survekshan 2018 Survey.

Malaysia Prime Minister is recently elected as the World's oldest elected leader at the age of 92.

Russia constructed the World's first floating nuclear power plant.

Real Madrid football club wins the UEFA Champions League 2018.

Chennai Super Kings team wins the IPL 2018 trophy.

India's first 14-lane highway which is recently inaugurated by PM Modi connected to Meerut.

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Nepal is the first country in South-East Asia to eliminate Trachoma.

Japan wins the 2018 Uber Cup trophy.

Colombia is the first South American country to join NATO.

32 countries will participate in 2018 FIFA World Cup Football, Russia.

India's first indigenous, long-range guns are known as .

Mithali Raj becomes the first Indian to score 2000 runs in International T20Is.

Mumbai Airport is recognised as the World's busiest single runway Airport in India.

Rafael Nadal wins the 2018 French Open Men's Singles title.

Simona Halep wins the 2018 French Open Women's Singles title.

World Day against Child labour is observed on 12th June.

Singapore host the first ever meeting of US President Donald Trump and North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un.

North America will host the 2026 FIFA World Cup football tournaments.

Bengaluru host the first ever test match played by Afghanistan.

World Blood Donor Day is observed on 15th June.

Cristiano Ronaldo scores the first hatrick goals in FIFA World Cup 2018.

Japan becomes first country from Asia to defeat a South American Country in FIFA World Cup matches.

United States of America recently withdraws from UN Human Rights Council.

Anukreethy Vas wins the 2018 title.

World's first International Center for Humanitarian Forensics launched in Gujarat.

World Refugee Day is celebrated on June 20.

National Digital Library of India is developed by IIT Kharagpur.

Maharashtra imposed total ban on the use of plastic.

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Australia wins the Champions Trophy Hockey 2018.

World's largest mobile factory is launched in Noida by Samsung. topped the list of Ease of Doing Business ranking, published by Union Government in the month of July, 2018.

According to the World Bank figures for 2017, Indian is presently world's ___6th____ biggest economy.

In the Global Innovation Index 2018, India is ranked ___57th_____ in the world.

The 17th World Sanskrit Conference held in Vancouver.

Uttarakhand High Court recently declares animal as legal entities.

Hima Das become the first Indian to win Gold in a World Championship in ___400___ metre event at IAAF World U20 Championships.

Angelique Kerber wins the Women's Single title in Wimbledon 2018.

Novak Djokovic wins the Men's Single title in Wimbledon 2018.

France wins FIFA World Cup 2018.

Harry Kane wins the Golden Boot Award in FIFA World Cup 2018 for scoring highest number of goals.

Thibaut Courtois wins the Golden Glove Award in FIFA World Cup 2018.

MS Dhoni become the _4th___ Indian to scores 10000 ODI run.

World Youth Skills Day is observed on 15th July.

Rajasthan is the first state to implement National Policy on Biofuels.

India’s first genetic bank for wildlife conservation inaugurated in Hyderabad.

How many commandos are inducted into the India's first all-women SWAT team: 36.

World Elephant Day is observed on August 12.

World Lion Day is observed on August 10.

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In National Sports University will be establish under National Sports University Bill, 2017.

World Senior Citizens day is observed on 21st August.

Vinesh Phogat becomes the first Indian Woman to win gold medal in Wrestling in Asian Games.

The 11th World Hindi Conference held in Mauritius.

Indonesia host the 18th Asian Games, 2018.

Vienna city named as the most liveable city by 2018 Global Liveability Index.

Justice Ranjan Gogoi will be the __46th____ Chief Justice of India.

How many Gold medals are win by India the Asian Games 2018 : 15.

India finished at __8th___ position in terms of total medal tally in Asian Games 2018.

Germany becomes the first to implement hydrogen-powered train.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched two satellites— NovaSAR and S1-4 of a foreign country. The two satellites belongs to United Kingdom.

EyeROV TUNA is the name of India’s first underwater robotic drone.

National Hindi Divas is celebrated on 14th September.

Delhi Government started India's first scheme for doorstep delivery of essential government services.

Novak Djokovic wins the US Open 2018 Men's singles title.

Naomi Osaka wins the US Open 2018 Women's singles title.

Bengaluru airport is set to become first airport in Asia to introduce face recognition based passage system technology from 2019.

Japan conduct world's first test of space elevator.

World Food Day is observed on 16th October.

World largest dome is inaugrated at Pune.

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French Prime Minister along with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi awarded with 2018 Champions of the Earth award.

Hima Das is appointed as the first Youth Ambassador of UNICEF India.

National Education Day of India is celebrated on 11th November.

In India, Public Service Broadcasting Day is observed on 12th November.

Shakti is the name of the first indigenous microprocessor built in India by IIT Madras The Signature Bridge is recently inaugrated in Delhi.

Bhubaneswar host the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup.

Australia wins the Women's World title 2018.

How many times M.C Mary Kom wins the Women's World Boxing championships in 48Kg: Six times.

Train 18 is the name of the engineless train(operating speed of 160 kilometres per hour) developed in India.

Sameer Verma wins the Men's title in the Syed Modi International Badminton Championships 2018.

Luca Modrich wins the Men's Ballon d'Or award 2018.

Qatar decided to leave OPEC from 1st January 2019.

International Day of Persons with Disabilities observed on 4th December.

India will host the G20 summit in the year 2022.

Sunil Arora is appointed as the 23rd Chief Election Commissioner of India.

President of South Africa will the Chief Guest at the Republic Day celebrations of India in 2019.

Abhinav Bindra has been recently awarded with Blue Cross award from International Shooting Sport Federation.

Himachal Pradesh in India becomes the first to launch single emergency number 112.

Casio company launches World's first GST calculator.

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International Human Rights Day is observed on December 10th.

India's heaviest satellite GSAT-11 launched from French Guiana.

Miss Philippines is crowned as the Miss Universe 2018.

P. V. Sindhu becomes the first Indian badminton player to win the BWF World Tour Finals tournament.

Belgium team wins the Hockey World Cup 2018 in .

Shaktikanta Das is appointed as the new Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.

Sonam Kapoor is honoured with PETA India's Person of the Year for 2018.

Miss Mexico is crowned as the 69th Miss World in 2018.

Amitav Ghosh has been awarded with 2018 Jnanpith award.

National Farmers Day is celebrated on 23rd December.

Tamil Naduannounced to setting up of India's first music museum.

India's longest rail-road bridge "Bogibeel bridge" over the Brahmaputra river in the north eastern Indian state of between Dhemaji district and Dibrugarh district.

India-born Harvard economist Gita Gopinath has been appointed as the chief economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

27th BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change held in .

IndusInd Bank has launched a cred-it card Named Nexxt Credit Card which is India's first Interactive card with buttons.

NSE goBID is the name the mobile app launched by National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) for retail investors to buy government securities.

Kerala Govt has signed a MoU with Airbus Bizlab as per which an Innovation Centre will be set up for planning and executing all the activities to help the startups.

GSAT – 29 is the heaviest satellite launched in orbit by an Indian launch vehicle, GSLV-Mk III D2, from Sriharikota.

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Natural gas is expected to overtake coal as the world's second largest energy source after oil by 2030, according to report by International Energy Agency (IEA) titled World Energy Outlook 2018.

India's first specialized hospital for elephants unveiled at Mathura, . Toxic word has been named as Word of the year 2018 by Oxford Dictionary.

Jalaj Srivastava appointed as the new chairman of Inland Waterways Authority of India.

Stephen Barclay was appointed as the new Brexit Secretary by British Prime Minister Theresa May.

Maldives has rejoined Commonwealth after 2 years of withdrawal.

National Press Day celebrated in India on November 16.

When Nature Calls was the theme of World Toilet Day 2018 observed all over the world on 19th November 2018.

Kavita Singh has been selected for the Infosys Prize 2018 under the Humanities category.

Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation – Best Capital City in Solid Waste Management.

Manju Mehta (Sitar Player) - Tansen Samman.

Sunil Bharti Mittal - 1st Indian to receive Doctor Honoris Causa (ESCP Europe’s highest honour).

Sahitya Akademi Awards 2018: Bengali - Sanjib Chattopadhyay.

Changing India authored by Manmohan Singh.

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC Summit 2018 held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

Summits 10th BRICS Summit 2018 - johnnesberg, South Africa 11th BRICS Summit 2019 – Brazil G 20 Meeting 2018 – Argentina, Buenos Aires G20 Meeting 2019 – Japan NATO Summit 2018 : Belgium Global Insurance Summit (2017) :

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APEC Summit 2018 - Papua, New Guinea Port Mores APEC Summit 2019 - Chile

India has been ranked at 108th in the recently released Gender Gap Index 2018 by World Economic Forum.

24th December 2018 was observed as National Consumers Day / National Consumers Right Day in India with thetheme “Timely Disposal of Consumer Complaints”.

5th December 2018 was observed as World Soil Day with the theme "Be the Solution to Soil Pollution!".

An All-women political party named 'National Women's Party (NWP)' was launched in Delhi.

Asian Cricket Council (ACC) approved Pakistan as hosts of 2020 Asia cup.

Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah became the fastest bowler in the world to reach the milestone of scalping 200 Test wickets.

Calling for elimination of industrially produced trans-fat in the food supply, the Food Safety and StandardsAuthority of India (FSSAI) launched a media campaign titled “Heart Attack Rewind”.

Facebook is developing 'stablecoin', a type of cryptocurrency pegged to the dollar, for the payments feature on its messaging platform WhatsApp.

Former Australian Cricketer Ricky Ponting formally inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

INS Cuddalore, a Pondicherry-class vessel that was decommissioned in March, will be turned into the country's first underwater museum.

Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Delhi Daredevils has been renamed as .

Joshna Chinappa: Indian professional squash player.

Jammu & Kashmir hasbecame the 1st state in India to amend law on Sextortion.

24th meeting of Conference of Parties (COP24) to the UNFCCC to be held at Katowice (Poland).

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The Assembly passed a resolution to declare Cow as 'Rashtra Mata (mother of the nation)'.

The Irish Parliament passed a bill to legalise abortions.

Madhya Pradesh government announced it is forming an Adhyatmik Vibhag (spiritual department) by merging several existing departments. The Anand Vibhag (happiness department) formed by the previous government, a first in the country, would be incorporated into the new department.

National Rail and Transportation Institution (NRTI) in Vadodara. It is India’s 1st Railway university and the 3rd in the world after Russia and China.

Australia has become the 1st country in the world to recognise 'Orphanage Trafficking' as a form of Modern Slavery.

Andhra Pradesh topped the Asia Competitiveness Institute's (ACI) 2018 'Ease of Doing Business' Index.

Justice AK Sikri was nominated as the Executive Chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA).

Current RBI Policy Rates 2018 Repo Rate : 6.50% Reverse Repo Rate : 6.25% MSF (Marginal Standing Facility) : 6.75% Bank Rate : 6.75% CRR : 4% SLR : 19.5%

Statue of Unity: Measuring 182 metres in height, the Statue of Unity is the tallest statue in the world.The Statue of Unity is being built on Sadhu Island in the Narmada river. Designed by the Ram V Sutar, a sculptor from Noida, the statue is built by Larsen & Toubro(Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Rashtriya Ekta Trust (SVPRET), a special purpose vehicle was created by the Gujarat government).

Karnataka has become the India’s first state to give legal protection to good Samaritans.

Kolkata has launched India’s first Flood Forecasting and Early Warning System (FFEWS).

The World Health Organization (WHO) has recently launched a new alcohol control initiative ‘SAFER’ to prevent and reduce alcohol-related death and disability.

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India’s tallest National flag from the average city elevation has recently installed in Guwahati.

The world’s largest airport terminal “under one roof” has officially been opened in Istanbul.

India’s largest Dry Dock will come in Cochin Shipyard in Kerala.

Virat Kohli: He is the fastest batsman to score 10,000 ODI runs / His last 1,000 runs came from just 11 innings, which is also a world record / His strike rate at 92.5 is the highest among batsmen with 10,000 runs in one-day format.

Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar launched the web portal of the Scheme “Impactful Policy Research in Social Sciences (IMPRESS) to strengthen the research ecosystem in the country. The objective of IMPRESS is to identify and fund research proposals in social sciences with maxim mum impact on the governance and society.

The Mumbai cricket team won the 2018 .

China has successfully tested the world’s largest unmanned transport drone “Feihong-98 (FH-98)”.

Irish Author Anna Burns has won the prestigious 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for her novel ‘Milkman’.

Official mascot of 2018 Men’s Hockey World Cup-Olly. The mascot aims to raise awareness about the conservation of the Olive Ridley turtle, which is said to be on the verge of extinction in the state of Odisha.

India has been ranked 103rd in the 2018 Global Hunger Index (GHI).

India’s first-ever India-Israel Innovation Centre (IIIC), an entrepreneurial technology hub, was launched at Bengaluru.

NOBEL PRIZE-2018

The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Dr. Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.

American scientist Arthur Ashkin, French engineer Gerard Mourou and Canadian professor Donna Strickland have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work in the field of laser physics.

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US duo William D. Nordhaus and Paul M. Romer have won the 2018 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for research “about innovation, climate and economic growth”.

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded jointly to James P Allison and Tasuku Honjo for their discovery of Immunotherapy. They used immunotherapy to help the cells of the immune system recognize and attack cancer cells.

The 2018 Nobel Prize Chemistry2018 with one half to Frances H. Arnold and the other half jointly to George P. Smith and Sir Gregory P. Winter for developing cryo-electron microscopy, which simplifies and improves the imaging of biomolecules.

No Literature Prize for the first time in 70 years because of a #MeToo scandal.

Pankaj Sharma has been appointed India’s Ambassador & permanent representative to United Nations Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.

Eminent Gandhian NatwarThakkar popularly known as ‘’s Gandhi’,

Jharkhand will be the partner state at International Film Festival (GIFF-2018),

The book “The Paradoxical Prime Minister: Narendra Modi And His India” has been authored by Congress parliamentarian ShashiTharoor.

Tushar Mehta has been appointed as Solicitor General of India (SGI).

Former Indian cricket captain Rahul Dravid has officially been inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame for his stupendous achievements in international cricket. The other four Indians are former skippers Bishan Singh Bedi, , and Anil Kumble. Dravid, also popularly known as ‘the Wall’.

India’s rank in the 2018 Oxfam world inequality index-147.

Senegal is the African countries will host the 2022 Youth Olympic Games

Annapurna Devi, who passed away recently, was the renowned Hindustani musician of Maihargharana. Annapurna was an Indian Surbahar (bass sitar) player of Hindustani classical music.

India has been ranked 77th in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business Index 2018.

Pankaj Advani become the first Indian to win an Asian Snooker Tour event.

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Justice Debasish Kar Gupta has recently been sworn-in as the new chief justice of the Calcutta High Court.

Satyajit Ray’s epic masterpiece ‘Pather Panchali’ has been included in BBC’s 100 best foreign language films list of the 21st century.

Decommissioned aircraft INS Viraat will be converted into India’s first-ever moored maritime museum-cum-marine adventure centre.

The first-ever Indo-Japan joint military exercise ‘Dharma Guardian-2018’ has started in-.

India and Japan has recently a Loan Agreement worth Rs. 1817 crore for the ‘Project for the Construction of Turga Pumped Storage (I). It will come up in the state’s Purulia district at Ayodhya hills. Four reversible pump-turbine units of 250 mw each would be set up.

Mary Kom has been named the Brand Ambassador of 2018 Women’s World Boxing Championships.

India International Cherry Blossom (IICB) festival will held in Shillong.

India’s first asymmetrical cable-stayed bridge “Signature Bridge” has recently inaugurated in Delhi, across the Yamuna River.

The Government of India (GoI) has recently approved operationalisation strategy for Operation Greens for Tomato, Onion and Potato.

The newly-built Ekana cricket stadium is located in .

Snehlata Shrivastava has been appointed the new Secretary General of Lok Sabha. She is the first woman Secretary General of the Lok Sabha.

China’s state news agency Xinhua has recently launched the world’s first Artificial Intelligence (AI) news anchor.

Ashok Kumar Gupta has been appointed the new chairperson of Competition Commission of India (CCI).

Indian wrestler Bajrang Punia has recently touched a new high in his career by achieving the World number one rank in the 65kg category.

The International Conference on Yoga for Public Health has inaugurated at Kala Academy, Panjim(Panaji).

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The first-ever bilateral naval exercise ‘Samudra Shakti 2018’ has started between Indian & Indonesian Navy.

Twitter India has recently launched a new social initiative #PowerOf18, which aims to encourage youth to contribute in public debates and participate in civic engagement for the 2019 general elections.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has recently launched the ‘Gau Samridhi Plus scheme’ or ‘Cow Samridhi Plus Scheme’ to offer insurance coverage.

Arvind Saxena - appointed as Chairman, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).

Asim - appointed as Lokayukta of

Millie Bobby Brown (14 years) - Youngest ever Goodwill Ambassador, UNICEF

25th November 2018 was observed as International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Theme of the year 2018 : "Orange the World: #HearMeToo".

Global Soil Biodiversity Atlas prepared by World Wide Fund

Andhra Pradesh state is building a world-class and India’s first ‘Justice City’ within its new capital Amaravati.

China recently unveiled a model of its 'Heavenly Palace' space station, as the International Space Station (ISS) is set to retire in 2024.

India signed an MoU with ADNOC (Abu Dhabi National Oil Company) for storage of crude oil at Padur in .

Morocco successfully launched its second earth observation satellite named Mohammed VI-B.

Music composer A R Rahman is making the Anthem for upcoming released the promo video of the Hockey World Cup 2018. This anthem features actor Shah Rukh Khan. The lyrics of this video are penned by Bollywood lyricist . The heme track titled "Jai Hind, Jai India".

New Zealand became the 1st cricket team to win a Test match with a margin of four runs in the format's 141-year history.

Ohio will become the 1st US state to accept payment of taxes by businesses in Bitcoin.

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Tamil Nadu Police has banned officials below the rank of sub-inspector from using mobile phones while on an important duty.

The 1st Sustainable Blue Economy Conference was held in Nairobi (Kenya). Theme of Sustainable Blue Economy Conference 2018 : ‘The Blue Economy and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.’

The 66th Nehru Trophy Boat Race (also known as Vallam Kali) was recently held on the Punnamada Lake, near Alappuzha, Kerala.

The Andhra Pradesh state has finalised the design 250-metre-high assembly building, which will make it taller than the world's tallest statue, Gujarat's 'Statue of Unity' (182 meters)

The International Gita Festival 2018 will be organised in Kurukshetra in .

To capture loan information of individuals and corporate borrowers, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has initiated steps to set up wide-based digital Public Credit Registry (PCR).

Central Tribal University to be built in Andhra Pradesh.

Mary Kom –appointed as Brand Ambassador, BSNL

Varun Dhawan & Anushka Sharma - appointed as Brand Ambassadors, Skill India Campaign

Kolkata has topped OpenSignal's list of 4G availability across all of India's 22 telecom circles.

Globally, Oxford University continues to hold the first place, followed by Cambridge, Stanford, and MIT. Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore has been named the Top Indian institute.

Kashi : Secret of the Black Temple written by Vineet Bajpai' (final book of Harappa trilogy).

Moving On, Moving Forward – A Year in Office written by Venkaiah Naidu

Shades of Truth : A Journey Derailed written by Kapil Sibal.

The Rule Breakers written by Preeti Shenoy.

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Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2018 S. Mirabai Chanu (Weightlifting) Virat Kohli (Cricket)

19th edition of Asian Games will be hosted by Hangzhou (China), in 2022.

16th September 2018 was observed as International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (International Ozone Day) with the theme 'Keep Cool and Carry on: Montreal Protocol'.

Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) has won the Italian Grand Prix 2018.

Cab-hailing startup Ola launched a safety programme called 'Guardian' in India to monitor rides in real time.

China successfully launched a new marine satellite called HY-1C for better monitoring of China's maritime waters and study the impact of climate change.

European railway manufacturer Alstom has launched world’s first hydrogen fuel cell train.

Germany launched the world's first zero-emission hydrogen trains.

India signed the Communications Compatibility and Security Agreement (COMCASA) with the US .

This deal will enable India to access advanced technologies from US.

India’s biggest cyclotron facility named Cyclone-30 became operational at Kolkata-based Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC).

Island nation Mauritius remained the top source of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into India in 2017-18 followed by Singapore.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern became the 1st female world leader to attend the United Nations General Assembly with a newborn.

India’s first Coal-gasification based fertilizer plant with pet coke blending at Talcher (Odisha).

The biography of Dutee Chand, who rose from abject poverty to become one of India's biggest sprinting stars, is going to be published as a book with the title "Story so far". The book is being written by journalist, author and filmmaker Sundeep Misra,

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The Cabinet chaired by PM Narendra Modi approved Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan (PM-AASHA) to protect income of farmers growing pulses, oilseeds and copra.

The Home Ministry has announced it will collect data on Other Backward Classes (OBCs) for the first time in the 2021 Census.

The World Hindu Congress (WHC-2018) was held Chicago, United States . Theme of WHC-2018 : “Sumantrite Suvikrante”, which means - "Think collectively, achieve valiantly”.

The world's first self-driving tram, fitted with multiple radar, LiDAR, and camera sensors, has successfully been tested in Potsdam, Germany.

Uttarakhand passed a resolution to declare Cow the 'Rashtra Mata' (Mother of the Nation). Uttarakhand is going to become the 1st state to give identity cards to gau rakshaks (cow protectors).

‘Exam Warriors’ written by Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Tokyo 2020 (Japan) will be first Olympics to use facial recognition technology to increase security around all venues.

The world’s first-ever Thermal battery plant was inaugurated in Amravati, Andhra Pradesh.

The Union Ministry of Agriculture has written to United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) proposing declaration of year 2019 as “International Year of Millets”.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully launched its Parker Solar Probe, aimed to enter the Sun's corona (outer atmosphere), where no spacecraft has gone before.

The Lok Sabha passed the 123rd Constitutional Amendment Bill providing for a National Commission for Backward Classes as a constitutional body.

The Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha have cleared Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018, which proposes death penalty for the rape of girls below the age of 12 years.

The lander of India's second lunar exploration mission 'Chandrayaan-2', scheduled for next year, will be named '' in honour of ISRO Founder Vikram Sarabhai

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The 24th World Congress of Philosophy (WCP) was held in Beijing, China. Theme of 24th WCP 2018 : “Learning To Be Human”.

The 10th edition of the Gay Games recently held in Paris.

Scotland has become the world's first country to provide free sanitary products to all students in a bid to tackle "period poverty".

Santali has become the 1st Indian tribal language to get a Wikipedia edition in its own script.

Rashtriya Sadbhavana Diwas (Harmony day) was observed on 20th August 2018 to commemorate the 72nd birth anniversary of Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India.

Mahabaleshwar (Maharashtra) has become the wettest place in India this year, leaving behind Meghalaya's Cherrapunji.

Kadaknath chicken meat from Jhabua district of has received Geographical Indication (GI) tag

Iran unveiled the next-generation of its ' Fateh Mobin (Bright Conqueror) ' short-range ballistic missile

India's 3rd largest private-sector bank, Axis Bank became 1st bank in the country to introduce Iris Scan Authentication feature for Aadhaar-based transactions through its micro ATM tablets.

Google announced 'Pie' as the name for the latest version of the Android operating system, succeeding Android Oreo.

Gibraltar-based club Gibraltar United is set to become the 1st ever football club to pay its players in cryptocurrency. e-Commerce Firm Flipkart unveiled a dedicated portal titled ‘2Gud‘ for refurbished goods, including mobile phones, laptops and tablets.

National Handloom Day was observed on 7th August

World Humanitarian Day (WHD) theme #NotATarget

Watergate reporter Bob Woodward authored a new book titled 'Fear: Trump in the White House'.

A R Rahman appointed as Brand Ambassador, Sikkim State.

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R.S Puram Police Station (Coimbatore) - Best SMART Police Station in the country Award.

Outstanding Parliamentarian Awards 2013 - 2017 2013 - Najma Heptulla (Rajya Sabha). 2014 - Hukumdev Narayan Yadav (Lok Sabha) 2015 - Ghulam Nabi Azad (Rajya Sabha) 2016 - Dinesh Trivedi (Lok Sabha) 2017 - Bhartruhari Mahatab (Lok Sabha)

P V Sindhu - first Indian woman to become Olympic silver medallist (Badminton).

75th Golden Globes Awards winner 2018 Best animated motion picture, : “Coco” . Best motion picture, : “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”.

Imperfect is autobiography of Former Indian Cricketer .

Dilli Meri Dilli: Before and After 1998 written by Sheila Dikshit.

48th annual meeting of World Economic Forum (WEF) was held at Davos (Switzerland). Theme : Creating a Shared Future in a Fractured World.

American electronic commerce and cloud computing company Amazon has launched a checkout-free hi-tech grocery store called 'Amazon Go' in Seattle, US. It uses ceiling-mounted cameras to identify each customer and track what items they select, eliminating the need for billing.

Hyderabad became 2nd large city (above 1 crore population) to be declared open defecation free (ODF), after Mumbai.

India's 1st park for people with special needs was inaugurated in Hyderabad.

Kolkata became first metro city in India to get floating market located on lake at Patuli.

Maharashtra became 1st state to unveil Public Cloud Policy that virtually mandates state government departments to shift their data storage onto cloud.

Indian Railways renamed Fairy Queen, the world's oldest working steam engine, as '69 Ganrajya Express'.

The Maharashtra government has announced a 1% reservation in government jobs and education for orphans in the state.

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India's fastest and first "multi-petaflops" supercomputer 'Pratyush' at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) in Pune.

Valletta, the capital of Malta, was officially named European Capital of Culture 2018.

28th January 2018 was observed as the Data Privacy Day/ Data Protection Day.

28th February 2018 was observed as National Science Day with the theme "Science and Technology for a sustainable future."

A 'Gender park' open exclusively to women and children will be set up in Kerala's Kottayam.

Dubai has opened the tallest hotel in the world (356-metres) titled Gevora Hotel.

1st International Solar Alliance (ISA) Summit was held in 2018 at New Delhi.

India will host the World Environment Day 2018 on June 5 with the theme 'Beat Plastic Pollution'.

The ‘1st Pelican Bird Festival-2018’ was held at Atapaka Bird Sanctuary located at Kolleru lake in Andhra Pradesh

Which city is hosting the 2018 Sanskriti Mahotsav ‘Swachhagrah – Bapu ko Kaaryaanjali”-Varanasi.

Singapore recently declared to impose a ‘carbon tax’ from 2019 to cut its greenhouse gas emissions.

The Uttar Pradesh government has signed pact with Amazon India for khadi products sale.

Kerala government has recently made vaccinations compulsory for school admissions.

India’s rank in the global Corruption Perception Index (CPI) for 2017 which is recently released by the Transparency International (TI)- 81.

The International Conference on Sustainable Biofuels (ICSB-2018) will be organized in Delhi.

Nepal hosted host the 2018 SAARC Business Leaders’ Conclave.

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World's first robot citizen Sophia made a public appearance in India at a global technology event in Hyderabad

Hyderabad and Pune have been rated India's most liveable cities in the list of Mercer in its annual Quality of Living survey.

West Bengal has bagged the top spot in the Domestic Ease of Doing Business — an index created by the central government in collaboration with the World Bank.

15th March 2018 was observed as the World Consumer Rights Day with theme ‘Making digital marketplaces fairer’.

World Information Technology Congress (WITC) 2018 was recently held at Hyderabad ().

India’s First Coastal Policing Academy Set up in Gujarat.

Iraq has overtaken Saudi Arabia to become India’s top crude oil supplier.

Marshall Islands in Pacific Ocean is set to become 1st country in world to recognize Cryptocurrency as its legal tender.

Pakistan has successfully test-fired its indigenously designed and built nuclear-capable, submarine-launched (SLCM) Babur III.

106th Indian Science Congress 2019 will be held at Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, . 105th Indian Science Congress hosted by Manipur Central University, Imphal.

The African nation of Sierra Leone has become the world's first country to use blockchain technology in elections.

The Karnataka government approved a separate flag of the state and will now be sent to the central government for approval.

The world’s largest solar park, Shakti Sthala, was inaugurated in Karnataka.

65th National Film Awards 2018

Best Film - Village Rockstars (Assam) Best Actor (Male) - Riddhi Sen, Dadasaheb Phalke Award - Vinod Khanna Best Hindi Film - Newton

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Delhi has become the 1st Indian city to upgrade to "Ultra-Clean" Euro-VI grade Petrol and Diesel from Euro-IV grade fuels.

The Dalmia Bharat Group has adopted Delhi's Red Fort for 5 years. With this, Dalmia Bharat Group has became the 1st-ever corporate company to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under the government's "Adopt a Heritage" project.

Zimbabwe has become the 2nd African nation to legalise the production of cannabis for medicinal or scientific purposes. Lesotho Becomes First African Country to Legalize Marijuana for medicinal purposes.

Banga Bibhushan Award 2018 Winners Asha Bhosle Prosenjit Chatterjee Justice Shyamal Kumar Sen (retd) Samaresh Majumdar

Hidden India written by Latika Nath.

92 year old Malaysia's Mahathir Mohamad has became the world's oldest Prime Minister.

Bangladesh’s first communication satellite Bangabandhu-1 was launched to provide wide range of broadcast and communication services throughout Bangladesh.

China aims to deliver its domestically developed world's largest amphibious aircraft, titled AG600, by the year 2022.

India emerged as the 3rd largest solar market in the world in 2017 behind China and the US.

Israel claimed to be the first country to have used the US-made F-35 fighter jets in combat

Khajuraho (Madhya Pradesh) became the hottest place in India as the temperature hit 47.5°C.

Eastern Peripheral Expressway or Kundli-Ghaziabad-Palwal (KGP) Expressway six-lane expressway passing through the states of Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.

Palestine has become the 193rd nation to join the Chemical Weapons Convention.

Chenani-Nashri Tunnel. Chenani-Nashri Tunnel, also known as Patnitop Tunnel, is a road tunnel in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir on NH 44.

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The 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas will be held in holy city if Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) from January 21 to January 23, 2019. Theme of 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas : “Role of Indian Diaspora in building a New India”.

The National Informatics Centre (NIC) has set up cloud-enabled National Data Centre at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

The Pakyong Airport (Sikkim) is set to become India's 100th operational airport.

Indian International Film Awards (IIFA) 2018 Best Film - Tumhari Sulu Best Actor in a leading role (Female) - Sridevi (MOM) Best Actor in a leading role (Male) - (Hindi Medium) Best Director - Saket Chaudhary (Hindi Medium) Best Debut Director - Konkona Sensharma (A Death in the Gunj)

Emergency: Indian Democracy’s Darkest Hour : written by Surya Prakash.

Unfinished : written by Priyanka Chopra.

The largest private sector lender HDFC Bank has become the only domestic brand to be featured in the BrandZ's top 100 most valuable global brands ranking.

Gujarat has topped the Niti Aayog's composite water management index (CWMI).

17th June 2018 was observed as World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought with the theme “Land has true value – invest in it”.

Yoga Day was observed on 21st JUne. Theme of International Yoga Day 2018 : "Yoga for Peace".

According to recently released Henley Passport Index, Japan has the "most powerful" passport in the world. The Indian passport secured the 76th rank in the index.

Andhra Pradesh is set to become 1st state in India to use Auto-Disable Syringes for all clinical purposes to prevent infection.

Bangladesh has won the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup by defeating India in the finals at Kuala Lumpur.

India will get its 1st national police museum in Lutyens Delhi.

India's first café which will be run by HIV-positive teenagers is set to open in West Bengal's Kolkata.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved setting up of committee to lay down standards for metro rail systems in India. Head of this Committee : E Sreedharan (Metro man of India).

Rajinikanth starrer 'Kaala' became the 1st Indian film to release in Saudi Arabia, months after the kingdom opened a cinema for the first time in 35 years.

The Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport near Varanasi is set to become the first Indian airport to have a national highway underneath its runway.

The United States has unveiled the world's most powerful supercomputer titled 'Summit', beating the previous record-holder China's Sunway TaihuLight.

To study the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Policy of India, the Indian Government has constituted a Group of eminent persons. Head of this Group : Baba Kalyani (Industrialist).

Uttar Pradesh's Mughal Sarai Junction has officially been renamed as Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction.

Ramon Magsaysay Awardees 2018 Sonam Wangchuk (India) Bharat Vatwani (India)

Mohun Bagan Ratna AWARDED to Pradip Chowdhury.

Japan unveiled the official mascots for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics at a ceremony. The mascot for the Summer Olympics is named as Miraitowa while the Paralympic mascot will be known as Someity.

BRICS summit 2018 was held at Johannesburg, SOuth Africa.

"The Dhoni Touch" has been authored by Bharat Sundaresan.

For the first time, Rajya Sabha members can speak in any of the 22 languages listed in the eighth schedule of the Constitution.

Former captain MS Dhoni has become the first-ever Indian wicketkeeper to take 300 catches in ODI cricket.

Google is working on a new operating system (OS) titled 'Fuchsia' which will replace Android.

Harry Potter fantasy series autor J. K. Rowling has announced her next book titled "Lethal White". Rowling is writing this novel with the pen name "Robert Galbraith".

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Indian state-owned telecommunications company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has became the country's first telephone network to launch 'internet telephony' service.

India's first government-sponsored 'Transgender Poets' Meet' was recently held at the Sahitya Akademi in West Bengal's Kolkata.

First 'Khadi mall' of India will be opened in .

(UNESCO) inscribed cultural sites on the World Heritage List : Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensemble of Mumbai (India).

The Indian kabaddi team beat to lift the Kabaddi Masters 2018 title in Dubai.

The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has launched Centre for Climate Change in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.

The UN Security Council adopted Resolution 2428 a resolution to impose an Arms embargo (an official ban on trade or other commercial activity) on South Sudan.

A book titled ‘Gandhi The years that changed the world (1914-1948)’ written by .

Delhi Metro recently became the 1st Metro system in the World to go Completely Green.

Rajasthan will soon have its 1st ‘cow sanctuary’.

Rajinder Khanna was appointed the Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA).

Goa to host third edition of Science Film Festival.

Centre has approved West Bengal logo designed by CM Mamata Banerjee highlighting the “Biswa Bangla” theme with Ashoka Pillars .

TrackChild and Khoya-Paya web portals have been launched by Ministry of Women and Child Development to track missing and found children.

World‘s largest ice festival celebrated in China.

Actor SoumitraChatterjee receives the France's highest civilian award, Legion of Honor.

Aanchal Thakur becomes first Indian to win an international medal in skiing.

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China commissions new missile frigate “Rizhao”.

India attends its first SCO(Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) military cooperation meeting in Beijing.

India‘s First Garbage Festival Kachra Mahotsav 2018‟ organised in .

Padma Awards 2018 :

Padma Vibhushan Shri Illaiyaraja - Art-Music - Shri Ghulam Mustafa Khan - Art-Music - Maharashtra Shri Parameswaran Parameswaran - Literature and Education - Kerala

Padma Bhushan Shri Pankaj Advani - Sports- Billiards/Snooker - Karnataka Shri Mahendra Singh Dhoni - Sports-Cricket - Jharkhand Shri Ramachandran Nagaswamy - Others-Archaeology - Tamil Nadu

Maharashtra govt approves new wildlife sanctuary at Ghodazari. Kala Ghoda Arts festival organised in Mumbai.

ICC appoints as first independent female director.

Tropical cyclone Kelvin hits West Australia.

Jaipur‘s Gandhi Nagar railway station became India‘s first major railway station to be completely managed by women personnel.

Huawei unveils world‘s first 5G commercial chip.

Neiphiu Rio was appointed the new Chief Minister of Nagaland.

World‘s oldest city Varanasi goes wireless.

Russia successfully tested its latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Sarmat.

Himanta Biswa Sarma elected as President of Badminton Association of India (BAI).

Bhanu Pratap Sharma appointed chairman of Bank Board Bureau (BBB).

China to launch new weather satellite – Fengyun-II 09.

Manipur‘s Karang – India‟s first cashless island of the country.

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2018 World Press Freedom Index: India’s rank 138th(Norway topped the index).

Indu Malhotra first woman lawyer to become SC judge.

Gujarati poet Sitanshu Yashaschandra chosen for 2017 Saraswati Samman.

“Go to Village” mission launched in Manipur.

China launches new satellite Gaofen-5 to monitor air pollution.

First all-woman Post Office Passport Seva Kendra starts operations in Phagwara, Punjab.

Sulabh International founder Dr Bindeshwar Pathak honoured with Nikkei Asia Prize.

Guwahati is India‘s first solar powered railway station.

Cochin International Airport world‘s first fully solar energy-powered airport

Sudha Balakrishnan appointed first CFO ( chief financial officer ) of Reserve Bank of India.

Indian Coast Guard Ship Rani Rashmoni‟ commissioned in Visakhapatnam.

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos becomes world‘s richest man.

Harmeet Singh — the first Sikh to become a newscaster in Pakistan.

Country‘s first e-waste recycling unit to come up in Bengaluru

“Epidiolex” – world‘s first medicine made from marijuana.

Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel appointed Chairperson of National Green Tribunal.

FIFA World Cup 2018

• Mascot:Zabivaka – “the one who scores” (in Russian) is a wolf who radiates fun, charm and confidence was the Official mascot of FIFA World Cup 2018. • Champions: France (2nd title) • Runners-up: Croatia

International Army Games 2018 was held in Moscow.

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Scutoid: Scientists discover new shape after studying human cells.

Rashmi: India‘s first humanoid robot, can speak Hindi, Bhojpuri, Marathi.

Justice Gitta Mittal became the first woman Chief Justice of J&K High Court.

Barak 8: India-Israel missile defence system to be procured by Israeli Navy.

Aditya – L1: First Indian mission to study the Sun to be launched in 2019 by ISRO.

Gopalkrishna Gandhi conferred with 2018 Rajiv Gandhi National Sadbhavana Award.

VVS Laxman pens autobiography ―281 and Beyondǁ.

Krishna Kutir‟: Home for widows inaugurated in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh. e-Rythu : digital platform for Andhra farmers launched by Andhra Pradesh.

Pankaj Sharma has been appointed as the ambassador and India's permanent representative to theUnited Nations Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.

Manu Bhaker became the first shooter from India to claim a gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games.

Irish Author Anna Burns on October 16, 2018 won the Britain's renowned Man Booker Prize 2018 for her third novel 'Milkman'.

Indian Institute of Technology Madras have developed India’s first 3D printing construction technology and successfully built the first 3D printed structure.

Cabinet approves MoU between India and Italy for continuing training and education in the fields of Labour and Employment.

Bidyut Chakrabarty – appointed as Vice Chancellor of Visva Bharati University.

The Indian Army and Japanese Army completed their joint military exercise, “DHARMA GUARDIAN” – 2018.

Nara Lokesh receives award for Digital Leader of the Year‟.

Constitution 124th Amendment Bill 2019 providing 10 percent reservation in jobs and educational institutions to general category people(economically weaker sections).

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The National Register of Citizensis a register containing names of all genuine Indian citizens residing in Assam. The register was first prepared after the 1951, Census of India.

Newton' won the Best Film 3rd BRICS Film Festival 2018 took place in Durban, South Africa.

Hima das appointed sports brand ambassador of assam.

OPEC Conference 2018 held at Austria.

Indian Navy has launched Operation Madad, major rescue and relief operation in flood-hit Kerala. Indian Army also has launched Operation Sahyog to rescue people in flood-hit Kerala.

The 2018 BRICS summit held at Johannesburg.

Global Summit on climate action 2018 held at USA.

UAE planned for Mars mission HOPE by 2020.

2018 womens Boxing world championship held at INDIA.

Waste to electricity initiative taken in the city of KOLKATA.

Manpreet Singh to lead an 18-member squad at the hockey World Cup in Bhubaneshwar.

Bihar started first e Ration card in the country.

USA declared measles free recently by WHO.

1st BRICS trade Fair 2018 held at New delhi.

Operation Durga: Scheme for safety of women in Haryana.

Madam Tuso Meuseum opened its branch in New Delhi, India.

The Future of India book was written by Ex RBI Governor Bimal Jalan.

India will planned to generate 55,000 MW atomic energy by 2032.

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Pakistan's parliament has become the first in the world to run entirely on solar power.

World Boxing Champion Ms. Mary Kom appointed as the Brand Ambassador of “Tribes India” .

Taiwan will enact a separate law for same-sex marriages.

PNB took 100 million dollar loan from ADB for solar rooftop project.

Odisha to have first automatic coastal warning for disasters in India.

The 15th and current Attorney General is K. K. Venugopal.

Indias first online radio station: Radio Umang.

Meghalaya first strted Social Audit Law in the country.

Akshay Kumar & Sonam Kapoor win DadaSaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards 2018. “Moving On, Moving Forward – A Year in Office” -written by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu.

The Ministry of Utmost Happiness is writen by Arundhati Roy.

An Uncertain Glory India and its Contradictions written by Jean Drèze & Amartya Sen

An Unsuitable Boy is an autobiographical book written by Indian film director Karan Johar.

Jinnah Often Came to Our House written by Kiran Doshi.

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