Current Affairs (05 Jan 2018)

Daily Headlines (05 Jan 2018)

-  Indian origin man Ravi menon named best central banker in Asia Pacific

- India-Myanmar Land Border Crossing Agreement Approved

- Sushma Swaraj Embarked on Tour of 3 Southeast Asian Nations

- MoU between India and Israel on Cooperation in Oil and Gas Sector Approved

- Namami Gange Projects Worth Rs. 295 crore Approved by NMCG

- Health Ministry and Tata Memorial Centre Launches India's First Digital Online Oncology Tutorial

- The Reserve Bank of India has initiated 'prompt corrective action' (PCA) against Allahabad Bank over its high bad loans.

- Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank Introduces Desktop ATMs in Rural India

- IICA, IPPB Sign MoU to Provide Training on Payment Banking

-  Rajinder Khanna Appointed Deputy National Security Adviser

- Sbi HDFC among bank apps targeted by new Android malwar

• The United States has suspended security aid to this nation - Pakistan

• This state government is going to form an education board for non-English medium schools - Maharashtra

• This senior NCP leader passed away on 4 January following prolonged illness - Vasant Davkhare

• This former cricketing legend has been appointed as the coach of the Delhi Daredevils franchise for the upcoming IPL 2018 - Ricky Ponting

• Following the Assam NRC implementation, this state has taken up preventive measures to prevent a possible spillover of illegal migrants to the state - Arunachal Pradesh 

• The Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Human Resource Development and the Department of Science & Technology signed a MoU for - Joint funding of Technology Mission for Indian Railways. 

• The Health Ministry and Tata Memorial Centre have launched the first digital - Online Oncology Tutorial

• The Defence Ministry has cleared arms procurement contracts worth this much amount for Navy, Army - Rs 2,420 crore

• The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved five projects worth - Rs 295.01 crore

• The Supreme Court of this nation ruled that child's rights are sacred, cannot be bartered by orphanage in-charges – India

• Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES) is located in – Uttrakhand