Dear Aspirants,
We feel great pleasure in bringing the 'August 2018' edition of our very own 'Masters in Current Affairs', a platform where you get all the exam related information at a single place. It is designed especially for the forthcoming examinations. Its regular sections such as News Maker, News Diary, One liners etc. cover each and every news in details which is important for examinations. Rest of the news are covered in 'Chalte - Chalte' i.e. one liner news, which you can find at the bottom of each page.
Some important issues of this month were discussed in featured articles. One among them is 'Nipah Virus'. Few deaths due to Nipah virus infection were reported in Kozhikode District, Kerala State, India. This is the first NiV outbreak reported in Kerala State and third NiV outbreak known to have occurred in India.
RBI has recently released its second Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has increased the key ‘repo’ rate by 25 basis points to 6.25 %. The decision came in the backdrop of rising trend of inflation and oil prices, weaker currency (67.07 per dollar) and the wage-price setting process due to closure of “output gap”. All the details in the regards are mentioned inside.
The 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit was held at Qingdao. It brought together the heads of states/governments of eight-member states; four observer states and six dialogue partners, besides linking up with other multilateral institutions like United Nations, ASEAN and others. The major developments of the meetings are discussed inside.
In this edition we are providing the complete solution of UPSC (PRE) 2018, Paper I and Paper II. There is a separate section named Que-TM for your self-evaluation, which includes all the possible MCQ's from this month's current affairs. This will be highly beneficial for all the upcoming examinations.
Your advice or suggestions will be much appreciated and welcomed..
RBI has recently released its second Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy. The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has increased the key ‘repo’ rate by 25 basis points to 6.25 %. The decision came in the backdrop of rising trend of inflation and oil prices, weaker currency (67.07 per dollar) and the wage-price setting process due to closure of “output gap”. All the details in the regards are mentioned inside.
The 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit was held at Qingdao. It brought together the heads of states/governments of eight-member states; four observer states and six dialogue partners, besides linking up with other multilateral institutions like United Nations, ASEAN and others. The major developments of the meetings are discussed inside.
In this edition we are providing the complete solution of UPSC (PRE) 2018, Paper I and Paper II. There is a separate section named Que-TM for your self-evaluation, which includes all the possible MCQ's from this month's current affairs. This will be highly beneficial for all the upcoming examinations.
Your advice or suggestions will be much appreciated and welcomed..
