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DAILY CURRENT AFFAIRS | 18.08.2017

1. La La Land actress Emma Stone has topped Forbes' list of World's Highest-Paid Actresses in the year 2017. Jennifer Aniston is on the second place in this list. , 2017

2. The Union Cabinet cleared MoU signed between India and Sweden on

intellectual property right (IPR) cooperation. ()

() 3. The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and Johnson & Joshson teamed up for

conducting joint research on drug- resistant tuberculosis (TB). The Institute of Microbial Technology, under the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Johnson & Johnson for the purpose. ()

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4. Singer Pink will be honoured with the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2017 Video Music

Awards (VMAs). () 2017

5. Sohail Mahmood took over as Pakistan's new High Commissioner to India, succeeding Abdul Basit.

6. Consumer electronics firm Videocon has appointed Rajesh Rathi as its business head.

7. Former Kerala advocate general M K Damodaran passed away. He was 77.

77 8. General Motors India announced the appointment of Sanjiv Gupta as the new President and Managing

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9. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has conferred

the best performance award for 2015-16 and 2016-17 to Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank (KVGB) for its work in the field of credit-linking joint liability groups (JLGs). () 2015-16 2016-17

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() ' ' 10. Real Madrid defeated Barcelona by 2-0 to win the Spanish Super Cup 2017.

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11. Five Indian-origin persons, including Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, have been featured in Fortune's 2017 40 Under 40 list. The Indian-origin persons on the list including Leo Varadkar are 26-year-old Divya Nag, Rishi Shah (31) and Shradha Agarwal (32) and CEO and founder of non-profit Samasource 31-year-old Leila Janah. 2017 '40 40'

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, (32) 12. The Defence Ministry cleared a proposal to buy six Apache combat helicopters and other weapon

systems for the Indian Army from the US Company Boeing at a cost of around Rs 4,168 crore. 4168

13. Vishal Sikka resigned from the post of Managing Director and CEO of Infosys. Sikka has now been

appointed as executive vice-chairman of the company.

14. Three Indians have made it to the MIT Technology Review magazine's Innovators under 35 list this

year. The awardees include University of Manchester's Radha Boya, Johns Hopkins University's Suchi Saria and Neha Narkhede, Co-founder of Confluent Inc. 35

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15. The Bastar police in Chhattisgarh has been selected for the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) award this year for its community policing initiative 'Amcho Bastar, Amcho Police' focusing on the rehabilitation of Naxals. '

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() 16. State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) unveiled its mobile wallet in

partnership with MobiKwik to enable one-tap bill payment for its over 100 million subscribers. ()

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17. Haryana has become the first state in the country to start a quiz bank for school children.

18. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh inaugurated a first-of-its-kind 'Partition Museum' in Amritsar

which bring alive memories of the Independence era in the form of photos, artefacts and documents. ' '

, 19. Rajasthan government signed an agreement with the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)

to set up a joint venture company for setting up the Petroleum Refinery-cum-Petrochemical Complex at Barmer. The total cost of this project is Rs 43,129 crore. 43,129

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20. Veteran photographer S Paul passed away. He was 88.

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21. Russian President Vladimir Putin appointed career diplomat Nikolay Kudashev as Russia's new ambassador to India.

22. Sonny Landham, the action-movie actor who co-starred in "Predator" and "48 Hrs," has died. He was 76.



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23. State-run power transmission utility Power Grid Crop signed a loan agreement of USD 500 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for its various projects. () 50

24. Rear Admiral Travis Sinniah appointed as the chief of Sri Lanka's naval forces, making him the first from the minority Tamil community to head the Navy since the brutal civil war erupted in the country 45 years ago. 45

25. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will issue new bank notes of Rs 50 denomination. They will also have the motif of 'Hampi with Chariot' and will have fluorescent blue colour. 50

26. Dr Nanda Kumar Jairam, CEO, Chairman and Group Medical Director, Columbia Asia Hospitals, India, has been awarded the Healthcare Personality of the Year award. ' '

27. Axis Bank has launched new scheme 'Shubh Aarambh Home Loan'. Under this scheme, bank will waive 12 equated monthly instalments (EMIs) on regular repayments of loans of up to Rs 30 lakh. 30 12 ,

28. Union Bank of India entered into a corporate agency agreement with Bajaj Allianz General Insurance and Cholamandalam MS General Insurance for distribution of their insurance products.

29. Five think tanks from the BRICS countries, including one from India, signed a memorandum to begin exchanges and conduct joint research.


30. Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhara Rao has been selected for the Agriculture Leadership Award 2017, instituted by the Indian Council of Food and Agriculture. ' 2017'



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31. China issued a special postal stamp to commemorate the ninth annual BRICS summit scheduled to be held early next month in the coastal city of Xiamen in the countrys south-eastern Fujian province.

32. Teenager Shapath Bharadwaj won a bronze medal in the double trap event at the ISSF Junior Shotgun World Cup in Porpetto, Italy.

33. The Indian pair of Soumyajit Ghosh and G Sathiyan settled for a silver in the men's doubles at the Bulgaria Open after getting defeated by the top-seeded Japanese duo of Jin Uda and Maharu Yoshimura.

34. US-Norwegian company Kolos is set to build world's largest data centre in Arctic Norway, powered by 100% sustainable energy. - , 100%

35. A North East Centre for Ethno Medicinal Research has been inaugurated at Hengbung village in Kangpokpi district of Manipur.

36. The first-ever student to have scored 100 percent in the prestigious Joint Entrance Examination- Mains, Udaipur boy Kalpit Veerwal has made it to the Limca Book of Records for his feat. ()

37. The Goa government launched three biofuel-powered buses here on a pilot basis.


38. 12-year-old Indian-origin boy, Rahul Doshi has been crowned as the UK's 'Child Genius' in a popular television quiz competition. 12 , ' '

39. Australia defeated Iran to win the FIBA Asian Basketball Championship 2017. 2017

40. South Korea and the United States began their annual military exercise "Ulchi-Freedom Guardian". " "



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41. Spain's Garbine Muguruza defeated Romania's Simona Halep to win the Cincinnati Open women's singles title.

42. Retired IAS officer P V R K Prasad, who was Additional Secretary and Media Advisor to former Prime Minister P V Narasimha Rao, passed away. He was 77. , 77

43. Virendra Nanavati, Chief Executive Officer of the Swimming Federation of India (SFI) has been appointed as Vice Chairman of FINA's Swimming Committee. ()

44. Famous Hollywood comedian Jerry Lewis died. He was 91. 91

45. China is going to launch the world's first nuclear power plant (Sanmen Nuclear Power Station) that is immune to meltdown. ( )

46. Freedom fighter Amar Bahadur Singh, who was the Colonel of Azad Hind Fauj and an associate of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, died. He was 102. 102

47. Ramkumar Ramanathan became India's number one player in the ATP rankings.


48. Ajay Vipin Nanavati has been appointed as the chairman of Syndicate Bank.

49. Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched a digital police portal under the CCTNS project, which aims to create a national database of crimes and criminals.

50. The board of state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) gave in-principle approval to acquire government's 51.11 per cent stake in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL). () . 51.11

51. CISF ADG Dharmendra Kumar has been appointed as Director General of the Railway Protection Force.



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52. In order to expand its amphibious warfare capabilities, the Navy inducted a landing craft utility ship.

53. India's table tennis player, Mudit Dani won three medals including a gold in the 2017 El Salvador Junior and Cadet Open. 2017

54. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has entered into an agreement to collaborate on vaccine research and development with the International Vaccine Institute (IVI), South Korea. () ()

55. Ten-year-old golfer, Aryaman Singh won the first five events of the Indian Golf Union-West Zone, this year, thereby breaking his own zonal and national records. -

56. The Supreme Court struck down triple talaq terming the practice of instant divorce among Muslims as "void, illegal and unconstitutional". ' ', '' ' '

57. Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Anatoly Antonov as the new Russian ambassador to USA. He will replace Sergey Kislyak.


58. Shah Rukh Khan has been named India's highest paid actor with 243.7 crore ($38 million) earnings, beating Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar on the Forbes' 2017 list of World's Highest Paid Actors. Shahrukh is on the 8th place in this list and Salman and Akshay are at 9th and 10th place respectively. 2017 243.7 (38 ) , 8 : 9 10

59. Indian American novelist and playwright Padma Viswanathan won the 2017 Porter Fund Literary Prize. 2017

60. Former Manipur chief minister and Rajya Sabha MP Rishang Keishing passed away. He was 98.



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61. Punjab-cadre IPS officer Jagdale Nilambari Vijay took over as the first woman Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) of the Union Territory of Chandigarh.

62. NITI Aayog CEO, Amitabh Kant launched the "Mentor India" Campaign, a strategic nation building initiative to engage leaders who can guide and mentor students at more than 900 Atal Tinkering Labs, established across the country as a part of the Atal Innovation Mission. " " 900

63. Former Jammu and Kashmir minister and PDP leader Sofi Ghulam Mohiuddin died. He was 67. 67

64. App based cab services provider Ola has partnered with Google for its outstation Cabs (facility to book inter-city rides). ( )

65. New Zealand's oldest surviving cricketer, Tom Pritchard, died. He was 100. 100

66. Internet Company Google and Retail Company Walmart announced a partnership that will make the Walmart's products available on the Google's online shopping mall.

67. Tony de Brum, who had a supporting role in 2015 Paris Agreement on global warming, died. He was 72. 2015 72

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