Current Affairs 2018 – February

• Union budget 2018: A budget for Bharat, but middle India sulks.
• Union Budget 2018: A Big role for private players in providing health services.
• Nearly 20 percent reduction in the budget for metro projects.
• Over 63 percent cut in the budget for transparency watchdog CIC and RTI.
• Rajdhanis, Shatabdis to get modern coaches.
• Ex-Congress MP Devvrat Singh joins Ajit Jogi’s party.
• To counter China, a new tunnel to build at 13,700 feet in Arunachal Pradesh.
• World’s longest Zipline opens in UAE with speeds of up to 150 KPH.
• Russia launches 11 space satellites.
• Apple likely to start assembling iPhone 6s in India.
• Surendra Kumar new Chief Electoral Officer of Odisha.
• Roberto Fabbricini takes the appointment as emergency leader of Italian football federation.
• India joins Ashgabat agreement.
• Washington Sundar receives Young Achiever Award.
• Chelsea completes Olivier Giroud signing from Arsenal.
• Virat Kohli scores 33rd ODI century, 20th in the chase for India.

• Pay, pension hike likely to be announced in Karnataka Budget.
• Union Budget 2018-19: Capital spending pegged at Rs 1.5 lakh crore for railways.
• Swaraj to begin Nepal visit on today.
• Google doodle honours Kamala Das the Mother of modern English poetry.
• Arun Jaitley to present Modi govt’s last Budget in Parliament today.
• EC issues Meghalaya assembly election notification.
• SpaceX rocket launches Luxembourg’s communications satellite for NATO.
• US missile defence test unsuccessful says, official.
• Hong Kong approves a ban on local ivory trading by 2021.
• Toyota recalls 645,000 vehicles worldwide for airbags failure.
• Google installs 150 ‘Google Station’ Wi-Fi hotspots in Pune.
• PM Modi launches Khelo India School Games.
• Arsenal sign Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in club record transfer.
• Mesut Ozil extends Arsenal contract until 2021.
• After maiden Ranji title, Vidarbha wins first Cooch Behar Trophy.