Curent Affairs

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 CURRENT AFFAIRS - PART I

 Israeli author David Grossman has won the Man Booker International Prize for
his novel “A Horse Walks Into a Bar“. David Grossman has become the first
Israeli author to win the Man Booker International Prize.
 Eminent scientist, former Chief of ISRO and Padma Vibhushan Dr. K.

Kasturirangan has been appointed Chairman of the 9 member committe tasked
with preparing the final draft of the National Education Policy.
 Gayarul Hasan, a social activist from Uttar Pradesh, will become the new
chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM).
 Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Jyoti will take charge as the Chief Election
Commissioner after Nasim Zaidi retires on July 6.
 World Health Assembly elects Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (ETHIOPIA) as

new WHO Director-General 23 May 2017.
 Mallikarjun Kharge set to become next Public Accounts Committee chairman.

{The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is a committee of selected
members of Parliament, constituted by the Parliament of India, for the
auditing of the revenue and the expenditure of the Government of India. The
PAC is formed every year with a strength of not more than 22 members of
which 15 are from Lok Sabha, and 7 from Rajya Sabha. Since 1967, the
chairman of the committee is selected from the opposition. Earlier, it was
headed by a member of the ruling party. The term of office of the members
is one year. The Chairman is appointed by the Speaker of Lok Sabha.}
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has picked IAS officer B Chandrakala to be the
director of his Swacch Bharat Mission.
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 Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar appointed new Director General of Central Reserve Police
Force (CRPF).
 Shri R K Pachnanda takes charge as Director General, ITBP.
 Pakistan’s diplomat Amjad Hussain B Sial on 1st March 2017 assumed office as
the Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
(SAARC).
 Renowned filmmaker Kasinathuni Viswanath (prominent name in Telugu

cinema) received the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award by President
Pranab Mukherjee at the 64th National Film Awards ceremony.
 Veteran actress- politician Hema Malini along with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan,
filmmaker Shoojit Sircar and Zeenat Aman bagged the Dadasaheb Phalke
Excellence Awards 2017.
 Kapil Sharma, Priyanka Chopra honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Academy

Award.
 Angela Merkel wins 4th term as chancellor of Germany.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated interstate multi-purpose Sardar

Sarovar Dam on Narmada River (Narmada dam project) at Kevadia, Gujarat to
the nation on occasion of his 67th birthday.
Sardar Sarovar Dam is the highest dam ever built in India and second
biggest concrete gravity dam in world in terms of volume after Grand
Coulee Dam in US.
 Defence Minister of INDIA - Nirmala Sitharaman (member of Rajya Sabha for

Karnataka).
 The Telangana government has signed an agreement with Microsoft India to

adopt cloud-based analytics solution for Rashtriya Bal Swasthya Karyakram, a
healthcare screening programme for children. And becomes the first state to
use Artificial Intelligence for eye care screening for children.

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 Chairman of Railway Board - Shri Ashwani Lohani.
 Rajiv Kumar takes charge as Niti Aayog vice-chairman.
 Venkaiah Naidu elected 13th Vice-President of India.
 Kenneth Juster as new US Ambassador to India.
 Halimah Yacob set to be Singapore's first female president.
 Senior IPS Officer Y C Modi Appointed as Director General of National

Investigation Agency (HQ New Delhi). YC Modi will succeed Sharad Kumar.
 India slipped 21 places on the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender
Gap index to ranked 108. Iceland (1st)
 Girija Devi known as “Queen of Thumri”.She was an Indian classical singer of

the Seniya and Banaras gharanas.
 India has a serious hunger problem and ranked 100th position among 119
countries on Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2017 report released by Washington-
based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). This year slipped by
three positions as compared to 97th rank in 2016 GHI.
 Former Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi takes over as Comptroller and Auditor
General (CAG).
 The Himachal Pradesh government on launched first-of-its-kind electric bus

service in the 51km-long stretch road between Manali and Rohtang Pass. The
bus service was flagged off by State Transport Minister GS Bali.
 The 9th BRICS (3-5th Sept) summit was held in Xiamen, China. The theme of the
summit was “Stronger Partnership for brighter Future”.
 US Defence Secretary- James Mattis.
 Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman flagged off the Navy’s all women Global
expedition- Navika Sagar Parikrama on 10th Sept 2017 by an all-women crew

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of Indian Navy aboard Indian Naval Sailing Vessel (INSV) Tarini from INS
Mandovi jetty in Goa. The first attempt by an Indian all-women crew to
circumnavigate the globe.
 Majuli, the world's biggest river island, is all set to become India's first carbon
neutral district. It is also now a biodiversity heritage site.
 Cheteshwar Pujara becomes first Indian to face 500 balls in test an innings.
 The Uttarakhand High Court on 20th March 2017 has given the status of "living
human entities" to the Ganga and Yamuna, two of India's most sacred rivers.
 Eminent Konkani writer Mahabaleshwar Sail has been honoured with the
Saraswati Samman 2016 for his novel ‘Hawthan’.
 M P Veerendra Kumar, the noted Malayalam author and journalist, has recently
bestowed with the 30th edition of Moortidevi award 2016 for his Malayalam
travelogue “Hymavathabhoovil”.
 Dharamshala is now officially the second Capital of Himachal Pradesh.
 Jammu & Kashmir CM Mahbooba Mufti declared to observe year 2017 as ‘Year
of Apple’ to promote the famous Kashmiri apple in domestic and overseas
markets.
 India’s first floating elementary school named Loktak Elementary Floating

School was inaugurated at Langolsabi Leikai of Champu Khangpok floating
village on Loktak Lake in Manipur.
 India has launched the world’s first Braille Atlas for visually impaired persons.
The special edition of the “Atlas for Visually Impaired (India)” in English Braille
has been prepared by National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation
(NATMO) under the Department of Science &Technology.
 China has built Longyangxia Dam Solar Park, the world’s biggest solar park.

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 The Arunachal Pradesh government has launched a special scheme “Dulari

Kanya” to check infant mortality in the state on the occasion of the 68th
Republic Day on January 26, 2017.
 Ireland is set to become the First Country to Completely Stop Funding Fossil
Fuels.
 French mathematician Yves Meyer has won the prestigious 2017 Abel Prize.
 Tanushree Pareek became the first woman combat officer to be commissioned

in the 51-year history of the BSF, the country's largest border guarding force.
 Archaeologists Find World's Largest Capstone in Telangana.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the 9.2 km long Chenani-Nashri
all-weather road tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.The longest
road tunnel in South Asia is the country’s first and the world 6th road tunnel with
a Transverse Ventilation System.It is also known as ‘Patnitop Tunnel’.
 Andhra Pradesh (AP) has become the first Indian state to join the Centre's
UDAY (Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana) scheme.
 The biggest river festival of India “Namami Brahmaputra” has started in 21

districts of Assam on March 31, 2017. President Pranab Mukherjee has
inaugurated.
 Kanha Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh became first tiger reserve in India to
officially introduce a mascot named ‘Bhoorsingh the Barasingha’, to create a
better connect with its visitors, especially the younger generation.
 The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on 3rd July 2017
successfully test-fired an indigenously developed Quick Reaction Surface-to-
Air-Missile (QRSAM).
The missile was flight tested from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in
Chandipur, off Odisha Coast.
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 The 21st edition of the Malabar exercise (Malabar-17) saw the participation of
US, India and Japan in the Bay of Bengal.
 Ahmedabad, a walled city founded by Sultan Ahmed Shah in 15th century has
been declared as a India’s first World Heritage City at the 41st session of
UNESCO's world heritage committee being held at Krakow in Poland.
 Okinoshima in south-western 'Men only’ Japanese island gets UNESCO world

heritage listing.
 The Odisha state government has formally issued gazette notification renaming
the outer Wheeler island in Bhadrak district as APJ Abdul Kalam island as a
tribute to the former president of India on his second death anniversary.
 Germany win Confederations Cup after beating Chile 1-0 in the final.
 England clinches ICC Women’s World Cup 2017 beating India at Lord’s Ground.
 Maharashtra has become the first state to enact law against social boycott a
crime after President Pranab Mukherjee cleared the legislation.
 India has been ranked low 116 out of 157 nations on the 2017 Sustainable
Development Goal. Sweden (1st).
 The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, 27th July 2017 inaugurated the Dr. APJ
Abdul Kalam memorial at Rameswaram in Tamilnadu.
 Supreme Court strike down Sec 66A of IT act.
 Renowned Hindi littérateur Krishna Sobti has been chosen for this year’s
Jnanpith Award, the Jnanpith Selection Board announced on 3rd Nov 2017.

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 Kerala’s Alappuzha among 5 global cities in the world that have been
recognized by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) list to
successfully manage solid waste.
 Finally in its fifth attempt Defence Research and Development Organisation

(DRDO) achieved yet another feat on 7th nov 2017 with the successful test flight
of ‘NIRBHAY’ - India’s first indigenously designed and developed Long Range
Sub-Sonic Cruise Missile which can be deployed from multiple platforms. It was
successfully test fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur,
Odisha.The missile, with a strike range of 1,000 kilometer, was test-fired from a
specially-designed launcher.
The cruise missile is expected to supplement the Indo-Russian joint venture
supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, which can carry warheads up to 290
kilometer.
 2017 set to be hottest non El Niño year on record: UNWTO.
 The Sri Ranganathaswamy temple at Srirangam in Tamil Nadu has won UNESCO
Asia-Pacific award for cultural heritage conservation programme in the
Awards of Merit category.
 In August 2017, The Geographical Indications Registry (GIR) has granted

geographical indication (GI) status to Gobindobhog rice, a speciality from
Burdwan district of WB.
In Nov 2017, The Geographical Indication Registry (GIR) has given
Geographical Indication (GI) tag traditional Etikoppaka toys (Etikoppaka
Bommalu) from Andhra Pradesh.
In feb Kerala’s Nilambur teak known internationally for its superior timber
quality and elegant appearance will be added to the list of Kerala produces
with the Geographical Indication (GI) tag.
Four traditional sweet delicacies of WB are Moa of Jainagar, Sarpuria of
Krishnagar, and Mihidana and Sitabhog of Burdwan get GI tag.
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 The 23rd annual conference of the parties (COP) under the UN Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) kicked off in Bonn, Germany on 6
November 2017 with the aim to hold to the path of the Paris Climate Change
Agreement.
India’s theme for COP 23 is ‘Conserving Now, Preserving Future’.
 Official ball of 2018 FIFA world Cup name TELSTAR
 Researchers have discovered a new species of ant [Tyrannomyrmex alii (or T.

alii)] in the Western Ghats, recognised as one of the world’s ‘hottest hotspots’
of biological diversity.
The new species was found in the Periyar Tiger Reserve.
 Sikkim India’s First ODF State Even before Swachh Bharat Was Launched.
Nadia as the first Open Defecation Free (ODF) district in the country.
 Chennai named UNESCO Creative City for contribution to music.
 Mary Kom strikes gold at Asian Women’s Boxing Championships 48kg category
by defeating North Korea’s Kim Hyang Mi.
 Montenegro becomes NATO’s 29th member amid opposition from Russia.
 Sharjah has been crowned with the prestigious the World Book Capital for 2019
by UNESCO.
2018 – Athens
 Habibganj, Bhopal will be India's first private railway station.
 India has been re-elected to the UN’s principal organ on economic, social and
environmental (ECOSOC) issues for another three-year term.
 বর্তমানে আমানের রানযে 5 টি প্রশাসনেক নবভাগ ও 23 টি জযলা গটির্ রনেনে। যথা

১) বর্মান
ধ ববভাগ। (জেলা 4 টি- হুগবল, পশ্চিম বর্মান,
ধ পূব বর্
ধ মান,
ধ বীরভূ ম)

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২) েলপাইগুবি ববভাগ (জেলা 5টি- আবলপুরদুয়ার, জ াচববহার, দাশ্চেবধ লিং, েলপাইগুবি,

াবলম্পিং)
৩) জেবিডেশ্চি ববভাগ (জেলা 5টি- হাওিা, ল াতা, নবদয়া,উত্তর ও দবিণ ২৪ পরগনা)
৪) মালদা ববভাগ। (জেলা 4 টি- মালদা, মুবশদাবাদ,
ধ উত্তর ও দবিণ বদনােপুর)
৫) জমবদনীপুর ববভাগ (জেলা 5 টি- পুব ধ জমবদনীপুর,পশ্চিম জমবদনীপুর , পুরুবলয়া, ঝািগ্রাম,
বাাঁ ু িা)
 Telstar 18 - the Official Match Ball for the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Mascot: Xabivaka (A Russian wolf who radiates fun,charm and confidence).
Host country Russia from June 14 to July 15, 2018
 9th G 20 Meeting 2014 – Brisbane, Australia

10th G 20 Meeting 2015 – Antalya, Turkey
11th G 20 Meeting 2016 – Hangzhou, China
12th G 20 Meeting 2017 – Hamburg, Germany (India represented by PM Modi)
13th G 20 Meeting 2018 – Argentina, Buenos Aires
 China set up naval base in Africa.
 India's first mission to the Sun “Aditya-L1 mission” scheduled for 2019: ISRO
 Bareilly's SUBHANGI SWAROOP on Wednesday become the first ever female

pilot to be inducted into Indian navy.
Swaroop who has been appointed in the NAVAL ARMAMENT INSPECTION (NAI)
branch, will now undergo pilot training at Dundigal Airforce academy near
Hyderabad.
 Banaganapalle mangoes get GI tag :

▪ The famous Banaganapalle mangoes of Andhra Pradesh and Tulaipanji rice
of West Bengal are among the seven commodities that have been granted
Geographical Indication (GI) this fiscal year by the Indian patent office.
▪ The other five products which have received the GI tag this year include
Pochampally Ikat of Telangana; Gobindobhog rice of West Bengal; Durgi stone

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carvings and Etikoppaka toys of Andhra Pradesh; and Chakshesang shawl of

Nagaland.
 Dalveer Bhandari re-elected to International Court of Justice.
 Afghanistan U-19 cricket team has clinched the 2017 Asian Cricket Council
(ACC) Under-19 Asia Cup tournament by defeating Pakistan in the final by 185-
run at the Kinrara Academy Oval in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on November 19,
2017. It is their first Asia Cup title.
 Dr Manmohan Singh, the former Prime Minister of India, will be honoured with
the 2017 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for his
leadership of the country between 2004 and 2014 and for enhancing India’s
stature globally.
 Manushi Chillar from India, the damsel from Haryana, has won the coveted Miss
World 2017 pageant at a glitzy event in Sanya, China.
Chillar is the 6th Indian to become Miss World, following in the footsteps of
Bollywood actresses Priyanka Chopra and Aishwarya Rai. Aishwarya had bagged
the title in 1994, followed by Diana Haydon in 1997, Yukta Mookhey in 1999 and
Priyanka in 2000.
 South Africa’s Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters (22) was crowned Miss Universe 2017 at
pageant held at The AXIS at Planet Hollywood in Las Vegas, Nevada, United
States.
 The National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH) is observing the

Communal Harmony Campaign and Fund Raising Week from November 19-25,
2017 and the Flag Day was celebrated on 24th Nov 2017 with enthusiasm and
fervour.
 The National Law Day-2017 will be celebrated jointly by the Law Commission of
India and NITI Aayog on 25th-26th November at Vigyan Bhawan in the capital.

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 Defence of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Exercise (DANX) was conducted

under the aegis of Andaman & Nicobar Command. The five day exercise started
on 20 Nov 2017 and culminated on 24 Nov 2017.
 The 3rd India-United Kingdom joint army training exercise 'Ajeya Warrior' will
be conducted in Rajasthan from 1st - 14th December.
 Former Planning Commission Member NK Singh appointed chairman of 15th

Finance Commission.
15th commission commencing from 1st April 2020 till 31st March 2025.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump’s advisor and
daughter Ivanka Trump jointly inaugurated 8th annual Global
Entrepreneurship Summit (GES 2017) in Hyderabad, Telangana.
The theme for 2017 GES is “Women First, Prosperity for All”.
 The India Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is set to launch first solar
mission Aditya-L1 in 2019. It will be India’s first dedicated scientific mission to
study sun.
 Indian men’s and women’s kabaddi teams were both crowned the champions
of Asia at the 2017 Asian Kabaddi Championship, in Gorgan, Iran.
Indian women’s team beat South Korea AND Indian men’s team beat Pakistan.
 Mirabai Chanu became the first Indian in over two decades to win a gold medal
at the World Weightlifting Championship in Anaheim, USA.
 Lilly Singh, an Indian-origin Canadian YouTube star, has been appointed as the
new UNICEF’s Global Goodwill Ambassador at a special event in New Delhi.
 The Matunga railway station has become the India’s first station to be run by
all women staff.
 Telangana State will have eco-friendly bridges over a canal cutting across the
tiger corridor linking the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in the

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Chandrapur district of Maharashtra with the forests in Telangana’s Kumram

Bheem Asifabad district.
 Dr. Udupi Ramachandra Rao (85) [U R Rao], the internationally acclaimed space
scientist and former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman, has
passed away in Bengaluru, Karnataka on July 24, 2017.
 The Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC) has become the world’s first
completely ‘green’ Metro system.
 According to 2017 Dell Women Entrepreneur Cities (WE Cities) index,

Bengaluru (40th) and Delhi (49th) are the only Indian cities among the top 50
global cities that foster high-potential women entrepreneurs.
The list is topped by New York.
 Bolivia has recently declared total independence from IMF and World Bank.
 India celebrated its 68th Republic Day on January 26, 2017 with the theme “Skill
India and Beti Bachao Beti Padhao”.
This year, Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
was the Chief Guest of the official ceremony.
 India is hosting the 2016 Asian Ministerial Conference for Disaster Risk
Reduction (AMCDRR) from November 3 to 5, 2016 in New Delhi. This will be
second time India hosting AMCDRR.
 The 3-day International Hindu Conference has started in Kathmandu, Nepal

with the theme of ‘Emerging spiritualism: Renaissance of Hinduism’ on August
31, 2017.
 New Delhi was organized the world Conference on Environment 2017.
 The Union Ministry of Power launched Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar
Yojana (SAUBHAGYA) in Manipur.

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 Lanura in Budgam district has become the first village in Jammu and Kashmir
to go ‘cashless’.
 Helen Marten, a young UK artist was honoured with the Turner Prize 2016.
 Deep depression intensifies into cyclone Ockhi, likely to cause heavy rain in
Tamil Nadu, Kerala

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 AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS RECIPIENTS
1 Man Booker International Prize 2017 Israeli author David Grossman [novel “A Horse
Walks Into a Bar“]
2 Saraswati Samman 2016 Noted Konkani author Mahabaleshwar Sail
novel ‘Hawthan’
3 30th edition of Moortidevi award 2016 M P Veerendra Kumar [Malayalam travelogue
“Hymavathabhoovil”]
4 Jnanpith Award 2017 Renowned Hindi littérateur Krishna Sobti
5 52nd Jnanpith Award 2016 Prof. Sankha Ghosh
6 Vyas Samman 2016 Renowned Hindi litterateur and playwright
Surendra Verma (novel Kaatna Shami
KaVriksha Padma Pankhuri Ki Dhar Se)
7 Bharatiya Jananpith Navlekhan award 2016 Hindi writers
Shraddha (short story ‘Hawa Mein Phadphadati
Chitthi’)
Ghyansham Kumar Devansh (poem ‘Akash
Mein Deh‘)
8 Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament Dr Manmohan Singh
and Development 2017
9 Abel Prize 2017 Yves Meyer, a French mathematician
10 Miss World 2017 Manushi Chillar [India]
11 Miss Universe 2017 South Africa’s Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters
12 Miss Universe 2016 Iris Mittenaere
13 Peace prize by UNESCO The Giuseppina (Giusi) Nicolini (mayor of the
Italian island of Lampedusa)
14 Dada Saheb Phalke award Renowned filmmaker Kasinathuni Viswanath
(prominent name in Telugu cinema)
15 India’s first World Heritage City Ahmedabad

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16 UNESCO award for cultural heritage The Sri Ranganathaswamy temple at Srirangam
in Tamil Nadu
17 UNESCO Creative City for contribution to Chennai
music
18 The Best FIFA Men’s Player Award 2017 Cristiano Ronaldo
The Best FIFA Women’s Player Award 2017 Lieke Martens
19 The Best FIFA Men’s Player Award 2016 Cristiano Ronaldo
The Best FIFA Women’s Player Award 2016 Carli Lloyd (US)
20 74th Golden Globe Awards La La Land, an American romantic musical
comedy-drama film
21 70th British Academy Film Awards
Best Film La La Land
Best Director Damien Chazelle (La La Land)
Best Actor Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
Best Actress Emma Stone (La La Land)
22 89th Academy Award (Oscar Award)
Best Picture (Movie) Moonlight
Best Actress Emma Stone (La La Land)
Best Actor Casey Affleck (Manchester By The Sea)
23 64th National Awards - List of winners
Best FEATURE FILM Kasaav (Marathi)
BEST FILM ON SOCIAL ISSUES Pink (Hindi)
BEST ACTOR Akshay Kumar {Rustom (Hindi)}
BEST ACTRESS Surabhi C.M (Malayalam)
24 59th Grammy Awards 2017
Album of the Year Adele,25
Song of the Year Adele,’Hello’
25 Art Cinema Award in the Forum Segment at Indian Cinema movie “Newton”
the 67th Berlin International Film Festival
26 “intangible cultural heritage” by UNESCO Sitalpati or cool mat from the Cooch Behar
district
27 United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) International Year of Sustainable Tourism for
has declared the year 2017 Development

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27 e-Governance awards for Excellence under Rajasthan and Telangana

the state category
28 Sportsman of the Year (Laureus World Jamaica’s sprinter Usain Bolt
Awards)
29 Pulitzer prize in Fiction Colson Whitehead (for The Underground
Railroad)
30 Padma Shri Award received at her home 91 year old gynaecologist Dr Bhakti Yadav
(Indore)
31 Miss Teen Universe 2017 at Managua Srishti Kaur of India
32 UN Messenger of Peace Malala Yousoufzai
33 Winners of Ramon Magsaysay Awards 2017 Yoshiaki Ishizawa (Japan)
GethsieShanmugam (Sri Lanka)
Abdon Nababan (Indonesia)
Tony Tay (Singapore)
Ms. Lilia de Lima (Philippines)
Philippine Educational Theatre Association
(Philippines)
34 Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award Priyanka Chopra
35 Hindu Playwright Award 2017 Gerish Khemani and Akshat Nigam (play ‘In
Search of Dariya Sagar’)
36 Hugo Award for Best Novel 2017 African-American author Nora K. Jemisin (‘The
Obelisk Gate’)
37 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (recommended) Devendra Jhajharia [Para Athletics]
Sardar Sing [Hockey]
38 Man Booker Prize 2017 US author George Saunders for his novel
‘Lincoln in the Bardo’
39 Vayalar award 2017 Noted Novelist T D Radhakrishnan
40 UNESCO heritage award for cultural heritage Royal Opera House at Mumbai
conservation
41 Topped Forbes' 100 Most Powerful Women German Chancellor Angela Merkel (7th
list consecutive year)

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42 NOBLE PRIZE 2017 WINNERS

Physics For decisive contributions to the LIGO
Rainer Weiss (US) detector and the observation of gravitational
Barry C. Barish (US) waves.
Kips S. Thorne (US)
Chemistry For developing cryo-electron microscopy for

Jacques Dubochet(Switzerland) the high-resolution structure determination
Joachim Frank (Germany) of biomolecules in solution.
Richard Henderson (Scotland)
Medicine/Physiology For their discoveries of molecular

Jeffrey C. Hall mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm.
Michael Rosbah
Michael W. Young
"who, in novels of great emotional force, has
Literature uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory
Kazuo Ishigoru (Britan) sense of connection with the world".
Known for his novel ‘The Remains of the Day’
Peace
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear its work to draw attention to the catastrophic
Weapons (ICAN) - Geneva, Switzerland humanitarian consequences of any use of
nuclear weapons
Economics work on behavioral economics

Richard H. Thaler (USA)
43 38th edition of Sarala award 2017 Noted Odia poet and short story writer Banaj
Devi (short story compilation Kathapua)

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 India's Rankings in Different Indices 2017

Index Position of India Top Ranked Country
1 Global Passport Power Rank -2017 75 1. Singapore
2. Germany
2 Human Development Index -2017 131 1. Norway
2. Australia
3 Ease of Doing Business Index 2018 100 1.New Zealand
2.Singapore
4 Global Competitiveness Index 2017 40 1.Switzerland
2.USA
5 Global Talent Index 92 1.Switzerland
2.Singapore
6 Global Human Capital index 2017 103 1. Norway
2.Finland
7 Global Hunger Index 2017 100 1. Argentina
2.Bosnia
8 Global Innovation Index 2016 60 1.Switzerland
2.Sweden
9 Global Peace Index (GPI) 2017 137 1.Iceland
2.NewZealand
10 Global Slavery Index 2016 4 1.North Korea
2.Uzbekistan
11 Global Talent Competitiveness 89 1.Switzerland
Index 2017 2.Singapore
12 Intellectual Property Index 2017 43 1.USA
2.UK
13 Logistics Performance Index 2016 35 1.Germany
2.Luxembourg

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14 Global Human Capital Index 103 1. Norway

2.Finland
15 Sustainable Development Goal 116 1. Sweden
Index 2017 2.Denmark
16 Economic Freedom Index 2017 143 1.Hong Kong
2.Singapore
17 World Happiness Index 2017 122 1.Norway
2.Denmark
18 World Press Freedom Index 2017 136 1.Norway
2.Sweden
19 World Risk Index 2016 77 1.Island state of Vanuatu
2.Tonga
20 Global Travel and Tourism Index- 40 1.Spain
2017 2.France
21 Global Corruption perception 79 1.New Zealand & Denmark
index-2017 2.Finland
22 World’s most valuable nation 7
brands Report
22 Global Connectivity Index 2017 43 Topped by USA
24 Global Resilience Index 2017 60 1.Switzerland
2.Luxembourg
25 WEF’s Inclusive Growth and 60 1.Lithuania
Development Report 2017
26 FDI Confidence Index 8 1.USA
27 Global Cybersecurity Index 2017 23rd 1.Singapore
2.USA

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 DEFENCE ORGANISATIONS AND NEW APPOINTMENTS

DEFENCE ORGANISATIONS NEW APPOINTMENTS
1
27th Chief of Army Staff (CoAS) of Indian Lt.General Bipin Rawat
Army
2
22nd Chief of the Air Staff (CoAS) of the Air Chief Marshal Birender
Indian Air Force Singh Dhanoa
3
23rd Chiefs of the Naval Staff Admiral Sunil Lanba
4
Director General of Sashastra Seema Bal Rajni Kant Mishra
(SSB)
5
29th Chief of the Indo-Tibetan Border R K Pachnanda
Police (ITBP)
6
Chief of Research and Analysis Wing Anil Dhasmana
(RAW)
7
Director-General of the Central Reserve Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar
Police Force (CRPF)
8
BSF woman field officer Tanushree Pareek
9
1st woman to be inducted as Pilot in Shubhangi Swaroop
Indian Navy

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 National Institution for Transforming India, Government of India

(NITI Aayog)
1 Chairperson Shri Narendra Modi, Hon'ble Prime Minister
2 Vice Chairperson Dr. Rajiv Kumar
3 Full-Time Members  Dr. Bibek Debroy
 Shri V.K. Saraswat
 Prof. Ramesh Chand
 Dr. V. K. Paul
4 Ex-officio Members  Shri Rajnath Singh, Minister of Home
Affairs
 Shri Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance; and

Minister of Corporate Affairs
 Shri Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Railways
 Shri Radha Mohan Singh, Minister of

Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
5 Special Invitees  Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari, Minister of
Road Transport and Highways; and
Minister of Shipping
 Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot,Minister of

Social Justice and Empowerment
 Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister of

Textiles
6 Chief Executive Officer Shri Amitabh Kant

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 GOOD & SERVICES TAX (GST) COUNCIL MEMBERS

PORTFOLIO MEMBER OF GST COUNCIL
1 Chairperson (Finance Minister) Shri Arun Jaitley

2 Union Minister of State, in-charge Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla
of Revenue of finance
3 GST Finance ministers panel Amit mishra
chairman
4 GST Commissioner Upendra gupta
5 GST facilitation cell headed by Sudhansu sekhar das
6 GST ambassador Amitabh Bacchhan
7 GST Recommended by Vijay kelkar
8 Goods & Service Tax Network Prakash kumar
(GSTN) CEO
9 GSTN chairman Naveen kumar
10 GSTN executive vice president Kajal singh
11 GSTN implemented by Infosys

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 INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION AND NEW APPOINTMENTS

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION NEW APPOINTMENTS
1
SAARC Secretary General Amjad Hussain B. Sial
(PAKISTAN)
2
United States Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster
3
United States Secretary of Defense James Mattis
4
US Regulatory Affairs Office Neomi Rao (Indian-origin
Lawyer)
5
National Security Advisor (United States) Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster
6
Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar
7
President of the European Council Donald Tusk
8
Pakistan's new High Commissioner to Sohail Mahmood
India
9
First Women Foreign Secretary of Pakistan Tehmina Janjua
10
Permanent Representative to Geneva UN Rajiv Kumar Chander
offices from INDIA
11
Ambassador to the European Union Gaitri Issar Kumar
12
Chairman of World Gold Council David Harquail
13
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray
14
First Hindu in Pakistan's Cabinet in 20 Darshan Lal
years
15
Executive Director of World Bank S.Aparna

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16
First female Sikh MP to be elected to the Preet Gill
UK's Houses of Parliament
17
Chief of United Nations Counter Terrorism Russian Diplomat Vladimir
Centre Voronkov
18
Chairman of FIFA Governance Committee Justice Mudgal
19
Vice-president of the FIFA U-17 World Cup Union Minister Babul
organizing committee Supriyo
20
Speaker of US House of Representatives Paul Ryan
21
President of FIFA Gianni Infantino
22
Director of Central Intelligence Agency Mike Pompeo
23
Deputy Director General of WHO Dr. Soumya Swaminathan
of India AND Jane Ellison of
the UK
24
Director General World Trade Roberto Azevedo
Organization
25
President of US-India Business Council Nisha Desai Biswal
(USIBC)
26
Chief of Naval Staff, Pakistan Admiral Zafar Mahmood
Abbasi

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 INDIAN ORGANISATIONS & NEW APPOINTMENTS

INDIAN ORGANISATIONS NEW APPOINTMENTS
1 14th President of India Ram Nath Kovind
2
13th Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu
3
Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore
4
Attorney General of India K K Venugopal
5
Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) of India Rajiv Mehrishi
6
Senior-most judge of the Supreme Court as the next Justice Dipak Misra
Chief Justice of India
7
19th Chief Minister of Nagaland TR Zeliang
8
NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar
9
Chairman of the Railway Board Ashwani Lohani
10
Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Ajay Tyagi
(SEBI)
11
Chairman of the Union Public Service Commission Prof David R Syiemlieh
(UPSC)
12
Secretary of the Central Board of Secondary Education Anurag Tripathy
(CBSE)
13
Chairman of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) Prasoon Joshi
14
Chairperson of Film and Television Institute of India Anupam Kher
15
Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation Alok Kumar Verma
16
Director-General (DG) of National Investigation Agency Y C Modi
(NIA)

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17
Director General (DG) of National Disaster Response Sanjay Kumar
Force (NDRF)
18
Chief of Intelligence Bureau (IB) Rajiv Jain
19
Chairman & Managing Director of NHPC Balraj Joshi
20
Chairman of National Payments Corporation of India B.Sambamurthy
(NPCI)
21
Chairperson of National Authority Chemical Weapons Inder Jit Singh
Convention (NACWC)
22
Chairman of SBI Rajnish Kumar
23 Chairman of RBI’s task force on Public Credit Registry for Y.M.Deosthalee
INDIA
24 Executive Director (ED) of RBI Surekha Marandi
25 Re-appointed as a member of the Eastern local board of Nachiket Mor
the Reserve Bank
26 Chairman of Press Trust of India Viveck Goenka
27 Vice-chairman of PTI N Ravi
28 NSE Chief Vikram Limaye
29 Chief of Copyrights office Hoshiar Singh
30 DRDO chief Dr.S.Christopher
31 Chancellor of Nalanda University Dr. Vijay Bhatkar (architect
of India's first
supercomputer Param)
32 Gorkha Territorial Administration Chairman Binay Tamang
33 Men’s hockey coach Sjoerd Marijne
34 Women’s hockey coach Harendra Singh
35 1st woman President of NASSCOM in 2018 Debjani Ghosh
36 Country Director for India- Twitter Taranjeet Singh
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37 India’s first transgender police officer Tamilnadu Police K. Prithika Yashini

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OTHERS NEW APPOINTMENTS

1
Chief Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Jyoti
2
Public’s Account Committee Chairman Mallikarjun Kharge
3
Chief of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence Debi Prasad Dash
4
Chairman of the 9 member committee on the K.Katurirangan
National Education Policy
5
Chairperson of the National Commission for Gayarul Hasan
Minorities (NCM)
6
Chairman of the National Commission for Nand Kumar Sai
Scheduled Tribes
7
Director of PM Modi’s Swacch Bharat Mission B Chandrakala
8
Principal Economic Adviser in the Ministry of Economist Sanjeev Sanyal
Finance
9
Chief Economic Adviser to Government of India Arvind Subramanian
10
Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Garg
11
Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba
12
Secretary in the expenditure department in the Ajay Narayan Jha
Finance Ministry
13
Corporate affairs secretary in the Finance Injeti Srinivas
Ministry
14
Sports Secretary Rahul Prasad Bhatnagar
15
Secretary of AYUSH Ministry Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha
16
Finance Secretary Hashmukh Adhia

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 UN ORGANISATIONS AND THEIR HEAD & HEADQUARTER
ORGANISATIONS HEAD HEADQUARTER

1 World Health Organization Dr Tedros Adhanom Geneva, Switzerland
Ghebreyesus (ETHIOPIA)
2 United Nations António Guterres New York City
(Secretary‑General)
3 International Court of Justice Ronny Abraham (President) The Hague,
Netherlands
4 International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde Washington, D.C.,
United States
5 United Nations Educational, Audrey Azoulay Paris, France
Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO)
6 International Labour Guy Ryder Geneva, Switzerland
Organization
7 World Bank Group Jim Y. Kim Washington, D.C.,
United States
8 Food and Agriculture José Graziano da Silva Rome, Italy
Organization (Director General)

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 CURRENT AFFAIRS - PART I

 Eminent scientist, former Chief of ISRO and Padma Vibhushan Dr. K.

 World Health Assembly elects Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (ETHIOPIA) as

 Mallikarjun Kharge set to become next Public Accounts Committee chairman.

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 Shri R K Pachnanda takes charge as Director General, ITBP.

 Renowned filmmaker Kasinathuni Viswanath (prominent name in Telugu

 Kapil Sharma, Priyanka Chopra honoured with Dadasaheb Phalke Academy

 Angela Merkel wins 4th term as chancellor of Germany.

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated interstate multi-purpose Sardar

 Defence Minister of INDIA - Nirmala Sitharaman (member of Rajya Sabha for

 The Telangana government has signed an agreement with Microsoft India to

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 Chairman of Railway Board - Shri Ashwani Lohani.

 Rajiv Kumar takes charge as Niti Aayog vice-chairman.

 Venkaiah Naidu elected 13th Vice-President of India.

 Kenneth Juster as new US Ambassador to India.

 Halimah Yacob set to be Singapore's first female president.

 Senior IPS Officer Y C Modi Appointed as Director General of National

 Girija Devi known as “Queen of Thumri”.She was an Indian classical singer of

 The Himachal Pradesh government on launched first-of-its-kind electric bus

 US Defence Secretary- James Mattis.

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 Dharamshala is now officially the second Capital of Himachal Pradesh.

 India’s first floating elementary school named Loktak Elementary Floating

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 The Arunachal Pradesh government has launched a special scheme “Dulari

 Tanushree Pareek became the first woman combat officer to be commissioned

 Archaeologists Find World's Largest Capstone in Telangana.

 The biggest river festival of India “Namami Brahmaputra” has started in 21

 Okinoshima in south-western 'Men only’ Japanese island gets UNESCO world

 Supreme Court strike down Sec 66A of IT act.

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 Finally in its fifth attempt Defence Research and Development Organisation

 2017 set to be hottest non El Niño year on record: UNWTO.

 In August 2017, The Geographical Indications Registry (GIR) has granted

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 Official ball of 2018 FIFA world Cup name TELSTAR

 Researchers have discovered a new species of ant [Tyrannomyrmex alii (or T.

 Chennai named UNESCO Creative City for contribution to music.

 Montenegro becomes NATO’s 29th member amid opposition from Russia.

 Habibganj, Bhopal will be India's first private railway station.

 বর্তমানে আমানের রানযে 5 টি প্রশাসনেক নবভাগ ও 23 টি জযলা গটির্ রনেনে। যথা

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২) েলপাইগুবি ববভাগ (জেলা 5টি- আবলপুরদুয়ার, জ াচববহার, দাশ্চেবধ লিং, েলপাইগুবি,

 9th G 20 Meeting 2014 – Brisbane, Australia

 China set up naval base in Africa.

 Bareilly's SUBHANGI SWAROOP on Wednesday become the first ever female

 Banaganapalle mangoes get GI tag :

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carvings and Etikoppaka toys of Andhra Pradesh; and Chakshesang shawl of

 Dalveer Bhandari re-elected to International Court of Justice.

 The National Foundation for Communal Harmony (NFCH) is observing the

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 Defence of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Exercise (DANX) was conducted

 Former Planning Commission Member NK Singh appointed chairman of 15th

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Chandrapur district of Maharashtra with the forests in Telangana’s Kumram

 According to 2017 Dell Women Entrepreneur Cities (WE Cities) index,

 The 3-day International Hindu Conference has started in Kathmandu, Nepal

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