Dear Readers, Here we have given the list of Important Weekly Current Affairs 1st Week of September 2018. Candidates those who are preparing for Upcoming IBPS RRB 2018 and other competitive exams can make use of it.
Important Weekly Current Affairs 1st Week of September 2018
1) The National Nutrition Week will be observed throughout the country from – 1st to 7th September
2) India has opened Zokhawthar land immigration check-post in Mizoram along border with – Myanmar
3) Union Government introduces Atal ranking for institutions to promote innovation
4) Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has established Innovation Cell at AICTE premises in – New Delhi.
5) India’s National REDD+ Strategy is released by – Environment Ministry
6) Amethi village to go digital from – September 1
7) Germany to provide Euro 120 million soft loan for – Clean Ganga Mission
8) PM Modi inaugurates 400-bed Nepal-Bharat Maitri Pashupati Dharamshala
9) China to limit number of online games over – myopia fears
10) Home for widows ‘Krishna Kutir’ inaugurated in – UP’s Vrindavan
11) Prakash Javadekar has launched the Innovation Cell and ARIIA in – New Delhi
12) HDFC Bank plans to adopt 30 villages in flood-hit – Kerala
13) Mumbai airport renamed as – Chhatrapati Shivaji ‘Maharaj’ International Airport
14) NSIC Integrated Marketing Development Centre for MSMEs inaugurated in – Bhubaneswar
15) RBI approves re-appointment of Rana Kapoor as – Yes Bank CEO
16) India’s GDP growth in 2018-19 Q1 is – 8.2 per cent.
17) Vodafone Idea’s 1st CEO is – Balesh Sharma
18) Mumbai neurosurgeon Dr B.K. Misra named for – Dr B.C. Roy award
19) Two Indian nationals, Bharat Vatwani and Sonam Wangchuk, were given – The Ramon Magsaysay award.
20) 6th RCEP Trade `Ministers’ Meeting held in – Singapore
21) ICAR organizes two-day conference on – Motivating & Attracting Youth in Agriculture (MAYA)
23) “Mil -Banche” programme organised in govt schools of – Madhya Pradesh
24) Nitu clinches second successive gold at – World youth boxing championships
25) “Shades of Truth: A Journey Derailed” by – Kapil Sibal
26) New Zealand spinner who has announced her retirement from all forms of cricket is – Morna Nielsen
27) Coconut Development Board is celebrating World Coconut Day 2018 on – 2nd September
28) Census 2021 for first time to collect data on – Other Backwards Castes
29) Nepal-Bharat Maitri Pashupati Dharamshala inaugurated in – Kathmandu
30) China-Maldives Friendship Bridge: First cross-sea bridge in the – Maldives inaugurated
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| China Capital | Beijing |
| Currency | Renminbi, Yuan |
| President | Xi Jinping |
31) Bengal aiming to reduce under nutrition by – 2020.
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| West Bengal Capital | Kolkata |
| CM | Mamata Banerjee |
| Governor | Keshari Nath Tripathi |
32) New Chairman of Indian Bank’s Association for 2018-19 is – Sunil Mehta
33) PM Modi Launches India’s Largest Payments Bank, IPPB on – September 1 2018
34) SBI opens e-facilitation facility for army veterans in – Bengal
35) According to NCAER, Indian economy likely to grow at – 7.4% in FY19
36) The new Secretary of the Ministry of Steel is – Binoy Kumar.
37) ICICI Bank reappoints Chanda Kochhar on board of – ICICI Securities
38) Madhavan takes charge as – HAL CMD
39) India, Nepal sign MoU on – Raxual-Kathmandu railway line
40) The 4th International Ayurveda Congress (IAvC) 2018 has been inaugurated at – Leiden, the Netherlands
41) Punjab’s CM launches e-properties module to facilitate online property transactions called – PUDA 360
42) Licence of Bhilwara Mahila Urban Co-operative Bank cancelled by – RBI
43) Next Chief Justice of India is – Justice Ranjan Gogoi
44) Japan’s swimmer Rikako Ikee named Asian Games’ – Most Valued Players
45) Government launched mobile blood donation camp in – West Bengal
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| West Bengal Capital | Kolkata |
| CM | Mamata Banerjee |
| Governor | Keshari Nath Tripathi |
46) The Nagaland government has declared the Singphan Wildlife Sanctuary as an – Elephant reserve
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| Nagaland Capital | Kohima |
| CM | Neiphiu Rio |
| Governor | Padmanabha Acharya |
47) Madhya Pradesh will organise “Mil -Banche”, an interactive programme between – Schools and society
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| Madhya Pradesh Capital | Bhopal |
| CM | Shivraj Singh Chouhan |
| Governor | Anandiben patel |
48) Top source of FDI into India in 2017-18 is – Mauritius
49) ITI Limited partners with start-ups to boost manufacturing of – ICT, IoT and Defence Technology
50) Wipro signed a USD 1.6 billion with Illinois based – Alight Solutions LLC
51) Harvard and Google joint hands and developed an Artificial Intelligence system to – Analyze and predict earthquake
52) Vedanta Resources Plc. has appointed Srinivasan Venkatakrishnan as – The CEO of the company
53) Nehal Chudasama is crowned as the new Yamaha Fascino Miss Diva – Miss Universe India 2018
54) Seventh Meeting of National Medicinal Plants Board held in – New Delhi
55) Gujarat government partners with US advocacy group for – Vibrant Gujarat summit
56) 6th East Asia Summit- Economic Ministers Meeting (EAS-EMM) was held in – Singapore
57) Modi released the book “Moving On, Moving Forward – A Year in Office” written by – Venkaiah Naidu
58) Power System Operation Corporation limited (POSOCO) organization has developed the book on – “Weather Information Portal for Indian Power System”
59) NASA scientists found signs of water in – Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
60) Tsunami mock drill ‘IOWave18’ begins in Sumatra India along with – 23 countries participates in exercise
61) NASA is set to launch the most advanced laser instrument – ICESat-2 (Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2)
62) In the UEFA Awards, Croatia captain Luka Modric was voted the best player in – Europe
63) Teacher’s Day is celebrated on September 5 every year in – India
64) NASA has announced a public competition seeking novel solutions to turn – Carbon dioxide into useful compounds.
65) UAE revealed the names of the 2 astronauts for the space mission – Hazza al-Mansouri, 34-year-old, and Sultan al-Neyadi, 37-year-old.
66) China pledged to offer USD 60 billion to – Africa
67) Jharkhand Government renames town and railway station after – Bansidhar temple of Lord Krishna
68) China will be Jharkhand’s partner country at the Food Processing Summit slated in – November
69) Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi inaugurates the first luxury cruise ‘Alaknanda’ in – Varanasi
70) Rajasthan Government To Provide Free Mobile Phones To Women Of – BPL Families
71) Paytm Money launched new app for – Google android and Apple iOS
72) RBI buys gold for the first time in – 9 years
73) RBI orders Banks With Over 10 Branches To Have – Internal Ombudsman.
74) ADB unveils new tool to boost access to – Trade Finance
75) Internet Society & ISPAI sign pact to secure Internet infrastructure in – India
76) India and Cyprus signed MoUs on curbing – Money Laundering
77) The International Aviation Summit began in – New Delhi, India.
78) The International Women Entrepreneurs Summit 2018 is being held in – Kathmandu
79) J.P. Nadda inaugurate the ‘71st Session of the WHO Regional Committee for South-East Asia’, in – New Delhi
80) USIBC to hold its first Summit in – Mumbai
81) Ukraine launched joint military exercises with the U.S. and other – NATO countries
82) Anjum, Apurvi become first set of Indian shooters to secure quota places for – 2020 Olympics
83) FIBA 3×3 World Tour Masters event going to host by – India.
84) Former footballer Arthur Pereira passes away
85) NITI Aayog expert group urges plan to save springs in – Himalayas
86) India not to attend Afghan peace conference in – Moscow
87) TRANSTAN made Aadhaar mandatory for – Organ Transplant
88) India to generate 100 GW solar energy by – 2022
89) In a world first achievement, a lioness at the Ukutula Conservation Center and Biobank in – South Africa
90) 13th President of Pakistan is – Dr Arif Alvi.
91) Puducherry bags top position in National Clean School Award given by – HRD Ministry
92) State Government that denies ‘stop promotion’ rumour on social media is – West Bengal.
93) Lucknow to host 1st International cricket match after – 24 years
94) S&P BSE Private Banks Index: Asia Index Pvt Ltd launches index to measure the performance of – Private Banks
95) India on track to buy 18 bullet trains from Japan for – Rs 7,000 crore
96) HDFC ERGO makes Cyber Insurance Personal with Launch of – E @ Secure
97) 2nd Indian company to cross Rs. 8 trillion market cap is – TCS
98) Amazon India made its e-commerce website and mobile application available in – Hindi
99) Amazon hits USD 1 trillion market capitalisation after – Apple
100) Former India fast bowler who has announced his retirement from Cricket is – RP Singh
101) Conference on E-Mobility in Indian Railways held in – New Delhi
102) Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit released the first copy of “Paritchaikku Bhayamen”, the Tamil translation of – Exam Warriors
103) Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry launched Coffee Connect-India coffee field force app and – Coffee KrishiTharanga
104) India, Kazakhstan joint army exercise KAZIND will be conducted between Indian and Kazakhstan Army in Otar region, Kazakhstan from – 10 to 23 September 2018
105) Indian Kho-Kho team to get financial support for participation in International championship in England
106) Noted Gujarati author Bhagwati Kumar Sharma passes away.
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