GK Digest: June 2017 www.BankExamsToday.Com 5/31/2017 Ramandeep Singh GK Digest: June 2017 Table of Contents Current Affairs ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 1 Complete List of Important Days - Month Wise ..................................................................................................................................... 114 States of India - Capital, CM, Governor and Demographics ................................................................................................................... 122 Power Tex India Scheme for Powerlooms .............................................................................................................................................. 126 National Ayush Mission (NAM) - Details, Objectives and Benefits ........................................................................................................ 127 Tricks to Learn Headquarters of Famous Banks in India .............................................................................................................................. Joint Military Exercises of India With Other Countries: 2016-17............................................................................................................ 128 List of UNESCO World Heritage sites in India ......................................................................................................................................... 129 Awards & Honours: April-May 2017 ...................................................................................................................................................... 131 Important Sports Events Winners : January - May 2017 ........................................................................................................................ 134 Important Social Reforms in India ......................................................................................................................................................... 136 List of International Organizations and Their Headquarters ................................................................................................................. 137 Current Affairs IMPORTANT DAY . On May 11886, labour unions in the United International Workers' Day or Labour Day: 1 May States of America decided to go on a strike 2017 with the demand that workers should not be allowed to work more than 8 hours a day. International Workers' Day, also known as . This strike was followed by a bomb blast in Labour Day in some countries, is a celebration Chicago's Haymarket Square on the 4th of of labourers and the working classes that is May. promoted by the international labour . This led to the death of several people and movement, socialists, communists or police officers. In addition, more than 100 anarchists. people were injured in the blast. It occurs every year on May Day which is May 1st. It is the day to pay tribute to the NATIONAL EVENT Labourers. Without them nothing will complete. Government launches new Test and Treat policy for . In India, the first Labour Day, or May Day, was HIV celebrated in 1923 in Chennai. Historical Background . The government on Friday launched a new policy for HIV under which anyone who is www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 1 GK Digest: June 2017 tested and found positive will get the into a digitally empowered society. necessary treatment. HIV destroys the CD4 T cells in the body that Assam gets its first Shatabdi Express strengthen immunity. People with HIV, who have a CD4 cell count below 200, are at . Assam got its first Shatabdi Express with significant risk of developing serious illnesses, Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain and the government currently provides free flagging off the train from Dibrugarh. The new treatment to people with a count of 400 and Shatabdi Express train (No. 12085/12086) will below. run between Dibrugarh and Guwahati. As per the new policy, “As soon as a person is . The Shatabdi Express trains are among the tested and found to be positive, he will be fastest and most prestigious trains of the provided with ART (antiretroviral therapy) Indian Railways along with Rajdhani and irrespective of his CD count or clinical stage Duronto trains which connect metro cities with . This will be for all men, women, adolescents other important cities from the point of view and children who have been diagnosed as a of tourism, pilgrimage or business. HIV+ case. This will improve longevity, improve . The train would have latest fully air- quality of life of those infected and will save conditioned LHB Coaches to provide safety them from many opportunistic infections, and extra comfort. Travellers would be especially TB. provided with bottled water, juice, coffee or tea, and meals relevant to time of day of the Kerala's Aymanam Becomes Country's First journey, Digitised Panchayat ward . A ward in the Kerala's Aymanam district INTERNATIONAL EVENTS became India's first digitised panchayat ward. Union minister of state for social justice and Syrian refugee and Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini empowerment Krishan Pal Gurjar inaugurated becomes UNHCR ambassador the website of the first digitised panchayat . Yusra Mardini, a Syrian woman who helped ward number 15 of Aymanam grama save a boat carrying fellow refugees, has been panchayat at a function held at a temple appointed by the UN agency for refugees as premises. its new Goodwill Ambassador. The minister launched the website HYPERLINK . The Office of the United Nations High "http://www.digitalaymanam.com"www.digital Commissioner for Refugees said Mardini’s aymanam.com at the function. actions saved the lives of 20 refugees who . The panchayat ward in Kerala has become the were fleeing the Syrian capital, Damascus. first one to go digital in the country, taking a . Mardini, 19, was also one of the 10 athletes very important step in fulfilling Prime Minister who made up the historic Olympic Refugee Narendra Modi's dream of transforming India Team and participated at the Rio Olympic Games last year. www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 2 GK Digest: June 2017 . She has been a very powerful voice for the Chennai. This program will aim to support forcibly displaced across the world and an entrepreneurs and developers of the country. example of their resilience and determination . The program will provide a platform for to rebuild lives and positively contribute to developers, entrepreneurs in tier 2 cities to host communities. hear from experts and learn about the latest Google technologies and get access to direct AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS mentoring and support from Google. Entrepreneurs will now have the opportunity Hero MotoCorp conferred with 'Indian MNC of the to learn directly from Google engineers who Year' award by AIMA will share product usage insights, how to . Pawan Munjal, Chairman, Managing Director develop mobile first solutions with strong and CEO, Hero MotoCorp Ltd., was felicitated offline and language capabilities and help by the All India Management Association them to build solutions in many sectors. (AIMA) for the rapid global expansion of Brand . Some of the areas will include agri-tech, Hero. healthcare, transportation, education, . Hero MotoCorp, the India's largest two- sanitation and more. wheeler manufacturer, was adjudged the . These developers and entrepreneurs will also 'Indian MNC of the year' by AIMA at a have access to the Google Launchpad glittering function in the national capital. programme which will help create and . Brand Hero has expanded to 35 countries accelerate early stage product ideas. spread across Asia, Africa and Central and SPORTS South America in a very short span of time since charting its solo journey in 2011. Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas registers maiden Formula . Hero MotoCorp, which sold more than 6.6 One win in Russia million two-wheelers in FY'17, is the only Indian two-wheeler company to have a . In a thrilling finish to Russian Grand Prix, manufacturing facility in Latin America. Hero's Valtteri Bottas claimed his maiden Formula manufacturing plant is situated at Vila Ricca in One victory on Sunday when he resisted Colombia. intense pressure from championship leader Sebastian Vettel to triumph for Mercedes in SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY the last couple of laps. The popular Bottas's first win was warmly Google introduces 'Solve for India' campaign: Aims received by his fellow drivers and the paddock, to empower developers from Tier II cities Hamilton hugging him after he had jumped . Google has announced the new "Solve for into the arms of his crew and Vettel joining the India" initiative, especially for tier-2 cities such reception, Russian President Vladimir Putin as Pune, Jaipur, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Kochi, also present for congratulations and prize Indore, Nagpur, Nashik, Madurai, Kanpur, and giving. www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 3 GK Digest: June 2017 Gonzalez to win the Tallahassee Challenger Rafael Nadal Clinches His 10th Barcelona Open title Title Maharashtra becomes first Indian state to use . Rafael Nadal won a record-extending 10th Automated Weather Stations for farmers Barcelona Open title by thrashing Dominic Thiem of Austria 6-4, 6-1, collecting his second . Devendra Fadnavis, Maharasthra CM on claycourt title in a row. Sunday inaugurated the state's first automatic . Nadal, who won the Monte Carlo Masters for weather stations for farmers in Dongargaon, a 10th time last week, romped
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