News at 9.00 a.m. | 11th April 2018 | Current Affairs | GS Topics

1. Jet Airways opts out of Air India disinvestment process
2. Sensex surges 92 points; Nifty declines 23 points
3. PM to lay foundation stone for six laning of Aurangabad - Chordaha Section of NH-2 in Bihar
4. Smt. M. Sathiyavathy takes the oath of office and secrecy as Member, UPSC
5. Sanitation coverage up from about 40% in 2014, to about 80% today: Prime Minister
6. PM addresses 20,000 Swachhagrahis to mark anniversary of Champaran Satyagraha
7. President of India becomes first visiting Head of State to address Parliament of Swaziland; India commits to cooperation in Health and Agriculture, to build new Parliament building
8. Vice President inaugurates “Scientific Convention on World Homoeopathy Day”
9. Press Communique: New Accountant General
10. Swatch Bharat Leads to Swasth Bharat and Samruddhi Bharat: Vice President
11. Release of Berths Under Emergency Quota in Railways
12. Solar Panels at Railway Stations
13. Steps taken to bring Energy/Fuel Efficiency in Railways
14. Installation of Automatic Train Protection (ATP) System in Trains
15. Initiatives by Indian Railways for Cleanliness in Trains
16. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) inflow in Indian Railways
17. PM addresses National Convention of Swachhagrahis, launches development projects in Motihari
18. Satyagraha se Swachhagraha: PM to address 20,000 Swachhagrahis in Champaran tomorrow
19. IPL: Chennai win toss, opt to field against Kolkata
20. Presence of Pakistan prompts Asia Cup shift from India to UAE
21. BJP MLA's brother arrested in Unnao gangrape case
22. Class 10, 12 exams postponed in Punjab to be held on April 27
23. Hookah bars: NGT slaps fine on Delhi govt
24. Govt bans imports of Oxytocin
25. No inherent bias in Finance Commission's terms of reference to Southern States: Jaitley
26. EPS pensioners can submit life certificate without Aadhaar
27. Trump's top homeland security adviser announces his departure from White House
28. CBI questions Lalu's wife Rabri Devi in IRCTC case
29. PM Modi to interact with over 100 MUDRA beneficiaries today
30. UP govt forms SIT to probe Unnao gangrape case
31. Country suffered due to disruptions by Opposition: Vice President
32. President Ram Nath Kovind reaches Lusaka in Zambia
33. 1st meeting of NITI Forum for North East held in Agartala 
34. PM Modi to inaugurate International Energy Forum-2018 ministerial meeting
35. PM Modi to observe fast on April 12 against diruptions in Parliament 
36. PM Modi launches various projects in Bihar including mega sewage project for Patna 
37. Intl. conference on ‘Water, Environment & Climate Change begins in Kathmandu 
38. Imprisoned Lula is still our candidate, Brazilian Workers' Party says
39. President, Shri Pranab Mukherjee releasing the book Life at Rashtrapati Bhavan in presence of Vice President, Shri M. Hamid Ansari and PM Shri  Narendra Modi
40. Governor of Goa, Smt. Mridula Sinha and the Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar lighting the lamp at inauguration of 47th IFFI. HMIB Shri Venkaiah Naidu also seen
41. Vice President to inaugurate Scientific Convention on World Homoeopathy Day Tomorrow
42. Prime Minister to lay foundation stone for four sewerage projects worth rs 1111.56 crore for Patna tomorrow
43. Prime Minister says CPSEs should transform into profit and social benefit Generating Enterprises
44. PM addresses CPSE Conclave
45. CRPF is the strongest pillar of the country’s internal security apparatus: Vice President
46. PM to lay foundation stone for six laning of Aurangabad - Chordaha Section of NH-2 in Bihar tomorrow
47. Jaw fossil belonging to monstrous marine reptile found on US beach 
48. NASA sends human sperm into space - here's why
49. In a first, Alzheimer's gene neutralised in the human brain
50. CWG 2018: Heena Sidhu shoots her way to gold! 
51. We collect very little data, Whatsapp claims amid data mining concerns
52. Comic Con characters revisit a fast-reforming Saudi Arabia
53. High child mortality and severe malnutrition plague Yemen
54. President Donald Trump vows quick action on Syria chemical attack
55. Rains damage houses, hit cattle in Himachal Pradesh
56. Sensex rises over 100 points on firm global cues, Nifty tops 10,400
57. "It was my mistake," Mark Zuckerberg admits to being "too idealistic"
58. NITI Aayog's North East forum to meet today
59. CM Yogi assures guilty won't be spared in custodial death case
60. CWG 2018: Gagan Narang, Chain Singh miss top 3 in 50m rifle prone shooting
61. 2 jawans martyred in ceasefire violation along LoC in Jammu and Kashmir
62. BJP accuses Siddaramaiah Govt in Karnataka of being most corrupt
63. President Kovind conferred highest civilian honour of Swaziland
64. PM Modi addresses swacchagrahis in Bihar's Motihari
65. Himachal Pradesh: School bus mishap claims 27 lives  
66. Nepal President inaugurates International Conference on Human Rights in South Asia
67. India's mixed badminton team clinches maiden CWG gold
68. Defence Minister: Funding of defence procurement be made easy
69. A ray of light enters naxal-infested Sukma village