Japan will provide 371 billion Yen or Rs 21,590 crores as official development assistance(ODA) to India for various infrastructure projects, including the dedicated freight corridor. 1. El Salvador first nation to impose ban on metal mining A finance ministry statement issued in New Delhi said the El Salvador has made total commitment of Japan International Cooperation history after becoming the Agency ODA during two financial years 2015-16 and first country in the world to 2016-17 is 761.40 billion yen, which is 43.50 per cent of ban metal mining. the total target for five years. • Lawmakers in the Points to Remember water-parched • Japan is a sovereign island nation in Eastern Asia. country passed the ban in a unanimous vote, declaring • Tokyo is the Capital of Japan while Yen is the El Salvador a mining-free territory. Currency. • The decision followed a long and bitter struggle to • Shinzo Abe is the present Prime Minister of Japan. protect the Central American country’s diminishing water sources from polluting mining projects. Moreno wins Ecuador presidential race Points to Remember Ruling party candidate Lenin Moreno was declared the winner • El Salvador is in a state of water crisis, hence it has of Ecuador’s Presidential runoff. banned metal mining because it causes water But his rival, conservative banker Guillermo Lasso, has pollution. yet to concede defeat and demanded a recount after three • El Salvador is the smallest and the most densely exit polls showed him winning. populated country in Central America. The National Electoral Council said Mr. Moreno beat Mr. • San Salvador is the capital of El Salvador while Dollar Lasso 51 per cent to 49 per cent. is its currency. Points to Remember • Salvador Sanchez Ceren is the President of El • Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in Salvador. northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Myanmar joins ADB’s South Asia economic body Pacific Ocean to the west. Myanmar has formally become a full member of South Asia • Dollar is the currency of Ecuador. Sub-regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) programme of Asian Development Bank (ADB) being the seventh country to World Autism Awareness Day 2017: 2 April join the group. The ninth annual World Autism Awareness Day was observed The SASEC programme of ADB was formed in 2001 in on April 2, 2017. response to the request of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Every year, autism organizations around the world Nepal to assist in facilitating economic cooperation among celebrate the day with unique fundraising and awareness- them. raising events. Sri Lanka and Maldives joined the sub-regional group in Theme for the year 2017 is "Toward Autonomy and Self- 2014. Determination". Points to Remember • SASEC programme was formed in 2001 by ADB. It Bangladesh is organising World parliamentarians has seven members now. conference • Asian Development Bank was founded in 1966. Its A mega conference of world headquarters is in Manila, Philippines. parliamentarians is being held in • Takehiko Nakao is the President of Asian Dhaka to focus on ways and means Development Bank. to end political and economic inequality for upholding democracy Japan commits 371 billion Yen assistance for and human rights. infrastructure projects in India Some 687 members of 131 national parliaments of as many countries are expected to join the five-day

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conference organised jointly by the Inter-Parliamentary India had imposed safeguard duty in September 2015 to Union (IPU) and Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad. protect domestic steel manufacturers. Some 1,348 delegates will participate in the conference. Japan, which is the second largest steel producer, had argued that duties imposed by India are against the WTO Malaysia to set up technology park in Andhra Pradesh norms. A Malaysian company has agreed to help set up a technology Points to Remember park in Andhra Pradesh that’s expected to attract private China is the largest steel producer in the world. Japan sector investment of $100 million in the first phase. ranks second while India is on third place. The Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board and The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an MIGHT Technology have signed a memorandum of intergovernmental organization which regulates understanding to collaborate on building the park, which international trade. will cover 250 acres and focus on new technologies. The WTO officially commenced on 1 January 1995 under The MoU was exchanged in New Delhi in the presence of the Marrakesh Agreement, signed by 123 nations on 15 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Malaysia’s Prime April 1994, replacing the General Agreement on Tariffs Minister Najib Razak. and Trade (GATT), which commenced in 1948. WTO is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. International Mine Awareness Day: 4 April Roberto Azevedo is the Director General of WTO, which International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine has 164 members. Action is observed on 4 April every year. On 8 December 2005, the General Assembly declared World Health Day - 7 April 2017 that 4 April of each year shall be observed as the The World Health Day is a global health awareness day International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in celebrated every year on 7 April, under the sponsorship of the Mine Action. World Health Organization (WHO). Theme for the year 2017 is Needs driven. People In 1948, the WHO held the First World Health Assembly. Centred. The Assembly decided to celebrate 7 April of each year, with effect from 1950, as the World Health Day. Iceland to make equal payment law for men and women The Theme for the year 2017 is ‘Depression: Let’s talk.’ Iceland's parliament has presented a bill that would require public and private businesses to prove they offer equal pay to Japan Officially Recognises Bitcoin as Currency Starting employees, in what would be the first such requirement in the April 2017 world. Bitcoin has finally Iceland ranks first on the World Economic Forum's 2015 gained the recognition of Global Gender Gap Index, followed by fellow Nordic a mainstream currency nations Norway, Finland and Sweden. along the lines of other The new law aims to close a seven percent wage gap fiat currencies. between men and women in the island nation. The privilege Points to Remember follows the implementation of a new law in Japan which Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic categorizes Bitcoin as a legal payment option within the Ocean. country. Reykjavik is the capital of Iceland while Krona is the The much-awaited law went into effect on April 1, 2017. Currency. Points to Remember Guoni Johannesson is the President of Iceland while Bitcoin is both a cryptocurrency and an electronic Bjarni Benediktsson is the Prime Minister. payment system invented by an unidentified programmer, or group of programmers, under the name of Satoshi WTO sets up panel to decide on import duty on steel Nakamoto. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has decided to set up Bitcoin was introduced on 31 October 2008 to a a panel to resolve dispute between India and Japan on cryptography mailing list, and released as open-source safeguard duty imposed by India on certain categories of software in 2009. steel.

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India jumps 12 spots in WEF’s global travel & tourism visiting Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull even as the ranking much-awaited free trade agreement remained elusive. India has jumped 12 places to 40th rank globally in travel and The two countries signed six agreements, including one tourism competitiveness list by World Economic Forum for expanding counterterrorism cooperation, but could not (WEF). conclude negotiations for Comprehensive Economic India is one of the countries that improved the most as it Cooperation Agreement (CECA) which they have been gained 12 places in Asia, but lagged behind its other Asian negotiating. peers like Japan and China which were ranked way ahead Points to Remember at 4th and 13th place, respectively. Australia is a country comprising the mainland of the Spain is ranked at the top in the list. Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous India has seen continued growth in international arrivals smaller islands. It is the world's sixth-largest country by over the past 15 years, reaching the 8 million mark in 2015, total area. WEF said. Malcolm Turnbull is the Prime Minister of Australia. Points to Remember Its capital is Canberra while Dollar is the currency. The World Economic Forum (WEF) is a Swiss nonprofit foundation, based in Cologny, Geneva. 12th Indo-Mongolian Joint Military Exercise Nomadic Klaus Schwab is the executive chairman of the World Elephant held in Vairengte Economic Forum. It was established in 1971. 12th “iteration of Indo-Mongolian Joint Military Exercise The motto of WEF is ‘Committed to improving the state Nomadic Elephant is presently under way at Vairengte from 05 of the world’. April 2017 till 18 April 2017.” Vairengte in Mizoram houses the elite Counter-Insurgency India ranks 9th in bribery and corrupt practices in and Jungle Warfare School of the Indian Army. businesses India ranks ninth among 41 G-7 foreign ministers meeting held in Lucca, Italy countries in bribery and The G7 Ministers of Foreign Affairs held their annual meet on corrupt practices in 10-11 April in Lucca. businesses, as per the EY A traditional meeting held once a year between the seven Europe, Middle East, India and most industrialised countries of the world with the Africa (EMEIA) Fraud Survey 2017. participation of the European Union, the G7 Foreign The ranking has improved marginally from the survey Ministers Meeting usually deals with the most urging findings in 2015 when India was at the sixth position. problems in the international agenda. This year in Lucca, under the Italian Presidency, Ministers Sisi declares three-month state of emergency in Egypt will focus on the common fight against terrorism, the President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared a three-month state situation in Libya and Ukraine, the latest worrying of emergency in Egypt following twin church bombings that developments in North Korea. killed dozens of people in two cities. Points to Remember The Islamic State group had claimed responsibility for the The Group of 7 (G7) is a group consisting of Canada, church bombings in the Nile Delta cities of Alexandria and France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Tanta in which at least 44 people were killed. the United States. The European Union is also represented The emergency law expands police powers of arrest, within the G7. surveillance and seizures and can limit freedom of The 42nd G7 summit was held in Japan in May 2016. 43rd movement. G7 summit will be held in Taormina, Italy in 2017. Egypt had been ruled for decades under a state of emergency, which was cancelled a month before Islamist G20 Digital Ministerial Meeting held in Germany president Mohamed Morsi took power in 2012. The G20 Digital Ministerial Meeting was held in Dusseldorf, Germany. India, Australia sign various pacts G20 cooperation on the Digital Economy has become a India and Australia sought to provide a boost to trade and special priority, subsequent to the adoption of Digital security ties in a meeting between PM Narendra Modi and his

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Economy Development and Cooperation Initiative in the On semi-high-speed, the parties had decided in 2015 to 2016 Hangzhou Summit, under the Chinese Presidency. carry out a technical and execution study for upgrading the The German Presidency has carried this forward, and, speed of passengers trains on the current rail corridor realizing the potential of digital technologies and its wide between Delhi and Chandigarh (244 km) up to 200 kmph. impact on the overall economy, has elevated the Digital Nepal, China to hold first ever military exercise Economy Task Force to the Ministerial level. Nepal and China will hold the first-ever joint military exercise Points to Remember from April 17 with a special focus on combating terror and The G20 (or G-20 or Group of Twenty) is an international disaster management, the Nepal Army announced. forum for the governments and central bank governors The 10-day-long military drill that will last till April 26 is from 20 major economies. being organised by the two countries as part of their It was founded in 1999 with the aim of studying, preparedness against terrorism that has posed as a serious reviewing, and promoting high-level discussion of policy security threat globally, it said. issues pertaining to the promotion of international The military exercise named ‘Sagarmatha Friendship- financial stability. 2017’ will also focus on common interests like disaster management. China, Iran, Saudi Arabia executed most people in 2016 Sagarmatha is the Nepali name of Mount Everest, the The number of executions world’s highest peak, that is bordering between Nepal and worldwide dropped by 37 percent China. in 2016 compared with the year before, mainly because Iran BRICS envoys on Middle East meet in India hanged fewer people, Amnesty Special Envoys of International said in its 2016 five BRICS member global review of the death states who penalty. specialises on West China executed more people than all other countries in Asian Affairs held a the world put together, Amnesty said. quiet meeting in Excluding China, states around the world executed 1,032 Vishakhapatnam. people in 2016, according to Amnesty's records. This was first meeting of the BRICS special envoys on Middle Iran executed at least 567 people alone. Saudi Arabia East held in India and gained significance following growing carried out at least 154 executions in 2016. instablity in West Asia and North Africa. Points to Remember The five envoys also expressed resolve for renewed and Amnesty International is a non-governmental organization committed efforts to find a political and diplomatic solution in focused on human rights. Syria. Amnesty International was founded in London in 1961. Points to Remember Salil Shetty is the Secretary General of Amnesty • BRICS is the acronym for an association of five major International. emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. France, India ink pact to upgrade Railways • Originally the first four were grouped as "BRIC" (or The French Minister of "the BRICs"), before the induction of South Africa in State for Transport, 2010. Marine Affairs and Fisheries Alain Vidalies Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Wins Time's Reader signed an agreement with Poll Railway Minister Suresh Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has won the Time Prabhu for collaboration in areas such as high-speed and magazine's Reader Poll of the 100 most influential people in semi-high speed rail, modernisation of current operations and the world. infrastructure, station renovation and operations, suburban • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, however, trains and safety systems, operations and security. didn't garner any 'yes' votes in the online survey.

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• Mr Duterte was closely followed by Canadian Prime The 2017 BRICS Film Festival will be held in Chengdu, Minister Justin Trudeau, Pope Francis, Microsoft co- southwest China’s Sichuan Province from June 23 to 27. founder Bill Gates and Facebook CEO Mark There will be 30 films from BRICS countries screened Zuckerberg. during the festival. • Vermont Senator and Democratic presidential The first BRICS Film Festival was held in New Delhi, candidate Bernie Sanders had won the Reader Poll India, last September. last year while Russian President Vladimir Putin had This year’s festival would be held ahead of the BRICS won in 2015. summit to be held in September this year in China’s Xiamen city. 18 April: World Heritage Day Every year on 18 April, International Council on Monuments Sri Lanka to host UN Vesak Day in 2017 and Sites (ICOMOS) celebrates the International Day for Prime Minister Narendra Modi will Monuments and Sites or World Heritage day, whose inaugurate UN Vesak Day in establishment was approved by the 22nd UNESCO General Colombo on May 12, Sri Lanka’s Conference in 1983. Minister for Justice and Buddhasasana • In 2017, the theme is “Cultural Heritage & Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe said. Sustainable Tourism”, chosen in relation to the United Vesak Day, also known as Nations International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Buddha Poornima, is a Development and in the context of the 2030 Agenda traditional holiday commemorated by Sri Lanka’s for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable majority Sinhala Buddhists. Development Goals. This year’s theme is ‘Buddhist teachings for social justice and sustainable world peace’. Australia abolishes visa programme popular with Indians Australia has abolished a visa India contributes $250,000 to UN election programme used by over 95,000 assistance programme temporary foreign workers, India has made a 250,000 dollar contribution to the UN majority of them Indians, to tackle programme for helping countries to hold elections and develop the growing unemployment in the their electoral systems. country. This is the second Indian contribution of $250,000 to the The programme known as 457 visa allows business to programmes for electoral assistance and capacity building. employ foreign workers for a period up to four years in The first was made in 2012. skilled jobs where there is a shortage of Australian Through the Election Assistance Division set up in 1991, workers. the UN has helped over 100 countries with their elections. The majority of the visa holders were from India followed by the UK and China. Earth Day: 22 April Earth Day 2017 will be observed on 22 April across the globe, India, Russia to upgrade military exercises uniting more than 50,000 partners in nearly 195 countries to India and Russia have agreed to upgrade their annual Indra diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement bilateral military exercise to a multilateral level involving the worldwide. three services. This will be a first for India in bilateral The first Earth Day was held in 1970. military exercises with any other country. The theme for 2017 is “Environmental & Climate “There will be no separate Army, Navy Air Force Indra Literacy”, and aims empower everyone with the exercises with Russia. It has been agreed to have them in knowledge of climate change in order to inspire action a tri-service format,” a senior defence ministry source towards environmental protection. said. This year’s edition of Indra exercises are scheduled to be World Book and Copyright Day: 23 April held around October or November in Russia. The World Book and Copyright Day is celebrated every 23rd of April, a symbolic date in remembrance of the deaths of two China to host BRICS Film Festival in June

5 WiFiStudy.com major authors: William Shakespeare and Miguel de The fruit would be allowed into Australia as long as they Cervantes. were treated with irradiation before leaving India. By celebrating this Day, UNESCO seeks to promote This meant that Australians would be able to enjoy the reading, publishing and the protection of copyright. fruit long after the local season ended.

Pakistan's Gwadar port leased to Chinese company for 40 English Language Day: 23 April years English Language Day at the UN is celebrated on 23 April, A state-run Chinese company will handle the operations of the date traditionally observed as both the birthday and date Pakistan's strategic Gwadar port for a period of 40 years. of death of William Shakespeare. Minister for Ports and Shipping Mir Hasil Khan Bizenjo The Day is the result of a 2010 initiative by the said the China Overseas Port Holding Company Department of Public Information, establishing language (COPHC) would carry out all the development work on days for each of the Organization's six official languages. the port on the Arabian Sea. English, along with French, is one of the two working languages of the United Nations Secretariat, and one of India is now world's fifth largest military spender the Organization's six official languages. India's military expenditure grew around 8.5 per cent in 2016, India becomes 2nd largest importer of LPG making it the world's fifth largest India toppled Japan as the spender at $55.9 billion. world’s second-largest According to figures by the importer of liquefied Stockholm International petroleum gas as Prime Peace Research Institute (Sipri), India spent $55.9 billion Minister Narendra Modi’s on its military in 2016. pledge to provide cooking gas US remains the world's largest military spender cylinders to the poor and wean them off polluting fuels, drove registering a growth of 1.7 per cent between 2015 and up consumption. 2016 to $611 billion. Imports of LPG, mostly used as cooking fuel, soared 23 China was second largest spender in 2016. percent during the financial year that ended March 31. The third largest military spender was Russia, while Japan’s imports slipped 3.2 percent during the same Saudi Arabia dropped to fourth position in 2016 from period. third in 2015. China remains the world’s top importer. India, France carry out joint naval exercise 1st ‘India Indonesia Energy Forum’ held in Jakarta The Indian Navy has began a joint maritime exercise with the India and Indonesia have agreed to explore cooperation in French Navy at the Mediterranean Sea to further deepen areas like oil, coal, electricity and energy efficiency, Power combat coordination between the two navies. Minister Piyush Goyal said. Guided missile destroyer INS Mumbai, stealth frigate INS Goyal and Indonesian Energy and Mineral Minister Trishul and fleet tanker INS Aditya are taking part in the Ignasius Jonan met during the first 'India Indonesia 'Varuna' exercise which will continue till April 30. Energy Forum' held in Jakarta. Points to Remember A Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry The 'Varuna' series of exercises began in 2000 and have of Petroleum and Natural Gas and the Ministry of Energy grown into an institutionalised form of interaction between and Mineral Resources (Indonesia) on cooperation in the the two navies. field of oil and gas was signed on the occasion. Bilateral exercises such as 'Garuda', 'Shakti' and 'Varuna' have been a regular feature between the two Australia to import Indian mangoes for first time nations. Indian mangoes will be imported to Australia for the first time after protocols were revised to allow the Asian-grown fruit into World Malaria Day: 25 April the local economy, a media report said. World Malaria Day is observed globally on 25 April every year.

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This year’s global theme for World Malaria Day is ‘End This Year’s theme is VACCINES WORKS. Malaria for Good.’ Immunization saves millions of lives and is widely World Malaria Day is an occasion to highlight the need for recognized as one of the world’s most successful and cost- continued investment and sustained political commitment effective health interventions. for malaria prevention and control. Today, there are still 19.4 million unvaccinated and under- vaccinated children in the world. World Intellectual Property Day: 26 April World Intellectual Property Day is observed internationally on Indian short film to be screened by Unesco in Indonesia every 26 April. Rahul V. Chittella's short film "Azaad", starring Atul Kulkarni The observance of WIPD is organised by World and Sakshi Tanwar, will be screened by Unesco as part of a Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). World Press Freedom Day event on May 3 in Jakarta, The aim is to learn about the role that intellectual property Indonesia. rights (patents, trademarks, industrial designs, copyright) It tells the story of the dysfunctional relationship between play in encouraging innovation and creativity. a father and his son. The theme of this year's World Intellectual Property Day The event, being held to celebrate the principle of freedom is 'Innovation- Improving lives'. of press, is taking place in Jakarta from May 1-4. Points to Remember India to host 18th World Road Meeting World Press Freedom Day is observed on 3 May every India is set to host the 18th World Road Meeting (WRM 2017) year. on November 13, the International Road Federation (IRF) said. This year’s theme is “Critical Minds for Critical Times: The WRM, the biggest global platform for road engineers, Media’s role in advancing peaceful, just and inclusive safety and transport experts and companies engaged in societies”. road safety products, will be attended by over 4,000 delegates from across the world. The theme of this year's edition is 'Safe Roads and Smart Mobility: The Engines of Economic Growth'. All India Institute of Ayurveda established at New Delhi Press freedom rankings: India slips 3 places to 136 All India Institute of Ayurveda India slipped three places in the 2017 world press freedom (AIIA), Sarita Vihar, New Delhi rankings to 136th among 180 countries, the dismal has been established as an performance blamed on “Modi’s nationalism” and growing Autonomous Body under the aegis “self-censorship” in the mainstream media. of Ministry of AYUSH at a cost of In the index, India was ranked just three places above Rs. 157 crore. Pakistan and was one place below violence-torn Palestine. AIIA is a 200 bedded referral India was ranked 133 last year. hospital and shall impart PG Norway, Sweden, Finland and Denmark took the first four & Ph.D degree courses in Ayurveda. positions in the rankings respectively. 1st Batch of P.G. course has been started in 2016. Institute China was 176th among 180 countries and was described has started OPD & IPD facility with major specialties in as the “world’s leading prison for citizen journalists”. Ayurveda. Presently AIIA is functional. North Korea was at the bottom of the index. Kanha tiger reserve becomes first in India to get official World Immunization Week: 24-30 April 2017 mascot World Immunization Kanha has become the first tiger reserve in India to officially Week, celebrated in the introduce a mascot — Bhoorsingh the Barasingha. last week of April, aims to The step aims to present the hard ground swamp deer as promote the use of the spirit of the reserve and spread awareness to save it vaccines to protect people from possible extinction. of all ages against disease. Barasingha, or swamp deer, is the state animal of Madhya Pradesh. The Kanha tiger reserve, spread over Mandla and

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Balaghat districts, is the only place in the world where the The government has launched two mobile apps, echallan and species exists. mParivahan, that provide access to various services and Points to Remember information, and enable citizens to report any traffic violation • Kanha tiger reserve is located in Madhya Pradesh. It or road accident. is also called Kanha National Park. e-Challan is an integrated enforcement solution to manage • Bhopal is the capital of Madhya Pradesh. traffic violations through an Android-based mobile app. • Shivraj Singh Chouhan is the Chief Minister of m-Parivahan is an empowering app for the citizen which Madhya Pradesh while Om Prakash Kohli is the provides access to various services, information and Governor. utilities related to the transport sector.

Govt lowers interest rate on small savings schemes by 0.1% IIT Madras, Indian Army sign MoU to strengthen critical The government has lowered the technological areas interest rates on small savings The Indian Institute of schemes like PPF, Kisan Vikas Technology, Madras Patra and Sukanya Samriddhi (IITM) and the Indian scheme by 0.1 per cent for the Army have signed a April-June quarter, a move that Memorandum of would prompt banks to cut their deposit rates. Understanding (MoU) to New Rates are: identify the critical • Public provident fund (PPF) scheme: 7.9 per cent technological areas that can be enhanced in the armed forces. • Five-year National Savings Certificate: 7.9 percent As per the MoU, the Army will sponsor four officers for • Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP): 7.6 per cent and mature in doctoral programmes besides a five-day Technology 112 months. Development Programme for 15 officers on a biannual basis. • Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme: 8.4 per cent

• Five-year senior citizens savings scheme: 8.4 per cent Union Textiles Minister launches PowerTex India

The Government has launched PowerTex India, a Coal India director R Mohan Das' services terminated comprehensive scheme for powerloom sector development, State-owned Coal India has announced the termination of the simultaneously at over 45 locations in the country. services of one of its directors R Mohan Das. Launching the scheme in Bhiwandi, Thane district, As a director (Personnel and Industrial Relations) with Maharashtra, the Union Textiles Minister, Smt. Smriti Coal India (CIL), Das was responsible for the formulation Zubin Irani said that Bhiwandi will be known for and implementation of personnel policies of the company. resurgence in Powerloom sector. His services were terminated as per the directions received Recalling that the powerloom sector alone employs over by the PSU from the Coal Ministry, it said. 44 lakh people, the Minister said that the scheme will

especially benefit small powerloom weavers. Life imprisonment for cow slaughter in Gujarat Points to Remember The Gujarat Assembly has passed a bill against cow slaughter • Smriti Zubin Irani is the Union Textiles Minister. in the state with life imprisonment from the present seven-year term. • Irani is a Member of Parliament, being nominated to The bill also stated 10 years of imprisonment for the Rajya Sabha from the state of Gujarat. transportation of cows. People in possession of beef will be slapped a fine of Rs.1-5 lakh along with a jail term of “Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana” launched in Andhra Pradesh 7-10 years. Union Information & Broadcasting Minister M Venkaiah Earlier, the maximum jail term for possession of cow meat Naidu launched the ‘Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana” in Vellore, was seven years and minimum of three years with a fine Andhra Pradesh on April 1, 2017. of Rs.50,000 “Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana” is a scheme for providing physical aids and assisted-living devices to senior citizens eChallan, mParivahan mobile apps to report belonging to BPL category. traffic violations

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The ambitious scheme, first of its kind in the country, is • Himachal Pradesh is a state of India located in expected to benefit 5,20,000 senior citizens over a period Northern India. of the 3 years. • The name was coined from Sanskrit ‘Him’ (snow) and ‘Achal’ (mountain) by Acharya Diwakar Datt Agriculture Min Radha Mohan Singh inaugurates ICFMD Sharma. in Odisha • Acharya Dev Vrat is the Governor of Himachal Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh has Pradesh while Virbhadra Singh is the Chief Minister. inaugurated International Centre for Foot and Mouth Disease • Shimla is the Capital city of Himachal. (ICFMD) at Argul which will work towards protecting • Recently Dharmashala was approved as the Second livestock from foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV). Capital of the state for the winters. “The FMDV and other influenza virus pose a serious challenge to the health of livestock. More than 50 crore PM dedicates Chenani-Nashri Tunnel to the Nation livestock across the country are prone to these disorders,” The Prime Minister, Shri Singh said. Narendra Modi dedicated Singh, who was accompanied by Union Petroleum India’s longest road tunnel, Minister Dharmendra Pradhan also laid the foundation the 9 kilometre long stone of KVKs (Krishi Vigyan Kendra) in Puri, Bolangir, Chenani-Nashri Tunnel in Mayurbhanj and Ganjam. Jammu and Kashmir, to the Points to Remember nation. • Radha Mohan Singh is Union Agriculture Minister. The Prime Minister travelled the entire length of the • He represents Purvi Champaran constituency in Bihar tunnel, and was briefed on some of its key features. state. Record Capacity Addition of Wind Power of 5400 MW in First bio-gas bus launched in Kolkata Last Fiscal A city based company has Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has set launched the first bio-gas another record in the wind power capacity addition by adding fuelled bus in Kolkata keeping over 5400 MW in 2016-17 against the target of 4000 MW. a flat fare of just Re 1. This year’s achievement surpassed the previous higher All buses will have a flat capacity addition of 3423 MW achieved in the previous fare of Re 1 irrespective of year. the distance, even in excess of 40 km. The leading States in the wind power capacity addition Presently, the lowest fare in a Kolkata bus is Rs 6. during 2016-17 are Andhra Pradesh 2190 MW, followed The first bus will run a distance of 17 km between by Gujarat 1275 MW and Karnataka 882 MW. Ultadanga and Garia in the southern fringes of the city and In addition Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Phoenix India will run the bio-gas service from its Maharashtra, Telangana and Kerala have reported 357 Corporate Social Responsibility fund. MW, 288 MW, 262 MW, 118 MW, 23 MW and 8 MW wind power capacity addition respectively during 2016- Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission to go 17. paperless Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (HPPSC) is all Connaught Place world’s 9th most costly office location set to launch e-Governance Project to start paperless Delhi’s Connaught Place is the world’s 9th most expensive functioning, making it the first PSC of the country to do so. office location with annual prime rent of USD 105.71 per sq ft, Himachal Pradesh Public Service Commission (HPPSC) says property consultant CBRE. Chairman K S Tomar informed the e-Governance Project Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) is at 19th would be launched within a week as the Commission has position while the central business district (CBD) of got nod for the same from Department of Electronics and Nariman Point is at 30th place in the CBRE’s Global Information Technology (DEIT) of Union Prime Office Rents report. Communications and IT Ministry. Points to Remember

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With annual prime rent of USD 264.27 per sq ft, Hong Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Kong (Central) is the world’s most expensive office Disabilities under Ministry of Social Justice and Market. Empowerment. Points to Remember Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar Releases ‘India Autism is a spectrum of complex neurological disorders Rankings 2017’ that affect individuals in the areas of social interaction and The Union Minister of Human Resource Development, Shri communication. Prakash Javadekar, released the India Rankings 2017 for the Several genes, in combination with environmental factors, Educational Institutions and dedicated it to the nation in New may contribute to Autism. Delhi. In India, 1 out of 89 children born are said to be living List of top 3 India Rankings 2017 is as follows: with Autism. Overall: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Jet Airways Launches UPI-based Online Ticket Booking Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Private carrier Jet Airways Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay fliers can now buy tickets Engineering online, using the industry's Indian Institute of Technology, Madras latest payment mechanism, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Unified Payments Interface Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (UPI). Management The move makes the city- 1.Indian Institute of Management, headquartered airline the only domestic carrier providing Ahmedabad its customers with this convenient payment solution. 2. Indian Institute of Management, Points to Remember Bangalore Launched by National Payments Corporation of India 3.Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (NPCI), UPI is one of the various measures by the RBI University towards a less-cash and a more digital society. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore The UPI allows money to be transferred instantaneously Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi between any two bank accounts instantly, using a Banaras Hindu University smartphone. Colleges Miranda House, Delhi, 19th commonwealth forestry conference begins in Loyola College, Chennai Uttarakhand Shri Ram College of Commerce, New Delhi The 19th Commonwealth Forestry Conference is being held Pharmacy at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India from 3rd to 7th Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi April, 2017. National Institute of Pharmaceutical The ICFRE and FRI will be the Focal point of the Education and Research, Mohali conference, with support from MOEF & CC, Government University Institute of Pharmaceutical of India. Sciences, Chandigarh It is being Organized by Forest Research Institute, CFA, Govt. of India. Thaawarchand Gehlot Inaugurates “National Conference Points to Remember on Autism” Uttarakhand, formerly known as Uttaranchal, is a state Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister in the northern part of India. for Social Justice and It is often referred to as the Devbhumi due to many Hindu Empowerment inaugurated a temples and pilgrimage centres found throughout the state. “National Conference on Trivendra Singh Rawat is the Chief Minister of Autism” in New Delhi. Uttarakhand while Krishan Kant Paul is the Governor. It is being organized by The Dehradun is the capital of Uttarakhand. National Trust for the welfare of Persons with Autism,

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Madhya Pradesh government launches app to provide Jhargram becomes 22nd Bengal district municipal services online West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata The Madhya Pradesh government has launched an app to Banerjee has declared provide various municipal services online. Jhargram as the 22nd The mobile app ‘MP e-nagarpalika’ was launched by district of West Bengal, state Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. fulfilling a Urban Development Commissioner Vivek Agrawal said longstanding demand 378 services of urban bodies would be available round the of its residents. clock on this app. She announced a bouquet of developmental projects for the district, including a stadium and several schools, Centre sets up National Board of Electric Mobility colleges, and hospitals. The Centre has notified the constitution of the Gadkari announces Rs 40K cr expressway project in National Board of Electric northeast Mobility (NBEM). The first express highway project in the northeast region will It also nominated six be developed along the Brahmaputra river in Assam at an members of estimated investment of Rs 40,000 crore, Union Road Minister eminence and Nitin Gadkari said. expertise from the automobile industry into it, including In Gadkari’s presence, a tripartite agreement was signed Vikram Kirloskar (Toyota Kirloskar Motors), Vinod for dredging and construction of the express highway in Dasari (Ashok Leyland), Pawan Goenka (Mahindra & Assam. Mahindra and Sudarshan Venu (TVS Motors). The agreement was signed between the Assam The nominated members will have a tenure of two years government, the National Highways Authority of India or until further government order, whichever is earlier. and the Inland Waterways of India. The members can be re-nominated for additional terms, if Points to Remember needed. Nitin Jayram Gadkari is an Indian politician and the The Board will be chaired by the Secretary, the current Minister for Road Transport and Highways Department of Heavy Industry, and will comprise senior and Shipping. bureaucrats as members. Gadkari earlier served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2010-2013. National conference on Communicating India organized He represents Nagpur constituency in the Lok Sabha. A day-long national conference on Communicating India was organized in New Delhi on 5 April which was inaugurated by Haryana govt to provide Rs 21,000 to families for third Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting girl child Rajyavardhan Rathore while his senior cabinet colleague Haryana government would provide one-time grant of Rs Venkaiah Naidu delivered the valedictory address. 21,000 to all those families whose third girl child was born The conference has been organized by the Vivekananda after August 24, 2015, under the ‘Aapki Beti, Hamari Beti’ International Foundation in collaboration with the India scheme. Media Centre, University of Westminster, London, Nehru Under the scheme, the eligible families would receive the Memorial Museum and Library and the Indian Institute of amount irrespective of their caste, creed, religion, income Mass Communication. and number of sons. The scheme is aimed to combat the problem of declining child sex ratio and promote girls’ education in the state.

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11 WiFiStudy.com to a new report of the World Travel and Tourism Council Three-day children’s film festival begins (WTTC). The second According to data, the travel and tourism sector generated National Children’s Rs 14.1 trillion (USD 208.9 billion) in 2016, which is Film Festival took world's 7th largest in terms of absolute size; the sum is off on a colourful equivalent to 9.6% of India's GDP. note in Additionally, the sector created 40.3 million jobs in 2016, Visakhapatnam. which ranks India 2nd in the world in terms of total Union Minister employment generated. The sector accounts for 9.3% of for Information the country's total jobs. and Broadcasting M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the India's Travel and Tourism sector was also the fastest festival at VUDA Children’s Arena. growing amongst the G20 countries, growing by 8.5% in This 3-day long film extravaganza for the children will 2016. A further 6.7% growth is forecast for 2017. entertain them during the next two days. Opening film “Shanu – The Optimist” directed by KNT Cabinet approves setting up rail regulator Sastry and produced by CFSI in 2016, was screened after The Union government has approved setting up Rail the inaugural session. Development Authority (RDA), an independent regulator to More than 40,000 children are expected to watch over 24 recommend passenger and freight fares and set service level CFSI films at this festival across 12 screens in the city. benchmarks. The Authority, with an initial corpus of Rs. 50 crore, will President of India inaugurates first NIMCARE World have a Chairman along with three members with a fixed Health Day Summit 2017 term of five years and it can engage experts from relevant The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the areas. first NIMCARE World Health Day Summit 2017 in New The Chairman of the Authority can be from the private Delhi. sector and will be selected by a committee chaired by the The slogan of the first NIMCARE World Health Day Cabinet Secretary. Summit is, ‘Unite for a Healthy Mind’. The President said that out of all the mental health Cabinet approves closure of Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi disorders, depression is probably the most common. Suraksha Yojana Depression affects people of all ages from all walks of life The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra and in all countries. Modi has approved closure of the Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi As per the National Mental Health Survey 2015-16 Suraksha Yojana (MGPSY) which was set up in 2012 to conducted by NIMHANS, 5.2% of the Indian adult address the social security-related issues of the Emigration population suffers from depression in some form or the Check Required (ECR)-category workers going abroad for other. employment to ECR countries. The subscription under the MGPSY was very low and no India and Bangladesh Sign 22 Agreements new subscription was received for more than a year. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is on a visit to Closure of the scheme will, therefore, obviate the India. She held bilateral talks with Indian counterpart Narendra avoidable recurring administrative and record-keeping Modi. expenditure. Twenty-two agreements were signed in the area of defence, nuclear energy, cyber security and media, though the two leaders witnessed the signing of only four pacts – on the judicial sector, a $4.5 billion development assistance line of credit, on outer space and on passenger and cruise services. In addition, India has offered a new $500 million line of credit specifically for defence purchases. The two leaders released the Hindi translation of the unfinished autobiography of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman

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and also named a road after Bangladesh’s founding father This website is technically supported by National in the middle of Lutyens Delhi. Informatics Centre (NIC) and powered by State Bank of Modi announced that both countries will jointly produce a India. biopic on Sheikh Mujib, which will be released in 2020 on “Bharat Ke Veer” would be managed by a committee his birth centenary. made up of eminent persons of repute and senior government officials, who would decide to disburse the North India to get DNA bank for wildlife fund equitably. North India is all set to get its first DNA bank for wildlife. Scientists at the Indian Veterinary Research Institute PM to launch digital exhibition on Champaran Satyagraha (IVRI) in Bareilly are in the process of collecting DNA Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a special digital samples of all wild animals to set up the bank. exhibition on the Champaran Satyagraha, in a unique It is expected to help in research and also in bringing down initiative to re-envision the theme of the movement undertaken poaching. by Mahatma Gandhi a century ago. At present, the Laboratory for the Conservation of The exhibition, titled Bapu Ko Karyanjali, will be Endangered Species (LaCONES) in Hyderabad is the only launched at the National Archives in New Delhi. such facility in the country. The theme Bapu Ko Karyanjali is a pointer to the spirit of a fresh resolve towards the goal of cleanliness that was so ‘TB-free India’ drive held in Dharamsala dear to Mahatma Gandhi. The “TB-free India” campaign to eradicate the disease from Points to Remember India by 2025 was launched at a national level summit was held The first Satyagraha movements inspired by Mohandas in Dharamsala. Gandhi occurred in Champaran district of Bihar and the Addressing media persons here BJP MP Anurag Thakur Kheda district of Gujarat on 1917 to 1918. said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would personally review the progress of the Rs 2,000 crore campaign. MP govt starts ambitious ‘Deendayal Rasoi Yojana’ The drive would spread awareness regarding TB, provide Madhya Pradesh government free drugs and monitor the patients, he said. kick-started its ambitious ‘Deendayal Rasoi Yojana’ under President Inaugurates Seminar on “Economic Reforms which subsidised meals will be with reference to Electoral available at Rs 5 per plate to Issues” people, especially the The President of India, Shri economically disadvantaged sections of society. Pranab Mukherjee The initiative is on the lines of state run Amma Canteens, inaugurated an All India started by the former chief minister J Jayalalithaa, which Seminar on “Economic served subsidised food at low prices. Reforms with Reference to Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated the Electoral Issues” organised by the Confederation of the Indian scheme at Gwalior while in Bhopal mayor Alok Sharma Bar in New Delhi. inaugurated the scheme. The President said that a strong electoral system is necessary to strengthen the democratic structure of India. Yesso Naik inaugurates the International Convention on Timely reforms are necessary which not only would give World Homoeopathy Day justice to the people but also to the ideals enshrined in the Minister of State (Independent Charge), for AYUSH Sh. Constitution of India. Shripad Yesso Naik, inaugurated the National Convention on World Homoeopathy Day on 10 April 2017 at New Delhi. Rajnath Singh to inaugurate 'Bharat ke Veer' web portal The event is being organized to commemorate the 262nd Home Minister Rajnath Singh will launch a “Bharat ke Veer” birth anniversary of the founder of Homoeopathy, Dr. web portal and mobile application that will enable donors Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann, a German contribute towards the families of soldiers who lost their lives physician, who was a great scholar, linguist and acclaimed in the line on duty. scientist.

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A special session is also being organised to pay tribute to Govt sets up inter-ministerial panel to monitor UDAN him. The government has set up an inter-ministerial committee to The theme of the convention is “Enhancing Quality monitor the regional air connectivity scheme UDAN which Research in Homoeopathy through scientific evidence and seeks to make flying affordable by connecting unserved and rich clinical experiences”. under-served airports. Besides, the panel would be responsible for coordination “Nakshe” Portal launched by Dr. Harsh Vardhan on 250th among stakeholders, including state governments, for Anniversary of Survey of India "time-bound" implementation of the scheme. A new web portal “nakshe” was launched by the Union Chaired by Civil Aviation Secretary, the 'Inter- Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Ministerial Monitoring-cum-Coordination Committee' Harsh Vardhan in New Delhi, on the occasion of 250th would have representations from the ministries of finance, anniversary of Survey of India(SoI). defence, home as well as petroleum and natural gas, as per Topographic maps or Open Series Maps (OSM) a notification. containing natural and man-made geographical features including terrain or topography are prepared by the SoI India-Australia launch Sports Partnership in Mumbai since its inception in 1767 and is in conformity with the India and Australia has launched Sports partnership in National Map Policy-2005. Mumbai aimed at increasing cooperation in sports. These OSM maps have been made available for free The Partnership, which was launched by the Union download from “nakshe” web portal in pdf format on Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports Mr. Vijay Goel and 1:50,000 scale through Aaadhar enabled user the visiting Australian Prime Minister Mr. Malcolm authentication process, in line with Digital India Turnbull, in the presence of cricketing legend Sachin programme of the Government of India. Tendulkar, will advance India – Australia cooperation in four areas - athlete and coach training and development, Rs. 23,443 crores released for MGNREGS for Mission sport science, sport governance and integrity, and Water Conservation grassroots participation.” The Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs. 23,443.09 Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said under crore to the States as first tranche for Financial Year 2017-18 the new partnership Victoria University and the under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment University of Canberra would work with India to assist in Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). the establishment of a National Sports University similar The amount released includes all pending liabilities as on to the Australian Institute of Sport. 31st March, 2017. It is also to ensure priority work on water conservation measures. India's first-ever micro-drama festival held in Delhi Named after Thespis of Icaria, believed to be the first actor in Government reduces number of centrally sponsored Greek drama (6th century BC), the day-long event 'Thespis' schemes to 28 saw screening of 28 independent plays at the Indira Gandhi The government has reduced National Centre for the Art. the number of centrally Organised by theatre group 'Vriksh', the festival marks the sponsored schemes (CSS) to debut of the micro-drama concept in India. 28 umbrella schemes from 66. Out of the 42 entries, 25 plays in 10 different languages Based on the including Kashmiri, Rajasthani, Urdu, Punjabi among recommendation of the others were selected for the festival. sub-group of Chief Ministers on rationalisation of centrally sponsored Haryana launches e-sewa app to provide info about welfare schemes, the government of India has rationalised schemes centrally sponsored schemes (CSS). Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar launched a 6 schemes have been categorised as Core of the Core, 20 mobile application to inform people about various welfare schemes as Core Schemes and remaining two as Optional schemes and programmes of the state government. Schemes.

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In the first phase, information about more than 250 announced the re-launch of ‘Adarana’, a scheme for schemes and programmes of 30 different departments had improving traditional occupations. been made available on the e-Sewa mobile app. He said modern tools, technology, marketing, and financial support would be extended to artisans and those Karnataka unveils mobile app for women's safety pursuing traditional occupations to raise their income Karnataka Chief Minster levels and provide employment in the rural areas. Siddaramaiah has unveiled mobile app Andhra to Introduce 'Ammaku Vandanam' scheme 'Suraksha' for the safety of A unique programme to pay tribute to mothers will be women in the city. introduced in the government-run schools in Andhra Pradesh Launched by the from this year. Bengaluru police, the integrated personal app is aimed at Under 'Ammaku Vandanam', the school children will helping women for their safety and security in emergency. take the blessings of their mothers and may also do 'paada The app has an option to register two more numbers of pooja' (washing her feet). persons the user wants to inform during an emergency. The government also decided to implement the programme in 5,000 high schools across the state from Modi world’s most followed leader on Instagram academic year 2017-18. With 6.8 million followers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the world’s most followed leader on Facebook’s Haryana launched Durga Vahini squad photo-sharing app Instagram. BJP government of Haryana announced the launch of Durga Modi, who was at third spot on Instagram last year, is Vahini - police squads that would aim to stop harassment of closely followed by the US President Donald Trump with women on public spaces. 6.3 million followers, said the study conducted by global While strong action will be taken against “eve-teasers”, public relations firm Burson-Marsteller. “the government has directed the police to take The study looked at the activity of the 325 Instagram precautionary measures to avoid causing any accounts of heads of state and government, and foreign inconvenience to the women. ministers over the past 12 months. Govt sets up panel to recommend regulations for Virtual Cisco launches 5th global cyber range lab in Gurugram Currencies US-based tech giant Cisco has launched its fifth global cyber The government has decided range lab here with an aim to train Indian firms and government to close the regulatory gaps to agencies on real-world cyber attacks in Gurugram. keep a check on virtual The facility was inaugurated by National Cyber Security currencies, including Coordinator Gulshan Rai. Bitcoins, and has set up a Cisco has four other such labs in Australia. time-bound inter-disciplinary committee to recommend an action plan for dealing with such BHIM-Aadhar –a digital payment platform launched by currencies. the Prime Minister To examine the existing framework for virtual currencies, Enroute to the digital payments gaining the proportions of a the department of economic affairs in the Ministry of mass movement, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Finance has constituted an inter-disciplinary committee a series of initiatives on the 126th birth anniversary of Dr. Bhim chaired by Special Secretary (Economic Affairs), Rao Ambedkar in Nagpur. Dinesh Sharma. He launched the BHIM Aadhaar platform for merchants, Cash back and Referral bonus schemes for BHIM and Andhra CM relaunches ‘Adarana Scheme' declared about 75 townships going less-cash. Reiterating his resolve for the The Prime Minister felicitated the winners of the Mega uplift and all-round development draw of the two major incentive schemes to promote of people belonging to the digital payments- Lucky Grahak Yojana and Digidhan Backward Classes, Chief Minister VyapaarYojana.. N. Chandrababu Naidu

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The Prime Minister also launched two new incentive pictures of Lord Gautam Buddha and Dr. Babasaheb schemes for the BHIM – Cash back and Referral bonus Ambedkar at another function in the city. – with an outlay of Rs. 495 crore for a period of six months. Madhya Pradesh: No plastic or polythene bags from May 1 Plastic or polythene bags will be banned in Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra to have India’s first ideal digital village from May 1. Harisal village in Maharashtra was adopted by Microsoft to As the consumption of plastic bags causes a large number be developed as India’s first ideal digital village. of cow deaths, the government chaired by the Chief Underpinned by public health initiatives of the state minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has approved the proposal government, the village is now in the reckoning for the of imposing the ban from May 1. Prime Minister’s Award for excellence in Public Besides, the plastic/polythene bags are also harmful for the Administration. environment.

National Green Tribunal impose Rs.50 lakh fine on THDC Manipur CM launches web applications to check The National Green Tribunal has imposed a fine of Rs.50 corruption lakh on the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Ltd Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh has (THDC), for disposing debris and muck excavated out of launched two web applications to check corruption and keep construction road for power house of the Chamoli based track of government activities. Vishnugad-Peepalkoti Hydroelectric Project into the The two web applications were Anti-Corruption Cell and Alaknanda River. Digital Application for Review by Public And Nation The judgement was delivered in New Delhi by NGT (DARPAN), an official release said here. Chairperson Swatenter Kumar. The two web applications would monitor all government The petition in this matter was moved to National Green funded projects and ensure transparency and Tribunal by environmental activist Vimal Bhai. accountability.

Jharkhand police initiates Tare Zameen Par programme Chandrababu Naidu launches CM Connect app With a motive to enlighten children in naxal-affected areas of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu Jharkhand’s Palamau district, Jharkhand Police has initiated launched a new mobile app CM Connect, which runs on Tare Zameen Par program to encourage children to lead Microsoft’s Kaizala platform, at Secretariat at Velagapudi. happy lives. Mr. Naidu said that the app will be useful in receiving Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG), Vipul Shukla feedback from the public directly on any given issue. appealed to locals to donate bags, shoes, books and clothes 1 that would be distributed among poor children. Bhopal to have India's first privately-run railway station People from all sections of society took part in the program Railway Minister Suresh held in Jharkhand’s Daltongunj city, contributing basic Prabhu has said that for the amenities for children. first time in Indian Railways' history, PM Modi inaugurates new units in Koradi thermal power Habibganj station in Bhopal station has been handed over to a Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated various units private firm to be operated of thermal power plants in Nagpur at Koradi, Chandrapur and by it. Parli with a total capacity of 3,230 Mega Watts. The station building will be developed in line with airport These include three super-critical units 660 MW each at terminals, he added. However, Prabhu clarified that trains Koradi, two of 500 MW each at Chandrapur and one of at the station will still be run by the Railways. 250 MW at Parli. The Prime Minister also released two special President Of India Inaugurates Global Exhibition on commemorative postal stamps - one depicting Services Deekshabhoomi in its full glory and the other with twin

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The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated 3rd • The scheme will be launched in the upcoming kharif edition of the Global Exhibition on Services (GES-2017) at season. Rashtrapati Bhavan. • Under the initiative, the government has declared • Speaking on the occasion, the President said that India each tehsil in the State as a unit where planning will can be a key partner for emerging services such as be done for agri-development. facilities management, event and exhibition, urban infrastructure and environmental services. India jumps to 8th place on Global FDI Confidence Index India has jumped one spot to 8th rank in the 2017 A.T. Kearney Prakash Javadekar launches Portal and Mobile App of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index. RUSA While US topped the list, Germany and China were at the Union Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash second and third respectively. United Kingdom and Javadekar has launched the unique portal and mobile app of Canada make up the rest of top 5. Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA), a body under The Index is an annual analysis of how political, the aegis of the Ministry of Human Resource Development in economic, and regulatory changes will likely affect FDI New Delhi. inflows into countries in the coming years. • The portal is a one-stop for States’ Higher Education Plans, decision of the States’ Higher Education Agra, Gorakhpur airport terminals named after Councils and details of the resources under this Upadhyay, Gorakhnath scheme. Also, the gallery is a rich repository of the The Uttar Pradesh cabinet has decided to name the civil projects initiated under RUSA. terminal of Agra’s Kheria Air Force airport after BJP • Javadekar also released the Booklet “Digital Launch ideologue Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay. of Projects; Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath presided over the cabinet (RUSA)” on this occasion. meeting that also decided to name the civil terminal at IAF’s Gorakhpur airport after Mahayogi Gorakhnath, In a first, Maharashtra started special drive for founder of ‘Nath Pant’ (monastic movement). transgenders to register as voters The chief minister is the mahant of Gorakhnath temple. Maharashtra is the first state to launch a special awareness drive to ensure that transgenders in the state register as voters National civil services day: 21 April in greater numbers. Government of India has taken a decision to observe the 21st • The state branch of the Election Commission of India of April every year as “Civil Services Day”. (ECI) launched the drive on April 15, celebrated as First such function was held in Vigyan Bhawan on Third Gender Day. 21/04/06. • According to ECI officials, despite the approximate The purpose for this day is to rededicate and recommit population of third genders in Maharashtra being civil servants to the cause of the people. pegged at more than 10 lakh, only about 1,700 are Narendra Modi, Paytm's Vijay Shekhar Sharma in Time registered voters. magazine's 'most influential people list' Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Paytm founder Vijay Maharashtra announces scheme to increase farmers’ Shekhar Sharma were the only two Indians to make it to an income annual list of '100 most influential people in the world' this year Amidst demands of farm released by the Time magazine. loan waiver in The magazine has also included US President Donald Maharashtra, the State Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin and British government has Prime Minister Theresa May in the new list of 100 most announced ‘Advanced influential people. Farming – Enriched Farmer’ scheme. PM to inaugurate Textiles India 2017 on June 30 • The aim is to increase farmers’ income by cutting Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate Textiles India, production cost and increasing the output. a mega event showcasing the country as a global sourcing hub in Gandhinagar on June 30.

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The three-day conference will be attended by several National Panchayati Raj Union Ministers including Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Day is the national day in and Textiles Minister Smriti Irani India celebrated by Ministry It will provide a platform to connect and collaborate with of Panchayati Raj on 24 global manufacturers, investors and buyers in the textiles April annually. sector. Then Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh Tata Motors arm launches first Made in India industrial inaugurated the first National Panchayati Raj Day in robot 2010. TAL Manufacturing Solutions, a unit of Tata Motors has Points to Remember launched a Made in India industrial robot, which it claims will The Panchayat Raj system was first adopted by the state be 30 to 40 per cent cheaper than competing products. of Rajasthan in Nagaur district on 2nd Oct 1959. TAL, which also makes components for commercial The second state was Andhra Pradesh. airplanes, officially launched two variants of the robot named Brabo. Railways to set up Rs 200-crore solar power plant in Bhilai Brabo can be used in areas like assembly of parts, machine The Indian Railways is going to set up a solar power and press tending. plant in Bhilai (Chhattisgarh), where it has spare land, through Railway Energy Management Company Limited Chaudhary Birender Singh inaugurated 'India Steel 2017' (REMCL). Chaudhary Birender Singh, Union Minister of Steel The project cost of the 50 MW plant is estimated at Rs inaugurated the 3 day “India Steel 2017”, the International 200 crore. Of the total cost, 20 per cent will be borne by Exhibition & Conference at Mumbai Exhibition Centre, the Railways, while the remaining 80 per cent will be Mumbai. raised through debt. In his inaugural address, he complimented the industry This means, the Railways will bear Rs 40 crore of the representatives for posting good growth figures in 2016- construction cost, while the power will be purchased 17. through a developer model, wherein the developers will be asked to operate and maintain the solar project. BrahMos Land Attack Supersonic Cruise Missile test fired Indian Navy successfully undertook the firing of BrahMos India’s first sea ropeway to link Mumbai and Elephanta Land Attack Supersonic Cruise Missile from a ship. island This variant of Long Range BrahMos Missile was fired India's first and longest ropeway will connect Mumbai with the from Indian Naval Ship Teg, a Guided Missile Frigate, on Elephanta Island in the Arabian Sea. a target on land. The proposed 8-km long ropeway will be constructed by BrahMos Missile has been jointly developed by India and the Mumbai Port Trust. Russia, and its Anti Ship variant has already been inducted The proposed ropeway will start from Sewri in Mumbai's into Indian Navy. east coast and end at Raigad district's Elephanta Island. Points to Remember Haryana launches mobile app to create awareness among Elephanta Island is globally renowned for Elephanta pregnant women Caves, which is a Unesco World Heritage site. The National Health Mission (NHM) in Haryana has launched Known locally as Gharapuri Caves, the small 16 sq. km a mobile-based application to create awareness among island has several archaeological remains pointing to its pregnant women, parents and health workers. rich cultural heritage, including the famous temples carved The application, Kilkari, was launched during the out of rocks. concluding day of the 'State-level Orientation Workshop’.

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Govt to set up Central University for differently abled As per the norm, the farmer had to pay one-third of it while Central Government will set the remaining two-thirds was borne by the Centre and the up a Central university for state government. Divyangs in Uttar Pradesh. Earlier, the Centre's contribution was either 90 per cent or This was stated by around 75 per cent, which now came down to 50 per cent HRD Minister Prakash or below in several schemes. Javadekar while addressing the convocation function of Shakuntala Mishra Online Statement Of Transaction (e-SOT) and the e-PRAN national rehabilitation university in Lucknow. card launched With a view to digitally empower the Atal Pension Yojana Singh inaugurates two-day National Conference on (APY) subscribers and improve the quality of service, the Agriculture for Kharif Campaign-2017 facility of online viewing of the statement of transaction(e- The National Conference on Agriculture for Kharif Campaign SOT) and also the e-PRAN card have been launched. – 2017 is being organised on 25th and 26th April, 2017 at New The Atal Pension Yojana (APY) Scheme is being Delhi. implemented through 235 APY-Service Providers all over The Conference was inaugurated by Radha Mohan Singh, the country consisting of 27 Public Sector Banks (PSBs), Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare and 19 private banks, 1 foreign bank, 56 Regional Rural Banks also addressed by Parshottam Rupala and Sudarshan (RRBs), 109 District Cooperative Banks (DCBs), 16 State Bhagat, Ministers of State for Agriculture and Farmers’ Cooperative Banks(SCBs), 6 Urban Cooperative Banks Welfare. (UCBs) and the Department of Posts. Points to Remember Points to Remember Radha Mohan Singh is currently a member of the 16th Lok The Atal Pension Yojana (APY) was launched by the Sabha (2014-2019), the lower house of the Parliament of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi on 09th May, India. 2015 and became operational from 1st June, 2015. He represents Purvi Champaran constituency in Bihar APY is available for all citizens of India in the age group state. of 18-40 years. Under the APY, the subscribers would receive a minimum PM Modi Flag-off First UDAN Flight under RCS guaranteed pension of Rs. 1000 to Rs. 5000 per month The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will flag off the first from the age of 60 years, depending on their contributions, UDAN flight under RCS on Shimla-Delhi sector on 27th April, which depends on the age of the subscriber at the time of 2017. joining the APY. Simultaneously, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will also flag off the inaugural UDAN flights on Kadapa – Centre Takes 10 New Swachh Iconic Places under Swachh Hyderabad and Nanded-Hyderabad sectors. Bharat Mission Phase II To make air travel accessible to citizens in regionally The second quarterly review meeting on the Swachh Iconic important cities, the Ministry launched ‘Ude Deshka Aam Places (SIP), an initiative of Ministry of Drinking Water and Naagrik’ (UDAN) Regional Connectivity Scheme in Sanitation under Swachh Bharat Mission, was held in October, 2016. Katra, Jammu and Kashmir. On this occasion, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar announced Bengal drops 'Pradhan Mantri' tag from central scheme ten new Iconic places to be taken under the Phase II of The West Bengal government has decided to drop the tag Swachh Iconic Places initiative. “Pradhan Mantri” from “Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna” These ten new iconic places which are to be brought to a and rename it as “Bangla Fasal Bima Yojna”. higher standard of swachhta and visitors’ amenities are : The reason behind the decision to drop the Pradhan Mantri 1. Gangotri, 2. Yamunotri. 3. Mahakaleshwar Temple, tag, taken at a state Cabinet meeting earlier this month, Ujjain, 4. Char Minar, Hyderabad, 5. Church and Convent was that the Centre's share in such schemes had come of St. Francis of Assissi, Goa, 6. Adi Shankaracharya’s down to 50:50, state agriculture minister Purnendu Basu abode Kaladi in Ernakulam, 7. Gomateshwar in explained. Shravanbelgola, 8. Baijnath Dham, Devghar, 9. Gaya Tirth in Bihar and 10. Somnath temple in Gujarat.

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Points to Remember He also announced a number of projects for the The campaign was officially launched on 2 October development of Ballabhgarh and NIT Faridabad Assembly 2014 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. constituencies. The government is aiming to achieve an Open-Defecation The government had earlier renamed Gurgaon as Free (ODF) India by 2 October 2019, the 150th Gurugram and Mewat as Nuh. anniversary of the birth of Mahatma Gandhi. It had accepted requests from villagers to rename several Slogan:- One step towards cleaniness villages.

Naidu launches MSEFC portal and MyMSME app ISRO Develops "Solar Calculator" Android App M. Venkaiah Naidu, Union The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said its Minister for Urban Ahmedabad-based Space Applications Centre has developed Development, Housing & an android app for computing the solar energy potential of a Urban Poverty Alleviation and place. Union Minister for Developed at the behest of the Union Ministry of New and Information & Broadcasting Renewable Energy, the app is considered to be a "very launched two important useful" tool for installation of photovoltaic (PV) solar initiatives of the Ministry of MSME, viz. Micro and Small panels that is used for tapping solar energy, it said. Enterprises Facilitation Council (MSEFC) portal and MyMSME Mobile App on the occasion of the 15th Meeting of E-taxi trial run in Nagpur from May 24 the National Board for MSME. The trial run of the first electric taxi in the country will start Union Minsiter for MSME Shri Kalraj Mishra and from May 24 in Nagpur, Union Minister for Road Transport Minister of State for MSME Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Nitin Gadkari said. Chaudhary were present on this august occasion. The Minister said the Nagpur Municipal Corporation will With the access to this platform, micro and small undertake the project. enterprises would be able to file their delayed payment According to Gadkari, e-taxis will be part of the related grievances online. government's plan to reduce pollution. The grievance filed would be communicated through Nagpur is represented by Gadkari in the Lok Sabha. email and SMS to the parties involved. Kerala hosts country’s first-ever athletics meet for Karnataka Is The Most Corrupt State In The Country, transgender persons Reveals Survey At least 132 people People in Karnataka faced corruption the most in accessing participated in the first- public services, a think-tank has claimed, based on its survey ever athletics meet for in 20 states. transgender persons The Centre for Media Studies (CMS) released its 11th organised by the Kerala round of the the annual corruption study 'CMS India government at Corruption Study 2017'. Thiruvananthapuram Central Stadium. According to the survey, "77% of respondents" in The first-of-its-kind tournament saw them taking part in Karnataka said they experienced corruption in accessing popular track and field events such as sprint, relay race, public services. shot put and long jump. "This is followed by Andhra Pradesh (74%), Tamil Nadu Each district council in Kerala appointed a coach and (68%), Maharashtra (57%), Jammu and Kashmir (44%) allotted a ground for the participants to train for three days and Punjab (42%),". before the tournament. "In 2005, the more corrupt states were Bihar (74%), Points to Remember Jammu and Kashmir (69%) Odisha (60%), Rajashthan Kerala historically known as Keralam, is an Indian state in (59%) and Tamil Nadu (59%),". South India on the Malabar Coast. Haryana: Ballabhgarh renamed as Balramgarh It was formed on 1 November 1956 following the States Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar announced that Reorganisation Act by combining Malayalam-speaking Ballabhgarh would now be known as Balramgarh. regions.

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Pinarayi Vijayan is the Chief Minister of Kerala while P. • Arundhati Bhattacharya is the Chairperson of SBI. Sathasivam is the governor. Thiruvananthapuram is the Capital of Kerala. Karnataka Bank, SBI Card launch co-branded credit card Karnataka Bank and SBI Card have launched co-branded credit India's first book village to come up in Maharashtra's cards for the customers of Karnataka Bank. Bhilar Through this alliance Karnataka Bank and SBI Card will Bhilar village located near Panchagani in Maharashtra is all set launch two variants of the co-branded credit card – to embrace the tag of India's first 'village of books. ‘Karnataka Bank Platinum SBI Card’ and ‘Karnataka The initiative is being inaugurated by Maharashtra Chief Bank SimplySAVE SBI Card’. Minister Devendra Fadnavis on May 4. Led by Education minister Vinod Tawde, this project was Exim Bank to work with African Development Bank on co- undertaken by the Marathi Bhasha department wherein 25 financing of projects artistically decorated locations around the village will turn Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank) plans to work with into reader hot spots with display of books. African Development Bank (AfDB) on co-financing of Around 15,000 books (in Marathi) would be projects in Africa, David Rasquinha, Managing Director, Exim made available in the village premises. Bank has said. To begin with, both are likely to focus on co-financing of Country's first digitalised Panchayat ward in Kerala projects in power, agriculture and irrigation over the next A ward in the Kottayam district of Kerala has became India's 2-3 years. first digitalised panchayat ward. At their bilateral talks, both sides also discussed the aspect Union minister of state for social justice and of getting the recently formed Kukuza Project empowerment Krishan Pal Gurjar inaugurated the website Development Company (KPDC). of the first digitalized Panchayat ward number 15 of Points to Remember Aymanam Grama Panchayat. • Export–Import Bank of India is the premier export finance institution in India, established in 1982 under Export-Import Bank of India Act 1981. • Axim Bank is headquartered in Mumbai. • African Development Bank was established on 10 SBI all set to become 45th largest bank September 1964. It is Headquartered in Abidjan, State Bank of India will be Ivory Coast. merging its five associate • African Development Bank has 78 members and banks with itself from April 1 Akinwumi Adesina is its President. to become the 45th largest bank in the world. ICICI, Axis Bank sell Rs 1800 crore of loans to Ballarpur The five associate banks to Edelweiss are State Bank of Bikaner ICICI Bank and Axis Bank sold Rs.1,800 crore of loans to & Jaipur, State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Travancore, paper maker Ballarpur Industries to Edelweiss Asset State Bank of Patiala and State Bank of Hyderabad. Reconstruction Company, said two people familiar with the It is estimated that after the merger, SBI will have a matter. Bankers said this is possibly the first instance of a combined balance sheet size of Rs 41 lakh crore, with potential bad loan being sold off. 22,500 branches and 58,000 ATMs servicing over 50 crore It’s also the first time that loans have been sold to an asset customers. reconstruction firm at book value without a haircut. Points to Remember Axis Bank sold loans of Rs. 1,200 crore and ICICI Bank • State Bank of India (SBI) is an Indian multinational, sold loans of Rs.600 crore. public sector banking and financial services company.

It is a government-owned corporation with its India, UK to set up 500 mn pound fund to finance green headquarters in Mumbai. energy • SBI was founded on 1 July 1955. Earlier it was known as Imperial Bank of India and Bank of Calcutta.

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India and the UK has decided to set up a 500 million pound At the end of 2014, Japan holds the largest proportion of fund, with both governments together investing 240 million shares at 15.7% in ADB. The United States holds 15.6%, pound, to finance clean energy projects here. China holds 6.5%, India holds 6.4%, and Australia holds The fund will be set up as a sub-fund of the Rs 40,000 5.8%. crore National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), Takehiko Nakao is the president of ADB, which has 67 which was formed in 2015 to finance greenfield as well as member countries. brownfield projects. While India and the UK will be the anchor investors to the Israel signs $2 billion missile deal with India 'Green Growth Equity Fund' and invest 120 million pound Israel has signed a $2 billion contract with India to supply it each, the remaining 260 million pound has to come in from with missile defence systems, the state-owned Israel private investors. Aerospace Industries said. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in an announcement said RBI clears proposal to introduce Rs 200 notes that it has been awarded its largest defence contract of The board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cleared a almost $2 billion for supplying advanced medium-range proposal to introduce banknotes of Rs 200 denomination. surface-to-air missile systems (MRSAM) to India. The decision was taken at the RBI board meeting in IAI said it would also supply additional long-range air and March. missile defence systems (LRSAM). The process of printing the new Rs 200 notes is likely to begin after June, once the government officially approves First bi-monthly monetary policy review 2017-18 this new denomination. The Reserve Bank of India, in its first monetary policy review Points to Remember of financial year 2017-18, kept the repurchase (repo) rate The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is India's central banking unchanged at 6.25%, citing upward risks to inflation and institution, which controls the monetary policy of the global uncertainty. Indian rupee. The Monetary Policy Committee, however, raised the It commenced its operations on 1 April 1935 during the reverse repo rate by 0.25 basis points to 6%, and cut the British Rule in accordance with the provisions of the marginal standing facility (MSF) rate to 6.5%. Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. The RBI projects the GVA growth to strengthen to 7.4% It was established on the recommendations of Hilton- in 2017-18 from 6.7% in 2016-17. Young commission. New rates are: Urjit Patel is the 24th Governor of RBI. It is Repo Rate: 6.25% headquartered in Mumbai. Reverse Repo Rate: 6% GVA growth forecast: 7.4% India's growth to accelerate to 7.4 per cent in 2017-18: ADB Marginal Standing Facility rate: 6.50% The Asian Development Cash Reserve ratio: 4% Bank (ADB) has said that Bank Rate: 6.50% India's growth rate will Statutory Liquidity Ratio: 20.50% improve to 7.4 per cent during 2017-18 and go up India and ADB Sign $175 Million Loan Agreement for further to 7.6 per cent in Solar Transmission System the next fiscal, remaining ahead of China. The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank India recorded a growth rate of 7.1 per cent during 2016- (ADB) signed a $175 million loan agreement to support 17. construction of high voltage transmission systems to evacuate The report further said that South Asia would remain the power generated from new mega solar parks to the interstate fastest growing of all subregions, with growth reaching 7 grid, and improve reliability of the national grid system. per cent in 2017 and 7.2 per cent in 2018. The loan will be given to the Power Grid Corporation of Points to Remember India Limited (POWERGRID) and will include The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional subprojects in various locations in India. development bank established on 19 December 1966, This will be the ADB’s first breakthrough of the country which is headquartered in Manila, Philippines. system’s application to a specific project.

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In a clarification on the newly-inserted Section - 269ST - NEFT transfers to be faster as RBI cuts clearance time in the Income Tax Act, the Central Board of Direct Taxes The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to slash (CBDT) said the restriction will not apply to withdrawal clearance time for National Electronic Funds Transfer from banks and Post Offices. (NEFT) in an attempt to enhance efficiency of the electronic payment system and add to customer convenience. ESAF Small Finance Bank launches social deposit scheme In line with the document on Vision-2018 for Payment and Hrudaya Deposit Settlement Systems, the NEFT settlement cycle will be ESAF Small Finance Bank has launched a social deposit reduced from hourly batches to half hourly batches, the scheme called Hrudaya Deposit at a function held in Thrissur. RBI said in the first bi-monthly monetary policy for 2017- The deposit scheme, as the name suggests, stands for a 18. social cause, through which, ESAF Bank provides the “Consequently, 11 additional settlement batches will be customers an opportunity to be a part in social welfare introduced at 8.30 am onwards, taking the total number of projects, which none of the other banks has given so far, half hourly settlement batches during the day to 23,” the said K. Paul Thomas, Managing Director and CEO, ESAF newly appointed deputy governor B.P. Kanungo said. Small Finance Bank. Points to Remember The significance of the scheme is that a customer who National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) is a nation- deposit in it, becomes a part in nation building, as their wide payment system facilitating one-to-one funds deposits are used for the welfare and infrastructure transfer. development of the marginalized sections of the society, Under this Scheme, individuals can electronically transfer he said. funds from any bank branch to any individual having an An individual or a legal entity can join the Hrudaya account with any other bank branch in the country Deposit Scheme with a minimum deposit amount of ₹15 participating in the Scheme. lakh and for a minimum period of two years. There is no transfer limit – either minimum or maximum – on the amount of funds that could be transferred using Central Bank of India customer wins Rs 1 cr under Modi's NEFT. cashless scheme However, maximum amount per transaction is limited to A transaction of Rs 1,590 has bagged a Rs. 50,000/- for cash-based remittances within India and Central Bank of India customer a lucky also for remittances to Nepal under the Indo-Nepal bounty of Rs 1 crore under the Modi Remittance Facility Scheme. government's promotional scheme to popularise digital payments. Canara Bank partners BSNL to upgrade bandwidth at all President Pranab Mukherjee picked branches up the lucky winners from the 100th draw of lots under Canara Bank, a public sector bank, has embarked upon an digital payments promotion schemes at Rashtrapati ambitious project of upgrading the bandwidth at all its branches Bhavan in New Delhi. to 2 Mbps in partnership with BSNL. He congratulated the six winners — three consumers and The project was officially inaugurated by Dina Bandhu three merchants — under the Lucky Grahak Yojana and Mohapatra, Executive Director, Canara Bank in presence Digi Dhan Vyapar Yojana. of other top executives of the Bank and BSNL. Points to Remember Central bank of India was founded on 21 December 1911. Banks, post offices exempt from cash withdrawal limit The slogan of Central bank of India is ‘Central to you since Ban on cash transactions in excess of Rs 2 lakh will not be 1911.’ applicable to withdrawals from banks and Post Office savings Rajeev Rishi is the Chairman & Managing Director accounts, the Income Tax Department said . Central bank of India. Through the Finance Act 2017, the government has Its headquarters are in Mumbai. banned cash transactions of over Rs 2 lakh and said a penalty of an equal amount would be levied on the Flipkart acquires eBay’s India biz receiver.

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E-commerce major Flipkart raised USD 1.4 billion from institutions and help them develop strategies and capital- Tencent, eBay and Microsoft at post transaction valuation of raising plans. USD 11.6 billion. In exchange for an equity stake in Flipkart, eBay is making Indian Academy of Highway Engineers signs MoU with a cash investment of USD 500 million and selling its India University of New South Wales business to the company. In line with the Ministry of Road Transport and Highway’s Even as eBay has sold its India business Flipkart, not all vision to influence and adopt global innovation into the of its employees in India will be absorbed by the transportation sector, a Memorandum of Understanding was Bangalore-based company. signed between the Ministry through the Indian Academy of Highway Engineers and University of New South Wales Postal Dept, SBI join hands to promote cashless (UNSW) to set up a Centre for Advanced Transportation transactions Technology and Systems (CATTS). Department of Posts has joined hands with State Bank of The MoU was exchanged between the Director of IAHE India to promote SBI buddy e-wallet and POS machines for Mr. V L Patankar and Vice Chancellor of UNSW Prof. Ian cashless transactions at Post Office counters while booking Jacobs on April 10th, 2017 in the presence of Simon speed post and registered post items. Birmingham, Australian Minister for Education. P K Swain, Chief Postmaster General, Punjab Circle and Anil Kishora, Chief General Manager, SBI, Chandigarh Income Tax department launches 'Operation Clean dedicated SBI buddy e-wallet and SBI POS machines at Money'-II, to probe 60,000 people Chandigarh General Post Office for the general public. The income-tax department has identified more than Swain said that installation of SBI Buddy e-wallet and 60,000 persons, some of them described as “high-risk”, POS machines will facilitate economy through digital under the second phase of Operation Clean Money payments/cashless transactions in the post offices. launched on April 14 to detect the generation of black money after demonetisation. Amazon gets RBI nod for e-wallet in India It will also probe government or public sector employees Amazon India has received the Reserve Bank of India’s who made “large cash deposits” as well as people who (RBI) approval to launch its own digital wallet in India. made high-value purchases. Amazon India, which had applied for a Prepaid Payment The threshold under the first phase of the operation, which Instrument (PPI) licence nearly a year ago, will now look began on January 31 and ended on February 15, was kept to take on established rivals such as Paytm and Freecharge. at deposits of Rs 5 lakh and above. In December, Amazon had launched its Pay Balance service in order to boost cashless transactions. Tackling NPAs: RBI issues new framework effective from April 1 Bank Boards Bureau evolves 'GRAF' for Public Sector Within a week of promising to issue new guidelines to resolve Banks bad loans problem, Reserve Bank has issued a new set of To help public sector banks (PSBs) against private sector enabling provisions under the label of revised prompt rivals and to prepare them for possible mergers in the future, corrective action (PCA) framework. the Bank Boards Bureau (BBB) has drawn up an elaborate The RBI said the new set of provisions is effective April 1 Governance, Reward and Accountability Framework based on the financials of each bank as of March 2017, and (GRAF). override the existing PCA framework. It also said the new The GRAF seeks to ensure that corporate governance at framework will be reviewed after three years. PSBs is in keeping with various pieces of legislation, More importantly, it said if a bank crosses the third level including the Companies Act, 2013, Banking Regulation of risk threshold (wherein a bank's common equity tier I Act, 1949, and Securities and Exchange Board of India capital falls below the threshold of 3.625 per cent by 3.125 (listing obligations and disclosure requirements) per cent or more) the said bank will be either amalgamated Regulations, 2015. or merged or taken over by another entity. The BBB was set up last year to make recommendations for selection of the chiefs of PSBs and financial Paytm partners with Genesis Luxury for payment gateways in India

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Digital wallet player Paytm has partnered with luxury brand Authority (PFRDA), and finance ministry distributor Genesis Luxury in India which markets and representatives were present in the meeting. distributes global luxury and premium brands in the country. • The move to set up an emergency response team This would allow users to scan the store QR code and pay comes in the backdrop of growing cyberattacks in the using the balance on their Paytm wallet. financial system.

Google launches Aero for hyper local services in India India will grow at 7.2% this year: World Bank Google has launched an app named Aero in India to cater to A World Bank report said that the restaurant delivery and home services. Indian economy is expected to This is the first time that Google is entering the business grow from 6.8% in 2016 to 7.2% of food delivery and home services in India. by 2017. However, the new app by Google- Aero is an accreditor • It said growth is expected that provides services through other startups in the to further gather domain. momentum by 2019. Google Aero app work as an aggregator for the users to • The report also confirms that South Asia remains the find restaurants nearby and order food and fix fastest-growing region in the world. appointments with local electricians, painters, cleaners, Points to Remember plumbers, and others. • The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to countries of the PNB launches three new products world for capital programs. On the occasion of its 123rd Foundation Day, Punjab National • It comprises two institutions: the International Bank Bank (PNB) launched three new products. for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), and the • These are: automated electronic toll collection to International Development Association (IDA). facilitate hassle-free toll payment/collection; credit • The World Bank is a component of the World Bank card mobile app; and a scheme for financing grid Group, which is part of the United Nations system. connected roof solar power projects. • It was established in July 1945. It has 189 Members. • Usha Ananthasubramanian, MD and CEO, launched • Jim Yong Kim is the present President of the World these products. A mobile app to facilitate PNB staff to Bank. It is headquartered in Washington D.C. do their HR-related operations was also launched. IMF pegs India's growth at 7.2% in FY18 ahead of China's RBI to set up computer emergency response unit 6.6% The Sub-Committee of the World Economic Outlook (WEO), International Monetary Financial Stability and fund's flagship publication, has revised upwards India's Development Council growth forecast for FY17 to 6.8 per cent, just ahead of China's (FSDC) discussed the 6.7 per cent for 2016 calendar. setting up of a Computer • IMF has retained its India growth forecast for FY18 Emergency Response Team at 7.2 per cent and FY19 at 7.7 per cent, well ahead for the Financial Sector of its forecast for China. (CERT-Fin), the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said. • In its January review, the Fund had slashed India's • The sub-committee reviewed the major developments growth estimate to 6.6 per cent for FY17. on the global and domestic fronts that impinge on the Points to Remember financial stability of the country. • The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an • Apart from the RBI governor and deputy governors, international organisation headquartered in Ajay Tyagi, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Washington, D.C. Board of India (SEBI), T. S. Vijayan, Chairman, • It is working to foster global monetary cooperation, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, India (IRDAI), Hemant Contractor, Chairman, promote high employment and sustainable economic Pension Funds Regulatory and Development growth, and reduce poverty around the world. • Formed in 1944 at the Bretton Woods Conference.

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• It has 189 member countries. more than that of PSU energy major ONGC’s Rs • Christine Lagarde is the managing director of IMF. 2,32,345.72 crore. • ONGC once used to be the country’s most-valued RBI opens new banking ombudsman office in Jammu company in terms of market valuation. The Reserve Bank has opened a new ombudsman office in Jammu as part of its efforts to expand banking grievances ISRO, BHEL tie-up for lithium-ion batteries to have complaint cells across the country. buyback agreements • Earlier, the banking services related complaints from The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) which is entire Jammu & Kashmir used to fall under the finalising a memorandum of understanding with BHEL to help jurisdiction of New Delhi-I banking ombudsman develop low-cost lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles, also office. envisages a buyback commitment for such batteries. • There are two banking ombudsman offices in New • According to the MoU, BHEL will set up a production Delhi. plant, while ISRO will provide support for scale-up, • Reserve Bank has aslo announced opening a new joint effort in cost optimisation, research and office in Raipur to look into the grievances of development for alternate chemistry and buyback residents and entities in Chhattisgarh, while relieving commitment, according to sources. the Bhopal office of the job of the state’s banking • BHEL will develop the battery for commercial ombudsman. applications. • With the new addition, banking ombudsman offices • This is part of India’s plan to promote low-cost have now increased to 20 across the country. electric vehicles with the use of lithium-ion batteries.

RBI sign MOU with Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan ICICI Data Centre gets India’s first CII-IGBC Platinum The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has inked a supervisory rating cooperation pact with the Royal Monetary Authority of ICICI Bank Data Centre in Bhutan for information sharing. Hyderabad gained the unique • A memorandum of understanding on 'Supervisory distinction of becoming India’s Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory first Platinum rated project to be Information' was signed by RBI Deputy Governor S rated under IGBC Green Data S Mundra and Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan Center Rating System. Deputy Governor Phajo Dorjee. Dr Prem C Jain, chairman, IGBC presented IGBC plaque • The objective of such pacts is to promote greater co- to Chanda Kochhar, MD & CEO, ICICI Bank at a operation and share supervisory information, the RBI progamme in Hyderabad recently. said. IGBC Green Data Center Rating System would facilitate • With this, the RBI has signed 39 such MoUs, one in providing tangible and intangible benefits. Letter for Supervisory Co-operation and one Tangible benefits include 20 to 25 per cent reduction in Statement of Co- operation. Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE), 25 to 30 per cent reduction in water consumption. SBI beats ONGC to become most-valued PSU firm in m- Intangible benefits include: enhanced air quality, cap excellent daylighting, health & well-being of the staff State Bank of India operating such facility. (SBI) surpassed ONGC to become the Rajasthan inks fresh MoU with HPCL for Barmer country’s most valued refinery state-owned firm in The Rajasthan government has inked a fresh MoU of Rs terms of market 43,129 crore with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd valuation. (HPCL) for an oil refinery in Barmer district which will • At the end of trade, the market cap of SBI stood at Rs produce BS-VI fuel. 2,35,307.51 crore. This is about Rs 2,961.79 crore

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The state government will have 26 per cent stake in the RIL pips TCS to become most-valued Indian company refinery project while HPCL will have the rest The Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries has regained its shareholding. status as India’s most valued firm by market capitalisation, The work for the refinery will commence in the current overtaking Tata Group’s crown jewel TCS. financial year and will complete in next four years. Shares of RIL were trading 3.43 per cent higher at Rs 1,416.40 on BSE, giving the company a market Nomura launches fintech partnership in India capitalisation of Rs 4,60,291.20 crore, the highest for any As part of its attempts to encourage entrepreneurship in the listed firm in the country. financial market space, Japanese financial major Nomura has TCS had replaced RIL as the most valued firm more than launched its 'Voyager -Nomura FinTech Partnership' in India. four years ago. The global financial major is inviting entrepreneurs to participate in the program to build innovative solutions India Post Payment Bank to open 650 branches this year for capital markets and investment banking. India Post Payment Bank (IPPB) is planning a mega expansion To achieve this, it has set up Nomura Innovation Centre to open 650 branches this year. The first two branches of IPPB (NICe) at Powai in Mumbai to provide a platform to were opened in January 2017 in Ranchi and Raipur. start-ups that will be selected for the Voyager program. The focus of the payment bank will be on door-step banking, A survey conducted by the department showed Global economy will grow 3.5% in 2017, IMF predicts "huge" potential for door-step banking. International Monetary Fund predicts that the world economy will grow 3.5 per cent this year, as compared to 3.1 Yes Bank ties up with Paisabazaar.com per cent in 2016. Private sector lender Yes Bank has announced alliance with The IMF’s latest outlook for 2017 is a slight upgrade from Paisabazaar.com under which the bank will offer conditionally the 3.4 per cent global growth it had forecast in January. approved loans to the latter’s existing customers. As part of the partnership, the bank will help RBI, Bank of Guyana sign MoU for supervisory exchange Paisabazaar.com through its advanced analytics and data of information mining capabilities to offer customers of the financial The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced signing of an marketplace with customised and conditionally approved MoU with the Bank of Guyana on "Supervisory Cooperation offers across retail lending products. and Exchange of Supervisory Information". The aim is to make the process of availing a loan easy and The apex bank signed the MoU, Letter for Supervisory Co- seamless and act as a one stop financial solution provider operation and Statement of Co-operation with supervisors for all retail lending needs of the customer, it said. of a few countries to promote greater co-operation and Points to Remember share supervisory information. YES BANK is India's fifth largest private sector Bank, It was signed by Dr Gobind N. Ganga, Governor on behalf founded by Rana Kapoor in 2004. of Bank of Guyana and Dr Urjit R. Patel, Governor on Yes Bank is the only Greenfield Bank licence awarded by behalf of Reserve Bank of India. the RBI in the last two decades. It is headquartered in Mumbai. AU Financiers converts to small finance bank from a NBFC It is the First Private Bank in India to be awarded ISO Au Financiers has converted itself to Small Finance Bank from 14001:2004 certificate 2013. a Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC) changing its name to AU Small Finance Bank. MFIN launches financial literacy app for microfinance AU started as a NBFC and was engaged in business of clients commercial and personal vehicle loans, Micro, Small and Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN), a self-regulatory Medium Enterprise (MSME) loans and SME loans. organisation and an industry association of microfinance, has As a NBFC, AU had network of 300 branches spread launched a financial literacy mobile app for microfinance across 10 states. clients. It intends to start Bank branches in all such locations in The app was launched in the capital in the presence of next couple of months. Meenakshi Lekhi, Member of Parliament, and Manoj Mittal, Deputy Managing Director, SIDBI.

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It is aimed to help microfinance clients in understanding The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) plans to build a new oil the dynamics involved in microfinance, including credit terminal at Motihari in Bihar to supply fuel to neighbour Nepal history, interest rates, repayment cycles and their rights as through the planned pipeline up to Amlekganj in Nepal. a borrower. The old terminal at Raxaul, also in the same Indian state, will be closed, according to an IOC official. SEBI makes P-Note norms stricter to curb black money in In August 2015, the Indian and Nepalese governments markets signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a Markets regulator Sebi has barred resident as well as non- product pipeline, and subsequently IOC and Nepal Oil resident Indians (NRIs) from making investments through Corporation entered into a MoU for laying down of the participatory notes (P-Notes). pipeline by the Indian company. P-notes are mostly used by overseas individual investors, Initially, the plan was to lay the pipeline from Raxaul to hedge funds and foreign institutions to invest in the Indian Amlekganj, but it was later decided to extend it till securities markets through registered foreign institutional Motihari. investors (FIIs). Point to remember Air India, Boeing to launch training centre for AMEs Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was first In collaboration with the aircraft maker Boeing, the public established in the year 1988 as a non-statutory body for sector airways carrier Air India will soon start a training centre regulating the securities market. It became an autonomous for Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (AME). body by The Government of India on 12 April 1992 and Air India Engineering Services Limited (AIESL) Chief given statutory powers in 1992 with SEBI Act 1992 being Executive Officer (CEO), HR Jagganathan said, “The passed by the Indian Parliament. training centre will be opened at Nagpur’s Maintenance The chairman who is nominated by Union Government of Repair Overall (MRO) service centre. The first batch will India. Two members, i.e., Officers from Union Finance be started within six months. We will select 28 students in Ministry. One member from the Reserve Bank of India. every batch.” The remaining five members are nominated by Union In next few months, over 500 aircrafts will be purchased Government of India, out of them at least three shall be and the need for AMEs would go up to 3500 AMEs. whole-time members. Headquarter: Mumbai India to surpass Germany as 4th largest economy by 2022: Chairman: Ajay Tyagi IMF India will surpass Germany as the world’s fourth-largest Belgium opens honorary consulate in GIFT City economy by 2022 and push the UK out of the fifth rank in 2017, Belgium has become the according to an analysis of growth projections by the first country to open an International Monetary Fund. honorary consulate office However, according to the IMF analysis, India has to in Gujarat International address a lot of issues in order to make the climb. Finance Tec-City (GIFT These include implementing the Goods and Services Tax City). (GST), dealing with stressed assets among all major Besides the Belgian Embassy in New Delhi, two economies across the globe, increasing productivity and Consulates-General in Mumbai and Chennai, and an employment opportunities, encouraging corporate honorary consulate in Kolkata, Belgium has expanded its investment and overcoming a shortfall of infrastructure. diplomatic representation in India with this new office in Gandhinagar. Google introduces 'Solve for India' campaign Hari Sankaran was nominated as Honorary Consul of the Google has announced the new “Solve for India” initiative, Kingdom of Belgium to the state of Gujarat. especially for tier-2 cities such as Pune, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kochi, Indore, Nagpur, Nashik, Madurai, Kanpur, and Indian Oil to build new terminal at Motihari to supply fuel Chennai. to Nepal This program will aim to support entrepreneurs and developers of the country.

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Entrepreneurs will now have the opportunity to learn The organization was established on 24 October 1945 directly from Google engineers who will share product after World War II in order to prevent another such usage insights. conflict. At its founding, the UN had 51 member states; there are now 193. It also has 2 observers i.e. the Holy See and Palestine. The headquarters of the UN is in Manhattan, New York

Dr. Navrang Saini takes charge as Whole Time Member, City. IBBI António Guterres (Portugal) is the Secretary General of Dr. Navrang Saini took charge as Whole Time Member, UN while Amina J. Mohammed (Nigeria) is the Deputy Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India in New Delhi. Secretary-General. Dr. Saini will look after Registration & Monitoring wing Vipul takes charge as new Consul General of Dubai comprising Insolvency Professionals, Information Diplomat Vipul, a 1998 batch Indian Foreign Service officer Utilities, Insolvency Professional Agencies & Entities, took up the charge as the new Consul General of Dubai. Valuers, Surveillance, Investigation and Grievance Vipul has succeeded Anurag Bhushan , who returned to Redressal. New Delhi after a successful stint of three years to take up He will also look after Legal Affairs and Establishment. his assignment at the Headquarters. Dr. Saini served as a member of the Indian Corporate Law Service (ICLS). Geetha Johri appointed as first woman DGP of Gujarat He has served Ministry of Corporate Affairs in various Senior IPS officer Geetha Johri was appointed Gujarat's new capacities and played a key role in implementation of DGP-in-charge, becoming the state's first woman police chief. MCA 21. She will replace incumbent PP Pandey. Points to Remember A 1982-batch IPS officer, Johri had a controversial stint in • The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) the the Supreme Court-appointed SIT appointed to probe is the regulator for overseeing insolvency proceedings the post-Godhra riots and was discharged as an accused in and entities like Insolvency Professional Agencies an alleged fake encounter case. (IPA), Insolvency Professionals (IP) and Information Utilities (IU) in India. MS Dhoni Turns Gulf Oil India CEO for a day • It was established on 1 October 2016 and given MS Dhoni was appointed as ‘CEO of the day’ by an oil statutory powers through the Insolvency and company Gulf Oil India. Bankruptcy Code, which was passed by Lok Sabha on He has been a brand ambassador for the firm since 2011. 5 May 2016. Dhoni is set to play for Rising Pune Supergiant in the • It covers Individuals, Companies, Limited Liability 2017 Indian Premier League (IPL) season. Partnerships and Partnership firms. Former Supreme Court judge Shiva Kirti Singh to head • Madhusudan Sahoo is the Chairperson of the TDSAT Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India. The government has cleared retired Supreme Court judge

Shiva Kirti Singh as the next chairman of the Telecom Rajiv Kumar Chander appointed as India's Ambassador to Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT). the UN The appointment is for a period of three years from the Rajiv Kumar Chander has been appointed as Ambassador date of assumption of office or "until further orders, and Permanent Representative of India to the United whichever is earlier," a government notice said. Nations Offices in Geneva. The top slot in the telecom tribunal had been vacant since Chander belongs to the Indian Foreign Services batch of Justice Aftab Alam retired last June. 1983.

He is currently the consul general of India in Nasscom appoints Raman Roy as chairman, Rishad Premji Vancouver since August 2015. as vice-chairman Points to Remember IT industry body Nasscom has appointed Raman Roy, CMD The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental of Quatrro, as its chairman for 2017-18. organization to promote international co-operation.

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It has also named Rishad Premji, Wipro Chief Strategy Republic of the Congo, meeting South Sudanese refugees Officer and son of technology czar Azim Premji, as the and hearing their stories. vice-chairman. Moved by refugee accounts, Davis wrote about her trip. Roy, who served as the vice-chairman in the previous Points to Remember fiscal, take on the new role from 6 April. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees He takes over the mantle from CP Gurnani, managing (UNHCR), also known as the UN Refugee Agency, is a director and CEO of Tech Mahindra. United Nations programme mandated to protect and Points to remember support refugees. The National Association of Software and Services Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland, and it is a Companies (NASSCOM) is a trade association of Indian member of the United Nations Development Group. Information Technology (IT) and Business Process The UNHCR has won two Nobel Peace Prizes, once in Outsourcing (BPO) industry. 1954 and again in 1981. Established in 1988, NASSCOM is a non-profit UNHCR.ORG organisation. Malvika Sinha appointed RBI Executive Director Malala Yousafzai to be United Nations Messenger of Peace The Reserve Bank has appointed Malvika Sinha as Executive United Nations Secretary- Director following the appointment of B P Kanungo as Deputy General Antonio Guterres has Governor. selected Nobel Peace Prize As Executive Director, she will look after foreign laureate Malala Yousafzai to be exchange department, department of government and bank a UN messenger of peace, the accounts and internal debt management wing, RBI said in highest honor bestowed by the a release. UN chief on a global citizen. Kanungo was Executive Director of the Reserve Bank UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric announced that she will before being elevated to the post of Deputy Governor. focus on promoting girls’ education worldwide. Other messengers of peace include actors Michael Smita Sandhane takes charge as MD, Saraswat Co- Douglas and Leonardo DiCaprio, primatologist Jane operative Bank Goodall and musicians Daniel Barenboim and Yo-Yo Saraswat Co-operative Bank said Smita Sandhane has taken Ma. charge as Managing Director of the bank with effect from April 1. Mukta Dutta Tomar appointed India's Ambassador to She is the first woman chief of India's largest urban co- Germany operative bank. Mukta Dutta Tomar was appointed Prior to her elevation, Sandhane was the Joint Managing as new Indias Ambassador to Director of the bank. Germany. She has been with the bank since 1982. Tomar, a 1984 batch IFS officer is Sandhane has taken over from S.K. Banerji, who retired presently working as the from the services of the bank on March 31, 2017. Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). Ajit Kumar Srivastava, Shabri Bhattasali named new Earlier, Gurjit Singh was holding this post till in March CBDT members 2017. Senior bureaucrats Ajit Kumar Srivastava and Shabri Bhattasali were appointed members of Central Board of Direct Kristin Davis appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Taxes (CBDT), the apex policy making body of the Income UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced the Tax department. appointment of internationally acclaimed actress and The role of the CBDT is to provide inputs for policy and philanthropist Kristin Davis as its Goodwill Ambassador. planning of direct taxes in the country and the statutory Three years ago, Davis started her journey with UNHCR authority also administers the direct tax laws through by travelling to Northern Uganda and the Democratic Income Tax Department.

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The CBDT functions under the Central Board of Revenue B.N.Mohapatra has been appointed as the new Financial Act, 1963. Commissioner (FC) (Railways) and ex-officio Secretary to the Government of India and has taken over the charge on Sunita Sharma, B Venugopal appointed MDs in LIC 17/04/2017. Sunita Sharma and B Venugopal were appointed as Managing • Prior to this posting, Shri B.N.Mohapatra was posted Directors in Life Insurance Corporation of India. as Additional Member/ Finance since 01.11.2016. They have been appointed to the posts for a period of five • An officer of Indian Railway Accounts Service years, an order issued by Department of Personnel and (IRAS) of 1980 examination batch, Training (DoPT) said. Shri B.N.Mohapatra completed his post graduation in Sharma and Venugopal are at present Executive Directors Political Science and graduation in LLB. in LIC. Vinay Sah is new MD & CEO of LIC Housing Finance Mahabaleshwara MS takes charge as new MD and CEO of Vinay Sah has assumed charge as MD and CEO of LIC Karnataka Bank Housing Finance. He comes in place of Sunita Sharma, who Mahabaleshwara Mavinakudige Subrahmanya is the new has been promoted as Managing Director of Life Insurance chief of Karnataka Bank Ltd. Corporation of India. He succeeds Polali Jayarama Bhat, who voluntarily Prior to joining LIC Housing Finance, Sah was Executive stepped down 15 months ahead of his three-year term as Director–Marketing/Product Development with LIC of MD and CEO. India. Jayarama Bhat took over from Anathakrishna as the bank's executive chief on July 14, 2009. Himanta Biswa Sarma becomes interim BAI president BJP leader and Assam Ex-UNEP boss Steiner takes over as UNDP administrator Badminton Association UN chief Antonio Guterres has named a German with President Himanta Biswa extensive experience at the world organization, Achim Sarma was appointed Steiner, as the new administrator of the UN Development Badminton Association of Programme (UNDP). India's interim head during its Steiner, who previously served at the UN Environment executive council meeting. Programme and headed the UN office in Kenya, was The post of president was left vacant after the sudden selected to succeed Helen Clark, a former New Zealand demise of former president Akhilesh Das Gupta. prime minister, who has steered the UNDP since 2009. An executive council meeting was called and Sarma was Points to Remember appointed as the interim president. Headquartered in New York City, the UNDP seeks to reduce poverty, improve social development and Mridul Gehlot elected president of kabaddi federation encourage women’s empowerment. Mridul Gehlot and Dinesh Patel were elected unanimously president and general secretary of Amateur Kabaddi Federation Dr. (Ms.) Mukulita Vijayawargiya takes charge as Whole of India (AKFI). Time Member, IBBI The elections were held under the the supervision of Dr. (Ms.) Mukulita Vijayawargiya took charge as Whole justice I S Israni. Time Member, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of Observers from the Sports Ministry, Indian Olympic India in New Delhi. Association, International Kabaddi Federation and Asian Dr. (Ms.) Vijayawargiya will look after Administrative Kabaddi Federation were also present for the elections. Law Wing. She will also look after Information Technology, Limited Insolvency Examination, National Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar appointed new Director General of Insolvency Examination, Finance and Accounts and CRPF Communication.

B.N.Mohapatra takes over as the New Financial Commissioner of Railways

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Senior IPS officer Rajiv Rai It was founded on 14 December 1950. Italy’s Filippo Bhatnagar was appointed as the new Grandi is the head of UNHCR. Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF). Apollo Hospitals' Shobana Kamineni is the new President His appointment comes two of CII days after the CRPF lost 25 jawans in the deadly Sukma The Confederation of Indian attack. Industry (CII), a non-governmental Bhatnagar will be replacing acting DG Sudeep Lakhtakia. trade association, announced that In another key appointment, R K Pachnanda was 56-year-old Shobana Kamineni, appointed as DG of the Indo Tibetan Border Police executive vice-chairperson of (ITBP). Apollo Hospitals Enterprises Ltd He'll be taking over from Krishna Chaudhary, who is set (AHEL), is the industry to retire in June this year. association’s new President for the Pachnanda is currently serving as DG of the National year 2017-18. Disaster Response Force (NDRF). She takes over from Dr Naushad Forbes, co-chairman, Forbes Marshall Limited. Nita Ambani made member of IOC’s Olympic Channel Uday Kotak, executive vice chairman and managing Commission director, Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited is the new Vice India's first woman International Olympic Committee member President of CII. Nita Ambani has made it to two important commissions of the global sports governing body, including the prestigious Olympic channel. Besides the Olympic Channel, the 53-year-old Ambani has AP Chief Minister bags US India Business Council award also been made a member of Olympic education The US India Business Council has Commission as IOC announced the composition of 26 selected Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister commissions for 2017. N Chandrababu Naidu for award of She is one of the 16 members of the Olympic Channel ‘Transformative Chief Minister’ Commission headed by United States Olympic Committee Naidu would be receiving coveted Chairman Lawrence Francis Probst. award at second annual West Coast She will serve the world sport's apex body till the age of summit which is to be held in California on May 8. 70. Dawit Isaak awarded UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Syrian Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini becomes Press Freedom Prize 2017 UNHCR ambassador Dawit Isaak, an imprisoned Eritrean-Swedish journalist, has Syrian refugee and Olympic athlete Yusra Mardini has been been chosen to receive the 2017 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano appointed UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) World Press Freedom Prize. Goodwill Ambassador. Mr. Isaak was arrested in a crackdown on the media that She swam at the Olympic last August as one of 10 athletes occurred in September 2001. The last time he was heard in the first-ever refugee Olympic team. from was in 2005. His present location is unknown. Points to Remember Points to Remember The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Created by UNESCO’s Executive Board in 1997, the (UNHCR), also known as the UN Refugee Agency, is a Prize honours a person, organization or institution that has United Nations programme mandated to protect and made an outstanding contribution to the defence and, or support refugees and assists in their voluntary repatriation, promotion of press freedom anywhere in the world, and local integration or resettlement to a third country. especially when this has been achieved in the face of Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland, and it is a danger. member of the United Nations Development Group. The $25,000 Prize is named in honour of Guillermo Cano The UNHCR has won two Nobel Peace Prizes, once in Isaza, a Colombian journalist who was assassinated in 1954 and again in 1981. front of the offices of his newspaper, El Espectador, in Bogotá, on 17 December 1986.

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It is funded by the Cano Foundation (Colombia) and the for the All India Best Feature Film, which now better Helsingin Sanomat Foundation (Finland). known as National Film Award for Best Feature Film. Mirza Galib was the first Hindi film to be awarded with Priyanka Chopra voted second most beautiful woman in National Film Award. the world Priyanka Chopra has defeated famous personalities like British-Indian educationist named ‘Asian Businesswoman Angelina Jolie, Emma Watson, Blake Lively and Michelle of the Year’ Obama to become the second most beautiful woman in the Bihar-origin Asha world. Khemka, who arrived in In a poll done by Las Angeles based photo, journal, and the United Kingdom with video-sharing social media network, BuzzNet, Priyanka is her family in 1978 without just behind Pop diva Beyonce, who is topping the list. English language skills and Model and Victoria’s Secret angel Taylor Hill is at number went on to change the lives three followed by Watson, Dakota Johnson and Hillary of thousands as an educationist, was named “Asian Clinton at fourth, fifth and sixth position respectively. Businesswoman of the Year” at an event in Birmingham. The latest award was conferred on her, among others, at 64th National Film Awards the 5th annual Asian Business Awards Midlands, which Best Feature Film- Kaasav (Marathi) honours the success and achievements of local Asian Best Actor - Akshay Kumar (Rustom) businesses, at the Edgbaston cricket ground. Best Actress - Surabhi Lakshmi (Minnaminungu) Best Hindi Film: Neerja (Ram Madhvani) Pulitzer’s Prize 2017: Winners List Best Director - Rajesh Mapuskar (Ventilator) Journalism Best Film on Social Issues - 'Pink' Public Service: The staff of the New York Daily News and Best Supporting Actor - Manoj Joshi (Dashkriya) ProPublica. Best Supporting Actress - Zaira Wasim (Dangal) Breaking News Reporting: The staff of East Bay Times. Best Debut Film of a Director - Deep Chaudari (Alifa) Investigative Reporting: Eric Eyre, the Charleston Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment - Gazette-Mail. 'Sathamanam Bhavathi' Explanatory Reporting: The Panama Papers, by the Best Children's Film - 'Dhanak' (Hindi) International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, Best Child Artist - Adhish Praveen (Kunju Daivam), Saj McClatchy and the Miami Herald. (Noor Islam), Manohara (Railway Children) Local Reporting: The staff of The Salt Lake Tribune. Best Male Playback Singer - Sundara Iyer (Joker) National Reporting: David Fahrenthold, The Washington Best Female Playback Singer - Iman Chakraborty Post. (Praktan) International Reporting: The staff of The New York Best Special Effect Award: 'Shivaay' Times. Best Environmental film including agriculture - The Tiger Feature Writing: C.J. Chivers of The New York Times. Who Crossed The Line Commentary: Peggy Noonan, The Wall Street Journal. Points to Remember Criticism: Hilton Als, The New Yorker. The most film friendly state award was given to Uttar Editorial Writing: Art Cullen, The Storm Lake Times. Pradesh. Editorial Cartooning: Jim Morin, Miami Herald. The best film critic award was given to G. Dhananjayan. Breaking News Photography: Daniel Berehulak, The New Best Book on Cinema award was given to Lata: Sur York Times. Gatha, authored by Yatindra Mishra. The book narrates Feature Photography: E. Jason Wambsgans, Chicago Lata Mangeshkar’s life, seven decade career and its’ Tribune. impact on Indian cinema. Letters, Drama And Music The National Film Awards were established in 1954. Fiction: The Underground Railroad, by Colson Shyamchi Aai, a Marathi film received an honour to be Whitehead. the first Indian film to receive President's Gold Medal Drama: Sweat, by Lynn Nottage.

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Biography or Autobiography: The Return, by Hisham The sixth prestigious M.S. Swaminathan Award for Matar. contribution in the field of agriculture was given to R.R. Poetry: Olio, by Tyehimba Jess. Hanchinal, Chairperson of Protection of Plant Varieties and Music: Angel's Bone, by Du Yun. Farmers Rights Authority, government of India. The award is instituted and given under the aegis of Haldia Port Tops the List in the First Ever Ranking of Retired ICAR Employees Association (RICAREA) in Ports on Sanitation association with the Nuziveedu Seeds Ltd (NSL). For the first time ever, the twelve major ports under the Ministry of Shipping have been ranked on sanitation BEML bags Hindustan PSU award parameters, based on the efforts undertaken by them to counter BEML, a defence public sector, has received the Hindustan waste generating sources with respect to port operation, office PSU Award under the category ‘Fastest Growing area, township area and the response to incoming ships. Organisation – Miniratna’. While Haldia and Vizag ports bagged the first and second • Umesh Chandra, Executive Director, received the ranks respectively, almost all ports have achieved the award on behalf of the company. benchmark for cleanliness or are well above it. • The award was presented by Nitin Gadkari, Union The exercise was undertaken during the ‘Swachhta Minister of State for Road Transport, along with Pakhwada’ observed from the 16th to 31st of March 2017. Piyush Goel, Union Minister of State for Power, Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of State for President Confers National Geoscience Awards for 2016 on Petroleum, and Manoj Sinha, Union Minister of State 26 Geoscientists for Railway. The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee conferred the National Geoscience Awards 2016 (#NGA2016) on twenty- Shambhavi Puraskar for Hari Shankar Rout six geoscientists in New Delhi, in the presence of the Minister The prestigious Shambhavi Puraskar, 2017 was persented to of State (Independent Charge) of Power, Coal, New & Hari Sankar Rout for his outstanding contribution towards Renewable Energy and Mines Shri Piyush Goyal. social change. The 26 geoscientists were presented the National • The award carrying a trophy, citation and a cash prize Geoscience Awards for the year 2016 for their meritorious of Rs 2.5 lakh was presented by Union Minister of contributions in eleven fields of geosciences. state for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dr. Abhishek Saha from National Institute of Rajiv Pratap Rudy at a function. Oceanography Goa who got the Young Scientist Award • The Shambhavi Puraskar was instituted in 2014 by was especially lauded by the President and the Mines Bansidhar and Ila Panda Foundation (BIPF). Minister. Italian mayor Giusi Nicolini wins Unesco Peace Prize Himachal bags Krishi Karman Award 2015-16 The Unesco has awarded its Peace The Union Ministry of Prize to Giuseppina (Giusi) Agriculture has selected Nicolini, the mayor of the Italian Himachal Pradesh for the island of Lampedusa, for her Krishi Karman Award commitment to saving the lives of 2015-16 for commendable migrants and refugees. increase in food grains Since becoming Mayor in 2012, Nicolini has been an production. outspoken defender of refugee and migrant rights. A communication in this regard was received by Chief Minister Virbhadra Aamir Khan, Kapil Dev to get Dinanath Mangeshkar Singh, an official spokesman said. Award State Agriculture Minister Sujan Singh Pathania said that Actor Aamir Khan and cricket icon Kapil Dev will receive the during last five years, the total food grains production has 75th Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Awards, at a ceremony on increased from 14.94 lakh tone to 16.34 lakh ton. April 24.

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Khan will be honoured with the Vishesh Puraskar for Best island was named the global winner of the 2017 Travelers' Film 'Dangal', while Dev for his outstanding contribution Choice Awards in March. to Indian Cricket. According to the website, Bali improved in three main Apart from the duo, other awardees include legendary categories from 2015 to 2016: Accommodation, actress Vyjayanthimala Bali, who will be honoured with attractions and restaurants. Master Dinanath Vishesh Puraskar for her achievements The website also revealed the top three countries where in Hindi cinema. users did most research on Bali: China, the Netherlands The event will be organised by Master Dinanath Smruti and India. Pratishthan and Hridayesh Arts. 'Newton' wins best film at Hong Kong Film Festival GNFC wins Golden Peacock Award Actor Rajkummar Rao-starrer "Newton" has won the best film The Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd honour at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. (GNFC) won the prestigious Golden Peacock Award in the Amit Masurkar-directed "Newton", which also stars category of Innovative Product/Service for pioneering a Anjali Patil, is a political satire. cashless township transformation model. It had its world premiere at the 67th Berlin Film Festival The Golden Peacock Awards were established by the where it won the International Federation of Art Cinemas Institute of Directors (IOD) in India in 1991. (CICAE) award in its Forum segment. They are now acknowledged as a benchmark of corporate excellence worldwide. Satyarthi given P.C. Chandra award Nobel laureate and social activist Kailash Satyarthi was Hema Malini, Aishwarya Rai Bag Dadasaheb Phalke presented the P.C. Chandra Purashkar (award) for his global Awards crusade against child slavery and exploitative child labour. Veteran actress- politician Hema Malini along with The 63-year-old Satyarthi was handed over a citation, a Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, filmmaker Shoojit Sircar and trophy and a cheque of Rs 10 lakh. Zeenat Aman bagged the Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Satyarthi, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 with Awards 2017. Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan, urged everyone to work These are not Dadasaheb Phalke Awards presented by the towards making India a "child-friendly country". Government of India, these are the Dadasaheb Phalke Film Foundation Awards which started around three years back Goldman Prize for Prafulla Samantra and from then on, have been organised every year in Social activist Prafulla Samantra was announced one of six Mumbai to honour the contribution of various artists to winners of the Goldman Environmental Prize, in San Indian cinema. Francisco. Chitra Productions in association with Dadasaheb Phalke The prize citation said this was for his "...historic 12-year Excellence Awards 2017 celebrated the 148th birth legal battle that affirmed the indigenous Dongria Kondh’s anniversary of the father of Indian Cinema, the respected land rights and protected the Niyamgiri Hills from a Dadasaheb Phalke. massive, open-pit aluminum ore mine." This year, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan won the award for the Since 1990 when the awards were first instituted, five film Sarabjit while Hema Malini won the Award in the Indians — Medha Patkar, M.C. Mehta, Rasheeda Bi, category of Kala Shree. Champaran Shukla and Ramesh Agrawal — have won the Veteran Zeenat Aman received the Lifetime prize. Mr. Samantra will be the sixth. Achievement Award. On the other hand, Sircar bagged Other winners this year include Mark Lopez, United Creative Director Award for Pink, along with Rohit Roy, States; Uroš Macerl, Slovenia; Rodrigo Tot, Guatemala; who bagged the Best Negative Role in Film for Kaabil. Rodrigue Katembo, Democratic Republic of Congo; and Wendy Bowman, Australia. TripAdvisor presents Bali with 2017 Travelers' Choice Awards Moushumi Chatterjee gets BFJA lifetime achievement Travel planning and booking website TripAdvisor has award bestowed on Bali an award as the “best destination,” after the Veteran actress Moushumi Chatterjee has received the lifetime achievement award, while actor Ashish Vidyarthi

35 WiFiStudy.com was honoured for his contribution to Indian Cinema at the 80th Golden Peacock National Training Award was given to Bengal Film Journalists’ Association (BFJA) awards. State Bank of India, Life Insurance Corporation of India The BFJA, the oldest association of film scribes in the and Bangalore International Airport Limited. country was founded in 1937. The awards were presented at the 27th World Congress on Bengali film superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee was given the Business Excellence and Innovation being held in Dubai. best actor award for his role in Sankhachil. Prosenjit shared the honour with actor Chiranjeet Chakraborty for Goa varsity confers D Litt on President Chotushkone. President Pranab Mukherjee was bestowed with a D Litt degree Rituparna Sengupta was given the best actress crown by the Goa University. for her role in Rajkahini along with Paoli Dam for Mukherjee was conferred with the D Litt degree during the “Natoker Moto” (2015). 29th annual convocation of the university at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium. Veteran actor K. Viswanath wins Dadasaheb Phalke award Goa Governor Mridula Sinha, who is also the university's for 2016 chancellor, awarded the degree to Mukherjee. Renowned Film Director & Actor Shri Kasinadhuni Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar too was present on Viswanath is to be conferred the 48th Dada Saheb Phalke the occasion. Award for the year 2016. I&B Minister Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu approved the Indian businessman Yusuff Ali wins Queen's Enterprise recommendation of the Dada Saheb Phalke Award Award committee. A prominent Indian businessman's food processing plant in Points to Remember Britain has won the prestigious Queen's Enterprise Award 2017 The Award is conferred by the Government of India for for its exceptional contribution to the UK's trade, industry and outstanding contribution to the growth and development economy. of Indian Cinema. Yusuff Ali M.A , 61, said the recognition for his The Award consists of a Swarn Kamal (Golden Lotus), a Birmingham-based Y International (UK) Ltd will spur his cash prize of Rs. 10 lakhs and a shawl. Abu Dhabi headquartered Lulu Group International to Last year it was given to veteran actor and director Manoj further expand business interests in the UK. Kumar. The Queen's Award for Enterprise is conferred annually by Queen Elizabeth II on her birthday, April 21, upon Aditi Ashok, SSP Chawrasia win Golf Industry Awards businesses that display great enterprise across the fields of SSP Chawrasia and innovation, international trade, promoting opportunity Aditi Ashok were among through social mobility and sustainable development. the winners at the second Golf Industry Srishti Kaur wins Miss Teen Universe pageant Association (GIA) Srishti Kaur from India was crowned Miss Teen Universe Awards. 2017, beating out 25 other contestants from around the world Aditi bagged Outstanding Achievement as a Player award. in the annual beauty pageant. Chawrasia bagged the Award for the Men's Player of the Samantha Pierre from Canada and Ary Trava from Mexico Year. were the runners-up in the event held at the Ruben Dario National Theatre in Nicaragua’s capital Managua. GMR Airport Wins ‘Golden Peacock Business Excellence Kaur, a resident of Noida, also won the prize for best Award 2017’ national costume. GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd. (GHIAL), which operates Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), RDPR bags e-Puraskar Hyderabad has won the coveted Golden Peacock Business The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Excellence Award (GPBEA) 2017 in the large scale industry- Department of Karnataka has bagged e-Puraskar Award for the Transportation-Aviation category. best performance in empowering panchayats by using YES BANK Limited has been awarded the Golden Information and Communication Technology (ICT) tools, for Peacock Innovative Product/Service Award 2017. 2016-17.

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Kerala bagged the second prize, while West Bengal A new iOS exclusive app secured third prize in the category of ICT tools. named 100MB Cricket, led by The cash prize for the first position is Rs. 2 crore, Rs. 1 the cricketing legend Sachin crore for second position and Rs. 50 lakh for third position. Tendulkar, has been launched. President of India presents CII Awards The app allows its users The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented CII to interact live with President’s Award for Lifetime Achievement to Mr. Rahul Sachin Tendulkar, while giving them access to latest Bajaj and CII foundation Woman Exemplar Award in New scores, schedules & player statistics. Delhi. The app features post-match scenes for each IPL match Speaking on the occasion, the President congratulated all along with predictions and analysis. the awardees – Mr. Rahul Bajaj, Chairman, Bajaj Auto Ltd. for receiving this year’s CII President’s Award for PV Sindhu dominates Carolina Marin to win India Open Lifetime Achievement and those conferred with Woman 2017 title Exemplar Awards. India’s badminton star PV Sindhu added yet another title to her name after winning the India Open Superseries title in New Bhubaneswar smart city plan gets USA global award Delhi. The American Planning Association (APA) has announced this This was her first title at home as she beat Rio Olympic year's international excellence award for the Bhubaneswar gold medallist Carolina Marin in the final. smart city project. Sindhu, who had lost to Marin in Rio, produced an The award called Pierre L'Enfant International Planning inspiring performance and won the final in straight sets 21- Excellence Award 2017 will be given on May 8 in New 19 21-16. York city. This is the first time in the 50 years history of APA's Roger Federer downs Rafael Nadal to win Miami Open annual award programme that an Indian city has been Men’s Title recognised for its planning efforts. Roger Federer defeated long-standing rival Rafael Nadal 6-3, Hero MotoCorp named ‘Indian MNC of the Year’ 6-4 to win the Miami Open and continue his outstanding start Pawan Munjal-led Hero MotoCorp was conferred the ‘Indian to the year. MNC of the Year’ award by the All India Management Federer has beaten Nadal in all of those events this year Association (AIMA). and has now won his last four meetings between the pair. Other awards are: Although Nadal still has a 23-14 advantage in the meetings Arundhati Bhattacharya: Business leader of the year. between the two. Dilip Shanghvi: ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ Johanna Konta beats Caroline Wozniacki in Miami Open Rahul Sharma : ‘Transformational Business Leader of the Women's final Year’ awards respectively. Johanna Konta of Great Britain won Nandan Nilekani: ‘outstanding initiative of the year’ for the biggest title of her career when she India Stack. beat Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-3 in the Maruti Suzuki: ‘MNC of the Year’ (in India) final of the Miami Open. Coal India Ltd the ‘outstanding PSU of the year’. The 25-year-old Konta received $1.18 million and will climb to a career-high No. 7. Her other titles came at Sydney this year and Stanford in 2016. Sachin Tendulkar Launches '100MB Cricket' app India ranks 3rd for third year in a row in world doping chart India has been ranked third for the third year in a row in a doping violation report published by the World Anti-Doping

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Agency (WADA) for 2015, with 117 athletes from the country The affiliation ends a logjam that goes back to September being punished after testing positive for banned substances. last year when BFI took charge of the sport after elections India followed the Russian Federation (176) and Italy conducted in the presence of International Boxing (129) in the chart, the same position as in the reports of Association (AIBA) and Sports Ministry observers. 2013 and 2014. BFI now becomes the fully recognised body for Indian All the violations by the Indians came from urine samples. boxing, having already been granted affiliation by AIBA Points to Remember and the Sports Ministry. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is a foundation initiated by the International Olympic Committee to Indian Boxer Shyam Kumar Wins Gold At Thailand promote, coordinate and monitor the fight against International drugs in sports. Indian boxer K Shyam WADA was founded on November 10, 1999. Its motto is Kumar (49kg) clinched a Play True. gold medal at the Thailand Craig Reedie is the President of WADA which is International Tournament headquartered in Montreal, Canada. in Bangkok without even stepping inside the ring for Virat Kohli named Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the his summit clash. World for 2016 Shyam, who won gold at the 2015 edition of the event, was India cricket team skipper Virat Kolhi was named Wisden’s to take on Olympic champion Hasanboy Dusmatov of Leading Cricketer in the World for 2016. Uzbekistan in the final. Kohli scored 1215 Test runs at a brilliant average of 75.93 However, Dusmatov pulled out of the bout owing to an last year. His 10 ODI appearances fetched him 739 runs at injury, giving the Indian his second gold medal at the 92.37, while he scored 641 T20 International runs at event. 106.83. The 28-year-old became the third Indian cricketer to win NBA launches basketball school in Mumbai the award. National Basketball Association announced the setting up of Former Indian opener Virender Sehwag earned the its first basketball school, a network of tuition-based basketball honour twice by Wisden, while legendary cricketer development programmes, in Mumbai. Sachin Tendulkar won it once. The school, as part of a multi-year agreement announced with India On Track (IOT), is open to male and female India rises to 101 in FIFA rankings, best ever in two players between ages 6-18. decades Additional schools will be launched by NBA in India and The Indian football team achieved its best ever FIFA ranking around the world in the coming months. in over two decades as it jumped to 101 in the latest list. This is the team’s best ever ranking since May 1996 — it Lewis Hamilton wins Chinese Grand Prix was ranked 101 then also. Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton dominated the Chinese India jumped 31 places from its last rank of 132nd in the Grand Prix to take his first win of the year and move into a previous month. share of the championship lead. Following a couple of wins in recent times, India is now Vettel finished second. ranked 11th in Asia. Red Bull's Max Verstappen moved up from 16th on the The highest FIFA ranking achieved by India ever is 94, grid to finish third. which was attained in February 1996. Brazil have taken over at the top of the FIFA rankings for Davis Cup: India seal 4-1 win over Uzbekistan the first time since 2010 replacing Argentina. India sealed a 4-1 win against Uzbekistan in the IOA grants affiliation to Boxing Federation of India second round of the Davis The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has granted Cup Asia/Oceania Group I affiliation to the Boxing Federation of India (BFI), ending a tie in Bangalore to advance long-standing impasse between the two bodies. to the World Group playoff.

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The Indians will now play the World Group playoff in Video gaming to be featured at 2022 Asian Games September against an opponent that will be decided later Video gaming will be through a draw in London. featured as a full Points to Remember sport at the 2022 The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in Asian Games, with men's tennis. competitors in It is run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF). electronic sports set It is described by the organisers as the "World Cup of to receive medals for Tennis", and the winners are referred to as the World their digital prowess. Champion team. The Olympic Council of Asia says it will introduce e- The competition began in 1900 between Great Britain and sports to the official program of the Asian Games at the United States. Hangzhou, China. It will also be a demonstration sport at the 2018 Asian India lift Asian School Hockey Championship Games in Palembang, Indonesia. Alishan Mohammad and Pratap Lakra scored a brace each as The council is collaborating with Ali sports, a unit of India emerged champion at the 5th Asian School Hockey China’s Alibaba Group, to bring e-sports to the games. Championship with a convincing 5-1 win over Malaysia in the final. Visually impaired Indian runner Sagar Baheti completes In the match for third and fourth place, Singapore beat historic Boston Marathon China 3-1 in a nail-biting shootout after the two teams Bangalore-based Sagar Baheti has become the first visually ended the regulation time in a 1-1 stalemate. impaired Indian runner to complete the historic Boston Marathon, the world's oldest, most competitive and the Pankaj Advani wins Asian Billiards Championship title hardest marathon to qualify for. Sixteen-time world champion Pankaj Advani won his seventh Baheti travelled to the USA and became the first visually Asian title by defeating Sourav Kothari 6-3 in an entertaining impaired Indian to participate in the famous marathon. final of the Asian Billiards Championship, in Chandigarh. Baheti completed approximately 42.16 km distance in just This is his sixth Asian Billiards and seventh overall Asian over four hours. championship. The other title being 6-red snooker which he won last year. Cricket removed from 2018 Asian Games programme The game of cricket has been removed from the programme Praneeth clinches maiden Super Series title at Singapore list of the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang. Open Apart from cricket, skateboarding, sambo and surfing Indian shuttler B Sai Praneeth clinched his maiden Super Series are among the other sports which have been removed from title at the Singapore Open after defeating compatriot K the programme in order to reduce the burden on Srikanth in a historic final. Indonesian organisers. World No.30 Praneeth, who had won the Canada Open This measure was taken as a part of the series of changes Grand Prix last year and reached the Syed Modi Grand aimed at reducing the total number of events from 493 to Prix Gold final this year, outmaneuvered Srikanth 17-21, 431. Also omitted from the list are kurash and belt 21-17, 21-12 in the summit clash of the $350,000 event. wrestling events.

Ferrari’s Vettel wins Bahrain Grand Prix Nadal wins Monte-Carlo Masters Sebastian Vettel claimed a well-judged victory for Ferrari in Defending champion Rafael Nadal won the Monte Carlo the Bahrain Grand Prix for his second win of the season. Masters for an unprecedented 10th time, easily beating Albert The 29-year-old four-time champion came home seven Ramos-Vinolas 6-1, 6-3 in the final. seconds ahead of three-time champion Lewis Hamilton of In the doubles final, Rohan Bopanna and Pablo Cuevas Mercedes. beat seventh seeds and reigning Roland Garros champions Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez 6-3, 3-6, [10-4] to win the title.

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Nadal’s 70th career title was his first of the season; he lost three finals this year, two of those to Roger Federer. Valtteri Bottas wins his first F1 title in Russia Finland's Valtteri Bottas celebrated the first Formula One Haryana emerge champion at National Youth Athletics victory of his career at the Russian Grand Prix. Meet Championship leader Sebastian Vettel finished Second Haryana beat arch rivals Kerala after six years to win the team while Kimi Raikkonen finished third. championship at the National Youth Athletics Meet, which Lewis Hamilton Finished fourth. concluded in Hyderabad. Haryana emerged champions with 166.5 points. Kerala, Red-Hot Rafael Nadal Wins 10th Barcelona Open Title which stood at the top place in the last five years, could Rafael Nadal romped to Barcelona Open title as he swept aside manage only 134.75 points to finish runners-up. Austria's Dominic Thiem 6-4, 6-1 for a 51st clay-court crown. This was Nadal's 10th Barcelona Open title. India wins 16 medals at US Open karate Championship Nadal won in Barcelona between 2005-2009, 2011-13 and India finished with a rich haul of three gold, two silver and 11 now in the last two years. bronze medals at the US Open Karate Championship held in Las Vegas. Shaifali Agarwal, Abhishek Sengupta won a gold medal, a silver in two different individual events. India also won a gold medal in the team event. Noted scriptwriter Ajey Jhankar no more The Indian team was led by Sensei Yashpal Singh Kalsi Noted author and and Members of the Indian contingent -- Abhishek filmmaker Ajey Jhankar Sengupta, Rantej Singh, Harcharan Singh Chowhan and passed away in a private Shaifali Agarwal were trained under Sensei Kalsi. hospital. He was 57. Writer of well-known MCC offers life membership to former India captain Marathi novel Sandhya Agarwal “Sarkarnama”, The Marylebone Jhankar later produced Cricket Club (MCC) the Marathi movie has offered honourary with the same name in 1998, which had won many awards. life membership to Hollywood movie 'Singularity' by filmmakar Roland Joffe Sandhya Agarwal, was based on Jhankar's novel 'Drohparv'. He was the co- former captain of the screenwriter for the film. Indian women’s Test team. Kishori Amonkar passes away A resident of Indore, Agarwal has played 13 Tests and 21 Renowned Hindustani classical vocalist Kishori Amonkar ODIs from 1984 to 1995. passed away after a brief illness. She was 84. Agarwal is being honoured in recognition of her Amonkar was recognised as one of the foremost singers in distinguished service to the game. the Hindustani tradition and as an innovative exponent of After her retirement, she continued to contribute to the the Jaipur gharana. game as a selector and coach, besides being a member of the BCCI’s women’s committee. Badminton Association of India President Akhilesh Das Points to Remember Gupta Passes Away Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club in Badminton Association of India (BAI) president and former London, founded in 1787. Union Minister Akhilesh Das Gupta passed away after MCC was formerly the governing body of cricket both in suffering a heart attack. England and Wales as well as worldwide. Akhilesh Das Gupta was a Prominent Educationist, MCC revised the Laws of Cricket in 1788 and continues Professor, Indian Politician & Philanthropist. He was the to reissue them (from time to time), and remains the son of Freedom Fighter Late Babu Banarasi Das, former copyright holder. Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.

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He held country’s most prestigious office as ‘Member of Vinu Chakravarthy has acted in more than 1000 movies in Parliament’ (Rajya Sabha) for 18 years. Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam languages. He held the office of the Minister for Steel from January He is known for his comedian, supporting and villainous 2006 till May 2008 under Dr. Manmohan Singh roles. Government during UPA-I.

Ex JK Governor G C Saxena Dies At 90 Former Jammu and Kashmir

Governor Girish Chandra “Portuguese India and Mughal Relations 1510-1735”: A Saxena, lovingly called Gary, book by Luis de Assis Correia died after a brief illness. He Goa-based author Luis de Assis Correia has released his book was 90. “Portuguese India and Mughal Relations 1510-1735” He held the office of the recently. Governor J&K from 26 The book is already in controversies as the author has May 1990 to 13 March 1993 for first term. claimed that Jodhabai, Wife of Akbar was in fact a He took over as Governor of the State on 2 May 1998 for Portuguese woman, Dona Maria Mascarenhas. the second time. Piyush Goyal launches self-help book Emma Morano: World's oldest person dies at age 117 Union Minister of The world's oldest person Emma Morano has died at age 117 Power, Coal and in her home in northern Italy. New and Renewable Emma Morano was born on November 29, 1899. Energy, Piyush She was also believed to have been the last surviving Goyal has launched person in the world who was born in the 1800s. a self-helpbook on establishing a Veteran journalist Nora Chopra no more credible business Senior journalist and columnist, Nora Chopra passed and making profit. away following a period of illness. Titled "The Entrepreneur's Guidebook," the book is She was actively engaged in her work till her premature authored by Suresh Bharwani, Chairman and Managing demise. Director of Jetking Infotrain Limited. Chopra was widely respected for being a passionate, Points to Remember spirited and combative journalist. Piyush Goyal is the Union Minister of Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy. Actor Vinod Khanna passes away at 70 He is currently a Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha, Veteran actor and sitting BJP MP Vinod Khanna passed away from Maharashtra). at the age of 70 after a difficult battle with cancer. The actor, who was part of several Bollywood hits like Veerappa Moily presents copy of his new book to President Amar Akbar Anthony and The Burning Train, was Former Union minister and senior Congress leader M admitted to the HN Reliance Foundation and Research Veerappa Moily presented the first copy of his book 'The Centre in Girgaon, Mumbai recently. Flaming Tresses of Draupadi' to President Pranab Vinod Khanna, a sitting Bharatiya Janata Party MP from Mukherjee. Gurdaspur district of Punjab, was born on 6 October, 1946. The book Chronicles the epic character of Mahabharata, He was seen in 141 films between 1968 and 2013. Draupadi.

Popular Tamil actor Vinu Chakravarthy passes away VP receives the book ‘Hope in a challenged democracy; An Well-known Tamil actor and writer Vinu Chakravarthy, who Indian narrative’ had starred in over 1,000 films, breathed his last on 27 April The Vice President of India, Shri M. Hamid Ansari has 2017. He was 74. received the first copy of the Book titled ‘Hope in a challenged

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The Dalai Lama launches the book ocean and blue (C) West Bengal mountains (D) Haryana The Dalai Lama released a book titled “Ocean and Blue (E) None of these Mountains” published by the department of Karmik and 5. Which of the following has won Dadasaheb Phalke Adhyatmik Affairs in the presence of the chief minister and other dignitaries. Excellence Awards 2017 in Kala Shree category? The book title refers 'Ocean' as His Holiness and 'Blue (A) Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Mountains' as the people of Arunachal Pradesh and is a (B) Hema Malini collection of memoirs of the special bond shared between the two. (C) Jeenat Amaan He also released a book titled – “Crossing of the (D) Rohit Roy Frontiers” describing his exile route from Tibet to India, (E) None of these published by Losel Nyinje Charitable Society and Monyul Social Welfare Association. 6. Who is known as the Father of Indian Cinema? (A) Satyajit Ray Current Affairs Question (B) Manmohan Desai 1. Which country has become world’s second-largest (C) Prithviraj Kapoor importer of liquefied petroleum gas? (D) Dada Saheb Phalke (A) Russia (E) None of these

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7. Which city has won 2017 Travelers' Choice Award by (B) Matra Trip Advisor? (C) Newton (A) New York (D) Dangal (B) Vienna (E) None of these (C) Bali 13. Who has been awarded with 2017 P.C. Chandra award? (D) Bangkok (A) Amritya Sen (E) None of these (B) Virappa Moilley 8. India Post Payment Bank (IPPB) is planning a mega (C) Bezwada Wilson expansion to open _____ branches this year? (D) Kailash Satyarthi (A) 500 (E) None of these (B) 720 14. Which state has won National Youth Athletics (C) 450 championship 2017? (D) 650 (A) Haryana (E) None of these (B) Kerala 9. Who has been appointed as Badminton Association of (C) Assam India's interim president? (D) Tripura (A) Himanta Biswa Sarma (E) None of these (B) Mridul Gehlot 15. Gwadar port is located in Which country? (C) Rajesh Chouhan (A) China (D) Dinesh Patel (B) Pakistan (E) None of these (C) Afghanistan 10. Who has been appointed as the president of Kabaddi (D) Saudi Arabia Federation of India? (E) None of these (A) Himanta Biswa Sarma 16. Which country has recently become fifth largest military (B) Mridul Gehlot spender? (C) Rajesh Chouhan (A) India (D) Dinesh Patel (B) Russia (E) None of these (C) China 11. Who has been appointed as the Secretary General of (D) Japan Kabaddi Federation of India? (E) None of these (A) Himanta Biswa Sarma 17. With which country’s navy, India is conducting 'Varuna' (B) Mridul Gehlot exercise? (C) Rajesh Chouhan (A) Israel (D) Dinesh Patel (B) Indonesia (E) None of these (C) France 12. Which film has won best film award at Hong Kong Film (D) Sri Lanka Festival? (E) None of these (A) Dhanak 18. World Malaria Day is observed on which date?

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(A) 25 April (D) Maharashtra (B) 22 April (E) None of these (C) 24 April 24. Which bank has tied up with Paisabazaar.com for loans? (D) 23 April (A) Axis Bank (E) None of these (B) HDFC Bank 19. National Panchayati Raj Day is observed on which date? (C) ICICI Bank (A) 25 April (D) Yes Bank (B) 22 April (E) None of these (C) 24 April 25. Which airport has won ‘Golden Peacock Business (D) 23 April Excellence Award 2017’? (E) None of these (A) Hyderabad Airport 20. The Indian Railways is going to set up a solar power (B) Mumbai Airport plant in____, whose estimated cost is Rs 200 crore? (C) Delhi Airport (A) Pune (D) Bangalore Airport (B) Bhilai (E) None of these (C) Thane 26. Which university has bestowed president Pranab (D) Dehradun Mukherjee with a D Litt degree recently? (E) None of these (A) Pune University 21. Which of the following has won lifetime achievement (B) Goa University award at Bengal Film Journalists’ Association (BFJA) (C) Mumbai University awards? (D) Delhi University (A) Moushumi Chatterjee (E) None of these (B) Jeenat Amaan 27. How many medals were won by India at the recent US (C) Rekha Open Karate Championship held in Las Vegas? (D) Sharmila Tagore (A) 14 (E) None of these (B) 10 22. India's first and longest ropeway will connect ______(C) 11 with the Elephanta Island in the Arabian Sea? (D) 16 (A) Mumbai (E) None of these (B) Chennai 28. Which of the following Indian women cricketer was (C) Kolkata offered honourary life membership by the Marylebone (D) Goa Cricket Club? (E) None of these (A) Mithali Raj 23. Central Government will set up a Central university for (B) Jaya Sharma Divyangs in which state? (C) Sandhya Agarwal (A) Madhya Pradesh (D) Jhulan Goswami (B) Gujarat (E) None of these (C) Uttar Pradesh

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29. World Intellectual Property Day is observed on which (B) Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar date? (C) Sudeep Lakhtakia (A) 24 April (D) R K Pachnanda (B) 25 April (E) None of these (C) 26 April 35. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of (D) 27 April the Indo Tibetan Border Police? (E) None of these (A) Krishna Chaudhary 30. Which country will host 18th World Road Meeting? (B) Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar (A) India (C) Sudeep Lakhtakia (B) South Africa (D) R K Pachnanda (C) Malaysia (E) None of these (D) Japan 36. Who has won Miss Teen Universe pageant 2017? (E) None of these (A) Anu Rawat 31. ‘Ude Deshka Aam Naagrik’ (UDAN) Regional (B) Koyal Rana Connectivity Scheme was launched in which year? (C) Srishti Kaur (A) 2014 (D) Shruti Bansal (B) 2015 (E) None of these (C) 2016 37. What is India’s rank in world press freedom rankings (D) 2017 2017? (E) None of these (A) 133 32. Which state has decided to drop the tag "Pradhan Mantri" (B) 136 from "Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna"? (C) 131 (A) Andhra Pradesh (D) 143 (B) Himachal Pradesh (E) None of these (C) West Bengal 38. Atal Pension Yojana is available in which age group? (D) Tamilnadu (A) 18-40 (E) None of these (B) 18-70 33. Which has become the first country to open an honorary (C) 25-60 consulate office in Gujarat International Finance Tec- (D) 18-60 City (GIFT City)? (E) None of these (A) Belgium 39. Which of the following MSME app was launched (B) Portugal recently? (C) Norway (A) MSME New (D) Austria (B) My MSME (E) None of these (C) Our MSME 34. Who has been appointed as the new Director General of (D) All MSME the Central Reserve Police Force? (E) None of these (A) Krishna Chaudhary

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40. According to CMS survey 2017, which is the most (B) Kriti corrupt state in India? (C) Taandav (A) Bihar (D) Ahalya (B) Jammu & Kashmir (E) None of these (C) Karnataka 46. World Press Freedom Day is observed on which date? (D) Rajasthan (A) 28 April (E) None of these (B) 29 April 41. The Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) plans to build a new (C) 2 May oil terminal at _____ in Bihar to supply fuel to Nepal? (D) 3 May (A) Patna (E) None of these (B) Raxaul 47. Which of the following city’s name has been changed in (C) Gaya Haryana recently? (D) Motihari (A) Rohtak (E) None of these (B) Ballabhgarh 42. Boeing and Air India will start a training centre for (C) Rewari Aircraft Maintenance Engineers in which city? (D) Sonipat (A) Bareilly (E) None of these (B) Nagpur 48. Which of the following organisation has developed (C) Jodhpur "Solar Calculator" Android App? (D) Ranchi (A) DRDO (E) None of these (B) ISRO 43. Who has been appointed a member of Olympic education (C) BARC Commission recently? (D) BEML (A) Nita Ambani (E) None of these (B) Saina Nehwal 49. First E-taxi trial run will be started in which city? (C) Abhinav Bindra (A) Kanpur (D) Sachin Tendulkar (B) Raipur (E) None of these (C) Jaipur 44. Who has been honored with CII President’s Award for (D) Nagpur Lifetime Achievement 2017? (E) None of these (A) Anand Mahindra 50. According to IMF, India will surpass Germany as the (B) Ratan Tata world’s fourth-largest economy by which year? (C) Rahul Bajaj (A) 2022 (D) Mukesh Ambani (B) 2020 (E) None of these (C) 2021 45. Which Indian short film will be screened by UNESCO on (D) 2025 World Press Freedom Day event in Jakarta? (E) None of these (A) Azaad

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51. Which city has been awarded with Pierre L'Enfant (D) Google International Planning Excellence Award 2017? (E) None of these (A) Bhubaneswar 57. Yusra Mardini has been appointed as UNHCR (B) Chandigarh ambassador recently. She is from which country? (C) Coimbatore (A) Germany (D) Thiruvananthapuram (B) Syria (E) None of these (C) Turkey 52. Vinu Chakravarthy has passed away recently. Who he (D) Russia was? (E) None of these (A) Politician 58. Who has been appointed as the president of the (B) Writer Confederation of Indian Industry? (C) Actor (A) Naushad Forbes (D) Journalist (B) Uday Kotak (E) None of these (C) Shobana Kamineni 53. Which state has hosted India’s first-ever athletics meet (D) Sunil Mittal for transgender persons? (E) None of these (A) Maharashtra 59. Which of the following has been awarded as ‘Indian (B) Kerala MNC of the Year’? (C) Tamilnadu (A) Maruti Suzuki (D) Gujarat (B) Sun Pharma (E) None of these (C) Hero Moto Corp 54. Which of the following is going to be India's first book (D) Reliance Industries village? (E) None of these (A) Bhilar 60. Who has won Barcelona Open tennis Title 2017? (B) Akodara (A) Andy Murray (C) Rajauli (B) Dominic Thiem (D) Harisal (C) Novak Djokovich (E) None of these (D) Rafael Nadal 55. India's first digitalised Panchayat ward is in which state? (E) None of these (A) Maharashtra 61. Sagarmatha Friendship-2017’ is a military exercise (B) Kerala between Nepal and ____? (C) Tamilnadu (A) India (D) Gujarat (B) Pakistan (E) None of these (C) Afghanistan 56. Which company has started 'Solve for India' campaign? (D) China (A) Microsoft (E) None of these (B) Qualcomm 62. Koradi thermal power station is located in which state? (C) Facebook (A) Tamilnadu

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(B) Maharashtra 68. Girish Chandra Saxena passed away recently. He was the (C) Gujarat former governor of___? (D) Andhra Pradesh (A) Madhya Pradesh (E) None of these (B) Uttar Pradesh 63. Which state has banned plastic or polythene bags from (C) Assam May 1? (D) Jammu & Kashmir (A) Maharashtra (E) None of these (B) Punjab 69. Which city will have India's first privately-run railway (C) Madhya Pradesh station? (D) Karnataka (A) Jaipur (E) None of these (B) Bhopal 64. Which state has launched Anti-Corruption Cell and (C) Indore Digital Application for Review by Public And Nation (D) Chennai (DARPAN)? (E) None of these (A) Assam 70. Which company has partnered with Genesis Luxury for (B) Gujarat payment gateways in India? (C) Manipur (A) Freecharge (D) Jharkhand (B) Mobikwik (E) None of these (C) Paytm 65. Which state has launched CM Connect app? (D) Amazon (A) Punjab (E) None of these (B) Tamilnadu 71. Which company has launched Aero app for local services (C) Andhra Pradesh in India? (D) Rajasthan (A) Microsoft (E) None of these (B) Amazon 66. What is the full form of PCA, with reference to bad (C) Uber loans? (D) Google (A) Prompt Corrective Action (E) None of these (B) Public Corrective Action 72. Who has been awarded with 6th M.S. Swaminathan (C) Prompt Corrective Assets Award? (D) Prompt Clearance Action (A) RR Hanchinal (E) None of these (B) Bejwada Wilson 67. Who has won Asian Billiards Championship 2017 title? (C) Krishna Rao (A) Pankaj Advani (D) Anant Gupta (B) Sourabh Kothari (E) None of these (C) Geet Shetty 73. Who has won Super Series title at Singapore Open (D) Peter Gilchrist badminton? (E) None of these (A) P Kashyap

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(B) K Srikanth (A) 15 April (C) B Sai Praneeth (B) 17 April (D) Ajay Mehra (C) 18 April (E) None of these (D) 16 April 74. Who has won Bahrain Grand Prix 2017? (E) None of these (A) Sebestian Vettel 80. Which city is hosting Global Exhibition on Services (B) Lewis Hamilton 2017? (C) Max Verstappan (A) New Delhi (D) Narain Karthikeyan (B) Bengaluru (E) None of these (C) Kolkata 75. Sebestian Vettel is in which team? (D) Hyderabad (A) Ferrari (E) None of these (B) Mercedes 81. What does the letter ‘S’ denotes in the term ‘RUSA’, (C) Force India with reference to HRD ministry? (D) MRF (A) Suraksha (E) None of these (B) Shiksha 76. World's oldest person Emma Morano passed away (C) Sahyog recently at age 117. She was from which country? (D) Shanti (A) Spain (E) None of these (B) France 82. Which is the first to start special drive for transgenders to (C) Sweden register as voters? (D) Italy (A) Gujarat (E) None of these (B) Telangana 77. Which city has hosted the meeting of BRICS envoys on (C) Maharashtra Middle East? (D) Assam (A) Visakhapatnam (E) None of these (B) Hyderabad 83. Who is the managing director of the Punjab National (C) Kochi Bank? (D) Bhopal (A) TN Manoharan (E) None of these (B) Kishore Sansi 78. Who has won Time magazine's 2017 Reader Poll of the (C) Rakesh Sharma 100 most influential people in the world? (D) Usha Ananthasubramanian (A) Bernie Sanders (E) None of these (B) Donald Trump 84. What is India’s growth forecast for the financial year (C) Rodrigo Duterte 2017, according to the World Bank? (D) Vladimir Putin (A) 7.1% (E) None of these (B) 7.2% 79. World Heritage Day is observed on which date? (C) 7.4%

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(D) 7.6% 90. Which state has launched ‘Advanced Farming – Enriched (E) None of these Farmer’ scheme? 85. Which was the last nation to be inducted in the BRICS (A) Gujarat group? (B) Telangana (A) Brazil (C) Maharashtra (B) South Africa (D) Rajasthan (C) China (E) None of these (D) Russia 91. Who is the managing director of the International (E) None of these Monetary Fund? 86. In which city, RBI has recently opened a new banking (A) Christine Lagarde ombudsman office? (B) Jim Yong Kim (A) Jammu (C) Salil Shetty (B) Raipur (D) Mark Lesnar (C) Bhopal (E) None of these (D) Both A and B 92. Who has been appointed as the new Financial (E) None of these Commissioner of Railways? 87. As of 18 April 2017, what is the total number of banking (A) Amit Kumar ombudsman offices in India? (B) Arunendra Sinha (A) 16 (C) Animesh Mittal (B) 18 (D) BN Mohapatra (C) 22 (E) None of these (D) 20 93. What is India’s growth forecast for the financial year (E) None of these 2018, according to the International Monetary Fund? 88. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has inked a supervisory (A) 7.1% cooperation pact with the Royal Monetary Authority of (B) 7.2% _____ for information sharing? (C) 7.4% (A) Nepal (D) 7.6% (B) Bhutan (E) None of these (C) Israel 94. Which company has won Hindustan PSU award under (D) Qatar ‘Fastest Growing Organisation – Miniratna’ category? (E) None of these (A) BEML 89. Which company has tied up with ISRO to develop low- (B) BHEL cost lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles? (C) IOCL (A) BEML (D) ONGC (B) BHEL (E) None of these (C) ONGC 95. Which country has recently abolished 457 visa? (D) Vedanta (A) America (E) None of these (B) Australia

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(C) France 101. Rajasthan government has inked a fresh MoU of Rs (D) Russia ______crore with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (E) None of these Ltd (HPCL) for an oil refinery in Barmer? 96. What is India’s rank in Global FDI Confidence Index (A) 43,129 2017? (B) 46,125 (A) 7 (C) 53,129 (B) 8 (D) 40,167 (C) 9 (E) None of these (D) 10 102. Which company has recently launched a fintech (E) None of these partnership in India? 97. What is the name of the military exercise between India (A) Google and Russia? (B) Microsoft (A) Surya Kiran (C) Nomura (B) Hand in Hand (D) Qualcomm (C) Garud Shakti (E) None of these (D) Indra 103. Video gaming will be introduced in which of the (E) None of these following year’s Asian games? 98. To whom after, Agra’s Airport has been named recently? (A) 2018 (A) Jawahar Lal Nehru (B) 2020 (B) Deen Dayal Upadhyay (C) 2022 (C) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (D) 2026 (D) Madan Mohan Malviya (E) None of these (E) None of these 104. Which country will host BRICS Film Festival 2017? 99. Which country has topped in Global FDI Confidence (A) China Index 2017? (B) South Africa (A) US (C) Brazil (B) Germany (D) Russia (C) China (E) None of these (D) Canada 105. Which country will host UN Vesak Day 2017? (E) None of these (A) Nepal 100. Which is India’s first CII-IGBC Platinum rating (B) Bhutan company? (C) India (A) ICICI Bank (D) Sri Lanka (B) HDFC Bank (E) None of these (C) BEML 106. India has made a ______dollar contribution to the UN (D) Yes Bank programme for helping countries to hold elections and (E) None of these develop their electoral systems? (A) 250,000

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(B) 200,000 (B) Politician (C) 350,000 (C) Musician (D) 500,000 (D) Journalist (E) None of these (E) None of these 107. National civil services day is observed on which date? 113. Who is the Union Minister of Steel? (A) 18 April (A) Radha Mohan Singh (B) 19 April (B) Smriti Irani (C) 21 April (C) Chaudhary Birendra Singh (D) 20 April (D) Ram Vilas Paswan (E) None of these (E) None of these 108. Which of the following has been included in Time 114. Which is the India’s most valued firm by market magazine's 'most influential people list' 2017? capitalisation? (A) Narendra Modi (A) TCS (B) Vijay Shekhar Sharma (B) HDFC Bank (C) Sachin Bansal (C) ONGC (D) Binny Bansal (D) Reliance Industries Limited (E) Both A and B (E) None of these 109. Which city will host Textiles India 2017? 115. Which country is helping India in developing BrahMos (A) Ahmedabad Missile? (B) Kanpur (A) Russia (C) Gandhinagar (B) France (D) New Delhi (C) Israel (E) None of these (D) Japan 110. What is the name of first Made in India industrial robot? (E) None of these (A) ERA 116. Which of the following has been awarded with 75th (B) PARAM Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Awards? (C) Shastra (A) Aamir Khan (D) Brabo (B) Kapil Dev (E) None of these (C) Shah Rukh Khan 111. Who is the first Visually impaired Indian runner to (D) Salman Khan complete Boston Marathon? (E) Both A and B (A) Sagar Baheti 117. Dr Gobind N. Ganga is the Governor of which country’s (B) Vishal Bhati central bank? (C) Ronak Biyani (A) Mauritius (D) Akshay Jhaveri (B) Guyana (E) None of these (C) Jamaica 112. Nora Chopra passed away recently. Who he was? (D) Sri Lanka (A) Singer (E) None of these

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118. Which of the following NBFC has been converted to (A) No Limit small finance bank? (B) Rs 1 Lakh (A) Bajaj Finance (C) Rs 25,000 (B) Mahindra Finance (D) Rs 50,000 (C) AK Finance (E) Rs 75,000 (D) AU Finance 124. Which bank has collaborated with BSNL to upgrade (E) None of these bandwidth at all its branches? 119. Which company has recently won Golden Peacock (A) Union Bank of India Award? (B) Andhra Bank (A) GNFC (C) State Bank of India (B) ONGC (D) Canara Bank (C) BEML (E) None of these (D) DVL 125. Which of the following has won most film friendly state (E) None of these award at the 64th National film awards? 120. The Golden Peacock Awards were established by the (A) Jharkhand Institute of Directors (IOD) in India in___? (B) Gujarat (A) 2003 (C) Uttar Pradesh (B) 1991 (D) Maharashtra (C) 1994 (E) None of these (D) 1988 126. Who is the author of the book titled ‘Lata: Sur Gatha’? (E) None of these (A) Yatindra Mishra 121. Which city is hosting second National Children’s Film (B) Ali Smith Festival? (C) Bharati Pradhan (A) New Delhi (D) Boria Majumdar (B) Bhopal (E) None of these (C) Visakhapatnam 127. Which of the following has won best feature film award (D) Bhubaneswar at 64th National film awards? (E) None of these (A) Kaasav 122. India has recently signed a $175 million loan agreement (B) Neerja to support construction of high voltage transmission (C) Rustom systems with___ (D) Pink (A) Asian Development Bank (E) None of these (B) World Bank 128. India has offered a new ____ million Dollar line of credit (C) BRICS Bank specifically for defence purchases to Bangladesh. (D) International Monetary Fund (A) 500 (E) None of these (B) 250 123. What is the limit of NEFT transaction on remittances to (C) 400 Nepal under the Indo-Nepal Remittance Facility Scheme? (D) 700

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(E) None of these (C) Bengaluru 129. India’s first DNA bank for wildlife will be set up in (D) Kolkata which city? (E) None of these (A) Jaipur 135. Which country has declared a three-month emergency (B) Kanpur following twin church bombings? (C) Bareilly (A) Iran (D) Lucknow (B) Cuba (E) None of these (C) Venezuela 130. Which city has recently hosted a national level summit (D) Egypt on TB? (E) None of these (A) Dharmasala 136. Which state has started ‘Deendayal Rasoi Yojana’? (B) New Delhi (A) Rajasthan (C) Nagpur (B) Karnataka (D) Ahmedabad (C) Uttar Pradesh (E) None of these (D) Madhya Pradesh 131. Which city has hosted a Seminar on “Economic Reforms (E) None of these with reference to Electoral Issues”? 137. Which city has hosted International Convention on (A) Dharmasala World Homoeopathy Day? (B) New Delhi (A) Mumbai (C) Nagpur (B) New Delhi (D) Ahmedabad (C) Bhopal (E) None of these (D) Ahmedabad 132. 'Bharat ke Veer' web portal is powered by which bank? (E) None of these (A) Canara Bank 138. Which of the following has recently been appointed as (B) State Bank of India UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador? (C) Punjab National Bank (A) Kristin Davis (D) Bank of Baroda (B) Priyanka Chopra (E) None of these (C) Viola Davis 133. What is the limit on cash transactions? (D) Saina Nehwal (A) Rs 1 lakh (E) None of these (B) Rs 2 lakh 139. Which of the following has recently been appointed as (C) Rs 3 lakh RBI Executive Director? (D) Rs 4 lakh (A) BP Kanungo (E) None of these (B) Arjun Sinha 134. In which city, National Basketball Association is setting (C) Malvika Sinha up its first basketball school in India? (D) Viral Acharya (A) New Delhi (E) None of these (B) Mumbai

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140. Who has been appointed as Managing Director of (A) Dena Bank Saraswat Co-operative Bank? (B) State Bank of India (A) SK Banerji (C) Corporation Bank (B) Smita Sandhane (D) Central Bank of India (C) Kunal Kapoor (E) None of these (D) Minakshi Sen 146. Which Company has acquired eBay’s India recently? (E) None of these (A) Snapdeal 141. Which of the following has been awarded as ‘Asian (B) Flipkart Businesswoman of the Year’ in UK? (C) Amazon (A) Anuradha Bakshi (D) Paytm (B) Asha Khemka (E) None of these (C) Beena Nagpal 147. Which of the following has been appointed as member of (D) Rina Sahni Central Board of Direct Taxes recently? (E) None of these (A) SK Banerji 142. Which portal launched on the occasion of 250th (B) Ajit Kumar Srivastava anniversary of Survey of India? (C) Shabri Bhattasali (A) Chitra (D) Anu Sharma (B) Nakshe (E) Both B and C (C) Manchitra 148. Who is the author of the book ‘Hope in a challenged (D) Atlas democracy; An Indian narrative’? (E) None of these (A) Ashwini Kumar 143. Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs. (B) Avinash Kumar ______crore to the States as first tranche for Financial (C) Aashish Mittal Year 2017-18 under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural (D) Ajit Kumar Employment Guarantee Scheme? (E) None of these (A) 23,443.09 149. Which country has hosted G-7 foreign ministers meeting (B) 23,273.09 2017? (C) 23,589.09 (A) Australia (D) 21,443.09 (B) Belgium (E) None of these (C) Germany 144. Which bank has launched Hrudaya Deposit scheme? (D) Italy (A) Suryodaya Small Finance Bank (E) None of these (B) Ujjivan Small Finance Bank 150. Which country has hosted G20 Digital Ministerial (C) ESAF Small Finance Bank Meeting 2017? (D) Airtel Payment Bank (A) Australia (E) None of these (B) Belgium 145. Which bank’s customer has won Rs 1 crore under (C) Germany cashless scheme? (D) Italy

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(E) None of these (E) None of these 151. What is the new number of centrally sponsored schemes? 157. Which country has executed most number of people in (A) 28 2016? (B) 66 (A) Iran (C) 38 (B) Saudi Arabia (D) 20 (C) China (E) None of these (D) Pakistan 152. Pulitzer’s Prize is related to which field? (E) None of these (A) Sports 158. Which country has launched Sports Partnership with (B) Cinema India in Mumbai? (C) Journalism (A) Australia (D) Medical (B) Bangladesh (E) None of these (C) Germany 153. Which port has topped the ranking of Ports on sanitation? (D) Brazil (A) Vizag Port (E) None of these (B) Haldia Port 159. Which state has launched e-sewa app to provide (C) Kandla Port information about welfare schemes? (D) Jawahar lal Nehru Port (A) Gujarat (E) None of these (B) Assam 154. Which of the following has been appointed as Managing (C) Haryana Directors in Life Insurance Corporation of India? (D) Karnataka (A) Sunita Sharma (E) None of these (B) B Venugopal 160. Which state has launched Suraksha app for women (C) Sushil Kumar safety? (D) Rani Nayar (A) Gujarat (E) Both A and B (B) Assam 155. Which team has won Asian School Hockey (C) Haryana Championship? (D) Karnataka (A) India (E) None of these (B) Malaysia 161. Which bank has collaborated with postal department to (C) China promote cashless transactions? (D) Singapore (A) ICICI Bank (E) None of these (B) Yes Bank 156. ‘The Hit Girl’ is an autobiography of which actress? (C) SBI (A) Jeenat Aman (D) Vijaya Bank (B) Asha Parekh (E) None of these (C) Parveen Babi 162. How many scientists have been awarded with National (D) Neetu Singh Geoscience Award 2016?

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(A) 20 168. Which of the following has recently got RBI nod for e- (B) 26 wallet? (C) 28 (A) Twitter (D) 32 (B) Facebook (E) None of these (C) Amazon 163. Akhilesh Das Gupta passed away recently. Who he was? (D) Mobikwik (A) Politician (E) None of these (B) Actor 169. Mahabaleshwara Mavinakudige Subrahmanya has been (C) Singer appointed as the Managing Director of which bank? (D) Journalist (A) Kerala Gramin Bank (E) None of these (B) Andhra Bank 164. Who is the author of the book ‘Matoshree’? (C) Karnataka Bank (A) Shashi Tharoor (D) Jammu & Kashmir Bank (B) Hamid Ansari (E) None of these (C) Veerappa Moily 170. Who has been appointed as a Whole Time Member, the (D) Sumitra Mahajan Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India recently? (E) None of these (A) Vivek Debroy 165. Who has become the world’s most followed leader on (B) Mukulita Vijayawargiya Instagram? (C) Ashish Benerjee (A) Vladimir Putin (D) Sunil Kamath (B) Angela Markel (E) None of these (C) Donald Trump 171. Which state has won Krishi Karman Award 2015-16 for (D) Narendra Modi commendable increase in food grains production? (E) None of these (A) Andhra Pradesh 166. Who will be the head of panel to recommend regulations (B) Himachal Pradesh for Virtual Currencies? (C) Madhya Pradesh (A) Special Economic Secretary (D) Uttar Pradesh (B) Home Secretary (E) None of these (C) Foreign Secretary 172. Which of the following book was launched by the Dalai (D) Defence Secretary Lama recently? (E) None of these (A) Ocean and Blue Mountains 167. Which state has launched ‘Adarana Scheme'? (B) Crossing of the Frontiers (A) Maharashtra (C) The Spiritual world (B) Andhra Pradesh (D) Both A and B (C) Gujarat (E) None of these (D) Karnataka 173. Which country has signed a MoU with India to upgrade (E) None of these Indian railway? (A) Russia

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(B) France (C) Resolve (C) Portugal (D) Reward (D) Denmark (E) None of these (E) None of these 179. Indian Academy of Highway Engineers signed a MoU 174. Which state has launched ‘Durga Vahini squad’? with which university to set up a Centre for Advanced (A) Maharashtra Transportation Technology and Systems? (B) Haryana (A) University of New South Wales (C) Gujarat (B) North Dakota University (D) Karnataka (C) Singapore National University (E) None of these (D) University of Wellington 175. What is the outlay of BHIM Cash back and Referral (E) None of these bonus for 6 months? 180. What was the threshold under the first phase of the (A) 400 Crore operation clean money? (B) 438 Crore (A) 10 Lakh (C) 495 Crore (B) 2 Lakh (D) 455 Crore (C) 8 Lakh (E) None of these (D) 5 Lakh 176. Which company has adopted Harisal village in (E) None of these Maharashtra to develop as India’s first ideal digital 181. Which is the first country in the world to ban metal village? mining? (A) Microsoft (A) Ghana (B) Google (B) El Salvador (C) BSNL (C) Portugal (D) Facebook (D) Spain (E) None of these (E) None of these 177. The National Green Tribunal has imposed a fine of 182. Recently, in which city an All India Institute of Ayurveda Rs_____ on the Tehri Hydro Development Corporation established? Ltd? (A) Bengaluru (A) 20 Lakh (B) Chennai (B) 50 Lakh (C) Mumbai (C) 60 Lakh (D) New Delhi (D) 35 Lakh (E) None of these (E) None of these 183. What is the new interest rate on Kisan Vikas Patra? 178. Bank Board Bureau has recently launched 'GRAF' for (A) 7.6% Public Sector Banks. What does the term ‘R’ denotes in (B) 7.8% GRAF? (C) 7.7% (A) Reliability (D) 7.9% (B) Real (E) None of these

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184. Which state has passed a Life imprisonment term bill for 189. Which of the following is not a member of South Asia cow slaughter? Sub-regional Economic Cooperation programme? (A) Rajasthan (A) Bhutan (B) Uttarakhand (B) Afghanistan (C) Gujarat (C) Myanmar (D) Andhra Pradesh (D) Nepal (E) None of these (E) None of these 185. After the merger with five associate banks from April 1 190. Which app has been launched to report traffic violation State Bank of India will become the ______largest bank and road accidents? in the world? (A) e-Challan (A) 35th (B) m-Parivahan (B) 28th (C) e-Traffic (C) 45th (D) Both A and B (D) 48th (E) None of these (E) None of these 191. Which of the following has signed and MoU with Indian 186. Which of the following has been appointed as a whole Army to strengthen critical technological areas? time member of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of (A) IIT Mumbai India? (B) IIT Kharagpur (A) Dr Navrang Saini (C) IIT Kanpur (B) Dr Amit Juneja (D) IIT Madras (C) Ankita Desai (E) None of these (D) Raghav Kumar 192. Which scheme has been launched recently for (E) None of these powerloom sector development? 187. Which of the following cricketer has launched '100MB (A) PowerTex Cricket' app? (B) IndiaTex (A) Virendra Sehwag (C) Powerloom India (B) Sunil Gavaskar (D) TexIndia (C) Sachin Tendulkar (E) None of these (D) Sourav Ganguly 193. International Centre for Foot and Mouth Disease has (E) None of these been launched in which state? 188. Which country has become the seventh member of South (A) Odisha Asia Sub-regional Economic Cooperation programme? (B) Tripura (A) Bangladesh (C) Manipur (B) Nepal (D) Meghalaya (C) Myanmar (E) None of these (D) Sri Lanka 194. Which of the following has been awarded with US India (E) None of these Business Council award? (A) Vasundhara Raje

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(B) Chandrababu Naidu 200. Who has won India Open badminton 2017 super series? (C) Vijay Rupani (A) PV Sindhu (D) Pawan Chamling (B) Carolina Marin (E) None of these (C) Saina Nehwal 195. Lenin Moreno was declared the winner of which (D) Li Xuerui country’s President elections? (E) None of these (A) Seychelles 201. Which of the following has won Miami open tennis (B) Mauritius women’s title? (C) Ecuador (A) Johanna Konta (D) Zimbabwe (B) Caroline Wozniacki (E) None of these (C) Angelique Kerber 196. India’s first bio-gas bus was recently launched in which (D) Samantha Stosur city? (E) None of these (A) Chennai 202. Ajey Jhankar passed away recently. Who he was? (B) New Delhi (A) Actor (C) Mumbai (B) Poet (D) Kolkata (C) Writer (E) None of these (D) Journalist 197. Which state’s Public Service Commission (PSC) is going (E) None of these to be first paperless PSC in India? 203. Which country is hosting World parliamentarians (A) Maharashtra conference 2017? (B) Uttar Pradesh (A) Bangladesh (C) Himachal Pradesh (B) Sri Lanka (D) Arunachal Pradesh (C) Nepal (E) None of these (D) India 198. Chenani-Nashri Tunnel is in which state? (E) None of these (A) Jammu-Kashmir 204. Which country will help in setting up a technology park (B) Assam in Andhra Pradesh? (C) Uttarakhand (A) UAE (D) Meghalaya (B) Japan (E) None of these (C) Malaysia 199. Which is the leading State in the wind power capacity (D) South Korea addition during 2016-17? (E) None of these (A) Rajasthan 205. Which is India’s most costly office location? (B) Karnataka (A) Connaught Place (C) Gujarat (B) Nariman Point (D) Andhra Pradesh (C) Bandra Kurla Complex (E) None of these (D) Chandni Chowk

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(E) None of these (D) Writer 206. According to India Rankings 2017, which is India’s best (E) None of these University? 212. Who has been appointed as as new Consul General of (A) IIT Bombay Dubai? (B) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (A) Vipul (C) Jadavpur University (B) Anurag Bhushan (D) Jawaharlal Nehru University (C) Ashok Yadav (E) None of these (D) Anand Sharma 207. Which city is hosting National Conference on Autism? (E) None of these (A) Bhubaneswar 213. Who has been awarded with UNESCO/Guillermo Cano (B) Guwahati World Press Freedom Prize 2017? (C) Agartala (A) Ahmad Zeidabadi (D) New Delhi (B) Mazen Darwish (E) None of these (C) Khadija Ismayilova 208. Which is the first airline in India to launch UPI based (D) Dawit Isaak online ticket booking? (E) None of these (A) Air India 214. Which Indian actress has been chosen as the second most (B) Jet Airways beautiful woman in the world? (C) Spice Jet (A) Priyanka Chopra (D) Indigo (B) Katrina Kaif (E) None of these (C) Anushka Sharma 209. Which state has recently launched e-nagarpalika app? (D) Shilpa Shetty (A) Punjab (E) None of these (B) Assam 215. Who is the author of the book "Portuguese India and (C) Gujarat Mughal Relations 1510-1735"? (D) Madhya Pradesh (A) Damodar Mauzo (E) None of these (B) Jerry Pinto 210. Which of the following bank has sold its Ballarpur loan (C) Frederich Noronha to Edelweiss? (D) Luis de Assis Correia (A) Axis Bank (E) None of these (B) ICICI Bank 216. Which is going to be the first country to make equal (C) HDFC Bank payment law for men and women? (D) Yes Bank (A) Norway (E) Both A and B (B) Iceland 211. Kishori Amonkar passed away recently. Who she was? (C) Sweden (D) Finland (A) Dancer (E) None of these (B) Poet 217. India and the UK has decided to set up a ______million (C) Singer pound fund to finance clean energy projects?

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(A) 500 safeguard duty imposed by India on certain categories (B) 240 of___ (C) 160 (A) Steel (D) 120 (B) Aluminium (E) None of these (C) Copper 218. On which commission’s recommendations, Reserve Bank (D) Iron of India was established? (E) None of these (A) Shivraman Commission 225. Which city has hosted national conference on (B) Deshmukh Commission Communicating India? (C) Hilton-Young commission (A) Bengaluru (D) Narsimhan Commission (B) Mumbai (E) None of these (C) Kolkata 219. Who has been appointed as first woman DGP of Gujarat? (D) New Delhi (A) Anita Rajan (E) None of these (B) Supriya Patel 226. Which is the 22nd district of West Bengal? (C) Renu Kumari (A) Nandgram (D) Geetha Johri (B) Kalimpong (E) None of these (C) Jhargram 220. Which cricketer was recently appointed as CEO for one (D) Cooch Behar day by Gulf Oil India? (E) None of these (A) Virat Kohli 227. Which state will provide Rs 21,000 to families for third (B) Sachin Tendulkar girl child? (C) Ravi Ashwin (A) Gujarat (D) MS Dhoni (B) Haryana (E) None of these (C) Madhya Pradesh 221. What is India’s rank in world doping chart released by (D) Rajasthan WADA? (E) None of these (A) 3 228. What is the global rank of India’s travel and tourism (B) 5 sector in terms of its total contribution to the country's (C) 2 GDP? (D) 1 (A) 2 (E) None of these (B) 5 222. Which country has topped in world doping chart released (C) 8 by WADA? (D) 7 (A) India (E) None of these (B) Russia 229. What will be the initial corpus of Rail Development (C) Jamaica Authority? (D) Italy (A) Rs. 50 crore (E) None of these (B) Rs. 75 crore 223. Who is the author of the book titled ‘The Entrepreneur's (C) Rs. 100 crore Guidebook’? (D) Rs. 80 crore (A) Suresh Bharwani (E) None of these (B) Rahul Mehta 230. Government has recently approved the closure of which (C) Anil Jain scheme? (D) Vishal Mathur (A) Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (E) None of these (B) Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Suraksha Yojana 224. The World Trade Organisation (WTO) has decided to set (C) Pradhan Mantri Gramin Awas Yojna up a panel to resolve dispute between India and Japan on (D) Sukanya Samriddhi Yojna (E) None of these

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231. According to Asian Development Bank, what will be (A) 9th India's GDP growth rate during 2017-18? (B) 4th (A) 7.5% (C) 6th (B) 7.1% (D) 8th (C) 7.4% (E) None of these (D) 7.3% 237. What is the revised reverse repo rate according to first (E) None of these monetary policy review of financial year 2017-18 by 232. World Health Day is observed on which date? RBI? (A) 4 April (A) 5.75% (B) 7 April (B) 5.50% (C) 6 April (C) 6.00% (D) 5 April (D) 6.25% (E) None of these (E) None of these 233. Which country has officially recognised Bitcoin as 238. Who has been appointed as the chairman of Telecom Currency? Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal? (A) Switzerland (A) Shiva Kirti Singh (B) Norway (B) Aftab Alam (C) China (C) Raman Roy (D) Japan (D) Rashid Premji (E) None of these (E) None of these 234. What is India’s rank in recently released global travel and 239. Who has been appointed as the chairman of National tourism competitiveness list 2016? Association of Software and Services Companies? (A) 12 (A) Shiva Kirti Singh (B) 40 (B) Aftab Alam (C) 33 (C) Raman Roy (D) 29 (D) Rashid Premji (E) None of these (E) None of these 235. Which country has topped in global travel and tourism 240. Who has been named as Wisden’s leading cricketer in the competitiveness list 2016? world for 2016? (A) Finland (A) Kane Williamson (B) Iceland (B) Steven Smith (C) Spain (C) Joe Root (D) Germany (D) Virat Kohli (E) None of these (E) None of these 236. India has ranked ______in bribery and corrupt practices in businesses?

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Answer Key

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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