One Liner GK and Current Affairs - 8th June 2018
Indeed we have conveyed to you One Liner GK and Current Affairs - 8th June 2018. These are an arrangement of Latest News Headlines with GK Points in light of the essential news have been specified toward the finish of the article. These are critical for the up and coming examinations of IBPS PO, IBPS CLERK, SSC CGL, SSC CHSL and other comparable examinations. Applicants ought to experience these in subtle elements to gather itemized data on some particular points. Additionally, take after the Daily Current Affairs Updates and Daily Current Affairs Quiz all the time.
Important Days
- World Oceans Day is celebrated on 8th June.
RBI in News
- The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made changes in the Gold Monetisation Scheme (GMS) to make it more attractive.
- The RBI said that the Interest subsidy scheme on short-term crop loans of up to Rs 3 lakh will be implemented through the DBT mode from the current financial year.
Banking, Economic & Financial Affairs
- The IMF welcomed as an appropriate step the decision of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to increase the repo rate by 25 basis point to 6.25 per cent amid rising inflation and additional upside risks due to higher oil prices
National Affairs
- The West Bengal Government decided to invest 107 crore rupees to check erosion at vulnerable areas along the banks of the Ganga and the Padma.
- The government has sent another letter to social networking giant Facebook, seeking explanation of the issue of data sharing without explicit consent through its platform.
- President Ram Nath Kovind visits Tripura with basket of gifts and Inaugurates national highway and declares “Queen Pineapple’ as state fruit.
- The Himachal Pradesh government decided to do away with semester system in under-graduate courses and revert to annual examination system.
- Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Rajyavardhan Rathore has approved the upward revision of pension to meritorious sportspersons.
- Minister of State for Defence has dedicated a highway tunnel at Theng near Chungthang in north Sikkim to the nation.
International Affairs
- Islamic State terror outfit has killed 22 pro-regime fighters including 11 soldiers in surprise attacks in Syria.
- According to a new trade report by the UN, Foreign Direct Investment to India decreased to 40 billion dollars last year from 44 billion dollars in 2016 while outflows from India, the main source of investment in South Asia, more than doubled.
Defence & Railway News
- Raksha Mantri Nirmala Sitharaman accorded approval for the procurement of equipment for the Defence Forces valued at over Rs 5500 crore.
Application / Portal
- In a bid to give a big push towards the ease of doing business in the State, Punjab Government has launched a "Business First Portal" which was unveiled by Industry Minister Sunder Sham Arora.
Summit /Conference / Events
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave for a two-day visit to China tomorrow to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation- SCO Summit.
Other Sports & Award Related News
- Mithali Raj edges Virat Kohli, becomes first India cricketer to score 2000 T20I runs
STATIC GK AND NOTE DOWN POINTS
- RBI Governor: Urjit Patel
- RBI Bank rate: 6.00%
- RBI Interest on reserves: 4.00%
- RBI Headquarters: Mumbai
- IMF CEO: Christine Lagarde (5 Jul 2011–)
- IMF Founders: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White
- IMF Secretary general: António Guterres Trending
- IMF Headquarters: New York City, New York, United States
- China Currency: Renminbi
- China Capital: Beijing
- China President: Xi Jinping
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