Daily One Liner Current Affairs 7 June 2018

Hello and welcome to exampundit. Here are the important Daily One Liner Current Affairs 7 June 2018. These are important for the upcoming SBI PO & SBI Clerk Exams.

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Financial

  • Private sector lender Axis Bank has launched a virtual assistant for customers armed with proprietary artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms and named it Axis Aha.
  • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on June 6, 2018 decided to allow voluntary transition of the Urban Co-Operative Banks (UCB) into Small Finance Banks (SFB), a move that is aimed at bringing UCBs into mainstream banking.
  • In a significant relief measure to small businesses, particularly, non-GST registered firms, the RBI tweaked norms exempting banks not to classify loans as NPAs even if payments are delayed by 180 days.
  • ITC Ltd has acquired floor cleaning brand Nimyle from Kolkata-based Arpita Agro Products for an undisclosed amount, marking the cigarette-biscuits-hotel major’s entry into the home care segment.
  • The World Bank has approved Water Resources and River Development Ministry’s Rs 6000 crore worth central sector scheme, ‘Atal Bhujal Yojana’.
  • The Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) on June 7, 2018 approved the revised cost estimate of the Dam Rehabilitation & Improvement Project (DRIP) for Rs 3466 crore and extended time period for conclusion of the project till June 2020.

Non-Financial

  • India recorded 22 per cent reduction in Maternal Mortality Ratio (MMR) since 2013, as per the Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin that was released by the Office of the Registrar General of India on June 6, 2018.
  • The Election Commission of India on June 6, 2018 launched an online RTI Portal to help applicants seeking information under the Right to Information Act.
  • The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) on June 7, 2018 commissioned an interceptor boat- ICGS C-439 at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
  • President Ram Nath Kovind on June 7, 2018 inaugurated a 73 km long National Highway from Matabari (Udaipur) to Sabroom along the Gomati and South Tripura districts.
  • The Health Ministry has barred 82 medical colleges in the country to admit students for the academic session 2018-19, based on the recommendation of the Medical Council of India.
  • Telecom industry body COAI today said it has appointed Vodafone MD and Chief Executive Officer Sunil Sood as its new Chairman and Bharti Airtel COO Ajai Puri as vice-chairman.
  • West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi was on June 7, 2018 given the additional charge of Tripura, according to a statement issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
  • Veteran film actor Anupam Kher will be given the prestigious Lifetime Achievement honour at the upcoming International Indian Film Academy awards ceremony in Bangkok.

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