National News
1. Nepal
PM K P Sharma Oli on 3-day Visit to India
i. Nepal Prime Minister
K P Sharma Oli has begun his three-day
visit to India. According to the External Affairs Ministry, the visit
will provide an opportunity to review wide-ranging cooperative partnership
and to progress it further.
ii. PM Oli will also visit G B Pant University of Agriculture
and Technology in Pantnagar, Uttarakhand.
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Nepal Capital- Kathmandu, Currency- Nepalese rupee, President- Bidhya
Devi Bhandari, Prime Minister- Khadga Prasad Oli.
2. National
Maritime Day: 5 April
i. The 55th edition of
National Maritime Day was celebrated all
over India. NMD is celebrated on 5th April every year since 1964.
ii. The theme for National Maritime Day 2018 is: ‘Indian
Shipping – An Ocean of opportunity’.
3. Coal
Ministry Launches UTTAM App For Quality Monitoring
i. The
Union Minister for Railways and Coal Shri Piyush Goyal launched UTTAM App for Coal Quality
Monitoring. UTTAM stands for – Unlocking Transparency by Third
Party Assessment of Mined Coal.
ii. The Ministry of Coal and Coal India Limited (CIL)
developed UTTAM. It aims to provide an App for all citizens and coal consumers
to monitor the process of Third Party Sampling of coal across CIL subsidiaries.
4. Global Logistics
Summit Held in New Delhi
i. The
Global Logistics Summit was held in New
Delhi. It was organised by the Department of Commerce, Ministry of
Commerce & Industry, along with FICCI (Federation of Indian
Chambers of Commerce & Industry) and the World Bank Group.
ii. According to the Union Minister for Commerce &
Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, 56 new airports will be
ready for operation in the next few years.
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World Bank President- Jim Yong Kim, Headquarter- Washington
DC.
5.
Delhi-Pathankot Flight Under UDAN Scheme Inaugurated
i.
Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu inaugurated first
flight from Delhi to Pathankot (Punjab), at a ceremony held at the
Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi.
ii. The Pathankot airport has been opened by the Airports
Authority of India (AAI) to improve regional connectivity as per the
UDAN Scheme. Pathankot in Punjab state is the 21st airport in
the country, which got operational for passengers.
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UDAN is a Regional
Connectivity Scheme stands for Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagarik.
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Under UDAN, air connectivity
is provided to unserved and underserved airports at a subsidized fare.
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The Chairman of Airports
Authority of India is Guruprasad Mohapatra.
6. India 3rd Most
Vulnerable Country to Cyber Threats
i.
India emerged as the third most vulnerable country in terms of risk of cyber threats, such as malware,
spam and ransomware, in 2017, according to a report by security
solutions provider Symantec.
ii. In 2017, 5.09% of global threats detected were in
India. The U.S. (26.61%) was most vulnerable to such attacks,
followed by China (10.95%), according to ‘Internet Security Threat
Report’.
7. Sahyog- Hyeoblyeog 2018: Indian, Korean Coast Guards Hold Joint Exercise
i. Indo-Korean joint
anti-piracy, search and rescue exercise ‘Sahyog-
Hyeoblyeog 2018’ was conducted off the Chennai coast, in Tamil
Nadu. The Korean Coast Guard ship ‘Bodaro’ took part in
the exercise.
ii. Indian Coast Guard deployed a Dornier aircraft to carry
out a sea-air coordinated search along with ICG Shaurya, Rani
Abbakka, C-423, C-431 in the exercise.
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Director General of
Indian Coast Guard is Rajendra Singh and Commissioner of Korean Coast Guard is
General Park Kyung.
International News
8. Turkey Hosts Critical Summit on Syria War With Russia
and Iran
i. The presidents of
Iran, Turkey and Russia met for their second
tripartite summit in under six months, aiming to speed the peace process for
Syria and bolster their influence in the country.
ii. Turkish President
Recep Tayyip Erdogan hosted his Russian
and Iranian counterparts Vladimir Putin and Hassan Rouhani in Ankara for
a meeting that could have a critical bearing on developments in Syria.
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Iran Capital- Tehran, Currency- Iranian Rial.
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Turkey Capital- Ankara, Currency- Turkish lira.
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Russia Capital- Moscow, Currency- Russian ruble.
9.
India and Azerbaijan Ink 2 Agreements
i. India and
Azerbaijan have inked two
documents for the visa waiver for diplomatic, official and
service passports holders and cooperation between diplomatic training
institutes.
ii. The agreements were signed during the ongoing visit of
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to that country. Ms Swaraj is there to
be part of 18th NAM Ministerial Conference in Baku.
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President of Azerbaijan- Ilham Aliyev, Capital- Baku, Currency- Azerbaijani
manat.
Business News
10. FIEO
and PayPal Inks MoU
i.
Digital payments company PayPal and the Federation of Indian Export
Organisations (FIEO) signed an
agreement for the promotion of outbound shipments among small
and medium enterprises (SMEs) leveraging the partners' expertise and technology
products.
ii. As part of the agreement, PayPal will work with FIEO to
educate SMEs on how to leverage global opportunities, help them receive money
in a safe and timely manner with PayPal products. FIEO contributes to
more than 70% of India's exports.
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Federation of Indian
Export Organisations (FIEO) headquarters in New Delhi.
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Ganesh Kumar Gupta is
the President of FIEO.
Sports News
11. CWG 2018:
Weightlifter Sanjita Chanu Wins India’s 2nd Gold Medal
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| Sanjita Chanu |
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Weightlifter Khumukcham Sanjita Chanu has
delivered India its second gold medal of the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold
Coast City, Australia by dominating the women’s 53kg event.
ii. The defending champion, Loa Dika Toua of
Papua New Guinea, claimed silver with a total lift of 182 and
bronze went to Canada’s Rachel Leblanc-Bazinet who finished with
a combined effort of 181kg.
12. CWG 2018- Deepak Lather Becomes Youngest Weightlifter to Win Medal
i.
Teenager Deepak Lather became the youngest
Indian (18 Yrs old) weightlifter to claim a Commonwealth Games medal, clinching
a bronze in the men’s 69kg category.
ii. He held the 62kg category national record at
15.
13. Mithali Raj Becomes Most Capped Player in Women's ODIs
i.
Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj has become the most capped player in women's ODI
cricket after turning out for the 192nd time against England.
ii. Raj, who is also the highest run-getter in WODIs,
overtook former England captain Charlotte Edwards, who had
appeared in 191 WODIs. Indian fast bowler Jhulan Goswami is the
third-most capped WODI player.
