Current Affairs for General Knowledge

Nigerian President re-elected for 2 nd term – ·        Nigerian President Muhhammadu Buhari has been re-elected for a second four-year term. ·        Buhari defeated his main rival, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar with a margin of around four million votes. ·        Capital: Abuja Trending. ·        Currency: Nigerian Naira. DAC approved acquisition of defence equipment – ·        The Defence Acquistion Council (DAC) gave approval for the acquisition of defence equipment for about Rs. 2700 crores on 27 February 2019. ·        The council was chaired by Defence Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman. ·        Approval was granted for procurement of 3 Cadet Training Ships for the Indian Navy. ·        The ships would b...

India-Bangladesh Joint Exercise to be held – ·        A Joint Military Exercise, Sampriti-2019 will be held conducted between India and Bangladesh at Tangail , Bangladesh from 2 March to 15 March 2019. ·        This will be the eight edition of the exercise which is hosted alternately by both countries. ·        The exercise is aimed to strengthen and broaden the aspects of interoperability and cooperation between both the Armies. 20 th session of JCEC began – ·        The meeting of 20 th India-Italy Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation (JCEC) began in New Delhi on 26 February 2019. ·        The JCEC is an institutional mechanism for bilateral trade engagement held at the level of Minister of Commerce and Industry of the two countries. ·        The 19 th session of I...