Important Current Affairs February 19, 2018 – One Liner
- 22nd edition of world congress on information Technology (NCII) and 26th edition of Nasscom India Leadership Forum (ILF) held in Hyderabad.
- Virgin hyper loop one signed the frame work agreement with Maharashtra state government to build a hyper loop between Pune and Mumbai.
- On March 8, 2018(International women’s day) Maharashtra state government will launch “Asmita Yojana” aimed at providing subsided sanitary pads to girl students and women in rural areas.
- International educational institutions for minorities will be built in Rajasthan Alwar city.
- Global digital health partnership summit held in Australia.
- Singapore government announced that it would impose a carbon tax from 2019 to cut its greenhouse gas emissions.
- Amazon becomes first foreign e-commerce firm to enter food retail venture in India.
- Kerala government will soon employ robots to clean sewer holes, Instead of involving humans.
- Roger Federer won his third Rotterdam open title by defeating Grigor Dimitrov in Netherlands.
- Bhuvaneshwar Kumar, a fast bowler of India or first Indian bowler to take a five wickets haul in all three formats in international cricket.