Daily Current Affairs 17 August 2018

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National News

1. Kanyashree Prakalpa scheme

CM Mamata Banerjee removed family income limit for the beneficiaries of ‘Kanyashree’ women welfare scheme.
Kanyashree was launched in 2013 to prevent EARLY MARRIAGE of girl child .

2. Digital Screens at Railway Stations

Digital screens will be operational at 22 stations to spread awareness about the heritage of Indian Railways.
India has the fourth-longest rail transport network (67,368 km) in the world.

3. Dial 100 Police Mobile App

MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched Dial 100 Police Mobile App.
This App will be helpful at the time of emergency, after Police receive a call through App.

4. Month of nutrition

Rajasthan will observe September as the ‘month of nutrition’.
Class 1 to 8 of government schools will be given milk daily instead of thrice a week

International News

1. New President of Paraguay

Mario Abdo Benítez has been sworn in as president of Paraguay.
He is the son of a close aide to ex-military dictator Alfredo Stroessner, and has faced criticism for defending the former leader’s record.He has replaced Horacio Cartes. Both are from the conservative Colorado Party.
Paraguay:- Capital: Asunción , Currency: Paraguayan guaraní

2. Mali’s New President

Ibrahim Boubacar Keita re-elected as Mali’s president
Mali:- Capital – Bamako , Currency – West African CFA franc

3. Nepal’s Postal Highway

India granted additional NPR 470 million for the Postal Highway.
This highway is being constructed in Southern Plains of Nepal.

Business News

1. PhonePe with IRCTC app Rail connect

PhonePe partnered with IRCTC app to ease convenient payments for the users.
The partnership will enable PhonePe’s 100 million plus users to pay from their bank accounts using UPI, credit, debit cards and also the PhonePe wallet for their travel bookings.

2. Rural Electrification Corporation with German Bank

A loan agreement is between REC and German bank KfW of Euro 200 Million.
This is to finance clean energy projects in India.

3. India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) GDP forecast

According to Ind-Ra the economic growth for the FY19 will be 7.2%,earlier it was 7.4%.
Possible reason might be surge in global crude oil prices.

4. New Chair Person of International Nitrogen Initiative

N Raghuram has been elected as Chair Person of the International Nitrogen Initiative (INI)
He is a professor at the GGS Indraprastha University, New Delhi.

Sports News

1. FIFA Rankings

World Cup winners France topped in the rankings.
Belgium is on second place followed by Brazil.

2. La Liga Division

La Liga session will kick off for the year and the first match will be played between Ginora and Valladolid
La Liga is the men’s top professional football division of the Spanish football league system.

3. David Silva retires