Current Affairs 18th August 2018

Current Affairs 18th August 2018

NATIONAL

• Ministry of Railways Launches Digital Screens To Spread Awareness About Indian Railways Heritage
• Ministry of Agriculture Proposes To UNFAO To Declare 2019 as ‘International Year of Millets’

INTERNATIONAL

• 24th World Congress of Philosophy Held in Beijing
• US Forms ‘Iran Action Group’ For Post-Nuclear Deal Policy
• Qatar To Invest 15 billion in Turkey’s Financial Markets And Banks
• Smitha V. Crishna Tops List of India’s Wealthiest Women
• US Singer Aretha Franklin Passes Away at 76

BANKING & ECONOMY

• EIU Releases Global Liveability Index 2018: Vienna tops, Delhi Stands 112th
• India Rating Lowers FY19 Growth Forecast to 7.2%
• PhonePe To Facilitate Convenient Payments On IRCTC App

AWARDS

• Ang Lee To Be Honoured By Directors Guild Of America
• 2018 Albany Medical Center Prize Awarded To 3 US Scientists

APPOINTMENTS

• K S Srinivas Appointed Chairman of Marine Products Export Development Authority
  
• Ibrahim Boubacar Keita Re-Elected Mali President
• Mario Abdo Benitez Sworn In As New President Of Paraguay