Current affairs gist-2017 Page 1 Current affairs gist-2017 Who is the winner of 2017 Mother Teresa Memorial award for social justice-- Priyanka chopra Who is the miss universe 2017-- Leigh Nel-Peters Who is the present CAG (comptroller and auditor general of India) ---Rajiv Mehrishi Who is the winner of Miss World 2017---Manushi chhillar from India Who is the winner of miss earth 2017--karen ibasco from Philippines Who is the winner of 2017 jnanpith award --Krishna sobti India government's project for relief to rohingya refugee--operation insaniyat Who is the winner of 2017 formula1 championship--Lewis Hamilton Which country recently grant citizenship to humanoid robot "Sofia"--Saudi Arabia Which team won Asia cup hockey 2017-- India (Runner-up: malaysia) Which country won asia cup women's hockey 2017-- India Who won 2017 Fifa Men's player of the year-- Cristiano Ronaldo Who won 2017 Fifa Women's player of the year-- Lieke Martens who is the chief guest of 2017 republic day parade-- Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan(Abu Dhabi Crown Prince). Page 2 Current affairs gist-2017 2017 Australian open womens title winner--Serena williams 2017 Wimbledon womens title winner--Garbine Muguruza 2017 Australian open mens title winner-- Roger federer 2017 Wimbledon mens title winner--Roger federer Who is the newly appointed secretary general of UNITED NATIONS-- Antonio Guterres Recently elected Uttar pradesh chief minister-- Yogi Adityanath Newly elected Goa Chief Minister -- Manohar Parrikar Who is the present punjab Chief minister--Amarinder Singh Recently elected uttarakhand chief ministe--Trivendra Singh Rawat Newly appointed Chief of Air staff --Birender Singh Dhanoa Recently appointed SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) chairman-- Ajay Tyagi Who is the present Supreme Court Chief Justice of India (appointed from jan- 2017)--Dipak Misra Who is the chief of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) --Anil Dhasmana Who is the chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB) -- Rajiv Jain Page 3 Current affairs gist-2017 Who is the chief of CBI--Alok Verma ______________________________________________________ Winner of indian open badminton 2017--P V Sindhu India's longest Bridge--Dhola -sadiya bridge(Assam) First Indian who won asian squash title -- Joshna Chinappa Who is the winner of "2017 World Snooker Championship"--Mark Selby from England Recently elected French President--Emmanuel Macron Winner of sultan azlan shah cup 2017--Britain( Runner-up: Australia, Third place: India) Who won 2017 phalke award --Kasinathuni Viswanath 2017 French open Mixed doubles winner--Rohan Bopanna(India) & Gabriela Dabrowski from canada. Recently elected ireland prime minister--Leo Varadkar Recently appointed chief election commissioner of india--Achal Kumar Joti. Who is the winner of 2017 man booker International prize-- David Grossman (book: A Horse Walks Into a Bar) [translated by Jessica cohen] Page 4 Current affairs gist-2017 Who is the winner of 2017 man booker prize(booker prize)--George saunders(book: lincoln in the bardo) Which cricket team won 2017 champions trophy--Pakistan 2017 womens ICC cricket worldcup winner--England (defeated India) Newly elected president of INDIA--Ram Nath Kovind Here is the venue for 2024 Olympics--Paris Where is the venue for 2028 Olympics--los angeles Recently elected, first women president of Singapore--Halimah Yacob Nobel prize 2017 winners 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics--Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish, Kip S. Thorne 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry --Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank, Richard Henderson 2017 Nobel prize in medicine-- Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash, Michael W. Young 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature--Kazuo Ishiguro 2017 Nobel Peace Prize--International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) 2017 Economics Nobel prize--Richard H. Thaler ______________________________________________________ Page 5 Current affairs gist-2017 Who has been recently appointed as the new chairman of central board of excise & customs--Vanaja Sarna India’s 1st International centre for food & mouth disease (ICFMD) has been set up in which Indian state--Odisha RBI will soon put into circulation new Rs 5 coins to celebrate 150th anniversary of--Allahabad High Court Which state has conducted the country’s 1st ever transgender one day athelete meet--Kerala Who has been recently appointed as vice chancellor of Nalanda university-- Sunaina Singh India’s 1st Antyodara Express has been launched by the minister of railways.The express will run between which stations--Ernakulam & Howrah Who has been appointed as the 1st woman Director General of Police (DGP) of Gujrat--Geeta Johri Who has recently taken over as new deputy governor of Reserve Bank of India--B.P. Kanungo Which state government has srarted Gunotsav programme to improve elementry education --Assam What is the theme for world health day 2017--Depression:let’s talk. Page 6 Current affairs gist-2017 Which state government has made it compulsory to study Malyalam language till class Xth standard--Kerala Nora Chopra recently passed away was related to which field--Journalism Which Indian state recently announced that it has implemented the 7th pay commission for its employees--Chattisgarh Who has been appointed as the new Ambassador of India to the Federal Republic of Germany--Mukta Dutta Tomar Which country has become the new member of South Asia Sub-rigional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) program--Myanmar. Which state government has recently gave official language status to endangered tribal language ‘Kurukh’--West Bengal. Who has been named as the ‘Captain of the Year at 2017 ESPN cricinfo Awards’--Virat Kohli Which movie has won the best animation award at the 88th academy awards 2017--Zootopia Who has been recently appointed as the new whole time member of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)--Dr.Navrang Saini National womens parliament begins at--Amaravati(AP). India’s 1st biogas bus will start from--Kolkatta Page 7 Current affairs gist-2017 Who is the new chairman of UPSC--David R.Syiemlieh Who is the Fifa men’s player of 2016--Christianu Ronaldo Who is the new PM of Mauritius--Pravind Jugnath Which country is the Associate member of CERN--India ”Jinnah often come to our house” book written by--Kiran Doshi Who is the new persident of European parliament--Antonio Tajani,Italy Chhabra thermal power plant is located in which state--Rajasthan Who is the New CBI chief--Alok Kumar Verma Who is the new chairman of tata sons--Natrajan Chandra. Who has become the 1st woman field officer in the BSF--Tanushree Pareek Which city has become the 1st Indian city to offer 1Gbps wired broadband internet service--Hyderabad The Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state--Telangana Which state government has launched ‘e-nagarpalika’ app to provide muncipal services online--Madhya Pradesh Page 8 Current affairs gist-2017 Which city to host the 105th edition of the Indian Science Congress (ISC) 2018--Hyderabad Jallikattu practised in which Indian state--Tamilnadu Narsingh Baitha passed away recently was related to which field--Politics Who has recently won chinese grand pix held in Sanghai ,China--Lewis Hamilton Which state government has recently launched ‘Deendayal Rasoi Yojna’ to provide subsidised food to poor--Madhya Pradesh According to World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) .What is the India’s rank in travel & tourism sector--7th. India’s longest cable-stayed bridge across river Narmada is situated on which National Highway (NH)--NH-8,Narmada River. Who is the chairman of SEBI--Ajay Tyagi The 19th edition of Commonwealth Forestry Conference had started in which state--Uttarakhand India’s 1st solar powered boat--Aditya The nobel prize series India 2017 hosted by--Gujrat Bose the Indian samurai book written by--G.D.Bakshi Page 9 Current affairs gist-2017 India’s 1st International Stock Exchange--Gandhinagar,Gujrat India’s largest wifi Service provider state--Maharashtra World 1st Gender literature festival--Patna Who is the author of the book ‘The Secret Diary of Kasturba’--Neelima Dalmia Adhar Who has been appointed as new interim Chairman of Goods and Services Tax Network--Ajay Bhushan Pandey The Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary is located in which state--Haryana Where is the headquarters of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research-- New Delhi Who is the newly appointed Chairperson of National Authority Chemical Weapons Convention--Inder Jit Singh Who is the newly appointed CMD of the National Mineral Development Corporation--N Baijendra Kumar Who is the author of the book “How India Sees the World: Kautilya to the 21st Century”--Shyam Saran Who was awarded with Krishi Pragati Award 2017 by NCDEX--Shri Raghunandan Page 10 Current affairs gist-2017 The Kalesar National Park is located in which state--Haryana Which Bollywood actress has become the first Indian woman ambassador for Tourism Australia--Parineeti Chopra Who is is the new CMD of United India Insurance--M Nagaraja Sarma The Phawngpui Blue Mountain National Park is located in which state-- Mizoram The Shirui National Park is located in which state--Manipur Who is the 1st Female President of Singapore--Halimah Yacob Who has been appointed as the new Union Minister of Skill Development-- Dharmendra Pradhan Who has won the 2017 Italian Formula One Grand Prix tournament--Lewis Hamilton Who got Best Law Teacher Award recently--A.N R Madhava Menon The Jaldapara National Park is located in which state--West Bengal Who is awarded with badminton’s 1st lifetime award recently--A.Prakash Padukone The world’s highest sandcastle has