Tuesday, 25 September 2018

CURRENT AFFAIRS WEEKLY ONE LINERS: AUGUST 15 – 21, 2018

INTERNATIONAL
  • The 11th World Hindi Conference begins in Mauritius. Prime Minister of Mauritius Praveen Kumar Jagannath will inaugurate the conference in Port Louis.“Hindi World and Indian Culture” is the theme of conference.
  • India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has revised down its FY19 economic growth forecast to 7.2% from 7.4% earlier.
  • The External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj has inaugurated ‘Panini Language Laboratory’ at Mahatma Gandhi Institute (MGI) in Mauritius.
  • The Indian Air Force, IAF was invited for the first time to participate in Exercise Pitch Black – a biennial multi-national large force employment warfare exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). This exercise was conducted in Australia’s Darwin.
  • India and Japan has resolved to expand their maritime cooperation and work together to ensure peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region, which is witnessing growing Chinese assertiveness.
  • The Indian Army and the Royal Thai Army has completed a two-week-long platoon level annual joint military exercise “Maitree”.It is aimed at strengthening partnership and cooperation between the two countries.
  • In Sri Lanka, the ten-day festival of the historic Esala Maha Perahera began in Kandy.The procession set off from the biggest Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka, Sri Dalada Maligawa.

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