Daily Current Affairs Quiz 18th September 2018

Varun Dhawan and Anushka Sharma have been signed on to promote and endorse the Skill India Mission (SIM), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Skill India Mission is led by the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and aims to standardise vocational training. The two actors will dedicate time to promote the skilled talent in the country.

The Gujarat High Court has struck down a provision of the GST Act. Act prohibited ‘first stage dealers from transitioning excise duty credit on goods procured more than a year before the rollout of the new indirect tax regime on July 1, 2017. Under GST, businesses are allowed to claim credit of taxes paid on goods bought within 12 months of the appointed date for GST or after July 1, 2016.

Moutaz Mousa Abdallah is elected as Sudan’s new Prime Minister.

Federal Bank inks MOU With Infopark Kakkanad.

The Centre proposed the merger of state-owned Bank of Baroda, Dena Bank and Vijaya Bank in order to create India’s third-largest bank.

Airports Authority of India (AAI) will prepare a detailed project report (DPR) for development of Palaly airport in Sri Lanka. All the technical and design aspects would be covered in the DPR, which is expected to be completed in three months. This would be the first project for AAI in Sri Lanka. The AAI manages more than 120 airports in different parts of India.

Sakshi Malik settled for a Silver medal at the Medved International Wrestling tournament at Minsk, Belarus. In the Final of the 62 kg category, Sakshi lost to Hungary's Marianna Sastin, 2-6 to finish second best. Indian grappler Pooja Dhanda also bagged a Bronze medal in the 57 kg category.

State Bank of India appoints Prashant Kumar as CFO.

Flipkart has held talks to buy a stake in Hotstar, to enter Amazon Prime Video, Netflix arena.

Kent RO Systems, a healthcare products firm, is to set up its second manufacturing plant at Noida. For this project, it has invested more than Rs.150 crore.