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The Weekly  The AIIA, which will function under following heavy rain that caused flash  the ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and floods in Mandakini river.    Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and signs pact to send interns  Homoeopathy or AYUSH, aims to offer to Japan for training  quality patient care and become a    research hub in generating scientific India has signed a memorandum of              information about quality, safety, and cooperation (MoC) with Japan to send               efficacy of ayurvedic products. youngsters there as technical interns   for on-the-job training for a period of         Foundation for reconstruction three to five projects in Kedarpuri             years. The MoC Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the on Technical          th 20 October laid the foundation stone Intern Training                  for a slew of reconstruction projects Programme  in Kedarpuri, including renovation of (TITP) was signed by Skill  National Adi Guru Shankaracharya’s tomb which was devastated in the flash Development Minister PM Modi inaugurates AIIMS-like  floods. Dharmendra Pradhan and  institute for ayurveda in Delhi Japanese Minister of            Prime Minister NarendraModi on 17th The area surrounding the Health, Labour and Welfare with   October inaugurated the first ever Kedarnath temple was destroyed in Katsunobu Kato at Tokyo on the 17th 200-bed ayurveda hospital on the June 2013 after the Chorabari Glacier October. India is the third country  lines of All India Institute of Medical lake breached its embankment with which Japan has signed the   Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. MoC.      for promoting international A three-member federal judicial          cooperation among these countries. review board headed by Justice Ejaz  The IBSA Trust Fund brings together Afzal Khan of the Supreme Court said  that the government did not require       the three emerging economies of India, Brazil and South Africa to the extension of detention of Saeed                  and his four accomplices. Charges of   combat poverty in other developing  countries. Each country contributes terrorism have not been included in          the new order.   USD 1 million annually to this fund          which is managed by the UN European Union Ministers Approve  Development Programme’s (UNDP) New Sanctions on North Korea  Special Unit for South-South             The European Union imposed fresh    Cooperation.   sanctions on North Korea on 17th             Pakistan Drops Terrorism Charges October as part of international      against Hafiz Saeed efforts to punish the regime for its     The Pakistan government has nuclear and ballistic weapons   International withdrawn terrorism charges against programmes. Foreign ministers meeting in Luxembourg signed on a India, Brazil, South Africa sign attack mastermind and JuD   new package of measures, including IBSA Trust Fund agreement chief Hafiz Saeed, paving the way for   his release. a ban on investments in North Korea India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) and on EU exports of oil to Pyongyang.   On January 31, Saeed and his four have signed the IBSA Trust Fund aides were detained by the Punjab They added the Korean People’s Army         Agreement that seeks to fight poverty government for 90 days under the and Pyongyang’s armed forces in developing countries.The  preventative detention of the Anti- ministry to the sanctions blacklist, agreement was signed by Minister of Terrorism Act meaning any assets they hold in the                State for External Affairs V K 1997. They have EU will be frozen.They also tightened  Singh who led the Indian side at the been under curbs on North Korean workers in the 8th IBSA trilateral Ministerial             house arrest EU to try and stop money being sent Commission Meeting in Durban. It is since then. home that could be used for the     an international tripartite grouping weapons programmes.

nd October 15 th: According to Islamabad to issue a visa to a October 22 : Japan’s prime  Pakistani child for medical treatment International Monetary Fund Chief minister, Shinzo Abe, has secured a in    Christine Lagarde, the Indian strong mandate from Japan India. The economy was on a “very solid track”. voters. His party crushed untested child’s  Due to implementation of GST and opposition parties in general father had Demonitization, the growth rate of election.           requested India is less but still in comfortable         Mrs position. Swaraj to         October 16 th: The Abu Dhabi grant            Investment Authority on 16th October medical   visa for treatment of Abdullah, saying became the first institutional            investor in the National Investment he needed post-liver transplant evaluation in India.   and Infrastructure Fund’s Master              Fund, with an investment of $1 th   October 20 : Prime Minister       billion.   NarendraModi laid the foundation  th stone for a slew of reconstruction October 17 : Prime Minister    NarendraModi inaugurated the first projects in Kedarpuri, including  ever 200-bed ayurveda hospital on the renovation of Adi Guru   Shankaracharya’s tomb which was  lines of All India Institute of Medical   Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi. devastated in the flash floods     st            October 18th: India and Japan on October: 21 :   th The Reserve  18 October agreed to explore joint   cooperation in the areas of sourcing, Bank of India has clarified   swapping and optimisation of      liquefied natural gas sources in that Aadhaar   the global market and commercial linkage with     exploitation of methane hydrates. bank accounts is mandatory. The RBI clarification           October 19 th: External Affairs followed a reply to a Right to    Minister Sushma Swaraj has directed Information (RTI) application.  the Indian High Commission in              

2 23 - 29 October, 2017 By Classmate Academy

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               Earlier this month one of the three and several of his senior cabinet  shale gas blocks that it held was sold colleagues in New Delhi on the Siang           at a price of 126 Million Dollars which single multi-purpose river valley     was 1/3rd of its original cost. project which would replace the  earlier proposed Siang Stage I and  NIIF gets first investor Stage II projects.             The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority To be constructed at the proposed       on 16th October became the first Siang Stage II location as a single   institutional investor in the National storage project instead of two Investment and Infrastructure Fund’s separate projects as earlier          Master Fund, with an investment of scheduled, it would submerge over 300   $1 billion. Six Indian institutional tribal villages and produce 10,000 MW   investors, including HDFC Standard of hydro-electric power. Life Insurance Company Limited, Funds for SHG @ 7%      HDFC Asset Management Company According to RBI, Banks will provide Limited, Housing Development     funds to women self help groups, Finance Corporation Limited, ICICI SHGs, in rural areas at 7 per cent under          Bank Limited, Kotak Mahindra Old  the Deendayal Mutual Life Insurance Limited and                  Antyodaya Axis Bank Limited, will also join the  Yojana -   NIIF Master Fund          National Rural              Arunachal tribals oppose 10,000- Livelihoods              MW hydro-electric dam on Mission (DAY-            Siang River NRLM) in the   Three weeks after NITI Aayog had current fiscal. come out with a proposal to construct The central bank issued the revised                 a single multi-purpose river valley guidelines on interest subvention                 project on the Siang river in Upper scheme under DAY-NRLM, as     Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh, received from the Ministry of Rural the Siang Indigenous Farmers’ Forum Development for implementation by    (SIFF) has opposed it and asked the 21 public sector banks and 19 private               government to stop it in the larger banks.       interest of the tribal communities of All women SHGs will be eligible for     the area.  interest subvention on credit upto 3    According to TasikPangkam, general lakh rupees at 7 per cent per annum.    secretary of the SIFF s… The Ministry of Rural Development in  Economy The proposed single multi-purpose consultation with state governments dam project that would replace the will harmonise State specific interest   RIL exits from foreign oil blocks: proposed Siang I and Siang II hydel subvention schemes, if any, in line  projects would not only submerge with the central scheme.The interest Reliance Industries has completely villages and displace the tribals, but subvention scheme on credit to  exited from its foreign oil and gas also “wipe out” a civilization. women SHG during 2017-18 is exploration assets which has led to  applicable in 250 districts across the         Reliance holding no foreign oil and gas The NITI Aayog had on September 26 exploration blocks except for two made a presentation before Arunachal country.  American shale gas blocks. Pradesh chief minister PemaKhandu and the Europe-based Virgo have detected Significantly, their estimates showed       the fifth gravitational wave, which is a India’s methane emissions are about a third      result of a collision of two neutron stars. lower than what was calculated by a global                While the last four discoveries were the research consortium called the Emissions                result of the merger of two black holes for Database for Global Atmospheric      the first time astronomers have seen the Research, in a comprehensive global    merger of two neutron stars. inventory of greenhouse gas emissions.                    INS Kiltan commissioned into Indian Navy Methane, the second most powerful     in greenhouse gas implicated in climate           Indigenously-built anti-submarine warfare change, is mainly released from livestock and paddy fields.      stealth corvette INS Kiltan was   commissioned into the Indian Navy at the It is a significantly more potent greenhouse      Eastern Naval Command (Naval Dockyard) gas than carbon dioxide: each tonne of  LIGO scientists detected gravitational in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. It is methane emitted contributes roughly 25   waves India’s first times more to global warming than a tonne of CO .      Within twenty months after announcement major warship 2 to have a     of the first confirmed detection of The study also found that methane gravitational waves LIGO-Virgo superstructure emissions are enhanced each year between       collaboration has announced once again of carbon June and September over emissions that     a breathtaking discovery - first ever direct fiber are being released continuously.This   observation of gravitational waves composite material resulting in improved signal is due to rice, which is   emerging from the merger of two neutron stealth features and lower top weight. predominantly grown during this season,   stars. Earlier INS Kiltan commissioned into Indian Navy and can clearly be observed.  detections in Visakhapatnam on October 16, 2017. Environmentalists have been suggesting were black      Environment that, the Government must bring hole -black awareness for the farmer community and         India’s methane emissions stabilising: hole Independent Report also, general public about the danger of           mergers. The According to an independent study, release of Methane Gas.     announcement was made in a simultaneous India’s average emissions of methane gas               worldwide press conference by the were about 22 trillion grams per year participating institutes coinciding the  between 2010 and 2015. The group of publication of results in the journal     Scientists was led by Anita Ganesan, who Physical Review Letters.  specialises in estimating greenhouse                The US-based Laser Interferometer emissions at Bristol University in the UK.   Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) 3 23 - 29 October, 2017 By Classmate Academy

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Rangareddy (43) Name the state, that is leading India’s Polar Satellite Launch Sharif has resigned in July, reason 2. Sangareddy in production of tobacco? Vehicle is: b. The experiment on August 31st, 3. Medchal-Malkajgiri 1. Telangana 2. Andhra Pradesh 1. Lost majority in lower house 2017, has unsuccessful 4. 3. Gujarat 4. West Bengal 2. Lost in By elections c. As of now, PSLV has not failed (29) After the reorganization of dis- (44) The largest producer of spices in 3. Supreme Court of Pakistan in India tricts, now the number of mandals India is disqualified him d. As of now, PSLV failed twice and in Telangana state is? 1. Kerala 4. None of the above one partial failure 1. 590 2. 584 2. Tamilnadu (7) Choose the correct answer. 1. Only a, b, c are true 3. 568 4. 468 3. West Bengal a. The world’s largest Global Cyber 2. Only a, b, d are true (30) After the reorganization of dis- 4. Andhra Pradesh Space will be held in New Delhi tricts in Telangana, the average 3. Only a and b are true (45) In India the South-West monsoon in November in 2017 mandals per district, has… 4. Only a and d are true ends in b. The World’s largest Global Cyber 1. Remained constant (17) Name the country, that imposed 1.June 2.August Space (GCCS) will be held in 2. Increased world’s toughest laws against 3. November 4. October Hyderabad in November in 2017 Plastic bags? 3. Decreased (46) Choose the correct answer. c. The theme for GCCS is 1. British 2.Norway 4. None of the above ‘Cyber4All: an inclusive, a. In the area wise, Telangana is 3. France 4. Kenya (31) The workers dependence on agri- th sustainable, developmental, in 12 place in India. (18) Choose the correct in the culture is very high in which dis- safe and secure cyber space b. In the area wise Telangana is in following. trict? th 1. Only a and c are true 9 place in India. a. Justice Deepak Mishra is 45th 1. Jayashankar district 2. Only b and c are true c. In the number of districts wise, Chief Justice of India 2. Jogulamba district th 3. Only c is true Telangana is in 12 place in b. Justice Deepak Mishra was 3. Jagithyal district India. 4. Only b is true Chosen by National Judicial 4. district d. In the number of districts wise, (8) With which of the following Appoints Commission th (32) In Telangana which is the main Telangana is in 9 place in country, India has entered into an c. Justice Deepak Mishra was cho- source of irrigation? India. agreement for, connecting both sen by Collegium system countries with water ways? 1. Only a and b are true 1. Tank 1. Only b and c are true 2. Well 1. Nepal 2. Bhutan 2. Only a is true 2. Only a and d are true 3. Canal 3. Myanmar 4. Bangladesh 3. Only a and c are true 3. Only b is true 4. Rivers (9) Which is the 35th country, to join 4. Only b is true 4. Only a and c are true (33) How many Special Economic in International Solar Alliance? (47) The Percentage of population of (19) Economic Growth tells Zones approved to Telangana by Telangana, in the total population 1. British 1. Quantitative change the Union Government? 2. Canada of India is: 2. Negative growth 1. 60 2. 57 3. Australia 1. 2.89% 2. 4% 3. Positive growth 3. 67 4. 100 4. New Zealand 3. 3.99% 4. 4.06% 4. None 4 23 - 29 October, 2017 By Classmate Academy

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(48) Arrange the following districts, in (62) Name the Vishnu Kundina ruler, (76) Who among the following has (88) Which of the following words has the decending order of their who has the title Soladaganda? declared himself as Mr. Telangana? been added to the Constitution th population. 1. Arikesari-1 2. Arikesari-2 1. Keshavarao Jadhav through 44 amendment act? a. Nizambad 3. Vegaraju 4. Baddega 2. Prof. Ravada 1. Council of Ministers b. Rangareddy (63) In the administrative reforms of 3. KCR 2. Prime Minister office c. Medchal Salarjung-1, the Avval Taluqdar is 4. Konda Laxman Bapuji 3. Property d. Hyderabad equal to (77) Telangana Information Trust was 4. Cabinet 1. b, d, c, a 2. d, c, b, a 1. Tehsildar formed in (89) Who among the following had two 3. d, b, c, a 4. d, a, c, b 2. Deputy Tehsildar 1. 1978 2. 1986 tenures as the Vice President of (49) Which Telangana district has 3. Collector 3. 1996 4. 2009 India? highest sex ratio? 4. Revenue Divisional Officer (78) Which of the following committees a. V.V.Giri 1. Jagithyal 2. (64) The Zilabandi system introduced is associated with Constitutional b. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 3. Nizambad 4. Nirmal by Salarjung is… status to local bodies? c. Hamid Ansari d. Jakir Hussain (50) Which of the following is the first 1. Police reforms a. Tungan committee 1. Only a and b 2. Only b and c tributary of Godavari, that meets 2. Revenue reforms b. Ashok Mehta Committee Godavari in Telangana? 3. Only c and d 4. Only a, b, c 3. Judicial reforms c. L.M.Singhvi committee 1. Manjira 2. Sabari (90) The first Indian ruler to accept 4. Education refoms 1. Only a and b 3. Pranahita 4. Indravathi the Subsidiary Alliance of Lord (65) Which Nizam ruler’s pen name is 2. Only b and c (51) Which of the following is the Wellesly was… Mani? Krishna’s tributaries that 3. Only a and c 1. Raja of Travancore originates in Ananthagiri hills? 1. Md Quli Qutub shah 4. Only c 2. Tipu sultan 1. Budameru 2. Bheema 2. Ibrahim Quli Qutub Shah (79) The first Law officer of India 3. The Nizam of Hyderabad 3.Musi 4.Kagna 3. Abdul Hasan Tanisha 1. Chief Justice of India 4. The Nawab of Oudh (52) Which of the following project 4. Abdullah Qutubshah 2. Senior most Judge of Supreme (91) Dadabhai Naoroji presented his started to provide safe drinking water (66) Vyjanti Vilasam was written by Court Drain of wealth theory in which for Flourosis effected people of 1. Addhanki Gangadhara Kavi 3. Union Law Secretary of the following books? Nalgonda & Mahabubnagar districts? 2. Ponenganti Telaganacharya 4. Attorney General of India 1. Wealth of India 1. Gudem lift irrigation 3. Saranga Thammaia (80) Who among the following is not 2. Poverty and Un-British rule in 2. Dindi lift irrigation 4. Vidyanath appointed by President of India? India 3. Bhakta Ramdasu irrigation (67) To study the report of Jaibharat 1. Chief Election Commissioner 3. Economic policies of British 4. Sri Padasagar irrigation Reddy Commission, which of the 2. Chief Justice of High court 4. None of the above (53) In southern India, which of the following committees was 3. CAG (92) Who among the following is not following states has the maximum appointed? 4. Chairman of State Public Service the member of Cabinet Mission? coal reserves? 1. Kailashnath Wanchu Committee Commission 1. Lawrence 2. Alexander 1. Tamilnadu 2. Andhra Pradesh 2. Sundareshan Committee (81) Which of the following has not 3. Cripps 4. Mountbatten 3. Karantaka 4. Telangana 3. Lalith Bhargava Committee been taken from US Constitution? (93) In which year moderates and (54) After reorganization of districts, 4. Girglani Committee 1. Independent Judiciary extremists were united? as per Telangana intensive house th 1. 1914 2. 1907 hold survey (on 19 August, 2014), (68) In 1952 elections, Burgula 2. Judicial review the maximum number of SC Ramakrishna won from which of 3. Equality before law 3. 1916 4. 1925 population is in which district? the following constituencies? 4. Equal protection of law (94) Which social reform was not 1. 2. Mahabubnagar 1. Warangal 2. Raichur (82) Which of the following is not the introduced by William Bentick? 3. Rangareddy 4. Warangal 3. 4. Shadhnagar Original Jurisdiction of the 1. Abolition of Slavery (55) The longest national highway in (69) The first place, where Mulki Supreme Court? 2. Abolition of Sati Telangana is agitation has taken place in 1951 1. Dispute regarding election of MP 3. Removal of disabilities due to 1. NH-365 2. NH-44 was… 2. Dispute regarding election of change of religion 3.NH-30 4.NH-390 1. 2. Hyderabad President 4. Suppression of the organized (56) Which of the following is wrongly 3. Warangal 4. Nalgonda 3. Dispute regarding election of bands of Thugs matched? (70) In which place Telangana Praja Vice President (95) Who gave the call ‘one religion, one 1. Naganika – Nasik Inscription Samithi was formed in 1968? 4. Central Vs state issue caste and one god for mankind’ ? 2. Gautami Balasri- Nasik Inscription 1. Illendhu 2. Palwancha (83) In which case the Supreme Court 1. Swami Vivekananda 3. Gunadya _ Brihat Katha 3. Manukota 4. Nakrekal held that 9th Schedule would also 2. Narayan Guru 4. Kutuhala –Leelavathi Parinayam (71) Out of eight recommendations of be reviewed? 3. Raja Rammohan Roy (57) Who among the following has The Sri Krishna Committee, the 1. Minerva Mills case 4. Balagangadhar Tilak one that recommended the written Neetisastra Mukthavali? 2. KamanKaz Case (96) Raja Ram Mohan Roy organized formation of Telangana is 1. Madiki Singana 2. Sivadevaia 3. LIC vs Union of India movement against… 1. 2 2. 3 3. Baddena 4. Rudradeva 4. None of the above 1. Rigidities in Caste System 3. 4 4. 5 (58) The first Ramayana in telugu is (84) Which state has appointed 2. Untouchability (72) Which Private Member introduced Ranganatha Ramayana, written by Rajmannar Committee, to study 3. Practice of Sati statehood to Telangana in 2000? centre-state relations? 1. Palkuriki Somanath 4. Conversion of Religion 1. Vinodh 1. Uttar Pradesh 2. Gona Budhareddy (97) Provincial Autonomy is associated 2. Dilip Kumar 3. Gona Gangareddy 2. West Bengal with 3. Ale Narendra 4. None of the above 3. Tamil Nadu 1. Government of India Act, 1935 (59) Who among the following has 4. V.H. Hanumantha rao 4. Kerala 2. Government of India Act, 1919 constructed Maha Vihara for (73) Name the Chairman of House (85) Through 61st amendment….. 3. Government of India Act, 1909 Buddhist monks in Indrapalapuram? committee that has been formed 1. Right to education was made as 4. Charter Act, 1858 1. Govinda Verma-1 to implement Girglani Committee fundamental right (98) Who among the following is the report? 2. Indrabattaraka Verma-1 2. Limit imposed on the strength chief formulator of foreign policy of 1. Devender Goud the ? 3. Rechala Devi of Union Cabinet 2. Uttam Kumar Reddy th 1. Lal Bahudur Sastry 4. Mahadevi 3. 10 Schedule added 3. Geetha Reddy 2. Subhash Chandra Bose (60) Which of the following dynasty 4. Voting age reduced from 21 to 18 rulers were devotees of Sri Parvata 4. Duddila Sridhar Babu (86) Which of the following articles 3. Raja Gopala Chari Swamy? (74) Telangana Congress Forum was prohibits the slaughter of cows? 4. Jawaharlal Nehru 1. Recharla Padmanayakas founded by? 1. 51 (99) Who was the Secretary of State 2. Ikshawakus 1. Damodar Raja Narsimha 2. 48 for India at the time of the foundation of Indian National 3. Vishnukundinas 2. Upendra 3. 36 Congress? 4. None of the above 3. Janardhan Reddy 4. 39 1. Duffrein 2. Stanley (61) In which of the following 4. Chenna Reddy (87) Who among the following will 3.Cross 4.Morley inscriptions the first telugu words (75) Name the Assembly Speaker who participate in impeachment of the ‘Vijayarajya Samvassarambul’ said not to use the word President of India but not in the (100) Which tribe revolted due to words were used ‘Telangana’ ? election of the President of India? British efforts to suppress the practice of human sacrifice? 1. Chaitanyapuri Inscription 1. Nadendla Manohar 1. Elected MPs 1. Thadoe kukis 2. Khonds 2. Chikkulla Inscription 2. Prathibha Bharati 2. All MLAs 3.Oraons 4. Naikadas 3. Mangallu Inscription 3. Yanamala Ramakrishunudu 3. Nominated MPs 4. None of the above 4. Kodela Siva Prasad 4. None of the above (For key visit : www.classmatessc.com) 5 23 - 29 October, 2017 By Classmate Academy

The Weekly Government wants to raise it upto 100   litres   Rs 3900 crore investments in The water will be distributed directly   through pipe lines of Krishna and   Kakatiya Textile Park       Telangana Government has decided to Godavari rivers and their tributaries.  open Kakatiya Mega Textile Park in The water supply will not be stopped,  citing the power cut or bore problems.            Warangal and Government had              entered an agreement with 22 Hence, water will flow to every house               Industries in this regard, including a hold continuously, and water storage tankers need in order to curb the      foreign industry. This will be the India’s largest textile park. wastage of water. Such move also  helps in maintaining sanitation   As per agreement, with in a period of          3 months, the companies are ready to Kalwakurthy Lift Irigation               produce textiles. The companies had completed   sought pre fabricated constructs to Mahamatma Gandhi Lift Irrigation  the Telanangana Government, which   Scheme has  were readily accepted. However foreign been                           company, is showing interest for a completed permanent construction rather than    by a temporary one Telangana      More water for house holds under Government.    Mission Bhagiratha Local people   had been waiting for the project for        The Telangana Government has the last 3 decades. The water is  decided to provide drinking water              released at Elikatta village, in     under Mission Bagiratha project. This Kalwakurthy Mandal of Nagarkurnool  will be an addition to the existing district. The Krishna river water is              water projects. At the same time, released from D-20 canal.  Government wanted to ensure that      there shall be no wastage of water. Food Processing Industry in Toopran     For this, government will organize The RP-Sanjiv Goenka group has come  awareness programmes for people and forward to invest Rs 200 crore in the      also want to give the responsibility of food processing sector in Toopran,   curbing the wastage of water to village district, in the state. The unit water associations. of the Kolkata-based company with         At present, for each village on an interest across diverse sectors, is    average 30 litres of water is being expected to create job opportunities               supplied. Under Mission bagiratha, for 1,000 people.

Mothers is going to be started on of these villages. This department       st    February the 1 , 2018. As of now, consists of Engineering and merit students are given Rs.6500 as Sanitation sections. Supervision         scholarship. 1000 students will be Committees will be instituted to   selected by the govt. to be educated execute the orders and proposals of  freely at the cost of the govt. For this the Head of the Department. The        purpose, a budget of Rs. 30 crore Advisory Council will be headed by the               rupees is allocated. Secretary of the Municipal  Supervision of work by drones. Corporation. The members of this       Advisory Council consists of Drones are going to be used to      Panchayatiraj Commissioner, CRDA             supervise the work in the villages. The    Commissioner, Municipal Corporation    first use of these drones’ supervision Director and Guntur District      has been implemented experimentally Collector.    in Nimmakur, Krishna district. This  A Mega Seed Park in Kurnool       programme is going to be extended to     all the other districts of A.P. and the A Mega Seed Park is going to be     responsibility of conducting this established in Kurnool by the A.P.  supervision will be done by engineering Govt. Discussions on this are going         graduates. on between the C.M. and Directors       of many American Seed Companies.           Various Developmental Activities               in Vizag This project is going to be developed          in the style of Hub & Spokes.    The C.M. has started different   developmental activities in The C.M. and the Vice Chancellor of         Vishakapatnam on the 16th of October, WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY, America   2017. met and discussed over the possibilities      of establishing GLOBAL CONSORTIUM           Bhumi puja was conducted to construct   for the sharing of technology in Rotary Separate Model Over bridge at            Agriculture. Agreements will be signed    NAD centre, Vizag with Rs.113 crores      upon this by both the sides.   of estimation.  Lycos in Vizag        Rotary Separate Model bridge          facilitates passing of vehicles with Lycos company will start its Software          out any obstruction over and below Activities in Vizag soon. About 300        the bridge. This is the first of its kind candidates will be employed in the in India. company. Bodhtree is also planning    to establish its project in Vizag. This T.U – 142, war plane museum is going       company is showing interest to invest   to be started. These planes were       in Vizag.   used in the Kargil War. Even a Sub-    marine is stationed here. The A Mega Plan to connect all the  existence of these two at one place Rivers              is very rare in the country. Every year about 2500 T M Cs of water        A Special Department for the of the Godavari is going into the sea          Development of A.P., Capital unused. The government is planning      Territorial Villages to bring this water into use. This   Telugu is mandatory in Schools A special department has been formed water will be diverted to from next year in A.P. to look after the basic facilities of 29 northern districts and the districts   of Rayalaseema. The Godavari is going        is going to be mandatory territorial villages surrounding the in all the educatioinal institutions from capital, Amaravati. This department to be linked with other rivers to bring   the next year, says A.P., Chief Minister, headed by a special IAS officer who more water into use.  Chandra Babu Naidu. is of the same rank of the IAS officer As a part of this plan, Polavaram Dam water will be taken to northern  Another programme titled AMMAKU heading the Municipal Corporation, Andhra.           VANDHANAM in the honour of will look after the Sanitation facilities

6 23 - 29 October, 2017 By Classmate Academy

The Weekly       match on October 15th. This is the ever-improving Malaysia, however,  27th Master series titled for Federer fought valiantly. Its efforts bore fruit         totaling to 94 titles. With this victory in the 50th minute when      Roger Federer has reached Ivan ShahrilSaabah pulled a goal back.       Lendel in the number of singles titles India, ranked sixth in the world, was           won. in for a nervous final 10 minutes but  Life ban on Sreeshanth continues the defence did enough to hold on.             The life ban on Sreeshanth which was Kidambi Srikanth wins                 revoked by one member bench of Kidambi Srikanth continued his         Keral High Court was again upheld phenomenal by High Court. run as he                            India wins Asian Hockey Tourney defeated South    nd Korea’s Lee          India on 22 October ended its 10-  year wait for continental triumph Hyun Il to win    Denmark Open            when it defeated Malaysia 2-1 in a close final to clinch its third Asia Cup 2017 title on  nd   hockey title in Dhaka, Bangladesh. the 22 of October.   Kohli breaks Ponting record              ViratKohli made his 200th ODI special    as he scored his 31st ODI hundred  on October 22nd,     while playing  against New Sports    Zealand, in Roger wins Shanghai ATP : Wankhede        stadium, Swiss Tennis legend Roger Federer India, which won the Asia Cup in   Mumbai. The has won Shanghai ATP master 2003 (Kuala Lumpur) and 2007 Indian skipper is now second only to             tournament by defeating top seed (Chennai), scored off field goals legendary Sachin Tendulkar (49) in                 Rafael Nadal (Spain) in the final through Ramandeep Singh (third minute) and LalitUpadhyay (29th). The the list of most ODI hundreds.

         council of the International Seed conferred for promoting national  Testing Association to coordinate the integration and strengthening         international seed agencies and the nation’s sense of solidarity.    seed industry. It carries a citation and a cash prize  of Rs. 10 lakh.  Ranjit Kumar:   George Saunders: US author George    The senior advocate was appointed Saunders has won the 2017 Man   Solicitor General in 2014, soon after  Booker Prize. He became only the     the Narendra Modi government came second American writer to win to power at the Centre. Solicitor    Britain’s renowned Prize, which was General Ranjit Kumar, the country's awarded for his first full-length novel  second-most senior legal officer, has     “Lincoln in the Bardo”. The prize was       resigned citing personal reasons. announced at a ceremony in London.            Hans Joachim Schellnhuber: He is                 Awards German theoretical physicist and founding director of PIK. He is one of      Satish Chander : He had received the two persons to receive Blue Planet Tapi Dharmarao Literary Award, for his   Prize, 2017 (The other is Prof. contribution to Telugu Literature &     Gretchen C. Daily). The prize was  Journalism.            created by the Asahi Glass Dr. D. Srinivasa Reddy: Foundation in 1992.                             He has been awarded with the Obituary prestigious OPPI (Organisation of               Pharmaceutical Producers of India) Mehboob Shamsher Khan:       Award, 2017. He is the native of The first swimmer to have   Ramannapet, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri represented India in the Olympics,            District. Mehboob Shamsher Khan, died of   cardiac arrest at Kaithepalle village  Chandrababu Naidu:   near Repalle town in the Guntur  Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh district, Andhra Pradesh.   Chandrababu Naidu was awarded the  Khan served in the Army for nearly                Transformative Chief Minister Award, 24 years and retired a subedar an honor that has been instituted by             the Council to acknowledge excellence  Khan set a national record in       in public service and recognize the               honoree’s achievement in championing the 200 m butterfly       stroke in 1954,         U.S.-India ties in the areas of trade,   politics and culture. and broke all    records at the   Heritage Foods:       national meet in    Bangalore in 1955,      Heritage Foods has bagged Golden      Peacock Award for the year 2016. The earning a slot in the Olympic   award was conferred on the private squad.  Persons in news sector enterprise company for the  Khan, who joined the Army in  ‘Excellence in Corporate Governance’ 1946, fought two crucial battles: Dr. Ella Reddy: He has been elected for showing fast growth in dairy, The 1962 war against China and  as the vice president of ICID agriculture, retail and bakery space. the 1971 war against Pakistan.    (International Commission on T.M.Krishna: Singer T M Krishna He was inducted into the Madras Irrigation and Drainage) in the Engineer Group in Bangalore and    won the 30th Indira Gandhi Award for elections held at Mexico. completed nearly 24 years of National Integration for the year 2015         service in the Army.    Chaitanya Gayatri Chinthapalli : and 2016. He is a pre-eminent vocalist in the Carnatic tradition of Daphne Galizia: Shri Chaitanya has been elevated as                Indian classical music Maltese investigative journalist Executive Director of Bank of India and has been an Daphne Caruana Galizia, who exposed             with effect from 09th October 2017.   activist who has her island nation’s links to offshore Kesavulu: Director of the Telangana worked to break down tax havens through the leaked  State Seed and Organic Certification caste-barriers in the Panama Papers was killed in a bomb            Agency (TSSOCA) K. Keshavulu has society. The award is explosion in her car, Malta’s Prime been named chairman of the advisory Minister Joseph Muscat said. 7 23 - 29 October, 2017 By Classmate Academy

The Weekly NABARD for refinance to RRBs and that contribute to solving global several Additional Solicitors Do You Know ? Cooperative Banks. The Interest environmental problems. The prize General of India. 1. Context: India implements BBIN Subvention Scheme will continue was created by the Asahi Glass 8. Context: Indian Prime Minister Agreement, on 15th October 2017 for one year and it will be Foundation in 1992, the year of Narendra Modi, launched the first onwards. implemented by NABARD and RBI. the Rio Earth Summit, and since phase of the roll-on-roll off service then the foundation has awarded The Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, 5. Context: India, Brazil and South at a rally in Ghogha, Gujarat. the prize to two winners every year. Nepal (BBIN) Initiative is a sub Africa (IBSA) have signed the The RO-RO ferry services are regional architecture of countries IBSA Trust Fund Agreement that 7. Context: Solicitor General of India vessels made to carry wheeled in Eastern South Asia, a subregion seeks to fight poverty in Ranjit Kumar resigned. He was cargo that are driven on and off of South Asia. It meets through developing countries. appointed solicitor general in June the ferry on their own wheels or official representation of member IBSA Dialogue Forum 2014 after the Modi government using a platform vehicle. The states to formulate, implement and (India, Brazil, South Africa) is an came to power wheeled cargo includes, cars, review quadrilateral agreements international tripartite grouping The Solicitor General of India is trucks, semi-trailer trucks, across areas such as water for promoting international below the Attorney General to trailers, and railroad cars. The resources management, power cooperation among these India, who is the Indian term RO-RO is generally reserved connectivity, transport and countries government’s chief legal advisor, for large ocean-going vessels. The infrastructure. 6. Context: Environmental scientist and its primary lawyer in vessels have either built-in or 2. Context: The European Union Hans Joachim Schellnhuber the Supreme Court of India. shore-based ramps that allow the imposed fresh sanctions on North received Blue Planet Prize, The Solicitor General of India is cargo to be efficiently rolled on Korea as part of international world’s most prestigious award for appointed for the period of 3 years. and off the vessel when in port. efforts to punish the regime for its pioneers in environmental science The Solicitor General of India is This is in opposite to the lift-on nuclear and ballistic weapons The Blue Planet Prize recognises the secondary law officer of the and lift-off (lo-lo) vessels, which programmes outstanding efforts in scientific country, assists the Attorney use a crane to load and unload cargo. The European Union is a Political research or applications of science General, and is himself assisted by and Economic union comprising of 28 states (British not yet quit, and soon it quits) that are primarily located in European continent with an internal single market for movement of goods, services and people. The EU has a single currency called Euro and has common defence and security relations with foreign nations along with diplomatic mission and being part of organisations like the U.N, W.T.O, G7, G20. 3. Context: US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said that America was open to UN reforms to expand the permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council but the key for India to get there would be to “not touch” the issue of veto power that current members are neither willing to share nor give up The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations, charged with the maintenance of international peace and security as well as accepting new members to the United Nations and approving any changes to its United Nations Charter. The United Nations Security Council “power of veto” refers to the veto power wielded solely by the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (China, France, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States), enabling them to prevent the adoption of any “substantive” resolution. 4. Context: According to RBI, Banks will provide funds to women self help groups in rural areas at 7 per cent, All women SHGs will be eligible for interest subvention on credit upto 3 lakh rupees at 7 per cent per annum. The interest subvention scheme for farmers aims at providing short term credit to farmers at subsidised interest rate. The interest subvention will be given to Public Sector Banks (PSBs), Private Sector Banks, Cooperative Banks and Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) on use of own funds and to

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