Current Affairs One liners of the Week: 15 January to 20 January 2018*

*Current Affairs One liners of the Week: 15 January to 20 January 2018*👇👇
• This former Gujarat CM has been appointed as the new Governor of Madhya Pradesh - Anandiben hasel

• This nation has lifted restrictions that were imposed on Internet use – Iran

• This former Union Minister and senior RJD member passed away on 14 January - Raghunath Jha

• This nation’s President has ordered to re-impose a ban on women buying alcohol - Sri Lanka

• The High Court of this state has ordered the state government to file a report on steps taken to improve children's homes - Maharashtra

• India has signed 9 MoU’s for cooperation in areas including cyber security, space and oil & gas sector with this nation - Israel

• The UIDA has introduced this new means of Aadhaar authentication - Face

• India signed four agreements for collaboration in ICT sector with this nation - Sri Lanka

• This historical war memorial in India has been renamed after the Israeli city of Haifa - Teen Murti

• The 7th edition of Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav began in this state on 14 January - Karnataka

• India signed a MoU with this nation on the return of illegal migrants - UK

• The Defence Acquisition Council has cleared procurement of small arms worth this much amount - Rs 3547 Cr

• India is going to conduct a joint military exercise called ‘Vajra Prahar’ with this nation – US

• This Union Department signed a MoU with Confederation of Indian Industry for the development of logistics sector - Department of Commerce

• This company has topped Thomson Reuters’ debut list of ‘Top 100 Global Technology Leaders’ - Microsoft

• In the Thomson Reuters’ list of top 100 global tech companies, 45 percent of the companies belong to this nation - US

• This vulnerable group would be most affected with the US’s decision to withhold almost 65 million dollars worth financial aid from UN Relief and Welfare Agency - Palestinians

• This Indian IT firm has signed a deal worth over 690 mn dollars with M&G Prudential - Tata Consultancy Services

• The Indian Coast Guard has begun its biennial search and rescue exercise with the Coast Guard of this nation - Japan

• The Union Government has sanctioned projects worth over Rs 10000 cr for this region to enable better connectivity - North-East

• This nation has launched a new guided-missile frigate called 'Wuhai' - China

• This state has decided to organise a blockchain hackathon to see if the participants can develop prototypes of the technology to solve government related issues – Karnataka

• This online video streaming service has toughened the rules regarding which videos will get advertisements - Youtube

• This country has built the world’s largest air purifier to fight pollution - China

• This cricketer was named ICC Cricketer of the Year 2017 - Virat Kohli

• She has been appointed as the Minister for Loneliness by the United Kingdom to tackle the issue of loneliness in the nation - Tracey Crouch

• He was named as the captain of both ICC Test and ODI teams of the year 2017 - Virat Kohli

• This state has claimed to become the first in India to fully achieve door-to-door garbage collection target- Madhya Pradesh

• This city will be hosting the Open Hearing and Camp Sitting by the National Human Rights Commission – Jaipur

• He won the ICC Test Cricketer of the Year award -Steve Smith

• This state cabinet has approved 1 per cent reservation for orphans in government jobs - Maharashtra

• These two nations will march under a unified flag in Winter Olympics 2018 - North and South Korea

• She won the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for the year 2016 for Bharatanatyam - Geeta Chandran

• This aircraft will make its first appearance in the Republic Day Parade - Rudra

• This state’s Chief Minister has launched the ‘Girl Child Week’ - Delhi

• This messenger service application has launched its business version to enable businesses to communicate better with their customers globally – Whatsapp

• The Indian football team climbed 3 places to be at this rank in the first FIFA rankings of 2018 - 102

• This state’s government has approved Rs 4000 Cr project to promote climate-resilient agriculture - Maharashtra

• Archaeologists discovered the World's Biggest Flooded Cave in this nation – Mexico

• This state is going to set up a Blockchain academy - Kerala

• This state government has come out with an Aerospace & Defence policy - Tamil Nadu

• Survey suggests that students of this nation are too busy for playtime – China

• The European Union signed agreements on new cooperation programmes with this nation – Russia

• This state has become the first one to unveil public cloud policy - Maharashtra

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu inaugurated this facility in Ahmedabad - iCreate

• This Punjab Minister has resigned from his post following opposition backlash over his alleged involvement in sand mining auctions - Power and Irrigation Minister Rana Gurjit Singh

• PM Modi inaugurated project commencement of this state’s first oil refinery – Rajasthan

• A group of Muhajirs have launched ‘Free Karachi’ campaign in this nation – United States of America

• This Israeli toddler who survived the 26/11 terror attacks that took the lives of his parents along with hundreds of others, recently returned to the city for the first time post the attack - Moshe Holtzberg

• This court termed the attack by Khap panchayats over inter-caste marriage as illegal - Supreme Court of India

• Recently, a rocked landed inside the Indian embassy premises located in this nation - Afghanistan

• This former BJP leader passed away on 16 January after suffering from a cardiac arrest – Former MLC Narayan Sadashiv Pharande

• This country has become the first one to be connected to India’s National Knowledge Network - Sri Lanka

• This Vice Admiral has been appointed as the Chief of Staff of Western Naval Command - Vice Admiral Ajendra Bahadur Singh

• PM Modi said that the role of business & industry is crucial in transformation of ties between India and this nation - Israel