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21st Commonwealth Games come

to a close in Gold Coast; India
finish at third spot, with 66 medals,
including 26 Gold, 20 Silver and 20
Bronze.
गोल्‍डकोस्‍ट में 21वें राष्‍ट‍रमंडल खेलों का
समापन हुआ । भारत 26 स्‍वर्ण, 20 रजत और
20 कांस्‍य सहहत 66 पदकों के साथ तीसरे स्‍थान
पर रहा है।
About Commonwealth Games SPORTS
Motto: Share the Dream
Events: 275 in 19 sports
Main venue: Carrara Stadium
Host city: Gold Coast, Queensland
Nations participating: 71
Commonwealth Teams
NEXT COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2022
Motto: Heart of the UK, Soul of the Commonwealth
Main venue: Alexander Stadium
Nations participating: 73
Host city: Birmingham, England
Events: TBA in 18 sports
Opening ceremony: 27 July
 Business Standard
A Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) was signed between the Indian
Army and Axis Bank on the Defence
Salary Package.
रक्षा वेतन पैकेज पर भारतीय सेना और
एहससस बैंक के बीच एक समझौता ज्ञापन
पर हस्ताक्षर हकए गए।
 National
First MoU Indian Army and Axis Bank on Defence Salary Package 2011

MoU Renewed 24 Mar 2015

Recently, Indian Army has also signed a MoU with HDFC bank

Benefits of Current MoU

Free Personal Accident Death Cover
Free Permanent Total Disability Rs 30 lakh
and
Free Educational Cover of up to Rs 2 Lakh
for children of age of 12 and 20 years.
 UNI
The third India-Russia Military Industrial
Conference was held at Thiruvidanthai,
Kancheepuram district on the East Coast
Road near Chennai.
तीसरा भारत-रूस सैन्य औद्योहगक सम्मेलन
चेन्नई के हनकट ईस्ट कोस्ट रोड पर
हथरुहवदांतई, कांचीपुरम हजले में आयोहजत
हकया गया।
 DEFENCE
1. This was the third India-Russia Military Industrial Conference
First one in March 2017 in New Delhi
Second one in August 2017 in Moscow.
2. Around 75 Indian defence sector manufacturing companies and
28 Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) from Russian
industry participated in the conference.
TO PROMOTE MAKE IN INDIA INITIATIVE

7 MoUs
75 Indian Private Defence sector manufacturing companies and
28 Russian Original Equipment Manufacturers(OEMs)
 Business Standard
The Union Home Minister Rajnath
Singh launched the web-based
application ‘e-FRRO’ (e-Foreigners
Regional Registration Office).
कें द्रीय गृह मंत्री राजनाथ हसंह ने वेब
आधाररत अनुप्रयोग 'ई-एफआरआरओ' (ई-
हवदेशी क्षेत्रीय पंजीकरर् कायाणलय) की
शुरुआत की।
 National
1. Centralized, transparent online platform
2. Visa related services and Faceless, Cashless and Paperless
services to the foreigners.
3. 27 Visa and Immigration related services in India from the comfort
of their place of stay.
 The Hindu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
inaugurated the first health centre
under Ayushman Bharat Scheme at
Bijapur, Chhattisgarh.

प्रधान मंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी ने आयुष्‍टमान भारत

योजना के तहत पहले स्वास््य कें द्र का
उद्घाटन छत्तीसगढ़ के बीजापरु हजले में
हकया।
 Scheme
Under Ayushman Bharat, the government will open 1.5 lakh health and
wellness centres by 2022.
Centers will be equipped to treat a host of diseases, including blood
pressure, diabetes, cancer and old-age illness.

OTHER FACTS:
The First Prime Minister to visit Bijapur.
He inaugurated the first phase of the Bastar Internet scheme under which a
40,000-km network of fibre-optics cables would be spread across seven districts
of the tribal region. The districts are:
Bijapur, Narayanpur, Bastar, Kanker, Kondagaon, Sukma and Dantewada.
He laid the foundation for road and bridge projects worth over ₹1,700 crore.
 PIB
India Mobile Congress will be held from
25th to 27th October 2018, at Aerocity, New
Delhi. Under the theme “NEW DIGITAL
HORIZONS: Connect. Create. Innovate.

भारत मोबाइल कांग्रेस 25 से 27 असटूबर, 2018

तक एयरोहसटी, नई हदल्ली में आयोहजत की
जाएगी। इसकी थीम होगी "न्यू हडहजटल
हॉररहजन्स: कनेसट हिएट इनोवेट।
 CONFERENCE
The India Mobile Congress 2018
Host: Department of Telecommunications (DoT)&
Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI).
This year, ASEAN and BIMSTEC member countries will also be present.
ASEAN BIMSTEC: Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-
Headquarters: Jakarta, Indonesia Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
Founded: 8 August 1967 Members: India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri
Members (10): Indonesia, Cambodia, Lanka, Myanmar and Thailand.
Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, Vietnam, Founded on: 6 June 1997 through Bangkok
Brunei, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Declaration.
Philippines Headquarter: Dhaka, Bangladesh.
 The Hindu
East Godavari, first district with
complete LED street lighting.

ईस्ट गोदावरी, पर्

ू ण एलईडी स्रीट
लाइहटंग वाला पहला हजला बना।
 State
East Godavari a district in Andhra Pradesh

installed around 3.1 lakh LED street lights

save around 34 Million Units (MU) annually

Andhra Pradesh is already ranked the best

State in implementation of energy
efficiency and conservation programmes
by the World Bank.
 PTI
Government has raised
Nabard's authorised capital by
six-times to Rs 30k crore.

सरकार ने नाबाडण की अहधकृत पज

ूं ी को
छह गुना बढ़ाकर 30 हजार करोड़ रुपये
हकया।
 ECONOMY

Aim: as a part of the initiative to double income of farmers by 2022.

NABARD
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development
Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Established: 12 July 1982
Chairman: Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala
 The Hindu
The U.S. Treasury has added India
to its watch list of countries with
potentially questionable foreign
exchange policies, joining China
and four others.
अमेरर‍का की रे जरी ने भारत को चीन सहह‍त
चार और ऐसे देशों की सूची में डाल हद‍या है
हज‍नकी हवदेश हवहनमय नीहत पर उसे शक है।
 ECONOMY

In addition to India, the semi-annual report to Congress has named five

countries that continue on the list from October: China, Germany, Japan, Korea
and Switzerland.

Criteria
• Large Trade Deficit
• Currency Manipulation
• Current Account Surplus
 The Guardian

UK Government to launch
€70m 'war chest' to tackle
ocean plastic crisis.

समुद्र में प्लाहस्टक सकं ट से हनपटने के हलए

यूके सरकार 70 हमहलयन यूरो का 'वार
चेस्ट(युद्ध हतजोरी) ' लांच करेगी।
 INTERNATIONAL
British Prime Minister Theresa May has announced the
fund ahead of a meeting of the Commonwealth Heads of
Government meeting (CHOGM) in London from today (16
United Kingdom
April 2018).
Prime minister: Theresa May
The 52 leaders would sign the Commonwealth Clean
Capital: London
Oceans Alliance set up to help developing Commonwealth
Currency: Pound sterling
countries research and improve waste management.

So far four Commonwealth countries, New Zealand, Sri

Lanka, Vanuatu and Ghana, have joined the UK in the
alliance.
Q.1. Which city will host the Commonwealth Games in 2022?/
2022 में कौन सा शहर राष्ट्रमंडल खेलों की मेजबानी
करे गा?
(1) Leads/ लीड्स
(2) Bristol/ ब्रिस्टल
(3) Birmingham/ ब्रबर्मिंघम
(4) Manchester/ मैनचेस्टर
(5) London/ लंदन
Q.2. Apart from HDFC bank which bank has recently signed a Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Army on the Defence Salary Package?/

एचडीएफसी बैंक के अलावा, ककस बैंक ने हाल ही में रक्षा वेतन पैकेज पर

भारतीय सेना के साथ एक समझौता ज्ञापन (एमओयू) पर हस्ताक्षर ककए हैं?

(1) ICICI Bank/ आईसीआईसीआई बैंक (2) Axis Bank/ एक्ससस बैंक

(3) IndsInd Bank/ इंड्सइंड बैंक (4) Canara Bank/ कैनरा बैंक

(5) None of these/ इनमें से कोई नहीं

Q.3. In which state was the third India-Russia Military
Industrial Conference held ?/ ककस राज्य में तीसरा
भारत-रूस सैन्य औद्योगगक सम्मेलन आयोक्जत
ककया गया था?

(1) Andhra Pradesh/ आंध्र प्रदे श (2) Tamil Nadu/ तर्मलनाडु

(3) Kerala/ केरल (4) Karnataka/ कनााटक
(5) Telangana/ तेलंगाना
Q.4. The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched the web-
based application ‘e-FRRO’, what does the second 'R'
stands for in this abbreviation?/ केंद्रीय गह
ृ मंत्री
राजनाथ र्संह ने वेब-आधाररत ऐप 'e-FRRO' शरू
ु ककया
है , इस संक्षक्षप्त नाम में दस
ू रे 'R' का सया अथा है ?
(1) Regional (2) Registration
(3) Renewal (4) Redressal
(5) Review
Q.5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the -------------- Prime Minister
to visit Bijapur, Chhattisgarh./ प्रधान मंत्री नरें द्र मोदी बीजापरु ,
छत्तीसगढ़ की यात्रा करने वाले -------------- प्रधान मंत्री हैं।
(1) First/ पहले
(2) Second/ दस
ू रे
(3) Third/ तीसरे
(4) Fourth/ चौथे
(5) None of these/ इनमें से कोई नहीं
Q.6. Which city will host the India Mobile Congress to be held from 25th to

27th October 2018?/ कौन सा शहर 25 से 27 असटूबर 2018 तक

आयोक्जत होने वाले इंडडया मोबाइल कांग्रेस की मेजबानी करे गा?

(1) Bengaluru/ बंगलरु

ु

(2) Ahmedabad/ अहमदाबाद

(3) Mumbai/ मंब

ु ई

(4) New Delhi/ नई ददल्ली

(5) Pune/ पण
ु े
Q.7. _________ district in Andhra Pradesh, has become the first district with
complete LED street lighting./ आध्र
ं प्रदेश में _________ हजला, पूर्ण एलईडी
स्रीट लाइहटंग वाला देश का पहला हजला बन गया है।
(1) East Godavari/ पूवण गोदावरी
(2) West Godavari / पहिम गोदावरी
(3) Krishna / कृष्‍टर्ा
(4) Guntur / गटुं ू र
(5) Prakasam/ प्रकाशम
Q.8. The Government has raised Nabard's authorised capital by ------------------
to Rs 30k crore./ सरकार ने नाबाडण की अहधकृत पज
ूं ी को ------------------ बढ़ाकर 30
हज़ार करोड़ रुपये कर हदया है।
(1) Two-times/ दो गुना
(2) Three-times/ तीन गुना
(3) Four-times/ चार गुना
(4) Five-times/ पांच गुना
(5) Six-times/ छह गुना
Q.9. Which among the following countries has not been included in the
currency watch list of U.S. Treasury?/ अमेररकी रे जरी की मुद्रा वॉच
सच
ू ी में हनम्नहलहखत देशों में से कौन शाहमल नहीं है?
(1) India/ भारत
(2) China/ चीन
(3) Germany/ जमणनी
(4) France/ फ्ांस
(5) Japan/ जापान
Q.10. Which city is going to host CHOGM 2018?/ CHOGM 2018 हकस शहर
में आयोहजत हकया जा रहा है?
(1) Leads/ लीड्स
(2) Bristol/ हिस्टल
(3) Birmingham/ बहमिंघम
(4) Manchester/ मैनचेस्टर
(5) London/ लंदन