Daily Current Affairs 17th April 2018 GK GS Bulletins

Daily Current Affairs GK GS Bulletins

1. India has won the 6 elections polls conducted by UN’s Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations & other subsidiaries bodies in the Asia Pacific States category on 16th April 2018.

2. Pulitzer Prizes-2918 winners were announced on 16th April 2018 at Columbia University in New York City.

3. Indian Star Tennis Player, Yuki Bhambri had broken back into the top-100 of ATP Men’s singles ranking for the first time (since Feb 2016) on 16th April 2018.

4. Indian Aedes Aegypti Mosquito that transmits dengue and chikungunya viruses can also easily transmit Zika Virus as per the study by National Institute of Virology (NIV).

5. Indian Premier League-2018 Updates: Mumbai Indians (MI) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in IPL match held on 17th April 2018 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

6. Scientist & Researchers from the Britain University of Portsmouth and the US Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have developed a plastic eating enzyme.

7. Queen Elizabeth II has appointed Prince Harry as a youth ambassador for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London.

8. The Biannual Army Commanders’ Conference held in New Delhi on April 16, 2018, for formulating important policy decisions of Indian Army.

9. The India-Wiesbaden Conference-2018 was concluded on 17th April 2018 in New Delhi, for preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to non-state actors such as terrorists etc.

10.TRAI on 17th April 2018 has launched a common beta version of portal to compare various tariffs and plans offered by Telecom Service Providers (TSPs).

11. Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Suresh Prabhu has launched the FIEO GlobalLinker, on 17th April 2018 in New Delhi.