Important Current Affairs February 13, 2018 – One Liner
- India – Russia Agriculture Business summit held in New Delhi.
- As Pera report by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW), 35% of incumbent chief minister in India have criminal cases against them.
- Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu is the richest among all Chief Ministers and Tripura CM Manik Sarkar has the lowest declared assets.
- Central government is working towards connecting all part of the “Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna”.
- Union minister Nitin Gadkari released India’s first ever Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) which will guide road engineers and policy makers about road expansion. It is developed by CSIR – Central Road Research Institute (CRRI).
- 6th World Government Summit (WGS – 2018) held in Dubai, UAE.
- Bank of Baroda, an Indian Public Sector bank announced that will shut down its operation in South Africa.
- Tata steel has been honoured as the world’s most ethical company for the year 2018 by Ethisphere Institute.
- Chandrashekhara Kambar was elected as the president of Sahitya Akademi.
- Radio Umang, claimed to be India’s first online radio station was launched recently.
- World’s first robot Ski competition “The Edge of Robot: Ski Robot Challenge” held in South Korea.
- World Radio Day – February – 13, 2018. Theme: Radio and Sports.