Current Affairs 2018

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani Visits India: Important Highlights 

On a visit to India, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani Ghani held closed door discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while the two sides discussed the security situation in Afghanistan and future Indian development projects.

Modi sought information on the seven Indians suspected kidnapped by Taliban. There has been no word of their rescue.

India And Morocco Sign Air Services Agreement 

India and Morocco signed the revised Air Services Agreement between the two countries enabling greater connectivity through a modernized agreement.
The two sides cleared the legal and technical difficulties and agreed to a modern new text for the Air Services Agreement. Thereafter, both sides took approval for the agreed text of the Air Services Agreement from the respective governments.

ISRO Technology Incubation Centre Inaugurated at NIT Agartala

Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb inaugurated ISRO’s first Space Technology Incubation Centre at the National Institute of Technology Agartala via remote from Bengaluru. The Centre was launched at the first edition of ‘Spacetronics’ organised by the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA).

Speaking at the inaugural session, ISRO chairman Dr K Sivan said that ISRO is looking to incubate start-ups which would build applications, offer services and products which can be used internally and exploit opportunities globally given enough help to scale up.

MoU Signed for Establishing Mahatma Gandhi Convention Centre in Niger

India and Niger on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi International Convention Centre (MGICC) in Niamey, Niger with the Indian government's grant assistance.

The agreement was signed by Secretary (Economic Relations), Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) T.S. Tirumurti and Ambassador of Republic of Niger in India Ali Illiassou, in the presence of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Minister and Special Adviser to the President of Republic of Niger, Saidil Moctar Mohamed, a statement from the MEA read.