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CURRENT AFFAIRS - February (1 st to 17 th ) - 2018
CURRENT AFFAIRS - February (1 st to 17 th ) - 2018 Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan created history by becoming the first Indian player to score a hundred in his 100th ODI Anu Kumar (Uttarakhand) grabbed the first gold medal of the Khelo India School Games in 1500 meters (4 minutes and 4 seconds) at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi. Pyeongchang Winter Olympics Games, Japanese speed skater, Kei Saito tested positive for acetazolamide, an unauthorized diuretic which can be used to mask performance-enhancing drugs. Mary Kom Wins Gold In India Open Boxing India lift Under-19 Cricket World Cup for fourth time by defeating Australia held at Mount Maunganui in New Zealand. Uttar Pradesh s Saurabh Choudhary will be representing India in the 2018 Youth Olympics to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina later this year. Tamil Nadu has won the Senior Women's National Football Championship by defeating Manipuri at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack. Indian long-distance swimmer Rohan More has become the first Asian and the youngest to swim across the Cook Strait between North and South Islands of New Zealand. Khelo India School Games - Tamil Nadu s Sumathira Balakrishnan wins two gold medals on the final day of athletics Kishan Gangolli (Karnataka) has won the 13th edition of the National 'A' Chess Championship Indian Hockey Teams have got the new sponsor in the form of Odisha Government which has decided to be the promoter of the teams for the next five years. The 2018 Winter Olympics Games have officially commenced at Pyeongchang in South Korea. This is the 23rd edition of the Olympic Winter Games. Jhulan Goswami became the first woman cricketer in the world to take 200 wickets in ODI (One Day Internationals) during the second game vs South Africa. India most famous captain Sourav Ganguly unveiled the first look of his autobiography titled A Century is Not Enough. The book will be released by the end of February 2018
CURRENT AFFAIRS - JANUARY - 18
CURRENT AFFAIRS - JANUARY - 18 The 2018 Women s World T20 (sixth edition) will be hosted by West Indies Saina fails to master nemesis Tai Tzu in Indonesia Masters final Rakhi Halder created a new national record in clean and jerk en route to a gold medal in the 63kg women's category in the 33rd Women Senior National Weightlifting Championships, in Mangalore. Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki celebrates after defeating Romania's Simona Halep in the women's singles final at the Australian Open. (AP) Aanchal Thakur created history by winning a Indias First International medal in Skiing at the Alpine Ejder 3200 Cup in Turkey India defeats Pakistan to win blind Cricket World Cup 2018 held at Sharjah Cricket Stadium, the UAE. All-rounder Sunil Ramesh was declared the man of the match. Sarjubala Devi won Gold in National Women s Boxing Championship by defeating Haryana s Ritu Sharath Kamal has won National men's singles title (8 th time) in Ranchi, equalling the feat of Kamlesh Mehta defeating Anthony Amalraj Indian Shuttler Siddharth Pratap Singh has won the Swedish Open Junior International Series at Sweden. FIFA Rankings 2018: Germany Retain Top Spot, India Rises Three Places To 102 Vidarbha won its first ever Ranji Trophy defeating Delhi by nine wickets at the Holkar Stadium in Indore. Last year Gujarat had won its maiden Ranji Title Kohli Named ICC Cricketer of the Year; Also Bags ODI Cricketer Award Egypt's Mohamed Salah has been awarded the Confederation of BBC African Football Player of the Year Title 2017. Swiss tennis player Roger Federer has won 2018 Australian Open by defeating Marin Cilic Anil Khanna was named as the Chairman of the Finance Commission of the IOA (Indian Olympic Association). Leander Paes and James Cerretani lift Newport Beach Challenger trophy
CURRENT AFFAIRS - DECEMBER
CURRENT AFFAIRS - DECEMBER Official logo and mascot of Hockey Men's World Cup 2018 was unveiled by Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik at Kalinga Stadium, 16 countries will participate in the 14th edition of the Hockey World Cup. On the basis of McLaren report, International Olympic Committee banned Russia from participating in the event Winter Olympics 2018 Virat Kohli broke Brian Lara's record for most double centuries scored by a Test captain. Kanchanmala Pande won gold medal in World Para- Swimming Championship held at Mexico. Shiva Keshavan won gold medal in Asian Luge Championships held at Altenburg, Germany. He hails from Himachal Pradesh PV Sindhu won silver medal in BWF World Super series Finals held at Dubai PV Sindhu loses to Japan s Akane Yamaguchi Rohit Sharma becomes 1st batsmen to score 3 ODI double centuries in one day internationals Indian shooters Ravi Kumar, Arjun Babuta, Deepak Kumar, Anjum Moudgil & Meghana Sajjanar Bagged 5 Medals in 10th Asian Airgun Shooting Championship held at Wako city, Japan. Viswanathan Anand won World Rapid Chess Championship held at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by defeating Vladimir Fedosee of Russia Narinder Batra elected as new President of Indian Olympic Association ( IOA) India Won Its First-Ever South Asian Regional Badminton Team Championship in a title clash against Nepal in Guwahati, Assam Globe Soccer Awards 2017 Best Player of The Year Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Best Club of the Year Spain Real Madrid Khelo India - National Programme for Development of Sports Launched by Ministry of Youth Affairs And Sports Government of India Jitu Rai won the men's 50m pistol national title with a new national record score of 233 at the 61st National Shooting Championship.
CURRENT AFFAIRS - NOVEMBER
CURRENT AFFAIRS - NOVEMBER Mirabai Chanu won gold medal in World Weightlifting Championships held at Anaheim, United States. 48 kg weight category She hails from Manipur Ritu Phogat won Silver medal in Under-23 Senior World Wrestling held at Poland. 48 kg weight category She hails from Haryana. Pankaj Advani won IBSF World Billiards Championship held in Doha. By defeating Mike Russell of England India topped the medal tally with 20 medals in Commonwealth Shooting Championships was held in Gold Coast in Brisbane Saina Nehwal beats PV Sindhu to Win National Badminton Championships Title Shagun Chowdhary Crowned National Women's Trap Champion Mary Kom won gold medal in Asian Women s Boxing Championships in Light Flyweight held at Vietnam. By defeating North Korea s Kim Hyang Mi 48 kg weight category Indian women s hockey team won Asia Cup hockey title held at Kakamigahara in Japan, By defeating China Team Captain Rani Rampal from Haryana Double Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar, returning to the mat after three years, strolled to a national gold medal Gopi Thonakal Became 1st Indian Man to Win Asian Marathon Championship He hails from Kerala G. Sathiyan grabbed the gold medal in ITTF Challenge Spanish Open held at Almeria after defeating Japan s Kazuhiro Yoshimura He hails from Tamilnadu FIFA have unveiled the official poster for the 2018 World Cup in Russia
CURRENT AFFAIRS - OCTOBER
Indian hockey team has clinched Asia Cup 2017 title by defeating Malaysia CURRENT AFFAIRS - OCTOBER England won FIFA Under-17 World Cup by defeating Spain The final match took place at Salt Lake Stadium Kolkata FIFA has launched Krasava the official ball for Under-17 football World Cup. BCCI Makes Yo-Yo endurance Tests Compulsory For cricketers FIFA suspends Pakistan from international football citing undue third-party interference in the country's football federation. Iceland has become the smallest country ever to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup (Russia) after beating Kosovo "thenationspride.com", India s First Portal Dedicated to Para-sports Launched Kavita Devi (Haryana) has become the first Indian woman to be signed by the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Shadia Bseiso from Jordan has become the first Arab woman from the Middle East Chandigarh golfer Ajeetesh Sandhu won his maiden title on the Asian Tour at Taipei. Asia Masters Meet in China: India got 37 golds, 43 silvers and 66 bronze. India finished second behind hosts China. Shivnath won 4 bronze medals.pn Mishra won gold in hammer throw.siddharth Krishna bagged bronze in 5 km walk.lal Bahadur Yadav won gold in hammer throw Pooja Kadian hands India its first gold in Wushu World Championships in the 75 kg Sanda Category by defeating Evgeniya Stepanova of Russia Gaganjeet Bhullar has won his eighth Asian Tour title at the Macao Open 2017. Rafael Nadal has won his 75th singles title in the China Open final by defeating Australian Nick Kyrgios Kidambi Srikanth Won Denmark Open 2017 By defeating Korean veteran Lee Hyun II.
CURRENT AFFAIRS - SEPTEMBER
CURRENT AFFAIRS - SEPTEMBER 2017 - Goa To Host 36th National Games 2018 - Dehradun, Haldwani & Tehri 2019 - Hyderabad PV Sindhu Wins Korea Open Super Series by defeating Nozomi Okuhara Harinder Pal Sandhu Wins Malaysian Squash Tour X-2017 by deafeating Mohammed Syafiq Kamal of Malaysia Rafal Nadal ("The King of Clay ) defeated Kevin Anderson to win the U.S. Open 2017. Moscow Shotgun World Championship 2017. Double Trap : Team : India won gold Men Junior : Ahvar Rizvi won silver Men Senior : Ankur Mittal won silver Amritpal Singh scripted history by becoming the first Indian-born player to be picked up by an Australian National Basketball League team. Mahendra Singh Dhoni becomes the First Wicketkeeper to have 100 stumpings in ODI Cricket With this he surpassed the Sangakkara Lewis Hamilton wins Singapore Grand Prix and grabbed Formula One world championship. Sumit Nagal wins ITF Futures Men s tennis championship by defeating Colin van Beem of the Netherlands Ana Carrasco from Spain has become the first woman to win a world championship motorcycle race held at Portugal. FIFA U-17 World Cup song officially launched "Kar Ke Dikhla De Goal", written by Amitabh Bhattacharya & composed by Pritam. Marykom has become the first Indian in International Boxing Association (AIBA) as representative for IOC Athlete's forum Sloane Stephens Beats Madison Keys in US Open Women s Singles To Win Her First Grand Slam 'Maharashtra Mission 1 Million' initiative under which over 10 lakh students across the state will play football.