Current Affairs 8th & 9th November 2018

NATIONAL

The 49th International Film Festival of India, IFFI 2018 will be held in Goa from 20th to 28th of November
The newly-built Ekana International Stadium of Lucknow was renamed after former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The stadium will now be known as ‘Bharat Ratna Atal Bihari Vajpayee International Cricket Stadium’.
India has been elected as a member of the International Telecommunications Union-ITU Council for another four-year term from 2019 to 2022.
Odisha government has launched a new initiative named ‘Mo Bus’ services in the Bhubaneshwar ahead of the Men’s Hockey World Cup. The service will be launched as a part of state government-owned Capital Region Urban Transport’s (CRUT) ‘City Bus Modernisation’ programme.
The Central and Andhra Pradesh governments and the World Bank have signed the loan agreement for a $172.20 million project to enhance agricultural productivity, profitability, and climate resilience of poor and marginalized farmers in Andhra Pradesh.
Oscar-winning musician A.R. Rahman, whose biography Notes of a Dream: The Authorized Biography of A.R. Rahman was launched in Mumbai says the book has been a journey for him and took him to those corners of his life which have remained candid for a long time.

INTERNATIONAL

Central and Andhra Pradesh governments and the World Bank have signed the loan agreement for $172.20 million.

BANKING & ECONOMY

HDFC Bank raised interest rates on deposits by up to 0.5 per cent for various tenors.
Similarly, Bank of Baroda hiked lending rates by 0.1 per cent.
India pledged contribution of $13.36 mn for UN agencies, development activities

AWARDS

Veteran actor Anupam Kher was honoured as a ‘Distinguished Fellow’ by IndiaGlobal – a leading US think-tank that works on issues concerning non-resident Indians.