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J. Mahalaxmaiah 1 CURRENT AFFAIRS & GENERAL AWARENES CURRENT AFFAIRS & GENERAL AWARENESS For All Competitive Exams J. MAHALAXMAIAH 2 CURRENT AFFAIRS & GENERAL AWARENES Dear Aspirants ... / . & . ఈ , . , , Latest Who is who, Awards, Science & Technology, UNO, , - - . , (State Maps) ఈ . , ........... ఈ ఈ .......... Your's J MAHA LAXMAIAH Next fully Updated & Release: 13 January 2018 Special Thanks To Vasu D Nagaraju B Murali Krishna Vamshi Krishna Reddy G Narasimha Rao J *** This Material Dedicated To All The Aspirants & Students *** 3 CURRENT AFFAIRS & GENERAL AWARENES INDEX S. NO CONTENT PAGE NO. 1 WHO IS WHO --------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 2 CABINET MINISTERS & CO ---------------------------------------------------- 8 3 CHAIRMAN – CEO – DIRECTORS -------------------------------------------- 13 4 UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION ----------------------------------------- 15 5 SUMMITS & MEETINGS -------------------------------------------------------- 22 6 IMPORTANT DAYS ------------------------------------------------------------- 27 7 COUNTRY – CAPITAL – CURRENCY ------------------------------------------ 37 8 AWARDS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 43 9 SPORTS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 60 10 SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ---------------------------------------------------- 77 11 CROPS & REVOLUTIONS ---------------------------------------------------- 79 12 BOOKS & AUTHORS ----------------------------------------------------------- 80 13 COMMITTEES -------------------------------------------------------------------- 81 14 BEAUTIES -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 82 15 INDEX & RATINGS --------------------------------------------------------------- 84 16 SCHEMES & PLANS -------------------------------------------------------------- 88 17 CENSUS – 2011 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 91 18 BANKS – INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------- 93 19 E – COMMERCE ------------------------------------------------------------------ 97 20 SOCIAL MEDIA ------------------------------------------------------------------- 100 21 POLITICS & PARTIES ------------------------------------------------------------ 102 22 MAHARATNA & NAVARATNA COMPANIES ------------------------------- 106 23 INDIAN RAILWAY ---------------------------------------------------------------- 110 24 STATES – INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------ 112 25 INDIA --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 254 4 CURRENT AFFAIRS & GENERAL AWARENES 1. WHO IS WHO DEFENCE & SECURITY Army Chief General Bipin Rawat CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICIALS Air Chief Birendar Singh Dhanona President of India Sri Pranab Mukarjee Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lamba Vice President of India Amid Hnsari Integrated Defense Chief Chief Justice of India Lt. Gen Satish Dua th jagadish Singh Khehar (44 ) Boarder & Security Force (BSF) POLITICAL OFFICIALS K K Sharma Prime Minister of India Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Narendra Modi K Durga Prasad Lok sabha Speaker Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) Sumitra Mahajan O P Singh Loksabha Deputy Speaker National Investigation Agency M. Thambidurai Sharad Kumar Home Minister Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Rajnath Singh Alok Kumar Verma Opposite Leader in Loksabha Intelligence Bureau (IB) -------- Rajiv Jain Rajyasabha Chairman Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) Hamid Ansari (Vice President of India) K V Chowdary Rajyasabha Deputy Chairman Research & Analysis Wing (RAW) Anil Dhasmana P J Kurien National Security Guard (NSG) Sudhir Pratap Singh Opposition Leader in Rajyasabha Railway Protection Force (RPF) Gulam Nabi Azad (Congress) S K Bhagat Loksabha Secretary Indo- Tibetan Boarder Police (ITBP) Anoop Mishra Krishna Chaudhary Rajyasabha Secretary Shumsher K Sheriff 5 CURRENT AFFAIRS & GENERAL AWARENES National Commission for ST, Chairman Nanda Kumar Sai HEADS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENT National Commission for Minorities, Chairman Goerge Kurian NITI (National Institution for Transforming University Grant Commission (UGC), India) Aayog Chairman Chairman Narendra Modi Ved Prakash Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) NITI Aayog Deputy Chairman David R Syiemlieh Aravind Panagarya Atomic Energy Commission NITI Aayog CEO Shekar Basu Amitab Kant Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chief Election Commissioner of India A S Kiran Kumar Naseem Zaidi Defense Research & Development National Human Rights Commission Organization (DRDO) (NHRC) S Chrstopher H L Dattu Baba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) Law Commission, Chairman K N Vyas B S Chauhan Prasara Bharati, Chairman Competition Commission of India (CCI) A Surya Prakash Devendar Kumar Sikri Unique Identification Authority of India Central Information Commission (CIC) (UIDAI), Chairman R K Mathur Ajay Bhushan Pandey National Commission for Women, Chairman (1992) Lalitha Kumaramangalam National Commission for Protection for Child Rights Stuti Narain Kacker National Commission for BC, Chairman V Eswaraiah National Commission for SC, Chairman P L Punia 6 CURRENT AFFAIRS & GENERAL AWARENES Associated Chamber of Commerce & Industry of India (ASSOCHAM), President HEADS OF FINANCIAL BODIES Sandeep Jajodia Finance Commission, Chairman (14th, 2015 Small Industrial Development Bank of – 2020) India (SIDBI) Dr Y Venugopal Reddy Dr Kshatrapati Shivaji Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Urjit Patel BUREAUCRATS Securities & Exchange Board of India National Advisory Council (NAC), Chairman (SEBI) Sonia Gandhii Ajay Tyagi PM Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC), National Bank for Agricultural & Rural Chairman Development (NABARD) C Rangarajan Dr Harsha Kumar Banwala National Security Advisor Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Ajit Doval Suchil Chandra Cabinet Secretary of India Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) Pradeep Kumar Sinha Vanaja N Sarna Chief Secretary of President Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Principal Secretary to PM Ram Sevak Sharma Nripendra Mishra Insurance Regulator Development Authority of India (IRDAI) Home Secretary of India T S Vijayan Rajiv Meharshi Federation of Indian Chambers of Foreign Secretary of India Commerce & Industry (FICCI) Subrmanyam Jaishnkar Pankaj Patel Finance Secretary of India Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) Ashok Lavasa V K Sharma Commerce Secretary of India National Association of Software & Services Rita A Teaotia Companies (NASSCOM), Chairman Raman Roy Defense Secretary of India Sanjay Mishra NASSCOM President R Chandrashekar 7 CURRENT AFFAIRS & GENERAL AWARENES Public Accounts Committee (PAC), Chairman Mallikarjun Kharge Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) Shashi Kant Sharma Attorney General of India Mukul Rohtagi Solicitor General of India Ranjit Kumar HEADS OF SPORTS International Cricket Council (ICC), Chairman Shashank Manohar ICC president Zaheer Abbas Indian Premier League (IPL), Chairman Rajiv Shukla All India Tennis Association President Praveen Mahajan Indian Hockey Federation, President Ms Mariamma Koshy FIFA President Gianni Intantino International Olympic Committee, Chairman Thomas Bach Indian Olympic Committee, Chairman N Ramachandran Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Vinod Rai 8 CURRENT AFFAIRS & GENERAL AWARENES Constituency: 2. 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V Sadananda Gowda Personnel, Public grievances and Pensions, Constituency: Bangaluru North, Karnataka Department of Atomic Energy, Department of space, All important policy issues and all Water Resources and River Development other portfolios not allocated to any and Ganga Rejuvenation minister Uma Bharati Narendra Modi Constituency: Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh Constituency: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Consumer Affairs and Food & Public Home Affairs Distribution Raj Nath Singh Ramvilas Paswan Constituency: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Constituency: Hajipur, Bihar External Affair Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises Sushma swaraj Kalraj Mishra Constituency: Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh Constituency: Deoria, Uttar Pradesh Women and Child Development Finance, Corporate Affairs Menaka Sanjay Gandhi Arun Jaitley Constituency: Philiphit, Uttar Pradesh Constituency: Rajya Sabha, Gujarat Chemical and Fertilizers, Parliamentary Urban Development, Housing and Urban Affairs Poverty Alleviation, Information and Ananthkumar Broadcasting Constituency: Bengaluru South, Karnataka M. 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