Current affairs gist-2017
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Who is the winner of 2017 Mother Teresa Memorial award for social justice-- Priyanka chopra
Who is the miss universe 2017-- Leigh Nel-Peters
Who is the present CAG (comptroller and auditor general of India) ---Rajiv Mehrishi
Who is the winner of Miss World 2017---Manushi chhillar from India
Who is the winner of miss earth 2017--karen ibasco from Philippines
Who is the winner of 2017 jnanpith award --Krishna sobti
India government's project for relief to rohingya refugee--operation insaniyat
Who is the winner of 2017 formula1 championship--Lewis Hamilton
Which country recently grant citizenship to humanoid robot "Sofia"--Saudi Arabia
Which team won Asia cup hockey 2017-- India (Runner-up: malaysia)
Which country won asia cup women's hockey 2017-- India
Who won 2017 Fifa Men's player of the year-- Cristiano Ronaldo
Who won 2017 Fifa Women's player of the year-- Lieke Martens who is the chief guest of 2017 republic day parade-- Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan(Abu Dhabi Crown Prince).
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2017 Australian open womens title winner--Serena williams
2017 Wimbledon womens title winner--Garbine Muguruza
2017 Australian open mens title winner-- Roger federer
2017 Wimbledon mens title winner--Roger federer
Who is the newly appointed secretary general of UNITED NATIONS-- Antonio Guterres
Recently elected Uttar pradesh chief minister-- Yogi Adityanath
Newly elected Goa Chief Minister -- Manohar Parrikar
Who is the present punjab Chief minister--Amarinder Singh
Recently elected uttarakhand chief ministe--Trivendra Singh Rawat
Newly appointed Chief of Air staff --Birender Singh Dhanoa
Recently appointed SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) chairman-- Ajay Tyagi
Who is the present Supreme Court Chief Justice of India (appointed from jan- 2017)--Dipak Misra
Who is the chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) --Anil Dhasmana
Who is the chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB) -- Rajiv Jain
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Who is the chief of CBI--Alok Verma
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Winner of indian open badminton 2017--P V Sindhu
India's longest Bridge--Dhola -sadiya bridge(Assam)
First Indian who won asian squash title -- Joshna Chinappa
Who is the winner of "2017 World Snooker Championship"--Mark Selby from England
Recently elected French President--Emmanuel Macron
Winner of sultan azlan shah cup 2017--Britain( Runner-up: Australia, Third place: India)
Who won 2017 phalke award --Kasinathuni Viswanath
2017 French open Mixed doubles winner--Rohan Bopanna(India) & Gabriela Dabrowski from canada.
Recently elected ireland prime minister--Leo Varadkar
Recently appointed chief election commissioner of india--Achal Kumar Joti.
Who is the winner of 2017 man booker International prize-- David Grossman (book: A Horse Walks Into a Bar) [translated by Jessica cohen]
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Who is the winner of 2017 man booker prize(booker prize)--George saunders(book: lincoln in the bardo)
Which cricket team won 2017 champions trophy--Pakistan
2017 womens ICC cricket worldcup winner--England (defeated India)
Newly elected president of INDIA--Ram Nath Kovind
Here is the venue for 2024 Olympics--Paris
Where is the venue for 2028 Olympics--los angeles
Recently elected, first women president of Singapore--Halimah Yacob
Nobel prize 2017 winners 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics--Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish, Kip S. Thorne
2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry --Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, Richard Henderson
2017 Nobel prize in medicine-- Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash, Michael W. Young
2017 Nobel Prize in Literature--Kazuo Ishiguro
2017 Nobel Peace Prize--International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
2017 Economics Nobel prize--Richard H. Thaler ______
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Who has been recently appointed as the new chairman of central board of excise & customs--Vanaja Sarna
India’s 1st International centre for food & mouth disease (ICFMD) has been set up in which Indian state--Odisha
RBI will soon put into circulation new Rs 5 coins to celebrate 150th anniversary of--Allahabad High Court
Which state has conducted the country’s 1st ever transgender one day athelete meet--Kerala
Who has been recently appointed as vice chancellor of Nalanda university-- Sunaina Singh
India’s 1st Antyodara Express has been launched by the minister of railways.The express will run between which stations--Ernakulam & Howrah
Who has been appointed as the 1st woman Director General of Police (DGP) of Gujrat--Geeta Johri
Who has recently taken over as new deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India--B.P. Kanungo
Which state government has srarted Gunotsav programme to improve elementry education --Assam
What is the theme for world health day 2017--Depression:let’s talk.
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Which state government has made it compulsory to study Malyalam language till class Xth standard--Kerala
Nora Chopra recently passed away was related to which field--Journalism
Which Indian state recently announced that it has implemented the 7th pay commission for its employees--Chattisgarh
Who has been appointed as the new Ambassador of India to the Federal Republic of Germany--Mukta Dutta Tomar
Which country has become the new member of South Asia Sub-rigional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) program--Myanmar.
Which state government has recently gave official language status to endangered tribal language ‘Kurukh’--West Bengal.
Who has been named as the ‘Captain of the Year at 2017 ESPN cricinfo Awards’--Virat Kohli
Which movie has won the best animation award at the 88th academy awards 2017--Zootopia
Who has been recently appointed as the new whole time member of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)--Dr.Navrang Saini
National womens parliament begins at--Amaravati(AP).
India’s 1st biogas bus will start from--Kolkatta
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Who is the new chairman of UPSC--David R.Syiemlieh
Who is the Fifa men’s player of 2016--Christianu Ronaldo
Who is the new PM of Mauritius--Pravind Jugnath
Which country is the Associate member of CERN--India
”Jinnah often come to our house” book written by--Kiran Doshi
Who is the new persident of European parliament--Antonio Tajani,Italy
Chhabra thermal power plant is located in which state--Rajasthan
Who is the New CBI chief--Alok Kumar Verma
Who is the new chairman of tata sons--Natrajan Chandra.
Who has become the 1st woman field officer in the BSF--Tanushree Pareek
Which city has become the 1st Indian city to offer 1Gbps wired broadband internet service--Hyderabad
The Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state--Telangana
Which state government has launched ‘e-nagarpalika’ app to provide muncipal services online--Madhya Pradesh
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Which city to host the 105th edition of the Indian Science Congress (ISC) 2018--Hyderabad
Jallikattu practised in which Indian state--Tamilnadu
Narsingh Baitha passed away recently was related to which field--Politics
Who has recently won chinese grand pix held in Sanghai ,China--Lewis Hamilton
Which state government has recently launched ‘Deendayal Rasoi Yojna’ to provide subsidised food to poor--Madhya Pradesh
According to World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) .What is the India’s rank in travel & tourism sector--7th.
India’s longest cable-stayed bridge across river Narmada is situated on which National Highway (NH)--NH-8,Narmada River.
Who is the chairman of SEBI--Ajay Tyagi
The 19th edition of Commonwealth Forestry Conference had started in which state--Uttarakhand
India’s 1st solar powered boat--Aditya
The nobel prize series India 2017 hosted by--Gujrat
Bose the Indian samurai book written by--G.D.Bakshi
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India’s 1st International Stock Exchange--Gandhinagar,Gujrat
India’s largest wifi Service provider state--Maharashtra
World 1st Gender literature festival--Patna
Who is the author of the book ‘The Secret Diary of Kasturba’--Neelima Dalmia Adhar
Who has been appointed as new interim Chairman of Goods and Services Tax Network--Ajay Bhushan Pandey
The Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state--Haryana
Where is the headquarters of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-- New Delhi
Who is the newly appointed Chairperson of National Authority Chemical Weapons Convention--Inder Jit Singh
Who is the newly appointed CMD of the National Mineral Development Corporation--N Baijendra Kumar
Who is the author of the book “How India Sees the World: Kautilya to the 21st Century”--Shyam Saran
Who was awarded with Krishi Pragati Award 2017 by NCDEX--Shri Raghunandan
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The Kalesar National Park is located in which state--Haryana
Which Bollywood actress has become the first Indian woman ambassador for Tourism Australia--Parineeti Chopra
Who is is the new CMD of United India Insurance--M Nagaraja Sarma
The Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park is located in which state-- Mizoram
The Shirui National Park is located in which state--Manipur
Who is the 1st Female President of Singapore--Halimah Yacob
Who has been appointed as the new Union Minister of Skill Development-- Dharmendra Pradhan
Who has won the 2017 Italian Formula One Grand Prix tournament--Lewis Hamilton
Who got Best Law Teacher Award recently--A.N R Madhava Menon
The Jaldapara National Park is located in which state--West Bengal
Who is awarded with badminton’s 1st lifetime award recently--A.Prakash Padukone
The world’s highest sandcastle has recently built in which country--Germany
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What is the new age limit of National Pension Scheme Upper Age--65 years
Which city has been formally accorded the status of India’s 1st World Heritage City by UNESCO--Ahmedabad
Who has been appointed as the new Union Minister of Railways--Piyush Goyal
Who is appointed as New Sports Minister recently--Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Who has been appointed as the new Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog--Rajiv Kumar
Who has been appointed as the new Secretary in the Department of Financial Services--Rajiv Kumar
Who has been appointed as the new Chairperson of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)--Anita Karwal
Which state government has launched an online Public Grievance Redressal System--Goa
Who is leading the Indian delegation at the Indian Ocean Conference (IOC 2017)--Sushma Swaraj
Who has taken charge as the new Union Home Secretary--Rajiv Gauba
Who has been appointed as the new High Commissioner of India to the Republic of Cyprus--R.K. Raghavan
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Which IIT institute has successfully developed an implantable bioartificial pancreas--IIT Guwahati
Who has been appointed as the new Election Commissioner (EC)--Sunil Arora
Who has been crowned as India’s 1st-ever Miss TransQueen 2017--Nitasha Biswas
The world’s 1st IAEA Low Enriched Uranium Bank has opened in which country--Kazakhstan
Who has been appointed as the new Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Air India--Rajiv Bansal
Who has been appointed as the new Chairman of Railway Board--Ashwani Lohani
The National Sports Museum will be established in which city-- New Delhi
______India’s 1st vertical garden has set up in which city of India--Bengaluru
Name the technology giant who has launched a personal safety mobile app ‘Trusted Contacts’--Google
Who has been crowned as the Miss Universe 2017--Iris Mittenaere
Name the new organ discovered in the digestive system by the Irland’s Scientists which was unknown since 100 years--Mesentery
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The world’s 1st solar panel road has been inaugurated in which country-- France
Who has won the 29th Indian National Snooker Championship title 2017-- Pankaj Advani
Which woman cricketer won the BCCI award for the 1st time--Shanta Rangaswamy
Who became the time’s person of the year 2016--Donald Trump
Who won the kids Golf World Championship 2016--Arjun Bhati.
Who has been named as the new MD & CEO of the National Stock Exchange (NSE)--Vikram Limaye
The RBI is issuing a new betch of Rs 500 banknotes in Mahatma Gandhi new series with which inset letter--R
The scientists from which technological company has created the world’s smallest magnet using a single atom which can store one bit of data on it--IBM
India’s 1st laser technology-based advanced AVMS RTO check-post has been set up in which state--Gujrat
The world’s biggest cricket stadium will come up in which state of India— Gujrat.
What is the rank of SBI Chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya in the 2017 world’s 50 Greatest Leaders report by Fortune Magazine--26th.
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Which film won the Golden Peacock award at the 47th International Film Festival of India (IFFI)—Daughter.
Who is the 1st woman captain in India Merchant Navy (IMO)--Radhika Menon.
Who has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Indian Banks Association (IBA)--V.G.Kannan.
Kristalina Georgieva,who has been selected CEO of the world bank is belonged to which country--Bulgaria.
Who has been newly elected as a 45th president of United States of America (USA)--Donald Trump.
Which Movie has won the Best Hindi Film award in the 64th National Awards 2017—Neerja.
Which is the world’s fastest ‘SuperComputer’--Sunway TaihuLight.
In which railway station,Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu flagging-off the 1st freight train featured with solar power to run fans & lights--Safdarjung Railway Station,Delhi.
The 1st ‘Made in India’ electric bus has been launched by which Indian company--Ashok Leyland.
What number of elements have been added to the periodic table chart on november 30, 2016—4.
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India’s 1st industrial-articulated robot ‘TAL Brabo’ has been launched by which Indian company--Tata Motors.
What was the theme of the 68th Republic Day celebrated on January 26,2017- -Skill India & Beti Bachao Beti Padhao.
Who has been appointed as the new Lieutenant Governor of Delhi--Anil Baijal.
ISRO created history by successfully launching how many satellites in a single mission, on 15th Feb 2017—104.
How much Rupees has been allocated for the infrastructure sector for Union Budget 2017-2018--3.96 Lakh crore.
Which country’s women’s hockey team has won the Asian Champions Trophy 2016—India.
Which company have developed the 1st technology that recognizes the words in a conversation as well as humans do—Microsoft.
Which district has been declared as the 1st Digital District of India in Mumbai by the Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis—Nagpur.
Which movie has won the ‘Best Picture’ Award in Oscar 2017--Moonlight.
The first fully India made train ‘Medha’ has flagged off between which of the following stations--Dadar to Borivali.
World’s 1st Brain implantation took place in which of the following country— Netherlands.
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Which state been listed in Guinness World Records on January 21, 2017 by creating a world record of singing National Anthem by over 3.5 lakh people together—Gujrat.
Who has topped the Forbes list of Most Powerful People in the world 2016-- Vladimir Putin.
How much % lowered the interest rates on small saving deposits, including PPF by government of India--0.1%.
Which Indian boxer will be honored with ‘Best Boxer’ award by International Boxing Association--Vikas Krishan.
Which of the following word was declared as the word of the year 2016 by Oxford Dictionaries--Post-truth.
China Develops World’s Biggest Solar Park - Longyangxia Dam Solar Park.
Kremlin to host 2018 FIFA World Cup finals.
Mysuru gets India’s 1st post office passport Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSK) at Metagalli in Mysuru.The second POPSK simultaneously opened in Gujarat.
Arunachal launches ‘Dulari Kanya’ scheme to check infant mortality.
Denmark to appoint world’s first ‘digital ambassador’
India gets its own multi-sports museum in Kolkata.
Inheritance Court for Non-Muslims to be Set up in Abu Dhabi .
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Trump Bans 7 nations from Entering US on Security Issues - Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.
Dushyant Chautala is the new president of Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI).
Amritraj(Film producer and Wimbledon tennis player) is the first Ambassador for the UN in India.
Ireland became the world’s first country to stop investing in fossil fuels.
PMGDISHA(PM Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan) is expected to be one of the largest digital literacy programmes in the world.
China has surpassed Germany to become the world’s largest producer of solar energy after nearly doubling its installed photovoltaic capacity in 2016.
World’s first Braille Atlas Launched by NATMO in New Delhi.
2017 BRICS association of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa to be held in Xiamen, China in September 2017.
Grammy Awards - English-language music
13th February - World Radio Day 2017.
National Women’s Parliament held in Andhra Pradesh(10th February)
India’s first floating elementary school inaugurated on Manipur’s Loktak Lake.
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INS Sarvekshak Becomes India’s First Ship to be Installed with Solar Power System
Longest elevated cycle path in the world opens in China.
Usain Bolt honored with ‘Sportsman of the Year’
Melody Queen Lata Mangeshkar honoured with 'Legendary Award ' 2017.
Indian Navy inducts first all-women global circumnavigation vessel 'Tarini'
A 720-metre-long zip line joins the two countries, allowing people to reach Portugal within a minute.The zip line connecting Spain and Portugal, is known to be the first cross-border zip line in the world.
Jammu & Kashmir to observe 2017 as Year of Apple.
Astronomers of NASA have discovered seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a star called TRAPPIST-1.
9th BRICS Summit to be held in China's Xiamen city.
Government ropes in Shilpa Shetty as Swachh Bharat brand ambassador.
Haryana Launches Online Sex Ratio Monitoring System For Panipat as part of the 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' programme.
Himachal proposal to make Dharamshala its second capital.
Rangaswamy Becomes First Woman to Be Honored BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award.
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13th ECO Summit ISLAMABAD under the theme “Connectivity for Regional Prosperity”
World’s oldest serving aircraft carrier INS Viraat retires.
India’s tallest Tricolor hoisted at Attari border in Punjab.
INS Tillanchang is a Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (WJFAC) and will add to the firepower of the Indian Navy.
Himachal launches mobile app 'Mera Hunar or My Talent’ for job-seeker.
Babul Supriyo named vice-president of FIFA U-17 World Cup. For the first time, India to host FIFA U-17 World from October 6 to 28, 2017.
Shahid Afridi appointed as ambassador of Blind Cricket World Cup.
The Uttarakhand High Court has given the status of "living human entities" to the Ganga and Yamuna.
World water day - 22nd March
Cheteshwar Pujara becomes first Indian to face 500 balls in Test innings.
23 March 1931 British rulers had executed -Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev.
Majuli all set to become India’s 1st carbon neutral district.
World Sparrow Day: 20 March
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World Tuberculosis Day- 24 March
PepsiCo ropes in PV Sindhu as brand ambassador.
Mathematician Yves Meyer wins the 2017 Abel Prize.
The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Radha Mohan Singh has launched a Coffee Table Book titled “50 Years – The Great Indian Milk Revolution” commemorating National Dairy Development Board’s (NDDB) Golden Jubilee year.
'Earth Hour': 25 March
Anupam Kher receives Kala Ratan Award from Vice President.
Tanushree Pareek became the first woman combat officer to be commissioned in the 51-year history of the BSF, the country’s largest border guarding force.
FIFA U-17 World Cup: Kolkata to host final.
Odisha becomes first state to bring banking to remote rural areas through Self Help Groups (SHGs).
World's largest capstone discovered by archaeologists in Telangana.
R Ashwin receives Sir Garfield Sobers trophy.
Chenani-Nashri Tunnel: The longest road tunnel in South Asia is the country's first and the world's sixth road tunnel with a Transverse Ventilation System.It is also known as Patnitop Tunnel.
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First state to join UDAY(Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojna) scheme was Andhra Pradesh.
El Salvador (Central America’s smallest nation) becomes first country in the world to ban metals mining.
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson breaks Sunita Williams’ spacewalking record.
BRICS countries are members of New Development Bank (NDB) headquartered in Shanghai, China.
Judiciary capital of Madhya Pradesh is Jabalpur.
Government launched two mobile apps- echallan and mParivahan. eChallan' is an integrated enforcement solution to manage traffic violations and 'mParivahan' is an empowering app for the citizen which provides access to various services, information and utilities related to the transport sector.
Kanha tiger reserve in Madhya Pradesh has become the first tiger reserve in India to officially introduce a mascot ( named 'Bhoorsingh the Barasingha') of its own.
Barasingha or Swamp Deer is the State animal of Madhya Pradesh.
Reserve Bank of India was established on 01st April 1935.Sir Osborne Smith was the first Governor of the Reserve Bank of India.
SBI will be written in a new font called Effra.
Roger Federer wins Miami Open 2017
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What is the ‘Trappist-1’ which was most popular in the news and social media-A dwarf star around which these 7 planets have been found till Feb- 2017. In the Indian state of Assam which river festival was hosted in 2017--Namami Brahmaputra. When Zero Discrimination Day was observed in 2017-- 1st March. The first fluorescent frog found at where--Argentina. Nobel Peace Prize Winner ‘Malala Yousafzai’ become --United Nations youngest ever ‘Messenger of Peace’. Punjab Government took decision to set up ‘Book Banks’ in all schools in the state. India’s new Ambassador to World Trade Organization-- J S Deepak. The National Conference on Jal Kranti Abhiyan organized at where--Delhi. Which station of Indian Railway’s has been handed over to a private firm to be operate--Habibganj Station in Bhopal. Crime and Criminals Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) Project proposed by -- Union Home Ministry’s. ‘National Mission on Cultural Mapping of India’ launched by-- Ministry of Culture from Govardhan Block, Mathura. Name of India’s advanced interceptor missile that was successfully test fired on 11 February 2017-- ‘Ashwin’. Dailong village declared as Biodiversity Heritage Site at where-- In Manipur Satellite ‘Sat-1 Mongol’ launched by which country-- Mongolia Which cricket team won 2017 ICC Champions Trophy on 18th June 2017-- Pakistan. ‘T-Wallet’ is the official digital wallet of which Indian state--Telangana, 1st X-ray Space Telescope to study black holes launched by which country-- China. India’s first Student Startup and Innovation Policy launched by which state government-- Gujarat Government. Anti-Leprosy Day was observed on which date--30th January 2017 Indian Army conducts test of which indigenous heavy artillery gun--Dhanush.
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SC wants what in EVMs for fair elections now--VVPAT. When the ‘Goods and Services Tax’ launched in India--Midnight of (30st June – 1 July) by President of India and Prime Minister of India. India’s travel and tourism sector ranks is on 7th was reported by--World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC).
Who became the command the ‘International Space Station’ twice-- American astronaut Peggy Whitson.
Digital Gold’ scheme is launched by whom-- Indian payment and commerce company ‘Paytm’.
1st all weather tracked-chassis QR-SAM successfully test-fired by which country--India.
India’s Longest road tunnel in J&K (Chenani- Nashri) total length is-- 9.2 km
PM Narendra Modi inaugurates India’s longest bridge at where—Dhola Sadiya bridge in Assam.
In May 2017 Patanjali Research Institute in Haridwar inaugerted by whom-- PM Shri Narendra Modi.
World’s first Robocop recruited by which country police--Dubai Police.
What was the theme of ‘Swachhta Pakhwada’ celebrated by Ministry of Textiles-- ‘Waste to Wealth’.
Intercontinental ballistic missile defense system successfully tested by Pentagon.
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In which report the India to become most populated country in the world by 2024-- UN Report.
The Bengali poet who has been chosen from the 31st Moortidevi Award by Bhartiya Jnanpith for his work Du Dondo Phowara Matro – Joy Goswami.
The eminent Hindi writer who has been chosen to be conferred the 2017 Vyas Samman for her novel Dukkham Sukkham by KK Birla Foundation – Mamta Kalia.
The President of International Hockey Federation who has chosen as the new chief of Indian Olympic Association – Narinder Batra.
The Indian city which has become the first in the country to have its own logo (designed by Rushi Patel and M Venkateswar Rao) – Bengaluru.
The Indian State which has become the first in the country to pass a bill awarding death to those found guilty of raping girls aged 12 and below – Madhya Pradesh.
The 11th edition of bilateral naval exercise conducted by India and Oman near Muscat is named –Naseem Al Bahr (Sea Breeze)
The joint military exercise by the armies of India and Maldives being conducted at Belagavi in Karnataka is named – Exercise Ekuverin
The word chosen by Oxford Dictionary as the Word of the Year 2017 – Youthquake
United Nations Human Rights Day: 10 December 2017.
DARPAN – Digital Advancement of Rural Post Office for A New India
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Objective - To improve the quality of service, add value to services and achieve financial inclusion of unbanked rural population.
The former Prime Minister of India who has been chosen for the 2017 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize – Dr. Manmohan Singh.
The joint military exercise by the armies of India and Kazakhstan being conducted at Bakloh in Himachal Pradesh is named – Prabal Dostyk-2017.
The venue of India's first Tribal Entrepreneurship Summit being organised by NITI Aayog on 14 November 2017– Dantewada, Chhattisgarh.
The Indian city which has been included in the UNESCO's Creative Cities Network which now has a list of 180 cities – Chennai.
The railway station at which India's largest state of the art, Electronic Interlocking (EI) system of 800 routes has been commissioned – Kharagpur.
The unified and integrated app launched by State Bank of India is named – YONO (You Only Need One).
The rank of India in the Global Gender Gap Index 2017 released by the World Economic Forum for 144 countries (The first 3 countries are Iceland, Norway and Finland) – 108. The Government of India, with the approval President of India, has constituted Fifteenth Finance Commission in pursuance of clause (1) of article 280 of the Constitution. The Commission will make recommendations for the five years commencing on April 1, 2020. Chairperson: Shri N.K. Singh
The founder of Sulabh International who has been awarded the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management for the year 2017 – Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak.
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The venue of Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 to held from November 28 to 30, 2017 – Hyderabad.
The rank of India in the Global Hunger Index 2017 released by International Food Policy Research Institute (India was ranked 97 in 2016) – 100.
The rank of India in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index which is topped by Switzerland, followed by USA and Singapore in the second and third place respectively – 40th
The rank of India in the World Economic Forum's Global Human Capital Index which is topped by Norway, followed by Finland and Switzerland in the second and third place respectively – 103rd
Ease of Doing Business Report 2018 Released by: World Bank. Rank of India: 100 among 190 countries assessed.
International Day of Older Persons: 01 October 2017.Established by: United Nations General Assembly.
International Day of Non-Violence: 02 October 2017.Established by : United Nations General Assembly.
United Nations Day: 24 October. The day marks the coming into effect of the UN Charter (the founding document of UNO) in 1945.
SANKALP & STRIVE Schemes to boost Skill India Mission.
The State which has been formally chosen to host the 36th national Games in 2018 – Goa.
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The State which has become the first in the country to launch electric bus service (the bus eBuzz K7 has been built by Goldstone Infratech have a range of 200 km on a single charge) – Himachal Pradesh.
The first of Scorpene class submarines which was delivered to the Indian Navy by Mazagon Dock limited– INS Kalvari.
The port on the west coast of India which has been renamed Deendayal Port – Kandla Port.
The dwarf planet on which two mountain ranges have been named after Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay (Hillary Montes and Tenzing Montes) – Pluto.
International Day of Democracy: 15 September.
International Day for Preservation of Ozone Layer: 16 September.
US OPEN-2017
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Unstoppable: My Life So Far by Maria Sharapova
The venue of the first edition of Rural Games or Grameen Khel Mahotsav to be held from 28th August to 3rd September, 2017 – New Delhi.
The lyricist, poet and screenwriter who has been appointed the new Chairperson of Central Board of Film Certification replacing Shri Pahlaj Nihalani – Prasoon Joshi.
The Committee of Experts constituted by the Govt of India comprising of members from Government, Academia and Industry to study and identify key data protection issues and recommend methods for addressing them is headed by – Justice BN Srikrishna.
The country in which world's longest suspension foot bridge (length 494 m) was opened to the public – Switzerland.
The place in Punjab where India's first Partition Museum was inaugurated on 17 Aug 17 – Amritsar.
The State which has recently passed the Religious Freedom Bill in an attempt to stop forced conversions in the State – Jharkhand
The variety of rice grown in Burdwan region of West Bengal which has been accorded the geographical indication (GI) tag – Gobindobhog.
The case in the Supreme Court of India in which the SC has held that "Right to Privacy is an integral part of Right to Life and Personal Liberty guaranteed in Article 21 of the Constitution" – Justice KS Puttaswamy versus Union of India.
The strong typhoon which struck the coast of China causing loss of lives and property in Macau and Hong Kong was named – Typhoon Hato
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The cloud-seeding project launched by the Govt of Karnataka to bring more rains in the State is named – Project Varshadhare
The chemicals which have been banned from use in firecrackers by the Supreme Court – antimony, lithium, mercury, arsenic and lead.
As per a recent census of elephants, the number of elephants in the country has been estimated at 27,312. Karnataka has the highest number at 6,049 followed by Assam 5,719 and Kerala 3,054.
A new Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) by the name BHARAT 22 was announced by the Union Govt recently. Bharat 22 consists of 22 stocks of CPSE's, PSB's & strategic holding of SUUTI.
The new Attorney General of India who has taken over from Shri Mukul Rohtagi – KK Venugopal.
The venue of G-20 Summit (12th meeting) held from 2017 – Hamburg, Germany.
The mobile phone App for performance based maintenance of rural roads launched by the Ministry of Rural Development is named – Aarambh.
The company which has developed India's first bio-methane bus (bio- methane is produced out of biodegradable materials like kitchen waste) – Tata Motors.
Muntra, India's first unmanned tank, Developed by DRDO. The city in United Arab Emirates which has been announced as the World Book Capital for 2019 by UNESCO –Sharjah.
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The city in which the first case of Zika virus infection in India has been reported – Ahmedabad.
The two Indian States which have become the 4th and 5th States to be declared Open Defecation Free (after Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala) – Uttarakhand and Haryana.
The committee constituted by the Central Govt for preparation of final draft of National Education Policy is headed by – Dr. K. Kasturirangan.
The Indian film actor who has been appointed by WHO as its goodwill ambassador for hepatitis in South-East Asia region – Amitabh Bachchan.
The social activist from Odisha who has been chosen for the Goldman Environmental Prize 2017 for the indigenous Dongria Kondh’s land rights and protected the Niyamgiri Hills – Prafulla Samantara.
The country which has recognised cryptocurrency Bitcoin as legal payment method with effect from 01 April 2017 – Japan.
The web portal launched by Survey of India to enable free download of maps in pdf format in 1 : 50,000 scale – nakshe.
2017 Abel Prize for his work on wavelets, a mathematical theory with applications in data compression, medical imaging and the detection of gravitational waves – Yves Meyer.
India's rank in the World Happiness Report 2017 published by United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (with Norway, Denmark and Iceland in the top 3 positions) – 122
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The mission launched by the Central Government to achieve Blue Revolution (development of fisheries) is named – Mission Fingerling.
The period of maternity leave which has been allowed under the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 with the Materntiy Benefits (Amendments) Bill, 2016 passed by the Parliament recently – 26 weeks.
Operation Thunder Bird was an initiative launched by INTERPOL.
The public sector bank which has installed its ATM on India's largest and latest aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya – State Bank of India.
The nuclear capable missile test fired from a submarine by Pakistan in a step towards completing its nuclear triad (launch of nuclear weapons from land, air, and sea) – Babur-3.
The first military communications satellite launched by Japan from its Tanegashima Space Centre, on board H-2A rocket is named – Kirameki-2.
The Bunkar Mitra helpline launched by the Central Govt for the assistance of handloom weavers.
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