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April 2017

1. Italian president disqualified from president election – Mahmood Ahmadinejad 2. China to host BRICS film festival in June. BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. 3. Philippine president Rodrigo Dutarte wins times 100 Readers poll. 4. North Korea starts celebrating birthday of the country founder Kim Li Sung, grandfather of Kim Jong Un 5. Two billion people drinking contaminated water according to WHO, in the report Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Wter (GLASS) 6. Achim Steiner, New administrator of UNDP, appointed by UN Chief Antonio Dutarte. 7. Government of China recently launched FIRST rail freight service between China and London. 8. Lenin Moreno – President of Ecuador, Vice President –Jorge Glass 9. Bitcoin is now currency in Japan. 10. South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation SASEC – Myammar – 7th member 11. INDIA – 136 – World press freedom index – Norway is FIRST 12. Indo French naval exercise – Varuna – at Mediterian Sea 13. India – 5th – Military Spender – US is first 14. India – 2 – LPG IMPORTER – China is First 15. Times 100 most influential people of 2017 – Narendra Modi & Paytm founder Shekhar Sharma 16. Old Gandhi Stamps – 5 lacs pound in an auction in UK 17. Forbes 30 Under 30 asia list – Alia Bhatt featured 18. 5th Global Range cyber lab in Gurugram – Launched by CISCO 19. Colours of Northern and Southern State of India – at Kathmandu – by Indian Cultural Centre 20. Indo-Australia – SPORTS partnership a. Australia Prime Minister – Malcolm Turnbull b. Sports Minister – Vijay Goel 21. Most followed leader on Instagram – Narendra Modi 22. Pak awarded death sentence to Kulbhushan Yadav – Indian Navy Officer 23. India – 9th – 41 Corrupt Countries by Ernst and Young Europe – Ukraine tops 24. India – 7th – World Travel and Tourism – USA is first 25. IISC – Best educational institute over the globe, situated in Banglore 26. RIL – Most valuable Indian Company. Tata is second 27. Rajnath Singh – civil services day – Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) 28. First made in India industrial robot by Tal Manufacturing Solutions named as BRABO designed for MSME 29. Union Government bans Red beacons except President, Vice President, PM, CJI and Speaker of Lok Sabha. 30. Union Minister – HRD – Prakash Javedkar – Launched portal and mobile app of RUSA (Rashtriya Ucchatar Shiksha Abhiyan) www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 1

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31. Rail minister Suresh Prabhu launches new Vista Dome coach – with glass roof and GPS 32. Gramin Krishi Mausam Seva launched in India by Indian Meteorological Dept. 33. Union Govt. (Union ministry of labor and employment) launched Aadhaar Seeding App to reach Empl. Provident Fund (EPF) Launched in New Delhi by Minister of State for Labor of Employment – Bandaru Dattatreya 34. Income Department has launched Operation Clean Money 20 a. To catch tax evaders who deposited large sum of money during demonetization b. First phase – upto Rs. 10 lakh c. Second phase – 20 lakjh 35. Union govt. launched Urja Mitra App 36. India – 1st micro drama festival Thespis- Held in Delhi 37. Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation M Venkaiah Naidu (Union Info and Broadcasting Minister also) launched a. 352 projects in 53 cities and 7 States b. Investment over 38000 cr c. For two lakh houses d. By members of Consideration of Real Estate Dev. Asso. Of India (CREDAI) 38. Union minister for Science and Tech. and Earth Science Harsh Vardhan a. Launches naksha portal in new delhi b. On 250th anniversary of Survey of India 39. Home minister Rajnath Singh launches application Bharat ke Veer with Akshay Kumar at Vigyan Bhavan inNEW DELHI. 40. PM launched Digital Exhibition Bapu ka Kavyanjali on 100th anniversary of champaran satyagrah. 41. GOI has launched Bharat Stage IV fuel, launched by Minister of state for petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan. 42. Bhuvneshvar – 1st Indian City – Pierre L’Enfrant Award 2017 – For Planning Excellence and Achievement. 43. UP Govt to launch anti land mafia task force 44. Northern India – Largest IT Hub – Launched in Tripurs a. With 50cr capital b. Sixth and largest c. Inaugurated in Agartala 45. Central university for Divyangs to be setup in UP a. By HRD minister Prakash Javedkar b. Provide special facilities to handicapped persons. 46. Kilkari app launched by Haryana govt. to provide information to maternity. a. Launched by chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar 47. Hyderabad police got Golden Peacock Award held in Dubai a. Culture and Knowledge Dev. Minister Sheikh Nahyan Al Mubarak presented the award. 48. UP government renames two airports a. Gorakhpur airport – Mahayogi Gorakhnath Airport b. Agra Airport – Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Airport www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 2

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49. Tamil Nadu – tops – Rural Job guarantee Scheme 50. Kerala govt. to give pension to the circus artists a. Rs. 1200 per month b. Who has ration card and working for 30 years. 51. MP bans polyethene carry bag from May 1] 52. Telangana passes bill to hike reservation of a. Muslim – 4 to 12 % b. ST – 6 to 10% 53. Dr. Hanchinal – MS Swaminathan Award 54. Punjab CM – Captain Amrinder Singh 55. Haryana Government launched – Operation DURGA for women safety 56. Himachal Pradesh – Krishi Karman Award 2015-16 57. Jharkhand Police initiates tare zameen par programme to enlighten children in naxal affected areas in Palaman district in Jharkhand 58. Telangana Minister KT RAMA RAO address meet on water resources in US 59. Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE) in Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) 60. Pink petrol vehicle to secure women in BENGLURU 61. Unemployment rate in UP higher than National Average 62. UP Government to Build music village in Bismillah Khan honour a. Named as Bismillah Khan Sangeet Gram b. Planned to Develop at Varanasi c. Evolved by Padma Shri Soma Ghosh, adopted daughter of Bismillah Khan 63. North India to get DNA bank for Wildlife a. Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IIVR) in Bareli, UP b. Collected samples of 140 species 64. MP CM launched Deendayal Rasoyi Yojna in Gwalior. 65. Haryana Government to provide Rs. 21000 to families for third girl child under ‘Aapki beti, hamari beti’ scheme. 66. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu (Housing and Urban Poverty) launches National Children Film Festival in Vishakhapatnam 67. Jhargram – District No. 22 in Bengal 68. First Biogas Bus – in Kolkata –At Rs. 1 69. MP government launches “MP e-nagarpalika” app 70. Kanha Tiger Reserve got it’s first mascot – Bhoorsingh, the Barasingha 71. Bihar CM – Nitish Kumar – pass power bill subsidy to consumers. 72. Andhra Pradesh CM – Chandrababu Naidu – US India Business Council Transformative Award 73. India and Sri Lanka – Economic Cooperation : Sri Lanka PM – Ranil Vikramsinghe 74. India to host 18th World Road meeting. Theme – Safe Roads and Smart Mobility. 75. India and Armenia – 3 agreements a. Peaceful use of outer space b. Youth matters www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 3

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c. Cultural cooperation d. PM Armenia – Karen Karapetyan 76. 1st India Indonesia energy forum held in Jakarta a. Piyush Goyal – Union Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy b. Ignasius Johan – Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Indonesia 77. Steel Minister inaugurates “India Steel 2017” in Mumbai. a. Union Steel Minister – Chaudhary Birender Singh b. Organized by FICCI 78. Commonwealth Forestry Conference held in Uttarakhand. THEME – Forest for Prosperity and Posterity 79. Dileep K Niar – B R Ambedkar International Foundation Award 80. Vani Jayaram – Ghantasala National Award 81. Prafulla Samantra – Goldman Environment Prize 82. K Vishvanath – Dadasaheb Phalke award 2016 83. Kailash Satyarthi – PC Chandra Puraskar 84. Gynecologist Dr. Bhakti Yadav – Padma Shri 85. Salayami Kher – Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award for Mirzeya 86. Kapil Dev and Amir Khan – Dinanath Mangeshkar Award 87. Italian Mayor Glusi Nicollini - UNESCO peace prize 88. Saira Bano, Jackie Shroff – Rajkapoor Award 89. Anirudh Vasudeva – Sahitya Academy Award – Novel, One Part Woman. 90. Dipa Karmakar, Virat Kohli, Sakshi Malik and Sanjeev Kapoor – Padma Shree 91. Tim Berner Lee – ACM AM Turing Award 2016 92. Two Nagaland Officials – Shaurya Chakra 93. Educationist Asha Khemka – Asian Businesswoman of the Year 94. Tim Berner Lee – Computing Nobel Prize 95. Virat Kohli – Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World 2016 96. Womens T20 Captain Harmanpreet Kaur – Women’s Player of the Year a. Sydney Thunder women’s player of the year award 97. India – 16 medals – US Open Karate Championship 98. Manpreet Kaur – Gold, Asian Grand Prix Meet, Chinda 99. Rafael Nadal – Monte Carlo Masters Singles Title – Ramos Vinolas 100. Asian Games - Video Games will be a part of it from 2022 101. Sagar Baheti – India’s first VI athlete to complete Boston Marathon 102. Pankaj Advani – Asian Billiards championship – Saurav Kothari 103. Chris Gayle – First cricketer to score 10k runs in T20 104. Subastian Vettel – Behrain F1 Grand Prix – Lewis Hemilton 105. Harbhajan Singh & Shahid Afridi – Ambassador to ICC Champions Trophy 106. NBA launches International Basketball School in Mumbai 107. Lewis Hemilton – China Grand Prix – Sebastian Vettel 108. Shyam Kumar – Gold in Thailand International Boxing 109. India – 3rd – WADA Doping charts www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 4

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110. Roger Federer – Miami Open – Rafael Nadal 111. PV Sindhu – Indian Open Badminton Title – Caroline Marin 112. Petrol diesel price to change every day from May 1 113. India successfully test fires Agni III ballistic missile a. In Abdul Kalam Island of Odisha coast b. Fires in the range of around 3000 km. c. 17m, 2m diameter and weight of 50 tonnes. 114. NASA’s Piggy Whitson sets a new record of spending 650 days in space. 115. Indian Navy – Brahmos Supersonic Missile a. It’s a land attack supersonic cruise missile b. Fired in bay of Bengal 116. Space X launches it’s first recycled rocket. 117. Yusra Mardini – UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador a. UNHCR – United Nations High Commisioner For Refugees 118. Justice Gita Mittal –CJ of Delhi High Court – Gorla Rohini 119. Shiva Kirti (Former SC Judge) – TDSAT (Telecom Dispute Settlement and Appellate Tribunal) 120. MD Tomar – India Ambassador to Germany 121. Malala Yusufzai – Messanger of Peace for the International Body 122. Alexender Vucic – President of Serbia 123. Malvika Sinha – Executive Director of RBI 124. Prithika Yashini – First transgender police officer in Tamil Nadu 125. Rajiv Kumar Chander – Permanent representative to UNO 126. Raman Roy – New chairman of NASSCOM 127. Geeta Johri – Gujarat’s first female DGP 128. MS Dhoni – One day CEO of Gulf Oil India 129. Indira Banarjee – CJ of 130. Vaneja Sarna – Chairperson of CBEC 131. Bidhya Devi Bhandari – President of Nepal a. Visited india for Cross Border connectivity projects b. Terai Roads, Cross Border railway lines etc. 132. Sheikh Hasina – Bangladesh PM – 4 DAY VISITS a. 22 agreements b. For cooperation in various areas like civil nuclear cooperation, cyber security, media, etc. c. USD 4.5 billion line of credit for development 133. Najib Razak – Malaysia PM - 60TH anniversary of formal diplomat relation 134. Srishti Kaur – Miss Teen Universe 2017 135. Newton – Best film in HongKong international film festival a. Actor – Raj Kumar Rao b. Director – Amit Masurkar 136. Violet Brown – 117 Years – World Oldest human being – Jamaican Woman 137. Lotte World Tower – World’s 5th Tallest Building in Seoul - 123 floors www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 5

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March 2017 Current Affairs

 El Salvador, central America’s smallest nation, becomes first country to ban Metal Mining  Peggy Whitson breaks Sunita Williams spacewalk record  Jeff Bazos, Amazon Founder, is the second richest person in the world, net worth of USD 75.6 billion. Bill Gates is still the first with net worth of USD 86 billion.  Norway is the happiest place in the world, defeated Denmark.  Italy ranked world’s healthiest country. Iceland – Second and Switzerland – Third.  Japan launches satellite to monitor North Korea.  Seema Verma – Health Care Post in US  First Florescent Frog found in Argentina.  Pakistan set to conduct first Census in 19 years.  US + South Korea – Annual Military Drill Foat Eagle  Malaysia to cancel Visa Free entry for North Korea.  India – 3rd – Domestic air traffic  Indian cities included in World Heritage List  Information by Union Minister of state for Cultural and Tourism Dr. Mahesh Sharmain  Cities are - Ahamedabad, Delhi, Jaipur, Mumbai, and Bhubaneswar  India – Cheapest globally economic intelligence unit.  Lagos  Bangalore  Chennai  Mumbai  Delhi  India – 131 – Housing Development Index  1st Airbus Training Center in Asia – Delhi  French based aircraft maker Airbus  Ceremony performed by Union Civil Aviation Minister – Ashok Gajapathi  India joined WHO to end TB by 2030  Tata Steel and Wipro – World’s most ethical companies  India – Largest cotton production country in the world. Report by International Cotton Advisory Committee.  Cultural Festival “India by the Nile” begins in Egypt  Capital is Cairo  India’s Ambassador to Egypt – Sanjay Bhattacharya  Hyderabad GMR airport – Best in the World for service.  Delhi Indira Gandhi International airport ranked 2nd  India – Israel celebrated Silver Jubilee for diplomat relations  India ambassador to Israel – Amar Sinha  Israel ambassador to India – Daniel Carmon.  President inaugurates Namini Brahmaputra Festival www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 6

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 In Guwahati  Tagged as India’s largest river festival  Tibetan Spiritual Leader and Nobel Laureate Dalai Lama will attend  Union government to launch Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojna  To provide physical aids and assisted living devices for senior citizens  For BPL category  Will be launched in Nellore Districts, AP  India’s longest road tunnel in Jammu and Kashmir National Highway  286 km long  Between Jammu and Srinagar  86th Martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev – 23 March  1st Fully India made train Medha flagged off at Mumbai  Dadar to Borivali  At lokmanyatilak Terminal  Punjab gives 33% reservation to Women in State jobs  By chief minister Capt. Amrinder Singh in Chandigarh  Union government approves National Health Policy  Chaired by PM  In New Delhi  Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launched the Trade Infrastructure for Expert Scheme.  Amitabh Bacchan – Brand Ambassador of OnePlus India  Finance Minister – Arun Jaitley. Now took charge of Defence  1st Indian AC Ambulance rail launched in Mumbai.  World’s oldest serving aircraft carrier INS Viraat retired.  Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Narendra Singh Tomar  Launched swacch shakti saptaah at Gurugram  Bangalore gets India’s first Vertical Garden  Yogi Adityanath –  CM of Uttar Pradesh  Leader of BJP state legislature party  Gorakhpur MP  Krishi Unnati Mela – Held in New Delhi  Amaravati is planned to be developed as a futuristic World Class city with the expertise from Japan and Singapore  Arunachal Pradesh – Adarsh Gram Yojna  With the PM motive – Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas  To reach the poor people in rural areas  Deputy CM of Goa Francis D’Souza wins from Mapusa  Chief Minister - Manohar Parrikar  CBSE launches exam locator app.  Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh launches “Mera Hunar HP” app for Job Seekers. www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 7

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 Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik launched 181 helpline service for distressed women.  Vishwanath Mahadeshwar – Mumbai new Mayor  1st smart tribal village – Inaugurated in Jammu and Kashmir named as Kotranka.  Tribal Festival Bhagoria begins in MP  West Bengal – Kurukh – Official Languge  Delhi Govt. – Extends mid day meal to Class 12th  Andhra Pradesh – Tirupati Airport -> Sri Venkateswara Airport  Gannawaram Airport -> NTR Amrawati Airport  AP CM inaugurates AP Assembly building  AP CM – N Chandrababu Naidu  Dharmashala – 2nd Capital of Himachal Pradesh  Namami Brahmaputra – River festival of Assam  Announced by chief minister – Sarbananda Sonobal  TN CM inaugurates “Amma Kalviyagam”  TN CM – O Panneerselvam  Portal of learning, interaction, opportunity and connection  Named after Late CM Jaylalitha  9Th World Environmental Education Congress – Vencor, BC, Canada  105th Indian Science Congress – Hyderabad  Make in India Conference – Held in Houston  3 days Buddhist Conference – Bihar – By Dalai Lama  Union Minister of tourism and culture – Mahesh Sharma  G20 Summit of finance minister and Bank governors – Germany  IORA (Indian Ocean Rim Asso.) – Jakarta – Attended by Vice President Ansari  Anupam Kher – Kala Ratn Award  By vice president  Major Rohit Suri – Kirti Chakra  Second highest peacetime gallantry award  Justice Nava Nidhi Prasad Singh – Kerala HC Chief Justice  Mahabaleshwar Sail – Saraswati Samman – 2016  For his Novel – Hawthan  Aishwarya Rai  Best actress for Sarbajit  International Film Festival and Award of Australia  Directed by Omang Kumar  MP Virendra Kumar – 30th Moorthidevi Award  For his travelogue – Hymawatha Bhoovi  SERB (Sci and Eng. Research Board) fellowship award to Lalji Singh  Former director the Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology CCMB  Rehana – Humanitarian of the Year Award  Virat Kohli – Polly Umrigar Award www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 8

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 Ashwin – Dilip Sardesai Award  Rangaswamy – Indian Skipper - 1st Woman to get BCCI Lifetime award  SV Sunil – Player of the year 2016 Asian Hockey award  Srinath Narayan – India’s 46TH Grandmaster  Defeated Spanish David Guijarro  Siddhartha Upadhyay – Governing body of Sports Authority of India  West Bengal – Santosh Trophy – 32nd time  GMS Stadium  Defeated Goa  Sabestian Vettel – Australian Grand Prix – Lewis Hamilton  Pujara – 1st Indian to face 500 balls in a test innings  Tamil Nadu – Vijay Hazare Trophy – 5th time  Feroz Shah Kotla stadium – New Delhi  Defeated Bengal  Roger Federer – 5th Indian Wells Masters Title  Mumbai – lost permanent status in BCCI  Shahid Afridi – Ambassador of Blind cricket world cup  Punjab – Santosh Trophy – 71st time  Defeated railways  BCCI to award T20 Blind Cricket World Cup Rs. 1 Crore  Sachin Tendulkar – Ambassador to Women’s World Cup 2017  Ashwin and Jadega – Number one in ICC Test Rankings  Sam Querrey – Maxico Open Final – Rafael Nadal  Andy Murrey – Dubai Championship – Fernando Verdasco  Virat Kohli – ESPN sportsman of the year  World Bank – USD 100 million – center and Uttarakhand  RBI made announcement to merge SBI subsidiaries to SBI  Bikaner and Jaipur  Hyderabad  Patiala  Mysore  Travencore  India’s contribution to UN = Rs 244 Cr  IDFC – Launched Biometric Aadhaar pay system  India successfully test fired Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missile  Carrying a warhead of 300 KG  From Odisha Coast  Integrated Test Range in Chandipur  India successfully test fired Prithvi supersonic interceptor missile  By DRDO  From Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha Coast www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 9

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 ITR in Chandipur in Odisha  Tanushree Pareek – 1st Field Officer in BSF  David Beasley – World Food Programme – UN  By UN Chief Antonio Gutters  Chandrakala – Director, Swaccha Bharat Mission  Randeep Guleria – Director, AIIMS, New Delhi  Ankur Khanna – Financial Officer, ICC  Jason Kothari – CEO, Freecharge, By Snapdeal  Kunal Behl – CEO, SnapDeal  Trivendra Singh Rawat – CM – Uttarakhand – Raghubar Das  Jwala Gutta – Member, Sports Authority of India  Chittaranjan Sharma – Upa Lokayukta of Assam  Former judge of Guwahati high court  Appointed by Governor Banwarilal Purohit  Captain Amrinder Singh – Punjab CM  By Governor – VP Singh Badnore  Former – Prakash Singh Badal  President appointed CJ of High Courts  Madhya Pradesh –  Jharkhand – PK Mohanty  Kerala – Navniti Prasad  Narendra Kumar – Chairman, Central Water Commission  Manohar Parrekar – Goa CM  Former worked as Defense minister  By Governor Mridula Sinha  BP Kanungo – RBI Deputy Governor – R Gandhi  SS Mundra  N S Vishwanathan  Viral Acharya  Pradeep Nair – Regional Director for India, Nepal and Sri Lanka to Ford Foundation  Harn Ohlmeyer – CFO of Adidas  Donald Tusk – President of European Council  Amjad Hussain B.Sial – Sec Gen of SAARC – Arjun Bahadur  JS Deepak – India’s Ambassador to WTO  Amina J Mhd – UN Deputy Sec. General  Sumit Malik – Chief Sec. of Maharashtra  Biren Singh – CM Manipal – Ibobi Singh  Park Geun Hye – South Korea President removed from office  Hwang Kyo Ann is the present president and the former prime minister  Deaths  Ahmed Kathrada - South Africa Anti-Apartheid activist www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 10

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 Gurdev Singh Badal – Punjab Minister and SAD Leader  Ashokamitran – Tamil Writer  Chuck Berry – Pioneer of Rock n Roll  Dev Raj Sikka – Renowned meteorologist  Ashwin Sundar – Former racing champion  John Surtees – British F1 Champion  Arvind Padmanabhan – Veteran journalist  Rabi Ray – Former lok sabha speaker  Raymond Kopa – French Football legend  Tarak Mehta – Popular gujarati writer  Dalai Lama – 3 days Buddhiest conference in Bihar

February 2017

 UNICEF – 3.3 bn USD to aid millions of Children  UNICEF – United Nations Children’s Fund  Ireland – 1st country to stop investing in fossil fuel  Alibaba – made app to find 611 missing children in China  Founder – Jack Ma  US – World’s smallest pacemaker  Queen Elizabeth II – Sapphire Jubilee  First British Monarch to reach her sapphire jubilee with 65 yrs of throne  Quatar Airways – Launches world’s longest commercial flight  From United Arab Emirates, Doha to Auckland in NZ  16 hr 5 min and 17 hr 20 min return  China – World’s largest solar power producer  Germany is second now  Sudarshan Patnaik – World Record with tallest sand sculpture  48 feet tall sand castle at Puri Beach, Bhubneshwar, Odisha  Neelu Rohmetra – 1st woman director of IIM at Sirmaur  Diago Maradona – Ambassador at FIFA 2017  Argentina’s former soccer player  Cello Virtuoso – Yo Yo Ma – Winner of Grammy  With Silk Road Ensemble for “Sing Me Home”  International Aero India 2017 – Bangalore  India’s 1st dedicated heliport – New Delhi  Built by Pawan Hans India  Mumbai – Richest Indian city – USD 820 bn  Delhi at 2nd place – USD 450 bn www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 11

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 India – 43rd – USCC (US Chamber of Commerce) Intellectual Property Index  Shawna Pandeya – 3rd Indian origin woman to go to space  After Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams  Prasad Erande – from Pune – 14576 km travelled across India – World Record  Delhi – International Table Tennis Federation world tour event host  India and UK – MoU – Tours and Travels  India and Croatia – Economic cooperation  Nirmala Sitharaman – Commerce and Industry Minister signed with  Martina Dallic – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister fo Economy of the Republic of Croatia  Norman Issac – 1st Indian – Technical Deligate of International Basketball Federation  5 new judges of Supreme court  Madras – Sanjay Kishan Kaul  Rajasthan – Naveen Sinha  Kerala – Mohan M  Chattisgarh –  Karnataka – Abdul Nazeer  IMF opens technical center in New Delhi  South Asia Training and Technical Assistance center (SARTAC)  IMF President – Christine Lagarde  India – World’s largest arms impoerter  India and Japan – Pact on Rail Safety  A K Mittal - Railway board chairman  India and Israel - Mega Missile deal  Deal of Rs. 17000 cr  FOREPHEUS – World’s first table tennis tutor  Able to play table tennis better than most humans  CM Samagra Gramya Unnayan Yojana (CMSGUY) launched in Assam  Holistic development of Village  Rs. 30k cr  By Chief Minister – Sarbananda Sonowal  Indian Railway – Rail project in Andaman and Nicobar  Rail minister – Suresh Prabhu  Indian Navy – launches underwater harbor defense and surveillance system  PM Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan (PMDISHA)  To make 6 cr rural household digitally literate  RBI – setup panel for cyber security  Govt. appoints 3 Directors to RBI Central Board  Ashok Gulati  Manish Sabharwal  Rajiv Kumar  GMR Hyderabad Airport – CAPA (Centre of Asia Pacific Aviation) award www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 12

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 BRICS 2017 – China  Theme – Stronger partnership of a Brighter Future  Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa  INS Sarvekshak – Installs Solar Power System  Sachin Tendulkar – Adops Donja Village for development  Working as Rajya Sabha MP  Adopted Puttamaraju Kandrika, Andhra Pradesh under Sansad Aadarsh Gram Yojna  Science express train – Flagged off from New Delhi  Delhi AIIMS – 1st Prize for Sanitation  Virat Kohli – 1st Indian sports person to ink Rs. 110cr deal with Puma  Union Minister of Electronics and IT launches  Cyber Swaccha Kendra in New Delhi  UM Elec. And IT – Ravi Shankar Prasad  Justice  Supreme court judge  Appointed as Chairman of Kaveri Water Dispute  Suresh Prabhu – Antyodaya Rail Coach  Telangana and Rajasthan – eGov Awards  Raghubar Das – Jharkhand CM – 2% reservation to sports person  Telangana – Launches India’s 1st social innovation hub  1st smart police station – in Andhra Pradesh  Gurajar – 1st – cashless state for PDS (Public Distribu.n system)  National Women’s Parliament begins in AP  CM – N Chandrababu Naidu  Hyderabad – launches  National Career Service NCS and Jeewan Pramaan  For epfo Pensioners  Bandaru Dattatreya – Union Minister of State for Labor and Employment  TN CM – K Palaniswami  Maharashtra – Rs. 250 cr for Cloud Seeding Programme  Germany – Consulate office –Hyderabad  Kerala – Hosts National Biodiversity Congress 2017  Rajasthan – 2nd - Crude oil producer in India  CM – Vasundhara Raje  Mumbai – 1st  Rajasthan – inaugurates Medical Project RAHAT  Rajasthan Heart Attack Treatment Programme  New Delhi – 3 day nuclear security meet  Kolkata – Indian Seed Congress 2017  Barcelona – 2017 Mobile World Congress  Awards www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 13

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 Alastair Cook – England test captain – Order of British Empire  Anish Kapoor – USD 1 mn Genesis Isrelli Prize  Raghu Ram – Surgeon – BC Roy Award  Sandeep Das – Indian Tabla Player – Grammy Award  For Yo Yo Ma’s “Sing Me Home”  Adele – Top prizes in Grammy  Usain Bolt – Sportsman of the Year award  JNU – Visitors award  Best central university of India  Presented by President  Surendra Verma - Vyas Sammaan 2016  For novel – Katna Shamika Vriksha  Corporation Bank – 2017 National MSME Excellence award  Lata Mangeshkar – Legendary Award  Movie “Newton” – Top honor of Berlin Award  Rajkumar Rao and Anjali Patel starrer  Amit Masurkar directed  Milind Soman – Ultraman title  517.5 km race under swimming  Pankaj Advani – National Snooker Championship  Lakshya Sen – World’s no. 1 Junior Badminton Player  Saurabh Verma – Men’s single title in NBC  NBC – National Badminton Championship  India’s 1st – Centre for Disabled Sportsman – Gandhinagar, Gujarat  Mohit Ahlawat – 1st Batsman to score 300 in T20 Cricket  Kheleao – Official Mascot of FIFA U-17 - In JN Stadium – New Delhi  Sports Minister – Vijay Goel  India – T20 Blind World Cup 2017  Defeated Pakistan  R Ashwin – Fastest bowler to claim 250 wickets  Also – Breaks Kapil Dev’s record to become Highest Test Wicket taker  Joe Roots – New test captain of England  Saina Nehewal – Olympic Committee in Badminton World Federation  Arun Jaitley – economic survey 16-17 in parliament  Government proposed Payment Regulatory Board in RBI  Rs 10k penalty for late filling of IT Returns  Sunil Mehta – Chairman of PNB  Former – SBI  SAARC Meeting – Kathmandu  Horse antibodies – can treat Ebola  Proxima B – Earth like planet www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 14

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 ISRO – World record – 104 satellite in One Go  CSIRO – Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization  Made Graphene from Syobean  Ashok Amritraj – UN in India Goodwill Ambassador  Alok Verma – CBI Director  Arun Kumar – Chairman and CEO – KPMG  Jovenl Moise – President – Haiti  Mhd Abdullah Farmajo – President – Somalia – Hassan Sheikh Mhd  Hemant Bhargava – MD – LIC  Ajay Tyagi – SEBI Chief – UK Sinha  Frank Walter Steinmeier – President – Germany –  Sandeep Jajodia – ASSOCHAM President  Narinder Chauhan – Ambassador of India to Philippines  Vikas Swarup – High Commissioner of India to Canada  Neelam Damodaran – Bank of India ED  Nanda Kumar Sai – Chairman of NCST (National Commission for ST)]  HR McMaster – USA National Security Advisor  Turbohelize – Nagaland CM  Chandrasekharan – Chairman TATA Sons  Abhijit Sarkar – President – AHF (Asian Hockey Federation)  Shilpa Shetty – Ambassador - Swaccha Bharat Abhiyan  TR Zeliang – Finance advisor to Nagaland  Khushbant A Genai – CIC of JnK  State Governor – NN Vohra  Gopal Bagley – External Affairs Ministry spokesperson  Resigns  Alastair Cook – Resigned as England Test Captain  Michael Flynn – US National Security Advisor  T R Zeliang – Nagaland CM  RP Shah – BCCI GM  Death  Dileep Padgaonkar – Veteran journalist  Joginder Singh – Ex CBI Director  Bano Qudsia – Renowned Urdu author  Novel – Raja Gidh  Racharla Samrajyam – Veteran Freedom fighter  Colonel Nizammuddin – Netaji’s former driver  T V Parsuram – Veteran Indian journalist  – Former CJI  Ved Prakash Sharma – Hindi novelist  Quidi No. 100 www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 15

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 Vardi Wala Gunda  Kenneth J Arrow – Nobel winning economist  Shahbuddin Ahmed – Well known painter invited as president guest  India’s – 1st – Floating elementary school – Manipur’s Loktak Lake  Port Blair - Indian Panorama film festival  The Golden House – Salman Rushdie

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