Exam Power: 15 April 2018 Today Current Affairs

Exam Power: 15 April 2018 Current Affairs

Indian Consortium And Saudi Aramco Sign MoU For Refinery In Maharashtra

An Indian consortium consisting of IOCL, BPCL and HPCL signed a MoU with Saudi Aramcoon the sidelines of the16 International Energy Forum Ministerial.

According to the Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan, the project cost is estimated at around Rs3 lakh crore ($44 billion).


The refinery will be capable of processing 1.2 million barrels of crude oil per day (60 million tonnes per annum).

Haryana to introduce Choice Based Credit System for undergraduate education

Haryana soon to give relax to the undergraduate students as it is going to introduce a unique way which will bring a smile on their faces that is Choice based credit system (CBCS).

The Haryana government said it has decided to introduce choice-based credit system (CBCS) and also revise the syllabus and workload in eleven subjects at the under-graduation level "in keeping with global scenario".

The subjects are economics, political science, psychology, mathematics, physics, chemistry, computer science, botany, zoology, commerce, and geography, said an official spokesperson of the higher education department.

They would review the existing syllabi in the universities of Haryana, the neighboring states as well as the model curriculum of UGC to make an assessment of the workload and evolve choice-based credit system.

India Mobile Congress 2018 To Be Held Between October 25-27

"The India Mobile Congress 2018, hosted by the Department of telecommunications and the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), is an excellent platform for policy makers, industry and regulators to engage in meaningful deliberations to drive the future direction of this important sector. This year, we will also be honoured by the presence of our friends from ASEAN and BIMSTEC which will lend a global connect to our exchanges," Sinha said while addressing the curtain raiser ceremony of IMC.

The IMC expects that more than 2,00,000 professionals from the telecom industry, encompassing the 5G, start-up ecosystem, Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Smart Cities, and allied industry sectors will attend India Mobile Congress 

Interstate e- Bill come into effect from 20 April in Haryana

Interstate E-bill come into effect from 20th April 2018

The E-Bill would be mandatory for the movement of  goods also in the state

National Film Awards 2017 :

The national film award announced at New Delhi posthumously awarded two icons of  India Cinema - Sridevi and Vinod Khanna

See Here : Complete List of National Film Awards 2017

CWG2018:
-> Bajrang Punia wins gold, Mausam Khatri settles for silver
-> Pooja Dhanda In the women's 57 kg wrestling freestyle claims silver, Divya Kakran bags bronze
->The 19-year-old Indian boxer Naman Tanwar wins bronze, opens India’s
boxing medal haul .
-> Mary Kom clinches her first CWG Gold .
-> Indian boxer Gaurav Solanki also grabbed the gold medal in the men's 52kg
category.
-> Amit Panghal, had to settle for silver in the final of men's 46-49kg boxing .
-> Manish Kaushik Silver medal is India's seventh medal in boxing.
-> Indian shooter Sanjeev Rajput added another Gold to India’s medal tally by
topping the men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions final.
-> Neeraj Chopra became the first Indian javelin thrower to claim a gold medal .
-> Manik Batra wins Gold in Table Tennis.
-> Dipika Pallikal, Saurav Ghosal claim silver in Squash finals.