Current Affairs 23rd September 2018
Daily Current Affairs are important for all exams as latest current affairs from past 3-4 months are asked in most of the competitive exams like IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, IBPS RRB PO, IBPS RRB Clerk, LIC, NIACL etc. Sehpaathi Current Affairs include all important headlines from Nation, International news, Banking, Business, Sports and Obituary.
NATIONAL
- Midsized private sector lender Yes Bank has paid Rs 38 crore in fines to the GST department for alleged violations in domestic remittances. Over Rs. 32 crore has been paid to the GST department, while Rs 6 crore has been paid in service tax which has been replaced by GST
- Insurance regulator IRDAI has raised the minimum insurance cover for owner-driver to Rs. 15 lakh for a premium of Rs. 750 per annum, a move to provide some succour to road accident victims
AWARDS
- Rima Das’ National Award-winning feature Village Rockstars has been chosen to represent India in the Best Foreign Language category at the 91st Academy Awards next year, the Film Federation of India (FFI) announced.
SPORTS
- The Women’s Boxing World Championships, to be hosted by India after more than a decade, will be held from November 15-24, 2018, in New Delhi. The teams will have to be in the national capital by November 13, with the competition starting two days later
- India won 3 Gold, 3 Silver and a Bronze on the opening day of the 5th Track Asia Cup Cycling in New Delhi. Mayuri Lute won the country’s first Gold in the Women’s Junior 500 metres race. Another Gold came after the Indian men’s junior team performed as expected in the team sprint event, by defeating Kazakhstan.
- India settled for the silver medal after losing to Pakistan 2-3 in the final of the Asian Team Snooker Championship. Pankaj Advani and Malkeet Singh represented India while Babar Masih and Mohammad Asif were from the Pakistani side
OBITUARY
- Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang died aged 61 at a military hospital in the capital Hanoi following a period of illness.
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