As of January 2017, OPEC's members are Algeria, Angola, Ecuador, Gabon, Iran, Iraq,

Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia (the India becomes second largest steel producer de facto leader), United Arab Emirates, and India overtook Japan to Venezuela, while Indonesia is a former member. become the second- Mohammed Barkindo is the Secretary General largest steel producer in of OPEC. the world after China in

2016, according to data 3rd RCEP Inter-sessional Ministerial Meeting released by the Commerce and Industry Minister Smt. Nirmala International Stainless Sitharaman led the Indian delegation to the 3rd Steel Forum (ISSF). Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership India’s stainless steel production rose to 3.32 (RCEP) Inter-sessional Ministerial Meeting on 21- million tons for 2016 showing an impressive 22 May 2017 in Hanoi in which Trade Ministers of growth of about 9% over 3.0 million tons 15 other RCEP countries participated. achieved in 2015. Trade Minister and Industry Minister of

Philippines Mr Ramon Lopez, was the Chair of Petroleum Minister co chairs India OPEC the Meeting as Philippines is currently holding Institutional Dialogue at Vienna the Presidency of ASEAN this year and Minister The Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and of Industry and Trade of Vietnam, Mr Tran Tuan Natural Gas, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan visited Anh, as the host extended a warm welcome to Vienna, Austria to co-chair the 2nd India-OPEC the delegates. Institutional Dialogue at the OPEC headquarters. So far 4 Ministerial Meetings, 3 Inter-sessional The meeting took place two days prior to the Ministerial Meetings and 18 Rounds of the Trade OPEC Ministerial meeting that is scheduled Negotiating Committee at the technical level from 25th May. have been held. Pradhan held a one-to-one meeting with the Points to Remember Secretary General of OPEC Mr Mohammad Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Sanusi Barkindo. (RCEP) is a proposed free trade agreement It was agreed that India will host the next (FTA) between the ten member states of the meeting during 2018. Association of Southeast Asian Nations Points to Remember (ASEAN) (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Countries (OPEC) is an intergovernmental Thailand, Vietnam) and the six states with which organization of 13 nations as of 2017, founded ASEAN has existing free trade agreements in 1960 in Baghdad by the first five members (Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea and (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela), New Zealand). and headquartered since 1965 in Vienna. RCEP negotiations were formally launched in As of 2015, the 13 countries accounted for an November 2012 at the ASEAN Summit in estimated 42 percent of global oil production and Cambodia. 73 percent of the world's "proven" oil reserves.

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Japan to build war museum in Manipur Indians issued maximum work visas to UK in Japan is going to build a war museum at the hillock 2016 at Maiba Lokpa in Bishnupur district, Manipur, Indian nationals were issued the maximum number where a Japanese camp was located during World of skilled work visas to live and work in the UK last War II. year, according to statistics released. The Japanese ambassador to India, Kenji Indians accounted for 58 per cent of the total Hiramatsu, said about 70,000 Japanese soldiers skilled work visas granted last year -- 53,863 of had died in battles from March to June 1944 in a total of 93,566. Imphal and Kohima. Americans were the second largest community with 9,255 visas. Nepal PM Prachanda resigned Nepal Prime Minister Mumbai, Kota among world's most crowded Pushpa Kamal Dahal cities 'Prachanda' has Two Indian cities - Mumbai and Kota - have been resigned paving way named among the world's most crowded in a list for Nepali Congress topped by Dhaka, said the World Economic Forum President Sher (WEF), citing UN-Habitat data. Bahadur Deuba to With a population density of 44,500 people per become the next Prime Minister. square kilometre, Dhaka, the capital of The resignation is to honour an accord signed in Bangladesh, is the most crowded city on the August last year when Prachanda was elected the planet, followed by India's financial capital Prime Minister with Deuba's support. Mumbai, home to 31,700 people per square Both Prachanda and Deuba had agreed to run the kilometre at the second place. government on a rotational basis until elections Kota in Rajasthan with 12,100 people per square to Parliament were held in February 2018, as per kilometre was ranked seventh. constitutional obligations. G7 Summit begins in Italy Tajmahal among top 10 global landmarks The two-day G7 Summit, that will focus on issues Taj Mahal, the magnificent monument of love, has surrounding security and growth, began on 26 made it to the top 10 landmarks in the world by May in Italy. securing fifth position in the list. Those participating in the Taormina Summit One of the most iconic wonders in the world, the include German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Agra- based imposing white marble structure, a Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US tourist delight, is the only Indian monument to President Donald Trump and French President figure in the world's top 10 Travellers' Choice Emmanuel Macron, along with the Prime awards for Landmarks. Ministers of Italy, Japan and the UK, Paolo Angkor Wat in Siem Reap (Cambodia) topped Gentiloni, Shinzo Abe and Theresa May the list followed by Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque respectively. Center in Abu Dhabi (UAE), Mezquita European Commission President Jean-Claude Cathedral de Cordoba in Cordoba (Spain) and St Juncker and European Council President Donald Peter's Basilica in Vatican City (Italy).

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Tusk will be representing the European Union at The data also shows that Digital India, Make in the summit. India and Swachh Bharat are the most engaged campaigns that have been run by the Indo-Thailand Siam Bharat 17: HADR government. Indo-Thailand Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Table Top Exercise 2017 is India announces $500 million assistance to in progress at Chiang Mai, Thailand from 22 May to Mauritius 26 May 17 between the Indian Air Force and Royal India has announced Thailand Air Force (RTAF). a $500 million line This is second such exercise to be conducted of credit to between the two Air Forces. Mauritius as the two The aim of the bilateral exercise is to evolve countries resolved to SOPs for planning and executing relief missions deepen ties in a during unforeseen natural calamities like range of areas including the maritime domain. Tsunami, earthquakes, cyclones, floods etc. The two countries also signed a maritime security agreement after extensive talks between NATO Leaders’ Meeting 2017 held in Belgium Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his The NATO Leaders’ Meeting 2017 was held at Mauritian counterpart Pravind Jugnauth. NATO’s new Headquarters in Belgium, Brussels. A total of four agreements were signed after the Canada, along with 11 other countries, founded talks between the two leaders. NATO in 1949 on the fundamental values of democracy, individual liberty, human rights, and Chilean President inaugurates construction of the rule of law. world's largest telescope Next summit will be held in Istanbul, Turkey. Chilean President Michelle Bachelet inaugurated the construction of the world's largest optical and Apple opens first official store in Southeast Asia infrared telescope, to be located at the Paranal Apple opened its first Southeast Asia store in Observatory in the Antofagasta region. Singapore 27 May 2017. The European Extremely Large Telescope (E- Located on the affluent Orchard Road, the new ELT) will be built in collaboration with the shop is expected to be one of the most popular European Southern Observatory (ESO), the Apple stores in the world according to the US leading intergovernmental astronomic tech giant. organisation in Germany.

Modi becomes most followed world leader on India-Pacific islands conference held in Fiji Facebook The External Affairs Ministry hosted the 'India- Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the top Pacific Islands Sustainable Development followed leader on Facebook globally. Conference in Suva, Fiji, on May 25-26. According to data shared exclusively by The conference was held under the framework of Facebook, Modi's Facebook Page has more the Forum for India Pacific Islands Cooperation followers than Donald Trump. (Fipic) with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) as the key knowledge partner.

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Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh 43rd G-7 summit held in Italy hosted ministers from the 14 Pacific Island The 43rd G7 summit was held on May 26–27, 2017 countries at the conference. in Taormina, Sicily, Italy. The two-day conference was focused on issues The 43rd G7 summit was the first summit for such as the blue economy, adaptation-mitigation British Prime Minister Theresa May, French practices for climate change, disaster President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime preparedness, health, the India-initiated Minister Paolo Gentiloni, and U.S. President International Solar Alliance as well as finding Donald Trump. practical solutions to Nationally Determined It was the first time since 1987 that the G7 Contributions (NDC) implementation. summit held in Italy was not hosted by Silvio Berlusconi. International Day of United Nations Points to Remember Peacekeepers: 29 May The Group of 7 (G7) is a group consisting of The International Day of United Nations Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Peacekeepers, May 29, is “a day to pay tribute to all United Kingdom and the United States. The the men and women who have served and continue European Union is also represented within the to serve in United Nations peacekeeping operations. G7. The theme for the 2017 International Day of UN In March 2014, the G7 declared that a Peacekeepers is “Investing in Peace Around the meaningful discussion was currently not World.” possible with Russia in the context of the G8. Since then, meetings have continued within the India participated in global disaster risk G7 process. reduction meet in Mexico Next G-7 Summit will be held in Canada in India has participated in a five-day long Global 2018. Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GPDRR) summit held in Mexico. 5th India Morocco Joint Commission Meeting An Indian delegation led by Minister of State for (JCM) Home Kiren Rijiju went for the summit. The 5th India Morocco The summit, held at Mexico’s Cancun between Joint Commission May 22 and 26, was attended by over 5,000 Meeting (JCM) was delegates comprising heads of state, ministers held in Rabat on 25 and and CEOs. 26 May 2017. The GPDRR is a global forum for strategic The JCM was advice, coordination, partnership development anchored by Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, and review of progress in the implementation of Commerce and Industry Minister. the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk A Memorandum of Understanding was signed Reduction (SFDRR) 2015-2030 which was for Cooperation on Broadcasting between Prasar adopted at the 3rd UN World conference on Bharati, India and Société Nationale de disaster risk reduction held in March 2015 in Radiodiffusion et de Télévision (SNRT), Sendai, Japan. Morocco.

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World No Tobacco Day: 31 May In terms of the number of passengers also, the World No Tobacco Day city airport tops with 45.2 million people flying (WNTD) is observed in and out in fiscal 2017 as against 44 million at around the world every Gatwick airport. year on May 31. Notably, no other large city in the world is It is intended to served by one airport, that too with a single- encourage a 24-hour runway. period of abstinence from all forms of tobacco consumption around the globe. Bandaru Duttatreya to attend G20 Labour & The theme for World No Tobacco Day 2017 is Employment Ministers’ Meet "Tobacco – a threat to development." Bandaru Duttatreya, the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Labour & Employment First women's TV channel launched in will be leading the Indian delegation to the G20 Afghanistan Labour & Employment Ministers’ Meet, scheduled Women in Afghanistan now have their own on 18-19, May, 2017 at Bad Neuenahr, Germany. television channel. Germany is the chair for the G20 Labour & Zan - or Women's - TV began airing this month, Employment Ministers’ for the year 2017. with a staff of all female presenters and A G20 Labour and Employment Ministerial producers. Declaration is likely to be adopted at the end of It's being seen as a groundbreaking step for this meeting, which will be presented to the women's rights, in a country still dominated by Leaders/ Head of the State summit scheduled on men. 7-8th July, 2017 Hamburg, Germany.

India ranks 120th among 131 nations in women India second most attractive renewable energy workforce investment destination: EY In its India Development Report released recently, India has overtaken the US to become the second- the World Bank said the country had one of the most attractive country after China for renewable lowest female participation in the workforce, energy investment, according to a report by UK ranking 120th among 131 countries. accountancy firm EY. Jobs for Indian women remain primarily in the In an annual ranking of the top 40 renewable agriculture sector. energy markets worldwide in terms of allure, The share of women in services and industry is China was ranked at the top, followed by India. less than 20%. The US slipped to the third spot from the first in the last year's ranking, EY said. Mumbai is the world’s busiest single-runway India was ranked third on the last year's EY airport renewable energy country attractiveness index The GVK group-run Mumbai airport has become the (RECAI) behind the US and China. world's busiest amongst the single-runway facilities by handling 837 flights a day or one in 65 seconds Japan world leader in life expectancy: WHO on an average in fiscal 2017, taking over London's Australia is one of the "world leaders" for life Gatwick airport that had 757 flights a day. expectancy, ranked only behind Japan, Singapore

5 WiFiStudy.com and Switzerland, according to the World Health Arrivals in both 2014 and 2015 is 24 as against Organisation's (WHO) latest world health check. the previous rank of 41 and 40 in the year 2014 The data was taken from 194 WHO members, and 2015, respectively. Xinhua news agency reported. With this inclusion the share of India in the ITAs has also increased from 0.68% (based on FTAs) India's Healthcare Ranks Below Bangladesh And to 1.12% in the year 2015. Sri Lanka: Study Despite making giant leaps in medicine, India Jordan’s Azraq refugee camp becomes first to continues to be at the bottom in the ranking of run entirely on solar energy countries in terms of quality and accessibility of A refugee camp in Jordan has become the first in the healthcare. world to be powered by renewable energy. According to the new Global Burden of Disease About 20,000 Syrian refugees living in the study published in the Lancet, while South desert camp of Azraq will be able to Korea, Turkey, Peru, China and the Maldives use electricity generated by a solar plant. have seen some of the greatest improvements in The new $9.6m two-megawatt solar plant was healthcare access and quality since the 1990s, built by the Ikea Foundation’s Brighter Lives for India has failed to achieve most of the healthcare Refugees campaign and is expected to save goals. $1.5m a year, which the United Nations High India ranked at 154 with an score of 44.8 in the Commissioner for Refugees will be able to use list of 195 countries. to improve sanitation, shelters and organise China is far ahead of India ranking at 82 with a activities around the camp. score of 74 on the index. Sri Lanka has scored 73 on the index, whereas Brazil and Bangladesh International Museum Day: 18 May have score 65 and 52, respectively. International Museum Day Andorra scored the highest score (94.6) while (IMD) is an international Central African Republic had the lowest (28.6). day a celebration that held every year on 18 May, Rank of India Improves in International Tourist coordinated by the Arrivals International Council of As per the UNWTO definition, International Tourist Museums (ICOM). Arrivals (ITAs) comprises two components namely The theme of International Museum Day 2017 is Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) and Arrivals of “Museums and contested histories: Saying the Non-Resident Nationals. unspeakable in museums”. The UNWTO in its barometer ranks countries in terms of their ITAs. Finland to Host 2017 Arctic Energy Summit So far only the figures of FTAs were compiled Finland has agreed to host the 2017 Arctic Energy in India. However, now India has started Summit as the first major event of their Arctic compiling the data arrivals of Non-Resident Council Chairmanship, which runs 2017 to 2019. Indians (NRIs), also. The Arctic Energy Summit was last held in As per the latest UNWTO Barometer for March Fairbanks in 2015. 2017, Rank of India in International Tourist

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In Finland, the Summit will build on past work, The convention set the framework for highlight the Finnish Chairmanship and 100th international collaboration in the science of Anniversary. measurement including its industrial, The Summit will take place at Finlandia Hall, commercial and societal applications. 18-20 September 2017. The theme for World Metrology Day 2017 is “Measurements for transport”. Jaipur Literature Festival kicked off in London The Jaipur Literature Festival India Ranks Third Highest Globally In Internal was inaugurated in London to Displacement Numbers: Report present a sumptuous Nearly 2.4 million people in India were internally showcase of South Asias displaced due to conflict, violence and disasters in literary heritage, oral and 2016, the third highest number globally, a new performing arts, books and report by a UN monitoring centre said. ideas, dialogue and debate. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre The British Library, the second largest library in and the Norwegian Refugee Council released a the world by number of items catalogued, played new report which ranked India third among host to the annual festival as part of the wider countries most affected by displacement related UK-India Year of Culture celebrations. to disasters followed by China and the Indian High Commissioner to the UK Philippines. Yashvardhan Kumar Sinha opened the two-day It said that conflict, violence and disasters events proceedings at the world- famous library. caused 31.1 million new internal displacements in 2016. International Day for Biological Diversity: 22 The highest displacements were recorded in May China with 7.4 million people getting impacted, The International Day for Biological Diversity (or followed by the Philippines (5.9 million), India World Biodiversity Day) is a United Nations– (2.4 million) and Indonesia (1.2 million). sanctioned international day for the promotion of biodiversity issues. It is held on May 22. World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day: 8 May The International Day for Biological Diversity World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is an annual falls within the scope of the UN Post-2015 celebration of the principles of the International Red Development Agenda's Sustainable Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Development Goals. World Red Cross Red Crescent Day is celebrated Theme for the year 2017 is “Biodiversity and on 8 May each year. Sustainable Tourism”. This date is the anniversary of the birth of Henry Dunant (born 8 May 1828), the founder of World Metrology Day: 20 May International Committee of the Red Cross World Metrology Day has become an annual (ICRC) and the recipient of the first Nobel Peace celebration since the Meter Convention was signed Prize. by representatives of seventeen countries on May This year’s theme is “Less Known Red Cross 20, 1875. Stories”.

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India hold festival in Egypt to mark coordination in response to threats including Rabindranath Tagore's birth anniversary terrorism. India is organising a cultural festival in Egypt to A statement by the Jordanian army said troops mark the 156th birth anniversary of the famous from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Arab Gulf Indian poet, Rabindranath Tagore. region are taking part in the exercises which run Tagore Festival which is being organised by the to May 18, including from Britain, Japan, Kenya Maulana Azad Centre for Indian Culture and Saudi Arabia. (MACIC), the cultural wing of the Indian Embassy in Cairo, from May 8-12 will feature a India unanimously elected to head UN-Habitat dance show, film screening, a play and painting India has been unanimously elected as the President competition. of the UN-Habitat, an organ of the United Nations’ On May 8, the movie 'Kabuliwala' directed by Organisation (UNO) that promotes socially and Hemen Gupta will be screened at the Hanager environmentally sustainable human settlements Cinema, Opera House Complex. across the world, after 10 years. The movie is based on a novel written by Tagore UN-Habitat reports to the United Nations about an immigrant from Kabul who forms a General Assembly. bond with a young girl in India who reminds him Further to election, Minister of Housing & of his daughter in Afghanistan. Urban Poverty Alleviation M.Venkaiah Naidu The Tagore Festival is organised in cooperation will chair the four day meeting of the 58 member with the Egyptian Ministry of Culture, Cairo Governing Council of UN-Habitat in Nairobi, Opera House, Cultural Production Sector, Kenya. Dancers’ Guild and the Indian Community Naidu will preside over the deliberations of the Association in Egypt. Governing Council of UN-Habitat for the next Points to Remember two years. Rabindranath Tagore received the Nobel Prize Since the UN-Habitat came into being in for Literature in 1913. 1978, It is only the third time that India has He was the first non-European to win this been elected to lead this important organization prestigious award, in recognition for his after 2007 and 1988. collection of poems, 'Gitanjali'. India, Australia bilateral naval exercise next Jordan, US launch ‘Eager Lion’ military exercise month Jordan and the United India and Australia will hold their second bilateral States kicked off naval exercise next month off the coast of Western Eager Lion, an annual Australia. military exercise with The first-ever such exercise, called AUSINDEX, about 7,400 troops was held in September, 2015 in the Bay of from more than 20 nations taking part. Bengal. US and Jordanian officials said the manoeuvres Australia's High Commissioner to India would include border security, cyber defence, Harinder Sidhu, during an interaction with and "command and control" exercises, to bolster journalists, also emphasised that bilateral ties have seen a "steady upward trajectory" and

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's recent visit Bengaluru Tops List of World’s Most Affordable here has "injected a fresh momentum" in the Tech Cities relationship. Bengaluru has been named the world’s most affordable tech city in the new Savills Tech Cities 29th India- Indonesia Co-Ordinated Patrol Index. (Corpat) Commences The Indian technology hub is the most affordable The 29th series of India–Indonesia CORPAT is out of 22 cities that were graded on different scheduled from 09 – 25 May 17 with the opening parameters. ceremony being conducted from 09 -12 May 17 at While the per-week rent is $236 (roughly Rs Port Blair under the aegis of Andaman and Nicobar 15,000) in the city as compared to the global Command. average of $368 (almost Rs 24,000), the city The Indonesian Naval Ship KRI Sutedi ranked 20th overall, losing points on time taken Senoputra has arrived at Haddo Wharf, Port for commutes. Blair to mark the commencement of the 29th The city which ranked first overall was Austin, series of IND–INDO CORPAT. Texas while New York ranked as the best in The closing ceremony of the CORPAT is “business environment”. scheduled at Belawan, Indonesia from 22 – 25 May 17. International Nurses Day: 12 May Under the broad ambit of this strategic International Nurses Day (IND) is an international partnership, Indonesian Navy (TNI AL) and the day celebrated around the world on 12 May (the Indian Navy have been carrying out coordinated anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth) of each patrolling twice a year since 2002 near the year, to mark the contributions nurses make to International Maritime Boundary Line to keep society. this part of the Indian Ocean region safe and The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has secure for commercial shipping and celebrated this day since 1965. international trade. This year, the theme is “Nurses: A Voice to Lead, Achieving the Sustainable Development World Migratory Bird Day: 10th May Goals”. World Migratory Bird Day 2017 was 19th Session of India-Italy Joint Commission for observed on 10 May Economic Cooperation 2017. 19th Session of India-Italy Joint Commission for It aims to Economic Cooperation was held during 11th – 12th highlight the interdependence of people and May, 2017 in Rome. nature, and more specifically people and The Joint Commission was co-chaired by the migratory birds, as they share the same planet Minister of Economic Development Mr. Carlo and the same limited resources. Calenda from the Italian side and by the Minister The theme of WMBD 2017 is “Their Future is of Commerce and Industry Smt. Nirmala Our Future – A Healthy Planet for Migratory Sitharaman from the Indian side. Birds and People”. Both Sides reiterated the importance of the JCEC towards the development of bilateral economic

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and trade relations through facilitating dialogue replacing all their old lamps with energy-saving and enhancing cooperation on a wide range of LED bulbs in the UK. issues of mutual interest. Minister of state for power, coal and renewable energy Piyush Goyal presented them with their PM inaugurates hospital in Dickoya first set of LED bulbs during the launch of the The Prime Minister, Energy Efficiency Services Limited’s Narendra Modi has (EESL) expansion plans in the UK, which have inaugurated a hospital in been branded as ‘UK Joins Affordable LEDs for Dickoya in Central All’ (UJALA). Province of Sri Lanka, The National LED programme was launched by built with Indian assistance. Prime Minister Narendra Modi in January 2015. Prime Minister Modi later addressed a large Under this scheme, consumer can buy five LED gathering of Indian Origin Tamils at Norwood. bulbs at the rate of Rs 20 each by showing The Prime Minister also met representatives of monthly electricity bills or ID cards. the Ceylon Workers Congress, and the Tamil Progressive Alliance. Over 100 countries affected by WannaCry Earlier, PM attended International Vesak day ransomware so far celebration and also visited the Seema Malaka The Wanna Cry ransomware attack - one of the Temple. largest ever cyber attacks - appeared to be slowing around 24 hours after it wrecked havoc and shut China to organise OBOR summit on 14 May down tens of thousands of computer systems across China is organising a grand two-day summit from 104 countries. May 14 to showcase its plans to build a network of The slow down happened soon after trade routes—One Belt, One Road (OBOR)—that 'MalwareTech', a Britain-based security will connect Asia, Africa, the Middle East and researcher, accidentally discovered a 'kill switch' Europe. to halt the Wanna Cry attack. Nearly 65 countries are taking take part in the Russia was the worst affected with Avast telling summit though only 20 heads of state will attend. that 60 per cent of all infected computers were China plans to issue a joint statement at the end located in that country. of the two-day summit to showcase a wide Points to Remember approval of its ambitious project. WannaCry, is a form of ransomware that affects India and Japan have shown reluctance to attend Microsoft’s Windows operating system. the summit. While Japan will send a delegation, When a system is infected, a pop up window India has refused to send any representative. appears, prompting you to pay to recover all your files within three days, with a countdown timer Indian mission, Vedanta adopt UJALA scheme on the left of the window. in UK It adds that if you fail to pay within that time, the The Indian High Commission in London and metals fee will be doubled, and if you don’t pay within tycoon Anil Agarwal led Vedanta Group will be seven days, you will lose the files forever. among the first to adopt India’s UJALA scheme of Payment is accepted only with Bitcoin.

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Ransomware is a form of malicious software that Nepal’s first female chief justice suspended locks up the files on your computer, encrypts Nepal’s first female them, and demands that you pay to get your files Supreme Court chief back. justice was suspended after an India jumps 73 spots to 26 rank in World Bank’s impeachment motion electricity accessibility list was filed in parliament. India has climbed up to twenty sixth position in Sushila Karki, who had one of the highest World Bank’s electricity accessibility ranking in the positions ever held by a woman in Nepal, was current year from 99th spot in 2014, power minister suspended automatically after the motion signed Piyush Goyal has said. by nearly half the members in parliament. Elaborating on energy access to all, the minister Karki was accused of interfering with executive said at the Vienna Energy Forum, held on May powers and issuing biased decisions. 11, everyone was actually impressed about India She was appointed chief justice in April 2016 that has actually led the global efforts by its and was due to retire next month. action to address the challenge of the planet change. India will give Rs 35 crore to Bangladesh in the The government’s rural electrification next five years programme is proceeding swiftly, with over India will give Rs 35 crore to children of freedom 13,000 villages electrified out of a total of fighters in Bangladesh in the next five years under 18,452 and is on track for completion within the the new 'Muktijodha scholarship' scheme. targeted 1,000 days. All freedom fighters are now eligible for five years multiple entry on Indian visa and 100 of Exhibition of Global Mobile Internet Conference them will be provided free medical treatment in held in Beijing Indian hospitals every year. The exhibition of Global Mobile Internet Points to Remember Conference (GMIC) was held in Beijing, capital of India initiated the Muktijodha Scholarship China, April 27, 2017. Scheme in 2006 for descendants of the 1971 The Global Mobile Internet Conference is hosted Freedom Fighters. Until now, more than 10,000 annually in Beijing and Silicon Valley. scholarships worth Tk 150 million have been Mobile executives, entrepreneurs, developers, disbursed. and investors from around the globe and across Under the new scheme, students at a higher platforms attend GMIC each year. secondary level will get a one-time grant of Tk 200,000 (Rs 1,53,700) and those at the International Workers' Day: 1 May undergraduate level will get Tk 50,000 (Rs International Workers' Day also known as Labour 38,430). Day celebrates the spirit of labourers. It is observed World Press Freedom Day: 3 May globally on 1 May every year. It is observed globally on 3 May every year. The day It is the day to pay tribute to the labourers. In is observed to pay tribute to those journalists who India, the first Labour Day, or May Day, was lost their lives while working on stories they’re celebrated in 1923 in Chennai. passionate about

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• The World Press Freedom Day observed Dubai becomes first city to get its own Microsoft internationally, was proclaimed by the UN font General Assembly in 1993 following a Dubai city has unveiled the new font, called simply recommendation adopted at the 26th Session “Dubai”, designed with Microsoft's help. of UNESCO’s General Conference in 1991 • The government communication office says the Dubai Font integrates Arabic UN Observed 2 May 2017 : First World Tuna and Latin alphabets and is available for Day use in 23 languages in versions of The United Nations is marking the first World Tuna Microsoft Office around the world. Day with calls to conserve one of the globe’s most • Government bodies will now begin to popular fish to be caught and eaten. use the new font in their official • It is a saltwater fish that belongs to the tribe correspondence. Thunnini, a sub-grouping of the mackerel family (Scombridae) . Emmanuel Macron elected next French president AIIB grants $160 mn for Andhra Pradesh Power Pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron Project resoundingly won France's landmark presidential China-sponsored Asian Infrastructure Investment election. Bank (AIIB) today approved USD 160 million loan The victory caps an extraordinary rise for the 39- for a ‘24×7 Power for All’ project in Andhra year-old former investment banker, who will Pradesh, the first credit from the bank for an Indian become the country's youngest-ever leader. project. Initial estimates showed Macron winning • The AIIB, in which India is the second between 65.5 per cent and 66.1 per cent of largest shareholder after China, has approved ballots ahead of Le Pen on between 33.9 per cent the project with the objective to strengthen and 34.5 per cent. the power transmission and distribution system in Andhra Pradesh. • The project is co-financed by the World

Bank. Andhra Pradesh is one of the first Exhibition on ‘Return of the three stone states selected for the roll out of the Sculptures from Australia to India’ programme. Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Points to Remember:- Minister of State (I/C) • “Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank for Culture and Tourism (AIIB) is an multilateral development bank inaugurated an that aims to support its members in their exhibition “Return of the transition towards a low-carbon energy mix Three Stone Sculptures from Australia to India” in by promoting the improvement of energy National Museum, Janpath New Delhi. efficiency, such as upgrading the existing The exhibition is organised to mark the safe transmission and distribution networks,”. return of three stone sculptures (Seated Buddha, • Head quarter:- Beijing, China Worshippers of Buddha, Goddess Pratyangira) • President:-Jin Liqun from Australia to India.

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These sculptures were purchased by National In addition, Foreign Investors will find India Gallery of Australia from the Nancy Wiener, more attractive destination and this will result in New York in 2007 and Art of the Past, New more inflow of FDI. The move will provide ease York, 2005. of doing business and will help in promoting the The Minister released a book entitled ‘War principle of Maximum Governance and Paintings of The Irresistible Jat King Surajmal’ Minimum Government. by Dr Satya Vrata Tripathi and also launched an Currently around 91-95% of FDI inflow happens ‘App on Swachchta Abhiyan’. through the automatic route, adding that there are only 11 sectors (including defence and retail) Piyush Goyal launches ‘SEVA’ App needing government approval. Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New The FIPB was initially set up under the Prime & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal Minister's Office following the economic launched the Saral Eindhan Vitaran Application liberalisation in the early 1990s. (SEVA), developed in-house by Coal India Limited It shifted under the DIPP in 1996, and then in (CIL) for power sector consumers. 2003 to the department of economic affairs in SEVA is a part of ‘Digital India’ initiative, the finance ministry. which is aimed at increasing the Consumer Connect as well as the Transparency and Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports to Initiate Accountability in Coal dispatch. “Adopt A Slum” Campaign in Delhi Minister of (Independent Govt approves abolition of Foreign Investment Charge), Youth Affairs Promotion Board & Sports, Shri Vijay The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Goel announced “Adopt Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to the a Slum” - a new phasing out of Foreign Investment Promotion Board campaign to mark (FIPB). completion of three The proposal entails abolishing the FIPB and years of the Government. allowing administrative Ministries/Departments Minister said that the idea is to initiate to process applications for FDI requiring developmental work in these slums and help the government approval. slum-dwellers in resolving various issues. Henceforth, the work relating to processing of A slum Yuva Daud/Marathon will mark the applications for FDI and approval of the beginning of this campaign on May 26. Government thereon under the extant FDI Policy Shri Goel further said that Ministry of Youth and FEMA, shall now be handled by the Affairs & Sports, along with Nehru Yuva concerned Ministries/Departments in Kendra Sangathan, under the aegis of the consultation with the Department of Industrial Ministry, will initiate “Adopt a Slum” campaign Policy & Promotion(DIPP), Ministry of and groups like NSS, public schools, rotary Commerce, which will also issue the Standard clubs, will pool in with efforts and manpower. Operating Procedure (SOP) for processing of Shri Goel also stated that he has adopted Indira applications and decision of the Government slum of Timarpur area under the campaign. under the extant FDI policy.

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In Maharashtra, 'Good Morning' Squads To The government has announced a service to digitise Monitor And Prevent Open Defecation the process of attestation of documents for those The Maharashtra government going abroad, so that they are spared the trouble of has decided to form 'good visiting government offices for the purpose. morning' squads to monitor and 'e-Sanad', an initiative of the Ministry of prevent open defecation in External Affairs (MEA), in association with two villages and districts across the other ministries -- will initially be hosting school state. leaving certificates with the help of Central These squads will comprise representatives of Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). local bodies, self-help groups, NGOs, students In subsequent phases, the portal will also host and social workers working in the area of documents from central universities. sanitation and cleanliness. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) A government resolution issued said these has become the first education board to partner squads have been asked to keep an eye on the with the Ministry of External Affairs to areas where this practice is prevalent and to implement e-sanad. ensure that locals have access to toilets there. IIT-KGP signs MoU with MP for measuring BSNL launches satellite phone service happiness State-owned BSNL has started satellite phone IIT Kharagpur's Rekhi Centre of Excellence for the service through INMARSAT which will be initially Science of Happiness has signed an MoU with offered to government agencies and later opened for Madhya Pradesh government to collaborate on the others citizen in phased manner. development of a Happiness Index for measuring the The service will cover areas where no networks well-being of the people of the state. are present and will be provided by INMARSAT IIT-KGP will develop the index and analyse data which has 14 satellites. collected by the state government to assess the level of happiness and chalk out Construction Of India's First Underwater Rail recommendations that can be used to enhance Tunnel Finishes happiness. Boring of India’s first underwater rail tunnel running IIT-KGP will also develop an online screening under the Hooghly river has finished before its and assessment system in order to screen and scheduled deadline of July. identify suitable volunteers from the database of The tunnel is 16.6kms, 10.8kms of which runs more than 30,000 people. underground. And of 10.8kms, 502 metres under the water and the whole thing connects Howrah Dhola-Sadiya bridge named after Bhupen to the west and Salt lake to the east. Hazarika It will have 12 stations and six will be Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday underground. Estimated cost of the entire project inaugurated the country's longest river bridge — the is Rs 5,000 crores. Dhola-Sadiya bridge. Spanning 9.15 km, the bridge is built across the Government launches 'e-Sanad' for digital Lohit river which is a tributary of the attestation of documents Brahmaputra river.

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He named the bridge after iconic singer Bhupen including a Rs 10,000 monthly pension scheme, for Hazarika. those who are above 60 years and have completed The Dhola-Sadiya bridge will reduce the travel 20 years in the profession. time between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh He also announced a life insurance cover of Rs from six hours to just one hour as the distance 10 lakh and a cashless mediclaim policy of Rs will shrink by 165 km. 500,000. After inaugurating the Rs. 2,056 crore bridge at The announcements were made by the Chief Sadia in Assam’s Tinsukia district, Mr. Modi Minister at the "Swarna Jayanti Journalists' walked a short distance over it. Meet" in Panchkula. The Steel Authority of India Limited has supplied around 90 per cent, or around 30,000 Manipur declares Dailong village Biodiversity tonnes of steel, including TMT, structurals and Heritage Site plates, for the construction of the bridge. The Manipur government has declared Dailong The construction of the bridge began in 2011 village of Tamenglong district as a Biodiversity under the public-private-partnership, which is Heritage Site of the state. 3.55 km longer than Mumbai’s Bandra-Worli Dialong village, covering an area of 11.35 sq km, Sea Link, making it the longest bridge in India. has been declared as Biodiversity Heritage Site under Section 37(1) of Biological Diversity Act, WHO confirms India's 1st Zika virus cases in 2002. Ahmedabad The declaration was made after the India's first three cases recommendation of Manipur Biodiversity of the Zika virus were Board. reported between February 2016 and Jaitley dedicates Aeronautical Test range to The January 2017 in Nation Ahmedabad, the The Defence Minister Shri Arun Jaitley has World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed in its inaugurated the newly built Aeronautical Test Range disease outbreak bulletin. (ATR) of the Defence Research & Development It said the Centre confirmed the three cases, in Organisation (DRDO) at Chitradurga in Karnataka. two pregnant women and in an elderly man, on The Defence Minister said facilities such as the May 15, 2017. ATR will help in creating conditions for However, the detection and confirmation of Zika research, which will in turn develop the type of cases wasn't made public by the state human resource in the country required in the government, apparently because it came in the field of aeronautical testing. run-up to the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investment Summit. Amitabh Bachchan led Toilet Usage Campaign set for national launch Haryana announces pension scheme for For promotion of toilet usage across the country’s journalists villages, the Ministry of Drinking Water and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar Sanitation has come out with an aggressive new announced a slew of incentives for journalists,

15 WiFiStudy.com campaign called Darwaza Band starting May 30th, Almost 150 mw of this will be solar power and 2017. 50 mw wind power generation capacity. Iconic actor, Amitabh Bachchan, who leads the The capacity could be ramped up to 500 mw in campaign, is to joined by various dignitaries at the next few years. the formal launch event in Mumbai. The campaign has been supported by the World India emerges as world's third largest aviation Bank and is being rolled out countrywide market immediately after the launch. The central government said that India has emerged It is designed to encourage behaviour change in as the third largest aviation market in the world with men who have toilets but are not using them. a passenger traffic of over 10 crore reported for The campaign also features actor, Anushka 2016-17. Sharma, who will be seen encouraging women This was stated by Minister of State for Civil to stand up for this issue in their villages and Aviation Jayant Sinha at a media event on the assume a leadership role. achievements of the Ministry of Civil Avation on the completion of three years of the NDA Prakash Javadekar launches UGC App to fight government. Ragging Sinha said that government's key scheme in the Union Human Resource Development Minister Shri sector regional connectivity scheme (RCS- Prakash Javadekar launched an Anti-Ragging UDAN) will allow India to have 200 plus Mobile App introduced by the University Grants airports in the next 10-15 years. Commission (UGC) here in New Delhi. The minister added that there are currently 496 Speaking on this occasion Shri Javadekar said aircraft in operation with domestic airlines, and this mobile app will help students register another 654 planes are under purchase orders. complaints to counter the menace of ragging. The Minister said earlier one had to visit the Delhi Police launch bicycle patrol website for registering a complaint of ragging The Delhi Police has launched and our record shows that timely action was patrolling on bicycle to improve taken which in turn had resulted in the decrease policing in congested localities of such instances. But still this ill has to be in trans-Yamuna region of the eliminated completely, he said. city. The move is also being India to be first in world to run all government billed as a green initiative. ports on green energy The bicycle patrols will complement and All 12 major domestic ports will soon switch to supplement the existing motorcycle and PCR renewable energy to meet their entire power patrols which focus mainly on crime prevention requirements, making India the first country to have along the arterial and main roads of Delhi. all government-owned ports running on solar and wind energy. Ministry of Earth Sciences to launch ‘Deep The government plans to install almost 200 Ocean Mission’ by January 2018 megawatt solar and wind power generation capacity at the ports by 2019, officials said.

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Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India is disaster management, and strengthens federal all set to launch ‘Deep Ocean Mission’ by January policy of our country. 2018. This will improve India’s position in ocean 5 MoUs signed between India and Palestine research field. Palestian President Mahmoud Abbas is on a 4-day India was the first country in the world to have visit to India. been given the Pioneer Area for exploration of After the restricted talks India and Palestine sign deep-sea mineral viz. Polymetallic nodules in five agreements. the Central Indian Ocean Basin in 1987. These were MoU on visa exemption for diplomatic passport holder, agriculture Telangana hosted first Videsh Sampark cooperation, cooperation in field of IT & Telangana has hosted the first outreach programme Electronics, health sector and cooperation in the of the Ministry of External Affairs ‘Videsh field of youth affairs and sports. Sampark’, to engage the State governments to create Points to Remember awareness about various programmes of the Palestine, is a sovereign state in the Middle East Ministry. that is recognized by 136 UN members and since The conference was held on May 13 in 2012 has a status of a non-member observer state Hyderabad which was inaugurated by the in the United Nations. Minister of State for External Affairs, Gen. V.K. Rami Hamdallah is the Prime Minister of Singh. Palestine. Points to Remember Jerusalem is the Proclaimed Capital of Palestine. Telangana 29th state of India, located in The most commonly used currency in Palestine southern India. It was formed in June 2014 from is the Israeli new shekel. However it also uses the northwestern part of Andhra Pradesh. Egyptian Pound and Jordanian Dinar. Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao is the chief minister of Telangana while E. S. L. Narasimhan Plastic Park to be set up in Panipat is the governor. Union minister Ananth Kumar has said that a plastic Hyderabad is the capital of Telangana. park will be set up over a 75 acre land in Panipat at a cost of Rs 1,500 crore, while a pharma park will be Rajnath Singh inaugurates National Platform on set in over a 100 acre land in Karnal. Disaster Risk Reduction The plastic park to be set up in Panipat will The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh generate employment opportunities for 30,000 inaugurated the two-day second meeting of National plastic engineers and technicians, Kumar said, Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (NPDRR) in adding the pharma park in Karnal aims make the New Delhi. country self-sufficient in terms of medicine The theme of the Second meeting of NPDRR is production, and would help reduce production “Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable cost by 30 per cent. Development: Making India resilient by 2030”. The Union government will provide all general The NPDRR is a multi-stakeholders National facilities in the Pharma Park, he said. Platform headed by the Union Home Minister and it promotes participatory decision making in

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Mukesh Ambani leads Forbes list of Global aspirations of all stakeholders – the employers, Game Changers the employees, litigants and CBT. Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani leads a Forbes list of 'Global Game Changers' who National Dengue Day: 16 May are transforming their industries and changing the National Dengue Day is observed on 16th of lives of billions of people around the globe. May every year by Ministry of Health and Forbes' second annual Global Game Changers Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of list includes 25 “intrepid business leaders” who India. are “unsatisfied with the status quo” and The aim of this day is to control the Dengue “transforming their industries and changing the through create awareness, initiate preventive lives of billions of people around the globe.” actions and continue till transmission season is Ambani, 60 comes at the top of the list for his over. game changing efforts to bring the internet to Points to Remember India's masses. Dengue is a common viral disease spread by mosquito bite. It is transmitted by a mosquito Bandaru Dattatreya launches EPFO’s Citizens’ called Aedes Aegypti. Charter & e-court system It occurs in two forms. The first form is, The Minister of State for Labour & Classical Dengue fever also known as break Employment(IC), Bandaru Dattatreya launched bone fever . EPFO’s Citizens’ Charter 2017 and e-court The second form is Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever management system in Bangalore. which is not only painful but also deadly. Citizens’ Charter 2017 is an attempt to bring transparency and accountability on the part of Vishakhapatnam, Beas cleanest railway stations EPFO and make service delivery system and Vishakhapatnam and Beas railway stations are the grievance redressal mechanism more efficient so cleanest railway stations out of the 407 station in the that it delivers goods and services to its all country, according to an audit conducted by Quality stakeholders in a time bound manner with a Council of India (QCI) on behalf of Indian Railways. reduced timeline from earlier timeline of 30 Under the A1 category of railway stations – days. Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) topped the The timeline in case of claim settlements is 10 list followed by Secunderabad (Telengana) and days and 15 days in case of grievance redressal Jammu Tawi (Jammu and Kashmir) management. In A category, Beas (Punjab) bagged the first The citizens’ charter has been launched with the position followed by Khammam (Telangana) vision of social security coverage to all and Ahmednagar (Maharashtra). employees as well as implementation of policies The Darbhanga railway station in Bihar was the for benefit of all stakeholders with adequate dirtiest among the busiest stations. support level of social security. The objective of the EPFO e-court Management BSF begins operation 'Garam Hawa' along System is a transparent and electronic case international border in Rajasthan management system which will cater to The BSF has started operation 'Garam Hawa' in the western sector in Rajasthan, under which vigil along

18 WiFiStudy.com the international border with Pakistan has been lARI-Assam would be a Post-Graduate stepped up. Institution of higher learning in Agricultural The operation will continue till May 23. Education. The operation is being conducted as chances of infiltration across the border increase during Cabinet approves Faculty Exchange between intense heatwave conditions. NDC, New Delhi and NDC, Dhaka Main aim is to reinforce and strengthen the The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister BSF's vigil along the border during the summer. Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval to the Faculty Exchange Agreement signed between India to set up 7000 mw indigenous nuclear the National Defence College, New Delhi and plants National Defence College, Dhaka, Bangladesh. India will set up 7000 mw of indigenous nuclear The objective of the Agreement is to power plants, power, coal, renewable and mines institutionalize regular exchange programs and minister Piyush Goyal said. establish sustainable mechanisms between the The Union Cabinet has approved the scheme that two National Defence Colleges with an aim to will promote energy self sufficiency, clean, enhancing mutual cooperation in the field of carbon free sources of power and place India national security, development and strategic high among nuclear power countries, he said. studies. He said the decision will lead to Rs 70,000 crore domestic orders for pressurised heat water ‘15th National Meeting of State Commissioners reactors and create 33,400 direct and indirect for Persons with Disabilities’ jobs. Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister for Social Justice Once completed, the 10 reactors of 700 MW and Empowerment inaugurated the “15th National each will give much needed fillip to the domestic Meeting of the State Commissioners for Persons nuclear industry. with Disabilities (PwD)” to review Implementation of the Persons with Disabilities (Equal Cabinet approves setting up of lARI in Assam Opportunities, Protection of rights and Full The Cabinet Committee on Participation) Act-1995 in New Delhi. Economic Affairs, chaired The two days meeting has been organized by the by the Prime Minister Office of the Commissioner for Persons with Narendra Modi, has Disabilities under Department of Empowerment approved the setting up of of Persons with Disabilities under Ministry of Indian Agricultural Social Justice and Empowerment. Research Institute (lARI) in Assam. The proposal of Department of Agriculture NITI Aayog holds the first Samavesh meeting Research and Education (DARE) / Indian In pursuance of the Prime Minister’s call for a New Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) under India 2022, the first meeting of the National Steering the scheme, the establishment of the "Indian Group and other knowledge partners was held in Agricultural Research Institute (lARI)-Assam" NITI Aayog on 17th May 2017 under the co- seeks to set up the Institute on 587 acre of land chairmanship of Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO and Shri provided by the Govt. of Assam. Ratan P Watal, Principal Adviser, NITI Aayog.

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The meeting was aimed at bringing together 32 country's first smart grid project, which will generate premier educational and policy research power from renewable sources of energy. institutions to catalyse the development process, The project will soon be inaugurated by enhance institutional capacity development and President Pranab Mukherjee, IIEST Director a field level interface with the community for Prof Ajoy Kumar Roy said. New India 2022. The smart grid will be synchronised to generate The meeting witnessed signing of Memoranda of power from solar, wind and vegetable waste Understands (MoUs) between NITI Aayog and resources, depending on the weather conditions major think tanks across the country to create an and availability of waste products. ecosphere of evidence based policy research. It is the first of its kind in the country.

Govt clears new coal linkage policy Simbex-17 Commences Between Indian & The government has approved a new policy under Republic Of Singapore Navy which fuel supply to the power sector will be either As part of through the auction route or power purchase pact "SIMBEX-17’, the based on competitive bidding of tariffs. ongoing Bilateral CCEA approved fading away of the existing Naval Exercise LoA-FSA regime and introduction of a new between Navies of more transparent coal allocation policy for the Republic of power sector, 2017-SHAKTI (Scheme for Singapore and Harnessing and Allocating Koyala (Coal) India, lndian Naval Ships Shivalik, Sahyadri, Jyoti Transparently in India). and Kamorta and one P8-I Maritime Patrol and Anti- Submarine Warfare Aircraft are participating. Country's 1st ornamental fish park in Chennai SIMBEX is an acronym for “Singapore-India by August Maritime Bilateral Exercises”. India's first Aquatic Rainbow Technology Park Bilateral cooperation between Singapore and (ARTP) will be set up in Chennai within three India was first formalised when RSN ships months. began training with the Indian Navy in 1994. The park, an ultra-modern exclusive facility for This year’s edition of SIMBEX-17 being held in ornamental fish equipped with multi-species the South China Sea would be the 24th in the hatchery and live feed culture units, will fulfil a series and is aimed to increase interoperability major requirement of the industry for mass between the RSN and IN as well as develop production of high value aquarium fish. common understanding and procedures for Fisheries College and Research Institute, maritime security operations. Ponneri, will develop the facility. Tamil Nadu is the second largest exporter of Indian Army gets M777 howitzers 30 years after ornamental fish after West Bengal. Bofors scandal After a 30-year wait for new artillery guns since the IIEST creates India's first smart grid project Bofors scandal, the Indian Army has received the The Indian Institute of Engineering Science and first two ultra light howitzers from the US as part of Technology (IIEST) has successfully created the

20 WiFiStudy.com an order for 145 long-range guns which will be violence and its dangerous effect on the people, the mostly deployed along the border with China. society and the nation as a whole. The M-777 A-2 ultra-light howitzers (ULH), On this day, in 1991, the former Prime Minister having a maximum range of 30 km and Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suicide manufactured by the BAE Systems, were being squad of Liberation of Tamil Tigers Eelam taken to Pokhran firing range in Rajasthan for (LTTE), while attending a rally in test firing. Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. India had struck a government-to-government 35. Turbo Megha Airways first private airline to deal with the US in November last year for get UDAN licence supply of the 145 howitzers at a cost of nearly Rs 5,000 crore.

India to host annual meet of AfDB PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate the annual meeting of African Development Bank (AfDB) on May 23 at Gandhinagar. Turbo Megha Airways has become the first private It is the first time in the history of AfDB Group airline to get a licence to fly under UDAN, the that India will be hosting the annual meetings. government scheme for subsidized regional flights. The core theme of the event is “Transforming Turbo Megha Airways which is also called agriculture for wealth creation in Africa”. TruJet, is one of the five operators who have The meetings will be held from May 22 to 26. been awarded a total of 128 routes under the Points to Remember UDAN scheme. The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) The airline will use three ATR-72 aircraft, and is a multilateral development finance institution will add more planes later. established by Laston M. to contribute to the economic development and social progress of Bengaluru Airport to Go green African countries. The Bangalore International Airport Limited The AfDB was founded in 1964 and comprises (BIAL) inaugurated solar farms at the Kempegowda three entities: The African Development Bank, International Airport premises. the African Development Fund and the Nigeria The first project of 440kW has been installed in Trust Fund. the car park area in front of the BIAL corporate It is headquartered in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. office, and the second project of 2.5MW solar AfDB has 78 member countries. panels at the airside. Akinwumi Adesina is the President of the Both projects - jointly - will reduce carbon African Development Bank. emission by 3125 tonnes per annum (3075 tonnes of carbon dioxide emission per annum at National Anti-terrorism day: 21 May the airside and 550 tonnes at the car park area). The National Anti Terrorism Day is celebrated every year on May 21 in India to raise awareness among Woman from Arunachal becomes first to scale all sections of people, about the danger of terrorism, Mt Everest twice within 5 days

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A climber from Arunchal Pradesh, Anshu Jamsenpa, The state government has sanctioned six boat scripted history by scaling Mt Everest twice within ambulances for these areas out of the state funds five days. and these will be part of the 108 ambulance Jamsenpa, a mother of two, had conquered the service. world's highest peak for the fourth time on May This is part of an MoU signed between the State 16. Government and the Ziquitza Health Care. Jamsenpa set the world record for becoming the first woman climber to reach the top of Mt IPP & WIPO to set up Technology and Everest twice within five days. Innovation Support Centers She is also the first Indian woman to reach the The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion top of Mt Everest for the fifth time on May 21. (DIPP) and World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)have signed an agreement to PM Narendra Modi lays foundation stone for establish Technology and Innovation Support 993-crore projects of Kandla port Centers (TISC) Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation WIPO’s Technology and Innovation Support stone for half a dozen projects worth Rs 993 crore Centers (TISC) program provides innovators in related to development of Kandla port. developing countries with access to locally The projects for which foundation was laid based, high quality technology information and include a convention centre named after related services, helping them to exploit their Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar. innovative potential and to create, protect, and Modi also suggested that the Kandla Port Trust manage their intellectual property (IP) rights. be named after Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay, who stood for the uplift of all sections of the NBA opens its first academy in India society. The National Basketball Other projects include two cargo berths, a road Association (NBA) has over bridge, deployment of two mobile harbour opened its first academy in cranes and mechanisation of fertiliser handling India, confident that it will facility at the port. help the sport grow in the country. Odisha to introduce boat ambulances in four An elite basketball districts training center at Odisha will introduce boat ambulance service in four Jaypee Greens Integrated Sports Complex in districts where people face difficulties in getting Greater Noida was officially thrown open for the health service. upcoming male and female talent of the country. The boat ambulance service will be available in Twenty-one elite male prospects, who were the districts of Koraput, Malkangiri, Kendrapara selected following a three-month nationwide and Kalahandi where people face problems in talent search, will receive scholarships and availing 108 ambulance service due to training at NBA Academy India. intervening large water bodies in the form of rivers and dams disrupting road communication. Calcutta HC judge CS Karnan sentenced to 6 months in jail by Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court has ordered controversial sitting Justice Khehar said the idea of court records Calcutta High Court judge C S Karnan be digitisation came to him immediately after immediately sent to jail for 6 months for committing taking oath as CJI on receiving a letter from law contempt of court by his scandalous remarks. minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who had pointed This is the first time that a sitting judge has been out that the government had sanctioned Rs 2,130 sent to prison. crore for the e-court mission mode project for Justice Karnan had levelled allegations against 2016-17. several judges of the Madras High Court and the Under Integrated Court Management apex court and stubbornly refused to take the Information System, once a petition was filed in allegations back. a court, there was no need to replicate the paper To make things worse, he had passed orders work before each appellate court. against the seventh judge bench, which was hearing his contempt case. Rajnath proposes ‘Samadhan’ for Naxal violence SC has also banned media from publishing Union Home Minister content of orders passed by Karnan. Rajnath Singh addressed at the meeting of the chief Railways to acquire EoTT system to run trains ministers of Left-wing- without guards extremism (LWE)- The Indian Railways will float global tenders worth affected states. over Rs 100 crore for acquiring sophisticated The Home Minister coined an acronym to equipment to run 1,000 trains without guards. counter Naxal violence —“SAMADHAN”— The End of Train Telemetry (EoTT) equipment with “S” for Smart leadership; “A” for is used to establish communication between the Aggressive Strategy; “M” for motivation and locomotive driver and the last wagon of the train training; “A” for actionable intelligence; “D” for to ensure that the train is running with all dashboard-based KPIs (key performance coaches/wagons as a complete unit. indicators) and KRAs (key result areas); “H” for The equipment is designed to do the guard’s job harnessing technology; “A” for Action plan for by giving indication to the loco driver in case of each theatre and “N” for no access to financing. parting of coaches or wagons from the rear side of the train. DIPAM launches online investor facilitation Each set of EoTT device is estimated to cost platform approximately Rs10 lakh. Keen on creating more awareness about the forthcoming disinvestment issues, the Finance Supreme Court will go paperless from July 3 Ministry has set up an Investor Facilitation Platform PM Narendra Modi and Chief Justice J S Khehar that will provide information about stocks of public launched Integrated Court Management Information sector units. System scheme for complete digitisation of Set up by the Department of Investment and litigation in all courts, which in the first phase Public Asset Management (DIPAM), the promises paperless filing of appeals in the Supreme platform will be an interactive forum for all Court from July 3. stakeholders, including investors, investment banks, law firms, public sector units and

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administrative ministries that are involved in Union Agriculture Minister launch e-Krishi stake sales. Samvad, an online interface Developed and maintained by PRIME Database, Radha Mohan Singh, Union Minister for Agriculture all users will have to register on the platform, and Farmers Welfare, launched e-Krishi Samvad at which will then be authorised by DIPAM. Krishi Bhawan. Singh informed that the e-Krishi Samvad is Government sets up task force to compute timely internet-based interface and is a unique platform data on employment that will provide direct and effective solutions to Government has set up a the problems faced by farmers and stakeholders high-level task force to in the agriculture sector. compute timely data on Union Agriculture Minister said that people can employment in the directly connect to the ICAR website and get the country, a move that will appropriate solutions from the subject matter go a long way to help government frame policies and specialists and institutes through web or SMS. take steps that can create jobs in the country. Stakeholders can upload photographs related to The task force has been created under the diseases of the crops, animals or fishes for chairmanship of Aayog's vice chairman Arvind diagnostics and remedial measures instantly Panagariya with labour secretary Sathiyavathy, from the specialists. secretary statistics T.C.A. Ananth, Pulak Ghosh of NITI Aayog and Manish Sabharwal as Rajnath Singh launches Mobile Application for members. CAPF personnel The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh Election Commission of India Launches National launched the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Contact Centre Mobile Application for grievance redressal of the The Commission has added another feather to its cap Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) personnel. with the launch of National Contact Centre with a The Union Home Minister also launched toll-free No. 1800111950. BSFMyApp on the occasion. Now any citizen from any part of the country can This has given a ‘Digital Option’ to jawans to call on the toll-free in English or Hindi with any lodge their grievances and he is just one click query or complaint at any time of the day. away from jawans, the Home Minister said. Callers can enquire on subjects such as elections, Rajnath Singh said that he will review the voting dates, EPIC, electoral roll, online dashboard of the App every month and check the registration etc. and lodge a complaint by status of redressal of grievances. The MHA will simply dialing in to the toll free no. intervene, wherever required, he said. The National Contact Centre is operated on a National Grievance Redressal System Software. NITI Aayog to partner Uttar Pradesh for holistic This software is a single window platform to development manage complaints and feedback received In a marked departure from the past practices and through calls, emails, sms and website access in keeping in mind the spirit of co-operative an integrated and time-bound manner. federalism, a high level delegation led by NITI Vice Chairman, Dr. Arvind Panagariya held day long

24 WiFiStudy.com deliberations in Lucknow on developmental The Army had discontinued CASO following challenges before Uttar Pradesh. stiff opposition from the local population. The delegation met UP CM Yogi Adityanath along with seniors Ministers and officials of the UP CM forms ‘Maa’ committee to keep an eye on state government and it was agreed that NITI mid-day meals served would partner with UP in areas such as doubling to students the farmers’ income, livelihood opportunities, ‘Maa’ Committees will enterprise,, investment and growth in the State, now keep an eye on mid- among others. day meals served to students in the primary National Technology Day: 11th May schools of Uttar Pradesh On 11 May 1998, India conducted a series of nuclear to ensure that they get nutritious food prepared in tests in the Pohkran, Rajasthan. hygienic conditions. The tests were successful and since that day It will be a committee of six mothers, from all India has had drastic breakthroughs in the field sections of society, whose students are studying of technology and science like ‘Chandrayan’ and in that school. the launch of 104 satellites with one rocket. From cleanliness in kitchen, to quality of food To celebrate these achievements, India being served to children, they will keep an eye celebrates National Technology Day on 11 May. on minute details.

India plans to replace Maitri with a new Nagpur to get India's first electric radio cabs on permanent research station May 26, 2017 India has decided to replace the Maitri research Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari will launch station in Antarctica with a new one in the next three electric radio cabs on May 26, 2017 for the first time to four years. in India. The country is also drafting laws to safeguard its The pilot project will start with 200 e-taxis interest in Antarctica and is poised to expand its starting from Gadkari’s constituency, Nagpur. research activity in the coldest continent. While Mahindra & Mahindra has supplied the India does not have laws for Antarctica and is electric vehicles to the Nagpur government, the currently governed by international laws. infrastructure for charging these vehicles will be provided by the local governing body. Army brings back CASO as part of counter- terror operations in Kashmir 'No school bag' on Saturdays in Uttar Pradesh The Indian Army has decided to re-introduce cordon schools and search operations (CASO) as a "permanent Students of Class 1-12 studying in schools feature" of its campaign against militants, nearly 15 recognised by Uttar Pradesh government will not years after the practice was abandoned. have to bring their school bags on Saturdays. CASO will be carried out in a major way in In an effort to promote extra-curricular activities militancy-hit areas of Kulgam, Pulwama, Tral, among students, the Yogi Aditryanath Budgam and Shopian in south Kashmir. government has decided to make Saturday a

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'Funday' by involving children in creative PM Modi to inaugurate Asia’s longest bridge in activities. Assam Asia's longest bridge on Brahmaputra, which will Aadhaar not mandatory for PAN, ITR in J&K, reduce travel time between Assam and Arunachal Assam, Meghalaya Pradesh by four hours, will be opened for public on The Revenue Department has exempted residents of May 26 coinciding with Modi government's three Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya, and years in power. citizens above 80 years from mandatory quoting of 9.15km long Dhola-Sadiya bridge, capable of Aadhaar to obtain PAN cards and file tax returns. withstanding the weight of a 60-tonne battle A notification in this regard has been issued by tank, will improve the movement of civilian and the government. military vehicles to strategic locations up to This comes at a time when a case challenging Anini in Arunachal Pradesh. mandatory use of Aadhaar for PAN (permanent Anini is barely 100km from China border. account number) and filing income tax return (ITR) is pending in the Supreme Court. Mumbai, Chennai among top 20 tourist The Finance Ministry notification gives the destinations in Asia Pacific region exemption to “an individual who does not Mumbai and Chennai have been named among the possess the Aadhaar number or the enrolment top 20 tourist destinations in the Asia Pacific region, ID” who is residing in Assam, Jammu and says a report. Kashmir and Meghalaya. The rankings have been based in terms of total The exemption is also for persons of 80 years or number of international overnight arrivals, more, non-residents and non-citizens. number of nights spent at each destination and cross-border spending, according to Mastercard Kerala tops, Bihar last in public affairs index Asia Pacific Destinations Index 2017. Two South Indian States Kerala and Tamil Nadu Overall, Bangkok remains the most visited have secured first and second rankings for the destination in Asia Pacific in the list of 171 second year in a row in 2017 public affairs index destinations across 22 countries in the Asia (PAI) in governance in States Pacific region. Poll-bound Gujarat gained two positions rising from five in 2016 to three. Maharashtra CM inaugurates automatic Karnataka slipped from third position in 2016 to weather station in Nagpur fourth in 2017 while Maharashtra stood fifth (4th Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis has in 2016) in governance indicators. inaugurated the state’s first automatic weather There was no change in the last four positions station at Dongargaon in Nagpur. among large States. Like in the previous year, This is one of the unique project in the country, Bihar (18th), Jharkhand (17th), Odisha (16th) which will measure wind direction, wind speed, and Assam (15th) are at the bottom of the table air temperature, relative humidity and record in PAI, a latest survey of think-tank Public amount of rainfall. Affairs Centre (PAC), Bengaluru, has revealed. This information will be shared with farmers who can then manage sowing in a much better and planned way as per the weather conditions.

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Real Estate Act Come Into Effect From 1 May choose two dispensaries, one for self and another 2017 for family through an employer. The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, Under Aadhaar based Online Claim Submission 2016 (RERA) will finally give India’s real estate scheme all EPF Members who have activated sector its first regulator from May 1, 2017. their UAN and seeded their KYC (Aadhaar) with However, only 13 states and Union Territories EPFO will be able to apply for PF final (UTs) have so far notified rules. settlement, Pension withdrawal benefit and PF The act was passed by parliament last year and part withdrawal from the their UAN Interface the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban directly. Poverty Alleviation had given time till May 1, 2017, to formulate and notify rules for the Ganga Cleanliness Pledge Day: May 2 functioning of the regulator. The National Mission for Clean Ganga observe RERA seeks to bring clarity and fair practices Ganga Cleanliness Pledge Day on May 2 at various that would protect the interests of buyers and places in the rivers basin states to spread awareness also impose penalties on errant builders. and ensure public participation for the programme. Points to Remember The government will spread the message The Real Estate (Regulation and Development) through rallies, shramdaan (labour donation), Act, 2016, was passed by Parliament in March tree plantation, etc. 2016. States were given a year to set up this framework UP government to celebrate UP Diwas on — namely, the Regulatory Authority and the January 24 Appellate Tribunal. From May 1, 2017, the Act UP Diwas would be celebrated for the first time with has come into force in its entirety. the Yogi Adityanath government deciding to At the level of the state, the Regulatory observe the day with fervour across the state on Authority and Appellate Tribunal must dispose January 24, 2018. of cases within 60 days. Appeals to the High On January 24, 1950, the United Provinces was court can be made within 60 days. rechristened as Uttar Pradesh and previous governments in the state had been regularly “One IP- Two Dispensaries” and “Aadhaar receiving demands from different quarters to Based Online Claim Submission” launched mark the day as UP Diwas. Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar launched Employment, Shri Vidya-Veerta Abhiyan and‘Wall of Valour’ IN BandaruDattatreya Educational Institutions. launched two schemes Union Minister of Human Resource Development “One IP- Two Shri Prakash Javadekar launched Students for Dispensaries” and “Aadhaar based Online Claim soldiers- a nationwide VIDYA VEERTA Submission” on the occasion of International Labour ABHIYAN and‘Wall of Valour’ IN Educational Day 1 MAY 2017. Institutions to encourage Universities and Under One IP- Two Dispensaries scheme ESIC educational institutions across the country to display has given an option to an Insured Person (IP) to

27 WiFiStudy.com portraits of Param Veer Chakra-decorated • The Telecom Minister expressed the hope soldiers in New Delhi on 02 May 2017. that the portal will empower common man to • Organising of such events help in changing know at the convenience of a mouse click, atmosphere in our colleges and universities. about towers working in a particular locality • It is just to revive the patriotic feeling in our and whether they are compliant to the EMF youth emission norms defined by the Government. • In his address, the Chairman, TRAI Shri R S DRDO developed Defence Equipment handed Sharma said that the portal will be a mile over to Security Forces stone for transparency, fair play, citizen With the view of empowerment and will finally lead to a empowering Indian knowledge economy security forces effectively,Defence New Premier Train for the Mumbai-Goa route Minister Arun Jaitley on :Tejas Express Monday handed over several types of equipment Railways will unveil a new premier train service which are developed by DRDO to Indian security between Mumbai and Goa in June with state-of-the- forces. art facilities, called the Tejas Express. • The defence devices were handed over in • Comprising executive class and chair cars, New Delhi to NDRF included 'E-Nasika', a Tejas coaches will be equipped with 22 new hand-held equipment which is capable of features, including fire and smoke detection rapid detection of chemical agents well and suppression systems and the improved below their toxic limits. Minister Jaitley also aesthetics. handed over to NSG an equipment called • After the Mumbai-Goa run, the Tejas 'OTL-300', It can instantly detect partially service, which was promised in the budget, camouflaged optical elements, such as is likely to be pressed on the Delhi- telescopes, binoculars and night vision Chandigarh route. devices. • The 'OTL-300' was given to Delhi Police Khattar takes steps to minimise Road Accident also. Casualties • These devices will help Indian security Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar forces more powerful and will be able to launched the 'Haryana Vision Zero' campaign in detect and eradicate threats effectively. collaboration with NASSCOMM Foundation with an aim to reduce deaths due to road accidents on 2 Department of Telecom (DoT) Launched Tarang May 2017. Sanchar • "The objective of the forum is to generate Department of Telecom launched Tarang Sanchar in discussion between all stakeholders, on New Delhi on May 2, a web portal for Information ideas, strategies and concerns, and to present sharing on Mobile Towers and EMF Emission the same to the Central government, in order Compliances and which will go a long way in to influence the current legislation process, clearing the myths and misconceptions of public on and forge a collective path for road safety mobile towers and emissions from them.

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reform in the country with Haryana leading Minister during the centenary year of Champaran the way,". Satyagraha. • An MoU was also signed between the • To create awareness on “Swachhata”, Transport Department of Haryana and Ministry of Culture has developed “e-guide NASSCOM and World Resources Institute (Audio-Visual)” App for the tourists visiting (WRI) to take the project to 10 districts of the National Museum. state. Points to Remember:- • While addressing the workshop, the chief • ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ is a campaign was minister said road safety was a serious issue officially launched on 2 October 2014 at and that the state government had adopted a Rajghat, New Delhi, by Prime Minister vision to achieve target of "zero deaths in Narendra Modi. road accidents". • The objectives of Swachh Bharat are to reduce or eliminate open defecation through Madhya Pradesh changed Financial Year as the construction of individual, cluster and January- December community toilets. Madhya Pradesh has become the first state to switch • Slogan:-‘One step towards cleanliness’ to the January-December financial year from the existing April-March , with the state cabinet Cabinet approved SAMPADA Scheme endorsing the move. The Cabinet Committee • The move breaks a 150-year tradition as on Economic Affairs, India started adopting the April-March chaired by the Prime financial year from 1867. Minister Shri Narendra • The decision comes close on the steps of Modi has given its Prime Minister Narendra Modi making a approval SAMPADA pitch for shifting the fiscal year to January- (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and December period during NITI Aayog's Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) for the governing council meet in the national period 2016-20 . capital recently. • The objective of SAMPADA is to Points to Remember:- supplement agriculture, modernize • The central government had constituted a processing and decrease agri-waste. high-level committee under former Chief Points to Remember:- Economic Advisor Shanker Acharya to • This scheme will be launched under the examine “desirability and feasibility” of Ministry of Food Processing Industries having a new financial year. (MoFPI). • SAMPADA is an umbrella scheme “Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra” to be set up by incorporating ongoing schemes of the “Swachh Bharat Mission” Ministry like Mega Food Parks, Integrated “Rashtriya Swachhata Kendra” will be set up by Cold Chain and Value Addition “Swachh Bharat Mission” Ministry of Drinking Infrastructure, Food Safety and Quality Water and Sanitation at Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Assurance Infrastructure, etc. Samiti (GSDS), Rajghat under the vision of Prime

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• It is also new schemes like Infrastructure for Gadkari inaugurates India Integrated Transport Agro-processing Clusters, Creation of and Logistics Summit Backward and Forward Linkages, Creation / The Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Expansion of Food Processing & Gadkari inaugurated the three day India Integrated Preservation Capacities. Transport and Logistics Summit (IITLS) organized by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in CSR Fair Started in New Delhi New Delhi. Shri Anant G. Geete, Union Minister of Heavy • The IITLS has been organized with the Industries and Public Enterprises has inaugurated a objective of facilitating constructive three day long CSR Fair from today (4th to 6th May, dialogue between various stakeholders 2017) at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. for the development of multimodal • This mega event is being organised by The infrastructure in the country. Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry • This is urgently required to improve of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises logistics costs in India. and PHD Chamber in collaboration with • Currently India has a very poor Logistics ONGC. Performance Index due to an • The objective of fair is to provide a leading unfavourable modal mix of transport and platform to corporate leaders, organizations, a lack of seamless intermodal implementing agencies and business experts connectivity. to identify practical solutions for the problems concerning the participatory Indore ranked cleanest city in India, Gonda in UP implementation of CSR projects at the the dirtiest ground level. Indore has been ranked as the cleanest city in India while Gonda in Uttar Pradesh has been ranked the Andhra Pradesh' Banganapalle mango got GI dirtiest among 434 cities, a government survey has tag found. The succulent Banaganapalle mango has got • Bhopal, another city from MP has been Geographical Indication (GI) registration from the ranked second while Visakhapatnam in Geographical Indications Registry. Andhra Pradesh and Surat in Gujarat • The Andhra Pradesh government is the have emerged as the third and fourth registered proprietor of the GI tag for cleanest cities. mangoes. • The criteria for this year's ranking Points to Remember:- included 45% marks for cities becoming • GI is covered under the Intellectual Property open defecation free, solid waste Rights and the Trade Related Aspects of management (including sweeping, Intellectual Property Rights. collection, transportation and processing • A GI tag certifies the origin of a product or of garbage), education and capacity produce from a particular region as the building. quality or other features of the product is • Another 25% marks was kept for field attributable only to the place of its origin. inspection and 30% for citizen feedback.

30 WiFiStudy.com eVIN Project of Health Ministry becomes global Madhya Pradesh Assembly declares Narmada best practise in immunization living entity The Government’s Electronic Vaccine Intelligence The Madhya Network (eVIN), an indigenously developed online Pradesh real-time vaccine logistic management system rolled government has out in 12 States two years ago, is drawing global passed a attention. resolution • Representatives from Philippines, granting river Indonesia, Bangladesh, Nepal and Narmada the status of a living entity Thailand are already here to study the • A month ago, the Uttarakhand High project, planning to replicate it back Court had declared Ganga, Yamuna and home. their tributaries living entities with the • eVIN (Electronic Vaccine Intelligence status of a legal person. Network) is an indigenously developed • The living entity status will mean that the technology system in India that digitizes Narmada will be owner of all property vaccine stocks and monitors the and litigation for its conservation could temperature of the cold chain through a be initiated on the river’s behalf. smartphone application. • The innovative eVIN is presently being GSLV Successfully Launches South Asia Satellite implemented called across twelve states India's Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle in India. (GSLV-F09) successfully launched the 2230 kg • The technological innovation is South Asia Satellite (GSAT-9) into its planned implemented by the United Nations Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO). Development Programme (UNDP). • Launch of GSLV was its eleventh and took place from the Second Launch Pad Cabinet approves Vijayawada Airport as at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre International Airport SHAR (SDSC SHAR), Sriharikota, the The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister spaceport of India. Narendra Modi has given its approval for the • This is the fourth consecutive success declaration of Vijayawada Airport as International achieved by GSLV carrying Airport, as per the provisions of Andhra Pradesh indigenously developed Cryogenic Reorganisation Act, 2014. Upper Stage. • The proposal will add to improved • In its oval shaped GTO, the South Asia connectivity to the State capital. Satellite is now orbiting the Earth. • It will provide wider choice of services at • South Asia Satellite is a communication competitive costs to the air-travelers and satellite built by ISRO to provide a give a boost to domestic/international variety of communication services over tourism and socio-economic the South Asian region. For this, it is development of Andhra Pradesh by equipped with Ku-band transponders. bringing in international passengers and cargo traffic.

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International permaculture conference to be held Indian Armed Forces in what each act in Hyderabad terms "disturbed areas". Permaculture experts from around the world will • According to The Disturbed Areas attend the 13th International Permaculture (Special Courts) Act, 1976 once declared Convergence (IPC) to be held in Hyderabad from ‘disturbed’, the area has to maintain November 27 to December 2, 2017. status quo for a minimum of 3 months. • More than 1,200 delegates from across • The AFSPA has been continuing in the globe will attend the IPC with the Assam since November 1990. theme 'Towards healthy societies'. • It is being organised by Hyderabad- Security forces conduct biggest combing based environmental and developmental operation in Kashmir since 90s NGO Aranya Agricultural Alternatives, In view of growing attacks on policemen and the International Permaculture incidents of bank robberies, a massive ''cordon and Convergence Council (IPCC) and combing'' operation had been launched by the Friends of IPC (FIPC). security forces in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. • The primary objective of IPC 2017 is to • The massive door-to-door joint search provide Indian farmers an opportunity to operation launched by the Army, get inspired and learn how their current paramilitary and J&K Police is probably challenges can be solved using the biggest such exercise in the past 15 permaculture principles. years in the violence-hit South Kashmir.

Govt declares entire Assam as 'disturbed' area Country’s 1st bio refinery plant inaugurated in The Centre has declared the entire Assam as a Pune "disturbed" area under the Armed Forces (Special Union Minister for Powers) Act -- the AFSPA -- for three more months, Road Transport and citing various violent activities by insurgent groups Highway Nitin ULFA, NDFB and others. Gadkari has • In a gazette notification, the Home inaugurated the Ministry said the entire Assam, besides country’s first bio refinery plant which produces bordering areas of Meghalaya, have been ethanol from variety of biomass. declared "disturbed" under the AFSPA The project is situated at Rahu in Pune district. for three months with effect from May 3. The plant can produce one million litre of • The ministry said there were 75 incidents ethanol per annum by processing a variety of of violence in Assam in 2016 in which 33 agro-residue like rice and wheat straw, cotton people, including four security stalk, cane trash, corn cobs with superior product personnel, were killed and 14 others yields. were abducted. Points to Remember Haryana govt to offer meals at subsidized rates • Armed Forces Special Powers Acts for workers (AFSPA), are Acts of the Parliament of Haryana government said it has decided to open India that grant special powers to the canteens offering meals at subsidised rates to

32 WiFiStudy.com registered construction workers under the following a record weapons sale between the two Antyodaya Anna Yojana, at 23 locations in the state. countries last month. Besides, mobile food vans would be started at 23 The new contract will see state- convenient sites with large number of workers. owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) supply Meals would be served in these canteens LRSAM air and missile defence systems for between 8 am and 2 pm, and the department four Indian naval ships. would pay special attention to quality of food IAI said the contract will be carried out served. with India's Bharat Electronics Limited, which will be the project's main contractor. Venkiaih Naidu adopts Titarvasa village in LRSAM is an advanced air and Rajasthan missile defence system, jointly developed by Under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna, Union Urban IAI and India's Defence Research and Development Minister and Rajya Sabha member Development Organisation. from Rajasthan, Venkayya Naidu has adopted Titarvasa village in Jhalrapatan, Rajasthan. SBI launches national hackathon 'Code For According to the information available on the Bank' website of the central government, so far only 20 State Bank of India (SBI) has launched a national of the Lok Sabha and 4 MPs from the state hackathon for developers, start-ups and students to government has adopted the village in Phase II come up with innovative ideas and solutions for the of Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna. banking sector. The hackathon, named 'Code For Bank', will Maha govt ties up with WHO for eradication of focus on the business value driven by Rubella technologies like predictive analytics, fin- Maharashtra government has tied up with World tech/blockchain, digital payments, IOT, artificial Health Organisation (WHO) for eradication of intelligence, machine learning, BOTS and Rubella measles and will start vaccination drive robotic process automation. from March 2018. Children aged between 9 months to 15 years, India retains world's highest FDI recipient crown will be vaccinated for Rubella under this India retained its numero uno position as the world's campaign across the state. top most greenfield FDI investment destination for WHO the umbrella body of the healthcare sector the second consecutive year, attracting USD 62.3 around the world, stresses on mass vaccination billion in 2016, says a report. campaigns across the globe as a preventive India has remained ahead of China and the US as measure. far as FDI inflows were concerned in the last year, said the fDi Report 2017 compiled by fDi Intelligence, a division of The Financial Times Ltd. China has overtaken the US to become the Israel signs $630 million arms deal with India second biggest country for FDI. Israel and India penned a deal worth $630 million, to provide India's navy with missile defence systems

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HDFC among top 10 consumer financial services In its latest India Development Update, the World companies globally Bank said India’s economy will grow 7.2% in fiscal Mortgage lender HDFC Ltd is the only Indian year 2017-18. company to be named among the top 10 consumer GST, the report said, would lead to higher tax financial services companies in the world, with collection, greater digital financial inclusion and American Express claiming the first position. make India’s fundamentals stronger and yet not The company has been featured in the coveted increase the burden on the poor. list for the third consecutive year. American Express topped the list, followed by Exim Bank extends $500 m LoC to SBM Capital One Financial and Visa in the second and (Mauritius) Infra third place, respectively. Export-Import Bank of India (Exim India) has extended a RBI to observe financial literacy week from June $500 million line-of-credit 5-9 (LoC) to SBM (Mauritius) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will observe Infrastructure Company Ltd. financial literacy week from June 5-9 across the This LoC has been extended for the purpose of country. financing its participation through Redeemable The financial literacy week will focus on four Preference Shares in public sector entities to broad themes—know your customer (KYC), implement infrastructure of other projects in Exercising Credit Discipline, Grievance Mauritius. Redressal and Going Digital (UPI and *99#). This $500 million credit is Exim India’s first The main objective of observing the financial LOC to the SBM, Mauritius. literacy week is to emphasize the importance of financial literacy. New Re 1 notes to be circulated soon by RBI New one rupee notes with a multicoloured look will IOC is India's most profitable PSU soon be put in circulation by the Reserve Bank of The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has overtaken the India, the RBI announced. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) to become "The colour of One Rupee currency note shall be the country’s most profitable state-owned company. predominantly pink green on obverse and IOC, which has for decades been India’s biggest reverse in combination with others," it added. company by turnover, posted a 70% jump in net Elaborating on the design of the note, the central profit to Rs 19,106.40 crore in the financial year bank said it will bear the signature of Economic ended March 31, 2017. Affairs Secretary. Reliance Industries retained the crown of being "The numbering shall be in black at right hand India’s most profitable company for the third bottom portion of the note," it said. year in a row, posting a net Rs 29,901 crore in On the reverse side, the year '2017' is mentioned. financial year 2016-17. Amul inks MoU with ISRO for fodder acreage India to grow at 7.2% in 2017-18: World Bank estimation Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) said it has signed an agreement with

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ISRO for fodder acreage assessment using satellite Ascendas-Singbridge and Sembcorp will form observation and space technology. the Amaravati Development Partner (ADP) GCMMF markets its products under the brand along with the Amaravati Development name of Amul. Corporation (ADC). Under the Memorandum of Understanding ADP will undertake the master development of (MoU), ISRO will help in identification between the start-up area, which will be built along with food crops and fodder crops at village level and the development of the 900-acre Government also locate suitable areas of current fallows and Core area in Amaravati. cultivable wastelands at village level for green For speedy implementation of the project, a fodder cultivation. high-level joint implementation steering committee (JISC) will also be formed. HDFC Life inks distribution tie-up with Catholic Syrian Bank India Ratings downgrades IDBI Bank HDFC Life has entered into a bancassurance tie-up India Ratings and Research downgraded State-run with Catholic Syrian Bank to distribute its individual IDBI Bank to AA from AA+ and gave a negative life insurance products to the private lender’s outlook due to challenges arising out of stressed customers. assets and weak capital position. With this partnership, HDFC Life will offer its The rating agency also downgraded various debt leading range of individual life insurance, health instruments of the bank. and pension products to the Catholic Syrian The Reserve Bank had recently initiated ‘prompt Bank’s 1.5 million customer base across all its corrective action’ for the bank on account of branches over a period of time. higher NPAs and negative return on assets. Points to Remember The Catholic Syrian Bank Limited (CSB) is an GST rates announced; milk, cereals to be Indian private sector bank with its headquarters exempted at Thrissur, Kerala. The meeting of the 14th GST Council was held in It was founded on 26 November 1920. Srinagar marking participation of Union Finance CVR Rajendran is the Managing Director & Minister, Mr Arun Jaitley, Finance Ministers of all CEO of Catholic Syrian Bank. the states, Finance Secretaries and other taxation officials from the states and union territories. AP ropes in Singapore firms to develop start-up The Goods and Services (GST) Council has area in Amaravati agreed on the fitment of almost all commodities Singapore-based Ascendas-Singbridge Pvt Ltd and in the various tax slabs under the new indirect Sembcorp Development Ltd were awarded a regime to be rolled out on July 1. contract by the Andhra Pradesh government to act as Milk, cereals (unpackaged and unbranded), and the master developer for a start-up area, spanning jaggery will be exempt from any GST, while 1,691 acres, to be built in the upcoming capital city sugar, tea, coffee (except instant), and edible oil of Amaravati. will be taxed at 5%. The Rs528 crore project will be completed in Common use items such as soap, toothpaste, and three phases over a span of 15 years. hair oil, which currently attract a tax rate of 22- 24%, will be taxed at 18%. Coal, which is

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currently taxed at 11.7%, will attract a GST rate Tata most valuable brand, Airtel at number 2 of 5%. Tata Group has Consumer durables will come under the 28% tax retained its bracket, down from the current 30-32% rate. position as Capital goods and industrial intermediaries will India’s leading be taxed at 18%. brand with a Small petrol and diesel cars will be taxed at 28% brand value of with small petrol cars attracting a cess of 1% and $13.1 billion in valuation firm Brand Finance’s small diesel cars 3%. annual study of the country’s top 100 names. Luxury cars will attract a 15% cess in addition to Among the other brands in the top 10 list for 28% GST. 2017 are Airtel at number two with a brand value 350 cc bikes will attract a cess of 3%. of $7.7 billion.

25% of new bank branches to be opened in rural DBS Bank India expands bancassurance areas: RBI partnerships The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has mandated that DBS Bank India has expanded its bancassurance 25 per cent of the total number of 'banking outlets' partnerships with two new partners in Tata AIA Life opened during a financial year should be located in and Birla Sun Life, in addition to Aviva India Life. unbanked rural centres. With this move, the Singapore headquartered The RBI mandated this in its notification DBS Bank has become the first bank in India to "Rationalisation of Branch Authorisation adopt a new open architecture model with three Policy- Revision of Guidelines". life insurers on a single platform. "Domestic scheduled commercial banks (other This is expected to give its clients the freedom to than RRBs) are permitted to open, unless choose using an analytic-driven, intelligent and otherwise specifically restricted, banking outlets interactive process. in tier 1 to tier 6 centres without having the need to take permission from RBI in each case," the Federal Bank launches new trading platform central bank said in the notification. Federal Bank, in association with Geojit, has According to the revised policy, RBI has defined launched a new trading platform called “Selfie” for “a banking outlet” for a scheduled commercial, customers. a payments bank or a small finance bank as a Designed and managed by Geojit, the trading fixed point service delivery unit, manned by platform will give its users absolute control over either the bank’s staff or its business their investments with timely research inputs to correspondent, where services of acceptance of make sound investment decisions. deposits, encashment of cheques, cash The features of the Selfie Trading Platform are a withdrawal or lending of money are provided for uniform experience across multiple platforms a minimum of 4 hours per day for at least five and devices and an advanced charting platform days a week”. that enables users to trade directly from charts. Those outlets which do not meet this criteria will be called “part-time banking outlet.” Karnataka Bank, LIC ink pact

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Karnataka Bank Ltd has entered into a memorandum Oracle to enhance delivery of services to citizens as of understanding (MoU) with Life Insurance well as make the State more attractive for startups. Corporation (LIC) of India for selling life insurance The Jharkhand CM also asked Oracle to explore products of LIC. the option of opening a state-of-the-art software The bank signed the corporate agency agreement development centre in the State. with LIC in Mangaluru. Oracle’s cloud services will be used to support Mahabaleshwara MS, Managing Director and the State by providing transparent governance. Chief Executive Officer of the bank, said that the bank will be able to provide vast choice of life India to grow 7.5% next year on higher infra insurance products to its customers across all its spending, says UN 769 branches with this MoU. The Indian economy will grow 7.5 per cent next year by virtue of consumption revival and higher HDFC Life launches India’s first life insurance infrastructure spending, says a report by the UN email bot Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the HDFC Life, one of India’s leading private life Pacific (ESCAP). insurance companies, announced the launch of For 2017, India's economic growth is projected India’s first life insurance email bot. stable at 7.1 per cent before catapulting to 7.5 per The email bot, named SPOK, can automatically cent going into the next year, the regional read, understand, categorise, prioritise and development arm of the the United Nations said. respond to customer emails that are sent to While, the Manila-headquartered Asian HDFC Life, within milliseconds. Development Bank sees the growth jumping to This automation initiative will enable HDFC 7.4 per cent in 2017-18 and 7.6 per cent in the Life to respond to user queries faster and more next. efficiently and consistently. RBI restricts loss making IDBI Bank from hiring, India to grow at 7.7% in 2018-19: IMF opening branches India’s growth is expected to rebound to 7.2% in the The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has initiated 2017-18 fiscal and 7.7% in 2018-19 after disruptions 'prompt corrective action' on IDBI Bank which will caused by demonetisation, the IMF said. restrict bank from hiring, opening branches and According to the report, growth in Asia is giving big ticket loans. forecast to accelerate to 5.5% in 2017 from 5.3% The directions from the RBI is aimed at ensuring in 2016. that the bank takes measures to cut down its Growth in China and Japan is revised upward for losses by reducing expenses and recovering 2017 compared to the October 2016 World problem loans. Economic Outlook. The bank had suffered historic loss of Rs 2,255 crore in the December quarter 2016 as it had to Jharkhand government partners with Oracle to make huge provisions for bad loans. boost IT infrastructure The 'prompt corrective action' is triggered when In a bid to ramp up its IT infrastructure, the a bank's bad loan is above 6%, it reports losses Jharkhand government has signed a Memorandum for two consecutive years and it falls short of of Understanding with US-based technology major minimum capital prescribed by the regulator.

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Iowa varsity to set up Mega Seed Park in A.P. India’s premier housing financing company has Setting up of a Mega Seed announced launch of its new home loan product Park by the Iowa State ‘Griha Siddhi’. University in Andhra Griha Siddhi loans are customized home loan Pradesh and a Memorandum products that are offered for construction / of Cooperation (MoC) with Iowa State were key purchase of house or flat and repairs/renovation achievements during the visit of Chief Minister N. to the existing properties. Chandrababu Naidu and his team in the United Loans are offered for a maximum tenure of 30 States. years or retirement age in case of salaried The State government entered into the MoC with employees and for other borrowers, the the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land maximum term is up to 25 years. Stewardship, Iowa State, to promote research Under this plan, the company has created a and development in science, agriculture and life special segment for women borrowers for loans sciences. up to Rs.25 lakh at special interest rates of 8.35% The MoC would help in increasing the seed p.a. production and research, leading to an increase For other borrowers, the interest rate will be in crop output. charged at 8.40% up to Rs.25 lakh and for loans up to Rs.1 crore, the interest rate will be 8.50% Sebi allows subscription to MF schemes through p.a. e-wallets Securities markets regulator Sebi on 8 May RBI puts restriction on Uco Bank's business permitted subscription to mutual fund (MF) schemes Reserve Bank of India has put restriction on Uco through e-wallets. Bank’s lending and branch expansion plans as the "With an objective to promote digitalisation, state-run lender made net losses for the two MFs/AMCs (mutual funds/asset management successive fiscal amid severe stress on asset quality. companies) can accept investment by an investor There would be check on management through e-wallets, prepaid payment instruments compensation and directors’ fees as well as the (PPIs)," Sebi said in a circular. sector regulator has invoked prompt corrective According to Sebi's guidelines, investors can action (PCA) for the bank, aiming to bring it invest up to Rs.50,000 per MF per financial year back on recovery path. through e-wallets. Uco has become the second lender to face Points to Remember business restrictions after IDBI Bank after RBI A mutual fund is a professionally-managed revised its PCA framework last month. investment scheme, usually run by an asset management company that brings together a Base year of WPI, IIP revised to 2011-12 group of people and invests their money in The government has revised the base year of stocks, bonds and other securities. wholesale price index (WPI) and index of industrial All the mutual funds are registered with SEBI. production (IIP) to 2011-12 from 2004-05. WPI has been changed six times so far since LIC HFL launches ‘Griha Siddhi’ 1942 and this happens to be the 7th revision.

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The IIP base year has also been changed to The Blackcaps would sport a new jersey with the ensure that it remains more relevant in the years Amul logo on its chest during the tournament. that it is operational. Points to Remember IIT Kharagpur collaborates with British A base year is the year used for comparison in Geological Survey to turn Varanasi into smart the measure of a business activity or economic city index. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur has collaborated with the British Geological Survey to H N Sinor resigns from Banks Board Bureau turn Varanasi into a smart city. H N Sinor, a veteran banker, has resigned from the Three dimensional geological modelling of the high profile Banks Board Bureau (BBB), which was geology under Varanasi will be prepared to help set up in April 2016 to improve governance in public improve the building of new transport and sector banks. service infrastructure. Banks Board Bureau is an autonomous body of Further, the preservation of archaeological sites Union Government of India tasked to improve and the management of flooding hazards and the the governance of Public Sector Banks, sustainability of water supplies would also be recommend selection of chiefs of government undertaken. owned banks and financial institutions and to help banks in developing strategies and capital Cabinet clears Ordinance to tackle NPA raising plans. The Union Cabinet, led Vinod Rai is the Chairman of the Mumbai based by Prime Minister Bureau. Narendra Modi, approved a new SBI setting up separate Amaravati circle for AP framework for dealing The SBI has bifurcated or separated its operations in with Rs 6 lakh crore Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and is in the process worth of non- of setting up a circle exclusively for Andhra Pradesh, performing assets (NPAs) in the banking system. which will be known as the Amaravati circle. • The framework includes the promulgation of Mani Palvesan, the Chief General Manager, told an Ordinance to amend the Banking that a separate administrative unit had started Regulation Act to give more teeth to the functioning in Amaravati from April 24 but it Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and its would take a little more time to complete the oversight committees to act on behalf of formalities before notifying it as the Amravati banks while deciding on NPAs. circle. • The amendments could give the RBI an explicit mandate to intervene on behalf of Amul to sponsor New Zealand cricket team for state-owned banks when deciding on how to Champions trophy deal with NPAs. Gujarat based dairy giant Amul will be the prime sponsor of the New Zealand cricket team in the Facebook, Airtel launch Express Wi-Fi in India upcoming ICC Champions Trophy that starts on Social media giant Facebook has partnered with June 1 in England. country's largest telecom player Airtel to deploy

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20,000 internet hotspots through Facebook's Express Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will succeed Wi-Fi service in India. These hotspots will be Dr Margaret Chan, who has been WHO’s installed by the company in the coming few months. Director-General since 1 January 2007. • Express Wi-Fi is part of Facebook's He will be the first health official from Africa to global initiative to spread internet serve as director-general. connectivity. Tedros is a former health and foreign affairs • It is currently operational in five minister from Ethiopia. countries-India, Kenya, Tanzania, Points to Remember Nigeria and Indonesia. The World Health Organization (WHO) is a • Facebook started testing the service in specialised agency of the United Nations that is 2015 and has nearly 700 internet hotspots concerned with international public health. already deployed across the four Indian It was established on 7 April 1948, states of Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Rajasthan headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. and Meghalaya. The WHO is a member of the United Nations Development Group. Its predecessor, the Health India opens small arms manufacturing unit in Organization, was an agency of the League of MP in a joint venture with Israel Nations. Strengthening defence ties, India has opened its first private small arms manufacturing plant at Malanpur, PV Sindhu elected to BWF Athletes’ Commission Madhya Pradesh in a joint venture with Israel. Olympic silver medallist, PV Sindhu, led a trio of • The JV company, Punj Lloyd Raksha women onto the BWF Athletes' Commission as Systems Pvt Ltd, will manufacture small voting for four places on the representative body arms in the plant for the Indian defence took place in Gold Coast, Australia. forces and also for exports. The Indian athlete topped the ballot with 129 • The plant will manufacture weapons like votes with Kirsty Gilmour of Scotland placing X95 assault rifle, Galil sniper, Tavor third overall with 103 votes. assault rifle, Negev light machine gun Both will serve four-year terms along with and the Ace assault rifle, which is similar Germany's Marc Zwiebler who received 108 to the Tavor but less advanced. votes. Lithuania's Akvilė Stapusaityte (25 votes) was also elected to the Commission. However, she will only serve two years as she will finish the term of Tang Yuanting of China. World Health Assembly elects new WHO

Director-General apan Ray to be the next Economic Affairs The Member States of WHO Secretary elected Dr Tedros Adhanom The central government on 25 May said that Ghebreyesus as the new Corporate Affairs Secretary Tapan Ray will be the Director-General of WHO. next Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was under the Ministry of Finance from 1 June, 2017. nominated by the Government of Ethiopia, and He will replace Shaktikanta Das who is retiring. will begin his five-year term on 1 July 2017.

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The government had extended Das's tenure by The 77-year-old Heptulla succeeds Lt Gen three months till May 31, 2017. (Retd) MA Zaki who completes his five-year term this month. Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi assumes charge of She is the first woman chancellor of the Chairman of NCM university since its establishment in 1920. Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi assumed charge of the Heptulla who has been a five-time member of Chairman of the National Commission for the Rajya Sabha and served as the minister of Minorities in New Delhi. minority affairs in Prime Minister Narendra Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi is a graduate in Arts Modi's Cabinet before being appointed as the and also holds Diploma in Mechanics. governor of Manipur. He served as Chairman, U.P Minority Finance Heptulla has had the distinction of presiding over Development Corporation Ltd. the women's parliamentarians' group of the Inter- Parliamentary Union in 1993. Jaideep Mazumdar appointed next Ambassador She was elected President of Inter-Parliamentary of India to Philippines Union (IPU), a Geneva-based international Jaideep Mazumdar has been organisation from 1999 to 2002, and was appointed as the next Ambassador nominated by the United Nations Development of India to the Philippines. Programme (UNDP) as its human development The 1989 batch IFS officer is ambassador. presently Joint Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs. Government appoints two more members to He is expected to take up the assignment shortly. Banks Board Bureau The government has expanded the Banks Board Vani Sarraju Rao appointed as the next Bureau (BBB) headed by former CAG Vinod Rai by Ambassador of India to Finland adding two more members. Ms. Vani Sarraju Rao (IFS: 1994), has been Former Allahabad Bank chairperson and appointed as the next Ambassador of India to managing director Shubhalaxmi Panse and Finland. private equity veteran Pradip Shah have been She is expected to take up her assignment inducted into the board as independent members. shortly. The body is responsible for selection of MDs and She is presently working as a Joint Secretary in directors of public sector banks and financial the Ministry of External Affairs. institutions.

Najma Heptulla appointed as 1st woman France's Macron names Republican Philippe as chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia PM anipur Governor and former minority affairs Newly sworn-in French President Emmanuel minister Najma Heptulla has been appointed as the Macron has named Edouard Philippe, the 46-year- chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia. old Mayor of Le Havre city, as Prime Minister. She has been appointed for a term of five years. Philippe is a member of the centre-right Les Republicains party and is close to Alaine Juppe.

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The 39-year-old former investment banker and Paytm has also announced that its long time economy minister Macron has sworn in the 25th executive and vice president Renu Satti will be President of France and also the youngest in the the CEO of the payments bank. nation's history. Raj Kumar joins LIC-MF as whole time director Yes Bank to appoint Debjani Ghosh as LIC Mutual Fund has said that Raj Kumar has joined independent director the fund house as a whole time director effective Mid-sized private sector lender Yes Bank has from April 28. announced the appointment of computer hardware The position was created after Sarojini Dikhale company Intel’s executive Debjani Ghosh as an was transferred to LIC as executive director, additional director on its board. marketing and product development some time Ghosh’s appointment as a non-executive back. director will be considered by the shareholders at the bank’s forthcoming annual general Minister of Science Harsh Vardhan Gets meeting on June 6, a bank statement said. Additional Charge of Environment She has been associated with Intel since 1996 Dr. Harsh Vardhan, the and has held positions including country head Minister of Science and and managing director for South Asia. Technology and Earth Sciences, has been given Indian appointed to high-level UN climate change additional charge of the post Environment Ministry, following the demise of Anil A senior Indian official has been appointed as the Dave. deputy executive secretary of the United Nations Anil Madhav Dave, the incumbent minister of Framework Convention on Climate Change Environment, passed away on May 18. (UNFCCC), under which the landmark Paris Dr Harsh Vardhan was appointed as the health agreement was negotiated and adopted. minister when the Narendra Modi government Ovais Sarmad, 57, was appointed to the post at came into power in 2014, a post he held for 5 the assistant secretary-general level by UN months. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Sarmad will succeed Richard Kinley of Canada. DRDO chief S Christopher gets one-year extension Paytm Payments Bank names Renu Satti as the Eminent scientist S Christopher was given a one- new CEO year extension, till May next year, as chief of the India's leading digital wallet player Paytm has Defence Research and Development Organisation received the final licence from the Reserve Bank of (DRDO). India for its payments bank entity. Christopher is also Secretary, Department of With this, the road is now clear for the Noida- Defence Research and Development (DoDRD). based payments player to kickstart its much- He will continue to hold both the charges for one awaited payments bank operations from May 23, more year. 2017. Christopher was in May 2015 appointed Director General of the DRDO for a two-year term.

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Hassan Rouhani wins second term as Iran Venu Rajamony appointed India’s Ambassador president to Netherlands Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has been re-elected Press Secretary to President Pranab Mukherjee and with an emphatic victory, official results show. senior diplomat Venu Rajamony has been appointed Out of more than 40 million votes cast, he India’s Ambassador to the Netherlands. received 57%, defeating his main rival, a Rajamony will also be India’s Permanent conservative cleric. Representative to the Organisation for Mr Rouhani, a moderate who agreed a deal with Prevention of Chemical Weapons based in The world powers to limit Iran's nuclear programme, Hague. pledged to remain true to his promises. He has served in the Indian Mission in Hong Kong and done two terms in the Indian Embassy Sohail Mahmood all set to take over as Pakistan's in Beijing. new envoy to India The government has Moon Jae-in elected South Korea President approved the South Korea's presidential election has been won by appointment of top Moon Jae-in, a liberal who favors a more open Pakistan diplomat policy toward North Korea. Sohail Mahmood as Moon, the Democratic Party's candidate to Pakistan's next high commissioner to India. replace ousted President Park Geun-hye, was Mahmood has been given visa to allow him to declared the winner by the country's National take over from incumbent Abdul Basit this Election Commission. month. With 100% of the votes counted, Moon won with Mahmood is currently working as Pakistan's 41.08%, the commission said. ambassador to Turkey. Points to Remember South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is CBDT chief Sushil Chandra gets one-year a sovereign state in East Asia, constituting the extension southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Senior bureaucrat Sushil Chandra was given one- South Korea, along with Taiwan, Singapore and year extension till May 2018 as chairman of the Hong Kong (China) is one of the four high-tech Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT). industrialized developed countries often referred This is the first time that a CBDT chief has been to as the Four Asian Economic Dragons. given an extension beyond the set tenure. Today, it is the world's seventh largest advanced He had taken over as chief of CBDT, the apex economy and fifth largest exporter with the policy making body of the Income Tax G20's largest budget surplus and highest credit department, on November 1 last year. rating of any country in East Asia. Points to Remember It has free trade agreements with 75% of the The Central Board of Direct Taxes is a statutory world economy and is the only G20 nation authority functioning under the Central Board of trading freely with China, the US and the EU Revenue Act, 1963. simultaneously. The CBDT is headed by a chairman and can have a maximum of six members.

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Twitter elevates Taranjeet Singh as Country development since 2011 and held various senior Director for India posts at the department since he began his career Microblogging platform there in 1985. Twitter said that it has elevated Taranjeet Singh as Leena Nair takes over as Secretary Tribal Affairs its Country Director for India. Ms Leena Nair took over the charge of Secretary, Mr. Singh was earlier leading the charge for Ministry of Tribal Affairs in New Delhi. sales and marketing support for Twitter’s She is an IAS officer of 1982 batch of Tamil advertisers in India. Nadu cadre. In his new role, Mr.Singh will lead the team by Before this appointment she was serving as driving an integrated business strategy and Secretary for Ministry of Women and Child spearheading cross-functional collaboration. Development.

South Korean President Appoints Governor Lee Amitabh Bachchan Appointed WHO Goodwill Nak-Yon as PM Ambassador For Hepatitis Newly-elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in Celebrated Indian actor Amitabh Bachchan, a appointed South Jeolla Province Governor Lee Nak- Hepatitis B conqueror, was appointed the WHO yon as prime minister. Goodwill Ambassador for the Hepatitis awareness Moon also offered Suh Hoon to lead the South programme in southeast Asia region. Korean intelligence agency and Im Jong-seok The veteran actor has been brought on board to to serve as the presidential chief of staff. boost awareness and intensify action to arrest the Hepatitis epidemic. Sanjay Mitra to be next Defence Secretary The actor will lend his voice and support to Road and Transport Secretary Sanjay Mitra will be public awareness programmes that aim to scale the next Defence Secretary. up preventive measures and advocate for early Mitra, a 1982 batch IAS officer of West Bengal diagnosis and treatment of viral Hepatitis to cadre, will succeed G Mohan Kumar whose reduce the disease burden. tenure ends May 24. Justice Mukul Mudgal elected head of FIFA Mark Lowcock appointed UN humanitarian Governance Committee chief Justice (Retd.) Mukul Mudgal was elected as head UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has decided of FIFA’s governance committee at the world to appoint Mark Lowcock, the head of Britain's football governing body’s 67th Congress in international development department, to be the Bahrain’s capital city of Manama. world body's new humanitarian aid chief. Justice Mudgal’s name was proposed by the The 54-year-old career civil servant will replace FIFA Council for the vacant position of the Stephen O'Brien, who held the post for two governance chief after Miguel Maduro was years, serving in what is widely viewed as one of reportedly ‘fired’ for his role in blocking Russian the UN's most demanding jobs. World Cup official Vitaly Mutko from retaining Lowcock has served as the permanent secretary his seat on ruling council. for Britain's department of international

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Vinay Mohan Kwatra named India’s new Scientist and former director general of Defence ambassador to France Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Seasoned diplomat Vinay Mohan Kwatra, currently V K Saraswat, was appointed as Chancellor of a joint secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, has Jawaharlal Nehru University. been appointed as India’s next ambassador to Saraswat succeeds former ISRO chairman K France. Kasturirangan, who completed his term on A 1988-batch foreign service officer, Kwatra March 30 this year. will succeed Mohan Kumar, who is retiring. Saraswat has been appointed for a term of five Apart from having experience of dealing with years. the UN organisations such as International A PhD in combustion engineering, Saraswat Labour Organisation (ILO) and World Health played a very significant role in the development Organisation (WHO), he has served in Indian of the country’s first liquid propulsion engine — diplomatic missions in China and the US. Devil.

Bahamas elects Hubert Minnis as new prime SAFE appoints BSE CEO Ashishkumar minister Chauhan as its new chairman The Bahamas has elected Ashishkumar Chauhan, the managing director and Hubert Minnis of the Free chief executive officer of BSE is appointed as the National Movement (FNM) new chairman of South Asian Federation of as their new leader, Exchanges (SAFE). defeating Perry Christie's Progressive Liberal Party SAFE is a forum of 28 member countries created in a 34-5 parliamentary split, according to local with the objective of development of capital media. markets and collectively share, exchange and Christie, finishing his second non-consecutive promote technologies. term as prime minister, was criticised for The forum includes countries from the Saarc defiantly boasting that "not even God" could regions, Bangladesh, Maldives, Afghanistan, stop him. Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan The election was closely monitored by and other countries like UAE and Mauritius. international observers the Caribbean Community, the Commonwealth of Nations, the Ilir Meta elected as new President of Albania Organization of American States and the United lir Meta was elected as President of the Republic of States. Albania with 87 votes pro and 2 against. Points to Remember Parliament of Albania, which convened in an The Bahamas, known officially as the extraordinary session, has voted the candidacy Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is an of Ilir Meta as President of the Republic. archipelagic state within the Lucayan While 89 deputies have voted in total, the Archipelago. election of president in this fourth round requires Nassau is the capital of the Bahamas while 71 votes in favor. Dollar is its Currency. Ilir Meta will hold the post of President of the Republic for the period 2017-2022. V K Saraswat appointed new JNU Chancellor Points to Remember

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Albania is a country in Southeastern Europe. IBBI constitutes Committee to lay down Tirana is the nation's capital and largest city. Lek Technical Standards for the performance of core is the currency of Albania. services Edi Rama is the Prime Minister of Albania. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has Mallikarjun Kharge appointed New Chairman of constituted a Technical PAC Committee in accordance with Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge is Regulation 14 of the IBBI (Information Utilities) appointed the new chairman of the 21-member Regulations, 2017. Public Accounts Committee of Parliament. • The Technical Committee shall consist • Kharge replaces Congress leader K V of four members. Thomas whose term ended on April 30. • Chairman of the National Statistical • The Parliamentary panel, which is headed by Commission, Dr. R. B. Barman will be an opposition leader, has a majority of its chairperson of the Committee. members from the ruling NDA. The new committee has only two new faces while the Prabhat Kamal bezboruah 1st non-IAS to head remaining members have been renominated. tea board Subhash Chandra Baheria and Ram Shankar, Renowned tea planter from Assam Prabhat Kamal both of the BJP, have replaced their party Bezboruah has been named the new chairman of the members Richard Hay and Janardan Singh Tea Board of India. Sigriwal. • With this, Bezboruah becomes the first Points To Remember:- non-IAS to be at the helm of the Kolkata- • PAC became a Parliamentary committee on headquartered Tea Board. January 26, 1950. Since 1967, a convention • Renowned coffee grower M S Boje has been established whereby an eminent Gowda was appointed as chairman of the leader from the opposition in Lok Sabha is Coffee Board. appointed as its chairperson. • The Committee on Public Accounts is the Govt appoints MDs, CEOs of seven public sector oldest Parliamentary committee that banks examines the accounts showing the The government has appointed new managing appropriation of sums granted by Parliament directors and chief executive officers of seven public for expenditure of Government of India and sector banks. such other accounts of autonomous and The new appointments are: semi-autonomous bodies. • R Subramaniakumar: MD and CEO of • The PAC is formed every year with a the Indian Overseas Bank (IOB). strength of not more than 22 members of • Rajkiran Rai G: MD and CEO of the which 15 are from Lok Sabha, the lower Union Bank of India. house of the Parliament, and 7 from Rajya • Sunil Mehta: MD and CEO in the Punjab Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament . National Bank. • Usha Ananthasubramanian: Allahabad Bank as its new MD and CEO.

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• Dinabandhu Mohapatra: MD and CEO Best actor: Joaquin Phoenix of the Bank of India. Best director: Sofia Coppola • M O Rego: MD and CEO Syndicate Grand Prix: 120 Beats per Minute Bank. 70th Anniversary prize: Nicole Kidman • R A Sankara Narayanan: MD and CEO Palme d’Or: The Square of Vijaya Bank. Pune police bagged smart policing award 2017 The Pune city police have bagged the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries'

Young Indian cartoonist wins top (FICCI) Smart Policing Award for the year 2017. conservation award Out of 133 entries from the state police forces, Rohan Chakravarty, a the 'Mahila Suraksha' project of city police won wildlife and environment the award. cartoonist from India, has Rashmi Shukla, Commissioner of Pune Police won this year’s received the award at event held at Delhi International President’s recently. Award for his efforts to change attitudes towards nature. Barcelona's Lionel Messi wins Golden Shoe for The award is the top accolade given by World fourth time Wildlife Fund to recognise leadership in young Lionel Messi has won the European Golden Shoe for conservationists who are under the age of 30 a record-equalling fourth time, drawing level with from around the world. Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo. This award is given for scoring highest number Paradip Port gets Shipping Ministry award of goals in European season. The Paradip Port Trust has been awarded by the Messi previously won the award in 2010, 2012 Union Shipping Ministry for witnessing the second and 2013. highest growth in traffic for FY17. In FY17, the port has handled 88.95 MMT of Priyanka Chopra to be honoured with cargo; a 16.5 per cent rise over the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award During the year, the port’s berth-day output Priyanka Chopra will receive the prestigious improved to 23139 MT with 12.24 per cent Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award in a new growth. category that has been introduced by the jury - the 'International Acclaimed Actress Award'. Cannes Film Festival 2017: Winners The 'Mary Kom' actress will be the first recipient The 70th annual Cannes Film Festival took place of this award. from 17 to 28 May 2017, in Cannes, France. Here Priyanka's mother Madhu Chopra too will be are the winners:- honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Award in the Caméra d’Or (best first feature):Jeune Femme Best Film category for her maiden production, Best short film: A Gentle Night 'Ventilator'. Jury prize: Loveless Best actress: Diane Kruger

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WHO honours Health Minister Nadda with The $1 million prize is a joint international Award enterprise endowed by the Dan David Union Health Minister J P Nadda has been honoured Foundation headquartered at Tel Aviv by the World Health Organisation with the Director University. General’s Special Recognition Award for his leadership and commitment to advancing tobacco David Letterman Wins Mark Twain Prize control, David Letterman was named 2017 recipient of the Health ministers of Maldives and Bhutan were Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, the award also among five individuals and institutions granted annually by the John F. Kennedy Center for from the WHO South-East Asia Region for this the Performing Arts. year’s World No-Tobacco Day Award. He will officially receive the prize in a ceremony Nadda is also among the two recipients of the that will be held on October 22. special global award this year. The Ministry of Previous winners of the Mark Twain Prize Finance and Economic Affairs of the Republic include Bill Murray, Eddie Murphy, Jay Leno, of the Gambia is the other awardee. Carol Burnett and Ellen DeGeneres.

Chamling conferred with first BS Shekhawat Prestigious Whitley Award for Sanjay Gubbi and award by President Purnima Barman Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling was Sanjay Gubbi of Karnataka and Purnima Barman of conferred with the first Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Assam have won the prestigious Whitley Award, Lifetime Achievement Honour in Public Service by popularly known as Green Oscars, for their efforts President Pranab Mukherjee. in wildlife conservation. The award was conferred during the first The awards are instituted by the U.K.-registered Bhairon Singh Shekhawat memorial lecture charity Whitley Fund for Nature, which supports delivered by the President. nature conservationists in their endeavour to Chamling, who was first elected to power in conserve wildlife and nature. 1994, is all set to break the record of Jyoti Basu While Mr. Gubbi has been awarded for his work as longest serving Chief Minister in India. to protect tiger corridors in Karnataka, Ms. Known as the 'Land of Flowers' with a Barman has won the award for her work in population of around six lakhs, Sikkim is gaining conservation of Assam’s Greater Adjutant Stork popularity as first fully organic state in India. and its habitat.

Indian scientist Shrinivas Kulkarni wins Dan Indian-origin steel tycoon bags global award in David Prize UK Indian scientist Shrinivas Kulkarni has won the Britain's Indian- prestigious Dan David prize for his contribution in origin steel the field of astronomy. tycoon Sanjeev He is a professor of astrophysics and planetary Gupta has bagged science at California Institute of Technology in a top global Pasadena. award for his

48 WiFiStudy.com successful acquisitions and drive to transform the the US in the environmental engineering category steel industry in the UK, India and beyond. for his project on biodegradation of pesticides. Gupta, the executive chairman of the Liberty Prashant Ranganathan, a 12th grader from House Group received the title of 'CEO of the Jamshedpur, along with over 20 high school Year' at the prestigious Platts Global Metals students from various parts of India, participated Awards in London. in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. 2 Indian peacekeepers to be honored with UN Medal Reliance Jio gets 'Digital Service Innovator of the wo Indian peacekeepers will be among 117 military, Year Award' police and civilian personnel to be honored with a Reliance Jio has received TM prestigious UN medal awarded posthumously for Forum's 'Digital Service their courage and sacrifice in the line of duty. Innovator of the Year Award' Rifleman Brijesh Thapa who served with the UN 2017. Organisation Stabilization Mission in the TM Forum is the industry association driving Democratic Republic of the Congo digital business transformation of the (MONUSCO) and Ravi Kumar who was communications industry. deployed with the UN Interim Force in Lebanon Reliance Jio got this award by acquiring 90 (UNIFIL) will be honoured with the Dag million customers in four months. Hammarskjold Medal on the International Day of UN Peacekeepers to be observed on May 24. 13-year-old Indian girl wins Asia yoga championship In tribute to Kalam, NASA names new species Thirteen-year-old Vaishnavi of India beat hundreds after him of competitors to win the first Asia Level Yoga Scientists at NASA have named a new organism Competition. discovered by them after former president and The competition, featuring teams from five scientist APJ Abdul Kalam. nations, was held in Thailand on May 13 and 14. Till date, the new organism—a form of a June 21 is International Day of Yoga. The U.N. bacteria—has been found only on the designated the day on the urging of Indian Prime International Space Station (ISS) and has not Minister Narendra Modi who said yoga lets been found on earth. people “discover the sense of oneness with Researchers at the NASA for work on inter- yourself, the world, and the nature.” planetary travel, discovered the new bacteria on the filters of the International Space Station Jacqueline Fernandez wins UK humanitarian (ISS) and named it Solibacillus kalamii to award honour the late president. Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez received the International Humanitarian Award and writer Indian wins top intel science award in US Jeffrey Archer the Lifetime Achievement Award. An Indian boy Prashant Ranganathan has won the Instituted by Asian Voice, a leading British world's largest pre-college science competition in Asian newsweekly, the “charity of the year”

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award was presented to Anxiety UK, which fter winning a special mention at the National Film works to help people with anxiety disorders. Awards, Mukti Bhawan has now gone on winning Fernandez has teamed up with the charity the Best Film at the New York Indian Film Festival Habitat for Humanity. (NYIFF). Archer was given the Lifetime Achievement The film that revolves around the man who Award for services to various charity accompanies his father on a journey to Varanasi organisations over the years. is a film that is winning praises all over.

Cochin Port Trust bags Best Performance Chanda Kochhar receives Woodrow Wilson Awards from Ministry of Shipping Award ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar has Cochin Port Trust has received two Best become the first Indian woman to be conferred with Performance Awards from Ministry of Shipping, the prestigious Woodrow Wilson Award for Global one for achieving the highest growth in operating Corporate Citizenship. surplus and the other for achieving third highest Kochhar, 55, received the annual award which growth in cargo traffic among the Major Ports in the was instituted in 1998 by the prestigious Wilson year 2016-17. Center. The Awards were received from Nitin Gadkari, She has joined the league of former Indian Hon’ble Union Minister for Road Transport & recipients-- former President and space scientist Highways and Shipping by P Raveendran, APJ Abdul Kalam and IT honcho Narayana Chairman and Shri A.V. Ramana, Dy. Murthy. Chairman, Cochin Port Trust. Cochin Port Trust has registered the operating Sudarsan Pattnaik wins gold medal at 10th profit of Rs. 127.72 crores during 2016-17 as Moscow sand art championship against Rs. 70.89 crores during 2015-16 Noted sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik from Odisha has recording a growth of 80%. won the jury prize gold medal at the10th Moscow Operating profit during 2014-15 was only Rs. Sand Art Championship. 19.55 crores. Twenty five sculptors from different countries around the world had participated in the Emma Watson bags first ever ‘genderless’ award championship on the theme - "World Around Hollywood actor Emma Us". Watson picked up the first- Pattnaik had created a 10 feet high sand ever Genderless Acting sculpture of Lord Ganesh and inscribed "Go Award for the Best Actor Green" on the statue. category at the MTV Movie and TV Awards. Recently, Pattnaik had created world's tallest Watson’s performance in Disney’s live-action sand castle at Puri beach. remake of Beauty and the Beast won her the gong for best actor in a movie, a category that shwani Kumar to be conferred with Japan's top featured both male and female nominees. honour Japan has selected former union minister for Law Mukti Bhawan Wins The Best Film Award At and Justice Ashwani Kumar for this year's Spring The New York Indian Film Festival Imperial Decorations, for his contribution to

50 WiFiStudy.com strengthening of the bilateral ties and promotion of • The acting President and Prime Minister of friendship between Tokyo and New Delhi. South Korea is Hwang Kyo-ahn. Kumar will be conferred with the Grand Cordon • Capital:-Seoul of the Order of the Rising Sun, the highest • Government:-Unitary Presidential category of decorations among the Orders of the Constitutional Republic Rising Sun, in recognition of distinguished • Currency:-South Korean Won accomplishments of individuals. The Presentation Ceremony for the Investiture of Padma Venkataraman bestowed with the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun Avvaiyar award will be held at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Tamil Nadu government has honoured social worker May 9. Padma Venkataraman with the state’s “Avvaiyar Award” for 2017. Shabana Azmi awarded in Houston Film Festival • Padma, daughter of former President of Hollywood film The India, the late R Venkataraman, was Black Prince, honoured for her efforts in the areas of featuring singer-poet women’s welfare and rehabilitation of Satinder Sartaaj and leprosy-affected persons for the past 30 veteran actress years. Shabana Azmi, was • The “Avvaiyar Award” was constituted awarded the Special Jury Remi Award at the 50th by late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in annual World fest-Houston International Film 2012 to honour women actively working Festival. in the areas of social reform, women’s • The film is a historic biopic on the poignant development, culture, media, inter-faith life story of the last king of Punjab - harmony, and administration, among Maharajah Duleep Singh. others. • Sartaaj, who marks his acting debut with the film, essays the role of Maharajah Duleep Sachin Tendulkar awarded Asian Singh while Shabana portrays Rani Jindan, Awards Fellowship the exiled King’s mother. Former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar has become only the fourth person ever to receive The Fellowship Rajive Kaul gets diplomatic service award from Award since the inception of these awards seven South Korea years ago. Chairman of Nicco group and past president of CII Other winners included: Rajive Kaul was conferred with the Order of • Chinese snooker player Ding Junhui: Diplomatic Service Merit Sungnye Medal of the Outstanding achievement in sport Republic of Korea for his services rendered as • Journalist Krishnan Guru-Murthy: honorary consul general of South Korea in Kolkata. Outstanding achievement in television • The award was conferred by the acting • British doctor Jack Preger: Philanthropist President and Prime Minister of South Korea of the year Hwang Kyo-ahn . • Sir Harpal Kumar: Outstanding Points to Remember:- contribution to the community

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• Ajay Banga: Business leader of the year Sebastian Vettel wins Monaco Grand Prix • Masayoshi Son: Entrepreneur of the year Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel won a slow-burning award Monaco Grand Prix to extend his championship lead • Nicha Dutt: Social entrepreneur of the over Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton to 25 points. year award Hamilton finished seventh after a difficult race • Demis Hassabis: Outstanding from 13th on the grid. achievement in science & technology Raikkonen (Ferrari)finished second while • Adnan Sami: Outstanding achievement Ricciardo (Red Bull) finished third. in music IPL10: Mumbai Indians lift trophy beat Rising • Sunny Pawar: Rising star of the year Pune Supergiant

Mumbai Indians snatch an incredible one-run

victory from the jaws of defeat against Rising Pune Supergiant to lift Indian Premier League season 10 trophy. Sweden beat Canada to win ice hockey world title This was Mumbai Indians' third IPL trophy in 10 Sweden have won the ice editions and more special for their skipper Rohit hockey world Sharma, who is the only captain to win three championship, beating titles. Rohit has in fact won four IPL titles (one favourites Canada in a for Deccan Chargers in 2009). dramatic penalty shootout. Points to Remember The teams were tied at 1-1 after three periods in Orange Cap: David Warner (641 Runs) Cologne, Germany, with Victor Hedman scoring Purple Cap: Bhuvneshwar Kumar (26 Wickets) for the Swedes and Canada's Ryan O'Reilly Emerging player of the season: Basil Thampi equalising. Fairplay award: Gujarat Lions By winning their 10th world title, Sweden Most Valuable Player of the season: Ben Stokes dethroned last year's champions. Man of the Final: Krunal Pandya In the bronze medal game, Russia beat Finland 5-3. Zverev beats Djokovic to win Italian Open Alexander Zverev signaled his anticipated arrival South Korea Defeat China to Win 2017 among the tennis elite by defeating Novak Djokovic Sudirman Cup 6-4, 6-3 to win the Italian Open. South Korea shocked badminton giants China in the The 20-year-old Zverev became the youngest final of the 2017 Sudirman Cup, ending the team's player to win a Masters 1000 event. run of six straight titles with a 3-2 win. Earlier, Ukrainian Elina Svitolina clinched China hadn't lost a single finals match since Italian open beating Simona Halep 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 2005, but impressive showings in the last two in the women's final. doubles matches handed South Korea the title. It's the nation's fourth title, with the last one Federation Cup: Bengaluru FC beat Mohun coming in 2003. Bagan 2-0 to win title

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Bengaluru FC were crowned champions of the 38th Prior to that M Suranjoy Singh (52kg) had won edition of the Hero Federation Cup after they a gold medal in the 2009 edition of the defeated Mohun Bagan 2-0 at the Barabati Stadium Championship. in Cuttack. In a final largely dominated by Bengaluru FC, Olive Ridley to be mascot of Asian Athletics Alberto Roca's men left it late to finish Odisha capital Bhubaneswar is gearing up for proceedings as CK Vineeth's 107th and 119th hosting the 22nd Asian Athletics Championship at minute strike proved to be the difference the Kalinga Stadium scheduled in July, the between the both sides. endangered Olive Ridley turtle will enhance the Points to Remember attraction of the mega event. The Federation Cup, also known as Hero The decision to make Olive Ridley as mascot of Federation Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an the event was taken at the first governing body annual knockout style club football tournament meeting chaired by Odisha Sports Minister in India that started in 1977. Sudam Marndi for holding the Asian Athletics Mohun Bagan has lifted the Federation Cup for Championship. record 14 times. Around 600 athletes including 20 world champions of 45 countries will participate at the Vikram Malhotra wins 5th PSA title international event. India's Squash player Vikram Malhotra won his fifth The Government has formed 14 different PSA title after beating Egypt's Youssef Ibrahim in committees for smooth conduct of the the final of the Abu Dhabi Open. competitions. The US-based Indian won 6-11 11-4 11-3 9-11 13-11 against his opponent. Jhulan Goswami becomes leading wicket-taker In the semi-final, he took out Pakistan's Khwaja in women's ODIs Adil Maqbool who retired in the third game after Former India captain Jhulan Goswami has surpassed trailing by two games. Australian Cathryn Fitzpatrick to become the leading wicket-taker in Women's One-Day Shiva Thapa bags silver at Asian International (ODI) cricket, taking her haul to 181 Boxing Championships wickets from 153 outings. Indian boxer Shiva The 34-year-old pacer took three wickets against Thapa (60kg) had to hosts South Africa during the ongoing Women's settle for a silver medal Quadrangular Series to achieve the landmark. after an injury-forced With 271 International wickets (Tests, ODIs and loss in the at the Asian T20I), Goswami, who was once the fastest Boxing Championships. bowler in women's cricket has been the mainstay However, with this medal Thapa became the first of India women bowling unit since her debut in Indian to claim three back-to-back medals at the 2002. event. India’s last gold medal at the Asian meet had Harpreet Singh wins bronze medal at Asian come in 2013 through Shiva, when he was Wrestling Championship competing in the bantamweight division.

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Harpreet Singh was the lone bright spot for India on Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel finished second. the opening day of the Asian Wrestling Championship as he bagged a bronze medal in Arjun Maini first Indian to win a GP3 race Greco-Roman 80kg category. Arjun Maini, driving for Harpreet bagged his second successive bronze Jenzer Motorsports, created medal at the Asian Championship after defeating history by becoming the first Junjie Na of China 3-2. Indian driver to win a GP3 race when he claimed the Vinesh, Sakshi, Divya win silver medals at Asian sprint race. Wrestling Championships The 19-year old scored his first win in two years After bronze medal for Ritu Phogat at Asian ahead of Frenchman Dorian Boccolacci and Wrestling Championships, Sakshi Malik, Vinesh teammate Alessio Lorandi of Italy. Phogat and Divya Kakran added silver medals to India’s kitty at the Asian event at the KD Jadhav Rafael Nadal beats Dominic Thiem to win Stadium in New Delhi. Madrid Open Where Ritu won bronze in the 48kg category, the Madrid Open final to win his third straight title Vinesh and Sakshi brought laurels to the country and continue his good form heading into the French in the 55kg and 60kg categories respectively. Open. Later in the day, Kakran won a silver medal in Nadal earned his 15th straight victory on clay the 69kg category. and tie Novak Djokovic’s record of 30 career titles in Masters 1000 events. Asian Wrestling Championship: Bajrang Punia The triumph at his home tournament gave Nadal wins India's first gold his 72nd career title, and 52nd on clay. Bajrang Punia won the first gold medal for India at the Asian Wrestling Championship by defeating Lee Aizawl FC win I-League title Seungchul of South Korea in the final of the men's In one of the biggest achievements in Indian football 65 kg Freestyle division. history, unheralded Aizawl FC lifted the I-League Bajrang staged a superb comeback after crown after they held Shillong Lajong 1-1 in a tense conceding the lead to dominate the second and match. final round and script a comprehensive 6-2 win. Aizawl ended the league on 37 points while Sarita added to cheer for the sizeable home Mohun Bagan finished second on 36. crowd as she took silver in the women's 58 They have won the I-League title in their second kilogram category. season, becoming the first club from the Northeast to bag the title. Hamilton wins Spanish Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton won the Spanish Grand Prix from Joshna Chinappa wins historic Asian squash title pole position to cut Sebastian Vettel's overall lead in Joshna Chinappa scripted history by becoming the the Formula One championship to six points with a first Indian to clinch the Asian Squash title with a quarter of the season completed. thrilling win over compatriot Dipika Pallikal Karthik The Mercedes driver's 55th career win was hard- in the women’s final in Chennai. fought and tense.

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In the men’s final, however, Saurav Ghosal went England’s Mark Selby produced a magnificent down fighting against No.1 seed Max Lee to comeback to beat John Higgins 18-15 in the final of finish second. the World snooker championship and win the global Chinappa held off a fighting Pallikal 13-15, 12- crown for the third time. 10, 11-13, 11-4, 11-4 in 78 minutes to win • Selby became only the fourth player after probably her biggest title. Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O’Sullivan to win back-to-back titles since hiv Kapur Ends 12-year Wait for Asian Tour the event was first held at The Crucible in Title in Taiwan 1977. Indian golfer Shiv Kapur lifted his first Asian Tour title in 12 years, winning the USD 300,000 Sports to be included in the national youth Yeangder Heritage Championships with a blemish- awards free eight-under 64 in the final round. The Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Gavin Green (67) and Yikeun Chang (68) were Vijay Goel, announced a wide spectrum of fields tied for second at 14-under at the National Golf including sports that would fetch the national youth Country Club. awards. • Minister said that instead of the States Oorja CAPFs Talent-hunt inaugurated in nominating the persons or organisation for Jharkhand the National Youth Awards, it would be an Jharkhand Governor Droupadi Murmu inaugurated online process henceforth. the Oorja CAPFs under-19 football talent hunt • Instead of one organisation, the award would tournament at the Mega Sports Complex. be given to ten organisations every year for • Its aim is to select talented players and give their services in the field of health, research, them opportunity at the national and innovation, culture, promotion of human international level. rights, art and literature, tourism, traditional • She said that Jharkhand produced talented medicines, active citizenship, community sports personalities like M S Dhoni, Deepika service, sports and academic excellence. Kumari, Saurav Tiwari, Sumerai Tete and Points to Remember:- others. • First National Youth awards were presented • Tete is the the brand ambassador of the in 1985. tournament. • Instead of one organisation, the award would • The Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) be given to ten organisations every year, the have been tasked to conduct Oorja - CAPFs award has been enhanced to Rs. 200,000 , a Under-19 Football Talent Hunt trophy and a certificate. Tournament 2017. • The individual awards of 50,000 each, • CAPFs are jointly organizing the tournament increased from 40,000, apart from a medal under the aegis of All India Police Sports and certificate would be given to 25 eligible Control Board throughout the country youth in the age group of 15 to 29 years . between May 1 and 15. Azlan Shah Cup: India settle for bronze, Great Mark Selby retains Snooker World Title Britain win gold

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India pick up the bronze medal as they brushed aside He was honoured with Padma Shri in 1989 for New Zealand 4-0 in Ipoh at the Sultan Azlan Shah his outstanding work as a civil servant. Hockey tournament. In the final, Great Britain beat World Champions Constantine Mitsotakis, Former Prime Minister Australia 4-3 to lift the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup. of Greece, Dies at 98 Points to Remember Constantine Mitsotakis, a former conservative prime The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup is an annual minister who engaged in fierce confrontations with international men's field hockey tournament held Greece’s liberal and socialist parties and tried to in Malaysia. political career, died on May 29. He was 98. It began in 1983 as a biennial contest. The Mr. Mitsotakis was prime minister from 1990 to tournament became an annual event after 1998. 1993. The tournament is named after the ninth King of He retired from active politics in 2004 but Malaysia, Sultan Azlan Shah, an avid fan of remained honorary chairman of the center-right hockey. New Democracy party.

Dasari Narayana Rao, filmmaker and former minister, passes away

Sir Roger Moore, James Bond actor, dies aged 89 Noted director and former Union Minister, Dasari Actor Sir Roger Moore, Narayana Rao breathed his last at a corporate best known for playing hospital. He was 75. James Bond, has died Dasari Narayana Rao directed 151 movies and due to cancer aged 89. produced a few more and has had the distinction He played the of working with stalwarts like N.T. Rama Rao. famous spy in seven He holds Limca World Record for directing the Bond films including Live and Let Die and A most number of films. View to a Kill. Dasari was elected to the Rajya Sabha in the Sir Roger was also well known for his year2006. He became the Minister of state in humanitarian work - he was introduced to Unicef Ministry of Coal.

by the late Audrey Hepburn and was appointed Actor Reema Lagoo passes away as a goodwill ambassador in 1991. Veteran actor Reema Lagoo, known for her

performance in movies like Hum Aapke Hain Koun Former Punjab DGP KPS Gill passes away and Kal Ho Na Ho, died due to a cardiac arrest. She Kanwar Pal Singh Gill, one of India’s most was 59. celebrated cops, passed away in New Delhi. He was Lagoo appeared in Marathi and Hindi films, 82. besides doing a number of TV shows. Popularly known as the ‘Lion of Punjab’ and Lagoo has worked in superhit films like Maine ‘Super Cop’, Gill has also been an advisor to Pyar Kiya, Saajan, Vaastav, Kuch Kuch Hota Gujarat and Chhattisgarh governments, a hockey Hai and, Hum Saath-Saath Hain among others, administrator, and a prolific commentator on while her popular television serials included Tu security issues. Tu Main Main and Shrimaan Shrimati.

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Environment Minister Anil Dave passes away Mauno Koivisto, Finland's first leftist president who Union environment minister led it along the path to EU membership, died at the Anil Madhav Dave passed age of 93. away. He was 60. He became the Nordic country's ninth president Dave was sworn minister in 1982 and spent two terms in the office until with independent charge of 1994. environment, forest and climate change last year. He led his country through the collapse of the He hailed from Madhya Pradesh and was a neighboring Soviet Union and the ensuing member of Rajya Sabha. recession at home, and oversaw Finland's application for membership of the European Mathunny Mathews aka ‘Toyota’ Sunny passes Union in 1992. Finland joined the EU in 1995. away Mathunny Mathews popularly known as ‘Toyota’ Former Puducherry Chief Minister Ramassamy Sunny, who was a pillar of the Indian expatriate passes away community in Kuwait for over half-a-century, Former Puducherry Chief Minister S Ramassamy passed away at his residence in Qadisiya in Kuwait. died at his residence after a brief illness.He was 80. He was 81. He was Home Minister in the DMK-CPI Mathews had played a key role in the safe coalition ministry from 1969 to 1973. evacuation of 1.7 lakh Indian nationals from the He became Chief Minister in 1974 heading the Emirate after Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi forces AIADMK-CPI coalition ministry for a brief invaded Kuwait in 1990. period. He came to be known as ‘Toyota’ Sunny He was also the Chief Minister in the AIADMK following his life-long association with the government in 1977, which lasted in office for a leading automobile dealer Al-Sayer Group. little over one year. Mathunny Mathews was the inspiration for ‘Airlift’, a Bollywood movie in which Akshay Sufi legend Begum Yaman passes away at 52 Kumar depicted Ranjit Katyal. Famous sufi singer and daughter of legendary Sitar Maestro (late) Ustad Vilayat Ali Khan, Begum Renowned Pakistani sitarist Ustad Raees Khan Yaman K. Khan of Etawah Gharana (Imdadkhani passes away gharana) has passed away after multiple organ Renowned Pakistani sitarist Ustad Raees Khan has failure. passed away. He was 77. Begum Yaman used to sing all forms of Indian Born in Indore in Madhya Pradesh in 1939 into semi-classical music and was probably the only a family of musicians, Khan collaborated with female singer in India of Sufi style of music in legendary shehnai player Ustad Bismillah Khan its purest form. on stage. She was the recipient of ‘Hasrat Amir Khusrao He also played sitar for film music composers. Award’ by Urdu Press Club International. auno Koivisto, Finland's former president, dies at World’s ‘oldest man’ dies at the age of 146 93 in Indonesia

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An Indonesian man who claimed to be the oldest It is being released on May 26 at Rashtrapati person alive, died at the age of 146 in his village in Bhawan with the first copy to be presented to the Seragaen district of Central Java. President Pranab Mukherjee. Saparman Sodimejo, also known as Mbah Ghoto, had an identity card which recorded the Kiren Rijiju unveils world's first philosophical date of his birth as December 31, 1870, which novel on God was reportedly confirmed by the Indonesian Young Indian IAS officer, Haulianlal Guite, who records office. hails from country's most remote areas of Manipur state has recently published a book titled Leila Seth, first woman judge of Delhi High "Confessions of a dying mind: the blind faith of Court, passes away atheism" in New Delhi. Justice Leila Seth, the first woman judge of Delhi The book was unveiled by Union Minister Kiren High Court, passed away after a brief illness at her Rijiju in presence of David Syiemlieth, home in Uttar Pradesh's Noida. She was 86. Chairman, UPSC. Seth, who broke many a glass ceiling in the legal The book billed as "the world's first field, was the first woman to have topped the philosophical novel for God", whose author is London Bar exam, first woman judge of the arguably the first Indian civil servant to write on Delhi High Court and also the first woman chief philosophy since John Stuart Mill published On justice of a state high court (Himachal Pradesh). Liberty way back in 1858. The eminent jurist, the mother of "A Suitable Boy" writer Vikram Seth, was herself an author President to receive book written by Uday and her autobiography 'On Balance' was a Mahurkar bestseller. The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee will receive the first copy of book ‘Marching with a Billion- Analysing Narendra Modi’s Government at Midterm’ from Smt. Sumitra Mahajan, Speaker Lok Sabha. Mann ki Baat, now a book The book ‘Marching with a Billion- Analysing Prime Minister Narendra Narendra Modi’s Government at Midterm’ Modi's radio broadcast written by eminent journalist Shri Uday programme Mann ki Baat Mahurkar analyses the monumental changes that will be available in the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has brought form of a book now. on multiple fronts. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has written

the preface for Mann Ki Baat - A Social New Book on Virat Kohli's Winning Formula Revolution on Radio, which will be presented to Revealed by Abhirup Bhattacharya the President. A new book "Winning like Virat: Think & Succeed The book is authored by NetCore founder and like Kohli" by Abhirup Bhattacharya, unravels the part time member of the Unique Identification secrets of the Virat Kohli's consistent form, while Authority of India (UIDAI) Rajesh Jain. attempting to decode his philosophy towards life.

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In the book, the writer etches Virat's success Prez receives first copy of Prof Mukhpadhyay's curve by using statistics that chart his book performances and anecdotes from his President Pranab Mukherjee has received the first predecessors and contemporaries in the game. copy of a book, titled 'Metaphysics, Morals and Politics', from its author Prof Amal Kumar President receives first copies of two books Mukhopadhyay. President of India Pranab Mukherjee has recently The function was held at the Raj Bhavan, where received the first copies of two books – Color Atlas Prof Mukhopadhyay, former principal of the of Oral implants and Conservative Dentistry – then Presidency College, now Presidency Basics. University, handed over the copy of his book to The color atlas – authored by Dr. Praful Bali and the President. Dr. Lanka Mahesh focuses on advanced procedures performed by the authors in the field PM releases 2 part book series on M.S. of dental implantology. Swaminathan The other book titled Conservative dentistry – The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has Basics, authored by Dr. Dildeep Bali and Dr. released a two-part book series on the eminent Deepika Chandhok focuses on the basic agricultural scientist Dr. M.S. Swaminathan. fundamentals of the subject. The series is titled - M.S. Swaminathan: The Quest for a world without hunger. Several Union Hero - A biography of Sachin Ramesh Ministers and other dignitaries were present on Tendulkar: By Devendra Prabhudesai the occasion. Hero - A biography of Sachin Praising the dedication and commitment of Prof. Ramesh Tendulkar has been Swaminathan, the Prime Minister described him released recently. It is written by as a “Kisan Vaigyanik” – Farmers’ Scientist; sports journalist Devendra rather than just a “Krishi Vaigyanik” – Prabhudesai . Agricultural Scientist. This book encloses the rich history of Indian cricket Union Home Minister releases the book ‘India along with the enthralling story of a champion in 2017 Yearbook’ the making. The Union Home Minister, Shri Book titled “India’s Indira: A Centennial Rajnath Singh has Tribute” launched released the book President Pranab Mukherjee has received the first ‘India 2017 copy of book “India’s Indira: A Centennial Tribute” Yearbook’ in New Delhi. authored by the Union Home Secretary, Shri Rajiv Mukherjee has also written a chapter in the book, Mehrishi. which was released by vice-president M Hamid The CEO, NITI Aayog, Shri Amitabh Kant was Ansari. also present on the occasion. Senior leader Anand Sharma has edited the The book was published by the Mc Graw Hill book. Education India.

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Current Affairs Question (B) Go Green 1. Which country has hosted Exhibition of Global Mobile (C) World After Us Internet Conference? (D) Green World (A) USA (E) None of these (B) China 7. Who will be awarded with this year’s Grand Cordon of the (C) Mexico Order of the Rising Sun? (D) Malaysia (A) Ratan Tata (E) None of these (B) Ashwani Kumar 2. International Workers' Day is observed on which date? (C) Manmohan Singh (A) 28-Apr (D) Anand Mahindra (B) 2-May (E) None of these (C) 30-Apr 8. Who has become first Indian to win the Asian Squash title? (D) 1-May (A) Ashwini Ponappa (E) None of these (B) Jwala Gutta 3. Which Indian city is among top 20 tourist destinations in (C) Dipika Pallikal Asia Pacific region? (D) Joshna Chinappa (A) New Delhi (E) None of these (B) Mumbai 9. What is the name of Nepal’s first female Supreme Court (C) Chennai chief justice, who has been suspended after an (D) Both B and C impeachment motion was filed in parliament? (E) None of these (A) Bidya Devi Bhandari 4. Which is the most visited destination in Asia Pacific? (B) Sushila Karki (A) Bangkok (C) Aung San Suu Kyi (B) Singapore (D) Mira Rai (C) Goa (E) None of these (D) Jakarta 10. Ganga Cleanliness Pledge Day is observed on which date? (E) None of these (A) 29-Apr 5. Ilir Meta has been elected as new President of which (B) 2-May country? (C) 30-Apr (A) Armenia (D) 1-May (B) Algeria (E) None of these (C) Albania 11. Which of the following day has been chosen to observe (D) Tanzania Uttar Pradesh Diwas? (E) None of these (A) 24-Jan 6. Sudarsan Pattnaik has won the jury prize gold medal at the (B) 14-Jun 10th Moscow Sand Art Championship. What was the (C) 1-Nov theme of the championship? (D) 1-Dec (A) World Around Us (E) None of these

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12. Under which scheme, India will give Rs 35 crore to (E) None of these children of freedom fighters in Bangladesh in the next five 17. Which scheme has been launched by HRD Ministry to years? revive the patriotic feeling in youth? (A) Deendayal Scholarship (A) One IP Policy (B) Bangbandhu Scholarship (B) Vidya Veerta Abhiyan (C) Maitri Scholarship (C) Soldiers for Nation (D) Muktijodha scholarship (D) Unite for Nation (E) None of these (E) None of these 13. In which city, Maharashtra government has recently 18. World Press Freedom Day is observed on which date? inaugurated an automatic weather station? (A) 29-Apr (A) Mumbai (B) 2-May (B) Thane (C) 30-Apr (C) Nagpur (D) 3-May (D) Aurangabad (E) None of these (E) Pune 19. Recently, the United Nations is marking the first World 14. What is the full form of the term RERA, in context of real Tuna Day on 2 May 2017.Tuna belongs from which tribe estate sector? ? (A) Real Estate Regulation and Development Authority (A) Bodo (B) Real Estate Regulation and Development Act (B) Thunnini (C) Real Estate Regulation and Deployment Authority (C) Pygmies (D) Real Estate Registration and Development Act (D) Red Indians (E) None of these (E) None of these 15. Which of the following is true in context of Real Estate 20. A new premier train service between Mumbai and Goa Act? will be started in June. What is the name of this train? (A) Real Estate Act was passed by the parliament in May (A) Tejas Express 2016 (B) Vivek Express (B) It falls under the Ministry of Urban Development (C) Mumbai -Goa Express (C) An appeal can be made in the High court against the (D) Konkan Express builder within 90 days (E) None of these (D) Builder and real estate agents are not bounded to 21. Recently, Mark Selby retains Snooker World Title, he register their project with the authority belongs to which country? (E) None of these (A) Armenia 16. Saparman Sodimejo, world’s oldest person passed away (B) Algeria recently. He was from which country? (C) England (A) Japan (D) France (B) Malaysia (E) USA (C) Indonesia 22. Which Scheme is launched by Haryana CM Manohar Lal (D) South Korea Khattar to reduce deaths due to road accidents?

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(A) Accident site at Zero (B) Madhukar Bhandarkar (B) Good traffic Awareness (C) Raju Narayana Swamy (C) Haryana Vision Zero (D) Durga Shakti Nagpal (D) Shunya Durghatna (E) Sanjiv Chaturvedi (E) None of these 28. Which Ministry has developed “e-guide (Audio-Visual)” 23. Department of Telecom launched which portal in New App for the tourists visiting National Museum ? Delhion May 2, to clear the myths and misconceptions of (A) Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation public on mobile towers and emissions from them ? (B) Ministry of Culture (A) Wave Transportation (C) HRD Ministry (B) Communication Awareness (D) Ministry of Science and Technology (C) Tarang Sanchar (E) None of these (D) Communication Wave and Radiation 29. Cabinet approved SAMPADA Scheme. Consider the (E) None of These following statement about this Scheme:- 24. What is the work of E- Nasika Defence Equipment 1. It will be launched under the Ministry of Food ,developed by DRDO ? Processing Industries (MoFPI). (A) Detection of chemical agents well below toxic limits. 2. Objective of this scheme is to modernize processing (B) Detect partially camouflaged optical elements. and decrease agri-waste. (C) Detection of Water level in the Sea. 3. It is an umbrella scheme like Mega Food Parks and (D) Both A& B Value Addition Infrastructure etc. (E) None of These Which of the above statement/ statements is/are correct? 25. Which state has become the first to switch to the January- (A) Only 1 & 2 December financial year from the existing April-March? (B) Only 2 & 3 (A) Uttar Pradesh (C) Only 1 & 3 (B) Madhya Pradesh (D) 1 , 2 & 3 (C) Rajasthan (E) None of these (D) Maharastra 30. The succulent Banaganapalle mango has got GI (E) Karnatka registration. What is the full form of GI? 26. Which film is a historic biopic on the poignant life story (A) Geographical Indication of the last king of Punjab - Maharajah Duleep Singh ? (B) Geological indication (A) The Man who knew Infinity (C) Google Indicator (B) A NightMare Warrior (D) Geographical Induction (C) The Black Prince (E) None of these (D) The Lord of the Rings 31. Consider the following statements : (E) None of these 1. AIIB approved loan for a ‘24×7 Power for All’ project 27. Who got the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit Sungnye in Andhra Pradesh. Medal of the Republic of Korea for his services rendered 2. India is the largest shareholder in AIIB. as honorary consul general of South Korea? 3. Andhra Pradesh is one of the first states selected for (A) Rajive Kaul the roll out of the programme.

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Which of the above statement/statements is/are correct? (C) Varanasi Airport (A) Only 1 & 2 (D) Bikaner Airport (B) Only 2 & 3 (E) None of these (C) Only 1 & 3 37. Who is the chairman of the Committee to lay down (D) 1 , 2 & 3 Technical Standards for the performance of core services? (E) None of these (A) Nand Lal Sarda 32. Which of the following organisation /government has been (B) Pulak Ghosh given more autonomy while dealing with NPA? (C) VG Kannan (A) SBI (D) RB Barman (B) RBI (E) None of these (C) Respective Bank 38. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the Tea (D) Government of India Board of India? (E) State Government (A) M S Boje Gowda 33. Which has become the first city to get its own Microsoft (B) Lokesh Tripathi font? (C) Prabhat Kamal Bezboruah (A) Dubai (D) Gajendra Choudhary (B) Montreal (E) None of these (C) Mumbai 39. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of the (D) Bengaluru Coffee Board of India? (E) Hamilton (A) M S Boje Gowda 34. Which of the following has been ranked cleanest city in (B) Lokesh Tripathi Swachh Bharat Survey 2017? (C) Prabhat Kamal Bezboruah (A) Surat (D) Gajendra Choudhary (B) Mysore (E) None of these (C) Visakhapatnam 40. Which of the following has been awarded with Avvaiyar (D) Indore award by the Tamilnadu government? (E) Bhopal (A) Padma Venkataraman 35. Which of the following has been ranked dirtiest city in (B) R Swaminathan Swachh Bharat Survey 2017? (C) Krishna Venkatraghavan (A) Katihar (D) Yatindra Chandra (B) Gonda (E) None of these (C) Hardoi 41. Which of the following is the full form of the term GSLV? (D) Bhusawal (A) Geographic Satellite Launch Vehicle (E) None of these (B) Geosynchronous Satellite Land Vehicle 36. Which of the following has been declared as International (C) Geographical Satellite Launch Vehicle Airport recently? (D) Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (A) Jodhpur Airport (E) None of these (B) Vijaywada Airport

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42. Which state has declared the river Narmada a living (C) Twitter entity? (D) Facebook (A) Uttar Pradesh (E) None of these (B) Maharashtra 48. Which country has opened a small arms manufacturing (C) Gujarat unit in Madhya Pradesh in a joint venture with India? (D) Madhya Pradesh (A) France (E) None of these (B) Russia 43. Which city will host 13th International permaculture (C) Israel conference? (D) Philippines (A) Hyderabad (E) None of these (B) Ahmedabad 49. Who has been appointed as the new Managing director and (C) New Delhi CEO of the Punjab National Bank? (D) Bengaluru (A) Dinabandhu Mohapatra (E) Bhopal (B) Sunil Mehta 44. Which of the following state has been fully declared (C) R Subramania kumar 'disturbed' area by the government recently? (D) Usha Ananthasubramanian (A) West Bengal (E) None of these (B) Assam 50. Who has been appointed as the new Managing director and (C) Jammu and Kashmir CEO of the Allahabad Bank? (D) Meghalaya (A) Dinabandhu Mohapatra (E) None of these (B) Sunil Mehta 45. What is the full form of the term AFSPA ? (C) R Subramania kumar (A) Armed Forces Security Powers Acts (D) Usha Ananthasubramanian (B) Armed Forces special Powers Acts (E) None of these (C) Armed Forces Social Powers Acts 51. Which of the following has won France's presidential (D) Armed Forces Special Progress Acts election? (E) None of these (A) Francois Hollande 46. In which of the following state, ''cordon and combing'' (B) Nocolas Sarkozy operation was launched recently? (C) Emmanuel Macron (A) Jammu and Kashmir (D) Le Pen (B) Chhattisgarh (E) None of these (C) Assam 52. India’s first bio refinery plant was inaugurated in which (D) Manipur city? (E) None of these (A) Bhopal 47. Which company is going to launch Express Wi-Fi in (B) Pune India? (C) Raipur (A) Google (D) Indore (B) Microsoft (E) None of these

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53. Which state has decided to open canteens offering meals (A) Masayoshi Son at subsidised rates to registered construction workers (B) Nicha Dutt under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana? (C) Harpal Kumar (A) Andhra Pradesh (D) Ajay Banga (B) Gujarat (E) None of these (C) Punjab 59. Which team has won Azlan Shah Cup Hockey tournament (D) Haryana 2017? (E) None of these (A) Britain 54. Which of the following village has been adopted by Union (B) Australia Urban Development Minister Venkayya Naidu? (C) Malaysia (A) Donja (D) New Zealand (B) Titarvasa (E) None of these (C) Jayapur 60. Leila Seth passed away recently. She was the first woman (D) Devpur judge of _____ high court? (E) None of these (A) Madras 55. Venkayya Naidu is a Rajya Sabha member from which (B) Kolkata state? (C) Mumbai (A) Rajasthan (D) Delhi (B) Andhra Pradesh (E) None of these (C) Tamilnadu 61. World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is observed on (D) Karnataka which date? (E) None of these (A) 5-May 56. Which state has tied up with World Health Organisation (B) 6-May (WHO) for eradication of Rubella measles? (C) 7-May (A) Gujarat (D) 8-May (B) Assam (E) None of these (C) Madhya Pradesh 62. Who is the founder of International Committee of the Red (D) Maharashtra Cross? (E) None of these (A) Henry Dunant 57. Which of the following has won Asian Awards Fellowship (B) Henry Becquerel 2017? (C) Henry Ford (A) Sachin Tendulkar (D) Winston Churchill (B) Jack Ma (E) None of these (C) Vishwanathan Anand 63. Which state has decided to launch boat ambulances? (D) Amitabh Bachchan (A) Andhra Pradesh (E) None of these (B) Odisha 58. Which of the following has won Asian Business leader of (C) Punjab the year? (D) Kerala

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(E) None of these (A) Israel 64. Which organisation has signed an agreement with (B) Jordan Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion to (C) Philippines establish Technology and Innovation Support Centers in (D) Thailand India? (E) None of these (A) World Intellectual Property Organization 70. Which country has recently been elected to head UN- (B) World Trade Organization Habitat? (C) International Monetary Fund (A) France (D) Amnesty International (B) Israel (E) None of these (C) India 65. Who is going to be Pakistan's new envoy to India? (D) Brazil (A) Abdul Basit (E) None of these (B) Sohail Mahmood 71. According to IMF, what is India’s growth forecast for the (C) Sajid Mahmood year 2018-19? (D) Nisar Khan (A) 7.20% (E) None of these (B) 7.70% 66. Which of the following has won silver medal at the Asian (C) 7.50% Boxing Championships? (D) 7.10% (A) Shiv Thapa (E) None of these (B) Manoj Kumar 72. According to UN Economic and Social Commission for (C) Vikas Gowda Asia and the Pacific, what is India’s growth forecast for (D) Yogeshwar Dutt the year 2018? (E) None of these (A) 7.20% 67. Ustad Raees Khan passed away recently. Who he was? (B) 7.70% (A) Guitar Player (C) 7.50% (B) Sitar Player (D) 7.10% (C) Tabla Player (E) None of these (D) Flute Player 73. Which state has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (E) None of these with Oracle to boost IT infrastructure? 68. For which of the following work, Rabindranath Tagore (A) Jharkhand received the Nobel Prize? (B) Gujarat (A) Gora (C) Madhya Pradesh (B) Jogajog (D) Assam (C) Manasi (E) None of these (D) Gitanjali 74. Which of the following has won first ever ‘genderless’ (E) None of these award? 69. Which country has started the military exercise Eager Lion (A) Demy Moore with US? (B) Miley Cirus

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(C) Emma Watson 80. Which film has won the best film award at the New York (D) Drew Barrymore Indian film festival? (E) None of these (A) Mukti Bhawan 75. National Basketball Association (NBA) has opened its (B) Newton first academy in India in which city? (C) Dhanak (A) Noida (D) Dangal (B) Mumbai (E) None of these (C) Hyderabad 81. Who is the leading wicket-taker in Women's One-Day (D) Ahmedabad International cricket? (E) None of these (A) Neetu David 76. CS Karnan who was recently sentenced to 6 months in jail (B) Anju Jain by Supreme Court, was a judge in which high court? (C) Karu Jain (A) Madras (D) Jhulan Goswami (B) Calcutta (E) None of these (C) Bombay 82. Paperless filing of appeals in the Supreme Court will be (D) Rajasthan started from which date? (E) None of these (A) 1-Jun-17 77. Which bank has been restricted by the Reserve Bank of (B) 1-Jul-17 India from new hiring and opening branches? (C) 2-Aug-17 (A) Allahabad Bank (D) 3-Jul-17 (B) Dena Bank (E) None of these (C) Corporation Bank 83. Which solution has been proposed by the Union Home (D) IDBI Bank Minister Rajnath Singh to counter Naxal violence? (E) None of these (A) SAADHAN 78. Which of the following is the the regulator of mutual funds (B) SAMRIDDHI in India? (C) SAMADHAN (A) SIDBI (D) SAMARPAN (B) RBI (E) None of these (C) SEBI 84. Which of the following has set up an Investor Facilitation (D) EXIM Bank Platform to provide information about stocks of public (E) None of these sector units? 79. Who has been elected as the President of South Korea? (A) Department of Heavy Industries (A) Park Guyen Hye (B) Department of Investment and Public Asset (B) Moon Jae-in Management (C) Hong Jun Pyo (C) Investors relation and grievances Department (D) Ahn Cheol Soo (D) Security and Exchange Board of India (E) None of these (E) None of these

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85. Who will be the head of the task force to compute data on (D) Sakha employment? (E) None of these (A) Arvind Panagariya 91. Which of the following has recently launched National (B) T.C.A. Ananth Contact Centre? (C) Pulak Ghosh (A) Election Commission of India (D) Manish Sabharwal (B) Union Home Ministry (E) None of these (C) NITI Aayog 86. Which country’s president has appointed Lee Nak-Yon as (D) Central Bureau of Investigation Prime Minister? (E) None of these (A) Spain 92. Which of the following has announced launch of new (B) South Korea home loan product ‘Griha Siddhi’? (C) Japan (A) ICICI Housing (D) Myanmar (B) SBI Housing (E) None of these (C) Kotak Housing 87. Who will be India’s next Defence Secretary? (D) LIC Housing (A) G Mohan Kumar (E) None of these (B) S Jayashankar 93. Who has been awarded with Woodrow Wilson Award (C) Shaktikanth Das 2017? (D) Sanjay Mitra (A) Shikha Sharma (E) None of these (B) Chanda Kochhar 88. Which of the following has won a bronze medal in Greco- (C) Indira Nooyi Roman 80 kg category at Asian Wrestling Championship? (D) Arundhati Bhattacharya (A) Sushil Kumar (E) None of these (B) Harpreet Singh 94. Who has been appointed as India’s Tribal Affairs (C) Yogeshwar Dutt Secretary? (D) Anuj Kumar (A) Vishvanath Jajodia (E) None of these (B) Anil Sinha 89. Which city has topped in Savills Tech Cities Index? (C) Leena Nair (A) Austin (D) Sanjay Mitra (B) Bengaluru (E) None of these (C) New York 95. Which of the following internet-based interface was (D) Jakarta launched recently to provide direct and effective solutions (E) None of these to the problems faced by farmers and stakeholders in the 90. India has decided to replace the ______research station in agriculture sector? Antarctica with a new one in the next three to four years? (A) e-Krishi Samvad (A) Shikhar (B) e- Krishi Mitra (B) Maitri (C) e-Krishi (C) Mitra (D) e-Kisan Mitra

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(E) None of these (A) Shahrukh Khan 96. Which state is going to partner NITI Aayog for holistic (B) Aamir Khan development? (C) Amitabh Bachchan (A) Madhya Pradesh (D) Sachin Tendulkar (B) Uttar Pradesh (E) None of these (C) Punjab 102. Who has been elected as the Chairman of FIFA (D) Maharashtra governance committee? (E) None of these (A) RM Lodha 97. International Nurses Day is observed on which date? (B) Mukul Mudgal (A) 9-May (C) Miguel Maduro (B) 12-May (D) Vitaly Mutko (C) 10-May (E) None of these (D) 11-May 103. Vinay Mohan Kwatra has been appointed as India’s (E) None of these ambassador to which country? 98. Which city has hosted 19th Session of India-Italy Joint (A) Russia Commission for Economic Cooperation? (B) France (A) New Delhi (C) Japan (B) Rome (D) Sweden (C) Florence (E) None of these (D) Hyderabad 104. Who has been appointed as the Chancellor of Jawaharlal (E) None of these Nehru University? 99. Indian Army has decided to re-introduce CASO military (A) VK Saraswat campaign in Jammu and Kashmir. What is the full form of (B) Vivek Debroy the term CASO? (C) K Kasturirangan (A) Curb And Search Operations (D) AK Baidya (B) Curb After Search Operations (E) None of these (C) Cordon And Sanction Operations 105. Which country has organised One Belt, One Road (D) Cordon And Search Operations (OBOR) summit recently? (E) None of these (A) Russia 100. Which is the new base year of wholesale price index (WPI) (B) China and index of industrial production? (C) Pakistan (A) 2011-12 (D) France (B) 2004-05 (E) None of these (C) 2014-15 106. Which city has recently adopted India’s UJALA scheme (D) 2010-11 for affordable lighting? (E) None of these (A) Russia 101. Who has been appointed as WHO goodwill ambassador (B) Myanmar for hepatitis? (C) Portugal

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(D) UK 112. Who has been appointed as chairman of South Asian (E) None of these Federation of Exchanges? 107. Which state has formed ‘Maa’ committee to keep an eye (A) Ashish Kumar Chauhan on mid-day meals served to students? (B) Devendra Singh Chouhan (A) Madhya Pradesh (C) Gourav Chandra Yadav (B) Uttar Pradesh (D) Brij Bhushan Singh (C) Himachal Pradesh (E) None of these (D) Uttarakhand 113. What is Wanna Crypt? (E) None of these (A) A computer operating system 108. India's first electric radio cabs will be launched in which (B) A Ransomware city? (C) A computer storage unit (A) Varanasi (D) A programming language (B) Kanpur (E) None of these (C) Mumbai 114. What is India’s rank in World Bank’s electricity (D) Nagpur accessibility list 2017? (E) None of these (A) 73 109. Which state has announced 'No school bag' on Saturdays? (B) 99 (A) Uttar Pradesh (C) 26 (B) Rajasthan (D) 55 (C) Punjab (E) None of these (D) Gujarat 115. Which state has topped 2017 public affairs index (PAI) in (E) None of these governance in States? 110. The Revenue Department has exempted residents of three (A) Madhya Pradesh states from mandatory quoting of Aadhaar to obtain PAN (B) Kerala cards and file tax returns. Which of the following is not (C) Tamilnadu one of them? (D) Gujarat (A) Jammu & Kashmir (E) None of these (B) Tripura 116. Which state is last in 2017 public affairs index (PAI) in (C) Meghalaya governance in States? (D) Assam (A) Rajasthan (E) None of these (B) Jharkhand 111. Which Indian product will sponsor New Zealand cricket (C) Assam team for Champions trophy? (D) Bihar (A) Star (E) None of these (B) Dabur 117. Asia’s longest bridge Dhola-Sadiya bridge which is to be (C) Amul inaugurated on 26 May, is in which state? (D) Sony (A) Meghalaya (E) None of these (B) Karnataka

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(C) Assam (A) Catholic Syrian Bank (D) West Bengal (B) Karnataka Bank (E) None of these (C) Kotak Mahindra Bank 118. Which Indian institute has collaborated with British (D) Yes Bank Geological Survey to turn Varanasi into smart city? (E) None of these (A) IIT Bombay 124. Which country has appointed Edouard Philippe as its (B) IIT Delhi prime minister? (C) IIT Madras (A) Peru (D) IIT Kharagpur (B) France (E) None of these (C) Libya 119. Who is the first Indian to win a GP3 race? (D) Mexico (A) Narain Karthikeyan (E) None of these (B) Anil Sinha 125. Which bank is going to appoint Debjani Ghosh as (C) Arjun Maini independent director? (D) Arun Mishra (A) Axis Bank (E) None of these (B) HDFC Bank 120. Who has won Madrid Open tennis tournament 2017? (C) Yes Bank (A) Dominic Thiem (D) ICICI Bank (A) Andy Murray (E) None of these (B) Roger Federer 126. Which of the following has been appointed as the deputy (C) Rafael Nadal executive secretary of the United Nations Framework (D) None of these Convention on Climate Change? 121. Which airport has become world’s busiest single-runway (A) Ovais Sarmad airport? (B) Aasif Mohammad (A) Mumbai (C) Junaid Ahmed (B) Hyderabad (D) Arvind Kumar (C) Gatwick (E) None of these (D) New York 127. Who has been conferred with the first Bhairon Singh (E) None of these Shekhawat Lifetime Achievement Honour? 122. Which city has hosted second meeting of National (A) N Chandrababu Naidu Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction? (B) Mamta Benerjee (A) Mumbai (C) Pawan Kumar Chamling (B) Hyderabad (D) Manohar Lal Khattar (C) Ahmedabad (E) None of these (D) New Delhi 128. Which country is hosting G20 Labour & Employment (E) None of these Ministers’ Meet 2017? 123. Which bank has signed a distribution tie-up with HDFC (A) Germany Life? (B) Italy

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(C) Australia 134. Who has been appointed as the new CEO of Paytm (D) Canada Payments Bank? (E) None of these (A) Punit Bansal 129. According to UK accountancy firm EY, which is the most (B) Sourabh Arora attractive renewable energy investment destination? (C) Renu Satti (A) India (D) Kunal Bakshi (B) US (E) None of these (C) China 135. Which country has topped World Health Organisation's (D) Japan latest world health check? (E) None of these (A) Germany 130. Mahmoud Abbas is on a visit to India these days. Which (B) Australia country’s president he is? (C) Japan (A) Israel (D) Singapore (B) Malaysia (E) None of these (C) Norway 136. Under the A1 category of railway stations, which is the (D) Palestine cleanest railway station in India? (E) None of these (A) Visakhapatnam 131. Union Chemicals and Fertilizers ministers Anant Kumar (B) Beas has recently announced to set up a plastic park at which (C) Secunderabad place? (D) Jammu Tawi (A) Rohtak (E) None of these (B) Gurugram 137. In which state, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (C) Rewari has approved the setting up of Indian Agricultural (D) Panipat Research Institute? (E) None of these (A) Assam 132. Who has topped Forbes 2017 list of Global Game (B) Meghalaya Changers? (C) Manipur (A) Mukesh Ambani (D) Tripura (B) Warren Buffet (E) None of these (C) Bill Gates 138. Which city has hosted 15th National Meeting of State (D) Mark Zuckerberg Commissioners for Persons with Disabilities? (E) None of these (A) Bengaluru 133. What is the new EPFO claim settlement period? (B) New Delhi (A) 15 Days (C) Hyderabad (B) 10 Days (D) Visakhapatnam (C) 30 Days (E) None of these (D) 7 Days 139. Which new coal allocation policy has been approved by (E) None of these cabinet for power sector recently?

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(A) POWER 2017 (E) None of these (B) URJA 2017 145. Which country has supplied M777 howitzers to India? (C) BIJALI 2017 (A) France (D) SHAKTI 2017 (B) Russia (E) None of these (C) Israel 140. In which city, India’s first ornamental fish park will be set (D) US up? (E) None of these (A) Hyderabad 146. The Reserve Bank of India has mandated that _____ per (B) Chennai cent of the total number of 'banking outlets' opened during (C) Raipur a financial year should be located in unbanked rural (D) Ahmedabad centres. (E) None of these (A) 10 141. Which country’s firms has been roped in to develop start- (B) 15 up area in Amaravati? (C) 20 (A) Japan (D) 25 (B) Singapore (E) None of these (C) China 147. According to Brand Finance’s annual study , Which is the (D) Germany most valuable brand in India? (E) None of these (A) Tata 142. Reema Lagoo passed away recently. Who she was? (B) Airtel (A) Singer (C) HDFC (B) Writer (D) Reliance (C) Actor (E) None of these (D) Politician 148. Which among the following has been given additional (E) None of these charge of the Environment Ministry? 143. What is India’s rank in Lancet Global Burden of Disease (A) Rajnath Singh study? (B) Harshvardhan (A) 154 (C) Piyush Goyal (B) 73 (D) JP Nadda (C) 82 (E) Radha Mohan Singh (D) 136 149. Which of the following has won Dan David Prize 2017? (E) None of these (A) Shrinivas Kulkarni 144. SIMBEX is a Naval Exercise between the Navies of India (B) Sanjay Gubbi and____? (C) Purnima Barman (A) Sri Lanka (D) Rajendra Singh (B) Singapore (E) None of these (C) South Africa 150. Who is the author of the book titled 'Metaphysics, Morals (D) South Korea and Politics?

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(A) Kamal Kumar Upadhyay (C) S Christopher (B) Arjun Kumar Bandhopadhyay (D) Minakshi Sen (C) Jagat Kumar Chattopadhyay (E) None of these (D) Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay 156. Who has won 'CEO of the Year' award at the prestigious (E) None of these Platts Global Metals Awards? 151. As per the latest UNWTO Barometer for March 2017, (A) Prakash Hinduja What is India’s rank in International Tourist Arrivals in (B) Laxmi Mittal 2015? (C) Sanjeev Gupta (A) 40 (D) Ashok Hinduja (B) 12 (E) None of these (C) 24 157. On which of the following, Prime Minister Narendra Modi (D) 16 has released a two-part book series recently? (E) None of these (A) Abdul Kalam 152. Azraq, which has become the first refugee camp in the (B) MS Swaminathan world to be powered by renewable energy, is in which (C) Mahatma Gandhi country? (D) Atal Bihari Bajpayee (A) Syria (E) None of these (B) Jordan 158. In whose memory, National Anti Terrorism Day is (C) Turkey observed? (D) Russia (A) Rajiv Gandhi (E) None of these (B) Indira Gandhi 153. International Museum Day is observed on which date? (C) Jawahar Lal Nehru (A) 16-May (D) MK Gandhi (B) 19-May (E) None of these (C) 20-May 159. Which is the first first private airline to get UDAN licence? (D) 18-May (A) Quick Jet Cargo (E) None of these (B) Club One Air 154. Which city will host 2017 annual meeting of African (C) Fly Easy Development Bank? (D) Turbo Megha Airways (A) Gandhinagar (E) None of these (B) Hyderabad 160. Which country will host host the 2017 Arctic Energy (C) New Delhi Summit? (D) Kolkata (A) Norway (E) None of these (B) Finland 155. Who is the present Director General of the Defence (C) Sweden Research and Development Organisation? (D) Denmark (A) Sanjeev Reddy (E) None of these (B) AS Kiran Kumar 161. Which city is hosting Jaipur Literature Festival 2017?

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(A) New York (E) None of these (B) Colombo 167. Which is the first bank in India to adopt a new open (C) London architecture model with three life insurers on a single (D) Port Louis platform? (E) None of these (A) DBS Bank 162. Which of the following will be honored with prestigious (B) DCB Bank UN medal for the courage and sacrifice in the line of duty? (C) RBL Bank (A) Brijesh Thapa (D) Indusind Bank (B) Ram Kumar (E) None of these (C) Ravi Kumar 168. Which of the following has received TM Forum's 'Digital (D) Both A and B Service Innovator of the Year Award' 2017? (E) Both A and C (A) Airtel 163. Recently, NASA has named new species after which (B) Vodafone Indian scientist? (C) Reliance Jio (A) CV Raman (D) Aircel (B) JC Basu (E) None of these (C) APJ Abdul Kalam 169. Which of the following has won Asia yoga championship (D) HJ Bhabha held in Thailand? (E) None of these (A) Vaishnavi 164. Which of the following has won intel science award 2017 (B) Mansi in US? (C) Kritika (A) Aakash Sharma (D) Yogeshwari (B) Prashant Ranganathan (E) None of these (C) Rakesh Natrajan 170. Which of the following team has won Indian Premier (D) Shankar Ranganathan League season 10? (E) None of these (A) Sunrisers Hyderabad 165. World Metrology Day is observed on which date? (B) Rising Pune Supergiant (A) 19-May (C) Kolkata Knight Riders (B) 22-May (D) Mumbai Indians (C) 20-May (E) None of these (D) 21-May 171. Which of the following has won Italian Open men’s title? (E) None of these (A) David Ferer 166. Which Airport has established solar farms to reduce (B) Novak Djokovic carbon emission by 3125 tonnes per annum? (C) Rafael Nadal (A) Hyderabad (D) Alexander Zverev (B) New Delhi (E) None of these (C) Mumbai 172. Which of the following has won Orange cap in Indian (D) Bengaluru Premier League Season 10?

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(A) Bhuvneshwar Kumar (C) HDFC Life (B) Ben Stokes (D) Max Life (C) David Warner (E) None of these (D) Steve Smith 178. Which of the following has recently won UK humanitarian (E) None of these award? 173. According to a new report by a UN monitoring centre, (A) Jacqueline Fernandez which country has registered highest number of internal (B) Katrina Kaif displacements due to conflict, violence and disasters in (C) Anushka Sharma 2016? (D) Priyanka Chopra (A) Syria (E) None of these (B) China 179. Which of the following port has recently won two best (C) Philippines performance awards from Ministry of Shipping? (D) Indonesia (A) Kandla Port (E) None of these (B) Cochin Port 174. What is India’s rank in UN monitoring centre’s internal (C) Jawahar Lal Nehru Port displacements report 2016? (D) Vizag Port (A) 2 (E) None of these (B) 3 180. Who is the author of the India 2017 Yearbook? (C) 4 (A) S Jayashankar (D) 5 (B) Shaktikant Das (E) None of these (C) Rajiv Mehrishi 175. Who is the first Indian woman to reach the top of Mount (D) Arvind Subramaniam Everest for the five times? (E) Arvind Pangariya (A) Reema Kumari 181. Which country has been surpassed by India to become (B) Malavath Purna world’s second largest steel producer? (C) Santosh Yadav (A) Japan (D) Anshu Jamsenpa (B) China (E) None of these (C) US 176. Which bank has launched trading platform “Selfie”? (D) Australia (A) Yes Bank (E) None of these (B) Federal Bank 182. Which of the following is not a founding member of the (C) Axis Bank Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (D) Karnataka Bank (OPEC)? (E) None of these (A) Iran 177. Which of the following has launched India’s first life (B) Iraq insurance email robot? (C) Nigeria (A) Bajaj Allianz (D) Saudi Arabia (B) ICICI Prudential (E) Venezuela

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183. Australia has recently returned three stone sculptures to (B) DIPP India. Which of the following is not one of them? (C) Department of foreign affairs (A) Seated Buddha (D) Department of economic affairs (B) Worshippers of Buddha (E) None of these (C) Goddess Pratyangira 189. “Adopt A Slum” campaign has been launched in which (D) Parrot Lady state/UT? (E) Both A and B (A) Puducherry 184. What is the full form of the SEVA app, developed by Coal (B) Delhi India Limited for power sector consumers? (C) Lakshadweep (A) Saral Eindhan Vitaran Application (D) Maharashtra (B) Swachh Eindhan Vitaran Application (E) None of these (C) Saral Ethanol Vitaran Application 190. Which state has launched 'Good Morning' squads to (D) Saral Eindhan Vitaran Adhikar monitor and prevent open defecation? (E) None of these (A) Madhya Pradesh 185. Which country has signed a deal worth $630 million with (B) Maharashtra India to provide India's navy with missile defence (C) Uttar Pradesh systems? (D) Gujarat (A) Israel (E) None of these (B) France 191. Which telecom company has launched satellite phone (C) Russia service ? (D) Japan (A) BSNL (E) None of these (B) Airtel 186. Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been elected new (C) Reliance Director-General of____? (D) Vodafone (A) World Trade Organisation (E) None of these (B) International Monetary Fund 192. Which Indian badminton player has been selected in (C) World Health organisation Badminton World Federation athlete commission? (D) International Maritime Organisation (A) Saina Nehwal (E) None of these (B) Jwala Gutta 187. Roger Moore passed away recently. Who he was? (C) Joshana Chinappa (A) Journalist (D) PV Sindhu (B) Singer (E) None of these (C) Actor 193. Which team has won ice hockey world title 2017? (D) Writer (A) Sweden (E) None of these (B) Canada 188. Foreign Investment Promotion Board which was (C) New Zealand abolished recently, was working under which department? (D) Spain (A) DIPAM (E) None of these

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194. Who is the author of the book titled ‘Mann Ki Baat - A (A) State Bank of India Social Revolution on Radio’? (B) Punjab National Bank (A) Narendra Modi (C) Bank of Baroda (B) Nandan Nilkeni (D) Canara Bank (C) Rajesh Jain (E) None of these (D) Rakesh Khatri 200. Which country is the world’s number one foreign direct (E) None of these investment recipient? 195. Who has has written the preface for the book ‘Mann Ki (A) US Baat - A Social Revolution on Radio’? (B) UK (A) Xi Jinping (C) India (B) Malcolm Turnbull (D) China (C) Shinzo Abe (E) None of these (D) Barack Obama 201. Which is the only Indian company among top 10 consumer (E) None of these financial services companies globally? 196. Which Indian monument, has made it to the top 10 (A) HDFC landmarks in the world? (B) ITC (A) Red Fort (C) SBI (B) Jantar Mantar (D) TCS (C) Tajmahal (E) None of these (D) Qutub Minar 202. Who is the author of the book titled ‘Marching with a (E) None of these Billion- Analysing Narendra Modi’s Government at 197. In 2016, UK has issued maximum work visas to which Midterm’? country? (A) Uday Mahurkar (A) China (B) Abhirup Bhattacharya (B) India (C) Rajesh Jain (C) Australia (D) Rakesh Khatri (D) US (E) None of these (E) None of these 203. Which country has hosted G-7 Summit 2017? 198. Which of the following has signed a MoU with Madhya (A) Germany Pradesh government to collaborate on the development of (B) Italy a Happiness Index? (C) Belgium (A) IIT Bombay (D) Canada (B) IIT Guwahati (E) None of these (C) IIT Kharagpur 204. Which country is engaged in Humanitarian Assistance and (D) IIT Madras Disaster Relief (HADR) Table Top Exercise Siam Bharat (E) None of these 2017 with India? 199. Which bank has launched national hackathon 'Code For (A) Sri Lanka Bank'? (B) Singapore

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(C) Russia (B) Malaysia (D) Thailand (C) Singapore (E) None of these (D) Vietnam 205. Which country has hosted NATO Summit 2017? (E) None of these (A) Germany 211. Recently who has become most followed world leader on (B) Italy Facebook? (C) Belgium (A) Donald Trump (D) Canada (B) Vladimir Putin (E) None of these (C) Hasan Rouhani 206. On which river, Dhola-Sadiya bridge has been built? (D) Narendra Modi (A) Kameng (E) None of these (B) Lohit 212. To which country, India has recently announced a (C) Manas financial assistance of 500 million Dollar? (D) Dibang (A) Vietnam (E) None of these (B) Philippines 207. Who will be the next Economic Affairs Secretary of India? (C) Israel (A) Jayant Sinha (D) Mauritius (B) Shaktikant Das (E) None of these (C) Tapan Ray 213. Which country is constructing world's largest telescope? (D) Arivind Mayaram (A) France (E) None of these (B) Turkey 208. Who has been appointed Chairman of the National (C) Chile Commission for Minorities? (D) Belgium (A) Syed Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi (E) None of these (B) Mohammad Iftikhar Sadiq 214. Which of the following will be the objective of the (C) Shajia Hasan Rizvi financial literacy week to be observed by RBI during June (D) Khalid Siddiqui 5 to 9? (E) None of these (A) Know York Customer 209. Former Director General of ______police Kanwar Pal (B) Exercising Credit Discipline Singh Gill has passed away recently? (C) Grievance Redressal (A) Gujarat (D) Going Digital (B) Chhattisgarh (E) All of the Above (C) Haryana 215. Which of the following has become India's most profitable (D) Punjab public sector undertaking? (E) None of these (A) Indian Oil Corp. 210. In which southeast Asian Country, Apple has opened its (B) Bharat Petroleum Corp. first official store? (C) ONGC (A) Indonesia (D) BHEL

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(E) BEL (C) Manipur 216. Which is the India's most profitable company? (D) Assam (A) TCS (E) None of these (B) RIL 222. In which state, Defence Minister Arun Jaitely has (C) BHEL inaugurated an Aeronautical Test range? (D) ONGC (A) Tamilnadu (E) None of these (B) Odisha 217. International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers is (C) West Bengal observed on which date? (D) Karnataka (A) 26-May (E) None of these (B) 27-May 223. Who has won 70th Anniversary prize in the Cannes film (C) 28-May festival 2017? (D) 29-May (A) Jessica Alba (E) None of these (B) Nicole Kidman 218. Which country has hosted global disaster risk reduction (C) Meryl Streep summit 2017? (D) Angelina Jolly (A) Fiji (E) None of these (B) Mexico 224. Which city’s police has won smart policing award 2017? (C) Canada (A) Mumbai (D) France (B) Hyderabad (E) None of these (C) Pune 219. India's first case of the Zika virus was found in which city? (D) Ahmedabad (A) Ahmedabad (E) None of these (B) Hyderabad 225. Which country was eliminated from G-8 group in 2014 to (C) Kolkata make it G-7? (D) New Delhi (A) US (E) None of these (B) UK 220. Which state has recently announced pension scheme for (C) Russia journalists? (D) Italy (A) Haryana (E) None of these (B) Gujarat 226. Which city has hosted 5th India Morocco Joint (C) Maharashtra Commission Meeting? (D) Andhra Pradesh (A) New Delhi (E) None of these (B) Rabat 221. Which state has declared Dailong village Biodiversity (C) Marrakesh Heritage Site? (D) Mumbai (A) Tripura (E) None of these (B) Meghalaya

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227. Which campaign has been launched by Ministry of (E) None of these Drinking Water and Sanitation for promotion of toilet 234. What is India’s rank in female participation in the usage? workforce according to World Bank? (A) Swachh Shoch (A) 131 (B) Darwaja Band (B) 120 (C) Swachh Toilet (C) 125 (D) Swachh Darwaja (D) 102 (E) None of these (E) None of these 228. According to the World Bank, what will be India’s GDP 235. Which is going to be the first country to run all government growth in fiscal year 2017-18? ports on green energy? (A) 7.20% (A) China (B) 7.10% (B) Singapore (C) 7.30% (C) India (D) 7.60% (D) South Korea (E) None of these (E) None of these 229. Who has been appointed first woman chancellor of Jamia 236. Which country has become third largest aviation market in Millia Islamia? the world? (A) Najma Heptulla (A) India (B) Medha Patkar (B) France (C) Mridula Sinha (C) China (D) Girija Vyas (D) Japan (E) None of these (E) None of these 230. Who has won European Golden Shoe 2017? 237. Which state/UT police has launched Bicycle Patrol? (A) Wayne Rooney (A) Manipur (B) Neymar (B) Puducherry (C) Christiano Ronaldo (C) Goa (D) Lionel Messi (D) Delhi (E) None of these (E) None of these 231. Which of the following will be awarded with Dada Saheb 238. Notes of rupees 1 denomination bears the signature of____ Phalke Academy 'International Acclaimed Actress (A) Finance Minister Award'? (B) Economic Affairs Secretary (A) Katrina Kaif (C) RBI Governor (B) Deepika Padukone (D) Prime Minister (C) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (E) None of these (D) Priyanka Chopra 239. Who is the head of Banks Board Bureau? (E) None of these (A) Vinod Rai 232. Who is the author of the book titled ‘Color Atlas of Oral (B) HM Sinor implants’? (C) Shaktikanth Das (A) Dr. Praful Bali (D) YV Reddy (B) Dr. Lanka Mahesh (E) None of these (C) Dr. Dildeep Bali 240. Which of the following has been awarded with World No- (D) Dr. Deepika Chandhok Tobacco Day Award by WHO? (E) Both A and B (A) JP Nadda 233. Which country has recently launched an all women TV (B) Venkiah Naidu channel? (C) Narendra Modi (A) Iran (D) Dr Harshvardhan (B) UAE (E) None of these (C) Afghanistan (D) Bangladesh

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Answer Key

1. B 2. D 3. D 4. A 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. D 9. B 10. B

11. A 12. D 13. C 14. B 15. E 16. C 17. B 18. D 19. B 20. A

21. C 22. C 23. C 24. A 25. B 26. C 27. A 28. B 29. D 30. A

31. C 32. B 33. A 34. D 35. B 36. B 37. D 38. C 39. A 40. A

41. D 42. D 43. A 44. B 45. B 46. A 47. D 48. C 49. B 50. D

51. C 52. B 53. D 54. B 55. A 56. D 57. A 58. D 59. A 60. D

61. D 62. A 63. B 64. A 65. B 66. A 67. B 68. D 69. B 70. C

71. B 72. C 73. A 74. C 75. A 76. B 77. D 78. C 79. B 80. A

81. D 82. D 83. C 84. B 85. A 86. B 87. D 88. B 89. A 90. B

91. A 92. D 93. B 94. C 95. A 96. B 97. B 98. B 99. D 100. A

101. C 102. B 103. B 104. A 105. B 106. D 107. B 108. D 109. A 110. B

111. C 112. A 113. B 114. C 115. B 116. D 117. C 118. D 119. C 120. D

121. A 122. D 123. A 124. B 125. C 126. A 127. C 128. A 129. C 130. D

131. D 132. A 133. B 134. C 135. C 136. A 137. A 138. B 139. D 140. B

141. B 142. C 143. A 144. B 145. D 146. D 147. A 148. B 149. A 150. D

151. C 152. B 153. D 154. A 155. C 156. C 157. B 158. A 159. D 160. B

161. C 162. E 163. C 164. B 165. C 166. D 167. A 168. C 169. A 170. D

171. D 172. C 173. B 174. B 175. D 176. B 177. C 178. A 179. B 180. C

181. A 182. C 183. D 184. A 185. A 186. C 187. C 188. D 189. B 190. B

191. A 192. D 193. A 194. C 195. C 196. C 197. B 198. C 199. A 200. C

201. A 202. A 203. B 204. D 205. C 206. B 207. C 208. A 209. D 210. C

211. D 212. D 213. C 214. E 215. A 216. B 217. D 218. B 219. A 220. A

221. C 222. D 223. B 224. C 225. C 226. B 227. B 228. A 229. A 230. D

231. D 232. E 233. C 234. B 235. C 236. A 237. D 238. B 239. A 240. A

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