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 The Vayalar Award was instituted in 1977 in memory of the famous Vayalar Ramavarma (1928-1975) by the Vayalar Ramavarma Memorial Trust.  This award is given for the best literary work in , on October 27 (the death anniversary of Vayalar) every year.  A sum of 1,00,000/-, a silver plate and certificate constitute the award. K.V. Mohan Kumar - the  The first winner of the award was Lalithambika winner of the Vayalar Antharjanam for her work ‘’ in 1977. Award for the year 2018 for his work ‘Ushnarashi’

2016 U. K. Kumaran Thakshankunnu 2017 T. D. Ramakrishnan Sugandhi Enna Andal Devanayaki 2018 K.V. Mohan Kumar Ushnarashi Women Recipients of the Vayalar Award

1977 Lalithambika Antharjanam Agnisakshi 1984 Ambalamani 1997 Madhavikutty (Kamala Surayya) Neermathalam Pootha Kalam 2004 Alahayude Penmakkal 2007 M. Leelavathy Appuvinte Anweshanam 2014 K.R.Meera Aarachaar

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is a literary award given by the Vallathol Sahithya Samithi for contribution to .  The award was instituted in 1991 in memory of Vallathol Narayana Menon, one of the modern triumvirate of Malayalam .  The award carries a cash prize of 1,11,111 and a citation.  Pala Narayanan was the first recipient of Vallathol Award in the year 1991.

2016 2017 Pala Narayanan Nair 2018 M. Mukundan Prabha Varma

 The Ezhuthachan award is the highest literary honour that is given by the , .  The award is named after Ezhuthachan, the father of Malayalam language and consists of a cash prize of 5,00,000 and a citation.  The award was instituted in 1993 and Sooranad Kunjan Pillai was the first recipient.

2015 Puthussery Ramachandran 2016 C. Radhakrishnan 2017 K. Satchidanandan Sooranad Kunjan Pillai K. Satchidanandan

 The Kendra Sahitya Akademi was instituted on March 20, 1954.  This award is given to Indian writers for their outstanding books of literary merit published in any of the 24 major Indian languages (English, Rajasthani and 22 official languages of ).  The first winner of Kendra Sahitya Akademy Award for Malayalam was R. Narayana Panikkar for his book ‘Bhasha Sahitya Charitram’ in 1955.

2015 K. R. Meera Aarachaar (Novel) 2016 Prabha Varma Shyamamaadhavam (Poetry) 2017 K. P. Ramanunni Daivathinte Pusthakam (Novel)

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Award (Padmarajan Puraskaram) is instituted by Padmarajan Memorial Trust in memory of author and filmmaker P. Padmarajan and is given for the best short story and the best feature produced in Malayalam language.

2012 E. K. Sheeba Play Station 2013 Kathirippu 2014 Socrates K. Valath Nyaayavidhi

2014 Ain Sidhartha 2015 2016 Maheshinte Prathikaaram Dileesh Pothan

 The O. V. Vijayan Sahitya Puraskaram is instituted by the Naveena Samskarika Kala Kendram, , in memory of celebrated Malayalam novelist and cartoonist O. V. Vijayan.  The award consists of a cash component of 50,001, a memento designed by Kanayi Kunhiraman, and a citation. The award is given to the best book in Malayalam language during the year.

2013 Vijayalakshmiyude Kavithakal 2014 B. Rajeevan Vakkukalum Vasthukkalum 2015 Mrs Ushakumari Chithirapurathe Janaki 2016 Rathnakarante Bharya 2017 Lopa R. Vaikkolpava

Literary Award (also known as Mathrubhumi Sahitya Puraskaram) is a literary award instituted in 2001 by leading Malayalam daily Mathrubhumi.  A sum of 2,00,000, a plaque and citation constitute the award. The award is conferred as recognition of a writer’s overall contribution to the Malayalam literature.  P. Kunjananthan Nair (Thikkodiyan) was the first recipient of this award.

2015 T. Padmanabhan 2016 C. Radhakrishnan 2017 M. K. Sanu M. K. Sanu

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 Muttathu Varkey Award is given for the contributions in the field of Malayalam literature.  It is instituted by the Muthathu Varkey Foundation in memory of novelist Muttathu Varkey.  The award was instituted in 1992 and as of 2012, it carries a purse of 50,000, a citation, and a statuette.  The awards are usually announced on 28th April (the birth anniversary of Varkey) and is presented on 28th May (the death anniversary of Varkey) every year.  O.V. Vijayan was the first recipient of this award and K. Satchidanandan became the first poet to be selected for the award (in 2015).

2016 K. G. George Irakal 2017 T. V. Chandran Ponthan Mada 2018 K. R. Meera Aarachar

is an Indian literary award given by the Guruvayoorappan Trust every year to writers for a particular outstanding work of him/her in Malayalam language.  The award was founded in 1969 by renowned poet G. Sankara Kurup to commemorate the he had won.

1969 Vennikkulam Gopala Kurup Tulsidasa Ramayanam (First winner) 2015 S. Joseph Chandranodoppam 2016 M. A. Rahman Oro Jeevanum Vilappettathaanu 2017 Aymanam John Aymanam Johninte Kathakal

2016 Puthussery Ramachandran 2017 K.L. Mohana Varma 2017 Nedumudi Venu 2018 Sreekumaran Thampi

 Asan Memorial Poetry Prize or Asan Smaraka Kavitha Puraskaram is a literary award instituted in 1985 by Asan Memorial Association in memory 1989 N.N. Kakkad (First winner) of Malayalam poet . 2014 Prabha Varma 2015 Chemmanam Chacko  It is given annually to honour outstanding poets of 2016 Ezhachery Ramachandran Malayalam language.

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The Kerala for the year 2016 was announced on 21 February 2018.

Poetry Savithri Rajeevan Ammaye Kulippikkumpol Novel T. D. Ramakrishnan Sugandhi Enna Andal Devanayaki Story S. Hareesh Adam Drama Samkutty Pattomkary Lalla Literary criticism S. Sudheesh Asan Kavitha: Sthree Purusha Samavakyangalile Kalaapom Autobiography/Biography Dr. Chanthavila Murali AKG: Oru Sampoorna Jeevacharithram Travelogue Dr. Harikrishnan Nile Vazhikal Sree Padmanabhaswamy Award for Children’s K. T. Samoohyapaatam Literature Scholarly Literature Fr. V. P. Joseph Valiyaveettil Chavittu Nadaka Vijnanakosam C. M. Rajan Pranayavum Mooladhanavum

The Award for the year 2015 was announced on 28 March 2017.

Poetry S. Rameshan Hemanthathile Pakshi Novel U. K. Kumaran Thakshankunnu Swaroopam Story Ashithayude Kathakal Drama Jino Joseph Mathi Literary criticism C. R. Parameswaran Vamsa Chihnangal Autobiography/Biography Ibrahim Vengara Green Room Scholarly literature K. N. Ganesh Prakritiyum Manushyanum Sree Padmanabhaswamy Award for Children’s Ezhacherry Ramachandran Sunny Cherukkanum Literature Sangeetha Pengalum Translation Guru Muni Narayana Prasad Soundarya Lahari

 Swathi Sangeetha Puraskaram is the highest honour for musicians instituted by the Kerala State Government.

 It’s named after Swathi Thirunal Varma, the Maharaja of , in India.

 The award carries a cash prize of rupees one lakh, citation and a medal.

1997 Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer Carnatic musician (1st winner) 2015 Trichur.V.Ramachandran vocalist

2016 Mangad.K.Natesan Carnatic musician Mangad K. Natesan

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 The J. C. Daniel Award is an annual award given by the Government of Kerala.  The Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala instituted the award in honour of J. C. Daniel in 1992.  The award, a part of the is to honour lifetime achievements and outstanding contributions to .  From 1998, the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy, an autonomous body under the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala has hosted the award.

1992 T. E. Vasudevan Producer (first winner) 2016 Gopalakrishnan Director, screenwriter 2017 Sreekumaran Thampi Lyricist, director, screenwriter

 The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala.  The awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy since 1998 on behalf of the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala, India.  The awards were started in 1969. From 1969 to 1997, the awards were managed directly by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala.  The awardees are decided by an independent jury formed by the academy and the Department of Cultural Affairs, Govt. of Kerala.  The awards are declared by the Minister for Cultural Affairs and are presented by the Chief Minister of Kerala.

This is announced on 8 March 2018 by Minister the Minister for Cultural Affairs, Sri. A.K. Balan.

Best Feature Film Rahul Riji Nair Ottamuri Velicham Best Director Ee.Ma.Yau Best Actor Indrans Aalorukkam Best Actress Parvathy Take Off Best Character Actor Alencier Ley Lopez Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Best Character Actress Pouly Valsan Ee.Ma.Yau, Ottamuri Velicham Best Debut Director Mahesh Take Off Best Cinematography Manesh Madhavan Aedan Best Story M. A. Nishad Kinar Best Screenplay Sajeev Pazhoor Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum Best Lyrics Prabha Varma Clint Best Music Director M. K. Arjunan Bhayanakam Best Background Music Take Off Best Choreography Prasanna Sujit Hey Jude

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Best Feature Film Vidhu Vincent Manhole Best Director Vidhu Vincent Manhole Best Actor Kammatipaadam Vinayakan Best Actress Rajisha Vijayan Anuraga Karikkin Vellam Best Supporting Actor Manikandan R Achari Kammatipaadam Best Supporting Actress Kanchana VK Olappeeppi Second Best Film Satheesh Babu Senan Ottayaal paatha Best Screenplay Syam Pushkaran Maheshinte Prathikaaram Best Story Karutha Joothan Best Lyricist ONV Kurup Kambhoji Best Cinematography M. J. Radhakrishnan Kaadu Pookkunna Neram

 The International Film Festival of Kerala is a film festival held annually in , Kerala.  This film festival was started in 1996 and is hosted by the Kerala State Chalachitra Academy on behalf of Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala. The first IFFK was in in 1996.  The festival is held in November/December every year and is acknowledged as one of the leading such events in India.  On the lines of the IFFK, the Chalachitra Academy also organises the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala.

Suvarna Chakoram and a cash prize of The Golden Crow Pheasant Award Rs.1,000,000/- to the best feature film to be shared equally by the director and the producer Rajata Chakoram and a cash prize of Rs.300,000/- The Silver Crow Pheasant Award to the best director Rajata Chakoram and a cash prize of Rs.200,000/- The Silver Crow Pheasant Award to the best debut director Rajata Chakoram and cash prize of Rs.100,000/- Audience Prize to the Director of the most popular film voted by the festival delegates For the best film chosen by the Federation FIPRESCI Award Internationale de la Presse Cinematographique For the best film in the competition section from Asia, Netpac Award chosen by the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema

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The 22nd IFFK was held from 8 December 2017 to 15 December 2017.

Golden Crow Pheasant Award (Best film) Wajib (Director: Annemarie Jacir) The Silver Crow Pheasant Award (Best Debut Director) Anucha Boonyawatana (Film: Malila- The farewell flower) The Silver Crow Pheasant Award (Best Director) Sanju Surendran (Film: Aedan) FIPRESCI Award (Best Malayalam Film) Aedan (Director: Sanju Surendran) FIPRESCI Award (Best International Film) Newton (Director: Amit V Masurkar) NETPAC Award (Best Malayalam Film) Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum NETPAC Award (Best Asian Film) Newton (Director: Amit V Masurkar)

Shri. General Administration, All India Services, Planning and Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment, Scientific Institutes, Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Election, Integration, Sainik Welfare, Distress Relief, State Hospitality, Airports, Metro Rail, Inter State River Waters, Information and Public Relations, Non- Resident Keralites Affairs, Home, Vigilance, Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice Shri. E. P. Jayarajan Industries, Sports and Youth Affairs Shri. A.K. Balan Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes, Law, Culture, Parliamentary Affairs, KSFDC Shri. Prof. C. Raveendranath General Education, Technical Education, Entrance Examinations, Literacy Movement, National Cadet Corps Shri. Kadakampally Surendran Co-operation, Tourism, Devaswoms Shri. M. M. Mani Electricity Shri. T.P. Ramakrishnan Labour, Employment and Training, Rehabilitation, Factories and Boilers, Insurance Medical Service, Industrial Tribunals, Excise, Labour Courts Smt. J. Mercykutty Amma Fisheries, Harbour Engineering, Cashew Industry, Fisheries University Shri. G. Sudhakaran Public Works, Registration, Post and Telegraphs, Railways

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Smt. K.K. Shylaja Teacher Health, Family Welfare, Medical Education, Indigenous Medicine, Medical University, Drugs Control, Pollution Control, Homoeopathy, Naturopathy, Social Justice Shri A.K. Saseendran Road Transport, Motor Vehicles, Water Transport Shri. A.C. Moideen Panchayats, Municipalities and Corporations, Rural Development, Town planning, Regional Development Authorities, Kerala Institute of Local Administration Shri. Dr. T.M. Thomas Isaac Finance, National Savings, Stores Purchase, Commercial Taxes , Agricultural Income Tax, Treasuries, Lotteries, State Audit, Kerala Financial Corporation, KSFE, State Insurance, Stamps And Stamp Duties, Coir Shri. K.T. Jaleel Universities (Except Agricultural, Veterinary, Fisheries and Medical University), Collegiate Education, Welfare of Minorities, Wakf and Haj Pilgrimage Shri. E. Chandrasekharan Land Revenue, Survey and Land Records, Land Reforms, Housing Shri. V.S. Sunilkumar Agriculture, Soil Survey & soil Conservation, Agricultural university, Warehousing Corporation, Veterinary university Shri. P. Thilothaman Food and Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs, Legal Metrology Shri. Adv. K. Raju Forests, Wildlife Protection, Animal husbandry, Dairy Development, Milk- Co-operatives, Zoos Shri. Adv. Mathew T. Thomas Irrigation, Command Area Development Authority, Ground Water Development, Water Supply and Sanitation, Inland Navigation (Construction of Waterways), Kerala Shipping and Inland Navigation Corporation Shri. Ramachandran Kadannappally Ports, Museums, Archaeology

Governor, Kerala State Justice (Retd.) P. Sadhasivam (22nd ) Chairman, State Planning Board, Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan Vice-chairman, State Planning Board, Kerala V.K. Ramachandran Chief Secretary Tom Jose Advocate General C. P. Sudhakara Prasad Chief Justice of Kerala High Court Justice Hrishikesh Roy Kerala State Chief Information Commissioner Vinson M. Paul State Chief Election Commissioner V. Bhaskaran Chief Electoral Officer Teeka Ram Meena

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Lok Ayukta, Kerala Justice Pius C. Kuriakose Chairman, Kerala State Human Rights Commission Justice Antony Dominic Chairperson, Kerala State Women’s Commission M.C. Josephine Chairman, Kerala Sports Council T.P. Dasan Director General of Prosecution Adv. C. Sreedharan Nair Vigilance Director, Kerala B.S. Mohammed Yasin Intelligence Director President , Kerala State Consumer Disputes- Redressal Commission Justice S.S. Satheesachandran Chairman, Kerala PSC Adv. M. K. Sakeer Chairman, 10th Pay Revision Commisssion Justice C.N. Ramachandran Nair Managing Director, Metro A.P.M. Mohammed Hanish Chairman, Kerala Sahitya Akademy Vaishakan (M.K. Gopinathan Nair) Chairman, Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Akademy K. P. A. C. Lalitha Chairman, Kerala Lalithakala Akademy Nemom Pushparaj Chairman, Kerala Folklore Academy C.J. Kuttappan Chairman, Kerala Chalachitra Academy

University of Kerala 1937 Thiruvananthapuram Prof. Gopinath Ravindran 1968 Thenjippalam, KKD K. Mohammed Basheer University 1996 Kannur Prof. Gopinath Ravindran Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) 1971 Kakkanad (Kochi) Dr. J. Letha Kerala Agricultural University 1971 () Dr.R.Chandra Babu Mahatma University 1983 Athirampuzha, KTM Prof. (Dr.) Sabu Thomas Sree Sankaracharya University of 1993 () Dr.Dharmarajan P.K National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS) 2005 Kochi Rose Varghese Kerala Kalamandalam 1930 Cheruthuruthi Dr T K Narayanan CentralUniversity of Kerala 2009 Prof.(Dr). G. Gopakumar Kerala University of Health Sciences 2010 Mulangunnathukavu M.K.C. Nair (Thrissur) Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University 2010 Pookode (Wayanad) Dr. B. Ashok Thunchath Ezhuthachan Malayalam University 2012 () Dr. V. Anil Kumar Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences & Technology 1974 Thiruvananthapuram K.M. Chandrasekhar

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National Institute of Fashion Technology 1986 Kannur Rajesh V. Shah Indian Institute of Management 1996 Kozhikode Debashis Chatterjee National Institute of Technology 2007 Kozhikode Sivaji Chakravorti Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology 2007 Valiyamala (TVM) Dr. B. N. Suresh (Chancellor) Indian Institute of Science Education and Research 2008 Vithura (TVM) Dr. Tessy Thomas (Chairperson)

 The Government of Kerala grants special awards in the name of Trophy and cash prize to Local Bodies for the outstanding performance in administration, revenue collection, planning, people’s participation, distribution of social security pension and so on.  Up to 2012 the State Government celebrated February 19 as Panchayat Day to coincide with the birth anniversary of late Balwanthrai Mehta, proponent of the three-tier Panchayati Raj system and founder president of the All India Panchayat Parishad.  From 2012 onwards it is decided to celebrate Feb 19th as Balwanthrai Mehta day and April 24th as the Panchayat day.  The practice of distributing a trophy and cash prize for the best gramapanchayat started from 1995-96 onwards. In 1996-97 the trophy was renamed as Swaraj trophy and from 1999-2000 onwards, the prize extents for the best district panchayat, block panchayat and municipalities.

Grama Panchayat Kanjikuzhy ( District) 1995-1996 Block Panchayat Perumkadavila (Tvpm. Dist.) 2000-2001 District Panchayat Alappuzha 2000-2001 Municipal Corporation Kozhikode 2000-2001 Municipality () 1999-2000

Grama Panchayats 2016-17 Sreekrishnapuram (Palakad) 2015-16 Sreekrishnapuram (Palakad)

Block Panchayats 2016-17 Lalam () 2015-16 Edakkad (Kannur)

District Panchayats 2016-17 District Panchayat 2016-15 District Panchayat

Mahatma Ouraskaram 2016-17 Edamalakkudi (Idukki)

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 ‘The ’, the highest civilian Award of the country, was instituted in the year 1954.  Any person without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex is eligible for these awards.  It is awarded in recognition of exceptional service/performance of the highest order in any field of human endeavour.  The recommendations for Bharat Ratna are made by the Prime Minister himself to the President. No formal recommendations for this are necessary.  The number of annual awards is restricted to a Bharat Ratna Award Bharat Ratna Award maximum of three in a particular year. (Reverse Side)  On conferment of the award, the recipient receives a Sanad (certificate) signed by the President and a medallion.  The Award does not carry any monetary grant.  In terms of Article 18 (1) of the Constitution, the award cannot be used as a prefix or suffix to the recipient's name.  It is also not mandatory that Bharat Ratna be awarded every year.  The original specifications for the award called for a circular gold C. Rajagopa- medal, 35 mm in diameter, with the sun and the legend ‘Bharat lachari Ratna’ above and a floral wreath below. The reverse was to carry the state emblem and motto. It was to be worn around the neck from a (the first recipient of white ribbon. This design was altered after a year. the Bharat Ratna)  The first recipients of the Bharat Ratna were politician C. Rajagopalachari, scientist C. V. Raman and philosopher , who were honoured in 1954. Since then, the award has been bestowed on 45 individuals including 12 who were awarded posthumously.  In 1966, former Prime Minister Bahadur Shastri became the first individual to be honoured posthumously.  In 2013, cricketer , aged 40, became the youngest (the first woman recipient while social reformer was awarded on recipient of the his 100th birthday (1958). Bharat Ratna)  Though usually conferred on Indian citizens, the Bharat Ratna has been awarded to one naturalised citizen, in 1980, and to two non- Indians, national Khan in 1987 and former South African President in 1990.  India Government announced the award to freedom fighter Atal Bihari Madan Mohan (posthumously) and former Prime Minister Atal Vajpayee Malaviya Bihari Vajpayee on 24 December, 2014.

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01. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari 1954 23. Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela 1990 02. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1954 24. 1991 03.C.V. Raman 1954 25. Sardar Vallabh bhai Patel 1991 04. 1955 26. Morarji Ranchhodji Desai 1991 05. Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya 1955 27. Maulana 1992 06. 1955 28. Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhai Tata 1992 07. 1957 29. 1992 08. Dhondo Keshav Karve 1958 30. 1997 09. 1961 31. 1997 10. Tandon 1961 32. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam 1997 11. 1962 33.M.S. Subbulakshmi 1998 12. 1963 34. 1998 35. Loknayak 1999 13. 1963 36. 1999 14. 1966 37. Lokpriya 1999 15.Indira Gandhi 1971 38. Pandit Shankar 1999 16. Varahagiri Venkata Giri 1975 39. Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar 2001 17. Kumaraswami Kamraj 1976 40. 2001 18. Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu 1980 41. Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj 2008 19. Acharya Vinobha Bhave 1983 42.C.N.R. Rao 2013 20. Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan 1987 43.Sachin Tendulkar 2013 21.M.G. Ramachandran 1988 44. Madan Mohan Malaviya 2014 22. Bhim Rao Ramji Ambedkar 1990 45. 2014

Name Nobel Prize Bharat Ratna C.V. Raman 1930 1954 Mother Teresa 1979 1980 Nelson Mandela 1993 1990 Amartya Sen 1998 1999

Lal Bahadur Shastri (the first to be conferred with the Name Bharat Ratna Nishan-e-Pakistan Bharat Ratna posthumously) 1991 1990 Nelson Mandela 1990 1992

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 The Padma Awards were instituted in the year 1954. Except for brief interruption(s) during the years 1978, 1979 and from 1993 to 1997, these awards have been announced every year on Republic Day.  The award is given in three categories; viz., , and .  The award seeks to recognize work of any distinction and is given for distinguished and exceptional achievements/service in all fields of activities/disciplines, such as Art, Literature and Education, Sports, Medicine, Social Work, Science and Engineering, Public Affairs, Civil Service, Trade and Industry etc. PADMA VIBHUSHAN

 The Padma Vibhushan is the second highest civilian award in the Republic of India.  It consists of a medal and a citation and is awarded by the . It was established on 2 January, 1954. It ranks behind the Bharat Ratna and comes before the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri.  The first recipients of this award were , Nand Lal Bose, Zakir Hussain, Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, Jigme Dorji Wangchuk, and V. K. Menon in the year 1954.

Name Discipline () Art-Music Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan () Art-Music P. Parameswaran (Kerala) Literature and Education

Name Discipline Public Affairs Public Affairs P.A. Sangma (posthumous) Public Affairs Sunder Lal Patwah (posthumous) Public Affairs K.J.Yesudas Art - Music Sadhguru Others - Spiritualism Udipi Ramachandra Rao Science & Engineering

PADMA BHUSHAN

 The Padma Bhushan is the third highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan, but comes before the Padma Shri.

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Name Discipline Pankaj Advani Sports-Billiards/Snooker Philipose Mar Chrysostom Others-Spiritualism Mahendra Singh Dhoni Sports-Cricket (Foreigner/Posthumous) Public Affairs R. Nagaswamy Others-Archaeology Ved Prakash Nanda (Overseas Citizen of India) Literature and Education Art-Painting Art-Music Art-Music

Name Discipline Art - Music Devi Prasad Dwivedi Literature & Education Tehemton Udwadia Medicine Ratna Sundar Maharaj Others-Spiritualism Swami Niranjana Nanda Others-Yoga H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri (Foreigner) Literature & Education (Posthumous) Literature & Education –Journalism

 The Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan.  K. P. Haridas (Medicine) and Narayana Purushothama Mallaya (Literature and Education) are the Keralites to be conferred with the Padma Shree in 2015.  Mithali Raj (), to be awarded the Padma Shri in 2015, Mithali Raj is the captain of the Indian Women's cricket team.

 Abhay and Bang, , , Mohan Swaroop Bhatia, Sudhanshu Biswas, Saikhom Mirabai Chanu, Pandit , Jose Ma Joey Concepcion III (Foreigner), Langpoklakpam Subadani Devi, Somdev Devvarman, Yeshi Dhoden, , Doddarange Gowda, , , Ramli Bin Ibrahim (Foreigner), (Posthumous), Piyong Temjen Jamir, Sitavva Joddati, Malti Joshi, , Rameshwarlal Kabra, Kishore Kaul, Bounlap Keokangna (Foreigner), Kichlu, Tommy Koh (Foreigner), , Joyshree Goswami Mahanta, Narayan Das Maharaj, Pravakara Maharana, Hun Many (Foreigner), Nouf Marwaai (Foreigner), , Krishna Bihari Mishra, Sisir Purushottam Mishra, , (Foreigner), Somdet Phra Maha Muniwong (Foreigner), Keshav Rao Musalgaonkar, Thant Myint – U (Foreigner), V Nanammal, Sulagitti Narasamma, Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan, I Nyoman Nuarta (Foreigner), Malai Haji Abdullah Bin Malai Haji Othman (Foreigner), Gobaradhan Panika, Bhabani Charan Pattanaik, Murlikant Petkar, Habibullo Rajabov (Foreigner), M R Rajagopal, (Posthumous), Chandra Sekhar Rath, S S Rathore, , (Foreigner), R Sathyanarayana, Pankaj M Shah, , Maharao Raghuveer Singh, Kidambi Srikanth, , Siddeshwara Swamiji, Lentina Ao Thakkar, , Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Tharanathan - Rudrapatnam Narayanaswamy Thyagarajan, Nguyen Tien Thien, Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi, , , Panatawane Gangadhar Vithobaji, Romulus Whitaker, Baba Yogendra, A Zakia

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 The Jnanpith Award is a literary award in India.  Along with the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, it is one of the two most prestigious literary honours in the country.  The award was instituted in 1961, and was given for the first time in 1965.  The name of the award has been taken from Sanskrit word, Jnana means knowledge and pitha means seat.  The award carries a cheque for Rs 11 lakh, a citation, plaque and a bronze replica of Goddess Saraswathi.  Any Indian citizen who writes in any of the 22 languages in the 8th schedule of the constitution is eligible for the honour.  It is presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a trust founded by the Sahu Jain family, the publishers of the newspaper . Recent Recipients Year Name Work Language 2014 Hindu: Jagnyachi Samrudhha Adgal Marathi 2015 Overall contributions Gujarati 2016 (52nd) Overall contributions Bengali 2017 Krishna Sobti (53rd) Overall contributions Hindi

Malayalee Winners Year Name Work 1965 G. Sankara Kurup Odakkuzhal 1980 S. K. Pottekkatt Oru Desathinte Katha 1984 Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai (Coir) 1995 M. T. Vasudevan Nair for his contributions to Malayalam literature 2007 O. N. V. Kurup for his contributions to Malayalam literature

 The is an annual literary award in India presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization for a work which emphasizes Indian philosophy and culture.  The prize includes an amount of Rs. 4 Lakh, a plaque, a statue of Saraswati, and a shawl. Recent Recipients Year Name Work Language 2015 Ananta Jeevanam Telugu 2016 M. P. Veerendra Kumar Hymavathabhoovil Malayalam 2017 Joy Goswami Du Dondo Phowara Matro Bengali Joy Goswami

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 The is an annual Schedule VIII of the award and is given in recognition of in 1992, the number of languages went outstanding prose or poetry literary works up to 18. in Indian languages that are listed in the  Further, in 2004, Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Schedule VIII of the Constitution of India. Santhali were also included in the  The award was established in 1991 by Schedule VIII taking the number of K.K. Birla Foundation and carries a prize languages to 22. amount of 10 lakh rupees along with a  Since 2005, the Saraswati Samman certificate. considers literary works in 22 languages  In 1991, became for the award. the first Hindi author to receive this  Apart from this award, K. K. Birla honour. Foundation has also constituted two other  Earlier, the literary works in 15 languages awards that include Bihari Puraskar for were only awarded. But with inclusion of Hindi and Rajasthani writers and Vyas Konkani, Manipuri and Nepali in the Samman for Hindi.

2015 Chitt-Chete (Autobiography) 2016 Hawthan (Novel) Sitanshu 2017 Vakhar (Poetry collection) Yashaschandra BIHARI PURASKAR  The Bihari Puraskar is a literary award instituted by K. K. Birla Foundation .  The award is named after the famous Hindi poet Bihari and is awarded to an outstanding work published in Hindi or Rajasthani by a Rajasthani writer.  It carries a citation, a plaque and prize money of Rs. 1 lakh.

2015 Dr. Bhagwati Lal Vyas Kathe Sun Aawe Hai Sabad 2016 Satya Narayan Yeh Ek Dunia 2017 Lokavlokan VYAS SAMMAN  The Vyas Samman is a literary award in India, first awarded in 1991 .  It is awarded annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation and includes a cash payout of Rs. 2,50,000.  To be eligible for the award, the literary work must be in the Hindi language and have been published in the past 10 years.

2014 Kamal Kishore Goyenka Premchand Kee Kahaniyon Kaa Kaal Kramanusar Adhyan 2015 Kshama 2016 Surinder Verma Kaatna shami ka vriksha padma-pankhuri ki dhar se 2017 Mamta Kalia Dukkham Sukkham CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU 17 CURRENT AFFAIRS - 2018 SECRETARIAT ASST EXAM SPECIAL

 The is a prestigious arts  It was initially conferred in alternate years award presented annually by the in the fields of Classical Music, Classical government of in India. Dance, Theatre and Plastic Arts.  The award is named after Kalidasa, a  From 1986-87 onwards, the awards were renowned Classical Sanskrit writer of presented in all four fields every year. ancient India.  At present, the award carries a cash prize  The Kalidas Samman was first awarded in of 2,00,000 rupees. 1980.

2010-11 Theatre 2012-2013 Pt. Keshav Rao Musalgaonkar Sanskrit educationalist

 The Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) owes its origin to the foresight and initiative of two British Chemists, namely, Professor J. L. Simonsen and Professor P.S. MacMahon.  The first meeting of the Congress was held from January 15-17, 1914 at the premises of the Asiatic Society, Calcutta, with the Honourable Justice Sir Asutosh Mukherjee, the then Vice- Chancellor of the Calcutta University, as President.

103rd University of , Mysore 2016 104th S. V. University, 2017 105th Manipur University, Imphal 2018 106th Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar 2019

 The Award is India's and a cash prize of 10,00,000 rupees. highest award in cinema.  The award was first presented in 1969,  It is presented annually at the National introduced by the to Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate commemorate Dadasaheb Phalke's of Film Festivals, an organisation set up by contribution to the Indian cinema. the Ministry of Information and  Broadcasting. Phalke, who is popularly known as and  The recipient is honoured for their often regarded as ‘the father of Indian ‘outstanding contribution to the growth cinema’, was an Indian film-maker who and development of Indian cinema’ and is directed India's first full-length feature selected by a committee consisting of film, Raja in 1913. eminent personalities from the Indian film  The first recipient of the award was industry. actress Roerich. Prithviraj  As of 2017, the award comprises a Swarna Kapoor (in 1971) is the only one recipient Kamal (Golden Lotus) medallion, a shawl, who was awarded posthumously.

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2014 (62nd) Sashi Kapoor Hindi 2015 (63rd) Hindi 2016 (64th) Kasinathuni Viswanath Telugu 2017 (65th) Hindi Vinod Khanna

 The are the most prominent film award ceremonies in India. The awards were established in 1954. The awards have been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian Government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.

(The ceremony was held on 3 May 2018.) Best Feature Film Village Rockstars Director: Rima Das Best Direction , Bhayanakam, The Budhapurnima Pooja At 10th May 2017 Best Actor Riddhi Sen Film: Nagarkirtan (Bengali) Best Actress Film: Mom (Hindi) Best Children's Film Mhorkya (Marathi) Director: Amar Bharat Deokar Best Film on Social Issues Aalorukkam (Malayalam) Director: V. C. Abhilash Best Film on Environment- Conservation/Preservation Irada (Hindi) Director: Aparnaa Singh Best Screenplay Thondimuthalum Driksakshiyum (Malayalam) Sajeev Pazhoor Best Lyrics J. M. Prahlad () Film: March 22 (for "Mutthu Ratna") Best Male Playback Singer K. J. Yesudas (Malayalam) Film: Viswasapoorvam Mansoor Best Female Playback Singer Shashaa Tirupati Film: Kaatru Veliyidai (Tamil) Best Feature Film in Thondimuthalum Malayalam Driksakshiyum Director: Dileesh Pothan

64th National Film Awards - 2016 (The ceremony was held on 3 May, 2017) Best Feature Film Kaasav Directors: Sumitra Bhave, Sunil Sukthankar Best Direction Rajesh Mapuskar Film: Ventilator (Marathi) Best Actor Film: Rustom (Hindi) Best Actress Surabhi Film: Minnaminungu (Malayalam) Best Cinematography Tirru Film: 24 (Tamil) Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation Loktak Lairembee (Manipuri) Director: Haoban Paban Kumar Best Feature Film in Malayalam Maheshinte Prathikaaram Director: Dileesh Pothan Special Jury Award : Munthirivallikal Thalirkkumbol, Pulimurugan CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU 19 CURRENT AFFAIRS - 2018 SECRETARIAT ASST EXAM SPECIAL

 The Indira Gandhi Award for Best First Film of a Director is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of the several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Golden Lotus (Swarna Kamal).  The award was instituted in 1980, at the 28th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.

Year Film(s) Language(s) Director(s) 2015 (63rd) Masaan Hindi Neeraj Ghaywan 2016 (64th) Alifa Bengali Deep Choudhury 2017 (65th) Sinjar Jasari Pampally

 The Dutt Award for Best Feature Film on National Integration is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organization set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of the several awards presented for feature films and awarded with Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus).  The award was instituted in 1965, at 13th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.

Year Film(s) Language(s) Director(s) 2016 (64th) Dikchow Banat Palaax Assamese Sanjib Sabha Pandit 2017 (65th) Dhappa Marathi Nipun Dharmadhikari

 The International Film Festival of India (IFFI), founded in 1952, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia.  It was held annually in the state of . The festival aims at providing a common platform for the cinemas of the world to project the excellence of the film art; contributing to the understanding and appreciation of film cultures of different nations in the context of their social and cultural ethos; and promoting friendship and cooperation among people of the world.  The festival is conducted jointly by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Directorate of Film Festivals and the Government of Goa.  The 48th edition of the IFFI was held at Panaji in Goa, from November 20, 2017, inaugurated by super star . Best Film : 120 Beats Per Minute Director: Robin Campillo Best Director : Vivian Qu Film : Angels Wear White

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State/UT Capital Chief Minister Governor as on 07.10.2018 Hyderabad N.Chandrababu Naidu E. S. L. Narasimhan Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar B. D. Mishra Assam Dispur Lalji Tandon Raipur Dr. Goa Panaji Haryana Satyadev Narayan Himachal Pradesh Acharya Dev Vrat and Kashmir Jammu, Srinagar ----- Ranchi Bengaluru H. D. Kumaraswamy Kerala Trivandrum Pinarayi Vijayan P. Sathasivam Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Anandiben Patel Maharashtra C. Vidyasagar Rao Manipur Imphal N. Biren Singh Meghalaya Shillong Conrad Sangma Tathagata Roy Mizoram Aizawl Pu Lalthanhawla Nagaland Kohima Neiphiu Rio Padmanabha Acharya Odisha Bhubaneswar Sh. Naveen Patnaik Punjab Chandigarh Amarinder Singh V. P. Singh Badnore Rajasthan Jaipur Sikkim Gangtok Pawan Kumar Chamling Tamil Nadu Edappadi K. Palaniswami Telangana Hyderabad K. Chandrasekhar Rao ESL Narasimhan Tripura Agartala Kaptan Singh Solanki Dehradun Keshari Nath Tripathi Dadra & Nagar Haveli Silvassa - Praful Khoda Patel Andaman & Nicobar Port Blair - Devendra Kumar Joshi Chandigarh Chandigarh - V. P. Singh Badnore Daman and Diu Daman - Praful Khoda Patel Kavaratti - Farooq Khan New Delhi Puducherry Puthucherry N. Rangasamy

Chamling is the Chief Minister of Sikkim. He is the longest serving Chief Minister of a state in India (23 years, 9 months 25 days). (the former CM of Paschim Banga from 1977-2000) was serving as the Chief Vasundhara Raje Mamata Banerjee Minister in 23 years 4 months 16 days. Rajasthan Bengal

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 The President of India - Mr. Ram Nath Kovind  The Chairman of Niti Aayog - Mr.  The Vice-Chairman of Niti Aayog - Mr.  CEO, NITI Aayog - Ms. Amitabh Kant  The Speaker of - Mrs.  The Chairman of - Mr.  The Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha - Mr. Harivansh Narayan Singh  The Leader of Opposition, Rajya Sabha - Mr. Ghulam Nabi Azad  The Attorney General of India - Mr. K. K. Venugopal  The Solicitor General of India - Vacant  Chief Election Commissioner of India - Mr. Om Prakash Rawat  Election Commissioners - Mr. Sunil Arora, Mr. Ashok Lavasa  Comptroller and Auditor-General of India - Mr.  Chairperson, National Human Rights Commission - Mr. Justice H.L. Dattu  Cabinet Secretary - Mr. Pradeep Kumar Sinha  Home Secretary - Mr.  Finance Secretary of India - Mr. Hasmukh Adhia  Principal Economic advisor in the Union Finance Ministry - ......  Principal Secretary to Prime Minister - Mr.  Foreign Secretary, Govt. of India - Mr. Vijay Keshav Gokhale  Chief Information Commissioner - Mr. Radha Krishna Mathur  Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes - ......  Chairperson, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) - Mr. Rakesh Srivastava  Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Castes - Prof.(Dr.)  Chairman, National Commission for Scheduled Tribes - Dr Nand Kumar Sai  Chairman, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) - Mr. Arvind Saxena  Chairman, National Commission on Farmers (NCF) - Dr. M. S. Swaminathan  National Security Advisor and Special Advisor to PM - Mr. Ajit Kumar Doval  Director-General, National Investigation Agency (NIA) - Mr. Y.C.Modi  Chairman, Railway Board - Mr. Ashwani Lohani  Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha - Mr. Desh Deepak Verma  Secretary-General, Lok Sabha - Mr. Snehlata Shrivastava  Director, Intelligence Bureau (IB) - Mr. Rajiv Jain  Director, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) - Mr. Alok Verma  Director, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) - Mr. Anil Dhasmana  Director-General, (NSG) - Mr. Sudeep Lakhtakia  Director-General, CRPF - Mr. Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar  Director-General, (BSF) - Mr. K K Sharma

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 Director-General, Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) - Mr. Rajesh Ranjan  Director-General, Railway Protection Force (RPF) - Mr. Kumar  Director-General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) - Mr. R.K. Pachnanda  Director-General, Sashastra Bal - Mr. Rajni Kant Mishra  Director-General, Indian Coast Guard - Vice-Adm.  Director-General, Defence Intelligence Agency - Lt. Gen. Avtar Singh  Chairman, UGC - Prof. D.P. Singh  Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) - Dr G. Satheesh  Principal Scientific Advisor to the Government - Prof. K. VijayRaghavan  Chairman, Space Commission and ISRO - Dr Kailasavadivoo Sivan  Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Dept. of Atomic Energy - Mr. K.N. Vyas  Chairperson, National Commission for Minorities - Mr. Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi  Chairman, Staff Selection Commission (SSC) - Mr. Ashim Khurana  Director-General, Indian Council of Medical Research - Prof.  Registrar-General of India and Census Commissioner - Shri. Sailesh  Chairman, 20th Law Commission - Mr. Justice A. P. Shah  Chairman, 21st Law Commission - Mr. Balbir Singh Chauhan  President, Indian National Academy of Engineering - Dr. B. N. Suresh  Chairman, National Forest Commission - Mr. Justice (Retd.) B. N. Kirpal  Chairperson, National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) - Mr. Dilip Rath  Director-General, Border Roads Organisation - Lt Gen SK Shrivastava  Governor, RBI - Dr. Urjit R. Patel  Chairman, Press Council of India - Mr. Chandramauli Prasad  Central Vigilance Commissioner - Mr. Sharad Kumar  Chairman, Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) - Mr. Hormusji N. Cama  Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) - Mr. Sushil Chandra  Chairman, Central Board of Excise and Customs - Mrs. S. Ramesh  Competition Commission of India - Mr. Sudhir Mital  Chairman, Central Administrative Tribunal - Justice Permod Kohli  CMD, GAIL - Mr. B.C. Tripathi  Chairperson, Central Board of Secondary Education - Dr. Anita Karwal  Chairman, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)- Mr. Ajay Tyagi  Chairman, NABARD - Dr. Bhanwala  Chairman, SBI - Smt. Rajnish Kumar  Chairman, IDBI - Mr. B Sriram  Chairman, Company Law Board - Shri Mahesh Mittal Kumar  India's Permanent Representative to UN - Mr. Syed Akbaruddin  Chairman, Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) - Mr. V.K. Sharma  Chairman, Central Water Commission - Mr. Narendra Kumar

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 Chairperson, National Commission for Women - Ms. Lalitha Kumaramangalam  Chairman, 14th Finance Commission - Dr. Y. V. Reddy  Chairman, National Statistical Commission - Radha Binod Barman  Chairperson, Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) - Mr.  Director-General, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) - Smt  President, FICCI - Pankaj Patel  Chairman, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) - Ram Sewak Sharma  Director, Enforcement Directorate - Karnal Singh  Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre - K.N. Vyas  Chairman, Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) - Mr. Hemant Contractor  President, Indian Olympic Association - Mr. Narinder Dhruv Batra  President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) - Dr. Forbes  Chairman, Prasar Bharti Board - Dr. A. Surya Prakash  Chairman, Investment Commission - Mr.  Chairman, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) - Mr. Anurag Singh Thakur  Chairman, NASSCOM - Rishad Premji  Chairman, National Film Development Corporation - Ms. Nina Lath Gupta  Chairman, United News of India - Mr. Vishwas Tripathi  Chairman, PTI - Mr. N. Ravi  President, Indian Newspaper Society (INS) - Mr. Ravindra Kumar  President, The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) - Mr. Sandeep Jajodia  Chairman, National Academy for Music, Dance & Drama- Shri  President , National Academy of Letters -  Chairman, National Academy of Art - Shri Uttam Pacharne

Chiefs of Forces in India

Air Chief Marshal General Bipin Rawat Birender Singh Dhanoa Admiral Sunil Lanba Chief of the Army Staff Chief of the Air Staff Chief of the Naval Staff

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Shri Narendra Modi Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (All important policy issues and all other portfolios not allocated to any Minister) Shri Raj Nath Singh Ministry of Home Affairs Smt. Ministry of External Affairs Shri Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Civil Aviation Shri Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Corporate Affairs Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation Sushri Uma Bharati Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation Dr. Harsh Vardhan Ministry of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Ramvilas Paswan Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Smt. Maneka Ministry of Women and Child Development Shri Ananthkumar Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Parliamentary Affairs Shri Prasad Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Ministry of Law and Justice Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh Ministry of Steel Shri Anant Geete Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal Ministry of Food Processing Industries Shri Narendra Singh Tomar Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Mines Shri Jual Oram Ministry of Tribal Affairs Shri Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani Ministry of Textiles Shri. Prakash Javadekar Ministry of Human Resource Development Shri. Dharmendra Pradhan Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Shri. Ministry of Coal, Ministry of Railways Smt. Ministry of Defence Shri Ministry of Minority Affairs

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 The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel, written in the , and published in the UK.  Initially, only English-language writers from the , the Republic of Ireland, and the Commonwealth countries were eligible. In 2013, however, it was announced that the prize would be open to English-language writers worldwide from 2014.  The winner of the Man Booker Prize is generally assured of international renown and success; therefore, the prize is of great significance for the book trade. George Saunders Recent winners of the Man Booker Prize for Friction

2014 Richard Flanagan The Narrow Road to the Deep North Australia 2015 Marlon James A Brief History of Seven Killings Jamaica 2016 Paul Beatty The Sellout USA 2017 George Saunders Lincoln in the Bardo USA

1981 Salman Rushdie Midnight’s Children 1997 The God of Small Things 2006 Kiran Desai The Inheritance of Loss Salman Rushdie Aravind Adiga 2008 Aravind Adiga The White Tiger

 The Man Booker International Prize is an international literary award given every two years to a living author of any nationality for a body of work published in English or generally avail- able in English translation.  The introduction of the International Prize was announced in June 2005. The award, which is sponsored by the Man Group, comple- ments the Man Booker Prize and rewards one author's "continued creativity, development and overall contribution to fiction on the world stage”. Therefore the award is a recognition of the writer's body of work, rather than any one title. Recent winners Year Name Country 2016 Han Kang Korean 2017 David Grossman Hebrew 2018 Olga Tokarczuk Polish Olga Tokarczuk

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 As a tribute to the memory of the late Prime Minister Shri Jawaharlal Nehru and to his life-long dedication to the cause of world peace and international understanding, the Government of India instituted the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding in 1965.  Given annually, for outstanding contribution to the promotion of international understanding, goodwill, and friendship among peoples of the world, the Award carries Rupees 2.5 million in cash (convertible into foreign currency) and a citation. The Award may be divided between two persons who are considered by the Jury to be equally deserving of recognition in a given year.  It is open to all persons regardless of nationality, race, creed or sex, but an association, institution or organization is not eligible for the Award. To be considered for the Award, it would ordinarily be necessary that a person be recommended in writing by someone with the competence thereof.  U-Thant the then Secretary-General of the was the first winner of this award in 1965.

2005 Wangari Maathai 2006 Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva 2007 Olafur Ragnar Grimsson Iceland 2009 Angela Merkel Germany Angela Merkel U-Thant The award hasn’t been announced since 2009.

 As a tribute to the ideals espoused by , the Government of India had launched the International in 1995 on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. It is a very prestigious award and carries an amount of Rs.10 million (1 Crore), a citation and a plaque. The Award for every year is selected by a jury under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister.  This is an annual award given to individuals and institutions for their outstanding contributions towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violence, and other Gandhian methods, for amelioration of human sufferings particularly of the less privileged sections of the society, contributing social justice and harmony. The award is open to all persons regardless of nationality, race, creed or sex. Normally recent works achieved during 10 years immediately preceding the nomination are considered. Older work may also be considered if its significance has become apparent only recently. A written work, in order to be eligible for consideration should have been published during the last ten years.  (Tanzania) was the first winner of the award in 1995.

2013 India 2014 ISRO India

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 The Templeton Prize honours a living person who has made an exceptional contribution to affirming life’s spiritual dimension, whether through insight, discovery, or practical works. Established in 1972 by the late Sir John Templeton, the Prize aims, in his words, to identify "entrepreneurs of the spirit"—outstanding individuals who have devoted their talents to expanding our vision of human purpose and ultimate reality.  Men and women of any creed, profession, or national origin may be nominated for the Templeton Prize.  The Prize is a monetary award in the amount of £1,100,000 sterling.  The inaugural winner of the prize, in 1973, was Mother Teresa.  Former President of India, Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan was honoured with this award in 1975.

2015 Jean Vanier (Geneva, Switzerland) 2016 Jonathan Sacks (Britain) 2017 Alvin Plantinga (American scholar) 2018 Abdullah II of Jordan (King of Jordan) Abdullah II of Jordan

 The Pulitzer Prize is an award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the .  It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) publisher Joseph Pulitzer, and is administered by in New York City.  Prizes are awarded yearly in twenty-one categories. In twenty of the categories, each winner receives a certificate and a US$15,000 cash award.  The winner in the public service category of the journalism competition is awarded a gold medal.  The New York Timesand The New Yorker are the winners of Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2018.

 The Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction (previously called Women's Prize for Fiction), Orange Prize for Fiction or Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction) is one of the United Kingdom's most prestigious literary prizes.  It is awarded annually to a female author of any nationality for the best original full-length novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom in the preceding year.  The prize was established to recognise the contribution of female writers.  The winner of the prize receives £30,000, along with a bronze sculpture called the Bessie created by artist Grizel Niven, the sister of actor and writer David Niven.

2017 Naomi Alderman The Power 2018 Kamila Shamsie Home Fire

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 The Right Livelihood Award is an international award to "honour and support those offering practical and exemplary answers to the most urgent challenges facing us today".  The prize was established in 1980 by German-Swedish philanthropist Jakob von Uexkull, and is presented annually in early December in Stockholm at a ceremony in the Swedish Parliament, the Right Livelihood Award is usually shared by four recipients.  It has become widely known as the 'Alternative Nobel Prize'.

2017 - Robert Bilott (USA), Colin Gonsalves (India), Khadija Ismayilova (Azerbaijan), Yetnebersh Nigussie (Ethiopia). 2018 - Thelma Aldana, Iván Velásquez (Guatemala), Yacouba Sawadogo (Burkina Faso), Abdullah al-Hamid, Mohammad Fahad al-Qahtani, Walid Abu al-Chair (Saudi Arabia), Tony Rinaudo (Australia)

 The or the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize or the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development is the prestigious award accorded annually by India to individuals or organizations in recognition of creative efforts towards promoting international peace, development and a new international economic order; ensuring that scientific discoveries are used for the larger good of humanity, and enlarging the scope of freedom.  The prize carries a cash award of 2.5 million Indian rupees and a citation.  A written work, in order to be eligible for consideration, should have been published.  The panel constituted by the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust consists of prominent national and international personalities including previous recipients.  ‘Parliamentarians for Global Action’ was the first winner of this award in 1986.

2014 ISRO India Indian Space Agency 2015 UNHCR United Nations United Nations HighCommissioner for Refugees 2016 ...... 2017 India Indian Space Agency

 The Indira Gandhi Award for National Integration is a prestigious award accorded by the , after former , Indira Gandhi.  This Award is given annually, starting from 1985 to distinguished persons/institutions for promoting national integration and understanding and fellowship amongst religious groups, communities, ethnic groups, cultures, languages and traditions of India and the strengthening, through thought and action of the nation's sense of solidarity.  The Award carries an amount of Rs. 5 lakh in cash and a citation.  The Award is given on the martyrdom day of Indira Gandhi, i.e. 31 Oct.

2013 M.S. Swaminathan 2014 Rajagopal P. V 2015 T. M. Krishna T. M. Krishna

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 The Ramon Magsaysay Award is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in government, courageous service to the people, and pragmatic idealism within a democratic society.  The Ramon Magsaysay Award is often considered to be an Asian equivalent to the Nobel Prize.  The prize was established in April, 1957 by the trustees of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund based in New York City with the concurrence of the Philippine Government. 2018 Bharat Vatwani (India) 2016 T.M. Krishna (India) 2018 Youk Chhang () 2018 Vo Thi Hoang () 2018 Howard Dee () 2018 M.L. Martins (Timor-Leste) 2018 Sonam Wangchuk (India)

 The Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is an international distinction created by UNESCO in 1951 following a donation from Biju Patnaik, Founder and President of the Kalinga Foundation Trust in India. The first award was given in 1952.  The purpose of the Prize is to reward the efforts of a person who has had a distinguished career as a writer, editor, lecturer, radio/television programme director or film producer, which has enabled him/her to help interpret science, research and technology to the public.  As of 2009, the Prize has been awarded biennially rather than annually in the same year as the UNESCO General Conference (every odd year). The Prize contains a cheque for the amount of US$ 20,000, a certificate and the UNESCO-Albert Einstein silver medal.

2013 Prof. Xiangyi Li 2015 Prof. Diego Golombek Argentina

2017 Erik Jacquemyn Belgium Erik Jacquemyn

 A Grammy Award (originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry.  The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists, and the presentation of those awards that have a more popular interest.  It shares recognition of the music industry as that of the other performance arts: Emmy Awards (television), the Tony Awards (stage performance), and the (motion pictures).  The first Grammy Awards ceremony was held on May 4, 1959, to honour the musical accomplishments by performers for the year 1958.  The 59th Grammy Award ceremony was held on February 12, 2017, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

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 The British Academy Film Awards are presented in an annual award show hosted by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).  The 70th British Academy Film Awards were held on 12 February 2017.  British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) was founded in 1947 as The British Film Academy, by David Lean, Alexander Korda, Carol Reed, Charles Laughton, Roger Manvell and others. 70th British Academy Film Award (BAFTA) Winners Best Film La La Land Best Director Damien Chazelle (La La Land) Best Actor Casey Affleck Best Actress Emma Stone

 The Academy Awards or The Oscars (the official title was rebranded as The Oscars in 2013 – changed from The Academy Awards) is an annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the .  The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.  The awards, first presented in 1929 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, are overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).  The Academy Awards are widely considered to be the most prestigious cinema awards ceremony in the world.  The 89th Academy Awards ceremony was held on February 11, 2017, at Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.  The 90th Academy Awards ceremony was held on March 4, 2018. The 90th Academy Award -2018 Best Picture The Shape of Water Best Direction Guillermo del Toro (Film: The Shape of Water) Best Actor Gary Oldman Best Actress Frances McDormand Best Supporting Actor Sam Rockwell Best Supporting Actress Allison Janney Best Original Screenplay Get Out Best Animated Feature Film Coco Best Cinematography Blade Runner 2049 The 89th Academy Award - 2017 Best Picture Moonlight Best Direction Damien Chazelle (Film: La La Land) Best Actor Casey Affleck Best Actress Emma Stone Best Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali Best Supporting Actress iola Davis

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 The Golden Globe Award is an American accolade bestowed by the 93 members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) recognizing excellence in film and television, both domestic and foreign.  The 75th Golden Globe Awards, honouring the best in film and television for 2017, were presented on January 7, 2018, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

Drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Musical or Comedy Lady Bird

Actor Gary Oldman Actress Frances McDormand Best Director Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) Best Screenplay Martin McDonagh

 The Cannes International Film Festival (French: Le Festival International du Film de Cannes or just Festival de Cannes) is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from around the world.  It was founded in 1946, it is one of the most prestigious and publicised film festivals in the world.  The 2018 Cannes Film Festival tookplace between 8–19 May 2018. Australian actress Cate Blanchett acted as President of the Jury.

Feature Film (Palme d'or) Shoplifters Grand Prix BlacKkKlansman Award for Best Director Pawel Pawlikowski Award for Best Screenplay Alice Rohrwacher Award for Best Actress Samal Yeslyamova Award for Best Actor Marcello Fonte

 The World Food Prize is the foremost international award recognizing the accomplishments of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity, or availability of food in the world.  The World Food Prize is a $250,000 award formally presented at the Laureate Award Ceremony in mid-October, on or around World Food Day, in conjunction with the Borlaug Dialogue international symposium.  This award was instituted in 1987 and the first winner was Prof. M. S. Swaminathan.

2016 Dr. Maria Andrade (Cape Verde), Dr. Robert Mwanga (Uganda), Dr. Jan Low (USA), Dr. Howarth Bouis (USA) 2017 Dr. Akinwumi Adesina (Nigeria) 2018 Dr. Lawrence Haddad (UK), Dr. David Nabarro (UK)

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 The Nobel Prizes are given in accordance with the will of Swedish inventor of dynamite, Alfred Nobel.  The first Nobel Prize was awarded in the year 1901.  The Nobel Prize award ceremonies are held on December 10 every year, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death in 1896.  All the Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden except for the Nobel Peace Prize which is awarded in Oslo, Norway.  The Nobel Prizes were initially given in FIVE fields viz. Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Peace and Literature.  Nobel Prize in the field of Economic Sciences were instituted in the year 1969 with Ragnar Frisch of Norway and Jan Tinbergen of The Netherlands being the first recipients.

 The first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize is Marie Curie for Physics in 1903.  The first person and only woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in two different fields Marie Curie for Physics in 1903 and for Chemistry in 1911.  The first man to be awarded the Nobel Prize in two different fields is Linus Pauling for Chemistry in 1954 and for Peace in 1962.  The first Asian (also first Indian) to be awarded the Nobel Prize is for literature in 1913.  The first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize is Wangari Maathai from Kenya for peace in 2004.  The first person to be awarded Nobel Prize in the field of Physics is Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen in 1901 for his discovery of X-rays.  The first person to be awarded Nobel Prize in the field of Literature in Marie Curie English language is Rudyard Kipling (of Jungle Book fame) in 1907.  The first person to be awarded Nobel Prize for Peace is Jean Henry Dunant, founder of International Red Cross in 1901, jointly with Frédéric Passy, Founder and President of first French peace society.  The first woman to be awarded Nobel Prize for Peace is Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner of Austria in 1905.  The youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Prize is Malala Yousafzai for Peace in 2014 at the age of 17 years (jointly with Kailash Satyarthi, India).  The only organisation to be awarded the Nobel Prize thrice is International Committee of the Red Cross - 1917, 1944 and 1963.

 Rabindranath Tagore Literature 1913  C.V. Raman Physics 1930  Medicine 1968  Mother Teresa Peace 1979  Subrahmanyam Chandrasekhar Physics 1983  Amartya Sen Economic Sciences 1998  Venkatraman Ramakrishnan Chemistry 2009  Kailash Satyarthi Peace 2014

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Physics Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou, Donna Strickland Chemistry Frances H. Arnold, George P. Smith, Greg Winter Physiology/Medicine James P. Allison, Tasuku Honjo Literature ...... Peace Prize Denis Mukwege, Nadia Murad Economics William Nordhaus, Paul Romer

Physics Rainer Weiss, Barry Barish, Kip Thorne Chemistry Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, Richard Henderson Physiology/Medicine Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash, Michael W. Young Literature Kazuo Ishiguro Peace Prize International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Economics Richard Tailer

 Secretary General, United Nations Organisation - Antonio Guterres (Portugal)  President, - Dr. Jim Yong Kim  Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Christine Lagarde  Director General, International Atomic Energy Agency - Yukiya Amano  President, FIFA - Gianni Infantino  Director-General, WHO - Tedros Adhanom  Director-General, Food and Agricultural Organisation - Jose Graziano da Silva  Director-General, International Labour Organisation - Guy Ryder  Director-General, UNESCO - Audrey Azoulay  President, - Takehiko Nakao  President, International Olympic Committee - Thomas Bach  Secretary General, Commonwealth - Patricia Scotland  Director General, WTO - Roberto Azevedo  Chairman, International Cricket Council - Shashank Manohar  High Commissioner, UN High Commission for Human Rights - Michelle Bachelet  Deputy Secretary General, UN - Amina J. Mohammed  Executive Director, UNICEF - Henrietta H. Fore  UN High Commissioner for Refugees - Filippo Grandi  Administrator, United Nations Development Programme - Achim Steiner  Secretary-General, UNCTAD - Mukhisa Kituyi  Secretary-General, Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) - Jose Angel Gurria  President, International Court of Justice - Abdulqawi Ahmed Yusuf  President, African Development Bank - Akinwumi Adesina  Chairman, Assembly - Idriss Deby  Chairperson, African Union Commission - Moussa Faki  President, - Donald Tusk

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 President, European Commission - Jean-Claude Juncker  Director General, UNIDO - Li Yong  Secretary General, - Abdul Latif bin Rashid Al-Zayani  Secretary General, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation - Yousef Al-Othaimeen  Secretary General, OPEC - Mohammed Barkindo  Secretary General, Organisation of American States - Jose Miguel Insulza  President, South-West African People's Organisation - Hage Geingob  Secretary General, North Atlantic Treaty Organisation - Jens Stoltenberg  Chairman, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association - Sir Alan Haselhurst  Executive Director, UNFPA - Dr. Natalia Kanem  Secretary General, ASEAN - Le Luong Minh  Secretary General, SAARC - Arjun Bahadur Thapa  President, Int. Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) - Sebastian Coe  Secretary-General, Amnesty International - Kumi Naidoo (S. Africa)  Secretary-General, Non-Aligned Movement - Nicolas Maduro  President, INTERPOL - Meng Hongwei

Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani - Argentina Mauricio Macri - Australia Elizabeth II (Monarch) Scott Morrison Abdul Hamid Sheikh Hasina Belgium Philippe (King) Charles Michel Bhutan Jigme Wangchuck (King) Dasho Tshering Wangchuk Brazil Michel Temer - Canada Elizabeth II Justin Trudeau Chile Sebastian Pinera - China Li Keqiang Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic Andrej Plenkovic Cuba Miguel Diaz-Canel Raul Castro Denmark Margrethe II (Monarch) Lars Lokke Rasmussen Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Mostafa Madbouly Finland Sauli Niinisto Juha Sipila France Emmanuel Macron Edouard Philippe Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier Angela Merkel (Chancellor) Greece Prokopis Pavlopoulos Alexis Tsipras Joko Widodo - Iran Hassan Rouhani - Iraq Barham Salih Haider al-Abadi Israel Reuven Rivlin Binyamin Netanyahu (‘Bibi’) Sergio Mattarella Giuseppe Conte Jamaica - Andrew Holness Akihito (Emporer) Shinzo Abe

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Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta - Kiribati Taneti Mamau - Liberia George Weah - Libya - Fayez al-Sarraj Malawi Peter Mutharika - Yang di-Pertuan Agong – Muhammad V Mahathir Mohamad Maldives Abdulla Yameen - Mali Ibrahim Boubacar Keita Soumeylou Boubèye Maïga Barlen Vyapoory (Acting) Aravind Jugnauth Win Myint - Bidhya Devi Bhandari Khadga Prasad Oli Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari - Norway Harald V (King) Erna Solberg Pakistan Arif Alvi Imran Khan Philippines Rodrigo Duterte - Poland Andrzej Duda Mateusz Morawiecki Russia Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin Dmitriy Medvedev - South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit - Maithripala Sirisena Ranil Wickremesinghe Syria Bashar Al-Asad Imad Khamis Trinidad and Tobago Paula-Mae Weekes Keith Rowley Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Muhammad Bin Rashid Al Maktum USA Donald Trump - United Kingdom Elizabeth II (Monarch) Theresa May Venezuela Nicolas Maduro Moros - Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa -

 The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a group of states which are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. As of 2014, the movement has 120 members and 17 observer countries.  The organization was founded in Belgrade in 1961.  The 17th NAM (Non-Aligned Movement) was held at Porlamar, Venezuela on 13-18 September 2016.  Azerbaijan Republic and Fiji are the new member countries in the NAM.  The 18th NAM Summit is to be conducted in Azerbaijan in 2019. Recent Summits

17th summit 2016 Venezuela (Porlamar) 18th summit 2019 Azerbaijan

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 The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting is a biennial summit meeting of the heads of government from all Commonwealth nations.  Every two years the meeting is held in a different member state, and is chaired by that nation's respective Prime Minister or President, who becomes the Commonwealth Chairperson-in-Office.  The first CHOGM was held in 1971.  The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 53 independent states with a combined population of 2.2 billion. The association came together in 1949, after the decolonisation of the British Empire.

2013 Sri Lanka Colombo Mahinda Rajapaksa 2015 Malta Valletta Joseph 2018 United Kingdom London Theresa May

 BRICS is the acronym for an association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.  The grouping was originally known as "BRIC" before the inclusion of South Africa in 2010.  The term ‘BRICS’ was coined in 2001 by then-chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Jim O'Neill, in his publication Building Better Global Economic BRICs.  The first meeting was held in Yekaterinburg, Russia, on 16 June 2009, presided by the then Prime Minister of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev.

8th 2016 Benaulim India Narendra Modi 9th 2017 Xiamen China Xi Jinping 10th 2018 Johannesburg South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa

 The (NDB), formerly referred to as the BRICS Development Bank, is a multilateral development bank operated by the BRICS states as an alternative to the existing US-dominated World Bank and International Monetary Fund.  The bank will be headquartered in Shanghai, China.  Unlike the World Bank, which assigns votes based on capital share, in the New Development Bank each participant country will be assigned one vote, and none of the countries will have veto power.  The New Development Bank was agreed to by BRICS leaders at the 5th BRICS summit held in Durban, South Africa on 27 March 2013.  On 15 July 2014, the first day of the 6th BRICS summit held in Fortaleza, Brazil, the group of emerging economies signed the long-anticipated document to create the $100 billion BRICS Development Bank and a reserve currency pool worth over another $100 billion.  The first president will be from India, the inaugural Chairman of the Board of directors will come from Brazil and the inaugural chairman of the Board of Governors will be a Russian.

CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU 37 CURRENT AFFAIRS - 2018 SECRETARIAT ASST EXAM SPECIAL The Group of Twenty (G-20)  The Group of Twenty () is the premier forum for its members’ international economic cooperation and decision-making. Its membership comprises 19 countries plus the European Union.  The members are Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, , Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South , Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States—along with the European Union (EU).  The last summit (13th) of the G-20 was held at Buenos Aires in Argentina.

11th 2016 Hangzhou China 12th 2017 Hamburg Germany 13th 2018 Buenos Aires Argentina 14th 2019 Osaka Japan

 The G8 originates from the Library Group, a group of financial officials formed in 1973.  In the early 1970s, the onset of the worldwide economic recession and oil crisis encouraged the US to create the Library Group.  This was originally made up of financial officials from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States.  In 1975, the Library Group began to incorporate government heads, who met annually to discuss economic issues.  The addition of Canada to the group in 1976 brought about the group’s renaming as the G7.  In 1998, Russia joined the assembly, resulting in its present name – the G8.  On March 2, 2014 Russia was suspended from G8 group, blaming Russia's role in the Crimean crisis.

41st 2015 Schloss Elmau Germany Angela Merkel 42nd 2016 Kashiko Island Japan Shinzo Abe 43rd 2017 Taormina Italy Paolo Gentiloni 44th 2018 Manoir Richelieu Canada Justin Trudeau 45th 2019 Biarritz France Emmanuel Macron

IBSA  IBSA is a trilateral initiative amongst three different societies of three different continents Recent Summits in India, Brazil and South Africa. Year Town Country  The group was formed on 6 June 2003 with 2015 India the adoption of the Brasilia Declaration 2017 New Delhi India followed by a meet of foreign ministers of the three countries in Brasilia.

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 South Asian Association for Regional Co-  The first SAARC summit operation (SAARC), organization of South was held in Dhaka on 8 Asian nations, founded in 1985 and December 1985. dedicated to economic, technological,  The SAARC Secretariat is social, and cultural development in , Nepal. emphasizing collective self-reliance.  Its seven founding members are  Presently, the Secretariat is headed by Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal’s ex-foreign Secretary – Arjun Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. Bahadur Thapa.  Afghanistan joined the organization in 2007.  Meetings of heads of state are usually 18th 2014 Kathmandu (Nepal) scheduled annually; meetings of foreign 19th 2016 Pakistan (Cancelled) secretaries, twice annually. 20th 2018 Nepal

 The Association of South East Asian Nations, or ASEAN, was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, , with the signing of the ASEAN Declaration (Bangkok Declaration) by the Founding Fathers of ASEAN, namely Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Thailand.  Brunei Darussalam then joined on 7 January 1984, Vietnam on 28 July 1995, Lao PDR and Myanmar on 23 July 1997, and Cambodia on 30 April 1999, making up what is today the ten Member States of ASEAN.  The motto of ASEAN is "One Vision, One Identity, One Community".  8th August is observed as ASEAN Day.  ASEAN secretariat is located in Jakarta, Indonesia.  The Secretary-General of ASEAN is H.E. Le Luong Minh from Viet Nam (2013 -2017).

28th April 2016 Vientiane 29th November 2016 Vientiane Laos 30th April 2017 Metro Philippines 31st October 2017 Clark Philippines 32nd April 2018 Singapore Singapore 33rd November 2018 ... Singapore

14th 2016 Vientiane Laos 15th 2017 Manila Philippines

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was established in 2005.  EAS allows the principal players in the Asia-Pacific region to discuss issues of common interest and concern in an open and transparent manner at the highest level.  The membership of EAS consists of ten ASEAN Member States (i.e. Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam), Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Russian Federation and the USA.

12th 2017 Philippines () Rodrigo Duterte 13th 2018 Singapore (Central Area) Lee Hsien Loong 14th 2019 Thailand ......

 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim member economies that seeks to promote free trade and economic cooperation throughout the Asia-Pacific region.  It was established in 1989.

27th 2015 Philippines 28th 2016 Peru 29th 2017 Vietnam 30th 2018 Papua New Guinea

 The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is a permanent, intergovernmental Organization, created at the Baghdad Conference on September 10–14, 1960, by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.  The current OPEC members are: Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, , the Republic of the Congo, Saudi Arabia (the de facto leader), United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela. Indonesia was a former member. By continent, two are South American, seven African, and six are Asian (Middle East).  Currently, the Organization has a total of 15 member countries.  OPEC had its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, in the first five years of its existence. This was moved to Vienna, Austria, on September 1, 1965.

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 ADB was opened on 19 December 1966, with 31 members that came together to serve a predominantly agricultural region.  At present it has 67members (48 regional members; 19 nonregional members).  Takeshi Watanabe was ADB's first President. Takehiko Nakao is the present head of ADB.  Manila, the capital of Philippines is the headquarters of ADB.

48th 2015 Baku, Azerbaijan 49th 2016 Frankfurt, Germany 50th 2017 ADB Headquarters., Manila 51st 2018 Baku, Azerbaijan 52nd 2019 Nadi, Fiji

 The came into being in January 1, 1995.  It is one of the youngest international organizations, the WTO is the successor to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) established in the wake of the War.  WTO was created by Uruguay Round negotiations (1986-94).  WTO has 161 member countries. Seychelles is the youngest member.  It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.  The present Director General of WTO is Roberto Azevedo.

9th 2013 Bali, Indonesia 10th 2015 Nairobi, Kenya 11th 2017 Buenos Aires, Argentina

International Year of Pulses International Year of Camelids

International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development

International Year of Indigenous Languages International Year of Moderation International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements

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 The pageant is the oldest surviving major international . It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951.

2015 Sanya, China 2016 Washington, D.C., USA 2017 Indai Sanya, China

is an annual international beauty pageant that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant was founded in 1952 by the California clothing company Pacific Mills.

2015 Philippines Las Vegas, USA 2016 Iris Mittenaere France Philippines 2017 Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters South Africa Las Vegas, USA

is an annual international beauty pageant promoting environmental awareness. The pageant was founded in 2001.

2015 Philippines Philippines 2016 Katherine Espín Ecuador Philippines 2017 Karen Ibasco Philippines Philippines

2016 New Delhi 2017 Manushi Chhillar Haryana 2018 Anukreethy Vas Tamil Nadu

2016 Nishi Bhardwaj New Delhi 2017 Shaan Suhas Kumar Bhopal 2018 Rashi Yadav New Delhi

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REHEARSAL TEST - 01  Best Actress - Frances 01. Who authored the book ‘Lincoln McDormand (film - Three Bill- in the Bardo’? boards Outside Ebbing, Missouri George Saunders as Mildred Hayes)   Man Booker Prize, 2017 was won 2017- Emma Stone (La La Land) by George Saunders for the 05. Best Director book ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’. Guillermo del Toro (film - The  Man Booker Prize, 2016 - Paul Shape of Water) Beatty (for ‘The Sellout’)  2017 - Damien Chazelle (La La 02. Who was the last winner of the Landdouble) Man Booker International Prize? 06. Who has won the World Food Prize Olga Tokarczuk (in 2018, Book - in 2017? Flights) Akinwumi Adesina  2017 - Jessica Cohen(Book - A 07. Name the Chilean poet who has Horse Walks Into a Bar) recently been selected for the  Man Booker International Prize Kumaran Asan Viswa World 2016 - Han Kang (Book - The Veg- Poetry prize 2017. etarian) Raul Zurita Write down the winners of the 90th  Kumaran Asan Viswa World Academy Awards announced in 2018 Poetry prize 2016 - Adonis (Arab 03. Best Picture Poet) The Shape of Water (directed by 08. Who is the author of the book ‘The Guillermo del Toro) Buried Giant’?  2017 - Moonlight Kazuo Ishiguro 04. Best Actor  He won the Nobel Prize in litera- Gary Oldman (film - Darkest Hour) ture in 2017.  2017 - Casey Affleck (Film: 09. Who won the Nobel Prize in Eco- CAREER CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU - Manchester by the Sea) nomics in 2017?

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Richard H. Thaler the WEF?  Physics - Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Geneva (in Switzerland) Barish & Kip S. Thorne  The annual meeting of the World  Chemistry - Jacques Dubochet, Economic Forum (WEF) is Joachim Frank & Richard regularly held in Davos (in Henderson Switzerland).  Medicine - Jeffrey C. Hall, 15. Who has recently been elected as Michael Rosbash & Michael W. the Prime Minister of Nepal? Young Khadga Prasad Sharma Oli  Peace - International Campaign  New president of Bangladesh - to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Abdul Hamid (ICAN) 16.Name the most powerful 10. Who is the incumbent Director- operational rocket in the world General of the WHO? which has recently been Tedros Adhanom launched.  The Director-General of the Falcon Heavy UNESCO - Audrey Azoulay  It was designed and 11. Who is the incumbent President manufactured by SpaceX, a of France? private American aerospace Emmanuel Macron manufacturer and space  The current British Prime transport services company. Minister - Theresa May 17. Name the first country in the 12. Who has won the Miss Universe world to repeal a law allowing beauty pageant for the year 2017? same-sex couples to marry. Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters (South Bermuda Africa)  has become the first  Venue of - Asian country to legalize same USA sex marriage. 13. Name the first sovereign country 18. Which team clinched the 2018 to officially launch its own FIFA World Cup title? cryptocurrency. France Venezuela  On July 15, 2018 France clinched  The cryptocurrency launched by their second FIFA World Cup Venezuela is ‘Petro’. title, beating Croatia 4-2 in the

CAREER CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU - highest-scoring final since 1996. 14. Where will the new Global Centre for Cybersecurity be launched by 19. Who won the Golden Boot Award in the FIFA World Cup 2018?

CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU 44 CURRENT AFFAIRS - 2018 SECRETARIAT ASST EXAM SPECIAL Harry Kane () E-Pashu haat  Golden Ball Award - Luka  National milk day - November 26 Modric (  This day marks the birth anniver- Croatia) sary of Varghese Kurien who is  Golden Glove Award - Thibaut known as ‘the father of White Courtois (Belgium) Revolution in India’.  Best Young Player - Kylian 25. Which is the first digital and cash- Mbappe ( less village in India? France) Akodara (in Gujarat) 20. Which novel won the Golden  The first cashless village in south Booker Prize? India - Ibrahimpur (in The English Patient (book by Telangana) Michael Ondaatje) REHEARSAL TEST - 02  The Golden Man Booker was a 01. Which is the first banking robot special one-off prize awarded in in India? commemoration of the 50th anni- Lakshmi versary of the Booker Prize (in 2018). 02. Which is the first city in India to run eco-friendly buses on biogas 21. Who has won the 2018 women as fuel? singles’ Wimbledon tennis tour- nament? Kolkata  Angelique Kerber Biogas is a mixture of methane and carbon diodxide.  2018 Wimbledon Championships Men’s Singles - Novak Djokovic 03. What is the new sex ratio of Haryana? 22. Name the first Indian woman athlete to win a Gold medal in a 914 : 1000 track event at the World Junior  It was 879 : 1000 as per the 2011 Athletics Championships. Census. Hima Das (from Assam) The child sex ratio has also been 23. Who authored the book Lethal raised from 834 to 950 against White? 1000 male children. This marvel- lous increase is seen after the J.K. Rowling launch of the ‘Beti Bachao-Beti  She published this book under the Padhao’ campaign in 2015 by pseudonym Robert Galbraith. Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

24. Name the first online market of CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU - 04. Which historical monument is de- India for the livestock as a part picted on the new 10 rupees note? of digital India. CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU 45 CURRENT AFFAIRS - 2018 SECRETARIAT ASST EXAM SPECIAL Sun Temple, Konark (in chocolate Jawaharlal Nehru Port in brown colour) Maharashtra.  200 Rupee note - Sanchi Stupa 11. Where was the first technocity  50 Rupee note - with project in Kerala launched? Chariot Pallipuram (in Ernakulam) 05. Which is the first state in India to 12. Which is the first fully integrated send postal ballots electronically metro in India? to the public servants? Kochi metro Goa  Kochi metro is the first transport 06. Who has been appointed the system that has reserved jobs for good will ambassador for Hepa- transgenders. titis in south-east Asia region?  The first state in India to open transgender exclusive clinics in 07. Which state will host the first ever government medical college - Defence Expo (Defexpo) in April, Kerala 2018? 13. Who is the present Minister of Tamil Nadu Sports and Youth in Kerala?  The present Defence Minister of E.P. Jayarajan India - Nirmala Sitharaman  Welfare of Minorities, Collegiate 08. In which state in India is the Education, Technical Education - Matunga railway station situ- K.T. Jaleel ated? 14. What is the position of Kerala of Maharashtra safety of women according to the  Matunga railway station (in report of ‘Plan India’? Mumbai) is the first all-women Second railway station in India.  Goa stands first in the position. 09. In which city did India’s first air- 15. Across which river is the highest conditioned Suburban train com- arch bridge in Kerala mence its service? constructed? Mumbai Chalippuzha (a tributary of 10. Which state has become India’s Eruvanjippuzha) first state to launch public cloud 16. Which is the first solar powered policy to speed up e-governance? ferry boat of India? Maharashtra Aditya

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17.56. Which book won the  The first state in India to be com- Award 2018? pletely electrified - Kerala Sugandhi Enna Andaldevanayaki 23. Name the constituency where the (authored by T.D. VVPAT system to be inducted for Ramakrishnan) the first time in elections. 18. Who has won the Harivarasanam Vengara (in Malappuram) award for the year 2017?  VVPAT - Voter Verifiable Paper K.S. Chithra Audit Trail  2016 - Gangai Amaran 24. Name the first geoinformatics 19. Who authored the book ‘Shyama grama panchayat in Kerala. Madhavam’? Aruvikkara (Tvpm) Prabha Varma  India's first digitalised panchayat  The Vallathol award for the year ward - Aymanam (Kottayam) 2017 - Prabha Varma 25. Name the winners of the 65th  2016 - Sreekumaran Thampi Nehru trophy boat race held in 20. Which work has been selected for 2017. the O.V. Vijayan literary award Gabriael Chundan for year 2017?  64th winner - Karichal Chundan Vaikkol Pava(authored by R. Lopa) REHEARSAL TEST - 03  2016 - Chandramathi (work: 01. Which bank has opened the Heri- Rathnakarante Bharya) tage Gallery Museum in Kerala? 21. Which state government in India SBI (in ) has implemented ‘Green  Protocol’ for wedding? The Global NRI Centre in Kochi was launched by the SBI. Kerala 02. Who has recently won the Justice  The Kerala Government has V.R. Krishna Iyer award for com- implemented ‘Green Protocol’ for munal harmony? wedding in order to curb the thermocol, plastics and other non- K.P. Ramanunni degradable articles including dis-  The award is instituted by the posable glasses and plates in the Kozhikode-based Forum for De- marriage function. mocracy and Communal Amity. 22. In which district in Kerala is the  Kendra Sahitya Academy award first clinic for transgenders lo- 2017 - K.P. Ramanunni (for his work - ‘Deivathinte Pusthakam’) cated? CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU - Kottayam 03. Name the project launched by Kerala to make the police stations

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children friendly.  Men - Rafael Nadal Children and Police (CAP) project 10. Australian open men’s singles,  The project launched by the 2018 Kerala Police which aimed at pro- Roger Federer tecting children from cyber  Women’s singles, 2018 - Caroline threats - Kids Glove Wozniacki (Danish) 04. Which was the first disabled 11. Which team has won the Cham- friendly district in India? pions Trophy in 2017? Kannur Pakistan  The first national park for differ-  Runners up - India ently-abled has recently been in- 12. Who won the title ‘Formula One augurated in Hyderabad (in World Drivers’ Championship Telangana). 2017? 05. Name the first batsman to score Lewis Hamilton 10,000 runs in T20 cricket. 13. Which city will host the 2022 Chris Gayle ? 06. Which eminent sports person has Birmingham (England) ecently been honoured with the  Commonwealth Games 2018 - Laureus world sportsman of the Gold Coast (Australia) year? 14. Name the venue of the first ice T- Roger Federer 10 cricket tournament to be held  Laureus World Sportswoman of in 2018. the Year - Serena Williams St. Moritz (in Switzerland) 07. Who has been awarded the 15. Which team has won the T20 Ballon d’Or award 2017? Blind World Cup title held in Cristiano Ronaldo (Portuguese 2017? footballer) India  UEFA 2016-17 player of the year  India defeated Pakistan in the fi- - Cristiano Ronaldo nal. Write down the winners of the follow- 16. Which team won the Asia cup ing Grand Slam Titles men’s hockey title in 2017? 08. French Open men’s singles, 2017 India (defeated Malaysia in the fi- Rafael Nadal (Spanish ) nal)  Women’s singles, 2017 - Jelena  Asia cup women’s winner in 2017 CAREER CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU - Ostapenko (Latvian) - India (defeated China in the fi- 09. US open women’s singles, 2017 nal) Sloane Stephens (American) CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU 48 CURRENT AFFAIRS - 2018 SECRETARIAT ASST EXAM SPECIAL

17. Which team has recently won the USA, Canada and Mexico Sultan Azlan Shah cup Hockey in  2018 - Russia 2018?  2022 - Qatar Australia 24. Which team has defeated Indian  Runners up - England cricket team in the 2017 18. Which teams have recently got Women’s World Cup Cricket? test status by the ICC? England Afghanistan and Ireland 25. Which city is set to host shooting  , Afgan player, be- World Cup in 2020? came the youngest captain in the NewDelhi, India history of international cricket. 19. Who has become the fastest bats- REHEARSAL TEST - 04 man to 01. Which country will host the 18th score 7000 runs in ODI cricket? Asia Cup Cricket Tournament? Hashim Amla ( South African UAE player)  The 18th was hosted  The record for the fastest 7000 by Indonesia (in Jakkartha). ODI runs was earlier held by Virat 02. Who was the flag bearer of India Kohli. in the inaugural ceremony of 18th 20. Which city will host the 2020 Asian Games? Summer ? Neeraj Chopra Tokyo (in Japan)  Rani Rampal was the flag bearer  2024 - Paris of Indian team for closing cer- emony of Asian Games 2018. 21. Which country’s women cricket team has clinched the Asia Cup 03. Who is the second Indian woman Twenty-20 tournament 2018? to score centuary in women’s T20 cricket? Bangladesh Smriti Mandhana  Runners up - India  The first Indian woman to score 22. Who has won theAustralian century in women’s T20 cricket Open women’s singles title, 2017? was Mithali Raj. Serena Williams 04. Name the Indian player to win  Australian Open women’s singles the Russian Open Badminton Tro- title, 2018 - Caroline Wozniacki phy. (Danish tennis player)

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Gaganjeet Bhullar tigious Athletes Advisory Com- 05.Who has won the gold in mission of the Commonwealth women’s singles at World Bad- Games Federation. minton Championship, 2018? Pallikal Carolina Marin 11. Name the Indian to be elected re-  Carolina Marin has defeated P.V. cently as the chief of International Sindhu in the final. Kabaddi Federation (IKF).  The Venue of World Badminton Janardhan Singh Gehlot Championship 2018 - Nanjing, 12. Which team has won the Hockey China Champions Trophy in 2018? 06. Name the city that has hosted 15th Australia National Youth Athletics Cham-  India has become the runners-up pionship. in the championship held in Vadodara, Gujarat Breda, Netherlands. 07. Who has won the player of the 13. Name the Indian to become the year award instituted by All In- second youngest grandmaster in dia Football Federation (AIFF) for the world. the year 2017? R. Praggnanandhaa (Chennai) Sunil Chettri  The youngest grandmaster is  The AIFF woman player of the Russia's Sergey Karjakin. year - Kamala Devi 14. Which team has won the 7th edi-  The President of AIFF - Praful tion of women’s T20 Asia Cup Patel Cricket final? 08. Name the venue of 2018 World Bangladesh Men’s Hockey Tournament.  India has become the runners-up Odisha, India in the event, held in Kuala 09. Who is the first Indian woman Lampur, Malaysia. athlete to win gold at World Jun- 15. Which city will host the inaugu- ior Athletics Championship? ral National Para Games under Hima Das Khelo India Scheme?  The Indian shuttler who clinched Bengaluru gold medal at Badminton Asia 16. Name the Indian boxer to be con- Junior Championship - Lakshya ferred with the ‘WBC Asia Boxer Sen of the Year’ award.

10. Name the Indian sports person- CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU - Neeraj Goyat ality to be appointed in the pres- 17. Name the Indian to win the Asian

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Billiards Championship title in West Bengal 2018.  was the captain of Pankaj Advani Kerala Football team. 18. Which sports personality was 24. Which fan club has won the best named the brand ambassador of sports fan club award in the first cab-hailing startup Uber? ever Indian sports honours Virat Kohli award?  The Polly Umrigar Trophy for in- Kerala Blasters fan group ternational cricketer by the BCCI ‘Manjappada’ in 2018 has been awarded to - 25. Name the Keralite athlete to win Virat Kohli the gold medal in the men’s 1500 19. Name the first Indian to win an race. individual medal at Gymnastics Jinson Johnson World Cup.  Jinson Johnson has won the silver Aruna Budda Reddy in 800 metres race as well. 20. Who became the first woman REHEARSAL TEST - 05 cricketer in the world to take 200 wickets in ODI cricket tourna- 01. Who is the Keralite to win the sil- ments? ver medals in 400 m. and 4 x 400 m. mixed relay at Asian Games Jhulan Goswami 2018? 21. Which team has become the win- Muhammad Anas ners of the U-19 Cricket World  Cup 2018 held in Newzeland? P.U. Chithra and V. Neena have won the bronze medal in India (defeated Australia) women’s 1500 m. and women’s 22.Who have recenlty been long jump respectively. honoured with the G.V. Raja 02. Who is the first Indian to win the Award 2017? Asian Marathon Championship K.T. Roopesh Kumar (Badminton) in 2018? and Anilda Thomas (Athletics) Gopi Thonnakkal (from Wayanad)  G.V. Raja Award is the highest 03. Name the athlete to win the first sporting honour in Kerala. medal for Kerala in the Khelo In-  G.V. Raja Award 2016 : S.L. dia School Games. Narayanan and Dittymol C. Chandini (in 1500 m.) Varghese  Haryana is the winner of the first

23. Which team was defeated by CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU - edition of Khelo India School Kerala to win the 72nd edition of Games. ?  Kerala was in the eight position. CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU 51 CURRENT AFFAIRS - 2018 SECRETARIAT ASST EXAM SPECIAL 04. Who is the youngest chess grand- 09. Name the Keralite woman to win master from Kerala? gold medal in Asian Indoor Nihal Sarin (12 years and 8 months) Games 2018.  The first player in India to achieve P.U. Chitra woman grandmaster title - S.  The venue of the Asian Indoor Vijayalakshmi Games 2018 : Turkmenistan 05. Where was the first edition of the Write down the winners of the 90th World Kayaking championship Academy Awards announced in held? 2018; Kozhikode 10. Best Actor  The competition was conducted Gary Oldman (film - Darkest Hour) at Thusharagiri, Kozhikkode.  Best actress - Frances 06. Who was decided as the chief McDormand (film - Three Bill- guest of the Nehru Trophy boat boards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) race 2018? 11. Best Film Sachin Tendulkar The Shape Of Water (Director -  The Nehru Trophy boat race 2018 Guillermo del Toro) was not conducted due to the  Best picture in 2017 - Moonlight flood and related calamities in 12. Best Director Kerala. Guillermo del Toro (Film - The 07. Name the first Stadium in Kerala Shape Of Water) to host an International T20  Best Director in 2017 - Damien Cricket Competition. Chazelle (La La Land) Greenfield Stadium, 13. Name the first Asian-American Thiruvananthapuram to win the Golden Globe award  The match was held between In- for best actor. dia and Newzealand in which In- Aziz Ansari dia won by six runs. 14. Who was the recipient of the 08. Name the Keralite who was a Dada Saheb Phalke award in member in Indian football team 2017? of 2017 FIFA U - 17 World Cup. Vinod Khanna K.P. Rahul  The recipient of the Dada Saheb  The first Indian to win a goal in Phalke award in 2016 : K. FIFA World Cup history - Gikson Viswanath Thanoj Singh (against Colombia) CAREER CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU - 15. Name the Indians to be honoured  Caption of Indian team - at the 90th Oscar Ceremony. Amarjith Khayam Singh Sreedevi and Sashi Kapoor CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU 52 CURRENT AFFAIRS - 2018 SECRETARIAT ASST EXAM SPECIAL

 The film that was India’s official Sagar Chaya Vanchar (for the film - entry for 90th Oscar Award - Redu (Radio)) Newton (Director : Amit 20. Where was third edition of BRICS Masukar) film festival held? 16. Which film won the 75th Golden Durban, South Africa Globe Award for the best motion  ‘Newton’ directed by Amit picture in drama category? Masurkar won the best Film Three Billboard Outside Ebbing award. Missouri  ‘Village Rockstars’ by Rima Das  Best Motion picture in musical received the best Actress (for (or) comedy : Lady Bird ‘Bhanita Das’) and Special Jury  Three Billboard Outside Ebbing award. Missouri has also won the best  The 23rd European Union Film film category in BAFTA Awards Festival (EUFF) was held in 2018 2018 in New Delhi.  The first Indian origin actor to be 21. Who has won the Silver Crow nominated to the 74th Golden Pheasant (Rajatha Chakoram) for Globe award in supporting actor the best debut director in IFFK category? 2017? Dev Patel (Film - Lion) Sanju Surendran (for the film: 17. Which is the first Sanskrit 3D Aden) movie in the world?  Rajatha Chakoram for the best di- Anurakti rector: Anucha Boonyawatana  The flim Anurakti directed by P.K. (from Thailand) (Film - Malila) Ashokan is about the Indian clas-  Golden Crow Pheasant (Suvarna sical art form . Chakoram) for the best film : 18. Which film has won the Nargis Wajib (director - Annemarie Dutt Award for the best feature Jacir) film on national integration at the 22. Name the Keralite who won the 65th film awards? Maharashtra state award for the Dhappa (Marathi film) best sound design for the film  2017 - Dikchow Banat Palaax ‘Kshitij’ (Assamese film) 19. Who has bagged the prestigious Write down the winners of the 48th Aravindan Puraskaram for the Kerala state film awards announced best debutant director for the year CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU - in 2018 2017? 23. Best Film

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Ottamuri Velicham (Director -  Best popular film providing Rahul Riji Nair) wholesome entertainment - 24. Best Actor Baahubali 2 : The Conclusion (by Indrans (Film: Aalorukkam) S.S. Rajamouli)   Best Actress - Parvathy (Film - Best male playback Singer - K.J. Take Off) Yesudas  25. Best Director Best feature film in Malayalam - Thondimuthalum Lijo Jose Pellissery (Film - Driksakshiyum (directed by Ee.Ma.Yau) Dileesh Pothan)  Best Male Singer - Shahabaz 04. Best Actor Aman Riddhi Sen (Film: Nagarkirtan)  Best Female Singer - Sithara Krishnakumar 05. Who was the jury chairman of the 48th Kerala State Film Award? REHEARSAL TEST - 06 T.V. Chandran 01. Which actress in Malayalam film  The chaiman of the 65th National has won the Silver Peacock in the Film Awards : Shekhar Kapoor IFFI’s 48-year history? 06. Who has won the 65th Indira Parvathy (in 2017, for the film ‘Take Gandhi Film Award for the best Off’) debut film of a director?  The Golden Peacock Award for Sandeep Pampally (for the film : the best film: 120 Beats per Minute Sinjar) (by Robin Campillo)  The film bagged two titles at the  Best Director - Vivian Qu (for An- 65th National Film Awards gels Wear White) namely Best debut director and Write down the winners of the 65th na- Best Jasari film. tional award announced in 2018  Jasari is a language spoken in 02. Best film Lakshdweep (a language similar Village Rockstars (by Rima Das) to Malayalam).  Best film on other social issues - Write down the winners of the follow- Aalorukkam ing literary awards  Best Film on Environment/Con- 07. Nobel Prize for Literature in 2017 servation/Preservation - Irada Kazuo Ishiguro (Hindi film)  The Nobel Prize in Literature 2016

03. Best director CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU - - Bob Dylan Jayaraj (film - Bhayanakam)  Hugo award for the best novel in 2017 - N.K. Jemisin (Work - CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU 54 CURRENT AFFAIRS - 2018 SECRETARIAT ASST EXAM SPECIAL

The Obelisk Gate) Pustakam) 08. Man Booker International Prize,  Kendra Sahitya Academy 2018 Award, 2016 : Prabha Varma Olga Tokarczuk (Flights) (Shyama Madhavam)  Translator of the book ‘Flights’ : 13. Kendra Sahitya Academy Yuva Jennifer Croft Award, 2018 for novel in 09. Pulitzer Prize, 2017 for fiction Malayalam Colson Whitehead (The Under- Amal (‘Vyasana Samuchayam’) ground Railroad)  Kendra Sahitya Academy Yuva 10. Who won the DSC Prize for South Award, 2017 for novel in Asian Literature 2017? Malayalam : Ashwati Sasikumar (‘Josephinte Maranam’) Anuk Arudpragasam 14. Saraswati Samman, 2017  Book : The Story of a Brief Mar- riage Sitanshu Yashaschandra (Vakhar)   PEN Pinter Prize 2017 - Michael Saraswati Samman, 2016 : Longley CBE Mahabaleswar Sail (Havthan)  The winner of The Golden Pen of 15. Vyas Samman, 2017 Freedom Award’ in 2018 - Maria Mamta Kaliya (Dukham Sukham) Ressa  Vyas Samman, 2016 : Surendra 11. Who has won the Golden Man Varma (Kaatna shami ka vriksha Booker recently? padma-pankhuri ki dhar se) Michael Ondaatje (The English Pa- 16. Moorti Devi Puraskar, 2017 tient) Joy Goswami (Du Dondo Phowara  The Golden Man Booker was a Matro) special one-off prize awarded in  Moorti Devi Puraskar, 2016 : M.P. commemoration of the 50th anni- Veerendra Kumar versary of the Booker Prize. (Hymavathabhoovil)  The first Indian to win the  The winner of the Tagore Inter- Pritzker Architecture prize in national Award in 2018 - Rahul 2018 - Balakrishna Doshi Ahuja.  The Pritzker Prize is called ‘the 17. Who was honoured with the P. Nobel in Architecture’. Kesavadev literary Award in Write down the winners of the follow- 2017? ing awards Sugathakumari

12.Kendra Sahitya Academy CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU -  The P. Kesavadev Diabscreen Award, 2017 Award, 2017 : Mohanlal K.P. Ramanunni (Daivathinte CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU 55 CURRENT AFFAIRS - 2018 SECRETARIAT ASST EXAM SPECIAL

18.Who has won the Aasan 24. award for the year Yavakavi Award recently? 2017 Sreejith Ariyalloor (Pala Kerala Nedumudi Venu Kavitakal)  ONV literary award for the year  The Mundassery Award 2018 - 2017 - Sugathakumari Pudussery Ramachandran 25. Asan Poetry prize for the year 19. Who has won the 2018 O.N.V. 2016 Sahitya Puraskaram? Ezhacherry Ramachandran M.T. Vasudevan Nair  2015 - Chemmanam Chacko  The 2018 O.N.V. Yuva Sahitya  2016 - Gangai Amaran Pratibha Award- Anuja Akattut  Njanappana puraskaram 2018 - (‘Amma Urangunnilla’). Sreekumaran Thampi Name the persons to be honoured with  Basheer Award 2017 - Sebastian the following awards (for the book - Prathisareeram) 20. Award for the year  award 2017 - 2017 K.L. Mohana Varma Satheesh Babu  U.R. Anathamurthy award 2017 (Khamarunnisayude Kootukari - M.K. Sanu )  Vagbhatananda award 2018- T.  Akbar Kakkattil award 2018 - T.D. Padmanabhan Ramakrishnan ( work - Sugandhi  V.R. Krishna Iyer award for the Enna Andal Devanayaki) year 2018- K.P.Ramanunni 21. Nishagandhi Puraskaram 2018 V.P. Dhananjayan and Shanta REHEARSAL TEST - 07 Dhananjayan Name the persons to be honoured with  2017 - the following awards 22. Vallathol award for the year 2018 01. Odakkuzhal award for the year M. Mukundan 2017  Vallathol award for the year 2017 Aymanam John (work - Aymanam : Prabha Varma Johninte Kathakal)   Vallathol award for the year 2016 2016 - M.A. Rahman (work - Oro : Sreekumaran Thampi Jeevanum Vilappettathaanu)  23. O.V. Vijayan literary award for Padmaprabha literary award for 2017 2017 - Prabha Varma

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02. Ezhuthachan Award for the year Vishnu Naryanan Namboodiri 2017 08. Harivarasanam award for the K. Satchidanandan year 2017  2016 - C. Radhakrishnan K.S. Chithra 03. Asan Viswa Kavitha Puraskaram  2016 - Gangai Amaran 2017  Njanappana puraskaram 2018 - Raul Zurita Sreekumaran Thampi  Mathrubhumi Literary award  Basheer Award 2017 - Sebastian 2017 - M. K. Sanu (for the book - Prathisareeram) 04. Vayalar award for the year 2017  Balamani Amma award 2017 - T.D. Ramakrishnan (For his work - K.L. Mohana Varma Sugandhi enna Andal  U.R. Anathamurthy award 2017 Devanayaki) - M.K. Sanu 05. Kendra Sahitya Academy Award  Vagbhatananda award 2018- T. 2017 Padmanabhan K.P. Ramanunni (book - Daivathinte  V.R. Krishna Iyer award for the Pusthakam) year 2018- K.P.Ramanunni  Kerala Sahitya Academy award 09. Which city hosted the world’s first 2016 - T.D. Ramakrishnan (for his gender literature festival held in work -Sugandhi Enna Andal 2017? Devanayaki) Patna (in Bihar) 06.Dr. Sukumar Azhikode 10. Which country has recently al- Tatwamasi Award 2018 lowed the entry of women into (instituted by Tatwamasi, an stadia for sports events? online collective of writers) Saudi Arabia M.P. Veerendrakumar  Saudi Arabia has recently  The Deshabhimani literary award decided to lift ban on movie for novel in 2017 - M. Mukundan theatres after a decade 07. Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan 11. Which state has become India’s Award 2018 first state to launch public cloud Chandrashekhara Kambara policy to speed up e-governance?  Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan Maharashtra Award 2017-  The Indian state to host the first V. Madhusoodhanan Nair ever Defence Expo (Defexpo) in  C.V. Kunhiraman literary prize CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU - April, 2018 -Tamil Nadu 2018 -

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12.Which Indian agency has ‘the first green village’ in Kerala. developed an indigenous atomic 18. How many gold medals did India clock for navigation satellites? win in the Commonwealth ISRO Games 2018?  The ISRO has developed an indig- 26 enous atomic clock that can be  India finished at the third posi- used in navigation satellites to tion in the 2018 CWG. measure precise location data. 19. Who has become the first Indian 13. Which city in India hosted the javelin thrower to claim a gold 2018 India - ASEAN medal at the 2018 CWG? commemorative summit? Neeraj Chopra New Delhi  The first Indian para athlete to  The headquarters of the ASEAN clinch a paralympic medal for In- - Jakarta (Indonesia) dia in CWG 2018 - Sachin 14. Who has been posthumously Chaudhary honoured with ‘Ashoka Chakra’ 20. In which city was the summit of at the 69th Republic day? the Commonwealth Heads of Na- Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala tions (CHOGM) held, in 2018?  The chief guests of the 69th Repub- London (at the Buckingham Palace) lic day - heads of the member  Prince Harry has recently been countries of the ASEAN. appointed as the youth ambassa- 15. Name the Gram Panchayat which dor for the Commonwealth. has recently bagged the India’s 21. Which Indian actress got fea- best gram panchayat award. tured in the Time’s ‘100 Most In- Digambarpur (in Bengal) fluential People’ of 2018? 16. On which date did the President Deepika Padukone give assent to an ordinance that 22. Which newspapers have won the provides for stringent punish- 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Ser- ment, including death penalty, vice recently? for those convicted in raping girls The New York Times and The New below the age of 12 years? Yorker April 22, 2018  Pulitzer prize for Fiction 2018 - 17. Which district in Kerala has re- Less (by Andrew Sean Greer) cently been declared as the first 23. Who were the first winners of T10 ‘air horn-free’ district?

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Kerala Kings BRICS Summit.  T10 Cricket League champion- 03. Name the city in Kerala that has ship is the first ever internation- been included in the top 5 list of ally approved ten-over cricket UN report on successful solid league. waste management. 24. Who has been named as the best Alappuzha FIFA men’s player for the year 04. Who has been selected for the 2017? ‘Harivarasanam’ award for the Cristiano Ronaldo year 2017?  The best FIFA men’s player for the K S Chitra year 2018 : Luka Modric  Harivarasanam award 2016 : 24. Which country won the 2017 Gangai Amaran Men’s Hockey Asia Cup Tourna- 05. Who was selected for the Out- ment? standing Parliamentarian award India for the year 2017?  India won their third title after Bhartruhari Mahatab (last winner) defeating Malaysia in the final.  2016 - Dinesh Trivedi  The 2017 men’s Hockey Asia Cup  2015 - Ghulam Nabi Azad Tournament was held in 06. Who has recently been crowned Bangladesh. the ? 25. Who has been chosen for 2017 Manushi Chhillar Mathrubhumi Literary Awards?  Manushi Chhillar (belongs to M.K. Sanu Haryana) is the sixth Indian to REHEARSAL TEST - 08 win Miss world title after , Aishwarya Rai, Diana 01. What is India’s rank in the 2017 Hayden, Yukta Mookey and social progress index? . 93 07. Who has won the Miss Universe  India’s rank in the Transparency crown for the year 2017? International’s corruption per- Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters (South Af- ceptions Index : 81 rica) 02. Which country hosted the first 08. Name the first filament bulb free edition of BRICS games? Panchayat in India as part of Guangzhou, China in 2017 Oorjayaanam project.  The edition of BRICS games has CAREER CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU - Pilicode (in Kasaragod) taken place in Johannesburg, 09. Which has been named the South Africa, along with the world’s richest country as per the CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU 59 CURRENT AFFAIRS - 2018 SECRETARIAT ASST EXAM SPECIAL

recent IMF report? 14. Who is the present chairperson of Qatar (on the basis of GDP Per the National Commission for the capita) Protection of Child Rights  India is ranked 126 on the basis (NCPCR)? of GDP per capita. Stuti Narain Kacker  Among the wealthiest countries,  The first chairperson of the India occupies the 6th position. NCPCR - Shanta Sinha  India is ranked 122 out of 155 15. On which date did the President countries in the global list of the assent the ordinance that pro- happiest countries, according to vided for stringent punishment the World Happiness Report for those convicted of raping girls 2017. Norway tops in this list. below the age of 12 years? 10. Who has recently been chosen for April 22, 2018 the ‘ Puraskaram’?  The committee constituted to rec- P. Valsala ommend amendments to the  Sanjayan is the pen name of Criminal Law so as to provide for Mannikoth Ramunni Nair or quicker trial and enhanced pun- M.R. Nair. ishment for criminals accused of committing sexual assault 11. In which Indian state will the against women by Justice J.S. World’s largest solar park be set Verma Committee. up? 16. Who is the present chairperson of Gujarat (in Dholera, 50,00 MW) the Kerala State Commission for  At present, the world’s largest so- the Protection of Child Rights lar park is Shakti Sthala in (KeSCPCR)? Karanataka (2000 MW). P. Suresh 12. Who authored the novel ‘Lincoln  Mr. P. Suresh succeeded Shobha in the Bardo’? Koshy. George Saunders 17. Name the India-based movement  This book has won the Man formed by Kailash Satyarthi Booker Prize for the year 2017. which worked against the ram- 13. In which language has Krishna pant evil of child labour. Sobti written her literary works? Bachpan Bachao Andolan Hindi  Bachpan Bachao Andolan liter-  Krishna Sobti has won the ally means ‘Save Child Move-

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CAREER GUIDANCE BUREAU 60 CURRENT AFFAIRS - 2018 SECRETARIAT ASST EXAM SPECIAL truth to Power’? 5 lakh P. Chidambaram  It is the highest literary award in 19. Name the country in which the Kerala. famous tennis player Rafel Nadal 23. Who authored the book ‘What belongs to. happened’? Spain Hilary Clinton  Roger Federer - Switzerland  ‘Matoshree’ is written by -  Novak Djokovic - Serbia Sumitra Mahajan 20. Who was appointed as the Chair- 24. Which honour was conferred on man of the Ethics Commission of Jyoti Prakash Nirala posthu- the International Olympic Com- mously in 2018? mittee? Keerthi Chakra Ban Ki Moon 25. Who is the Chief Minister of 21. In which year did Pinarayi Puthucherry? Vijayan become the Chief V. Narayanasamy Minsiter of Kerala?  Chief Minister of Gujarat - Vijay 2016 Rupani 22. What is the prize money of the  Chief Minister of Karnataka - Ezhuthachan Award? H.D. Kumaraswami

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