· recipients of the year 2017 padma awards, padma vibhushan, padma bhushan and padma shri – 89...
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Honours and Awards
1. Which film has won the best motion picture award at the 2017 Golden Globes awards
– Moonlight.
2. Indian cricketer has been inducted into Legends Club ‘Hall of Fame’
– Kapil Dev.
3. Indian village has been conferred the UNWTO
Award for Innovation in the category of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGO)
– Govardhan Ecovillage.
4. The highest peace time gallantry decoration ‘Ashok Chakra’ given to
– Hangpan Dada.
5. NTPC award 2015-16 from the Union Power Minister, Shri Piyush Gayal
– Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC)
6. Recipients of the year 2017 Padma awards, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri
– 89 persons.
Note: Padma Vibhushan (7), Padma Bhushan (7) and Padma Shri (75).
7. The first Indian Versatile female singer to collaborate with United Nations for women empowerment
– Neeti Mohan.
8. The prestigious Dr. B C Roy National award-2016 for out-standing service in the field of
socio-medical relief
– Dr. P Raghu Ram.
9. The Director Damien Chazelle's musical "La La Land" has taken trophies at the 70th
British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) ceremony at Royal Albert Hall, London.
10. Indian chess master has been honored with the title of Candidate Master (CM) by World
Chess Federation
– Kush Bhagat.
11. The 2017 Brand Laureate Legendary Award
– Lata Mangeshkar.
12. The movie won the Best Picture award at
89th Oscar Academy Awards
– Moonlight.
13. The Best Foreign Language Film at 89th Oscar Academy Awards
– The Salesman.
14. The 2017 Polly Umrigar Award for International Cricketer of the Year
– Virat Kohli.
15. The university who has won the annual Visitor’s Award for the ‘Best University 2017’
– Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
16. Who has been bestowed with the 2016 Moorti Devi Award
– M P Veerendra Kumar.
17. Noted Konkani writer, has been honoured with the 2017 Saraswati Samman for his novel ‘Hawthan’
– Mahabaleshwar Sail.
18. The new Miss International Queen 2016
– Jiratchaya Siri-mongkolnawin.
19. The World's Best Airport by air travellers at the 2017 World Airport Awards for the fifth consecutive year
– The Changi Airport (Singapore).
20. Who has won the Abel Prize (known as maths novel) 2017
– Yves Meyer.
21. ‘Kala Ratan Award’ received from Vice President of India
– Anupam Kher.
22. Indian Chief Minister has been selected for the US-India Business Council Award (US IBC)
– N. Chandrababu Naidu.
23. An imprisoned Eritrean-Swedish journalist will receive the 2017 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize
– Dawit Isaakhas.
24. The Best Children’s Film in the 64th National
Awards -2017
– Dhanak.
25. 64th National Awards - the Best actor for his movie, ‘Rus-tom’
– Akshay Kumar.
26. The Best Hindi Movie of 2016
– Neeraja.
27. The United Nations (UN)’s youngest-ever Messenger of Peace
– Malala Yousafzai.
28. The ‘Best Movie on Social Issues’
– Pink.
29. MIT Professor and inventor of World Wide Web has been awarded Computer Science’s most prestigious award A. M. Turing Award
– Tim Berners Lee.
30. The Pulitzer Prize for 'Underground Railroad'
– Colson Whitehead.
31. Posthumously conferred the 2016 Kirti Chakra award by President Pranab Mukherjee
– Lance Havildar Prem Bahadur Resmi Magar.
Note: The Kirti Chakra is the second highest peacetime gallantry award
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32. 'Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar-2017
– Bhalkhi Gram Panchayat.
33. Italian mayor has won the UNESCO Peace Prize
– Giuseppina Nicolini.
34. Writer novel Mathorubhagan (One Part Woman) has won the Sahitya Akademi award
-2016 for translation in English
– Perumal Murugan.
35. The 75th Master Dinanath Mangeshkar award for his out-standing contribution to Indian Cricket
– Kapil Dev.
36. The prestigious ‘Krishi Karman Award 2015-
16’ for the fifth consecutive year
– Madhya Pradesh.
37. Bollywood film has won the Jury Prize for best film at the Hong Kong International Film Festival
– Newton.
38. The 'Dadasaheb Phalke award' for the year 2016 for his out-standing contribution to the
film industry
– Kasinadhuni Viswanath.
39. ‘Miss Teen Universe 2017’ in the event held at the Ruben Dario National Theatre in Nicaragua’s capital Managua
– Srishti Kaur.
40. Hollywood star has received the first-ever
Genderless Acting Award for the Best Actor category at the 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards
– Emma Watson.
41. The first Indian woman to be conferred with the prestigious Woodrow Wilson Award for
Global Corporate Citizenship
– Chanda Kochhar.
42. Indian actress has won the best actress
award at the New York Indian Film Festival - 2017
– Konkona Sen Sharma.
43. As per recently released report by the Ministry of Railways, the cleanest railway station in category A1
– Vishakhapatnam.
44. The organization has won the 2015 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
– United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR.
45. Indian's first woman to scale Mount Everest for the fourth time
– Anshu Jamsenpa.
46. The bollywood actress has been awarded the 2017 International Humanitarian Award (Editor's Choice category) of Asian Voice
Charity Awards for her philanthropic work in India
– Jacqueline Fernandez.
47. Indian wildlife and environment cartoonist has won WWF International President’s Award 2017
– Rohan Chakravarty
48. Who has been bestowed with the Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar for the year 2016
– Satyabrata Rout.
49. The first Indian to scale Mt. Everest six times
– Love Raj Singh.
50. Two Indian peacekeepers honoured
posthumously with UN medal
– Brijesh Thapa & Ravi Kumar.
51. Who has been selected for France’s highest civilian award ‘Legion of Honour’
– Soumitra Chatterjee
52. The water conservation model has been selected for the national award for excellence
in the MGNREGP
– Jal Sanchay.
Note: The model is adopted successfully by the authorities in Nalanda district of south central Bihar.
53. The first Israeli author to win the Man Booker
International Prize 2017 for his novel ‘A Horse Walks Into a Bar’
– David Grossman.
54. The Yoga Institute here has been selected as
the first recipient of the Prime Minister's Award for outstanding contribution for promotion and development of yoga
– Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Pune
55. The state has gotten the awarded for constructing the highest number of rural
roads, under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY)
– Bihar.
56. The new brand ambassador to promote
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
– Amitabh Bachchan.
57. The state govt. has won the prestigious UN Public Service Award for year 2017
– West Bengal.
58. The Sahitya Academy Yuva Puraskar 2017 in English Language
– Manu S Pillai.
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59. Anti-hunger activist has been awarded the Young Leaders Award for 2017 by Queen Elizabeth II at a ceremony in the Buckingham
Palace
– Ankit Kawatra.
60. Indian NGO has won the 2017 UNDP Equator Prize for sustainable farming model
– Swayam Shikshan Prayog.
Current Affairs – International
1. The world’s largest solar park
– Longyangxia Dam Solar Park (China).
2. Three-year ban on import of some vegetables (bitter gourd, snake gourd and aubergines) from India
– Europe-an Union (EU).
3. The world’s first country to shut-down the
Frequency Modulation (FM) radio broadcasting network and started its’ switching to Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB)
– Nor-way.
4. The country has become an associate member of European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
– India.
5. The India Innovation Index (III) will be developed by the international organization
to measure innovation performance of Indian states
– World Intellectual Property Organization
(WIPO).
6. The world’s first country to completely divest from fossil fuels
– Ireland.
7. The country hosted the Mobile World Congress 2017
– Spain.
8. The Airways has launched the world's longest scheduled commercial airline route with the arrival of its flight from Doha to Auckland,
New Zealand
– Qatar Airways.
9. The Pakistan army has launched nationwide military operation to eliminate terrorists and
consolidate gains of its counter-terrorism operations
– Radd-ul-Fasaad.
10. The world's first robot table tennis tutor in Japan has set a new Guinness World Record for its uncanny ability of being able to play the game better than most humans
– FORPHEUS.
11. The country to host the 9th edition of BRICS Summit-2017
– China.
Note: The theme of this year’s event is ‘BRICS: Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future’.
12. The two-week long joint military exercise between India and Nepal has begun in
Pithoragarh area of Uttarakhand
– SURYA KIRAN-XI.
13. Indian and Royal Oman armies joint exercise “Al Nagah-two” in Bakloh area
– Chamba district, HP.
14. The country hosted the 3rd edition of World
Conference on Environment
– India.
15. 7th member of South Asia sub-regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC) program of
the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
– Myanmar.
16. The World's oldest and most experienced spacewoman is getting three extra months in
orbit
– Peggy Whitson.
17. The first country in the world to fully allow the production, sale, and consumption of marijuana when its pharmacies will be
allowed to sell marijuana in July 2017
– Uruguay.
18. Amnesty International (Global death penalty-2016) has topped on executions in
2016
– China.
19. The first Nepal-China joint army exercise ‘Sagarmatha Friendship-2017 – Kathmandu.
20. The country to host the 14th edition of United
Nations International Day of Vesak – 2017
– Sri Lanka.
21. The world’s first airline to adopt new satellite-based air-plane tracking system
– Malaysia Airlines.
22. The first country in the world to ban the mining of metals for environmental protection
– El Salvador.
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23. The founder of Wikipedia ‘Jimmy Wales’ is going to launch a news site to tackle the spread of false information
– Wikitribune.
24. The city has been designated UNESCO World Book Capital 2018
– Athens.
25. The city has topped the list in the Mercer’s 2017 Quality of Living index
– Vienna.
26. Who has given its final approval for the withdrawal of Britain from the European Union
– UK House of Lords.
27. The first city in the world to get its own Microsoft Font
– Dubai.
28. Who has planned to launch its own online encyclopedia
– China.
29. The 2017 joint military exercise ‘Balikatan’ has started between
– United States & Philippines.
30. The country has been ranked first among 40 nations in the 2017 Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index
– China.
31. The 2017 bilateral maritime exercise SIMBEX-17 has been started between India
and
– Singapore.
32. The first Asian country to recognize same sex marriage
– Taiwan.
33. According to World Economic Forum (WEF), the world’s most crowded cities
– Dhaka.
34. The country is hosting the 2017 G7 summit
– Italy.
35. The world’s largest optical telescope has started in the country
– Chile.
36. The world's largest aircraft has successfully
completed the test flight and filled with helium is only one step away from commercial use
– Airlander 10.
37. Six countries of the Arab region have cut off their diplomatic ties with
– Qatar.
38. The first-ever United Nations Oceans Conference has started in the country
–United States.
39. Officially joined North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and become the 29th member country
– Montenegro
40. The temple was discovered by Chinese archaeologists, remained hidden for nearly 1000 years
– The Fugan Temple.
41. Who has won the 2017 Little Miss Universe Internet beauty contest
– Padmalaya Nanda.
42. Who has been re-elected to the UN's principal organ on economic, social, and environmental issues for another three-year term
– India
43. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) Board of Governors has approved the membership of the countries at its second annual meeting
– Argentina, Madagascar, and Tonga.
44. The countries have been re-elected to the United Nations Economic and Social Council
– India, Japan and the Philippines.
45. Who has become the first country to
contribute one lakh US Dollars to a UN fund
– India.
46. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) city has been declared the ‘World Book Capital’ for
the year 2019 by UNESCO
– Sharjah.
47. The 41st session of UNESCO World Heritage Committee has started in
– Krakow, Poland.
48. The 2017 Indo-Thai joint military exercise has started in Himachal Pradesh
– Maitree.
49. The city is hosting the 12th edition of G-20 Summit 2017
– Hamburg(Germany).
50. A new fast-growing Israeli flower has named after Prime Minister Narendra Modi
– Crysanthumun.
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Important Committees
1. Nripendra Mishra Committee - on Indus Water Treaty.
2. Ratan P Watal committee - to suggest steps to promote card payments
3. Amitabh Kant committee (CEO of NITI Aayog) - to look at easing the policy regime
for e-commerce players, including the rules for foreign direct investment (FDI).
4. Arvind Panagariya committee - to prepare a road map for elimination of poverty. It has suggested setting up a commit-tee to identify people Below Poverty Line (BPL). It also sug-gested participation from states in
defining the BPL popula-tion.
5. Ak Sinha committee - to study slit in river Ganga in Bihar.
6. NK Singh committee - to review and give recommendations on Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) roadmap for the future.
7. T S R Subramanian committee - New Education Policy.
8. Ajit Mohan committee - to fight against the menace of online piracy.
9. HRD ministry constituted a new nine-member committee headed by K Kasturirangan to frame a new National
Education Policy (NEP).
Important Schemes
1. NITI Aayog announces launch of the
schemes - Lucky Grahak Yojana and Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana - for incentivising digital payments.
a) Lucky Grahak Yojana [Consumers]: Daily
reward of Rs 1000 to be given to 15,000 lucky Consumers for a period of 100 days, Weekly prizes worth Rs 1 lakh, Rs 10,000 and Rs. 5000 for Consumers who use the alternate modes of digital Payments.
b) Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana [Merchants]: Prizes for Merchants for all digital
transactions conducted at Merchant establishments. Weekly prizes worth Rs. 50,000, Rs 5,000 and Rs. 2,500
2. The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) notified along with other provisions of Taxation Laws (Second Amendment) Act,
2016 came into effect from 17 December 2016. It will remain open until March 31, 2017. PMGKY is Union Government’s second income disclosure scheme (IDS) to allow tax evaders to come clean with unaccounted wealth. It provides for 50 per cent tax and surcharge on declarations of unaccounted
cash deposited in banks.
3. Vittiya Saksharata Abhiyan (VISAKA) was launched by the Union Ministry for Human Resource Development (HRD) to make people aware about cashless economic system. It was launched by Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi. It
is campaign by Higher Educational institutions for digital economy.
4. Rajasthan Government has launched Annapurna Rasoi Scheme to provide quality meal at cheap price to poor and needy on lines with Tamil Nadu Government’s Amma canteens. The tagline for the scheme is:
“Sabke liye bhojan, sabke liye sammaan (Food for all, respect for all)”.
5. Jharkhand became the first state in the country to implement Direct Benefit Transfer(DBT) in Kerosene.
6. PM launched several schemes including ‘Urja Ganga’ gas pipeline project in Varanasi.
7. Swadesh Darshan scheme – The scheme was launched by Union Tourism Ministry with an aim to develop theme based tourist circuits in the country.
8. E-Library ‘Sugamya Pustakalaya’ - The Union Government has launched Accessible E-
Library ‘Sugamya Pustakalaya’ for Divyang under Prime Minister’s Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan.
9. DISHA scheme launched by govt. - The Union Government has constituted the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DDCMC) for effective
development and coordination of Central
Government’s programme. It will be known as DISHA.
10. ‘Himayat’ programme launched in J & K – The scheme was launched in Jammu & Kashmir.
Note-Himayat is a placement linked skill development initiative for training and
placement of 1 lakh youths from J&K in next 5 years
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11. Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was launched by PM Narendra Modi on 1 May 2016 at Ballia, Uttar Pradesh. The scheme
was launched with a target of providing LPG connections to 50 million below-poverty-line families in three years.
12. Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) - The Union Cabinet has approved proposal of
extending the deadline for implementing the Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) by a year to March 31, 2017. The UDAY scheme aims at bringing ailing power discoms to a state of operational efficiency, with state governments taking over up to 75% of their
respective debt and issuing sovereign bonds to pay back the lenders.
13. Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana: It is a small deposit scheme for the girl child.
Key points of the scheme –
In one family, a maximum of two accounts can be opened for two girl children. The
account can be transferred anywhere in India from one Post office/Bank to another.
Age Limit: The upper age limit of the girl child for opening this account is 10 years. The
govt. has given a relaxation of one year in the upper age limit for those opening accounts till December 1, 2015.
Documents required - 1. Birth Certificate of the girl child. 2. Address proof. 3. Identity
proof.
Minimum & Maximum deposit: The minimum deposit under the scheme is Rs. 1000/-. The maximum deposit is Rs. 1.5 lakhs. There is
no limit on the number of investments one can make in an account either in a month or in a year.
Interest rate: The revised rate is 8.6%.
Maturity period: The maturity period of the scheme is 21 years from the date of account opening, though deposits need to be made only for the first 14 years. The minimum lock-in in period under the Sukanya
Samriddhi Yojana is 11 years.
14. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY): The scheme aims to impart skill
training to youth with focus on first time entrants to the labour market and class 10
and class 12 drop outs.
15. Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY): It is a low premium insurance scheme which will link with the Pradhan
Mantri Jhan Dhan Yojna.
Key points of the scheme:
Eligibility: Minimum 18 years and maximum 50 years and have bank account are eligible for the scheme. If the account is opened
before attaining the age of 50 years, the life cover would remain intact up to the age of 55 years, if premium is paid regularly. Premium - Rs.330 per year i.e. less than Rs.1 per day. Risk coverage - Rs.2 Lakh in case of death for any reason. The premium paid will be tax-free under section 80C and also
the proceeds amount will get tax-exemption u/s 10(10D).
16. Atal Pension Yojana (APY): It is a scheme mainly for workers in unorganised sector. The scheme will be administered by the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development
Authority (PFRDA) and replace the previous government's Swavalamban Yojana NPS Lite.
Key points of the scheme: The subscribers who will joined the scheme
would receive the fixed pension of Rs. 1000 per month, Rs. 2000 per month, Rs. 3000
per month, Rs. 4000 per month, Rs. 5000 per month, at the age of 60 years, depending on their contributions.
Age limit: minimum 18 years and maximum age is 40 years.
A subscriber can contribute for minimum period of 20 years or more and pension
payment will start at the age of 60 years. The government of India has decided to co-
contribute 50% of the subscriber's contribution or Rs. 1000 per annum, whichever is lower, to each eligible subscriber account, for a period of 5 years,
i.e., from 2015-16 to 2019-20, who join the NPS before 31st December, 2015 and who are not income taxpayers.
17. Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY): It is an insurance scheme which covers death or disablement of the policyholder caused due to accident or
accidental injuries. Key points of the scheme: Age limit:
Minimum 18 yrs and maximum 70 years. The scheme will be a one year cover,
renewable from year to year and would be administered through the Public Sector General Insurance Companies in
collaboration with Banks. Risk coverage: Rs. 2 Lakh and for partial
disability cover of Rs. 1 Lakh. Premium: Rs.12 per annum. The premium
will be directly auto-debited by the bank from the subscribers' account.
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18. SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters)-
SAMPADA is an umbrella scheme incorporating ongoing schemes of the Ministry like Mega Food Parks, Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure,
Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure, etc. and also new schemes like Infrastructure for Agro-processing
Clusters, Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages, Creation / Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities.
Current Affairs - States
1. New health scheme 'NTR Arogya Raksha' has
been launched by the state
– Andhra Pradesh.
2. India’s largest public WiFi service has been
launched by the state government
– Maharashtra.
3. The world’s first ‘Gender literature festival’ was held in the state
– Bihar.
4. Digital Dakiya scheme has been launched by the state government to encourage cashless transactions
– Madhya Pradesh.
5. The second capital of Himachal Pradesh
– Dharamsala
6. The state government has decided to allow the sale of white kerosene in open market
– Karnataka.
7. The state govt. has launched a scheme “Dulari Kanya” to check infant mortality in
the state
– Arunachal Pradesh.
8. The state government has introduced third gender category in school exams
– Bihar.
9. The first Indian State to establish cashless
system for distribution of food grains
– Gujarat.
10. The 2017 UNESCO Natural Heritage festival was held in the state
– Himachal Pradesh.
11. The state government has made mandatory for all private schools to install solar systems
– Haryana.
12. The first Indian state to have a public registry
of sex of-fenders
– Kerala.
13. India’s first hill station bicycle path was inaugurated in
– Darjeeling (West Bengal).
14. The state government has launched “RAHAT” project for treatment of heart disease in remote and rural areas
– Rajasthan.
15. Andhra Pradesh Cabinet accepts naming of Tirupati Airport as
– Sri Venkateswara Airport.
16. The state government has given official language status to endangered tribal
language ‘Kurukh’
– West Bengal.
17. Three-day long 'Destination North East' 2017 inaugurated in
– Chandigarh.
18. The state government has launched “Tirtha Darshan” scheme for senior citizens
– Haryana.
19. The state govt. has launched web-based platform ‘Pratibimba’ to project government achievements
– Karnataka.
20. India’s largest floating solar Photo-Voltaic (PV) plant has been installed in the state
– Kerala.
21. The first police station in India to be linked with Crime and Criminal Tracking Network &
Systems (CCTNS)
– Shimla.
22. The 2017 National Theatre Festival (NTF) has started in the state
– Kerala.
23. India’s first carbon neutral district and as a biodiversity heritage
– Majuli.
24. President Pranab Mukherjee has inaugurated India's largest river festival in Assam
– Namami Brahmputra.
25. India’s longest highway tunnel ‘Chenani-Nashri’ in Jammu & Kashmir inaugurated by the PM Narendra Modi
– 9.28 km long
Note: This road tunnel will cut the distance between the two state capitals Jammu and Srinagar to around 250 km from the current 350 km and reduce the travel time by ap-proximately two hours.
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26. The state govt. will provide Rs 21,000 to all those families whose third girl child was born under the 'Aapki Beti, Hamari Beti' scheme
(after August 24, 2015) – The Haryana government.
27. The state government has launched 'Deendayal Rasoi Yojana' to provide food at subsidized rate
– Madhya Pradesh.
Note: Under this scheme, people would be provided wholesome meal through canteens that would offer subsidized prices (wholesome meal below Rs. 5/-).
28. The state government has imposed a 10% cow cess as sur-charge on stamp duty for protection and propagation of cows
– Rajasthan.
29. The state has selected for the ‘Krishi Karman
Award 2015-16’ for the commendable increase in food grains production
– Himachal Pradesh.
30. The state govt. has launched ‘Operation
Durga’ to ensure women safety in the state
- Haryana government.
31. The UP government has changed the name
of Airports
– Gorakhpur and Agra.
Note: The Gorakhpur Airforce Station has been renamed as ‘Mahayogi Goraknath Airport’ and the Agra Airport will be ‘Pandit
Deen Dayal Upadhyay’
32. The union Government will set up a Central university for Divyangs
– Uttar Pradesh.
Note: Under the Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan, HRD ministry has instructed to make ramps and install lifts to facilitate ‘Divyangas’ at all educational institutions.
33. The state govt. of Haryana has announced to
change the name of Ballabhgarh to
– Balramgarh.
34. The Haryana govt. launched a mobile-based application to create awareness among
pregnant women, parents, and health workers
– Kilkari.
35. Who has become the first Indian state to switch to the January-December financial
year from existing April-March cycle
– Madhya Pradesh.
36. The state govt. has decided to open ‘canteens’ at subsidized rates to registered
construction workers under the ‘Antyodaya Anna Yojana’ in the state
– Haryana govt.
37. In the Large States category, the state secured first rank in the Public Affairs Index (PAI)- 2017
– Kerala.
38. In the Small States category, the state secured first rank in the Public Affairs Index (PAI)- 2017
– Himachal Pradesh.
39. The state government has constituted a ‘Maa committee’ to check mid-day meal quality in schools
– Uttar Pradesh.
40. The IIT Kharagpur has collaborated with the state govt. for measuring happiness index
– Madhya Pradesh.
41. India’s first underwater rail tunnel boring has completed under the river
– Hooghly River.
Note:
India’s first underwater rail tunnel boring has been completed under the Hooghly River
for establishing metro link between Howrah and Kolkata.
42. The state govt. has declared Dailong village of Tamenglong district as a Biodiversity Heritage Site of the state
– Manipur.
43. The Union Cabinet has approved setting up
of a new All India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) in
– Kamrup, Assam.
44. India’s first automatic coastal warning for
disasters will come up in the state
– Odisha.
45. India’s first state to launch single-women pension scheme
– Telangana.
46. India’s first freight village will be developed by the Inland waterways authority of India (IWAI) in
– Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
Note: ‘Freight Village’ is a focused industrial estate that attracts companies requiring
logistic services.
47. The state government has launched digital wallet ‘T-Wallet’
– Telangana.
48. The Kerala government unveiled an empowerment programme for the differently abled persons
– Anuyatra.
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49. The state govt. will carry out a social audit of the Public Distribution System to determine effective implementation of the Right to Food
Act, 2013 in the state
– Bihar govt.
Note: Bihar was the first state to implement the Right to Food Act on February 1, 2014.
50. As per latest Child Rights and You (CRY) report 2017 Indian state has highest number of child labourers
– Uttar Pradesh.
Note: The state govt. will take over the outstanding crop loan from institutional sources of all the families of farmers who
committed suicides in the state.
51. The state government has launched a digital
ride sharing app 'G-Ride'for techies
– Kerala.
52. The state govt. has launched ‘Elevate 100’ scheme to identify and nurture innovative start-ups
– Karnataka.
53. The 2017 Dree festival has celebrated in the state
– Arunachal Pradesh
54. India’s biggest Global Skill Park will be set up in the city
– Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh.
55. The state has been declared as ‘disturbed area’ under AFSPA for next 6 more months under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act
– Nagaland.
Days and Events
1. The United Nations has designated the year 2017 as
- The International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development.
2. The World Hindi Day (WHD) is observed every year on
- 10th January.
3. National Youth Day is celebrated in India on
- 12th January.
Note: The theme of this year’s Festival is ‘Youth for Digital India’.
4. The National Girl Child Day is celebrated on
- 24th January.
5. The World Cancer day (WCD) is observed every year on
- 4th February.
Note: The theme of 2017 World Cancer day “We can I can”.
6. The Zero Discrimination Day (ZDD) is observed every year on
- 1st March.
Note: The 2017 theme is “Make Some Noise for Zero Discrimination”.
7. The World Wildlife Day (WWD) is observed
every year on
- 3rd March.
Note: The theme of 2017 World Wildlife Day
(WWD) is Listen to the young voices.
8. The International Women’s Day (IWD) is observed every year on
- 8th March.
Note: The 2017 theme of IWD is “Women in the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50 by 2030” and its’ campaign theme is “#BeBoldForChange”.
9. The "World Tuberculosis Day" observed every year on
- 24th March.
Note: The theme for World Tuberculosis Day 2017 is ‘Unite to End TB’
10. The 'World Health Day’ is a global health awareness day celebrated every year on
- 7th April. Note: The theme of this year is “Depression:
Let's Talk”, aims to mobilize action on depression.
11. The 'World Heritage Day' is being observed across the globe on
- 18th April. Note: The theme of 2017 is “Cultural
Heritage & Sustainable Tourism”.
12. The ‘National Panchayati Raj Diwas’ being observed every year across India
- 24th April. 13. The ‘World Malaria Day being observed every
year across the world on
- 25th April. 14. The 'World Intellectual Property Day' is
observed annually on - 26th April. Note: This year's theme of the day is:
‘Innovation – Improving Lives’. 15. International Labour Day observed is
observed annually on
– 1st May.
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16. The ‘National Technology Day’ is being celebrated every year on
– 11th May.
17. The National Anti-Terrorism Day is celebrated every year on in India
– 21st May
18. The World Biodiversity Day is observed every year across the world on
– 22th May.
19. The ‘International Day of United Nations
Peacekeepers’ observed on
– 29th May.
20. The World Environment Day (WED) observed every year across the world on
– 5th June.
Note: The theme for World Environment Day 2017 is "Connecting People to Nature" and the host country is Canada.
21. The World Oceans Day is observed every year on
– 8th June.
22. The World Day Against Child Labour is observed every year on
– 12th June.
23. The World Refugee Day (WRD) is observed every year on
– 20th June.
24. International Yoga Day is being celebrated
world-wide on --- 21st June
25. The theme of this year is "Yoga for Health",
to highlight the fact that yoga can contribute in a holistic way to achieving an equilibrium
between mind and body.
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