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This is docket of Important days, Nobel Prize Winners 2017, Science & Defense, Important News (India), Important News (World), which can be asked in upcoming AIIMS Exam 2018.
Important Days
January April 5: International Day for Mine Awareness; National Maritime Day January 4: World Braille Day April 7: World Health Day January 9: NRI Day April 10: World Homeopathy Day January 10: World Hindi Day April 11: National Safe Motherhood Day January 12: National Youth Day April 17: World Haemophilia Day January 15: Army day April 18: World Heritage Day January 24: National Girl Child Day April 21: Secretaries’ Day January 25: National Voters day April 22: Earth Day January 26: India’s Republic Day, International Customs April 23: World Book and Copyright Day Day April 24: National Panchayati Day January 30: Martyrs’ Day; April 29: International Dance Day January (last Sunday): World Leprosy Eradication Day May
February May 1: Workers’ Day (International Labour Day), Maharashtra Day February 4: World Cancer Day May 3: Press Freedom Day February 6: International Day of Zero Tolerance to May (1st Sunday): World Laughter Day Female Genital Mutilation May (1st Tuesday): World Asthma Day February 7: Safer Internet Day (second day of the second May (2nd Sunday): Mother’s Day week of February) May 4: Coal Miners’ Day; International Firefighters Day February 10: National De-worming Day May 7: World Athletics Day February 12: National Productivity Day May 8: World Red Cross Day February 13: World Radio Day May 9: World Thalassaemia Day February 14: Valentine Day May 11: National Technology Day February 20: World Day of Social Justice May 12: International Nurses Day February 21: International Mother Language Day May 15: International Day of the Family February 24: Central Excise Day May 17: World Telecommunication Day; World February 28: National Science Day Hypertension Day May 18: World AIDS Vaccine Day March May 22: International Day for Biological Diversity May 24: Commonwealth Day March 1: Zero Discrimination Day May 31: Anti-tobacco Day March 3: World Wildlife Day, National Defence Day March 4: National Security Day March 8: International Women’s Day June March 13: No Smoking Day (second Wednesday in March) March 15: World Disabled Day; World Consumer Rights June 1: World Milk Day Day June 4: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of March 18: Ordnance Factories Day (India) Aggression March 21: World Forestry Day; World Down Syndrome June 5: World Environment Day Day June (3rd Sunday): Father’s Day March 22: World Day for Water June 8: World Ocean Day March 23: World Meteorological Day June 12: Anti-Child Labor Day March 24: World TB Day June 14: World Blood Donor Day March 27: World Theatre Day June 20: World Refugee Day June 21: International day of yoga April June 26: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking April 2: World Autism Awareness Day July October 10: National Post Day; World Mental Health Day July 1: Doctor’s Day October 2nd Thursday: World Sight Day July 6: World Zoonoses Day October 13: UN International Day for Natural Disaster July 11: World Population Day Reduction July 18: International Nelson Mandela Day October 14: World Standards Day October 15: World Students Day; World White Cane Day August (guiding the blind) October 16: World Food Day August (1st Sunday): International Friendship Day October 24: UN Day; World Development Information August 6: Hiroshima Day Day August 8: World Senior Citizen’s Day October 30: World Thrift Day August 9: Quit India Day, Nagasaki Day August 15: Indian Independence Day August 18: IntI. Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples November August 19: Photography Day August 29: National Sports Day November 5: World tsunami day November 7: National Cancer Awareness Day September November 9: Legal Services Day November 14: Children’s Day; Diabetes Day September 2: Coconut Day November 17: National Epilepsy Day September 5: Teachers’ Day; Sanskrit Day November 20: Africa Industrialization Day September 8: International Literacy Day November 21: World Television Day September 15: Engineers’ Day November 29: International Day of Solidarity with September 16: World Ozone Day Palestinian People September 21: Alzheimer’s Day; Day for Peace & Non- violence (UN) December September 22: Rose Day (Welfare of cancer patients) September 26: Day of the Deaf; World Contraception Day December 1: World AIDS Day September 27: World Tourism Day December 2: National Pollution Control September 29: World Heart Day December 3: World Day of the Handicapped September: world rivers day (last Saturday of September) December 4: Indian Navy Day December 7: Indian Armed Forces Flag Day December 10: Human Rights Day; IntI. Children’s Day of October Broadcasting December 11: International Mountain Day October 1: International Day for the Elderly December 14: World Energy Conservation Day October 2: Gandhi Jayanthi; International Day of Non- December 16: Vijay Diwas Violence December 18: Minorities Rights Day (India) October(first Monday): World Habitat Day December 22: National Mathematics Day October 4: World Animal Welfare Day December 23: Kisan Divas (Farmer’s Day) (India) October 8: Indian Air Force Day December 24: National Consumers Day October 9: World Post Office Day December 25: Christmas Day
List of 2017 Nobel Prize winners
• Frist established in 1895 at the will of the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. • All the Prize except Peace Prize awarded at Stockholm, Sweden. • Peace Prize awarded in Oslo, Norway. • The Prize is not awarded posthumously. • The Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, and Economic Science presented by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. • The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is presented by the Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute. • The Nobel Prize for Literature presented by the Swedish Academy. • The Nobel Prize in Peace presented by the Norwegian Nobel Committee. • Youngest Nobel Laureate- Malala Yousafzai for Peace in 2014 • Oldest Nobel Laureate- Leonid Hurwicz for Economics in 2007 • Indian Nobel laureates • Till now 12 Indians (5 Indian citizens and 7 of Indian origin or residency) have been awarded Nobel Prize. • The first person of Indian origin and also first Asian to be awarded the Nobel Prize was Rabindranath Tagore for his works "Gitanjali" in 1913. • First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Physics was C. V. Raman for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him" in 1930. • First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize for Peace was Mother Teresa in 1979. • First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics was Amartya Sen in 1998. • First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was Har Gobind Khorana for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis in 1968. • First Indian recipient of Nobel Prize in Chemistry was Venkatraman Ramakrishnan for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome in 2009. • The only woman from India in the list of Nobel Prize recipient is Mother Teresa.
Nobel Prize Winners 2017
1 .The Nobel Prize in Physics 2107
• Rainer Weiss 4. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2017 • Barry C. Barish • Kips S. Thorne • Kazuo Ishiguro For- decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the For- Who, in novels of great emotional force, has observation of gravitational waves. uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world. 2. The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2017 5. The Nobel Peace Prize 2017 • Jacques Dubochet • Joachim Frank • International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons • Richard Henderson (ICAN) For- developing cryo-electron microscopy for the For- its work to draw attention to the catastrophic high-resolution structure determination of humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear biomolecules in solution. weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons. 3. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017 6. The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in • Jeffrey C. Hall Memory of Alfred Nobel 2017 • Michael Rosbash • Michael W. Young • Richard H. Thaler For- their discoveries of molecular mechanisms For- his contributions to behavioral economics. controlling the circadian rhythm. Honor & Awards
1. India’s Premier Container Port Jawaharlal Nehru Port ‘Cape Horn’, situated in Southern Chile’s Tierra del Fuego Trust (JNPT) has won the “Samudra Manthan - Caring archipelago in their journey--Tarini. Organization of the Year” award. Note: The crew of six women naval officers under 2. Actor Sudhir Dalvi has been awarded the ‘Janakavi P Lieutenant Commander ‘Vartika Joshi’ is sailing ‘Tarini’ Sawlaram Award 2018’ at Thane, Maharashtra. on their eight-month circumnavigation the globe. Note: The Janakavi P Sawlaram Award is instituted by 5. First Indian to receive WHO’s IhsanDogramaci Family Thnae Municipal Corporation in association with the Health Foundation Prize -- Dr Vinod Paul (NITI Aayog Janakavi P Sawlaram Kala Samiti. member) 3. The Sangeet Natak Akademi’s Fellowships (Akademi Note: He was selected for his contributions towards Ratna) and Sangeet Natak Akademi Awards for 2016 improving the health and well-being of families, given by President of India in New Delhi. especially in developing countries. The ward will be 4. The Indian Navy’s first all-women crew of Indian Naval formally presented at World Health Assembly to be held Sailing Vessel has crossed the most challenging point in Geneva, Switzerland in May 2018. 6. The fifth edition of Yash Chopra Memorial Award 2018-- 17. The prestigious Aravindan Puraskaram for the best Asha Bhosle. debutant director of 2017 -- Sagar Chaya Vanchar. Note: The award will be presented to Asha Bhosle on Note: The award, comprising a cash prize of Rs 25,000, a 16th February. Yash Chopra memorial award has been memento and a citation, is instituted by the Chalachitra instituted by the TSR Foundation of T. Subbarami Reddy Film Society. in memory of producer-director Yash Chopra (died in 18. The 2017 Laureus World Sportsman of the Year and 2012). Comeback of the Year award -- Roger Federer. 7. ‘Hindi Medium’ has won the best film award at the 63rd 20. Indian film actor turned politician Shatrughan Sinha has Jio Filmfare Awards 2018. been honored with a lifetime achievement award for his 8. Shah Rukh Khan has received the World Economic contribution to the fields of arts and politics. Forum's 24th Crystal Award for his leadership in 21. The best actress award at the 90th Academy Awards championing children's and women's rights in India. 9. Note: The Annual Crystal Awards ceremony celebrates 2018 -- Frances McDormand. the achievements of outstanding artists who have shown 22. The first Indian woman from the field of law and justice to be conferred the ‘Nari Shakti Puraskar’ -- Gita Mittal. exemplary commitment to improving the state of the 23. The first-ever Indian architect to win the Pritzker world. The state government has won the 2018 Architecture Prize -- Balkrishna Doshi. Geospatial World Excellence Award -- Odisha. 24. India won the Best Exhibitor Award at ITB-Berlin World Note: The Odisha govt has won the award for successful Tourist Meet in Berlin. IT application for tracking of mineral production, 25. Canadian mathematician Robert Langlands has won the dispatch and value accrued on real time basis through its Abel Prize-2018 for his visionary programme connecting representation theory to number theory. i3MS website-based software. 26. The G.K. Reddy Memorial National Award -2017 for 10. The eminent Magahi writer has been honored with the journalism -- Karan Thapar. 2018 Sahitya Akademi Bhasha Samman award -- Shesh 27. South Asian Cinema Foundation (SACF) has won the Anand Madhukar. Frederick Pincott Award for 2017. Note: Madhurkar was conferred the award, comprising a 28. The National 'Water Digest Award' to the state Rs 1 lakh cheques and a memento, by Sahitya Akademi Department for Water Conservation-Diversion and President Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari. Sahitya Akademi increasing the irrigation capacity in the State -- Chhattisgarh Water Resources Department. currently honors writers from 24 regional languages, but Note: The Award presented every year by the globally Bhasha Samman identifies those languages which are renowned magazine 'Water Digest', which focuses mainly equally spoken in the different parts of the country. on water resources. 11. The prestigious V. Shantaram lifetime achievement 29. Justice Jawad Rahim has been appointed as the acting Award 2018 for his contribution to the promotion of the chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). documentary movement -- Shyam Benegal. Note: He will discharge his duties until a regular 12. India’s App has won the best M-Government Service appointment is made and will take part in the selection Award in the Accessible Government category at World process of other members of the NGT. National Green Govt Summit 2018 in Dubai--Umang App. Tribunal Act, 2010 (NGT) is an Act of the Parliament of 13. The film has won the best film award at the 71st British India which enables the creation of a special tribunal to Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)-2018 ___ handle the expeditious disposal of the cases pertaining to Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. environmental issues. 14. Indian engineer has won the Scientific and Engineering 30. Sreekumaran Thampi honored with the J.C. Daniel Academy Award at the Oscars Scientific and Technical Award for recognition of his sterling contributions to the Awards 2018 -- Vikas Sathaye. Malayalam film industry. 15. Track and field sprinter has set up a world record in 60 Note: He was honoured C. Daniel Award is a top film metres race at the US indoor national championships in award of the Kerala government. Albuquerque, New Mexico -- Christian Coleman. 31. Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) won the Note: Coleman (USA) smashed Maurice Greene’s (6.39 2017 Kochon Prize for TB research. second) world indoor 60m record in 6.34 seconds.He won 32. According to sixth World Happiness Report-2018, in 156 the 100-metres silver medal at last year's world countries by their happiness levels, India ranks at championships in London. _____133rd rank. 16. Flying officer Avani Chaturvedi has become the first 33. India Post paid tribute to theoretical physicist and cosmologist by issuing a special cover on him-- Stephen Indian women to fly a fighter aircraft solo. Hawking. Note: She flew a MiG-21 bison in her first solo sortie 34. Indian film Halkaa has bagged the Grand Prix de from Indian Air Force Jamnagar base in Gujarat. She is Montreal at the gala. one of the three (other Bhawana Kanth & Mohana 35. The Sri Lankan Cricket(SLC) paid tribute to the former Singh) in the first batch of female pilots, who were BCCI President ‘Jagmohan Dalmiya’ with a book --A inducted in Indian Air Force fighter squadron in 2016. Ribute to Jagu. 36. Anushka Sharma won the prestigious ‘Dadasaheb 54. British singer-song writer Ellie Goulding has been Phalke Excellence Award’ for experimenting with ideas chosen as a Global Goodwill Ambassador for UN and subjects as a producer. Environment. 37. At India Business Leader Awards (IBLA) event, 55. Mohamad Al Jounde has been awarded the International Chhattisgarh won the ‘State of the Year’ Award under the Children's Peace Prize for his efforts to ensure the rights ‘business leader’ category. of Syrian refugee children. 38. Late veteran Hindi actor Vinod Khanna has won the 56. The Silence Breakers named Time’s Person of the Year 'Dadasaheb Phalke award' posthumously for the year for 2017. 2017 for his outstanding contribution to the film 57. According to a survey, India second-best UNESCO world industry. heritage site in the world --Taj Mahal of Agra. 39. Assamese Film bagged the best film at the 65th National 58. Renowned Hindi scholar and writer Mamta Kalia has Film award -- Village Rockstar. won the 27th edition of Vyas Samman-2017. 40. Amit Masurkar’s film has been selected as the Best Hindi 59. India’s Vice President Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu has Film -- Newton. conferred 'Yeraringan’ award to -- Prof. M.S. 41. Water Baby has been adjudged the ‘Best Non-Feature Swaminathan. Film’. 60. Jitesh Singh Deo bagged the title of ‘Peter England Mr 42. National award for ‘Best Actress’ is given for her role in India 2017’ at a ceremony held at Bandra Fort in Mumbai. the film Mom to -- Sri Devi (posthumously). 61. Christian Pulisic has been named the U.S. male Player of 43. Rajkumar Hirani will be conferred with the prestigious the Year. ‘Raj Kapoor Special Contribution awards. Note: Pulisic achieved 94% of the votes collected from 44. San Francisco author has won the Pulitzer Prize 2018 for the men’s national team players & coaches, domestic his novel ‘Less’ -- Andrew Sean Greer. league head coaches, former players, administrators, and 45. Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016 has won the the media. Christian Pulisic recorded six goals and four Pulitzer Prize for Poetry by -- Frank Bidart assists in nine matches, and was involved in 13 of the 17 46. Rapper Kendrick Lamar has won the Pulitzer Prize for goals scored during matches in which he played this year. music for his album ‘Damn’. 62. The Moortidevi Award for the year 2017 for his poetry 47. Scientists Mamta Sharma and Pooja Bhatnagar Mathur collection titled ‘Du Dondo Phowara Matro’ -- Joy have won Icrisat’s highest award for research Doreen Goswami. Margaret Mashler Award for 2018 in their respective Note:‘Du Dondo Phowara Matro’ is an autobiographical research fields of plant pathology and biotechnology. account of the poet’s life featuring his close ones 48. The All India Management Association’s (AIMA’s) annual including a pet cat. The Moortidevi award consists of a award for lifetime contribution to media -- Indu Jain. Saraswati Statue, a Citation Plaque and cash award of 49. Egyptian photographer Md. Abu Zeid wins UNESCO Rupees 4 lacks. press freedom prize. 63. Swiss tennis player has been voted BBC overseas sports 50. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) personality of the year for a record fourth time -- Roger has been awarded the 2018 National Intellectual Property Federer. (IP) Award in the “Top R&D Institution / Organization for Note: Earlier, Federer won the award in 2004, 2006 and Patents and Commercialization” category. 2007.Federer became the first man to win Wimbledon 51. The Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling has become eight times and extended his record to 19 Grand Slam the longest-serving Chief Minister in India after India's titles in 2017. independence. 64. The star forward of FC Barcelona superstar has received Note: He surpassed the record of Mr. Jyoti Basu.Mr. Jyoti La Liga’s top scorer and best player awards for the Basu was the chief minister of Bengal for five consecutive football season 2016-17 -- Lionel Messi. terms from June 21, 1977 to November 6, 2000.Mr. Note: Messi scored 37 goals in league action last season Chamling has governed the state for five successive terms to earn his fourth Pichichi award for most goals in La (1994, 1999, 2004, 2009 and 2014) since 12th December Liga. Second to the Argentine was Los Blancos superstar 1994. Cristiano Ronaldo, while Paris Saint-Germain’s Neymar 52. Eminent Gujarati poet and playwright Sitanshu finished in third place. Yashaschandra has been selected for the 2017 Saraswati 65. Indian personality Priyanka Chopra has won the Global Samman for his collection of verses titled ‘Vakhar’. icon award at the Zee Cine Awards 2018. Note: Best Film award was conferred to Rohit Shetty 53. Amit Shah has been named as the Yahoo’s Personality of directorial comedy ‘Golmaal Again’ and Extraordinary the Year. Legend Award goes to Amitabh Bachchan. Note: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the most 66. Shree Saini has been crowned Miss India USA 2017. searched personality and bags Yahoo’s People’s Choice Note: Anti-bullying activist Shree Saini (Washington Award for Personality of the Year 2017. resident) has been crowned Miss India USA 2017 at the ➢ ‘Most Searched Newsy Terms’ category – Royal Alberts Palace in Edison, New Jersey. Prachi Singh Aadhaar. from Connecticut was declared the first runner-up at the ➢ Top Business Story – GST. pageant.Cancer surgeon Kavita Malhotra Pattani (Florida) ➢ Most Searched Female Celebrity - Sunny Leone. was declared Mrs India USA 2017. 67. Joda East Iron Mine (JEIM) has been honored with the Ghanshyam Desai (Gujarati), Bina Hangkhim prestigious Golden Peacock Innovation Management (Nepali) and Neeraj Daiya (Rajasthani). Award for the year 2017 for driving innovation in mines. ➢ Play: Rajen Toijamba (Manipuri). Note: The award was given at Institute of Directors ➢ Essay: Jagdish Lachhani (Sindhi). India’s 2nd Global Convention held at Singapore. The 69. Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma has been named JEIM is one of the fully mechanised captive iron mines of PETA's Person of the Year by animal rights organisation Tata Steel. People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). 68. The ‘Sahitya Akademi’ has announced its annual Sahitya 70. Veteran playback singer K S Chitra has been selected for Akademi Awards-2017 in -- 24 languages. prestigious 'Harivarasanam' award 2017. Note: 71. The Telangana govt. has presented one crore rupees and ➢ Poets: Shrikant Deshmukh (Marathi), Bhujanga a house site of 600 square-feet to Indian women cricket Tudu (Santali), Inqulab (Tamil) and Devipriya team skipper Mithali Raj in Hyderabad. (Telugu), Udaya Narayana Singh (Maithili). Note: Mithali Raj had led the Indian team to the Women's ➢ Short Stories: Autar Krishen Rahbar (Kashmiri), World Cup final earlier this year. Earlier, India lost to Gajanan Jog (Konkani), Gayatri Saraf (Odia) and England in a nail-biting summit clash by nine runs. Baig Ehsas (Urdu) Shiv Mehta (Dogri), 72. Real Madrid player Cristiano Ronaldo has bagged the ➢ Literary Criticism: Ramesh Kuntal Megh Globe Soccer's Best Player for the second year in a row. (Hindi), TP Ashoka (Kannada), Urmi
Science & Defense
1. India successfully flight-tested its precision strike weapon Note: The three-stage solid propellant Agni-V missile has at Pokhran test range, Rajasthan--BrahMos. a strike range of 5000 Kilo meters and can carry a nuclear Note: The sleek supersonic cruise missile flies at almost warhead of more than one tones. The missile has been three times the speed of sound, at Mach 2.8. The BrahMos developed by the DRDO. is a medium-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile can 6. India has successfully test-fired nuclear capable ballistic be launched from submarine, ships, aircraft, or land.The missile as part of a user trial from a test range off the BrahMos has been developed as a joint venture between Odisha coast -- Agni-I. the Defence Research and Development Organisation 7. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) (DRDO) of India and the Federal State Unitary Enterprise successfully carried out its fourth and final orbit raising NPO Mashinostroyenia (NPOM) of Russia under BrahMos operation of -- IRNSS-1I. Aerospace. Note: The targeted perigee height is 35,381 km and 2. An indigenously built frigate of the Indian Navy has been apogee height at 35,793 km. Indian Regional Navigation decommissioned in Mumbai after over three decades of Satellite System, IRNSS-1I is the eighth and the last service --INS Ganga. navigation satellite in the constellation. Note:The ship represented a big step forward in the 8. NASA has launched two missions (GOLD Mission and nation's warship building capability.INS Ganga (F22) is a ICON mission) to explore the little-understood area of 96 Godavari-class guided-missile frigate of the Indian Navy, km above Earth’s surface. Note: The Global-scale Observations of the Limb and built by Mazagon Dock Limited in Mumbai.She was Disk (GOLD) (about 35,398 km) above the planet’s commissioned into the Indian Navy on 30th Dec 1985. surface mission will be launched in January 2018.The 3. The 5th Indo-Kyrgyzstan joint training exercise Ionospheric Connection Explorer (ICON) low-Earth concluded at Counter Insurgency Jungle Warfare School, orbit (at 560 km above Earth) will be launched later this Vairengte Mizoram --Khanjar V. year. GOLD and ICON will team up to explore the Note: The exercise was a success and has taught valuable ionosphere, a boundary area between Earth and the lessons to the troops of both the countries. space where particles have been cooked into a sea of electrically-charged electrons and ions by the Sun’s 4. ISRO has successfully launched a rocket carrying India’s radiation. 100th satellite. 9. India’s ballistic missile test-fired successfully from the Note: The 31 satellites with a combined weight of 1,323 Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast -- Agni-II. kilograms have been integrated with the PSLV-C40 for Note: The Strategic Forces Command with logistics deploying them in the earth's lower orbit after lift-off. The support from Defence Research Development Indian satellites are 710 kg Cartosat-2 series for Earth Organisation (DRDO) carried out the test. The Agni-II observation, a 100 kgs micro satellite and a five kg nano missile (21-metre long & weigh17 tonnes) can carry satellite. nuclear payload of 1000 kilograms with strike range of 5. India has successfully test-fired indigenously developed 2000 kilometres. long range Surface-to-Surface Ballistic Missile -- Agni-V.
Important News – India
1. The Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has commissioned and playing of the National Anthem in cinema halls and achieved design throughput of the world’s largest refinery public places. off the gas cracker at Jamnagar, Gujarat. Indian Railways have launched SFOORTI app for freight 2. The Union Home Minister has appointed B. R. Sharma managers. Committee to recommend changes in the existing laws of 3. The Matunga Rly station has figured in the ‘Limca 19. The state hosted the 8th edition of the International Book of Records 2018’ for having an all-woman staff. Conference on Wild Silk Moths -- Assam. 4. The 3rd Meeting of Council of Trade Development 20. The fourth edition of the India International Science and Promotion has been held in New Delhi. Festival will be held in Lucknow. 5. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has 21. The cultural extravaganza “2018 Bharat Parv” has been slashed international incoming call termination rate to organize at the Indian monument Red Fort. 30 paise from 53 paise. 22. Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal has launched 6. Madhya Pradesh hosted the Annual Conference of the three MCD’s mobile application App -- 311. Director Generals of Police (DGP) and Inspector 23. India’s first ever ‘Khadi Haat’ has launched in New Generals of Police (IGP) 2018. Delhi. 7. The 18th All India Whips’ Conference has been held Note: Khadi and Village Industries Commission in the Udaipur of India. (KVIC) and New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) 8. NITI Aayog has inaugurated the first Global Initiative have launched the India’s first-ever ‘Khadi Haat’ in on Academic Network (GIAN) course on Sustainable Connaught Place, New Delhi. Urban Planning at IIT, Kanpur’s outreach centre at 24. The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has Noida, Uttar Pradesh. planned to set up a ‘Social Media Communication Hub’ 9. According to the Global Aviation body the country, to help it keep a tab on trending news in districts and India has topped the domestic air passenger traffic gather feedback on the Centre’s flagship schemes. demand in 2017. 25. The 2018 International Bird Festival will be held in the 10. The Book “Majuli: Resources & Challenges” has been Dudhwa National Park. edited by the author --Sanjiv Kumar Borkakoti. 26. The Ministry of Electronics and Information 11. The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has Technology has launched “Stree Swabhiman” inaugurated a two-day International Workshop on initiative. Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (IWDRI) in New 27. Indian Navy has launched the third Scorpene class Delhi. submarine -- Karanj. 12. In the Talle Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh, a 28. ‘VINBAX-2018’ is first military exercise between India new moth species ‘Elcysma Ziroensis’ has been and Vietnam. discovered. 29. The 2018 Kala Ghoda Arts festival held in -- Mumbai, 13. The autobiography of Sanjay Manjrekar named -- Maharashtra. Imperfect. 30. The book written by the Prime Minister Narendra 14. The Ministry of Petroleum has launched the Modi and published by Penguin India -- Exam ‘Saksham-2018’ campaign to promote energy efficiency Warriors. in various sector of Indian Economy. 31. The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) has 15. Department of Commerce has signed a MoU with the signed an agreement with the World Bank for Jal Marg Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for setting-up of Vikas Project (JMVP) to enhance navigation on National an institutional mechanism for the integrated Waterway-1 from -- Varanasi to Haldia. development of Logistics sector in the country. 32. Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu has inaugurated the 16. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the first first International Kala Mela in -- New Delhi. Khelo India school Games in-- New Delhi. 33. According to the railway board, no diesel locomotive 17. The name of the computer launched for weather will be allowed in the Delhi area after -- March 2019. forecasting in Noida—Mihir 34. President Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated the 88th 18. The Union Home Ministry will set up Indian Cyber Mahamastakabhisheka Utsav of Lord Gommateshwara Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), an apex coordination in -- Karnataka. centre in New Delhi to deal with cybercrimes. 35. The airport has become the world’s busiest single- Note: The World Information Technology and Services runway airport -- Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Alliance is organizing Congress while the National airport. Alliance of Software and Services Companies and the 36. In Prime Minister’s Research Fellows scheme, Telangana state Government are jointly hosting the meritorious students of B. Tech and M. Tech to get prestigious event. fellowship every year -- 1000. 29. The Centre has constituted a committee headed by the 37. NCERT has collaborated with the internet company Vice Chairman of the NITI Aayog to study the Google to teach students digital safety. Brahmaputra and flood control measures in Assam and 38. The National Informatics Centre (NIC) has organizing a neighboring states -- Mr Rajiv Kumar. three-day National Meet on Grassroot Informatics- 30. India Posts has started limited period online survey to VIVID 2018 in-- New Delhi. gather consumer feedback on its services. 39. India most famous captain Sourav Ganguly unveiled the 31. Agriculture Minister launches new features of National first look of his autobiography titled -- A Century is Agriculture Market (e-NAM) platform -- Six. Not Enough. 32. The Union Minister Uma Bharti has launched the Bagori 40. Recently, the Union Home Minister ‘Rajnath Singh’ has Ganga Gram project, New Swajal Project and Gangotri released a book titled -- Mere Sapnon ka Bharat. as Swachh Iconic Place in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. 41. The Union Minister of State Shri R.K Singh has launched 33. Veteran Tamil actor has launched his political party a Web-based monitoring System and a Fly Ash mobile ‘Makkal Neethi Maiyam’ (People's Justice Centre) -- application -- ASH TRACK. Kamal Haasan. 42. NITI Aayog has released a comprehensive report titled 34. The 7th edition of the Youth Festival has started with in the national capital --Healthy States, Progressive theme “Let Love Live” in -- New Delhi. India. Note: The main purpose of this fest is to promote 43. The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has young performers. inaugurated the sixth edition of Hunar Haat. 35. The joint military drill between India & Indonesia in 44. The city to host the 2nd edition of National Micro Bandung -- Garuda Shakti. Drama Festival-2018 -- New Delhi. 36. India has signed an agreement with Germany for 22. The World Sustainable Development Summit -2018 Sustainable Urban Development programme & Smart held in - New Delhi. Cities in India. 23. The international exhibition and conference on 37. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has Pharmaceutical & Medical Device sector ‘India Pharma launched the blue color cards -- Baal Aadhaar. & India Medical Device 2018’ in -- Bengaluru. 38. A two- day International Conference on Sustainable 24. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has inaugurated the Biofuels held in -- New Delhi. 8th edition of the Theatre Olympics in ___Delhi. 40. The Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has launched a 25. The Union govt. has extended the anti-narcotics scheme mobile App and Toll-free Emergency number for for -- 3 more years. Highway users in New Delhi -- ‘Sukhad Yatra App’ & 26. India's second lunar mission Chandrayan-2 to be 1033. launched in -- April 2018. 41. Discover the methane gas flares and active cold seeps 27. Four places in Chhattisgarh will get airports as part of from the seabed in the Krishna Godavari basin in the the UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) scheme -- Bay of Bengal-- CSIR-National Institute of Ambikapur, Bilaspur, Jagdalpur and Raigarh. Oceanography (NIO), Goa. Note: UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) is a regional 42. Information and Broadcasting minister Smriti Irani has airport development and "Regional Connectivity released a book in print and online versions-- India- Scheme" (RCS) of Government of India. At the 2018. beginning of the scheme, out of total 486 airports, 406 43. The registration for annual two months Yatra were participating unserved airports,27 well served Amarnath Yatra has begun through 440 branches of airports out of 62 non-RCS airports and 12 operational Punjab National Bank, Jammu and Kashmir Bank and out of 18 participating underserved regional YES Bank across the country. operational airports with regular fixed-wing scheduled 44. The Women and Child Development Ministry has flights. approved projects worth over Rs 2,900 crore under the 28. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the fund for eight major cities to make them safer for prestigious World Congress on Information Technology women --Nirbhaya fund. through a video link in Hyderabad. 45. The Andaman Nicobar command is organizing biennial get-together of foreign navies at Port --‘Milan-2018’. 46. The Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) 62. Five-day Festival of Innovation and Entrepreneurship has invited suggestions on rationalizing curriculum to and present Gandhian Young Technological Innovation ensure all round development of students of -- class 1 awards at -- Rashtrapati Bhavan New Delhi. to 12th. 63. The chief of the Army Staff ‘General Bipin Rawat’ has 47. As per Global Fire Power Index (GFPI-2017), India’s released a book on Paramveer Chakra Awardee -- rank in the world in terms of military power-- 4th. Paramveer Parwane. Note: There are 133 countries included in the Global Note: The book is written by Dr. Prabhakiran Jain and Firepower (GFP) list 2017 on the basis of their global published by ‘Medha Books’.The book illustrates the military powers. Pakistan ranked 13th in the Global bravery of Paramveer Chakra Awardees from 1947 to Firepower (GFP) list 201 1965. 48. The National Film Archives of India (NFAI) will 64. The University Grant Commission (UGC) has accorded organize a Women's Film Festival at Pune. autonomy to higher education institutions -- 60. 49. The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises 65. Third edition of National Conclave on Mines and ministry has launched Portal for women entrepreneurs Minerals held in -- New Delhi. of India-- Udyam Sakhi. 66. The first National workshop to implement the 50. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the campaign in a fast track mode across the country held pan-India expansion of flagship programme “Beti in New Delhi -- Poshan Abhiyaan Bachao Beti Padhao” from -- Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan. 67. The world’s largest solar park has launched in the state 51. Animal Welfare Board of India headquarters shifted to - -- Karnataka. - Ballabhgarh, Haryana. 68. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation 52. The city to host the 2018 National Legislators (IRCTC) has introduced billing through Point of Sale Conference -- New Delhi. (POS) hand-held machines in trains to check 53. The country’s first state-led incubator for women overcharging by vendors. entrepreneurs launched in Telangana. 69. The Air India has introduced a direct thrice a week 54. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President flight from New Delhi to Tel Aviv, Israel. Emmanuel Macron inaugurated the 75 MW solar power 70. The Union Cabinet has approved the launch of National plant in -- Mirzapur. Health Protection mission -- Ayushman Bharat. 55. The union govt. has constituted a three-member 71. The union govt has declared 2018 as National Year of -- Mahanadi Water Disputes Tribunal for the dispute Millets. between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over sharing the 72. The Union Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot has launched river's water -- Justice AM Khanwilkar. the first Indian Sign Language (ISL) of three thousand 56. India’s tallest national flag has been unfurled in -- words Dictionary in -- New Delhi. Belagavi,Karnataka. 73. The three-day International Yoga Fest ended on an 57. The annual ‘Krishi Unnati Mela’ was held at the Indian enthusiastic note in New Delhi. Agricultural Research institute in -- New Delhi. 74. The7th India-Egypt Joint Commission was held in New 58. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated Delhi. the 105th session of Indian Science Congress in _____ 75. The first-ever international exhibition of graphic prints Imphal, Manipur. ‘Print Biennale India - 2018’ has begun in New Delhi. 59. Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) is 76. The Union minister has inaugurated ‘Saras Aajeevika organizing fortnight long camps across the country to Mela’ at -- Pragati Maidan,New Delhi. fast-track GST refunds to exporters. 77. India has become world’s third largest electricity 60. NITI Aayog has released comprehensive roadmaps and producer. detailed timelines for its initiative Sustainable Action 78. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has won an for Transforming Human Capital in Education (SATH-E) order for setting up a 75 MW Solar Photovoltaic (SPV) project in New Delhi. power plant in Gujarat, against stiff international Note: It will introduce system-wide governance bidding. transformation in School Education. The roadmaps will 79. India replaced Vietnam to become the second-largest operate between 2018 to 2020. producer of mobile phones in 2017. 61. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has 80. Asia's largest startup ecosystem congregation ‘Huddle launched a mobile application for airport passengers -- Kerala’ will be held at -- Kovalam. Lost and Found. 81. Prakash Javadekar has released INDIA RANKINGS 2018 for Higher Educational Institutions and presented awards to the institutions under the National 99. The union Home Minister ‘Rajnath Singh’ has launched Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF). the web-based application -- e-FRRO (e-Foreigners 82. Suresh Prabhu has launched digital initiatives for ease Regional Registration Office). of exports at New Delhi. 100. India Mobile Congress will be held from 25th to 83. Indo-Korean joint anti-piracy, search and rescue 27th of October this year at Aerocity, New Delhi. exercise has been conducted at the Chennai coast 101. The three days Home Expo India 2018 at India __'SAHYOG- HYEOBLYEOG 2018'. Expo Centre & Mart -- Greater Noida. 84. The Union Minister for Railways and Coal Shri Piyush 102. Manoj Sinha has launched the DARPAN (Digital Goyal has launched a app for Coal Quality Monitoring – Advancement of Rural Post Office for a New India)-PLI 'UTTAM App’. App in New Delhi. 85. India’s institute has been adjudged the overall best 103. Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Indian university in National Institutional Ranking has introduced an updated 'QR code' that holds non- Framework (NIRF-2018) -- Indian Institute of sensitive details like name, address, photo, and date of Science, Bengaluru. birth, and can be used for offline user verification without the 12-digit ID number. 86. The Tamil Nadu govt. has launched the bi-lingual 104. The GITC (Global IT Challenge for Youth with ‘Uzhavan’ (farmer) app, to access nine types of services. Disabilities)- 2018 will be held during 8th to 11th 87. The Tripura hosted the first meeting of NITI Forum for November 2018 in New Delhi. North East. 105. Vijay Goel inaugurated the new office of Central 88. The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has Project Monitoring Unit for the e-Vidhan project of the inaugurated the regional hub complex of the elite anti- Government at the Parliament House Annexe __ terror force National Security Guard (NSG) at -- 106. Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has launched Pocket Cop Ibrahimpatnam, Hyderabad. Project under which 4900 smartphones with mobile 89. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has inaugurated the internet connectivity will be handed over to two -day scientific convention on the World investigating officers. Homoeopathy Day (WHD) in-- New Delhi. of criminals, missing persons and stolen vehicles. It will 90. Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari has inaugurated be given to the police personnel, including every police 3-day International Conference on Human Rights in 107. The first-ever Indian Filmmaker to get a place at South Asia in -- Kathmandu, Nepal. the famous Madame Tussauds -- Karan Johar. 91. PM Narendra Modi participated in the concluding Note: The process has begun in London and it will take ceremony of Centenary of Mahatma Gandhi’s about six months for the wax figurine to be ready. Champaran Satyagraha at Motihari in East Champaran 108. The New Delhi city hosted the 2018 Secure India district, Bihar. Conclave. 92. The ‘DefExpo India- 2018’ (tenth edition) held at -- Note: The event presented a unique encapsulation of Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu. prevalent issues in India’s internal security and would 93. A three-day long 'Happy Cities Summit 2018' in -- serve as a current and exhaustive update for those Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh. attending the conclave. 94. NCERT (National Council Of Educational Research 109. The panchayat has been declared as the India’s best And Training) has published the information about panchayat-- Digambarpur gram, West Bengal. Childline helplines and POCSO e-box for children in all 110. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the course books from Class 6 to 12. ‘Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan’ at Ram Nagar in 95. National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has Madhya Pradesh. signed an agreement for the upgradation of Yagyi – 111. The Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Kalewa section of highway in Myanmar. has launched a Mobile App ‘m-Awas’ for allotment of 96. The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Government accommodations in General Pool successfully launches navigation satellite by PSLV-C41 Residential Accommodation (GPRA). from Sri harikota -- IRNSS1I. 112. The coastal security exercise ‘Sagar Kavach’ was 97. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Dr. held along Kerala shores. Ambedkar National Memorial in -- New Delhi. 113. Dr. Sameer Sharma has authored the Book ‘Smart 98. The union govt. has constituted a task force for fast- Cities Unbundled’. tracking the roll-out of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) 114. The ministry has launched the second edition of the technology under the chairmanship of -- Jayant Sinha. Unnat Bharat Abhiyan in New Delhi -- Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry. 115. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has Note: Godrej Aerospace had completed the supply of its released a book titled -- My Journey from Marxism- 100th airframe for the missile. Leninism to Nehruvian Socialism. 125. According to the NGT, Art of Living 116. The Indian and Malaysian armies hold a two-week Foundation(ALF) is responsible for the damage military exercise in Malaysia -- HARIMAU SHAKTI- 2018. caused to the Yamuna floodplains in terms of the report 117. Dalmia Bharat Limited has signed an MoU submitted by the expert committee. (memorandum of understanding) with the Tourism 126. The Ministry of health and Family welfare has Ministry to take up Red Fort (in Delhi) and Gandikota signed MoU with Rotary India to achieve immunization Fort (in Andhra Pradesh) under the ‘Adopt a Heritage’ target. project. 127. The Kacheguda railway station has earned the unique distinction of being the First Energy Efficient 118. The 7th edition of the Kathakar - International ‘A1 Category’ Railway Station on Indian Railways. Storytellers Festival’ begins at the Indira Gandhi 128. The Union Ministry of Railways has introduced an National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi. online bill tracking system for vendors and contractors Note: The festival was started under the aegis of -- Indian Railways E-Procurement System (IREPS). UNESCO in 2010.It is the only oral storytelling festival 129. The Home Ministry has released Rs 174 crore to six in India and is a part of Ghummakkad Narain- the states having an international border for development Travelling Literature Festival. of infrastructure in forwarding areas under the -- 119. A combined military exercise ‘Ajeya Warrior- 2017’ Border Area Development Programme (BADP). between India and the UK begins in -- Rajasthan. 130. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has commissioned Note: The exercise is being held in the Mahajan Field India's modern conventional submarine INS Kalvari Firing Range near Bikaner of Rajasthan.The objective of into Navy's fleet in Mumbai. this exercise is to increase mutual cooperation and 131. The union health ministry Jagat Prakash Nadda coordination between the two countries. has launched a door-to-door campaign for early 120. The 22nd meeting of the Small Farmers’ Agri- diagnosis, detection and treatment of Tuberculosis Business Consortium held in -- New Delhi. (TB). Note: The Small Farmers Agribusiness Consortium 132. The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for (SFAC) is an autonomous society established in 1994 MSME Shri Giriraj Singh has launched Public and is registered under Societies Registration Act 1860. Procurement Portal MSME Sambandh for Public 121. The first International Exhibition and Conference Procurement Portal for MSMEs. on AYUSH and Wellness sector- AROGYA 2017 held in -- 133. The Union Minister of Law & Justice and Electronics New Delhi. & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad has Note: The theme of the conference is ‘Enhancing the launched the -- NIC-CERT. global potential of Ayush’. AYUSH is the acronym of - 134. Vice- President ‘M Venkaiah Naidu’ has inaugurated Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and the third World Telugu Conference in Hyderabad. Homoeopathy. 135. Supreme Court extends deadline for Aadhaar 122. India’s largest floating Solar Power plant is linkage up to 31st March 2018. inaugurated in Kerala. 136. According to the National Green Tribunal (NGT) Note: The plant is built at Banasura Sagar dam Kerala. revised order, Construction activities will be prohibited The capacity of the plant is 260 watts, a 500-kilovolt- within 50 meters from the edge of river Ganga in hilly ampere (KVA) transformer and 17 inverters. It also areas. consists of 1,938 solar panels. 137. The Skill Development Ministry have signed an 123. The district of Uttar Pradesh has been included in agreement with the company to impart training to the National Capital Region (NCR) -- Shamli. youth and enhance their employment potential in New Note: The decision was taken by the 37th meeting of Delhi -- Maruti Suzuki. the National Capital Region Planning Board.Now there 138. India’s first-ever National Rail and Transport are total 23 districts which come under the National University (NRTU) will set up in Vadodara (Gujarat). Capital Region. 139. Indian city Delhi has been ranked 7th in most 124. Godrej Aerospace has won the deal from BrahMos expensive office locations list. Aerospace Pvt. Ltd. (BAPL) for supply of additional 100 140. The Union Government has launched the project at units airframe fuel management systems for BrahMos Ganga Gram Swachata Sammelan (GGSS-2017) -- Air-Launched Cruise Missile. Ganga Gram. 141. The Minister of communications Manoj Sinha has 145. India Coffee Trust in association with the Coffee launched to improve level of postal services for rural Board has announced the 7th India International Coffee customers --‘DARPAN’ (The Digital Advancement of Festival(IICF) to be held in -- Bengaluru. Rural Post Office for A New India). 146. India's first design university 'World University of 142. The National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority Design' opened its campus at Sonipat, Haryana. (NPPA) has fixed the prices of essential medicines 147. Atal Innovation Mission has selected 1500 schools under Drugs (Prices Control) Order,2013. for setting up of Atal Tinkering Labs across India. 143. India has signed an agreement with the country to 148. India to get its first runway on sea-bridge at -- allow automatic sharing of tax-related information Lakshadweep from this month-- Switzerland. 149. India and Afghanistan launch second air cargo 144. Information Technology (CEIT) at Al Azhar route, linking Kabul with – Mumbai. University (Egypt's highest religious authority).
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The country hosted the World ATM Congress (WATMC- relations in the field of agriculture at Suratgarh, 2018) -- Spain. Rajasthan. 56. The United States and Israeli military have launched a 31. The world’s first country to repeal same-sex marriage -- month-long joint military drill -- Juniper Cobra 2018. Bermuda. 57. The country to host the first-ever International Solar 32. Former Prime Minister of Bangladesh has been Alliance (ISA) summit -- India. sentenced to five years in jail in a corruption case in 58. The first-ever multi-nation naval exercise at sea was held Dhaka __Begum Khaleda Zia. at the Andaman sea -- MILES-18. 33. India, Oman sign MoUs including in the defence, health 59. Russia successfully launched its new hypersonic Kinzhal and tourism sectors -- eight. missile. 34. Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has 60. United States has challenged Indian export subsidies launched the world’s smallest rocket from the Uchinoura schemes at the World Trade Organization (WTO). Space Center in Kagoshima prefecture, Japan. 61. Prime minister of Slovenian has resigned after the 35. The annual Munich Security Conference held in Munich, supreme court annulled the result of a September Germany. referendum that approved a 1-billion-euro railway 36. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) suspended project -- Miro Cerar. Romania's drug-testing laboratory for -- six months. 62. India’s President Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated the 37. The women of Saudi Arabia can launch their own World Hindi Secretariat (WHS) in Port businesses and benefit from governmental e-services Louis(Mauritius). without having to prove consent from a guardian. 63. Qatar has announced a 50 million USD donation to the 38. The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit United Nations Relief and Works Agency(UNRWA) for will be held this year in the city of Qingdao in China. Palestine Refugees. 39. The UK- India Joint research projects on Water Quality 64. According to the United Nations Committee for Research and Energy Demand Reduction in Built Development Policy, four countries will be recommended Environment were launched in New Delhi. for graduation from the least developed country (LDC) 40. The country will debut with its first ever Arab Fashion category -- Bhutan, Kiribati, Sao Tome & Principe and Week in -- Riyadh,Saudi Arabia. Solomon Islands. 41. Singapore has declared to impose a ‘carbon tax’ from 65. Informal world Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial 2019 to cut its greenhouse gas emissions. meeting begins in New Delhi. Note:The tax would be levied on all facilities producing Note: The informal meeting will provide an opportunity 25,000 tonnes or more of greenhouse gas emissions a for ministers to explore in greater detail the options on year. different issues for re-invigorating the WTO.This is the 42. The India International Textiles Expo (IITExpo) held in -- second WTO mini-ministerial meeting being hosted by Colombo. India (first in 2009). 43. India will co-host the first International Solar Alliance (ISA) summit with the country-- France. 66. China has increased tariffs by up to 25% on 128 U S 44. The 23rd edition of the World Congress on Information products from frozen pork and wine. Technology (WCIT-2019) will be held in -- Yerevan, Note: The tariffs affecting some 3 billion US Dollars of Armenia. imports was to safeguard China's interests and balance Note: The WCIT is the largest and the most reputable losses caused by new US tariffs.Its duties were aimed at international event among worldwide IT leaders. Steel and Aluminum imports that it deemed a threat to 45. The scientists have identified a new shark species US national security. Hexanchus vitulus in the Atlantic Ocean. 67. The union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj 46. The country to host the 2018 SAARC Business Leaders’ participated in the three-day Mid-Term Ministerial Conclave --Nepal. Meeting of the 18th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in 47. China has been elected as vice chair of Financial Action Azerbaijan. Task Force (FATF). Note: The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a group of 49. Earth Hour is a worldwide movement organized by the states that are not formally aligned with or against any World-Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). major power bloc. 50. India receives the first consignment of LNG from the 68. Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe United States. comfortably won the no-confidence motion against him 51. The 12-day mega annual cultural festival 'India by the in voting held in Parliament. Nile' has begun in Cairo. Note: In the Parliament (225-member), 122 members 52. India’s biggest crude oil supplier by overtaking Saudi voted against the motion, while 76 voted in favor. The Arabia in this financial year -- Iraq. motion was brought by the Opposition group accusing Note: Iraq supplied 38.9 million tonnes (MT) of oil, the Prime Minister’s party of involvement in the bond which was more than 20% of country’s oil needs. scam. 53. China will build a train line connecting the Iranian port 69. Azerbaijan to host the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) of Bushehr to the rest of the country's railway network. Mid-Term Ministerial Conference 2018. Note: The Indian delegation will be led by External 92. Iran President Hassan Rouhani has inaugurated the first Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. The Non-Aligned phase of the Chabahar port project which is known as the Movement includes 120 states. Seventeen states and 10 -- Shahid Beheshti port. international organizations hold observer status of NAM. 93. The United States has withdrawn itself from a United 70. Qatar is introducing national service for women for the Nations Migrant & Refugee pact. to improve the handling first time. of migrant and refugee situations. 71. The joint military exercise “Desert Tiger 5” was held Note: In August 2017, the United States pulled out of the between -- UAE & Malaysia. Paris-based culture and education body.The US has also 72. Hungary's right-wing Prime Minister Viktor Orban has withdrawn from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and claimed a landslide victory in general election. UNESCO, the UN organization which aims to improve 73. India has signed a pact with Morocco on evaluation of education and preserve cultural heritage worldwide. potential mineral of resources and promoting 94. An international conference on climate change started in exploration and mining through participation of both --Nepal. public and private sector in New Delhi. 95. The 3rd edition of the Dialogue between the NITI Aayog 74. World's largest solar park to come up in the state -- and the Development Research Council of China was held Gujarat. in___ Beijing, China. 75. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for life from holding any 96. India and the country have signed Memorandum of public office. Understanding (MoU) for enhanced cooperation in the 76. The Saudi Arabia is hosting the 29th Arab League health sector__ Cuba. Summit 2018 to promote Arab joint action to address 97. The country hosted the 7th International Ground Water challenges facing the nation. Conference-2017 on ground water Vision 2030 --India. 77. The famous nine days annual festival is being celebrated 98. The country has officially recognized Jerusalem as the in Nepal -- Bisket Jatra. capital of Israel -- United States. 78. NASA has launched a washing machine-sized spacecraft 99. Festival of Buddhist Heritage” -- India. that aims to vastly expand mankind's search for planets 100. Saudi Arabia has announced the lifting of ban on beyond the solar system -- Transiting Exoplanet movie theatres. Survey Satellite (TESS). 101. The ASEAN India Connectivity Summit (AICS) was 79. United Nations will launch the ‘UN Road Safety Trust held in -- New Delhi. Fund’ to stimulate action that can save lives and prevent 102. The world's first country Norway to shut down injuries & sufferings associated with road accidents. national broadcasts of its FM network by completing its 80. French President Emmanuel Macron has announced to contribute 61.9 million dollars toward urgent transition to digital radio. humanitarian aid for Syria. 103. The two-week long Indo-Maldives joint military 81. The country will host the meeting of the Council of exercise Ekuverin has begun at Belagavi, Bengaluru. foreign ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation 104. The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared Organisation (SCO) -- China. central African country ‘polio-free country’ -- Gabon. 82. Canada and European Union (EU) will host the two 105. The country has announced to extending a pilot days world's first female foreign ministers' meeting on student visa scheme to 23 more universities -- UK govt. September 21st in Canada. 83. Indian will tie up with United states and Finland to 106. The country will host a meeting of WTO member develop a pollution-forecast system. countries in February to muster support for food 84. Bangladesh's first satellite Bangabandhu-1 will be security and other issues -- India. launched on 7th May this year. 107. Telecom operator has signed an agreement with 85. Kim Jong-un has become the first leader to set foot in Millicom International Cellular S.A. to acquire its South Korea since the end of the Korean War in 1953. Rwanda’s operation ‘Tigo Rwanda’ -- Bharti Airtel 86. The two-day India-Nepal Inter Governmental Limited. Committee (IGC) meeting on trade, transit, and cooperation to Control Unauthorized Trade held in 108. India has topped the list of people living abroad at Kathmandu, Nepal. 17 million with about 5 million Indians residing in the 87. The Maharashtra govt. has signed an MoU with the Gulf region alone. British Council to strengthen educational and cultural 109. The Indian Navy deployed a submarine and the P8I cooperation. long-range maritime aircraft for a bilateral naval exercise 88. Two days International Buddhist Conference concluded with the --Omani navy. in Lumbini, Nepal. 89. India has re-elected to the Council of the International 110. The 17th 2-day Indian Science Communication Maritime Organization. Congress (ISCC-2017) held in -- New Delhi. 90. The United States & South Korea has started their largest 111. India and Myanmar have signed pact for socio- Air exercise in Seoul, South Korea --Vigilant Ace. economic development of Rakhine State. 91. The 16th Meeting of the Heads of Government Council of 112. The social-media network Facebook is changing the Shanghai Cooperation Organization held in -- Sochi, how it identifies "fake news" stories on its platform to a Russia. more effective system. 113. China has launched the world’s largest amphibious 115. Guatemala’s President Jimmy Morales has aircraft “AG600” --. announced that it would be moving its embassy in Israel 114. An American electronic commerce and cloud from Tel Aviv to -- Jerusalem. computing company has bought an Andover, 116. The city to host the annual meeting of World Massachusetts-based company 'Blink' that makes Economic Forum (WEF) 2018 -- Davos. Internet-connected doorbells and security cameras -- Amazon.
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