IBPS Clerk Mains General Awareness Capsule in PDF

Economy

1. Fifth Bimonthly monetary policy  Repo rate – 6%  Reverse repo rate - 5.75%  Marginal standing facility rate – 6.25%  Cash reserve ratio – 4%  Bank rate – 6.25%  Statutory liquidity ratio –20% (Previously it was 19.5%) 2. In the latest Sovereign gold bond series, RBI has fixed purchased price at Rs 2945 per gram. 3. ‘You only Need One’- YONO, is an integrated platform launched State bank of . 4. India’s first micro insurance plan ‘Insurance Khata’ is launched in which insurer can pay premium flexibly in parts with Rs 500 as the minimum premium. 5. Rs. 3 Crore penalty has been imposed by Reserve bank of India on Union bank of India for violating KYC norms. 6. Asian development increased the funding of India from $2.7 billion to $4 billion. India become the largest receiver of Loan from ADB. 7. ICICI bank will provide financial assistance of 10 crore to Indian army. 8. To boost digital financial transaction in secure way Andhra Pradesh government signed MoU with Mastercard. 9. According to Morgan Stanely report India will be the fastest growing economy by 2026-27.

1 | P a g e

10. To commemorate the birth centenary of MS Subbulakshmi Reserve bank of India introduced Rs 100 coins and Rs 5 coins. 11. For giving boost to power sector in India Asian Infrastructure bank and Asian Development bank provide USD 100 million financial assistance. 12. According to Moody’s report Refining and Marketing - Asia India will cross China and become fastest growing market of Petrol consumption in Asia. 13. In order to boost women, Chattisgarh government give loan to women and self help group on the interest rates of 6.5 to 5 % under Saksham Yojana. 14. Rs. 2.11 Lakh crore has been allocated by cabinet for 2 years for the recapitalization of public sector banks. 15. For filling GSTR-3B returns GSTN has launched an offline tool through which taxpayer can fill the data. 16. In a step to improve risk management, Reserve bank of India made Lega Entity identifier compulsory for companies. It is a 20 digit code which will keep the track of financial transaction between parties. 17. Initial coin offering 18. Bajaj Allianz unveiled India’s First insurance cover for victims of cyber crime. 19. Bharat 22 an exchange traded fund launched by government and this will b managed by ICICI prudential mutual fund. 20. Coinome is cryptocurrency exchange platform on which India offer trading of Bitcoin and Bitcoin cash. 21. Yes bank and innovation centre signed an memorandum of understanding for the assistance in financial technology innovation from Denmark. 22. Paytm launched Inbox messaging service for its customer that enabled them to chat and transfer money. 23. Yes bank and HDFC bank are the two private sector banks on which RBI imposed penalty for violating the guidelines on Income recognition asset classification and delay in reporting on information security of ATM’s of bank.

2 | P a g e

24. 1 rupee note completed hundred years in 2017. It was first issued on 30 November 1917. 25. Cabinet committee on economic affairs provided 10,000 crore Special banking arrangement for payment of outstanding claims of fertilizer subsidy for year 2016-17. 26. SIDBI and AU small finance bank together launch Rs 200 cr fund that will provide loans to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. 27. RCom shut their services by 1st December 2017. 28. Asian Development bank approved USD 2 billion dollars for Andhra Pradesh’s projects 29. Emirates NBD, United Arab Emirates bank opened branch in , India. 30. Cleartrip has been named best mobile app for travel on Mobex award 2017. 31. Transcorp and yes bank launched a pre paid card service for transaction purpose anywhere in country. 32. MuhPeTaala is an initiative by Axis bank and Mumbai police for the promotion of safe banking. 33. ‘IndusInd Mobikwik’ is a co branded wallet launched by IndusInd. 34. Mobikwik in partnership in which IndusInd customers can pay through Mobikwik account.

Growth Forecast of India Economy by Different Organizations

Organization 2017-18 2018-19 International Monetary Fund 6.7% 7.4% World Bank 7% 7.5% Reserve Bank Of India 7% - FICCI 7.4% - Asian Development Bank 7% 7.5% HSBC 7.1% -

3 | P a g e

CSO 7.1% - NITI AAYOG 7% - DBS 7% - CRISIL 6.7% - FITCH 6.9% - UBS 6.6% - NOMURA 7.1% - NCAER 7.6% - OECD 6.7% 7.2% United Nation 7.3% 7.9%

International Events

1. BadRabbit is a ransomware which was observed in Russia recently. 2. ‘Feminism’ has been selected as the word of the year by Merriam-Webster. 3. World’s first floating wind farm started generating 4. New member to join International Solar Alliance –  Headquarter – Gurugram, Haryana  Capital – Conarky  Currency – Franc 5. Collin’s dictionary selected ‘Fake news’ as word of the year. 6. Suraksha, an offshore patrol vessel provided by Indian Navy has been commissione by Srilanka. 7. Israel ease the norms of visa application for Indian tourists. 8. First budget of Lebanon passed by Lebanon parliament since 2005. 9. ’s name will be change to Qazaqstan. 10. Hwasong -15 an intercontinental ballistic missile is launched by North Korea. 11. , the first country to switch on digital radio from frequency modulation. 12. Shibuya Mirai, world’s first artificial intelligence robot launched by with the assistance of Microsoft.

4 | P a g e

13. UberAir, flying taxis which will be the joint project of NASA and Uber. 14. Twitter increased the world limit in tweets from 140 to 280. 15. Mohammad VI – A an earth observatory satellite launched by Kazakhstan. 16. ’s Jenny Kim crowned with Miss Supranational 2017 title. 17. United state of America will give USD 500,000 to the religious groups for promotion of religious freedom in and India. 18. Typhoon Damrey, a cyclone hit and caused serious damage to the life. 19. Youthquake is the word of the year 2017 declared by Oxford dictionary. 20. Air New Zealand bagged Airline of the year award for the fifth consecutive year. 21. China launched BeiDuo-3 Satellites for building a global positioning centre of its own. 22. Facebook creator app is launched by facebook for creating video & live feature 23. Tesla’s first electric care manufacturing plan to be set outside the US is in Shanghai, China. 24. With more than $1 billion of financial assistance from Asian infrastructure development bank, India become the first country to get the help of such big amount from the bank. 25. Saudi Arabia allowed women into sports stadium from 2018which was banned since long. 26. banned the dengue vaccination program. 27. China announced three years punishment for disrespecting national anthem. 28. With the referendum, Catalonia get independent from Spain. 29. Tiankun, a giant ship of launched by China.

Agreement and MoU’s

1. India and -For promotion of trade and economic development.  Ethiopia  Capital -  Currency - Birr  President - Mulatu Teshome  Prime Minister - Hailemariam Desalegn

5 | P a g e

2. India and Armenia – On cooperation and mutual assistance in custom affairs.  Armenia  Capital – Yerevan  Currency – Dram  President – Serzh Sargsyan  Prime Minister – Karen Karapetyan 3. Assam and – For skilling the youth of Assam  Singapore  Capital – Singapore  Currency – Dollar  President – Halimah Yacob  Prime Minister – Lee Hsien Loong 4. Indiana (State in US) and Karnataka – Agreement on sister ties for cooperation in the field of economy, cultural and education. 5. India and – In the field of agriculture and phytosanitary issue.  Italy  Capital – Rome  Currency – Lira  President – Sergio Mattarella  Prime Minister – Paolo Gentiloni 6. India and Spain – agreement for the construction of Regional Rapid Transit System  Spain  Capital – Madrid Currency – Euro  President – Carles Puigdemont  Prime Minister – Mariano Rajoy 7. India and Mozambique – On development of Rovuma gas discovery  Mozambique  Capital – Maputo  Currency – Mozambican Metical  President – Filipe Nyusi

6 | P a g e

8. India and Columbia – In the field of agriculture and fisheries.  Capital - Bogota  Capital – Peso  President – Juan Manuel Santos  Prime Minister – Stefan Lofven National Events

1. Indra 2017 – Indo-Russia tri service exercise.  Theme: Preparation and conduct of operation by joint force for suppression of international terror activity at the request of a host country under UN mandate’ 2. World’s highest Motorable road has been constructed in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir. 3. Brahmos air version anti shipping missile has been successfully tested by Indian air force. 4. Sampriti-7 – India and Bangladesh 5. M C Mary Kom has been appointed as AIBA women’s Youth world championship ambassador. The competition held in Guwahati. 6. The deadline for linking Aadhar mobile SIM is –February 2018 7. Sonepur cattle fair held at became the Asia’s biggest cattle fair. 8. Internet Quarter Master Package application launched by Indian army with the help of TCS for automation of logistic function of army. 9. ERO- Net software launched by Rajasthan government through which voters can register themselves on electoral rolls. 10. For the Protection of Olive riddle turtles Odisha government banned sea fishing for 7 months. 11. IMBAX 2017 – Bilateral militeray exercise between India and Myanmar held in Meghalaya. 12. India hosted first world food fair in New Delhi. Union minister of food processing industry – Harsimrat Kaur Badal

7 | P a g e

13. Priyanka Chopra (97th) and ICICI CEO Chanda Kochhar (92nd) have secured place in World’s most powerful women list of Forbes. The list is topped by German chancellor Angela Merkel. 14. Creating and sustaining markets for energy efficiency project is a project launched by Energy efficiency services limited and Global Environment facility. GEF (Global Environment Facility) – Washington Chairperson – Naoko Ishii 15. The age of Subscribers for joining National payment system has been increased from 60 years to 65 years. 16. NIRBHAY – a long range subsonic cruise missile developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). 17. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme duration has been expanded for pan India from 2017-18 to 2019-20 with the corpus of Rs. 1132.5 crore. 18. Glide Bomb, a Smart Anti-Airfield weapon launched by Defence research and Development Organisation and Indian air force form the Chandipur, Odisha. 19. ARPAN version 3.0 is a software for defence security corp documentationa related stuffs developed by Tech Mahindra. 20. The rates for the incentives on the Merchandise export from India have been increased from 2% to 4%. 21. ‘An Insignificant man’ is the documentary based on Delhi Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal. 22. Assam government launched Deen Dayal Sahajya scheme for persons with disabilities on the International day of person with disabilities. Under this scheme Rs. 5000 will be given to the people for the treatment. 23. Mitra Shakti 2017 – 5th edition of India Srilanka joint exercise held in Pune. 24. Ajeya Warrior 2017 – A joint exercise between India and United Kingdom held in Rajasthan. 25. India get its place in category B of International maritime organization after the re-election. 26. SPARSH i.e. Scholarship for Promotion of Aptitude & Research in Stamps as a Hobby, scheme launched by minister of communication Manoj Sinha for

8 | P a g e

School children. The amount given under the scholarship is Rs 500/- per month. 27. INDRA 2017 – Joint exercise between India and Russia held in Russia. 28. For promotion of heritage and spiritual tourism projects central government has allotted Rs 109 crore for Puducherry in ‘Swadesh Darshan scheme’. 29. Patanjali and Government of India signed Memorandum of Understanding of Rs 10,000 crore during the world food India. In this event India made 918 Kg Khichdi and set a Guinness world record. Odisha is the Focus state in world food India 2017. 30. West Bengal passed green university bill 2017 to set up an environment university in Hoogly district. 31. Namita Gokhale an eminent writer has been nominated for Centenary National award for Literature. 32. Rs. 2302 crore has been allocated for the coastal berth scheme. The coastal berth scheme is a flagship scheme of Sagarmala project. Total 8 districts will be covered under this scheme. 33. Under the new rule, Farmers do not need to produce Permanent account number on the sale of the production upto 2 lakh in a day. 34. Datally app launched by google for its users to track data usage and save data. 35. National crime records bureau published a report named ‘Crime in India -2016’. 36. The longest bridge was inaugurated in Assam which is dedicated to the singer late Bhupen Hazarika. 37. An Aerospace park is been set up in Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu. 38. DANX 2017 a defence exercise conducted on Andaman Nicobar Island. 39. FSSAI in collaboration with union ministry of food processing industries launched Food regulatory portal for the food business. 40. Cleas sea -2017 an exercise conducted by Indian coast guard on Andaman Nicobar Island. 41. Pradhan Mantri Mahila Shakti Kendra scheme is launched to empower the rural women for the duration of 2017-18 to 2019-20.

9 | P a g e

42. UMANG app is launched to make government services available to citizens on the fingertips. UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance). 43. ‘Populism’ is selected as Cambridge’s word of the year 2017. 44. Chhattisgarh government banned use of firecrackers in selected districts of state during the winter season. 45. Multi state mega mock Tsunami exercise conducted by National Disaster management authority and Indian National centre for ocean information services on the eastern coast. 46. A survey conducted by the National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau in Kerala titled ‘Diet and nutritional Status of Urban Population in India and Prevalence of Obesity, Hypertension, Diabetes and Hyperlipidaemia in Urban Men and Women’. 47. Mukesh Ambani secured top position in the Forbes real time billionaire list. 48. Lifetime pension of rs 10,000 will be given to Hindi Satyagrahis by Haryana Government. 49. A 14-day joint exercise was held between the armies of India and Kazakhstan in Himachal Pradesh – Prabal Dostyk 2017 50. In a step to provide emergency care to the accident victims free of cost Kerala government intitated a Trauma care scheme. It will provide free for 48 hours of accident. 51. Andhra Pradesh’s Etikoppaka toys get GI Tag. These toys are made from wood and natural dyes are used to colour this toys. 52. In order to strengthen the defence sector Union Defence ministry approved the acquisition of 111 utility helicopter for Rs 2178 crore. Union Defence Minister – Nirmala Sitharaman 53. MSME Samadhan a portal launched by Union minister of state Giriraj Singh. All the cases related to delayed payment can be directly register on this portal. 54. Yes Bank signed an MoU with government for providing 1000 crore to food processing projects. 55. FASTags will be integrated in all 4-wheeled vehicles that will be manufactured on or after 1st December 2017.

10 | P a g e

56. Inter state council has been reconstituted and Prime minister will chair this council with Six union ministers and chief minister of all states as its members. 57. Mumbai will be the first centre of Walmart India in any Indian city. 58. Balckbuck conservation reserve get approval from Uttar Pradesh government. 59. The duration of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) has been extended by cabinet committee on economic affairs for three years from 2017-18 to 2019-20 as Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana- Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied sector Rejuvenation (RKVY-RAFTAAR). Events, Conferences and their Venues

1. Global club foot conference - New Delhi 2. 49th conference on society of nuclear medicine international conference SNMICON – New Delhi 3. FIPSPHYSIOCON 2017 Conference on Human Physiology 4. Indian-US ocean dialogue – Goa 5. Vishwa Ved Sammelan – New Delhi 6. World Shotgun championship 2017 held in , Russia. 7. Commonwealth weightlifting championship 2017 – Gold Coast, 8. G-20 summit – Hamburg, Germany 9. 4th Session of India - Tanzania Joint Trade Committee meeting – New Delhi 10. Women’s Asian cup of federation of International Basketball – Bengaluru  Women of India Organic Festival – New Delhi  15thBay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation Ministerial Meeting – Kathmandu,  9th BRICS summit – Xiamen, China . BRICS members – , Russia, India, China and south Africa. . 7th BRICS Trade 3rd Ministers meet – Shanghai, China . International Snow Leopard & Ecosystem Forum summit – Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 11. 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Microsoft theatre, California (USA) 11 | P a g e

12. Shared value summit 2017 – New Delhi  Theme – Equity and Empowerment  36th Geological conference in 2020 will be host by – India 13. Shanghai cooperation summit 2017 – Russia 14. 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 15. International Snow Leopard & Ecosystem Forum summit – Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 16. 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Microsoft theatre, California (USA) 17. National Sports Awards 2017 – Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi 18. National safety awards (Mines) for 2013 and 2014 – Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi 19. 18th IIFA award – MetLife stadium, New Jersey, USA 20. 13th meeting of the India-Kazakhstan Inter-Governmental  Commission (IGC) – Astana Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan –

. Currency - Kazakhstani tenge . President – Nursultan Nazarbayev . Prime minister - Bakytzhan Sagintayev 21. 7th Asia-Europe (ASEM) Economic Ministers meeting – , attended by Minister of Commerce and Industry – Suresh Prabhu 22. 4th Session of India - Tanzania Joint Trade Committee meeting – New Delhi

Tanzania –

. Capital - Dodoms, . Currency - Tanzanian shilling . President – John Magufuli . Prime minister - Kassim Majaliwa

12 | P a g e

23. 21st world congress of Mental health – New Delhi 24. Consultative workshop on New National Policy on Biofuels & Pradhan Mantri Jivan Yojana – New Delhi 25. 9th edition of CMS Vatavaran – New Delhi  Theme: Conservation 4 Water 26. Asian Cricket Council – Pakistan 27. Blue Flag 17 exercise – Israel 28. International conference on Ramayan Circuit and Mithila Awadh relations – Nepal 29. 22nd meeting of small farmer’s Agri business consortium – New Delhi 30. 4th Meeting of India-US joint working group on Aircraft carrier technology co- operation – India 31. Hindustan times leadership summit – New Delhi 32. Men’s hockey World league final – Odisha 33. Urban Mobility conference – Hyderabad 34. Sagar Kawach, a coastat security exercise – Goa 35. 8th World Renewable Energy Technology Congress & Expo 2017 – New Delhi 36. 2nd World congress on Marxism - China  Theme: Marxism and the current world and China 37. 8th Mekong Ganga Cooperation Ministerial Meeting – Manila, Philippines 38. 2nd India-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Council – new Delhi 39. 10th Medical technology conference – New Delhi 40. 3rd Women of India Organic Festival – New Delhi 41. 15thBay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and  Economic Cooperation Ministerial Meeting – Kathmandu, Nepal 42. India-ASEAN Youth Summit – Bhopal, M.P. 43. 9th BRICS summit – Xiamen, China  BRICS members – Brazil, Russia, India, China and south Africa.  7th BRICS Trade Ministers meet – Shanghai, China

13 | P a g e

44. Heli-expo India and International Civil Helicopter conclave – New Delhi 45. World Youth Forum – 46. 14th SAARCLAW conference – Colombo, Srilanka Theme – Emerging legal trends in SAARC countries 47. 7th Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable –  Theme – Global Energy markets in transition: From vision to action. 48. Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) 2017  Theme – A world in my book Sports Events

1. Top Swiss player Martina Hingis announced retirement from tennis. 2. Shiv Kapur, golf player won Panasonic Open 2017. 3. Asia Cup 2017 - India defeated China by 5-4 4. Ankushita Boro named best boxer in the AIBA world youth women’s boxing championship. 5. World Skill competition –  Venue – Abu Dhabi  Mohit Dudeja - Silver medal  Kiran – Bronze medal 6. Pakistan Footbaal federation has been suspended by FIFA for corruption and malpractices. 7. Abhishek Verma clinched three medals – gold, silver and bronze in Asian Archery championship 8. Selena Selvakumar bagged three gold medals in Egypt junior Table tennis tournament. 9. Spain tennis player Rafael Nadal won men’s single title in China open tennis tournament. Whereas Carolina Gracia from France won in women’s single category. 10. Pankaj advani clinched the IBSF world snooker championship held at Qatar. 11. Shiva Keshvan bagged gold medal at Asian Luge championship 2017

14 | P a g e

 Venue – Altenberg, Germany 12. Puducherry became the member of BCCI and allowed to be the part of Ranji trophy 2018. 13. Johar Cup hockey tournament 2017  Venue –  Winner – Australia  India’s Position – Third 14. FIFA men’s player award won by Cristiano Ronaldo and women’s award by Lieke Martines  Venue – London 15. Srikanth Kidambi clinched men’s single title Denmark open Badminton title by beating South Korea. 16. India is the winner of 22nd Asian Athletic championship. Held at Kalinga stadium in Bhubaneswar. 17. Commonwealth chess title won by Grandmaster Abhijit Gupta in men’s category and Swati ghate in women’s category. 18. Yo-yo test, is a mandatory test for the sportsperson. Under the new rules, cricketers are need to pass Yo Yo test. 19. Achantha Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran won bronze in men’s double in Belgium open. 20. India bagged 146 medals in Asia Masters Athletics Championship with 37 golds.  Venue – China  Winner – China 21. Diya chitale won Silver in girls double category in the ITTF world cadet challenge held in Suva. 22. Swiss player Roger Federer won men’s single title in Swiss Indoor Men’s tennis 2017. 23. England clinched FIFA U-17 World Cup by beating Spain.  Venue – India 24. Shaikhom mirabhai Chanu bagged gold medal at world weighlifting championship held at Anaheim, USA

15 | P a g e

Index and Reports

Index/Report Released by India’s Topped rank by World talent report IMD 51 Switzerland Passport Index Arton Capital 75th Singapore Safe cities Index The Economist Delhi & Tokyo Intelligence Unit Mumbai – 43rd and 45th Climate Change German watch 14th Performance Index (CCPI) Doing business report World bank 100th New Headquarter – Zealand Head – CEO – Kristalina Georgieva Global retail - 1st India development index Global Financial Yen Partners and the London Centres Index China Development Institute (CDI) Gender Vulnerability Child rights organisation --- Goa Index ‘Plan India’ Global TB report World Health 1st India Organisation Quality of Nationality Henley & Partners – 101 Germany Index (QNI) Report Kochenov Global Climate risk German watch 6th Index

16 | P a g e

Global Hunger Index International Food Policy 100th Belarus Research Institution Global World Economic Forum 40th Switzerland Competitiveness Index (GCI) Commitment to Oxfam International 132nd Sweden Reducing Inequality Index Global Human Capital World Economic Forum 103rd Norway Report Global Cybersecurity International 23rd Singapore Index (GCI) Telecommunication Union (ITU) International Grant Thornton 7th Quarterly Business Report (IBR) Global Retirement Natixis Global 43rd Norway Index (GRI) Melbourne Mercer Australian Centre for 28th Demark Global Pension Index Financial Studies Global Gender gap World Economic Forum 108th Iceland Index 2017 State Investment National Council of - Gujarat Potential Index (N- Applied Economic SIPI 2017) report Research Sustainable Sustainable Development 116th Sweden Development Goal Solutions Network (SDG) Index 2017 (SDSN) Women Entrepreneur Dell Bengluru New York (WE) Cities (40th) (USA) Index 2017

17 | P a g e

Awards

1. Jnanpith Award 2017 – Krishna Sobti (Hindi Literature) 2. Blue planet Prize – Hans Joachim Schellnhuber 3. Dun & Bradstreet – Everest Infra Awards 2017 – Tata Solar Power 4. Man Booker Prize 2017 – Gorge Saunders (US) 5. 30th Indira Gandhi Ward 2017 – Singer T M Krishna 6. Padma Prabha Puruskar – Prabha Verma 7. Ezhuthachan Puraskaram award 2017 – K Satchidanandan (For contribution in Malayalam literature) 8. das Bhave Award – Mohan Joshi 9. CII industrial Innovation Award 2017 – L&T technology service 10. Green Platinum Award – Govardhan Village of ISKCON in Palghar district, Maharashtra 11. Kalakar Puraskar – Konkani Folk artist Gopal Gowda 12. Tata Literature live Lifetime achievement award 2017 – 13. Certification of commendation to combat illegal wildlife trade – India’s wildlife Crime Control Bureau 14. UN Equator Prize - NGO Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP), pune 15. ANR National Award - S S Rajamouli (Director of Baahubali) 16. In 13th IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence 17. Great immigrants annual award - Shantanu Narayen and Vivek Murthy 18. Awards 2016-17, Karnataka bank bagged best bank in small banks category 19. World Food Prize 2017 – Ar. Akinwumi Ayudeji 20. Pramod Mahajan Smriti award – Anupam Kher 21. Little miss world 2017 – Indian girl Poorvi G B 22. Annual Nansen Refugee Award - Zannah Mustapha 23. UN Equator Prize - NGO Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP), pune 24. ANR National Award - S S Rajamouli (Director of Baahubali)

18 | P a g e

25. In 13th IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence Awards 2016-17, Karnataka bank bagged best bank in small banks category. 26. Bhupen Hazarika national Award - Assamese writer Yeshe Dorjee Thongshi 27. Right Livelihood award - Colin Gonsalves, Khadija Ismayilova, Yetnebersh Nigussie and Robert Bilott 28. Nisha Dutt has been choosen for the Social Entrepreneur of the year award and she became the first Indian women to won this award. 29. Odiya Poet Haraprasad Das has been honoured with kalinga literary award 2017. 30. 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 31. Nobel Prize –  Economics - Richard Thaler (US) for contribution in the field of behavioural economic  Physics - Rainer Weiss, Barry C Barish and Kip S. Thorne for LIGO detector and gravitational waves observation  Chemistry - Jacques Dubochet, Richard Henderson and Joachim Frank for Crypto electron microscopic study  Medicine - Jeffery C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for diclovery of molecular mechanism to control circadian rhythm  Literature - Kazuo Ishiguro  Peace - International campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons 32. (DEPDC/GMS) in and Mini Academy of Science and Technology (MaCTec ). 33. Sangita Kalanidhi award 2017 - Musician and Chitraveena Maestro N. Ravikiran 34. Grand Prix Award has been honoured to CM of Sikkim Pawan Chamling for the innovative work in organic farming. 35. UNESCO Asia Pacific award for cultural heritage conservation programme – Sri Ranganathaswamy temple, Tamil Nadu

19 | P a g e

36. American Bazar Philanthropy Award 2017 – Indian American Attorney Ajay Raju 37. Manushi Chillar became the 54th Miss Indian world 2017 winner. 38. Global diversity award – Salman Khan 39. Annual Nansen Refugee Award - Zannah Mustapha 40. National Lata Mangeskar Award – Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan 41. Hridayanath Mangeskar Award – Javed Akhtar Committees

Committee Headed by Sub committee of financial stability and development RBI governor council Urjit Patel Committee to examine the subcategorization of other G Rohini Backward class Committee on proposal of haj pilgrim’s subsidy and Afzal Amanullah allowing women travel alone in group of 4 without any male Reviewing the Section 66 of IT act 2015 T K Viswanathan Committee to study and examine the problems of the Rina Mitra people living on border area of Jammu & Kashmir

Committee study the healthcare infrastructure on the ports Ved Prakash and how to upgrade them under PPP mode to provide better health services Committee setup to investigate the accident in NTPC P.D. Siwal Unchahar Thermal Plant. Committee to examine relations between India and China Shashi Tharoor on the issues of rohingyas and Doklam conflict. RBI constituted a committee to look after linking home Tarun ramadorai loan rates with RBI’s repo rate

20 | P a g e

Committee on the salary structure of judges of lower courts Former SC judge PV Reddy FRBM review committee NK Singh 40-member committee To select the movies for international film festival at Goa a Study the feasibility of merging Maharashtra state Yashwant Thorat cooperative bank and financially weak districts (DCCB) Committee to review the water resources in North Eastern Rajiv Kumar Region Committee to look after the protection of personal data of Justice B N citizens and recommends methods to identify and study the Srikrishna issues Committee on constitution of Group of Ministers for GST Himanta Biswa composition scheme Sharma 21 member committee for the Recommendations on Uday Kotak Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Recommendation on army reforms included redeployment Shekatkar and restructuring posts of officers, soldiers and civilians in committee Army. For selection of editor in chief of Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) A Surya Prakash

Personalities

1. Suresh Chukkapalli – honorary consul general in Hyderabad. 2. Anand Rajeswar Baiwar – executive director of Securities and Exchange board of India (SEBI). 3. Neelamani N. Raju –First female Police chief of Karnataka. 4. Nasir Kamal – Additional Director General of BSF 5. Debjani Ghosh - first Female President of National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM).

21 | P a g e

6. Shamsher Khan – Swimmer passed away 7. N Poonguzhali – First female senior deputy director general, Tamil Nadu Department of telecommunication 8. Vettor Purushan – Malyalam Actor passed away 9. Chakravarthi AVPS - Global ambassador of World Packaging Organisation (WPO). 10. Vikas Seth – CEO of Bharti AXA life insurance 11. Bipin Puri –Director general Armed Forces Medical Services 12. Saraswati tripathy – Freedom fighter passed away recently 13. Akshay Ruparelia – Youngest Millionair of UK 14. Sreerupa Mukherjee – Crickter passed away 15. Madhu Azad – first female Mayor of Gurgaon 16. Shubhangi Swaroop – First Female Pilot in Indian Navy 17. D K Saraf – Chairperson of Petrol and natural gas regulatory board 18. Anshu Prakash – Chief secretary of New Delhi 19. Shamika Ravi – Part time member of Economic advisory council 20. Sail S parekh – CEO and MD of Infosys 21. Jagmit singh – First non-white head of political party in Canada 22. Adarsh Shein – Former chief justice of India passed away recently 23. Quarraisha Abdool Karim – UNAIDS Special ambassadors for Adolescents and HIV 24. Narendra Batra – President of Indian Olympic association 25. Sandeep Bhushan – Facebook India MD 26. Ashwin Kumar – chief secretary of Puducherry 27. Rajesh Vaishnav – India’s high commissioner to Malta 28. Dia Mirza – United Nations Environment’s goodwill ambassador for India. 29. Chief Election commissioner – Mr. Achal Kumar Jyoti 30. Jitesh singh deo – Peter England Mr. India Books & Authors

22 | P a g e

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

Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl Ram Kamal Mukherjee No room for small dreams Shimon peres 30 seconds thriller K V Sridhar Where India Goes Dian Coffey and Dean Spears Moments of truth: My life with acting Rohan Taneja The Emergency: Indian democracy’s A Surya Prakash darkest hours

Indira: India’s most powerful Prime Sagarika Ghoshe Minister Durand curse: A line across the pathan Rajiv Dogra heart

23 | P a g e

The Golden House Salman Rushdie The purveyors of destiny : A cultural Arup K Chatterjee biography of Indian railways Writing Pakistan: Conversation on Mustaq Bilal Identity, Nationhood and Fiction Gandhi against case Nishikant Kolge Hit Refresh Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella 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

The Bengals: A portrait of community Sudeep Chakravarti The Nationalist Minhaj Merchant E-book India 2017 yearbook Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) Rajiv Mehrishi

India’s most fearless : True Stories of Shiv Aroor modern Military heroes A coffee table book – A journey towards Released by Nirmala Sitharaman self-reliance How India Sees the World: Kautilya to Shyam Saran the 21st Century A to Z of Financial Management in Rajat Bhargava and Deenanath Pathak Autonomous Institutions Dream nation : Uniting a country with Saji Mathew and Jubie John Handwritten Dreams New wealth of Nations Surjit Bhalla

24 | P a g e

Faith, Unity, Discipline: The ISI of Hein G Kiessling Pakistan Unstoppable: My Life So Far Maria Sharapova

Journey of Women Law Reforms and Pawan Sharma The Law Commission of India – Some Insights A Republic in making: India in the Gyanesh Kudaisya 1950’s Doughnut Economics – Seven ways to Kate Raworth 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: an Ashwani Kumar Indian narrative Indira Gandhi: a life in Nature Jairam naresh The Exile: The flight of Osama Bin Andrian Levy Laden From Chanakya to Modi: the evolution Aparna Pande of India’s foreign policy Immortal India Amish Tripathi

STATIC GK

State Capital Chief Governor National Park & Minister Wildlife Sanctuary Andhra Amaravati N. Chandra E.S.L. National Park – Pradesh Babu Naidu Narasimhan o Sri Venkateshwar National park

25 | P a g e

o Papikonda National Park

Wildlife Sanctuary – o Pulicat lake Bird sanctuary o Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary o Kolleru Lake Wildlife Sanctuary o Corina Wildlife Sanctuary

Andaman Port Blair National Park – and Nicobar o Mahatma Gandhi National park o Campbell bay National park o Middle button island National park o Saddle peak National park o Campbell Bay National Park

Wildlife Sanctuary o Barren Island Wildlife Sanctuary o Paget Island Wildlife Sanctuary o Ranger Island Wildlife Sanctuary o Tilchang Island Wildlife Sanctuary o Sir Huge Rose Island WLS Arunachal Itanagar Pema Brigadier BD National Park – Pradesh Khandu Mishra o Namdapha National park o Mouling National park

Wildlife Sanctuary –

26 | P a g e

o Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary o Sesa Orchid Wildlife Sanctuary o Pakhui Tiger Reserve

Assam Dispur Sarabananda Jagdish National Park – Sonowal Mukhi o Orang NP o Manas National park o Dibru Saikhowa National park o Kaziranga National park

Wildlife Sanctuary –

o Dipor Bill Wildlife Sanctuary o Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary o Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary o Laokhowa Wildlife Sanctuary o Pabha Wildlife Sanctuary

Bihar Nitish Satyapal National Park – Kumar Maik o Valmiki National Park Wildlife Sanctuary- o Salim Ali Wildlife Sanctuary o VikramShila Wildlife Sanctuary o Gautam Buddha Wildlife Sanctuary o Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctary

27 | P a g e

Goa Panaji Manohar National Park – Parrikar o Mollem National park

Chattisgarh Raipur Raman Balram National Park – Singh Das o Guru Ghasidas Tandon National park o Indiravati National park o Kanger ghati National park o Gormada reserve Wildlife Sanctuary – o Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary o Bhairamgarh Wildlife Sanctuary o Semarsot Wildlife Sanctuary o Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary Delhi New Delhi Arvind Anil Wildlife Sanctuary – Kejriwal Baijal o Indira Priyadarshini Wildlife Sanctuary Gujarat Gandhinag Vijay Rupani Om National Park – ar Prakash o Marine National Kohli park o Black buck National park o Gir forest National park

Himachal Shimla Virbhadra Acharya National Park – Pradesh Sigh Dev o Great Himalayan Vrat National park o Khirganga National park o Pin valley National park o

28 | P a g e

Jammu And Jammu Mehbuba Narendra National Park – Kashmir (Winter) Mufti Sayyed Nath o Dachigam and Vohra National park Srinagar o Kishtwar National (Summmer park ) o Salim Ali National park

Jharkhand Ranchi Raghubar Draupadi National Park – Das Murmu o Betla National park o Kerala Thiruvana Pinnarayi P. National Park – nthapuram Vijayan Sathasivam o Periyar NP o Anamudi shola National park o Eravikulam National park o Periyar National park o Mukurthi National park

Karnataka Bangaluru Siddharamai Vajubhai National Park – ah Rudabhai o Bandipur NP Vala o Anshi NP o Bannerghatta NP o Kudremukh NP o Nagarhole NP o Mudumalai NP o Madhya Bhopal Shivraj singh Om National Park – Pradesh chouhan Prakash o Bandhavgarh Kohli National park o Madhav National park o Kanha tiger reserve o Panna National park’ o Sanjay National park 29 | P a g e

o Fossil National park o Van Vihar National park

Maharashtra Mumbai Devendra C. National Park – Fadnavis vidyasagar o Chandoli NP Rao Manipur Imphal N. Biren Nazma National Park – Singh Heptullah o Keibul Lamjao National park

Meghalaya Shillong Mukul Ganga National Park – Sangma Prasad o Balphakram National park o Nokrek National park

Mizoram Aizwal Lal Nirbhay National Park – Thanhawla Sharma Nagaland Kohima T.R.Zeliang Padmanabha National Park – Acharya Rajasthan Udaipur Vasundhara Kalyan National Park – Raje Singh o Keoladeo National park o Desert National park o Ranthambore National park o Odisa Bhubanesh Naveen S. C. Jamir National Park – war Pattnaik o Bhitarkanika NP o Simlipal National park

Punjab Chandigar Amarinder V P Singh Wildlife Sanctuary – h Singh Badnore o Abohar Wildlife Sanctuary o Harike Wildlife Sanctuary o Jhajjar Bacholi

30 | P a g e

o Bir Moti Bagh Wildlife Sanctuary o Bir Bhadson Wildlife Sanctuary

Sikkim Gangtok Pawan Shriniwas National Park – Kumar Dadasaheb o Khangchendzonga Chamling Patil National park

Tamil Nadu Chennai Edappadi k. Banwari lal National Park – Palaniswami Purohit o Gulf of Mannar Marine National park

Telangana Hyderabad K E. S. L. National Park – Chandrasekh Narasimhan o Kasu ar Rao Brahmananda reddy National park o Mahavir harina vanasthali National park

Tripura Agartala Manik Tathagat National Park – Sarkar Roy o Bison National park o Clouded leopard National park

Uttar Lucknow Yogi Ram Naik National Park – Pradesh Adityanath o Dudhwa National park o Valmiki National park

Uttarakhand Dehradun Trivendra Krishna National Park – singh Rawat kAnt Paul o Jim corbett National park o Alley of flowers National park

31 | P a g e

o Rajaji National park o Nanda devi National park o Gangotri National park

West Bengal Kolkata Mamta Keshari National Park – Banerjee Nath o Gorumara NP Tripathi o Buxa Tiger reserve o Neora Valley National park

Important Dates

Date Day Theme 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. 15th September International day of democracy and conflict prevention democracy 16th September Ozone day -

32 | P a g e

21st September International day of “Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Peace Dignity for All.”

21 September World Alzheimer 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 - OCTOBER 2nd October International day of - non-violence 2nd October UN World habitat day Housing Policies: Affordable Homes 1st October UN International Day Stepping into the Future: Tapping the of Older Persons Talents, Contributions and Participation of Older Persons in Society 1st October World Vegetarian Day 2-8th October World wildlife week To promote the preservation of Fauna 4th October World animal welfare Living in Harmony with our Wildlife to day ensure their Continued Survival 5th October World Teachers day Teaching in Freedom, Empowering Teachers 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 after the girl child conflict 13th October International day for Home safe home: Reducing exposure, disaster reduction reducing displacement. 14th October World Standards day Standards make cities smart

33 | P a g e

15th October UN World Students Day 15th October International day for Challenges and opportunities in climate rural women resilient agriculture for gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls 16th October World Food day Change the future of migration. Invest in food security and rural development 17th October International day for Answering the Call of October 17 to end the eradication of poverty: A path toward peaceful and poverty inclusive societies 20 October UN world Statistics day Better data, Better Lives 21st October Police Commemoration day 24th October World polio day One day: one focus: ending polio 24th October United nations day - 27th October World day for Discover, remember and share audiovisual Heritage 31st October National Unity Day - (Rashtriya Ekta Diwas) NOVEMBER 10th November World Science Day for Science for Global Understanding Peace and Development 11th November National education day - 14th November Children’s day - 14th November Diabetes day Women and diabetes – Our right to a healthy future 15th November Jharkhand Statehood Day

34 | P a g e

10th November World science day for - peace and development 19th November National integration - day 19th November World Toilet Day Wastewater 20th November Universal children’s #KidsTakeOver day 21st November World fisheries day - 25th November International day for Leave no one behind: end violence Elimination of violence against women and girls against women 26th November National law day - 26th November Constitution day - DECEMBER 1st December World AIDS Day My health My right 2nd December International day for - the abolition of slavery 4th December Indian Navy Day - 7th December Indian Armed Force - Flag Day 7th December International Civil - aviation Day 9th December International Day - against corruption 10th December Human Rights Day - 14th December National Energy - conservation day 18th December International - Migration day 23rd December Farmers Day -

35 | P a g e

29th December International - Biodiversity day JANUARY 4th January International World - Braille day 9th January NRI day - 10th January World Laughter day - 12th January National Youth Day - 15th January Army day - 24th January National Girl Child Day - 25th January Tourism Day - 25th January National Voters day -

Festivals of India

 Hornbill festival – Nagaland  Tendu Leaf bonus festival – Chhattisgarh  Konark dance festival – Odisha  Kathakar international story tellers festival – New Delhi  Cherry Blossom festival – Meghalaya  Dang Darbar festival – Gujarat  Pinjore Heritage festival – Himachal Pradesh  Deccan Festival – Andhra Pradesh  Tulip festival – Jammu & Kashmir  Lokrang Festival – Madhya Pradesh  Banganga festival – Maharashtra  Serendipity arts festival – Goa  Joydev Kenduli Mela – West Bengal  Kampil fair – Uttar Pradesh  Goncha festival – Chattisgarh 36 | P a g e

 Kanthuri festival – Tamil Nadu  Guruvayur festival – Kerala International Organisation and their Headquarters

 United Nation – New York  International atomic energy agency (IAEA) – Vienna, Austria  Economic Commission for Africa – Adis Ababa, Ethiopia  Economic and social commission for Western Asia – Amman, Jordan  Economic Commission for Europe – Geneva, Switzerland  Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) – Bangkok, Thailand  United Nations Centre for Human and Settlements (UNCHS) – New York, USA  United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) - New York, USA  United Nations Industrial Development Organisations – Vienna, Austria  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) - France  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UCTAD) - Geneva, Switzerland  United Nations Development fund foe Women (UNFEM) - New York, USA  United Nations Development Programme - New York, USA  United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) –  United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) - Geneva, Switzerland  United Nations Institute for training and research (UNITAR) - Geneva, Switzerland  United Nations Poplation Fund (UNFPA) - New York, USA

37 | P a g e

 World Food Programme – Rome, Italy  Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) - Rome, Italy  International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) – Montreal, Canada  International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) – Rome, Italy  International Labour Organization (ILO) - Geneva, Switzerland  International Maritime Organization (IMO) – London UK  International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Washington DC  International Telecommunication Union (ITU) - Geneva, Switzerland  Universal Postal Union – Bern, Switzerland  World Health Organisation (WHO) - Geneva, Switzerland  World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) - Geneva, Switzerland  World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) - Geneva, Switzerland  World trade organisation (WTO) - Geneva, Switzerland  International bank for reconstruction and Development (IBRD) – Washington DC  International Development Association - Washington DC  International Finance Corporation (IFC) - Washington DC  Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) - Washington DC  International Centre for Settlement of Investment disputes (ICSID) - Washington DC  Actionaid – UK  Amnesty International – London UK  CARE International – Geneva, Switzerland  Human Rights Watch – New York  International committee on red cross - Geneva, Switzerland  Oxfam International – UK  The commonwealth of Independent states (ICIS) – , Belarus  Non-Aligned movement – Jakarta, Indonesia  South Asian Association for Regional cooperation – Kathmandu, Nepal  Asian Development bank (ADB) – Mandaluyong, Philippines

38 | P a g e

 Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) – Jakarta, Indonesia  Colombo Plan – Colombo, Sri Lanka  European Economic community – Brussels, Belgium  International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) – Lyons, France  Arab League – Cairo  North Atlantic treaty organisation (NATO) – Brussels, Belgium  Organisations of Arab Petroleum Exporting countries (OAPEC) – Kuwait  Organisation for Economic co operation and development (OECD) – Paris, France  Organisation of Islamic countries (OIC) – Mecca, Saudi Arabia  Organisation of Petroleum exporting countries (OPEC) – Vienna, Austria IMPORTANT DANCE FORMS OF STATES

 Mohiniyattam – Kerala  Bharatnatyam – Tamil Nadu  Fugdi – Goa  Yakshgana – Karnataka  Dumhal - Jammu & Kashmir  Gaur Maria – Chhattisgarh  Kinauri Nati – Himachal Pradesh  Kalbelia – Rajasthan  Thang ta – Manipur  Phulpati, Maach – Madhya Pradesh  Giddha – Punjab  Munda – Jharkhand  Garba – Gujarat  Goti Pua, Chhau – Odisha  Jhumar, Phag– Haryana  Lavni – Maharashtra

39 | P a g e

40 | P a g e