Current Affairs - May to October 2017 Month October 2017 Type Persons on Visit/In News 198 Current Affairs were found in Last Six Months for Type - Persons on Visit/In News Persons 1. Nepalese mountaineer Lhakpa Sherpa has set up new world record (by breaking previous record of her own) for most Everest summits by a woman, after scaling Everest for 8th time. 2. 10-year-old Kaamya Karthikeyan from Visakhapatnam became Youngest to climb Mount Stok Kangri with height 6,153 metres. 3. 11 year old Indian origin boy in UK Arnav Sharma secured top possible score of 162 on a Mensa IQ test, 2 points higher than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Last Month, 12 years old Indian Raj Gauri Pawar also scored 162 on same IQ TEST 4. 12 years old Indian Raj Gauri Pawar scored incredible 162 in British Mensa (largest and oldest high IQ society in the World). It beats Albert Einstein’s estimated score and that of professor Stephen Hawking, who scored 160. 5. 12-year-old Indian-origin boy Rahul Doshi has been crowned as UK’s ‘Child Genius’ in a popular television quiz competition - Channel 4 show ‘Child Genius’. 6. 14-year old Indian - American Student Pranay Varada won Prestigious National Geographic Bee competition. He gets $ 50,000 in scholarship and other prizes. Thomas Wright was declared runner up. 7. 2016 Rio Olympics silver medallist P V Sindhu has been appointed a Group-I officer in Andhra Pradesh. 8. 38-year-old Sikh lawyer Jagmeet Singh became first non-white politician to head a major political party in Canada - New Democratic Party. 9. 95 Year old Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh) of UK has permanently retired from royal duties. 10. Freedom of Oxford honour bestowed on Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi in 1997 by Oxford city has been withdrawn as a rection to her perceived response to plight of Rohingya muslims in Myanmar. Aung San Suu Kyi’s name from Junior Common Room in North Oxford (England) has also been removed. 11. A documentary on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, titled ‘An Insignificant Man’, is to be released in November 2017. 12. According to Forbes magazine, Jeff Bezos (Amazon CEO) Surpassed Bill Gates as richest person in world with worth $90.6 billion, compared to Gates' $90.1 billion Worth. 13. Actor Hritik Roshan signed as a brand ambassador by a health and wellness startup Cure.fit, with deal worth Rs 100 crores. 14. Actor Kamal Haasan has been appointed as brand ambassador of team Tamil Thalaivas in 5th season of Pro Kabbadi League. 15. Actress Vidya Balan has been named ambassador of Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) to be held in August 2017. 16. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan became first female actor to hoist Indian National Flag at the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), Australia’s annual celebration of film from India and subcontinent. 17. Amazon signed deal with Bollywood actor Salman Khan to premiere his all future films first exclusively on Amazon Prime Video right after theatrical release. 18. American E-Commerce Firm Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos took over Bill Gates to become World's richest person with worth of approx 91 Billion USD. Although he slipped back to second place in a few hours. 19. American Singer Chester Bennington, member of Noted Music Band Linkin Park has passed away. 20. American astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to earth after 288-day long mission in space. She now holds record as oldest female astronaut in history of space exploration and record for most spacewalks by a woman. 21. Ananya Vinay, 12-year-old Indian-American girl won 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee competition of the USA. Ananya became 13t Indian-American in a row to win this spelling bee competition. 22. Anil Madhav Dave, Current Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change has passed away. Upon his sudden demise, Dr. Harsh Vardhan (Minister of Science and Technology) has been Given additional charge of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. 23. Ann Linde, Swedish Minister for Trade and EU Affairs and Foreign Affairs visited India for 18th Session of India-Sweden Joint Commission for Economic, Industrial and Scientific Cooperation (JCEC) held in New Delhi. 24. Anshu Jamsenpa (Arunachal Pradesh) became first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest for fourth time. 25. Anup Vikal resigned as e-Commerce Firm Snapdeal’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and General Counsel. 26. Arjan Singh , The Sole Marshal of Indian Air Force (IAF) passed away. He was granted honorary rank of Marshal (highest IAF rank attainable). 27. Arunachal Pradesh's serving Health and Family Welfare Minister Jomde Kena passed away. 28. Ashish Kashyap resigned as President and Co-founder of Travel Major MakeMyTrip 29. Asian Development Bank President Takehiko Nakao Visited India and Committed USD 10 billion support for infrastructure building and immediate development needs of less-developed states in India over next 5 - 6 years. 30. Australia’s Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Steven Ciobo visited India, to participate in second Australia Business Week. 31. Bank of England unveiled a new £10 plastic note featuring a portrait of British novelist Jane Austen. 32. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko visited India, marking 25 years of establishment of diplomatic relations between Belarus and India. India and Belarus signed 10 Cooperation agreements during this visit. MOUs Signed for cooperation in Oil and Gas, Agricultural Research and Education, culture, Sports, Vocational Education and Training, Potash Exploration and Scientific Research. 33. Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind has been chosen by Rulling National Democratic Alliance as its Presidential Candidate. 34. Bollywood Actor Salman Khan received a Global Diversity Award at Britain’s House of Commons. 35. Bollywood actor Inder Kumar passed away. 36. Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp resigned from Whatsapp to start a non-profit venture of his own. 37. British Actor Roger Moore passed away, best known for playing Noted Character James Bond. 38. British Author and Harry Potter Character creator JK Rowling has been named world’s most highly-paid author with earnings of £72.2m ($95m). 39. China’s Noted political prisoner and Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo passed away. Liu was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize for his non- violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China. 40. Country's oldest cinematographer Ramanda Sengupta passed away at age 101 years. 41. Credit Card Services Major American Express's CEO CEO Kenneth Chenault would step down in 2018 after 16 years term. 42. Darshan Lal became first Hindu Minsiter in Pakistan's Cabinet in past 20 years. He would head coordination between 4 Pakistani provinces. 43. Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan Rashid Meredov Visited India. It was decided that New Delhi will host next steering committee meeting of proposed 1,814 kilometre-long Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline. 44. Deputy Prime Minister of the Russia Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin Visited India, to participate in India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) in New Delhi. 45. Dr. KS Chugh, Noted as father of nephrology in India has passed away. 46. Dronacharya Awardee Wrestler Chand Roop passed away. 47. Egyptian Swimmer Omar Hegazy became first amputee to swim across Red Se’s 20 km Aqaba Gulf from Egypt to Jordan. 48. Elyor Ganiev, Minister of Foreign Trade of Uzbekistan visited India. 49. Emma Stone named as Hollywood’s best-paid female actor in Forbes annual list of top earners, having made over $26m in last 12 months. 50. Facebook India MD Umang Bedi resigned, with Sandeep Bhushan appointed as interim Facebook India MD. 51. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg received an honorary doctorate degree from Harvard University. 52. Famous blue-bordered sari of Mother Teresa, who has been canonized as Saint Teresa of Calcutta by Vatican, has been recognized as an Intellectual Property of the Missionaries of Charity. This is the first time that a uniform has been made the intellectual property. 53. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley visited Paris (France) to participate in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) meetings and bilateral talks. 54. Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Salahuddin Rabbani Visited India and signed 4 agreements. He participated in 2nd India-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Council held in New Delhi. 55. Former Chancellor of Germany, Helmut Kohl passed away. He is known as father of German unification as he was responsible for unifying Germany after 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall despite facing stiff resistance. 56. Former Chief Minister of Manipur, Rishang Keishing passed away. 57. Former Greek Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis passed away. 58. Former Indian powerlifter and medalist Kavita Devi will become first Indian woman to compete in USA'S WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). 59. Former Karnataka Chief Minister N. Dharam Singh passed away. 60. Former Noted Australian Tennis player Mervyn Rose passed away. 61. Former Puducherry Chief Minister S. Ramaswamy passed away. 62. Former Sikkim Chief Minister Nar Bahadur Bhandari passes away. 63. Former UN General Assembly President Miguel D'Escoto Brockmann (Nicaragua) passed away. 64. Former Union minister Purushottam Lal Kaushik passed away. He served as tourism, civil aviation and Information and Broadcasting Minister during 1977 - 1980. 65. French businesswoman and chief of of cosmetics giant L’Oreal, Liliane Bettencourt passed away. She is world’s richest woman with net worth $39.5 billion. 66. Google CEO Sundar Pichai joined board of directors of Alphabet, Google’s parent company. Pichai has efficiently led Google for past 2 years. 67. Government appointed Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan as ambassador for promotion of Goods and Services Tax (GST), the sweeping tax reform which is to be implemented from July 1, 2017.