Current Affairs 18th April 2017

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Current Affairs 18th April 2017

NATIONAL:

  • Nepal President arrived in Delhi on five-day visit
  • President to attend Satyagrah centenary event in Patna
  • Railways Ministry launches first-ever train with glass roof coaches on Visakhapatnam-Araku route
  • ISRO announces launch of South Asia Satellite on 5 May
  • 70th Himachal Day celebrated across Himachal Pradesh
  • PM Modi to inaugurate many projects in Gujarat today
  • Prakash Javadekar to launch RUSA Portal, Mobile App today
  • Venkaiah Naidu, Piyush Goyal to attend MoU signing ceremony for Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power Project today
  • Stop illegal cutting of trees: Punjab Forest Minister

INTERNATIONAL:

  • Working with its allies, China on range of options on North Korea: US
  • Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins referendum
  • Death toll in Aleppo bus convoy bomb attack reaches 126
  • Nepal govt announces public holidays during Nepalese President’s visit to India

BANKING NEWS:

  • Performance to decide compensation for bankers, says RBI

BUSINESS AND ECONOMY NEWS:

  • Wholesale inflation eases from 3-year high to 5.7% in March

SPORTS NEWS:

  • B Sai Praneeth lifts his maiden Super Series title in Singapore
  • Dipa Karmakar, Sakshi Malik in Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list
  • Sebastian Vettel wins 2017 Bahrain Grand Prix
  • Gayatri Pullela wins twin crown at Pembangunan Jaya Raya Junior Grand Prix

OBITUARY:

  • Internet pioneer Robert Taylor passes away