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1 April 2017
1. The biggest river festival of India “Namami Brahmaputra” has started in 21
districts of Assam on March 31, 2017. President Pranab Mukherjee has
inaugurated the 5-day festival on the banks of the river, which is considered
country’s only male river.
2. Sumitra Mahajan, the Lok Sabha Speaker, will lead Indian Parliamentary
delegation in the 136th Assembly Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) 2017 at Dhaka,
Bangladesh from April 1 to 5, 2017.
3. Karnataka Bank and SBI Card have launched co-branded credit cards for the
customers of Karnataka Bank.
4. Indian Navy has recently launched Integrated Automatic Aviation
Meteorological System (IAAMS) at Rajali Air Station in Tamil Nadu.
5. Indian SV Sunil has been named the Asian Player of the Year 2016 in the senior
men’s category by the Asian Hockey Federation (AHF).
2 April 2017
1. EI Salvador, Central America’s smallest nation, has become the first country in
the world to ban metals mining nation wide.
2. The Kanha Tiger Reserve has become the India’s first tiger reserve to officially
introduce a mascot “Bhoorsingh the Barasingha”. The Barasingha or swamp deer
is the state animal of Madhya Pradesh.
3. The Atria Convergence Technologies (ACT) Fibrenet has recently launched 1
Gigabit per second wired broadband internet service in Hyderabad. With this
launch, Hyderabad has become the India’s first ‘Giga-enabled’.
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4. Gilbert Baker, who created the rainbow flag as a symbol for the gay
community, has recently passed away in Kansas, United States.
3 April 2017
1. Olympic silver-medallist P.V. Sindhu has defeated Carolina Marin in straight
sets 21-19, 21-16 in 47 minutes at the India Open badminton championship 2017
in New Delhi.
2. The Union Agriculture Minister Radhamohan Singh has inaugurated India’s first
International Centre for Foot and Mouth Disease (ICFMD) at Argul in
Bhubaneswar, Odisha on April 1, 2017.
3. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 9.2 km long Chenani-
Nashri all-weather road tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway. The
road tunnel will reduce the travel time between the two state capitals of Jammu
and Srinagar by approximately two hours.
4. The World Autism Awareness Day 2017 has been observed across the world
on 02 April 2017. The 2017 theme for the day is "Toward Autonomy and Self-
Determination".
5. Sunaina Singh has been appointed the new vice chancellor of Nalanda
University (NU). Currently, she is vice chancellor of the English and Foreign
Language University (EFLU), Hyderabad.
6. Vanaja N. Sarna, a 1980 batch officer of Indian Revenue Service (IRS), has been
appointed the new chairman of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC).
4 April 2017
1. Bengaluru's Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Delhi's Miranda House have
made it to the top of respective categories in the country's official higher
education rankings announced by the government.
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2. The 19th edition of Commonwealth Forestry Conference (CFC) has started at
Forest Research Institute in Dehradun, Uttarakhand with the theme “Forests for
Prosperity and Posterity” on April 3, 2017.
3. The Madhya Pradesh government has launched an app named ‘MP e-
nagarpalika’ to provide various municipal services online.
4. Rajiv Kumar Chander has been appointed as the Ambassador and Permanent
Representative of India to the United Nations Offices in Geneva.
5. The Union Minister of Textiles, Smriti Zubin Irani has recently launched
“PowerTex India” a comprehensive scheme for powerloom sector development in
Bhiwandi district of Maharashtra.
6. The Ntangki National Park is a wildlife park located in Peren district of
Nagaland. The name “Ntangki” is derived from the Zeme dialect of the
Zeliangrong tribe.
5 April 2017
1. A Malaysian company MTN has agreed to help set up a technology park
in Andhra Pradesh that’s expected to attract private sector investment of $100
million in the first phase.
2. Kishori Amonkar (84), the renowned Hindustani classical vocalist, has recently
passed away in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She was considered one of the foremost
singers in the Hindustani tradition and is an innovator of the Jaipur gharana.
3. BP Kanungo has recently taken charge as the new Deputy Governor of the
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for a period of three years in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
4. Phoenix India Research and Development Group launched the first bio-
gas fuelled bus in Kolkata keeping a flat fare of just Rs 1.
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6 April 2017
1. K Prithika Yashini has become the India’s first-ever transgender person to
become a police official, when she took charge as sub-inspector in Dharmapuri
district in Tamil Nadu.
2. Under the ‘Aapki Beti, Hamari Beti’ scheme, the Haryana government will
provide one-time grant of Rs 21,000 to all those families whose third girl child was
born on or after August 24, 2015.
3. The famous Berhampur Thakurani Yatra festival has started with great pomp
and gaiety in Berhampur, Odisha. It is one of the biggest festivals of southern
Odisha.
4. Raman Roy, the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of Quatrro, has been
appointed as the new chairman of the National Association of Software and
Services Companies (NASSCOM) for 2017-18.
7 April 2017
1. India and the UK decided to set up a 240 million pound fund to finance clean
energy projects, as per the statement of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
2. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recently appointed Malvika Sinha as new
Executive Director (ED), following the appointment of B P Kanungo as Deputy
Governor.
3. The Assam government has recently started four-day long Gunotsav
programme to improve quality of school education in the state from April 4,
which will cover over 9 lakh students of 12320 primary schools in Barpeta,
Chirang, Dibrugarh, Hailakandi, Kamrup (Metro), Lakhimpur, Morigaon and West
Karbi Anglong districts.
4. Aditya Birla Idea Payments Bank Ltd becomes the seventh entity to receive a
final licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to set up a payments bank.
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5. 6 April was declared as the International Day of Sport for Development and
Peace (IDSDP) by the UN General Assembly.
6. The Uttar Pradesh Government has recently formed an 8-member committee
under Chief Secretary Rahul Bhatnagar to implement farm loan waiver decision.
The committee would formalise the loan waiver with the banks by April 21, 2017.
8 April 2017
1. 1. Malala Yousafzai, the youngest winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, is become
the youngest United Nations Messenger of Peace.
2. The Madhya Pradesh government- run Maharshi Patanjali Sanskrit Sansthan
will start a one-year diploma course on Hindu priesthood ‘Purohityam’ from July
2017.
3. India’s Travel & Tourism sector has been ranked 7th in the world in terms of its
total contribution to the country’s GDP, according to the latest report of the
World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC).
4. Sports Minister Mr. Vijay Goel has approved the appointment of two top
foreign athletics coaches, one each in race walking and 400m race.
5. The National Tuberculosis (TB) summit has started in Kangra district of
Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh on April 7, 2017. The slogan of the summit on TB
frees India is “India versus TB, TB harega, Desh Jeetega”.
9 April 2017
1. Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting and Urban Development M
Venkaiah Naidu will inaugurate a three-day National Children’s Film Festival in
Vishakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
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2. Marathi film ‘Kasaav’ has won the Best Film award at the 64th National Awards,
which were announced at the National Media Centre (NMC) in New Delhi on April
7, 2017.
3. India and Bangladesh have signed 22 agreements in strategic sectors
like defence and civil nuclear cooperation during Bangladesh Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina's visit to India.
4. Uruguay will become the first country in the world to fully allow the
production, sale and consumption of marijuana when its pharmacies will be
allowed to sell marijuana in July 2017.
10 April 2017
1. Saraswat Bank, the largest lender in the co-operative space, has
appointed Smita Sandhane as its Managing Director (MD) with effect from 01st
April 2017. She is the first woman chief of India's largest urban co-operative bank.
2. India has been ranked 40th out of 136 countries in the 2017 World Economic
Forum’s (WEF) Global Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (GTTCI), as per
WEF’s Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017.
3. The National Basketball Association (NBA) announced the setting up of its first
basketball school, a network of tuition-based basketball development
programmes, in Mumbai.
4. Indian boxer K Shyam Kumar has won a gold medal in the 49-kilogram category
at the Thailand International Tournament in Bangkok on April 8, 2017.
5. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch a 'special digital exhibition' on
the Champaran Satyagraha on 10th April 2017.
6. Lance Havildar Prem Bahadur Resmi Magar of the Gorkha Rifles has been
posthumously conferred the 2016 Kirti Chakra award by President Pranab
Mukherjee at the defence investiture ceremony in New Delhi.
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11 April 2017
1. Dame Asha Khemka, an Indian-origin educationist in the UK, has won the ‘Asian
Businesswoman of the Year’ award for her efforts in the field of education and
skills at the Asian Business Awards ceremony in Birmingham in April 2017.
2. Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation M Venkaiah
Naidu launched 352 projects in 53 cities in 17 States across the country with an
investment of Rs 38,003-cr to build 2,03,851 affordable houses.
3. The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the first NIMCARE World
Health Day Summit 2017 on April 7, 2017 in New Delhi. The slogan of the summit
is ‘Unite for a Healthy Mind’.
4. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched the website and app named
'Bharat Ke Veer', to facilitate the monetary contribution to the kin of soldier
personnel killed in action.
5. India’s first-ever micro-drama festival “Thespis” has started at the Indira
Gandhi National Centre for the Arts in New Delhi on April 9, 2017.
6. The 12th edition of Indo – Mongolian Joint Military Exercise “Nomadic
Elephant” has started at Vairengte in Mizoram from April 5, 2017 and will
continue till April 18, 2017.
12 April 2017
1. Central Hindi Institute Director N.K. Pandey announced the names of writers
from different categories for the prestigious Hindi Sevi Samman Awards.
2. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has named Intel as its official Innovation
Partner for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy 2017.
3. Anuja Ravindra Dhir, an Indian-origin woman, has become the first non-white
judge to sit at the Old Bailey Court of London. She is also the youngest circuit
judge to sit at the court.
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4. Mukta Dutta Tomar has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to
the Federal Republic of Germany.
5. Dr. Harsh Vardhan, the Union Minister of Science and Technology, has recently
launched the Nakshe Portal in New Delhi to mark the 250th anniversary of the
Survey of India (SoI).
6. The Uttar Pradesh will launch cheap food canteen “Annapurna Bhojnalayas”
across all 14 municipal corporations in the state. Under the scheme, breakfast will
be provided at Rs 3, while lunch and dinner will cost Rs 5 only.
13 April 2017
1. The first rail freight service British goods from the UK to China has departed on
its 17-day, 7,500-mile journey. British goods including soft drinks, vitamins and
baby products are in the 30 containers carried by the train, which will be a regular
service.
2. The Union government will launch an umbrella programme ‘SAMPADA’ for
food processing sector with Rs. 6,000 crore outlay to integrate current and new
schemes.
3. Shiva Kirti Singh, the retired Supreme Court judge, has been appointed the new
chairman of the Telecom Disputes Settlement & Appellate Tribunal (TDSAT).
4. Atu Zumvu, a Sub-Divisional Police Officer with the Nagaland Police, has
become the first Naga cop to confer with the prestigious Shaurya Chakra award at
a ceremony held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on April 6, 2017 since Nagaland
attained statehood.
5. Bengaluru has been ranked the top-paying city for professionals in India with an
average yearly salary of Rs.14.6 lakh, according to the 2017 Salary Trends Study
by Randstad.
6. ESAF Small Finance Bank has launched a social deposit scheme called 'Hrudaya
Deposit scheme' in Thrissur, Kerala.
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7. The Indian School team has won the 5th edition of Asian School Hockey
Championship after defeating Malaysia by 5-1 at the Aishbagh Stadium in Bhopal,
Madhya Pradesh.
14 April 2017
1. Achim Steiner from Germany, an expert in environmental issues and politics,
has been named as the new administrator of the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP).
2. The Andhra Pradesh government will launch a unique programme ‘Ammaku
Vandanam’ in schools to pay tribute to mothers and to respect motherhood.
3. The Union Government has recently constituted an Inter-Disciplinary
Committee to examine the existing framework with regard to Virtual Currencies.
4. Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu announced the re-
launch of 'Adarana scheme' for improving traditional occupations.
5. Mahabaleshwara Mavinakudige Subrahmanya has been appointed as the
new MD and CEO of Karnataka Bank Ltd.
6. India and Australia have started a partnership aimed at increasing cooperation
in sports, in the presence of visiting Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and batting
legend Sachin Tendulkar.
15 Aril 2017
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1. 1. Dr. (Ms.) Mukulita Vijayawargiya took charge as Whole Time Member of
the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) in New Delhi.
2. The World Bank (WB) has approved a $375 million loan to India’s first
waterway project “National Waterway (NW) 1”.
3. Haldia Port of West Bengal has topped the list in the first-ever ranking of the
ports on Sanitation Parameters under the Union Ministry of Shipping.
4. The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has
launched a web portal for insurers that will allow them to register and sell policies
online.
16 April 2017
1. Dr. Mark Wainberg (71), the renowned Canadian AIDS researcher and social
activist, has recently passed away in Bal Harbour, Florida, USA.
2. The Union Ministry of Agriculture has selected Himachal Pradesh for the Krishi
Karman Award 2015-16 for the commendable increase in food grains production.
3. Loans extended under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) during
2016-17 have crossed the target of Rs 1,80,000 crore for 2016-17.
4. The Income Tax department has launched the second phase of the ‘Operation
Clean Money’ to investigate over 60,000 individuals with an aim to detect black
money generation post demonetisation.
17 April 2017
1. The Uttar Pradesh government has recently signed a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) with the Union government for the ‘Power for All’ scheme
in the state.
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2. Emma Morano, an Italian woman believed to have been the oldest
person alive and the last survivor of the 19th century died at the age of 117.
Morano, born on November 29, 1899, died at her home in Verbania, northern
Italy.
3. The Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has stated that the Habibganj
station in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh has been handed over to a private firm to be
operated by it. With this, Habibganj station has become the India’s first privately-
run railway station.
4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated 1980 MW of the Koradi super-critical
thermal power project of state-run Mahagenco near Nagpur in Maharashtra to
the nation.
5. The Jharkhand Police has recently launched ‘Tare Zameen Par programme’ to
enlighten children in Naxal-affected areas in the Palamau district of Jharkhand.
18 April 2017
1. The Chief minister of Himachal Pradesh, Virbhadra Singh has recently launched
an ‘unemployment allowance scheme’ at the state level function at Chamba on
the occasion of the 70th foundation day of Himachal Pradesh.
2. Maharashtra became the first Indian state to launch a special awareness drive
to ensure that transgenders in the state register as voters.
3. Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh launched two web applications to check
corruption and keep track of government activities.
4. Sai Praneeth Bhamidipati from India has won the 2017 Men’s singles Singapore
Open Badminton tournament by defeating his compatriot Kidambi Srikanth in the
final by 17-21, 21-17,21-17 at Singapore Indore Stadium, Singapore.
5. The first-ever Nepal-China joint military exercise ‘Sagarmatha Friendship-2017’
has started at Kathmandu, Nepal from April 17, 2017 with a special focus on
counter- terrorism and disaster management.
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6. Over 50 Indians, including gymnast Dipa Karmakar, Olympic medallist Sakshi
Malik and actress Alia Bhatt, are among Forbes’ list of super achievers from
Asia under the age of 30 who are “pushing boundaries of innovation“.
19 April 2017
1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated phase-I of the Link-II pipeline canal
of the ambitious Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI) Yojana in Botad
district of Gujarat.
2. The Rajasthan government has recently signed a reworked MoU with
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) for the Rs 43,129 crore Barmer
refinery.
3. Dr. Rayappa Ramappa Hanchinal has been bestowed with the 6th edition of
prestigious M.S. Swaminathan Award for contribution in the field of agriculture.
4. Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has successfully commissioned two units
of 270 MW at RattanIndia Nasik Power Ltd's, Maharashtra.
5. The President of India, Pranab Mukherjee has inaugurated the 3rd edition of
the Global Exhibition on Services (GES-2017) on April 17, 2017 at Rashtrapati
Bhavan in New Delhi.
6. Sebastian Vettel, a German racing driver for Scuderia Ferrari, has won the 2017
Formula 1 Bahrain Grand Prix tournament at Bahrain International Circuit in
Bahrain.
20 April 2017
1. Madhya Pradesh government has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA)
with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to supply 24 percent of
electricity generated from the Rewa ultra mega solar project to be set up in the
state.
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2. Tamil ‘P15A Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami dedicated the
Indian Navy’s indigenously designed Guided Missile Destroyer’, INS Chennai to
the city Chennai.
3. Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has appointed Vinay Shah as the new
Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Director of its mortgage loan arm
and listed entity LIC Housing Finance.
4. The State Bank of India (SBI) has become the India’s most valued Public Sector
Unit (PSU) in terms of market valuation.
5. The Reserve Bank of India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
on “Supervisory Cooperation and Exchange of Supervisory Information” with the
Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan.
6. The Sessa Orchid Sanctuary is located in the Himalayan foothills in Bhalukpong
Forest Division of West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh. Sessa is noted for the
occurrence of more than 200 orchid species with 5 new and endemic species.
21 April 2017
1. The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh inaugurated the two-day 11th
Civil Services Day program (20-21 April) in New Delhi. Civil Services Day is
celebrated in India every year on 21st April.
2. Veteran actress Saira Banu has been named for the prestigious Raj Kapoor
Lifetime achievement award of the Maharashtra Government.
3. The 2017 BRICS Film Festival will be held in Chengdu, southwest China’s
Sichuan Province from June 23 to 27, 2017.
4. The English translation of writer Perumal Murugan’s novel
Mathorubhagan (One Part Woman) has won the Sahitya Akademi’s award for
translation in English 2016.
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5. The Punjab government will launch an innovative scheme “Book Banks” in all
schools of the state so that needy students will get the books for their academic
year free of cost.
6. TAL Manufacturing Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Motors has
launched India’s first industrial-articulated robot and it goes by the name
“BRABO”.
22 April 2017
1. Tata Power has signed an agreement with Ajmer Vidyut Vitran Nigam Ltd
(AVVNL) for electricity distribution in Ajmer for 20 years.
2. India has contributed $250,000 to UN election assistance programme for
helping countries to hold elections and develop their electoral systems.
3. The 3rd edition of International Conference and Exhibition on Steel
Industry 'India Steel 2017' was held at Mumbai Exhibition center in Mumbai from
19th-21st April 2017.
4. The cricket icon Kapil Dev will be honoured with the 75th Master Dinanath
Mangeshkar award on April 24, 2017 for his outstanding contribution to Indian
Cricket.
5. India and South Korea has recently signed an agreement to firm up bilateral
cooperation in defence shipbuilding.
23 April 2017
1. The 14th Edition of United Nations International Day of Vesak 2017 will be
hosted by Sri Lanka from 12-14 May 2017.
2. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma were
the only two Indians to make it to an annual list of ‘100 most influential people in
the world’ 2017, released by the Time magazine.
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3. Athens, the capital of Greece, has been designated as the UNESCO World Book
Capital 2018 by Irina Bokova, the Director-General of UNESCO, in Paris.
4. The Union Minister of law and Justice Ravi Sankar Prasad has inaugurated three
welfare initiatives of the Department of justice.The three services are Pro-bono
legal services,Tele-law services and Nyaya Mitra project.
24 April 2017
1. The General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re) has become the first re-
insurer to open an office at India’s first International Financial Services Centre
(IFSC) at Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City).
2. China successfully launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft
named Tianzhou 1.
3. India’s first-ever ‘village of books’ will open at Bhilar village in Maharashtra on
May 4, 2017 to promote tourism and Marathi language. The village is roughly 8
km away from the hill station of Panchgani.
4. The Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd (GNFC) won the
prestigious Golden Peacock Award 2017 in the category of Innovative
Product/Service for pioneering a cashless township transformation model.
5. The Odisha government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with the objectives of improving the
lives of smallholder farmers and promoting inclusive agricultural transformation.
25 April 2017
1. The 15th edition of WFH International Musculoskeletal Congress (IMC) will be
held in Seoul, South Korea from May 5-7, 2017, which is been organized by the
World Federation of Hemophilia (WFH) and the Korea Hemophilia Foundation.
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2. Yes Bank has won the prestigious 2017 Golden Peacock Innovative Product /
Service Award (GPIPSA) at the 27th World Congress at the Dubai Global
Convention in Dubai, UAE.
3. The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has offered honourary life membership to
Sandhya Agarwal, former captain of the Indian women’s Test team.
4. The Arabian Travel Market (ATM) has started at Dubai World Trade Centre,
Dubai from April 24, 2017. The ATM is the leading global event of the Middle East
inbound and outbound travel industry.
5. Himanta Biswa Sarma, the BJP leader and Assam Badminton Association
President, has been appointed the new interim President of Badminton
Association of India (BAI).
6. Veteran actress Moushumi Chatterjee has received the lifetime achievement
award, at the 80th Bengal Film Journalists' Association (BFJA) awards.
7. Rafael Nadal has won the Men's Singles title of Monte Carlo Masters Tennis
tournament 2017. He defeated Albert Vinolas at a summit clash in Monaco.
26 April 2017
1. Kasinadhuni Viswanath (87), the renowned actor-director, has been named for
the prestigious 2016 Dada Saheb Phalke award for his outstanding contribution to
the film industry.
2. Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi has been bestowed with the prestigious P C
Chandra Puraskaar 2017 for his global crusade against child slavery and
exploitative by the PC Chandra Jewellers on April 23, 2017 at the Science City
auditorium in Kolkata, West Bengal.
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3. The Indian Navy has begun a joint maritime exercise with the French Navy at
the Mediterranean Sea to further deepen combat coordination between the two
navies.
4. State Bank of India and real estate developers’ body CREDAI (Confederation of
Real Estate Developers' Associations of India) have signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) to jointly conduct various initiatives towards development
of the realty sector.
5. Indian shot putter Manpreet Kaur has clinched a gold in the first leg of
the Asian Grand Prix Athletics Meet in Jinhua, China.
6. Haryana has won the 2017 National Youth Athletics Championships by
defeating Kerala at G.M.C. Balayogi Stadium in Hyderabad.
27 April 2017
1. 1. Man Kaur, a 101-year-old athlete from India, has recently won Gold in the
100 metres sprint at the World Masters Games in Auckland, New Zealand on April
24, 2017.
2. Northeast India's largest Information Technology (IT) hub was inaugurated
at Agartala to boost employment and e-governance besides to export software
technology. The Hub was set up at a cost of Rs. 50 crore. The Chief Minister
of Tripura, Manik Sarkar inaugurated the IT hub.
3. Dr. Mridul Bhadauria has been elected the new President of Amateur Kabaddi
Federation of India (AKFI).
4. The International conference on “Dara Shikoh – Reclaiming Spiritual Legacy of
India” will be held from April 27, 2017 at ICCR’s Azad Bhavan in New Delhi.
5. Israel has recently appointed Hana Khatib as first female judge in its Muslim
sharia court system.
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6. India’s first and longest ropeway to connect Mumbai with the famous
Elephanta Island in the Arabian Sea is planned to be constructed by the Mumbai
Port Trust, according to the official report.
28 April 2017
1. Veteran actor Vinod Khanna passed away in Mumbai. He was battling with
cancer for many years. He was an active politician, and Member of Parliament
from Gurdaspur, Punjab.
2. The Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) refers to uniform nomenclature of five
security forces in India under the authority of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
They are the Border Security Force (BSF), Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF),
Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and
Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
3. The Tamil Nadu government signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
with Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL) for implement the Centre’s rural
internet connectivity programme “Bharatnet”.
4. Sujal Kahar (12), the football enthusiast and goal-keeper from Mumbai, has
been shortlisted to represent India at the 5th edition of FIFA Football for
Friendship (F4F) global social programme.
5. RK Pachnanda, the 1983 batch of the West Bengal cadre IPS officer, has been
appointed as the new Director General of Indo-Tibetan Border Police(ITBP).
6. Srishti Kaur was crowned Miss Teen Universe 2017 after beating 25
contestants from around the world at the annual beauty pageant. The event was
held in Managua, the capital of Central American country Nicaragua.
29 April 2017
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1. India and Cyprus have signed four agreements after delegation-level talks
between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of Cyprus Nicos
Anastasiades at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.
2. El Salvador has become the first country in the world to ban the mining of
metals to protect water sources and the environment.
3. Odisha’s capital city, Bhubaneswar has become, the first Indian city that has
won Pierre L’enfant Planning Excellence and Achievement Awards-2017. This
award is instituted by the American Planning Association.
4. Yashwanth Naidu, a deaf and Dumb Cricketer from Andhra Pradesh, has been
declared Man of the Tournament in the T-20 Asia Cup for his controlled bowling
at Dhaka, Bangladesh.
5. Bollywood Actor Shah Rukh Khan has become the first Indian actor to deliver a
speech at the internationally acclaimed TED Talks. TED stands for Technology,
Entertainment and Design.
30 April 2017
1. India’s first electric taxi (e- taxi) trial will be held in Nagpur, Maharashtra from
May 24, 2017. For this initiative, Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) will provide 200
taxis.
2. Lv Haotian from China has won the 33rd edition of ACBS Asian Snooker
Championship-2017 by defeating India’s top cueist Pankaj Advani in the final by 3-
6 in Doha, Qatar.
3. The Indian short film “Azaad” will be screened by United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural organisation (UNESCO) as part of 2017 World Press
Freedom Day (WPFD) event, which will be held from May 1-4, 2017 in Jakarta,
Indonesia.
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4. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) successfully launched
its football-stadium-sized, heavy-lift Super Pressure Balloon (SPB) from Wanaka,
New Zealand.