Current Affairs 10th february 2019

Current Affairs 10th february 2019

NATIONAL

1. India and Bangladesh signed MoU for training 1800 Bangladesh Civil Servants.

  –India and Bangladesh have signed an MoU for training 1800 Bangladesh Civil Servants at the National Centre for Good Governance{NCGG} an institute under the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances {DAR&PG}, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Govt. of India, over the next 6 years.

2. India to host 13^th Conference of parties of convention on conservation of migratory species.

  -The 13^thConference of Parties{COP} of the convention on the conversation of migratory species of wild animals{CMS}, an environmental treaty under the aegis of United Nations Environment Programme, is going to be hosted by India during 15^th to 22^nd February 2020 at Gandhinagar in Gujarat.

3. J&K Government Grants Divisional status to Ladakh region.

  -The State Government of Jammu and Kashmir issued a notification of creation of Ladakh as 3^rd Division in the state.

4. 2^nd ASEAN-India Youth Summit held in Guwahati.

  –Union Minister of State for Tourism KJ Alphons and Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugrated the 2^nd ASEAN-India Youth Summit at Hotel Taj Vivanta in Guwahati.

5. ICAI signs Pact with invest India to promote foreign investment.

  -The institute of Chartered Accountants of India {ICAI} announced that it has signed a pact with Invest India to promote foreign investments in the country and Indian investments abroad.

BANKING

1. RBI Slaps fine of Rs 1 crore on SBI.

  –RBI in the exercise of powers conferred under Section 47 A of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 has levied a penalty of Rupees one crore on the State Bank of India SBI for not monitoring the end use of funds in respect of one of its borrowers.

2. RBI raised Collateral-Free Farm Loan limit from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 1.6 lakh.

  -The Reserve Bank of India raised the limit of collateral-free agricultural loans to Rs. 1.6 lakh from the current Rs. 1 lakh with a view to help small and marginal farmers.

OBITUARY

1. Popular 90’s actor Mahesh Anand passes away at 57.

  -Actor Mahesh Anand who played a bad guy in many successful films in the 90’s , reportedly breathed his last earlier today. Cause of his death is not clear yet and reportedly his body has been taken Cooper Hospital for postmortem.