COMPLETE SUCCESS - BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHONG www.completesuccess.in Current Affairs January Appointments appointed a a key post Deputy Assistant to the President and 1. Congress leader and former Union Minister Manish Tiwari has Deputy Communication Director and Research director. been appointed as senior fellow of US based think tank Atlantic 26. German luxury carmaker BMW appointed Vikram Pawah as Council. President of India operations. 2. Tim Barrow appointed as British Ambassador to European 27. Government appointed A P Singh as interim MD and CEO of Union, after Ivan Rogers Resigned from this post. India Post Payments Bank (IPPB). 3. Alok Kumar Verma has been appointed as Director of CBI 28. IT Firm IBM appointed Karan Bajwa as Managing Director of (Central Bureau of Investigation). its India business. 4. Amulya Kumar Patnaik appointed as new Commissioner of 29. IT Firm Tata Consultancy Services appointed Rajesh Delhi Police. He succeeded Alok Kumar Verma, who has been Gopinathan as its chief executive officer (CEO). appointed as new chief of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). 30. Indian hockey team captain PR Sreejesh became member of 5. Anil Khosla appointed as Air Officer Commanding in Chief of International Hockey Federation (FIH) Athletes’ Committee. Eastern Air Command and C HARIKUMAR appointed as Air Officer 31. Indian-American Rajiv J Shah named President of USA's Commanding in Chief of Weestern Air Command. Rockefeller Foundation. 6. Anoop Kumar Srivastava appointed as Secretary in Ministry of 32. Jagdish Singh Khehar sworn in as 44th Chief Justice of India Tribal Affairs. (CJI). 7. Anshu Sinha appointed as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of 33. Jimmy Adams appointed as new director of West Indies Khadi & Village Industries Commission (KVIC). cricket. 8. Antonio Guterres (Portugal) appointed as UN Secretary 34. Jovenel Moise elected as New President of Caribbean Nation General. Haiti. 9. Antonio Tajani (Italy) elected as new President of European 35. Kalyan Krishnamurthy appointed as chief executive officer Parliament (EP). (CEO) of online retailer Flipkart. 10. Anurag Thakur elected as head of Himachal Pradesh Olympic 36. Mike Pompeo appointed as new Director of CIA (Central Association (HPOA). Intelligence Agency). 11. Archana Nigam is newly appointed as Controller General of 37. Nana AkufoAddo appointed as new president of Ghana. Accounts in Department of Expenditure under the Ministry of 38. Natarajan Chandrasekaran appointed as new Chairman of Finance. Tata Sons, India’s largest Business House. He was previously Chief 12. Ashish Shelar appointed as Maharashtra Cricket Association Executive Officer and MD OF TCS (Tata Consultancy Sevices). (MCA) president. 39. New Governors Appointed 13. Bharti AXA General Insurance appointed Sanjeev Srinivasan as - Assam Banwari lal Purohit has been Given additional charge of CEO and Managing Director. Meghalaya. 14. Cab Aggregator service Ola appointed Vishal Kaul as its chief - Nagaland Governor PB Acharya has been given additional operating officer (COO). charge of Arunachal Pradesh. 15. Chad's Moussa Faki Mahamat elected as Chairman of African 40. New Indian Ambassadors Appointed Union (AU) Commission. - Birender Singh Yadav - Burkina Faso 16. Chinese mobile brand Gionee appointed cricketer Virat Kohli - Ashok Warrier - Congo and Actress Alia Bhatt as brand ambassadors. 41. Nikki Haley became First Indian American to be appointed as 17. Dan Coats appointed as USA's National Intelligence Director. next USA Ambassador to United Nations. Apart from Nikkei 18. Daniel Ortega appointed as President of Nicaragua for third Haley, Several Other Indian Americans have became part of consecutive term. Trump’s administration 19. Daniel Ortega has been appointed as President of Nicaragua - Ajit Vardaraj - Chairman of Federal Communications (Central America) for 3rd consecutive term. Commission 20. David R. Syiemlieh is appointed as chairman of Union Public - Seema Verma - Head of medicare and Medicaid Service Commission. - Preet Bharara - US attorney for southern District of New York 21. Derk Segaar has been appointed Director of the New Delhi - Uttam Dhillon - Special Assistant to President on ethics and based United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) covering India compliance matters and the Bhutan. 42. Noted Ecommerce Portal Snapdeal appointed Jason Kothari as 22. Donald Trump Appointed as 45th President of United States Chief Strategy & Investment Officer. of America. 43. Pakistan’s former Army chief Raheel Sharif is appointed as 23. Dushyant Chautala has been appointed as president of Table head of Islamic Military Alliance to Fight Terrorism (IMAFT), a Tennis Federation of India (TTFI). Saudi Arabialed military coalition of 39 nations. It is based in 24. Film producer and Tennis player Ashok Amritraj has been Riyadh and was created in 2005. appointed United Nations Goodwill Ambassador in India for 44. Praful Patel (President of All India Football Federation) has Sustainable Development Goals. been appointed as member of FIFA’s Finance Committee for 25. Five Indian Americans took oath as members of US Congress 2017-2021. (Senate and House of Chambers). Kamala Harris sworn in As 45. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth appointed as Prime Minister of Senator from California and 4 Other Indian Americans will serve Mauritius. in House of Chambers Raja Krishnamoorthi, Tulsi Gabbard, Ro 46. Preeti Sudan appointed as Secretary in Department of Food Khanna and Ami Bera. Besides, Indian American Raj Shah also and Public Distribution (Commonly known as Food Secretary). 1 COMPLETE SUCCESS - BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHONG www.completesuccess.in 47. Rajeev Singh appointed as new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Regional Council of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India of Prasar Bharti. (ICSI). 48. Rajesh Gopinathan is appointed as Chief Executive Officer 57. Supreme Court appointed former Comptroller and Auditor (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of Tata IT Firm Consultancy General (CAG) Vinod Rai as head of Committee of Administrators Services (TCS). to run Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). Other members 49. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) appointed Surekha Marandi as of committee Ramachandra Guha (Historian), Diana Edulji (Indian Executive Director (ED). women’s team captain) Vikram Limaye (MD of IDFC). 50. S Padmanabhan appointed as chairman of Tata Power 58. Tata Motors appointed N Chandrasekaran as its Chairman. Company, after Cyrus Mistry resigned from post following his 59. Tim Barrow appointed as UK's new ambassador to European ouster from Tata Sons. Union (EU). 51. S. Jaishankar's appointment as Foreign Secretary has been 60. US President Donald Trump appointed Robert Lighthizer as extended for 1 year. USA Trade negotiator. He will negotiate deals and trade 52. SBI Pension Funds Pvt Ltd (subsidiary of SBI) appointed Kumar relationships with other countries. Sharadindu as MD & CEO. 61. V Thiruppugazh has been appointed as Adviser (policy & 53. Sanjay Sharma appointed as Air Officer in Charge planning) in National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) of Maintenance at Air Headquarters. Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). 54. Sarath Chand Took over as Vice Chief of Indian Army. 62. Vijay Bhatkar is appointed as chancellor of Nalanda 55. Shirish Baban Deotakes appointed as Vice Chief of Indian Air University. He is architect of India’s first supercomputer Param Force. series. 56. Siddhartha Murarka appointed as Chairman of Eastern India 63. Vishwanath Shetty appointed as Karnataka’s new Lokayukta.

Awards - Best Original Song: “City of Stars” (Justin Hurwitz, Pasek & Paul) 1. 25 children (including 12 girls and 13 boys) selected for for the La La Land. National Bravery Awards 2016, (Four have been honored 4. 9th Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF) held in Jaipur posthumously). (Rajastha. This year’s Life Time Achievement Award was 2. 62nd Jio Filmfare Awards 2016 - presented to internationally acclaimed cine visionary Ramesh - Best Actor: Aamir Khan (Dangal). Prasad. - Best Actress: Alia Bhatt (Udta Punjab). 5. Amitabh Bachchan honored by US Embassy (New Delhi) for his - Best Film: Dangal. invaluable contributions to US India partnership on tuberculosis - Best Director: Nitesh Tiwari (Dangal). (TB). - Lifetime Achievement: Shatrughan Sinha. 6. Best FIFA Football Awards (held in Zurich, Switzerland) - Best Debut Director: Ashwini Iyer Tiwari (Nil Battey Sannata). - Best FIFA Male Player player Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) - Best Supporting Actor: Rishi Kapoor (Kapoor & Sons). - Best FIFA Female Player Carli Lloydll (USA). - Best Supporting Actress: Shabana Azmi (Neerja). - Best FIFA Men’s Coach Claudio Ranieri (Italy). - Best Male Debut: Diljit Dosanjh (Udta Punjab). - Best FIFA Women’s Coach: Silvia Neid (Germany). - Best Female Debut: Ritika Singh (Saala Khadoos). 7. Central Board of Irrigation and Power named Punjab State - Best Singer (male): Arijit Singh (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil). Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) as country’s best power - Best Singer (female): Neha Bhasin (Sultan). corporation for minimising transmission and distribution (T&D) - Best Music Director: Pritam (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil). losses. - Best Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil). 8. Delhi International Airport Ltd. (DIAL) won 2016 Golden - New Category Film Fare Short Film Awards Film Chutney won 2 Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in awards Best Actress (Tisca Chopra) and Best Film (Fiction). aviation transport sector, presented during 11th International 3. 74th Golden Globe Awards, ceremony organized at Beverly Conference on CSR. Hills in California (USA) - Golden Peacock Awards were founded by the Institute of - La La Land won in 7 categories. Directors in 1991, as benchmark of corporate excellence. - Cecil B. DeMille Lifetime Achievement Award Meryl Streep 9. District collector of Ajmer, Gaurav Goyal has been awarded - Best Motion Picture Drama Moonlight. Scroll of Honor by PM Narendra Modi for encouraging cashless - Best Motion Picture Musical/Comedy La La Land. transactions in district. - Best Director in Motion Picture Drama Damien Chazelle for La La 10. Dr. Gullapalli N. Rao has been selected to 2017 Land. Ophthalmology Hall of Fame, by American Society of Cataract and - Best Actor in Motion Picture Drama Casey Affleck for Refractive Surgery (ASCRS). He is founder of LV Prasad Eye Manchester by the Sea. Institute (Hyderabad). - Best Actress in Motion Picture Drama Isabelle Huppert for Elle. 11. English poet Jacob Polley won 2016 TS Eliot Prize for poetry - Best Actor in Motion Picture or Musical or Comedy Ryan Gosling for his collection “Jackself”. for La La Land. 12. France’s Iris Mittenaere won Miss Universe 2016 at pageant - Best Actress in Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Emma Stone held in Philippines. Haiti's Raquel Pelissier was named as first for La La Land. Runner up while Columbia's Andrea Tovar named second - Best Actor in a Supporting role in Motion Picture Aaron Taylor runnerup. Johnson for Nocturnal Animals. 13. Government announced Shram Awards 2015, to be awarded - Best Actress in a Supporting role in Motion Picture Viola Davis to 56 workers for Fences. - Shram Bhushan 4 2 COMPLETE SUCCESS - BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHONG www.completesuccess.in - Shram Vir/Shram Veerangana 12 16. Immunologist Alexander Rudensky, Shimon Sakaguchi and - Shree/Shram Devi 16 Fred Ramsdell won 2017 Crafoord Prize, for their discoveries 14. Home Minister Rajnath Singh presented First National related to regulatory T cells and their role in the immune system. Entrepreneurship awards 2016 in New Delhi in 11 Categories - Crafoord Prize is an annual science prize established in 1980 by - Award Track Holger Crafoord, a Swedish industrialist and his wife AnnaGreta - Agri, Food, & Forestry Products – Wow Momo Foods Private Ltd Crafoord. It is administered by Royal Swedish Academy of - Chemicals, Pharma, Bio and other processed material – Saral Sciences (RSAS). Design Solutions Private Limited 17. India's Darpan Basak won Young Travel Photographer award - Ecommerce, Logistics, Transport & other Services – JETSETGO 2016. India's Ankit Kumar also won Young Travel Photographer Aviation Services award in Places and Experiences category. - Engineering Services – Swadha Energies 18. Indian American Parag Havaldar named among 18 achievers - IT &ITES, Financial – Lucideus Tech announced by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences - SC/ST – JeevAnksh Eco Products Private Limited (Oscar Academy) for its 2017 Scientific and Technical awards. He - Women – S V Engineering and Consultancy Services was honoured for development of expression based Facial - Recognition Track performance capture technology at Sony Pictures Image works. - Education institute – RSETI, Karnataka 19. Indian actress Priyanka Chopra won her second People’s - Incubator – TRECSTEP Tiruchirappalli Regional Engineering Choice Award for Favourite Dramatic TV Actress for TV series College Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park Quantico. - Mentor (Government Sector) – Harkesh Kumar Mital 20. Kiran Doshi won The Hindu Prize 2016 for his political novel - Mentor (Private Sector) – Mr. Pradeep Gupta (CyberMedia Jinnah Often Came to Our House. Group) 21. Ministry of Mines selected A Keshav Krishna for 2016 National 15. ISKCON’s Govardhan eco village located in Wada taluka in Geoscience Award in field of Geo-environmental studies in Thane district (Maharashtra) has been conferred UNWTO Award applied geosciences. While, N Purnachandra Rao is selected for for Innovation in the category of Non Governmental National Geoscience Award in the field of Geophysics. Organisations (NGO), during UNWTO Awards for Excellence and Innovation in Tourism held at Madrid in Spain. 22. Padma Awards 2017 – - 89 persons Honored in Padma Awards - Dr. Prof. Aekka Yadagiri Rao - Arun Kumar Sharma 2017 7 Padma Vibhushan, 7 Padma - Jitendra Haripal - Sanjeev Kapoor Bhushan and 75 Padma Shri Awardees. 19 - Kailash Kher - Smt. Meenakshi Amma of awardees are women. - Smt. Parassala B Ponnammal - Genabhai Dargabhai Patel - Padma Vibhushan (7) - Smt. Sukri Bommagowda - Chandrakant Pithawa - K J Yesudas - Mukund Nayak - Prof. Ajoy Kumar Ray - Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev - Purushottam Upadhyay - Jitendra Nath Goswami - Sharad Pawar - Smt. Anuradha Paudwal - Chintakindi Mallesham - Murli Manohar Joshi - Wareppa Naba Nil - Daripalli Ramaiah - Prof. Udipi Ramachandra Rao - Tripuraneni Hanuman Chowdary - Girish Bhardwaj - Sunder Lal Patwa (Posthumous) - T.K. Viswanathan - Karimul Hak - Late PA Sangma (Posthumous) Former Lok - Kanwal Sibal - Bipin Ganatra Sabha Speaker and Chief Minister of - Birkha Bahadur Limboo Muringla - Smt. Nivedita Raghunath Bhide Meghalaya. - Smt. Eli Ahmed - Appasaheb Dharmadhikari - Padma Bhushan (14) - Dr. Narendra Kohli - Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal - Vishwa Mohan Bhatt - Prof. G. Venkatasubbiah - Virat Kohli Cricket - Prof. (Dr.) Devi Prasad Dwivedi - Akkitham Achyuthan Namboothiri - Shekar Naik Cricket - Tehemton Udwadia - Kashi Nath Pandita - Vikasa Gowda Discus Throw - Ratna Sundar Maharaj - Chamu Krishna Shastry - Smt. Deepa Malik Athletics - Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati - Harihar Kripalu Tripathi - Mariyappan ThangaveluAthletics - H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn - Michel Danino - Smt. Dipa KarmakarAthletics (Foreigner) - Punam Suri - P R ShreejeshAthletics - Late Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous) - VG Patel - Smt. Sakshi MalikAthletics - Padma Shri (75) - Smt. V Koteswaramma - Mohan Reddy Venkatrama Bodanapu - Smt. Basanti Bisht - Balbir Dutt - Imrat Khan - Chemanchery Kunhiraman Nair - Smt. Bhawana Somaaya - Anant Agarwal - Smt. Aruna Mohanty - Vishnu Pandya - H.R. Shah - Smt. Bharathi Vishnuvardhan - Dr. Subroto Das - Suniti Solomon (Posthumous) - Sadhu Meher - Dr. (Smt.) Bhakti Yadav - Asoke Kumar Bhattacharyya - T K Murthy - Dr. Mohammed Abdul Waheed (Posthumous) - Laishram Birendrakumar Singh - Dr. Madan Madhav Godbole - Dr. Mapuskar (Posthumous) - Krishna Ram Chaudhary - Dr. Devendra Dayabhai Patel - Anuradha Koirala - Smt. Baoa Devi - Prof. Harkishan Singh - Tilak Gitai - Dr. Mukut Minz 3 COMPLETE SUCCESS - BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHONG www.completesuccess.in 23. Pakistan conferred It’s highest civilian honour ‘NishaneImtiaz’ on Qamar Bajwa (Army chief) and Zubair Hayat. 24. Pentavalent Bio Sciences Pvt Ltd from Bengaluru won Tata Social Enterprise Challenge 201617, a Joint joint initiative of Tata group and Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC). 25. Portugal Government conferred Knighthood (Grande Oficial da Ordem do Infante da Henrique ) honour on former Indian Minister Eduardo Faleiro. 26. Republic Day Parade Awards 2017 - Best Marching Contingent Among Services Indian Army’s Madras Engineer Group. - Best Marching Contingent Among paramilitary forces Central Industrial Security Force (CISF). - Tableau representing states Arunachal Pradesh (depicted Yak dance). - Tableau representing Ministries /Departments Union Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship that depicted theme Transforming India through Skill Development. - Special Jury Award Tableau by Central Public Works Department (CPWD) that depicted Green India Clean India. 27. Russian President Vladimir Putin has been given Venezuela’s first-ever Hugo Chavez Prize for Peace and Sovereignty. 28. Tennis player Andy Murray (Britain) became Youngest ever to have conferred Knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II. 29. Three Indian origin persons honored by Order of Australia Australia’s highest civilian honour. Honored Persons are Purushottam Sawrikar, Makhan Singh Khangure and Vijay Kumar. 30. USA President Barack Obama selected 4 IndianAmerican scientists among 102 researchers for Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) Pankaj Lal (Montclair State University), Kaushik Chowdhury (Northeastern University), Manish Arora (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai) and Aradhna Tripati (University of California). Vice President Joe Biden was honored by Presidential Medal of Freedom, highest USA civilian honour.

Books 2. Expert Group under Sumit Bose, that was set up to prepare 1. Book An Unsuitable Boy, autobiography of Noted Filmmaker Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) has submitted its report Karan Johar has been released. to Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD). Objective of expert 2. Book Just Another Jihadi Jane, authored by Tabish Khair has group was to study criteria for allocation of resources to States been released. and identification and prioritization of beneficiaries under various 3. Book Magpie Murders, authored by Anthony Horowitz has programmes using SECC data. been released. 3. Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) 4. Book My Odyssey: Memoirs of the Man behind the Mangalyaan Committee, headed by N.K. Singh has submitted its report on Mission, authored by K Radhakrishnan has been released. changes in FRBM Act 2003. 5. Book Scattered Souls, authored by Shahnaj Bashir has been 4. Government constituted committee to frame uniform rules for released. states to avoid delay in proper implementation of Rights of 6. Book The Future of India, has been authored by Bimal Jalan Persons with Disabilities Act 2016, to be headed by Secretary (former RBI Governor). from Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities 7. Book The Secret Chord has been authored by Geraldine Brooks. (DEPwD). 8. Book The Untold Story of Talking Books, authored by Matthew 5. Ministry of Water Resources constituted committee to assess Rubery has been released. availability and utilisation of waters of Mahanadi and its 9. Book The Untold Vajpayee: Politician and Paradox, authored by tributaries to resolve disputes over sharing of river waters among Ullekh NP has been released. five states Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra 10. Former wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat's biography Akhada and Jharkhand. has been launched, written by sports journalist Sourabh Duggal. 6. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports constituted a committee to 11. Noted actor Rishi Kapoor’s autobiography Khullam Khulla: suggest improvements in the National Sports Development Code Rishi Kapoor Uncensored has been released. (NSDC) and functioning of Indian Sports Federation. It will be 12. Vice President Hamid Ansari released book The People’s headed by Injeti Srinivas. President: Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. 7. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports reconstituted committee Committees with objective of identifying potential medal prospects for 2020 1. Committee of CMs headed by Andhra Pradesh CM and 2024 Olympic Games under Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Chandrababu Naidu submitted its report. It was formed to scheme. Committee will be headed by Olympic Gold Medalist prepare road map for rapid adoption of digital payment methods. Abhinav Bindra. - Levying a handling charge for cash payments above Rs. 50,000. 8. Special task force for women safety in Delhi has been - Tax breaks must be provided to consumers and merchants using reconstituted under Chairmanship of Delhi Lieutenant Governor digital modes of payments. Anil Baijal. - Abolition of merchant discount rate (MDR).

Days 1. 04 Jan World Braille Day. It marks birth anniversary of Louis Braille, inventor of Braille script or Braille code. 2. Assam Government for first time observed Farmer’s Martyrs day on January 27, 2017 as a Tribute to martyrs of 1894 farmers’ rising at Patharughat. - On 28th January 1894, 140 innocent farmers were massacred and 150 others injured by then colonial British rulers when they rose in protest against the oppressive increase in land revenue. 4 COMPLETE SUCCESS - BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHONG www.completesuccess.in 3. Jan 03 Birth anniversary of Social Reformer Savitribai Jyotirao Phule, who played important role in improving women's rights in India during British rule. It was also featured by Search Engine Google, Through a Doodle. 4. Jan 10 World Hindi Day. It is being observed since 2006. 5. Jan 12 National Youth Day. It is observed to mark birth anniversary of Great social reformer and philosopher Swami Vivekananda. 6. Jan 15 Indian Army Day. On this day in 1949, Kodandera Madappa Cariappa became first Indian Chief of Indian Army (of independent India). 7. Jan 21 Statehood day of Tripura, Meghalaya and Manipur. 8. Jan 23 Birth Anniversary of Great Freedom Fighter Subhas Chandra Bose. He was born in 1897. 9. Jan 24 National Girl Child Day. 2016 Theme is Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao. - Minister of Women & Child Development, Maneka Gandhi released National Action Plan for Children (NPAC) 2016 on this occasion. 10. Jan 25 National Voters' Day. 2016 theme is Empowering Young and Future Voters. Jan 25 is marked as National Tourism Day also. 11. Jan 26, 2017 68th Republic Day. Theme is Skill India and Beti Bachao Beti Padhao. - Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan is Chief Guest on this occasion. A contingent of UAE soldiers also marched down the Rajpath. Burj Khalifa tower, the world’s tallest building located in Dubai, was lit up in colors of Tricolor (Indian Flag). - India and UAE MOUs Mutual Recognition of Certificates of Competency, cooperation in Road Transport and Highways sector and Small and Medium Enterprises and Innovation, Agriculture and Allied Sectors, Maritime Transport, Defence, prevention and combating of human trafficking etc. - Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas & Airborne Early Warning & Control System (AEW&C) developed by DRDO flied past for first time. - For first time, contingent of National Security Guard (popularly known as Black Cat Commandos) took part in parade. - National festival Bharat Parv showcasing India’s diverse culture, cuisines, handicrafts and catch glimpses of a progressive India began in New Delhi. - Gallantary Awards 2016 - Total 398 Gallantry and other Defence decorations to Armed Forces personnel announced including 1 Ashok Chakra, 2 Kirti Chakras, 12 Shaurya Chakras. - Ashok Chakra (country’s highest peacetime military decoration) Havaldar Hangpan Dada (Rashtriya Rifles). - Kirti Chakra Prem Bahadur Resmi Magar and Rohit Suri - Shaurya Chakra Atul Gupta, D Vinay Reddy, Ashik MB, Hanuman Ram Sharan, Gawade Pandurang Mahadev, Rajat Chandra, Deepak Kumar Upadhyay, Ashutosh Kumar, Vijay Kumar, Abdul Qayum, Ashu Singh, Sanjewan Singh. - Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards 2016 given to 36 persons, including Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak 05, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak 08 and Jeevan Raksha Padak 23 persons. 12. Jan 29 AntiLeprosy Day. It is Held on last Sunday of January. Government launched nationwide “Sparsh Leprosy Awareness Campaign (SLAC)” on this occasion. 13. Jan 29 National Immunization Day. President Pranab Mukherjee launched countrywide 2017 Pulse Polio programme on This Occasion.

Defence 1. 2017 Combined Commanders Conference (CCC) held at Indian Military Academy (IMA) in Dehradun. 2. Army Chief Bipin Rawat launched a Whatsapp helpline 9643300008, to receive grievances of army personnel. It has been done in backdrop of complaints being uploaded by some soldiers on social media. 3. Border Security Force (BSF) launched operation Sard Hawa athe western border of Rajasthan to check infilteration due to dense fog. 4. INS Khanderi, second Scorpene class submarine launched in Mumbai. It is the second of six submarines being built at MDL in collaboration with France’s DCNS as part of Project 75 of Indian Navy. - First of series was INS Kalvari, which will be commissioned shortly. 5. Improved Pinaka multiple rocket launcher successfully test fired, named as Pinaka markII. 6. India Held fourth joint Indo-Oman Air Exercise Eastern Bridge IV at Air Force Station Jamnagar (Gujarat). 7. India successfully test-fired its homegrown long range intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) AgniIV from Abdul Kalam Wheeler Island off Odisha coast. It is 20 metres long and weighs 17 tonnes and can carry 1 tonne nuclear warhead over 4,000 kilometres. 8. Indian Army successfully conducted ‘user validation’ trials of indigenous Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) Dhanush. 9. Indian Navy’s Annual Theatre Readiness Operational Exercise (TROPEX) 2017 conducted off Western Seaboard. 10. Reliance Defense and Engineering Limited signed contract of INR 916 crores with Defense Ministry for construction of 14 fast patrol vessels for Indian Coast Guard. 11. Russia amended its laws to allow long term contracts for spares and support for military equipment supplied to India, allowing Russian Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) to enter into long term agreements for spares with Indian Companies.

Economy Telangana and Haryana emerged as the top three states with the 1. Future Generali India Insurance Company (FGII) announced highest growth in going cashless. bancassurance tieup with Pune based Bank of Maharashtra. 3. Karnataka Bank launched personal accident insurance scheme 2. In Cashless India Scorecard prepared by Walnut app, Gujarat, for savings bank accountholders with name KBL Suraksha. Karnataka Bank also signed MoU with Tirth Agro Technology Pvt 5 COMPLETE SUCCESS - BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHONG www.completesuccess.in Ltd for financing agricultural mechanisation. listing 5 government owned General Insurance Companies in 4. Online Travel Portal MakeMyTrip accquired Competitor IBIBO stock exchanges National Insurance Company, New India for Approx $1.8 (12000 Crores Approx). Assurance Company, Oriental Insurance Company, United India 5. Punjab National Bank and India Post Payments Bank signed Insurance Company and General Insurance Corporation of India. MOU to enable IPPB to receive support from PNB for pilot launch Shareholding of these Companies will be divested from 100 to 75 of IPPB. %. 6. Vodafone India signed MoU with West Bengal government to 17. Central Board for Direct Taxes (CBDT) announced that General invest 3,000 crore for capacity augmentation, during Bengal Anti Avoidance Rule (GAAR) will start from April 1, 2017 to check Global Business Summit 2017. tax evasion and avoidance. 7. YES Bank launched unique Customizable Savings Account to - GAAR was announced as part of the 2012-13 Budget speech. But enable customers to design an account as per their convenience. its implementation was repeatedly postponed because Yes bank became bank in India to launch such type of account opposition by foreign investors. that enables customer to choose features of that suits one’s own 18. Citi Bank India introduced voice biometrics authentication lifestyle. system for its phone banking clients, replacing current practice of 8. According to Central Statistics Office (CSO), India’s Gross interactive voice response. Domestic Product (GDP) will grow at a slower pace at 7.1% in 19. Competition Commission of India (CCI) imposed penalty of 201617 as compared to 7.6% in 201516. 206 crores on 7 cement companies for bidrigging and - Per capita net national income in 2016-17 is estimated to be Rs. cartelisation Shree Cement, UltraTech Cement, Jaiprakash 1,03,007, rise of 10.4% as compared to Rs. 93,293 during 2015- Associates, JK Cement, Ambuja Cements, ACC and JK Lakshmi 16. Cement. - Agriculture, forestry and fishing likely to grow at 4.1% during 20. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Presented Economic Survey 2016-17, as against previous year’s growth rate of 1.2%. 201617, One day before presenting Union Budget 2017 -18 (Feb - Manufacturing sector It is estimated to grow by 7.4% in 2016-17 1, 2017) as compared to growth of 9.3% in 2015-16. - Survey is prepared by chief economic adviser Arvind 9. According to United Nations World Economic Situation and Subramanian. Prospects (WESP), India’s economy will grow by 7.7% in fiscal - Growth Forecast Gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2017 and 7.6% in 2018. India will remain the fastest growing large 201617 pegged at 7.1%, down from 7.6% in 201516. It will stay developing economy in world. between 6.75 % to 7.5% in 201718. 10. According to data by Finance Ministry, over 26 crore accounts - Sectoral Growth Agriculture sector to grow at 4.1% in 201617, have been opened under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana up from 1.2% in 201516. Industrial sector Growth came down to (PMJDY) as of now., with Over 71500 crore rupees deposited in 5.2% in 201617, compared to 7.4% in 201516. Service sector has these accounts. grown at 8.9% in 201617 (same as 2015-16). 11. According to research firm Counterpoint, Chinese mobile - Taxation Cut in individual Income Tax rates and real estate brands have taken control of 50% of India’s $10billion stamp duties are prescribed. Time table for cutting corporate tax Smartphone market in 2016, up from 19% in 2015. should be accelerated. 12. As part of alternative mechanism to decide how to use funds - Inflation : Consumer Price Index (CPI) based Inflation declined to raised after stake sales in PSUs, Government transferred role of 4.9 % in 201516 from 5.9 % in 2014-15 and stood at 4.8 % during Advising on utilisation of proceeds from disinvestment from April-December 2016. Department of Investment and Public Asset Management - Trade Exports grew 0.7 % to US$ 198.8 billion and During (DIPAM) to Department of Economic Affairs. 201617 (AprilDecember) imports declined by 7.4 % to US$ 275.4 13. Axis Bank became third Indian Bank to use block chain billion. Trade deficit (Imports Exports) declined to US$ 76.5 billion solutions for its operations, in association with fintech firm in 201617 (April December) as compared to US$ 100.1 billion in Ripple. Axis bank will use Block chain technology for its cross corresponding period last year. Current account deficit (CAD) border remittances. narrowed in the first half (H1) of 201617 to 0.3 % of GDP from 1.5 - ICICI Bank was first to announce block chain solutions in for % in H1 of 201516 and 1.1 % in 2015-16 full year. international trade finance and remittances in October 2016, - External Debt stood at US$ 484.3 billion at end of Dec 2016. followed up by Yes Bank in January 2017 (In Association with - Government Debt to GDP ratio: It was 68.5% in 2016, down Bajaj Eletricals) and now Axis Bank. from 69.1% in 2015. 14. Book My Show acquired Online Movie Ticket Platform Masti - Banking: Suggests setting up public sector asset rehabilitation Tickets for undisclosed amount. agency (PSARA) to take charge of large bad loans in banks. 15. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) revised Indian Standard on - Universal Basic Income (UBI): It is preferred as an alternative to gold hallmarking, making gold jewellery available in 3 grades 14 various social welfare schemes in an effort to reduce poverty. UBI carat, 18 carat and 22 carat. Caratage will now also be marked on would cost between 4 and 5% of GDP. jewellery in addition to fineness for convenience of consumers. - Rabi crops have been sown in around six crore 16 lakh hectares - Caratage for 22 carat jewellery 22K will be marked as 22K916, till date which is about 35 lakh hectares more than last year. 18 carat be marked as 18K750 and 14 carat will be marked as 21. Finance Ministry granted approval to 12 proposals of Public 14K585. Sector Banks to raise Approx 2900 crores through preferential - Hallmark on gold jewellery will now have four marks BIS Mark, allotment. It also allowed United Bank of India to raise INR 200 purity in carat and fineness, assaying centre’s identification mark crores through QIP (Qualified institutional placement) mode. and jeweller’s identification mark. 22. Finance Ministry will contribute partially to new dedicated 16. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved railway safety fund named as ‘Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh’ in 6 COMPLETE SUCCESS - BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHONG www.completesuccess.in the upcoming Union Budget 2017-18. 33. Government will roll out Trade Infrastructure for Export 23. Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council decided to rollout GST Scheme (TIES) to boost export infrastructure by tying up with (Goods and Services Tax) nationwide on 1 July 2017, deferred States. It will help states to develop their own export strategy in from 1 April 2017 Earlier. alignment with National Foreign Trade Policy. 24. Government approved amendment in Modified Special 34. HDFC Bank launched IRA (Intelligent Robotic Assistant), a Incentive Package Scheme (MSIPS) for electronics manufacturing, ‘humanoid’ at its Mumbai branch. It will provide smoother aiming Net Zero imports in electronics by 2020. Key Amendments customer service, employee assistance, marketing and automate are the banking process. - Applications will be received under MSIPS scheme till December - Earlier in November 2016, City Union Bank introduced India’s 2018 or till such time that an incentive commitment of Rs 10,000 first banking robot named Lakshmi. crore is reached, whichever is earlier. On Reaching 10000 crores, 35. HDFC Bank launched chatbot service OnChat to allow users to review will be held to decide further financial commitments. make payments through Facebook Messenger. 25. Government approved excluding States (except Arunachal 36. Hindustan Zinc Ltd of Vedanta Group received environment Pradesh, Delhi, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh) from National Small clearance for its Rs. 1,200 crore Zawar Mines expansion project in Savings Fund (NSSF) investments with effect from 1 April 2016. Rajasthan, aimed at expaning production capacity of leadzinc and Cabinet also approved onetime loan of Rs 45000 crore from NSSF ore beneficiation from 1.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) to 4 to Food Corporation of India (FCI) to meet its food subsidy MTPA at its Zawar underground mines. requirements. 37. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance acquired 8.41 % stake in Fino - Arunachal Pradesh will be given loans to the tune of 100 % of Paytech Ltd (FPL) for of 100 crores. NSSF collections within its territory, while Delhi, Kerala and 38. Income Tax Department (ITD) initiated Operation Clean Madhya Pradesh will be provided with 50 percent of collections. Money to Identify Persons whose Tax Profile does not match with 26. Government approved interest waiver for the November and deposits made by them between 9th November to 30th December 2016 for farmers accessing short term crop loans from December 2016. It uses complex Data Analytics to accomplish the Cooperative Banks. task. 27. Government approved new scheme for promotion of Rural 39. India Post received final payments bank licence from Reserve Housing. It will provide interest subsidy to every rural household Bank of India (RBI). India Post is third entity after Bharti Airtel and not covered under Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana (Grameen). Paytm to receive final payments bank licence to rollout Payment Beneficiary who takes a loan under the scheme would be banking Operations. provided interest subsidy for loan amount upto Rs. 2 Lakhs. 40. India Signed US$ 48 million Loan agreement with World bank National Housing Bank would implement the scheme. for Nagaland Health Project. 28. Government approved package for augmentation of Corpus 41. Indian Navy’s largest warship INS Vikramditya became first of Credit Guarantee Trust Fund for Micro and Small Enterprises warship to be equipped with its own dedicated ATM (Automated (CGTMSE) for supporting Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs). Teller Machine), installed by State Bank of India (SBI). - Corpus of Trust increased from 2500 crore to 7500 crores. 42. India’s factory output, measured by Index of Industrial - Increase coverage of the loans covered under the credit Production (IIP) registered 5.7% growth in November 2016, guarantee scheme from Rs. 1 crore to Rs. 2 crore. fastest growth recorded in over past four years. - Increase coverage of credit guarantee scheme for loans 43. Kerala Gramin Bank launched FI@School Program to extended to MSEs by NBFCs also. propagate financial literacy among school children. 29. Government approved short term borrowings of approx 44. London Based insurance Firm Lloyd received final approval 20000 Crores by National Bank for Agriculture & Rural from the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) Development (NABARD), lending to Cooperative Banks at 4.5% to set up first branch in India. rate of interest. Additional capital of 2,000 crore to be provided 45. Ministry of AYUSH and Advertising Standards Council of India to NABARD for through Union Budget. This will ensure increased (ASCI) signed MoUs to co-regulate malpractices in advertisement availability of short term crop loans to farmers through of AYUSH sector. Cooperative banks at reduced rate of interest. 46. Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MOCI) launched mobile 30. Government launched Varishtha Pension Bima Yojana 2017, application named SEZ India. This app has four sections SEZ to be implemented through Life Insurance Corporation of India. Information, Trade Information, Contact Details and SEZ online - Meant to provide social security during old to and protect Transaction. elderly persons aged 60 years and above. 47. Munich Reincurance Company (Germany Based) opened - It will provide an assured pension based on a guaranteed rate of branch office in Mumbai to service property casualty, life, health return of 8% per annum for 10 years, with an option to opt for reinsurance markets across India. pension on a monthly / quarterly / half yearly and annual basis. 48. Not Residing Indians (NRI) citizens have been allowed to 31. Government made Aadhaar Card mandatory for workers in exchange their old 500 and 1,000 rupees notes at Reserve Bank rural areas enrolled under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural of India (RBII) offices till the 30 June 2017. Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA). Registered 49. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first international Workers will be required to give proof of possession of Aadhaar stock exchange at International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) card till March 31, 2017. Aim is to prevent leakages of subsidies in4 Gujarat International Financial Tech City (GIFT) in and ensure that beneficiaries get their due. Gandhinagar. It is named as International exchange India (INX) 32. Government notified that Cooperative Banks are not and is subsidiary of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). authorised to accept deposits under the Pradhan Mantri Garib 50. Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry announced discount of 5 Kalyan Deposit Scheme (PMGKDS). rupees to LPG customers on every LPG refill through online 7 COMPLETE SUCCESS - BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHONG www.completesuccess.in payment. 63. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) tightened rules 51. Punjab National Bank (PNB) launched Contactless Credit Card for mergers and amalgamations by Indian companies in a bid to Wave N Pay (on Visa Platinum platform), for transactions up to safeguard interests of the public shareholders. INR 2000. - New rules will ensure that all classes of shareholders get an 52. RBI Note Mudran printing press located in Mysuru equitable treatment during mergers and acquisitions. Holding of (Karnataka) made record of printing highest number of currency public shareholders post the merger cannot be less than 25%. notes. It printed 1.09 Crore notes on a single day, breaking - Evoting will be mandatory in cases wherein the stake of public previous world record of 87 Lakh notes printed in an American shareholders reduces by more than 5% in the merged entity. currency printing press. The press printed 1350 million currency 64. Securities and Exchange Board of India lowered broker fees by notes in December 2016 by nearly 650 workers. 25 % to 15 rupees per transaction of one crore rupees as part of 53. Railways launched IRCTC Rail Connect a new ticketing App to calibration of various other fees collected by SEBI from different facilitate booking of train tickets in a faster and easier way. market intermediaries, aimed at reducing overall cost of 54. Railways unveiled ‘Mission 41K’ to save Rs. 41,000 crore on transactions. Indian Railways’ expenditure on energy consumption over next 65. Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) tied up 10 years. with Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) for providing capital 55. Real estate portals PropTiger.com and Housing.com merged support to MSME enterprises in India. to form India’s largest online real estate services company. 66. State General Reserve Fund of Oman (SGRF) and State Bank of 56. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) increased daily limit of ATM India (SBI) have signed pact to infuse $150 million and $50 million withdrawal to Rs 4500 from current Rs 2500. respectively in second Oman India Joint Investment Fund (OIJIF), 57. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) prohibited Indian entities from a private equity fund. making direct investments in any entity located in 67. Steel Ministry released new draft National Steel Policy 2017, NonCooperative Countries and Territories (NCCT) as identified by aiming to double India’s domestic steel production capacity to Financial Action Task Force (FATF). 300 million tonnes by 2030-31. It mentions requirement of INR 10 58. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) raised daily cash withdrawal limits lakh crore investments to meet production goal and expects from ATMs to INR 10000 from existing 4500. Weekly cash creation of 11 lakh new jobs in steel sector. withdrawal limit from Savings Accounts is unchanged at 24,000 68. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) recommended and withdrawal limit from current accounts is Hiked to INR use of Aadhaar based eKYC for verification of existing mobile 100000 per week from 50000. subscribers and for outstation customers. 59. Reserve Bank of India has lifted restrictions on daily 69. Telecom operator Vodafone announced SuperHour scheme withdrawal of money from ATMs (automated teller machines), under which it will offer unlimited 3G / 4G data for 1 hour at a starting 1 February 2017. starting price of Rs. 16 for prepaid customers. 60. Reserve Bank of India imposed penalty of 75 lakhs on Bombay 70. Transportation app Uber will launch its on demand food Mercantile Cooperative Bank for violations of norms related to delivery app ‘UberEATS’ in India. KYC and antimony laundering. 71. World Bank in its Global Economic Prospects report reduced 61. Retirement fund body Employees’ Provide Fund Organisation India’s growth for 201617 fiscal to 7% from its previous estimate (EPFO) made it mandatory for its pensioners and subscribers to of 7.6%. Note that India's NITI Aayog estimated growth rate of 8% provide either Aadhaar to remain beneficiary of its social security for 201617. World Bank projected a global growth of 2.7% in schemes. 2017. - EPFO will not transfer subsidy (1.16% of the employee’s salary 72. World Economic Outlook (WEO) by International Monetary upto Rs.6,500) towards Employment Pension Scheme (EPS) till Fund (IMF) has cut India’s growth rate for the fiscal year 2016–17 Aadhaar number provided. to 6.6% from its previous estimate of 7.6%, due to temporary 62. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) amended SEBI negative consumption shock of demonetisation. (Portfolio Managers) Regulations, 1993 to provide an enabling - Global growth is forecast at 3.4% in FY17 against 3.1% in FY16. framework for registration of Eligible Fund Managers (EFMs), - For China, the growth forecast for FY 2017 was revised upwards, aimed to develop fund management industry in India. It make to 6.5%. In 2018, China’s growth rate is projected to be 6% easier for foreign fund managers keen to enter India. against India’s 7.7%.

International with 26.6% voting shares. India is second largest shareholder with 1. Global Passport Index 2017 released by financial advisory firm 7.5% followed by Russia 5.93% and Germany with 4.5%. Arton Capital. It ranks countries based on the number of nations 4. A baby has been born using a new type of 3 person IVF to a their citizens can visit without a visa or on arrival visa. couple in Ukraine. Doctors used a method called pronuclear - India ranked low at 78th position with visa-free score of 46. transfer. This is world’s second modern three parent baby, - Top 2 Germany (1st), Singapore (2nd). second to a child earlier created using a slightly different method - Afghanistan’s is least powerful passport. China and Pakistan in Mexico. were ranked 58th and 94th respectively. 5. American It Firm Dell launched world’s first laptop that charges 2. 13th Chitwan Elephant Festival held at Chitwan National Park wirelessly Latitude 7285. It is embedded with wireless receiving in Kathmandu, Nepal. coil based on magnetic resonance technology. 3. 30 More countries applied for joining China-sponsored Asia 6. An International meeting on Syrian settlement held in the Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), apart from existing 57 Astana (capital of Kazakhstan). During This Meet Russia, Turkey founding members. AIIB was established in 2015 with and Iran have agreed on establishment of a trilateral mechanism headquarters in Beijing (China). China is the largest shareholder to jointly monitor ceasefire between Syrian regime and rebels. 8 COMPLETE SUCCESS - BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHONG www.completesuccess.in 7. Annual Surya Namaskar Yajna OR Health for Humanity 22. Ecuador taken over from Thailand as chair of Group of 77 Yogathon was recognised in US House of Representative on (G77) countries of United Nations for 2017. occasion of its 10th anniversary. 23. Europe’s first underwater art museum, Museo Atlantico 8. Ant Financial, Chinese ecommerce Firm Alibaba’s financial arm (Atlantic Museum) opened for public in Canary Island in Spain. acquired American money transfer major MoneyGram for $880 24. Finland became first country in Europe to pay its unemployed million. citizens a basic monthly income of 560 euros (USD 587 approx). 9. As per rights group Oxfam, India’s richest 1% now hold a huge 25. First Singapore satellite Aoba VeloxIII launched into space 58% of the country’s total wealth, higher than global figure of from International Space Station (ISS), as a joint project between 50%. 57 billionaires in India now have same wealth ($216 billion) Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Japan’s as that of the bottom 70% population of the country. Globally, Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech). just 8 billionaires have the wealth as poorest 50 % of population, 26. Goverment ratified 2nd commitment period of Kyoto Protocol led by Bill Gates ($75 billion), Amancio Ortega ($67 billion) and on containing emission of Green House Gases (GHGs). Second Warren Buffett($60.8 billion). commitment period of Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 2012 and 10. Business process management company WNS acquired US- will expire in 2020, ratified by 75 countries so far. based Denali Sourcing Services for $40 million. - Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 1997 to fight global warming by 11. China built world’s biggest solar park Longyangxia Dam Solar reducing GHGs emission and came into effect in 2005. 1st Park in western province of Qinghai. It covers area of over 27 commitment period under Kyoto Protocol was from 2008-2012 square km and has capacity to produce 850 MW of power. and 2nd commitment period for 2013-2020 was adopted in 2012 12. China commissioned its 31st Type 056 class corvette stealth by Doha Amendment of Kyoto Protocol. warship named CNS Ezhou. - Protocol is based on principle of Equity and Common but 13. China enhanced naval patrols in disputed Sankakus islands differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities (CBDR). (Diaoyu islands) under administrative control of Japan in East It places obligations on developed nations to undertake China Sea. It could anger Japan as both countries doggedly trying mitigation targets to reduce emissions by 5.2% of 1990 levels to enforce the claims over these uninhabited islands, that are during 2008-2012 period). strategically well located and may contain oil reserves. 27. Government approved India’s full membership of 14. China handed over 2 ships to Pakistan Navy Hingol and Basol, International Vaccine Institute (IVI) Governing Council. It involves to safeguard strategic Gwadar port and trade routes under the payment of annual contribution of US $ 5,00,000 to the ambitious ChinaPakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). China will International Vaccine Institute (IVI), South Korea. also provide two more ships to Pakistan Navy which have been 28. Government approved MOUs named Zhob and Dasht. - With Portugal and Kenya for cooperation in Agriculture and 15. China is setting up world’s highest altitude gravitational wave allied sectors. observatory Ngari No.1, to detect and gather precise data on - With Uruguay for Cooperation in Customs Matters. primordial gravitational waves in Northern Hemisphere. It will be - With USA for cooperation in field of cyber Security (IndiaCERT operational by 2021. It is located at 5,250 meters above sea level, and USACERT). 30kms south of Shiquanhe Town in Ngari Prefecture at border 29. Government approved holding negotiations for Trade with India. High altitude will provide clear sky to detect tiny twists Agreement with Peru on trade in goods, services and investment. in cosmic light with minimal human activity. 30. Government imposed an antidumping duty on imports of jute 16. China launched its first Direct freight train to London (Britain). and its products from Nepal and Bangladesh for 5 years, to It will travel approx 12000 KMs in about 18 days, passing through protect domestic industry. 6 Nations. 31. HSBC Expat survey 2016 ranked India at Third Place in terms 17. China successfully launched first commercial mission using of offering highest average annual salary to expatriates (Foreign updated version of low cost Kuaizhou1A rocket, launching 3 Workers) of $145057 (Approx 7.8 Lac / Month). List was topped satellites JL1, CubeSats XYS1 and Caton1. by Switzerland followed by Hong Kong. 18. China’s Navy commissioned sophisticated electronic 32. Inclusive Development Index (IDI) 2017 in World Economic reconnaissance ship CNS Kaiyangxing or Mizar (hull code 856). Forum’s (WEF) ‘Inclusive Growth and Development Report’ 19. Consulate General of India in Dubai announced Diplomats - India ranked 60th among 79 developing countries. Cricket Championship Cup promote harmonious relationship - Top 5 developing economies Lithuania (1st), Azerbaijan (2nd), among diplomatic missions of UAE. Hungary (3rd), Poland (4th), Romania (5th). 20. Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2016 by Berlin (Germany) - Top 5 advance economies Norway (1st), Luxembourg (2nd), based Transparency International Switzerland (3th), Iceland (4th) and Denmark (5th) - India has been ranked 79th out of 176 countries. India Shares - BRICS Russia (13th), China (30th) and Brazil (30th), South Africa 79th Position (Score 40) with China, Brazil and Belarus. (70). - Top 5 Denmark and New Zealand (1st, Score 90), Finland (3), - Neighbours China (15th), Nepal (27th), Bangladesh (36th) and Sweden (4), Switzerland (5) Pakistan (52nd). - Bottom 5 Somalia (179th), South Sudan (178th), North Korea 33. India and France signed White Shipping agreement to enable (177th), Syria (176th), Yemen (175th) information sharing on maritime traffic and maritime domain - BRICS Brazil (79), Russia (131), China (79), South Africa (64) awareness in Indian Ocean Region (IOR), during second Joint - Neighbours Pakistan (116), Nepal (131), Sri Lanka (95), dialogue on maritime cooperation for IOR in New Delhi. Bangladesh (145) 34. India and Kazakhstan signed Protocol to amend Double 21. Denmark became first country to appoint a special digital Taxation Avoidance Convention (DTAC) to avoid Taxation Issues. ambassador to work on building ties with the global tech giants. 35. India and Pakistan exchanged list of their nuclear installations 9 COMPLETE SUCCESS - BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHONG www.completesuccess.in and facilities under Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack 45. Israel's upgraded ballistic missile shield Arrow3 system has against Nuclear installations. This is 26th consecutive exchange of become operational, jointly developed by Israel Aerospace such list, continuing since 1992. Industries (IAI), USA firm Boeing and funded by USA. 36. India and USA signed MoU to collaborate in fields of 46. Japan Signed Agreements with Australia and Indonesia, to developmental activities and aid in third world countries. enhance Defence ties. 37. India and the UAE held the first meeting of their strategic 47. Japan successfully launched its first military communications dialogue in New Delhi to elevate the bilateral relationship to satellite Kirameki2. Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. 48. Japanese PM Shinzo Abe signed 1trillion yen ($8.7 billion) aid 38. India partnered with United Kingdom Experts (led by package to Philippines over next 5 years. University of Birmingham) for ASAPDelhi (An Integrated Study of 49. Jones Lang LaSalle’s City Momentum Index (CMI) Released, Air Pollutant Sources in Delhi) Project to address air pollution tracking speed of change of a city’s economy and commercial real issues in Delhi. estate market. 39. India ranked 6th in list of Eight Great Powers of 2017 list by - Bengaluru (Karnataka) is named most dynamic city in the world. The American Interest magazine. List is topped by USA, Followed - 10 cities Bengaluru (India), Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam), Silicon by China, Japan, Russia and Germany as top 5 in same order. Iran Valley (US), Shanghai (China), Hyderabad (India), London (UK), is 7th and Israel is ranked 8th. Austin (US), Hanoi (Vietnam), Boston (US) and Nairobi (Kenya). 40. India rejected an EU and Canada proposed agreement that 50. MOUs Signed aims to incorporate a contentious Investor State Dispute - With Serbia for cooperation in Information Technology and Settlement (ISDS) mechanism at World Trade Organisation (WTO) Electronics. level. - With Russia for cooperation in Youth matters. - Investor State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) mechanism permits - With Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for companies to drag governments to international arbitration cooperation in outer space exploration. without exhausting the local remedies and It also allows them to - With Vietnam for cooperation In cyber security. claim huge amounts as compensation citing losses due to reasons - MSME Cooperation with 21 Indian Ocean Rim Association including policy changes and Others. (IORA) Member Countries. - India held that only after all local options have been exhausted 51. NASA will lauch 2 missions Lucy and Psyche to explore early for settling disputes between a corporate and a government, Solar System. then the issues can be taken up in international arbitration - Lucy - It has been named for a critical hominin fossil set found in tribunals. Ethiopia in 1974. It will be launched in 2021 and involves sending 41. India signed MoU with Sri Lanka to construct 3000 rain water a robotic spacecraft to study Jupiter’s so called Trojan asteroids. harvesting systems in Rin Jaffna District at a cost of 300 million - Psyche - It will explore a huge, one of a kind metal asteroid 16 Rupees (Sri Lankan). Psyche. It will be launched in 2023. Most asteroids are rocky or 42. India's ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL) won rights to bid for oil and icy but 16 Psyche is thought to be mostly of iron and nickel, like gas development projects in Iran. Earth’s core. 43. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and French Space 52. Nepal launched a 10 year plan to cut reliance on vegetable agency (CNES) signed agreement in satellite launch technology. imports from India and boost domestic production. Nepal imports - Agreement also signed for equipping Axiom Research Lab’s around 25,000 metric tonnes of vegetables worth INR 5000 lunar rover with two latest generation CASPEX microcameras, Crores every year from India. developed by CNES in partnership with French firm 3DPlus. 53. Nepal’s Supreme Court allowed government to go ahead with - Axiom Research Lab is leading Indian NewSpace startup put crucial Constitution amendment bill to accommodate demands of forward Team-Indus, the only Indian team competing for the Madhesi and ethnic groups. Google Lunar XPRIZE. 54. Norway became first country in world to switch off FM radio - XPRIZE is global competition organised by Google for engineers network. Swedish Parliament approved to shift to Digital Audio and entrepreneurs to develop lowcost methods of robotic space Broadcasting (DAB). exploration. It will award $20 million to the first private company 55. Over 3.5 lakh people from Gujarat have set up new world that successfully lands a module on the Moon, places a robot that record for singing national anthem, breaking previous record of explores at least 500 metres and transmits HD videos and images 2.5 Lakh people singing national anthem in Bangladesh in 2014. back to Earth. 56. Pakistan Government will renovate Katas Raj Hindu temple in 44. Israel is building world’s tallest solar tower to harness solar Chakwal district of Punjab Province. energy as part of its ambitious Ashalim project. Centrepiece of 57. Pakistan conducted first successful test of Ababeel surface to this solar tower will be 250 m tall and will be encircled by 50,000 surface medium range ballistic missile with Range 2200 KMs, mirrors, known as heliostats. using Multiple Independent Reentry Vehicle (MIRV) technology. - Solar towers use different method conventional photovoltaic 58. Pakistan successfully testfired its first SubmarineLaunched solar panels, which convert sunlight directly into electricity. Cruise Missile (SLCM) Babur3, capable of carrying a nuclear Instead, solar towers use a solar thermal method in which warhead upto range of 450kms. thousands of mirrors focus the sun’s rays onto the tower, heating 59. Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.(POWERGRID) signed a boiler that creates steam to spin a turbine and generate MOU with Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority (ADWEA). electricity. 60. Russia banned sale of cigarettes to anyone born after 2015 as - Ashalim project will be Israel’s largest renewable energy project part of its part of a tough anti-tobacco strategy. It will make after completion by 2018. It will generate some 310 MW of Russia the first country in the world to completely phase out power. tobacco. The proposed ban will go into effect in 2033, when the 10 COMPLETE SUCCESS - BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHONG www.completesuccess.in present Russian citizens (now babies) and younger reach 71. U.S. healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson buys Switzerland adulthood i.e. when they turn 18 years old. based biopharmaceutical firm Actelion for $30 billion (27.9 billion 61. Saudi Arabia increased India’s annual Haj quota by 34,500. It euros). is biggest hike in nearly three decades. With this, size of India’s 72. UN Security Council passed resolution drafted by Russia to Haj quota increased from 1,36,020 to 1,70,520. endorse a nationwide ceasefire in Syria. 62. Scientists named 3 diseases as the next potential global 73. US fast food Chain McDonald’ sold its China and Hong Kong health emergency threat MERS (Middle East respiratory businesses for $2.08 billion to Citic, a Chinese Firm. syndrome), Lassa fever and Nipah virus. Coalition for Epidemic 74. USA President Donald Trump formally pulled Out USA from Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) has committed 460 million Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), a mega trade deal of 12 Pacific dollars to speed up vaccine development for these diseases. Rim countries Australia, Brunei, Chile, Canada, Japan, Malaysia, - Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) was Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, US and Vietnam. officially launched at World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos after it - TPP was set up by Previous USA Prez Barack Obama, aimed to received $460million to develop vaccines against 3 emerging bind US allies against growing Chinese economic impact by easing highly contagious and fatal diseases. flow of goods, services and investments among member 63. Scientists officially named a new endangered species of moth countries. as Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, found in parts of Southern California - Trump also singed first executive order which targets and Baja, Mexico. Obamacare (Obama's Health Reforms act). 64. Seven More countries Lithuania, Gabon, Hungary, Indonesia, 75. USA President Donald Trump signed executive order to ban Malta, Mauritius and Russia signed Multilateral Competent travel of people from 7 Muslim-majority countries in USA for 90 Authority Agreement for Country by Country Reporting (CbC days Iraq, Iran, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Sudan and Syria. MCAA), taking number of Total signatories to 57. - He also suspended US Refugee Admissions Programme for 120 - CbC MCAA is a tax cooperation agreement to enable automatic days and indefinitely barred entry of refugees from Syria. sharing of country by country information. This exchange of - Admission of Refugees in 2017 is cut to 50000, less than information is facilitated as part of Action 13 of base erosion and previously planned figure of 110000. profit shifting (BEPS) Action Plan adopted by OECD and G20 76. USA President Donald Trump signed order to build a 2000 countries in 2013. Miles wall along US border with Mexico and crack down on US 65. Social network Facebook will introduce new tools in Germany cities that shield illegal immigrants. to combat spread of fabricated news stories (fake news). 77. USA based SpaceX successfully launched constellation of 10 66. T K Kurien, Executive ViceChairman of Wipro announced satellites into orbit on board of its two stage Falcon 9 Rocket from retirement. California, as part of Virginia-based Iridium’s project McLean. 67. Talent competitiveness Index list 2017 released, measuring 78. USA lifted 20year ols trade and financial sanctions on Sudan. ability of countries to compete for talent. The index is produced 79. USA military launched Geo3 satellite mounted with Atlas V by global business school INSEAD in partnership with Adecco rocket into space to monitor possible missile attacks from space. Group and Human Capital Leadership Institute (HCLI) of 80. United Kingdom unveiled 12point plan to leave European Singapore. Union for implementing Brexit deal within 2 years. - India ranked 92nd among 118 countries in List. 81. United Nation Security Council (UNSC) approved resolution - Top 5 Countries Switzerland (1st), Singapore (2nd), United expressing full support to Gambia’s new President Adama Kingdom (3rd), United States (4th), Sweden (5th). Barrow. - BRICS China (54th), Russia (56th), South Africa (67th) and Brazil - Longtime ruler Yahya Jammeh refused to step down after (81st). loosing December 2016 presidential elections. It has deepened - Neighbours Pakistan (111), Bangladesh (113), Sri Lanka (82). political crisis in Gambia. - Bottom 5 Nations Tanzania (114), Mozambique (115), Zimbabwe 82. United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) declared 2017 as (116), Burkina Faso (117), Madagascar (118) International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development. 68. Tech Firm Apple named as most innovative company of 2016 83. World Economic Forum (WEF) released 12th Global Risks by Boston Consulting Group’s annual list of corporate Report 2017. As per report, most significant long term Risks innovators.Apple has topped this list for 11th consecutive year. worldwide in 2017 are Extreme weather, Involuntary migration, Google ranked second while electric carmaker Tesla is ranked Major natural catastrophe, Large terrorist attacks and Massive third. data fraud / theft. 69. Tech Firm Cisco accquired App Dynamics for USD 3.7 billion 84. World Economic Forum and UCSB’s Marine Science Institute (approx 24400 Crores). Both the companies are USA Based. (MSI) partnered to improve health of world’s oceans and 70. Turkish Parliament passed constitutional reform bill to maritime resources, valued at approx $2.5 trillion per year. strengthen powers of President. After being accepted by people 85. World’s first Gender Literature Festival will be held in Patna through a referendum, It will enable President to issue decrees, (Bihar) in April 2017. declare emergency rule, appoint ministers and top state officials 86. XCMG, China Based construction machinery company will and dissolve Parliament. It will also allow incumbent President invest 150 million in India for setting up new manufacturing unit. Tayyip Erdogan to stay in office until 2029.

Meetings 1. 16th meeting of Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was held in New Delhi. - Central Government established Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) in December 2010 with Finance Minister as Chairman. Idea to create FSDC was first mooted by the Raghuram Rajan Committee on Financial Sector Reforms in 2008. 11 COMPLETE SUCCESS - BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHONG www.completesuccess.in 2. 2017 Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Partnership Summit Held in Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh). 3. 2nd International conference on Pharmaceutical & Medical Device sector India Pharma & India Medical Device2017 will be held in February 2017 in Bengaluru (Karnataka). 4. 2nd Ministry of External Affairs’ annual Raisina Dialogue (Flagship geopolitical conference) held in New Delhi with theme The New Normal: Multilateralism in a multipolar world. 5. All India Waqf Conference (Conference of Chiefs of of State Waqf Boards) Held in New Delhi. 6. Global forum for Food & Agriculture and G20 agriculture ministers meeting held in Germany, attended by Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh. 7. International Conference on Disability Communication: Perspectives and Challenges in the 21st Century held in Mumbai (Maharashtra). 8. International Conference on Yoga for Diabetes held in New Delhi. 9. International conference for peace talks between Israel and Palestinians held in Paris (France). 10. Island Tourism Festival 2017 held at Port Blair, capital of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. 11. National Informatics Centre (NIC) organized National Meet on Grass-root Informatics at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi. 12. New Delhi World Book Fair held at Pragati Maidan with Theme Manushi Books Written on and by Women. 13. Noted Actor Om Puri Passed away. 14. Regional Conference of Labour Ministers of Southern States held in Chennai (Tamil Nadu). While, Regional Labour Conference of NorthEastern Region held in Guwahati.

National 15. 58th India International Garment Fair (IIGF) began in New 1. Election Commission issued limitation for campaign expense Delhi, organized by Apparel Export Promotion Council India per candidate. In Goa and Manipur, the limit on election (AEPCI). expenses per candidate is Rs 20 lakh while that in Punjab, Uttar 16. 58th India International Garment Fair (IIGF) held in New Delhi. Pradesh and Uttarakhand is Rs 28 lakh. 17. 8th International Conference and Exhibition on Re-enforced 2. Harvest Festival of Pongal celebrated across Tamilnadu. Plastics (ICERP) organized by FRP Institute in Mumbai. 3. Maharashtra Government banned use of Purse Seine Nets for 18. 8th Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit held in Gandhinagar fishing, aimed at curbing exploitation of fish by safeguarding (Gujarat). PM Modi announced that India is now sixth largest fingerlings and its eggs to increase their population. manufacturing country in the world up from earlier 9th position. 4. 104th Indian Science Congress Held in Sri Venkateswara 19. Sitalpati Mats (Weaved in Cooch Behar district of West Universitym, Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh). Bengal) has been recognized as an ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’ 5. 104th Session of Indian Science Congress held in Tirupati by the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural (Andhra Pradesh). Organisation (UNESCO). 6. 10th Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF) 2017 held with theme 20. A Festival of India will be organized in Cambodia, Ghana and Freedom to dream: India at 70. Netherlands Including Several Indian Cultural activities. 7. 14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2017, annual global convention 21. According to India Meteorological Department’s (IMD), 2016 for Indian diaspora held in Bangalore. was warmest year ever on record in India since documenting - Theme of this edition is “Redefining Engagement with the began in 1901. Average Surface temperature in 2016 in India was Indian Diaspora”. +0.91 degree Celsius above average between 19611990 period. - Portugal Prime Minister, Dr. Antonio Costa is chief guest in PBD Before 2016, warmest year on record was 2009 (+0.77 degree 2017. Total 30 People awarded in Pravasi Bharatiya Awards Celsius above average). 2017. 22. According to Status of Education Report (ASER) 2016, - PM Narendra Modi launched Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana Himachal Pradesh Students stand ahead of All Other states in (PKVY), a skill development program targeted at Indian youth terms of learning outcomes. seeking overseas employment to make India the Skill Capital of - Report found that enrolment rate of students in the age group 6 the World. to 14 in Himachal Pradesh was 99.8%. It secured first rank in 8. 20th National Conference for eGovernance held in achieving learning outcomes in basic reading and mathematics Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh), with theme Internet of Things across the country, Followed by Kerala. and eGovernance. - Annual Status of Education Report (ASER 2016) released by NGO 9. 24th Conference of Central and State Statistical Pratham. ASER is largest annual household survey in rural India Organisations(COCSSO) meet held at Nagpur (Maharashtra). that focuses on the status of children's schooling and basic 10. 28th Dantan Gramin Mela inaugurated by President Pranab learning Mukherjee in West Midnapore district in West Bengal, aimed at 23. According to recent World Employment and Social Outlook displaying rural handicraft skills of local people. 2017 by International Labour Organisation (ILO), number of 11. 2nd Pakke Paga Festival 2017 held at Seijosa in East Kameng unemployed people in India is expected to rise by 1 lakh in 2017 District of Arunachal Pradesh. Its aim is to popularise the role of and another 2 lakh in 2018. community in conserving endangered species. - Number of jobless in India will increase from 1.7 crore in 2016 to 12. 350th Prakash Parv, birth anniversary of 10th Sikh Guru Guru 1.8 crore in 2018. Note that country’s unemployment rate is Gobind Singh ji will be celebrated in January 2017 in Patna expected to go down from 3.5% to 3.4% in 2017. (Bihar). 24. Air India launched Fly For Sure scheme under which 13. 3rd National conference Jal Manthan III held in New Delhi. passengers can board any other AI flight on the same sector on 14. 4th Assam International Agri-Horiculture held in Guwahati. the same day on missing their booked flight. To avail this, 12 COMPLETE SUCCESS - BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHONG www.completesuccess.in customer has to pay extra INR 2000 while booking ticket. provisions of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act (PCA), 1960 25. Air India will soon reserve six seats in front rows of its will not apply to bull. aeroplane fleet only for women passengers for their safety. Six - Supreme Court imposed ban on Jallikattu in May 2014. The apex seats will be reserved in third row in economy class of the aircraft court had banned use of bull as performing animals including for female passengers travelling alone. traditional events like Jallikattu, bullockcart races. 26. Airports Authority of India (AAI) received 45 initial bids from 42. Central Water Commission signed MoUs with IIT Madras and 11 parties to fly routes under Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) IIS Bengaluru, to help them for procurement of specified by Ministry of Civil Aviation. Initial bid proposals covers more equipment and software for enhancing their capability to support than 200 routes and as many as 65 airports, 52 of them not dam rehabilitation efforts of CWC. served by any airline and 13 underserved airports. 43. Child sex ratio at birth (SRB) in Haryana for first time touched 27. All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi signed 3 900 mark in last two decades, up from 834 in 2011 to 914 in MoUs with NBCC Limited, HSCC Limited and HLL Life Care Ltd. December 2016. 28. Andhra Pradesh Government announced monetary reward of 44. Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Rs 100 crore to anyone from state who wins Nobel Prize. launched an Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Enforcement 29. Andhra Pradesh Government launched NTR Arogya Raksha Toolkit for Police, to assist them in dealing with the cases relating Scheme to provide medical treatment to the people below Above to Trademarks and Copyrights infringements. Toolkit is developed Poverty Line (APL) at Rs 1200 premium per annum, covering 1044 by Cell for IPR Promotion and Management (CIPAM) and diseases and up to 2 lakh and free treatment. Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). 30. Arunachal Pradesh Government signed MOU with National 45. Committee under chairmanship of Timothy Gonsalves Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to level up Milk revolution in recommended upto 20 % reservation for girl students in IITs to Arunachal Pradesh. address issue of reducing number of female students entering 31. Arunachal Pradesh government launched Dulari Kanya IITs. scheme to check infant mortality in state. Under this, state 46. DEFCOM 2017 held in Delhi with theme Infrastructure and government will deposit Rs. 20,000 in the bank account of a girl Skilled Human Resource for Digital Army, organised jointly by the child born in any government hospital. Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Indian Army. 32. As per a recent study, Indian long pepper (widely used for 47. Dairy firm Kwality Ltd signed agreement with bank of Baroda spicing up food) contains a chemical called Piperlongumine (PL) for providing Rs.4,000 crore loan to the farmers from whom the which has anticancer properties. company procures milk. Company has a network of about 3.25 33. Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal announced Chief Minister’s lakh Farmers across about 4,500 villages in uttar Pradesh. Award of INR 50000 to be given to District that promotes digital Haryana, Rajasthan. transactions in best way. 48. Delhi Government approved Good Samaritan Policy to 34. Assam Government launched its indigenously developed encourage people to help road accident victims in emergency eWallet Tokapoisa.in, to enable hassle free online transactions in situation. This policy will give bystanders incentive (INR 2000) to local language. help accident victims and more importantly provide them with 35. BHEL commissioned 2nd unit of capacity 500 MW of legal protection. Sagardighi Thermal Power Station Phase II in Murshidabad district 49. Delhi Police and Airline IndiGo launched ‘Akhiri Ahuti’ of West Bengal. humanitarian initiative under which bodies of Northeast residents 36. Bargarh Dhanua Jatra festival started in Bargarh in Odisha. who pass away in Delhi will be carried to their homes, without 37. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) launched mobile TV service any cost. ‘Ditto TV’. 50. Delhi University became First Public University in india to get 38. Bharatiya Janata Party government installed in Arunachal a monumental flagpole. Pradesh with 33 out of 43 MLAs of the Peoples' Party of 51. Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) banned import Arunachal (PPA), led by Chief Minister Prema Khandu joined BJP. of skins of reptiles and fur of minks, foxes and chinchillas. It will 39. Bihar government launched Nasha Mukt campaign to make save lives of animals killed for their exotic skins for leather state addidction free. On this occasion, 11000 km long human industry. chain was formed across state. It is claimed to be world’s largest 52. Dr. B.Borooah Cancer Institute Guwahati has been made an human chain and broke previous record of 1050 km human chain affiliate of Tata Memorial Centre for Cancer Mumbai. formed in Bangladesh. 53. Election Commission (ECI) will introduce mobile based 40. Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has launched climate monitoring system to ensure free and fair upcoming 2017 change programme to conduct study to assess the status, Assembly elections in Punjab. distribution and conservation of Pheasants and Finches in Central 54. Election Commission of India (ECI) allotted bicycle symbol of Himalayas. It is long term monitoring project funded by Oracle Samajwadi Party to Uttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh faction (Group), and facilitated by CAF-India. It will focus on their conservation in after he proved majority support in party’s structures as per Para the context of climate change with the help of community 15 of the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order. participation. 55. Election Commission of India announced dates for assembly 41. Central Government cleared Tamil Nadu government’s elections in five states Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, proposal to promulgate an ordinance to hold Jallikattu, a Manipur and Goa. Counting of votes for all five states will take traditional bull place on 11 March 2017. taming sport. Now, as per Article 213 of Constitution, Tamil Nadu 56. First Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) International Governor can promulgate ordinance. The ordinance will denotify Television Dance Festival held in Hyderabad (Telangana). the bull from the list of performing animals, to ensure that 57. First AsiaPacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) International 13 COMPLETE SUCCESS - BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHONG www.completesuccess.in Television Dance Festival Organized in Hyderabad by Prasar implement from 2020. Bharati. 73. Gujarat government launched India’s first student startup and 58. First Brahmaputra Literary Festival held in Guwahati (Assam). innovation policy, aimed at providing 200 crores to ideas 59. First ever Investors’ Summit for north eastern states held in developed by students. Policy aims to support over 1,000 Shillong (capital of Meghalaya) with theme Exploring innovation per year and create preincubation support in all Opportunities in North East Region. It was inaugurated by Textiles universities of Gujarat. Minister Smriti Zubin Irani. 74. HDFC Bank enabled five temples in Kanyakumari district in 60. First flight under government’s regional connectivity scheme southern to introduce digital wallets and PoS to enable their UDAN (Ude Desh Ke Aam Naagrik) will take off in February 2017. devotees to pay donations online. RCS aims to boost regional air connectivity and provide various 75. HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar launched web portal ShaGun incentives to airlines. Under this, Government will provide (ssashagun.nic.in), meant for showcase innovations and progress subsidy to airlines that operate flights between two regional in Elementary Education sector of India by continuous monitoring airports. 43 new airports will be added after implementation of of flagship scheme Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). UDAN scheme, in addition to existing 75 airports. 76. Haryana will set up 'Prarambh School for Teachers Education' 61. Goa became first state to opt for electronic transmission of in Jhajjar District. postal ballot to service voters in upcoming Assembly polls. This 77. Health Ministry will launch population based prevention, allows service voters (those in defence / paramilitary forces / screening and control programme for five common diplomatic missions) to download postal vote, cast their vote and noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) on the occasion of World send it via email to returning officer. Cancer Day (4th February). Diseases are Hypertension, Diabetes, 62. Google launched 2 initiatives My Business and Digital and Cancers of oral cavity, breast and cervix. Unlocked to help small and medium businesses (SMBs) in India 78. Himachal Pradesh Government declared Dharamsala as capitalize on the digitisation wave faster. second capital of state. Henceforth, winter session of state 63. Government announced that pension for all 50 55 lakh central legislature will be held in Dharamshala. government pensioners is increased to Rs. 9,000 and the exgratis 79. Home Minister Rajnath Singh laid foundation stone of new increased from 1015 lakh to 2535 lakh. NDRF campus at Konda Pavuluru in Krishna District of Andhra 64. Government announced that over 99% of Indians over 18 Pradesh. years of age now have Aadhaar Cards. It means 111 crore Indians 80. In line with Government's vision for coastal shipping, tourism (91.7% of Indian population) have been covered under Aadhaar and regional development, New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT) cards. has introduced Car carrier service between Gujarat and 65. Government approved Establishment of Indian Agricultural Mangaluru. Research Institute (lARI) Jharkhand, with estimated outlay of 200 81. India signed deal with United Arab Emirates (UAE) to fill half crores on 1,000 acre land provided by Government of Jharkhand (about 6 million barrels of oil) of an underground crude oil at Gauria Karma Village in Hazaribag District. storage facility at Mangaluru (Karnataka), through UAE’s Abu 66. Government approved Indian Institute of Management(IIM) Dhabi National Oil Co. (ADNOC). India has already filled the other Bill 2017, under which the IIMs would be declared as Institutions half of Mangaluru storage in Karnataka state with six million of National Importance which will enable them togrant degrees barrels of Iranian oil. to their students. - India already has filled Vizag storage site in Andhra Pradesh with 67. Government approved assistance of Rs. 1782 crores for 7.55 million barrels of Iraqi oil. Karnataka as drought relief. - Another 18.3 millionbarrel facility at Padur in Karnataka is 68. Government empowered Supreme Court mandated awaiting Bids. Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority (EPCA) 82. India's National Youth Festival 2017 held in Rothak (Haryana) to enforce Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) to tackle air with theme Youth for Digital India. pollution in DelhiNCR. 83. Indian American entrepreneur Gururaj Deshpande's - As per a notification, GRAP can be implemented if the air Deshpande Foundation will launch India’s largest startup pollution stays above the emergency level for 48hours. In such incubation centre at Hubballi (Karnataka). cases, the oddeven scheme may be enforced and construction 84. Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) will set up weather work can be halted in the national capital. stations in 660 districts of India by 2019, up from 130 districts 69. Government launched Rubber Soil Information System currently. IMD has tied up with Ministry of Agriculture to use (RubSIS) online system for recommending appropriate mix of Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) as for weather forecasting fertilizers to plantations of rubber growers depending upon their observatories. soil nature. It was launched for Kottayam (Kerela), largest rubber 85. India’s National Action Plan on Assessment, Adaptation and growing district of India's rubber growing region (Kerela and Mitigation of Climate Change (NAPCC) to fight climate change will Tamilnadu). get three new missions health, coastal zones and wastetoenergy. 70. Government of Andhra Pradesh announced INR 100 crore - Since 2012, PM’s Council on Climate Change India has instituted fund of funds to develop financial technology (Fin Tech) startup a NAPCC with eight missions National Water Mission, Green India ecosystem in the State. Mission, National Solar Mission, National Mission on Sustainable 71. Government signed agreement with National Yuva Habitat, National Mission for Sustaining Himalayan Ecosystem, Cooperative Society to set up 1,000 Janaushadhi Kendras across National Mission on Enhanced Energy Efficiency, National Mission country. for Sustainable Agriculture, and National Mission on Strategic 72. Government will make onroad emission tests for vehicles Knowledge for Climate Change. plying on Indian roads mandatory, after Bharat Stage VI norm 86. India’s first Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) 14 COMPLETE SUCCESS - BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHONG www.completesuccess.in inaugurated at Mysuru (Karnataka). POPSK will offer all passport WiFi service Mumbai-Wifi, providing 500 Wifi hotspots across related services on lines of PSKs (Passport Seva Kendras). various locations across Mumbai. In second phase, state 87. India’s first bus to run on human and animal waste will start in Government will provide 1200 WiFi hotspots by 1 May 2017. March 2017 in Kolkata (West Bengal). 103. Minister of Health and Family Welfare, J P Nadda released 88. India’s first ever solar powered boat Aditya launched in Indian Food Composition Tables (IFCT) as reference book for all Kerala. kinds of nutritional evaluations of Food Items in Country. It will 89. India’s first ‘Uniform and Garment Manufacturer’s Fair’ held make India join elite league of nations with its own complete in Solapur (Maharashtra). food composition data base. It was released during International 90. Indira Gandhi International (IGI) become first in world to Symposium on Food Composition in Nutrition and Health in Delhi. adopt performance and benchmarking digital platform Arc, 104. Minister of State (IC) for Petroleum & Natural Gas, developed by Green Business Certification Inc (GBCI) and US Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated Saksham 2017 (Sanrakshan Green Building Council (USGBC). It will be used by airport Kshamta Mahotsav) aimed to create awareness amongst masses operator to measure, manage and improve performance of towards judicious utilization and conservation of petroleum airport on resource consumption, quality of passenger space and products along with use of energy efficient appliances and carbon emissions. switching to cleaner fuels. 91. Japan will assist India in development of Chennai, Ahmedabad 105. Minister of Textiles Smriti Irani Launched Bunkar Mitra and Varanasi as smart cities. So far, leading countries have come Helpline for Handloom Weavers toll free number 18002089988. It forward to be associated with development of 15 smart cities in aims to provide a point of contact to handloom weavers for India, including addressing their queries and seek guidance. - United Kingdom Pune (Maharashtra), Amaravati (Andhra 106. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Pradesh) and Indore (Madhya Pradesh) (MoEFCC) released draft notification of Prevention of Cruelty to - United States Visakhapatnam, Ajmer and Allahabad Animals (Dog Breeding and Marketing Rules) 2016. It is aimed at - France Chandigarh, Puducherry and Nagpur making dog breeders and their marketers accountable and to - Germany Bhubaneswar, Coimbattore and Kochi. prevent any cruelty on dogs. 92. Karang Island in Manipur became first cashless island in India. 107. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare will roll out Most of People on Karang island have opted for cashless measlesrubella (MR) vaccine in Universal Immunisation transactions. Programme (UIP) in February 2017. 93. Karnataka Government allowed sale of white Kerosene in 108. Ministry of Power unveiled world’s largest street light open market replacement programme in South Delhi Municipal Corporation 94. Karnataka government will amend to Prevention of Cruelty to (SDMC) area, under Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) Animals Act (PCA) 1960 for conducting traditional sports of by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL). Under SLNP, 2 lakh Kambala and bullcart race in State. street light will be replaced with LED lights in SDMC area, - Karnataka state government is following model of Tamil Nadu resulting in annual energy savings of 2.65 crore kWh and daily government to allow Kambala and Cart racing in state. TN reduction of 22,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases Government has already amanded the concerned act few days 109. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) ago, to allow Bull Taming sport Jallikattu in State. approved setting up Indian Skill Development Services (ISDS), for 95. Kerala Governmemt inaugurated 4 lakh square feet IT building Training Directorate of MSDE. It will be a Group ‘A’ service and Jyothirmaya. induction to it will take place through Indian Engineering Service 96. Kerala Government launched ehealth program Jeevan Rekha Examination (IES) conducted by UPSC. It will have 263 all India to create electronic health records of a population in posts. Thiruvananthapuram, aiming to provide a centralised database of 110. Multiplex chain operator PVR Pictures launched its theatre healthcare information and efficient health service delivery to on demand service Vkaao as online platform that enables people. consumers to watch any movie of their choice at a theatre of 97. Kerala government launched World Bank aided e health their choice. Minimum requirement for a show to be confirmed project across state, envisaging development of Electronic Health would be 50 seats. Records (HER) of population and automation of all government 111. National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi has been declared healthcare institutions. free from bird flu (H5N8 avian influenza) after consecutive 98. Kozhikode Corporation declared as first Elderly Friendly samples collected at 15 days’ intervals from last positive results corporation in Kerala. tested negative. 99. Madhya Pradesh Government announced total ban on 112. National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog polythene carry bags from May 1, 2017. demanded review of provisions of Right To Education (RTE) Act 100. Madhya Pradesh Government launched Digital Dakiya that stipulate children who do not perform well cannot be held scheme to encourage cashless transactions. Under it Digital back up to 8th Class. Dakiya (Digital Postman) will visit door to door and train - RTE Act aims to provide primary education to all children aged 6 households specially women and elderly people about digitized to 14 years and stipulates that no child can be held back in a transactions. grade, regardless of his performance, all the way up to the 8th 101. Madhya Pradesh launched Aanandam programme to help grade. needy persons. Under it, government through volunteers will 113. National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) signed MoU provide help to needy and economically sound citizens can with Rajasthan Government for takeover of 1,000 megawatt donate items for the needy persons. (MW) Chhabra Thermal Power Plant. 102. Maharashtra Government launched India’s largest public 114. North East Film Festival (NEFF) Held at National Film Archive 15 COMPLETE SUCCESS - BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHONG www.completesuccess.in of India (NFAI) in Pune (Maharashtra). 127. Steel minister Birender Singh inaugurated INR 1200 crores 115. Noted wax museum Madame Tussauds will open its first Universal Rail Mill at SAIL Bhilai Steel Plant. With this, SAIL Branch in India In Delhi In June 2017. It will showcase Wax statue commenced commercial production of world’s longest single rail of Actor Amitabh Bachchan initially, along with several of 130 meters from the new Universal Rail Mill (URM). international figures. 128. Supreme Court asked Election Commission to implement 116. On 2016's Dec 31, CSIR National Physical Laboratory Vote Verifier Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) in electronic voting (CSIRNPL) added a Leap Second to Coordinated Universal Time machines (EVMs) to ensure 100% transparency in elections. (UTC) in order to synchronize clocks worldwide with Varying - This is second time after 2014 general elections, that SC has Speeds of Earth's rotation. directed Election Commission (EC) to implement of VVPAT in - Earth's rotation around its own axis is not regular, as sometimes EVMs. it speeds up and sometimes it slows down, due to various factors - VVPAT system ensures free and fair elections as when a voter including the moon’s gravitational Earth braking forces that often presses button for a candidate of his choice, a paper ballot results in ocean tides. containing the serial number, name of the candidate and poll - Since 1972, 37 Leap Seconds have been added at intervals symbol will be printed for the voter. varying. from six months to seven years. - It allows voters to verify that their votes are casted correctly and 117. Online travel portal MakeMyTrip launched India's first social detect possible election fraud or malfunction. luxury travel magazine Luxury Travel Times. 129. Supreme Court described Endosulfan as highly toxic 118. Oral cancer is identified as leading cancer type among Indian agrochemical (pesticide). It directed Kerala government to men with Over 2.60 lakh new oral cancer cases seen annually. release 500 crore compensation to over 5,000 victims in State. Tobacco smokers are 27 times more likely to be afflicted than - SC in 2011 had banned use of endosulfan. Endosulfan is a toxic nonsmokers. pesticide having hazardous effects on humans. Stockholm 119. PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Nobel Prize Series Exhibition Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants in 2011 added it in in Gandhinagar (Gujarat), first conclave of Nobel laureates held in list of banned substances and phasing it out as an agrichemical. It India. is banned in over 80 nations due to its ‘high toxicity. - Nine Nobel laureates are attending it and interact with students 130. Supreme Court removed BCCI President Anurag Thakur and of Indian Universities. secretary Ajay Shirke after they failed to implement reforms - One of 9 Nobel laureates include India born scientist Dr recommended by Justice Lodha committee. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan. He won 2009 Nobel Prize in 131. Tamil Nadu government launched Pinakin mobile application Chemistry for his work on ribosome structure. to provide information of famous tourist destinations in state. - Other eight Nobel laureates are H C Harmut Michel, Harold 132. Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran inaugurated Kohli Varmus, Richard J Roberts, David J Gross, Serge Haroche, Randy Research Block at International Institute of Information Schekman, W E Moerner and Ada Yonath. Technology Gachibowli (Hyderabad), as part of Kohli Center on 120. Postal department released a special stamp cover featuring Intelligent Systems (KCIS). Olympic medalists PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik and gymnast Dipa 133. Telangana Government signed Agreement with French Karmakar, titled Golden girls of India – Pride of Nation. Aerocampus Aquitaine for creating world class aero skills 121. Priya Entertainments pvt Ltd has set up an ecotourism academy in Hyderabad. project at Khairabera in Purulia District of West Bengal. 134. Telangana state government signed MoU with Ministry of 122. Pune City Police launched Beat Marshall Monitoring Mobile Civil Aviation and Airports Authority of India (AAI) for Regional App to map realtime locations of patrolling teams from police Connectivity Scheme (RCS). Under RCS, air connectivity is be stations on experimental basis. provided to smaller towns by developing small airports and 123. Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University (RGNAU) in airstrips. Warangal, Kothagudem and Adilabad airports in the partnership with US India Aviation Cooperation Programme will states will be developed for better connectivity. start its first Executive Development Programme. 135. Textiles Minister Smriti Zubin Irani inaugurated first Apparel 124. Russian Railways will assist Indian trains to travel at 200 and Garment Making Centre in Meghalaya, near Ampati. Kmph Indian Railways, starting with a feasibility study aimed at 136. West Bengal Government will give legal protection to Hilsa upgrading train speeds on the 575 kilometre long Fish, to check its reducing population. NagpurSecunderabad route. Presently, Gatimaan Express (H 137. World Bank sanctioned INR 1376 crores for complete Nizamuddin to Agra Cant) Is fastest Indian train with Top speed upgradation and improvement of power system network in 160 KM / H. Tripura. 125. Solar power producer Azure Power commissioned 150 MW 138. World Economic Forum (WEF), NITI Aayog, World solar power project in Punjab, largest in North India. Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and Cornell University 126. Special session of Tamil Nadu Assembly unanimously passed will work Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act to develop an India Innovation Index to provide impetus to states 2017 to lift Supreme Court imposed ban on the traditional sport to drive innovative spirit. Based on WIPO’s GII (Global Innovation of Jallikattu. It will now replace ordinance promulgated in this Index), India Innovation Index will be tailored to better reflect of regard by Governor a week earlier. This bill defines jallikattu as a India’s ground reality and include metrics well suited to Indian traditional sport involving bulls. context for innovation.

Persons 1. Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh visited Sri Lanka, looking to discuss about solutions to Fishermen Issues. 2. Agriculture and Rural Development Minister of Israel, Uri Ariel visited India. 16 COMPLETE SUCCESS - BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHONG www.completesuccess.in 3. American astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, last man to walk on Moon passed away. He landed on Moon in December 1972 during NASA’s Apollo 17 mission. 4. Antonio Costa, Prime Minister of Portugal Visited India. - He was chief of Guest of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2017, annual global convention for the Indian diaspora held in Bangalore. - MoUs Defence, Renewable Energy, Marine Research and Resources, Agriculture and Allied Sectors, Information Technology and Electronics, Establishment of an ICCR Chair of Indian Studies in University of Lisbon. 5. Boris Johnson, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of UK visited India. 6. Carlos Alberto Fortes Mesquita, Transport Minister of Mozambique Visited India. 7. Chinese Table Tennis Olympic champion Li Xiaoxia Announced Retirement. 8. Emmy award winning USA actress Mary Tyler Moore passed away. 9. Former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani passed away. 10. Former Pakistani Cricketer Imtiaz Ahmed passed away. 11. Former President of Germany, Roman Herzog passed away. 12. Former Punjab Chief Minister Surjit Singh Barnala passed away. 13. H S Mahadev Prasad, Minister for Cooperation and Sugar In Karnataka Government has passed away. 14. Israeli Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Uri Ariel Visited India. 15. Japan's Minister of Economy Trade and Industry, Hiroshige Seko Vistted India. 16. Japanese Minister of Economy Trade and Industry, Hiroshige Seko Visited India. 17. Karnataka's Cooperation and Sugar Minister H S Mahadeva Prasad passed away. 18. Mario Soares, Former Prime Minister of Portugal Passed Away. 19. Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Radha Mohan Singh visited Sri Lanka. 20. Nagaland's former Minister and former President of Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC) K V Pusa passed away. 21. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will send First African American astronaut Jeanette Epps to International Space Station (ISS) in 2018. 22. National Award Winner Filmmaker Deepak Roy passed awasy. He won National award for his movie “Limit to Freedom” in 1996. 23. Noted American Actor Mary Tyler Moore passed away. 24. Noted British Singer Peter Eardley Sarstedt passed away. 25. Noted British actor John Hurt passed away. 26. Noted British economist Tony Atkinson Passed Away. His research in income distribution influenced studies of poverty and inequality in India. 27. Noted British war correspondent Clare Hollingworth passed away. He is named for breaking the news that Second World War had started. 28. Noted Chinese linguist Zhou Youguang (father of Pinyin writing system a system for the romanization of Mandarin Chinese) passed away at age of 111 years. 29. Noted Congress Leader from Maharashtra, Eknathrao VikhePatil passed away. 30. Noted French actress Emmanuelle Riva passed away. 31. Noted Indian Scientist CV Vishveshwara Passed Away. He was Indian pioneer in discovery of black hole. 32. Noted Manipur based historian and litterateur, Gangmumei Kamei passed away. 33. Noted US Author William Peter Blatty passed away, best known for his novel “The Exorcist”. 34. Noted Urdu poet and lyricist Naqsh Lyallpuri passed away (born as Jaswant Rai Sharmaon). 35. Noted actor Bengali Actress Gita Sen (Wife of Mrinal Sen) passed Away. 36. Noted political and social activist Mangal Singh Negi passed away. 37. Noted sociologist of Poland, Zygmunt Bauman passed away. 38. Pakistan Returned Sepoy Chandu Babulal Chavan back to India, who had crossed over to Pak Occupied Kashmir from own Krishna in September 16. 39. Ravindra Wijegunaratne, Chief of Sri Lankan Navy Visited India. 40. Renowned sitar player Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan passed away. 41. Russian Ambassador to India, Alexander Kadakin passed away. 42. USA First Lady Michelle Obama selected IndianAmerican Swetha Prabakaran to serve in inaugural Student Advisory Board’s ‘Better Make Room’ education campaign. 43. Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya Visited India. MOU signed for Cooperation in agriculture and allied sector Agreements and India Offered Loan for US$100 million to Kenya for agricultural mechanization.

Science 1. According to Food Standards Agency (FSA) of United Kingdom chips, potatoes and bread cooked to brown can cause cancer. - When the starchy foods are roasted, grilled or fried for too long at high temperatures (above 120 degree Celsius), it produces carcinogenic chemical Acrylamide. Acrylamide is toxic to DNA and causes cancer. 2. According to recent study, mcr1 gene that makes bacteria resistant to colistin, an antibiotic of last resort was found in China. It was discovered in a wide variety of strains of Escherichia coli (E Coli). Colistin was recently banned for use in agriculture will soon be introduced in clinical use for first time.

17 COMPLETE SUCCESS - BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHONG www.completesuccess.in 3. Astronomer Stephen Kane from San Francisco State University (USA) claimed that an exoplanet called Wolf 1061c could be habitable, stating that its faster orbit changes may cause its climate to be quite chaotic. 4. Astronomers discovered two powerful phenomena in universe a supermassive black hole and collision of giant galaxy clusters about 2 billion light years from Earth. It was discovered combining data from India’s Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT), NASA’s Chandra Xray Observatory and other telescopes. 5. Atomic clocks on first satellite IRNSS1A of the NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation (India's indigenously built satellite based positioning system)) has developed a technical issue with all 3 of its atomic clocks failing . - ISRO will soon launch one of its back up navigation satellites as a replacement to IRNSS1A satellite. - Remaining satellites of NavIC constellation (having total 7 satellites) are performing accurately. 6. Austrian Physicists created new form of Hydrogen negatively charged hydrogen clusters, previously unseen form of hydrogen. 7. Engineers from Stanford University have built a low-cost human powered blood centrifuge that can separate blood into its individual components in only 1.5 minutes. It can spin at speeds of 1,25,000 revolutions per minute and exert centrifugal forces of 30,000 Gs. It is claimed to be fastest spinning object driven by human power. 8. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully maneuvered orbit planes of Mars orbiter Mission (MOM) or Mangalyaan to enhance the capacity of battery and enhance battery life. 9. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully tested indigenously developed cryogenic engine (C25) for upper stage ‘GSLV Mk III’ rocket. It was first test in series of two tests. First was for 50 seconds and second planned test will be for 640 seconds. - Cryogenic engines are used in the upper stage of a rocket launch as they provide the maximum thrust to a launcher vehicle. It uses Liquid Oxygen and Liquid Hydrogen propellant combination and can carry heavy payloads to orbits. 10. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch record 103 satellites in a single flight in February 2017, most attempted ever by any country. These satellites will be launched using PSLVC37 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. Of 103 satellites, 100 are micro satellites from foreign nations. - Earlier, ISRO had planned a launch of 83 satellites in January 2017, But launch was delayed and 20 more foreign satellites were added. 11. Indian Space Startup Team-Indus proposed an opportunity to its donors to leave their name on moon, on paying Rs 500. Names of donors will be micro engraved on a smallsized aluminium object and placed on the lunar surface which will land on moon on 26 January 2018. 12. India’s first dedicated space observatory, ASTROSAT has captured rare phenomenon of a small six billion year old vampire star preying on a bigger star. - Vampire star phenomenon is observed when smaller star sucks mass and energy out of the bigger companion star, causing its eventual death. 13. Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) commissioned a very high resolution (12 km) global deterministic weather prediction model for generating operational weather forecasts, replacing earlier version of horizontal resolution of 25 km. MoES’s operational Ensemble Prediction System (EPS) is upgraded to 12 km by High Performance Computing (HPC) augmented to 10 Peta Flops (PFs) from current 1.2 PFs. 14. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) approved mission to explore 16 Psyche, an iron rich asteroid. Mission craft will be launched in 2023, and will arrive at Psyche in 2030. 15. Outdoor trials of genetically modified mosquitoes launched in Jalna district of Maharashtra by British Biotech Firm Oxitec, to demonstrate efficiency of this technique to suppress wild female mosquito populations that transmit dengue, chikungunya and Zika. It uses Release of Insects carrying Dominant Lethal genes (RIDL) technology. 16. Researchers Scripps Research Institute (USA) created world’s first stable semisynthetic organism, a single celled bacterium with an expanded genetic code. - Semisynthetic organism is modified Ecoli bacteria created by introducing DNA molecules that are not found in nature in a common bacterium. - Life’s natural genetic code only contains four natural based engine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), thymine (T). These bases pair forms two base pairs in the DNA ladder. The newly created bacterium has two human created X and Y bases that grow and divide, much like natural bases. 17. Researchers from Midwestern University (USA) identified function of the human appendix, often considered of little use. - Human appendix has evolved over 30 times throughout mammalian evolution. - It was found that species with appendix have higher concentrations of immune (lymphoid) tissue in cecum (part of large intestines), suggesting that appendix could serve as a secondary immune organ. - Appendix might also function as a safe house for helpful gut bacteria as lymphatic tissue can stimulate growth of beneficial gut bacteria. 18. Researchers from USA's Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) developed 3D version of graphene, one of strongest materials. So far Graphene was not able for practical use because of its extreme thinness. 3D version of Graphene is only 5% as dense as steel but is 10 times stronger. 19. Researchers from University of Central Florida (USA) have developed a new method for Faster Diagnosis of HIV, Lyme disease, syphilis and rotavirus infections, by combining nanoscience with a magnetic phenomenon. 20. Scientists at University of Manchester (UK) have developed world’s lightest (40 Grams) high performance mechanical watch RM 5003, using graphene. Ultralight watch was made using unique grapheme composite known as Graph TPT. 21. Scientists discovered a new species of gibbon named as ‘Skywalker hoolock gibbon’ living in southwest China’s rainforests. 18 COMPLETE SUCCESS - BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHONG www.completesuccess.in 22. Scientists from Botanical Survey of India (BSI) discovered a new species of Zingiber (ginger) from Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The new species has been named as Zingiber pseudosquarrosum and belongs to genus Zingiber. 23. Scientists from Tohoku University (Japan) claimed that Silicon (Si) is missing element in Earth’s core, paving way for better understanding of how our world formed. Silicon likely makes up a significant proportion (5%) of Earth’s core after its major constituents iron and nickel. 24. Scientists from University of Limerick (Ireland) claimed to discover a new human digestive system organ (79th Human Organ) Mesentery. Mesentery connects intestine to the abdomen and was previously thought to consist of fragmented and disparate structures. 25. Scientists spotted a new dark, contorted sunspot that is twice diameter of Earth, using Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) antennas located in Atacama Desert of northern Chile.

Sports 1. 13 time gymnastics world champion Russian rhythmic gymnast Yana Kudryavtseva announced retirement. 2. 13th National Ice Skating Championship 2017 held in Gurugram (Haryana). 3. 14th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon Held. Olympic and world 800m champion and world record holder, David Rudisha (Kenya) is Ambassador for 14th Mumbai Marathon. - Men's Tanzania’s Alphonce Simbu (Time 02: 09:32) - Women's Kenya’s Bornes Kitur (Time 02:29:02) - Indian Men's Kheta Ram (Time 2:19:51) - Indian women's Jyoti Gawte (Time 02:50:53) 4. 2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Badminton - Women’s singles Saina Nehwal (India) won by defeating Pornpawee Chochuwong (Thailand). - Men’s Singles Ng Ka Long (Hong Kong) - Men’s Doubles Berry Angriawan and Hardianto (Indonesia). - Women’s Doubles Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai (Thailand). - Mixed Doubles Tan Kian Meng and Lai Pei Jing (Malaysia). 5. 2017 T20 Blind Cricket World Cup will be held in India During Jan Feb 2017. 6. All India Football Federation (AIFF) launched firstever Indian Women’s League (IWL) to be held at the Ambedkar Stadium in New Delhi In January February 2017, with 6 Teams Participating. 7. Australian Cricketers David Boon, Matthew Hayden and late Betty Wilson Inducted into Australian Cricket's Hall of Fame. 8. Australian Open Tennis 2017 - Men's Singles Roger Federer (Switzerland), by defeating Rafael Nadal (Spain) - Women's Singles Serena Williams (United States), by defeating Venus Williams (USA) - Men's Doubles Henri Kontinen (Finland) and John Peers (Australia) - Women's Doubles Bethanie Mattek Sands (United States) / Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) - Mixed Doubles Abigail Spears (United States) / Juan Sebastián Cabal (Colombia) 9. Brisbane International Tennis 2017 - Men's Singles Grigor Dimitrov (Bulgaria) - Women's Singles Karolína Plíšková (Czech Republic) - Men's Doubles Thanasi Kokkinakis and Jordan Thompson (Australia) - Women's Doubles Bethanie MattekSands (United States) and Sania Mirza (India) 10. Britain became first country to officially recognise Parkour as a sport. Parkour (also known as freerunning sport) is similar to military obstacle training. 11. British snooker Player Ronnie O’Sullivan won Dafabet Masters title by defeating Joe Perry. 12. Chennai Open Tennis 2017 (Sponsered by Aircel) - Men's singles Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain) - Men's doubles Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Neduncheziyan (India) 13. Chennai Smashers won 2017 Vodafone Premier Badminton League (PBL) tournament by defeating Mumbai Rockets. 14. Chinese ecommerce Firm Alibaba became major sponsor of Olympic Games after signing a deal with International Olympic Committee (IOC) that runs until 2028, Including South Korea’s Pyeongchang hosting 2018 winter edition, Japan hosting 2020 summer Olympics in Tokyo and China hosting 2022 winter Olympics in Beijing. 15. Dragon Ball Z Son Goku has been selected as ambassador of the 2020 Olympics to be held in Tokyo (Japan). 16. Eden Gardens Cricket stadium at Kolkata will become first Indian stadium to have stands named after war heroes. Indian army, who is owner of land on which stadium is located, will finalize names before next International match. 17. Eight year old Abbu Ammaz from J&K won Gold Medal in Thai Boxing Championship at National level. 18. FIFA Council agreed to expand FIFA World Cup to a 48 team competition from 2026 Onwards. 19. Farrukh Amonatov of Tajikistan won 15th Delhi International Chess tournament. 20. Former Australian cricketer Arthur Morris posthumously inducted into International Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame. 21. Government constituted 8 member Task Force for preparing action plan for next three Olympic Games 2020, 2024 and 2028. Members are Pulella Gopichand, Abhinav Bindra, Rajesh Kalra, Om Pathak, Viren Rasquinha, S. Baldev Singh, Prof. G.L. Khanna and Sandeep Pradhan. 19 COMPLETE SUCCESS - BANK PO/CLERICAL COACHONG www.completesuccess.in 22. Gujarat won its First Ranji Trophy title by defeating Mumbai in final held at in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. 23. India won 2016 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women’s Football Championship title by defeating Bangladesh. 24. India's Kush Bhagat won 3 gold medals in 1st Western Asia Youth Chess Championships in United Arab Emirates (UAE) in all three categories rapid, blitz and standard. 25. Indian Women Boxers won 6 Medals at 5th AIBA Nations cup in Ruma(Serbia), led by serbia with 22 medals. 26. Indian squash player Velavan Senthilkumar won Under19 British Junior Open Squash 2017 by defeating India's Abhay Singh. Another Indian squash player, Shreyas Mehta won 2017 Scottish Junior Open Squash championship. 27. India’s First Fanatic Sports Museum opened in Kolkata, Displaying Memorables from cricket, hockey, football, Olympics and Paralympics. 28. International Olympic Committee (IOC) disqualified 3 Chinese women’s weightlifting gold medallists at the 2008 Beijing Olympics for doping Cao Lei, Chen Xiexia and Liu Chunhong. 29. Kapil Dev inducted into Legends Club ‘Hall of Fame’ at Cricket Club of India in Mumbai. 30. Lalchungnunga, Indian Footballer from Mizoram has been chosen to train at Germany’s top football league Bundesliga for 6 years. 31. Laxmipathy Balaji has been made bowling coach of IPL Cricket Team Kolkata Knight Riders. While, Virender Sehwag has been appointed as Brand Ambassador of Kings XI Punjab. 32. Mahindra Singh Dhoni announced to step down as captain of India’s limited over cricket matches T20 and ODI format. 33. Ministry of Urban Development launched Swachh Survekshan 2017 to rank 500 cities/towns across on cleanliness with a population of 1 lakh and above. Survey will be conducted by Quality Council of India (QCI). - Swachh Survekshan 2016 had ranked 73 cities and Mysore was ranked on top followed by Chandigarh. 34. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports launched Khelo India National Competitions at Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Pool Complex in New Delhi, to promote sports at grass root level. 35. Nurturing Excellence in Sports Trust (NEST) launched Khelegi toh Khilegi initiative for Promoting football among girls between age of 10 to 15 years along with National Yuva Cooperative Society. 36. Pankaj Advani won 3rd Kolkata Open National Invitation Snooker Championship 2017. 37. Pankaj Advani won His 7th National Billiards Championship by defeating Rupesh Shah in Pune (Maharashtra). 38. Philipino American Grandmaster Wesley So won 2017 Tata Steel Chess Tournament in Philippines, defeating Ian Nepomniatchi of Russia. 39. Punjab Royals won Pro Wrestling League 2017 by defeating Haryana Hammers. 40. Qatar Open tennis 2017 - Men's Singles Novak Djokovic (Serbia) defeated Andy Murray (Britain) - Men's Doubles Spanish Pair Feliciano López and Marc López defeated Philipp Petzschner (Germany) and Alexander Peya (Austria). 41. Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) became first state cricket governing body in India to accept all reforms recommended by Lodha Committee on structural reforms in BCCI. 42. Russian 19 Year Old rhythmic gymnast Yana Kudryavtseva retired from competition . She had already won 13 world championships from 2013 to 2015. 43. Sarita Devi became first female professional boxer from India, after She signed 2 year deal with Sporty Boxing Private Limited, licensing body for professional boxers in India. 44. Sergey Karjakin (Russia) won Gold medal in World Blitz Chess Championships held in Doha (Qatar), defeating Norway’s Magnus Carlsen. 45. Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal won 2016 Mubadala World Tennis Championship by defeating David Goffin (Belgium). 46. Syed Modi Grand Prix Badminton 2017 (Hosted in India at Lucknow (UP)) - Women’s singles PV Sindhu (India), by defeating Indonesia’s Gregoria Mariska - Men’s Singles Sameer Verma (India) by defeating B Sai Praneeth (India) - Mixed Doubles Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N Sikki Reddy - Women’s Doubles Kamilla Ryter Juhl and Christina Pedersen from Denmark 47. Usain Bolt has been stripped of one of his nine Olympic gold medals because of a doping offence committed by his teammate Nesta Carter during 4*100 m relay gold Race he won at Beijing 2008 Olympics. 48. Virat Kohli became fastest Cricket captain to score 1000 runs, achieving this in 17 innings as captain. He took over previous record of South Africa’s AB de Villiers(18 innings).

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