Current Affairs (Daily Update): 9th February 2018-Current Update DailyUpdate (General Awareness, Static Awareness)

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1. PM Modi 3 Nation Visit- Leaves for Palestine

•First ever visit to palestine.

•2nd to UAE

•1st to oman

•Sixth World Government Summit being held in Dubai, UAE at which India has been extended 'Guest of Honour' status

•Palestine Capital- East Jerusalem, Currency- Israeli new shekel (one of its 3).

•The United Arab Emirates Capital- Abu Dhabi, Currency- United Arab Emirates dirham.

•Oman Capital- Muscat, Currency- Omani rial.

2. Government approves construction of over 1.86 lakh more houses under PMAY-Urban.

•Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban).

3. India Ranks 44th in Global Intellectual Property Index, US Tops

•International Intellectual Property (IP) Index

•ranking 44th among 50 nations, according to the US Chambers of Commerce report

•top 3 countries on the list are- The USA, The United Kingdom and Sweden.

•Global Innovation Policy Centre (GIPC) of the US Chambers of Commerce.

4. Janadriyah: Sushma Swaraj inaugurates Saudi Arabia’s National Heritage Festival.

•King Salman bin Abdulaziz in presence of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj inaugurated 32nd edition of Saudi Arabia’s National Heritage Festival.

•This year India is guest of honor country.

5. NHAI to Start 'pay as you use' Pilot Project on Delhi-Mumbai National Highways

•to study and implement the ability of the system in the country.

• The project to be run for one year involves implementing a satellite-based electronic toll collection system running on GPS/GSM technology for around 500 commercial vehicles on the Delhi-Mumbai National Highway.

•Nitin Jairam Gadkari is the present Minister for Road Transport & Highways.

6. President inaugurates 88th Mahamastakabhisheka at Shravanabelagola.

•President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated 88th Mahamastakabhisheka of Lord Gomateshwara by unveiling an idol of Bahubali at Shravanabelagola in Hassan district of karnataka

•KARNATAK Capital-Bengluru

•CM Sidharmiah

7. •South Central Railway Becomes 1st Rail Zone with 100% LED Lighting at Stations

•all the 733 stations under its jurisdiction

•Piyush Goyal is the present Railways Minister of India.

8. RK Singh Launches ASH TRACK Mobile App for Better Management of FlyAash

•Union Minister of State (IC) for Power and New & Renewable Energy, Shri R.K Singh,

•a Web-based monitoring System

• a Fly Ash mobile application named ASH TRACK.

•better management of the ash produced by thermal power plants by providing an interface between fly ash producers (Thermal Power Plants) and potential ash users such as – road contractors, cement plants etc.

9. CCI Slaps Rs 136 crore Fine on Google for Unfair Business Practices