All important National Current Affairs in 2018

In this article, we have updated all-important National Current Affairs in 2018 between January 2018 to December 2018 on monthly basis. The events are compiled from newspapers (The Hindu, TOI, IE & ET), magazines, and various online resources.

December 2018

Review petition of NJAC dismissed. 425
GSAT-11 satellite to be launched.. 427
Govt to collect fingerprint data. 428
India now has a witness protection programme. 429
Agriculture Export Policy 2018. 432
NM-ICPS approved.. 434
Amendment of the Jallianwala Bagh National Memorial Act, 1951 approved.. 437
New chief economic advisor. 438
Telangana pulls back quota plea. 440
1st International Conference on SWM… 442
First Indian state to have 4 international airports. 444
Agni-5 successfully test-fired. 445
Sebi to relax OFS framework. 447
New RBI governor. 450
SC bars disclosure of identity of rape victims. 451
Partners Forum 2018. 453
Complete electrification under Saubhagya. 454
DSRV inducted.. 456
Tribunal for Manipur insurgent groups. 457
KCR takes oath as Telangana CM… 459
NMDP Council to be set up.. 460
No irregularities in purchase of Rafale jets. 462
New CM of Mizoram… 463
First military flight by Bio-Fuel. 464
IFMC rules 2018. 466
Strategy for New India @ 75. 467
India in RSF report. 470
Swachh Survekshan 2018
Baseline Report of the SDG India Index
NABCB Accreditation in Asia- Pacific Region
IFC-IOR inaugurated.
Draft IT rules issued for public consultation
First in country
Bogibeel bridge inaugurates
Andhra Pradesh gets nod for separate HC
Second Delta Ranking of the Aspirational Districts
100 Smart Cities Selected in 4 Rounds
Drone Olympics’ announced
India’s new land warfare doctrine
Renames 3 Andaman and Nicobar islands
Mrinal Sen passes away

November 2018

‘Statue of Unity’ dedicates to the nation
India ranking in GPI
India’s First Justice City
Viraat to become a commercial hub
India’s N-triad
Women of India Organic Festival 2018
India in GTSI 2018
First induction of artillery guns
TN gets SEBI nod
India’s first container vessel
Training programme for CBRN
Draft of IWTCS
Awards of NITI Aayog’s AIM and UNICEF
Himalayan State Regional Council Constituted
GSAT-29 Successfully launched
Govt mulls grant for maternity leave
Mother Cauvery statue
Maharashtra approves quota on Tamil Nadu model
Western Peripheral Expressway
India closer to malaria-free tag
Vacation Deprivation Report 2018
ACROSS and NFAR approved
Allied and Healthcare Council of India
Mary Kom wins historic gold
UN selects Noida in SDG cities initiative
Capacity Building Programme for Urban Water Management
NDMA conducts a training programme for CBRN
High-End Skill Development Centre
Ethanol extraction allows for blending from foodgrains
A new division for startups
Parl panel to take stock of IL&FS Group

October 2018

‘Operation Samudra Maitri’ launched
46th Chief Justice of India
India’s first deportation
GI Tag for Alphonso
Delhi’s Statehood verdict
IndiaSkills 2018 concludes
SGB Scheme FY19 launched
No innovative universities in India
India wins seat to UN Human Rights Council
AB merged with SS scheme in WB
IITs dominate Indian University Rankings
Allahabad named ‘Prayagraj’
PPP guidelines for district hospitals
India’s first railway station inside tunnel
National Police Memorial dedicates to the Nation
SC order on use and sale of firecrackers
GoM set up to look into sexual harassment
Web portal of SPARC launched
Sustainable Sanitation Kicked off
Kerala’s flood report
India’s first inland waterways shipment
India’s intangible heritage inventory

September 2018

Law panel supports for simultaneous polls
Consultation paper on common code
India Post Payments Bank launched
MOVE Cyclathon
First ground base at the North Pole
F-16 fighter jet will produce in India
Only 16% Nirbhaya Fund utilised
India Ranks 19th In ‘Theft Rankings’ Regarding Nuclear Materials Security
UST Global campus to host SHEROES summit
Sikkim to be on the aviation map
ABVP rues delay in new education policy
IMA moots mandatory cadaver organ donation, ads by doctors
Bengaluru will host Aero India in February 2019
INSA cuts funds for awardees
Supreme Court won’t stay SC/ST Act changes
Rafale deal: National security at risk?
Aadhaar software not hacked: UIDAI
PM Modi announces the launch of ‘Swachhata Hi Seva Movement’
India’s first missile tracking ship is readying for sea trials
Criminal politicians: 25 States, UTs did not respond to Supreme Court orders
India among nations with ‘no or little enforcement’ against foreign bribery: Report
CIC wants the break-up of how MPLADS funds are utilised
First Indian State to set up cyber varsity
NRC: Tribunal questions process of identifying foreigners
National Registry of Sexual Offenders
Rationalisation of CSS schemes
Now Live-in partners can adopt a child
The launch of Ayushman Bharat scheme from Jharkhand
First airport in the Himalayan State
DISC Deadline Gets Extended
FGM refers to the constitution bench
ISA, IORA and REINVEST meet
AP tops in ‘Ease of Living Index’
National tourism awards 2016-17
Parakarm Parv 2018

August 2018

Startup India Yatra
Re-structuring of ASRB approved
Shutdown over Article 35A
Violating norms in Boeing P-8I
M Karunanidhi passes away
GII- 2018 launched in India
Govt approves water aerodromes
Bru repatriation deferred
VS Naipaul dies at 85
Swachh Survekshan 2019
New CSS for promoting Pharmacovigilance
The first project under the SDS
Permanent commissioning of women in armed forces
The UK returns 12th century Buddha statue
11th World Hindi Conference
NOTA voting option can’t be permitted in RS
Kerala to get cyclone warning centre
Policy for thalassemia patients
IBC 2018 inaugurated
5 Thematic area in Himalayan Region
India’s first biofuel flight
Govt plans steps on women safety
Healing touch to Siachen soldiers
India’s first biofuel flight maiden voyage
India gets its first LED cinema screen
SC orders re-verification of NRC
Six States sign MoU for Lakhwar dam

July 2018

37th UNESCO Heritage Site
AFSPA extended in Nagaland
WAPCOS celebrates foundation day
SC deadline for final NRC draft
India’s First Global Mobility Summit
Renaming of Agartala airport
First BS-VI engine certificate
First ever ‘India Tourism Mart’
Six institutes get ‘Eminence’ tag
No interim order on SC/STs promotions
Adultery law is under consideration
4th National Conclave on Mines & Minerals
President nominates four members to Rajya Sabha
12th-century coins dug up in Bastar
21 nuclear reactors under implementation
Nuclear missile tracking ship
UN report on HIV infections
SPC programme launched
Public Affairs Index 2018
Swachh Survekshan Grameen launched
India’s first UMS
New Nuclear Power Plants
Data protection report submitted
“Mission Satyanishtha” launched
‘Made-in-India’ multi-fuel war tank
National Viral Hepatitis Control Program
Major cities to get missile shields
UN’s E-Government index 2018

June 2018

First ever adventure tourism guidelines
Agreement on Financing for PMGSY
India’s coastline now extends
India’s First Advanced Forensic Lab
Strategy on AI released
SC clears decks for reservation in promotion
Geo-Intelligence Asia – 2018
Global Peace Index 2018
QS Rankings 2019
Govt opens a lateral entry
India to have its 1st police museum
“Rail Madad” launched
New Swachh Iconic Places launched
Rani Rashmoni inducted

May 2018

Disaster Risk Reduction database
‘Vijay Prahar’ exercise
DST celebrates its foundation day
75 National Resource Centres notified
NWIC launched
‘World’s first’ women’s special train
First Apex Conference of Smart Cities
TRIFED goes digital
Frozen Semen Station under RGM
Buddhist tourism circuit to more states
National Wind-solar Hybrid Policy
Draft Cauvery scheme submitted in SC
SC justifies its verdict on SC/ST Act
IP Nani launched
SC approves draft Cauvery Management Scheme
“AYUSH” finds a place in the English Language
Kishanganga hydropower project inaugurated
Zojila project in Leh inaugurated
Historic Circumnavigation completed
UGC (Online Courses) Regulations, 2018 approved
Curtain Raiser of SURYA KIRAN-XIII
EPE inaugurated
Eastern Peripheral Expressway (EPE)
No fly-by-night operator will be allowed
Web portal ‘Praapti’ launched
Notice by Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal

April 2018

TN files contempt against Cauvery issue
Only Indian city in top 10 tech hubs’ list
Govt questions SC order on SC/ST Act
Article 370 is not temporary
Exercise Gaganshakti-2018
India at CWG 2018
India’s most powerful locomotive
Satyagraha se Swachhagraha
Delhi airport debuts in world’s top 20 busiest
DRDO at DefExpo 2018
‘EoI’ for first offshore wind energy
e-FRRO scheme launched
Gaganshakti-2018 concluded
10th Defexpo-2018
First ‘LED street light district’
Districts removed from Maoist-hit areas.
Mecca Masjid blast verdict.
World Heritage Day 2018.
States ranks on nutrition..
First Smart City becomes fully Renewable Energy.
India top in remittances in 2017.
AFSPA removed from Meghalaya.
Restructured NBM approved.
First license for Liquid Chlorine.
First-ever Mock Exercise on Bio-Disasters.
Tejas carries out successful test firing of BVR missile.

March 2018

Cabinet ups guarantee to NAFED
Conference on ‘World Rare Disease Day’
World’s largest solar park inaugurated
XPL-18 Concludes
Bengaluru to get Fund from Nirbhaya Fund
DefExpo 2018
ICH in UNESCO’s List
Sukhad Yatra App launched
National Nutrition Mission launched
SC allows passive euthanasia
No provision for states having a flag
4 cities shortlisted for IDY
India’s first coastal policing academy
Rare signed photo of Gandhi auctioned
India is world’s largest arms importer
Drug QOL-2C developed
Award for E-office
105th Indian Science Congress
Ram Sethu will not be damaged
Basmati fails to get GI tag
Made-in-India train replace Shatabdi
7TH Women Science Congress Inaugurated
World’s First Trusted Digital Repository
Smart India Hackathon 2018
Strategy on RE Initiated
First Indian Sign Language Dictionary
Drug Law Enforcement
INS Ganga decommissioned
Notice to Cambridge Analytica
India pledges to help Palestine refugees
‘Print Biennale India 2018’ inaugurated
World’s oldest city goes ‘wireless’
Ranking of ‘aspirational’ districts.
Remove ‘bridge course’ get nod

February 2018

SC adopts roster system
IIT-IIT launched
The electoral bond under judicial scanner
Adult woman free to choose the place of living
Asia University Rankings 2018
J&K to get new Act after 114 years
India in global IP index
New Affiliation Norms for ITIs
International Conference on Unani Medicine
Only Indian city among world’s top richest
Railways launches ‘whistleblower’ portal
First ever Highway Capacity Manual
‘Paschim Lehar’ begins
LTCG will not impact NPS
India’s defence budget in world’s top 5
Cauvery dispute verdict
BRO builds a strategic road
The international Theatre Olympics
Languages heading for extinction
PILs in SC for population control
Home Ministry sets deadline for Cyber labs
Global Digital Health Partnership Summit
National Conference on “Agriculture-2022”
13-digit for M2M services
Marks of Prelims exam can’t be made public: SC
First tranche of electoral bonds on sale
First ever govt to rank medical college
SC order spells relief for jute industry
Sustainable Biofuels 2018
Viral Load test for PLHIV launched.
21st National Conference on e-Governance
Hetero launches HIV treatment drug in India.
J-K panel suggestion.

January 2018

Free conversion of PIO cards to OCI stopped
The rollout of cleanliness survey
World’s biggest sand sculpture
Rajya Sabha made a history
Asia’s longest tunnel road
‘Operation Alert’ launched
First in Cyclone Ockhi
Can women be punished for adultery
Courts cannot assume the role of legal protector: SC
India’s ‘first coffee’ brews GI tag
e-Sansad and e-Vidhan projects
SC revises the earlier order
New SIT sets up for anti-Sikh riots
Nirbhik, Nirghat decommissioned
7-member team for Judge’s rift
Teen Murti Chowk renamed
Bengal joins Swachh contest
Centre scraps Haj subsidy. 378
15% universities allow to offer online degrees
Govt plans liveability index of 116 cities
Nine cities under SCM
National Urban Policy
Inclusive Development index 2018
First time in NFHS
India’s first civil plane in the sky
‘Bharat Parv’ as part of Republic Day 2018
Army gifts T-55 battle tank
India marks 69th Republic Day
Key tableaux themes this year
Hindi word of 2017
First Nepal player in IPL
NLU report
Asia’s largest drip irrigation project