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Current Affairs 1st Feburary 2018 (today’s current affairs). Below are the current affairs of 1st Feburary of this year-
- India has been ranked sixth in the list of wealthiest countries with the total wealth of 8,230 billion US dollars.
- India has overtaken the US to become the world’s third-largest steel producer and the country is now looking to bag the second spot from Japan.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the first Khelo India School Games at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi.
- President Ram Nath Kovind gave his approval to a Bill that will more than double the salaries of Supreme Court and High Court judges.
- North Korea has cancelled a joint cultural performance with S Korea ahead of the Winter Olympic Games.
- Earlier, Israel PM Netanyahu had accused Iran of building military bases in Syria and Lebanon to eradicate Israel.
- A report by Greenpeace studied around 630 million Indians . It revealed that close to 550 million people including 47 million children below 5 years of age, lived in areas where PM10 is above national standards.
- There were 98 lakh unique GST registrants as of Dec 2017.
- Asian Development Bank and India has signed a 250 million dollar loan to finance the construction of over 6200 km all-weather rural roads in 5 states.
- The State Bank of India, through its subsidiary SBI Cards & Payments Services Pvt Ltd, will offer credit cards to farmers.
- Taking another step towards going paperless, retirement fund body EPFO said it has launched facilities for employers to pay dues and update ownership details online.
