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Static GK & Current Affairs PDF for ALP / Technician Railways 2018 Exam
Dear readers, This PDF is a docket of important Current Affairs news and General Knowledge events that occurred in last few months. This file is important and relevant for all competitive exams like, ALP/ Technician Railways 2018 Exam and other Govt. Exams.
Schemes by Union/State Govt.
1. Solar Charkha Mission: President Ram Nath Kovind
launched Solar Charkha Mission under which
Government will disburse subsidy of Rs 550 crore to
thousands of artisans, generating employment in rural
areas.
2. Suryashakti Kisan Yojana' for Farmers: The Gujarat government launched a solar power scheme for farmers-
Suryashakti Kisan Yojana (SKY) enabling them to
generate electricity for their captive consumption as well
as sell the surplus power to the grid and earn an extra
buck.
3. Seva Bhoj Yojna, Union Ministry of Culture launched a
new scheme to provide financial assistance on purchase of specific food items by Charitable Religious Institutions
(CRIs) for free distribution among people.
4. Swajal Scheme launched in 115 Aspirational districts of
India to provide clean drinking water.
5. Bijli Bill Mafi Yojana 2018 for laborers and poor
families: The Madhya Pradesh government announced
an outstanding power bill waiver scheme Bijli Bill Mafi
Yojana 2018 for laborers and poor families.
6. Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana a
Health Insurance Scheme for Journalists: Gopabandhu Sambadika Swasthya Bima Yojana is a new Health
Insurance Scheme for the journalists launched by the
state government in Odisha.
7. MP Government launched Subsidised Power Scheme
‘Sambal’: The Madhya Pradesh State Government
launched an outstanding power bill waiver scheme and
subsidised power scheme called ‘Sambal’ for labourers
and poor families.
8. Samagra Shiksha scheme: The Union Ministry of
Human Resource Development (HRD) launched Samagra
Shiksha scheme to improve quality of school education.
9. Union Ministry of Power launched the PRAAPTI App to
bring transparency in electricity payments to Generators.
10. IP Nani - The union minister Shri Suresh Prabhu launched the Intellectual Property (IP) mascot IP Nani at
the conference in New Delhi.
➢ Mascot IP Nani is a tech-savvy grandmother who
helps the government and enforcement agencies
in combating IP crimes with the help of her
grandson “Chhotu” aka Aditya.
➢ The IP mascot will spread awareness about the
importance of Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)
among people, especially children, in an
interesting manner.
11. Gujarat govt. launch free treatment scheme for the road
accident victims.
Note: ➢ Under this scheme, the state govt. will bear
medical expenses of up to 50,000 rupees for each victim of road accident in the state for the first 48 hours.
12. National Wind-solar Hybrid Policy - Ministry of New
and Renewable Energy (MNRE) launched National Wind-
solar Hybrid Policy to promote new projects as well as
hybridization of the existing ones.
13. Digital India Internship Scheme - In May 2018, Union
Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad launched the website of
Digital India Internship Scheme in New Delhi.
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14. Rythu Bandhu scheme: The Telangana government
launched Rythu Bandhu (friend of farmers) scheme at
Dharmarajupalle-Indiranagar village in Karimnagar
district on May 10, 2018.
15. ‘SWAYAM’ - Human Resource Development Ministry has
launched an initiative ‘SWAYAM’ to train teachers using
digital platform.
16. ‘Project Dhoop’ - In order to address rising incidence of
Vitamin 'D'Deficiencies, particularly amongst the young
people, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India has
launched a unique initiative, 'Project Dhoop' in
association with NCERT, NDMC and North MCD Schools.
17. UTTAM App - for Coal Quality Monitoring.
➢ UTTAM stands for – Unlocking Transparency by
Third Party Assessment of Mined Coal
18. ‘Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan’ - Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ‘Rashtriya Gram Swaraj
Abhiyan’ at Ram Nagar in Mandla district of Madhya
Pradesh. 19. Atal New India Challenge - On 26th April 2018, NITI
Aayog launched Atal New India Challenge under Atal
Innovation Mission (AIM) with an aim to bring-in
innovations and technologies relevant to the people.
20. Unnat Bharat Abhiyan - The Ministry of Human
Resource Development (HRD) launched the second
edition of the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan in New Delhi. 21. Study in India - In April 18, the Government of India
(GoI) has launched its flagship ‘Study in India’
programme to attract international students to study in
India.
22. 'Rupshree Yojana' - West Bengal introduced 'Rupshree
Yojana' for marriage of poor girls of the state 23. ‘Atal Amrit Abhiyan’ - Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu
launched an ambitious health assurance scheme ‘Atal
Amrit Abhiyan’ in Assam state. 24. Ganga Haritmala Scheme (Ganga Hariyali Yojana) -
started by the state of Uttar Pradesh. ➢ The main objective of this scheme is to increase
the green cover in the catchment areas of Ganga river and to control the erosion of land.
25. DARPAN-PLI App - Minister of Communications Manoj Sinha launched the DARPAN-PLI App in New
Delhi.
➢ The DARPAN-PLI App will help in the collection
of a premium for PLI and RPLI policies at Branch
Post Offices anywhere in India.
26. Ama Gaon, Ama Vikas (Our Village, our development)”
programme - Odisha state launched ‘Ama Gaon, Ama
Vikas’ programme -
• Aim - to reach out to the people in rural areas and involve themselves in the developmental activities.
27. KHUSHI’ Scheme” - Odisha government launched KHUSHI scheme to provide free sanitary napkins to
school girls across the state.
28. Udyam Sakhi Portal - Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises launched the Udyam Sakhi Portal
for women entrepreneurs of India.
29. “SATH-E” project - to introduce system-wide
Governance Transformation in school education.
• The expand form of “SATH-E” is Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital in Education.
• It is an initiative launched by the NITI Aayog. 30. ‘Saubhagya’ scheme – Ministry of Skill Development
& Entrepreneurship union ministry partnered with the
Ministry of Power to support household electrification scheme ‘Saubhagya’.
31. KUSUM scheme 2018 - Kisan Urja Suraksha evam
Utthaan Mahaabhiyan scheme announced in the Union
Budget 2018.
32. Ayushman Bharat Scheme – In the Union Budget 2018
two major initiatives in health sector as part of
Ayushman Bharat programme announced by the Union
Finance Minister Arun Jaitely.
33. Operation Green – On the lines of ‘‘Operation Flood’’ a
new Scheme ‘‘Operation Greens’ is announced in the
Union Budget 2018.
34. National Bamboo Mission (NBM) – Terming Bamboo as
‘Green Gold’, the Union Finance Minister launched
announced the scheme in the Union Budget 2018. It is a
wholly-sponsored central scheme.
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35. Gobar Dhan Yojana - Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro
Resource Fund Scheme - In Union Budget 2018, the
Finance Minister Arun Jaitely has announced the new
scheme for the villagers.
36. Affordable Housing Fund (.Kifayati Aawas yojna )– In
Union Budget 2018, the Finance Minister Arun Jaitely has
announced the new scheme to provide homes at low
cost.
37. Ekalavya Model Residential School – In the Union
Budget 2018, the Finance Minister Arun Jaitely has
announced the scheme to educate children from the
Tribal Community.
38. Revitalising Infrastructure and Systems in Education
(RISE) - To make India produce better research and
make its institutions climb up in global rankings.
39. Prime Minister Fellowship Scheme – A ‘Prime Minister
Fellowship Scheme’ was announced for top 1,000 BTech
students in the country to provide opportunity to the
students to pursue a PhD in IITs and Indian Institute of
Science (IISc).
Summits & Conference
1. G-20 Summit 2018 - Buenos Aires, Argentina
2. NATO 2018 Summit – Brussels, Belgium.
3. 10th BRICS Summit 2018- Johannesburg, South Africa. 4. India to host International Union of Food Science and
Technology 2018 – India to host 19th edition of its
prestigious global event to be held in Navi Mumbai, India
in October 2018.
5. 17th World Sanskrit Conference held in Canada:
Human Resource Development Minister Prakash
Javadekar inaugurated the 17th World Sanskrit
Conference held at Vancouver, Canada.
6. 6th edition of biennial World Cities Summit held in
Singapore: The sixth edition of biennial World Cities
Summit was held in Singapore from July 8 to 12, 2018. Its
theme was “Liveable & Sustainable Cities: Embracing the
Future through Innovation and Collaboration“.
7. The 5th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Intersessional ministerial meeting was held in
Tokyo, Japan. It was first RCEP ministerial gathering to
be held outside ASEAN countries.
9. NITI Aayog to organise India’s First Global Mobility Summit: NITI Aayog, in collaboration with various ministries and industry partners, is organising ‘MOVE: Global Mobility Summit’ in New Delhi in September 2018.Haryana to host World Union of Wholesale
Markets Conference. 10. World Environment Day 2018: India 11. The 11th edition of Geo-Intelligence Asia 2018 – New
Delhi.
12. 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit 2018 - China
13. 44th G7 Summit 2018 – Canada 14. An International Conference on Information and
Communication Technology (ICT) - Kathmandu, Nepal 15. 11th World Hindi Conference – Mauritius. 16. Global Wind Summit 2018: Hamburg, Germany. 17. The 71st World Health Assembly was held in: Geneva,
Switzerland. 18. The 3rd Mission Innovation Ministerial meeting was held
at -Malmo, Sweden.
19. Climate summit 2019 – New York
➢ Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced
to hold a climate summit in September 2019 in
New York to review the commitments of the
2015 Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
20. The third edition of ‘United Nations Peacekeeping
course for African Partners (UNPCAP)’ - New Delhi
➢ The third edition of ‘United Nations
Peacekeeping course for African
Partners(UNPCAP)’ was held in New Delhi.
21. 15th Asia Media Summit 2018 - India
➢ India hosted 15th Asia Media Summit 2018 in
New Delhi.
➢ The theme of this summit is “Telling our Stories
Asia and More”.
➢ The AMS 2018, an annual summit of the Asia-
Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development
(AIBD) Kuala Lumpur, is a prestigious summit in
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the Asia Pacific Region and India hosted the
event for the first time.
22. 2018 World Robot Conference (WRC) – China
23. 2018 Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
Tourism Ministers’ conference - China
24. First meeting of the BIMSTEC Working Group on
Customs Cooperation - India
25. 2018 Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral
Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
summit – Nepal
26. First-ever joint conference of Indian Customs and
Department of India Posts - New Delhi
27. India- South Africa Business Summit 2018 was held in -
Johannesburg
28. The 4th Regional Conference on ‘Futuristic, Resilient and
Digital Infrastructure’ 2018 was held in - Bengaluru
29. The 12th informal meeting of SAARC Finance Ministers 2018 was held in Manila.
30. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2019 - Varanasi
31. The India Mobile Congress will be held from 25th – 27th October 2018 in New Delhi
32. The first ‘Happy Cities’ Summit - Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh
33. 7th edition of Home Expo India 2018 - Greater Noida
34. The 10th edition of “DefExpo India- 2018” - Tamil Nadu 35. The World Expo 2020 - Dubai 36. First International conference on ‘Water, Environment
and Climate Change: Knowledge Sharing and Partnership’ - Nepal
37. The 18th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Mid-Term
Ministerial conference - Baku, Azerbaijan
38. International Buddhist Conference 2018 Lumbini, Nepal
39. First meeting of BRICS Finance Ministers and Central
Bank Governors - Washington D.C.
40. The 2018 Global Malaria Summit - United Kingdom
41. 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2018 - United KingdomThe first G20 meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors held in ___Buenos Aires, Argentina
42. 106th edition of the Indian Science Congress will be held in ____Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
44. Global Investment Summit held in - Assam
45. 7th India Energy Congress – New Delhi 46. 7th Asia Steel International Conference – Bhubaneswar,
Odisha.
47. International Bird Festival will be held at the Dudhwa
National Park, Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh in
February 2018.
Books & Author
1. The book ‘Straight Talk’ authored by___ Abhishek Manu
Singhvi
2. Author of the book “Across the Bench – Insight into
the Indian Military Judicial System” - Gyan Bhushan
3. Book ‘Calling Sehmat’ authored by - Harinder S. Sikka 4. Author of 'Smart Cities Unbundle' book - Dr. Samir
Sharma 5. Author of 'My Journey from Marxism-Leninism to
Nehruvian Socialism' book - C. H. Hanumantha Rao 6. Authored of the book “India’s Heritage of Gharana Music:
Pandits of Gwalior” - Meeta Pandit 7. Book titled ‘Paramveer Parwane’ authored by -
Prabhakiran Jain
8. Book titled ‘Exam Warriors' authored by – Prime
Minister of India Narendra Modi
9. Book titled “A Century is Not Enough
“autobiography of – Sourav Ganguly.
10. Book titled ‘Imperfect’ autobiography of – Sanjay
Manjrekar (cricketer-turned-commentator)
11. Book titled “Citizen Delhi: My Times, My Life"
autobiography of - Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila
Dikshit.
12. Book titled “Indian Instincts” authored by – Dr.
Miniya Chatterji
13. Book titled "The Diary of a Domestic Diva” authored
by - Shilpa Shetty.
14. Book titled "The Widows of Malabar Hill" authored
by - Sujata Massey
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Appointments (National)
1. International Kabaddi Federation Chief: Janardan Singh
Gehlot
2. New Director & GM of United India Insurance: Vijay
Srinivas
3. New CMD of SAIL - Saraswati Prasad
4. New Chairman of Payments Council of India (PCI):
Vishwas Patel
5. New Chairman of National Green Tribunal (NGT): Justice
Adarsh Kumar
6. New Chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and
Customs - S Ramesh
• He succeeded Vanaja N Sarna.
7. New RBI Deputy Governor – Mahesh Kumar Jain
8. New MD & CEO of IDBI Bank - B Sriram
9. New Managing Director of SBI - Arijit Basu 10. New COO of ICICI Bank - Sandeep Bakhshi
11. New Secretary in the Ministry of Information &
Broadcasting - Amit Khare
12. West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi gets
additional charge of Tripura state Governor.
13. New vigilance commissioner in the Central Vigilance
Commission (CVC) - Sharad Kumar
14. Acting Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission
(UPSC) - Arvind SaxenaNew chief minister of Karnataka:
HD Kumaraswamy
15. First-ever Chief Financial officer (CFO) of the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) - Sudha Balakrishnan
16. New MD & CEO of Airtel Payments Bank - Anubrata
Biswas
17. New chairman of the Press Council of India (PCI) - C K
Prasad
18. Get the additional charge of the DRDO Chief - Sanjay
Mitra
19. New deputy National Security Advisor of India - Pankaj
Saran
20. New Governor of Odisha - Ganeshi Lal
21. New Governor of Mizoram - Kummanam Rajasekharan
22. In a cabinet reshuffle, Prime Minister given the additional
charge of Finance Ministry to Piyush Goyal.
23. New Chairman of the Lalit Kala Akademi - Uttam
Pacharne.
24. New Chief Justice of Manipur High Court - Justice
Ramalingam Sudhakar.
25. New Head of U.S India Business Council - Ambika
Sharma.
26. New CMD of Coal India Limited - Anil Kumar Jha.
27. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi appointed as 'eminent
jurist' in the high-profile Lokpal selection committee led
by the Prime Minister.
28. Chairman of IRDAI - Subhash Chandra Khuntia
29. Current Cabinet secretary of India - Pradeep Kumar
Sinha
30. Chairman of the 22-member Public Accounts
Committee (PAC) - Mallikarjun Kharge
31. Jagdish Mukhi took over charge as the acting governor -
Manipur
32. Ashok Lahiri appointed as full-time member of - 15th
Finance Commission
34. New Chairman of Banks Board Bureau - Bhanu Pratap
Sharma
35. New Chairman of NASSCOM for 2018-19 - Rishad
Premji
36. New Director General (DG) of Central Industrial Security
Force (CISF) - Rajesh Ranjan
37. New Director General of the Indian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR) - Balram Bhargava
38. New President of NASSCOM - Debjani Ghosh: 39. New president of Badminton Association of India (BAI) -
Himanta Biswa Sarma 40. New Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir -
Kavinder Gupta
41. New Director General of the National Cadet Corps (NCC) - PP Malhotra
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Appointments (International)
1. New President of Turkey - Tayyip Erdogan
2. New President of Colombia - Ivan Duque
3. New Prime Minister of Spain - Pedro Sanchez
4. New Prime Minister of Italy - Giuseppe Conte
5. First interim woman President of Paraguay - Alicia
Pucheta
6. New Prime Minister of Jordan - Omar al-Razzaz
• Former World Bank Economist Omar al-Razzaz
was sworn in as Jordan's Prime Minister.
7. New President of Venezuela - Nicolas Maduro
8. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) has named its first
female chief - Stacey Cunningham
9. First female director of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- Gina Haspel.
10. Re-elected ICC Chairman - Shashank Manohar.
11. New Vice-President of Badminton Asia Confederation
(BAC) - Himanta Biswa Sarma.
12. Veteran female actor and social activist Shabana Azmi
nominated as the Global Leadership Ambassador for
Women in Public Service Project (WPSP) at Wilson
Centre, USA.
13. New Prime Minister of Armenia - Nikol Pashinyan
14. New President of Costa Rica - Carlos Alvarado
15. New Prime Minister of Malaysia - Mahathir bin
Mohamad
16. New US Secretary of State - Mike Pompeo
17. New President of Cuba - Miguel Diaz-Canel 18. New ‘Head of the Commonwealth’ - Prince Charles
19. New Chairman of Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) - Ban Ki-
moon
20. New Prime Minister of Hungary -Viktor Orban
21. New President of Sierra Leone - Julius Maada Bio
22. Next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Serbia - Subrata Bhattacharjee
23. New President of Paraguay - Mario Abdo Benitez
Honors & Awards (National)
1. Polly Umrigar Award: Virat Kohli • Indian captain Virat Kohli received the Polly
Umrigar Award for being the best international
cricketer for the 2016-17 and 2017-18 seasons
at the annual BCCI awards.
2. Miss India 2018 - Anukreethy Vas
• Anukreethy Vas, a 19-year-old Tamil Nadu
college student, has been crowned Femina Miss
India 2018. 3. Best Actor award at IIFA Awards 2018 - Irfan Khan
4. Kalidas Samman: Noted artist Anjolie Ela Menon had received the National Kalidas Samman in Delhi for visual
arts from the Madhya Pradesh government.
5. ‘Chief Minister of the Year’ award for her remarkable work in e-governance - Vasundhara Raje
6. India’s first Tribal Queen -- Pallavi Durua 7. Prime Minister’s award for outstanding contribution for
promotion and development of yoga for the year 2018 –
Vishwas Mandalik from Nasik and the Yoga Institute in Mumbai
8. ‘City Award’ Under India Smart Cities Award 2018 –
Surat 9. SKOCH Award for ‘Best performing Social Sector
Ministry’ award - Ministry of Women & Child Development
10. 'Santokbaa Humanitarian Award' - Kailash Satyarthi & A S Kiran Kumar
11. Red Ink Award for ‘Journalist of the Year’ - Faye
D’Souza
12. Red Ink award for lifetime achievement in
journalism – Sir William Mark Tully
• Veteran British journalist and former BBC India correspondent Sir William Mark Tully chosen for this year’s RedInk award for lifetime achievement in journalism.
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13. 11th KISS Humanitarian Award 2018 - Muhammad
Yunus
• Nobel laureate and noted economist Muhammad Yunus conferred with the KISS Humanitarian Award 2018.
14. Swara Mauli Award - Lata Mangeshkar
• Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar was honoured with the Swara Mauli title by Shankarcharya Vidyanarsimha Bharati Swami in Mumbai.
15. T.K. Ramanathan Award For 2017-18 – Prajnesh
Gunneswaran (Tennis player)
• Prajnesh Gunneswaran won the prestigious T.K. Ramanathan award for the year 2017-18 at the Tamil Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA).
16. Dadasaheb Phalke award - Akshay Kumar won the
best actor awards at the Dadasaheb Phalke award for
film Padman (Jury) and for Toilet: Ek Prem Katha.
17. 65th National Film Awards for 2017 - The central
panel of the 65th National Film Awards (NFA) is headed
by Shekhar Kapur.
List of winners -
➢ Dada Saheb Phalke Award - Vinod Khanna
➢ Best Director - Jayaraj for Bhayanakam
(Malayalam)
➢ Best Feature Fim - Village Rockstars
(Assamese) (Director – Rima Das)
➢ Best Hindi Film – Newton (Director – Amit V
Masurkar)
➢ Best Actress - Sri Devi posthumously for her
role in the film ‘Mom’.
➢ Best Actor (Male) - Riddhi Sen for his role in
Bengali film ‘Nagarkirtan’.
➢ Best Popular Film – Baahubali 2
➢ Dadasaheb Phalke Excellence Award 2018 -
Anushka Sharma
18. Saraswati Samman for 2017 - Sitanshu Yashaschandra
19. Col. CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award - Pankaj
Roy (posthumous) & Anshuman Gaekwad
20. 2018 National Intellectual Property award - Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
21. Raj Kapoor Lifetime Achievement award - Dharmendra 22. The Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI)
recommended Manika Batra for the prestigious Arjuna
Award.Times Power Woman 2017 Award - Shabnam
Asthana 23. V. Shantaram lifetime achievement Award - Shyam
Benegal (Veteran film producer and director)
24. Sahitya Akademi's Bhasha Samman - Magahi writer Shesh Anand Madhukar
List of Nobel Prize 2017
1. Nobel Prize in Peace ● Winner - International Campaign to Abolish
Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) 2. Nobel Prize in Literature
● Winner - Kazuo Ishiguro.
3. Nobel Prize in Economics ● Winner - Richard Thaler
4. Nobel Prize in Medicine
● Winner - Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young
5. Nobel Prize in Physics ● Winner - Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S.
Thorne.
6. Nobel Prize in Chemistry
● Winner - Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and
Richard Henderson.
National Affairs
1. PM Modi Inaugurated World's Largest Mobile Factory
in Noida: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and South
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Korean President Moon Jae-in visited Noida and
inaugurated the New Mobile Manufacturing Plant of
Samsung at Noida.
2. South Korean President Moon Jae-in arrived in New
Delhi evening on a four-day visit to India.
3. The country’s first e-waste recycling unit will come up in
Bengaluru, Karnataka.
4. Government approves Hike in Minimum Support
Price for Kharif Crops: The government has decided to
sharply increase the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for
Kharif crops, as it responds to concerns about distress in
the country’s farm economy despite two years of strong
monsoons.
5. Airports Authority of India (AAI) is going to set up state-
of-the-art Civil Aviation Research Organization (CARO) at
Hyderabad’s Begumpet Airport.
6. UNESCO to set up Design University for Gaming in
Visakhapatnam: The United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) will set up
‘Design University for Gaming’ in Visakhapatnam, Andhra
Pradesh.
7. Cabinet approves renaming of Agartala Airport as
Maharaja Bir Bikram Manikya Kishore Airport,
Agartala
8. Prime Minister of Bhutan Dasho Tshering Tobgay visited
India.
9. Chief Election Commissioner of India Mr Om Prakash
Rawat launched an Android-based mobile application
named ‘cVigil’ for citizens to report any violation of the
model code of conduct during elections.
10. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs
(CCEA) has approved proposal for expanding the
scope of Higher Education Financing Agency
(HEFA) by enhancing its capital base to Rs. 10,000
crore and tasking it to mobilise Rs. 1,00,000 crores for
Revitalizing Infrastructure and Systems in Education or
RISE by 2022.
11. India’s first advanced forensic lab dedicated for crimes
related to women for timely deliver justice is set up in
Chandigarh.
12. Asia’s first 13 ‘Blue Flag’ beaches to be developed in
India.
13. The Union government has announced a package of more
than Rs 8,000 crore aimed to provide relief to sugarcane
farmers.
14. India is the second highest sender of foreign students in
the US?
15. India’s first national police museum to be established in
Chanakyapuri, Delhi.
16. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the
Integrated Command and Control Centre set up at Naya
Raipur (Chhattisgarh).
17. The Union Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation
selected 10 iconic sites under Phase III of Swachh Iconic
Places (SIP) of Swachh Bharat Mission.
18. India Meteorological Department (IMD) will use flash
flood guidance system for the first time in the country
to forecast floods. Currently, the Central Water
Commission issues flood warnings.
19. The Union Human Resource Development Minister, Shri
Prakash Javadekar launched the new digital initiative of
HRD Ministry ‘National Digital Library of India’ on the
occasion of National Reading Day in New Delhi.
20. US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, visited India
recently on 27th June 2018.
21. President of India, Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the
Udyam Sangam-2018 in New Delhi.
22. Government launches 5000 Wi-Fi Choupals in
partnership with Common Service Centers (CSC).
23. NITI Aayog launch Water Management Index as useful
tool to assess and improve performance in efficient
management of water resources in the country.
24. India will host 23rd European Union Film Festival
(EUFF).
25. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved setting up
of committee to lay down standards for metro rail
systems in the country. The committee will be headed by
E Sreedharan.
26. Baba Ramdev’s ‘Patanjali’ launched Swadeshi
Samriddhi SIM card in alliance with Bharat Sanchar
Nigam Limited (BSNL).
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27. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated construction
of Rs 6,809 crore Zojila tunnel project in Jammu and
Kashmir’s Leh
28. India ranked 145th among 195 countries in terms of
Healthcare access and quality (HAQ) index in the year
2016, behind its neighbours like China, Bangladesh, Sri
Lanka and Bhutan.
29. Union Cabinet has approved Ministry of Home Affairs’
(MHA’s) proposal of setting up 4,072 mobile towers to
improve telecom connectivity network in Left Wing
Extremism (LWE) Areas.
30. ASEAN India Film Festival was held in New Delhi
31. National Informatics Centre (NIC) set up cloud-enabled
National Data Centre in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
32. UNICEF organization launches data visualisation app on
education scenario in India.
33. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) & India
Meteorological Department (IMD) teamed up to send
extreme weather warnings (alerts) to people.
34. PM Narendra Modi lays foundation stone for first phase
(2400MW) of NTPC’s coal based Patratu Super Thermal
power project Jharkhand.
35. Guwahati now India's first railway station run by
solar power.
36. According to new United Nations estimates, Delhi city is
projected to become the most populous city in the world
around 2028.
37. International Rail Coach Expo (IRCE) - Chennai, Tamil
Nadu.
38. Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology
adopted the word ‘AYUSH’ in Hindi and English
languages for scientific and technical purposes.
39. Shivangi Pathak become India’s youngest women to
scale Mt Everest from Nepal side.
40. India is the largest remittance-receiving country in the
world in 2017, as per report ‘RemitSCOPE – Remittance
markets and opportunities – Asia and the Pacific’.
41. US-based retail giant Walmart has confirmed that it will
buy 77% stake in India's largest e-commerce startup
Flipkart for $16 billion.
42. BJP MP Murali Manohar Joshi will be the head of the
parliamentary panel which is constituted to study the
recovery of black money and performance of public
sector banks among a host of subjects.
43. Arun-3 Hydropower project being constructed in
Nepal.
44. IIM-Ahmedabad’s Centre for Innovation, Incubation
and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) has launched the Bharat
Inclusion Initiative, with a commitment of $25 million
from The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Omidyar
Network and Michael and Susan Dell Foundation.
45. Patanjali Ayurved Limited is India's most trusted Fast-
Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) brand in the TRA's
Brand Trust Report 2018.
46. The 15th Finance Commission constituted Arvind
Virmani Advisory Council to advise and assist the
Commission?
47. The IIT Kharagpur has suggested setting up a critical
science institute with French collaboration.
48. The bilateral trade between India and China through
Nathu La border resumed in May 2018. Nathu La
connects which Sikkim state with China's Tibet
Autonomous Region.
49. SEBI tightened Know Your Customer (KYC) rules for
foreign investors.
50. According to the WHO report, 14 Indian cities figured in
a list of 20 most polluted cities in the world in terms of
PM2.5 levels in 2016.
51. India’s first 5G radio laboratory installed by IIT Delhi
52. National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF)
53. The Union Government constituted a Narendra Kumar
Sinha committee to frame regulations for online news
portals.
54. Jio Payments Bank Limited recently started its operation.
Jio Payments Bank is a joint venture between Reliance
Industries and SBI.
55. Rank of India in the world in terms of risk of cyber
threats in 2017 - 3rd
56. Multi Modal Logistic Park launched in Goa
57. Mangaluru International Airport named as the India’s
cleanest airport, as per latest survey conducted by the
Airports Authority of India (AAI).
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58. Rank of India in World Press Freedom Index 2018 - 138
59. India is the highest recipient of remittances in 2017, as
per World Bank (WB)’s latest report “Migration and
Development Brief”.
60. Diu smart city became the first city in India, that runs on
100% renewable energy during the daytime.
61. Pawan Chamling became the longest serving Chief
Minister of India.
62. Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) became the first listed
Indian IT firm to hit $100 billion market capitalisation
(m-cap).
63. The Haryana state government appointed Gauri Sheoran
an Indian shooter as the brand ambassador of Measles and Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign.
64. West Bengal state Gram Panchayat (GP) won the
Centre's award for the best Gram Panchayat in the
country.
65. The Union Home Ministry totally removed Armed
Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from all areas of
Meghalaya state.
66. India ranked at 10th positions in the 2018
Commonwealth Innovation Index (CII- 2018).
67. Ajit Doval Committee - The Union Government
constituted Defence Planning Committee (DPC) to
facilitate comprehensive planning for the defence forces.
It will be chaired by National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit
Doval.
State Affairs
1. Gujarat Government has granted religious minority
status to Jews living in the state.
2. Jharkhand To Set Up Country's 1st Khadi Mall:
Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das announced that
the first 'Khadi Mall' of the country will be opened in
Jharkhand.
3. Behdienkhlam Festival concludes in Meghalaya: The
famous 4-day Meghalaya Annual Cultural Festival.
4. "Behdienkhlam", held every year at the small peripheral
town of Jowai, Meghalaya.
5. Animals Declared As ‘Legal Persons’ in Uttarakhand:
In a first, the Uttarakhand High Court accorded the status
of ‘legal person or entity’ to the animals in the state. The
HC stated that "they have a distinct persona with corresponding rights, duties and liabilities of a living
person."
6. Madhya Pradesh was awarded by Union Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare for reducing maternal
mortality under Prime Minister’s Safe Motherhood
Campaign (Pradhan Mantri Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan-
PMSMA).
7. Governor’s Rule imposed in which state -Jammu and
Kashmir.
8. Punjab state launched “Business First Portal" a major
step to give a big push towards the ease of doing
business in the state.
9. Neem and black buck have been declared as the state
tree and animal respectively of Andhra Pradesh state.
10. In Uttarakhand, Polythene will be completely prohibited
from 31st July in the state. All the polythene vendors
have been asked to finish the polyethylene stock before
31st July.
11. Following directions from Supreme Court, the Central
Government has constituted the Cauvery Water
Management Authority (CMA) to address the dispute
over sharing of river water among Tamil Nadu,
Karnataka, Kerala and Puducherry.
12. The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to do
away with semester system in undergraduate (UG)
courses and revert to annual examination system.
13. Queen' Pineapple fruit declared as official fruit of Tripura state.
14. The Union Cabinet approved an ordinance to set up the country's first national sports university in – Manipur
15. Chhattisgarh state will get specialised anti-Naxal combat force called Black Panther on the lines of the Greyhounds unit of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh,
16. Rajasthan state government launched Nidaan software for disease monitoring and strengthening tele-medicine services in the government hospitals.
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17. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation stone for the Southern Campus of National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM) in Andhra Pradesh.
18. Goa celebrates its Statehood day on 30th May. 19. On 16 May 1975, Sikkim became the 22nd state of the
Indian Union. 20. Telangana state govt. issued an order to provide 2%
reservation in government jobs in the state to meritorious sportspersons.
21. Bihar state govt signed a MoU with NTPC Limited to improve the performance of Power Sector in the state.
22. Cabinet approves setting up of a Central University of Andhra Pradesh in Andhra Pradesh.
23. The Himachal Pradesh govt. to spend 25 crore rupees on renovating and developing the British Raj Bantony Castle.
24. Punjab state government along with World Wildlife
Fund (WWF) India conducted the first organized census
for the conservation of Indus dolphins on their
population.
25. Madhya Pradesh government launched India’s first
Integrated Control and Command Centre (ICCC) for its
smart cities at the Bhopal Smart City Development
Corporation Ltd. (BSCDCL) facility in the Berkheda area.
26. The Sikkim government nominated Bollywood singer
Mohit Chauhan as the Green Ambassador of the state.
27. The world’s second oldest rock discovered from
Kendujhar district of Odisha.
28. Gujarat and Maharashtra states celebrated their 58th
foundation day on 1 May 2018.
29. Maharashtra state became the first state in the country
to provide digitally-signed land record receipts.
International Affairs
1. Asia's 1st Patent Arbitration Centre to open in
Tokyo: Asia's first arbitration centre specialised in
intellectual property is slated to open in Tokyo in
September 2018 to resolve the growing number of
disputes in the region.
2. World's 1st Digital Art Museum Opens in Tokyo:
The world’s first digital art museum opened its doors
to the public in Tokyo, Japan allowing patrons to step
all the way into the artworks.
3. India to Operate 'World’s Emptiest Airport' in Sri
Lanka: The Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport
(MRIA) would be operated as a Sri Lanka-India joint
venture. The $210 million facility, 241km south-east of
Colombo, is dubbed the “world’s emptiest airport” due to a lack of flights.
4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched three Indian digital payment systems - RuPay, BHIM app and UPI by SBI at the 'Business, Innovation and Community Event' in Singapore.
5. India has signed the Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA) in Nursing with Singapore.
6. World's Most Experienced Spacewoman Peggy Whitson retired after a 22-year-long career. Whitson, who joined NASA as a researcher in 1986.
7. Giorgi Kvirikashvili announced his resignation. He was the Prime Minister of Georgia.
8. Raksha Mantri, Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the first Representative Office of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) in Hanoi, Vietnam.
9. The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) plenary meeting took place on in Jurmala, Latvia
10. The headquarter of Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) is in The Hague, Netherlands
11. US country unveiled the world's most powerful and smartest scientific supercomputer named 'Summit’.
12. Home Minister Rajnath Singh lays foundation stone for refinery project in Mongolian Refinery.
13. Colombia recently, joined North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) as global partner.
14. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Nepal became first country in south-east Asia Region to defeat trachoma, world’s leading infectious cause of blindness.
15. Narendra Modi among top 10 most powerful people in the world: Forbes
16. The World Health Organization (WHO) launched an initiative ‘REPLACE’ to provide a guidance for all
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countries on how to remove artificial trans fats from their foods supply by 2023.
17. Guatemala inaugurated its Israel embassy in Jerusalem and became the first country to follow in the footsteps of the United States.
18. Russia unveiled the world's first floating nuclear power station.
19. US President announces US withdrawal from 2015
landmark nuclear deal with Iran.
20. The British marketing analytics firm, Cambridge
Analytica announced to shut down all its business
operations in Britain and the United States.
21. The Swedish Academy postponed 2018 Nobel Awards
of Literature categories in the wake of a sexual and
financial scandal.
22. According to the Airports Council International (ACI)
traffic forecast - India has been projected to be the
second fastest growing country in the world for air
passenger traffic.
Sports 21st Commonwealth Games 2018
1. Host Country – Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
Note: • It is for the 5th time Australia hosted the
Commonwealth Games. • Earlier Australia hosted Commonwealth
Games in -1938, 1962, 1982, 2006. • Motto - "Share the Dream". • Mascot - Borobi • Next Commonwealth Games 2022 -
Birmingham, England. • Shooting game excluded from 2022
Commonwealth Games. The Birmingham
Organising Committee of Commonwealth
Games decided not to pick shooting game for
2022 Games.
India at Commonwealth Games 2018 – Flag bearer
• Opening – P.V. Sindhu led Indian contingent at the opening ceremony of the 21st Commonwealth Games 2018.
• Closing - Mary Kom led Indian contingent at the closing ceremony of the 21st Commonwealth Games 2018.
• Pistol shooter Vijay Kumar was the flag-bearer
in the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
• 2014 Commonwealth Games was held in
Glasgow, Scotland
2. Mithali Raj became the first batsman from the country to score 2000 runs in T20I cricket.
• Mithali has now scored 2015 runs in 74 T20Is with the help of 14 half-centuries.
3. Kagiso Rabada wins South Africa's Cricketer of The Year Award.
• Kagiso Rabada, the world's number one Test
bowler, was named South Africa's Cricketer of
the Year.
4. Chennai Super Kings won the 11th edition of Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018.
5. AB de Villiers announced his decision to retire from international cricket.
6. New Head coach of Australia cricket team - Justin
Langer
7. India will host 2021Champions Trophy.
• According to ICC Chief Executive Dave
Richardson, the International Cricket Council
(ICC) decided to convert the 2021 Champions
Trophy into a World T20 event scheduled in
India.
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8. FIFA World Cup 2018 – Russia is hosting 2018 FIFA World Cup. from It is scheduled to take place 14 June to 15 July 2018.
• Wolf chosen as 2018 FIFA World Cup Official Mascot and named Zabivaka™ which means “the one who scores” in Russian.
9. Santosh Trophy 2018 - Kerala • Kerala defeated West Bengal in the final to win
the 2018 Santosh Trophy. • With this win, Kerala won the Santosh Trophy
for sixth time.
• West Bengal won the 2017 Santosh Trophy. • Santosh Trophy is an annual Indian football
tournament started in 1941.
10. Bengaluru FC won the Super Cup football tournament 2018
• Bengaluru FC won the inaugural edition of
the Super Cup football tournament at the
Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
• They defeated Kolkata football giants East
Bengal by a convincing margin of 4-1.
LIST OF NATIONAL PARK AND WILDLIFE SANCTUARIES
States National park Remarks
Andhra Pradesh Papikonda National Park -
Sri Venkateswara National Park -
Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary
Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary
Arunachal Pradesh Mouling National Park -
Namdapha National Park -
Kamlang Wildlife Sanctuary
Assam Kaziranga National Park One-Horned Rhinoceros, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Dibru-Saikhowa National Park Feral horse, Golden Langur
Manas National Park Golden Langur, Red Panda, UNESCO World Heritage Site
Nameri National Park -
Orang National Park -
Bihar Valmiki National Park -
Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary
Chhattisgarh Indravati National Park -
Kanger Valley National Park -
Guru Ghasi Das (Sanjay) National Park -
Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary
Goa Mollem National Park -
Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary
Gujarat Gir Forest National Park Asiatic lion
Blackbuck National Park Black Buck
Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch -
Vansda National Park -
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Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary
Haryana Kalesar National Park -
Sultanpur National Park -
Himachal Pradesh Pin Valley National Park -
Great Himalayan National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site
Inderkilla National Park -
Khirganga National Park -
Simbalbara National Park -
Jammu & Kashmir Dachigam National Park Kashmir stag
Hemis National Park -
Kishtwar National Park -
Salim Ali National Park -
Jharkhand Betla National Park Forest owlets, Sloth bear, Bison
Karnataka Dandeli National Park -
Nagarhole National Park (Rajiv Gandhi National Park) -
Bandipur National Park -
Bannerghatta National Park Sloth Bear
Kudremukh National Park -
Anshi national park -
Kerala Pambadum Shola National Park -
Eravikulam National Park Nilgiri Tahr (found in western ghats)
Mathikettan Shola National Park -
Silent Valley National Park Lion-tailed macaque (found in western ghats)
Anamudi Shola National Park -
Periyar National Park -
Madhya Pradesh Bandhavgarh National Park -
Pench National Park -
Kanha National Park -
Panna National Park
Madhav National Park -
Mandla Plant Fossils National Park -
Pench National Park -
Sanjay National Park -
Satpura National Park -
Van Vihar national park -
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Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary
Maharastra Sanjay Gandhi National Park -
Chandoli National Park -
Navegaon National Park -
Tadoba National Park -
Gugamal national park -
Manipur Keibul Lamjao National Park Sangai or Dancing Deers, Only floating park in the world
Sirohi National Park -
Meghalaya Balphakram National Park Red Panda
Nokrek National Park Red Panda, UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve
Mizoram Murlen National Park -
Phawngpui Blue National Park -
Dampa Tiger Reserve
Nagaland Ntangki National Park -
Odisha Similipal National Park -
Bhitarkanika National Park Mangroves, Salt water crocodile
Rajasthan Keoladeo National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site
Sariska National Park -
Ranthambore National Park -
Mukundra Hills (Darrah) National Park -
Desert National Park Great Indian bustard
Mount Abu Wildlife Sanctuary
Sikkim Khangchendzonga National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site, Musk Deer
Tamil Nadu Mudumalai National Park -
Mukurthi National Park Nilgiri tahr
Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) National Park -
Guindy National Park -
Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park -
Telangana Kasu Brahmananda Reddy National Park -
Mahavir Harina Vanasthali National Park -
Mrugavani National Park -
Kawal Wildlife Sanctuary
Tripura Bison(Rajbari) National Park -
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Clouded Leopard National Park -
Uttarakhand Rajaji National Park -
Jim Corbett National Park -
Gangotri National Park -
Valley of Flowers National Park -
Govind Pashu Vihar -
Nanda Devi National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site, UNESCO World Biosphere Reserve, Snow Leopard (Himalayan region)
Uttar Pradesh Dudhwa National Park -
West Bengal Buxa Tiger Reserve
Sunderbans Wildlife Sanctuary UNESCO World Heritage Site, Royal Bengal Tigers
Jaldapara National Park Indian rhinoceros
Buxa National Park -
Neora Valley NationalPark -
Singalila National Park -
Gorumara National Park -
Andaman and Nicobar
Mahatama Gandhi Marine (Wandoor) National Park -
Middle Button Island National Park -
Mount Harriett National Park -
North Button Island National Park -
Rani Jhansi Marine National Park -
Saddle Peak National Park -
South Button Island National Park -
Campbell Bay National Park -
Galathea Bay National Park -
LIST OF AWARDS IN VARIOUS FIELDS
1. Bharat Ratna: It is the highest civilian award of the India. The award was given for outstanding achievements in the arts, literature, science and public services but the government expanded the criteria to include "any field of human endeavour". The number of annual awards is restricted to a maximum of three in a particular year.
2. Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award available in the fields of literature, medicine, physics, chemistry, peace, and economics.
3. Saraswati Samman (Literature): The award was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation. It is an annual award given for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian languages.
4. Jnanpith award (Literature): The award was instituted in 1961 and it is It is presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a trust founded by the Sahu Jain family, the publishers of the newspaper The Times of India. It is an annual award given for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian languages.
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5. Vyas Samman (Literature): The award annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation in recognition of the Hindi literary work published in past 10 years.
6. Bihari Puraskar (Literature): It is Bihari Puraskar is a literary award instituted by K. K. Birla Foundation. The award is named after the famous Hindi poet Bihari and is awarded to an outstanding work published in Hindi or Rajasthani by a Rajasthani writer.
7. Moorti Devi Award (Literature): It is an annual literary award in India presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization for a work which emphasizes Indian philosophy and culture.
8. Booker Prize (Literature): It is an annual award for the best original novel, written in the English language, and published in the UK literary award
9. Dadasaheb Phalke Award (Cinema/Films): It is India's highest award in cinema. It is presented annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
10. Arjuna Award (sports): Outstanding performance from the sportspersons in sports and games.
The Government has modified the format of Arjuna Award very recently and as per the revised schematic guidelines a sportsperson must have very good consistent performances for the previous 3 years at the international level to be considered as eligible for the Award.
11. Dronacharya Award (eminent coaches of any particular sport): The award is named after the very famous archery coach, mentioned in the epic of India known as the Mahabharata. This very award is not related with the sportspersons who are still playing in the field; instead this is related to those eminent coaches of any particular sport.
12. Dhyan Chand Award (sports): The award that is given to the veteran sportspersons of India for their lifetime achievement in their respective field of sport is named as the Dhyan Chand Award for Life Time Achievement in Sports and Games.
13. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award: It is the highest honour bestowed to a sportsperson for his/her achievements in India.
14. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (for Science & Technology): It is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, chemistry, environmental science, engineering, mathematics, medicine and Physics.
15. Kalinga Prize (Science): It is an award given by UNESCO for exceptional skill in presenting scientific ideas to lay people.
16. Pulitzer Prize (Journalism): It is an award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.
17. Abel Prize (Mathematics): It is an international prize awarded annually by the Government of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians.
18. Grammy Award (Music): It is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry.
19. Stirling Prize (Architecture): The Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a British prize for excellence in architecture.
20. Aga Khan Award (Architecture): It is an architectural prize established by Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Islamic societies in the fields of contemporary design, social housing, community development and improvement.
21. Pritzker Prize (Architecture): It is awarded annually "to honour a living architect.
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NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS IN INDIA
State Nuclear Power Station
Gujarat Kakrapar Nuclear power station
Haryana Gorakhpur Atomic Power Station
Karnataka Kaiga Nuclear power station
Maharashtra Tarapur Atomic power station (first in India)
Tamil Nadu (i) Kundakulam Nuclear Power Plant (ii) Kalpakkam Nuclear Power Plant
Uttar Pradesh Narora Atomic Power Station
Rajasthan Rawatbhata
LIST OF AIRPORTS WITH THEIR CITIES AND STATES
Airport City State
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Hyderabad Telangana
Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport Guwahati Assam
Indira Gandhi International Airport New Delhi Delhi
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport Ahmedabad Gujarat
Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru Karnataka
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai Maharashtra
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport Nagpur Maharashtra
Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport Lucknow Uttar Pradesh
Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport Varanasi Uttar Pradesh
Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport Kolkata West Bengal
Agatti Airport - Lakshadweep (UT)
Classical Dances of India
Dance State Famous Personalities
Bharatnatyam Tamil nadu Rukmani devi Arundale, Krisna murthy, Shovana Narayan ,Sonal Mansingh,
Vaijayantimala, T Balakrishan, Padma Subramaniyam.
Kathak Uttar Pradesh Birju Maharaj, Shovana Narayan.
Kuchipudi Andhra Pradesh Mallika Sarabhai, Yamini Krishanmurthy, T Balasarswathi, Ragini Devi,G,
sarala, Raja Reddy
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Kathakali Kerala Mukunda Raja, Koppan Nair, Gopinath Karishan
Odissi Odisha Guuru Mayadhar Raut, Kelucharan Mohapatra
Manipuri Manipur Jhaver Sisters, Rita devi
Sattriya Assam Anwesa Mahanta
Mohiniyatta Kerala Kalyani Amma, Shanta Rao.
Folk Dances
State Dance
Andhra Pradesh Kuchipudi, Kolattam
Arunachal Pradesh Bardo Chham
Assam Bihu dance, Jhumur Naach
Jharkhand Karma/Munda
Chhattisgarh Panthi, Raut Nacha, Gaur Maria, Dekhni Dance
Goa Koli, Dashavatara, Dekhni, Dhalo, Ghodemodni, Romta Mel, Divlyan Nach (Lamp dance)
Gujarat Garba, Raas, Tippani Dance
Himachal Pradesh Kinnauri Nati
Haryana Saang, Ras Leela, Ghoomar, Jhumar, Teej, Phag ,Dhamal
Karnataka Yakshagana, Bayalata.
Kerala Mohiniyattam, Kathakali, Koodiyattam, Thirayattam, Thitambu Nritham, Aravanmuttu, Padayani.
Madhya Pradesh Jawara, Maanch, Grida, Tertali, Phulpati Dance, Matki Dance
Maharashtra Lavni, Tamasha ,Dangi ,Pavri Nach ,Povadas ,Koli ,Dindi
Manipur Thang Ta, Dhol cholom
Mizoram Cheraw Dance
Nagaland Chang Lo or Sua Lua.
Odisha Ghumura Dance, Ruk Mar Nacha (& Chhau dance), Goti Pua, Nacni, Odissi, Baagh Naach or Tiger Dance, Dalkhai , Dhap, Ghumra
Punjab Bhangra, Giddh , Jhumar, Karthi, Ludi
Rajasthan Ghoomar, Kalbelia, Bhavai, Kachchhi Ghodi.
Sikkim Singhi Chham
Tamil Nadu
Bharatanatyam, Kamandi or Kaman Pandigai, Devarattam, Kummi, Kolattam, Karagattam or Karagam, Mayil Attam or Peacock dance
Paampu attam or Snake Dance
Tripura Hojagiri
West Bengal Gambhira, Nacni, Alkap, Domni, Chow
LIST OF IMPORTANT DATES – NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL
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January
4th January World Braille Day
9th January Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (NRI Day)
10th January World Hindi Day
World Laughter Day
12th January National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)
15th January Army Day
24th January National Girl Child Day
25th January National Voters Day
National Tourism Day
26th January India’s Republic Day
International Customs day
29th January National Immunization Day
February
1st Feb Indian Coast Guard Day
2nd Feb World Wetland Day
4th Feb World Cancer Day
10th Feb National Deworming Day
13th Feb World Radio Day
21st Feb International Mother Language Day
28th Feb National Science Day
March
1st March Zero Discrimination Day
3rd March World Wildlife Day
National Defence Day
8th March International Women’s Day
14th March Pi Day (Greek letter “π”)
15th March World Consumer Rights Day
20th March World Sparrow Day
International Day of Happiness
21st March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
21st March World Poetry Day, International Day of Nowruz
21st March International Day of Forests
World Down Syndrome Day
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22nd March World Water Day
23rd March World Meteorological Day
24th March World Tuberculosis Day
25th March International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
27th March World Theatre Day
28th March Earth Hour
April
2nd April World Autism Awareness Day
International Children’s Book Day
5th April National Maritime Day
6th April International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
7th April World Health Day
18th April World Heritage Day
21st April National Civil Services Day
22nd April World Earth Day
23rd April World Book and Copyright Day, English Language Day
24th April National Panchayati Day
Women’s Political Empowerment Day, India
25th April World Malaria Day
26th April World Intellectual Property Day (World IP Day)
29th April World Dance Day, Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
30th April International Jazz Day
Anti-Child Labour Day
May
1st May International Labour Day
May Day
Maharashtra Day
3rd May World Press Freedom Day
International Sun Day
International Energy Day
08th May World Red Cross Day, Remembrance and Reconciliation for Lost Lives of Second World War
08th May World Thalassaemia Day
10th May International Migratory Bird Day
11 th May National technology day
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12th May International Nurses Day
17th May World Tele-communication and Information Society Day,
Wold AIDS Vaccination day, World Hypertension Day,
International day against Homophobia and Transphobia
20th May World Meteorology Day
21th May National Anti Terrorism Day, National Day for Cultural Development
22th May International Day for Biological Diversity
24th May Commonwealth Day
31th May World Anti Tobacco Day
June
01 Jun World Milk Day
05 Jun World Environment Day
08 Jun World Brain Tumor Day, World Oceans Day
12 Jun World Day Against Child Labor
14 Jun World Blood Donor Day
3rd Sunday of June World Father’s Day
20 Jun World Refugee Day
21 Jun World Music Day
International Yoga Day
23 Jun International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day, International Widows Day
26 Jun International Day against Drug abuse and Illicit Trafficking, International Day in support of Victims of torture
July
01 Jul International Joke Day, World Doctor’s Day
07 Jul World Chocolate Day
11 Jul World Population Day
12 Jul International Malala Day
18 Jul International Nelson Mandela Day
26 Jul Kargil Vijay Diwas or Kargil Memorial Day or Kargil Victory Day
28 Jul World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day
29 Jul International Tiger Day
August
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06 Aug Hiroshima Day, Anti Nuclear Day
09 Aug Nagasaki Day, International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, Quit India Day
12 Aug International Youth Day
14 Aug Pakistan’s Independence Day
15 Aug India’s Independence Day, International Mourning Day
19 Aug World Humanitarian Day, World Photography Day
20 Aug National Sadbhavna Divas or Birthday of Rajiv gandhi, World Mosquito Day, Indain Akshay Urja Diwas
23 Aug International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition
29 Aug National Sports Day or Dhyanchand's Birthday
September
05 Sep National Teacher’s Day or Dr. Radhakrishanan's Birth Day, Sanskrit Day
08 Sep World Literacy Day
14 Sep Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day, World First Aid Day
15 Sep International Day of Democracy, International Engineer’s Day
16 Sep World Ozone Day
21 Sep World Peace Day or International day for Peace an Nonviolence (UN), World Alzheimer’s Day
27 Sep World Tourism Day
28 Sep World Rabies Day
October
1st Monday of October
World Habitat Day
01 Oct World Vegetarian Day, International Day of the older/Elderly
02 Oct Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of Nonviolence
03 Oct World Nature Day
04 Oct World Animal Day
05 Oct World Teacher’s Day
06 Oct World Wildlife Day
08 Oct Indian Air Force Day
09 Oct World Postal or Postoffice Day
10 Oct World Mental Health Day, National Postoffice Day
11 Oct International Day of the Girl Child
13 Oct International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
16 Oct World Food Day
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17 Oct International Poverty Day for it's Eradication
20 Oct World Osteoporosis Day, World Statistics Day, National Solidarity day
24 Oct UN Day, World Development Information Day, World Polio Day
28 Oct International Animation Day
November
06 Nov International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
10 Nov World Science day for Peace and Development, Public Transport Day
11 Nov National Education Day
12 Nov World Pneumonia Day, Public Service Broadcasting Day
14 Nov Children’s Day(India), World Diabetes Day
17 Nov International Students Day, Gurunanak Dev's Birth Anniversary, National eplilepsy day
19 Nov World Toilet Day, International Men’s Day, National Integration Day
20 Nov Universal Children’s Day
26 Nov National Law Day or National constitution Day
30 Nov National Flag Day
December
01 Dec World AIDS Day
02 Dec World Computer Literacy Day, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
03 Dec International Day of People with Disability or World Disability Day
04 Dec Indian Navy Day
07 Dec International Civil Aviation Day, Indian Armed Force Flag Day
09 Dec The International Anticorruption Day
10 Dec World Human Rights Day, International Children's Day of Broadcasting
11 Dec International Mountain Day, UNICEF Day
14 Dec National Energy Conservation Day (India)
16 Dec Vijay Diwas
18 Dec International Migrants Day, National Minority Rights Day
23 Dec National Farmer’s Day or Kisan Diwas
25 Dec Good governance day
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LIST OF COUNTRIES WITH THEIR CAPITAL AND CURRENCIES
Country Name Capital Currency
1. Afghanistan Kabul Afghani
2. Algeria Algiers Dinar
3. Angola Luanda New Kwanza
4. Argentina Buenos Aires Peso
5. Armenia Yerevan Dram
6. Australia Canberra Australian dollar
7. Austria Vienna Euro (formerly schilling)
8. Azerbaijan Baku Manat
9. Bahrain Manama Bahrain dinar
10. Bangladesh Dhaka Taka
11. Belarus Minsk Belorussian Ruble
12. Belgium Brussels Euro (formerly Belgian franc)
13. Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum
14. Bolivia La Paz (administrative); Sucre (judicial) Boliviano
15. Botswana Gaborone Pula
16. Brazil Brasilia Real
17. Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei dollar
18. Bulgaria Sofia Lev
19. Burundi Bujumbura Burundi franc
20. Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel
21. Canada Ottawa Canadian dollar
22. Central African
Republic Bangui CFA Franc
23. Chad N'Djamena CFA Franc
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24. Chile Santiago Chilean Peso
25. China Beijing Yuan/Renminbi
26. Colombia Bogota Colombian Peso
27. Cuba Havana Cuban Peso
28. Cyprus Nicosia Cyprus pound
29. Czech Republic Prague Koruna
30. Denmark Copenhagen Krone
31. Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti franc
32. Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Dominican Peso
33. Ecuador Quito U.S. dollar
34. Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound
35. El Salvador San Salvador Colón; U.S. dollar
36. Eritrea Asmara Nakfa
37. Estonia Tallinn Kroon
38. Ethiopia Addis Ababa Birr
39. Fiji Suva Fiji dollar
40. Finland Helsinki Euro (formerly markka)
41. France Paris Euro (formerly French franc)
42. The Gambia Banjul Dalasi
43. Georgia Tbilisi Lari
44. Germany Berlin Euro
45. Greece Athens Euro
46. Guinea Conakry Guinean franc
47. Guyana Georgetown Guyanese dollar
48. Haiti Port-au-Prince Gourde
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49. Hungary Budapest Forint
50. India New Delhi Rupee
51. Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah
52. Iran Tehran Rial
53. Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar
54. Ireland Dublin Euro
55. Israel Jerusalem Shekel
56. Italy Rome Euro
57. Jamaica Kingston Jamaican dollar
58. Japan Tokyo Yen
59. Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar
60. Kazakhstan Astana Tenge
61. Kenya Nairobi Kenya shilling
62. Korea, North Pyongyang Won
63. Korea, South Seoul Won
64. Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti dinar
65. Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som
66. Laos Vientiane New Kip
67. Latvia Riga Lats
68. Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound
69. Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar
70. Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar
71. Liechtenstein Vaduz Swiss franc
72. Lithuania Vilnius Litas
73. Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro
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74. Macedonia Skopje Denar
75. Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy franc
76. Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit
77. Maldives Male Rufiya
78. Mali Bamako CFA Franc
79. Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya
80. Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian rupee
81. Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso
82. Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Tugrik
83. Montenegro Podgorica Euro
84. Morocco Rabat Dirham
85. Mozambique Maputo Metical
86. Myanmar Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw Kyat
87. Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee
88. Netherlands Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government) Euro
89. New Zealand Wellington New Zealand dollar
90. Nigeria Abuja Naira
91. Norway Oslo Norwegian krone
92. Oman Muscat Omani rial
93. Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani rupee
94. Panama Panama City balboa; U.S. dollar
95. Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Kina
96. Peru Lima Nuevo sol (1991)
97. Philippines Manila Peso
98. Poland Warsaw Zloty
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99. Portugal Lisbon Euro (formerly escudo)
100. Qatar Doha Qatari riyal
101. Romania Bucharest Leu
102. Russia Moscow Ruble
103. Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal
104. Seychelles Victoria Seychelles rupee
105. Sierra Leone Freetown Leone
106. Singapore Singapore Singapore dollar
107. Somalia Mogadishu Somali shilling
108. South Africa Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town
(legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary) Rand
109. South Sudan Juba Sudanese Pound
110. Spain Madrid Euro
111. Sri Lanka Colombo Sri Lanka rupee
112. Sudan Khartoum Dinar
113. Sweden Stockholm Krona
114. Switzerland Bern Swiss franc
115. Syria Damascus Syrian pound
116. Taiwan Taipei Taiwan dollar
117. Tanzania Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative) Tanzanian shilling
118. Thailand Bangkok baht
119. Tunisia Tunis Tunisian dinar
120. Turkey Ankara Turkish lira (YTL)
121. Turkmenistan Ashgabat Manat
122. Tuvalu Vaiaku village, Funafuti province Australian dollar
123. Uganda Kampala Ugandan new shilling
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124. Ukraine Kyiv Hryvna
125. United Arab
Emirates Abu Dhabi U.A.E. dirham
126. United Kingdom London Pound sterling
127. United States of
America Washington D.C. dollar
128. Uruguay Montevideo Uruguay peso
129. Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani sum
130. Vatican City Vatican City Euro
131. Venezuela Caracas Bolivar
132. Vietnam Hanoi Dong
133. Yemen Sanaa Rial
134. Zimbabwe Harare -
Important Cities on River Bank
City River
Agra, Uttar Pradesh Yamuna
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati
Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh Saryu
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Ganges
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Ganges
Mathura, Uttar Pradesh Yamuna
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Gomti
Ahmedabad, Gujarat Sabarmati
Surat, Gujarat Tapi
Vadodara, Gujarat Vishwamitri, Mahi, Narmada
Bhagalpur, Bihar Ganges
Patna, Bihar Ganges
Gaya, Bihar Falgu (Neeranjana)
Dibrugarh, Assam Brahmaputra
Guwahati, Assam Brahmaputra
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Kolkata, West Bengal Hooghly
Pune, Maharashtra Mula, Mutha
Nashik, Maharashtra Godavari
Cuttack, Odisha Mahanadi
Rourkela, Odisha Brahmani
Bangalore, Karnataka Vrishabhavathi
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh Chambal
Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh Narmada
Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh Shipra
Madurai, Tamil Nadu Vaigai
Chennai, Tamil Nadu Cooum, Adyar
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu Noyyal
Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh Tungabhadra River
Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh Krishna
New Delhi Yamuna
Haridwar, Uttarakhand Ganges
Hyderabad, Telangana Musi
Kota, Rajasthan Chambal
Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir Jhelum
List of Chief Ministers & Governors
States Current chief minister Governors
Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu E. S. L. Narasimhan
Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu Brigadier (Retd.) BD Mishra
Assam Sarbananda Sonowal Jagdish Mukhi
Bihar Nitish Kumar Satya Pal Malik
Chhattisgarh Raman Singh Balram Das Tandon
Delhi Arvind Kejriwal Anil Baijal (Lt. Governor)
Goa Manohar Parrikar Mridula Sinha
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Gujarat Vijay Rupani Om Prakash Kohli
Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar Kaptan Singh Solanki
Himachal Pradesh Jairam Thakur Acharya Dev Vrat
Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti Narinder Nath Vohra
Jharkhand Raghubar Das Draupadi Murmu
Karnataka H. D. Kumaraswamy Vajubhai Vala
Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan P. Sathasivam
Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan Anandiben Patel
Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis C. Vidyasagar Rao
Manipur N. Biren Singh Najma Heptulla
Meghalaya Conrad Sangma Ganga Prasad
Mizoram Lal Thanhawla Kummanam Rajasekharan
Nagaland Neiphiu Rio Padmanabha Acharya
Odisha Naveen Patnaik Ganeshi Lal
Puducherry V. Narayanasamy Kiran Bedi (Lt. Governor)
Punjab Amarinder Singh V. P. Singh Badnore
Rajasthan Vasundhara Raje Kalyan Singh
Sikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling Shriniwas Patil
Tamil Nadu Edappadi K. Palaniswami Banwarilal Purohit
Telangana K. Chandrashekar Rao E. S. L. Narasimhan (Additional Charge)
Tripura Biplab deb Keshari Nath Tripathi (Additional Charge)
Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath Ram Naik
Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat Krishan Kant Paul
West Bengal Mamata Banerjee Keshari Nath Tripathi
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List of Cabinet Ministers 2018 Portfolio Minister Name
Prime Minister, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Narendra Modi
Ministry of Home Affairs Raj Nath Singh
Ministry of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj
Ministry of Commerce and Industry & Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu
Minister without Portfolio Arun Jaitley
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Shipping, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation D.V. Sadananda Gowda
Ministry of Drinking Water & Sanitation Uma Bharati
Ministry of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Dr. Harsh Vardhan
Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ramvilas Paswan
Ministry of Women and Child Development Maneka Sanjay Gandhi
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Parliamentary Affairs Ananthkumar
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Law and Justice Ravi Shankar Prasad
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Jagat Prakash Nadda
Ministry of Steel Chaudhary Birender
Singh
Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Anant Geete
Ministry of Food Processing Industries Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Ministry of Rural Development, Panchayati Raj, Mines Narendra Singh Tomar
Ministry of Tribal Affairs Jual Oram
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Radha Mohan Singh
Ministry of Textiles Smriti Zubin Irani
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment Thaawar Chand Gehlot
Ministry of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan
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Ministry of Coal, Railways, Finance, Corporate Affairs Piyush Goyal
Ministry of Defence Nirmala Sitharaman
Ministry of Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
List of Ministers of State (Independent Charge) Portfolio Minister Name
Ministry of Planning Inderjit Singh Rao
Ministry of Labour and Employment Santosh Kumar Gangwar
Department of AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik
Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region Dr. Jitendra Singh
Ministry of Culture Dr. Mahesh Sharma
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Giriraj Singh
Ministry of Communications Manoj Sinha
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Information & Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
Ministry of Power, New and Renewable Energy Raj Kumar Singh
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs Hardeep Singh Puri
Ministry of Tourism Alphons Kannanthanam
Ministers of State (Important) Portfolio Minister Name
Ministry of External Affairs V.K. Singh
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Dr. Mahesh Sharma
Ministry of Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel
Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Parliamentary Affairs, Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
Arjun Ram Meghwal
Ministry of Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha
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Ministry of Railways Manoj Sinha
Department of Atomic Energy, Space, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Prime Minister's Office
Dr. Jitendra Singh
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