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You can verify that by matching the question papers and e-Dristi contents from yourselves. 1 http://www.edristi.in/ Contents Preface ................................................................................................................................................ 1 NATIONAL ............................................................................................................................................. 10 Assembly Election Results of Five Sates.......................................................................................... 10 Adityanath Yogi Sworn in as new CM of Uttar Pradesh................................................................... 11 Trivendra Singh Rawat became new Chief Minister of Uttarakhand ............................................... 12 New Chief Minister of Goa ............................................................................................................. 12 Punjab’s New Chief Minister .......................................................................................................... 13 New Chief Minister of Manipur ...................................................................................................... 14 Ganga, Yamuna declared as living entities...................................................................................... 14 The Mental Healthcare Bill 2016 .................................................................................................... 15 Approval of establishment of new central schools under civil / defense sector .............................. 16 Cabinet approves four GST Bills ..................................................................................................... 17 First Made-In-India Train, Medha, Flagged off ................................................................................ 18 Government released the Draft Labour Code for Social Security & Welfare.................................... 18 National Health Policy, 2017 .......................................................................................................... 19 15 IIITs declared as Institutes of National Importance .................................................................... 20 Indo-Pak meeting on Indus Waters Treaty ..................................................................................... 21 Change in No-Detention Policy....................................................................................................... 22 Cabinet approval for accession to the Customs Convention on International Transport of Goods .. 23 National Family Health Survey – 4 (2015 -16) ................................................................................. 24 Indian Railway’s Freight and Passenger Business Action Plan -2017-18 .......................................... 24 First Integrated Heliport dedicated to the Nation........................................................................... 27 India’s first floating elementary school .............................................................................................. 28 National Women’s Parliament ....................................................................................................... 29 INTERNATIONAL .................................................................................................................................... 29 The World’s 50 Greatest Leaders-Fortune List, 2017 ...................................................................... 29 Global Energy Architecture Performance Index Report 2017 .......................................................... 30 Human Development Report, 2016 ................................................................................................ 31 Restrictions on electronic goods in some of the upcoming US flights ............................................. 32 World Happiness Report-2017 ....................................................................................................... 32 International Yoga Fest .................................................................................................................. 33 IIS Bangalore among top 10 institutions in the ‘Best Small Universities’ category ........................... 34 ECONOMICS .......................................................................................................................................... 35 India becomes Net Exporter of Electricity for the first Time ........................................................... 35 2 http://www.edristi.in/ Forbes 2017 Billionaires List ........................................................................................................... 35 Re-organisation of the Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) .................................................. 36 Bharatiya Mahila Bank to be merged with SBI ................................................................................ 37 Cabinet approved additional DA/ DR.............................................................................................. 38 Gold Loan in Cash capped at Rs. 20,000 for NBFCs ......................................................................... 38 IDFC Aadhaar Pay launched ........................................................................................................... 39 Two Insolvency Professional Entities recognized by IBBI ................................................................ 39 Cabinet approves acquisition of subsidiary banks of State Bank of India ........................................ 40 CBDT issues Certificates of appreciation to tax payers.................................................................... 41 Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Bill, 2017................................................................. 42 Removal of limits on withdrawal of cash from Saving Bank Accounts ............................................. 43 SCIENTIFIC ............................................................................................................................................. 43 Successful test of Barak missile ...................................................................................................... 43 INLCU L51 commissioned into the Indian Navy............................................................................... 44 De-induction of Long Range Maritime Patrol aircraft TU 142M ...................................................... 45 First Pristine air-quality monitoring station .................................................................................... 45 Successful test of longer range version of BrahMos ....................................................................... 46 NASA New Radar Technique searched Lost Lunar Spacecraft ......................................................... 47 INS Tillanchang Commissioned at Karwar ....................................................................................... 47 Surya Kiran-XI ................................................................................................................................ 48 Maiden Anti-Ship Missile launch by Kalvari class submarines ......................................................... 49 SPORTS.................................................................................................................................................. 49 TENNIS .................................................................................................................................................. 49 Eberto Mexicano Telcel Open, 2017 ...................................................................................................... 49 Brazil Open, 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