Current Affairs (8 Jan 2018)

Daily  Headlines (8 Jan 2018)

-  HRD Ministry releases All India Higher Education Survey

- Forex Reserves scale record high of $409.366 billion in December 2017

- Atal Pension Yojana reaches subscriber base of 80 lakh

- Income Tax Department launches on-line chat service

- 26th World Book Fair held in New Delhi with focus on environment

-  West Bengal CM Unveils Official Emblem of West Bengal Government

- Defence Ministry Clears Arms Procurement Contracts worth Rs2,420 crore for Navy and Army

- Himalayan Hydro Expo 2018 Kicked off at Kathmandu

- Iceland Becomes 1st Country to Legalise Equal Pay

▪ Colour of new Rs 10 note to be issued by RBI - Chocolate Brown

▪ Focus country group in the New Delhi World Book Fair 2018 - European Union

▪ Person who won the 2018 men’s singles Tata Open Maharashtra Tennis tournament - Gilles Simon

▪ This city hosted the Himalayan Hydro Expo 2018 - Kathmandu

▪ This country became the first to enforce equal pay for women and men - Iceland

▪ This city will host World Sweet Festival (WSF-2018) - Hyderabad

▪ The world's largest known prime number was discovered by a volunteer for a prime-number hunting project. This prime number contains - 23 Million digits

▪ Person appointed as the Secretary (Economic Relations) in the External Affairs Ministry - TS Tirumurti 

▪ These countries formally joined UNSC as the new non-permanent members - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kuwait, the Netherlands, Peru, and Poland

▪ This city will host the 2018 Karnataka International Travel Expo - Bengaluru

▪ The vibrant Khelo India logo launched in New Delhi by - Union Minister of State Youth Affairs and Sports Col Rajyavardhan Rathore

▪ Union Budget to be presented on - 1 February  2018

▪ Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the inaugural session of DGsP/IGPs Conference at BSF Academy in - Madhya Pradesh