Banking & SSC 18th February National Current Affairs
- Kolkata-based GRSE (Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Ltd) can provide anti-submarine warfare stealth corvette INS Kavaratti to the Indian Navy
- India-Norway Task Force on Blue Economy for Sustainable Development Inaugurated
- Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in Collaboration with CII participating on the ‘70th Berlin International Film Festival’: February 20 to March
- There has been a decline in populaction of 79% of Indian species of birds: State of India’s Birds Report 2020.
- Centre renames the ‘Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses’ (IDSA) after past due Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
- Foundation stone for a 50-metre High lighthouse at Dhanushkodi (Tamil Nadu) laid by Union MoS for Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya
- AP CM Jagan Mohan Reddy February Launches Nadu Nedu (meaning ‘then and now’ in Telugu) Scheme to Improve first-class standards in government hospitals
- Veteran Kannada actor Kishori Ballal dies at age of eighty two in Bengaluru
- AICTE bars universities from Offering PGDM and MBA Courses simultaneously
Banking & SSC 18th February International Current Affairs
- Afghanistan’s election Commission declares Ashraf Ghani re-elected President in September 28, 2019 poll
- Pakistan Conducts flight test of air Launched nuclear-Capable cruise missile Ra’ad-II with a Range of 600 km
- Australia appoints Barry O’Farrell as the Next high commissioner to India
Banking & SSC 18th February Economy & Business Current Affairs
- Total foodgrain manufacturing is pegged at a report 291.95 million tonne for 2019-20 Crop year, Higher than 285.21 million tonnes in 2018-19: Agriculture
- Soil Health Card Day to be Observed on February 19; Soil Health Card Scheme was Launched PM on February 19, 2015
- Shree Cement will replace Yes Bank in the benchmark Index Nifty 50 from March 27
- Supratim Bandyopadhyay Appointed Chairman of PFRDA (Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority)
- Bain and Co. And Google release report ‘Women Entrepreneurship in India—Powering the financial system with her’
- Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India begins delivery of its scooter Forza 300
Banking & SSC 18th February Sports Current Affairs
- Asian Wrestling Championships in New Delhi: India’s Sunil Kumar wins gold in 87kg Greco-Roman
- Badminton Asia Team Championships in Manila (Philippines): South Korea win men’s event; Japan win women’s event
- 48 Sports persons decided on for Maharashtra government’s Shiv Chhatrapati Award for 2018-19
2020 LAUREUS SPORTS AWARDS
- British F1 driving Lewis Hamilton and Argentinean Footballer Lionel Messi were joint winners World Sportsman of the yr award
- American gymnast Simone Biles received the World Sportswoman of the yr award
- Snowboarding participant Chloe Kim (US) received the World Action Sportsperson of the yr award
- Oksana Masters (US) won the Sportsperson of the year award with a Disability
- South Africa’s Rugby team received Laureus World Team of the Yr Award
- Germany’s F3 driver Sophia Florsch received the World Comeback of the Year award
- Colombian Cyclist Egan Bernal won the World Breakthrough of the Year award
- German basketball great Dirk Nowitzki Won the Lifetime Achievement Award
- Spanish Basketball Federation got the Exceptional Achievement Award