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1. APPOINTMENTS 1 2. ART & CULTURE 4 3. AWARDS AND HONOURS 5 4. BOOKS AND AUTHORS 7 5. COMMITTEES 9 6. DEFENCE 9 7. ECONOMY & BANKING 10 8. ENVIRONMENT 11 9. IMPORTANT DAYS 12 10. INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE 20 11. NATIONAL IMPORTANCE 23 12. PERSON IN NEWS 25 13. PLACES IN NEWS 26 14. SCHEMES 27 15. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 28 16. SPORTS 29 17. STATE CURRENT AFFAIRS 31 18. TAMILNADU NEWS 32

APPOINTMENTS

New Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) of the Indian

Army(As per jan 2017) - Bipin Rawat

David Syiemlieh has been appointed as the new

chairman of the Union Public Service Commission

(UPSC)

The new 44th Chief Justice of India (CJI) -J S Khehar

an Adviser (policy & planning) in the National Disaster

Management Authority (NDMA)-V Thiruppugazh

Surekha Marandi been appointed as the new Executive

Director (ED) of Reserve Bank of India (RBI)

new President of the Rockefeller Foundation -Rajiv

Shah

Natarajan Chandrasekaran has been appointed as the

new chairman of Tata Sons

the new chief of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)-

Alok Kumar Verma

the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India-

Achal Kumar Jyoti

the new Chief Secretary of Uttar Pradesh-Rajiv Kumar

new member of Union Public Service Commission

(UPSC)-Manoj Soni

Indian American personality Krishna R Urs has been

appointed as new US Ambassador to Peru

Rajesh Shah has been appointed as the new chairman

of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)

NN Vohra been appointed as the new President of the

India International Centre (IIC)



Imran Khawaja has been appointed as the new Deputy

Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC)

board

the new Economic Affairs Secretary- Tapan Ray

Ram Shankar Katheria has been appointed as the new

chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes

(NCSC)

the newly appointed Executive Director (ED) of Reserve

Bank of India (RBI) S Ganesh Kumar

new CEO of Prasar Bharti-Shashi Shekhar Vempati

new Solicitor General of India-Ranjit Kumar

new Director General (DG) of National Water

Development Agency (NWDA)- Sharad Jain

Hoshiar Singh has been appointed as the new chief of

Copyrights office

K G Karmakar and Gauri Shankar have been appointed

as the new Independent Directors of India Post

Payments Bank (IPPB)

Vikram Limaye appointed as new MD and CEO of the

National Stock Exchange (NSE)

Rajiv Gauba will be the new Union Home Secretary of

India

Rajesh Kotecha has been appointed as the new special

secretary in Ministry of Ayush

Narendra Kumar Sinha will be the new secretary of

Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry

George Kurian has become the new vice-chairperson of

National Commission for Minorities (NCM)

Anurag Tripathy has been appointed the new secretary

of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

Rajan Anandan has become the new chairman of

Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI

the new chairperson of the National Commission for

Minorities (NCM)-Gayarul Hasan

PN Pradhan has been appointed as new Deputy Chief of

Integrated Defence Staff (Operations

new CEO of Prasar Bharti-Shashi Shekhar Vempati

Subhash C Garg has been appointed as the new

economic affairs secretary in the Union Finance

Ministry

Anshu Sinha will be the new Chief Executive Officer

(CEO) of Khadi & Village Industries Commission(KVIC)

Raman Royhas been appointed the new chairman of the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) for 2017-18

GeetaJohrihas been appointed the first woman Director

General of Police (DGP) of Gujarat.. Girish Shankarthe chairman of the newly constituted

National Board for Electric Mobility(NBEM) Rajiv Chander has been appointed as new Ambassador

and Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations (UN)

Sunaina Singh the new Vice Chancellor of Nalanda University

VanajaSarna the new chairman of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC)

Indira Banerjeethe new chief justice of Madras High Court



new Deputy Governor of the Reserve Bank of India - BP Kanungo (RBI)

Vijay Bhatkar has been appointed as the new chancellor of Nalanda University

K G Karmakar and Gauri Shankar have been appointed as the new Independent Directors of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)

Narendra Kumar the newly appointed chairman of the Central Water Commission (CWC)

P K Purwar is the newly appointed Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL)

Taranjeet Singh has become the new Country Director for Twitter in India

The new Defence Secretary of India-Sanjay Mitra.



ART & CULTURE

Bargarh Dhanua Jatra festival has started in Odisha

Chitwan Elephant Festival-Nepal

The International Kite Festival (Uttarayan) will be

started from Gujarat.

“Festival of India” will be organised by Ghana The world’s first gender literature fest will be held in

India

The first-ever Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU)

International Dance festival has been held in Hyderabad

The 2017 Dantan Gramin Mela has started in West

Bengal

Ralang Road film will represent India at the 52nd

Karlong Vary International Film Festival

The 2017 Pakke-Paga Festival has been held in

Arunachal Pradesh

The famous Berhampur ThakuraniYatra festival has started in Odisha

The first-ever Brahmaputra Literary Festival has started

in Guwahati’ Sahapedia in partnership with UN organisation

UNESCO has launched fellowship programme to

promote India’s cultural heritage The Sakewa Festival has recently celebrated in Sikkim



AWARDS AND HONOURS 2016 Navlekhan Award of Bharatiya Jnanpith -

Shraddha and Ghyansham Kumar Devansh

Shankar Balasubramanian- Indian-origin British

professor has been honoured with the Queen Elizabeth

II Knighthood

-Gaurav Goyal been awarded ‘Scroll of Honor’ by Government of India (GoI) to promote cashless

transactions

Moonlight has won the best motion picture award at the

2017 Golden Globes awards

Cristiano Ronaldo won the 2016 Best FIFA Men’s player award

. Indian teenager Darpan Basak has won the Young

Travel Photographer Of The Year (TPOTY) award 2016

prestigious award “The Hindu Prize 2016”- Kiran Doshi Dhanraj Pillay Indian sportsperson will be conferred

with the East Bengal football club’s highest honour “Bharat Gaurav”

P V Sindhu will be conferred with the best Sportsperson

of the Year Award by the Sports Journalists Federation

of India (SJFI)

Sultan Indian movie has won the Best Action Movie

award at the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF

Manushi Chhilla has become the 2017 Famine Miss

India World. She hails from Haryana

Bohemia Sharma has won the 2017 Miss World title in

Bodybuilding Championship

Manu S Pilli Won the 2017 Sanity Academy Yuma

Puraskar in English Language

National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC)

has won the 2017 Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN)

Award

RedInk Award for Lifetime Achievement in Journalism

for 2017- Vinod Dua

France’s highest civilian award “Legion of Honour”-Soumitra Chatterjee

Haraprasad Das has been conferred with the 2017

Kalinga Literary Award

Padmalaya Nanda has won the 2017 Little Miss

Universe Internet beauty contest. She hails from Odisha

E Sreedharan has been bestowed with the 2017

Nanniyode Rajan Memorial Award

2017 Bhupen Hazarika National Award-Yeshe Dorjee

Thongchi

David Grossman has won the 2017 Man Booker

International Prize

H S Shivaprakash has been conferred with the 2017

Kusumagraja Rashtriya Puraskar

John Bew has won the 2017 Orwell Prize

Shrihari Chandraghatgi Indian agri microbiologist has

been conferred with the 2017 Ministry of Environment

Award in Japan

Indian personality Nisha Dutt has been honoured with

the “Social Entrepreneur of the Year” award at The 7th Asian Awards in London

Azim Premji will be honoured with the 2017 Carnegie

Medal of Philanthropy



Jacqueline Fernandez has been bestowed with the 2017

International Humanitarian Award at the Asian Voice

Charity Awards

2017 CEAT International Cricketer of the Year award-

Ravichandran Ashwin

Govardhan Eco village Indian village has been conferred the UNWTO Award for Innovation in the category of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO

Prem Bahadur Resmi Magarhas been posthumously conferred the Kirti Chakra award for year 2016

Kasaav Movie has won the Best Film award in the 64th National Awards-2017

Tim Berners-Lee has won the 2016 ACM A.M. Turing Award

N Chandrababu Naidu Indian Chief Minister has been selected for the USIBC Transformative Chief Minister (TCM) award .

DawitIsaak- the 2017 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize

Vladimir Putin has been bestowed with the first-ever Hugo Chavez Prize for Peace and Sovereignty of Venezuela

Keshav Krishna has been selected for the 2016 National Geoscience Award in the field of geoenvironmental studies

Love Raj Singh Dharmashaktu has been honoured by Nepal Government for scaling Mt. Everest for a record six times

Pune city police have won the 2017 FICCI Smart Policing Award

the 2016 Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar- Satyabrata Rout

Kasinadhuni Viswanath will be conferred with the 2016 Dada Saheb Phalke award

Colson Whitehead has won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize in fiction

Mahabaleshwar Sail has been bestowed with the 2016 Saraswati Samman

Dhanak movie has won the Best Children’s Film in the 64th National Awards-2017

Prafulla Samantra has won the 2017 Goldman Environmental Prize

Vani Jairamhas been conferred with the Ghantasala national award

Srishti Kaur has been crowned Miss Teen Universe 2017

Aravind Kumar Rengan has been awarded the 2017 INSA Young Scientist award for research in cancer treatment

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)organisation has won the 2015 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize

R Kalaikkovan has been conferred with the Tholkappiyar Award for the year 2015-16

Sanjay Pratihar has been chosen for the INSA Young Scientist Award 2017

Padma Venkataraman has been bestowed with the 2017 Avvaiyar Award

Emma Watson actor has won the first-ever gender-neutral MTV award for Best Actor in a movie

Sanjay Gubbi Indian wildlife activist has won the 2017 Whitley Awards

Sankha Ghosh has been conferred the 52nd ion of the Jnanpith Award-2016



Vikram Vishal has been conferred with the 2017 Young Scientist award from the Indian National Science Academy (INSA

Indonesia is hosting the 2017 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize Ceremony

BOOKS AND AUTHORS The book “The Secret Chord” has been authored by

Geraldine Brooks The book “Scattered Souls” has been authored by

Shahnaj Bashir The book “Just Another Jihadi Jane” has been authored

by Tabish Khair The book “Death Under The Deodars: The Adventures of

Miss Ripley-Bean” has been authored by Ruskin Bond The book “The Untold Vajpayee: Politician and Paradox”

has been authored by -Ullekh NP The book “Bose: The Indian Samurai – Netaji and the

INA Military Assessment” has been authored by -G D Bakshi

The book “Magpie Murders” has been authored by Anthony Horowitz

The book “My Odyssey: Memoirs of the Man behind the Mangalyaan Mission” has been authored by K Radhakrishnan

The book “The Untold Story of Talking Books” has been authored by -Matthew Rubery

The book “An Unsuitable Boy” is the autobiography of Karan Johar

The book “The Karachi Deception” has been authored by Shatrujeet Nath

The book “Kalkatta” has been authored by Kunal Basu The novel “The Book Thief” has been authored by

Markus Zusak The book “Story of an Escape” was authored by Surjit

Singh Barnala the author of the book “The Emergency-Indian

Democracy’s Darkest Hour”- Surya Prakash the author of the book “Indira Gandhi – A life in

nature”- Jairam Ramesh



Ramesh Pokhriyal is the author of the book “Yug Purush, Bharat Ratna, Atal Ji

Ashwini Kumar is the author of the book “Hope in a challenged democracy; An Indian narrative”?

book “Mann Ki Baat: a social revolution on radio” has been authored by Rajesh Jain

Haulianlal Guite is the author of the book “Confessions of a dying mind: the blind faith of atheism

The book “60 Indian Poets” has been authored by Jeet Thayil

The book “Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life” has been authored by William Finnegan

The book “You Got Magic” has been authored by Neel Madhav

The book “The Future of India” has been authored by Bimal Jalan

The book “The Island of Lost Girls” has been authored by Manjula Padmanabhan

The book “Mother Teresa: The Final Verdict” has been authored by Aroup Chatterjee

The book “The man who could never say No” has been authored by S Muthiah

Louise Penny is author of the book “A Great Reckoning – A Chief Inspector Gamache Thriller

Rachna Singh is the author of the book “Band, Bajaa, Boys

Pankaj Mishra is the author of the book “Age of Anger – A History of the Present

Sheela Redddy is the author of the book “Mr and Mrs Jinnah: The Marriage that Shook India

DG Tendulkar is the author of the book “Gandhi in Champaran is programme of the Government of India(GoI).



COMMITTEES Injeti Srinivas committee has been constituted by the

Union Government to suggest improvements in National Sports Development Code (NSDC)

Sumit Bose committee has recently submitted report on Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC)

Timothy Gonsalves committee has recently recommended quota for girl students in IITs

Ram Shinde committee has been formed by the Maharashta Government for Padma Awards 2018

Rajeev Shukla committee has been constituted by BCCI to study contentious issues in implementing Lodha panel reforms

K Kasturirangan committee has been constituted to draft the final National Education Policy (NEP) document

Rina Mitra committee -expert committee has been constituted to study free movement along Myanmar border

Chandrababu Naidu committee has recently submitted report on preparing road map for rapid adoption of digital payment methods to the Union Government

Rahul Bhatnagar committeehas been formed by the Uttar Pradesh Government to implement farm loan waiver decision

Afzal Amanullah committee has been constituted by the Union government to improve Haj policy in subsidy issue

Madhav Chitale committee has recently recommended several measures for de-siltation of River Ganga

DEFENCE Khanderi - Kalvari-class Scorpene stealth submarines

has been launched recently for sea trials INS Vikramaditya -warships has become the India’s first-

ever warship to have ATM on board India has signed defence deal with Israel country for

advanced Medium-Range Surface-to-AirMissile(MRSAM) systems

“Ababeel” ballistic missile has been successfully launched by Pakistan

The India-Australia naval exercise ‘AUSINDEX 17’ has started in Fremantle port city



ECONOMY & BANKING State Bank of India has tied up with online portal “magicbricks.com” to conduct joint marketing activities

OnChat” a chatbot service has been launched by HDFC Bank to allow users to make payments through Facebook Messenger

India’s rank in the 2017 Global Talent Competitiveness Index (GTCI)-92nd

India’s rank in the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Inclusive Development Index (IDI) for 2017- 60th

rank of Indian passport in the latest passport Index-78th

India’s rank in the 2017 Social Progress Index (SPI)- 93rd BHEL Indian company has signed pact with Japanese firm

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd (KHI) to make steel metro coaches

The World Bank has approved $250-million loan amount to aid the Skill India mission

137th is the India’s rank in the 2017 Global Peace Index, as per global think tank Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)

India’s rank in the 2017 global Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is 37

the India’s rank in the 2017 IMD World Competitiveness Index -45th

India has topped the 2017 A T Kearney Global Retail Development Index (GRDI

India’s rank in the 2017 IMD World Digital Competitiveness Index-51st

India has signed pact with Sri Lanka to provide $318 million as line of credit for railway projects

India’s rank40thin the 2017 WEF’s Global Travel and Tourism Competitive Index (GTTCI)

India’s first Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) has been inaugurated in Mysuru

79th is the India’s rank in the 2016 Corruption Perception Index (CPI

Axis Bank has become the first Indian bank to launch bio-degradable prepaid gift cards

India’s rank in the 2017 Global Innovation Index (GII)- 60th 75th is the India’s rank in an environment impact survey,

as per latest study by UK-based State Bank of India has tied up with Tirumala Milk

Products for providing loans to dairy farmers The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has

recently approved the membership of Argentina, Madagascar and Tonga

136th is the India’s rank in the 2017 World Press Freedom Index (WPFI



ENVIRONMENT The Jigme Dorji National Park is located in Bhutan

India’s largest Fresh water aquarium has opened in Jharkhand

The Dudhwa Na tional Park is located in Uttar Pradesh

The Kishtwar National Park (KNP) is located in Jammu and

Kashmir (J&K)

The Sri Venkateswara National Park is located in Andhra

Pradesh

The boring of India’s first underwater rail tunnel has completed under Hooghly River

The Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Assam

The Gumti Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Tripura

The Abohar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in Punjab

The Nagarhole National Park is located in Karnataka

The Dibang Wildlife Sanctuary (DWLS) is located in Arunachal Pradesh

The Ntangki National Park is located in Nagaland Madhya Pradesh state government has recently announced

a total ban on polythene bags from May 2017 The Van Vihar National Park is loacted in Madhya Pradesh Project Jal Sanchay water conservation model has been

selected for the national award for excellence in the Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee programme (MGNREGP

India’s first underwater metro tunnel will come up in Kolkata

The Valmiki National Park (VNP) is located in Bihar the Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary is loacted in Uttar Pradesh The Anshi National Park (ANP) is loacted in Karnataka The Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary (MWS) is located in

West Bengal

The Jigme Dorji National Park is located in Bhutan The Bhawal National Park is located in Bangladesh The Lahugala Kitulana National Park is located in

Sri Lanka



IMPORTANT DAYS Administrative Statistics is the theme of the 2017 National

Statistics Day (NSD).The National Statistics Day (NSD) is

celebrated every year in India on June 29 The day also

marks the birth anniversary of late Prof. Prasanta Chandra

Mahalanobis, the Father of Indian Statistics.

first-ever International MSME Day 2017 has celebrated on

June 27

Theme of the 2017 International Day against Drug Abuse

and Illicit Trafficking- Listen First. The United Nations’ (UN) International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit

Trafficking is observed every year on June 26

Empowering women for greater achievements is the theme of the 2017 International Widows Day (IWD.The International Widows day (IWD) is observed every year on June 23

The 2017 United Nations Public Service Day is observed onJune 23

The World Turtle Day (WTD) is observed on May 23 The World Milk Day (WMD) is observed on June 1 the theme of 2017 World Environment Day (WED)-

Connecting People to Nature the theme of 2017 World Oceans Day (WOD)-Our Oceans,

Our Future-The World Oceans Day (WOD) is observed every year on June 8

The National Voters’ Day is celebrated on January 25 The National Tourism Day is celebrated on January 25 the theme of the 2017 World Health Day(April 7) (WHD)- Depression: Let\’s Talk

The 2017 National Immunization Day (NID) is celebrated on January 29

the theme of 2017 World Oceans Day (WOD)-Our Oceans, Our Future

The World Oceans Day (WOD) is observed every year on June 8

The World Day Against Child Labour is observed on June 12

The International Albinism Awareness Day (IAAD) is observed on June 13

Give Blood. Give Now. Give Often -is the theme of the 2017 World Blood Donor Day (WBDD)

The 2017 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) is observed on June 15

Our Land. Our Home. Our Future is the theme of 2017 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (June 17)

The International Day for the Elimination of Sexual

Violence in Conflict is observed on June 19 The 2017 World Hydrography Day (WHD) is observed on

June 21 The 2017 World Refugee Day (WRD) is observed on June

20 Tobacco – a threat to development is the 2017 theme of

World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) Investing in peace around the world is the 2017 theme of

International Day of UN Peacekeepers The National Panchayati Raj Diwas is celebrated on April

24 The World Lab Animal Day (WLAD) is observed on April 24

JANUARY

January 1 Global Family Day (UN), World Peace Day January 4 World Braille Day - International January 6 World Day - War Orphans January 9 NRI Day



January 10 World Laughter Day January 11 National Human Trafficking Awareness Day January 12 National youth day (India) January 15 Army Day (India) January 20 World Religion Day January 24 National Girl child day (In India) January 25 Tourism Day (India), National Voters Day January 26 Republic Day (India), International Customs

Day

January 27 Family Literacy Day(ABC Life Literacy Canada), International Holocaust Remembrance Day

(Recognized by the UN)

January 28 Data Protection Day(recognized by the Council of Europe), Potato Day

January 30 Martyr's Day (India), Sarvodaya Day, World Leprosy Eradication Day

January 31 Street Children's Day January 3rd week National Non-Smoking Week(Canada) January 3rd wednesday Weed less Wednesday(Canada) January 2nd 8th National Folic Acid Awareness Week

February

February 2 World Wetlands Day, Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day

February 3 World Cancer Awareness Day February 4 World Cancer Day February 5 Kashmir Day (Organized by Pakistan) February 6 International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female

Genital Mutilation

February 7 Rose Day February 8 Safer Internet Day (International) February 9 Chocolate day February 11 World Day of the Sick, Promise Day

February 12 Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Day, International Day

Of Women's Health, Darwin Day

February 13 World Radio Day (UNESCO) February 14 National Donor Day, Valentine Day, Congenital

Heart Defect Awareness Day

Canada - Children's Heart Society

February 15 International Childhood Cancer Day - International - Childhood Cancer Foundation, National

Flag of Canada Day - Heritage Canada

February 16 Family Day February 17 Heritage Day - Heritage Canada February 20 World Day of Social Justice (Recognized by the

UN)

February 21 International Mother Language Day (Recognized by the UN)

February 22 International Scouts Day, World Thinking Day, Work Your Proper Hours Day

February 23 World Peaces and Understanding Day February 24 Central Excise Day February 28 National Science Day (India), International

Pashtun Jirga Day

February 1st week Eating Disorder Awareness Week, International Development Week, National Therapeutic

Recreation Week, White Cane Week

February 2nd week World Orphan Week February 3rd week Scout-Guide Week,

Brotherhood/Sisterhood Week

February 4th week Freedom to Read Week February Last wednesday Pink Shirt Day (Anti-bullying) February 2nd Sunday World marriage Day



March

March 1 Self-Injury Awareness Day, Pig day March 2 Texas Independence Day March 3 National Defence Day (India) March 4 National Safety Day (India), World Day of the

Fight Against Sexual Exploitation

March 8 International Women's Day (Recognized by the UN), International Literacy Day

March 11 World Day of Muslim Culture, Peace, Dialogue and Film

March 12 World Glaucoma Day March 13 World Kidney Day, World Rotaract Day, No

Smoking Day

March 14 International Day of Action for Rivers, Pi Day March 15 World Consumer Rights Day, World Disabled

Day

March 16 National Vaccination Day March 18 Ordinance Factories Day (India) March 20 World Day of Happiness, International Day of

the Francophonie, World Day of Theatre for Children and

Young People, World House Sparrow Day

March 21 World Down Syndrome Day, International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination - UN, World

Poetry Day (Recognized by the UNESCO), World Forestry

Day, World Sleep Day, World Puppetry Day recognized by

UNIMA

March 22 World Day for Water (Recognized by the UN) March 23 World Meteorological Day (Recognized by the

UN)

March 24 International Day for Achievers, World Tuberculosis Day (Recognized by the UN)

March 25 International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

(Recognized by the UN), American Diabetes Alert Day

March 26 Purple Day for Epilepsy March 27 World Theatre Day, World Drama Day

April

April 1 April Fool's Day, Orissa Day April 2 World Autism Awareness Day (Recognized by

the UN), International Children's Book Day

April 5 World Day for Mine Awareness, National Maritime Day (India)

April 7 World Health Day April 8 World Tradition Day, International Romani Day April 12 International Day of Human Space Flight - an

official United Nations day, International Day for Street

Children, World Aviation & Cosmonautics Day

April 14 Cultural Unity Day (recognized by India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh and Nepal), National Law Day,

Fire Extinguishing Day

April 16 World Entrepreneurship Day (WED) April 17 World Haemophilia Day (Recognized by the UN),

Zoo Awareness Day

April 18 World Heritage Day April 21 Secretaries Day, Civil Services Day (India),

World Creativity and Innovation Day

April 22 Earth Day April 23 World Book and Copyright Day (Recognized by

the UN), Easter Day

April 24 World Day for Laboratory Animals (Recognized by the UN), World Meningitis Day



April 25 Parental Alienation Awareness Day, Penguin Day, World Meningitis Day, World Malaria Day, National

Administrative Professionals Day, World Veterinary Day

April 26 World Intellectual Property Day (Recognized by the UN)

April 28 International Worker's Memorial Day, World Day for Safety and Health at Work

April 29 International Dance Day, International Make-A-Wish Day

April 30 International Jazz Day May

May 1 World Naturist Day, May Day or Labour Day, Gujarat Statehood Day, Maharastra Statehood Day

May 2 International Astronomy Day May 3 World Solar Energy Day, World Asthma Day, World

Press Freedom Day (UN)

May 4 International Fire fighters' Day, Star Wars Day, Coal Miners' Days

May 5 International Midwives Day, World Athletics Day, Day of Vesak(recognized by the UN)

May 6 International Awareness Day for Orthogenesis Imperfect (Brittle Bones)

May 7 Bladder Cancer Awareness Day, National Institute of Sports Founder's Day

May 8 World Red Cross & Red Crescent Day May 9 World Thalassaemia Day, Europe Day May 10 World Mother Day, World Lupus Day May 11 National Technology Day (India), National

Resurgence Day

May 12 World Hypertension Day, World Nurses Day, World Migratory Bird Day (recognized by the UN and UNEP)

May 13 International Criminal Court Day, National Solidarity Day

May 14 Bone and Joint Day May 15 International Day of Families (Recognized by

the UN)

May 16 Sikkim Day May 17 World Telecommunication Day, World AIDS

Vaccine Day, World Information Society Day (Recognized by

the UN)

May 18 International Museum Day May 19 World Hepatitis Day May 20 World Autoimmune Arthritis Day, sponsored by

the International Auto immune Arthritis Movement, World

Metrology Day

May 21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (Recognized by the UN), Anti Terrorism Day

May 22 International Day for Biological Diversity (Recognized by the UN), World Goth Day

May 23 World Turtle Day May 24 Common wealth Day May 25 World Thyroid Day, Geek Pride Day May 29 International Day of United Nations

Peacekeepers (Recognized by the UN), Redhead Day,

International Mount Everest Day (Designated by Nepal)

May 31 World Anti Tobacco Day (Recognized by the UN) June

June 1 Global Day of Parents, International Children's Day, World Milk Day

June 4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

June 5 World Environment Day June 6 Hunger Day



June 8 World Ocean Day, World Brain Tumors Day June 10 Ballpoint Pen Day June 12 World Day Against Child Labour June 14 World Blood Donor Day June 15 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day June 16 International Integration Day, June 17 World Day to Combat Desertification and

Drought (Recognized by the UN), Badger Day, Panic Day

June 18 International Picnic Day, International Ride to Work Day

June 19 World Sickle Cell Day, by UN Resolution June 20 World Refugee Day (Recognized by the UN) June 21 World Music Day June 23 United Nations Public Service Day (Recognized

by the UN), International Olympic Day, International Widow's

Day

June 26 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (Recognized by the UN), International Day in

Support of Victims of Torture (Recognized by the UN),

International Anti - Drugs Day

June 27 Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day, World Diabetes Day

3rd Sunday of June International Father's Day July

July 1 Doctor's Day, International Joke Day, Architecture Day

July 2 World UFO Day, World Sports Journalists Day July 6 World Zoonoses Day July 7 International Cooperative Day July 8 Writer's Day July 11 World Population Day (Recognized by the UN) July 16 Disability (ADA) Awareness Day

July 18 Mandela Day (Recognized by the UN) July 26 Kargil Memorial Day July 28 World Hepatitis Day, World Nature

Conservation Day

July 29 International Tiger Day July 30 International Day of Friendship (recognized by

the UN)

July 31 Orgasm Day Last Friday of July System Administrator Appreciation Day

August

August 1 Clergy Sexual Abuse Awareness Day US & International

August 3 World Friendship Day, Liberation Day August 5 International Beer Day August 6 Hiroshima Day, Anti Nuclear Day August 7 International Hipster Day August 8 World Senior Citizen Day August 9 Quit India Day (India), Nagasaki Day,

International Day of the World's Indigenous People, World

Gifted & Talented Awareness Day, National Women's Day in

South Africa

August 10 Dengue Prevention Day, International Sorry Ranga (redhead) Day

August 12 International Youth Day (Recognized by the UN), Librarians Day

August 13 International Lefthanders Day August 14 Pakistan's Independence Day August 15 India's Independence Day, West Bengal Day,

World Internet Appreciation Day, International Mourning

Day

August 16 Black day



August 19 World Humanitarian Day, World Photography Day

August 20 World Mosquito Day August 21 World Fashion Day August 23 International Day for the Remembrance of the

Slave Trade and its Abolition (Recognized by the UN)

August 24 Kolkata's Birth Day, Sanskrit Day August 26 Namibia Day August 29 National Sports Day (India), International Day

against Nuclear Tests, Telugu Language Day

August 30 International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, Small Industry Day

September

September 1 to 7 Nutrition Week September 2 World Coconut Day September 4 Minority Welfare Day, World Cerebral Palsy Day September 5 Teachers Day (India), Sanskrit Day (India) September 8 International Literacy Day (Recognized by the

UN), World Physical Therapy Day

September 10 World Suicide Prevention Day, Punjab Statehood Day, Haryana Statehood Day

September 11 World First Aid Day September 12 United Nations Day for South-South

Cooperation

September 13 World Flowers Day September 14 Hindi Day (India) September 15 International Day of Democracy,

International Day of Engineers

September 16 World Ozone Day September 19 International Talk Like a Pirate Day September 21 International Day of Peace (Recognized

by the UN), World Alzheimer's Day, Biosphere Day

September 22 World Car Free Day, World Rose Day (Welfare of Cancer Patients), World Rhino Day

September 24 Dating Day, World Heart Day, World Clean-up Day

September 26 European Day of Languages, World Day Of The Deaf, CSIR Foundation Day

September 27 World Tourism Day September 28 Right to Know Day, World Rabies Day,

Gunners Day

September 30 World Helping Day, Blasphemy Day Last week of September World Maritime Day

October

October 1 World Vegetarian Day, International Day of Older Persons (Recognized by the UN)

October 2 International Day of Non-Violence, Human Rights Protection Day, Prisoner's Day, World Ostony Day,

World Animal Day

October 3 World Smile Day, World Nature Day October 4 World Animal Welfare Day October 5 World Teachers' Day, Poetry Day October 8 World Humanitarian Action Day, World Egg

Day, Rapid Action Force Raising Day

October 9 World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, World Post Day, Global Jamie Day

October 10 World Mental Health Day, World Day Against Death Penalty, National Post Day (India)

October 11 National Coming Out Day October 12 World arthritis day October 13 International Suit Up Day, Metastatic Breast

Cancer Awareness Day, World Day for Natural Disaster

Reduction (UN), World Calamity Control Day (UN)

October 14 World Standards Day



October 15 World Blind Day, International Day of Rural Women (Recognized by the UN), Global Hand washing Day,

World White Cane Day

October 16 National Boss Day, World Food Day (Recognized by the UN), World Anaesthesiologists Day

October 17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (Recognized by the UN), World Trauma Day

October 20 International Day of the Air Traffic Controller, World Statistics Day, World Osteoporosis Day

October 21 Global Iodine Deficiency Disorders Day, Police Commemoration Day

October 22 International Stuttering Awareness Day October 24 United Nations Day (Recognized by the UN),

World Development Information Day (Recognized by the UN),

World Polio Day

October 25 Spina Bifida Awareness Day, Hydrocephalus Day

October 27 World Day for Audiovisual Heritage (Recognized by the UN), Infantry Day

October 28 International Animation Day, INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY

October 29 Sleep In Day October 30 World Thrift Day, International Orthopaedic

Nurses Day

October 31 National Integration Day (India) November

November 1 World Vegan Day November 5 World Interact Day November 6 International Day for Preventing the

Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

(Recognized by the UN)

November 8 World Radiographer Day

November 9 World Freedom Day, World Legal Services Day November 10 World Immunization Day November 12 World Pneumonia Day November 13 World Kindness Day November 14 World Diabetes Day (Recognized by the UN),

Children's Day (India)

November 16 International Day for Tolerance, World Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Day

November 17 International Students Day November 19 International Journalist's remembrance Day,

International Men's Day

November 20 Africa Industrialization Day (Recognized by the UN), Universal Children's Day (Recognized by the UN),

Transgender Day of Remembrance

November 21 World Hello Day, World Television Day (Recognized by the UN), World Fisheries Day

November 25 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (Recognized by the UN),

International Meatless

November 26 National Law Day (India) November 29 International Day of Solidarity with the

Palestinian People (Recognized by the UN)

November 30 Computer Security Day 3rd Sunday of November World Day of Remembrance for

Road Traffic Victims (Recognized by the UN)

December

December 1 World Aids Day (Recognized by the UN) December 2 International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

(Recognized by the UN), World Computer Literacy Day

December 3 World Conservation Day, World Day of the Handicapped

December 4 Indian Navy Day



December 5 International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development (Recognized by the UN)

December 6 National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women - Status of Women Canada

December 7 Indian Armed Force Flag Day, International Civil Aviation Day (Recognized by the UN)

December 9 The International Day against Corruption (Recognized by the UN)

December 10 Human Rights Day (Recognized by the UN), International Animal Rights Day

December 11 International Mountain Day (Recognized by the UN)

December 12 The International Day Of Heavy Metal December 14 National Energy Conservation Day (India) December 18 International Migrants Day (Recognized by the

UN)

December 20 International Human Solidarity Day (Recognized by the UN)

December 23 Farmers Day (India) December 29 International Biodiversity Day



INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE Palbinder Kaur Shergill has become the first turbaned

Sikh woman to be appointed as Canada’s Supreme Court judge

Finland has become the first in the world to pay basic income to randomly picked citizens on national level

Norway -will become the world’s first country to switch off FM radio

the headquarters of the Islamic Military Alliance to Fight

Terrorism (IMAFT)-Riyadh

Jovenel Moise won the 2016 Presidential election of Haiti

new President of Ghana- Nana Akufo-Addo

the new Prime Minister of Romania-Mihai Tudose Daniel Ortega as the new President of Nicaragua the new President of Gambia-Adama Barrow newly elected Chief Justice of Pakistan-Mian Saqib Nisar United Nations (UN ) international organization has

declared 2017 as the “International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development

world’s first country to cease FM radio broadcasting-Norway

“Global Risks Report 2017” has been released by ]World Economic Forum (WEF)

The 2017 World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting will be held in Switzerland

the headquarters of the think-tank Atlantic Council (AC)-Washington

United Kingdom has become the world’s first country to officially recognise parkour as a sport

The International conference for peace talks between Israel and Palestinians will be held in Paris

South Korea is the headquarters of the International Vaccine Institute (IVI)

China has officially started building the world’s first forest city

the new President of International Economic Association (IEA)-Kaushik Basu

The headquarters of the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) is located In South Korea

Hassan Rouhani has won the 2017 Presidential election of Iran

Belgium is hosting the 2017 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

the new President of Ecuador- Lenin Moreno UAE police has officially recruited the world’s first

operational robot police officer Taiwan has become the first Asian country to recognize

same sex marriage . Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been elected as

the new Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO). He hails from Ethiopia

Italy is hosting the 2017 G7 summit South Korea to host 2017 board of governors meeting of

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Kazakhstan to host 2017 Shanghai Cooperation

Organization (SCO) the new President of Serbia -Aleksandar Vucic Miroslav Lajcak will be the new President of United

Nations General Assembly. He hails from Slovakia new Prime Minister of Ireland -Leo Varadkar the new Prime minister of Nepal -Sher Bahadur Deuba Montenegro has officially become the new member of

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Astana city is hosting the 2017 Shanghai Cooperation

Organisation (SCO) summit The new Prime Minister of Mauritius- Pravind Jugnauth The world’s largest solar park has been built by China



Icelandcountry will become the world’s first country to neutralise gender pay gap

The South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) Finance Ministers meeting has strated in india

Japanhas officially recognized Bitcoin and digital currencies as legal money

Germany has become the first NATO member to launch self-contained cyber command unit.

Myanmar the new member of South Asia Sub-regional Economic Cooperation(SASEC) program

The world’s first-ever digital ambassador has been created by Denmark

Moussa Faki has been appointed as the new chairman of the Commission of the African Union (AU

Nepal has tied up with China country to build 1200MW Budhi-Gandaki Hydropower Project

The 2017 European Union Film Festival (EUFF) has started from New Delhi

Philippines is hosting the World Street Food Congress (WSFC17)

The first-ever women television channel “Zan TV” has launched in Afghanistan

Neeru Chadha has become the first Indian woman to be elected as judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)

The Nalanda University has signed MoU with South Korea country for academic linkages and colloborations

United States country has launched the world’s smallest and cheapest private jet “Vision Jet”

India has signed pact with Mauritius country on Parliamentary Cooperation

The construction of world’s largest optical telescope has started in Chile

Geneva city hosted the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Forum-2017

New York is the headquarters of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

newly appointed Indian Ambassador to European Union (EU)-Gaitri Issar Kumar

Ana Brnabic become the first female prime minister of Serbia

Annabel Mehta has been conferred with the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire

The first-ever BRICS Games 2017 has started in China Dalveer Bhandari has been re-nominated by India for

another term as judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ)

India has signed a historical agreement with Portugal country to promote cooperation in the field of archives

Luanda city has topped the list of most expensive cities for expatriates, according to Mercer’s 2017 Cost of Living Survey

The world’s first ever data embassy will be established by Estonia

Y S Chowdary is leading the Indian delegation at the 2017 BIO International Convention

Nepal is host to the 4th BIMSTEC Summit-2017 Indonesia to host the 2017 Indian Ocean Rim

Association (IORA) summit The Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) meeting will held

in Lahore China to build its’ first national under water observatory

in disputed South China Sea Donald Tusk is the newly elected President of the

European Council (EC Bangladesh country to host the 4th Rollball World Cup-

2017



India has signed MoU with China for extending Hindi language course

Athens city has been designated UNESCO World Book Capital 2018

The 2017 United Nations Oceans Conference will be held in New York

Bakri Hassan Saleh is the newly appointed Prime Minister of Republic of the Sudan

Malala Yousafzai will become the United Nations (UN)’s youngest-ever Messenger of Peace

Dubai has become the first city in the world to have its own Microsoft font

Moon Jae-in sworn-in as the new President of South Korea

Finland country to host the 2017 Arctic Energy Summit (AES

China to host first-ever One Belt One Road (OBOR) Summit?

The 2017 bilateral maritime exercise “SIMBEX-17” has started between India and Singapore

El Salvador has become the first country in the world to ban the mining of metals

The 2017 joint military exercise “Balikatan” has started between United States and Philippines

The 2017 multinational military exercise “Eager Lion” has started in Jordan

India country has been elected as the new President of Governing Council of UN-Habitat

Hubert Minnis is the newly elected Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas

the new Prime Minister of France-Edouard Philippe



NATIONAL IMPORTANCE

India’s first transgender school ̶;Sahaj International” has started in state Kerala(Thrikkakara in Kerala’s Ernakulam district)

The Haj Committee of India (HCoI) is the statutory body of

Ministry of Minority Affairs

India’s first bus to run on biogas will start from –Kolkata the theme of the 2017 New Delhi World Book Fair

(NDWBF-Manushi – Books Written on and by Women The 2017 International Conference on Disability

Communication (ICDC) was held in India “Aditya” India’s first-ever solar powered boat has been

launched in Kerala Youth for Digital India is the theme of 2017 National

Youth Festival (NYF) in India The world’s biggest cricket stadium will come up in

Gujarat state of India “Mission 41K” has been launched by Ministry of Railways

to save energy Shagun portal has been launched by the Union

Government for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA Mumbai is the headquarters of the Advertising Standards

Council of India (ASCI India has donated $1 lakh amount to UN Tax fund on tax

matters for developing nations Jitendra Singh -union minister has launched a new

training programme “COMMIT” for State Government officials

Narendra Modi will lead the Indian delegation in the 12th G20 Summit-2017(Germany on July 7-8, 2017)

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has colloborated with Facebook

social media platform to launch nationwide “Voter Registration Reminder”

Srinivas Gokulnath become the first Indian to complete the 4,900-km Race Across America (RAAM) in solo category

Bengaluru city has become the India’s first city to deliver diesel at home

Anshu Jamsenpa has become the world’s first woman to scale Mt Everest twice within 5 days. She hails from Arunachal Pradesh

IIT Kharagpur has inked pact with Madhya Pradesh for measuring happiness index

India has signed $36 million amount of loan agreement with the World Bank (WB) for Himachal Pradesh Public Financial Management Capacity Building Programme

India’s first automatic coastal warning for disasters will come up in Odisha

India’s first smartcard-based Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) initiative “Trin Trin” has launched in Mysuru

India’s first-ever Rural LED Street Lighting Project will be set up in Andhra Pradesh

Vijaya Bank will set up 100 digital villages across the country

India’s longest bridge “Dhola-Sadia Bridge” has built over Lohit River of the Brahmaputra River

Indian Institute of Science, Bangaloretopped the 2017 National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings for higher educational institutions

The 2017 T20 Blind Cricket World Cup will be hosted by India

The Digital Radio Round Table Conference has been launched by M Venkaiah Naidu



India and which United Nations organisation have launched partnership fund to promote sustainable development –UNOSSC

The first-ever Indian Railways Human Resources Round Table Conference has started in New Delhi

Pranab Mukherjee has launched ‘Selfie with Daughter’ app to raise awareness among people about female foeticide and sex selection

India’s first multi-modal electric vehicle project has launched in Nagpur city

India has topped the global remittance-receiving list of 2016, as per latest UN report “One Family at a Time”

New Delhi city is hosting the Know India Programme (KIP) for young overseas Indians

Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute (RIMYI), Pune institute has been selected as the first recipient of the

Prime Minister’s Yoga Award Yoga for Health is the theme of the 2017 International Yoga

Day (IYD) India has signed $275 million amount of loan agreement

with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to upgrade 64 small towns of Madhya Pradesh

Amitabh Bachchan has become the new brand ambassador to promote Goods and Services Tax (GST)

Harsh Vardhan union minister has launched a mobile app “Celebrating Yoga” for scientific healthy living

India’s first indigenously built floating dock (FDN-2) has launched on Kattupalli Shipyard

India to host 18th ion of World Road Meeting (WRM) India’s first-ever transgender athletic meet was held in

Kerala India hosted the 2017 International Basava Convention

(IBC)

India’s first-ever electric taxi (e- taxi) trial run will be held in Nagpur

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS hospital has become the India’s First public hospital for eye tumours

India’s first-ever digitised Panchayat ward has come up in Kerala

India will provide Rs 35 crore amount to Bangladesh under new “Muktijodha scholarship” scheme

India’s first electric cab fleet will be launched in Nagpur e-Krishi Samvad online facility has been launched by the

Union Government to provide direct solution to problem of agriculture sector

India’s first Aquatic Rainbow Technology Park (ARTP) will be set up in Chennai



PERSON IN NEWS Eknathrao Vikhe-Pati, who passed away recently, was

the well-known politician of Maharashtra state

Tyrus Wong, who passed away recently, was the

legendary Disney artist of United States

Imtiaz Ahmed, who passed away recently, was the former

cricketer of Pakistan

Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan, who passed away recently, was

the famous musician of Sitar musical instrument

Amitabh Bachchan has been honoured by US Embassy

for Tuberculosis (TB) awareness

Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who passed away recently,

was the former President of Iran

Surjit Singh Barnala, who passed away recently, was the

former chief minister of Punjab

Freedom fighter Mohan Singh Josan, who passed away

recently, was belonged to Rajasthan

Vidya Balan

has become the ambassador of the 2017 Indian Film

Festival of Melbourne (IFFM)

Priyanka Chopra Indian Bollywood actress has been

appointed as the new brand ambassador for

government’s flagship Skill India campaign Kavita Devi will become the first Indian woman wrestler

to compete in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)

P V Sindhu has elected as the new member of BWF

Atheletes’ commission Rakesh Kapoor has been appointed the new chairman of

International Fertiliser Association (IFA

KPS Gill, known for rooting out militancy from Punjab,

was belonged to Punjab state

Anita Kundu has become the first Indian woman to scale

Mt. Everest from China side

Nirupama Rao -Indian personality has been appointed

public policy fellow to Woodrow Wilson International

Centre for Scholars

S. Abdul Rahman, who passed away recently, was the

famous poet of Tamil language

Ganeshan Neelakanta Iyer become the first Indian to be

nominated as a member of the ITTF Umpires and

Referees Committee (URC)

Sushmita Sen Indian personality will become judge in the 2017 Miss Universe pageant

ViratKohli has been honoured as the Wisden’s leading cricketer in the World for 2016.

PrithikaYashini has become the India’s first-ever transgender police Sub-Inspector

Kishori Amonkar, the renowned Hindustani classical vocalist has passed away. She hailed from Maharashtra

Virat Kohli has featured in the 2017 Forbes list of world’s highest paid athletes

Adam West, star of hit TV series “Batman” passed away. He hailed from United States

Ananya Kamboj Indian student has been selected to represent India as young journalist at the global Football for Friendship (F4F) social programme

IIT Kanpur -IIT institute will confer honorary doctorate degree to PT Usha

Syama Sanju has won the Kerala’s first-ever beauty contest for transgenders



Konstantinos Mitsotakis, who passed away recently, was the former Prime Minister of Greece

V K Saraswat has been appointed as the new Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)

Anshu Jamsenpa has become the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest for the fourth time

Arjun Maini has become the first Indian driver to win the race in the GP3 Series

Gul Panag has become the first Indian woman to drive Formula E racing car at a race track

PLACES IN NEWS The headquarters of the Administrative Staff College of

India (ASCI) –Hyderabad The 104th Indian Science Congress (ISC) has started in

Andhra Pradesh The 2017 Assam International Agri-Horiculture show

has started in city Guwahati The 2017 Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) will be hosted by

Bengaluru city The 2017 Island tourism Festival has started in

Andaman and Nicobar / union territory The International Conference on “Yoga for diabetes” has

been held in New Delhi city The 2017 All India Conference of Waqf Boards has

started in New Delhi India’s first international stock exchange “India

International Exchange” has been launched in Gandhinagar

The 2017 National Conference for e-Governance has started in Visakhapatnam

2017 National conference “Jal Manthan-III” will be held in New Delhi

2017 Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit has started in Gandhinagar

The 2017 National Youth Festival will be held in Haryana

The Chhabra Thermal Power Plant (CTPP) is located in Rajasthan

The 2017 India International Garment Fair (IIGF) will be held in New Delhi

Mawlynnong village, which is cleanest village in Asia, is located in Meghalaya state

Karang, which has become India’s first cashless island, is located in Manipur

The International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic plants of India has been held in New Delhi

India’s first-ever mega textiles trade event “Textiles India 2017” has started in Gandhinagar

Sharjah city has been designated as the UNESCO World Book Capital 2019

India’s first freight village will be set up in Varanasi The 2017 National Tuberculosis (TB) summit has started

in Dharamshala The 2017 National conference on Communicating India

has started in New Delhi India’s first International Centre for Foot and Mouth

Disease (ICFMD) has set up inOdisha Hyderabadthe first Indian city to offer 1Gbps wired

broadband internet service The “India Pharma & India Medical Device-2017”

conference held in Bengaluru The 2017 North East Film Festival (NEFF) has started in

Pune New Delhi city to host the second edition of National

Health Editors’ Conference on Yoga -2017



The 2017 G7 Environmental ministry meeting was held in Bologna city

The 16th North East Region Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (NERCPA) conference has started in Imphal

India host the 2018 annual meeting of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

New Delhi city to host 2017 India Mobile Congress (IMC Indore city has become the India’s first city to use robot

to control unruly traffic Indore city has become the India’s cleanest city,

according to the Swachh Bharat survey 2017 The 2017 National Standards Conclave (NSC) was held

in New Delhi The headquarters of the Indira Gandhi National Forest

Academy (IGNFA)- Dehradun India’s first bio refinery plant has set up in Maharashtra

SCHEMES NTR Arogya Raksha” a new health scheme has been

launched by Andhra Pradesh

Street Lighting National Programme (SLNP) is the world’s largest street light replacement programme of India

“Digital Dakiya” scheme has been launched in Madhya Pradesh government to encourage cashless transactions



SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY Google has launched “Digital Unlocked” the training

program for Indian small businesses

NASA has successfully launched the world’s smallest satellite “Kalamsat”. The satellite is built by which Indian teen Rifath Sharook

India’s first laser technology-based advanced AVMS RTO check post has set up at Gujarat

VAJRA” -Visiting Advanced Joint Research Faculty The researchers of IIT Kharagpur has developed a wireless

technology “AmbuSens” to monitor hospital-bound patients

ISRO has successfully launched GSAT-19 communication

satellite through GSLV Mark III launch vehicle

The Union Government has launched e-Sanad web portal

for online documentation verification for students

Uttar Pradesh state govenrment has launched Japanese

Encephalitis (JE) vaccination drive for the people of Uttar

Pradesh

Japan has successfully launched its first-ever military

communications satellite “Kirameki -2” into orbit The Union Government has launched IDCF programme to

reduce child deaths due to diarrhoea. “IDCF” stands for -Intensified Diarrhea Control Fortnight

Amul has signed MoU with Indian Space Research

Organisation (ISRO) for fodder acreage estimation using

space technology

IIT Kharagpur has developed ‘soil-to-soil’ technology to manufacture cheaper, quicker and pollution-free bio fuel

Axis Bank has launched India’s first open loop EMV contactless metro card “Kochi 1”

The South Asia satellite “GSAT-09” will be launched by ISRO from GSLV Mk-II

Facebook social networking site has officially launched

“Express Wi-Fi” internet services in India



SPORTS Kush Bhagat is associated with Chess Velavan Senthilkumar is associated with Squash Shreyas Mehta is associated with Squash Headquarters of the International Federation of Football

History & Statistics (IFFHS) –Switzerland Rafael Nadal won the 2016 Mubadala World Tennis

Championship Sergey Karjakin won the 2016 World Blitz Chess

Championship

India women football team has won the 2016 SAFF

Women’s Championship Gujarat cricket team has won the 2016-17 Ranji Trophy

tournament

Pankaj Advani has won the 2016 Kolkata Open National Invitation Snooker Championship

The 2017 National Ice Skating Championship has started

in Haryana

Novak Djokovic has won the 2017 Qatar Open Men’s singles tennis tournament

Sania Mirza and Bethanie Mattek-Sands has won the 2017

WTA Brisbane International Women’s doubles Tennis trophy

Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan tennis pair

has won the 2017 Aircel Chennai Open men’s doubles tournament

Chennai Smashers team has won the 2017 Vodafone

Premier Badminton League (PBL

Punjab Royals team has won the 2017 Pro Wrestling

League (PWL

Odisha- Indian state is hosting the 2017 Asian Athletics

Championships

Roger Federer has won the 2017 Gerry Weber Open tennis

tournament

Yashaswini Singh Deswal has bagged gold in the Women’s 10m Air Pistol at the ISSF Junior World Rifle/Pistol

Championship

Kidambi Srikanth Indian shuttler has won the Australian

Open Super Series Badminton trophy

Bengaluru FC football team has won the 38th edition of

Indian Federation Cup Football tournament-2017

Indian squah player R Vaishali has won gold at 2017 Asian

Continental Women Blitz Chess Championship

Sweden has won the 2017 Ice Hockey World

Championship

Nitin Kumar Sinha has won boys singles title at the 2017

HCL Asian Junior Tennis Championship

B Sai Praneeth won the 2017 men’s singles title at the Thailand Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament

Real Madrid has won the 2017 UEFA Champions League

trophy

Saina Nehwal has won the 2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold Badminton tournament

Shyam Kumar is associated with Boxing Roger Federerwon the 2017 Men’s Singles Miami Open

Tennis Tournament. Serena Williams has won the 2017 Women’s singles

Australian Open tennis tournament Roger Federer has won the 2017 Men’s singles Australian

Open tennis tournament



Sameer Verma has won the 2017 Men’s singles Syed Modi Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament

Rohan Bopanna and Gabriela Dabrowski] tennis pair have won the 2017 French Open mixed doubles tournament

Sasmita Malik has been adjudged in the first-ever AIFF Women’s player of the year for 2016

Rafael Nadal has won the 2017 French Open Men’s Singles Tennis Tournament

Nguyen Duc Hoa has won the 2017 Mumbai Mayor’s Cup International Open Chess Tournament. He hails from Vietnam

Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu Indian pair have won gold in mixed team 10m air pistol event at 2017 International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Gabala World Cup

Lewis Hamilton has won the 2017 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix tournament

Jelena Ostapenko has won the 2017 French Open Women’s Singles Tennis Tournament

Kidambi Srikanth has won the 2017 Men’s singles Indonesia Open Super Series Badminton tournament

South Korea has won the 2017 Badminton Sudirman Cup The 2017 World Table Tennis Championships (WTTC) has

started in Germany Sebastian Vettel has won the 2017 Formula 1 Monaco

Grand Prix World Championship India has won 18th Asian Junior Team Squash

Championship-2017 India will host 2017 FIBA Women’s Asia Cup basketball

tournament Lewis Hamilton has won the 2017 Formula 1 Chinese

Grand Prix tournament India’s first NBA Basketball School has started in Mumbai India has won the 5th ion of Asian School Hockey

Championship-2017

India’s first-ever National Basketball Association (NBA) academy has officially opened in Greater Noida

Rafael Nadal has won the 2017 Men’s Singles title of Monte Carlo Masters Tennis tournament

Lyu Haotian has won the 2017 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship

Haryana state team has won the 2017 National Youth Athletics Championships

Joshna Chinappa has won the 19th edition of Women’s Asian Individual Squash Championships (AISC)-2017

Rafael Nadal has won the 2017 Men’s Singles Barcelona Open Tennis Tournament

Bajrang Punia has become the first Indian to win gold at the 2017 Asian Wrestling Championship

Lewis Hamilton has won the 2017 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix

Mark Selby has won the 2017 World Snooker Championship

Great Britain hockey team has won the 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup

Harpreet Singh has won bronze in Greco Roman 80kg category at 2017 Asian Wrestling Championship

Jhulan Goswami has become the world’s highest wicket-taker in women ODI cricket.



STATE CURRENT AFFAIRS Bihar state government has recently declared 50%

reservation in judicial services for OBCs, SCs, STs and EBCs

“Good Samaritan Policy” has been launched Delhi state / union territory government –

India’s largest public WiFi service has been launched by Maharashtra

The Nobel Prize Series India 2017 has recently started in Gujarat

Assam state government will launch e-wallet “Tokapoisa.in” for cashless transaction

“Nasha Mukt campaign” has been launched by Bihar state government to make state addictionfree

Uttarakhand has been conferred with the award of excellence at the 2nd Global Skill Development Summit (GSDM – 2017)

India’s first blood bank for cattle will be set up in Odisha state

Maharashtra state government will launched ‘My Plant’ mobile app on tree plantation’

West Bengal state government of India has won the

prestigious UN Public Service Award for year 2017

Telangana state government has launched digital wallet

“T-Wallet” for people with and without mobile phones Telangana state has become the India’s first state to

launch single-women pension scheme

Kerala state government has implemented ‘Green Protocol’ for weddings

Maharashtra to host 2017 Asian Junior Tennis

Championship

Goa state will become the Indian state to opt for electronic

transmission of postal ballot to service voters

“e-health project” will be launched by Kerala state government with support of World Bank(WB)

Assam government has started Gunotsav programme to improve elementary education

Haryana state government will provide one-time grant of Rs. 21,000 to families for third girl child

Madhya Pradeshgovernment has launched “e-nagarpalika” app to provide municipal services online

India’s largest start-up incubator will be set up in Karnataka

The Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University (RGNAU) is located in Uttar Pradesh

Punjab state government will start free mortuary van service for its’ citizens

Uttar Pradesh state has highest number of child labourers, as per latest Child Rights and You (CRY) report 2017

India’ first canal top solar PV system has set up in Maharashtra

Sikkim state government has signed MoU with British Council for quality education

Telangana state government has launched Pashu Bazar website for online cattle sale

The world’s largest refinery and petrochemical complex will be set up in Maharashtra

Punjab state government has announced free education for girls in Government Schools and colleges from Nursery to PhD

Maharashtra state government has launched “Mahaswayam portal” for job seekers and employers



“Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign” has been launched in Karnataka

Assam state government has launched “Chief Minister Samagra Gramya Unnayan Yojana (CMSGUY)” to develop villages of the state

Telangana state government has launched “Kakatiya Hub for Social Innovation” India’s first social innovation centre

Jharkhand state government will give 2% reservation to sportsperson in government job

India’s first-ever Blind Football Academy (BFA) is expected to come up in Kerala

Assam state government has made Sanskrit compulsory up to class VIII in all classes

The 2017 International Yoga festival has started in Uttarakhand

The Indian Veterinary Research Institute (IVRI) is located in Uttar Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh state government will re-launched ‘Adarana’ scheme for improving traditional Occupations

Haryana state government has launched “Operation Durga” to ensure women safety

Madhya Pradesh state to have India’s first privately-run railway station

Jharkhand state police has launched ‘Tare Zameen Par programme’ to enlighten children in Naxal affected Areas

Andhra Pradesh state government will launch a unique programme “Ammaku Vandaman” in schools to pay tribute to mothers

Karnataka is the India’s most corrupt state, according to latest survey by the Centre for Media Studies (CMS)

Madhya Pradesh state has become the first Indian state to shift to to January to December financial year

Maharashtra state has become the first Indian state to use Automated Weather Stations (AWS) for farmers

Andhra Pradesh state government has recently become the registered proprietor of the GI tag for Banganapalle mangoes

Kerala state has topped the 2017 Public Affairs Index (PAI) in governance

India’s first-ever “village of books” will open in Maharashtra state to promote tourism

Maharashtra state government has recently signed MoU with Indian Railways to expand green cover

TAMILNADU NEWS

Pinakin” mobile app has been launched by Tamil Nadu state tourism department to boost tourism

The Yelagiri summer festival has started in Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu state government has recently signed MoU

with Union Aviation Ministry for Udan scheme Tamil Nadu state government has recently signed a MoU

with Bharat Broadband Network Ltd(BBNL) to implement BharatNet



SAMPLE QUESTIONS 1) The first-ever Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU)

International Dance festival has been held in which city?

மு ல் ச - ச க் ட்க ஸ்டிங் ன் (ABU) சர் த ச ன்ஸ் ரு ந் க ல் ட ப ற் து?

[A]Hyderabad டைப த் [B]Dubai து ய் [C]Tehran ப ஹ் ன் [D]New Delhi து ல்

2) Which committee has recently recommended quota for girl

students in IITs? . .டி. ல் ள் ர்களுக்க துக்கட்ட ச த் ல் ந் க் ழு ந்துட த் து?

[A]Abhijit Sen committee ஜ த் பசன் ழு [B]Timothy Gonsalves committee டித கன்ச ல்ஸ் க ட்டி [C]D M Dharmadhikari committee டி. ம். ர் க க ட்டி [D]Sumit Bose committee த் த ஸ் ழு 3) Surjit Singh Barnala, who passed away recently, was the

former chief minister of which state? ண்ட ல் க ர் ர்ஜ த்ச ங் ர் , ந் த் ன்

முன் ள் மு ட ச்சர்? [A]Andhra Pradesh ந் ப் த சம் [B]Uttarakhand த் கண்ட் [C]Punjab ஞ்ச ப் [D]Tamil Nadu ழ் டு 4) Which team has won the 2017 Vodafone Premier Badminton

League (PBL)?

2017 த த ன் ர் த ட் ன் ன் க் ( ல்) ந் ப ன்றுள் து?

[A]Awadhe Warriors த ர்ஸ் [B]Hyderabad Hunters டை த் த ட்ட க்க ர்கள் [C]Mumbai Rockets மும்ட க்பகட்ஸ் [D]Chennai Smashers பசன்ட ஸ் ஷர்ஸ்

5) The book “The Karachi Deception” has been authored by

whom?

The Karachi Deception த் கம் ட ழு ர்? [A]Vikram Ahuja க் ம் ை ஜ [B]Siddhartha Thorat ச த் ர் த த் [C]Abhimanyu Singh ன் ச ங் [D]Shatrujeet Nath ஷட்ருஜத் த் 6) How much loan amount has been sanctioned by World Bank

(WB) for “Nagaland Health Project”? க ங்க (WB) " கத ண்ட் பைல்த்" க் வ் வு க ன் ப டக ங்கப் ட்டுள் து?

[A]$58 million $ 58 ல் ன் [B]$68 million$ 68 ல் ன் [C]$88 million$ 88 ல் ன் [D]$48 million$ 48 ல் ன் 7) The world’s biggest cricket stadium will come up in which

state of India?

ந் ன் ந் த் ல் க ன் கப்ப க க்பகட் ட ம் ரும்?

[A]West Bengal த ற் ங்கம் [B]Haryana [C]Gujarat ஜ த் [D]Karnataka கர் கம் 8) What is the India’s rank in the 2017 Global Talent

Competitiveness Index (GTCI)?

2017 த ல் த ண்ட் க ம் டிடிவ்ப ஸ் ன்ப க்ஸில் (ஜ டிச ) ந் ன் த ங்க் ன் ல் ன் ?

[A]88th [B]63rd [C]57th [D]92nd



9) The 2017 India International Garment Fair (IIGF) will be

held in which city? 2017 ந் சர் த ச ட கண்க ட்ச (IIGF) ந் க ல் க் ம்

[A]Kanpur க ன் ர் [B]New Delhi து ல் [C]Jaipur பஜய்ப் ர் [D]Pune த 10) Freedom fighter Mohan Singh Josan, who passed away

recently, was belonged to which state? ச த் ல் ட ந் ந் ப் த த கன் ச ங் தஜ சன், ந் த் ற்

பச ந் ர்? [A]Kerala தக ம் [B]Tamil Nadu ழ் டு [C]Odisha டிச D]Rajasthan ஜஸ் ன் 11) Who has won the prestigious award “The Hindu Prize

2016”? பகௌ ருது " ை ந்து 2016" ப ன் து ர்? [A]Manjula Padmanabhan ஞ் த் ன் [B]Kunal Basu ல் [C]Kiran Doshi க ண் த ச [D]Anil Menon ல் த ன் 12) The book “Kalkatta” has been authored by whom?

" Kalkatta " த் கம் ல் ழு ப் ட் து? [A]Kunal Basu ல் [B]K Satchidanandan தக சட்ச ந் ன் [C]Ernest Hemingway ர் ஸ்ட் பை ங்த [D]Venkatasubba Rao ப ங்க வ் 13) The 2017 Dantan Gramin Mela has started in which of

the following states? 2017 ன் ன் க ன் த ன் ரும் ந் ங்க ல் து ங்க து?

[A]West Bengal த ற் ங்கம் [B]Mizoram தச ம் [C]Assam ச ம் [D]Chhattisgarh சத் ஸ்கர் 14) Which portal has been launched by the Union

Government for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA)?

சர் ச க்ஷ ன் ( ஸ். ஸ். .) க் த் ச ல் ந் ப ரு த ர்ட் ல் ப ங்கப் ட் து? [A]Shiksha portal ச க்ஷ த ர் ல் [B]Maitri portal ட த் த ர் ல் [C]Desh Bharti portal ப ஸ் ர் த ர்ட் ல் [D]Shagun portal ஷ ன் த ர்ட் ல் 15) Jacob Polley, who has won the 2016 TS Eliot Prize for

poetry, is belonged to which country? [A]United Kingdom [B]United States [C]South Africa [D]Malaysia

க ட க்க 2016 TS ட் ப ன் தஜக்கப் த ல் ந் ட்ட ச் தசர்ந் ர்?

A. க்க ஜ் ம் B. க்க க ங்கள் C. ப ன் ப் க்க D. த ஷ

16) Farrukh Amonatov, who has won the 2017 Delhi

International Open chess tournament, is belonged to which

country? 2017 ல் சர் த ச ப் ன் சது ங்க த ட்டி ல் ப ன் ப ருக் த த வ் ந் ட்ட ச் தசர்ந் ர்?

[A]Kyrgyzstan க ர்க ஸ் ன் [B]Tajikistan ஜ க ஸ் ன் [C]Iran ன் [D]Uzbekistan ஸ்ப க ஸ் ன்



17) The International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic plants of India has been held in which city?

[A]Chennai [B]Shillong [C]New Delhi [D]Pune

ந் ன் ருத்து ற்றும் று ப் ர்கள் சர் த ச கருத் ங்கம் ட ப ற் து ந் ர்? A. பசன்ட B. ஷ ல் ங் C. து ல் D. த

18) The National Voters’ Day is celebrated on which date in

India? ந் ல் ந் ல் த ச க்க ர் ம் பக ண் ப் டுக து?

[A]January 25 ஜ 25 [B]January 22 ஜ 22 [C]January 23 ஜ 23 [D]January 24 ஜ 24 19) The book “60 Indian Poets” has been authored by whom? [A]Amitav Ghosh [B]Vikram Seth [C]Jeet Thayil [D]Arun Kolatkar

"60 ந் க ர்க ன்" த் கம் ல் ழு ப் ட் து? A. த் தக ஷ் B. க் ம் தசத் C. ஜத் ப ல் D. ருண் தக ட்கர்

20) Who has won the 2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold

Badminton tournament?

[A]Saina Nehwal [B]P V Sindhu [C]Beatriz Corrales [D]Hsu Ya-ching

2017 த ச ஸ் ர்ஸ் க ண்ட் க்ஸ் தக ல்ட் த ட் ன் ன் த ட்டி ல் ப ன் ர் ர்? A. டச ப ல் B. . ச . ச ந்து C. ட்ட ஸ் க ப ஸ் D. -ச ங்

21) “e-health project” will be launched by which state

government with support of World Bank " ன் க த் ட் ம்" க ங்க ன் வு ன் ந் ச ங்கத் ல்

ப ங்கப் டும்? [A]Assam ச ம் [B]Andhra Pradesh ந் ப் த சம் [C]Karnataka கர் கம் [D]Kerala தக ம் 22) Who will be the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of

Khadi & Village Industries Commission(KVIC)? [A]S Jaishankar [B]Rina Mitra [C]Anshu Sinha [D]Arun Kuma Jha

க & க ப ற் துட ட த் ன் ட ட ர் க க (CEO) ர்(KVIC)?

A. ஸ் பஜய்சங்கர் B. த் C. ன் ச ன்ை D. ருண் ஜ



23) The book “You Got Magic” has been authored by whom? " You Got Magic " ன் த் கம் ல் ழு ப் ட் து? [A] Neel Madhav ல் வ் [B]Tishani Doshi ஷ த ஷ [C]Arun Kolatkar ருண் தக ட்கர் [D]T D Ramakrishnan டி. டி. க ருஷ் ன் 24) The book “The Future of India” has been authored by

whom? [A]Bimal Jalan [B]C Rangarajan [C]Y Venugopal Reddy [D]Bipin Ganatra

ந் ன் ர்க ம்" ன் த் கம் ல் ழு ப் ட் து? A. ல் ஜ ன் B. ச ங்க ஜன் C. . த ணுதக ல் ப ட்டி D. ன் க த்

25) Shekhar Naik, who has been selected for 2017 Padma

Shri award, is associated with which sports? [A]Badminton [B]Wrestling [C]Boxing [D]Cricket

2017 த் ஸ்ரீ ருதுக் த ர்ந்ப டுக்கப் ட் தசகர் க் ந் ட ட்டு ன் ப ர் ட ர்?

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