Weekly Current Affairs April 2018: Week 2nd

Banking and Financial Awareness:

11 Public Sector Banks Placed Under RBI’s PCA Framework.
RBI Switches Back to GDP Model from GVA Model.
State-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) launched new products such as pre-approved credit card and UPI solution to mark its 124th foundation day.
NERL Brings In ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank As Repository Participants.
World Bank Approves $55mn For Bangladesh Project.
J&K Bank Launches Special Financing Scheme For Industrial Units.
SBI Launches UK Subsidiary With 225 Mn Pounds Capital.
SBI To Invest Rs 80 Bn In Hydropower Project Of Nepal.
India's GDP To Grow 7.3% This Fiscal, 7.6% In Next: ADB.
India’s foreign exchange reserves hit a life-time high of 424.361 billion US dollar after rising by 1.828 billion dollar in the week to March 30, according to the Reserve Bank of India data.
Long Term Capital Gains Tax To Come Into Effect From 01st April.
Exports In February Up 4.5% To $25.8 Billion.
GST Council Approves Rollout Of E-Way Bill From April.
Govt Makes Passport Mandatory For Bank Loans Of Rs. 50 Crore & Above.
India To Grow 7.6% In 2018: Moody's.
India’s GDP Growth Rises To 7.2% In December Quarter.

Rakesh Bharti Mittal: New President of CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) for 2018-19.
Rishad Premji Appointed New Chairman of NASSCOM.
Balram Bhargava has been appointed the new Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) until 2021.
Deutsche Bank Names Christian Sewing New CEO.
IPS Officer Rajesh Ranjan Appointed DG Of CISF.
Ban Ki-Moon Elected BFA Chairman.
Lt Gen Harpal Singh Takes Charge As Director General Border Roads.
Shuttler Kidambi Srikanth Appointed As Deputy Collector In Andhra Pradesh.

Weekly Current Affairs April 2018: Week 1st

India, Nepal Decide to Develop Inland Waterways.
An MoU has been signed between India and World Expo 2020 in order to showcase the inventions of the Industrial Revolution.
8th Regional 3R Forum in Asia and the Pacific was held in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India, from 9-12 April 2018.
India Mobile Congress 2018 To Be Held In New Delhi.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 16th International Energy Forum Ministerial Meeting in New Delhi.
Nepal President Inaugurates International Conference On Human Rights In South Asia.
Conference On Water, Environment And Climate Change Begins In Nepal.
Turkey Hosts Critical Summit On Syria War With Russia And Iran.
Global Logistics Summit Held In New Delhi.

President Ram Nath Kovind has returned to New Delhi after three African nations tour of Equatorial Guinea, Swaziland and Zambia.
Bangladesh Ends Reservation In Government Jobs.
India Signs MoU With World EXPO 2020 Dubai.
President 3-Nation Visit: Signs 4 Agreements With Zambia.
Singapore And China Signed MoU Along Belt And Road Initiative.
President 3-Nation Visit: 2 Agreements Signed With Swaziland.
UAE And Malaysia Conclude Joint Military Exercise 'Desert Tiger 5'.
Nitin Gadkari On 4-Day Visit To South Korea.

12th April – International Day of Human Space Flight
VP Venkaiah Naidu Inaugurates Scientific Convention On World Homeopathy Day(10th April).
World Health Day- 7th April.
National Maritime Day: 5 April.

Two Unknown Languages Walmiki and Malhar Discovered.
Union Health Ministry has banned over-the-counter sale of 14 ointments containing steroids and antibiotics without a prescription.
Madhubani Railway Station gets a makeover with Mithila Paintings.
PM to Inaugurate 16th International Energy Forum Ministerial.
AIIB to Invest $140 Million to Improve Rural Connectivity.
NHAI Signs Agreement For Its First International Project.

India’s 1st All Electric Superfast Train flagged off.
The Indian Space Research Organization launched the navigation satellite IRNS-1L from Sriharikota on 12th April 2018.

UP Government Launches Ganga Hariteema Yojana.
Assam Spring Festival organised at Manas National Park.
Tamil Nadu Launches Uzhavan App for Farmers.
The first meeting of NITI Forum for North East was conducted in Agartala, Tripura.

Kidambi Srikanth becomes world No. 1 badminton player.
Mary Kom : 1st Indian woman to win CWG gold in Boxing.
CWG 2018: Kidambi Srikanth Wins His 1st CWG Silver.
CWG 2018: Saina Nehwal Wins Historic 2nd CWG Gold.
CWG 2018: Sanjeev Rajput Clinches Gold In Shooting.
CWG 2018: Neeraj Chopra, 1st Indian To Win Gold In Javelin Throw.
CWG 2018: Naman Tanwar Wins India's 1st Boxing Medal.
Wrestler Bajrang Punia won his first Commonwealth Games gold medal, defeating Wales' Kane Charig by technical superiority in the men's freestyle 65 kg final in Gold Coast, Australia.
CWG 2018: Tejaswini Sawant Wins India's 5th Shooting Gold.
Fifteen-year-old shooter Anish Bhanwala became India's youngest gold medalist at the Commonwealth Games.