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INDIAN AFFAIRS

BJP leader and Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher has released the stamp on the commemoration of Balwant Gargi centenary on 31st of May by the Panjab University.

The Indian Railways has introduced a facility on 1st of June of Buy Now, Pay Later service for passengers to book tickets online first and make payment for the reservations within a window of 14 days.

The Uttar Pradesh Government has extended the retirement age of doctors from 60 to 62 years.This move has been taken in the view of non-availability of medical practitioners across the state.

‗T-Wallet‘, the official digital wallet of Telangana State was launched on June 1, 2017 by Telangana IT

Minister K.T. Rama Rao. T Wallet is available as an ‗Any Time, Any Where‘ digital payment option

for everyone. During the occasion of State Formation Day , Telangana Chief Minister Chandrasekhar Rao has announced

6-point comprehensive plan for farmers on June 2nd 2017 in Secunderabad which includes 8 thousand rupees

cash assistance per acre per annum to each farmer in the state nd 24/7 continuous electricity supply. Uttarakhand Governor K K Paul has launched the Vidya-VeertaAbhiyan on 3rd of June 2017 in the state

by presenting Vice Chancellors of universities with the portraits of Param Vir Chakra recipients.

The three-day festival Making of Developed India (MODI) fest was launched in Andhra Pradesh on 2

June 2017. It begins to celebrate the successful completion of the three-year rule by the Modi government. Post roll-out of Goods and Services Tax (GST) from July 1, 2017, Gold will be costlier, whereas biscuits,

footwear up to Rs. 500/- and apparel up to Rs. 1000/- will become cheaper. Packaged and branded food

items will be taxed 5%, tendu leaves at 18% and bidi at the highest rate of 28%. However, unlike cigarettes,

there will be no cess on bidi. The Indian Railways is going to reduce emission by 33 per cent in the next 10-12 years. The Railways will

going to involve with green initiatives undertaken by the public transporter. It will reduce emission through

sustained energy efficiency measures and maximum use of clean fuel by 2030 The Aadhaar card has been made mandatory for government subsidy on purchase of kerosene and benefits of

Atal Pension Yojana. It was announced by PM Modi on 4th of June, 2017 The government launched the solid waste segregation at source in the National Capital Region (NCR)

on 5th of June, 2017 Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat said that Women to be allowed in combat roles in Indian Army. Currently

women are allowed in medical, legal, educational, signals and engineering wings of the Army.

Cabinet has approved the initial public offer of Indian Renewable EnergyDevelopment Agency, enabling it to mobilise funds for the clean energy sector.Under the listing proposal, IREDA will issue fresh 13.90

crore shares, increasing the paid up share capital of the company from Rs 784 crore to Rs 923 crore. The Government of Kerala has implemented a green protocol for weddings more nature-friendly. With the

implementation of the green protocol, the use of plastic and other non-degradable articles including

disposable glasses, plates and thermocol decorations would be prohibited at marriage functions. Union Government has launched a Skill for Life, Save a Life Initiative on 6th of June. Its aim is to promote

skill development in the health sector. Under this initiative, various courses will be initiated targeting

specific competencies for healthcare professionals as well as for general public. The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Karnataka Amendment) Bill 2017 has cleared by the Union

Ministry of Law and Justice on June 8, 2017. The bill was passed by Karnataka Legislative Assembly to

exempt kambala and bullock-cart racing from the ambit of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960

on February 13, 2017 The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has announced the setting up of 18 sectoral groups to ensure

a smooth roll-out of the GST on 9th of June, 2017 NITI Aayog has launched ‗SATH‘ program with state governments for furthering the agenda for

cooperative federalism. Acronym ‗SATH‘ stands for ‗Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital‘.

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Supreme Court has ruled that it would be mandatory for all Aadhaar holders to link the unique identity number with the PAN for filing income tax returns.

The Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy (CCRYN)has initiated Yoga Awareness Drive through Mascots and Flash Mobs (YogMob).It has been launched to increase popularity of Yoga

especially among the youth. The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has launched a 24×7 helpline – Madadgaar – at Srinagar‘s Tagore

Hall. The helpline is the first of its kind in Kashmir with a toll free number (14411).

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has inaugurated Know India Programme (KIP) for young overseas Indians at a function in New Delhi.

Sushma Swaraj has announced the opening of 149 new Post Office Passport Seva Kendras (POPSKs). It will be set up in the second phase.

Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) the administrative authority of Atal Pension

Yojana (APY) has now introduced ―APY@eNPS‖ which involves a complete digital enrolment process.

The centenary of Mahatma Gandhi‘s Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat has celebrated at the Nehru Centre on

17th

of June. Gopalkrishna Gandhi will inaugurate two galleries titled 'My Life is My Message' and 'Charkha.' He will also release two books titled 'Letters to Gandhi' and 'Pioneers of Satyagraha.'

The 22nd European Union Film Festival (EUFF) has opened at Siri Fort auditorium on 10th

of June, 2017 with the screening of Estonian film Cherry Tobacco in New Delhi.

The Tamil Nadu government has announced free education for the transgender community in all the colleges of state's Manonmaniam Sundaranar University.

The industry department has said that it has established a GST facilitation cell which will be headed by Sudhansu Sekhar Das on 17th of June 2017. It has been set up to address any tax issue that can come up in

sectors related to the DIPP. The Rajasthan government has raised the insurance cover by 1 lakh to 6 lakh for farmers who avail crop loan

from cooperative banks in the State. It aims to bring around 25 lakh peasants under the scheme. The Union Minister for Development of North Eastern Region (DrJitendra Singh DoNER)has announced the

launch of, ―Hill Area Development Programme‖ (HADP) for Northeast in Imphal (Manipur). The

programme aims to bridge the gap between the hill and valley districts in terms of infrastructure, quality of

roads, health and education. In order to make legal aid easily accessible to the marginalized communities and citizens living in rural areas,

Government of India has launched the ‗Tele-Law‘ pilot project on June 11, 2017.Under the first phase, the

‗Tele-Law‘ scheme will be launched as a pilot across 500 CSCs in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Goods and Services Tax (GST) council lowered rates on 66 goods and services, including Insulin, schoolbags,

colouring books, construction items, pickles and mustard sauce. In a bid to promote regional cinema, cinema

tickets costing up to Rs. 100 will be taxed at 18% and ticket costing more than Rs. 100 at 28%. Indian Railways to induct 40,000 refurbished coaches by 2023, earmarks Rs 8,000 crore. The aim is to

make available 40,000 new look coaches in the railway fleet by 2023. Meghalaya state assembly unanimously passed a resolution opposing the Centre's notification banning the sale

and purchase of cattle at animal markets for slaughter and demanded its withdrawal as it would impact the

economy of the state and the food habit of its people. According to the Minister of state for AYUSH Shripad Yesso Naik said that the Centre has approved

proposals for setting up of 100 Ayurveda, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy (AYUSH) hospitals across

the country. The Central Government will provide interest subvention of 5% per annum to all prompt payee farmers for

short term crop loan up to one year for loan up to Rs. 3 lakhs borrowed by them during the year 2017-18.The

Central Government will provide approximately 20,339 crore as interest subvention for 2017-18. Union Cabinet has approved the proposal to introduce a Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill,

2017.It will complement recently enacted the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 for the insolvency

resolution of non- financial entities. Minister of Railways Suresh Prabhu has launched Mission Retro-Fitment to enhance the passenger

experience by upgrading the existing fleet of coaches. Mission Retro-Fitment is a program of railways to

upgrade the level of furnishing & facilities in the coaches of Indian Railways. The mission aims to induct

about 40,000 coaches with upgraded interiors by 2022-23. 'Anuyatra‘, an empowerment programme for the differently abled launched by Kerala government. It aimed

at bringing the differently abled to the mainstream and making the state differently abled-friendly.

The Central Statistics Ministry is set to change the base year of national accounts to 2017-18 from 2011-2012.It is

set to change after completion of the household consumer expenditure survey and labour force data

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by the end of 2018. CSO has changed the base of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) and Wholesale Price

Index (WPI) to 2011-12 from 2004-05. Union Health Ministry has launched an Intensified Diarrhoea Control Fortnight (IDCF) across the country

on 15th

of June 2017.It has been launched to reduce child deaths due to diarrhoea. Nearly 12 crore children will be covered during the programme.

NITI Aayog has shortlisted five states under ‗Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital‘ (SATH)

program for developing role model states in health and education. For Health Sector, the shortlisted states are

Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Assam, Karnataka and Gujarat.For Education Sector, the shortlisted states

are Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh. Shipping Corporation of India, Shipping Ministry organise ―Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Sammelan‖ in Mumbai.

The seminar was held to showcase the Government‘s and Shipping Corporation of India‘s achievements in

last three years. The government has made Aadhaar card mandatory for opening of bank accounts as well as for any financial

transaction of Rs 50,000 and above. In this regard centre will amend the prevention of money laundering act. The Railway Ministry will launch "Operation Swarn" (swarn means gold in Hindi) to improve services in

Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express trains. Under the first phase, the Mumbai-Delhi Rajdhani Express and

Mumbai-Ahmedabad Shatabdi Express have been selected for upgradation, for which the work will start

from September 2017. Uttarakhand& Haryana has become the fourth Open Defecation Free (ODF) state in the country which was

announced Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar. Earlier, Himachal Pradesh,Sikkim and Kerala had declared

themselves Open Defecation Free.

Indian Railways will start the final location survey of the 498 km long Bilaspur-Manali-Leh line at Leh in

Jammu and Kashmir this week. Coming up at a height of 3,300 metres, the strategically important rail project

is touted to become the highest rail track in the world, overtaking China‘s Qinghai–Tibet Railway.

According to the Union home ministry Aadhaar is not a valid identification document for Indians travelling

to Nepal and Bhutan. The Manipur CM Biren Singh has launched a toll free 24/7 helpline number 181 for women in the state. The

helpline will help fight and reduce crime against women in the state.

The 135th

JagannathYatra starts from June 25 and ends on July 3. The JagannathYatra festival will be

held in Odisha. The RathYatra festival is related to Lord Jagannath.

On June 23, 2017, Central Government announced another list of 30 cites for development as smart

cities under Smart Cities Mission. Kerala capital Thiruvanathapuram topped the list, Chhattisgarh's

new capital Naya Raipur came second.

Union Cabinet has approved Amendment of the bilateral Social Security Agreement (SSA) between India

and the Netherlands by incorporating the ―Country of Residence‖ Principle into the agreement. Cabinet approves Constitution of Indian Naval Material Management Service (INMMS) as an

Organized Group ‗A‘ Engineering Service. On June 22, 2017, Pune Municipal Corporation launched India‘s biggest municipal bonds programme.

The project looks to raise Rs 2,264 crore in five years. Municipal bonds are debt instruments through

which a municipal corporation raises money from individuals or institutions. A commemorative postage stamp has released on completion of 50 years of Passport Act on 23rd of

June 2017. On 24th June,1967 the President gave assent to the Passports Act 1967 and it marked an

important milestone in the history of passport issuance in India.

Punjab Finance minister Manpreet Badal presented a state budget of Rs 1.18 lakh crore for the financial

year 2017-18. 114-year old Taj Palace (also referred to as Taj Mahal Palace) in Mumbai has become first Indian building to

get itself trademarked, thereby joining the elite and small club of trademarked properties in the world which

includes the Empire State Building in New York, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and Sydney Opera House. PiyushGoyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New and Renewable Energy and Mines

launched the Energy Conservation Building Code 2017 (ECBC 2017) which prescribes the energy

performance standards for new commercial buildings to be constructed across India.

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Minister of Culture & Tourism Mahesh Sharma (Independent Charge) has launched the implementation of

the National Mission on Cultural Mapping of India at Goverdhan Block, Mathura District of Uttar Pradesh on

17 June 2017. This Mission is part of the ‗Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat‘ umbrella.

On June 23, 2017, Urban Development Ministry launched "City Liveability Index". It is a first of its kind

initiative to measure the quality of life in 116 major cities including capital cities and those with

population over one million. Andhra Pradesh topped the list scoring 96.06 per cent marks. Narmada Control Authority (NCA) has cleared the final raising of SardarSarovar Dam (SSD) in Gujarat by

lowering of gates and impounding of water in the reservoir upto its Full Reservoir Level (FRL) of EL 138.68

mts.

GST will be rolled out in India from July 1, 2017.

It will replace 16 current levies (7 central taxes and 9 state taxes), consequentially creating India as

one market with one tax rate.

GST Council set tax rate on state-run lottery at 12% and government-authorised private lottery at 28%.

GST Council has laid out a relaxed timetable and exemption from penalties and late fees to industry while filing GST returns in the first two months.

Every business carrying out a taxable supply of goods or services with turnover exceeding the threshold limit of Rs 20 lakh will be required to register.

As on June 21, 2017, all the States and Union Territories (having assemblies), except the State of Jammu &

Kashmir have approved the State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) Act. Last state to pass GST bill is kerala.

MeitY launches Web Portal for smooth GST implementation.The webpage can be accessedthrough Ministry‘s Web Portal meity.gov.in.It also enables filing of grievances in relation to

implementation of GST.

Indian Army is actively considering recruiting civilian staff in peace stations to do away with the colonial-era Sahayak system, in the wake of some army jawans openly voicing their anger against it.

Arunachal Pradesh government has decided to increase the retirement age of regular state government

employees to 60 years from existing 58 years. It will be implemented from 1st

of January 2018. The Delhi government has made Aadhaar card details compulsory for those seeking subsidy on e-

rickshaw registered in the city. It has been announced by the government on 26th

of June 2017. A―mini war room‖ has been set up in the finance ministry to deal with crises related to the implementation

of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on 28th

of June 2017. Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) chief Vanaja N. Sarna said that the unit will act as a quick resource centre for Central and State government officials.

Election Commission joins hands with Facebook to Launch First Time Nationwide Voter Registration

Reminder. Cabinet approves 7th Pay Commission recommendations with 34 changes, to benefit 48 lakh employees

Cabinet approves development of six laning of Chakeri-Allahabad section of National Highway (NH) - 2 in

Uttar Pradesh. The cost is estimated to be Rs.3691.09 crore including cost of land acquisition, resettlement

and rehabilitation and other pre-construction activities. Union Cabinet has given ‗in principle‘ approval for strategic disinvestment of Air India and five of

its subsidiaries based on the recommendations of Core Group of Secretaries on Disinvestment (CGD)

On June 29, 2017, Dr.Jitendra Singh - Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region, Prime Minister‘s Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, launched a new

training programme Comprehensive Online Modified Modules on Induction Training (COMMIT) for State

Government officials. The Government has issued notification to all those who have Permanent Account Number(PAN) should

link to their existing Aadhar card from July 1 in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (2) of section139AA .

Prime Minister Narendra Modi two-day visit to Gujarat

Centenary celebrations of Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad on 29th

June, 2017.Event to mark the 150th

birth anniversary of ShrimadRajchandraji at Sabarmati Ashram on 29th

June, 2017. On June 29, 2017, at Aaji dam on the outskirts of Rajkot city, PM launched irrigation & water related

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initiatives. On June 30, 2017, PM attended a programme to dedicate water supply schemes based on Vatrak, Mazum

and Meswo Dams at Modasa in Aravalli district in north Gujarat. On June 30, 2017, afternoon PM inaugurated ‗Textiles India 2017‘country‘s first-ever mega trade event

for the textiles sector in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Lastly, PM Modi inaugurated an integrated sports & entertainment 'Arena Project‘ in Ahmedabad.

On June 29, 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi released coins and a stamp on Mahatma Gandhi's spiritual

guide, ShrimadRajchandraji, at the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. On June 29, 2017, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, inaugurated the filling of Aji Dam near Rajkot

under SAUNI Yojana. The Maharashtra government constituted an 11-member committee to scrutinise and recommend names

from Maharashtra for the Padma Awards 2018. The committee, comprising 10 ministers and a senior

bureaucrat, will be headed by Minister for Water Conservation Ram Shinde. India‘s first ‗private‘ railway station Habibganj to come up near Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.

A butterfly park in Asola Bhatti Wild Life Sanctuary in south Delhi was dedicated to the public on

the WorldEnvironment Day on June 5 2017.

PLACES IN NEWS

Union Minister of Food Processing Industries, Harsimrat Kaur Badal inaugurated first Mega Food Park in the

state of Odisha M/s MITS Mega Food Park Pvt. Ltd. at Rayagada district.Union Government of India has

provided a financial assistance of Rs. 50.00 Crore to the project. India‘s first ‗freight village‘ will be developed by the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) in

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The freight village, a one-of-its-kind infrastructure platform, will attract

companies that require logistics services and can cluster to improve their competitiveness. Odisha to have first automatic coastal warning for disasters in India.Early Warning Dissemination System

(EWDS) project for natural disasters will be completed by July 31 said by Odisha Government On May 1st.

The system will be helpful in communicating tsunami and cyclone warnings to coastal population directly

from the State Headquarters. India's first public bicycle sharing project launched in Mysuru, Karnataka. A total of 450 bicycles can be

borrowed for a nominal fee from 48 automated docking stations.

Central government will be retrofitting 10 lakh conventional street lights with energy efficient LED lights in

Gram Panchayats of 7 districts in Andhra Pradesh. This will be India‘s first rural LED Street Lighting Project. A national human milk bank and lactation counseling centre known 'Vatsalya - Maatri Amrit Kosh' has

opened at Lady Hardinge Medical College in New Delhi on June 6. It will be helpful to provide breast milk

to newborns and promote breastfeeding. Kolkata will launch an underwater Metro which will pass through tunnels several feet under the Hooghly.The

first underwater transportation tunnel of India is ready with the second one nearing completion. The tunnel

has been constructed 30 meters below riverbed. On June 17, 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Kerala's first metro line in Kochi. The Kochi

Metro is the first in India to use Communication Based Train Control technology to maximise frequencies and

minimise errors. The project cost is estimatedat 5,180 crore. On June 17, 2017, President Pranab Mukerjee inaugurated the Green Line of Phase I of ‗Namma

Metro‘ in Bengaluru, Karnataka. It is the second longest operational metro network in India after Delhi Metro. Pema Khandu, the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, has demanded a separate time zone for Arunachal

Pradesh to improve work efficiency and save electricity in the state. Sulabh International founder and chief Bindeshwar Pathak has announced that an open defecation-free

(ODF) village in Mewat will be named after the US President Donald Trump.

Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing and Poverty Alleviation Venkaiah Naidu

inagurated the ‗Homes For All‘ property on 24th

of June 2017.The show is organized by

Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and GIHED CREDAI in Ahmedabad. The government has cleared a proposal for setting up a greenfield airport in Jewar in Greater Noida,

Uttar Pradesh. It is likely to be operational in the next five to six years.

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Indore has become the first city in India where a robot is being used on an experimental basis to control

its ever growing and unruly traffic. This robot has been designed and manufactured by two professors of

an engineering college of the city, Prof Rahul Tiwari and Aniruddh Sharma.

The Mizoram Health Minister LalThanzara has launched the 'Test and Treat Strategy' of the Mizoram

state AIDS Control Society (MSACS) to improve treatment for HIV affected people in the state. Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar has inaugurated the three-day MODI (Making of Developed

India Festival) Fest at Kala Academy in Panaji on 26th

of June 2017.

Odisha is all set to become the first state in the country to have a blood bank for the cattle. The first of its kind

blood bank would be established on the premises of OUAT at an estimated cost of Rs 3.25 crore.

FOREIGN VISITS

PM Narendra Modi visit to Germany, Spain, Russia and France - Overview

PM Modi Visit to Germany

India and Germany inked 12 pacts - three memorandum of understanding (MoUs) and nine joint declaration of

intent (JDI): Three MoUs between India and Germany:

Agreement between the Ministry of Health and BMG (Federal Ministry of Health) on cooperation in health sector.

Agreement on collaboration between the Ministry of Skill Development and Germany's BMBF (Federal

Ministry of Education and Research) to facilitate training of Indian skill development officers and

cluster managers. Agreement between the AYUSH and BMG (Federal Ministry of Health) over cooperation in alternative

medicine

PM Modi Visit to Spain As a part of his four-nation tour, PM Modi reached Spain on May 31, 2017. He thereby became 1st Indian

PM to visit Spain in nearly 30 years after former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi visited Spain in year 1988.

India and Spain Sign Seven Agreements

After wide-ranging talks between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, India and Spain signed following agreements:

1. Pact on transfer of sentenced persons

2. Pact on visa waiver for holders of diplomatic passports

3. Agreement on cooperation in organ transplantation

4. Agreement on cooperation in cyber security

5. Agreement on cooperation in renewable energy

6. Agreement on cooperation in civil aviation 7. Agreement on cooperation between India‘s Foreign Service Institute and

Diplomatic Academy of Spain. PM Modi Visit to Russia Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended 18th Indo-Russia Annual Summit in St. Petersberg, Russia.The

summit envisaged closer economic ties between the Indian and Russia.

Following the talks, India and Russia signed pact for 2 nuclear power units in Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the St

Petersburg Declaration to mark 70 years of India-Russia diplomatic ties.

1. Agreement on intellectual property

2. A master framework agreement on building two units at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant

3. A programme of bilateral cultural exchanges for 2017-2019

4. An agreement on a feasibility study for a high- speed link between Nagpur and Secunderabad

5. A memorandum on cooperation between joint stock company ALROSA and India's Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council.

PM Modi Visit to France Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met newly-elected French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris, France.

After two-hour long talks between the two Prime Ministers, India and France vowed to work together for the

successful implementation of the landmark Paris climate agreement and fight the challenge posed by

terrorism.

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Arun Jaitely’s four days visit to South Korea Arun Jaitley participated in the India-Korea Financial Dialogue and the 2nd Annual Meeting of the Board of

Governors of AIIB. The theme of this year‘s annual meeting was "Sustainable Infrastructure". Indian and South Korea have signed agreements to establish $9 billion in concessional credit and $1 billion in

Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding for infrastructure development projects in India. The dialogue was followed by the Signing Ceremony of Economic Development Cooperation Fund

(EDCF) agreement between India and South Korea and thereafter, an MOU was signed between EXIM Bank

of India and South Korea‘s KEXIM Bank. On 15th June 2017: Seminar on‖Doing Business in India‖ hosted by the Korean Chamber of Commerce and

Industry (KCCI), FICCI and the Indian Embassy in South Korea.

Defence Minister ArunJaitley’s 3-day visit to Russia from June 21-23, 2017 On June 21, 2017, Mr. Jaitley co-chaired the first meeting of the India-Russia High Level Committee

on Science and Technology with the Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin. Mr. Jaitley co-chaired the 17th meeting of the India-Russia Intergovernmental Commission on Military-

Technical Cooperation in Moscow with Russian Defence Minister General Sergei Shoigu. India and Russia inked a protocol that lays out the roadmap to further boost bilateral defence cooperation,

which ranges from joint development of futuristic weapon systems to a major upgrade of military-to-

military ties.

PM Narendra Modi’s foreign visits to Portugal, Netherlands, US - Overview During PM Modis‘ visit to Portugal, India and Portugal signed 11 pacts for cooperation in various areas

including cooperation in outer space, double taxation avoidance, nano technology, improving cultural ties,

youth and sports, higher education, scientific research, and setting up of a Portugal-India Business Hub and an

Indian Chamber of Commerce in Portugal. On June 24, 2017, Indian Prime Minister Modi and Portugal Prime Minister Costa launched a unique startup

Portal - the India-Portugal International StartUp Hub (IPISH) - in Lisbon.

On June 24, 2017, India and Portugal announced a four million Euros joint fund to bolster research in science and technology.

PM Modi Visit to USA India, US agree to strengthen ties to ensure peace in Afghan as they expressed concern over rising

instability in the war-torn country caused by terrorism. Marking 70 years of diplomatic relations between India and the United States, the leaders resolved to expand

and deepen the strategic partnership between the countries and advance common objectives. PM Modi Visit to Netherlands

During Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s visit to the Netherlands on June 27, 2017, India and Netherlands signed following three agreements:

1. MoU on water cooperation

2. MoU on Cultural Cooperation

3. Agreement on Amending Social Security Arrangement

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

President Donald Trump has announced that he would withdraw the United States from the 2015 Paris agreement to fight climate change on 1st of 2017.

The UN General Assembly has elected Cote DIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Poland and Peru as the non-permanent members of the Security Council for a two-year term. It will begin from 1st of January 2018.

Denmark has finally repealed its 334-year-old blasphemy law despite warnings that such an act could lead to

an increase in hate crimes and terror attacks. The law that has just been revoked criminalized blasphemous

acts such as burning the Bible or Quran. On June 5, 2017, Montenegro officially joined North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and thereby

became the 29th member country of NATO. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates cut ties with Qatar in the worst diplomatic crisis

to hit Gulf Arab states in decades. According to Saudi state mediaQatar ejected from the Saudi-led coalition

in Yemen over alleged support of ISIS and al-Qaeda. The world's fastest elevator that can operate at a record breaking speed of 1,260 metres per minute is set

to been installed in a skyscraper complex building in China.

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In an effort to curb antibiotic resistance, World Health Organization (WHO) has divided the drugs into three

categories viz. ‗access‘, ‗watch‘ and ‗reserve‘ and has specified utilisation norms for each category. This is

considered as the biggest revision of the antibiotics section in the 40-year history of the essential medicines

list (EML). On June 8, 2017, India and the UN Office for South- South Cooperation (UNOSSC) has

launched a partnership fund for supporting sustainable development projects across the world. Indian Government has awarded Rs. 1600 crore contract for building 109-km road connecting Paletwa river

terminal to Zorinpui in Mizoram border as part of $484-million Kaladan multi-modal transport projects in

Myanmar that will offer connectivity to Mizoram in India. On June 10, 2017, Indian Ambassador to Kazakhstan Harsh Kumar Jain inaugurated India Pavilion at

Expo 2017 at Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. The world class exhibition displays renewable and

green technologies. Theme of Expo 2017 is ―Future Energy‖ India and Afghanistan are set to operationalize their first air-freight corridor. The first flight will be

operated by Ariana Afghan Airlines, which is the Afghanistan‘s national carrier EU and France will give a grant of 3.5 million euros to three Indian cities- Nagpur, Kochi and Ahmedabad. It

is a part of the EU‘s commitment under the Paris Climate agreement. India has become the first country to get benefits from the MYC initiative.

China has launched world's largest floating solar farm consisting 160000 panels.It is a waterborne plant and is expected to generate 40 megawatts at one time and could supply electricity for over 15,000 homes.

Panama has established formal diplomatic ties with China and broke with Taiwan on 12th

of June. Panamanian

President Juan Carlos Varela said to media that Panama was upgrading its commercial ties with China. On June 13, 2017, India ratified two important core conventions on child labour – pertaining to minimum

age for admission to employment and worst forms of child labour – at the International LabourConference in Geneva, Switzerland.The two core conventions signed by India are Convention 138, which sets

minimum age for admission to employment and Convention 182, which penalises and prohibits the worst

form of child labour. On June 15, 2017, United Nations (UN) General Assembly approved the establishment of a new office to

help Member States implement the organization's global counter-terrorism strategy. The new Office wouldhe headed by an Under-Secretary-General.

On June 15, 2017, India won re-election To UN‘s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).India has been re-elected for a three-year term beginning January 1, 2018.

The World Taekwondo Federation has changed its name to World Taekwondo on 25th June 2017. The body

was called the World Taekwondo Federation since 1973.It was headqurtered in South Korea According to UNESCO greater emissions reductions and delivering on the Paris climate agreement are

now the only opportunity to save coral reefs.The prospects of coral reefs long-term survival was at a

crossroads, with the worst-case scenario able to be avoided only if we quickly adopt the 1.5C target. Estonia to open the world's first data embassy in Luxembourg on housing data and

information systems between the two countries (Estonia& Luxembourg). China has launched a research project to compile historical data obtained during expeditions by its teams to

the disputed South China Sea since the late 1950s. Saudi Arabia has decided to impose a family tax of 100 riyals per dependent per month on expatriates. On May 17, 2017, a Protocol of Cooperation was signed between the National Archives of India and

the Minister of Culture of the Portuguese Republic in the field of archives in Lisbon, Portugal. India ratifies United Nations Transports Internationaux Routiers(TIR) Convention,to ensure a secured

supply chain and boost trade, Indian Government has ratified the United Nations TIR (Transports

InternationauxRoutiers) Convention on June 19, 2017. The Australian government has announced that Indian nationals can apply for a visitor visa online

starting from 1st of July, 2017 China has unveiled world's first train that operates on a virtual track using sensor technology instead of metal

rails. This Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit (ART) has been developed by China's CRRC Zhuzhou Institute

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China's next generation bullet train, with a maximum speed of 400 kilometer per hour, made its debut on

26th

of June 2017. It has been run on the country's busiest Beijing-Shanghai line. Fuxing is a CR400AF model which boasts a top speed of 400 kilometres per hour and a consistent speed of 350 kilometres an hour.

US has designated Hizbul chief Syed Salahuddin as a global terrorist on 26th

of June 2017.

According to the annual Trafficking in Persons Report the United States has declared China as one among the world‘s worst offenders on human trafficking .The report will be presented by the Secretary of State Rex

Tillerson to the US Congress.The declaration would place China in the same category as North Korea,

Zimbabwe and Syria. Sharjah has been crowned with the prestigious 'the World Book Capital' for 2019 by UNESCO.

On June 27, 2017, Trump administration set new criteria for visa applicants from six Muslim nations and all refugees that require a close family or business tie to the United States. Instructions issued by the US State

Department say that new applicants from Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya, Iran and Yemen must prove a

relationship with a parent, spouse, child, adult son or daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law or sibling already

in the United States to be eligible. Germany‘s parliament has voted to legalise same-sex marriage by 393 votes to 226.

British Prime Minister Theresa May narrowly won a confidence vote in parliament on 30th

June 2017.Theresa May won by 323 votes in favour and 309 against in the 650-seat parliament.

SUMMITS & CONFERENCES

Rajnath Singh has inaugurated a two-day national level conference on "Capacity Building of SDRF-2017" on 6th of June, 2017. The conference was organised by the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).

On June 8, 2017, Minister of Railways, Suresh Prabhu inaugurated Indian Railways' 1st HR Round Table Conference in New Delhi. A. K. Mital – Chairman of Railway Board and other senior Railway officials were

also present at the conference. The Ministry of AYUSH has inaugurated the second National Health Editors' Conference on Yoga on

9June 2017 at the National Media Centre in New Delhi. The theme of this year‘s conference is ―Yoga

for Health and Harmony‖. BRICS Media Forum held in Beijing & One Million Dollar Fund Established for BRICS Media. The forum

was attended by the leaders of over 25 media groups from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. On June 9, 2017, the Presidents of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member-states -- China,

Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan -- signed a document granting membership to

Pakistan and India. The document was signed at Astana, Kazakhstan during the SCO Summit.2017 SCO summit is based on the theme ―Future Energy‖

The Second MI Ministerial (MI-2) is to beheld in Beijing, China from 7-8 June 2017. MI-2 will share knowledge and collaborate on priorities for clean energy innovation.

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will inaugurate the 16th North East Region Commonwealth

Parliamentary Association (NERCPA) Conference at Imphal on 15th

of June 2017.The conference will

planned on themes like 'North East and Look East Policy', 'Special plan for development of railways and airways for speedy economic development of North East region', and 'Setting up of a chapter of Speaker's Research Initiative (SRI) in the region'.

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) Forum 2017 was held from 12-16 June

2017, in Geneva, Switzerland. Group of Seven (G7) Environment Ministers Meeting was held in Bologna, Italy on 11

th and 12

th June,

2017 to discuss issues ranging from climate change to sustainable development and litter at sea.G7 Presidency for the year 2017 is held by Italy. Canada will hold the G7 presidency in 2018.

2017 Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) International Convention was held in the San

Diego Convention Centre, San Diego, US from 19th June to 22nd June, 2017. Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh attended a Meeting of Foreign Ministers

of BRICS countries in Beijing, China on 18th and 19th June, 2017.

On June 27, 2017, 6th India Myanmar Joint Trade Committee (JTC) Meeting co-chaired by

Smt. NirmalaSitharaman, Minister of Commerce & Industry from India and Dr.ThanMyint, Union

Commerce Minister from Myanmar was held in New Delhi.

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RANKINGS & REPORTS

India has ranked 137th

out of 163 countries on Global Peace Index 2017 published by The Institute of Economics and Peace. Iceland topped the List.

According to a new report by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI) about 31% of

the world‘s ―multidimensionally poor‖ children live in India.India stood 37th

among 103 countries. India has ranked 45

th out of 63 countries in the World Competitiveness Rankings 2017, compiled by the

International Institute for Management Development's (IMD) World Competitiveness Center. Hong Kong topped the rankings for the second year.

India has overtaken China and has ranked as the top country in the 2017 Global Retail Development Index

(GRDI) released by A.T. Kearney.2017 GRDI titled ‗The Age of Focus‘ has outlined that India's rapidly

growing economy, relaxation ofForeign Direct Investment (FDI) rules and a consumption boom triggered by

growing middle class population are the key factors on basis of which India topped the index this year.

For the first time the Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi (ranked 172) has replaced Indian Institute of

Science, Bangalore (ranked at 179), as the highest-ranked Indian university in Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)

World University Rankings 2018. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) topped QS World

University Rankings for the sixth consecutive year. According to the ‗World Investment Report 2017: Investment and the Digital Economy‘, published by

UNCTAD, US, China and India are considered as top prospective destinations for foreign direct

investment (FDI).US attracted highest, $391 billion FDI inflows in 2016. US is followed by Britain with

$254 billion, andChina with inflows of $134 billion.In 2016, India received $44.5 FDI, which marks a

marginal 1% hike over 2015. Elon Musk‘s electric car startup Tesla (ranked 383) along with other 19 companies has featured in

Fortune magazine's annual list of America‘s top 500 companies for the first time. India places among the top five consumer markets in Asia. It becomes an average of 6.1 per cent over the next

five years in retailer consumer spending growth. According to BMI Research, a Fitch Group company, China,

Sri Lanka, Vietnam, India and Indonesia represent five favorite consumer markets in Asia. As per a report released by Child Rights and You (CRY), Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of children

(250672) engaged in labour.Over 8 lakh children in India between the age group 5 and 6 years are engaged in

child labour. The Forbes list of the 'World's Highest-Paid Celebrities of 2017' has been topped by American rapper

and entrepreneur Sean Combs, known by his more famous stage name 'Diddy', with earnings of 130

million dollars. It was published on 13th of June 2017. Indian superstars Shahrukh Khan (65th- USD 38

million), Salman Khan (71st) and Akshay Kumar (80th) are among Forbes' annual list of the highest-

earning entertainers in the world.

India 60th most innovative globally, China at 22nd - Global Innovation Index (GII) 2017.The index has been co-authored by Cornell University, INSEAD and World Intellectual Property Organisation

(WIPO). Switzerland has topped the index for seventh consecutive year. As per a report titled "Sending Money Home: Contributing to the SDGs (Sustainable Development

Goals), One Family at a Time" by UN International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), India has

been the top remittance-receiving country in year 2016.Indians working across the globe sent home USD

62.7 billion in 2016. India has ranked 75th in environmental impact survey conducted by UK-based Money Super Market. The

survey has been topped by Southern African country Mozambique as almost all its energy use comes

from green sources. UNHCR has recorded 65.6 million people displaced worldwide. Out of this some of them are either

refugees, asylum seekers or internally displaced across the globe. Qatar Airways is voted the World‘s Best Airline at the SKYTRAX 2017 World Airline Awards. The

Doha based carrier has won the prestigious Airline of the Year title for a fourth time. According to Mercer's 23rd Annual Cost of Living Survey, Mumbai is the most expensive city for

expatriates in India.Luanda, the capital of Angola, is the costliest city, driven by cost of goods and security,

followed by Hong Kong and Tokyo at the second and third places, respectively.

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According to ‗World Population Prospects - The 2017 Revision‘ released by United Nations on Jun 21,

2017, world‘s population will surpass the 8 billion mark in year 2023.India's population to surpass that of

China's around 2024

29.5 million people globally suffer from drug use disorders, opioids the most harmful says World Drug Report

2017.

India has ranked 93rd

among 128 countries on 2017 Social Progress Index report launched on June 21, 2017

by Social progress Imperative (SPI) with support from Deloitte and its strategic partners.Denmark is the

world‘s top performer this year scoring 90.57 out of 100, whereas Central African Republic has ranked last

at 128th

BANKING & FINANCE

RBI announces second Bi-monthly Monetary Policy Policy Repo Rate 6.25% Unchanged – since 4

th October 2016

Reverse Repo Rate 6.00% Unchanged – since 6th

April 217

Marginal Standing Facility Rate 6.50% Unchanged – since 6th

April 217

Bank Rate 6.50% Unchanged – since 6th

April 217

Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) 4.00% Unchanged – since 9th

February 2013

Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) 20.00% Cut by 0.50%. Earlier it was 20.50%

>>RBI has projected that inflation will remain between 2 to 3.5 per cent range for first half of

FY 2017-18, and 3.5 to 4.5 per cent range for second half.

>>The RBI has lowered the economic growth projection to 7.3% for the current financial year from 7.4% earlier.

As per Government data released on May 31, 2017, India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew at

6.1% year-on-year in fourth quarter of financial year 2016-17 i.e. during January 2017 to March 2017. Indian Government signed USD 36 million loan agreement with World Bank for Himachal Pradesh

Public Financial Management Capacity Building Program in New Delhi. Markets regulator SEBI has barred Cypress Money from acting as Investment Advisor. SEBI found guilty

of providing unauthorized trading tips to investors.

Arvind Panagariya, an economic adviser has said India's economic growth is expected to grow by 7.5 percent in this fiscal year.

State Bank of India (SBI) has announced financing of 100 MW rooftop solar projects for private developers under a World Bank programme.The total cost is worth Rs 400 crore.

Under the chairmanship of Uday Kotak, Market Regulator SEBI has formed a Committee on Corporate Governance.Uday Kotak is an executive vice chairman and managing director of Kotak Mahindra Bank.

According to HSBC report India‘s economic growth is expected to remain flat at 7.1 per cent in current fiscal. According to official data, India‘s growth rate slipped to 6.1 per cent in the January-March quarter

and 7.1 per cent during 2016-17. As per World Bank's Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report released on June 4, 2017, the global

economy is expected to grow at 2.7% in 2017 and 2.9% in 2018. World Bank has thus maintained its

January 2017 forecast. It is to be noted that, as per recently released ―India Development Report‖ by World

Bank, Indian economy is expected to grow at 7.2% in FY 2017-18 as compared to 6.8% in 2016-17. On the occasion of the World Environment Day, ICICI Bank has mentioned that it has commissioned over

200 solar powered ATM sites in the last one year as part of its efforts to reduce carbon footprint and use

more clean energy. An agreement for IBRD Credit of USD 39.2 Million from World Bank for the project ―Assam Citizen Centric

Service Delivery‖ has been signed on 6th of June. The programme cost is 49-million dollar out of which 39.2-

million dollar will be financed by the Bank, and the remaining amount will be funded-out of State Budget. Vijaya Bank is set up to develop 100 digital villages in various States of the country.Its aim is to promote

digital banking among the rural population.Vijaya Bank has inaugurated its 2031st ATM at Pandit Nehru Bus Station in the city of Vijayawada on 6th of June, 2017.

India‘s one of the most lender State BIank of India took a step to meet nearly 10,000 farmers to

understand their credit needs and also to provide finance help. The meeting organized at the bank's 15,500

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HDFC Bank on Monday informed to all of its customers that it will impose the new transaction charges on all outward UPI transactions as well as the benefits of using UPI for transferring funds from July 10.

Canara Bank and the New India Assurance Company have entered into a corporate agency arrangement

for distribution of insurance products. Global software major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has launched "BaNCS App Development Kit" (ADK)

on 8th

of June 2017. It will enable banks to fast design and build their own apps and install it across devices

and desktops. "BaNCS ADK" will help banks to design and deploy enterprise and consumer apps. Axis Bank has become the first bank to introduce biodegradable gift cards in the country.

The card has the look and feel of regular plastic cards and can be used in PoS terminals

and ATMs. The card is made up of Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol (PETG). The Reserve Bank has initiated Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) against Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) in

view of high level of bad loans and negative return on assets. BoM has become the sixth bank to be put under

the PCA. On June 16, 2017, Switzerland ratified an automatic exchange of financial account information with India in

order to facilitate immediate sharing of details about suspected black money. Swiss Federal Council said that

the implementation of the information exchange is planned for 2018 and that the first set of data exchange

would happen in 2019. On June 15, 2017, Reserve Bank of India said India's current account deficit (CAD) narrowed during the last

fiscal due to a contraction in the country's trade deficit. CAD for fiscal year 2016-17 narrowed to 0.7% of the

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from 1.1 per cent in 2015-16 on the back of the contraction in trade deficit. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has notified the Fast Track Insolvency Resolution

Process for Corporate Persons Regulations on 16th of The process in these cases shall be completed

within a period of 90 days, as against 180 days in other cases. State Bank of India has entered into a tie-up with Tirumala Milk Products on 17th of June 2017 to provide

loans to dairy farmers who supply milk to the latter. Private sector lender Yes Bank has partnered with mobile payments switch TerraPay.Its main aim is to

enable real time money transfer to bank accounts in India. Terra Pay has partnered with Yes Bank in a Rupee

Drawing Arrangement. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has placed Central Bank of India under prompt corrective action. It

puts restricts on banking activities such as from lending, hiring and expanding branches.

RBI has triggered PCAs for four banks – IDBI Bank, UCO Bank, Dena Bank and Indian Overseas Bank. The Board of Directors of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved USD 150

million equity investment to the India Infrastructure Fund. Indian Overseas Bank (IOB), the Lead Bank for Thiruvananthapuram district, has launched the Retail Mart,

a retail lending concept, in Kerala's capital city. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced on 13

th of June that it has issued Rs 500 denomination notes

with inset letter A. A new batch of banknotes will include the inset letter "A" in both the number panels and will bear the signature of Urjit R Patel the Governor of Reserve Bank of India; with the year of printing '2017' on the reverse, are being issued.

On June 13, 2017, Reserve Bank of India identified 12 non-performing accounts representing 25% of gross

NPAs in Indian banking system, which will be immediately taken up under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy

Code (IBC).The IAC followed an objective and non-discretionary criterion that all accounts with total

outstanding loans greater than Rs 5,000 crore, with at least three-fifths (60%) classified as non-performing

by banks as on March 31, 2016, should be referred under IBC. Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has permitted commodity exchanges to launch options

trading in commodity futures. Introduction of options trading is expected to According to the Code Compliance Rating of banks done by the Banking Codes and Standards Board of

India (BCSBI) 2017, out of 26 public sector banks and 8 out of 17 private sector banks got ‗high‘ rating for

their adherence to code compliance. IDBI Bank was the only public sector bank that got ‗high (H)‘(85 and

above score out of 100) rating in two successive surveys. Emkay Global Financial Services has entered into an exclusive pact with DBS Bank arm DBS Vickers

Securities (Singapore) on 13th

of June. The pact has signed for co-branding and distribution of equity research to the latter's global clients.

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billbook software. It is used to assist small and medium businesses (SMEs) in the country get GST-ready. China and the Asia Development Bank (ADB) have launched a green financing platform to cut pollution in

the smog-hit Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region on 16th

of June 2017. China selected five regions this week to take part in pilot government green financing schemes.

DCB Bank, a private sector bank has launched new services - India‘s first Aadhaar based iris eye scan

customer verification and fingerprint operated ATM in Telangana on 16th

of June.

On June 13, 2017, World Bank approved financing worth more than $500 million for Afghanistan to support a various projects to boost the economy, help improve service delivery in five cities and support Afghan

refugees sent back from Pakistan. Reserve Bank of India announced names of the members of Overseeing Committee, OC earlier was a two-

member committee consisting of former Chief Vigilance Commissioner Pradeep Kumar (Chairman of OC)

and former SBI chairman Janki Ballabh.Another three members have been added - former L&T Finance

Holdings Chairman YM Deosthalee, former Canara Bank chairman MBN Rao and SEBI whole time member

S Raman. The OC was given an expanded mandate after the promulgation of the new NPA ordinance. The government has permitted banks and post offices to deposit junked Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes with the

Reserve Bank by July 20, 2017. As on November 8, 2016, the total amount of currency in circulation was

Rs 17.7 lakh crore, which included specified bank notes (SBNs) of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000.

World Bank‘s Board of Executive Directors has sanctioned a loan assistance of 44 million dollars for

the Assam State Public Finance Institutional Reforms (ASPIRe) Project. According to the second edition of Reserve Bank of India‘s (RBI's) statistical publication titled 'Handbook of

Statistics on States 2016-17‘, total gross fiscal deficits of Indian states shot up to Rs 4,93,360 crore in fiscal

2016 from Rs 18,790 crore in FY1991. Rajasthan with Rs 67,350 crore deficit in FY16 and UttarPradesh with Rs 64,320 crore deficit in FY16 accounted for the largest chunks in the total gross fiscal

deficits of Indian States.

The World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) have granted loan to Andhra Pradesh for

Power Project.Total Cost of the project is USD 570 million, out of which USD 240 million is from World

Bank (IBRD) and USD 160 million from AIIB. The rest will be counterpart funding from GoAP.

IDBI initiated insolvency proceeding against Lanco, first among 12 accounts identified by RBI. The company

is among 12 firms identified by the central bank with a combined debt of over Rs 1,50,000 crore, a quarter of

the total NPAs, for proceedings under the newly enacted Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. IDBI Federal Life Insurance has announced that it has partnered with SunTec. It will help facilitate

in computing and invoicing of debit tax and credit tax that will be GST compliant. India and ADB Sign $275 Million Loan for Upgrading Urban Services in 64 Small Towns in Madhya Pradesh Hike Messenger partners with YES Bank to launch in-app Wallet.. Hike is the first in India to

launch payments facility on a messaging platform. RBI amends banking ombudsman scheme under which banks could be penalised for mis-selling third-party

products like insurance and mutual funds via mobile or electronic banking. As per the amendment, the

pecuniary jurisdiction of the Banking Ombudsman to pass an award has been doubled to 20 lakh rupees.

According to data released by Reserve Bank of India, Banks' credit growth grew at 6.02% to Rs 76,

58,212 crore in the fortnight ended June 9. 2017 from Rs 72, 22,939 crore in the same period of fiscal

2016, whereas bank deposits grew at 11.19% to Rs 105, 77,947 crore from Rs 95, 13,148 crore in the

fortnight ended June 10, 2016. Axis Bank in association with Kochi Metro Rail Corporation (KMRL) has

launched KMRL Axis Bank 'Kochi1' Card, India's first open loop EMV contactless metro card that

would make travel a convenient and hassle free experience for commuters in Kochi.

NCAER has revised up the country's economic growth to 7.6 % for the current fiscal as compared

with 7.3% on forecast of normal monsoon. According to Fitch Ratings India‘s GDP growth will steadily rise from 7.4% to 7.5% in 2018-19 and to 7.6%

in 2019-20.

The World Bank has cleared a USD 250-million loan, referred to as Skill India Mission Operation (SIMO) for

making Indian youth more employable through reskilling. World Bank's SIMO is a six- year programme in

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support of the Indian government's National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (2017-23). The Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) has announced to enhance the group insurance cover for the

pilgrims and service providers from existing Rs 1 lakh to Rs 3 lakh. Jammu and Kashmir Governor N

NVohra is the chairman of SASB. India Signs Loan Agreement with the World Bank for USD 35 Million for ―Assam State Public

Financial Institutional Reforms Project‖

The first ATM was presented by Barclays at their Enfield branch in north London on Jun 27, 1967.The first

ATM machine turns to gold on 50th

birthday on 28th

of June. The first person to use the inaugural ATM was actor Reg Varney.

Union Government has notified roll out of Goods and Services Tax (GST) from July 1, 2017. GST will

replace 16 current levies (7 central taxes and 9 state taxes), consequentially creating India as one market with

one tax rate. India has contributed $100,000 to UN Trust Fund for International Cooperation in Tax Matters (UN

Tax Fund) and has thereby become the first country to make the contribution.

Indian funds in Swiss banks hit record low of 676 mn francs as per latest data published by Swiss National

Bank (SNB), money parked by Indians in Switzerland‘s banks nearly halved to 676 Million Swiss francs

(CHF) in 2016. As per current exchange rate, the approximate amount stands at Rs. 4500 crore. On June 29, 2017, Asian Development Bank (ADB) committed USD 10 billion support for

infrastructure building and immediate development needs of less-developed states in India.

BUSINESS

Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha has delivered an statement India becomes the world‘s third

largest aviation market with passenger traffic of over 10 crore travelers reported for 2016-17 during an event

on the achievements of the Ministry of Civil Aviation on the completion of three years of the NDA

government. Mumbai Metro has collaborated with Google Maps for geographic details.It has partnered with Google to

display its services in Google Maps application. It has been collaborated to bring convenience for the

commuters. Ambani has announced on 4th of June that RCom-Aircel merged company will be called Aircom.

After the completion of the proposed deal Reliance Communications has finally announced that the

new RCom- Aircel merged entity will be called Aircom. National Stock Exchange (NSE) launched its international exchange in the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City

(GIFT City) on 5th of June, 2017. NSE IFSC Ltd is the global exchange which is promoted by NSE.

The National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) has set up electric vehicles at Delhi and

Noida, and will soon expand this to other location across the NCR region. It has been launched to promote

clean energy transportation in the country. Union Finance Ministry has said that the ministries tasked with clearing foreign direct investment (FDI)

proposals in the 12 sectors that need government approval would have to take a decision within 60 days.

State-run oil companies such as Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), Hindustan Petroleum Corporation(HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) will revise the prices of petrol and diesel daily from

16th June 2017. In a bid to add digital experience for Air travellers, Ministry of Civil Aviation will roll out ‗DigiYatra‘

Platform.This initiative aims at bringing together entire industry to develop a digital ecosystem that

will deliver customers a seamless and paperless service experience at every stage of journey. India has approached World Trade Organisation (WTO) against US for its non-compliance of a verdict on

high import duty on certain Indian steel imports. As of now, India has requested WTO dispute consultations

with the US to address US compliance with WTO ruling. If this issue remains unresolved post

consultations, India will approach WTO‘s compliance panel. According to the bi-annual Global Prime Office Occupancy Costs survey of US-based CBRE, Connaught

Place in Delhi has been ranked ninth most expensive prime office market in the world. Hong Kong

(Central) topped as world‘s highest-priced office market with an occupancy cost of $302.51 per sq ft per

annum. Infrastructure conglomerate Adani Group in the second week of June 2017 has announced commissioning of

a 50 megawatts (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh.

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Amid unrest among farmers for multiple reasons in different states, the Central Government has increased the minimum support price (MSP) of pulses, oil-seeds and cotton for the 2017-18 crop year.

At 22nd Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) Annual Award Function in New Delhi on June 12, 2017, Commerce Secretary Mrs Rita Teaotia, mentioned that

India has emerged as 7th largest exporter of agri-products globally. India has imposed an anti-dumping duty on import of ceramic table and kitchen ware items from China.

The government has done to protect domestic industry against goods being sold at below normal value.

India is to be a co-partner in a global food and beverages trade ANUGA to be held in Cologne, Germany from October 7-11, 2017.The 34th edition of ANUGA is being organised by Koelnmesse GmBH and 7,200

exhibitors from more than 100 countries are likely to participate in the event. Tech giant Google has topped the 2017 BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands list with a brand value

of over $245 billion.US tech giants Apple, Microsoft, and Facebook were also among the five most valuable

brands. India has imposed anti-dumping duty up to 118 dollar/tonne on import of hydrogen peroxide -other than

of food and electronic grade with concentration of 90 per cent and above from Bangladesh, Taiwan,

Korea, Pakistan and Thailand. As many as 20 Indian firms have been named in the top 100 of Nikkei Asian Review's Asia300 companies

list. The list was topped by Taiwan's Largan Precision. Indian IT service provider HCL Technologies came in

at the second place, followed by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. Bengaluru has become the country's first city where one can have fuel delivered at one's doorstep. It is similar

like the delivery of milk and newspapers. It has been annou The Commerce & Industry Minister NirmalaSitharaman has launched the Startup India Virtual Hub. It is an

online platform for all stakeholders of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in India to discover, connect and

engage with each other. The US has cleared the sale of 22 unmanned Guardian drones to India on 23rd of June 2017.The

deal, estimated to be worth $2 to $3 billion and has been approved by the State Department. E-commerce giant Amazon has tied up with ClearTax to help sellers on their platform. It can make a

seamless transition to the GST regime and also help them file their tax returns with ease. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified Rule 10CB of Section 92CE

under the Income Tax Act, 1961, operationalising provisions of secondary adjustment. SpiceJet has announced on 20th of June 2017 to purchase 50 Q400 turboprop aircraft worth $1.7 billion

(over Rs 10,900 crore) from Bombardier. According to Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, a steel plant has come up at Manoharpur in West

Singhbhum district on 19th June 2017. The Vedanta group and Jharkhand Mineral Development

Corporation (JSMDC) would jointly set up the plant.

Online financial services marketplace BankBazaar has begun its operations in Malaysia to strengthen its

presence in South East Asia. BankBazaar announced an investment of Rs 5 crore in the Malaysian market

and an additional Rs 10 crore in its Singapore business. Lockheed signs pact with Tata to make F-16 planes in India. F-16 production in India supports thousands

of Lockheed Martin and F-16 supplier jobs in the U.S. An incubation centre for biotechnology start-ups is to be set up at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and

Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, Telangana The first 50 MW unit of 100 MW Sainj Hydro Power project of Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation

Limited (HPPCL) has commissioned with northern grid through Parvati-Kol Dam transmission line.

Reliance Defence inks pact with Serbia's Yugoimport to make ammunition in India and target

business opportunities of Rs 20,000 crore over the next 10 years.

Bengaluru has become the country's first city where one can have fuel delivered at one's doorstep. It is

similar like the delivery of milk and newspapers. It has been annou The Commerce & Industry Minister NirmalaSitharaman has launched the Startup India Virtual Hub. It is an

online platform for all stakeholders of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in India to discover, connect and

engage with each other.

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The US has cleared the sale of 22 unmanned Guardian drones to India on 23rd of June 2017.The

deal, estimated to be worth $2 to $3 billion and has been approved by the State Department. E-commerce giant Amazon has tied up with ClearTax to help sellers on their platform. It can make a seamless

transition to the GST regime and also help them file their tax returns with ease. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified Rule 10CB of Section 92CE

under the Income Tax Act, 1961, operationalising provisions of secondary adjustment. SpiceJet has announced on 20th of June 2017 to purchase 50 Q400 turboprop aircraft worth $1.7 billion (over

Rs 10,900 crore) from Bombardier. According to Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das, a steel plant has come up at Manoharpur in West

Singhbhum district on 19th June 2017. The Vedanta group and Jharkhand Mineral Development

Corporation (JSMDC) would jointly set up the plant. Online financial services marketplace BankBazaar has begun its operations in Malaysia to strengthen its

presence in South East Asia. BankBazaar announced an investment of Rs 5 crore in the Malaysian market

and an additional Rs 10 crore in its Singapore business.

Lockheed signs pact with Tata to make F-16 planes in India. F-16 production in India supports thousands

of Lockheed Martin and F-16 supplier jobs in the U.S. An incubation centre for biotechnology start-ups is to be set up at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular

Biology in Hyderabad, Telangana The first 50 MW unit of 100 MW Sainj Hydro Power project of Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation

Limited (HPPCL) has commissioned with northern grid through Parvati-Kol Dam transmission line.

Reliance Defence inks pact with Serbia's Yugoimport to make ammunition in India and target business

opportunities of Rs 20,000 crore over the next 10 years. The European Union has imposed a fine of 2.42 billion-euro ($2.72 billion) on internet giant Google on 27

th

of June 2017. The fine has been imposed for taking advantage of its dominance in online searches to direct customers to its own online shopping business.

In a bid to ensure authenticity of organic food, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has

come out with a draft regulation for organic food products.The draft regulation mandates that labelling of

organic foods should convey full and accurate information on the organic status of the product. India‘s drug price regulator, National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) announced

provisional ceiling prices for 761 medicines, including HIV, diabetes, anti-cancer and antibiotic. Andhara Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu launches the establishment of Micro, Small, Medium Entrepreneurs

(MSME) Development Corporation at Vijayawada with fund of Rs.100 crore on the occasion of International

MSME Day. On June 27, 2017, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan introduced Open Acreage Licensing

Policy (OALP) - a new oil and gas block licensing policy and the National Data Repository. The new policy

is expected to open up 8 million square kilometres of sedimentary basins to exploration and production

activities. On June 29,2017 Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) has made an agreement with Kawasaki Heavy

Industries Ltd (KHI) of Japan for manufacturing of stainless steel coaches and bogies for metros. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Implement Energy Efficiency Programmes has Signed MoU withEnergy

Efficiency Services Limited (EESL). It is worth of 5.6bn over a period of 3 years and will mark a 20-

fold growth. US Government has decided to sell one C-17 transport aircraft to India, which will improve India‘s capability

to meet current and future strategic airlift requirements. The proposed sale of C-17 transport aircraftby Boeing at an estimated cost of is USD 366.2 million includes one missile Warning System, one

Countermeasures Dispensing System, one Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Transponder and precision

navigation equipment.

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AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of India received prestigious International Award of Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN) titled ―APQN Quality Award 2017 for International Co-operation

in Quality Assurance‖ on May 26, 2017 in Moscow, Russia. Indian-American girl Ananya Vinay wins 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee competition of US.

Bengaluru headquartered Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) has won the ‗Raksha Mantri‘s Award for

Excellence‘ under the group award category for design and development of 180 tonne class electric hydraulic

excavator - BE1800E. The Ministry of Rural Development has selected Vizianagaram in Andhra Pradesh as one among the 17

districts across the nation for the MGNREGA annual award for effective implementation of the

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act during 2015-16. Filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar to receive Bharat Gaurav Award by NRI community of USat the United

Nations Hall, New York. Spiritual leader, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Late Kalpana Chawla (astronaut), Dr.

Bindeshwar Pathak (founder of Sulabh International), Acharya Lokesh Muni are other prominent

personalities, who will be conferred Bharat Gaurav Award this year along with Madhur Bhandrkar.

Popular writer Anand Neelakantan, Odia poet Haraprasad Das (Literary Youth Award) and author Paramita

Satpathy (Kalinga Karubaki Award) have been announced as winners of this year‘s Kalinga Literary Awards.

Adam Zagajewski, one of the most pre-eminent contemporary Polish poets, novelists and essayists has

won Spain's prestigious Princess of Asturias Award for Literature. The Indian Express has got awards in two categories at the RedInk Awards for Excellence in Journalism.

RedInk Awards are hosted by the Mumbai Press Club. The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to T

N Ninan, Chairman & Editorial Director, Business Standard the Journalist of the Year Award went to

NDTV India‘s Ravish Kumar. Veteran Bengali film actor Soumitra Chatterjee has been conferred with the highest French civilian

honour, the Legion d'Honneur. Kannada poet and playwright H S Shivaprakash has honoured with the prestigious Kusumagraja Rashtriya

Puraskar and Latur-based Menka Dhumale was presented YCMOUs Baburao Bagul story writing award

for year 2016 for her book "Korda Paus". The Pageant for the title of the Queen of dhwayah 2017 was held in Kerala. Syama

Sanju was declared the Queen of Dhwayah, the winner at Kerala‘s first ever beauty pageant for

transgender women.

Vivid Sydney breaks the Guinness World Record for maximum number of light installations. It is the world's largest festival of light, music and ideas.

The Indian Institute of Technology(IIT), Kanpur awarded the degree to P.T. Usha at its 50th convocation in Kanpur on 16th of June 2017. The ‗Golden Girl‘ of Indian athletics now became a Doctor of Science.

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan's "Sultan" is to be screened at the 20th Shanghai International Film

Festival. The gala is to be held June 17-26, 2017 in Shanghai, China. A 12 year old Padmalaya Nanda from Odisha has created history by becoming the youngest girl to

bag the "Little Miss Universe Internet 2017" and "Little Miss Actress" crowns at the Little Miss

Universe 2017.This is the first time that a 12 young Indian girl has won this beauty pageant title. Water conservation model, ‗Project Jal Sanchay‘ in Nalanda district of Bihar has been selected for the

national award for excellence in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme

(MGNREGP), by the Ministry of Rural Development. NASA has conferred the Exceptional Public Service Medal to Michael A‘Hearn. He is one of the world‘s

leading comet scientists, posthumously on 12 June 2017. He was awarded posthumously at the Small

Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) meeting at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Israeli author David Grossman has won the Man Booker International Prize for his novel "A Horse Walks Into

a Bar." The award will split between Grossman and translator Jessica Cohen. Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC) Principal Adviser E. Sreedharan has been selected

for the Nanniyode Rajan Memorial Award. Indian-American filmmaker Mira Nair won the Dorothy Arzner Directors Award at the Beverly Hilton Hotel,

USA.Mira Nair won for the film Queen of Katwe at this year‘s Women in Film Crystal and Lucy Awards.

The Fifth Bhupen Hazarika National Award 2017 is awarded to an eminent writer from Arunachal Pradesh

Yeshe Dorjee Thongshi.The award has been instituted by Sarhad, a Maharashtra-based organisation.

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Anti-hunger activist Ankit Kawatra has been selected for prestigious Queen's Young Leaders Award with

60 others from all 53 Commonwealth countries.He will be honoured by Queen Elizabeth II at a ceremony to

be held in the Buckingham Palace, UK on June 29, 2017.

Actress SonamKapoor and her producer-sister Rhea Kapoor's fashion label Rheson has wonthe Compassionate Business Award from the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals

(PETA)on 22nd June 2017.

The International Dublin Literary Award has been awarded to the Angolan writer Jose Eduardo Agualusa

on 21nd of June for his 14th novel, A General Theory of Oblivion. The Dublin Literary Award is the

world's largest prize for a single novel published in English.

The Sports Journalists Federation of India (SJFI), at its annual general meeting on June 25, 2017, decided to

confer the best Sportsperson of the Year award on Badminton player P V Sindhu and Best Team of the Year

award to Indian Junior Hockey Squad. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has conferred the prestigious BijuPatnaik Award for Scientific

Excellence to Lalit Mohan Das for his outstanding contribution to science and research on 23rd of June.

On June 19, 2017, Ministry of Rural Development conducted an award function in New Delhi, during which it

gave away 144 awards to states and different organisations under different categories. Sachin Tendulkar's mother-in-law and social activist Annabel Mehta, a British national, has been awarded

the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) on 18th of June, 2017 The 2017 Orwell Prize is the Britain's most prestigious prize. It is for political writing and was announced

on 15th June in London. The 2017 Orwell Prize for books was presented to John Bew. It is awarded to a

book that comes closest to the George Orwell's ambition "to make political writing into an art".

Salman Khan's Sultan wins Best Action Movie at 20th Shanghai International Film Festival The West Bengal government has won the prestigious United Nations (UN) Public Service Award for

the 'KanyashreePrakalpa' initiative aimed to combat child marriage and ensure education to the girl child

in the state.

The country's highest literary body the Sahitya Akademi award has been presented to two Konkani

literary personalities VincyQuadros and AmeyNaik from Goa. Quadros is being awarded

Sahitya Akademi's BalSahityaPuraskar for his book 'JaduchePetul' for children in Konkani. NishaDutt has been honoured with the ―Social Entrepreneur of the Year‖ award at the 7th Asian Awards

in London. She is a Chief Executive Officer of Hyderabad-based Intellecap.Nisha is the first Indian

woman leader to have been conferred with this recognition.

Vijaya Bank has received Skoch Awards in following 9 categories -- Best Bank in Public Sector; Best Bank for

NPA Management – Organization Category; Retail Lending; Inclusive Wallet – VPAYQWIK; Digital Inclusion;

IT Security; e-Surveillance of ATMs and branches; and 100 Digital Villages – Financial Inclusion.

Wipro Chairman Azim Premji honoured with Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. It considered the most

prestigious prize in philanthropy. He has given the award for his efforts to reform India's public school

system.

Indian agricultural microbiologist ShrihariChandraghatgi has been conferred the Ministry of Environment

Award for 2017 in Japan. Chandraghatgi is the President and CEO of EcoCycle Corporation.

On June 25, 2017, ManushiChhillar from Haryana won Femina Miss India 2017 title. Sana Dua from Jammu and Kashmir is the first runner-up and the second runner-up is Priyanka Kumari from Bihar. The

event was held at Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai on June 25, 2017. Former India hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay will be conferred East Bengal football club's highest honour

that is Bharat Gaurav.

Uttarakhand has been conferred the award of excellence at the 2nd Global Skill Development Summit held in

Paris on June 23, 2017. Uttarakhand has been awarded for innovations and extensive use of IT for skilling

the state's youth. On June 28 2017 Liveris and Godrej were presented with the prestigious annual award at the USIBC's

annual gala. Godrej Group Chairman Adi Godrej and Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveries bag Global

Leadership Awards of the US-India Business Council (USIBC) for their role in integrating India in the

global supply chain.

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SIERRA ODC building of Coimbatore-based IT Solutions Company has been recognised as the world‘s second highest ranking Green Building, with a score of 103 out of 110 under Leadership in Energy and

Environmental Design (LEED) certification.. An 11-year-old boy ArnavSharma, who is of Indian origin, has scored 162 which is higher in an IQ

test than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Astrologer and numerologist TS Vineeth Bhatt has been conferred with the 'Best astrologer of the

world' award at the 'Russian-Indian economic dialogue' round-table meet held in Moscow, Russia. Indigenously developed mobile application for digitising vaccine logistics, eVIN, has won the prestigious

GSMA Asia Mobile Award 2017 (AMO) on 29th

June 2017. The ceremony, held during the Mobile World Congress 2017 in Shanghai.

APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS

Appointee Designation

Slovak Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak President of 72nd session of the UN General Assembly.

Ramachandra Guha (steps down) BCCI Administrator

Vinay Dube CEO of Jet Airways

Nirupama Rao Public Policy Fellow to US Think-Tank

Shaktikanta Das (retires) Economic Affairs Secretary

Tapan Ray Economic Affairs Secretary

Aleksandar Vucic New President of Serbia

S Ganesh Kumar Executive Director of Reserve Bank of India

Param Jit Mann Ambassador of India to Republic Slovenia

Shashi Shekhar Vempati CEO of public broadcaster Prasar Bharati

Indian-origin Leo Varadkar Next Ireland PM

Bollywood actress Dia Mirza Wildlife Trust of India's brand ambassador

Sachin Tendulkar Noval Djokovic and David UNICEF initiative Super Dad highlights the critical role played by

Beckham fathers in children‘s early development.

Justice CS Karnan becomes (retires) First High Court Judge to retire while absconding

RK Sharma Administrator for Sahara India Life Insurance

Reenat Sandhu Head of India's diplomatic mission in Italy.

Girish Wagh CV unit head Tata Motors

Gaitri Issar Kumar India's next ambassador to Belgium.

Ajit Vinayak Gupte Ambassador to Denmark.

Neeru Chadha First Indian woman member of ITLOS

TCS executive Ramanathan Ramanan Head Atal Mission under NITI Aayog

Kajal Singh Executive Vice President in Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN)

Yuvraj Singh Brand Ambassador of EazyDiner

Ana Brnabic First openly gay and first female Prime Minister of Serbia

Sunil Kakar MD and CEO of IDFC Bank

Ram Nath Kovind (resigns) Bihar Governor

Keshri Nath Tripathi Bihar Governor

MuzoonAlmellehan Youngest (19year old)Goodwill Ambassador

Amitabh Bachchan Ambassador to promote Goods and Services Tax

Imran Khawaja ICC Deputy Chairman.

Indian origin Sikh Palbinder Kaur First turbaned judge in Canada

Jeevandas Narayan Managing director of Manappuram Home Finance

Travis Kalanick (resigns) Uber CEO and Co -Founder.

Mohammed Bin Salman Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia

Rajiv Gauba Home Secretary

Yudhvir Singh Malik Secretary, Road Transport and Highways.

Subhash C. Garg Secretary of Economic Affairs.

ArunaSundarajan Telecommunications Secretary.

Ajay Prakash Sawhney Electronics and Information Technology Secretary

Avinash K. Srivastava Consumer Affairs Secretary

Jagdish Prasad Meena Secretary, Food Processing Industries


Rajiv Kapoor Secretary, Chemicals and Petrochemicals.

SanjeevaneeKutty, Secretary, Ex-Servicemen Welfare in the Defence Ministry.

Arun Kumar Panda Secretary, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises,.

Ravi Kant, Secretary in the Ministry of Shipping.

Anand Kumar, Secretary, New and Renewable Energy.

Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Power Secretary

Kenneth I Juster America's new ambassador to India

Indian origin doctor Kailash Chand Honorary VP of UK medical body

Russian Diplomat Vladimir Voronkov Chief of United Nations Counter Terrorism Centre

Dalveer Bhandari Re-nominated Justice as its candidate for another term as judge at the

International Court of Justice.

J-K Governor N N Vohra President of India International Centre (IIC)

Priyanka Chopra Ambassador for Government's Skill India campaign

Mihai Tudose Prime-minister designate in Romania

Kaushik Basu International Economic Association president.

Rajesh V. Shah National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)Chairperson.

Actress VidyaBalan Ambassador of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM).

Indian American Krishna R. Urs Ambassador to Peru for US

Shamma Jain Ambassador of India to Greece

SN Subrahmanyan CEO & MD of Larsen & Toubro

K G Karmakar, Gauri Shankar Directors of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)

Hoshiar Singh Chief of Copyrights office

Sher Bahadur Deuba Nepal's prime minister for fourth time

Lt Col Raja Chari First Indian American after Kalpana Chawla to be chosen by NASA for one of its missions from 18,000 applicants at NASA‘s Johnson Space

Center in Houston.

B K Manjunath Part-time chairman Lakshmi Vilas Bank

Sushila Karki (retires) First woman Chief Justice of Nepal Supreme Court

Ruchira Kamboj High Commissioner of India to the Republic of South Africa

Vikram Limaye MD & CEO of National Stock Exchange

Preet Gill First female Sikh MP to be elected to the UK's Houses of Parliament

Mukul Rohatgi Country's chief law officer (14th attorney general)

ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS

Microsoft has acquired Hexadite. It is an Israeli startup that uses AI to identify and protect against attacks.

This deal cost $100 million. New Deli based telecommunications services company Bharti Airtel has received the merger approval

between Airtel and Telenor Communications.from Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Bombay

Stock Exchange (BSE) and National Stock Exchange (NSE). After merging, Airtel will gets 52.5 million users from Telenor kitty.

NHB approves merger between Dewan Housing group companies Aadhar Housing Finance and DHFL Vysya Housing Finance.

Amazon is buying USA based Whole Foods in a deal valued at about $13.7 billion.

SCHEMES

On June 4, 2017, Telangana State Government launched single-woman pension scheme across the state,

thereby becoming the first state in India to launch such scheme. Under this scheme, Telangana State Govt.

will provide 1,000 financial assistance per month to single women. The beneficiaries would get the pension

in their bank accounts every month. Tamil Nadu govt signs MoU with Aviation Ministry for implementation of UDAN scheme to promote

regional air connectivity. On June 6, 2017, Punjab State government launched the ―Chief Minister Scholarship Scheme‖ with an aim to

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provide cheaper and quality technical education to the meritorious and poor students of the state. Madhya Pradesh government has launched a new debt relief scheme ―Krishi Rin Samadhan Yojana‖ for

farmers. The cabinet has allocated Rs 1,000 crore for the scheme. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan

has announced a compensation of Rs 1 crore for the kith and the kin of the dead farmers. The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has launched a scheme named 'Visiting Advanced Joint

Research Faculty' (VAJRA) on 22nd of June 2017.Under the scheme the broad areas of research like

energy, health, advance material and others would be promoted The Delhi Development Authority will launch its new housing scheme on 30

th June. The scheme is being

floated under the Pradhan MantriAwasYojana to help a large number of people avail subsidy on interest. The cost of the flats varies from Rs 7.5 lakh to Rs 1.44 crore, depending on the type and location.

MoUs

The Punjab government and the United Kingdom join hands for imparting skill training and technical education to

the students to provide better employment opportunities in abroad. Under the agreement, the UK would send skill

development experts to Punjab to impart technical education and skill development training. On June 3, 2017, , the technology Giant Samsung India has signed an Memorandum of Understanding

(MOU) with the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) to open two more technical

training schools in Bengaluru and Jamshedpur. The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has signed a pact with Bird Academy to train 35,000

unemployed youth across various states in the aviation space. The MoU was signed on June 1, 2017 for

skilling unemployed youth in the aviation and aerospace sector. The Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has

signed a MoU on 5th of June.The MoU aims at assisting retiring, retired, serving low medical category (LMC)

CISF personnel to acquire additional skills and facilitate their resettlement through a second career. Union Cabinet has approved the proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Export-Import Bank

of India (EXIM Bank) and Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM) for export credit of USD 9 billion.

Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval to the Agreement between India and Cyprus on Merchant Shipping. This agreement was signed in April 2017.

Union Cabinet has approved the bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Securities and

Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and Securities and Exchange Organization (SEO), Iran in relation to

mutual cooperation on matters pertaining to securities markets. Union cabinet has given its approval for signing and subsequent ratification of the Agreement on Transfer

of sentenced persons between India and Somalia.This agreement will facilitate the Indian prisoners

imprisoned in Somalia or vice-versa to be near to their families, for serving remaining part of their sentence

and shall facilitate their social rehabilitation. Cabinet approves Signing of Memorandum of Understanding between Securities and Exchange Board of

India and European Securities and Markets Authority Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

between Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), India and Direction Nationale De Industries (MLINDI),

Republic of Mali on Standardization and Conformity Assessment. India and Mauritius has signed a pact to institutionalize cooperation between Parliaments of the two countries

on 10th of June, 2017. The MoU that has signed on joint framework for parliamentary support and capacity

building is a "visionary step forward". India signs Multilateral Agreements at Paris, now common tax agreement for all investors. On June 7,

2017, more than 100 countries including India, signed the OECD multilateral convention in Paris that aims to

curb cross border tax evasion by multinational companies. This multilateral instrument (MI) is an outcome of

the OECD/G20 BEPS project.

India has signed an agreement with Srilanka to provide fresh assistance of USD 318 million line of credit for

the development of the railway sector in the country on 7th of June, 2017 Nepal has signed an agreement with a Chinese company to develop a 1,200 MW hydroelectric project on

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crisis. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has signed an agreement with Europe-based

Metal Industries Development Institute (MIDI) to implement a twinning programme. The twinning is one ofthe largest programs between a CSIR institute and a foreign entity.

The Human Resource Development department of Sikkim government has signed aMoU with the British Council on 13th of June, 2017 to enhance the quality of education in the state.

Union Cabinet has given its ex-post facto approval to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

between Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers‘ Welfare and the Ministry of Agriculture in the State of

Palestine on agriculture cooperation. Union Cabinet was apprised about a Memorandum of Understanding which has already been signed in

April 2017, between India and Armenia for cooperation on youth matters. Cabinet approves signing of Memorandum of Understanding between India and Bangladesh for promoting

cooperation in the field of Information Technology and Electronics. The Nalanda University has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with South Korea's Academy of

Korean Studies for academic cooperation.

Under the country‘s flagship programme UDAN in the presence of Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh the Punjab government has signed a tripartite agreement with the Centre and Airports Authority of India(AAI). The four airports of Bathinda, Ludhiana, Pathankot and Adampur have been connected under

the scheme through five proposals. Public sector oil firms IOC, BPCL and HPCL signed an agreement to jointly set up the world's largest refinery

and petrochemical complex at Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra. The total cost for setting up this refinery is

estimated to be $40 billion.Indian Oil Corp (IOC) will be the lead partner with 50% stake while Hindustan

Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) will take 25% stake. EPFO, a retirement fund body will sign a pact with the Housing and Urban Development Corp (HUDCO) on

23rd of July, 2017. The agreement is regarding coverage of EPFO subscribers under the Pradhan Mantri

Awas Yojana.

Cabinet approves MoU between India and the Netherlands for bilateral Cooperation in the field of

water resources management Cabinet approves Memorandum of Understanding between India and Portugal on Cooperation in the field of

Public Administration and Governance Reforms Cabinet approves MoU on cooperation in the textiles, clothing and fashion sectors between India

and Australia Cabinet approves Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space

between India and Armenia Cabinet approves Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation in Traditional Systems of Medicine

and Homoeopathy between India and Sri Lanka Meghalaya government has signed two MoUs with the State Bank of India. It is a part of an initiative

towards migrating government transactions to digital mode. The two MoUs are with the State Bank of India

for their SBIePay and SBI CMP facilities Kalraj Mishra launches Digital MSME Scheme, exchanges MoUs with SAP India, Intel and HMT. Kalraj

Mishra has launched the Digital MSME Scheme, exchanges MoUs with SAP India, Intel and HMT on 27th

of June 2017.

Cabinet approves MoU between India and Israel on National Campaign for Water Conservation in India

Cabinet approves signing of a Memorandum of Cooperation between India and the United States of America on Homeland Security.

COMMITTEE

On June 12, 2017, Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh decided to set up an expert committee to examine the rules which allows free movement of Indian and Myanmarese citizens within 16 kms of theborder.The committee will be headed by the special secretary (Internal Security) in the Ministry of Home

Affairs.

Former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) head KrishnaswamyKasturirangan has been appointed

by Union Ministry of Human Resource Development to head the committee to draft the National Education

Policy.

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

The government launched ‗SPARROW-ITS‘ (Smart Performance Appraisal Report Recording Online

Window) on May 31st

2017. The purpose of above service is to enable the Indian Trade Service (ITS) officers to fill their Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APAR) online for the year 2016-17 onwards.

Japan has launched a new satellite on 1st June 2017 to help build a high-precision geo-location system. It will

be complement the US operated Global Positioning System (GPS). The rocket carrying the Michibiki No. 2

satellite, H-IIA, was launched from the Tanegashima space center in Kagoshima Prefecture, Southern Japan. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis launched a web portal 'Mahaswayam' on May 31

st 2017.

This service will provide to job seekers, employers, entrepreneurs, and training institutes who can fetch details regarding skill development and employment.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will launch Solar Probe mission in year 2018,

which will be humanity‘s first mission to Sun. This mission has been renamed as Parker Solar Probe in honor

of astrophysicist Eugene Parker.This is the first time NASA has named a spacecraft for a living individual. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is set to launch the world‘s first mission

directly into the atmosphere of the sun in 2018. Defence Minister Arun Jaitley has said on 1

st June that the second Scorpene-class submarine is ready for

surface sea trials. The first Scorpene-class submarine INS Kalvari has already undergone various trials and is expected to be inducted in the Indian Navy later this year.

The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has launched INAM-Pro +

web platform in New Delhi on 1 June, 2017. INAM-Pro+ is an upgraded version of INAM-Pro.

Indian Institute of Technology of Kharagpur on 2nd

June has developed a wireless technology for remote monitoring of patients.The technology has been developed in the SWAN lab of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) of the institute.

On June 3, 2017, SpaceX successfully launched its first recycled supply ship to the International Space Station

(ISS).SpaceX‘s Falcon rocket lifted off carrying Dragon capsule, which was loaded with nearly 6000 pounds

of scientific research and station supplies. On June 5, 2017, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched the

Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV-Mk III) – D1, along with a communications

satellite GSAT-19 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. First university satellite of Mongolia named after the Mongolian Gobi bear Mazaalai. It was sent off into

space in the United States on 4th

of June, 2017 TRAI has launched a three apps My Call app, MySpeed app and Do-not-disturb 2.0 app.It enables

subscribers to rate the quality of a phone call. The application will help mobile phone users rate their

experience about voice call quality. Standing Committee of the National Board of Wildlife has given clearance for Defence Research and

Development Organisation (DRDO‘s) long-range missile test facility at South Andamans‘ Rutland Island.

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has announced on 6th

of June that it is working on a forecasting system that will give 15-day alerts on the likelihood of a malaria or chikungunya outbreak across different regions of the country.

China has successfully tested a solid-fuel variable flow ramjet engine that could enhance the real combat

ability of the country's stealth aircraft and boost firing range of missiles on 6th

of June, 2017 The world's first hybrid "aeroboat" has been built by an Indo-Russian joint venture was unveiled in Moscow on

6th

of June. It is capable of travelling on land, water, snow and sand.It is a start-ups event organised

by Russia's state-run Skolkovo Foundation. President Pranab Mukherjee has launched the 'Selfie with Daughter' mobile application on 9

th of June, 2017.

It aimed at raising awareness about female foeticide and sex selection. On June 8, 2017, North Korea fired multiple ground-to-ship missiles into the waters between Korea and

Japan.The missile launches on June 8, 2017 came less than a week after the UN expanded sanctions

against North Korea in response to ballistic missile tests. China has launched a record breaking swarm of 119 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles on 11

th of

June, 2017. The China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC)has said that the feat broke the previous record of a swarm of 67 drones. China is currently the largest maker of drones.

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been working on a new propulsion system known as

the Electric Propulsion (EP) system that is set to usher in a new era of cost effective satellite launches. This

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technology was first used as a technology demonstrator in GSAT-9 or the South Asia Satellite launched

on May 5, 2017. On June 15, 2017, NASA‘s Orion spacecraft, designed to take astronauts to deep space destinations

successfully completed a series of tests for its critical safety systems. This week, NASA engineers tested

the abort motor for Orion's launch abort system (LAS) with success. Scientists have revealed some of the targets to be observed by James Webb this includes celestial objects

both inside and beyond our solar system. It will observe Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, as well as

Trappist-1e and the massive space telescope will also observe distant galaxies and asteroids. According to monthly analysis of global temperatures by NASA scientists , May 2017 was the

second warmest May in 137 years of modern record-keeping. The World‘s smallest and cheapest private jet Vision Jet has launched in USA on 12

th of June. The

Vision Jet can haul five adults up to 1,150 miles at 28,000 feet.It‘s the only private jet to be built entirely out of carbon fiber.

In Kochi Kochi1 mobile app was launched by Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to stay connected to

all transport systems. A scientist comes up with cost-effective toilet that weighs less than 500kg and that has a life of 25-30 years. It

can be made in-situ and even assembled in less than five hours. It is one of the prototypes the CSIR Chennai

has developed. The State-run power NTPC has energised 150 kWp canal top solar PV System on cooling

water (CW) channel inside power station premises at its 2,320 MW, Mouda Thermal Power Project,

near Nagpur in Maharashtra.

According to the official Xinhua news agency a Long March-4B rocket has carried the 2.5-tonne telescope into orbit from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China's Gobi Desert at 11:00

am (3:00 GMT).

The Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT), named Insight, will allow Chinese scientists to observe

magnetic fields and the interiors of pulsars and better understand the evolution of black holes. The farmers of Telangana will soon be able to sell and purchase cattle online. The state government

has launched a website to facilitate this service.

On June 23, 2017, Indian Space Research Organisation‘s (ISRO) launched Cartosat-2E satellite and 30 nano

satellites using ISRO‘s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle(PSL-C38) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre located

at Srihrikota in Andhra Pradesh.

Maharashtra forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar has launched a mobile app named ‗My Plant‘ on 23rd

of July 2017. The forest department has set a target of planting 4 crore saplings through public

participation between July 1 and 7July. Shri Piyush Goyal launches POSOCO-IMD Weather Portal for Power Sector & Web Portal ‗MERIT‘

(Merit Order Despatch of Electricity for Rejuvenation of Income and Transparency). It has been developed

by Ministry of Power in association with POSOCO and Central Electricity Authority. NASA launches world's lightest satellite designed by 18-year-old Tamil Nadu student weighing 64

grams called Kalamsat. Kalamsat was the only Indian payload in the NASA mission. The satellite

was designed by 18-year-old Tamil Nadu student RifathSharook and his team. ISRO has made Satellite-based chip systems to alert road users at unmanned level crossings

about approaching trains and also help in tracking train movement on a real-time basis. On a pilot

basis, the Mumbai and Guwahati Rajdhani trains will be equipped with this system.

NASA's Kepler space telescope has spotted 219 new potential planets. Out of which at least 10 are near-

Earth-size with conditions suitable to host life. Union minister Harsh Vardhan has praised Indian scientists' contribution to the world's biggest telescope on

24th of June 2017. It would enable astronomers to observe the intricacies of the universe from the comfort of

the earth. Hanle in Ladakh was one of the sites being explored. Chinese scientists have developed world‘s most powerful submarine detector which could find hidden

metallic objects, including minerals and submarines. On June 19, 2017, India‘s Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), also referred to as Mangalyaan, completed

1000 Earth days in Martian orbit and is still in good health.The designed mission life of Mangalyaan was

six months

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Dr.Harshvardhan Launches Mobile App ―Celebrating Yoga‖ to connect people through Yoga for

scientific healthy living China is planning to send mini-ecosystems which contain potato seeds and silkworm eggs – to the Moon

in 2018. Over the weekend of June 17-18, 2017, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) engineers,

for the first time tested the effectiveness of a flexible solar array on space station that could be used to power

satellites and spacecrafts in future.

SpaceX has successfully launched and landed the second Falcon 9 rocket in roughly 48 hours. It gives SpaceX two wins in its ―weekend doubleheader.‖ It delivered 10 satellites into orbit for the communications

company Iridium. The Russian military has successfully test-fired a submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missile.

The Yuri Dolgoruky nuclear-powered submarine has launched the Bulava missile on 26th

2017. The Yuri Dolgoruky is the first in a series of Borei-class submarines carrying the Bulava.

Scientists have created the brightest light ever produced on the Earth, shining a billion times stronger than the

surface of the sun. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)‘s latest communication satellite GSAT-17 was successfully

launched on board Arianespace rocket from Kourou in French Guiana on June 29, 2017.GSAT-17 with a lift-

off mass of about 3477 kg carried payloads in normal C-band, extended C-band and S-band to provide

various communication services. On June 28, 2017, China's Navy launched its biggest new generation destroyer weighing 10,000 tonnes as

part of its ambitious plans to become a global naval power.\ A new cyber attack similar to WannaCry has hit a terminal operated by AP Moller-Maersk at the

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT). It is to be noted that JNPT is India‘s biggest container port. Owing to

the attack, Gateway Terminal India, can‘t identify which shipment belongs to whom. NASA has achieved a significant milestone in its effort to make supersonic passenger jet travel over land

a real possibility by completing the preliminary design review (PDR) of its Quiet Supersonic Transport or

QueSST aircraft design. QueSST is the initial design stage of NASA‘s planned Low Boom Flight

Demonstration (LBFD) experimental airplane, otherwise known as an X-plane. NASA has launched rocket in 11

th attempt to form colorful cloud on 29

th of June 2017 of the NASA

Terrier-Improved Malemute suborbital sounding rocket for the vapor release mission. National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) has launched a Web Application for freelegal

services to prisoners and the Legal Services Management System. NALSA is entrusted with

responsibility to provide legal aid inter-alia to all persons in custody.

DEFENCE

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on June 2nd successfully test-fired the indigenously-developed nuclear-capable ballistic Prithvi-II missile in Odisha.The trial of the surface-to-

surface missile, which has a strike range of 350 km, was carried out from a mobile launcher from

launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near Balasore in Odisha. India has successfully test-fired its first all-weather tracked-chassis Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air

Missile (QR-SAM) on 4th of June.The test was carried out for validating various parameters of the

sophisticated weapon system to strengthen its air defence system. Three Indian warships reached to Australia to participate in a week-long naval exercise off the Western

Australian coast. Exercise Australia India (AUSINDEX) is a regular bilateral maritime exercise which

aimed at developing a deeper understanding and cooperation between the two navies. The Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO) has successfully test fired anti-tank

missile 'Nag' in a desert in the western sector of Rajasthan. On June 20, 2017, Larsen & Toubro (L&T) announced the launch of a Floating Dock (FDN-2) designed and

built for the Indian Navy at the company‘s shipyard at Kattupalli, near Chennai.L&T was mandated by the

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Ministry of Defence to design and build the FDN- 2 for an order value of Rs. 468 Crore.

ENVIRONMENT

As per ‗Animal Discoveries 2016, New Species and Records‘, brought out by the Zoological Survey of India

and ‗Plant Discoveries 2016‘, by the Botanical Survey of India, 499 new species of animals and plants (313

species of animal and 186 of plants) have been discovered from various areas of India last year. According to a study published in the journal Nature the planet called KELT-9b is hotter than most stars.

KELT-9b is 2.8 times more massive than Jupiter, but only half as dense. Scientists have discovered a new species of flying squirrel in North America that had been hiding in plain

sight for hundreds of years. It is known as Humboldt's flying squirrel, or Glaucomysoregonensis. The new

flying squirrel species inhabits the Pacific Coast region of North America. The world‘s oldest fossil mushroom has been discovered in Brazil- dating back to about 115 million

years. The mushroom has been named Gondwanag Aricites Magnificus.

Bengaluru girl, Sahithi Pingali to get planet named after her for research, app on lake pollution, crowd-sourced method to monitor pollution in water bodies.

NASA‘s Opportunity Mars rover is examining the edge of a crater on the red planet that may once have been a lake of liquid water.The Opportunity rover found rocks at the edge of Endeavour Crater that were either

transported by a flood or eroded in place by wind. On June 26, 2017, city mayors from around the world including Washington, Berlin, Paris, Tokyo and

Sydney called on G20 leaders to stick to their commitments on tackling climate change. G 20 leaders will

gather in Hamburg, Germany on 7th

and 8th

July, 2017. China is constructing for the 175 hectare the world‘s first ―Forest City ― in Liuzhou and it designed by Stefano

BoeriArchitetti, a team that develops green projects all over the world. Liuzhou Forest City will be situated

along the Liujiang River in the northern part of Liuzhou. This will be planned to complete in 2020. A new summer variety of groundnut has been developed by agro-scientists of the UGC-affiliated Chandra

Shekhar Azad Agriculture Technology University (CSA) at khanpur in Uttarpradesh.

SPORTS

The West Indies team from now on officially, will also be called as just Windies and not West Indies

as previously. West Indies Cricket Captain: Carlos Brathwaite Indian wild card Nitin Kumar Sinha defeated Malaysian player Christian Didier Chin to win the boys

singles title of HCL Asian Junior Tennis Championship held at the Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex,

Mahalunge - Balewadi, in Pune. Ganeshan Neelakanta Iyer has become the first Indian to be nominated as a member of the Umpires

and Referees Committee (URC) by International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).

B Sai Praneeth beat Indonesian Jonatan Christie 17-21, 21-18, 21-19 to win the Thailand Grand Prix Gold on 4th of June.

On June 4, 2017, Real Madrid retained the UEFA Champions League title (Football Competition) by defeating Juventus in the final match at Cardiff, UK. Real Madrid has won the UEFA Champions League

title for a record 12th time. Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli (89th Spot) is the only Indian sportsperson to feature among

the world‘s 100 highest paid athletes in the latest Forbes list.With a total pay of $ 22 million that includes $ 3

million from salary and winnings and another 19 million from endorsements, Virat Kohli, ranked 89th. The

list has been topped by soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo with a total pay of $93 million. The three Indian men featured in the top-15 of the world rankings released by the Badminton

World Federation (BWF) on 8th of June 2017. Ajay Jayaram (No.13), Kidambi Srikanth (No.14)

and Sai Praneeth (No.15) are the three men who achieved this high. Muttiah Muralitharan is the most successful bowler in Tests and one-day internationals was inducted into

the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame on 8th of June, 2017. He became the first player from Sri Lanka and the 83rd

overall to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Mohun Bagan and Chennaiyin FC striker Jeje Lalpekhlua has been nominated as the '2016 All India

Football Federation (AIFF) Player of the Year.The Jeje Lalpekhlua from Mizoram will be presented a prize

of Rs 2.5 lakh along with a trophy. Indian tennis player Ramkumar Ramanathan has won Raymond Sarmiento of the USA in Singapore.

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He wins the USD 15,000 ITF men's Futures tennis title. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has approved new events for the 2020 Tokyo Games, including a

number of mixed-gender competitions. The additions include a mixed team event for judo.

116th edition of the French Open 2017 – Overview Category Winner Runners-up

Men‘s Singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland)

Women‘s Singles Jelena Ostapenko (Latvia) Simona Halep (Romania) Men‘s Doubles Ryan Harrison (US) & Michael Venus (New Donald Young (US) & Santiago

Zealand) Gonzalez (Mexico)

Women‘s Doubles Bethanie Mattek-Sands (US) & Lucie Safarova Ashleigh Barty (Australia)& Casey

(Czech Republic) Dellacqua (Australia)

Mixed Doubles Gabriela Dabrowski (Canada) & Rohan Anna-Lena Grönefeld (Germany) &

Bopanna (India) Robert Farah (Colombia)

England‘s players wonthe U-20 World Cup final against Venezuela in Suwon (South Korea) on 11th of June,

2017.. England beat Venezuela 1-0 to win their first Under-20 World Cup title. England won after 51-year for

a global trophy. Vietnam Grand Master Nguyen DucHoa has bagged a decisive win against Indian GM Neelotpal Das

on 10th Mumbai Mayor's Cup International Open Chess Tournament on 11th of June, 2017. Lewis Hamiltonwon the Canadian Grand Prix for the sixth time on 12th of June.

India captain Virat Kohli has become the quickest batsman to 8000 runs in one-day international cricket.Yuvraj Singh will become the fifth Indian player to play 300 ODIs at Edgbaston.He has crossed

the 8000-run mark in his 175th innings. According to the latest MRF Tyres ICC ODI Player Rankings Indian captain Virat Kohli has reclaimed

the world number one position in the ODI batting rankings.Josh Hazlewood of Australia achieved the top

spot in the bowlers‘ rankings. Rafael Nadalmoved up to No. 2 spot in the ATP rankings and Novak Djokovic slides from No. 2 to No. 4

ranking. The top position is retained by Andy Murray. Angelique Kerber retained the No. 1 position

among women despite losing in the first round itself. India's Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu have won the gold medal in mixed team 10m air pistol event of the ISSF

World Cup at Gabala, Azerbaijan on 13th of June 2017. Shashikant Kutwal has won the gold medal at the 17th World Individual Chess Championship for differently-

abled on 11th

of June. The World Chess Championship held in Slovakia.

Dhanya Shah and Sanmay Gandhi have won the Under-14 doubles title of the Asian Junior Tennis

Championships on 11th

of June. Asian Junior Tennis Championships heldat the Balewadi Stadium in Pune. According to sources in ICC, the next edition of World T2O will only be held in 2020. The main reason is the

top member nations will be busy with bilateral commitments in 2018. Kolkata likely to host match between Real Madrid and Barcelona legends in the City of Joy in the third week

of September.The proposed match is likely to be held at the Rabindra Sarovar Stadium.

Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championships- Punjab.

21st Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championships was held from 1st

– 4th

June 2017 in Patiala, Punjab.

Javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra won the gold in men's javelin throw (throw of 85.63m) contest on the second

day of the Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championships in Patiala on June 2, 2017. Sarita Singh of Uttar Pradesh set a new national record in the women's hammer throw with an effort

of 65.25m to claim the gold medal at the 21st Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championship

in Patiala. She also became the first Indian woman to cross the 65m mark. Javelin thrower Anu Rani smashed her own national record and won the gold medal on the fourth and

final day of the 21st Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championships in Patiala. Wicketkeeper-batsman Luke Ronchi, who played for New Zealand and having earlier also represented

Australia, has announced his retirement from the international game on 22nd of June 2017.

Top Eight teams of the world will be competing for a winner's prize of USD 660,000 in the ICC

Women's World Cup.It will be held in the United Kingdom from June 24 to July 23. India cricket coach Anil Kumble has stepped down from his position on 20th of June.

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Pakistan beat India by 180 runs, wins ICC Champions Trophy 2017 on 18th of July 2017. It was held in

Birminghan, London. The Man of the Match is awarded to Fakhar Zaman. Golden Bat Award for scoring

338 runs in the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 goes to ShikharDhawan.

The Iranian wrestlers won 7 medals (three gold, two silver and two bronze) and 69 points to win the Junior

Asian Championships title. Junior Asian Wrestling Championship was held in Taichung, Taiwan, from 15th

– 18th June 2017. India bagged five medals, including a gold in the 2017 Asian Junior Wrestling Championships in Taiwan.

India's gold came in the women's 51kg freestyle category through Puja. Besides Puja, Sonu clinched a

silver medal in the 44kg category while Manu claimed a bronze in the 59kg division.

Winners of Indonesia Open 2017:

Category Winners

Men‘ Singles KidambiSrikanth (India)

Men‘s Doubles Li Junhui (China) / Liu Yuchen (China)

Women‘s Singles Sayako Sato (Japan)

Women‘s Doubles Chen Quingchen (China) / Jia Yifan (China)

Mixed Doubles Tontowi Ahmad (Indonesia) / Liliyana Natsir (Indonesia) International Cricket Council (ICC) conferred Test match status on Ireland and Afghanistan,

thereby taking the number of test-playing nations to 12.

Kuldeep Yadav has become first male Chinaman bowler to represent India in One Day Internationals (ODI). He made a debut in ODI against West Indies on June 23, 2017.

Professional wrestler Jinder Mahal retained World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) Championship at

St Louis, Missouri, US on June 18, 2017. Jinder won WWE championship by beating Randy Orton at St Louis, Missouri, US on June 18, 2017.

Indian Wushu team won 6 medals -- two golds, two silvers and two bronzes -- in the Wushu competition

of the BRICS Games, which concluded on June 19, 2017, in Guangzhou, China. Former Indian powerlifter and South Asian Games gold medal winner, Kavita Devi will become the

first Indian woman to appear in WWE. It is the first-ever WWE tournament for women. India shuttler KidambiSrikanth has defeated Olympic champion Chen Long to win the Australia Open

Super Series men's singles title on 25th of June 2017. Indian shooter Anish Bhanwala has won a gold medal at the ISSF Junior World Championship in the

25m Standard Pistol category in Germany on June 25, 2017.

Col Dr Srinivas Gokulnath of Nashik became the first Indian to complete solo Race Across

America (RAAM) cycle race of 5,000 kms on 25th of June 2017. Srinivas has completed the toughest

cycle race in the world in 11 days and 11 hours in the 18-49 age categories. Yashaswini Singh Deswal of Chandigarh has won Gold Medal in the Women's 10m Air Pistol at the end

of day two of the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol,

in Suhl, Germany. Bhumika Sharma, another Indian has become Miss World in bodybuilding championship on 26th of

June 2017. The Bodybuilding championship held in Venice, Italy. The fast-rising AnkushDahiya (60kg) clinched a gold medal and L Devendro Singh (52kg) got a silver

medal in Ulaanbaatar Cup boxing tournament on 26th of June 2017. The Ulaanbaatar Cup held in

Mongolia. Tennis star Leander Paes has won the Aegon Ilkley Challenger trophy with Canadian partner AdilShamasdin on

25th of June 2017. Leander Paes and AdilShamasdin has defeated BrydanKlien and Joe Salisbury.

India shooters have won a bronze medal in men's 25m rapid fire pistol team event at the ISSF Junior

World Championship Pistol on 26th of June 2017. The ISSF Junior World Championship Pistol held in in

Suhl, Germany. The Indian men's and women's throwball teams have created history by bagging a gold medal in the

World Games. It was held at Kathmandu, Nepal and it took place from June 15 to 18, 2017. The women's

team defeated arch-rivals Pakistan 15-13, 15-12 to clinch the title. Roger Federer won ninth Halle Open title by defeating Alexander Zverev in the final match played at

Halle, Germany.

FIFA is set to shift India's Under-17 World Cup matches from Mumbai to the Delhi on 28th of June 2017. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) initially wanted Mumbai to host India's home matches.

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Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced the formation of a special seven-member committee to analyse the few contentious Lodha panel reforms which are being opposed by the Board's state

units. The committee will be headed by Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Rajeev Shukla, with BCCI

acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary as its convener. Riding on his back-to-back Super Series triumphs, India‘s top badminton player KidambiSrikanth broke

back into the top-10 at eighth in the latest World Badminton Rankings released on June 29, 2017.

Wayde Van Niekerk breaks the World Record in 300m at Golden Spike Meet. Wayden Van Niekerk ran

30.81 at the Ostrava Golden Spike Meet in the Czech Republic to break Michael Johnson‘s previous world

record in the 300m of 30.85.

OBITUARY

Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member from Telangana PalvaiGovardhan Reddy has died on 10th of

June. He was 80. Noted historian, former ICHR chairman Basudev Chatterji passes away in Guwahati in Assam.

S S Khaplang, the chairman of banned rebel Naga outfit, National Socialist Council of Nagaland-

Khaplang, NSCN (K), died in Myanmar on June 9, 2017. He was 77. Veteran journalist T.S.V. Hari has died on June 1, 2017. He was 62. Hari was a former IANS Bureau

Chief .He started as a crime reporter and later switched to political reporting. Tamil poet S. Abdul Rahman ‗Kavikko‘ passes away

Character actor Shivraj has passed away. He was one of the most recognizable faces in the Hindi cinema of the 1950s and the 60s.

Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, a tycoon known for his lavish billionaire lifestyle and far-

reaching international connections, has died in London at the age of 82. Mehrunnisa Dalwai, wife of prominent Muslim activist and thinker late Hamid Dalwai and the protagonist of

a reformist movement 'Muslim Satyashodhak Mandal', passed away in Pune on June 9, 2017. She was 87. Juan Goytisolo the winner of Spain's Cervantes prize had died at the age of 86.

Veteran Tamil politician and former Parliamentarian Era Sezhiyan has passed away on 6th of June. He was

95. John Avildsen, the Oscar-winning director of Rocky had died on 16

th of June in USA.

Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the architect of German reunification, passed away on June 16,

2017. Miguel D‘Escoto Brockmann, former President of the UN General Assembly, passed away. He was born in

the United States to a Nicaraguan diplomat who served in the administration of dictator Anastasio Somoza

Garcia. Adam West was an actor defined and also constrained by his role in the 1960s series ―Batman‖ had died

on 9th of June in Los Angeles. Legendary Telugu poet and writer C Narayana Reddy passed away in Hyderabad on June 12, 2017.

Eminent playwright Ajmer Singh Aulakh passed away passed away on June 15, 2017, at his residence at Mansa town of Punjab.

Sam Beazley, who played Professor Everard in 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix', has passed away.

Former Chief Justice of IndiaP N Bhagwati has passed away in New Delhi on 15th of June 2017.

Italian fashion legend Carla Fendi dies at 79. President of Vanuatu Baldwin Lonsdale dies aged 67. Veteran Bollywood actor Amrit Pal passes away in Mumbai. Swami Atmasthanandaji, president of Ramakrishna Mission passes away. Scientist P K Kaw who led thermonuclear experiments India dies at 69. Lupin founder and Chairman DeshBandhu Gupta passes away

Noted Malayalam filmmaker KR Mohanan passes away

Former Bureaucrat O N Dhar passes away

Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist dies at 56

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Legendary Singer Sabita Chowdhury dies at the age of 72

Former CPI legislator N Gurusamy dead

BOOKS & AUTHORS

'Beren and Lúthien' new book by 'Lord of the Rings' author J.R.R. Tolkien has been published, 100 years after it was first conceived.

The book ―The Ministry of Utmost Happiness‖ has been authored by Arundhati Roy, which was release on

June 5, 2017. It is fiction-based novel and will be published by Hamish Hamilton UK and Penguin India.

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee has received the first copies of book ‗Lalan Shah Fakir

KeGeet‘ written by Prof. Muchkund Dubey and DVD of selected songs of Lalan Shah Fakir on 3rd of

June 2017 at Rashtrapati Bhavan. A book titled ‗The Crisis Within‘ authored by Ganesh Devy was released in June 2017.

The book "Indira Gandhi - A life in Nature", was launched by Congress president Sonia Gandhi at the Indira Gandhi Memorial. The former Union minister Jairam Ramesh, who has authored the book published by

Simon & Schuster, presented the first copy of the book to the Congress President. Ex-Uttarakhand CM Pokhriyal authors book on Vajpayee ‗Yug Purush, Bharat Ratna, Atal Ji‘. He gives credit

to Vajpayee for his debut in politics. President of India receives first copy of book ‗Garuda Purana‘ published by All India Kashiraj Trust. He

appreciated the efforts made by Dr.AnantNarain Singh and All India Kashiraj Trust (which was

inaugurated by the first President, Dr.Rajendra Prasad) to preserve and propagate our ancient texts. Venkaiah Naidu has launched the book which titled The Emergency — Indian Democracy‘s Darkest Hour

on 24th of June 2017. A book is written by Surya Prakash who is a chairman of PrasharBharati

Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate an exhibition of art works at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata. He also

received the first copies of two Coffee Table books ‗Images and Impressions – Profile and Persona of

Pranab Mukherjee‘ and ‗Pranab Mukherjee 100 Frames‘ from the Governor of West Bengal, Shri Keshari

Nath Tripathi who formally released these books

IMPORTANT DAYS

The Global Day of Parents has been observed on the 1st of June every year. It was first celebrated in 2013.

World Milk Day has been observed on 1st of June every year.It is an initiative of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). The theme of World Milk Day 2017 is Raise a glass for milk.

International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression was observed across the world on 4

June 2017. It focuses on victims of the 1982 Lebanon War.

World Environment Day (WED) is being observed on 5th June to raise global awareness for the protection of

our environment and the planet Earth.The theme of 2017 is ―Connecting People to Nature‖. The first World Pest Day was launched here in China on 6th of June, 2017. It aims at reduction and

elimination of pest-borne diseases. The inaugural of World Pest Day is initiated by the Chinese Pest

Control Association (CPCA). World Oceans Day is observed globally on June 8th of every year to honor, help protect, and conserve the

world‘s oceans. 2017 theme of world ocean day is "Our Oceans, Our Future". UN Russian Language Day is observed annually on June 6. Alexander Pushkin is known as the father of the

modern Russian literary language as well as of modern Russian literature.

Celebrating Father‘s Day on third Sunday of June originated from US. After few failed attempts at establishing a Father‘s Day, in 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson issued the first presidential

proclamation honoring fathers, designating the third Sunday in June as Father's Day. The World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought was observed globally on 17 June 2017. The World

Day to Combat Desertification and Drought theme is 'Our land Our home Our Future‘. The ASEAN Dengue Day (ADD) is observed every year on 15

th June. The 2017 ASEAN Dengue Day

theme is United Fight Against Dengue. World Day against Child Labour 2017 is observed globally on 12th of June. The World Day against

Child Labour theme is In conflicts and disasters, protect children from child labour.

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Human Rights Council adopted a resolution in 2013 calling for the prevention of attacks and

discrimination against persons with albinism. World Blood Donar Day is observed globally on 14th of June. World Blood Donor Day 2017, theme is

What can you do? Give blood. Give now. Give often. The World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD)observed each year on 15th June. It was

officially recognized by the United Nations General Assembly. The International Day of Family Remittances (IDFR) has celebrated on 16 June. The IDFR was proclaimed

by all 176 member states of IFAD's Governing Council at its 38th session in February 2015.

The government has decided to observe anti-Emergency day on 25-26 June, 2017. The government also

asked all its ministers to hold programmes across the country to remind people how Emergency was clamped

by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1975.

The Day of Seafarer (DotS) has observed on 25th

of June 2017. The theme of Seafarer Day 2017 is

"Seafarers Matter".

The International Widows day is observed on 23rd

of June 2017. Theme of International Widows

Day 2017 is"Empowering Women for Greater Achievements".

World Public Service day is observed on 23rd

of June 2017. The Theme of World Public Service Day 2017

is ‗The Future is Now‘. The International Olymic day is celebrated on 23

rd of June 2017. This day was introduced in

1948 to commemorate the birth of the modern Olympic Games on 23 June 1894 at the Sorbonne in Paris. World Refugee Day 2017 is celebrated across the world on 20th of June. World Refugee Day 2017 theme is

―Waterloo Region Celebrates Refugees‖.

3rd

edition of International Yoga Day was celebrated across India on June 21, 2017 with several government

and private institutions organising yoga events for the masses.2017 International Yoga Day theme is 'Yoga for

Health'

The RamamaniIyengar Memorial Yoga Institute of Pune has been selected as the first recipient of the

Prime Minister's award for outstanding contribution for promotion and development of yoga 2017.

World Music Day 2017 not to be confused with International Music Day is being celebrated on 21st

of

June 2017.The theme of World Music Day 2017 is Musicians gather to perform at public place.

The International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict is observed on 19th

of June

2017.The theme of 2017 International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict is ―Preventing

Sexual Violence Crimes through Justice and Deterrence‖.

The 2017 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking was observed on 26 June 2017.The

theme of International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is Listen First - Listening to

children and youth is the first step to help them grow healthy and safe. June 29, is celebrated as National Statistics Day in India to mark the birth anniversary of

Prof.Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, a renowned and eminent statistician. United Nations General Assembly adopted resolution on 14 June 2016, which declared that 29 June of each

year is to be observed as the International Day of the Tropics. International Trade Centre (ITC) is celebrating the first International MSME Day on June 27, 2017.

The theme of MSME is ‗Small business – big impact‘

STATIC GK - June 2017

Russia : Portugal:

♦ Capital: Moscow ♦ Capital: Lisbon

♦ Currency: Russian ruble ♦ Currency: Euro

♦ President: Vladimir Putin ♦ Current Prime Minister: Antonio Costa

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US: ♦ Capital: Washington D.C.

♦ Currency: US Dollar

♦ Current President: Donald Trump

Netherlands: ♦ Capital: Amsterdam

♦ Currency: Euro

♦ Current Prime Minister: Mark Rutte

UN ♦ HQ : New York

♦ President: Peter Thomson (Fiji)

Denmark ♦ Capital: Copenhagen

♦ Currency: Danish Kron

♦ Prime Minister: Lars Løkke Rasmussen

Kazakhstan : ♦ Capital: Astana

♦ Currency: Kazakhstani tenge

Montenegro: ♦ Capital: Podgorica

♦ Currency: Euro

♦ Current President: Filip Vujanovic

♦ Current Prime Minister: Dusko Markovic

Qatar ♦ Capital: Doha

♦ Currency: Rial

♦ Prime Minister: Abdullah bin Nasser bin

Khalifa Al Thani

World Health Organization (WHO): ♦ It was established on April 7, 1948.

Headquarters of WHO is located in Geneva,

Switzerland.

♦ Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is the Director-

Generl-elect of WHO

UK : ♦ Capital: London

♦ Currency: Pound sterling

♦ Prime minister: Theresa May

Shipping Corporation of India (SCI): ♦ Formation Year: 1950

♦ Headquarters: Mumbai

♦ Current Chairman & Managing Director: Anoop

Kumar Sharma

Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE): ♦ Bureau of Energy Efficiency is an agency of

the Government of India, under the Ministry of

Power.

♦ It was created in March 2002 under the

provisions of 2001 Energy Conservation Act.

♦ Headquarters of BEE is located in New Delhi.

China: ♦ Capital: Beijing

♦ Currency: Renminbi

♦ President: Xi Jinping

Panama : ♦ Capital : Panama City

♦ President: Juan Carlos Varela

♦ Vice President: Isabel Saint Malo

AIIB: ♦ Headquarters of AIIB is located in Beijing,

China.

♦ Jin Liqun is the current President of AIIB.

South Korea: ♦ Capital: Seoul

♦ Currency: South Korean Won

♦ Current Prime Minister: Hwang Kyo-ahn

Afghanistan ♦ Capital: Kabul

♦ President : Ashraf Ghani

Estonia: ♦ Estonia Capital: Tallinn

♦ Estonia Currency: Euro

Luxembourg: ♦ Capital:Luxumbourg City

♦ Currency: Euro

Saudi Arabia ♦ Capital: Riyadh

♦ Currency: Riyal

Portugal : ♦ Capital: Lisbon ♦ Currency: Euro

Australia : ♦ Capital: Canberra

♦ Currency: Australian dollar

UNESCO : ♦ Headquarters : Paris, France

♦ Formation : 16 November 1945

♦ Head : Irina Bokova

Germany ♦ Capital: Berlin

♦ Currency: Euro

♦ President: Frank-Walter Steinmeier

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Britain ♦ National flower of Britain is Rose

♦ National game: cricket

Myanmar: ♦ Capital: Naypyidaw

♦ Currency: Burmese Kyat

♦ Current President: Htin Kyaw

Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO):

SCO is a political, economic, and military

organisation comprising China, Kazakhstan,

Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

UNHCR ♦ Formed on 14 December 1950

♦ Head: Filippo Grandi

G-7: TheGroup of 7 (G7) is a group of seven major

advanced economies viz. United States, United

Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Jap

an. Presidency for the year 2017 is held by Italy.

Canada will hold the G7 presidency in 2018.

SEBI

♦ Formed: 12th

April 1988

♦ HQ: Mumbai, Maharashtra

♦ CEO: Ajay Tyagi

SBI ♦ Nationalized on 2 June 1956

♦ Headquarters: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

♦ Chairman: Arundhati Bhattacharya

♦ MD: Dinesh Kumar Khara

ICICI Bank : ♦ CEO: Chanda Kochhar

♦ Tagline: Hum Hai Na, Khyal Apka


World Bank: ♦ Formation: July 1945

♦ Headquarters: Washington, D.C.U.S.

♦ President: Jim Yong Kim

Vijaya Bank ♦ Founded: 1931

♦ HQ: Bengaluru India

♦ Founder: Sri Attavara Balakrishna Shetty

♦ MD & CEO: Dr. Kishore Sansi

HDFC Bank : ♦ Headquarters: Mumbai

♦ CEO: Aditya Puri

Canara Bank: ♦ Formation Year: 1906

♦ Headquarters: Bengaluru

♦ Current CEO: Rakesh Sharma

Axis Bank : ♦ CEO: Shikha Sharma


Yes Bank: ♦ CEO: Rana Kapoor


♦ Tagline: Experience our Expertise.

Central Bank of India: ♦ Headquarters: Mumbai

♦ Tagline: Build A Better Life Around Us

AIIB : ♦ Headquarters : Beijing, China

♦ President : Jin Liqun

IOB ♦ Founded on 10 February 1937

♦ Founder: M. Ct. M. Chidambaram Chettyar

♦ Headquarters: Chennai, Tamil Nadu

♦ MD & CEO: Shri R. Subramania Kumar

IDBI Bank : ♦ Headquarters: Mumbai

♦ CEO: Mahesh Kumar Jain

DBS Bank : ♦ Headquarters: Singapore

♦ CEO: Piyush Gupta

DCB Bank HQ: Mumbai, Maharashtra India

Founded : 1930

Chairman: Nasser Munjee

MD& CEO: Murali M. Natrajan

Afghanistan: ♦ Capital: Kabul

♦ Currency: Afghan afghani

♦ Current President: Ashraf Ghani

Switzerland: Currency: Swiss franc

Capital: Bern

BOM ♦ Founded: 1935

♦ CM&MD: Ravindra Prabhakar Marathe

♦ Tagline: One Family One Bank

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Axis Bank : NSE

♦ Headquarters: Mumbai ♦ Founded : 1992

♦ Tagline: Badhti ka naam zindagi ♦ HQ: Mumbai

♦ CEO: Shikha Sharma UK

NTPC:

♦ Capital : London

♦ Headquarters: New Delhi, India ♦ Currency: Pound Sterling

♦ CEO: Gurdeep Singh IRDAI

Malaysia:

♦ HQ: Hyderabad Telangana

♦ Capital: Kuala Lumpur ♦ Chairman: T.S. Vijayan

♦ Currency: Malaysian ringgits Denmark:

Serbia

♦ Capital: Copenhagen

♦ Capital: Belgrade ♦ Currency: Danish krone

♦ Currency: Serbian Dinar

IDFC

♦ President: Aleksandar Vucic

BHEL :

♦ HQ: Mumbai Maharashtra

♦ Tagline: Banking Hatke

♦ Headquarters: New Delhi ♦ Founded on October 2015

♦ CEO: Atul Sobti Canada :

Georgia:

♦ Capital: Ottawa

♦ Capital: Tbilisi ♦ Currency: Canadian dollar

♦ Currency: Georgian lari Saudi Arabia

Japan :

♦ Capital: Riyadh

♦ Capital: Tokyo ♦ Currency: Saudi Riyal

♦ Currency: Japanese yen Romania

Serbia:

♦ Capital: Bucharest

♦ Capital: Belgrade ♦ President: Klaus Lohannis

♦ Currency: Dinar ♦ Prime Minister: Sorin Grindeanu

Republic Slovenia :

♦ Currency: Romanian Leu

Peru :

♦ Capital: Ljubljana

♦ Currency: Euro

♦ Capital: Lima

Ireland :

♦ Currency: Sol

Greece

♦ Capital: Dublin

♦ Currency: Euro ♦ Capital: Athens

Nepal :

♦ PM: Alexis Tsipras

♦ Currency: Euro

♦ Capital: Kathmandu

Microsoft :

♦ Currency: Nepalese rupee

Lakshmi Vilas Bank:

♦ CEO: Satya Nadella

♦ Headquarters: Redmond, Washington, United

♦ Headquarters: India States

♦ CEO: Parthasarathi Mukherjee Cyprus:

South Africa:

♦ Capital: Nicosia

♦ Capitals: Cape Town (legislative), Pretoria ♦ Currency: Euro, Cypriot Pound

(executive), Bloemfontein (judicial) ♦ President: Nicos Anastasiades

♦ Currency: South African Rand

Iran:

♦ Current President: Jacob Zuma

♦ Capital: Tehran

♦Currency: Iranian Rial

♦President: Hassan Rouhani

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Somalia: Myanmar :

♦ Capital: Mogadishu ♦ Capital: Naypyidaw

♦ Currency: Somali Shilling ♦ Currency: Burmese kyat

♦ President: Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Mongolia:

Mali:

♦ Capital: Ulaanbaatar

♦ Capital: Bamako ♦ Currency: Mongolian tögrög

♦ Currency: West African CFA Franc

TRAI

♦ Prime Minister: Modibo Keita

Mauritius:

♦ Formed: 20 February 1997

♦ Headquarters: Mahanagar Doorsanchar

♦ Capital: Port Louis Bhawan,New Delhi

♦ President: Ameenah Gurib ♦ Chairman: R. S. Sharma

♦ Currency : Mauritian Rupee IMD

Srilanka

♦ IMD Director General: K.J. Ramesh

♦ Capital: Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte ♦ Formed: 1875

♦ President: Maithripala Sirisena ♦ HQ: New Delhi

♦ Prime Minister: Ranil Wickremesinghe North Korea:

Ethiopia

♦ Capital: Pyongyang

♦ Capital: Addis Ababa ♦ Currency: North Korean won

♦ President: Mulatu Teshome ♦ Supreme Leader: Kim Jong-un

♦ Prime Minister: Hailemariam Desalegn NTPC

Palestine :

♦ Founded on 7 November 1975

♦ Capital: East Jerusalem ♦ Chairman & MD: Gurdeep Singh

♦ Currencies: Israeli new shekel, Egyptian pound, ♦ HQ: New Delhi

Jordanian dinar Russia

Armenia:

♦ Capital: Moscow

♦Capital: Yerevan ♦ President : Vladimir Putin

♦ Currency: Armenian dram ♦ PM: Dmitry Medvedev

♦ Current President: Serzh Sargsyan

International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) :

♦ Current Prime Minister: Karen Karapetyan

Bangladesh: ♦ President : Thomas Weikert

♦ Headquarters : Lausanne, Switzerland

♦ Capital: Dhaka

♦ Currency: Bangladeshi Taka

Badminton World Federation (BWF):

♦ Current Prime Minister: Sheikh Hasina

South Korea :

♦ Headquarters : Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

♦ President : Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen

♦ Capital: Seoul

ICC:

♦ Currency: South Korean won

Israel:

♦ President: Zaheer Abbas

♦ Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

♦ Capital: Jerusalem

AIFF

♦ Currency: Israeli new shekel

♦ Current Prime Minister: Benjamin Netanyahu ♦ Founded on 23 June 1937.

Netherlands:

♦ Headquarters : Dwarka Sub City

♦ President: Praful Patel

♦ Capital: Amsterdam

IOC:

♦ Currency: Euro

♦ Current Prime Minister: Mark Rutte ♦ Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland

♦ Founded: 23 June 1894.

Portugal: Azerbaijan :

Lisbon

♦ Capital: ♦ Capital: Baku

♦ Currency: Euro ♦ Currency: Azerbaijani manat

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Slovakia FIFA

♦ Capital: Bratislava ♦ HQ: Zurich Switzerland

♦ Currency: Euro ♦ Formation: 21 May 1904

England:

♦ President: Gianni Infantino

Italy :

♦ Capital: London

♦ Currency: Pound sterling ♦ Capital: Rome

Mongolia

♦ Currency: Euro

Vanuatu

♦ Capital: Ulaanbaatar

♦ Currency: togrog ♦ Capital: Port Vila

♦ President: Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj ♦ Currency: Vanuatu vatu

♦ Prime Minister: Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat

World Taekwondo Federation ♦ HQ: South Korea

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