Daily Current Affairs 18th April 2018 GK GS Bulletins

Daily Current Affairs GK GS Bulletins

1. India has is expected to grow at 7.4% in 2018 and 7.8% in 2019 and would re-emerge as one of the fastest growing major economies in the period as per the report by International Monetary Fund (IMF).

2. Union Government (Ministry of Finance) in discussion with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) launched the first tranche of sovereign gold bonds (SGBs) for Background Households in India hold a large amount of their savings as physical assets such as gold, silver and other precious metals and real estate.

3. Veteran journalist, S Nihal Singh passed away at the age of 88, suffering from kidney-related illness.

4. Bengaluru is found to be the highest paying city in the country, with an average annual cost to company (CTC) for talent across all levels and functions standing at about Rs 11 lakh, according to Randstad Insights, the research and analysis division of Randstad India.

5. Indian Premier League-2018 Updates: Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) defeated Rajasthan Royals (RR) by 7 wickets, in IPL match held on 18th April 2018 at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur.

6. Kolkata-based 'Bandhan Bank Limited' acquired the 50th Rank in the top 50 most valuable publicly traded firms in India with the market capitalization of Rs 64,000 crores according to BSE data report.

7. Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has released a draft of National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) proposing multiple strategies to reduce air pollution.

8. POSHAN Abhiyaan First meeting of National Council on India’s Nutrition Challenges held on 18th April in New Delhi

9. Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an official visit to Sweden on 16th April -17th April 2018 at the invitation Sweden's Prime Minister Stefan Lofven. Six MoUs were signed between India-Sweden-Denmark-Iceland.

10.NASA on 17th April 2018 successfully launched Colorado High-resolution Echelle Stellar Spectrograph (CHESS- 4) from the Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands to study matters between Stars.