RBI Grade B One Liner GK Capsule April 2017 1. Italian president disqualified from president election – Mahmood Ahmadinejad 2. China to host BRICS film festival in June. BRICS – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. 3. Philippine president Rodrigo Dutarte wins times 100 Readers poll. 4. North Korea starts celebrating birthday of the country founder Kim Li Sung, grandfather of Kim Jong Un 5. Two billion people drinking contaminated water according to WHO, in the report Global Analysis and Assessment of Sanitation and Drinking Wter (GLASS) 6. Achim Steiner, New administrator of UNDP, appointed by UN Chief Antonio Dutarte. 7. Government of China recently launched FIRST rail freight service between China and London. 8. Lenin Moreno – President of Ecuador, Vice President –Jorge Glass 9. Bitcoin is now currency in Japan. 10. South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation SASEC – Myammar – 7th member 11. INDIA – 136 – World press freedom index – Norway is FIRST 12. Indo French naval exercise – Varuna – at Mediterian Sea 13. India – 5th – Military Spender – US is first 14. India – 2 – LPG IMPORTER – China is First 15. Times 100 most influential people of 2017 – Narendra Modi & Paytm founder Shekhar Sharma 16. Old Gandhi Stamps – 5 lacs pound in an auction in UK 17. Forbes 30 Under 30 asia list – Alia Bhatt featured 18. 5th Global Range cyber lab in Gurugram – Launched by CISCO 19. Colours of Northern and Southern State of India – at Kathmandu – by Indian Cultural Centre 20. Indo-Australia – SPORTS partnership a. Australia Prime Minister – Malcolm Turnbull b. Sports Minister – Vijay Goel 21. Most followed leader on Instagram – Narendra Modi 22. Pak awarded death sentence to Kulbhushan Yadav – Indian Navy Officer 23. India – 9th – 41 Corrupt Countries by Ernst and Young Europe – Ukraine tops 24. India – 7th – World Travel and Tourism – USA is first 25. IISC – Best educational institute over the globe, situated in Banglore 26. RIL – Most valuable Indian Company. Tata is second 27. Rajnath Singh – civil services day – Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances (DARPG) 28. First made in India industrial robot by Tal Manufacturing Solutions named as BRABO designed for MSME 29. Union Government bans Red beacons except President, Vice President, PM, CJI and Speaker of Lok Sabha. 30. Union Minister – HRD – Prakash Javedkar – Launched portal and mobile app of RUSA (Rashtriya Ucchatar Shiksha Abhiyan) www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 1 RBI Grade B One Liner GK Capsule 31. Rail minister Suresh Prabhu launches new Vista Dome coach – with glass roof and GPS 32. Gramin Krishi Mausam Seva launched in India by Indian Meteorological Dept. 33. Union Govt. (Union ministry of labor and employment) launched Aadhaar Seeding App to reach Empl. Provident Fund (EPF) Launched in New Delhi by Minister of State for Labor of Employment – Bandaru Dattatreya 34. Income Department has launched Operation Clean Money 20 a. To catch tax evaders who deposited large sum of money during demonetization b. First phase – upto Rs. 10 lakh c. Second phase – 20 lakjh 35. Union govt. launched Urja Mitra App 36. India – 1st micro drama festival Thespis- Held in Delhi 37. Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation M Venkaiah Naidu (Union Info and Broadcasting Minister also) launched a. 352 projects in 53 cities and 7 States b. Investment over 38000 cr c. For two lakh houses d. By members of Consideration of Real Estate Dev. Asso. Of India (CREDAI) 38. Union minister for Science and Tech. and Earth Science Harsh Vardhan a. Launches naksha portal in new delhi b. On 250th anniversary of Survey of India 39. Home minister Rajnath Singh launches application Bharat ke Veer with Akshay Kumar at Vigyan Bhavan inNEW DELHI. 40. PM launched Digital Exhibition Bapu ka Kavyanjali on 100th anniversary of champaran satyagrah. 41. GOI has launched Bharat Stage IV fuel, launched by Minister of state for petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan. 42. Bhuvneshvar – 1st Indian City – Pierre L’Enfrant Award 2017 – For Planning Excellence and Achievement. 43. UP Govt to launch anti land mafia task force 44. Northern India – Largest IT Hub – Launched in Tripurs a. With 50cr capital b. Sixth and largest c. Inaugurated in Agartala 45. Central university for Divyangs to be setup in UP a. By HRD minister Prakash Javedkar b. Provide special facilities to handicapped persons. 46. Kilkari app launched by Haryana govt. to provide information to maternity. a. Launched by chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar 47. Hyderabad police got Golden Peacock Award held in Dubai a. Culture and Knowledge Dev. Minister Sheikh Nahyan Al Mubarak presented the award. 48. UP government renames two airports a. Gorakhpur airport – Mahayogi Gorakhnath Airport b. Agra Airport – Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Airport www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 2 RBI Grade B One Liner GK Capsule 49. Tamil Nadu – tops – Rural Job guarantee Scheme 50. Kerala govt. to give pension to the circus artists a. Rs. 1200 per month b. Who has ration card and working for 30 years. 51. MP bans polyethene carry bag from May 1] 52. Telangana passes bill to hike reservation of a. Muslim – 4 to 12 % b. ST – 6 to 10% 53. Dr. Hanchinal – MS Swaminathan Award 54. Punjab CM – Captain Amrinder Singh 55. Haryana Government launched – Operation DURGA for women safety 56. Himachal Pradesh – Krishi Karman Award 2015-16 57. Jharkhand Police initiates tare zameen par programme to enlighten children in naxal affected areas in Palaman district in Jharkhand 58. Telangana Minister KT RAMA RAO address meet on water resources in US 59. Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE) in Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) 60. Pink petrol vehicle to secure women in BENGLURU 61. Unemployment rate in UP higher than National Average 62. UP Government to Build music village in Bismillah Khan honour a. Named as Bismillah Khan Sangeet Gram b. Planned to Develop at Varanasi c. Evolved by Padma Shri Soma Ghosh, adopted daughter of Bismillah Khan 63. North India to get DNA bank for Wildlife a. Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IIVR) in Bareli, UP b. Collected samples of 140 species 64. MP CM launched Deendayal Rasoyi Yojna in Gwalior. 65. Haryana Government to provide Rs. 21000 to families for third girl child under ‘Aapki beti, hamari beti’ scheme. 66. Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Venkaiah Naidu (Housing and Urban Poverty) launches National Children Film Festival in Vishakhapatnam 67. Jhargram – District No. 22 in Bengal 68. First Biogas Bus – in Kolkata –At Rs. 1 69. MP government launches “MP e-nagarpalika” app 70. Kanha Tiger Reserve got it’s first mascot – Bhoorsingh, the Barasingha 71. Bihar CM – Nitish Kumar – pass power bill subsidy to consumers. 72. Andhra Pradesh CM – Chandrababu Naidu – US India Business Council Transformative Award 73. India and Sri Lanka – Economic Cooperation : Sri Lanka PM – Ranil Vikramsinghe 74. India to host 18th World Road meeting. Theme – Safe Roads and Smart Mobility. 75. India and Armenia – 3 agreements a. Peaceful use of outer space b. Youth matters www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 3 RBI Grade B One Liner GK Capsule c. Cultural cooperation d. PM Armenia – Karen Karapetyan 76. 1st India Indonesia energy forum held in Jakarta a. Piyush Goyal – Union Minister of State for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy b. Ignasius Johan – Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Indonesia 77. Steel Minister inaugurates “India Steel 2017” in Mumbai. a. Union Steel Minister – Chaudhary Birender Singh b. Organized by FICCI 78. Commonwealth Forestry Conference held in Uttarakhand. THEME – Forest for Prosperity and Posterity 79. Dileep K Niar – B R Ambedkar International Foundation Award 80. Vani Jayaram – Ghantasala National Award 81. Prafulla Samantra – Goldman Environment Prize 82. K Vishvanath – Dadasaheb Phalke award 2016 83. Kailash Satyarthi – PC Chandra Puraskar 84. Gynecologist Dr. Bhakti Yadav – Padma Shri 85. Salayami Kher – Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award for Mirzeya 86. Kapil Dev and Amir Khan – Dinanath Mangeshkar Award 87. Italian Mayor Glusi Nicollini - UNESCO peace prize 88. Saira Bano, Jackie Shroff – Rajkapoor Award 89. Anirudh Vasudeva – Sahitya Academy Award – Novel, One Part Woman. 90. Dipa Karmakar, Virat Kohli, Sakshi Malik and Sanjeev Kapoor – Padma Shree 91. Tim Berner Lee – ACM AM Turing Award 2016 92. Two Nagaland Officials – Shaurya Chakra 93. Educationist Asha Khemka – Asian Businesswoman of the Year 94. Tim Berner Lee – Computing Nobel Prize 95. Virat Kohli – Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World 2016 96. Womens T20 Captain Harmanpreet Kaur – Women’s Player of the Year a. Sydney Thunder women’s player of the year award 97. India – 16 medals – US Open Karate Championship 98. Manpreet Kaur – Gold, Asian Grand Prix Meet, Chinda 99. Rafael Nadal – Monte Carlo Masters Singles Title – Ramos Vinolas 100. Asian Games - Video Games will be a part of it from 2022 101. Sagar Baheti – India’s first VI athlete to complete Boston Marathon 102. Pankaj Advani – Asian Billiards championship – Saurav Kothari 103. Chris Gayle – First cricketer to score 10k runs in T20 104. Subastian Vettel – Behrain F1 Grand Prix – Lewis Hemilton 105. Harbhajan Singh & Shahid Afridi – Ambassador to ICC Champions Trophy 106. NBA launches International Basketball School in Mumbai 107. Lewis Hemilton – China Grand Prix – Sebastian Vettel 108. Shyam Kumar – Gold in Thailand International Boxing 109. India – 3rd – WADA Doping charts www.BankExamsToday.Com Page 4 RBI Grade B One Liner GK Capsule 110. Roger Federer – Miami Open – Rafael Nadal 111. PV Sindhu – Indian Open Badminton Title – Caroline Marin 112. Petrol diesel price to change every day from May 1 113. India successfully test fires Agni III ballistic missile a. In Abdul Kalam Island of Odisha coast b. Fires in the range of around 3000 km. c. 17m, 2m diameter and weight of 50 tonnes. 114. NASA’s Piggy Whitson sets a new record of spending 650 days in space. 115. Indian Navy – Brahmos Supersonic Missile a. It’s a land attack supersonic cruise missile b.