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• India is expected to overtake this nation to become the world’s fastest growing large economy - China

• The World Economic Forum has ranked India at this position on the Inclusive Development Index 2018 – 62

• Saudi Arabia has announced 1.5 billion USD in aid to this nation - Yemen

• This state is hosting the 8th International Conference on wild silk moths – Assam

• The garbage festival called ‘Kachra Mahotsav’ was organised in this state - Chhattisgarh

• He was appointed as the new Chief Election Commissioner on January 21, 2018 by President Ram Nath Kovind - Om Prakash Rawat

• This Bengaluru lake, covered with several feet of toxic foam caught fire recently yet again - Bellandur Lake

• He has been appointed as the chairman of the newly-constituted UPSSSC - Chandra Bhushan Paliwal

• This country’s team has won the 5th edition of Blind Cricket World Cup 2018 - India

• This nation has announced the world’s first public register against money laundering - Britain

• This state is going to have candidates' picture on EVMs in upcoming bypolls - Rajasthan

• He launched the National CSR Data Portal & Corporate Data Portal - Arun Jaitley

• This Indian player climbed to World No 2 rank in the boys' under-18 category in the  latest International TT rankings - Manav Thakkar

• This city hosted the International Dam Safety Conference - Thiruvananthapuram

• The 48th World Economic Forum annual meeting was hosted by this nation- Switzerland

• China has invited countries belonging to this group to join its ‘One Belt, One Road’ initiative - CELAC

• He has taken charge as the new Director of Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre - S Somanath

• India has been ranked at this position on the global index of talent competitiveness 2018 - 81

• This state’s cabinet has approved 'one district, one product' scheme - Uttar Pradesh

• The National Girl Child Day was observed on this day - January 24

• The Supreme Court has asked the centre to set up a panel to resolve the dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over the sharing of water from this river - Mahanadi

• The National Human Rights Commission has issued a notice to this state government over closure of a large number of government schools due to less number of students - Odisha

• This country will host the ministerial meeting of International Energy Forum 2018 - India

• This country will host the 6th edition of ICC Women’s World Twenty20 2018 - West Indies

• India and World Bank signed USD 120 million pact for improved water supply in this state- Uttarakhand

• NIIF has partnered with this organisation to make its first investment - DP World

• He was sworn-in as President of Liberia - George Weah

• He took charge as the Election Commissioner of India recently - Ashok Lavasa

• This state has banned the sale of tobacco at shops selling FMCG items - Maharashtra

• According to IMF, this is the expected growth rate of India in 2018 - 7.4

• Researchers have discovered a new population of walking fish in this Australian state - Tasmania

• India has exchanged MoUs for cooperation in the field of Information and Broadcasting and space with this nation - Vietnam

• The Government of this nation has funded a satellite hunt to identify new mineral deposits - Britain

• This state hosted India’s first garbage festival ‘Kachra Mahotsav 2018’ - Chhattisgarh