Current Affairs Topics | General Studies Topics | General knowledge | 20th April 2018

1. President of India to visit Jammu & Kashmir on April 18 and 19
2. Shri J P Nadda chairs high level review meeting on Leprosy and TB
3. More than 100 employees/officers felicitated at the 63rd Rail Week National Award function
4. Smt. Sushma Swaraj and Shri Prakash Javadekar to launch ‘Study in India’ portal of HRD Ministry tomorrow
5. Shri Nitin Gadkari emphasises upon need for reduction in logistic costs to increase exports
6. India-US Strategy Energy Partnership Joint Statement
7. Atal Tinkering Labs Celebrate Annual Community Day
8. PM Modi to meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel today
9. Interim relief for Col. Purohit in Malegaon blast case
10. Centre initiates process to amend POCSO Act
11. Jharkhand HC rejects Lalu Prasad Yadav's bail plea
12. SC directs Centre to seize Dawood's properties
13. Naroda Patiya case: Gujarat HC acquits Maya Kodnani
14. Iran warns of unpleasant response if US drops nuclear deal: Report
15. Assad still has 'limited' chemical capability: Pentagon
16. Cuba Sees First Non-Castro President in 60 Years as Miguel Diaz-Canel Takes Charge
17. India to bid for 2026 Youth Oly, receives appreciation from IOC chief
18. Fiscal needs of each state will be individually assessed: 15th Finance Comm.
19. US Senate Narrowly Confirms Trump's New NASA Chief
20. Health Minister JP Nadda gives away Kayakalp awards
21. CBSE to compensate class X students for error in English paper
22. All 13 candidates for UP Legislative Council seats elected unopposed
23. EAM Sushma Swaraj to embark on 2-day visit to Mongolia from 25th April
24. 16th Federation Cup Jr National athletics ch’ship begins today
25. BJP slams Congress over Judge Loya death case
26. Karan Johar to get his wax statue at Madame Tussauds
27. IPL 2018: CSK, RR look to get back to winning ways
28. Deep Italian cave provides clues to detecting life on Mars
29. SC dismisses pleas seeking probe into death of judge Loya
30. SpaceX blasts off NASA's new planet-hunter, TESS
31. Monte Carlo Masters: Djokovic needs 10 match points, Nadal has 'positive' start
32. World Liver Day being observed today: Here's why it is important
33. Google creates cancer detecting AR-powered microscope
34. "If emissions continue, Great Barrier Reef won't survive: Researchers find 'catastrophic' coral die-off
35. Global debt has reached record high, warns IMF
36. In a rare case, hundreds of refugees return to Syria from Lebanon
37. Now Showing! Saudi Arabia opens first cinema hall, screenings start Friday
38. Trump and Abe agree to intensify trade consultations
39. India pitches for small island nations' development at Commonwealth summit
40. Government will not tolerate atrocities against women, asserts PM Modi at Westminster
41. 15 people killed in rain related incidents in West Bengal
42. BJP President Amit Shah begins 2-day Bengaluru visit
43. Ravi Shankar Prasad slams Manmohan Singh on his statement on rape cases
44. Crime against girls is matter of shame: President
45. 21 members of marriage party killed as truck falls off in Madhya Pradesh
46. Nepal remembers Indian freedom fighter Begum Hazrat Mahal
47. Facebook to roll out privacy choices under EU rules
48. Kids exposed to unhealthy food ads twice as frequently in peak hours
49. Diet of parents and obesity before conception affects child’s health
50. World Heritage Day being celebrated today
51. Runners (and two dogs) brave sub-zero temperatures at North Pole Marathon
52. Newly-made plastic-eating enzyme holds promise in fighting pollution: Scientists
53. Venezuelan opposition-led Assembly calls for Nicolas Maduro to face charges
54. IMF maintains world growth forecast, warns of potential trade conflict
55. Trump confirms "high-level" talks between US and North Korea
56. Starbucks to shut 8,000 US cafes to train staff on prevention of racial discrimination
57. Kulbhushan Jadhav case: India files fresh pleadings in ICJ