Important Current Affairs February 16, 2018 – One Liner
- Former Indian Badminton player Puella Gopichand initiated India’s largest “Train the Trainers” programme by inducting 1500 Physical Education (PE) teachers form across Gujarat for advanced training.
- 2018 edition of the world sustainable development summit (WSDS 2018) in Newdelhi.
- Maharashtra state government will be setting up India’s first institute for Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Mumbai.
- Sanjiv Bansal was awarded “EY entrepreneur of the year 2017” award at a function in Mumbai.
- Raghbir Singh Khandpur will be awarded for his contribution to science and for transforming the science city in Kapurthala, Punjab.
- Milk basket has been honoured with the “Startup of the year 2017” award at Newdelhi.
- Haruhiko Kuroda reappointed as the governor of bank of Japan for a second term by Japan government.
- Arvind P. Jamkhedkar has been named as the chairman of Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR).
- Cyril Ramaphosa was elected the new president of South Africa.
- Khwaha Haleem, former Uttar Pradesh minister passed away recently.