Current Affairs 8th Feburary 2018 (today’s current affairs). Below are the current affairs of 8th Feburary of this year-
- K’taka HC lawyers launched a week-long hunger strike over the delay in appointment of judges.
- External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj attended the opening ceremony of the 32nd Al Jana-driyah festival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. India has been invited as the Guest of Honour country for the festival.
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International airport of Mumbai sets record with 980 flights in 24 hours or almost one flight every minute. With this, the Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International airport bettered its own feat of 974 flights in 24 hours, recorded in December 2017
- The UK govt has announced that it’ll double the health surcharge on visas from 200 to 400 pounds.
- Over 5,500 US troops were present in Iraq at the height of fight against ISIS last year.
- Petroleum products currently attract duties like central excise and VAT.
- A recommendation has been made to the Finance Ministry to hike the duty from the current 50% to protect domestic sugarcane farmers
- Indian pacer Jhulan Goswami picked up 4 wickets while Shikha Pandey took 3 of her own.
- The ‘grid kids’ will be chosen by their motorsport clubs on merit or by lottery and will already be competing in karting or junior formulae.
- The stock market crash in India wiped out Rs.5.4 lakh crore from the market capitalisation of all listed companies in seconds.
