General Knowledge Banking Capsule 2017 - IBPS PO, IBPS RRB & OICL AO Mains

International News

1. For manufacturing of Griper fighter jet, Adani group collaborated with Swedish defence major SAAB.

 Related facts –  The collaboration between Adani group and SAAB will be in Defence and aerospace field.  Chairman of Adani group – Gautam Adani  CEO of Adani group – Sudipta Bhattacharya  Sweden – European country  Capital – Stockholm, Currency – Swedish Krona 2. HXMT – The Hard X-Ray Modulation telescope, first X-Ray telescope launched by China to study Black holes, gamma ray bursts and pulsars. 3. Palestine become the member of Interpol. 4. World’s first molecular robot has been created by University of Manchester, United Kingdom. 5. Australia tourism appointed Parineeti chopra as first Indian woman ambassador for encouraging Indians to visit Australia. 6. Indian National Flag at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne hoisted by Aishwarya rai.

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7. Kymriah, a treatment for Leukemia has been approved by US Food and drug administration.  USFDA headquarter – Silver Spring, Maryland, Unites States  Parent organization – US health and human services 8. Two mountain ranges on Pluto has been named as Tenzing Montes and Edmund Hillary on the name of the mountaineers who first reach the summit of Mt. Everest.  International astronomical Union headquarter – Paris, France 9. Status of snow leopard has been changed from endangered to vulnerable by IUCN.  International union for the conservation of nature headquarter – Gland, Switzerland 10. PM Narendra Modi became first PM to visit Israel. 11. World’s largest nuclear aircraft carrier USS Gerald R ford CVN 78 has been commissioned by United States. 12. A deal of $1.1 billion has been signed between China and Sri Lanka for leasing Hambantota Port to Beijing. 13. Mosul has been declared Free from ISIS.  Iraq – President – Fuad Masum Prime Minister – Haider-al-abadi Currency – Iraqi Dinar Capital – Baghdad 14. 122 nations adopted a treaty at United nations that bans nuclear weapons. 15. United states withdraws its membership from UNESCO after accusation of anti- Israel bias. 16. Borneo rain, world’s smallest squirrel found by Indonesian scientist Lambung Mangkurat.

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17. In the Nation’s brand 2017 report occupied 8th rank out of 100 countries which is topped by United States. 18. A report world’s influential people in market structure,released by Pattrick Young and exchange invest, SEBI chairman Ajay Tyagi secured 7th place. 19. Visits to India –  Tilak Marapana – External affairs minister of Sri Lanka  Miroslav Lajcak – President of 72nd United nation general assembly  James Mattis – US secretary of defence  Nizamuddin Ahmed – Bangladesh’s Navy chief

Important MOU’s Signed between the Countries

MoUs signed between organizations/countries

. India UK trade business promotion Indian Yes bank and British Bank Santander . In field of military cooperation to Iran and Iraq fight against terrorism.  Related facts  Iran; Captial - Tehran, Currency – Iranian Rial  Iraq; Capital - Baghdad , Currency – Iraqi Dinar . For the cooperation in exchange of SEBI and European Securities Market Authority information regarding Central counterparties.  Related facts –  SEBI chairman – Ajay Tyagi  SEBI headquarter – Mumbai  ESMA headquarter – Paris

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. For development of Civil Aviation Uttarakhand state with Airport authority of India. sector  Related facts  Uttrakhand; Capital – Dehradun CM – Trivendra singh Rawat Governor – Krishan Kant Paul

. Skill development programme for Border security force with National skill development people living on the border areas corporation . Developing a 20 MTPA coal India Essar port with Mozambique terminal at Beira port  Related Facts -

. Increasing cooperation in government with South Korea infrastructure projects  Related Facts –  Maharashtra – CM – Devendra Fadnavis Governor – Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao Capital – Mumbai  South Korea – Capital - Seoul, Currency – South Korean won President – Moon Jae-in Prime Minister – Lee Nak- Yeon

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. Exchanging Tax information, money Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) and Central laundering, shell companies, black Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) money . Building India’s first Hyperloop Andhra Pradesh with USA-based Hyperloop system Transportation Technologies

. To expand internet connectivity to Assam with Google Rural areas . To establish GeM samvaad Government e-Marketplace SPV and confederation of Indian industry . Digital ’ movement Gujarat with Google . Startups in manufacturing technical National Research Development Corporation with field Andhra Pradesh Innovation Society

. For selling tribal product online Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited Amazon

MOU’s Signed between India & Other Countries

MoUs signed between India and other countries

MoU Signed Signed with Related Facts . 7 pacts including innovation Israel Capital – Jerusalem water conservation, Currency – Shekel agriculture, space, GEO and Prime Minister – Benjamin Netanyahu LEO optical link and President – Reuven Rivlin cooperation in electric Ambassador –

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propulsion for small India to Israel – Pavan Kapoor satellites Israel to India – Daniel Carmon . 3 MoUs with on water Netherland Capital – Amsterdam management, Cultural Currency – Euro cooperation and amending Prime Minister – Mark Rutte social security arrangement Ambassador – India to Netherlands – Mr. Venu Rajamony Netherland to India – Alphonsus Stoelinga . 11 agreements in the field of Myanmar Capital – Naypidaw White shipping information, Currency – Burmese Kyat elections commission, Prime Minister – Thein Sein cultural exchange, cooperate President – Htin Kyaw in medical product Ambassador – regulation, women police India to Myanmar – MA Rauf training centre, Myanmar to India – Maung Wai Enhancement of IT skill. . Four pacts inked in the field Afghanistan Capital – Kabul of motor vehicle agreement Currency – Afghani and on india’s development Prime Minister – Abdullah Abdullah assistance President – Ashraf Ghani Ambassador – India to Afghanistan – Manpreet Vohra Afghanistan to India – M. Raheem . Youth affairs and sports, Palestine Capital – Ramallah Electronic, Information Currency – Israeli new shekel technology Prime Minister – Rami Hamdallah President – Mahmoud Abbas Ambassador –

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Palestine ambassador to India – Adnan Abu Alhaija India’s ambassador to Palestine – Anish Rajan . Indo-German centre for Germany Capital – Berlin sustainability, Health Currency – Euro President – Frank – Walter Steinmeier Ambassador – Germany's Ambassador to India – Dr. Martin Ney Indian ambassador to Germany – Mrs. Mukta Tomar . MoU signed for the Sri Lanka Capital – Colombo development of a Village in Currency – Rupee Sri Lanka Prime Minister – Rani Wickremesinghe President – Maithripala Sirisena Ambassador – Indian ambassador to Sri Lanka – Shri Taranjit Sindhu . In the field of Cyber security Bangladesh Capital –Dhaka cooperation Currency – Taka Prime Minister – Sheikh Hasina President – Abdul Hamid Ambassador – indian ambassador to Bangladesh – Pankaj saran . 10 cooperation agreement on Belarus Capital – Minsk agriculture, oil and gas, Currency – Belarusian ruble

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sports, vocational training Prime Minister – Andrei Kobyakov and potash exploration President – Alexander Lukashenko

National Events

1. India’s 13th Vice President – Venkaiah Naidu.

 Related facts  Earlier He was minister of information and broadcasting  12th Vice President – Mohammad Hamid Ansari 2. Right to Privacy has been declared as Fundamental right by Supreme Court. 3. On the 75th anniversary of Quit India Movement, PM Modi arranged video conference to address the district collector of country with the theme of ‘New India - Manthan’. 4. To check the progress of Swachh Bharat mission in rural areas, Quality council of India has conducted Swachh Sarvekshan Gramin 2017. 5. ‘KalamSat’ satellite, world’s lightest satellite launched by NASA. 6. On the 15th August 2017, centre decided to observed 70th Independence Day as ‘Sankalp Parva’. 7. 96th meeting of development committee Plenary of the world has been attended by Union Finance minister Arun Jaitely. 8. India’s first biotech research centre to receive international CARB-X, Bugwork research, Bengluru based Biotech for antibiotic research. 9. As a step towards ending child marriages in state, Bihar government launched Bandhan Tod App. 10. India’s first electric bus service between Manali and ROhtang was launched in Himachal Pradesh. 8 | P a g e

11. Kaamya Karthikeyan youngest child to climb Mount Stok Kangri. 12. For strengthening women, 30% of the funds allocated for schemes or projects are earmarked for development activities. 13. Fauna of SundarbanBiosphere Reserve, Zoological Survey of India’s first ever compendium has been published. 14. For eradication of malnutrition, NITI Ayog launched National nutritional strateg 15. On the occasion of International women day, Rashtriya Kisan Mahila diwas was celebrated by Agriculture universities and KVKs. (15th October) 16. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) security at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) in Mumbai ranked as best service by world quality congress. 17. On the occasion of 86th Birth anniversary of APJ Abdul Kalam on 15th October Vice President flagged off a rally for Clean and Green India. 18. PM Narendra Modi announced relief fund of Rs. 2000 crore for the rehabilitation and reconstruction in the flood affected North Eastern states. 19. 2017 has been declared as e-Pragati year by Andhra Pradesh. 20. FICCI Ladies Organisation has launched a campaign about cancer preventive measures in partnership with Apollo hospitals. Theme for the event is - Nurturing the Nurturer. 21. A new website has been launched by Defence minister, DRDO unmanned exposition system to provide the opportunity to young and talented engineers of country. 22. On 101st birth anniversary of MS Subbulaxmi Vice president released commemorative coins of 100 and 10. 23. Labeo Filiferous a fish has been found in Kerala. 24. A mass movement Run for the clean air has been launched by ministry of environment, Forest and Climate change to reduce the air pollution.

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 Minister of environment, Forest and Climate change – Dr. Harsh Vardhan  Minister of state for environment, Forest and Climate change – Dr. Mahesh Sharma 25. Institute of Yoga and Naturopathy has been established in Karnataka and Haryana. 26. A tribute to APJ Abdul Kalam on his 2nd death anniversary.  Odisha state renamed wheeler Island as APJ Abdul Kalam Island.  A multi core memorial of A.P.J Abdul Kalam inaugurated at his native village Peikarambu in .

 Related facts -  Odisa – Capital – Bhuwaneshwar CM – Naveen Patnaik Governor – S.C. Jamir  Tamil Nadu – Capital – Chennai CM – Thiru Edappadi K. palaniswamy Governor – C. Vidyasagar Rao

27. Mission for integrated development of horticulture has been implemented by government for the development of Horticulture.

 Related facts -  Minister of state for agriculture and farmers welfare – Shri Puruhottam Rupala.

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28. 75th raising day of Armed forces headquarters civilian services was inaugurated by Minister of state for defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre on 1st August. 29. World heritage council declared walled city of Ahemdabad as India’s first World heritage city.

 Related facts –  WHC is a part of UNESCO.  41st session of WHC held at Krakwo, Poland.  UNESCO (United Nations educational, Scientific and cultural organization) headquarter – Paris, France  Walled city founded by – Sultan Ahmed  India’s Permanent representative to UNESCO – Ruchira Kamboj 30. All ASI protected monuments and archeological sites have been declared as polythene free zones. 31. Passport seva project is a centralized system to issue passport in PPP mode and TCS is service provider. 32. Under the new rules announced by ST council relief is given to SMEs and exporters. 33. XFEL European X-Ray free electron laser is the world’s biggest and powerful gun. 34. Report released by Sample registration system bulletin, IMR of india is declined by 8%. 35. Smart Agriculture conclave has been organized by Department of Biotechnology in association with UK’s Biotechnology and Biological Sciences research council (BBSRC) and Reasearch council UK. The aim of the conclave is to create ‘FarmerZone’. 36. Indian institute of science education and research have developed Gelator that will help to suck up oil.

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37. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu laid foundation of National waterways -4 and 13 National highway projects at Amravati in Andhra Pradesh. 38. For observing cloud and rain processing, a high-altitude cloud observatory has been set up at Munnar, Kerala.

 Related facts -  CM of Kerala – Pinnaray Vijayan  Governor of Kerala – Palanisamy Sathasivam  Eruvikulam National park – western Ghat, Kerala 39. On 1stoctober 2017 Urban Maharashtra declared Open defecation free and President also inaugurated centenary year celebration of Sai Baba Samadhi in Shirdi. 40. West Bengal rice variety, Gobindbhog rice get geographical status. 41. For providing regular updated and stastics regarding IPR, CIPAM launched its Official website.  Cell for IPR promotion and management under the department of Industrial Policy and promotion.  Minister of Commerce and industry – Suresh Prabhu 42. A country wide free eye checkup campaign has been organized by National highway authority of India. 43. Events on 1st October 2017  27th raising day of Rashtriya Rifles observed.  92nd raising day of military nursing service.  New Additional Director general Military nursing service – Maj Gen Elizabeth john  17th raising day of headquarters Integrated defence staff.  Foundation day of National academy customs, Indirect taxes and Narcotics.

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44. On the 3rd anniversary of Swacch Bharat mission certain awards were honoured on 2nd October 2017  Swacchta award – KRIBHCO (Fertilizer cooperative)  My Delhi Keep it clean FB group awarded for promoting voluntary efforts to clean public places under self help group category  Innovatice practice category – No food waste initiative of Coimbatore  Religious Institution category – Pemayangste Monastry, Assam  Related facts –  2nd October 2019 – 150th birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.  Swaccha Bharat mission launched at Rajghat on 2nd October 2014  Clean India Mission target by 2019  Swachha Bharat abhiyan Brand ambassador for the Haryana state – Akshya Kumar.  Akshay Akshay appointed as brand ambassador for cleanliness campaign in Uttar Pradesh.  Swacchata hi sewa campaign – 15th September 2017 to 2nd October 2017 45. 3rd Women of India organic festival inaugurated by Union Minister of Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi. The theme of the event is – ‘Good for Women; Good for India; Good For You!’. 46. Operation Insaniyat – India will help needy refugees in Bangladesh by providing basic amenities. 47. Brand Ambassador of GST – Amithabh Bacchan replaces PV Sindhu 48. Vice President unveiled a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat on the 148th birth anniversary of Gandhi ji. “Be the Change You Wish to See” has been inscribed on the front side of pedestral.

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49. After becoming the president, Ram nath kovind visited the first two African countries- Djibouti and Ethiopia.

 Related facts -  Djibouti President - Ismaïl Omar Guelleh Prime minister - Mr. Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed Capital – Djibouti Currency – Djiboutian franc  Ethiopia President – Mulatu Teshome Prime minister - Hailemariam Desalegn Capital - Addis Ababa Currency – Ethiopian birr Economy in News

1. RBI’s third bimonthly policy released by monetary policy committee.  Repo rate – 6% cut by 25 basis points  Reverse repo rate – 5.75%  LAF – 6% cut by 25 points  MSF – 6.25%  CRR – 4%  SLR – 20% 2. All India weighted average MRP of Urea has been decreased by 71 paise per bag after GST.

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 Minister of State for Road transport and Highways, Shipping and Chemical & fertilizers – Shri Mansikh L. Mandaviya.  After introduction of GST, farmers of different state pays 5% of uniform GST which was earlier 1-7%. 3. Bespoke mobile wallet launched by BSNL with the assistance of mobikwik for bill payment. 4. Upper Age limit for joining NPCI has been increased from 60 to 65 by PFRDA.  Related facts –  National payments corporation of India is an organization which handle all the retail payment system.  New Interim chairman of NPCI – B Sambamurthy succeeded M. Balachandran.  Pension fund regulatory organization responsible for pension related matters in India headquartered at New Delhi.  PFRDA chairman – Hemant Contractor 5. India holds 103rd spot in Human Capital Index 2017.  Human capital index published by World economic forum.  Headquarter – Cologny, Switzerland  Topped by Norway. 6. Goods and service tax came in effect from 1 july 2017.

 Related facts –  17 state tax and 23 cesses subsumed in GST.  Four Tax slabs – 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%.  GST introduced by 101st amendment act 2016.

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7. For collection of provident fund from employees EPFO signed an agreement with four Private banks – ICICI bank, HDFC bank, Axis bank and Kotak Mahindra bank and Bank of Baroda.

 EPFO – Employee Provident fund organisation  Labour and Employment Minister – Bandaru Dattatreya  Prior to agreement SBI was authorised for the collection and contribution of funds. 8. RBI introduces new 500, 200 and 50-rupee currency notes. 9. Project Insight is an intiative of finance ministry for black money holders and tax evasion. 10. Ford company joined hands with Mahindra and Mahindra to expand its business in Indian market. 11. SBI Intelligent Assistan, chat bot of State bank of India. 12. Divyang Sarathi mobile app launched by Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot. 13. India emerged as highest shrimp exporter according to the report released by Globefish. 14. HDFC bank launched the first ever DigiPOS machine to provide various digital payment options to customers. 15. By the end of 2018, IPPB will provide its financial services form all its post offices and will become 2nd largest payment bank.  First IPPB bank was launched in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh  IPPB services – 1. Open bank account with 100 rupees. 2. In regular saving account one can deposit one lakh per account. 3. Rate of interest – 5.5%

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16. RBI has constituted a 10-member high level task force headed by YM Deosthalee which will suggest a roadmap for development of a transparent, comprehensive and real time Public Credit Registry in India.

 Related facts –  Credit reporting agencies in India – CIBIL, Equifax, high mark credit information services, Experian. 17. India’s economic growth forecast by IMF for 2017 – 6.7% and for 2018 – 7.4%. 18. In a report released by WPP Plc and Kantar Millward brown, HDFC gained top place in list of country’s top 50 brands. 19. Online non-life insurance company Acko General Insurance Ltd. got approval from Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India. 20. Canada bank launched its first digital banking branch CANDI in Bengaluru. 21. Government has imposed anti-dumping duty on the import of Sodium Nitrite from China for 5 years. 22. OECD growth forecast of Indian economy for 2017-18 – 6.7%. 23. Punjab National Bank will charge Rs.10 per transaction on more than 5 transactions in a month.  PNB headquarter – New Delhi  PNB non-executive chairman – Sunil Mehta 24. SBI’s State Bank Institute of Management (SBIM), first institute of management in Kolkata.  SBI chairman – Rajnish Kumar succeeded Arundhati Bhattacharya  Headquarter – Mumbai 25. BPayi, a mobile banking app launched by Fino payments bank. 26. A lithium-ion battery plant will be established by Japanese company Suzuki Motor corps in Hansalpur, Gujarat.

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27. Shubh Aarambh Home Loans scheme launched by Axis bank for the loan upto 30 lakh. 28. According to the recent data from Zurich based SNB India becomes at 88th place in terms of money parked in Swiss banks. 29. SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro- Processing Clusters) will be renamed as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY). 30. Easy Bima Plan a Point of sale product launched by Canara HSBC Oriental Bank of Commerce Life Insurance Company (CHOICE). 31. A new public private partnership policy for affordable housing was announced by government under which assistance upto 2.5 lakh per house has been allowed to the private builders. 32. For the upgradation of Alang Sosiya Ship recycling yard, Gujarat, government of India signed a $76mn deal with JICA. 33. Under the new amended ombudsman scheme, Banking ombudsman award has been doubled to 20 lakhs. 34. An economic advisory council to the Prime Minister has been created which is headed by Bibek Debroy. 35. RBI granted approval to Singapore based DSB to operate as Wholly owned subsidiary in India. 36. Bharat Wagon and Engineering Company Limited (BWEL) will shut down the operation after approval of Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs. 37. For mobilizing illegal fund by various schemes, SEBI imposed fine of 2423 crore on PACL ltd. 38. Hortinetmobile app by Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority for farmers. 39. 4th Advance estimates of production of food crop for 2016-17 published by Department of Agriculture, cooperation and farmers Welfare.

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40. Canara bank started payment settlement mechanism Bharat QR (Quick Response) and Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) as the new digital services for customers to make online payment. 41. Axis bank and Freyr energy collaborate to offer term loans for solar rooftop installation in Telangana. 42. India ranked 40th in Global competitive index 2017.  Released by World economic forum  Topped by – Switzerland 43. India’s first Gold options contract has been launched by Multi commodity exchange on Dhanteras.  World’s second buyer of Gold – India  MCX Chairman – Saurabh Chandra 44. To enhance the business relations between India and US a new body has been created named – US-India Strategic partnership forum (USISPF).  USISPF chairman – John Chambers  President of USISPF – Mukesh Aghi 45. Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) get Mahartna status, earlier it has Navratna status. 46. Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan yojana, 4900 cr black money has been disclosed. 47. A 3000 cr deal has been signed in between NTPC and ICICI for partial funding of capital expenditure. 48. The panel headed by YM Deosthalee which will suggest a roadmap for development of a transparent, comprehensive and real time Public Credit Registry in India.

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 Credit reporting agencies in India – CIBIL, Equifax, high mark credit information services, Experian. 49. Government has imposed anti dumping duty on the import of Sodium Nitrite from China for 5 years. 50. Tez, a mobile wallet app by Google. 51. Mobile wallet Speedpay initiative of Punjab National Bank and BSNL. 52. 3% tax will be levied on banks on import of gold and precious metal under GST. 53. Shubh Aarambh Home Loans scheme launched by Axis bank for the loan upto 30 lakh. 54. West Bengal will get USD 300million loan assistance for fiscal reform fron Asian Development bank. 55. India’s first “anti-theft” packaging created by Flipkart that will safeguard goods from theft and damage. 56. Project Nishchay, launched by IDBI bank with Boston consulting group to improve its financial performance. 57. Project Insight is an intiative of finance ministry for black money holders and tax evasion. 58. SBI Intelligent Assistan, chat bot of State bank of India. 59. Divyang Sarathi mobile app launched by Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot. 60. To review the stressed corporate loans RBI has set up an Overseeing committee which will review six more accounts with debt of 10,000 crore. 61. RBI annual report 2017 – 17.4 lakh crore currency in circulation on 4th November 2016. Committees

1. Shekatkar committee – Recommendation on army reforms included redeployment and restructuring posts of officers, soldiers and civilians in Army.

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2. Committee to look after the protection of personal data of citizens and recommends methods to identify and study the issues headed by Justice B N Srikrishna. 3. RBI constituted a committee to look after linking home loan rates with RBI’s repo rate is headed by Tarun ramadorai. 4. 9-member committee has constituted by Karnataka state to study the possibility of designing a separate flag. 5. To select the movies for international film festival at Goa a 40-member committee has been constituted with Vivek Agnihotri. 6. FRBM review committee – NK Singh 7. Committee study the healthcare infrastructure on the ports and how to upgrade them under PPP mode to provide better health services headed by – Ved Prakash Sports Events

1. In 5th Asian Indoor and Martial arts games India won 40 medals, held at Ashgabat, Turkmenistan. 2. New national sports museum will be established at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi.

 Related facts –  Chief Minister of New Delhi – Arvind Kejriwal  Lieutenant Governor of New Delhi – Anil Baijal  Minister of Youth affairs and Sports – Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (Minister of state, Independent charge) 3. ICC women’s world cup 2017 won by England. 4. India is the winner of 22nd Asian Athletic championship. Held at Kalinga stadium in Bhubaneswar.

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5. Commonwealth chess title won by Grandmaster Abhijit Gupta in men’s category and Swati ghate in women’s category. 6. New Coach of Indian Cricket team – Ravi Shashtri. He succeeded Anil Kumble. 7. Asian team snooker championship winner – India  Beated Pakistan  Venue – Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Currency – Kyrgyzstan Som) 8. Dulip trophy clinched by India Red by beating India Blue with 163 runs.  Venue – Ekana stadium, Lucknow  Captain of India Red – Dinesh Kartik  Skipper of India Blue – Suresh Raina 9. Rafael Nadal clinched the title of US Open 2017.  Venue – Hard courts, New York, USA.  Rafael Nadal from Spain  Third US Open singles crown  Women singles – Sloane stephens (USA)  Men’s double – Jean Julien Rojer (Netherland) and Horia tecau (Romania)  Women’s doubles – Martina Hingis (Switzerland) and chan Yung-jan (Chinese Taipie)  Mixed doubles – Jamie Murray (Uk) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 10. Indian open snooker title 201`7 won by John Higgins.  Held at Vishakhapatnam  4th indian open snooker championship. 11. 50th Grandmaster from India – M.S. Thejkumar in FIDE chess tournament held in Goa. 12. Indian Wrestler Sonam Malik won gold medal in world cadet wrestling championship held in Athens, Greece. 13. Formula 1 race titles 22 | P a g e

 Italian Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton (Britain)  Singapore Grand prix – Lewis Hamilton (Britiain)  Australian Grand Prix – Valtteri Bottas (Finland)  British Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton (Britain)  Hungarian Grand Prix – Sebestian Vettle (Germany)  Malaysian Grand Prix – Red bull’s Max Verstappen 14. Football Tournaments  Calcutta football league crown won by East Bengal.  Confederation cup won by Germany by beating Chile.  Spanish super Cup – Real Madrid by defeating Barcelona.  SAIF U-15 tournament won by India by beating Nepal in Kathmandu.  European Super cup – won by Real Madrid by defeating Manchester United. 15. Badminton tournaments  Korean open Super series – won by PV Sindhu by defeating Nozomi Okuhara (Japan)  Japan Open – Viktor Axelsen (Denmark)  US open Grand Prix Gold Crown – H.S. Pranoy 16. Tennis Tournaments  Wimbledon open - Roger Federar (Switzerland) mens’s Single title Garbine Muguruza (Spain) Women’s Single title New Government Schemes/Projects

1. To make the village open defecation free the people of Varanasi took an initiative by naming toilet as ‘Izzat ghar’.

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 Related facts –  Varanasi is situated on the banks of river Ganga.  First open defecation free state – Sikkim  First open defecation free city in India – Mysuru  Minister of Drinking water and sanitation – Uma Bharti 2. Zero hunger programme was launched in three districts – Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh; Koraput in Odisha and Thane in Maharashtra on World food day.

3. YUVA programme – It is an initiative of Delhi Police to connect with youth population according to their skills. It will provide employment under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana.

 Related facts –  Inaugarated by Rajnath Singh.  For creating jobs for youth, Delhi police joined hands with National skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and confederation of Indian industry(CII).  Minister of Skill development – Dharmendra Pradhan  Delhi Police Commissioner – Amulya Pattnaik 4. National Biopharma Mission for the development of Biopharmaceutical industry in India. Innovate in India i3 programme is launched under the mission by the BIRAC. 5. Uttar Pradesh launched a scheme to provide free power connection to the BPL card holders. 6. Pradhan Mantri sahaj Bijli yojana or Saubhagya Scheme has been launched by PM Narendra Modi for the electrification of household.  Launched on birth anniversary of Deen Dayal Upadhyay -25th September  Beneficiary will be selected from SECC 2011 data. 24 | P a g e

 Inaugurated Deen Dayal Urja Bhavan. 7. Department of Science and Technology launched a scheme for strengthening the relation between Indian Scientist abroad and Indian based researchers names VAJRA (Visiting Advanced Joint Research Faculty). 8. AGRI UDAN programme launched by ICAR-National academy of agriculture research management to mentor selected agri startups. 9. Khelo India Programme gets approval from cabinet to groom and identify young sport talents. Awards & Honours

1. David Grossman an Israeli author has been honoured with Man booker international Prize 2017.

 Related facts –  Man Booker international prize is given to the best novel in English literature.  The award is given for the novel ‘A horse walks into a bar’.  2016 winner – Paul beatty 2. Indian railways organisation for alternate fuel has been honoured with golden peacock award 2017 for developing eco-friendly and cost saving CNG engine. 3. UNESCO Prize for Girl’s and Women’s Education given by UNESCO to - Development and Education Programme for Daughters and Communities Centre in Greater Mekong Sub-Region (DEPDC/GMS) in Thailand and Mini Academy of Science and Technology (MaCTec Peru). 4. Subrata Bhattacharya has been choosen for Mohun Bagan award 2017.

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 It is football club in Kolkata.  Jhulan Goswami awarded with special award.  Debabrata Das won the Best cricketer of the year award. 5. Manushi Chillar became the 54th Miss Indian world 2017 winner. 6. Global diversity award – Salman Khan 7. Annual Nansen Refugee Award - Zannah Mustapha 8. UN Equator Prize - NGO Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP), 9. ANR National Award - S S Rajamouli (Director of Baahubali) 10. In 13th IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence Awards 2016-17, Karnataka bank bagged best bank in small banks category. 11. Grand Prix Award has been honoured to CM of Sikkim Pawan Chamling for the innovative work in organic farming. 12. P.V. Sindhu won the Maruti Suzuki Sportsperson of the year award

 Related facts –  Badminton player 13. T S Vineeth was choosed as the best astrologer of the world award. He is from Hyderabad. 14. Ms. Nitasha Biswas crowned Miss Trans queen 2017 and became the first beauty pageant in transwomen in India. 15. Nisha Dutt has been choosen for the Social Entrepreneur of the year award and she became the first Indian women to won this award. 16. Odiya Poet Haraprasad Das has been honoured with kalinga literary award 2017.

 Kalinga literary awards are given in the field of  4th edition of kalinga literary festival  Two new awards introduced – Kalinga international literary award and Kalinga Karubaki award

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 Kalinga international literary award - Anand Neelakantan  Kalinga Karubaki award - Paramita Satpathy 17. 59th Ramon Magsaysay awards 2017 –  Referred as Nobel Prize of Asia  Given at Manila, Philippines  Winners – I. Yoshiaki Ishizawa – Japanese scholar II. Tony Tay – Singaporean Businessmen III. Gethsie Shanmugam – Sri Lankan teacher IV. Abdon Nababan – Psycological counsellor, Indonesia V. Lilia le Lima – Former Philippine economic zone authority director general VI. The Philippines educational theatre association (PETA) List of Important Awards

Awards Won By 1. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award Sardar singh (captain of Indian hockey team) Devendra Jhajharia (Paralympian javelin thrower) 2. Great immigrants annual award Shantanu Narayen and Vivek Murthy 3. Sangita Kalanidhi award 2017 Musician and Chitraveena Maestro N. Ravikiran 4. Sangita Kala Acharya Mridangist V. Kamalakar rao and Vocalist Radha Namboodhiri Nobel Prize

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1. Economics Richard Thaler (US) for contribution in the field of behavioural economic 2. Physics Rainer Weiss, Barry C Barish and Kip S. Thorne for LIGO detector and gravitational waves observation. 3. Chemistry Jacques Dubochet, Richard Henderson and Joachim Frank for Crypto electron microscopic study 4. Medicine Jeffery C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for diclovery of molecular mechanism to control circadian rhythm 5. Literature Kazuo Ishiguro 6. Peace International campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons 74th Venice award 1. Golden lion for best film The shape of water 2. Silver Lion – grand jury prize Foxtrot 3. Best actor Kamal El Basha 4. Best Actress Charlotte Rampling 5. Special Jury Prize Sweet country 68th Primetime Emmy awards 1. Outstanding drama series The handmaid’s tale 2. Outstanding comedy series Veep 3. Outstanding television movie Black mirror : san junipero IIFA 2017 awards 1. Best film (IIFA) Neerja

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2. Best Actor male Shahid Kapoor (Udta Punjab) 3. Best actor female Alia Bhatt (Udta Pubjab) 4. Best Director Arundhati Roy Chaudhary (Pink) Other Awards 5. Bhupen Hazarika national Award Assamese writer Yeshe Dorjee Thongshi 6. Bharat Gaurav Award Madhur Bhandarkar 7. PLuS Alliance prize NR Narayan Murthy and Veena Sahajwala 8. Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar Vijaya Bank 9. Badminton lifetime achievement Prakash Padukone award 10. Von Hippel award Prof C.N.R. Rao 11. Right Livelihood award Colin Gonsalves, Khadija Ismayilova, Yetnebersh Nigussie and Robert Bilott

Personality / Important Designations

1. Chief Election commissioner – Mr. Achal Kumar Jyoti (Succeeded Nazim Zaidi) 2. First Indian Women member of International tribunal for the Law of Sea – Neeru Chandra 3. Neomi Rao an Indian American Lawyer will head the US regulatory affairs office. 4. Professor Yashpal who was a scientist passed away at the age of 90. 5. Sushmita sanyal passes away at the age of 71. She was a veteran actress. 6. Attorney General of India – Mr. K.K. Venugopal  `15th Attorney general of India  Earlier he was Additional solicitor general of India  Succeeded – Mukul Rohatgi

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7. Naresh Chandra, former ambassador to US died in Goa. 8. Kenneth Juster – US envoy to India 9. Indian origin J Y Pillai appointed as acting President of Singapore. 10. Iranian born mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani died at the age of 40. 11. Debi Prasad Dash has been appointed as chief of Directorate of Revenue intelligence. 12. US Ambassador to Peru – Indian American Mr. Krishna R. Urs

 US Ambassador to India – Kenneth Juster  India Ambassador to US – Arun Singh  Peru; Capital - Lima, Currency – Sol 13. President of International Economic affairs – Kaushik Basu 14. Prime Minister of Britain – Theresa May 15. Union Home Secretary – Rajiv Guba 16. New Comptroller and auditor general of India – Rajiv Mehrishi succeeded Shahi kant sharma. 17. 29th Chief of ITBP – R.K. Pachnanda 18. Secretary in Ministry of Information and Broadcasting – Narendra Kumar Sinha (Succeeded – Ajay Mittal) 19. Director general of National investigation agency – Y.C. Modi 20. First Sikh woman MP in Britain – Preet kaur Gill 21. Alka Urnakar has been elected as President of indian Newspaper Society. 22. UNICEF goodwill ambassador – Canadian Indian Youtube star Lilly singh

 Related facts –  UNICEF headquarter – New York  UNICEF Head – Anthony Lake 23. ONGC chairman - Shashi Shanker.

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24. Binay Tamang will chair the Gorkha Territorial Administration. 25. Interim chairman of Goods and Services Tax Network - A.B. Pandey (CEO of UIDAI ) 26. Royana Singh has been appointed as first woman Chief Proctor Banaras Hindu University (BHU). 27. World’s oldest person Violet Mosse-Brown, hailed from Jamaica died at the age of 117.  Jamaica – Capital – Kingston Currency – Jamaican dollar 28. Umesh Chand Asawa will chair meetings of Indian bank association. 29. New secretary of UPSC – T. Jacob 30. Lieutenant Governor of UT of Andaman and Nicobar Islands - Devendra Kumar Josh 31. Inder Jit Singh is appointed as Chairman of National Authority Chemical Weapons Convention 32. Person Died  PP rao, constitutional expert and lawyer  RN sudershan, Kannad poet  Arjan Singh – Sole marshal of Indian Air Force  Rishang Keishing, former CM of Manipur  Jomde kena – former Arunachal Pradesh Minister  Tom Pritchard – cricketr from Newzealand  Vijay Nambisan – Poet and writer  Ramanand Sen Gupta – oldest Cinematographer  Pushpa Mittra Bhargava - biologist  Frank Vincent – American actor  KS Chugh – Father of Nephrology

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Venues of Events

1. National Sports Awards 2017 – Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi 2. National safety awards (Mines) for 2013 and 2014 – Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi 3. 18th IIFA award – MetLife stadium, New Jersey, USA 4. 7th Asian Award – London 5. 10th annual summit on Cyber and network security – 6. 8th World Renewable Energy Technology Congress & Expo 2017 – New Delhi 7. 8th Mekong Ganga Cooperation Ministerial Meeting – Manila, Philippines 8. 7th Asia-Europe (ASEM) Economic Ministers meeting – South Korea, attended by Minister of Commerce and Industry – Suresh Prabhu 9. 2nd India-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Council – New Delhi 10. 10th Medical technology conference – New Delhi 11. India-ASEAN Youth Summit – Bhopal, M.P. 12. 13th meeting of the India-Kazakhstan Inter-Governmental Commission (IGC) – Astana Kazakhstan.  Kazakhstan – Currency - Kazakhstani tenge President – Nursultan Nazarbayev Prime minister - Bakytzhan Sagintayev 13. World Shotgun championship 2017 held in Moscow, Russia. 14. Commonwealth weightlifting championship 2017 – Gold Coast, Australia 15. G-20 summit – Hamburg, Germany 16. 4th Session of India - Tanzania Joint Trade Committee meeting – New Delhi  Tanzania – Capital - Dodoms, Currency - Tanzanian shilling President – John Magufuli Prime minister - Kassim Majaliwa

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17. 6th Annual LNG producers consumer conference – Tokyo, Japan  Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas – Dharmendra Pradhan  Japan - Currency – Yen Prime minister and President – Shinzo Abe 18. Women’s Asian cup of federation of International Basketball – Bengaluru 19. Women of India Organic Festival – New Delhi 20. 15th Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation Ministerial Meeting – Kathmandu, Nepal 21. 9th BRICS summit – Xiamen, China  BRICS members – Brazil, Russia, India, China and south Africa.  7th BRICS Trade 3rd Ministers meet – Shanghai, China  International Snow Leopard & Ecosystem Forum summit – Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan  69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Microsoft theatre, California (USA) National Parks of India

Karnataka –

 Bandipur National park  Anshi National park  Bannerghatta National park  Kudremukh National park  Nagarhole National park  Mudumalai National park

Madhya Pradesh –

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 Bandhavgarh National park  Madhav National park  Kanha tiger reserve  Panna National park’  Sanjay National park  Fossil National park  Van Vihar National park

Tamil Nadu –

 Gulf of Mannar Marine National park

Telangana –

 Kasu Brahmananda reddy National park  Mahavir harina vanasthali National park

Kerala –

 Anamudi shola National park  Eravikulam National park  Periyar National park  Mukurthi National park

Uttarakhand –

 Jim corbett National park  Alley of flowers National park  Rajaji National park  Nanda devi National park  Gangotri National park

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Andhra Pradesh –

 Sri Venkateshwar National park

Haryana –

 Kalesar National park

Chhattisgarh –

 Guru Ghasidas National park  Indiravati National park  Kanger ghati National park

Himachal Pradesh –

 Great Himalayan National park  Khirganga National park  Pin valley National park

Rajasthan –

 Keoladeo National park  Desert National park  Ranthambore National park

Maharashtra –

 Chandoli National park

Arunachal Pradesh –

 Namdapha National park

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Andaman and Nicobar –

 Mahatma Gandhi National park  Campbell bay National park  Middle button island National park  Saddle peak National park

Jharkhand –

 Betla National park

Goa –

 Mollem National park

West Bengal –

 Buxa Tiger reserve  Neora Valley National park

Odisha –

 Bhitarkanika National park  Simlipal National park

Jammu and Kashmir –

 Dachigam National park  Kishtwar National park  Salim Ali National park

Manipur –

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 Keibul Lamjao National park

Tripura –

 Bison National park  Clouded leopard National park

Gujarat –

 Marine National park  Black buck National park  Gir forest National park

Assam –

 Manas National park  Dibru Saikhowa National park  Kaziranga National park  Orang National park

Sikkim –

 Khangchendzonga National park

Uttar Pradesh –

 Dudhwa National park  Valmiki National park

Meghalaya –

 Balphakram National park  Nokrek National park

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Books and Authors

Name of the Book Author After Piketty: The agenda for Heather M. Boushey economics and inequality Who me poor Gayatri Jayaraman Employment Growth and Deepak Nayyar development; Essays on changing world economy I do what I Do Raghuram Rajan The Glory of Patan KM Munshi Marriage and its discontents; Sylvia Vatuk women, Islam and the Law in India The Ivory throne Manu S. Pillai (Won Youth award in English language 2017) Keeping India Safe: The dilemma Vappala Balachandram of Internal security The Shershah of Kargil Deepak Surana

30 seconds thriller K V Sridhar Indira: India’s most powerful Sagarika Ghoshe Prime Minister The Golden House Salman Rushdie The purveyors of destiny : A Arup K Chatterjee cultural biography of Indian railways Gandhi against case Nishikant Kolge

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The making of Legend Bindeshwari Pathak Wild Child and other story Paro Anand (Winner of Children award in English 2017) The essential Ambedkar Bhalchandra Mungekar The mavericks of Mussoorie M Ramachandran

India’s most fearless : True Shiv Aroor Stories of modern Military heroes A to Z of Financial Management Rajat Bhargava and Deenanath Pathak in Autonomous Institutions Faith, Unity, Discipline: The ISI Hein G Kiessling of Pakistan Unstoppable: My Life So Far Maria Sharapova

Doughnut Economics – Seven Kate Raworth ways to think like a 21st century economist Demonetisation and black money C Rammanohar Reddy Indian Railways: The weaving of Bibek Debroy, Sanjay Chadha and Vidya national tapestry Krishnamurthi Hope in a challenged democracy: Ashwani Kumar an Indian narrative Indira Gandhi: a life in Nature Jairam naresh The Exile: The flight of Osama Andrian Levy Bin Laden From Chanakya to Modi: the Aparna Pande evolution of India’s foreign policy Immortal India Amish Tripathi

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Important Days & Events

Date Day Facts/Theme Month - July 1st July International day of First Saturday of july cooperatives 1st -7th July Van Mahotsav Theme – Connectin People to Nature 2nd July World Sports - Journalists day 4th July Independence Day of - US 11th July World Population day “Family Planning- Empowering People, Developing Nations” 15th July World Youth Skill day Use #SkillsForAll and #WYSD to join WorldSkills 17th July International Justice “Human rights and fight against day impunity: the role of international criminal justice” 18th July Nelson Mandela Day - 24th July Income tax day - 28th july World hepatitis day Eliminate Hepatitis 28th July World Nature - conservation Day 29th July Global Tiger day Fresh Ecology for tigers protection Month - August

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6th August Hiroshima day - 1st – 7th august World’s Breastfeeding Sustaining Breastfeeding Together. week 7th August International - Forgiveness day 9th August Nagasaki peace day - 9th august Quit India Movement - 9th August International day of Theme – United nations declaration the world’s indigenous on the Rights of indigenous peoples people 12th August International Youth Theme – Youth Building peace day 19th August World Humanitarian Theme - day 26th august Women’s equality day 29th August National Sports day Birth Anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand 29th August Sanskrit day - Month - September 5th September Teacher’s day “Teaching in Freedom, Empowering Teachers” 8th September International literacy ‘Literacy in a digital world’ day 14th September Hindi day - 13th September World First aid day - 15th September Engineer’s day 2017 year – 49th anniversary of Engineer’s day and 156th Birth anniversary of Sir M Visvesrayya.

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15th September International day of democracy and conflict prevention democracy 16th September Ozone day - 21st September International day of “Together for Peace: Respect, Safety Peace and Dignity for All.”

21 September World Alzheimer day - 22nd September World Maritime day - 25th September World Deaf day - 27th September World tourism day Sustainable Tourism – a Tool for Development. 28th September World Rabies day Rabies: Zero by 30 29th September World heart day - Month - October 2nd October International day of - non-violence 2-8th October World wildlife week To promote the preservation of Fauna 4th October World animal welfare Living in Harmony with our Wildlife day to ensure their Continued Survival 9th October World post office day - 10th October World mental health Mental health in the workplace day 11th October International day for Empower girl: before, during and the girl child after conflict 13th October International day for Home safe home: Reducing disaster reduction exposure, reducing displacement.

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14th October World Standards day Standards make cities smart 15th October International day for Challenges and opportunities in rural women climate resilient agriculture for gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls 16th October World Food day - 17th October International day for Answering the Call of October 17 to the eradication of end poverty: A path toward peaceful poverty and inclusive societies 24th October World polio day One day: one focus: ending polio 24th October World Development information day 24th October United nations day - Month - November 11th November National education day - 12th November National broadcasting - day 14th November Children’s day - 14-20 November National land - resources and conservation week 14th November Diabetes day - 10th November World science day for - peace and development 18th November Territorial army day -

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19th November National integration - day 19-25th November World heritage week - 20th November Universal children day - 21st November World fisheries day - 25th November International day for - Elimination of violence against women 26th November National law day -

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