MARUTHI SCHOOL OF BANKING IMPORTANT CURRENT AFFAIRS – MARCH – JULY – 2017 UNESCO recently added caves with world's oldest known art to heritage list. These caves are located in – Swabian Jura region of Germany • President Pranab Mukherjee recently inaugurated the Ashiana Annexe in - Dehradun, Uttarakhand • The state that became the first state to fix minimum education qualification for cooperative body poll is – Rajasthan • The Union Government has increased import duty on sugar to 50% to support - domestic prices • The senior bureaucrat who recently took charge as the Secretary of the Department of Economic Affairs is - Subhash Chandra Garg • State government that signed MoU with Union Ministry of Health to set up Centre of Excellence in Transfusion Medicine - West Bengal • Company that was conferred with the Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2017 - Danfoss India • Person appointed as Director General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence - John Joseph • Organisation awarded the coveted National level Golden Peacock Award for the Year 2017 for Eco- Innovation - Indian Railways Organization for Alternate Fuel (IROAF) • Centres of Excellence in Transfusion Medicine under the Metro Blood Bank Project of Union Health Ministry will be set up in - Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai • He was named as the new chief coach of Indian Cricket team led by Captain Virat Kohli in July 2017 - Ravi Shastri • He was appointed as the bowling coach for the Indian Cricket team in July 2017 - Zaheer Khan • He was appointed as the batting consultant for specific overseas tours of the Indian Cricket team in July 2017 - Rahul Dravid • The organistaion that on 11 July 2017 claimed that it as confirmed news that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the chief of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), has died is - Syrian Observatory for Human Rights • These two organizations have signed an MoU for collaboration on occupational health and prevention of occupational injuries and diseases - ESIC & DGFASLI • The International Olympic Committee (IOC) in July 2017 agreed to award the 2024 and 2028 Games to two cities. The two cities that will be hosting the 2024 and 2028 Olympic Games are - Paris and Los Angeles • Person appointed as the head of the Indian consulate in New York - Sandeep Chakravorty • Person appointed as director-general of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence - Debi Prasad Dash • Indian-origin personality who proposed USD 6 billion cheaper plan for the development of Heathrow runway - Surinder Arora • State that proposed to open Stray Dogs Zoos to keep them off the streets - Kerala • This Island of Japan that was included in UNESCO’s World Heritage Site list in July 2017 – Okinoshima Island • The High court that in July 2017 said that illegal encroachments or unauthorised construction cannot be allowed anywhere state, whether it is a temple, a mosque or a church – Delhi High Court • The government has increased import duty on sugar to what percent from existing 40 per cent, to restrict cheap inward shipments and maintain domestic prices – 50 per cent • The men-only Island of Japan where male visitors are supposed to take naked bath before visiting a shrine located on it - Okinoshima Island • The renowned cartoonist who passed away on 11 July 2017 is - Mangesh Tendulkar • The state that has constituted a panel to design state flag is – Karnataka • By electrifying tiny droplets of fluids, scientists have created miniature versions of Saturn, complete with rings. The institute/university where these miniature versions of Saturn were created is - Northwestern University • India recently topped the medal tally at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships. In a total, medals won by Indian athletes are - 29 1 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223 • The Indian music composer who was recently shortlisted for the World Soundtrack Award - Public Choice is - A.R. Rahman • The theme of the 2017 World Population Day is - Family Planning: Empowering People, Developing Nations • The uniform that was recently granted the Intellectual Property Rights by Trade Marks Registry of India is - Blue-bordered sari of Mother Teresa • The actress of iconic Bollywood movie Anand who died recently is - Sumita Sanyal Malabar Exercise 2017 is being conducted in Bay of Bengal between - India, Japan and the US • Recently, India declared itself free from this disease - Avian Influenza (H5N8 and H5N1) • Person appointed as the Chief of the National Disaster Response Force - Sanjay Kumar • Person appointed as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Indonesia - Pradeep Kumar Rawat • State legislative assembly that passed a resolution to implement the Goods and Services Tax (GST) - Jammu & Kashmir • The United Nations Member States adopted a legally-binding treaty prohibiting - Nuclear weapons • He was recently appointed the Chairman of the Board of Governors at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur - Sanjiv Goenka • India’s rank in the 2017 Global Cybersecurity Index, which released recently, is – 23 • The county that topped the 2017 Global Cybersecurity Index is – Singapore • It was recently inscribed on the List of World Heritage in Danger - Historic Centre of Vienna • The 10TH India-Jordan Trade and Economic Joint Committee (TEJC) Meeting was held from 4 July and 5 July 2017 in – New Delhi • The Long distance runner who clinched the gold medal in men's 5000m race at the athletic meet at the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships is - G Lakhsmanan • The shot putter who clinched the gold medal in women’s Shot Put at the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships - Manpreet Kaur • The Supreme Court observed that the government jobs or admissions secured under reserved category using forged caste certificates cannot be held valid on the plea of - Maharashtra Government • The Union Government has notified the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Amendment Rules, 2017 by amending the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules of - 2011 PARAMETER DATE DETAILS India has secured 23 rd in cyber security index (singapur-First) MRP to be sole price decider from Jan 1,2018 July 7 India declares itself free from Bird flu No detention policy to go away from next academic year National JIGYASA , a student –scientist connect program has launched in New July 8 Delhi India become the 4 th largest foreign investor into the UK First intl. Aviation security seminar organized in Haryana. July 9 Govt. launches IPR awareness scheme for MSMEs, Startups 12 th G-20 summit held in Hamburg , Germany (capital- July 7 Berlin/currency-Euro)Theme was- Shaping an inter-connected world. International Trilateral Malabar exercise begins in Chennai India & Bangladesh have decided to construct a bridge over July 8 Mizoram’s Khawthlangtuipui river . Sanjiv Goenka has been selected as chairman of IIT-Kharagpur July 7 Kewal handa has been appointed as non executive chairman of Union Appointed Bank (HQ-Mumbai/tagline-Good people to bank with) Saima Wazed Hossain has selected as WHO Goodwill Ambassador July 8 for Austim spectrum disorder (HQ-Geneva) 2 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223 July 9 John Joseph takes charge as chief of GST intelligence agency Awards July 9 Guruswamy Jayraman awarded Australia’s highest civilian ward July 7 Credit card bill payment exempt from cash dealing limit of Rs 3 lakh Banking & Nepal SBI launches first paperless banking services sbiINTOUCH Finance July 9 (Nepal-PM-Sher Bahadur Deuba/capital_kathmandu/currency-ruppee) Oracle picks Bengaluru for its first digital hub. Company in news July 8 Tata Steel bags PM’s trophy for best integrated steel plant France will end sales of petrol & diesel vehicle by 20140 (capital- July 8 Paris/PM-E Philiippe/President-E Macron) Country in news Ahmedabad city has been declared as world Heritage city By July 9 UNESCO (HQ-Paris) Day July 7 Global Forgiveness Day Obituary July 9 Cricketer Gour Gosh passes away Science in news July 7 SpaceX delivers for Intelsat on heavyweigh falcon 9 mission June 7 NALCO, IDCO to set up Aluminium park in Angul , odisha Union Food processing minister Harsimrat kaur lays foundation of June 8 punjab’s first maize based food park Telengana is the first state to build India’s first university for dalit States in news students. Chhattisgarh has topped the list in issuance of soil health cards. Punjab unveils new transport policy to “overhaul system” June 9 Delhi govt. launches Free surgery scheme.(CM-Arvind kejriwal) Manpreet kaur, Givindan laxmanan win gold in Asian athletic June 7 championship Virat Kohli became the batsman with most number of hundreds in Sports June 8 run chases in the history of ODI cricket P V sindhu wins sportsperson of the year 2017 June 9 Harinder pal sandhu won the south Australian open squash title PARAMETER DATE DETAILS Kambala (buffalo race)bills get presidential assent. TERI ( The Energy resource institute) ranked among world’s top thinks ranks (DG-Ajay Mathur) Prime minister leaves for Israel ( capital -Jerusalem/currency - July 4 Shekel) President gave his assent to a bill banning hookah bars in Gujarat Pune NGO Swayam Shikshan prayog wins UN prize for sustainable farming model National Prime minister Narendra Modi becomes first Indian PM to visit Israel Environment Minister launches plantation drive to mark van mahotsav in Delhi July 5 India –Jordon trade & economic joint committee held in New Delhi PM adopts village Kakrahia in Varanasi constituency . India’s tallest ATC tower to be operational at Delhi airport India in 88 th place in money boarded in Swiss banks 3 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223 External Affairs Minister Sushama swaraj has inaugurated the 9 th edition of Delhi Diologue. AIIB (Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ) sanctions USD 329 mn loan to built roads in Gujarat . ( HQ-Beijing/President-Jin Liqun) India declares itself free from Highly pathogenic Avian influenza July 6 (H5n1 & H5N8) Union Minister Piyush Goyal launched the MERIT (Merit Order dispatch of Electricity for Rejuvenation of Income & Transparency) White tiger spotted in the Nilgiris.