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. The armies ofIndia & Thailand starts joint training exercise named July 4 Ex Maitree 2017 at Bakoh in Himachal Pradesh July 5 New Israli flower named after PM Modi International 5th meeting of BRICS Ministers of education was held in Beijing , chian (minister of human resource development-Prakash July 6 javadkar/constituency -MP rajya sabha) India & Israel signed 7 agreements to increase cooperaation Sanjay Kumar has been appointed as the new chief of the national July 5 Disaster response Force (NDRF) Appointed PradeepKumar rawat appointed as the next ambassador of India to July 6 Indonesia.( capital-jakarta/Currency-rupiah) ADB approves USD 220mn for improving road connectivity in July 4 Rajasthan (HQ -Manila, Philippines/president –Takehiko nakao ) Banking & July 5 Yes bank pact with Santander Finance Kewal handa has been appointed as Non-executive chairman of July 6 Union Bank ( HQ-Mumbai/tagline-Good people to bank with) Company in news July 5 Microsoft India ink pact with NISA Day July 6 World Zoonoses day Science in news July 6 SpaceX launches super –heavy Intelsat 35e satelite Aranachal Pradesh celebrates Dree festival States in news July 5 Karnataka govt, has launched the Elevate 100 scheme to identify 100 most innovative starts -ups July 5 Saefraz Ahmed has selected as Pakistan test team’s captain India won the Asian snooker team championship at Bishkek, Sports Krygyzstan (capital-Bishkek/currency-som) July 6 India gets 96th places in FIFA world ranking (HQ-Zurich/President- Gianni infantino)
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS Union Minister Harsha vardhan has launched national July 1 Biopharmaceutical Mission. This mission has named Innovate in India (i3) IIT Kharagpur opens helpline for girls students National July 2 Govt imposes 10 % custom duty on imported mobile phones Union minister of skill development laid foundation stone of July 3 country’s biggest Global skill park (Minister is Rajev pratap Ruddy . Hs constituency is –saran in Bihar )
4 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
IGNOU has announced exemption of fees for its transgender students PM inaugurates textile India 2017 , held at Gandhinagar Vikrikar Bhavaan of Mumbai has been renamed as GST Bhawan July 3 PM welcomes Narmada water at Rajkot’s Aji Dam TransStadia has launched by PM in Ahmedabad International July 2 World’s sharpest laser developed in US K k venugopal has been appointed as Atorney general of India July 2 Achal Kumar Jyoti has been selected as India’s new chief election commissioner Appointed Vidya Balan has been selected as brand ambassador of Signature Global July 3 Carrie lam has sworn in as Hong King’s chief executive , becoming its first female leader. R K Pachnanda takes charge as ITBP DG The president of India has received the first copy of book “ president Author & Book July 3 pranab mukherjee-a statesma” Preeti Shenoy has been conferred with the Indian of the year award by Brands academy awards July 3 Telengana IPS officer Mahesh Muralidhar Bhagat gets award from US state Dept. July 1 Govt. has lowered interest rate on small savings scheme by .1 % RBI report sees India’s economic growth rate at 7.3 % in 2017 -18 (Governor- Urijit patel) Banking & July 2 PNB will block all the Maestro debit cards (HQ- New Delhi ) Finance Karnataka Bank has launched the KBL-Image debit card (HQ- Mangaluru) FINO payments bank has commenced operations as a payment July 3 bank.(HQ- Mumbai/CEO-Rishi Gupta ) Company in news July 2 Reliance Jio launches 25000 km –long submarine cable system Chartered Accounts day July 1 National Doctors Day Day July 2 World’s sports Journalists day July Intl plastic bag free day Minaketan das ,who was Odia actor passed away Obituary July 2 Madhukar Toraadmal ,who was Marathi actor passed away India successfully test- fires short range surface too air missile Science in news July 3 QR-SAM Telengana to have separate agriculture budget from next year July 2 (CM-C Rao/Gov-E S L Narasimhan/capital-Hyderabad) States in news Kerela CM has launched G-Ride app (capital- July 3 Thiruvanthapuram/Governor-P.sathasivaam/ Pinarayi vijayan) Assam Govt. has formed Special Rhino protection Force (STPF) July 1 Footballer Subrata Bhattachaya wil get the “Mohan Bagan Ratna” Sports July 2 MS Dhoni becomes first Indian batsman to hit 200 sixes in ODIs July 3 R karan rajan became the champion of the Gutemala badminton future
5 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
series (capital- Guatemala city ) Germany wins confederation cup football title (currency- Euro/Chancellor-Angela Merkel).Germany defeats Chili Novak Djokoic has won Eastbourne Aegon championship Jehan Daruvala wins FIA Formula 3 European championship race
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS June 28 India ranks 93rd out of 128 in social progress index 2017 Venkaiah naidu inaugurates newly constructed studio complex of AIR & DDK, Dehradun (capital of Uttrakhand) CM- Trivendra singh rawat Union minister of Micro small & medium enterprise (MSME) Kalraj Mishra has launched the digital MSME scheme . ( constituency – National CA June 29 Deoria in UP) Union minister of state for public Grievance Jitendra singh has launched a new training programme called “COMMIT” for state officials . ( Acronym- Comprehensive online modified modules on Induction training/ Constituency- Udhampur in J & K ) Jan 30 Health Ministry’s mobile app EVIN wins GSMA Asia Mobile award Kaushik Basu has been appointed as president of International economic association (IEA) June 28 Rajesh V. shah has been appointed as chairperson of NIFT Appointed Actress Vidya Balan has been selected as ambassador of the Indian film festival of Melbourne Shamma Jain has been appointed as next ambassador of India to Jan 30 Greece. June 29 China has started building the world’s first Forest city Country in News Germany legalizes same sex marriage (capital - Berlin/currency - June 30 Euro/ President- W steinmeier) Day June 29 National statistics day Obituary June 29 Singer Sabita Chowdhury died President of India inaugurates an exhibition of art works at Academy Persons in news June 30 of Fine arts, Kolkata & receives first copies of two coffe table books Inddi’s latest communication satellite GSAT -17 has been Science in news June 29 successfully launched from Kourou Petya ransomware attack hits India’s Jawaharlal Nehru port India’s first blood bank for cattle to come up in Odisha (capital- June 28 Bhubaneshwar/gov.-s c jamir/cm-Navin Parnaik) Jharkhand CM Ragubhar Das inaugurated the country’s biggest fresh June 29 States in news water aquarium (capital- Ranchi) Uttarakhand was conferred with the award of excellence at the June 30 second global skill dev summit at Paris (capital-Dehradun/CM- Trivendra singh rawat/Gov- Krishna kant paul) The Indian shooting squad has finished second at the ISSF junior June 28 world championship Sports in news Roger Federer has clinched his ninth Halle Open title June 30 Van Niekerk breaks 300 m word record at Golden spike meet
6 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS The Manipur CM Biren singh has launched a toll free 24/7 June 25 helpline number 181 for women .( capital- Imphal/Governor-Najma Heptullah) PM has called upon the people to use govt. E-Marketplace, June 26 E-GEM portal to sell their products or service to the govt. National CA Union govt. has approved for setting a new airport in Greater Noida Group insurance cover for Amarnath pilgrims raised to Rs 3 June 27 lakh PM has left for the Netherland (capital - Amsterdam/currency-Euro) N N Vohra appointed as the president of India International centre K kasturirangan has been appointed as head of national Appointed June 27 education policy Priyanka chopra has appointed as ambassador for govt’s skill India campaign Day June 26 Intl. Day against Drug Abuse & illicit trafficking Bhumika Sharm wins Miss world title in bodybuilding Persons in news June 26 championship K Seikanth wins Australia open super series India’s Yashawini Deswal wins gold in world Rifle/Pistol championship June 26 India became the team to score the most 300 plus totals in Sports in news ODI cricket Ankush Dahiya wins gold at Mongolia boxing tournament India wins bronze in 25m rapid fire pistol in ISSF Junior June 27 world championship . Ex Indian captain Dhanraj Pillay to get Bharat Gaurav
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS Railway ministry will launch “ Operation Swarna ” to improve June 22 service June 23 Govt. launches VAJRA scheme to attract Indian scientists abroad National CA Venkaiah Naidu inaugurates “ Home For All ” property show in June 24 Ahmedabad PM Modi leaves for Portugal .(capital -Lisbon/currency -Euro) International CA Jan 22 Qatar Airways was announced the world’s Best Airline 2017 Jan 23 US has cleared the sale of 22 unmanned Guardian drones to India
June 22 Sonam kapor’s fashion label Rheson wins PETA award Sahitya Akademi award has been presented to two Konkani literary Vncy Quadros & Amey Naik Awards June 24 Nisha Dutt bags social entrepreneur of the year award Wipro chairman Azim Premji honoured with carengie Medal of Philanthropy. Authored & Book June 23 Lalit Mohan Das gets Biju PatnaiK award for scientific excellence
7 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
Salman khan’s sultan wins best Action movie at 20 th shanghai June 24 international film festival June 22 Kenneth I Juster to become USA’s new ambassador to India Vladimir Voronkov appointed as Under secretary general of UN June 23 Appointed counter –Terrorism office Rajiv Gauba named new home secretary June 24 Imran khawaja has appointed as deputy chairman of ICC Banking in news June 24 Vijaya Bank bags nine skotch awards.. HQ- Bengaluru Country in News June 24 China develops world’s most powerful submarine detector International widow day .Theme- Empowering women for greater achievements” Obituary June 23 World Public service day . Theme- The future is now International Olympic Day – Indore become the first city in India to use robot to control unruly June 22 traffic Places in news June 23 Mumbai is the most expensive city in India Bengaluru has become the country’s first city to deliver disel at June 24 home Science in news June 23 PSLV-C38 , carrying Cartosat-2E & 30 nano satellite Free education for girls from nursery to PhD in Punjab States in news June 22 Uttarakhand & Haryana declared open defcation free (ODF) states Maharashtra govt. launches “ My Plant” mobile app on Tree June 23 plantation West Bengal’s govt’s Kanyashree prakalpa was awarded the first June 24 Prize in United Nations Public service award for Asia pacific Cricketer Luke Ronchi of New Zealand announces international June 22 retirement Kabita Devi becomes first Indian women wrestler to compete in June 23 WWE Sports in news ICC announces two new test nations Ireland & Afghanistan.Total country is 12 June 24 Kuldeep Yadav has become first male chinamann bowler to represent India in ODIs
DATE DETAILS
The Indian Navy’s first indigenously built floating dock(FDN-2) National CA June 21 launched International CA Jan 20 BRICKS foreign ministers meeting held in Beijing , China Awards June 20 Bew’s Citizen Clem wins Orwell Prize President of India receives first copy of book “Garuda Purana “ Author& Book June 20 published by All India Kashiraj Trust Ministry of culture launches “national Mission on cultural mapping June 19 Appointed of India “ June 21 Mohammed bin Salman has selected as crown prince in Saudi Arab Country in News June 21 China has unveiled world’s first train that runs on virtual tracks Day June 20 World Refugee day. Theme- Waterloo Region celebrates refugees
8 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
Yoga day June 21 World Music day .Theme – Musicians gather to perform at public place Swami Atmasthanadaji,president of Ramkrishna Mssion passes Obituary June 19 away Justice Dalveer Bhandari has re-nominated as judge at the Persons in news June 20 international court of justice . Sports in news June 19 Pakistan lifts ICC champions Trophy
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS First phase of Kochi Metro to be inaugurated by PM Modi June 16 President inaugurates Green Line of Bengaluru Metro National CA Lok sabha speaker inaugurates 16 th NERCPA conference at Imphal CRPF launches toll-free helpline “Madadgaar” to assist kashmiri June 18 people. The number is 14411 David Grossman wins the man Booker International prize 2017 Awards June 16 Yeshe Dorjee Thongshi has been conferred with Bhupen hazarika award Neeru Chadda has been selected as first Indian woman member of June 16 ITLOS. HQ of ITLOS- Hamburg Yuvraj sings has been appointed as brand ambassador of EazyDiner Appointed Ramanathan Ramanan has been appointed as “Atal Innovation June 17 Mission” Serbia has selected Ana Brnabic as first female prime minister SBI has entered into tie-up with Tirumala Milk products for providing loans to dairy farmers Govt. makes Aadhar card mandatory for opening bank account as well June 17 as for any financial transaction of Rs 50000 and above Banking in news DCB bank launches Aadhaar based iris eye scan customer verification service RBI initiates Prompt corrective Action (PCA) against Bank of June 18 Maharstra, IDBI Bank, IOB,UCO Bank , Dena Bank , Central Bank of India June 16 International day of Family Remittances Day June 18 Father’s day June 16 P.N.Bhagawti passed away .He was former chief justice of India Obituary June 17 Former German Chancellor, Helmut Kohl passes away World summit on Information society (WSIS) forum 2017 held in Places in news June 17 Geneva, Switzerland India win five medals in Asian Junior Wrestling championship Jun 17 Sports in news IIT Kanpur awarded the degree to P.T.Usha Jan 18 K Srikanth has bagged Indonesia Open super series badminton title
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS Andhra Pradesh govt. launched “ Back to school ” programme National CA June 13 against child labour “project jal sanchay ” in Bihar has been selected for the national 9 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
award for excellence in MGNREGP by the Ministry of Rural Deve. PM inaugurates Usha school stadium in Kozikode India has ranked first in global remittance-receiving list June 15 AUSINDEX naval exercise take place between India & Australia India has ranked 60 in Global Innovation Index International CA June 14 G7 Environment Minister meeting was held in Bologna, Italy David Grossman wins Man Booker Prize for “A Horse walks Into Awards June 14 a Bar”. He belongs to Israel New 500 rupee banknotes have been launched by RBI with inset Banking in news June 13 letter “A” Company In news June 14 Google has ranked top in world’s most valuable brand in 2017 China has launched world’ largest floating solar firm Country in News June 13 USA has launched world’s smallest & cheapest private jet “Vision jet” World Blood Donor Day .Theme – What can you do ? Give blood. June 14 Give now. Give often. Day World elder abuse awareness day June 15 Asian Dengue day Neeru Chadha became the first Indian woman to be selected as a Persons in news June 15 judge at International Tribunal for the law of the sea India’s first 150 kWp canal top solar PV system Mouda Thermal power Project has launched in Maharashtra. States in news June 14 Kerela govt. has introduced “Anuyatra” , an empowerment programme June 13 Heena Sidhu & Jitu ra won mixed gold in shooting world cup Sports in news Lewis Hamilton wins Canadian Grand Prix
National CA June 12 Union govt. has launched “tele law” service International CA Jan 12 World’s largest floating solar farm has launched in China Bengali film actor has been conferred with France’s Legion of Awards June 11 Honour The book titled “Indira gandhi-A life in nature “ has released by Author & Book June 11 Sonia Gandhi.The book has been authored by Jairam Ramesh Vikram Limaye has been selected as MD & CEO of NSE Appointed June 12 Shashi Shekhar Vempati takes charge as CEO of Prasar Bharati Banking in news June 10 SBI cuts rate on home loan above Rs 75 lakh by 10 bps to 8.6 % Day June 12 World Day against child labour June 10 Noted historian Basudev chatterji passes away Former president of the UN General Assebly M D Brockmann Obituary June 11 passed away June 12 Telugu poet C Narayana Reddy passes away States I news June 10 Punjab CM has launched “Chief Minister Scholarship scheme” Sports ministry sanctioned Rs 200 crore for the development of June 10 sports in J & K Sports in news Rafael Nadal wins French open title Jan 12 Jelena Ostapenko won French open title
10 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
Lewis Hamilton wins Canadian Grand prix
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS “Skill for life, save a life “ initiative launched by health minister J P Nadda National CA June 9 Ministry of civil Aviation to rill out :Dighi Yatra” for air travelers President launches “selfie with Daughter’mobile app India, Pakistan has selected as member of Shanghai Co-operaation International CA June 9 organisation at Astana Summit Appointed June 8 KG karmakar, gauri Shankar has been appointed as directors IPPB Second Bi monthly monetary policy (repo-6.25 %/Reverse reo rate- June 7 Banking in news 6%/MSF-6.50 %/Bank rate -6.50 %/CRR -4 %/SLR-20.50 %) June 9 Biodegradable prepaid gift cards announced byAxis bank The cabinet approved an IP by the Indian renewable Energy June 8 Company In news Development June 9 TCS launches BaNCS app development kit to help banks Montenegro becomes NATO’s 29 th member (capital- Country in News June 7 podgoria/currency-Euro) Places in news June 2 Indias’ first freight village will be developed in Varanasi , UP Haneshan Neelakanta has been selected as a member in Intl. table Persons in news June 5 tennis federation Day June 8 World oceans day Obituary June 9 Social activist and author Mehrunnisa dalwai passed away Sam pitroda resigned as technical adviser to the odisha govt. Persons in news June 8 Indian American raja chari selected by NASA Science in news June 9 Scientist have discovered the hottest known exoplanet KLET-9B Kerela govt implements green protocol for weddings more nature – States in news June 7 friendly Muralitharan became the first Sri lankan to be inducted into the ICC cricket Hall of Fame Kohli has been ranked 89 th in the Forbes list in world’s 100 highest Sports in news June 9 paid atheletics Rohan Bopanna & Darbowski won the mixed doubles in French open Jeje Lalpekhlua wins AIFF player of year award
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS India test fired its first all weather tacked surface to air mission QR - June 4 SAM India has ranked 45th in the world competitiveness rankings 2017 Union Minister Nitin gadkari has inaugurated a new bridge on savitri National CA River ISRO has launched India’s heaviest satellite using launch vehicle June 5 GSLV mark III D-I India has ranked First in gobal retail development Index TRAI 11 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
MyCall a new app launched by TRAI for users to rate their call June 6 quality .Also they launched MySpeed app, Do-not-disturb 2.0 app The Book “The ministry of utmost Happiness” has been authored by Authored & Book June 5 Arundhati Roy Sher bahadu Deuba has been selected as new prime minister of Nepal Appointed June 6 Bollywood actress Dia Mirza has appointed has brand ambassador for the wildlife trust of India World bank has projected 7.2 % has the growth rate of India in 2017 June 5 Banking in news World Bank keeps 2017 global growth forecast at 2.7 % June 6 Vijaya bank set to develop 100 digital villages Anil Ambani has announced on 4 th june that Rcom-Aircel mered June 4 Company In news company will be called Aircom June 5 NTPC sets up electric vehicle charging stations in Delhi Haneshan Neelakanta has been selected as a member in Intl. table Persons in news June 5 tennis federation Day June 5 World Environment day .Theme- connecting people to nature Telanagana govt. distributes maternity kits June 4 Vizianagaram in Andhra Praesh bags MGNREGA national award States in news India’s first public bicycle sharing project Trin trin launched in June 5 Mysuru June 6 The single-woman pension scheme, launched by Telengana govt. June 4 Real Madrid won UFEA champions league title Indian Shuttler B Sai Praneeth has won Thailand Grand prix gold Sports in news June 5 title June 6 Ramkumar Ramanathan lifts ITF men’s futures tenis title
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS A stamp on noted playwright & theatre director late Balwant Gargi was released Railways introduces buy now , pay later service India has ranked 137th in the global peace index 2017 June 1 India’s GDP in Q4 grows 6.1 % National CA India is world’s third largest aviation market The union minister of Road transport & Highway Nitin Gadkari has launched INAM-Pro + web platform in New Delhi SEBI has formed a committee under the chairmanship of Uday Kotak June 3 to advise on corporate governance issues June 1 PM Modi , Russian Putin to attend 18 th India Russia Annual summit International CA India & Russia have signed two more units of nuclear power plants in June 2 Tamil Nadu Serbia selected Aleksandar Vucic as new president June 1 Vinay Dube has been selected as CEO of Jet Airways Appointed Leo Varadkar has been elected as Prime minister of Ireland June 3 Shashi Shekhar Vempati has been selected as CEO of Prasar Bharti Banking in news June 3 400 crore rupees for Rooftop solar projects announced by SBI
12 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
Resrictions on Dena bank imposed by RBI RBI appoints S Ganesh Kumar as new Executive Director June
Company In news Bharati Airtel , Telenor merger approved by SEBI June 2 BEML bags Raksha Mantri’s award Places in news June 2 Indias’ first freight village will be developed in Varanasi , UP Global day of parents Day June 1 World Milk day June
Obituary Roberto de Vicenzo passes away who was gold player June 3 Tamil Poet “Kavikko” Abdul Rahman passes away June 1 Ramchandra Guha resigns as BCCI Administrator Persons in news June 2 Vice chairman of NSE Mr. Ravi Narain resigns Science in news June 2 Prithvi II missile successfully test fired T-wallet , the official digital wallet of Telengana state was launched June 1 by Telengana States in news Maharashtra govt. launches Mahaswayam portal for job seekers Asam CM inaugurates Modi Fest in Tripura June 3 Uttarakhand Governor launches Vidya –Veerta mission June 1 Virat Kohli has 3 rd ranked in the ODI rankings Telecom company Vivo is the new sponsor for FIFA Sports in news June 2 T20 Global League in cricket introduced by South Africa West Indies cricket team’s official name changed to WINDIES
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS Ravi Shankar Prasad inaugurates workshop on common service centre as GST suvidha provider in New Delhi May 28 Delhi CM & Venkaiah Naidu flag off Delhi Heritage Line PM Modi lays foundation stone for Indian Agricultural research Institute (IARI) In Assam The Human resource Development minister Prakash Javadekar NATIONAL launches Anti ragging Mobile app May 29 CURRENT AFFAIRS Union defence minister Arun Jaitely inaugurates DRDO’s Aeronautical Test range in Karnataka Union govt. launched new campaign “Darwaza Band” to promote May 30 sanitation .Amitabh Bachchan led Toilet usage Campaign May 31 India has ranked 120th in women workforce declared by world bank Ministry of earth Sciences to launch “Deep ocean Mission” by January 2018 World’s largest optical telescope will be located in Chili’s Atacama May 28 INTERNATIONAL desert CURRENT AFFAIRS May 29 43rd G7 summit held in Sicily, Italy 70th edition of World health Assembly held in Geneva
Manipur governor Najma Heptulla has appointed as chancellor of APPOINTED May 30 Jamia Millia Islamia univ. AWARDS May 29 Odishi guru Ratikant Mohapatra, theatre director satybrata raut , pala 13 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
singer Laxmidhar Raut have ben selected for the Sangeet Natak Akademi 2016 awards Pune city police receive FICCI smart Policing award May 30 Actress Priyana Chopra bags Dadasaheb Phalke Award President of India presents Hindi Sevi Samman Awards
May 31 Jhumpa lahiri wins 2017 PEN award Cyclone Mora hit to Bangladesh COUNTRY IN NEWS May 30 First Women’s TV channel launched in Afghanistan May 28 Intl. Day of Action for women’s health DAY May 29 Intl day of United national Peacekeepers May 31 World No tobacco day . Theme is- Tobacco- a threat to development OBITUARY May 30 Veteran Telugu Film maker Dasari Naryan Rao passes away May 29 Dailong Village in Manipur declared Biodiversity heritage site Free travel facility for women students in Haryana STATES IN NEWS May 30 Kerela is now fully electrified state May 31 Rs 500 penalty on plastic bags in Goa Sebastian vettel won Monaco grand Prix title May 29 Arsenal won the FA cup Final SPORTS South Korea defeat china won badminton Sudirman cup ,2017 May 30 World Table Tennis championship began in Dusseldorf ,Germany
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS Govt. launches “e SANAD ” for online Document verification May 25 The minister of state for communication Manoj Sinha has launched BSNL’s satellite phone service PM has been inaugurated India’s longest bridge Dhola -sadia in Assam May 26 Sensex reached 31000 marks for the first time Taj mahal only Indian monument to figure in top global landmarks NATIONAL CA India retains world’s highest FDI recipient crown Jan Ki Baat , a new programme has been introduced by Union Govt. Minister of youth Affairs & sports Vijay Goel flagged of the Sun Yuva to mark the beginning of the Adopt Slum campaign in New May 27 Delhi PM lays foundation stone for AIIMS at Changsaari in Assam Union surface transport minister Nitin Gadkari flag off country’s first E-vehicle public transport The two-day G-7 summit begins in Italy India announces $500 millions assistance to Mauritius INTERNATIONAL May 27 CURRENT AFFAIRS India hosted 52 nd Annual Meeting of the African Development bank (AfDB) in Gandhinagar , Gujarat India-pacific islands conference held in Fiji Lenin Moreno appointed as president of Eucador May 25 APPOINTED Shuva Mondal has been selected as general counsel of Tata Sons May 26 Anurag tripathy has been appointed as secretary of CBSE
14 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
Jaideep mazumdar appointed as the next ambassador of India to Philippines Syed Ghayorul Rizvi has been selected as chairman of national commission for Minoriites May 27 Vani Sarraju Rao has been selected as next ambassador of India to Finland SBI to sell bad loans worth Rs 1471 crore to ARCs BANKING IN NEWS May 25 SBI launches national hackathon . It has named “ Code For Bank” Mumbai & Kota among World’s most crowded cities May 25 CITY IN NEWS India’s first underwater Rail Tunnel completed in Kolkata May 27 Nagpur becomes first city with electric mass mobility system May 25 BHEL commissions 270 MW thermal unit in Maharashtraa COMPANY IN NEWS Jindal Steel & Power Ltd has inaugurated the largest integrated steel May 27 plant of Odisha OBITUARY May 26 Former Punjab Director general of Police KPS Gill dies Mark Zuckerberg received an honorary doctorate degree from PERSONS IN NEWS May 27 Harvard University J & K minister launched an e-plant clinic service for farmers with the STATES IN NEWS May 26 aim to double farmer’s income by 2022 UP CM launches JE Vaccination drive May 27 Haryana announces pension schemes for journalists R Ashwin is the CEAT International cricketer of the year award May 25 PV sindhu elected to BWF Athletes commission SPORTS IN NEWS Saurabh Chaudhury wins bronze in shooting May 26 F S Cottalorda has been appointed as coach women boxer tea of India May 27 Manchester United won 2016 -17 UFEA Europe League title
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flags off high speed Tejas Express May 22 between Mumbai – Goa India becomes No 2 in stainless steel maker NATIONAL India ranks Third Highest Globally in internal Displacement numbers CURRENT AFFAIRS May 23 Union Minister of state for power, coal , Shri Piyush Goyal launched the Saral Eindhan Vitaran Application (SEVA) App The kandla Port Trust is named after Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay INTERNATIONAL May 22 Jordon’s Azraq becomes world first clean energy refugee camp CURRENT AFFAIRS Jacqueline Fernandez wins UK Humanitarian Award AWARDS May 22 India’s Prashant Ranganathan wins Intel International science award 2017 in US Kiren Rijiju, the union Minister of state for Home affairs unveiled a philosophical novel on God titled “ Confessions of a dying mind : The Author & Book May 24 blind faith of atheism “ A new book “ winning like Virat “ Think & succeed like Kohli” has released. The book is authored by Abhirup Bhattacharya BANKING IN NEWS May 23 Federal bank launched new trading platform “Selfie”
15 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
May 23 2nd India-OPEC Institutional Dialogue held in Vienna, Austria Seventh World health Assembly kicks off in Geneva CITY IN NEWS May 24 Start Up India summit held in Abu Dhabi , UAE Dubai Police recruit UAE’s first “Robocop” COMPANY IN NEWS May 24 HDFC Life launched AI –based insurance email bot “ SPOK” COUNTRY IN NEWS May 23 Smallest nation “ Nauru” joins solar alliance May 22 World Biological Diversity day DAY May 24 World turtle day OBITUARY May 24 Actor Roger Moore . James Bond Actor , dies Radha Mohan Singh assigned additional charge of Food & consumer May 23 affairs PERSONS IN NEWS Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus becomes first African to be elected as May 24 WHO Director General Nepal prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal announced his resignation Maharashtra Govt. forms “ Good Morning Squad “ to monitor open STATES IN NEWS May 23 defecation N’Golo kante named English Premier league ‘s player of the year Bengaluru FC beat Mohun Bagan to lift Federation Cup May 22 Mumbai Indians win IPL title for third time Alexander Zverev beat Novak Djokovic to clinch Italian Open Men’s Singles title SPORTS Ukaraine’s Elina Svitolina wins Italian open tennis title Sweden beat Canada to win ice hockey world title May 23 Harsh Malhotra Committee on scouts & Guides submits report to Vijay Goel India’s R Vaishali wins gold in Asian Blitz championship May 24 R Ashwin wins ICC of year award
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS 1)Govt. to provide every citizen affordable electricity by 2022 2)Simbex-17 , bilateral naval exercise between India & Singapore , May 19 begins 3)Scientist at IIT Delhi develops cheapest respiratory Filter NATIONAL India has ranked 154th among 195 countries on healthcare index CURRENT AFFAIRS 4)Madhav Chitale committee recommends measure for De-silting Ganga May 20 5)Joint Hadr Exercise named as “Karavali Karunya” commences at naval station Karwar. 6)India has ranked 24th in term of intl. tourist arrivals by UNWTO May 19 7)Orkut Founder’s new social network Hello launches in India INTERNATIONAL 8)G20 labour & employment ministers meeting was held in CURRENT AFFAIRS May 20 Germany 9)Japan cabinet approves Emperor Akihito abdication bill Air marshal PN Pradhan appointed as deputy chief of integrated APPOINTED May 20 defence staff AWARDS May 20 10)“ISRO ” receives 2014 Indira Gandhi peace prize 16 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
11)Actor Soumitra Chatterjee & Y.C.Deveshwar has been conferred May 21 with the Banga Bibhushan 12)President Pranab Mukherjee receives first copy of Book May 19 “Metaphysics, Morals & Politics “ The book is authored by professor Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay Author & Book 13)Prime minister releases book series written by MS Swaminathan May 20 .The series is titled-“M.S.swaminathan : The Quest for a world without hunger” . 14)52ndAnnual Meetings of African Development Bank (AfDB) will May 19 be held in Gandhinagar CITY IN NEWS 15)Srinagar gets first semi-mechanised car parking facility May 20 16)Start up India summit to be held in Dubai May 21 17)Jaipur Literature festival kicked off in London COMPANY IN NEWS May 19 18)Ola launches Progressive Web App COUNTRY IN NEWS May 4 19)China introduces lane-changing robot to ease traffic 20)World day for cultural Diversity for Dialogue & development DAY May 21 Anti Terrorism day 21)Indian-American student Pranay Varada wins 2017 national May 19 geographic Bee Competition May 20 22)Hassan Rouhani wins Iran’s Presidential election 23)India’s Anshu Jamsenpa becomes the first woman to conquer PERSONS IN NEWS Mount everest twice 24)President of India inaugurates integrated bio-solar wind May 21 Microgrid centre at shivpur , west Bengal 25)NASA honours APJ Abdul Kalam by naming new species after him 26)Andhra Pradesh govt. to launch soon water grid project to provide STATES IN NEWS May 20 safe drinking water 27)Haryana launches e-textbook portal for school students May 19 28)Indian cricket team retains No 1 spot in ICC Test rankings SPORTS May 20 29)World Cup Archery : Indian Men’s team wins compound gold
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS Kerela tops , Bihar last in Public affairs index Plastic park to come up in panipat . MAY 16 India ranks 26 in World bank’s electricity accessibility list PM Modi launches Narmada Seva Missin in MP Union Govt launches operation clean Money portal India ranked second in renewable energy attractiveness index NATIONAL May 17 CURRENT AFFAIRS Union information & broadcasting Minister announced 24 X 7 DD channel for Jharkhand As per report of quality Council of India , Visakhapatnam railway station in Andhra Pradedh & Darbhanga railway station in Bihar is the May 18 dirtiest. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderbad to go 100 % LED –lit “WannaCry” rnsomware cyber attack causing havoc worldwide
17 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
May 18 Amenesty International launches new global campaign “Brave” ISKCON’s Govardhan Eco Village wins Smart village award May 16 Pawan kumar chamling conferred with first BS Shekhawat award Renowned Biologist Purnima Devi Barman nominated for Whitely May 17 AWARDS awards David Letterman wins Mark twain prize 2017 for American humour May 18 Indian scientist Shrinivas Kulkarni wins Dan David prize in field of astronomy One Belt, One Road Summit concludes in Bejing , China CITY IN NEWS May 17 Country’s first ornamental fish park to come up at Chennai Tata Group named country’s Most valuable brand in Brand Finance COMPANY IN NEWS May 18 List Portugal wins Eurovision 2017 Song contest for the first timtime May 16 National dengue day DAY May 17 World Telecommunication & Information society Day May 18 World Hypertention day .Theme – Know Your Number May 18 Union environment minister Anil Madhav Dave has passed away OBITUARY Veteran actress Reema lagoo passes away
Cricketer Suresh launched Gracia Raina Foundationn dedicated to wellness of Mother & child May 16 President of Palestine Mahmood Abbas arrived in India on a four day country visit Arunachal mountaineer Anshu Jamsenpa scales Mount Everest for PERSONS IN NEWS May 17 fourth time Mukesh Ambani in Forbes Global Game changers List 2017 The Minister of science & technology & earth sciences , Dr Harsh May 18 Vardhan has been given additional charge of the Environment Ministry West Bengal govt. to accept Aadhar as proof of residence for caste May 16 STATES IN NEWS West Bengal makes Bengali Mandatory in all school May 17 Elephant census in Karnataka kicks off May 16 India win 1 gold, 5 silver & 4 bronze in Asian Wrestling championship SPORTS Japanese tennis player Mitsuhashi gets life ban for match fixing May 18 P Harikrishna wins Moscow FIDE grand Prix
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS Union minister Nitin Gadkari launches NHAI’s first masala Bond in UK Union Agriculture & farmers welfare Minister launches e-krishi May 13 Sambad NATIONAL Rajnath Singh chairs Northern Zonal Council meeting in CURRENT AFFAIRS Chandigarh. “Invisible” laser walls to bolster security along border with Pakistan May 14 in J & K ISKCON’s Govardhan Eco village wins smart city village award May 15 Mumbai busiest single-runway airport with 1 flight every 65 seconds
18 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
India to be ranked 26th in World bank’s electricity accessibility list. PM N. Modi launches Narmada river conservation project in MP JP nada launches new Pneumococcal Conjugate vaccine for pneumonia 19 th session of India-Italy joint commission for Economic Co- May 13 operations held in Rome. INTERNATIONAL China tests “Lunar palace” as it eyes moon mission CURRENT AFFAIRS Huroof mobile app has been launched by Islamic State for children to May 14 teach them Arabic “WannaCry” rnsomware cyber attack causing havoc worldwide Amitabh Bachchan appointed as Goodwill Ambassador for hepatitis in south east Asia region APPOINTED May 13 R K Mahajan, Mahendra singh appointed central Board of Excise & Customs AWARDS May 15 Pawan kumar chamling conferred with first BS Shekhawat award President has attended the programme of launch of a book, India’s Author & Book May 15 Indira Centennial Tribute “ . it has been edited by Anand Sharma May 13 Disha Microfin gets final nod from RBI for Small Finance bank BANKING IN NEWS India’s first contactless business credit card has been launched by May 14 ICICI Bank CITY IN NEWS May 13 Nagpur will be the first Indian city to get electric radio cabs Mother’s day (second day of may of every Year) Theme – Every May 14 Mother Knows COMPANY IN NEWS International day of Families. Theme- families, education &well May 15 being “ OBITUARY May 15 Former Puducherry CM S Ramaswamy passes away STATES IN NEWS May 13 No bag day to be observed in UP govt. schools Kerela has secured first rank & Bihar has ranked last on this year’s Public Affairs Index May 14 Venkaiah Naidu , Tamil Nadu CM inaugurated 7.4 km long stretch of Chennai Metro train service Telangana first state with logo for hearing impaired drivers May 15 “Maa”committee formed to check mid day meal quality in UP School Two Indian wreslers Anil Kumar & Jyoti Lohiya have won bronze May 13 medal in the Asian Wrestling championship in New Delhi Sakshi mlik, Vinesh phoghat bag silver in Asian Wresling May 14 championship SPORTS Ramudri Rao win god at world Para Athelitcs Grand Prix Rafael Nadal Wins Madrid open title May 15 Lewis Hamilton wins Spanish grand prix Arjun mainni becomes first Indian to win a GP3 Race
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS 1)PM to visit Sri Lanka to attend International Vesak Day NATIONAL celebrations May 10 CURRENT AFFAIRS 2)Union minister Mr. Rajnath Singh announced SAMADHAN , a new strategy to wipe out left wing terror 19 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
3)Union Home minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurates two mobile May 11 app -MHA Grievance Redressal App & BSFMyAPP 4)The Election Commission of India has launched national contact centre with a toll free number – 1800111950 5)Indian navy ships : INS Karwar & Kakinada decommissioned 6)IRCTC launches cash on delivery for train tickets May 12 7)Kochi Metro rail offer job to members from transgender community 8)India test -fires “ Spyder ” surface to air air missile from odisha test range 9)Jordon & the USA kicked off Eager Lion , an annual military INTERNATIONAL exercise in Jordon May 10 CURRENT AFFAIRS 10)Donald trump step downed FBI Director james Comey 11)Mark Lowcock to be named as UN humanitarian chief May 11 12)Sanjay Mitra appointed as next defence secretary 13)V K Saraswat appointed new JNU chancellor 14)Vinay Mohan Kwatra appointed as ambassador to France APPOINTED May 12 15)Aruna Sundarajan appointed as secretary of department of Telecommunication 16)Dr. Hubert Minnis has been elected as the new prime minister of the commonwealth of the Bahamas 17)Adil Hussain’s Mukti Bhawan wins the best film award at the New York Indian Film festival May 10 18)Konkona Sensharma has bagged the best director for her debit AWARDS film “ A death in the Gunj ”at 2017’s new York Indian film festival 19)ICICI bank chief Chanda Kocchar receives “Woodrow Wilson May 11 Award” for global corporate citizenship 20)LIC Housing Finance launches new home Loan product “ Riha BANKING IN NEWS May 11 Siddhi ” CITY IN NEWS May 11 21)Bengaluru top lists of most affordable tech cities worldwide May 10 22)World Migratory day DAY May 11 23)National technology day May 12 24)International Nurse day OBITUARY May 10 25)Pakistani Sitarist Ustad Raees Khan passes away 26)“Lion” actor Sunny Pawar named Rising star at Asian Awards May 10 27)Jhulan Goswami becomes highest wicket taker in women’s PERSON IN NEWS One day Internationals May 11 28)Justin Bieber performs at his first ever concert in India May 12 29)Justice Mudgal elected head of FIFA Governance committee 30)India’s Harpreet singh wins bronze in Asian Wrestling championship May 11 31)ICC confirmed that Shashank Manohar will continue to function as chairman of ICC SPORTS 32)VVS Laxmann awarded honorary life membership of Maryleborne cricket club May 12 33)National basket ball association inaugurated its first ever academy in Greater Noida 20 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS Railway Minister Suresh Prabu flags off Naharlagun Guwahati Shatabdi Express May 7 India 6th biggest private spenders on health among low-middle income nations NATIONAL The supreme court sentenced Calcutta high court Judge CURRENT AFFAIRS C.S.karnana to six month imprisonment Union home minister announced to tackle of Left wing May 9 Extremism PM Modi addresses Indian heads of mission meet in New Delhi India elected as president of UN habitate May 7 Made in china C919 passenger jet takes maiden flight May 8 Jordon, US launch major military exercises “Eager Lion” INTERNATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS Finance Minister Arun Jaitely’s 3 day visit to Japan May 9 Phillipines & US begin military exercise “Balikatan “ or “ Shoulder -to-shoulder” APPOINTMENT May 9 Venu Rajamony appointed India’s ambassador to Netherlands Saqib majeed wins 2016 Wisden-MCC cricket “ Photograph of May 7 the year “award Emma Watson won the first ever genderless best actor award AWARDS May 8 for her role in Beauty & the beast at the MTV Movie & TV award Actress Konkana sen Sharma has been named best actress for May 9 “Lipstick Under My Burkha” in New York Indian Film festival BANKING IN NEWS May 9 IMF predicts 7.7 % growth for 2018-19 CITY IN NEWS May 8 Country’s first bio refinery plant inaugurated in Pune DAY May 8 World red cross day Leila Seth , first woman judge of State (DelhI) High court, OBITUARY May 6 dies May 7 Sachin Tendulkar conferred with fellowship Award in UK London child actor Sunny Pawar has been chose for the Rising PERSON IN NEWS May 8 star award Emmanuel Macron to be france’s youngest president
May 7 Odisha to introduce boat ambulance in four district STATES IN NEWS May 9 Every house to get smart ID in Haryana Shiva Thapa wins silver at Asian Boxing championship May 7 Britain wins sultan Azlan shah cup in hockey SPORTS Odisha CM Naveen patnaik unveils mascot (Olly Turtle ) for 22 nd Asian Athletics championship May 9 N’Golo kante named Football Writers’ association Footballer of the year
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS 1)Union urban dev. Minister M Venkaiah Naidu has announced NATIONAL May 4 the cleanest city is Indore in the country CURRENT AFFAIRS 2)CCEA approves Central sector scheme SAMPADA . It 21 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
stands for Scheme for Ago -Marine Processing & Development of Agro -processing clusters 3)World’s highest railway bridge to come up over Chenab River 4)4 th National standards conclave held in New Delhi Cabinet approves Vijayawada as international airport 5)A massive “ cordon & combing” operation has launched in May 5 south Kashmir 6)Union Minister inaugurates India Integrated transport & Logistics summit 2017 in New Delhi May 6 7)External Affairs minister inaugurates 8 th conference of head of missions in Delhi INTERNATIONAL May 4 8)South Asia satellite set to be launched today CURRENT AFFAIRS May 5 9)P K Bezboruah appointed as chairman of tea Board of India 10)New MD & CEO of diff. Bank – Usha Anathasubramanian APPOINTED (Allahabad Bank)/R Subramania Kumar (IOB)/ Dina bandhu May 6 Mohapatra (Bank of India)/ Rajkiran Rai G (Union Bank of India)/ Sunil Mehta ( PNB)/ R K Sankara Narayana (Vijaya Bank)/M o Rego (Syndicate Bank) 11)National Film ward- 1)Best Actor- Akshay Kumar for “Rustom” AWARDS May 4 2)Best Actress-Surbhi Cm for Malayalam film “ Minnaminungu 3)Best supporting Actor – Zaira wasim for “ Dangal” May 4 12)UN report says India expected to achieve 7.1 % growth BANKING IN NEWS 13)ADB predicts 7.4 % growth for Indian economy this fiscal May 5 14)Ujjivan Small Finance bank commences operations in Pune 15)International permaculture conference to be held in CITY IN NEWS May 5 Hyderabad COMPANY IN NEWS May 5 16)Facebook launches Express WiFi in India COUNTRY IN NEWS May 4 17)China introduces lane-changing robot to ease traffic May 4 18)German painter AR penck dies OBITUARY May 6 19)Leila Seth , first woman judge of Delhi High court , dies 20)India’s first private sector small Arms manufacturing plant STATES IN NEWS May 6 inaugurated in MP SPORTS May 5 21)India placed at 100 th spot in FIFA rankings
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS 1)Prime minister inaugurates international Basava Convention 2)PM releases stamp on Ramanujacharya’s 1000 th birth anniversary MAY 1 3)Under the new “ Muktijodha scholarship ” India will give Rs 35 crore NATIONAL rupees to children of freedom fighters in Bangladesh CURRENT AFFAIRS 4)DoT launches Tarang Sanchar web portal for information on Mobile tower radiation May 2 5)HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar to launch Vidya -Veerta Abhiyan 6)Tejas Express : New premier train between Mumbai & Goa
22 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
7)UP launches ambulance service to rescue ill or injured cows May 3 8)Second -tallest flag post comes up in Kolhapur Maharshtra 9)Deputy PM & Home Minister of Nepal Bimalendra Nidhi resigns May 1 10)Sri Lanka PM Ranil Wickremesinghe’s 5 day visit to India INTERNATIONAL 11)President of Cyprus Nicos Anastasiades has arrived in India CURRENT AFFAIRS May 2 12)Turkish president Recep T Erdogan to arrive new Delhi May 3 13)China & Europe to build Moon Village May 1 14)Yusra Mardini appointed UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador APPOINTED May 2 15)Anthony Lianzuala takes over as new controller general of Accounts May 3 16)Shobana Kamineni is the new CII president 17) Britney Spears was honoured at the 2017 Radio Dishney Music May 1 Awards 18)Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababau naidu USIBC award May 2 AWARDS 19)Padma Venkataraman bestowed with Avvaiyar Award 20)Shabana Azmi starrer “The Black prince” awarded at film festival in May 3 Houston 21)Sunil Chheti wins Hero of I-League 2016-17 award CITY IN NEWS May 3 22)Dubai becomes First city in world to gets its own Microsoft Font COMPANY IN NEWS May 2 23)Google introduces “ Solve for India: campaign ” May 1 24)Intl Labour day DAY May 3 25)World Ashma Day/World Press Freedom Day May 1 26)Kerela organizes first ever transgender athletic meet STATES IN NEWS May 3 27)Maharashtra CM inagurates Automatic Weather station in Nagpur 28)Joshna Chinappa becomes 1st Indian to win Asian Squash title 29)Rafael Nadal wins Barcelona opens title May 1 SPORTS 30)Vatterri Botta wins Russian Grand prix 31)Aizawl FC wins I-league title May 2 32)Leander paes wins Tallahssee Challenger Men’s Doubles title
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS NATIONAL April 28 1)Puducherry govt. to give free power supply to farmers CURRENT AFFAIRS April 29 2)India’s first book village to come up in Maharastra’s Bhilar APPOINTMENTS April 29 3)Yushra Mardini appointed UNHCR goodwill ambassador 4)President conferred Jnanpith award to poet Sankha AWARDS April 28 Ghosh 5)E-taxi trial run to begin in Nagpur April 28 6) Bhubaneshwar becomes 1st Indian city to win L’Enfant CITY IN NEWS Awards 2017 April 29 7)Global mobile internet conference held in Bejing COMPANY IN NEWS April 29 8)Hero Motocorp named “Indian MNC of the year” COUTNRY IN NEWS April 28 9)UAE’s first solar -powered gas station opens in Dubai 10)El Salvador becomes 1st country in world to ban metals mining (capital-san Salvador/currency- USA Dollar) April 28 11)World day for safety & health at work DAY April 24-30 12)World Immunization week 2017 is being observed across
23 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
the world between 24th April & 30th April 2017 . Theme - #Vaccines Work PERSON IN NEWS April 28 13)Cyprus president Nicos Anastasiades visit to India 14)Indian sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik from Odisha wins world sand sculptures Championship April 29 15) Shah Rukh Khan becomes first Indian actor to deliver PERSON IN NEWS TED speech in Vancouver, Canada 16)Japan has selected former union minister Aswani Kumar April 30 for this year’s “Order of the Rising Sun” award April 28 17)Oscar winning director Jonathan Demme dies OBITUARY 18)Tamil actor Vinu Chakravarthy passes away April 29 19)Sufi singer Begum Yaman passes away April 28 20) U 19 central Armed police forces football meet in Mumbai 21)Pankaj Advani wins silver in Asia Snooker championship SPORTS IN NEWS April 30 22)Actress Gul Panag has become the first Indian woman to drive a Formulla E racing car
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS 1)Indo-French naval exercise Varuna commences 2)India’s first sea ropeway to connect Mumbai & Elephanta April 25 island 3)IAF Inducts Su-30 MKI into Frontline 221 Squadron 4)PM Narendra Modi launches UDAN scheme, flags off first NATIONAL UDAN flight on Shimla-Delhi route CURRENT AFFAIRS 5)ISRO launches solar calculator app April 27 6)International Conference on Dara Shikoh begins 7)Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu launched MyMSME mobile App .Through this app MSMEs can lodge grievances pertaining to Ministry of MSME APPOINTMENTS April 27 8)Rajiv Rai Bhatnagaar appointed as Director General of CRPF April 25 9)K.Viswanath wins Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2016 10)Vani Jayaram gets Ghantasala National Award April 26 11)Aamir Khan receives Dinannath Mangeshkar Award 2017 AWARDS 12)Dileep K , Nair receives Dr. B.R Ambedkar international April 27 foundation Kerela state Award 13)India’s Srishti Kaur wins Miss Teen Universe 2017 14)Yes Bank receives prestigious Golden peacock Award 217 for BANKING IN NEWS April 26 innovative product April 25 15)World Malaria Day DAY April 26 16)WORLD INTELLECTUAL Property day 17)Nita Ambani made member of IOC’s Olympic Channel PERSON IN NEWS April 27 Commission OBITUARY April 27 18)Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna dies of cancer April 25 19)Haryana Ballabgarh is now Balramgarh STATES IN NEWS 20)Haryana will become the first Indian state to invite all April 27 Twitter & Facebook users to interact with the Chief Minister
24 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
21)India ranks 136 on World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Sans 22)Manpreet Kaur bags Gold at Asian Grand prix meet in china April 25 23)101 year old Man Kaur bags gold in 100 m event at World SPORTS IN NEWS Masters Games 24)Rafael Nadal wins Monte Carlo Masters Men’s Singles title April 26 25)India wins 16 medals at US open Karate Championship April 27 26)India to host 18 th World Road meeting
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS 1)Vice President Hamid Ansari embarks on visit to Armenia & Poland today NATIONAL April 24 2)India becomes World Number 2 LPG importer CURRENT AFFAIRS 3)One of Asia’s largest church inaugurated in Nagaland 4)India becomes world’s fifth largest military spender INTERNATIONAL 5)First India-Indonesia Energy held in Jakarta April 22 CURRENT AFFAIRS 6)Britain achieves its first ever coal -free day APPOINTMENTS April 24 7)Mridul Gehlot elected as president of Kabadi federation 8)91 year old gynaecologist Dr Bhakti Yadav , the first woman April 22 doctor from Indore has received the padma Shri Award 9)Kailash Satyarthi houred with P C Chandra Puraskar 2017 AWARDS 10)Newton wins best film honour at Hong Kong Intl. Film April 24 festival 11)Prafulla Samantra has been announced as one of the six winners of 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize April 22 12)Reliance Industries become most valued Indian company COMPANY IN NEWS April 24 13)Google to introduce copy less paste feature April 22 14)Earth Day DAY 15)World Book & Copyright Day. Theme is-Quotes Wishes April 23 Slogans Greetings 16)Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman adopts Bengaluru PERSON IN NEWS April 24 lake 17)Nirjuli village -1 was declared as the fist digital village of STATES IN NEWS April 23 Arunachal Pradesh 18)P V Sindhu lifts Indian open badminton title 19)Johanna Konta defeats Carolina Wozniacki In Miami April 2 open SPORTS IN NEWS 20)Grant Elliott announces retirement from International cricket April 3 21)Roger Federer beats Rafael nadal to win Miami Open 22)Aditi Ashok, SSP Chawrrasia win Golf Industry Awards April 22 23)Cricket removed from 2018 Asian Games SPORTS IN NEWS 24)The MCC has offered honourary life membership to April 24 Sandhya Agarwal 25)Rafael Nadal has won the Men’s Singles title of Monte
25 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
Carlo Masters tennis tournament 26)Haryana lifts National Youth Athletics championship
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS 1)Indian Navy launched its largest “ P15A Guided Missile Destroyer . NATIONAL April 19 2)India ranked at 8th position on Global FDI Confidence Index CURRENT AFFAIRS 3)IMF has cut down India’s growth forecast for year 2017 by .4 % points to 7.2 % April 19 4)Malayasia Airlines 1st to satellite -track its flights INTERNATIONAL 5)Prime minister Narendra Modi to inaugurates UN Vesak CURRENT AFFAIRS April 20 day in Sri Lanka 6)B N Mohapatra takes over as Financial commissioner of APPOINTMENTS April 19 Railways 7)Sairu Banu, Jackie Shroff gets Raj Kapoor awards April 20 8)The Giuseppina Nicolini has awarded the peace prize by AWARDS UNESCO 9)The Dinanath Mangeshkar Awards has been given to Actor April 21 Aamir khan & Kapil Dev 10)Aniruddhan Vasudevans has been chosen for Sahitya AUTHOR & BOOK April 19 Academy award . He is chosen for his novel One Part Woman 11)West Bengal introduces Social Security Yojana for unorganized people April 19 12)UP Govt. renames Gorakhpur airport as Mahayogi STATES IN NEWS Goraknath Aiport , Agra airport is named after Deen Dayal Upadhyay April 21 13)Punjab Govt to set up “ Book Banks “ in school 14)Chris Gayle becomes first cricketer to score 10000 runs n T20 SPORTS IN NEWS April 19 15)ICC has named Sourav Ganguly , Ricky Pointing as commentators for upcoming Champions Trophy
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS NATIONAL 1)President to attend Satyagrah centenary event inn Patna April 17 CURRENT AFFAIRS 2)President inaugurated the Kempegodwa festival in Delhi 3)Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wins 4)Nepal Govt. announces public holiday during Nepalese INTERNATIONAL April 17 President ‘s visit to India CURRENT AFFAIRS 5)First ever Joint military exercise between Nepal & China named sagarmatha Friendship 2017 in Kathmandu April 16 6)R R Hanchinal wins 6 th M/S.swaminathan Award AWARDS April 18 7)Shambhavi Puraskar awarded to Mr Hari Sankar Rout 8)Arjun Gaind launches His Book “Building the land of five AUTHOR & BOOK April 17 rivers” BANKING IN NEWS April 17 9)India’s economy will grow by 7.2 % in 2017-2018 predicts
26 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
World Bank CITY IN NEWS April 16 10)Bhopal to have India’s first privately run railway station 11)World Heritage day ( Theme - Cultural heritage & DAY April 18 Sustainable Tourism) 12)Nepal president Bidya Devi Bhandari to arrive on five - PERSON IN NEWS April 17 day visit to India April 17 13)Robert Taylor, a pioneer of Internet passed a way OBITUARY April 18 14)Guitar pioneer Alllan Holdsworth passes away 15)PM Modi inaugurates new units in Koradi thermal power station April 16 16)Punjab CM announced the prohibition of the names of any STATES IN NEWS Ministers, MLA on the foundation stone. 17)Advanced Farming- Enriched Farmer “ scheme April 18 announced by Maharashtra Govt. 18)Kerela govt. to give pension to circus artistes 19)Sai Praneeth lifts his maiden super series title in Singapur April 17 SPORTS IN NEWS 20)Dipa Karmakar, Sakshi Malik in Forbes 30 Under 30
Asia list 21)Sebastian Vettel wins 2017 Bahrain grand prix
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS 1)Union govt. has decided to set up of Indian Institute of April 13 Petroleum and Energy at Visakhapatnam NATIONAL 2)Union Govt. to launch Rs 6000crore SAMPADA scheme CURRENT AFFAIRS April 14 for food processing 3)IT Department launches Operation Clean Money -II INTERNATIONAL 4)US drops largest Non Nuclear bomb –motehr of all boms in April 14 CURRENT AFFAIRS Afghanistan 5)Ravi Venkatesan has been appointed as chairman of Infoys APPOINTMENTS April 13 6)Mahabaleshwara MS has been selected as MD & CEO of Karnataka Bank 7)Dalai Lama releases book Ocean & Blue Mountains AUTHOR & BOOK April 13 8)Salman Khan releases Asha parekh’s autobiography “ The Hot Girl”.Khalid Mohamed was the co-author of the biography. 9)Google has launched Aero app for food delivery , home COMPANY IN NEWS April 13 service 10)Australian PM Turnbull arrives in New Delhi on 4-day PERSON IN NEWS April 13 visit 11)Munnshi Venu passed away aged 63.he was Malayalam April 13 OBITUARY actor April 15 12)EX Governor of J & K Girish Saxena dies. 13)A unique programe Ammaku Vandanam will be launched April 13 by the Andhra Pradesh in the Govt schools to pay tribute to STATES IN NEWS mothers. April 14 14)Himachal Pradesh received Krishi karman award 2015 -
27 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
16 for increase in good grain production 15)Haryana announced the launch of Durga Vahini – police squad to stop harashment of women on public spaces. 16)Andhra CM lays foundation stone of Rs 100- crore Ambedkar park Andhra 17)Andhra Pradesh CM launches Mobile App CM connect to Pradesh 15 receive feedback 18)Manipur CM launches web application to check corruption DARPAN 19)Dipa Karmakar , sakshi Mallik receives Padma Shri April 13 awards 20)7 th Junior national Hockey Championnship begins in SPORTS IN NEWS April 14 Bhopal 21)Pankaj Advani beats Sourv Kothari to win Asian April 15 Billiards championship title
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS 1)Web Portal “ Bharat Ke Veer” launched to martyred CRPF April 10 jawans family NATIONAL 2)“Nakshe” web portal launched by Govt. for précised Indian map April 11 CURRENT AFFAIRS 3)India’s first ever micro-drama festival held at Delhi 4)Haldia Port tops the list in the first ever ranking of ports on April 12 sanitation parameters April 10 5)G -7 Foreign Ministers meeting held today in Ital y INTERNATIONAL April 11 6)Underwater conference on marine pollution held in kerela CURRENT AFFAIRS 7)Joint Military exercise Nomadic Elephant 2017 of India- April 12 Mangolia has begun in Mizoram 8)Mukta Dutta Tomar has been appointed as India’s April 11 ambassador to Germany 9)Actress Kristin Davis has been appointed as UNHCR goodwill APPOINTMENTS ambassador April 12 10)Harbhajan Singh of India has been appointed as ambassador of ICC champion trophy which is scheduled to be held from June 1,2017 in UK 11)“Gandhi inn Champaran” book released by Venkaiah Naidu in AUTHOR & BOOK April 10 delhi 12)Prime minister released a book Matoshree authored by AUTHOR & BOOK April 12 Sumitra Mahajan This book covers the life and time of legendary Devi Ahilyabai Holker. 13)CBI bank customer wins Icr in Government’s Digital BANKING IN NEWS April 10 payments scheme April 10 14)Pink Police patrol vehicles launched in Bengaluru for women CITY IN NEWS 15)Bengaluru grade No : First city in India on best paying city for April 11 professionals April 10 16)World Homeopathy Day DAY April 11 17)National safe Motherhood day April 12 18)Intl. day of Human Space Flight
28 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
19)In Assam, proposal made on denying govt service for thsose April 10 with two kids. 20)“Ammaku Vandanam” a mother worship to be introduced in all govt. school STATES IN NEWS 21)Haryana launches e-sewa app to provide information about April 12 welfare scheme 22)Karnataka CM launched a mobile app Suraksha for the safety of women in the city April 10 23)Lewis Hamilton lifts Chinese GP SPORTS IN NEWS 24)Indian School Team win Asian School Hockey April 11 Championship
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS 1)Union Cabinet has approved setting up an independence April 6 regulator Rail Development Authority (RDA) 2)India ranked 9th among 41 countries in corruption in April 7 business NATIONAL 3)India ranked 40th at world Economic Forum travel list CURRENT AFFAIRS 4)Two day national TB summit held in Dharmashala April 8 5)Haryana sex ratio touches 950 for the first time 6)Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched “Bharat ke Veer “ web portal 7)Cultural celebrations festival of India-UAE launched at April 6 Abu Dhabi 8)Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina arrives on four day India visit April 7 INTERNATIONAL 9)Defence deals worth over 2 billion dollar signed between CURRENT AFFAIRS India & Israel 10)Narendra Modi & Seikha hasina flag off trial run of India-Bangladesh train April 9 11)Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull to arrive in New Delhi on four day visit 12)Rajiv Kumar Chander as India’s permanent representative to UNO April 6 13)Lenin Moreno selected as President of Eucador APPOINTMENTS 14)Malvika Sinha appointed as new Executive Director of RBI 15)Mukta Dutta Tomar has been selected as new ambassador April 8 of India to Germany 16)Hema Malini & S P Balasubramanyam win NTR April 6 National Award 17)Marathi movie Kaasav directed by Sumitra Bhave & Sunil Sukthankar has bagged the best feature film award AWARDS 18)Akshay Kumar has been choose for the best Actor for April 7 Hindi Movie Rustom 19)Surabhi C M has been named as as the best actress for her role in Malayalam film Minnaminungu -The Firefly 20)Neerja bagged the best Hindi film award
29 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
21)President has released The book titled Flaming Tresses of AUTHOR & BOOK April 8 Draupadi , has been written by Verrappa Moily BANKING IN NEWS April 8 22)RBL bank opens IFSC banking unit in GIFT city 23)47th regional news Unit of Air commissioned at Visakhapatnam CITY IN NEWS April 7 24)3-day national Children’s Film festival inaugurated today at Vishakhapatnam 25)2 -Day national TB summit starts today in Dharmashala DAY April 7 26)Health day (Theme- Depression : Let’s Talk) PERSON IN NEWS April 8 27)Masala Yousafzail becomes UN Messenger of Peace OBITUARY April 7 28)Comedian Don Rickes dead at 90 29)Bill on allowing bullock cart races passed in Maharshtra Assembly passes March 7 30)Deendayal Rasoi Yojna tobe launched by Madhya Pradesh Govt. to provide food at subsidized rate to poor STATES IN NEWS 31)UP Govt English compulsory language in school from March 8 class 1 32)West Burdwan declared as 23 rd district of West Bengal March 9 33)Uttarpradesh Govt. to build music village in Bismillah Khan’s honour 34)Pakistan cricketer Misabh -ul-Haq announces retirement April 7 from test cricket SPORTS IN NEWS 35)P V Sindhu reaches career -best World No. 2 ranking. 36)First basketball school inaugurated in Mumbai April 8 37)Pakistan’s Younis Khan to retire after west Indies Tests
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS 1)The Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore ranked best education institution by HRD Ministry April 4 2)India ranked 3 rd b in WADA doping charts 3)Govt. sets up National Board for Electric Mobility 4)National conference on communication starts in New NATIONAL Delhi CURRENT AFFAIRS April 5 5)UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath waives Rs 36,359-crore loan for UP farmers 6)Union Cabinet has approved setting up an independence April 6 regulator Rail Development Authority (RDA) 7)Japan officially recognized Bitcoin as currency 8)19th Commonwealth Forestry conference begin in Uttarakhand April 4 9)SASEC Finace Ministers’ Meeting held in New Delhi 10)Malayasian primie Minister Mohd Najib Tun Razak’s INTERNATIONAL five day visit to India CURRENT AFFAIRS 11)World’s 5 th tallest building “Lotte World Tower “opens April 5 in seol 12)Cultural celebrations festival of India-UAE launched at April 6 Abu Dhabi
30 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
13)Serbian Prime Minister Aleksander Vucic has won April 4 presidential election 14)B P Kanungo sworn as RBI deputy Governor 15)Rajiv Kumar Chander as India’s permanent APPOINTMENTS representative to UNO April 6 16)Lenin Moreno selected as President of Eucador 17)Malvika Sinha appointed as new Executive Director of RBI April 5 18)Tim burners -Lee wins Computing Nobel prize AWARDS 19)Hema Malini & S P Balasubramanyam win NTR April 6 National Award 20)SBI cuts lending rates by .15 % 21)Mahesh Kumar Jain appointed as MD & CEO of IDBI BANKING IN NEWS April 4 Bank 22)RBI issues licence for Aditya Birla Group for its payment Bank COUTNRY IN NEWS April 6 23)Japan officially recognizes Bitcoin as currency April 4 24)Intl. day of Mine Awareness and Assistance DAY April 5 25)National Maritime Day April 6 26)Intl . day of Sport for development and Peace April 4 27)Ms Dhoni as one day CEO to Gult Oil India PERSON IN NEWS April 5 28)Geeta johri as Gujarat’s First female DGP 29)Kishori Amonkar, Hindustani Classical Vocalist passes OBITUARY April 4 away MP E -Nagarpalika APP launched by Madha Praesh to STATES IN NEWS March 2 provide municipal services online First bio -gas bus flat Rs 1 fare inaugurated in Kolkata 30)Madhya Pradesh Govt launches MP e-nagarpalika app 31)K Prithika Yashini becomes India’s first transgender March 4 STATES IN NEWS Sub Inspector 32)Polythele products of below 50 microns banned by J & K March 5 33)Jhargram is 22 nd district in west Bengal 34)Virat Kohli named Wisden’s leading cricketer in the April 4 world for 2016 SPORTS IN NEWS 35) Kings XI Punjab players inaugurate toilets for swachh April 5 Bharat April 6 36)India rises to 101 in FIFA rankings
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS 1)Kanha Tiger reserve become first in India get official mascot named BHoorsingh the Barasingha 2)India declares its association status with international Energy NATIONAL Agency April 1 CURRENT AFFAIRS 3)Rashtirya Vayoshri Yojana launched in Nellore , Andhra Pradesh 3)Govt lower interest rates on small saving scheme by 10 basis point (.1%) 31 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
4)PM Narendra Modi to dedicate to nation India’s longest road tunnel on Jammu -srinagar national Highway April 2 5)President Pranab Mukherjee lays foundation b stones of Rabindra Bhawan , Haj House in Ranchi 6)Union Textile Minister launches Power Tex India scheme 7)IISC Bangalore tops in “India Ranking 2017” released by April 3 Indian Govt. 8)Centre sanctions Rs 98 crore for Assam heritage Circuit 9)Space X launch the first recycled rocket 10)Malaysian president Najib Razak visits India April 1 11)Mega conference of world parliamentarians kicks off in Dhaka 12)Myanmar becomes SASEC’s 7 th member. INTERNATIONAL April 2 CURRENT AFFAIRS 13) EL Salvador become first country to ban metal mining nation wide 14)India. Malaysia sign 7 agreements 15)19 th commonwealth forestry conference start today in April 3 Uttarkhand 16)Japan officially recognized Bitcoin as currency 17)Vanaja Sama has been appointed as chairperson of central April 1 Board of Excise & Customs 18)Rajiv Kumar Chander appointed India’s permanent April 2 APPOINTMENTS representative to Geneva UN office 19)Justice Indira Banerrjee appointed as CJ of Madras High April 3 court 20)Lenin Moreno to sworn in as the Eucador President 21)Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu has been awarded with AWARDS April 1 USIBC Transformative Chief Minister 22)Karnataaka Bank in collaboration with SBI Card launched co- April 1 branded credit card These are-Karnataka Bank Platinium SBI card & Karnataka Bank Simply SAVE SBI BANKING IN NEWS 23)State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad/State bank of Mysore,State bank of Patiala, State April 2 Bank of Travancore ,Bharatiya Mahila Bank merged with SBI 24)World Auustim Awarness day. Theme -Toward Autonomy DAY April 1 and Self-Determination 25)Sachin Tendulkar launches his own social media app called PERSON IN NEWS April 1 100 MB Cricket 26)Ajey Jhankar -The note scriptwriter passed away OBITUARY April 3 27)Pop art pioneer James Rosenquist dies 28)MP E -Nagarpalika APP launched by Madhya Pradesh to STATES IN NEWS April2 provide municipal services online 29)First bio -gas bus flat Rs 1 fare inaugurated in Kolkata 30)P V Sindhu lifts Indian open badminton title SPORTS IN NEWS April 2 31) Johanna Konta defeats Carolina Wozniacki In Miami open 32)Grant Elliott announces retirement from International
32 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
cricket April 3 33)Roger Federer beats Rafael Nadal to win Miami Open
PARAMETER DATE QUESTIONS ANSWERS 1)Name the station, in which first March 19 fully India train Medha flagged Dadar off, recently 2)Which High court has recognized the River Ganga as the first living Uttarakhand High Court entity of India ? 3)The 4 GST legislation would be introduced in the parliament for Money Bill March 20 final approval as —– 4)The Nand Niketan township which became India’s first private Gujarat sector township to go fully cashless is located in which state 5)What is the rank of India in recently released world’s happiest 122 NATIONAL countries category ? CURRENT AFFAIRS 6)Which two rivers were given the status of “ living human entities” Ganga & Yamuna by Uttarakhand High court ? 7)What is the rank of India in the 2017 Energy Architecture 87 (Switzerland-1 st) performance Index March 21 8)The cabinet committee approved the MoU signed with which USA country in the field of cyber security ? 9)What is the new deadline set by the union Govt. under the amended RTE Act,2009 for the teachers to March 31,2019 acquire to minimum qualifications ? 10)What was the theme of 2017 International Buddhist Conference Buddhism in the 21 st century INTL. CURRENT ? March 19 AFFAIRS 11)The 2018 Commonwealth Heads of Govt. Meeting will be UK held in which country ? 12)Who has been elected as CM of Yogi Adityanath UP March 19 13)Name the two deputy Chief Keshav Prasad Maurya & Minister of UP who took oath on Dinesh Sharma APPOINTMENTS March 19,2017 14)Who has been appointed in UN Soumya Swaminathan Expert committee, recently ? March 21 15)Who has been appointed as Navanidhi Prasad Singh Kerela High Court Chief Justice, 33 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
recently ? 16)Who has been awarded the 2017 Vyes Meyer Abel prize ? AWARDS March 21 17)Who has been conferred with the inaugural Kuldip Nayar Ravish Kumar Journalism Award 18)What is the name of the app launched by ICICI with various Mera iMobile Agriculture and other valuable service for rural customers ? 19)Name the India’s first multi - bank payment platform which Chillr planned to launch UPI facility ? 20)Who is recently appointed as Mahesh Kumar Jain the MD & CEO of IDBI Bank 21)How much amount has been approved by the government under the turnaround -linked capital 8568 crore infusion plan to support 10 Public Sector Banks 22)Who has been appointed as the new MD & CEO of the Indian Kishore Piraji Kharat March 20 Bank BANKING IN NEWS What is the name of Aadhar -based UPI mobile application launched SIB M-Pay by the South Indian Bank 23)Which state Govt. has signed 2 MoUs with State Bank of India for Assam providing housing loan & education loan to stat e employees 24)How much amount of capital infusion will be provided to the Rs 1000 crore Indian Overseas Bank from Union Govt. 25)The Union cabinet has approved to amend the NABARD Act 1981 to increase the authrorized capital Rs 30000 crore of NABARD from Rs 5000 crore to Rs —- crore 26)Which country has been ranked March 21 world’s healthiest country on earth, Italy recently ? 27)India’s Idea cellular Ltd has March 20 signed a merger deal with which Vodafone India telecom company ? COMPANY IN NEWS 28)Which telecom company has signed an agreement to acquire March 21 Bharti Airtel Internet service provider Tikona Digital Networks DAY March 20 29)Which day is observed as World March 20
34 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
sparrow day ? 30)On which day The international March 20 Day of Happiness is observed ? 31)Which day is observed as International day of forests every March 21 year ? 32)On which day The Intl. Day for March 21 the Elimination of Racial March 21 Discrimination is observed ? 33)On which day world Down March 21 Syndrome Day is observed 34)Name a Indian actor, who has launched world’s first mobile app Amitabh Bachchan ( ABC of March 19 for spreading awareness about Breast health) breast health 35)Who has been inaugurated the March 20 3-day Buddhist Conference in Dalai Lama PERSONS IN NEWS Bihar ? 36)Who has been ranked no . 1 in Bill Gates Forbes 2017 Billionaires list ? March 21 37)Who has been ranked no 1 in India among world Billionaires Mukesh Ambani 2017 list 38)Name the person, who has known as Monsoon Man died Dev Raj Sikka recently OBITUARY March 20 39)Chinu Modi who recently passed away, is related to which Poet in Gujarati language field ? 40)Which state govt. has given 33 % reservation for women in their 33 % state job March 19 41)Which state govt. has proposed to set up Namma canteen to offer Karnataka affordable food to poor ? STATES IN NEWS 42)Which state cabinet has decided to ban the use of beacons on govt. Punjab vehicles ? March 20 43)Which Indian state has been has the highest number of arsenic - West Bengal affected person 44)Name the former national March 19 racing champion , who has died in Aswin Sundar car accident ,recently ? 45)Which Pakistan cricketer has SPORTS IN NEWS been appointed as ambassador of Shahid Afridi March 20 Blind cricket World Cup ? 46)Who grab his fifth Indian wells Roger federer masters title , recently ?
35 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
47)Name the Austraalian cricketer who recently become an overseas Shaun Tait Citizen of India ? 48)Which city cricket association has been removed from the full Mumbai member list of BCCI , recently 49)Who has been became first Indian cricketer to face 500 balls C.Pujara March 21 in a test innings ? 50)Which team has been lifted Tamil Nadu Vijay Hazare Trophy recently ?
PARAMETER DATE DETAILS 1)BS -III compliant vehicles sale banned by SC from April 1 2)INLCU L51 commissioned into India navy 3)Integrated Automatic Aviation Meteorological system inducted March 29 at INS Rajali 4)10L tones of fuel to be supplied by IOC to Nepal for next 5 years 5)Union Govt. launches Mobile apps eChallan to check traffic violations NATIONAL CURRENT AFFAIRS 6)Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat receive the honorary General title of Nepal Army 7)President Pranab Mukherjee inaguraated Namini brhmaputra festival. March 31 8)Union Govt launches the online film certification system e-cine pramaan 9)Kanha Tiger Reserve turns into first in India get official mascot named Bhoorsingh the Barasingha. 10)Pakistan begins building fence along border with Afghanistan March 28 11)World Environmental Education congress 2017 to be held in Canada INTERNATIONAL MARCH 29 12)Cyclone Debbie hits in Northeast Australia CURRENT AFFAIRS March 30 13)SpaceX poised to launch first recycled rocket 14) EL Salvador becomes first country to ban metals mining. March 31 15)Malayasian PM Najib razak arrives in India 16)UNO appoints David Beasley to head World Food March 29 programme APPOINTMENTS 17)Siddhartha Upadhyay appointed on governing body of sports March 30 Authority of India 18)ISKCON’s Govardhan Eco village water award from water digest. March 28 AWARDS 19) Ravinder Chadha the veteran filmmaker gets Sikh Jewel Award March 29 20)UK minister Priti Patel receives pravasi Bharatiya samman March 29 21)Book on rastriya Rifles Home the Brave released AUTHOR & BOOK 22)Rail Minister Suresh Prabhu releases book titled “Indian March 30 Railway- The weaving of a National Tapestry”
36 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
23)Karur Vysya Bank bags best Small Bank Award 24)ICICI Bank partners Truecaller to launch Truecaller Pay for UPI -based mobile payment March 28 25)MoU signed between Vijaya Bank with Piaggio Vehicles 26)Syndicate bank opens 40 “Ananya” transformed branches, BANKING IN NEWS digitally March 29 27)Unnati credit card launched by SBI to spread credit inclusion 28)Kotak Mahindra Bank launched purely digital saving account March 30 named 811 29)Axix Bank ties up with well fargo for inward remittances March 28 30)Hyderabad to host 105th Indian Science Congress 31)3rd G20 framework working group meet concluded in March 30 Varanasi CITY IN NEWS 32)Hyderabad becomes 1 st city in country with 1Gbps wired broadband service. March 31 33)3 day annual meeting of new Development Bank begins in New Delhi 34)Indian-American vanita Gupta named as president of March 28 PERSON IN NEWS Leadership Conference March 31 35)Jeff Bezos – has become the world’s second richest person 36)Odisha becomes first state to bring banking to remote rural STATES IN NEWS March 28 areas through SHG 37)Kolkata to host final U -17 World Cup 38)Indian cricket team presented with Test mace award by ICC March 28 39)India won Border -Gavaskar Trophy test series 2 -1 against Australia 40)Bhubaneswar to host men’s hockey World league Final 2017 41)Sir Garifiled Trophy presented to Ashwin by Kapil Dev March 29 42)India Super series badminton tournament starts in New Delhi 43)Portugal local airport to be named after Crisiano Ronaldo in his honour SPORTS IN NEWS March 30 44)Tamil Nadu wins Deodhar Trophy in cricket 45)Germany’s Montblanc appoints AB de Villiers as brand Ambassador 46)Srinath Narayan becomes India’s 46th grandmaster 47)SV Sunil named player of the year for 2016 Asian Hockey Awards. March 31 48)Former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar launched his own app titled 100MB in Mumbai 49) BCCI to felicitate Indian cricket’s Fab Five legends - Tendukar,Sourav Ganguly, Rahul dravid, VVS Laxman,Virender sehwag
37 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223
Current Rates As on 15-7-2017
Policy Rates Want to pass – sources Policy Repo Rate : 6.25% Everywhere Reverse Repo Rate : 6.00% Marginal Standing Facility Rate: 6.50% Want a job – resources Bank Rate : 6.50% At MSB Reserve Ratios www.maruthischoolofbanking.com CRR : 4% For More Updated Materials SLR : 20.00%
*ALL THE BEST*
38 www.maruthischoolofbanking.com , V.K.K. Menon Road, Gandhipuram, Coimbatore-44. 9600342223