Important Current Affairs September 18 – One liner
- The first Ability Cafe in the Kerala, aimed at providing vocational rehabilitation to the mentally challenged, opened in Kozhikode.
- The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) South Asia Area Office and Technology Innovation Centre will be established in New Delhi.
- The Maharashtra Government to set up a Cyber University to mitigate cyber threats.
- The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched a space technology incubation centre in Tripura capital Agartala.
- Bangladesh approved a draft agreement with India to use the Chittagong and Mongla ports for the movement of goods to and from northeast India.
- A startup incubated at Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad (IIT-H) has developed lithium batteries.
- The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has approved new KYC norms for foreign portfolio investors.
- Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri inaugurated a two-day National Convention of National Association of Street Vendors of India, NASVI, in New Delhi.
- Sanjay Agarwal – New Secretary, Agriculture
- Pritam Singh – Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)
- India and Bangladesh had entered into an agreement for the pipeline construction 130-kilometre pipeline [Siliguri in West Bengal, India – Parbatipur in Dinajpur, Bangladesh].
- Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) approves Procurement of Equipment Worth Rs 9,100 Crores
- A Loan Agreement of US$74 million equivalent for the Uttrakhand Workforce Development Project (UKWDP) was signed with the World Bank.
- Russia’s military aircraft Il-20 with 14 people on board has disappeared over Syria.
- Japan carried out its first submarine drill in the disputed South China Sea.
- Indian Navy Staff visiting Rhode Island, USA for attending the 23rd edition of the International Seapower Symposium (ISS) organised by the US Navy.
- Dalai Lama – Gandhi Global Foundation’s Gandhidarsan International Award [Kerala]
- Arun Jaitley – Gandhidarsan National Award
- Pinarayi Vijayan – Best Chief Minister Award
- A. Yusuf Ali, B.R. Shetty, and B. Govindan – Business awards
- Joseph Pulikunnel – Award for philanthropy to be given posthumously
- The Union Minister for Human Resource Development, Shri Prakash Javadekar conferred the Swachh Vidyalaya Puraskar 2017–18 in New Delhi.
- E-governance award by the Karnataka government for e-auction of cocoons in Karnataka.
- The Union Home Secretary Shri Rajiv Gauba launched an online ‘e-Sahaj’ portal for grant of Security Clearance.
- President Ram Nath Kovind launched the logo and the web portal for the commemoration of 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
- Shri S.S. Ahluwalia, Hon’ble Minister of State for Electronics and IT launches C-DAC Information Media Server (CIMS) for enhancing Good Governance.
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