January 2018 current affairs

# E - Governance policy – 2017 - enable public, government and commercial establishments get all it’s government services through digital mode.

# 171st Araadhanai Music Festival begins in Tamil Nadu.

# Two TN police stations in country's top 5 list - K4 Anna Nagar Police Station in Chennai has been ranked the fifth-best in the whole of India.

# The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has commissioned Charlie-435 - patrol vessel at Karaikal in the Union Territory of Puducherry.

# Masha Nazeem from nagercoil receives the prestigious National Youth Award for her contributions to science and technology.

# For the first time, Tamil Nadu will host Defence Expo 2018, an international exhibition on Defence, in April.

# Udangudi Power Project - Thoothukudi district of southern Tamil Nadu.

# Ministry of Women & Child Development has launched an online portal NARI for women empowerment.

# e-Samvad is an online portal to provide a platform for NGOs and Civil Societies to interact with the Ministry of Women & Child Development related to Women & Child Development.

# Zojila Tunnel - Jammu and Kashmir.

# Jal Marg Vikas Project – capacity augmentation of navigation on National Waterway-1.

# The government has announced the launch of cleanliness survey ‘The Swachh Survekshan’ for 2018 as part of Swachh Bharat Mission.

# The 18th All India Whips’ Conference was held at Udaipur, Rajasthan.

# The Union Defence Ministry has sanctioned raising of Territorial Army (TA) battalion. comprising ex-servicemen of Indian Army as part of its mission to clean the Ganga by 2020.

# 4th international Dharma-Dhamma Conference - Rajgir, Bihar

# Indian Navy has decommissioned INS Nirghat and INS Nirbhik warships.

# India's 1st coal-to-gas conversion plant –Gail – Odisha.

# The third edition Raisina Dialogue was held in New Delhi.

# Vajra Prahar - The Indo-US joint military exercise.

#The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) and Japan Coast Guard (JCG) undertook a joint
search and rescue exercise, ‘SAREX-18.

# iCREATE - The Prime Minister of India and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu inaugurated - independent centre to promote ‘Start-up India’ scheme

# Orange colored passports for unskilled labours - The Ministry of External Affairs.

# The Union govt. has decided to set up a Cyber Warrior Police Force (CWPF) to tackle internet-related crimes.

# India has joined the 42-member Australia Group, an elite export control regime against spread of chemical and biological weapons.

# “Bharat ke Veer ” is an online portal in which any person can make fiscal contributions to assist the families of martyrs of the Central Armed Police Forces.

# The Union government has decided to declare 2018 as the ‘National Year of Millets’.

# President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Election commissioner Om.

# Prakash Rawat as new Chief Election Commissioner.

# Coast Guard patrol vessel-Vijaya.

# India hosted the first International Dam Safety Conference 2018 at Thiruvananthapuram on January 23-24.

# The ‘Bharat Parv’ is an event organized annually at Red Fort, Delhi from 26th to 31st January to commemorate Republic day.

# Bharat Biotech’s diarrhea vaccine ROTAVAC gets World Health Organization (WHO) pre-qualification.

# The ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit was held in New Delhi to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the establishment of sectoral dialogue between two sides.

# Union Information Technology and Electronics Ministry has launched Stree Swabhiman Initiative to maintain Women’s health and Hygiene.

# The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunization (NTAGI) has recommended the introduction of HPV vaccine in the UIP.

# Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have introduced the Value Added Tax (VAT) for the first time.

# China has established an underwater surveillance network which will help its navy track target vessels more accurately.

# Israel withdraws from UNESCO.

# UN Security Council – non - permanent members - Equatorial Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kuwait, Peru, Poland and the Netherlands.

# The People's Liberation Army Navycommissioned a new missile frigate, named “Rizhao”.

# World's 1st rescue mission with unmanned aircraft - Australian lifeguard services.

# Maitre-2 - to give a boost to the trans-border relationship between India and Bangladesh.

# The World Economic Forum has launched a new Global Centre for Cybersecurity to safeguard the world from hackers and growing data breaches.

# The fifth edition of the Global Talent Competitiveness Index has been released by INSEAD.

# The first ever India-Vietnam Bilateral Army Exercise (VINBAX-2018) was conducted at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh.

# The Reserve Bank of India has initiated 'prompt corrective action' (PCA) against Allahabad Bank over its high bad loans.

# The Union Ministry of Finance and Corporate Affairs launched the National CSR Data Portal & Corporate Data Portal.

# India has been ranked 62 out of 74 emerging economies in the Inclusive Development Index 2018 released by the World Economic Forum.

# NASA’s Parker Solar Probe is scheduled for launch in 2018 to explore the Sun’s outer atmosphere.

# Pratyush – India’s fastest supercomputer.

# Ministry of Railway launches SFOORTI (Smart Freight Operation Optimisation & Real Time Information) application.

# 100th satellite of ISRO - The 42nd Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), PSLV-C40, was launched successfully by ISRO.

# Super Blood Blue Moon - Jan 31,2018.

# SARAS PT1N, the new upgraded version of indigenous transport aircraft. SARAS developed by National Aeronautics Laboratory.

# Night frog species in Western Ghats.

# New species of blind fish discovered inside Meghalaya cave.

# New moth species - Arunachal Pradesh.

# Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT) a wildlife NGO has developed a mobile app called Road Kills.

# Arunachal Pradesh has become the second state in the Northeast (after Sikkim) to achieve open defecation free (ODF) status.

# The entire Nagaland has been declared as “disturbed area” for six more months, till June- end.

# New AIIMS at Bilaspur.

# West Bengal Government has unveiled the official emblem of the state Government.

# Flamingo festival – Andhra Pradesh.

# 2022 National Games – Meghalaya.

# The union government is likely to declare Medaram’s Sammakka -Sarakka/Saralamma Jatara a national festival this year.

# The state government has launched a water ATM project to provide bacteriafree drinking water in schools.

# The Ministry of Culture organized the 7th edition of the Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav under the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat matrix in Karnataka.

# Rajasthan’s first oil refinery at Barmer.

# Odisha Government has launched Mukhyamantri Kalakar Sahayata Yojana to provide financial assistance to the literature and cultural artists of state.

# India’s first automatic Early Warning Dissemination System (EWDS) will be commissioned by March 2018 in Odisha.

# The state government has launched Odisha e-Hospital Management Information System to provide efficient and hassle-free health services to the public.

# 24X7 forest helpline number-Maharashtra.

# Floating market at Kolkata.

# The Raipur Municipal Corporation in Chhattisgarh has organised the first garbage festival in nation.

# Arunachal Pradesh - World War II Memorial Museum.

# Asia’s largest drip irrigation project -Ramthal Marola project has been implemented in Karnataka.

# Himachal Pradesh Government has launched Zero Budget Natural Farming project to promote organic farming.

# Punjab Government has launched Mahatma Gandhi Sarbat Vikas Yojna for the welfare of the distressed sections of the society across the state.

# Deputy NSA - Rajinder Khanna.

# The 10th edition of Global Forum forFood & Agriculture was held in Berlin, Germany.

# Anandiben Patel Appointed Madhya Pradesh Governor.

# 2018 World’s most admired company –Apple.

# Blind Cricket World Cup 2018 - India beat the Pakistan.

# Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports launched the PLEDGE for Khelo India at  the Khelo India School Games Carnival in Delhi.

# Bhima Koregaon Battle - January 1818.

# The World Economic Forum (WEF) has ranked India at 30th position on a global manufacturing index.

# Journalists and social activists celebrated Hicky's Day paying tributes to the fighter-journalist James Augustus Hicky