Current Affairs 18th & 19th September 2017
NATIONAL
- PM Modi inaugurates country’s biggest dam, Sardar Sarovar Dam, Called ‘Gujarat’s Lifeline’
- Railways Cuts Down Sleeping Hours for Passengers
- Google Tez UPI-Based Digital Payments App Launched in India
INTERNATIONAL
- Russia, Iraq Restore Air Travel After 13-Year Freeze
- Iceland’s PM Bjarni Benediktsson Resigns
- Infosys Senior Vice President Sanjay Rajagopalan has resigned from his post
BANKING & ECONOMY
- Airtel Payments Bank, First Payment Bank to Integrate UPI on its Digital Platform
AGREEMENT
- India and Japan signed an Open Sky agreement to operate unlimited number of flights between the two countries
- Amazon Ties up With Bank of Baroda To Offer Micro-Loans To Sellers
APPOINTMENT
- Y.C Modi has been named the chief of the National Investigation Agency (NIA)
- Rajni Kant Misra, has been appointed Director General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
DEFENCE
- IAF Completes Development Trials of Astra air-to-air Missile
- Indigenous Artillery Gun Sets New World Record in Range
SPORT
- PV Sindhu becomes the first Indian to win the Korea Open
OBITUARY
- The sole Marshal of the Indian Air Force, Arjan Singh, passed away
- World’s oldest person Violet Mosse-Brown from Jamaica has died at the age of 117
