Current Affairs - April Month, 2018 ( 26th to 29th )

29th April , 2018 1.       Siddhant Banthia won the Indian Leg of Junior French Open Wild Card Tournament. He hails from – Pune 2.       Under ‘Adopt a Heritage’ Project ____ has signed a MoU to maintain the historic site of Red Fort and Gandikota Fort (Andhra Pradesh) – Dalmia Bharat Limited 3.       The Shirui Lily Festival  2018 was celebrated in – Manipur 4.       Indian shooter who has been made brand Ambassador for Haryana’s measles and Rubella – Gauri Sheoran 5.       The GoI has recently entered into a legal agreement with _____ international organisation on Biotech – World Bank 6.       India’s longest serving Chief Minister is Pawan Chamling (from 12th December, 1994 – Present). He hails from – Sikkim 7.       ___ hosted the Asia- Pacific Regional workshop of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCD) – New Delhi 8.       2017 Saraswati Samman has been given to – Sitanshu Yashaschandra 9.       NDMA conducted its first ever Mock exercise on Bio Disasters at – Patna 10.   Sipat Super Thermal power Station is located in – Bilaspur District of Chahattisgarh 27th April, 2018 1.       The city which will be hosting India’s first ever nationwide food archaeology conference “ ArchaeoBroma” is – Mumbai 2.       The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has granted the first license for Liquid Chlorine on All India Basis. The Headquarters of BIS is located in – New Delhi 3.       India’s Rank in 2018 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters without Borders is – 138 4.       The 2018 Presidential Election in Paraguay has been won by – Mario Abdo Benitez 5.       Indian carrier which has recently become the member of the International Air Transport Association  (IATA) – Vistara 6.       The theme of 2018 World Intellectual Property Day ( WIPD) which is celebrated on 26th April each year is – Powering Change : Women in Innovation and Creativity 7.       2018 National Intellectual Property Award in the category of ‘Top R & D Institution/Organisation for Patents and Commercialisation’ has been awarded to – CSIR 8.       NITI Aayog has launched the Atal New challenge that will provide grants of upto ___ to innovate products and solutions – 1 Crore 9.       The first woman lawyer to be directly promoted as a judge of Supreme Court – Indu Malhotra 10.   Dudhsagar Waterfalls is located in – Goa    26th April, 2018 1.       The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved the increase in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Raw Jute for 2018-19 season. The MSP for Fair Average Quality of Raw Jute has been increased to – Rs. 3700 2.       The Bilateral Military exercise “Harimau Shakti 2018” will be conducted between India and – Malaysia 3.       The second edition of the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan was launched by – Ministry of Human Resource Development 4.       Union Ministry in collaboration with Google India has launched a 360 degree Virtual Reality video on Incredible India – Ministry of Tourism 5.       The Union Cabinet has recently approved inclusion of tribal-dominated scheduled areas of Rajasthan under which schedule to the Constitution of India – 5th Schedule 6.       The National Kharif Conference 2018 held on 25th April, 2018 was organised in – New Delhi 7.       Sports icon Tony Daniel who passed away on 25th April, 2018 was associated with – Athletics 8.       Nadiya Shafi has won the 2018 Martha Farrel Award for excellence in women’s empowerment. She is a reporter from – Srinagar 9.       The World’s first ever female foreign ministers meeting will be held in September 2018 in – Canada 10.   Jalaput Dam is built on the tributary of the – Godavari River