One Liner GK Current Affairs- 12 September 2018

Daily Current Affairs & GK Update 12 September 2018

In the Current Affairs & GK Update of 12 September 2018 we cover  all important National,International,Financial,Sports news, nominations, agreements which are relevant for upcoming IBPS PO,IBPS Clerk,SSC,IBPS RRB, INDIAN Bank PO exams.We at Achieversrule regularly provide One Liner Current Affairs and GK Updates to keep our candidates prepared for Current Affairs section of Banking,Insurance exams and current affairs exam.

National:

• The Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DAR&PG), Government of India in association with Government of Madhya Pradesh is organizing a Regional Conference on Good Governance with Focus on Aspirational Districts,begins in Bhopal.
• The Haryana government on September 10 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to set up an ethanol plant in Panipat with an outlay of over Rs 900 crore.
• Indian Railways Launches ‘Rail Sahyog’ Portal, Invites Corporates To Develop Ralilway Infrastructure .
• Apsara, the first research reactor in Asia that worked nearly five decades before shutting down in 2009, is now operational as 'Apsara-U' on Trombay campus of Maharashtra.

International:

• Russia has launched its biggest military exercise"Vostok-2018" since the Cold War, involving about 300,000 service personnel, in eastern Siberia.
• NITI Aayog, Intel and TIFR collaborate to set up a Model International Center for Transformative AI (ICTAI).It is aiming to solve major challenges in India, the center will focus on application-based AI research in healthcare, agriculture and smart mobility.

Defence:

• As part of the ongoing Indo-US defence cooperation, a joint military training Exercise Yudh Abhyas 2018 is scheduled to be conducted in the foothills of Himalayas at Chaubattia in Uttarakhand from 16 September to 29 September 2018.

Financial News:

• The government of Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday launched a mobile platform, e-Rythu (e-farmer in Telugu) which will enable small-scale farmers to market their produce at reasonable prices.The platform has been developed by global payments and technology company Mastercard.

Appointments:

• HDFC Standard Life Insurance has elevated its Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer, Vibha Padalkar, to the post of Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for a period of three years.

STATIC GK NOTE DOWN POINTS

• Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh:N.Chandrababu Naidu.
• MD of HDFC Bank:Aditya Puri.
• Headquarter of HDFC Bank:Mumbai.
• Capital of Russia:Moscow.
• Currency of Russia:Russian Ruble.
• President of Moscow:Vladimir Putin.
• Chief Minister of Haryana:Manohar Lal Khattar.
• Governor of Haryana:Satyadeo Narain Arya.
• Present Chairman of Railway Recruitment Board: Ashwani Lohani.
• Director of BARC:Mr Kamlesh Nilkanth Vyas.
• Headoffice of BARC:Mumbai.
• NITI Aayog CEO-Amitabh Kant.
• NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman:Rajiv Kumar.