Current Affairs 20th February 2018
NATIONAL
- LS Speaker Sumitra Mahajan Inaugurated 6th India Region CPA Conference
- World Congress on Information Technology Begins in Hyderabad
- 8th Edition of Theatre Olympics Inaugurated in Delhi
- India-Iran sign 9 MoUs to boost bilateral ties
- India’s 2nd Mission to Moon Chandrayaan-2 to be Launched in April 2018
- National Conference on “Agriculture 2022- Doubling Farmers’ Income”
- Assam Worst in MMR, Spent Just 13.58% of NHM Fund in 2017-18
- Mumbai to have India’s 1st Artificial Intelligence Centre
INTERNATIONAL
- Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on a Two-Day Visit to Saudi Arabia
- Health Minister Addresses Global Digital Health Partnership Summit in Australia
BANKING & ECONOMY
- UP Budget 2018: UP Government Presents Rs 4.28 trillion Budget
- NABARD Launches Rs 1,918 crore Area Development Plan for Punjab
- PhonePe Partners with IOCL for Deployment of PoS Terminals
- PNB Arm, IFC Tie up to Raise $800 mn for Affordable Housing
- Amazon Launches its 1st Food Retail Service in India
AWARDS
- Milkbasket Recognised as ‘Startup of the Year’ 2017
- Sanjiv Bajaj Named EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2017
APPOINTMENT
- Arvind Jamkhedkar to be Next Chairman of ICHR
SPORT
- Roger Federer Wins Rotterdam Open for 97th Career Title
- Australia’s Most-Capped Female Player Alex Blackwell Retires