ARUL IAS ACADEMY GROUP2A QUICK REVISION GENERAL STUDIES

GROUP2A QUICK REVISION GENERAL STUDIES CURRENT AFFAIRS ( EXPECTED AREA)

112-foot Shiva statue unveiled in Coimbatore 10 tallest in you probably haven't seen yet 1. Swami (Location - Vijaywada, ;Year of construction – 2003 ;Height - 135 feet) 2. Padmasambhava Guru Rinpoche (Location - Rewalsar Lake, Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh;Year of construction – 2012;Height - 123 feet) 3. Thiruvalluvar's Statue (Location - Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu;Year of inauguration – 2000;Height - 133 feet) 4. Murudeshwara Statue (Location - Murudeshwara, Uttara Kannada district, Karnataka;Year of construction – 1979 ;Height - 123 feet) 5. Hanuman Statue (Location - Jakhoo Hill, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh;Year of inauguration – 2010;Height - 108 feet) 6. Buddha Statue (Location - Dehradun, Uttarakhand;Year of construction – 1965;Height - 107 feet) 7. Hanuman Murti (Location - Nandura, Buldhana district, Maharashtra;Height - 105 feet) 8. Har ki Pauri (Location - Haridwar, Uttarakhand;Height - over 100 feet) 9. Chinmaya Ganadhish (Location - Kolhapur, Maharashtra;Year of construction – 2001;Height - 85 feet) 10. Adinath (Location - Barwani, Madhya Pradesh;Time of construction - Early 12th century;Height – 84 feet)  Mumbai Up in Arms Over Rs 3,600 Cr Shivaji Memorial in Arabian Sea  Thiruvalluvar finally gets pride of place in Haridwar - 12-foot-tall stone statue of Tamil poet-saint Thiruvalluvar  630-foot statue, to be built on reclaimed land in the Arabian Sea off Mumbai, when Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for the statue — which will be completed by 2019 called it the “Statue of Unity,” and it was to be the world’s tallest statue, portraying Sardar

BRIDGE( EXPECTED AREA)

 India’s longest river bridge, capable of withstanding the weight of a 60-tonne battle tank- in Assam close to the border with on 26 May by Prime Minister Narendra Modi- 9.15- km-long Dhola-Sadiya bridge over the Brahmaputra river, 2,056 crore  A second bridge connecting Bhubaneswar and Cuttack by Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik today. The 2.81 km bridge, named after Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Setu, is the longest in the state. cost Rs 114 crore ARUL IAS ACADEMY APTITUDE GROUP2A QUICK REVISION ARUL IAS ACADEMY GROUP2A QUICK REVISION GENERAL STUDIES  World's highest rail bridge on Chenab River..It is expected to be 35 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower.(Eiffel Tower Paris, France height(300 m, 324 m to tip) 1,100 crore 359 metres above the river The 1.315 km long  New Bridge Constructed in Record Time of 165 Days on Savitri River Masonry Arch Bridge on Savitri and Kal river near Mahad in Maharashtra having width of 5.90 m and length of 184 m constructed in 1928 collapsed due to heavy unprecedented rainfall  India’s longest surface tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district is complete. It will be open to traffic soon, following successful completion of trial runs for peak and off-peak hours. The 9-km-long tunnel at Chenani passes through the lower Himalayan mountain range on Jammu- Srinagar National Highway.

ISRO 2016 AND 2017 SATELLITE - PSLV

Title Launch Launcher Orbit Payload

Date Type

PSLV-C38 / Cartosat-2 Jun 23, PSLV-XL SSPO Cartosat-2 Series Series Satellite 2017 Satellite

PSLV-C37 / Cartosat -2 Feb 15, PSLV-XL SSPO Cartosat -2 Series Series Satellite 2017 Satellite

PSLV-C36 / Dec 07, PSLV-XL SSPO RESOURCESAT-2A

RESOURCESAT-2A 2016

PSLV-C35 / SCATSAT-1 Sep 26, PSLV SSPO SCATSAT-1 2016

PSLV-C34 / CARTOSAT-2 Jun 22, PSLV-XL SSPO CARTOSAT-2 Series

Series Satellite 2016 Satellite

PSLV-C33/IRNSS-1G Apr 28, PSLV-XL GTO IRNSS-1G 2016

PSLV-C32/IRNSS-1F Mar 10, PSLV-XL GTO IRNSS-1F 2016

PSLV-C31/IRNSS-1E Jan 20, PSLV-XL GTO IRNSS-1E 2016

ISRO 2016 AND 2017 SATELLITE - PSLV

GSLV-F09 / GSAT-9 May 05, 2017 GSLV GSO GSAT-9

GSLV-F05 / INSAT-3DR Sep 08, 2016 GSLV-MK-II GTO INSAT-3DR

ARUL IAS ACADEMY APTITUDE GROUP2A QUICK REVISION ARUL IAS ACADEMY GROUP2A QUICK REVISION GENERAL STUDIES GSLV Mk III Launches Till Date

GSLV Mk III-D1/GSAT-19 Mission Jun 05, 2017 GSLV-MK-III GSAT-19

LVM-3/CARE Mission Dec 18, 2014 GSLV-MK-III CARE

CARE: Crew module Atmospheric Re-entry Experiment

 The first experimental mission of ISRO’s Scramjet Engine towards the realisation of an Air Breathing Propulsion System was successfully conducted on August 28, 2016 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota.

SCHEMES BY MODI GOVERNMENT 2017

 List of Airports Under UDAN Scheme (Udey Desh Ka Aam Nagrik)

 Rs. 6000 Pregnancy Aid Scheme for Pregnant Women in India

 Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana 2017 – The Old Age Pension Scheme

 Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMGDSA) – Making Rural India Digitally Literate

 Start-Up India Scheme for Women Entrepreneurs

 MUDRA Loan Scheme for Small and Marginal Fisherman

 Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana – Assistive Living Devices Scheme for Senior Citizens

 Aadhar Pay – BHIM Aadhar Payment App

 Power Tex India Scheme Launched to Boost Powerloom Sector

 Bharat Ke Veer Portal & App for Helping Families of Martyrs

 Pradhan Mantri Matritva Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) – Rs. 6000 Pregnancy Aid Scheme

 Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY) – Pension Scheme for Senior Citizens

 Tele-Law – Free Legal Consultation at 1000 CSC’s in Bihar & Uttar Pradesh

 Pradhan Mantri Gram Parivahan Yojana (PMGPY) – Interest Free Commercial Vehicle Loan for Women

MT. EVEREST AND MOUNTAIN CURRENT AFFAIRS

 Anshu Jamsenpa: First Indian Women to scale Mount Everest Four Times. Anshu Jamsenpa, a native of Bomdila in Arunachal Pradesh

 Anshu Jamsenpa has become the world’s first woman to scale Mt Everest twice within 5 days.

 Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal were the first climbers to conquer Mount Everest

ARUL IAS ACADEMY APTITUDE GROUP2A QUICK REVISION ARUL IAS ACADEMY GROUP2A QUICK REVISION GENERAL STUDIES  Love Raj Singh has become the first Indian to scale Mt. Everest 6 times. He hails from Uttarakhand

 Anita Kundu, a Haryana police sub-inspector from Hisar, has made history by becoming the First Indian woman to climb Mount Everest from the China side on May 2017

 Love Raj Singh Dharmashaktu -Indian mountaineer has been honoured by Nepal Government for scaling a record six times

 India’s first hill station bicycle path was inaugurated in Darjeeling, West Bengal at an altitude of over 2,000 metres.

 Mt Lhotse has recorded its first summit in 3 years. Mt Lhotse is the fourth highest mountain in the world.

 Mt Lhotse (8,516 metre) is the fourth highest mountain in the world after Mt Everest, K2 and Kangchenjunga

 Ueli Steck, a renowned mountain climber has passed away. He hailed from Switzerland

FIRST TIME (FIRST IN INDIA AND FIRST IN WORLD NEWS)

 India’s first Post Office Passport Seva Kendra inaugurated in Mysuru

 Goa becomes first state to send postal ballots via electronic mode

 Madhya Pradesh became the first State of the country to launch Aanandam programme to help the needy persons.

 Madhya Pradesh Government launched Digital Dakiya (or Digital Postman) scheme to encourage cashless transactions. It is first of its kind scheme in the country

 Denmark creates world’s first Digital Ambassador

 First China-Britain freight train arrives in London

 Russia to ban cigarette sale to those born after 2015. It will make Russia the first country in the world to completely phase out tobacco.

 Finland became the first country in Europe to pay its unemployed citizens a basic monthly income

 Justice JS Khehar who will be the first CHIEF JUSTICE from the Sikh community

 Sunil Gavaskar, who was the first batsman to score 10,000 runs in Test cricket,

wins First Ranji Trophy title

 Sarita Devi set to become India’s first female professional boxer

 Britain becomes first country to recognise parkour as a sport

 Rajasthan Cricket Association first to adopt Lodha Committee reforms

 India’s first multi-sports museum was inaugurated in Kolkata

 Manipur’s Karang is India’s first cashless island ARUL IAS ACADEMY APTITUDE GROUP2A QUICK REVISION ARUL IAS ACADEMY GROUP2A QUICK REVISION GENERAL STUDIES  Europe’s first underwater museum opens in Lanzarote

 Baby born using new type of 3-person IVF in Ukraine(FIRST TIME)

 India’s first solar-powered boat launched in Kerala

 Norway becomes first country to cease FM radio broadcasting

 IGI Airport first in world to adopt digital platform Arc

 World’s first gender literature festival to be held in Patna(BIHAR)

 Aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya becomes first warship to have ATM onboard

 Airtel launches India’s first Payments Bank

 PM Narendra Modi inaugurates India’s first international stock exchange at Gift city.Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first international stock exchange atInternational Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in Gujarat International Financial Tech City (GIFT)located in Gandhinagar, capital of Gujarat

 City Union Bank had introduced India’s first banking robot named Lakshmi which uses artificial intelligence to handle 125 topics.

 For first time as many as 46 constituencies in Uttar Pradesh (where Assembly elections is scheduled in February 2017) will have voters’ list printed in Urdu along with Hindi and English

 India’s first laser technology-based advanced AVMS RTO check-post launched in Gujarat

 India’s first transgender school opens in Kerala

 China launches first commercial space mission with new -1A rocket

 Pakistan test-fires first nuclear-capable submarine cruise missile Babur-3

 Pakistan conducts first flight test of Ababeel missile with MIRV technology

 Japan has successfully launched its first military communications satellite Kirameki-2 (kee-RAHmeh-kee 2) satellite.

 India’s first dedicated space observatory, ASTROSAT

 India’s first bus to run on biogas will start from Kolkata

 Eden Gardens stadium, Kolkata will become the first Indian stadium to have stands named after war heroes

 The satellite “Aoba Velox-III” has become the first Singapore satellite which has successfully been launched into space from the International Space Station (ISS).

 first-ever Hugo Chavez Prize for Peace and Sovereignty of Venezula -Vladimir Putin

 Indian Railways approves first Rail Project in Andaman and Nicobar .The Union Railway Ministry has approved 240-KM broad-gauge railway line project in Andamanand Nicobar. ARUL IAS ACADEMY APTITUDE GROUP2A QUICK REVISION ARUL IAS ACADEMY GROUP2A QUICK REVISION GENERAL STUDIES  Ireland became world’s first country to stop investing in fossil fuels

 Indian Railways launched the country’s first Antyodaya Express between Ernakulam (Kerala) and Howrah (West Bengal).

 Andhra Pradesh get its first smart police station in Guntur city

 Gujarat becomes first state for establishing Cashless System for distribution of foodgrains

 The world’s first robot table tennis tutor named FORPHEUS in Japan has set a new Guinness World Record for its uncanny ability of being to play the game better than most humans Kerala to become first state to launch first sex offenders registry

 Airtel Payments Bank and Mastercard launches India’s first online debit card

 Dr Neelu Rohmetra becomes first woman Director of IIM

 Tehmina Janjua appointed as Pakistan’s first woman Foreign Secretary to UN

 Cressida Dick appointed as Scotland Yard’s first female top cop

 India’s first centre of disabled sportsmen to come up in Gandhinagar

 Virat Kohli becomes first sportsperson to ink 100-crore deal with Puma

 Shantha Rangaswamy becomes first woman to get BCCI lifetime achievement award

 First National Women’s Parliament held in Andhra Pradesh

 The first SAARC summit was held in Dhaka (Bangladesh) in December 1985

 Arunachal Pradesh became the first state in the northeast to implement e-Cabinet

 World’s first Braille for visually impaired persons released in New Delhi

 INS Sarvekshak becomes India’s first ship to go green

 India’s first floating elementary school inaugurated on Manipur’s Loktak Lake

 The first Masala bond was issued by the International Finance Corporation (IFC),

 ZTE launches world’s first 5G IT baseband unit

 India’s first Integrated Heliport inaugurated at in New Delhi

 Mohit Ahlawat (21) from Delhi has become the first batsman in the world to score a triple century in a T20 match at a level.

 IIT Kharagpur -Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) to set up India’s first school on Quality and Reliability (Q&R)

 INS Sarvekshak has become the India’s first warship to install solar panels on board

 GNFC township, which has become the India’s first-ever cashless township, is in Gujarat

ARUL IAS ACADEMY APTITUDE GROUP2A QUICK REVISION ARUL IAS ACADEMY GROUP2A QUICK REVISION GENERAL STUDIES  Sanjauli police post in Himachal Pradesh becomes first in India to be linked with CCTNS

 The first smart tribal model village ‘Hubbi’ was inaugurated at Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.

 Bengaluru gets India’s first vertical garden

 Carrie Lam becomes first woman Chief Executive of Hong Kong

 Pakistan to conduct its first census in 19 years

 HDFC Bank launches India’s first Artificial Intelligence driven chatbot EVA

 IDFC launches Biometric Based Payment System Aadhaar Pay

 Ravish Kumar awarded first Kuldip Nayar journalism award

 Sima Kamil becomes first woman to lead a major Pakistani bank

 Tanushree Pareek becomes first woman field officer of BSF

 Gauri Singh becomes first girl to swim from Sea Link to Gateway of India

 INS Kalvari is the first of India’s six Scorpene-class submarines

 Scientists have discovered polka dot tree frog (Hypsiboas punctatus), the world’s first fluorescent frog in Argentina.

 First fully India-made train (rake) Medha was flagged off at Dadar station in Mumbai

 Majuli, the world’s largest river island, as the country’s first carbon neutral district.

 The first Earth Hour was held on March 31, 2007 in Sydney, Australia

 Kanha in Madhya Pradesh became first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a mascot named Bhoorsingh the Barasingha

 El Salvador becomes world’s first country to ban metal mining

 Vidya Pillai from India has won silver medal in the 2017 Eden World Women Snooker

 Championship at Safra Toa Payoh in Singapore. With this feat, Vidya secured India’s first international medal in 2017.

 The 114-km-long Manamadurai–Rameswaram stretch of Southern Railway was India’s first ‘Green corridor

 India’s first International research centre for Foot and Mouth disease of cattle and buffalos was inaugurated at Argul (Bhubaneswar), Odisha

 Hyderabad becomes first ‘Giga-enabled’ city in India

 K Prithika Yashini becomes India’s first-ever transgender police official

 Iceland set to become world’s first country to neutralise gender pay gap

 North India to get first wildlife DNA bank in Bareilly ARUL IAS ACADEMY APTITUDE GROUP2A QUICK REVISION ARUL IAS ACADEMY GROUP2A QUICK REVISION GENERAL STUDIES  NBA Launches India’s first Basketball School in Mumbai

 Tamil Nadu was first to launch such scheme under brand name of Amma Canteens followed by Rajasthan.

 Sagar Baheti: India’s first visually impaired athlete to complete Boston Marathon

 BRABO: First ‘Made in India’ Industrial Robot

 China’s first cargo spacecraft successfully docks with the Tiangong-2 space lab

 India’s first sea ropeway to connect Mumbai & Elephanta Island

 First malaria vaccine to be tested in Kenya, Ghana and Malawi in 2018

 Bhubaneswar: First Indian city to win Pierre L’enfant Awards-2017

 E-taxi trial run to begin in Nagpur

 Kerala hosts country’s first ever transgender athletic meet

 First book village in the country to come up in Maharashtra

 Geeta Johri has been appointed the first woman Director General of Police (DGP) of Gujarat

 Uruguay will become the world’s first country to allow legalized production, sale and

consumption of marijuana

 India’s first-ever micro drama festival “Thespis” has started in New Delhi

 The first-ever G20 Digital Ministerial Meeting on Digital Economy was held in Germany

 Madhya Pradesh state to have India’s first privately-run railway station

 Maharashtra become the first Indian state to launch a special awareness drive to ensure that transgenders in the state register as voters

 Malaysia Airlines -airline will become the world’s first airline to adopt new satellite- based airplane tracking

 United States -country to host the first-ever World Ocean Festival (WOF)

 India’s first-ever “village of books” will open in which state to promote tourism- Maharashtra

 All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS has become the India’s First public hospital for eye tumours

 Haryana state will become the first Indian state to invite all Twitter and Facebook users to interact with the Chief Minister (CM)

 Gul Panag has become the first Indian woman to drive Formula E racing car at a race track

ARUL IAS ACADEMY APTITUDE GROUP2A QUICK REVISION ARUL IAS ACADEMY GROUP2A QUICK REVISION GENERAL STUDIES  Jehan Daruvala has become the first-ever Indian racer to take pole in FIA Formula 3 European Championship

 Aizawl FC become First Northeastern Club to Win I-League

 Maharashtra becomes First State to Use Automated Weather Stations (AWS) for Farmers

 The Tejas Express will be the first train of Indian Railways to have automatic doors and secured gangways for all coaches

 Dubai becomes First City in World to gets its Own Microsoft Font

 Madhya Pradesh becomes First State to Shift Financial Year to Jan-Dec Format

 Saqib Majeed has become the first Kashmiri and second Asian after Atul Kamble to receive the prestigious award

 Justice Leila Seth: First Woman Chief Justice of a State High Court Passed Away

 India’s First Bio Refinery Plant inaugurated in Pune

 Hollywood Actor Emma Watson bags first ever ‘genderless’ award

 In a First for a Government Owned Company Kochi Metro Appoints Transgenders

 Arjun Maini becomes First Indian to Win a GP3 Race

 The partnership of Deepti Sharma and Poonam Raut scored 320 in 45.3 overs in 45.3 overs to become the world’s first pair, either male or female, to forge a 300-run opening- wicket partnership in One-Day Internationals (ODIs)

 NITI Aayog Conducts First Samavesh Meeting

 Paytm has rolled out its Payments Bank operations by launching its first physical branch in Noida.

 India’s first underwater tunnel under the Hooghly river to link Howrah and Kolkata.

 Apple Opens First Official Store in South East Asia at Singapore

 India’s First Electric Mass Mobility System Launched in Nagpur

 C.A. Bhavani Devi becomes first Indian to win a Gold in International Fencing tournament

 The first-ever women television channel “Zan TV” has launched in Afghanistan

 The world’s first operational robot police officer “Robocop” was officially inducted into the Dubai police force

 Taiwan country has become the first Asian country to recognize same sex marriage

 India’s first Aquatic Rainbow Technology Park (ARTP) will be set up in Chennai

 Bajrang Punia become the first Indian to win gold at the 2017 Asian Wrestling Championship ARUL IAS ACADEMY APTITUDE GROUP2A QUICK REVISION ARUL IAS ACADEMY GROUP2A QUICK REVISION GENERAL STUDIES  Pawan Chamling has been conferred with the first-ever Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Lifetime Achievement Honour in Public Service

 Chanda Kochhar has become the first Indian woman to be conferred with the Woodrow Wilson Award for Global Corporate Citizenship

 China to host first-ever One Belt One Road (OBOR) Summit

 Telangana state has become the first Indian state to introduce a logo for vehicles driven by persons with hearing impairment

 The world’s biggest-ever X- ray laser “European XFEL” has generated its first X-ray laser light from Germany

 India’s first-ever digitised Panchayat ward has come up in Kerala

 India’s first-ever Blind Football Academy (BFA) is expected to come up in Kerala

 Ganeshan Neelakanta Iyer has become the first Indian to be nominated as a member of the Umpires and Referees Committee (URC) by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).

 Preet Kaur Gill has become the first Sikh to be elected to the British Parliament’s House of Commons

 Palbinder Kaur Shergill has become the first turbaned Sikh woman to be appointed as Canada’s Supreme Court judge

 Habibganj railway station in the suburbs of Bhopal will become country’s first railway station

 India’s First Automatic Coastal Warning for Disasters to come up in Odisha

 The world’s first hybrid ‘aeroboat’ which has been built by an Indo-Russian joint venture

 World’s First Train that runs on Virtual Tracks-China

 India’s first Rural LED Street Lighting Project to be implemented in Andhra Pradesh

 Odisha is set to become the first state in the country to open a blood bank for cattle.

 Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Pune has become the first recipient of the Prime Minister’s Award for outstanding contribution to promotion and development of Yoga

 Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Palace hotel has acquired an ‘image trademark‘ under the Trademark Act of 1999, making it is the first building in the country to acquire intellectual property rights protection for its architectural design.

 India has also earned the distinction of becoming the first country to make a voluntary contribution to the UN tax fund

 Neeru Chadha becomes First Indian Women to be elected to International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas

ARUL IAS ACADEMY APTITUDE GROUP2A QUICK REVISION ARUL IAS ACADEMY GROUP2A QUICK REVISION GENERAL STUDIES  China launches its First X-ray Space Telescope

 The first International Yoga Day (IYD) was celebrated across the world on 21 June 2015.

 The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) became the first municipal corporation in the country to tap money through municipal bonds in 14 years

 Srinivas Gokulnath becomes First Indian to Solo finish Race Across America

 The ATM machines were the brainchild of Scottish inventor Shepherd-Barron. The first ATM was opened on June 27, 1967, by Barclays Bank in Enfield

 Election Commission joins hands with Facebook to Launch First Time “Voter Registration Reminder”

 France was the first country to introduce GST system in 1954

 India’s first freight village will be set up in Varanasi

 India’s first smartcard-based Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) initiative “Trin Trin” – Mysuru

 Telangana state has become the India’s first state to launch single-women pension scheme

 Axis Bank has become the first Indian bank to launch bio-degradable prepaid gift

 Muttiah Muralidaran has become the first Sri Lankan cricketer to be inducted into ICC Hall of Frame

 The first-ever Indian Railways Human Resources Round Table Conference in New Delhi

 Sasmita Malik has been adjudged in the first-ever AIFF Women’s player of the year for 2016

 India’ first canal top solar PV system has set up in Maharashtra

 Syama Sanju has won the Kerala’s first-ever beauty contest for transgenders

 first-ever BRICS Games 2017 has started in China

 The world’s first ever data embassy will be established by Estonia

 Indore city has become the India’s first city to use robot to control unruly traffic

 Bengaluru city has become the India’s first city to deliver diesel at home

 Kavita Devi will become the first Indian woman wrestler to compete in World Entertainment (WWE)

 first-ever International MSME Day 2017 has celebrated on june 27

 China has officially started building the world’s first forest city

ARUL IAS ACADEMY APTITUDE GROUP2A QUICK REVISION ARUL IAS ACADEMY GROUP2A QUICK REVISION GENERAL STUDIES  India’s first-ever mega textiles trade event “Textiles India 2017” has started in which Gandhinagar

NEW ELECTED PRESIDENT OF COUNTRY

 Gambia’s new President Adama Barrow  Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad  Antonio Tajani elected as President of European Parliament  Daniel Ortega sworn in for 3rd term as Nicaragua’s President  Nana Akufo-Addo sworn in as President of Ghana  Jovenel Moise confirmed as Haiti’s new President  Frank-Walter Steinmeier elected President of Germany  newly appointed President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed  Leftist Lenin Moreno wins Ecuador presidential election  2017 Serbian Presidential election] Aleksandar Vucic  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte  Emmanuel Macron elected as President of France  South Korea Election: Moon Jae-in elected as President  Hassan Rouhani Wins Iran’s Presidential Election NEW ELECTED PRIME MINISTER OF COUNTRY  new Prime Minister of Nepal Sher Bahadur Deuba  new Prime Minister of RomaniaSorin Grindeanu  new Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth  new Prime Minister of Federal Republic of Somalia- Hassan Ali Khayre  Prime Minister of Republic of the Sudan Bakri Hassan Saleh  Edouard Philippe appointed as Prime Minister of France  Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas Hubert Minnis  Leo Varadkar as prime minister of Ireland  In Romania, Mihai Tudose as Prime Minister  the first female prime minister of Serbia-Ana Brnabic MOBILE APP AND PORTAL  The Pune City Police has launched the “Beat Marshall Monitoring Mobile App  Tamil Nadu Goernment launches mobile app Pinakin for Tourism  Assam Government to launch e-Wallet Tokapoisa.in  Union Government launches mobile app for Haj Pilgrimage  The Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) has launched a mobile application named “SEZ India Sports Ministry to launch talent search portal to spot bright sportsmen  India’s largest online travel portal MakeMyTrip has launched the first ever social luxury travel magazine called ‘Luxury Travel Times  Housing.com, PropTiger.com merges to form largest online realty firm  Government launches ShaGun portal to monitor Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan  online portal “magicbricks.com” to conduct joint marketing activities-State Bank of India  Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM) mobile application for digital payments  Government launches TAMRA Portal and Mobile App-The Ministry of Mines has launched Transparency, Auction Monitoring and Resource Augmentation (TAMRA) Portal and Mobile Application to ensure transparent award of statutory Clearances for mining operations  Government launches SAATHIYA Resource Kit and SAATHIYA SALAH mobile app for Adolescents  M-Kavach: It is an indigenously developed mobile application to address the security threats in mobiles.  The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has launched a mobile application for Goods and Services Tax (GST) to inform the taxpayers of the latest updates on GST ARUL IAS ACADEMY APTITUDE GROUP2A QUICK REVISION ARUL IAS ACADEMY GROUP2A QUICK REVISION GENERAL STUDIES

 Government launches Web Portal for obtaining CRZ Clearances  Amitabh Bachchan has recently launched the world’s first mobile app on breast health  Himachal Pradesh has launched mobile App “Mera Hunar” for job aspirants  The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has launched a mobile application named ‘ExamLocator  India’s largest private sector lender ICICI Bank has launched the Mera iMobile app, India’s first one stop banking app for a range of digital services for rural customers.  Madhya Pradesh Government launches MP e-nagarpalika mobile app  Government launches Bharat ke Veer web portal and application  The Union Minister of Human Resource and Development (HRD) Prakash Javadekar has  launched the portal and mobile app “Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)”  Survey of India launches web portal Nakshe  The Union Ministry of Power has launched URJA MITRA app for empowering citizens by real time information sharing on power supply.  The Manipur government has launched ‘DARPAN’ web portal to check corruption. What does  “DARPAN” stands for-Digital Application for Review by Public And Nation  The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee has launched a mobile Application ‘Selfie with  Daughter’ at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The App is aimed at raising awareness among people about female foeticide and sex selection.  Minister for Science & Technology Dr. Harshvardhan has launched a Mobile App  “Celebrating Yoga”. The Mobile App has been developed by Department of Science & Technology, Ministry of Science & Technology  The Maharashtra government will launch a mobile app ‘My Plant’ on July 1, 2017 POSOCO-IMD Weather Portal & Web Portal ‘MERIT’ launched  Union Minister of State for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines Piyush Goyal has launched Weather Portal for Power Sector & Web Portal ‘MERIT  Anti-Ragging Mobile App Launched to Fight Ragging  Maharashtra state government has launched “Mahaswayam portal” for job seekers and employers  The Union Government has launched which web portal for online documentation verification for students e-Sanad  Haryana state government has launched e-textbook portal for school students

INDIA’S RANK IN VARIOUS INDEX  India ranked 78th in global ‘Passport Index’  India ranks 60th in Inclusive Development Index  India ranks 92nd in 2017 Global Talent Index  India ranks 79 in Corruption Perception Index  India’s rank in the 2017 Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI)-92nd  India’s rank in the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Inclusive Development Index  (IDI) for 2017-60th  NITI Aayog launches India Innovation Index  India ranks 43rd out of 45 nations in 2017 International Intellectual Property Index  India ranks 143rd in 2017 Economic Freedom Index  India’s rank in the USCC Intellectual Property Index (IPI)-2017- 43rd  According to Mercer’s Quality of Living index rankings 2017, for the third consecutive time, Hyderabad (Telangana) has emerged as the best Indian city in terms of quality of living..  India ranks 131 in 2016 Human Development Index  India ranks 87th on Energy Architecture Performance Index: WEF  India’s rank in the 2017 World Happiness Index (WHI)122nd  India rank in the 2017 WEF’s Global Travel and Tourism Competitive Index(GTTCI)-40th ARUL IAS ACADEMY APTITUDE GROUP2A QUICK REVISION ARUL IAS ACADEMY GROUP2A QUICK REVISION GENERAL STUDIES  India’s rank in the 2017 A.T. Kearney Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index- 8th  India’s rank in the 2017 World Press Freedom Index (WPFI)-136th  Kerala and Tamil Nadu have secured first and second rankings for the second consecutive year in public affairs index (PAI)  India’s rank in the 2017 Healthcare Access and Quality Index (HAQI), according to latest Lancet report “Global Burden of Disease (GBD)-154th  India ranked 137th in the Global Peace Index 2017,  India’s rank in the 2017 global Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI)- 37th  India’s rank in the 2017 IMD World Competitiveness Index-45th  India’s rank in the 2017 IMD World Digital Competitiveness Index-51st  India’s rank in the 2017 Global Innovation Index (GII)-60th  India’s rank in the 2017 Social Progress Index (SPI) 93rd

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