Monday, 18 Feb 2019
1.President addressed the 4th Agri Leadership Summit in Haryana
*President awarded 9 progressive farmers
with Haryana Krishi Rattan Pursakar for com-mendable work in the production of various crops & visited Agri Exhibition at International Horticulture Market which saw participation of 1.5 lac farmers from 14 countries
2.External Minister Sushma Swaraj acddressed the Indian community in Bulgaria
*Sushma Swaraj became the 1st Indian
External Affairs Minister to visit the nation of Bulgaria. She lauded the Indian diaspora for commendable role in boosting bilateral ties & invited them to invest in the country & be a part in its transformative journey
3.Vidarbha beat Rest of India team to secure Irani Cup
*Vidarbha beat Rest of India to retain the Irani
Cup title for 2nd time (only 3rd team after Mumbai & K'taka to do so). Their captain Faiz wished for the entire prize money be donated to the families of the CRPF personnel martyred in Pulwama terror attack
4.CBSE Board to use TETRA software to balance difficulty level
*Developed by CBSE itself, Theory Evaluation
Trend Analysis (TETRA) software to establish a better level playing field for students and avoid paper leaks of any kind. software displays the live trend of average marks scored across the centres
5.Chris Gayle to play his last One-Day Internationals in World Cup 2019
*39-year old West Indian batsman Chris Gayle
has announced that he would retire from ne-day Internationals after the forthcoming World Cup 2019 in England. He debuted in 1999 & has scored record of 23 ODl 100s, & first ever World Cup 200 against Zimbabwe
6.President of India to present Tagore Award for Cultural Harmony
*President Kovind would present the Tagore
Award for Cultural Harmony to Rajkumar Sing- hajit Singh, Chhayanaut (cultural institute of Bangladesh) & Ram Sutar Vanji for the years 2014, 2015 & 2016 respectively in New Delhi
7.Exercise Vayu Shakti 2019 by lAF in Pokhran
*Indian Air Force carried out a mega exercise
in Pokhran involving around 140 fighter jets and attack helicopters to demonstrate of the force's capability to hit targets with "pinpoint accuracy" and carry out missions at short notice
8.R145 crore Millennium Tower I inaugurated in Vizag
*Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated
the 10-floor Millennium Tower-1 Rushikonda, Visakhapatnam to promote the city as a destination for investment in IT & ITES. It is built in an area of four acres with an investment of 145 crore
9.1BBl organized a 2-day Workshop on Committee of Creditors
*Insolvency & Bankruptcy Board of India jointly
with SBl and the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, organised a 1st of its kind 2-day workshop on "Committee of Creditors: An Institution of Public Faith" in Mumbai
10.Kohli retains top spot, Pujara 3rd in ICC Test batsmen rankings
*Kohli tops the chart with 992 rating points and
Pujara gets 3rd rank with 881 points in ICC test Batsmen rankings. Among the bowlers list, Ravindra Jadeja is placed at the 5th spot with 794 points
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