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 Ashok Malik - Press Secretary to Ram Nath Kovind

(President-elect)
 Bilal Dar - Srinagar's civic Ambassador
 1st July - National Doctor's Day
 Brenda Hale - 1st Female President, UK supreme
 1st July - International Joke Day
court
 1st July - Chartered Accountants' Day (India)
 Carrie Lam - 1st Female Chief Executive, Hong Kong
 1st July (1st Saturday) - International Day of
 Catherine Marchi-Uhel (France) - Head of the
Cooperatives
International, Impartial and Independent Mechanism
 2nd July - International Sports Journalists Day
(for Syria)
 3rd July - International Plastic Bag Free Day
 Debi Prasad Dash - Director General, Directorate of
 4th July - American Independence Day
Revenue Intelligence (DG-DRI)
 6th July - World Zoonosis Day
 Farzaneh Sharafbani - CEO, Iran National Airline (1st
 7th July - Global Forgiveness Day
female)
 7th July - World Chocolate Day
 Gopal Baglay - Joint Secretary, Prime Minister's
 10th July - Independence Day of The Bahamas
Office (PMO)
 11th July - World Population Day
 Gopal Prasad Parajuli - Chief Justice, Nepal
 12th July - Malala Day
 John Joseph - Director General, Goods and Services
 12th July - 34th Foundation Day of NABARD
Tax Intelligence (DG GSTI)
 15th July - World Youth Skills Day
 Julie Payette - Governor General-designate, Canada
 17th July - World Day for International Justice
 Kamal Haasan - Ambassador, Tamil Thalaivas
 17th July - World Emoji Day
(Kabaddi team)
 18th July - International Mandela Day
 Kewal Handa - Non-Executive Chairman, Union Bank
 19th July - Burmese Martyrs' Day
of India
 20th July - Colombian Independence Day
 Khaltmaa Battulga - President, Mongolia
 21st July - Belgian National Day
 K K Venugopal - 15th Attorney General of India
 22nd July - Pi Approximation Day
 Leslie Thng - Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Vistara
 23rd July - National Broadcasting Day Airline
 26th July - 18th Kargil Vijay Diwas  Lilly Singh - UNICEF's Goodwill Ambassador
 28th July - World Hepatitis Day  Lord Mervyn Davies - Chairman, UK India Business
 29th July - International Tiger Day Council (UKIBC)
 30th July - World Day Against Trafficking in Persons  Mahesh Senanayake - New Army Chief, Sri Lanka
 Melwyn Rego - MD & CEO, Syndicate Bank
 Mukesh Kumar Jain - MD & CEO, Oriental Bank of
Commerce
 Aarthi Subramanian - Chief Digital Officer, Tata Sons  N Chandrasekaran - Chairman, Tata Global
 Abhay Krishna - Head, Indian Army’s Eastern Beverages Limited (TGBL)
Command  Narendra Singh Tomar - Minister of Urban
 Achal Kumar Joti - Chief Election Commissioner Development
(CEC), India  Natarajan Chandrasekaran - Chairman, Tata Global
 Amitabh Bachchan - Goodwill Ambassador, UNICEF Beverages
 Ana Brnabic - Prime Minister, Serbia  Ned Segal - Chief Financial Officer, Twitter
 Arbind Modi, Bajrang DassVishnoi- Members,  Nitish Kumar - Chief Minister, Bihar
Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)
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 Pradeep Kumar Rawat - Indian Ambassador to  T R Zeliang - Chief Minister, Nagaland

Indonesia  Vikramajit Sen - Chairperson, Broadcasting Content
 R K Pachnanda - Director General, Indo-Tibetan Complaints Council (BCCC)
Border Police (ITBP)  Vikram Limaye - MD & CEO, National Stock Exchange
 Rajkiran Rai G - MD & CEO, Union Bank of India
 Ram Nath Kovind - 14th President of India
 Raninder Singh - President, National Rifle Association
of India (NRAI)  Chester Bennington - Vocalist, Linkin Park (American
 Ravi Shastri - Chief coach, Indian cricket Team Rock band)
 Raveesh Kumar - Spokesperson, Ministry of External  Dharam Singh - Former Karnataka Chief Minister
Affairs  John Heard - Hollywood Actor
 RP Sanjiv Goenka - Chairman, Board of Governors  K. E. Mammen - Freedom fighter [Quit India
IIT-Kharagpur Movement]
 Saima Wazed Hossain - WHO's Goodwill Ambassador  Liu Xiaobo - Chinese Nobel Peace Laureate
for Autism in South-East Asia region  Mangesh Tendulkar - India's Noted Cartoonist
 Sandeep Chakravorty - Head, Indian consulate in  Martin Landau - Oscar-winning Hollywood Actor
New York (USA)  Maryam Mirzakhani - world's 1st Woman & 1St
 Sanjay Gupta - Head of Marketing, Uber India Iranian to win the Fields Medal for mathematics
 Sanjay Gupta - Chairman, Indian Institute of  Minaketan Das - Odia Actor
Management Amritsar  Sumita Sanyal - Bollywood Actress
 Sanjay Kothari - Secretary to Ram Nath Kovind  Udupi Ramachandra Rao - Former Chief of ISRO
(President-elect) [Man behind India's 1st Satellite Aryabhatta]
 Sanjay Kumar - Director General (DG), National  Yash Pa - Renowned Scientist
Disaster Response Force (NDRF)
 Sanjiv Goenka - Chairman, IIT Kharagpur
 Shanmugh Natarajan - Head, Adobe Systems (India)
 Shahid Khaqan Abbasi - Interim Prime Minister,  A Billion Colour Story (Movie) - Audience Award at
Pakistan 2017 London Indian Film Festival
 Shikha Sharma - MD & CEO, Axis Bank [2nd Term]  Ariana Grande - 1st honorary citizen of Manchester
 Smriti Irani - Minester of Information & Broadcasting city (UK)
(additional charge)  Ashwani Kumar - Japan’s Imperial Decoration ‘Order
 Somesh Goyal - Director General of Police (DGP), of the Rising Sun’ Award
Himachal Pradesh  Danfoss India - Golden Peacock Award for
 Subra Suresh - President, Nanyang Technological Environment Management [19th World Congress on
University (NTU) Singapore Environment Management]
 Subhash Chandra Garg - India’s Alternate Governor,  Guruswamy Jayraman - Order of Australia for
Asian Development Bank (ADB) community work [Highest civilian award in Australi]
 Sunil Subramaniam - Administrative Manager, Indian  Indian Railways Organization for Alternate Fuel
Cricket Team (IROAF) - Golden Peacock Award for Eco Innovation
 Sushil Kumar Modi - Deputy Chief Minister, Bihar 2017
 Swami Smarananandaji Maharaj - 16th President of  Kishore Sansi (Vijaya Bank Head) - Personality of the
Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission Year Award by Skoch Consultancy Services
 Thomas Kuehl - President, Nissan India

 L.K. Advani - Lifetime Achievement Award (Lok Indian National Football has managed to secure
Sabha) 96th spot at the latest FIFA world football rankings.
 Mahesh Bhagwat - US government's 2017 Trafficking
in Persons Hero award  Top 10 in the List
 San Miguel de Allende - World's Best City 1. Germany
 Shakuntala Barua - Mahanayak Samman 2017 2. Brazil
 Sharad Yadav - Lifetime Achievement Award (Rajya 3. Argentina
Sabha) 4. Portugal
5. Switzerland
 Subrata Bhattacharya - Mohun Bagan Ratna 2017
6. Poland
 Swayam Shikshan Prayog - United Nations
7. Chile
Development Programme’s Equator Prize
8. Colombia
 Tata Steel Ltd - Prime Minister’s trophy for ‘Best
9. France
Performing Integrated Steel Plant’
10. Belgium
 V.O. Chidambaranar Port - National Award for
Excellence in Cost Management 2016 6th Big Zee Entertainment Awards 2017 (ZEA
 Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya - 9th National
2017) Winners
Grassroots Innovation Award
 Water Health International - Unilever Global  Best Actor (Male) - Shahid Kapoor (Udta Punjab)
Development Award 2017  Best Actor (Female) - Alia Bhatt (Udta Punjab)
 Most Entertaining Actor in Drama (Male) - Amitabh
Maruti Suzuki Sportsperson of the Year Charity
Bachchan
Gala Awards  Best Action Hero - Tiger Shroff (Baaghi)
 Most Entertaining Actor in Drama (Female) -
 Sportsperson of the Year - P V Sindhu (Badminton)
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
and her coach P Gopichand received Coach of the
 Most Entertaining Dancer - Tiger Shroff (Beat Pe
Year award.
Booty)
 Living Legend of the Year - Milkha Singh.
 Lifetime Achievement Award - Abhinav Bindra (2008  ‘ हट थे, हट रहगे’ Award - Anupam Kher
Beijing Olympics gold medallist and India’s sole gold  Most Entertaining Actor Comedy - Abhishek
medal winner in individual events at Olympics) Bachchan (Housefull 3)
Great Immigrants Award Winning Indians Mohun Bagan FC awards 2017
 Shantanu Narayen  Mohun Bagan Ratna - Subrata Bhattacharya

 Vivek Murthy  Best Football Player of the Year - Balwant Singh
 Best Cricket Player of the Year - Debabrata Das
MS Dhoni has become India's fourth highest run  Lifetime Achievement - Shyam Sundar Mitra
scorer in ODIs  Special award - Jhulan Goswami
 Top 5 in the list A UN survey has revealed that Singapore is the Most
1. Sachin Tendulkar - 18426 Runs cybersecure country in the world.
2. Sourav Ganguly - 11363 Runs
3. Rahul Dravid - 10889 Runs Top 10 in the List :
4. Mahendra Singh Dhoni - 9442 Runs
1. Singapore
5. Mohammad Azharuddin - 9378 Runs
2. United States
3. Malaysia  Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) -

4. Oman Anupam Kher (M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story)
5. Estoni  Best Actor in Comic Role - Varun Dhawan (Dishoom)
6. Mauritius  Best Debutant (Male) - Diljit Dosanjh (Udta Punjab)
7. Australia  Best Debutant (Female) - Disha Patani (M.S. Dhoni -
8. Georgia The Untold Story)
9. France  Best Performance in a Negative Role - Jim Sarbh
10. Canada (Neerja)
 India ranked 25th in the list  Woman of the Year - Taapsee Pannu
 Best Music Direction - Pritam (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
Top 9 in 2017 Sustainable Development Goal
 Best Lyrics - Amitabh Bhattacharya - Channa Mereya
(SDG) Index (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)
 Style Icon of the Year - Alia Bhatt
1. Sweden
2. Denmark  Best Playback Singer (Female) - Kanika Kapoor (Udta
3. Finland Punjab) and Tulsi Kumar (Airlift)
4. Norway  Best Playback Singer (Male) - Amit Mishra (Ae Dil Hai
5. Czech Republi Mushkil)
6. Germany  Best Music Composer - Pritam for (Ae Dil hai
7. Austria Mushkil)
8. Switzerland  Best Lyrics - Amitabh Bhattacharya (Ae Dil Hai
9. Slovenia Mushkil)
 India has been ranked 116  Style Icon of the Year - Alia Bhatt
 Best Story Award - Shakun Batra, Ayesha Devitre
2017 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold Winners List Dhillon (Kapoor and Sons)
 Woman of the Year - Taapsee Pannu
 Men's Singles : H. S. Prannoy (India)
 VFX - Red Chillies Entertainment
 Women's Singles : Aya Ohori (Japan)
 Men's Doubles : Winners list of Wimbledon 2017
o Takuto Inoue (Japan)
o Yuki Kaneko (Japan)  Men's Singles : Roger Federer (Switzerland)
 Women's Doubles :  Women's Singles : Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain)
o Lee So-hee (South Korea)  Men's Doubles : Łukasz Kubot (Poland) / Marcelo
o Shin Seung-chan (South Korea) Melo (Brazil)
 Mixed Doubles :  Women's Doubles : Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) /
o Seo Seung-jae (South Korea) Elena Vesnina (Russia)
o Kim Ha-na (South Korea)  Mixed Doubles : Jamie Murray (United Kingdom) /
Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
IIFA Awards 2017 FULL winners list
2017 Winners of Ramon Magsaysay Awards
 Best Film - Neerja
 Best Actor (Male) - Shahid Kapoor (Udta Punjab)  Abdon Nababan (INDONESIA) :
 Best Actor (Female) - Alia Bhatt (Udta Punjab) o For giving compelling face and voice to Adat
 Best Director - Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury (PINK) communities and their rights.
 Gethsie Shanmugam (SRI LANKA) :

o For rebuilding lives from the psychosocial Books & Authors

wounds of war and violence.
 Lilia De Lima (PHILIPPINES) :  Cryptocurrency for Beginners - Amit Bhardwaj
o For harnessing sustained, non-stop and  Dalhousie…Through My Eyes - Kiran Chadha.
credible public service.  Future of Indian Universities : Comparative and
 Philippine Educational Theater Association [PETA] International Perspectives - C. Raj Kumar
(PHILIPPINES) :  Mandela's Last Years - Vejay Ramlakan
o For empowering communities for  Narendra Damodardas Modi : The Making of a
development action through theater arts. Legend - Bindeshwar Pathak (Sulabh International
 Tony Tay (SINGAPORE) : chief)
o For mobilizing collective goodwill to address  President’s Lady (Pranaber Preyosi) - Sangeeta
hidden hunger. Ghosh
 Yoshiaki Ishizawa (JAPAN) :
o For restoring Cambodia’s treasured gift to
world culture.
 The government launched the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, effective from July 1, 2017. In the making
since 2000 and claimed to be the biggest tax reform since Independence, the GST will be a unified indirect tax
structure across the country. The GST Council has come out with a four-rate structure of 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%.
 "Hywind", the world’s first full—scale floating wind farm is being built off the coast of Scotland in the North Sea.
 "Maitree 2017" a 14 day joint military training exercise between Indian Army and Royal Thailand Army
commenced at Bakloh in Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.
 “JIGYASA”, a student- scientist connect programme was officially launched in Delhi.
 11th July 2017 was observed as World Population Day with the Theme “Family Planning: Empowering People,
Developing Nations”.
 15th July 2017 was observed as the World Youth Skills Day with the Theme “Skills for All”
 17th July 2017 was observed as the World Day for International Justice (International Justice Day) with the
Theme “Preventing conflict and sustaining peace through decent work”
 2017 BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers’ meeting was recently held at Chongqing (China). This meeting
comes ahead of 2017 BRICS Summit to be held in Xiamen, China in September 2017.
 28th July 2017 was observed as the World Hepatitis Day with the Theme "Eliminate Hepatitis".
 30th July 2017 was observed as the World Day against Trafficking in Persons with the Theme ‘Act to Protect and
Assist Trafficked Persons’.
 321st anniversary of Russian Navy was observed on 31st July 2017.
 4th July is Independence Day of United States.
 4-time FIFA World Cup winner Germany won it's maiden FIFA Confederation Cup Football title by defeating Copa
America Champion Chile by 1-0 goals in the final match held at St Petersburg, Russia.
 5 Indian States (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Telangana and Arunachal Pradesh) and a Union Territory
(Puducherry) have formally adopted the Centre’s Government e-Marketplace (GeM) initiative.
 90th founding anniversary of Chinese Army was observed on 31st July 2017.
 A book titled "Mandela's Last Years" is in news due to controversies. The book was written by : Vejay Ramlakan

 A consortium including India's oil and gas company ONGC has announced that it is willing to invest $11 billion in
Iran to develop a natural gas field and build the infrastructure to export the fuel.
 A museum in honour of late President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam was inaugurated on July 27 in Tamil Nadu's
Rameshwaram.
 A total of 36 places in India are recognised as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO, with the latest addition being the
city of Ahmedabad. With four of its sites recognised, Maharashtra tops the list in India.
 A US state department has recently revealed that India in 2016 replaced Pakistan as the world's third largest
terror target after Iraq and Afghanistan.
 A US-Russia research collaboration at Harvard has created the world's most advanced quantum computer with
51 quantum bits, or qubits– the fundamental unit of information in a quantum computer.
 According to a National Commission for Protection of Child Rights' report, Maharashtra and Rajasthan recorded
the highest number of cases of child marriage.
 According to National Centre for Seismology, 29 Indian cities and towns including Delhi fall under 'severe' to
'very severe' seismic (earthquake) zones.
 According to the government data, out of India's population of 132 crore people, only 6.8 crore or 5.15%, have a
valid passport. India is now third in terms of issuing passports, after China and US.
 Ahmedabad has become India's first World Heritage City.
 American multinational retailer Walmart signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Maharashtra
government to invest ₹900 crore for opening up of fi een stores.
 Arpan Doshi, an Indian-origin man, who studied in Gujarat until he was 13, has become UK's youngest ever
doctor.
 Astronomers at Pune-based IUCAA and IISER have discovered a supercluster of galaxies, which they named
'Saraswati'.
 Australia has sent its first uranium shipment to India for testing purposes ahead of possible commercial sales.
 Bolivia's President Evo Morales has declared "total independence" from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
and World Bank.
 Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has appointed her first black equerry, a senior staff member in charge of assisting the
royal household. The Ghana-born Afghan war veteran, Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah, had moved to the UK
in 1982.
 British cyclist Chris Froome won his third consecutive and fourth overall Tour de France, finishing the race in 86
hours 20 minutes 55 seconds in Paris.
 Canada has celebrated the 150th anniversary of the day it officially became a country and the self-governing
dominion of Britain on 3rd July 2017.
 Canara Bank, which has set an ambitious target of moving to ‘paperless’ futuristic banking, launched its first
‘Digital Banking Branch’ at Bengaluru. Titled ‘CANDI’, the branch will provide an end-to-end digital experience to
customers.
 China and Russia held their First Joint Naval Drill in the Baltic Sea. This exercise involves anti-aircraft and anti-
ship defence measures coordinated from the Baltiysk base in Russia's Kaliningrad enclave.
 China has announced that it would stop accepting shipments of garbage such as waste plastic and paper as part
of a campaign against "foreign garbage".
 China is going to to build its first Mars simulation base on the country's Tibetan plateau as it aims to send the
first mission to the red planet by 2020 after the US, India and Russia.
 China-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a $329-million (over ₹3,100 crore) loan to
build access roads across 4,000 villages in Gujarat.
 Customers of Banks will not suffer any loss if unauthorised electronic banking transactions are reported within
three days, the Reserve Bank of India has recently announced.
 Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has notified of a new rule under which consumers will be
compensated by power distribution companies if they don't restore an outage for more than two to three hours.
 Delhi government has announced plans to launch a mobile application which will allow people to check the
status of government projects on a single platform.
 Delhi Police will be the first state police to get 'super cop' belts which are widely used by the police in the UK,
USA, and Russia. The belt will help the cops carry wireless sets, pistols, and cartridges easily.
 England's women's cricket team defeated India by 9 runs at Lord's Cricket Ground to clinch their fourth World
Cup title.
 European and Japanese space agencies are building a joint mission to solar system's smallest and "least
explored" rocky planet Mercury.
 Expanding its outreach to the Arab world, External Affairs Ministry is going to make its website available in
Arabic.
 Facebook has shut down one of its Artificial Intelligence systems after chatbots programmed to converse in
English started speaking in their own language.
 Facebook TV is set to launch online in mid-August.
 Facebook-owned WhatsApp has been partially blocked in China following a censorship crackdown by the
government.
 Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) major ITC became the 4th Indian company to cross market capitalisation of
₹4 trillion. Earlier, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank have achieved this
milestone with TCS being the most valued company with market capitalisation of ₹4.64 trillion.
 Ferrari's Formula One racer Sebastian Vettel won the Hungarian Grand Prix title, finishing ahead of teammate
Kimi Raikkonen and Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas.
 Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the Financial year may soon begin from January in sync with the
calendar year. In May 2017, Madhya Pradesh became India's first state to shift its financial year format to
January-December from the present April-March cycle.
 Finance Minister Arun Jaitley introduced the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2017 in the Lok Sabha. This
bill empowers RBI to ask any bank to initiate insolvency proceedings and give directions for resolution of
stressed assets.
 Finance Ministry along with the Central Board of Excise and Customs has launched GST Rates Finder app for
consumers to verify the accurate tax rates on commodity and services under the Goods and Services Tax.
 For a 4th consecutive year, US retail giant Walmart has topped the 2017 Fortune Global 500 list with a revenue
of $486 billion.
 For the first time India is going to host Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS) 2017, the world’s largest
conference on cyber space and related issues in New Delhi in November 2017. Theme of GCCS 2017 : ‘Cyber4All :
An Inclusive, Sustainable, Developmental, Safe and Secure Cyberspace'.
 Former cricketer Ravi Shastri has been named the new coach of Team India on a two-year contract.
 Former national-level hockey player Amit Saroha, who met with an accident in 2007, clinched the Silver medal in
the club throw event in the F-51 category at the World Para Athletics Championships.
 Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's name from the scheme Indira Priyadarshini Puruskar Yojana, given to
meritorious girls of Class 10 and 12 from Rajasthan Board, has been removed. From now, this scheme will be
called 'Padmakshi Puruskar Yojana', based on the name of Goddess 'Saraswati'.

 Former Russian chess champion Garry Kasparov is set to come out of retirement to play in Sinquefield Cup, a US
tournament next month.
 France has celebrated its 228th Bastille Day on 15th July 2017.
 French oil and gas company Total S.A has signed an agreement of $4.8-billion (over ₹31,000 crore) with Iran to
develop one of the world's largest natural gas fields.
 G20 Summit, the annual meeting of the G20 (an international forum for the governments and central bank
governors from 20 major economies), was recently held at Hamburg Messe, in the city of Hamburg, Germany
during 7th and 8th July 2017.
 Government has implemented the “Seekho aur Kamao” scheme which encourages the youth from minority
communities to learn employment skills.
 H-Bots Robotics, a startup from Telangana's T-Hub incubator, is developing 'police robots' priced at about ₹3.5
lakh.
 HDFC Standard Life Insurance and Max Life Insurance have called off their proposed merger after failing to win
regulatory approval for a union that would've created an insurance giant with ₹1.1 lakh crore in assets.
 Hyderabad is going to establish India's first university only for Dalit students by 2018.
 ICICI Lombard General Insurance, a joint venture of ICICI Bank and Fairfax Financial Holdings, has filed draft
prospectus for its IPO. This makes it the first non-life insurance company in India to file for IPO.
 ICICI Prudential has agreed to take over the life insurance business of Sahara Group's subsidiary Sahara Life,
which was shut down by insurance regulator IRDAI in June.
 In a bid to prevent harassment of women, the government has decided to make registration of marriages
compulsory.
 In a bid to promote environment-friendly system, Indian Railways launched first 1600 HP solar-powered DEMU
train from the Safdarjung railway station in Delhi. [DEMU - Diesel Electric Multiple Unit]
 In a recent order, the Bombay Court held that a working woman who is "capable of maintaining and sustaining
herself" should not be entitled to get maintenance from her estranged husband.
 India and European Union (EU) have established Investment Facilitation Mechanism (IFM) for EU Investments in
India. The mechanism will allow for a close coordination between EU and India with an aim to promote and
facilitate EU investment in India.
 India and Israel jointly launched a $40 million (over ₹258 crore) technology fund. The Israel India Innovation
Initiative Fund (I4F), will receive $4 million a year from each government for five years.
 India bagged a total of 29 medals including 12 golds to top the medals tally at the Asian Athletics Championships
for the first time ever.
 India for the first time is going to host International Theatre Olympics, the greatest carnival of theatre in the
world in 2018. The 51-day carnival of theatre will begin on February 17, 2018.
 India has contributed an additional $1 million to India-UN Development Partnership Fund launched to support
sustainable development projects across the developing world.
 India has ranked 4th among world's fastest growing economies. according to recently released World Bank's
Global Economic Prospects.
 India has slipped by one spot to become the 4-largest foreign investor into the UK. The US remains on the top,
investing in 577 projects in the UK, followed by China (including Hong Kong) in second place with 160 projects.
 India is going to host the Men's World Boxing Championship for the first time in 2021 and the Women's World
Championship in 2018.
 India is going to invite the 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as Chief Guests for
2018 Republic Day celebrations.
 India recently-enforced Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016. This act prescribes death penalty for hijack conspirators in case
of a casualty, and life imprisonment otherwise.
 India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed QuickReaction Surface-to-Air short range Missile (QR-
SAM).
 India will host its 1st WTA tournament in five years when the city of Mumbai stages the ₹80 lakh ($125,000)
Mumbai Open in November.
 India will soon join Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC), a newly-constituted forum of central bankers
and experts working towards promotion of a robust and transparent foreign exchange (Forex) market.
 India, the world’s third-largest oil importer, for the first time will import crude oil from the United States.
 India’s Harinder Pal Sandhu has defeated Rhys Dowling of Australia to lift South Australian Open squash title.
 India’s Karamjyoti Dalal has won Bronze medal at the World Para Athletics Championships 2017 in the discus-
throw.
 India’s only ATP tournament the Chennai Open is set to move out of Chennai after 21 years because it is unable
to meet the commercial demands of the main organizers IMG.
 Indian golfer Diksha Dagar won a Silver medal in the women's individual golf event at the Deaflympics in
Samsun, Turkey.
 Indian hammer thrower Damneet Singh won a silver medal in the boys' hammer throw event to give India their
first medal at the IAFF World U-18 Athletics Championships in Nairobi.
 Indian National Football has managed to secure 96th spot at the latest FIFA world football rankings. This is the
best ranking secured by India in 21 years.
 Indian Navy’s second LCU Mark IV L52 ship was formally launched in Kolkata, West Bengal. [LCU - Landing Craft
Utility]
 Indian Para-athlete Sundar Singh Gurjar became only the second Indian to win a gold at the World Para Athletics
Championships, winning one in javelin at the 2017 edition in London. Rio gold medalist Devendra Jhajharia was
the first Indian to win a gold in 2013.
 Indian shuttler C Rahul Yadav and the men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy clinched the Men's
singles and men's doubles title respectively at Lagos International challenge in Nigeria.
 Indian shuttler HS Prannoy won the US Open Grand Prix Gold tournament after defeating Parupalli Kashyap in an
all-India final.
 Indian squash player Harinder Pal Sandhu won his second title in two weeks after winning the Victorian Open by
beating top-seed Rex Hedrick of Australia.
 Indian Super League side Atletico de Kolkata has been renamed to 'Aamar, Tomar Kolkata' (ATK) after the team's
partnership with Spanish football club Atletico Madrid ended.
 Indian tennis player Vishnu Vardhan won the Men's doubles event at the $125,000 ATP Astana Challenger with
Japanese partner Toshihide Matsui.
 Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj has became the all-time highest run-scorer in women's ODI
cricket.
 India's first bullet train project, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail, will be inaugurated this September by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.
 India's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) cut interest rates on savings bank deposits by 0.50 percentage
points effective July 31. For saving deposits balance up to ₹1 crore, SBI will offer an interest rate of 3.5% as
compared to 4% earlier and for balance above ₹1 crore, the rate has been retained at 4% per annum.
 India's Manpreet Kaur bagged Gold medal in women's shot-put on the opening day of the Asian Athletics
Championships 2017 in Bhubaneswar.
 India's para athletes Sharad Kumar and Varun Singh Bhati clinched the Silver and bronze medals respectively in
High jump at the World Para Athletics Championships.
 India's tallest Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower at the Delhi Airport is going to start operations by this December.
 India's The Energy Resources Institute (TERI) has been ranked as the second best climate think tank in the world.
 India's top-ranked female shot putter Manpreet Kaur has been suspended by the Athletics Federation after she
failed dope test.
 Indonesia renamed part of the South China Sea as the North Natuna Sea.
 Iran and US-backed Iraq signed an agreement to boost military cooperation.
 Italian football legend Francesco Totti anounced his retirement from football after spending his 25-year-long
playing career with Seria A club Roma.
 Jammu and Kashmir became the last state to implement GST, passing the resolution during a special session of
the legislative assembly.
 Japan has approved a plan to reduce working hours to lower the country's suicide rate by 30% by 2025.
 Jio has announced the launch of the 25,000-kilometre Asia-Africa-Europe (AAE-1) submarine cable system.
 Lahore High Court lifted a ban on the airing of Indian television serials in Pakistan.
 Maharashtra government also announced plans to make installation of GPS system mandatory in black-and-
yellow taxis and autorickshaws.
 Maharashtra government has announced that integrated coaching will not be allowed in the state from the next
academic year.
 Maharashtra has become the first Indian state to provide free injectable contraceptives to women under the
state's family planning programme, Antara.
 Malabar Naval Exercise 2017, a week long trilateral joint naval exercise involving the United States, Japan and
India was recently held at Chennai coast.
 Matunga suburban railway station in Mumbai has become the first station in India to be run by an all-women
staff.
 Mercedes' Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas, has won the Austrian Grand Prix.
 Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has announced that the driverless cars and any
technology that takes away jobs will not be allowed in India.
 Mizoram recently celebrated the 31st anniversary of the signing of the historic Mizo peace accord.
 Mother Teresa's Blue-bordered Sari was recognised as an Intellectual Property of the Missionaries of Charity
after she was cannonised last year. It is the first time that a uniform has been protected under the Intellectual
Property rights.
 Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries crossed ₹5 lakh crore in market capitalisa on for the first me in its
trading history, making it the second Indian company to do so after TCS.
 Mumbai Metro One announced plans to launch India's first mobile ticketing system by mid-August for easy
commute.
 Mumbai-based 18-year-old racing driver Jehan Daruvala has become the 1st Indian to win the FIA Formula 3
European Championship after winning the third race at the Nuremberg circuit.
 Mumbai's 'Vikrikar Bhavan' was renamed as 'GST Bhavan' after the Goods and Services Tax regime was rolled out
on 1st July 2017.
 NASA's James Webb Telescope, the largest space telescope ever built, has been locked in a vacuum vault for
testing at sub-zero temperatures to simulate its working in deep space.

 National Multi Commodity Exchange (NMCE), India’s first demutualised online national multi-commodities
exchange will merge with Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX). The merged entity will create India’s third biggest
commodity exchange.
 National Security Advisor Ajit Doval was on a visit to China to attend BRICS meeting in Beijing.
 NDA's presidential candidate and former Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind was elected as the 14th President of
India.
 Nepal will get Internet services through Chinese optical fibre starting next month, ending its reliance on India for
the service.
 Netherlands' third-largest bank ABN AMRO announced that it will no longer extend credit to clients in the
tobacco industry.
 Officials of India and Bangladesh agreed to construct gates along the border to allow free and safe passage for
wild elephants.
 Okinoshima, sacred Japanese island where women are banned and men must strip naked was declared a
UNESCO World Heritage Site.
 Over 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic, enough to cover the entire country of Argentina, has been generated by
humans since the material's mass production started in 1950s, a US-based research has revealed.
 Pakistan has launched a military operation in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) targeting the
Islamic State.
 Pakistan has successfully test fired short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile 'Nasr'.
 Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from his position after the country's Supreme Court found
him guilty of corruption in the Panama Papers case.
 Parliament has passed The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill, 2016. The Bill seeks to
upgrade existing laws related to civil matters of admiralty jurisdiction of courts, maritime claims, arrest and
detention of ships.
 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte offered self-rule to the country's Muslim minority in an attempt to defeat
militants loyal to Islamic State who have besieged the city of Marawi for nearly two months.
 PM Narendra Modi met Moshe Holtzberg, the now 11-year-old survivor of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, in
Jerusalem.
 PM Narendra Modi-led cabinet cleared the New Wage Code Bill which will ensure minimum wage to 4 crore
employees across all sectors. The new minimum wage norms would be applicable irrespective of the pay
whereas it's presently applicable to workers getting up to ₹18,000 monthly.
 President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to Maharashtra Prohibition of People from Social Boycott
(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill, 2016. Maharashtra is the first state in the country to formulate a law
to punish social boycott.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited a total of 49 countries in the last three years.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to adopt Kakrahia, a village in Varanasi under the Sansad Adarsh Gram
Yojana. In the past two years, Modi has adopted Jayapur and Nagepur in his Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to write a book for the youth of the country wherein he will address issues
like overcoming examination stress, keeping one's composure and what to do after the exams. The book, a first-
of-its-kind initiative by a serving prime minister, will be out later this year in multiple languages.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a 3 day historical visit to Israel. He is the first ever Indian Prime Minister
to visit Israel in 70 years.
 Private sector lender Axis Bank has reached an agreement to buy digital payments platform FreeCharge for
₹350-400 crore in cash from Snapdeal.
 Punjab National Bank (PNB) Maestro debit card holders will face card blockage if they fail to replace it with a
more secure EMV chip based card by July 31. Earlier, RBI had directed all banks are to migrate to EMV chip based
cards by December 31, 2018.
 Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) an arm of the Indian Railways for commercial exploitation of rail land,
has inked MoU with National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) for redevelopment of 10 railway stations
across the country on global standards.
 Rajasthan has become the first State to lay down the minimum educational qualifications for contesting
elections to village cooperative societies and various other cooperative bodies.
 Reliance Defence and Engineering Limited (RDEL) launched the first two Naval Offshore Patrol Vessels (NOPVs)
— Shachi and Shruti at their shipyard in Pipavav, Gujarat. These two NOPVs are the first warships to be launched
by a private sector shipyard in India.
 RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has releaed a coffee-table book “Narendra Damodardas Modi : The Making of a
Legend”. This book has been authored by Bindeshwar Pathak (Chief of Sulabh International)
 Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law ratifying a deal with the Syrian government allowing Russia to
keep its air base in Syria for almost 50 years.
 Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree extending the embargo imposed on food products from the EU
and other Western countries until the end of 2018.
 Russian space agency Roscosmos successfully launched 'Kanopus-V-IK' Earth-imaging satellite and 72
microsatellites into orbit on a single rocket. This comes after ISRO launched a world record 104 satellites at once
earlier this year, breaking Russia's previous record of 37 satellites.
 SBI Life Insurance, a unit of State Bank of India, has filed for an Initial Public Offering (IPO), that will reportedly
raise over $1 billion (over ₹6,400 crore). SBI Life will be the second Indian life insurer to go public.
 Scientists from University of Cambridge, UK have discovered the smallest star in the universe. It has been named
as EBLM J0555-57Ab.
 Shyam Saran Negi, independent India's first-ever voter, recently turned 100.
 Spain's Garbine Muguruza has won the Wimbledon Women's singles title.
 Sri Lanka has signed a US $1.1 billion deal to sell a 70% stake of the strategic Hambantota deep-sea port to
China.
 Swami Vivekananda Airport of Raipur was ranked first in Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) Survey among 49
airports in the country.
 Sweden is going to hold its 'first and biggest' military exercise in over 20 years, involving all of its military
branches as well as troops from several NATO countries.
 Swiss tennis star Roger Federer won a record 8th Wimbledon men's singles title. With this he also became the
oldest male player (35 years) to win The Championships in Open Era.
 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has appeared for the first time on the country's currency since taking office,
with his portrait printed on a new 2,000-pound banknote that recently went into circulation.
 Telangana prisons department, citing Norway's example, has proposed to accommodate prisoners from
overcrowded prisons in India at a rent of ₹10,000 a month per prisoner.
 Thailand has amended a royal property law to formally give King Maha Vajiralongkorn full control of the agency
which manages royal assets worth more than $30 billion.
 Thailand's Atthaya Thitikul has become the youngest known winner of a professional golf tour event after
claiming the Ladies European Thailand Championship at the age of 14 years, 4 months and 19 days.
 The annual buffalo racing sport 'Kambala' has been legalised in Karnataka after President Pranab Mukherjee
approved the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Karnataka Amendment) Ordinance, 2017.
 The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) has been extended for six more months in Nagaland with effect
from June 30. The AFSPA has been in force in Nagaland for several decades.
 The Assam government is going to raise a new Special Rhino Protection Force (SRPF) for better protection of the
one-horned rhinos in Assam.
 The Bank of England unveiled a new polymer £10 note featuring 19th century novelist Jane Austen, in a move to
replace paper £5, £10 and £20 with secure plastic notes. This makes Austen the only woman other than Queen
Elizabeth to be featured on a polymer British banknote.
 The BCCI named former Indian cricketer Bharat Arun as the Indian cricket team's bowling coach.
 The central government has approved the renaming of two villages in Haryana, after complaints from villagers.
The Ganda village has been renamed to Ajit Nagar and Kinnar has been renamed to Gaibi Nagar.
 The Centre has notified that action would be taken against those who post videos and images of the protected
Andaman and Nicobar Islands' tribal communities on social media.
 The Chinese government has ordered telecommunications firms to completely block access to Virtual Private
Networks (VPNs) by February 2018, in a crackdown aimed at suppressing dissent over the legitimacy of the ruling
Communist Party.
 The Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) has adopted 3 Codex standards for pepper (black, white and green),
cumin and thyme. It is for first time pepper, cumin and thyme, spices will have such universal standards.
 The Competition Commission of India approved the merger of Vodafone India and Aditya Birla Group's Idea
Cellular.
 The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed India's first unmanned tank
'Muntra', which has three tested and validated remote-controlled variants - Muntra-S, Muntra-M, and Muntra-
N.
 The Delhi government has released ₹100 crore for the comple on of the Signature Bridge, which is twice the
height of the Qutub Minar.
 The Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC) has become the world’s first completely ‘green’ Metro system for
adhering to green building norms for its residential colonies.
 The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) will establish India’s first Technology and Innovation
Support Center (TISC) at Patent Information Centre, Punjab.
 The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has inked an agreement with 4 Private Sector Banks (ICICI
Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank) and one Public Sector Bank (Bank of Baroda) for the
purpose of collection of provident fund dues from the employers and payments to its subscribers.
 The European Union has approved a $6.1-billion (over ₹39,000 crore) state bailout for Italy's fourth largest
lender, Monte dei Paschi di Siena.
 The first successful rover called Sojourner was deployed on Mars' surface via NASA's Pathfinder mission 20 years
ago on 5th July 1997.
 The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has banned the use of stapler pins in tea bags from
January 2018.
 The French government has announced that the country will end sales of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 as
part of an ambitious plan to meet its targets under the Paris climate accord.
 The Goa government has announced that it is discontinuing the Goa Yuva Samwad Yojana, a scheme through
which people between 16 and 30 could avail free voice calls and internet data.
 The government has approved e-commerce giant Amazon's proposed $500 million (over ₹3,200 crore) foreign
direct investment (FDI) in retailing of food products in India.
 The government is going to link promotions of IPS officers to their physical fitness.
 The government's 'Project Insight', which was built over seven years at a cost of $156 million, will enable
catching tax evaders by keeping a tab on their social media posts.
 The Haryana government banned the use of liquid nitrogen in drinks and food.
 The Indian Army has signed MoU with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to raise one
regiment of the advanced Medium Range Surface to Air Missiles (MRSAM) defence system.
 The Indian boxing contingent at the 48th Grand Prix Usti Nad Labem in the Czech Republic claimed five gold
medals, two silver and one bronze medal at the event.
 The Indian contingent at the World Para Athletics Championship ended its campaign with five medals (1 gold, 2
silver and 2 bronze)
 The Indian Railways has launched RailCloud, a virtual server with an inbuilt security system that will enable faster
connectivity at a reduced cost.
 The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has announced that it will waive off the fees for
transgender students, in all the courses that it offers.
 The Karnataka government has announced a 3-day global conference on social justice from July 21-23 at the
University of Agricultural Sciences in Bengaluru. Theme of this conference : 'Reclaiming Social Justice, Revisiting
Ambedkar'.
 The Karnataka government has set up a 9-member committee to design a state flag (an identity symbol unique
to the state). As of now, Jammu and Kashmir is the only state that has its own flag.
 The landmark India-Japan civil nuclear agreement came into effect on 21st July 2017. This deal would enable
Japan to export nuclear power plant technology as well as provide finance for nuclear power plants in India.
 The Lucknow Metro will become India's first to have its own FM radio station, which will provide entertainment
and information on metro safety.
 The Maharashtra government has launched a scheme to cover medical insurance of up to ₹10 lakh for legislators
and their families. This scheme is aimed at curbing the use of fake bills in the medical reimbursement scheme
the legislators were covered under earlier.
 The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation has received the approval to create a 12-km 'missing link'
between Khopoli and Kusgaon, which will allow motorists to drive at 100 kmph.
 The much awaited 8% Pension scheme - Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana- for senior citizens aged 60 or
above was formally launched by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
 The Mumbai railways is going to introduce a software which will help commuters book tickets through
Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) codes.
 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is developing Double Asteroid Redirection Test
(DART), the first-ever mission that will deflect a near-Earth asteroid.
 The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed a complete ban on 'manja' (kite strings) made of or coated with any
synthetic material that is non-biodegradable.
 The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has received final nod from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to
function as the Bharat Bill Payment Central Unit (BBPCU) and operate the Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS).
 The National Zoological Park, New Delhi is going to launch an Animal Adoption Scheme. Citizens would be able to
adopt an animal after paying a fixed amount of money, usually spent on food and medicines for the animal.
 The parliament has passed The Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Bill, 2017 after it was approved by the Rajya
Sabha. This bill aims at amending the Collection of Statistics Bill, 2008, which facilitates the collection of statistics
related to social, economic, demographic, scientific and environmental aspects, by central, state and local
governments.

 The Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated Textiles India 2017 India’s first ever mega textiles trade
fair at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had stopped printing the ₹2,000 currency notes about five months ago and has
started printing the smaller denomination ₹200 notes.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is going to issue a new batch of ₹20 notes under the Mahatma Gandhi series-
2005 soon.
 The Reserve Bank of India is considering setting up of Public Credit Registry (PCR), an extensive database of bank
loans.
 The Roman Catholic Mediterranean island Malta became the 24th country in the world to legalise same-sex
marriage.
 The State Bank of India (SBI) has waived charges for fund transfer of up to ₹1,000 through its Immediate
Payment Service (IMPS) to promote small transactions. SBI was earlier charging ₹5 along with service tax for
such transfers of up to ₹1,000.
 The State Bank of India (SBI) launched SBI Realty, a dedicated portal that will help home buyers to choose flats
from its 3,000 approved projects across the country.
 The Telangana government has issued an ordinance to curb the "social evils" caused by online rummy card
games.
 The Telangana School Education Department has issued an order capping the weight of school bags for students
in primary, upper primary and high schools. The order directed school managements to ensure that the weight
of a bag does not exceed 5 kilograms for class 10 students.
 The Telecom department has made it mandatory for all phones, including feature phones, to install Global
Positioning System (GPS) from January 1, 2018.
 The Unesco World Heritage committee has put the West Bank city of Hebron's Old Town on its list of world
heritage in danger, drawing outrage from Israel.
 The union cabinet has approved the establishment of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), South Asia
Regional Center (ISARC) at campus of National Seed Research and Training Center (NSRTC) in Varanasi.
 The Union Finance Ministry has launched a new tax payer service module titled Aaykar Setu. The new e-initiative
literally means taxpayer’s bridge and will be available in android phones.
 The Union Government and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a $220 million loan agreement for
improving connectivity as well as transport efficiency and safety on State Highways of Rajasthan.
 The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda launched the National Strategic Plan for Malaria
Elimination (2017-22). This Strategic Plan gives year wise elimination targets in various parts of the country
depending upon the endemicity of malaria in the next 5 years.
 The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued instructions to all states to stop using bouquets during
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tours within India.
 The Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension has launched a new training programme titled
Comprehensive Online Modified Modules on Induction Training (COMMIT) for State Government officials.
 The Union Ministry of Power has announced that about 97% of the total outstanding debt of all state power
distribution companies (discoms) has been covered under the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY).
 The Union Ministry of Rural Development is going to launch Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY), a sub-
scheme under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM).
 The Union Ministry of Rural Development launched Aarambh mobile app for performance based maintenance
contracting and community contracting for maintenance of rural roads.

 The Union Ministry of Science & Technology has launched National Biopharma Mission, a first ever Industry-
Academia mission to accelerate biopharmaceutical development in India.
 The Union Ministry of Science and Technology has launched SOHUM, an indigenously developed low-cost
hearing screening device for newborns.
 The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDA) has launched 'mAadhaar', a new app for syncing Aadhaar
data on mobile phones. This app allows users to carry their Aadhaar information including name, date of birth,
gender, address, and the linked photograph, on their smartphones.
 The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has voted to leave Australia's
Great Barrier Reef off its "List of World Heritage in Danger" despite several reports claiming major coral
bleaching at the 2,300-km-long ecosystem.
 The United Nations has adopted a Global Draft Treaty banning nuclear weapons amid opposition from all
nuclear-weapon states which boycotted the negotiations.
 The United States and Australia have jointly test-fired a hypersonic missile capable of moving at a speed eight
times faster than sound as part of a $54-million research project.
 The United States and Qatar signed an agreement on combating terrorism and terror financing.
 The United States has banned citizens from traveling to North Korea due to "the serious risk of arrest".
 The United States has deployed anti-aircraft missiles for the first time in the Baltics for use in NATO military drills
in Lithuania.
 The United States has ended a four-month ban on flyers carrying laptops on US-bound flights from airports in
North Africa and the Middle East.
 The United States of America (USA) has rolled out Global Entry programme (GEP), a pre-approved expedited
entry clearance programme for low-risk Indian travellers. Indian Ambassador to US Navtej Sarna was the first
Indian national to enroll in the programme
 The US Defence Department has recently announced that it will not make military reimbursements to Pakistan
for 2016 fiscal.
 The US House of Representatives has passed a $621.5 billion defence policy bill which includes proposals of
boosting defence cooperation with India.
 The US military successfully tested the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system by launching a
ballistic missile over the Pacific Ocean.
 The US Navy has officially inducted the world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford. The nuclear-powered
carrier is worth over ₹83,000 crore ($12.9 billion) and weighs 1 lakh tonnes.
 The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to introduce an 'Anti-Copying' Bill in the upcoming assembly session
to check for cheating in the state examinations.
 The Uttar Pradesh government has launched a scheme on World Population Day (July 11), under which it will
give a kit comprising condoms and oral contraceptive pills as 'shagun' to newly-weds.
 The Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has launched an online portal SHe-box (Sexual
Harassment e-box) for the central government's women employees to file complaints related to workplace
sexual harassment.
 The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease
(EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
 The world's longest hanging pedestrian bridge, Europabrücke opened near the Swiss town of Zermatt.
 The world's smallest spacecraft ever launched have successfully been placed in low Earth orbit by ISRO's PSLV
rocket. Named Sprites, the 3.5cmx3.5cm space probes weigh 4 grams each and run on sunlight.

 To develop Bengaluru as the international hub of computer graphics technology, the Cabinet approved the
Karnataka Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics Policy, 2017-22.
 To facilitate trade and to improve communication between the two countries, India and Bangladesh have
decided to construct a bridge over Mizoram’s Khawthlangtuipui river (also known as Karnaphuli river).
 UK PM Theresa May published the landmark 'Brexit repeal bill' to end the supremacy of EU laws and the
jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in the UK.
 UK's first pregnant man, Hayden Cross, has given birth to a girl after putting his sex transition on hold to get
pregnant by a sperm donor. Cross is UK's first transgender man to give birth.
 Union Cabinet gave its in-principle approval for sale of the government's 51.11% stake in Hindustan Petroleum
Corporation (HPCL) to India's largest oil producer ONGC for ₹30,000 crore. A er this, the HPCL will become a
subsidiary of ONGC and will remain a listed company.
 Uruguay has become the 1st country in the world to allow the sale of marijuana for recreational use.
 US Navy successfully tested the world’s first-ever active Laser Weapons System (LaWS).
 Uttar Pradesh Power Minister Shrikant Sharma launched free power connection schemes for BPL families at 624
places across the state.
 Uttarakhand banned begging, making it one of the twenty states and two union territories to have banned the
practice.
 Venezuela's state-owned oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela has offered a 9% stake in an oil field to ONGC Videsh,
the international arm of India's state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.
 Vietnam has granted ONGC Videsh a two-year extension to explore oil block 128 in the South China Sea.
 Vietnamese capital Hanoi has approved a proposal to ban motorbikes, the city's most popular mode of
transport, from its central streets by 2030.
 Vondaraguppe village in Karnataka's Ramanagara district has transitioned to a completely cashless system.
 Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway became the largest shareholder of Bank of America surpassing Vanguard
Group by exercising its warrants to buy 700 million common shares.
 With 24.1 crore active users, India has overtaken the United States to become Facebook's largest country
audience, according to data shared by the platform for July.
 World youth boxing champion Sachin Siwach clinched a Gold medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games in the
Bahamas. .
 'Yara Birkeland', the world's first ever self-driving ship worth ₹162 crore will set sail along a 60 km route in
southern Norway without any crew member in 2018.
 Zimbabwe's Parliament passed a bill giving President Robert Mugabe power to appoint the country's top judges
without consulting anyone.
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 Ashwani Lohani - New Chairman, Railway Board
 13th August - International Lefthanders Day
 Ashwini Attri, Anita Pattanayak and Ranjan Kumar
 14th August - Global Social Security day
Ghose - Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General
 14th August - Independence Day of Pakistan (Deputy CAG)
 15th August - Independence Day of India  Cherish Mathson - Chief of Indian Army's south
 17th August - Independence Day of Indonesia western command
 17th August - Independence Day of Gabon  Chris Slowe - Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Reddit
(Gabonese Republic)  Christopher Wray - Director, Federal Bureau of
 19th August - World Honey Bee Day Investigation (FBI)
 19th August - World Humanitarian Day  Dara Khosrowshahi - CEO, Uber
 19th August - World Photography Day  Darshan Lal - 1st Hindu to be inducted in Pakistan's
 20th August - National Sadbhavna Divas (Harmony cabinet of ministers
Day)  David Rasquinha - MD, Exim Bank of India
 20th August - World Mosquito Day  Devendra Chawla - COO and EVP, Wal-Mart India
 23rd August - International Day for the  Dharmendra Kumar - Director General, Railway
Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition Protection Force (RPF)
 26th August - Women's Equality Day  Dhirendra Swarup - Chairman, BSE (Bombay Stock
 29th August - National Sports Day Exchange)
 29th August - Sanskrit Diwas  Dilip Asbe - CEO, National Payments Corporation of
 29th August - Telugu Language Day (Telugu Bhasha India (NPCI)
Dinotsavam)  Emandi Sankara Rao - MD & CEO, IFCI Ltd (Industrial
 29th August - International Day Against Nuclear Finance Corporation of India)
Tests  Harish Abhichandani - Chief Financial Officer (CFO),
Ola

 Hassan Rouhani - President, Iran  Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi - Director General,

 Hemant Narayan Bhagwat - Air Officer-in-Charge National Skill Development Agency (NSDA)
Administration, Indian Air Force  Rajiv Bansal - Interim Chairman and Managing
 I V Subba Rao - Secretary, M Venkaiah Naidu (Vice Director, Air India
President)  Rajiv Kumar - Secretary, Department of Financial
 John Kelly - Chief of Staff, White House Services
 Joseph Yuvaraj Pillay - Interim President, Singapore  Rajiv Kumar - Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog
 Justice Dipak Misra - 45th Chief Justice of India (CJI)  Rajiv Mehrishi - 13th CAG (Comptroller and Auditor
 Khawaja Asif - Foreign Minister, Pakistan General of India)
 Krishna R. Urs - USA Ambassador to Peru  Reenat Sandhu - Indian Ambassador to Republic of
 Kuldip Kaura - CEO, Vedanta Ltd San Marino
 M Venkaiah Naidu - Vice-President, India  Roopa Purushothaman - Chief Economist & Head of
 Mamta Suri - Executive Director, Insolvency and Policy Advocacy, Tata Sons
Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)  S. Aparna - Executive Director of World Bank (To
 Manju Desh Bandhu Gupta - Chairperson, Lupin represent India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka)
 Milkha Singh - World Health Organisation’s goodwill  Sameer Garde - President for India and SAARC
ambassador for physical activity in South-East Asia operations, Cisco
Region (SEAR)  Sanjaya Baru - Secretary General, Freedom of Indian
 Mohammad Mustafa - CMD, Small Industries Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)
Developent Bank of India (SIDBI)  Santosh Sharma - CMD, Hindustan Copper Limited
 N. Baijendra Kumar - Chairman & Managing Director,  Satyajeet Rajan - Director General, Tourism
National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC)  Shahid Khaqan Abbasi - Interim Prime Minister,
 Nandan Nilekani - Non-Executive Chairman, Infosys Pakistan
board  Shashi Shekhar Vempati - C, Rajya Sabha TV
 Neil Chatterjee - Chair, Federal Energy Regulatory  Sohail Mahmood - Pakistan's new High
Commission (FERC) Commissioner to India
 Neymar Jr - Goodwill ambassador, Handicap  Sunil Arora - Election Commissioner of India
International  Surina Rajan - Director General, Bureau of Indian
 Nikolay Kudashev - Russia's new Ambassador to Standards
India  Travis Sinniah - Commander of the Navy, Sri Lanka
 Nikolay Kudashev - Russia's new ambassador to (2nd Tamil)
India  U Kamachi Mudali - Chief of Heavy Water Board
 P R Seshadri - MD & CEO, Karur Vysya Bank  UB Pravin Rao - Interim CEO, Infosys
 Panneerselvam - Deputy Chief Minister, Tamil Nadu  Uhuru Kenyatta - President, Kenya
 Paul Kagame - President, Rwanda  Ushanath Banerjee - AIFF's committee to deal with
 Peter O'Neill - Prime Minister, Papua New Guinea players’ transfer disputes
 Prabhat Kumar - India's Ambassador of India to  Vidya Balan - Member, Censor Board
Kazakhstan  Vinay Dube - CEO, Jet Airways
 Prasoon Joshi - Chairman, Censor Board  Vishal Amin - White House Intellectual Property
 Puneet Chhatwal - MD & CEO, Indian Hotels Enforcement Coordinator
Company Ltd (IHCL)  Vishal Sikka - Executive Vice Chairman, Infosys
 R.K. Raghavan - Indian High Commissioner to Cyprus.  Vishpala Reddy - Chief People’s Officer (CPO), Uber
India

 Woody Johnson - US Ambassador to UK  Firoz Merchant - UAE’s prestigious Community

Service Medal
 Gerish Khemani and Akshat Nigam (In Search of
DariyaSagar) - The Hindu Playwright Award 2017
 Abu Dujana - Lashkar-e-Taiba's Kashmir Chief  K Chandrashekhar Rao (Telangana CM) - Agriculture
 Charles Bentley - Measured the West Antarctic Ice Leadership Award 2017
Sheet for the 1st time  Lipstick Under My Burkha - Opening film at the 8th
 Jeffrey Brotman - Co-founder of Costco Edition of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne
 Jerry Lewis - American comedian-Filmmaker (IFFM) 2017
 Marian Diamond - American Neuroscientist  Madhu Chitkara - Himachal Pradesh Environment
 Rishang Keishing - Former Manipur Chief Minister Leadership Award 2017
 Robert Hard - Harry Potter Actor  Mahabaleshwar Sail - Saraswati Samman 2016
 Ruth Pfau - Pakistan's 'Mother Teresa (Hawthan)
 S Paul - Doyen of photography  NABARD Best Performance award for 2015-16 and
 Sam Shepard - Pulitzer Prize winning Playwright- 2016-17 - Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank (KVGB)
Actor (Buried Child)  Nanda Kumar Jairam - Healthcare Personality of the
 Sanwar Lal Jat - Former Union Minister Year Award
 Sitaram Panchal - Bollywood Actor  Nora K. Jemisin (The Obelisk Gate) - Hugo Award for
 Stephen Wooldridge - Olympic Champion Track Best Novel 2017
cyclist  Preethi Srinivasan - Kalpana Chawla Award for
 Sumiteru Taniguchi - Nuclear disarmament Courage and Daring Enterprise
campaigner  Quaiser Khalid - Leadership Icon award by IBPC
 Tobe Hooper - Director (The Texas Chain Saw  Rahul Doshi - UK's 'Child Genius Award
Massacre)  Sharada - Prem Nazir Award 2017
 Tom Pritchard - New Zealand's oldest surviving  T J S George - Kesari Media Award
cricketer
East Bengal Football Club Awards Winners
 Tony de Brum - Voice of Pacific Islands on Climate
Change  Bharat Gaurav Award - Dhanraj Pillay (Hockey)
 Velichko Cholakov - Bulgarian Weightlifter  Lifetime Achievement Awards - Subhsh Bhowmick
 Yisrael Kristal - World's oldest man (113 years) and syed Naeemuddin.
 Footballer of the Year Award - Gurwinder Singh
 Cricketer of the Year Award -Boddupalli Amit
 Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - Beautiful Global Indian Women Transforming India Awards Winners
Icon (at Vogue Beauty Awards 2017) [Presented by NITI Aayog, MyGov, United Nations]
 National Research Development Corporation
(NRDC) - Assocham Services Excellence Award 2017 1. Laxmi Agarwal (Uttar Pradesh)
 Cristiano Ronaldo - UEFA's Best Player of the Year 2. Subasini Mistry (West Bengal)
Award 3. Safeena Hussain (MH)
4. Arunima Sinha (Uttar Pradesh)
 Dev Patel - Asia Society 2017 Asia Game Changers
5. Kamal Kumbhar (Maharashtra)
Award
6. Jamuna Tudu (Jharkhand)
 Digambar Behera (PGIMER) - Biju Patnaik Award for
7. Rajlakshmi Borthakur (Karnataka)
Scientific Excellence for the year 2016
8. Kiran Kanoji (Haryana )

9. Harshini Kanhekar (Maharashtra)) o Football Player Syed Shahid Hakim

10. Shima Modak (Meghalaya) o Hockey Player Sumarai Tete
11. Sunita Kamble(Maharashtra)
12. Kanika Tekriwal (Madhya Pradesh) Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne (IFFM) 2017
Winners List :
John Stewart Bell Prize Winners
 Best Film - Pink
 Ronald Hanson, Delft University of Technology,  Best Actress - Konkona Sen Sharma for Lipstick
Netherlands Under my Burkha
 Sae-Woo Nam, the National Institute of Standards &  Best Actor - Sushant Singh Rajput for Dhoni
Technology, United States  Best Actor - (Special Mention) - Raj Kumar Rao for
 Anton Zeilinger, University of Vienna, Austria Trapped
 Best Director - Nitesh Tiwari for Dangal
National Sports Awards 2017 Winners List
 People’s Choice Award - Dangal & Bahubali 2
 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award  Best Indie Film - Lipstick Under My Burkha
o Para Athlete Devendra Singh Jhajharia  Equality in Cinema Award - Director/Actor Rahul
o Hockey Player Sardar Singh Bose for Poorna
 Dronacharya Awards  Leadership in Cinema - Karan Johar (he also
o Athlete Late Dr. R. Gandhi presented the IFFM Diversity Award to Garth Davis,
o Kabaddi Player Heera Nand Kataria director of the Academy nominated film LION)
o Badminton Player G.S.S.V. Prasad (Lifetime)  Westpac IFFM Excellence in Global Cinema -
o Boxing Player Brij Bhushan Mohanty Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
(Lifetime)
o Hockey Player P.A. Raphel (Lifetime) Eurasia Bulgaria International 2017 Winners
o Shooter Sanjoy Chakraverthy (Lifetime) List
o Wrestler Roshan Lal (Lifetime)
 Men's singles : Lakshya Sen (India)
 Arjuna Awards Winners
 Women's singles : Neslihan Yigit (Turkey)
o Archer V.J. Surekha
 Men's doubles : Mathias Thyrri (Denmark) and Søren
o Athlete Khushbir Kaur
Toft Hansen (Denmark)
o Basketball Player Prasanthi Singh
o Boxer Sub. Laishram Debendro Singh  Women's doubles : Gabriela Stoeva (Bulgaria) and
o Cricketer Harmantpreet Kaur Stefani Stoeva (Bulgaria)
o Footballer Oinam Bembem Devi  Mixed doubles : Alex Vlaar (Bulgaria) and Iris
o Golfer S.S.P. Chawrasia Tabeling (Netherlands)
o Hockey Player S.V. Sunil
o Kabaddi Player Jasvir Singh
o Shooter P.N. Prakash Rogers Cup 2017 Winners List
o Table Tennis Player Amalraj
o Tennis Player Saketh Myneni  Men's Singles : Alexander Zverev (Germany)
o Wrestler Satyawart Kadian  Women's Singles : Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)
o Para Athlete Mariyappan  Men's Doubles : Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) /
o Para Athlete Varun Singh Bhati Nicolas Mahut (France)
 Dhyanchand Award  Women's Doubles : Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) /
o Athlete Bhupendra Singh Elena Vesnina (Russia)

Winners of Lagos International 2017  Philippine Educational Theater Association [PETA]

(PHILIPPINES) : For empowering communities for
 Men's Singles : Rahul Yadav Chittaboina (India) development action through theater arts.
 Women's Singles : Thilini Pramodika Hendahewa (Sri  Tony Tay (SINGAPORE) : For mobilizing collective
Lanka) goodwill to address hidden hunger.
 Men's Doubles : Manu Attri (India) and B. Sumeeth  Yoshiaki Ishizawa (JAPAN) : For restoring
Reddy (India) Cambodia’s treasured gift to world culture.
 Women's Doubles : Thilini Pramodika Hendahewa
(Sri Lanka) and Ishadika Kavidi (Sri Lanka) In 3rd Bi-Monthly Monetary Policy Review by RBI, Repo
 Mixed Doubles : Misha Zilberman (Israel) and rate has been cut by 25 basis points.
Svetlana Zilberman (Israel)
New Monetary Policy Rates :
2017 Winners of Ramon Magsaysay Awards  Repo Rate - 6.00 %
 Abdon Nababan (INDONESIA) : For giving compelling  Reverse Repo - 5.75 %
face and voice to Adat communities and their rights.  Bank Rate - 6.25 %
 Gethsie Shanmugam (SRI LANKA) : For rebuilding  Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) Rate - 6.25 %
lives from the psychosocial wounds of war and  CRR (Cash Reserve Ratio) - 4 %
violence.  SLR (Statutory Liquidity ratio) - 20 %
 Lilia De Lima (PHILIPPINES) : For harnessing
sustained, non-stop and credible public service.
 ‘I am HIV positive, so what ?’, a book on the career of Manipur’s highly-acclaimed bodybuilder, K Pradipkumar
Singh, known for his personal struggle against HIV AIDS, was recently released. This book was written by :
Jayanta Kalita.
 10th India-European Union Counter Terrorism Dialogue was recently held at New Delhi. During this dialogue,
India and the European Union have agreed to strengthen cooperation between their security and intelligence
agencies to combat the threat of terrorism and check terror financing.
 12th August 2017 was observed as the International Youth Day with the Theme “Youth Building Peace”.
 15th edition of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC)
ministerial meeting was recently held in Kathmandu, Nepal. Union External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma
Swaraj represented India.
 15-year-old shooter Shapath Bharadwaj has become India's youngest athlete to feature in government's Target
Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme.
 16-year-old Indian-origin student Kavya Kopparapu with her team has developed an AI system to recognise signs
of a diabetic complication that damages blood vessels in the eye.
 18-year-old India's junior para-athlete Rinku Hooda has won Silver medal in the Javelin throw F46 at the 1st
World Para Athletics Junior Championships in Switzerland.

 19 acres of land which housed around 70 government office buildings in Chattisgarh’s Raipur is being converted
into India's first micro forest in order to create an oxy-zone.
 19th August 2017 was observed as the World Humanitarian Day (WHD) with the Theme “#NotATarget”. 19th
August 2017 was observed as the World Photography Day with the Theme “Understanding clouds”.
 3 Indian companies featured in the Forbes' List of 'World’s Most Innovative Companies 2017. They are :
Hindustan Unilever - 7th Rank (Highest-ranked Indian company), Asian Paints - 8th Rank and Airtel - 78th Rank.
 5 Judge bench of Supreme Court declared the practice of Triple Talaq as 'unconstitutional', and ordered a ban on
it.
 7 Indian chess players including former World Champion Viswanathan Anand will be taking part in the Chess
World Cup to be held in Tbilisi, Georgia, from September 2 to 27.
 72nd anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing was observed on 6th August 2017.
 91-year-old Queen Elizabeth II of UK is going to resign from her throne at the age of 95. Upon her abdication, the
Queen's eldest son Prince Charles will become the King.
 9th August 2017 was observed as International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples with the Theme "10th
Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples"
 9th August 2017 was observed as Kranti Diwas (Quit India Day) in India with the Theme “Sankalp se Siddhi- the
attainment through resolve”.
 A 5-member special committee has been constituted by the Delhi government to prepare the Final parking
policy for the city. The panel will be headed by : Om Prakash Agarwal (CEO of World Resources Institute (WRI),
India)
 A Panel that was set up to look at all aspects of household finance in India has recommended that PAN card
should be required for all gold transactions. The panel was chaired by : Tarun Ramadorai (Professor of financial
economics).
 A set of 6 caves housing over 50 artefacts from the last Ice Age has become the 42nd UNESCO World Heritage
Site in Germany.
 A US court has ruled that politicians cannot block people on social media as it violates their right to freedom of
speech.
 According to recently released provisional census data, Pakistan's population has surged to over 20 crore, a 57%
spike since the last census in 1998.
 Afghanistan has requested India to launch a special satellite exclusively for its use. The satellite will be used in
areas of telecommunications, television services, mines and other sectors.
 American sprinter Allyson Felix has become the Most decorated athlete in world championships with 15 medals,
breaking Usain Bolt's shared all-time record of most medals at the biennial athletics event.
 American tennis player Serena Williams has topped the Forbes' list of highest paid female athletes of 2017, with
$27 million in earnings between June 2016 and June 2017.
 As part of its special focus on Indian languages, the Oxford University Press has launched online dictionaries in
Tamil and Gujarati.
 Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has agreed to give the Sikh community in the state a 'Micro Minority
status'.
 Australian state government has approved the world's biggest single tower solar thermal power plant, a 150-
megawatt structure to be built in South Australia by 2020.
 Axis Bank recently launched a campaign titled 'Experience Axis' featuring Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone.
 Bangladesh is going to conduct Indian Ocean Naval Symposium’s (IONS) Maiden International Maritime Search
and Rescue Exercise (IMMSAREX) in November 2017 at the Bay of Bengal.
 Brazil's Neymar has become the world's most expensive footballer, with Paris Saint-Germain signing him for a
five-year deal from Barcelona for a fee of ₹1,680 crore (€222 million).
 Britain is going to pay up to €40 billion as part of a deal to leave the European Union.
 Canadian citizens who do not identify as Male or Female will soon be able to mark "X" on their passports and
other identity documents.
 Central Park located in Delhi's Connaught Place will get facial recognition surveillance as part of a collaboration
between New Delhi Municipal Corporation and NEC Corporation India.
 China formally opened its first overseas military base in Africa's Djibouti. Djibouti also hosts US, Japanese, and
French bases.
 China has been drafting a law on the appropriate use of its National Anthem by introducing criminal prosecution
for violators.
 China is going to launch the World's first nuclear power plant, the Sanmen Nuclear Power Station, that is
immune to meltdown.
 China is relaunching the Fastest bullet trains in the world, which run at 350 kilometres per hour.
 China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) has banned companies from registering odd and
long names.
 Deepwater Horizon actor Mark Wahlberg has topped Forbes 2017 list of World's Highest Paid Actors, earning
$68 million during the 12-month scoring period.
 Delhi government has announced a complete ban on manual cleaning of sewers.
 Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Insan was sentenced to 20 years in prison for rape by a
special CBI court in Haryana.
 Digital payments and ecommerce company Paytm has rebranded Postcard, its digital version of gifting money in
an envelope on festive occasions, to Lifafa (which means envelope in Hindi) after India Post sent a notice to the
company to stop using the term 'postcard'.
 Distance runner Mo Farah won the final track race of his career, clinching a win in 5,000-metre final with a
margin of 0.04 seconds at the Diamond League.
 Double Paralympics gold medalist Devendra Jhajharia has became the 1st Para Ahlete to be awarded the Rajiv
Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting honour.
 During it's bi-monthly policy review, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cut Repo rate by 25 basis points to 6%,
the lowest in more than six-and-a-half years.
 England football captain Wayne Rooney announced his retirement from international football, after appearing
for England in 119 matches.
 External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj recently inaugurated India's first 'Videsh Bhavan' in Mumbai. The
Bhavan integrates all Ministry of External Affairs offices in Maharashtra under one roof, and will reportedly help
in effective management.
 Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launched 'Bharat 22' exchange-traded-fund (ETF) to divest government assets in 22
state-run and private firms. ICICI Prudential will manage the fund.
 Flipkart recently completed its merger with eBay India's operations.
 For the first time in history, BJP became the largest political party in Rajya Sabha after pushing Congress to the
second spot.
 Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has penned a book titled 'I Do What I Do'.
 Georgia began the 'Noble Partner' military exercise with the US and partner countries despite Russia's earlier
objections to the drills claiming they could destabilise the region.

 Germany has test launched surveillance cameras with biometric face recognition capability at one of Berlin's
railway stations.
 Goa cabinet passed an amendment granting Coconut Palm the status of “State tree”.
 Google has announced 'Oreo' as the name for the latest version of the Android operating system, continuing the
dessert-themed names.
 Haryana barred all government school teachers from stepping inside the classrooms with mobile phones.
 Home Minister Rajnath Singh has attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting on disaster
prevention which was held at Kyrgyz Republic from 24th August 2017.
 Hurricane Harvey became the most powerful storm to hit US' Texas in more than 50 years.
 In a bid to establish equality and a better standard of living for every citizen in the state, the Andhra Pradesh
government is going to provide Pension to the Transgender community. Important Note : Odisha was the first
Indian state to give social welfare benefits such as pensions to the transgender community.
 In order to incentivise digital transactions the government is planning to offer 2% discount over the applicable
GST rate on bills up to ₹2,000.
 India and Bangladesh have confirmed that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will visit Dhaka in the first
half of September to attend the 4th Bangladesh-India Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting.
 India and China have agreed to withdraw their troops from Doklam after being in a standoff for over two
months.
 India and Germany have signed an agreement on technical cooperation under the Indo-German Energy
Programme – Green Energy Corridors (IGEN-GEC).
 India and Russia for first time are going to conduct Indra Tri-Services Exercise, involving their Armies, Navies and
the Air Forces in October 2017 to further ramp up military ties.
 India and the United States have agreed to enhance peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region by establishing
a new two-by-two ministerial dialogue.
 India and the US are going to co-host the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Hyderabad ( Telangana) from 28th
to 30th November 2017. US President Donald Trump’s daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump will be leading the
American delegation at the 3 day summit.
 India and United States have established new Two-byTwo (2 by 2) ministerial dialogue to enhance strategic
coordination between the two countries and maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.
 India has gifted 30 ambulances and 6 buses to Nepal for it's hospitals, charitable organisations and educational
institutions on the occasion of Independence Day.
 India has ratified the 2nd commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol that commits nations to reduce emission of
greenhouse gases (GHG).
 India has received the first-ever shipment of crude oil from the US in August 2017.
 India has signed a loan agreement with China led-Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for financing of
$329 million for Gujarat Rural Roads Project (GRRP).
 India is going to host the next steering committee meeting of the proposed 1,814 kilometre-long Turkmenistan-
Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline.
 India won South Asian Football Federation Under-15 Championship defeating host Nepal by 2-1 in the final at
Kathmandu.
 India’s first private sector missile sub-systems manufacturing facility Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems (KRAS)
plant was inaugurated near Hyderabad, Telangana.
 Indian basketball team captain Amritpal Singh became the first Indian player to be picked up by an Australian
National Basketball League team, after signing for the Sydney Kings.
 Indian boxer Neeraj Goyat defended his WBC Asia Pacific Welterweight title against Philippines' Allan Tanada
after a 12-round contest in Mumbai.
 Indian boxer Vijender Singh won his career's second professional title, defeating China's Zulpikar Maimaitiali to
win the WBO Oriental Super Middleweight belt in Mumbai.
 Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX) commenced operations as the World's first diamond futures exchange. The
exchange is backed by companies like Reliance Capital and MMTC.
 Indian Government has inked US $24.64 million Grant Agreement from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) of
the World Bank for Ecosystem Service Improvement Project.
 Indian Navy’s second LCU Mark IV L52 ship was commissioned at Port Blair, capital of Andaman and Nicobar
Islands. LCU L52 is the second LCU Mk-IV class ship to be inducted into the Indian Navy. LCU - Landing Craft
Utility.
 Indian pair of Kynan Chenai and Shreyasi Singh win bronze in mixed team trap event of Asian Shotgun Shooting
Championship in Kazakhastan.
 Indian shooter Ankur Mittal bagged the Gold medal in Men's double trap at the 7th Asian Shotgun Championship
in Astana, Kazakhstan.
 Indian shooter Maheshwari Chauhan won a Bronze medal at the ongoing 7th Asian Shotgun Championships in
Kazakhstan.
 Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal settled for a Bronze medal after crashing out of the Badminton World
Championships in the semifinals.
 India's first indigenous sniper rifle was launched at the Rifle Factory in West Bengal's Ishapore.
 India's first museum on Partition of the Indian subcontinent was opened in Amritsar (Punjab), as India and
Pakistan celebrate 70 years as independent nations.
 India's first 'Railways disaster management village', to be developed at a cost of ₹44.42 crore, on the outskirts of
Bengaluru by December next year.
 India's Lakshya Sen, who is currently the world number one junior shuttler, won the Bulgaria Open International
Series title a day after turning 16 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
 India's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has cut its workforce by 6,622 people in the first quarter of this
fiscal, driven by natural attrition such as retirements and voluntary retirement scheme.
 India's Ravindra Jadeja surpassed the likes of Anil Kumble and Kapil Dev to become the 2nd fastest Indian to
reach 150 wickets in Test cricket.
 IndusInd Bank became the 6th Indian bank whose market capitalisation soared past the ₹1 lakh crore-mark.
HDFC Bank is the country's most valued bank with a market cap of ₹4.6 lakh crore, followed by State Bank of
India, and ICICI Bank.
 Israel has successfully launched Venus satellite (Vegetation and Environment Monitoring New Micro-Satellite),
its first spatial environmental research vehicle designed for orbital monitoring of Earth's vegetation.
 ISRO and NASA are jointly working on a mission titled NISAR to co-develop and launch a dual frequency synthetic
aperture radar (SAR) satellite by 2021. NISAR - NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar.
 ISRO's regional positioning system NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation), India's very own substitute for
the Global Positioning System (GPS), will now rely on high-precision atomic clocks developed by Delhi-based
National Physical Laboratory.
 Japan, the world's third largest economy, expanded at an annualised rate of 4% in the April-June quarter, making
it the Fastest growing economy among the G7 nations.
 Karnataka Government has launched an experimental cloud seeding Project titled "Varshadhari" in Bengaluru.
Under this project, an aircraft will spray chemicals to induce rainfall.
 Karnataka Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with software giant Microsoft India
to develop a unique “farm price forecasting model.”
 Karnataka government will be merging the existing seven health schemes to launch a unified scheme- 'Arogya
Bhagya'.
 Lebanese President Michel Aoun has signed the country's first animal welfare bill into law, guaranteeing the
legal protection of domestic and wild animals from abuse.
 Lebanon abolished a law that allowed rapists to escape punishment by marrying their victims. Jordan and Tunisia
banned similar laws earlier this year.
 Market Regulator SEBI set up a committee on 'fair market conduct'. Head of this committee : T K Viswanathan
(former law secretary)
 Mercedes' British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton registered his 58th career race win after claiming the
Belgian Grand Prix title.
 Messaging app WhatsApp is going to start WhatsApp Payments, a facility for instant money transfer via the
Unified Payments Interface (UPI).
 Mexico will create a new division of the Federal Police to preserve and secure its cultural heritage.
 MoS for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir approved a proposal to rename the Mughalsarai railway station in UP after
RSS ideologue Deendayal Upadhyaya.
 Mozilla, the maker of Firefox web browser, has launched a cross-browser tool called 'Send', which lets users
share self-destructing files of up to 1 GB.
 NASA is planning to send microbial life on its Mars 2020 rover mission, which would use Mars' atmospheric
carbon dioxide to produce oxygen.
 Nepal has criminalised an ancient practice known as 'Chhaupadi' that banishes women from homes during
menstruation.
 Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was on a 5-day visit to India. This visit aims to get India committed to
post-earthquake reconstruction and infrastructural expansion in the country.
 Odisha Government has launched a grid-connected rooftop solar programme through net-metering system at
the State Secretariat in capital city of Bhubaneswar.
 On the occasion of World Elephant Day (12th August) the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest has
launched a nationwide campaign titled Gaj Yatra to protect elephants.
 Parliament has passed the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2017. This bill will replace the Banking
Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 promulgated by President in May 2017.
 PM Narendra Modi will be on a visit to China from 3rd to 5th September 2017. During this visit, he will attend
the 9th BRICS Summit.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 1.4-kilometre long hanging bridge across the river Chambal in
Rajasthan's Kota.
 Qantas Airways is set to offer a 20-hour non-stop flight from Sydney to London, making this the world's longest
non-stop commercial flight.
 Qatar has approved a new employment law which limits foreign domestic staff to a maximum of 10 hours work a
day, the first such protection for foreigners working in the country.
 Qatar has approved an unprecedented law that will grant permanent residency to expats (persons who lives
outside their native country) fulfilling certain conditions.
 Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University, India's first aviation university, was inaugurated on August 18 at
Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh).

 'Rayichapalu', a regular catch for fishermen in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam, has been declared as One of the
rarest species of fish in the world.
 Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has surpassed Hong Kong's Li Ka-shing to become Asia's second-
richest person with a $35.2 billion (₹2.25 lakh crore) fortune, as per Bloomberg.
 Russia has settled the final debt of $125.2 million that it inherited from the Soviet Union. It was the money the
Soviet Union owed to former Yugoslavia as a part of a trade deal between the two countries.
 Russian entrepreneur Viacheslav Semenchuk has announced plans for an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) of the world's
first digital currency aimed specifically at Jewish communities across the globe.
 Russian firm Tactical Missiles Corporation is developing Artificial Intelligence-powered missiles that can make
decisions like choosing a target by itself.
 Sanjivani Jadhav, a 20-year-old marathon runner from Nashik, won the Silver medal in the women's 10,000-
metre at the 29th World University Games in Taipei.
 Shah Rukh Khan has been named India's highest paid actor with ₹243.7 crore ($38 million) earnings in the list.
 Shapath Bharadwaj, a 15-year-old from Meerut, won a Bronze medal in the double trap event at the ISSF Junior
Shotgun World Cup in Italy.
 Shuttler PV Sindhu became the 2nd Indian to win a Silver medal at the Badminton World Championships, losing
to Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the women's singles final in Glasgow.
 Software giant Microsoft has announced its Project Brainwave deep learning acceleration platform for real-time
artificial intelligence (AI).
 South Korea, North Korea and India celebrate their Independence Day on the same day (15th of August).
 Spain based Real Madrid defeated Manchester United 2-1 to lift the UEFA Super Cup title. This is their 4th UEFA
Super Cup title.
 Sri Lanka has signed a $1.1-billion deal to lease its southern Hambantota port to China.
 Starting from September, PNB (Punjab National Bank) is going to charge customers for depositing cash above
₹5,000 in non-base branches, even if these are located in the same city.
 State-owned oil marketing company Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) has announced that it has increased the
commission offered to dealers up to 50% with effect from August 1.
 Swiss president Doris Leuthard was on 3-day visit to India. During this visit, India and Switzerland held extensive
talks on entire gamut of bilateral relationship including on ways to ramp up trade and investment ties.
 The 2030 Water Resources Group (2030WRG) has decided to help the Maharashtra Government to raise $270
million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF).
 The 7th Meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was recently held in New Delhi under
the Chairmanship of the Union Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley.
 The Adivasi Will Not Dance, a book of short stories by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, has been banned by the
Jharkhand government on the grounds that it is offensive to the dignity of Santhal women.
 The annual La Tomatina festival was held in Spanish town Buñol, amid increased security following several terror
attacks. Considered the Biggest food fight in the world, thousands of participants threw an estimated 160 tonnes
of tomatoes at each other.
 The Baltic nation of Estonia is considering starting its own virtual currency called 'estcoin' to boost its economy.
 The Bengaluru International Airport, in partnership with Thumby Aviation Private Limited, will soon have India's
first helicopter-taxi service. The "HeliTaxi service: would ensure quick and seamless transfers to and from
airport.
 The Cabinet also approved an MOU to set up US $40 million India-Israel Industrial R&D and Technological
Innovation Fund (I4F).
 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved renaming of SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-
Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana
(PMKSY). Objective of this Scheme : To supplement agriculture, modernize processing and decrease agricultural-
waste.
 The central government made Aadhaar mandatory for the registration of deaths and announced that the
decision will come into effect from October 1, 2017.
 The Defence Ministry has granted additional administrative and financial powers to the Border Roads
Organisation (BRO) to speed-up the construction of roads along the Indo-China border.
 The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in the Union Commerce Ministry has banned duty free imports
of Gold, Silver items from South Korea.
 The FIFA Under-17 World Cup official winner's trophy was recently displayed at the India Gate. The tournament's
winner will lift the trophy on October 28. The event will be India's first official FIFA tournament.
 The French Presidency announced an official role for Brigitte Macron (President Emmanuel Macron's wife). This
is the first time a spouse of France's head of state has been given an official role (official First Lady title).
 The Geographical Indications Registry (GIR) has granted Geographical Indication (GI) status to Gobindobhog rice,
a speciality from Burdwan district of West Bengal.
 The government has accepted 65 out of 99 recommendations of the Lt General DB Shekatkar-led committee,
which will result in the redeployment of 57,000 Indian Army personnel for various other required duties.
 The government has ordered state-run oil companies to raise subsidised cooking gas (LPG) prices by ₹4 per
cylinder every month, effective June 1.
 The Haryana government will organise Digital Haryana Summit in Gurugram on September 15 to discuss issues
like digital governance, smart living in cities and villages, citizen partnership, and entrepreneurship among
others.
 The Home Ministry has given its approval for the construction of a 32 kilometres long road in Ladakh. This road
will be built between Marsimik La to Hot Spring, the former being around 20 kilometres away from the Pangong
Lake.
 The Independence Day this year (15th August 2017) was observed as 'Sankalp Parva', or 'Day of Resolve'.
 The India-ASEAN Youth Summit was recently held in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh to commemorate 25th anniversary
of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)–India dialogue partnership in the ongoing year.
 The Indian Army has developed a mobile application titled 'Humraaz' through which serving soldiers can track
details like postings and promotions.
 The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Ministry of Health inked Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) to collaborate on vaccine research and development.
 The Indian men and women's wheelchair basketball teams won Bronze at the 4th Bali Cup International
Tournament for Wheelchair Basketball.
 The Indian Men's Hockey team defeated Netherlands 2-1 in the second match of the two-match Rabo Super
Serie to clinch the series 2-0.
 The Indian Railways has signed its 1st EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) contract with Larsen and
Turbo (L & T) for electrification of railway lines.
 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is going to launch a full-fledged niche Earth Observation (EO)
satellite titled the Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite (HySIS). Its launch will allow ISRO to enter the domain of
operational hyperspectral imaging from earth orbit.
 The island of Tuvalu was the least visited country in 2016, according to a report by the United Nations World
Tourism Organisation.
 The ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) and CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have
signed MoU to make indigenous regional positioning system-NavIC independent from the US clock system.
 The Jharkhand government cleared a draft Anti-conversion bill which aims to ban religious conversion through
force or allurement.
 The Karnataka government has decided to rename 100 Morarji Desai government residential schools after
former PM Indira Gandhi.
 The Karnataka government will soon come out with an 'Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage Policy' aimed at
reducing pollution and promoting healthy environment.
 The Kerala High Court lifted BCCI's lifetime ban imposed on cricketer S Sreesanth from the sport over the IPL
2013 spot-fixing case.
 The Lok Sabha has also passed the State Banks (Repeal and Amendment) Bill, 2017. The bill seeks to repeal the
two Acts namely State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959, and State Bank of Hyderabad Act, 1956.
 The Lok Sabha has passed the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2017 by voice vote. This bill seeks to amend
the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to insert provisions for handling cases related to stressed assets of banks.
 The Lok Sabha has passed the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Amendment) Bill, 2017 by
voice vote. The bill enables exit of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from the National Bank for Agriculture and
Rural Development (NABARD) and increase authorised capital of the development institution six times to Rs
30000 crore.
 The Maharashtra government is going to introduce cycling tracks along the arterial roads of 10 cities including
Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, and Latur.
 The Multi Commodity Exchange Ltd (MCX) has received markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of
India's (Sebi) approval to launch India's first Gold options contract.
 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has successfully launched Tracking and Data Relay
Satellite-M (TDRS-M) into orbit.
 The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has given a nod to Spice Digital Ltd. for processing bill
payments under the Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) as a Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU).
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced only 1.4% of old ₹1,000 notes have not come back into the
banking system post demonetisation.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a ₹3 crore penalty on state-owned Union Bank of India for "non-
compliance" of Know Your Customer (KYC) norms in two separate cases.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will shortly issue new banknotes of ₹ 50 rupee denomination in the Mahatma
Gandhi (New) Series. The base colour of the new notes will be Fluorescent Blue and its dimension will be 66 mm
x 135 mm.
 The Russian Air Force will begin training female military pilots for the first time since the fall of the Soviet Union
in 1991.
 The State Bank of India (SBI) accounts for over 27% of the total amount owed to public sector banks by wilful
defaulters, with 1,762 such defaulters owing as much as ₹25,104 crore to it as on March 31.
 The State Bank of India (SBI) has realised ₹235.06 crore as penalty from 3.88 crore accounts for not maintaining
monthly average balance in the first quarter.
 The Supreme Court barred firework manufacturers from using five chemicals that lead to air and noise pollution,
that would further result in diminished sparkle effects and sound in crackers. Those chemicals are : Lithium,
Antimony, Mercury, Arsenic, and Lead
 The Supreme Court, in a historic verdict, declared Right to Privacy a fundamental right in the Indian Constitution.
Privacy is protected by Article 21 and part 3 of the Constitution.
 The Telangana government has launched an exclusive 24x7 helpline '181' for women.
 The Tripura Cricket Association (TCA) in association with BCCI will build a cricket stadium, with a seating capacity
of 25,000, at Narsinghgarh.
 The Union Cabinet cleared a proposal to extend the proxy voting facility to Non-Resident Indians. Until now, the
option of proxy voting was only available to service personnel in the country.
 The Union Cabinet gave its approval for raising Extra Budgetary Resources of up to Rs, 9,020 crore for Long Term
Irrigation Fund (LTIF) during the financial year 2017-18.
 The Union Cabinet has apprised Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and Brazil for
cooperation in fields of Zebu Cattle Genomics and Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs).
 The Union Cabinet has approved Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Sweden on
cooperation in the field of Intellectual Property (IPRs).
 The Union Cabinet has approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Myanmar for
conservation of earthquake-damaged pagodas at Bagan, Myanmar.
 The Union Government has launched e-Rashtriya Kisan Agri Mandi (e-RaKAM) portal to provide a platform for
farmers to sell agricultural produce. e-RaKAM is a first of its kind initiative that leverages technology to connect
farmers from the smallest villages to the biggest markets of the world through internet.
 The Union HRD Minister Prakash Javdekar launched ‘Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat’ Programme in Kochi,
Kerala. Aim of this programme : To provide a comprehensive and inclusive report card for children covering all
age groups and children of different abilities.
 The Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry has constituted a Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for
India’s Economic Transformation. Head of this Task Force : Dr. V. Kamakoti
 The Union Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MEITY) has constituted an expert Committee
to study and identify key data protection issues and recommend methods for addressing them. The 10-member
committee will be headed by : Justice B N Srikrishna (Supreme Court Judge (retired))
 The Union Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs is going to establish National Sports Museum at Jawaharlal Nehru
Stadium, New Delhi. This will be first of its kind sports museum in India.
 The United States and China have signed an agreement to improve communication between the militaries of the
two countries and reduce the "risk of miscalculation".
 The United States saw its first coast-to-coast solar eclipse after 99 years on 21st August 2017 with the path of
totality passing through 14 states from Oregon to South Carolina.
 The Uttar Pradesh government has made the registration of marriages compulsory for all religions and castes in
the state.
 The work on converting Bengaluru's Puttenahalli lake into a bird reserve was recently began.
 To connect Beijing with Zhangjiakou city, China is constructing a 12-km-long high-speed train tunnel through one
of the portions of its iconic Great Wall. [Zhangjiakou is going to co-host 2022 Winter Olympics.]
 To curb infiltration by Pakistan, the Indian government is going to install a 24/7 seamless virtual fence with
sensors along the India-Pakistan border.
 To maintain cleanliness along banks of Ganga River, the Uttar Pradesh Government launched an awareness drive
titled "Namami Gange Jagriti Yatra".
 To train women entrepreneurs in the state, the Odisha government and social networking giant Facebook have
jointly launched a programme titled ‘SheMeansBusiness’.
 Turkey has begun constructing a wall along the 500-km-long border with Iran.
 UK-based broadcaster BBC has introduced a new font titled BBC Reith.

 Ukraine has removed all 1,320 statues of the communist revolutionary Lenin as part of a government drive to rid
the country of Soviet-era symbols.
 UK's 96-year-old Prince Philip recently retired from public duty after serving for over 65 years as the Captain
General of the Royal Marines.
 Undefeated professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced his retirement after knocking out MMA
Champion Conor McGregor in the 'richest fight in history'.
 Under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), the Delhi Police has launched a skill development
programme titled YUVA. The ‘YUVA’ initiative aims to connect with youth by upgrading their skill as per their
competencies.
 Union home minister Rajnath Singh has launched a Digital policing portal, making it possible to electronically
apply and seek verifications for tenants, domestic helps and even passports.
 Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched a new campaign titled
“Harit Diwali, Swasth Diwali”. Aim of this campaign : To reduce adverse environmental conditions especially
pollution in the country after post Diwali celebrations due to excessive bursting of crackers which contributes
significantly to air and noise pollution.
 US Defence Department has ordered an Army-wide ban on all consumer drones made by the world's largest
drone manufacturer DJI (Dà-Jiāng Innovations Science and Technology Co., Ltd), over "cyber vulnerabilities
associated with its products".
 US President Donald Trump signed an Anti-Russia sanctions bill into law after negotiating its "critical elements".
This is the first step that Trump has taken against Russia, which reportedly helped him become US President.
 US state Hawaii is going to ban pedestrians using mobile phones while crossing the street in Honolulu from
October.
 US-based cab-hailing startup Uber launched in-app messaging feature along with multi-destination rides for
users in India.
 US-Norwegian company Kolos is set to build World's largest data centre in Arctic Norway, powered by 100%
sustainable energy.
 Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath recently launched 'Swachh Uttar Pradesh, Swasth Uttar Pradesh' campaign.
Aim of this campaign : To fight encephalitis, adding that its prevention starts with sanitation.
 Western Asian country Qatar has launched a new direct sea route between its Hamad Port and Pakistan's Port of
Karachi.
 With an aim to bring transparency in recruit in government jobs, the Uttar Pradesh Government has decided to
do away with interview in the recruitment of non-gazetted officers from Class II to IV.
 With over 5,300 recipients between 2004 and 2017, India is the largest beneficiary of the Erasmus scholarships
for higher education offered by the European Union (EU) member states.
 World Badminton Championships, also known as 2017 BWF World Championships were recently held from held
from 21st August 2017 to 27th August 2017 at Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland.
 World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) was observed from 1 to 7 August in more than 120 countries. Theme of
World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) 2017 : "SUSTAINING BREASTFEEDING TOGETHER"
 World's 4th richest person Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has become the biggest shareholder of US'
second largest bank, Bank of America, with a 6.6% stake.
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 30th September - International Translation Day
 1-7 September - National Nutrition Week

 2nd September - World Coconut Day
 A.B. Pandey - Interim Chairman, Goods and Services
 5th September - Teacher's Day in India
Tax Network (GSTN)
 5th September - International Charity Day
 Abanti Sankaranarayanan - Chairman, Advertising
 8th September - International Literacy Day
Standards Council of India (ASCI)
 2nd Saturday of September - World First Aid Day
 Abhay Firodia - President, Society of Indian
 9th September - Himalaya Diwas (Himalaya Day)
Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM)
 10th September - World Suicide Prevention Day
 Ajay Bhushan Pandey - Interim Chairman, Goods and
 11th September - Patriot Day
Services Tax Network (GSTN)
 2nd Saturday of September - World First Aid Day
 Akshay Kumar - Brand Ambassador, Swachh Bharat
 12th September - United Nations Day for South-
Mission UP
South Cooperation
 Angela Merkel - Chancellor, Germany (4th term)
 14th September - Hindi Diwas (Hindi Day)
 Arvind Subramanian - Chief Economic Adviser (1yr
 14th September - World Fraternity and Apology Day
Extension)
 15th September - 50th Engineer's Day
 B Sambamurthy - Interim Chairman, National
 15th September - International Day of Democracy
Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
 16th September - World Ozone Day
 Balraj Joshi - CMD, NHPC (National Hydro Power
 3rd Saturday of September - International Coastal
Corporation)
Cleanup Day
 Ban Ki-moon - Head, International Olympic
 3rd Saturday of September - International Red
Committee (IOC) Ethics Commission
Panda Day
 Bibek Debroy – Head, Economic Advisory Council to
 20th September - Railway Police Force (RPF)
Prime Minister (EAC-PM)
Foundation Day
 Binay Tamang - Chairman, Gorkha Territorial
 21st September - International Day of Peace
Administration
 21st September - World Alzheimer’s Day
 David Knopf - Youngest Ever CFO, Kraft Heinz
 22nd September - World Car Free Day
 Gopal Singh - CMD, Coal India Ltd (CIL)
 Last Sunday of September - World Rivers Day
 Halimah Yacob - 8th President of Singapore (1st
 Last Sunday of September - World Deaf Day Woman)
 26th September - International Day for Total  Harendra Singh - High Performance Specialist Coach,
Elimination of Nuclear Weapons Indian Senior Women Hockey Team
 26th September - European Day of Languages  Harshil Mehta - Joint Managing Director & CEO,
 26th September - 76th Foundation Day of the DHFL (Diwan Housing Finance)
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)  Inder Jit Singh - Chairperson, National Authority
 27th September - World Tourism Day Chemical Weapons Convention (NACWC)
 Last Thursday of September - World Maritime Day  James Bridenstine - Administrator, NASA
 28th September - World Rabies day  Joao Lourenco - 1st New President in 38 years,
 28th September - International Day for Universal Angola
Access to Information (IDUAI)  K. Rama Chandra Murty - Executive Director (south),
 28th September - 190th Gunners Day National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)
 29th September - World Heart Day  Kenneth I. Juster - Next USA ambassador to India

 KV Rama Moorthy - MD & CEO, Tamilnad Mercantile  Umesh Chand Asawa - Member, Managing
Bank Committee of the Indian Banks Association (IBA)
 M. Nagaraja Sarma - CMD, United India Insurance  Vanlalawmpuii Chawngthu - 1st woman minister of
Company Mizoram in 30 years
 Mahendra Pratap Mall - CMD< Indian Railway  Vasant Narasimhan - CEO, Novartis
Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC)  Viveck Goenka - Chairman, Press Trust of India (PTI)
 Manisha Singh - Assistant Secretary of State for  Y C Modi - Director General, National Investigation
Economic and Business Affairs (US) Agency (NIA)
 Mercedes Araoz Fernandez - Prime Minister, Peru
 N Baijendra Kumar - CMD, National Mineral New Cabinet Ministers
Development Corporation (NMDC)
 Nirmala Sitharaman - Defence Minister, India  Nirmala Sitharaman - Ministry of Defence.
 P R Seshadri - MD & CEO, Karur Vysya Bank o Note : Sitharaman is first woman after Indira
Gandhi to hold portfolio of Defence Minister.
 Peter Thomson - UN's first Special Envoy for oceans
 Piyush Goyal - Ministry of Railways (also Minister of
 Pradipta Bagchi - Group Communication Chief, Tata
State for Coal Ministry (IC))
Sons
 R A Sankara Narayanan - MD & CEO, Vijaya Bank  Dharmendra Pradhan - Ministry of Petroleum and
Natural. He will also hold Ministry for Skill
 Rahul Bothra - 1st Ever Chief Financial Officer (CFO),
Development and Entrepreneurship.
Swiggy
 Muqtar Abbas Naqvi - Ministry of Minority Affairs.
 Rajat Sharma - President, News Broadcasters
 Nitin Gadkari - Ministry of Water Resources, River
Association (NBA)
Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (also holds
 Rajiv Kumar - Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways)
 Rajiv Mehrishi - Comptroller and Auditor General
 Uma Bharti - Ministry of Drinking Water and
(CAG) of India
Sanitation
 Rajni Kant Mishra - Director General, Sashastra
 Narendra Singh Tomer - Ministry of Mines (Also
Seema Bal (SSB)
Holds Ministry of Rural Development and Minsitry of
 Raquel Dodge - 1st woman General Prosecutor of
Panchayati Raj)
Brazil
 Suresh Prabhu -Ministry of Commerce and Industry
 Ravi - Vice Chairman, Press Trust of India (PTI)
 Royana Singh - 1st Woman Chief Proctor, Banaras New Ministers of State
Hindu University (BHU)
 Sanjaya Baru - Secretary General, Federation of  Gajendra Singh Shekhawat - Ministry of Agriculture
Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) & Farmers Welfare
 Santosh Sharma - CMD, Hindustan Coper Limited  Krishna Raj - Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers
(HCL) Welfare
 Shashi Shanker - CMD, ONGC  K J Alphons - Ministry of Electronics and Information
 Sriram Krishnan - Senior Director of Product, Twitter Technology.
 Sunil Arora - New Election Commissioner  Satya Pal Singh - Ministry of Human Resource
 Suresh Chitturi - VIce Chairman, International Egg Development AND Ministry of Water Resources,
Commission (Belgium) River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
 T. Jacob - Secretary, Union Public Service  Virendra Kumar - Ministry of Women and Child
Commission (UPSC) Development AND Ministry of Minority affairs.
 Anant Kumar Hegde - Ministry of Skill Development
and Entrepreneurship.
 Mahesh Sharma - Ministry of Environment, Forest  Meghalaya : Ganga Prasad

and Climate Change  Assam : Jagdish Mukhi
 Sudarshan Bhagat - Tribal Affairs  Bihar : Satyapal Malik
 Rao Inderjit Singh - Ministry of Chemicals and  Andaman and Nicobar : Admiral DK Joshi
Fertilizers
 Arjun Ram Meghwal - Minsitry of Water Resources,
River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation AND
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs  Arjan Singh - 1st and only five-star ranked IAF officer
 Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary - Ministry of Coal and in India
Ministry of Mines  Basi - Oldest Captive Giant Panda in the world
 Pon Radhakrishna - Ministry of Finance AND Ministy  Dr KS Chugh - Father of nephrology in India
of Shipping  Eman Ahmed - World’s Heaviest Woman
 Shiv Pratap Shukla - Ministry of Finance  Gauri Lankesh - Senior Journalist
 Hugh Hefner - Founder of the Playboy Magazine
New Ministers of State (Independent Charge)
 Jake LaMotta - Legendary American Boxer
 Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore - Ministry of Youth  Liliane Bettencourt - World's Richest Woman &
Affairs and Sports (IC) Heiress of L'Oreal
 Hardeep Puri - Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs  Mahant Bhaskar Das - Chief litigant in the Ram
(IC) Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid case
 RK Singh - Ministry of Power (IC) and Ministry of New  Radhika Mohan Bhagawati - Eminent Journalist and
and Renewable Energy (IC) writer of Assam
 K J Alphons - Ministry of Tourism (IC)  Shakila - Yesteryear Actress
 Mahesh Sharma - Ministry of Culture (IC)  Stanislav Petrov - Soviet Officer
 Santosh Kumar Gangwar - Minsitry of Labour &  Tom Alter - Padma Shri Awardee Actor
Employment (IC)  Violet Mosse-Brown (117 Years) - Oldest Person in
 Giriraj Singh - Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises the World
(IC)
 Rao Inderjit Singh - Ministry of Planning (IC)
 Piyush Goyal - Ministry of State for Coal Ministry
(IC))  Ahmedabad - India's first World Heritage City
[UNESCO]
Newly Appointed Indian Ambassadors to  Aishwarya Rai - Vogue Influencer of The Decade
various Countries  Birendra Sasmal - International Business Person of
Year 2017
 Gautam Bambawale - China  C N R Rao - Von Hippel Award
 Ajay Bisaria - Pakistan  CISF Security Cover, Mumbai airport - Best Airport
 Harsh Kumar Jain - Slovakia Security in the World Award
 Vani Sarraju Rao -Estonia  Corporation Bank - SKOCH Award for MUDRA
 Jaideep Mazumdar - Palau Performance - 2017
 Gujarat International Finance -Tec City (GIFT City) -
Newly Appointed Governors to various States
Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of
 Tamil Nadu : Banwarilal Purohit India (ASSOCHAM) Services Excellence Award
 Arunachal Pradesh : Brigadier BD Mishra (retd)

 Hyderabad International Airport - National Award Technologies of Armenia (Colombia) for

for ‘Excellence’ in Energy Management teaching digital competencies to seniors.
 ISKCON’s Govardhan Eco village (Maharashtra) - o - For its Aagahi Literacy Programme for
Spirit of Humanity Award Women and Out-of-School Girls.
 Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal (JNPCT) - o - It launched a project to develop a culture of
Container Terminal of the Year Award 2017 reading and writing for pleasure through an
 Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) - Rajbhasha Kirti online platform.
Puraskar for 2016-17  King Sejong Literacy Prize 2017 (Dedicated to
 Mahtab Bamji - Living Legend Award of International mother-tongue literacy education))
Union of Nutritional Sciences ((IUNS) o Centre for the Study of Learning &
 Mother Teresa - Patron saint of the Archdiocese of Performance (Concordia University (Canada))
Calcutta [by Vatican] - For its ‘Using Educational Technology to
 Newton (Bollywood Movie) - India's official entry to Develop Essential Educational Competencies in
Oscars 2018 Sub-Saharan Africas project’.
 Paramjit Singh Pammi - Bhagat Puran Singh Award o We Love Reading (Jordan) - It offers online
 Pawan Chamling - Grand Prix Award read-aloud trainings for parents, mobilizes
 Prakash Padukone - 1st life time award by volunteers to read aloud in community spaces
Badminton Association of India to children.
 Raghunandan Industries Private Ltd - Krishi Pragati
Winners of 2017 UNESCO Prize for Girl’s and
Award 2017
Women’s Education
 Reliance Foundation & Kendriya Vidyalaya
Sangathan (KVS) - Rashtriya Khel Protsahana  Development and Education Programme for
Purushkar Daughters and Communities Centre in Greater
 Roopa Moudgil- President's Medal Mekong Sub-Region (DEPDC/GMS) in Thailand - For
 S S Rajamouli (Director of Baahubali Series) - ANR its project Education and Life Skills Training
National Award Programme to Help Stateless Children and Women
 Salman Khan - Global Diversity Award 2017 Migrating from Shan State to Thailand.
 Shah Rukh Khan - Vogue Entertainer of the Decade  Mini Academy of Science and Technology (MaCTec
 Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP) - 2017 UN Equator Peru) - For its project Mobile MaCTec Bus Labs/Mini
Prize Academy of Science and Technology.
 Tahir Mahmood - N R Madhava Menon Best Law
Teacher Award 2017 PLuS Alliance Prize 2017 Winners from India
 Vijaya Bank - 1st Prize under Rajbhasha Kirti
 PLuS Alliance Prize for Global Leadership : Mr
Puraskar (Region C) 2016-17
Narayana Murthy
 Zannah Mustapha - Nansen Refugee Award
 PLuS Alliance Prize for Research Innovation : Veena
Winners of 2017 International Literacy Prizes Sahajwalla
by UNESCO 74th Venice International Film Festival Winners
 Confucius Prize 2017 (recognises projects that
 Golden Lion – The Shape of Water by Guillermo Del
benefit rural populations and out-of-school youth,
Toro
particularly girls and women)
 Grand Jury Prize – Foxtrot by Samuel Maoz
o AdulTICoProgram - Initiative of Secretariat of
 Silver Lion (Best Director) – Custody by Xavier
Information and Communications
Legrand
 Volpi Cup (Best Actor) – Kamel El Basha for The GQ Men of The Year Awards 2017 Winners
Insult
 Best Actress – Charlotte Rampling for Hannah  Irrfan Khan - Outstanding Achievement
 Special Jury Prize – Sweet Country by Warwick  Anushka Sharma - Woman of the Year
Thornton  Karan Johar - Producer of the Year
 Rajkummar Rao - Actor of Year
2017 Balzan Prize Winners  Ranveer Singh - Entertainer of the Year
 Sridevi – Excellence in Acting
 James P Allison (USA) - For Immunological
 Aamir Khan - Creative Maverick
Approaches in Cancer Therapy that enhanced the
survival of patients with metastatic melanoma. Complete Winners of 13th IDRBT Banking
 Bina Agarwal (Indian British) - For her heroic work
Technology Excellence Awards 2016-17
studying women’s contributions to agriculture in
India.  Best Bank Award for Use of Technology for Financial
 Michael Gillon (Belgium) - For his work that helped Inclusion Among Large Banks
finding new soalr systems of planet Earth using o State Bank of India
robotic telescopes, instead of much more costly  Best Bank Award for Use of Technology for Financial
satellites. Inclusion Among Mid-Size Banks
 Germans Aleida and Jan Assmann (Germany) - For o Vijaya Bank
presenting collective memory as a requirement for  Best Bank Award for Use of Technology for Financial
forming identity of religious and political Inclusion Among Small Banks
communities. o Karnataka Bank Ltd.
 Best Bank Award for Digital Banking among Large
69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards Winners Banks
 Outstanding Comedy Series - Veep o Axis Bank Ltd.
 Outstanding Drama Series - The Handmaid’s Tale  Best Bank Award for Digital Banking among Mid-
(First web series to win this award ) Sized Banks
o Vijaya Bank
 Outstanding Variety Talk Series - Last Week Tonight
with John Oliver  Best Bank Award for Digital Banking among Small
Banks
 Outstanding Variety Sketch Series - Saturday Night
o South Indian Bank Ltd.
Live
 Best Bank Award for Electronic Payment Systems
 Outstanding Limited Series - Big Little Lies
among Large Banks
 Outstanding Television Movie - Black Mirror: “”San
o State Bank of India
Junipero”"
 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series - Donald
among Mid-Sized Banks
Glover (Marks on Atlanta)
o Andhra Bank
 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series - Julia
Louis-Dreyfus in Veep
among Small Banks
 Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series - Sterling
o The Federal Bank Ltd.
K. Brown in This Is Us
 Best Bank Award for Analytics and Big Data among
 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series -
Large Banks
Elisabeth Moss in The Handmaid’s Tale
o ICICI Bank Ltd.
 Note : Riz Ahmed become first man of Asian descent
to win an Emmy Award ever.

 Best Bank Award for Use of Technology for Fraud 5. ICICI Bank
Prevention among Large Banks 6. Kotak Mahindra Bank
o HDFC Bank Ltd. 7. Maruti Suzuki
 Best Bank Award for High Performance IT Ecosystem 8. Bajaj Motors
among Large Banks 9. Hero Motors
o Bank of India 10. Axis Bank
 Best Bank Award for High Performance IT Ecosystem
among Mid-Sized Banks US Open 2017 Complete Winners List
o IndusInd Bank Ltd.
 Men's Singles : Rafael Nadal (Spain)
 Best Bank Award for High Performance IT Ecosystem
 Women's Singles : Sloane Stephens (United States)
among Small Banks
 Men's Doubles : Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands) /
o South Indian Bank Ltd.
Horia Tecău (Romania)
 Best Bank Award for Cyber Security and Defense
 Women's Doubles : Taipei Chan Yung-jan (Chinese) /
among Large Banks
Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
o HDFC Bank Ltd.
 Mixed Doubles : Martina Hingis (Switzerland) / Jamie
Murray (United Kingdom)
among Mid-Sized Banks
o IndusInd Bank Ltd. 2017 Korea Open Super Series Winners
among Small Banks  Men's Singles : Anthony Sinisuka Ginting (Indonesia)
o City Union Bank  Women's Singles : P. V. Sindhu (India)
 Best Bank Award for Innovative Use of Technology  Men's Doubles : Mathias Boe (Denmark) and Carsten
among Large Banks Mogensen (Denmark)
o HDFC Bank Ltd.  Women's Doubles : Huang Yaqiong (China) and Yu
 Best Bank Award for Innovative Use of Technology Xiaohan (China)
among Mid-Sized Banks  Mixed Doubles : Praveen Jordan (Indonesia) and
o YES Bank Ltd. Debby Susanto (Indonesia)
 Best Bank Award for Innovative Use of Technology
among Small Banks Books & Authors
o The Karur Vysya Bank Ltd.
 A to Z of Financial Management in Autonomous
 Best Emerging Bank Award
Institutions - Rajat Bhargava and Deenanath Pathak
o Union Bank of India
 Bhartiya Kala Mein Salil Kridayen Evam Sadyahsnata
 Best IT-Enabled Co-operative Bank
Nayika - Written by Kshetrapal Gangwar and Sanjib
o The Cosmos Cooperative Bank Ltd.
Kumar Singh
 Best IT-Enabled Regional Rural Bank
 Hit Refresh - Satya Nadella (Microsoft CEO)
o Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank
 How India Sees the World: Kautilya to the 21st
India's Top 10 Brands according to BrandZ Top 50 Century - Written by Shyam Saran
list released by WPP and Kantar Millward Brown  Immortal India - Amish Tripathi
 India : Priorities for the Future - Written by Bimal
1. HDFC Bank Jalan (Former RBI Governor)
2. Airtel  The Golden House - Salman Rushdie
3. SBI
4. Asian Paints

 The Shershah of Kargil (Biography of Kargil war hero 5. Denmark

Late Captain Vikram Batra - Written by Deepak 6. Germany
Surana 7. New Zealand
 Unstoppable : My Life So Far - Maria Sharapova 8. Sweden
(Russian Tennis Star) 9. Slovenia
10. Austria
Top 5 Countries in Global Competitiveness
India’s Rank – 103rd
Index Report 2017-18 :
1. Switzerland (1st)
Top 10 in 2017 Global Financial Centres Index
2. United States (2nd) (GFCI)
3. Singapore (3rd)
1. London
4. Netherlands (4th)
2. New York
5. Germany (5th).
3. Singapore
India’s Rank – 40th 4. Hong Kong
5. Tokyo
Top 10 countries of World Economic Forum's 6. San Francisco
Global Human Capital Index 2017 : 7. Chicago
8. Sydney
1. Norway 9. Boston
2. Finland 10. Toronto
3. Switzerland
4. United States Note : India’s financial capital Mumbai was ranked at
60th.
 10th September 2017 was observed as the World Suicide Prevention Day with the theme ‘Take a Minute, Change
a Life’.
 11-year old Indian chess player Divya Deshmukh bagged gold in the Under-12 World Cadet Chess championship
held in Brazil.
 12th edition of India-Nepal joint military exercise - Surya Kiran XII was recently held at Nepal Army Battle School
(NABS) in Saljhandi, Nepal.
 13th edition of Yudh Abhyas 2017, an annual bilateral military exercise between India and United States was
recently took place at Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, US.
 13th Formation Day of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) was celebrated across the country on
28th September 2107. The theme of this year’s Formation Day was School Safety.
 15th September 2017 was observed as International Day of Democracy with the theme "Democracy and Conflict
prevention"
 16th September 2017 was observed as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
(International Ozone Day) with the Theme "Caring for all life under the sun".
 190th Gunners Day was celebrated on 28th September 2017.

 2 Indian women have featured on Fortune's list of Most Powerful Women in business outside the US. Managing
Director and CEO of ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar was ranked 5th and Managing Director and CEO of Axis Bank
Shikha Sharma was ranked at 21.
 21st September 2017 was observed as the International Day of Peace / World Peace Day with the Theme
“Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All.”
 21st September 2017 was observed as the World Alzheimer’s Day with the Theme 'Remember Me'.
 27th September 2017 was observed as the World Tourism Day with the Theme "Sustainable Tourism – a Tool for
Development:.
 28th September 2017 (last Thursday of September) was observed as World Maritime Day with the Theme
"Connecting Ships, Ports and People".
 28th September 2017 was observed as World Rabies day with the Theme “Rabies: Zero by 30”
 29th September 2017 was observed as the World Heart Day with the Theme ‘share the power’
 2nd edition of India-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Council was recently held at New Delhi.
 2nd Saturday of September (9th September 2017) was observed as the World First Aid Day with the theme ‘First
aid and road safety’.
 2nd September 2017 observed as the World Coconut Day with the theme ‘Coconut, the tree of life Sustains
family well being’
 3 districts - Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Odisha (Koraput) and Thane (Maharashtra) will see the launch of India's
ambitious 'Zero Hunger' programme through interventions in farm sector on October 16 (World Food Day).
 30th September 2017 was observed as the International Translation Day with the Theme "Let’s tell the world
about what we do".
 3rd India International Science Festival (IISF-2017) will be held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu from 13th to 16th October
2017.
 50 Nations signed a treaty banning the use of nuclear weapons amid opposition by nuclear-armed countries.
 50th Engineer's Day was observed on 15th September 2017 with the Theme “Role of Engineers in a Developing
India”.
 57 year old NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, the world's most experienced spacewoman, has returned to Earth
after clocking cumulative 665 days in space.
 5-time world champion and Olympic bronze medalist MC Mary Kom has become the first Indian to be picked as
International Boxing Association's (AIBA) representative for the IOC Athletes Forum, scheduled in November.
 6th edition of VASTRA 2017 (an International Textile and Apparel Fair) was recently held at Jaipur, Rajasthan.
More than 50 countries and 13 Indian States participated in VASTRA 2017.
 7th edition of India-Sri Lanka joint maritime naval exercise SLINEX 2017 was recently held near Vishakhapatnam
(Andhra Pradesh) in Bay of Bengal. Aim of this Exercise : To reinforce strong neighbourly ties between India and
Sri Lanka by extensive maritime interaction and improved understanding.
 8th September 2017 was observed as the International Literacy Day with the theme ‘Literacy in a Digital World’.
 9th BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Summit was recently held at Xiamen, China. Motto :
BRICS: Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future.
 A book against gender bias, titled 'Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of Our Gendered Minds' has been
chosen as Royal Society of London's science book of the year. Written by Cordelia Fine.
 A Karnataka-Finland Innovation Corridor was launched in Bengaluru by the state's IT and Biotechnology
Department and the Embassy of Finland.
 A New plastic 10 Pound note featuring renowned author Jane Austen has gone into circulation in Britain.

 A personally signed copy of Hitler's autobiography 'Mein Kampf' has been auctioned in the US for over ₹8 lakh.
 A special TADA court has announced death penalty for Tahir Merchant and Feroze Khan, two convicts in the
1993 Mumbai Blasts case, while announcing life imprisonment for Abu Salem and Karimullah Khan.
 A stadium in Kentucky, USA, is set to be named after former Indian captain Sunil Gavaskar, who will head to
Louisville to inaugurate the 'Sunil Gavaskar Field'.
 According to a recent report released by 5 UN agencies, the Global Hunger levels have risen for the first time in
more than a decade, now affecting 11% of the world's population.
 According to a recently released circular by Indian Railways, passengers in reserved coaches of trains will now
only be allowed to sleep between 10 pm and 6 am.
 According to a report by global brokerage Morgan Stanley, India would grow to be a $6 trillion economy, the
third largest in the world, and achieve upper-middle income status in the next 10 years.
 According to a study by apex industry body Assocham, Karnataka has been ranked top among the states in the
country in terms of manufacturing excellence.
 According to World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2017, India with six installed nuclear reactors ranks 3rd in
world. China is leading the report with 20 installed nuclear reactors.
 Afghanistan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani was on a visit to India. The visit comes weeks after US
President Donald Trump announced a new policy on Afghanistan and sought sought more help from India in
Afghanistan.
 Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan has become the youngest cricketer to take 100 wickets in T20s, at the age of 18
years and 360 days.
 Aiming at developing villages of freedom fighters in the state, the Jharkhand Government has launched Shaheed
Gram Vikas Yojana.
 American boxer David Benavidez became the youngest fighter to win a world super-middleweight title, after
claiming the vacant World Boxing Council belt at the age of 20 years and nine months.
 An Anti-child abuse documentary will be played before the movies in theatres across India.
 An expert committee, set up by the Union Home Ministry to suggest ways to tackle online hate speech, has
recommended appointing cybercrime coordinators in all states and establishing cybercrime cells in each district.
The committee was headed by : TK Viswanathan (ex-Lok Sabha secretary general)
 Angela Merkel won her 4th term as the German Chancellor after the Opposition conceded defeat in the general
elections.
 Apple recently launched two new phones 'iPhone 8' and 'iPhone 8 Plus' with wireless charging technology with
prices starting from $699 and $799 respectively.
 ASTROSAT, India's first multi-wavelength space-based observatory has completed two years in Earth's orbit.
 Athletes from Australia and the rest of Oceania have been invited to compete at the 2022 Asian Games, for the
first time in the history of Asiad.
 Australia is going to establish a National Space Agency to increase engagement with the global space industry
and create jobs.
 Australia's biggest bank, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, was hit with a class-action lawsuit on behalf of
shareholders over a money laundering scandal. Litigation financier IMF Bentham is funding the lawsuit.
 Bharat Financial Inclusion (BFIL) has entered into an exclusivity agreement with private lender IndusInd Bank to
evaluate a merger between the two companies.
 British F1 driver Lewis Hamilton broke the all-time record for pole positions by taking his career's 69th at the
Italian Grand Prix.

 Broadcasting firm Star India has acquired the Indian Premier League's (IPL) global media rights from 2018-2022
with a consolidated bid of ₹16,347.5 crore.
 Canada's CHIME radio telescope, which aims to survey the largest volume of the observable universe has started
operations.
 China has banned the export of liquefied natural gas and gas condensates to North Korea, as well as textile
imports from the country.
 China is planning to ban trading of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies on domestic exchanges, but plans to allow
over-the-counter transactions.
 China started operating the world's fastest bullet train, Fuxing, between Beijing and Shanghai.
 China's Big Four state-owned banks have completely stopped providing financial services to new North Korean
clients as per a ban which took effect August 28.
 China's central bank, the People's Bank of China, has banned individuals and organisations from raising funds
through Initial Coin Offerings (ICO).
 Chinese real estate giant Evergrande Group's Chairman Hui Ka Yan has become Asia's richest man with a net
worth of $41.1 billion.
 Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman flagged off NavikabSagar Parikrama in Goa, a circumnavigation
programme by women naval officers. This is the the first Indian circumnavigation of the globe by an all-women
crew.
 Dubai has started testing world's first two-seater self-flying taxi called Autonomous Air Taxi (AAT) for
transportation.
 During a high-level meeting at the UN on ‘Preventing Terrorist Use of Internet’ hosted by the UK and Italy, India
called for a global action to counter the use of Internet for radicalisation and terror financing.
 External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was on a 3-day visit to Russia. During this visit, she attended the 3rd
Eastern Economic Forum which will deliberate on pressing issues relating to global trade.
 External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was on a visit to New York (US). During this visit, she attended the UN
General Assembly.
 First Helicopter service was started from Srinagar to world's second coldest inhabited place Drass under Udan
Scheme.
 Five banks of the BRICS Interbank Cooperation Mechanism (ICM) have signed an agreement to establish local
currency credit lines and develop cooperation on credit ratings in the run-up to the forthcoming BRICS summit in
China.
 For the first time in 27 years, the Assam government has extended the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act for six
months, declaring the state a "disturbed area".
 Francoise Bettencourt Meyers, the 64-year-old heiress of French cosmetics company L'Oreal, has become the
world's richest woman with a net worth of $43.3 billion.
 French Defence Minister Florence Parly has announced that the country is going to begin arming its surveillance
and intelligence drones, saying the move will help France's military become "more effective".
 French President Emmanuel Macron has proposed creating a new European Monetary Fund to deal with EU's
financial affairs.
 General Motors CEO Mary Barra has topped Fortune's 2017 list of Most Powerful Women for the third time in a
row.
 Germany-based European XFEL (X-ray Free Electron Laser), the largest and most powerful X-ray laser in the
world, has officially begun research operations.

 Government has extended the deadline for sale of pre-GST goods with stickers of revised rates by three months
to December 31.
 Gujarat will become first big state to use Electronic Voting Machine (EVMs) equipped with Voter Verifiable Paper
Audit Trail (VVPAT) in coming Assembly elections to make election process more transparent.
 HDFC Bank surpassed Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to become India's second most valued firm.
 Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath inaugurated the first phase of Lucknow
Metro.
 Hong Kong-based AIA Group has agreed to buy the life insurance unit of Commonwealth Bank of Australia
(Australia's largest bank), for $3 billion.
 Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has announced a Smart Cities Awards Contest with a total prize money of
₹50 lakh to recognise and reward cities and innovative ideas that promote mission's goals.
 HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar announced that the Indian government is going to start School Chalo Abhiyan
from next year for students not going to schools.
 Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport became the first airport in India to offer a wheelchair lift ('verti-
lift).
 In a move aimed at boosting productivity and economic growth, Saudi Arabia has lifted its ban on voice and
video calling apps such as WhatsApp and Skype.
 In a research report , the State Bank of India (SBI) has announced that banks may lose ₹3,800 crore annually due
to investment in card-swipe machines, as costs outstrip revenues.
 In an attempt to reduce tobacco abuse, the Health Ministry has proposed to ban the sale of non-tobacco
products such as candies and colas at retail shops selling tobacco products such as cigarettes and gutka.
 In order to restrict smoking in public spaces, the Karnataka government has banned the sale of loose cigarettes,
beedis and chewing tobacco products.
 India - Japan Annual Summit was recently held at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar.
 India and Japan have agreed to collaborate closely in defence production, including on dual-use technologies.
 India and Myanmar have signed 11 MOUs in range of sectors, including one on maritime security cooperation.
 India and Switzerland have signed 2 Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) for exchanging technical
cooperation in the field of Railways.
 India announced an emergency aid of over ₹1.2 crore ($200,000) for the Caribbean countries worst affected by
recent hurricanes.
 India handed over an offshore patrol vessel, Varuna, to Sri Lanka.
 India has begun exporting its 1st consignment of 30 tonnes of high-speed diesel to Myanmar via land route.
Myanmar previously relied on imports from Thailand and Singapore to meet its consumption needs.
 India has imposed an additional 18.95% import tax on certain stainless steel products from China for five years in
order to curb influx of cheaper foreign imports.
 India has observed National Nutrition Week from 1st of September to 7th of September. Theme of National
Nutrition Week 2017 : "Optimal Infant & Young Child Feeding Practices: Better Child Health".
 India has signed Letter of Intent (LoI) with Norway to extend cooperation within health sector through Norway
India Partnership Initiative (NIPI) for period of three years starting from 2018.
 India is collaborating with Russia to build Rooppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh.
 India is going to conduct 1st BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise 2017 (BIMSTEC DMEx-2017) at New Delhi
from 10th to 13th October 2017. BIMSTEC - Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic
Cooperation

 India is going to host International Solar Alliance summit in December 2017.

 India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) will provide its financial services through all of the 1.55 lakh post offices and 3
lakh employees by the end of 2018, CEO AP Singh has recently announced.
 India wins 2nd SABA U-16 Zone Basketball Championship by defeating Bhutan by 131-50 in its last league match.
 India’s first electric bus service was launched at Rohtang Pass area in Himachal Pradesh.
 India’s first state of art virology laboratory was inaugurated at Dr. Anjali Chatterjee Regional Research Institute
for Homoeopathy in Kolkata, West Bengal.
 India’s zero-subsidy UJALA Scheme was launched in Melaka State of Malaysia by Efficiency Services Limited
(EESL), under Union Ministry of Power. UJALA - Unnat Jyoti by Affordable Lighting for All).
 Indian Ace shuttler PV Sindhu became the first Indian to lift the Korea Open Superseries title.
 Indian Army is going to develop the Pinaka guided rockets to counter Pakistan's threat of using tactical nuclear
weapons.
 Indian athlete Purnima Hembram has won the Gold Meal in Women's Pentathlon Event at the 5th Asian Indoor
and Martial Arts Games held in Turkmenistan.
 Indian banks will need additional capital of $65 billion to meet Basel III capital standards by March 2019, with
state-run lenders accounting for 95% of the requirements, Fitch Ratings recently announced.
 Indian Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav became the first Indian spinner to take a hat-trick in ODI cricket after
achieving the feat in the second ODI against Australia.
 Indian Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar announced that India is going to help Myanmar in developing the crisis-hit
Rakhine State.
 Indian opener Rohit Sharma broke the world record for hitting the most number of sixes against Australia in
international cricket during the third ODI in Indore on Sunday.
 Indian Policemen are set to replace their British-era khaki uniform with Ahmedabad-based National Institute of
Design's new All-weather 'Smart Uniform'.
 Indian shooter Ankur Mittal has won a Silver medal in the double trap event at the ISSF Shotgun World
Championship in Moscow.
 Indian shuttler and current world number two PV Sindhu has been recommended for the Padma Bhushan
award, India's third highest civilian honour, by the Sports Ministry.
 Indian squash player Harinder Pal Sandhu won his 21st international game on the trot and his fifth consecutive
title, winning the Malaysian Squash Tour X event in Kuala Lumpur.
 Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj has been included in BBC's list of the 100 most influential
women of 2017.
 India's first Centre for Animal Law was inaugurated at the NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad.
 India's first payments Bank, Airtel Payments Bank launched Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on its digital
platform, enabling customers to instantly transfer money to and from any bank a/c without paying any
transaction fee.
 India's fiscal deficit for April-August reached 96.1% of the budgeted target for the current fiscal year that ends in
March 2018.
 India's foreign exchange reserves crossed $400 billion-mark for the first time.
 India's middle-distance runners PU Chitra and G Lakshmanan bagged Gold medals at the 5th Asian Indoor and
Martial Arts Games in Turkmenistan.
 Indigenously developed third-generation Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) Nag was successfully flight tested by
the Defence Research and Development Organisation.

 INS Tarasa, a Water Jet Fast Attack Craft intended for extended coastal and offshore surveillance and patrolling,
was commissioned into the Indian Navy at Mumbai.
 Iran has tested the Bavar 373 missile which is a part of its homegrown air defence system.
 Iraq's Parliament voted against the Kurdish independence referendum to be held later this month, claiming it
will affect the war against ISIS and cause instability in the country.
 ISRO’s globally acclaimed Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) also known as Mangalyaan completed three years in
Martian orbit.
 Japan Open Super Series (badminton) tournament was recently held at Tokyo. This is the 8 Super Series
tournament of the 2017 BWF Super Series.
 Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was on a two-day visit to India. During this visit he held talks with Prime
Minister Narendra Modi and both laid the foundation stone of the ambitious Rs 1.08 lakh crore ($17 billion)
Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train project.
 Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu gave her assent to the Jharkhand Religious Freedom Bill, 2017. With this
bill, Jharkhand becomes 7th state in the country to have anti-conversion law. Other six states are : Maharashtra,
Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.
 Jordan, a water-poor country that is 90% desert, has launched Sahara Forest Project near the southern port city
of Aqaba to turn desert land into farming land to produce food using sun and sea water.
 Karnataka has become the first Indian state to have an electric vehicle policy after the state Cabinet approved
the Karnataka Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage Policy.
 Kerala will soon open India's first transgender-exclusive clinics at government medical colleges across the state.
 Krasava, the official match ball for 2017 FIFA Under-17 World Cup, was recently launched.
 Madhya Pradesh government has inaugurated India's first cow sanctuary, Kamdhenu Gau Abhyaranya, in Agar
Malwa district.
 Maharashtra government has announced plans to launch 112 as a single integrated helpline number for police,
fire brigade, and ambulance services.
 Maharashtra government has drafted a bill to make it illegal for doctors to refer patients to healthcare centres,
including hospitals and laboratories, in exchange for 'cuts' or commissions.
 Manipur's Nungthang Tampak village has became the 1st in the northeast region to achieve 100% computer
literacy.
 Mercedes' British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton registered his 60th career win at the Singapore Grand Prix.
 Mercedes' British Formula One racer Lewis Hamilton won the Italian Grand Prix at Monza.
 Microsoft and Facebook have announced the completion of their 6,600 km-undersea internet cable 'Marea'
across the Atlantic Ocean.
 Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi launched Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana
(PMMVY), a maternity benefit program run by the government of India, at a function in New Delhi.
 Mongolian Parliament voted to oust Prime Minister Jargaltulga Erdenebat over alleged incompetence and
corruption related to the signing of government contracts with companies linked to three Cabinet members.
 NASA's Spacecraft Cassini on mission to explore giant ring-world of Saturn and its menagerie of moons ended its
20 year voyage on 15th September 2017.
 Nepal began its first-ever survey to remeasure Mount Everest to check if the world's tallest peak's height was
altered by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the country in 2015.
 NITI Aayog recently launched National Nutrition Strategy. Aim of this Strategy : Kuposhan Mukt Bharat.
 NITI Aayog’s SATH (Sustainable Action for Transforming Human capital) Program was launched at Guwahati,
Assam.
 Non-resident Indians (NRIs) who harass their wives or desert them could face impoundment or cancellation of
their passport, according to the recommendations of a high-level panel. Head of this panel : Arvind Kumar Goel
(Retired Judge and Former chairman of Punjab’s state commission for NRIs)
 Norway's sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, has hit $1 trillion for the first time.
 Odisha got its first state-run college in 54 years, Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College and Hospital (SLNMCH).
 Olympic silver medal-winning shooter Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore was named the Minister of Youth Affairs and
Sports. With this, he became the first sportsperson to hold the position.
 Pacer Ishant Sharma has replaced 36-year-old Gautam Gambhir as Delhi Ranji captain ahead of the upcoming
season.
 Pakistan announced that it has successfully test-fired an air-to-sea anti-ship missile in the North Arabian Sea.
 Pakistan recently opened its 5th Nuclear power plant to meet its growing energy demands. The power plant was
built in collaboration with China.
 Pakistan's largest bank, Habib Bank, has been fined $225 million (over ₹1,400 crore) by the US for "grave"
compliance failures over regulations concerning money laundering and terror financing.
 Patanjali Ayurved CEO Acharya Balkrishna has been named among India's top 10 richest people for the first time
in Hurun Rich List 2017, with a wealth of ₹70,000 crore.
 Paytm Payments Bank has raised $9.3 million from founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma and investors including the
parent company One97 Communications.
 PM Narendra Modi and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe jointly laid the foundation stone of India's first Bullet Train
project at Ahmedabad.
 PM Narendra Modi expanded his Cabinet by inducting 9 new ministers and promoting four.
 Pralay Sahay, a 2 day multi-Agency humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise, was recently held in
Hyderabad.
 President Ram Nath Kovind launched a fortnight-long 'Swachhta Hi Seva' (Cleanliness is Service) sanitation
campaign at Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh.
 President Ram Nath Kovind will visit Africa in the first week of October. This will be his first foreign trip as a head
of state.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has constituted an Economic Advisory Council to analyse and advise on policy
matters referred by PM Modi. Head of the Council : Bibek Debroy (NITI Aayog member)
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Sardar Sarovar Dam at Gujarat's Kevadia.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Saubhagya - Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana. Aim of this
Scheme : To Provide electricity to all rural and urban households.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a two-day visit to Myanmar. This was his maiden bilateral visit to
Myanmar.
 Prince Charles became the Longest-serving Prince of Wales, breaking the record of Queen Victoria's eldest son
Albert who held the title for more than 59 years before becoming king.
 Reliance Infrastructure controlled Reliance Defence and Engineering Ltd (RDEL) has changed its name to Reliance
Naval and Engineering Ltd (RNEL).
 Ride-hailing startup Uber has announced it has launched its biggest 'Greenlight Centre' in India, located in
Bengaluru.
 Rio Olympic silver medalist PV Sindhu has jumped two places to the second spot in the BWF women's singles
ranking.
 Russia and China began the 2nd stage of the Joint Sea-2017 naval drills in waters near the Korean Peninsula.

 Russia and Pakistan held a two-week long joint military exercise titled DRUZBA, in the Russian town of
Mineralnye Vody.
 Russia destroyed the last batch of its chemical weapons stockpile, fulfilling its obligation under the Chemical
Weapons Convention.
 Russia had dropped the world's largest non-nuclear weapon, popularly known as the 'Father Of All Bombs'
(FOAB), on ISIS in the Syrian city of Deir ez-Zor.
 Russia has launched the world's largest and most powerful icebreaker ship, designed to transport cargo via the
Northern Sea Route in the Arctic Ocean.
 Russian and US space agencies, Roscosmos and NASA, have agreed to jointly build a "deep space gateway", the
first-ever astronaut-tended space station around the Moon.
 Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia is going to help Japan in its efforts to clean up the
nuclear waste released due to the Fukushima nuclear disaster [The 2011 Fukushima nuclear power plant
meltdown is considered to be one of the largest in history].
 Saudi Arabia has invited women to a sports stadium for the first time to attend the kingdom's 87th National Day
celebrations with their families.
 Saudi Arabia voted to allow women to issue fatwas.
 Saudi Arabia's King Salman issued a royal decree allowing women to drive, ending its status as the only country
in the world to impose such a ban.
 Scientists associated with the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN), which houses the Large Hadron
Collider (LHC), the world's largest particle accelerator, are building a new detector, a scintillating fibre tracker
dubbed 'SciFi'. SciFi will help them to harvest more data from the collider.
 Search Engine giant Google launched a mobile wallet and payments app titled 'Tez' in India. Tez will let users link
their phones to their bank accounts to pay for goods in physical stores and online.
 Senior advocate and former Law minister Ram Jethmalani announced his retirement from legal practice, after
practicing the profession for over 70 years.
 Shah Rukh Khan-owned Trinbago Knight Riders won their second Caribbean Premier league title, defeating St
Kitts and Nevis Patriots by three wickets in the final.
 Social media giant Facebook officially launched its video platform titled "Watch" for users in the US.
 South African all-rounder JP Duminy announced his retirement from Tests and first-class cricket with immediate
effect.
 South Korea deployed four Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) rocket launchers amid rising tensions
on the Korean Peninsula, three days after it made the announcement.
 South Korea has approved a $8-million aid package for North Korea amid increased tensions over the reclusive
nation's nuclear programme.
 Spain's Ana Carrasco became the first woman to win an individual World Championship motorbike race.
 Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Rathore has announced that 152 athletes selected under the government's Target
Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme for 2020 Olympics preparation will get a monthly stipend of ₹50,000.
 Sri Lanka is going to open its first official marijuana plantation to ensure high-quality supplies for medicinal
purposes as well as for exports to the US.
 Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena banned Plastic bags and other disposable products after one of the
country's biggest dump collapsed in April leading to a disposal crisis.
 Starting October 1, the customers of Punjab National Bank (PNB) will be charged ₹10 per transaction beyond a
limit of five times a month, even if a PNB cardholder makes the transaction from PNB ATM.

 State Bank of India (SBI) along with FTSE Russell, global index and data provider launched FTSE SBI Bond Index
series at London Stock Exchange (LSE). It is India’s first bond index series for overseas investors.
 State-owned telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is going to launch a co-branded feature
phone at a price of about ₹2,000 in October.
 State-run oil marketing company Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) is all set to become a Maharatna
company. Presently BPCL is having Navratna status.
 Swedish defence giant SAAB and Indian conglomerate Adani group have announced a collaboration in defence
manufacturing entailing billions of dollars of investment, mainly eyeing a contract for Single-engine fighter jets
for the Indian Air Force.
 Switzerland President Doris Leuthard was on a visit to India.
 Switzerland's financial regulator Financial Market Supervisory Authority has closed down the unauthorised
providers of the fake cryptocurrency "E-Coin".
 Switzerland's Martina Hingis won her second US Open title in two days after claiming the women's doubles title
alongside Taiwan's Chan Yung-Jan, a day after winning the mixed doubles title alongside Britain's Jamie Murray.
 Tata Group is going to venture into online grocery business under the Starquik brand.
 Tata Sons, the holding company of Tata group firms, received shareholders' approval to become a private limited
company.
 Technology giant Apple has been named the most valuable brand for the fifth consecutive year by Interbrand in
its Best Global Brands Report 2017.
 Thailand's Supreme Court sentenced former PM Yingluck Shinawatra in absentia to five years in prison after
finding her guilty of mishandling a rice scheme which led to at least $8 billion in losses.
 The 12th ASEAN Computer Emergency Response Team Incident Drill (ACID) was recently held in Hanoi, Danang,
and Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.
 The Afghan Air Force received its first four US-made UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters as part of a planned
replacement of its ageing fleet of Russian-made Mi-17 helicopters.
 The Andhra Pradesh government has signed an MoU with the US-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies
to build India's first Hyperloop system.
 The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has increased the total prize money of Senior National Badminton
Championships to ₹1 crore, a ten-fold hike from the earlier amount. [BAI President : Himanta Biswa Sarma]
 The Board Of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) nominated former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the
country's third highest civilian award, the Padma Bhushan, for his contribution to the game.
 The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved Dairy Processing & Infrastructure Development
Fund (DIDF) Scheme with an outlay of Rs 10,881 crore to boost dairy sector.
 The central government extended the deadline for linking Aadhaar with PAN by four months to December 31
this year.
 The central government has exempted import duty on sports items and a wide range of goods for the upcoming
Under-17 football World Cup India, which will run from October 6 to 28.
 The Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) has inked Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Indian Institute of
Science (IISc), Bengaluru for Development of ground water flow models and preparation of aquifer management
plans for parts of Karnataka.
 The CEO of Food regulator FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India), Pawan Kumar Agarwal has
inaugurated Nestle's first food safety institute in India at Manesar, Haryana.

 The CEO of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Ajay Bhushan Pandey has announced that the banks
that fail to open Aadhaar enrolment centres in a stipulated 10% of branches till September 30 will be fined
₹20,000 per uncovered branch every month.
 The Department of Science and Technology (DST), India is planning to fund project to develop quantum
computers in order to tap into the next big advance in computing technology.
 The Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA) has completed 60 years of its existence.
 The Eiffel Tower in Paris will soon get a bullet-proof glass wall along its base in a bid to improve security around
the monument.
 The External Affairs Ministry has launched Operation Insaniyat to provide humanitarian assistance to Bangladesh
on account of the large influx of Rohingya Muslims in the country.
 The first of the six Scorpene-class submarines, INS Kalvari, was delivered to the Indian Navy by the ship
manufacturers Mazagon Dock Limited headquartered in Mumbai.
 The French government has announced that it is considering a draft proposal to ban the country's oil and gas
production by 2040 .
 The German nationality has been named the best in the world for the sixth year in a row, according to the
Kochenov Quality of Nationality Index.
 The government celebrated Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday (on 17th September) as 'Sewa Diwas' (Day
of Service).
 The government has decided to increase the retirement age of central government doctors to 65 years from the
current 60 years.
 The government has issued India’s first 'No-Fly List' rules with three levels of 'unruly' behaviour.
 The government is going to deactivate SIM cards not linked to Aadhaar number by February 2018.
 The government issued an alert for 'Locky' ransomware that locks all files on a computer and demands 0.5
Bitcoins (around ₹1.5 lakh) to unlock them.
 The government waived off late filing fee for all registered taxpayers who failed to file their first GST returns
within the deadline.
 The Haryana government has decided to use drones to monitor illegal construction in urban areas and their
peripheries.
 The Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully conducted developmental trials of indigenously developed Astra Beyond
Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) over the Bay of Bengal, off the coast of Chandipur in Odisha.
 The Indian Army has finalised plan to induct women in military police.
 The Indian contingent of swimmers won 47 medals, including 8 Gold medals, at the 9th Asian Age-group Aquatic
Championship.
 The Indian government is considering a proposal to introduce its own cryptocurrency 'Lakshmi' similar to Bitcoin.
 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) failed to successfully place IRNSS-1H, India's first satellite built in
collaboration with the private sector, in orbit.
 The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named two mountain ranges on icy dwarf planet Pluto as
Tenzing Montes and Hillary Montes after Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary.
 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) officially awarded the 2024 Summer Olympic Games to Paris and the
2028 edition to Los Angeles following a vote in Peru's capital Lima. Paris will be hosting the quadrennial event
100 years after its last Games in 1924.
 The International Police Organization, Interpol has announced it had admitted Palestine and Solomon Islands as
member states.

 The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has taken Snow Leopard off the "endangered" list,
where it was included in 1972.
 The Karnataka government has banned the possession and acquisition of arms, including swords, machetes,
kirpans, and batons, without a license in Bengaluru.
 The Karnataka government has decided to provide free education to girls in the state up to post-graduation
level, including private educational institutes.
 The Karnataka government launched 'Puneeta Yatre', to provide subsidised tour packages for promoting
religious tourism in the state.
 The Louvre Abu Dhabi museum is opening on Saadiyat Island in November, 10 years after the project was
announced. This museum was designed by : Jean Nouvel (French architecy)
 The Maharashtra government has decided to declare lightning a disaster and increase the compensation from
₹1.5 lakh to ₹4 lakh for victims and their families.
 The Maharashtra government is going to acquire the decommissioned aircraft carrier INS Viraat and convert it
into a Naval Museum.
 The Maharashtra government is going to completely ban plastic bags from Gudi Padwa (festival falling in March-
April period) next year.
 The Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr.
Harshvardhan launched “Pt Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana” which will experiment and
endeavour to formulate and implement appropriate S&T Interventions for Sustainable Development through
cluster approach in Uttarakhand.
 The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) and Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) have signed a MOU for
automatic and regular exchange of tax information.
 The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched two new contraceptives Antara and Chayya, an
injectable drug and a pill, in 10 states (Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka,
Haryana, West Bengal, Odisha, Delhi and Goa).
 The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has approved constitution of 13-member Empowered Steering
Committee (ESC) to shape and influence India’s preparation for multi-disciplinary events, including 2020 Tokyo
Olympic Games.
 The Multi Purpose Stall Policy issued by the Railway Board has made it mandatory for kiosks on all zonal railway
platforms to display and sell books on Indian culture, values, morals, and history.
 The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has commissioned a predictive policing software that aims to stop
crimes before they happen.
 The National Payments Corporation of India-backed BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) app has been updated
with features like splitting bills and collecting payments.
 The NITI Aayog has constituted Expert Task Force to provide major thrust to job creation by enhancing India’s
exports. Head of this Taskforce : Dr Rajiv Kumar (NITI Aayog Vice Chairma).
 The Odisha government has passed a bill to launch the first-ever Odia language university at Bhubaneswar, for
post-graduation in literature and linguistics among other subjects.
 The official song of the FIFA Under-17 World Cup, Kar Ke Dikhla De Goal, has been formally launched.
 The President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, was on two-day visit to India. Along with PM Modi, Lukashenko
has released a commemorative stamp to mark 25 year of IndiaBelarus relations.
 The Rajaswa Gyan Sangam 2017, a two-day annual conference of senior tax administrators was recently held at
Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has increased corporate bond investment limit for foreign investors by taking out
Masala bonds (rupee-denominated bonds) from ambit of total debt investment limit.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has listed HDFC Bank as a Domestic Systemically Important Bank (DSIB) under
the bucketing structure identified last year. State Bank of India and ICICI Bank were already identified as DSIBs
under the RBI rules in 2015.
 The Royal Air Force (RAF) has become the first branch of Britain's military to open every role to female
personnel.
 The Shri Dharmic Leela Committee, which was established in 1924 and is the oldest Ramlila celebration in Delhi,
has turned 94.
 The State Bank of India (SBI) announced that cheque books of six banks that merged with it in April this year
would become invalid from September 30. IFSC codes of these banks will also become invalid from September
30.
 The State Bank of India (SBI) has reduced the minimum Monthly Average Balance (MAB) on savings accounts for
metros from ₹5,000 to ₹3,000, effective from October 1.
 The Tajikistan government has banned women from wearing hijab and has introduced a legislation asking them
to "stick to traditional national clothes and culture".
 The Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED) has inked MoU with e-
commerce giant Amazon for selling tribal products.
 The Union Cabinet approved a 1% hike in Dearness Allowance (DA) to central government employees and
pensioners, with effect from July 1, 2017.
 The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval for introduction of the
Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2017 in the Parliament. The Bill seeks to amend Payment of Gratuity Act,
1972.
 The Union Cabinet has approved Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Japan for
collaborative research in the field of silkworm and silk industries.
 The Union Cabinet has given its approval for the Merger and Modernization plan of 17 Government of India
Presses (GIPs) into 5 GIPs. The five GIPs are located at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Minto Road and Mayapuri in New
Delhi; Nashik (Maharashtra) and Temple Street (Kolkata, West Bengal).
 The Union Finance Ministry has constituted Group of Ministers (GoM) to monitor and resolve IT challenges faced
in implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST). Head of this GoM : Sushil Kumar Modi (Bihar Deputy Chief
Minister)
 The Union Government has issued gazette notification, notifying that Peer-to-peer lending (P2P) platforms will
be treated as Non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and thus regulated by Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
 The Union Government signed $76 million loan deal with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for
starting upgradation project related to environment management plan at Alang-Sosiya ship recycling shipyards
in Gujarat.
 The Union Home Ministry is going to grant citizenship to nearly one lakh Chakma and Hajong refugees, who
came from erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) five decades ago and are living in northeast.
 The Union Ministry of Commerce and Industries has set up an online service facility titled Contact@DGFT, for
effective resolution of foreign trade-related issues of importers and exporters.
 The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has launched “Wood is Good
Campaign" under Partnership for Land Use Science (Forest-Plus). Aim of this campaign : To promote wood as
climate-friendly resource and substitute to materials like steel and plastic as it is carbon neutral unlike others
materials which leave carbon footprint in their production.
 The Union Ministry of Home Affairs launched full-fledged Intelligence Wing of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB).
 The Union Ministry of Shipping has renamed Kandla Port Trust as Deendayal Port Trust, by exercising powers
conferred on it under Indian Ports Act, 1908.
 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has announced that it will grant visa on arrival to Indian passport holders with
residence visas from the UK and EU.
 The United States commemorated the 16th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on 11th September 2107.
 The United States opened its 1st permanent military base in the middle of the Negev desert, Israel.
 The US Federal Reserve kept its key interest rates unchanged at up to 1.25% but signalled it still expects one
more increase by the end of the year.
 The Uttar Pradesh Cabinet approved a proposal to end interviews for recruitment of class II (non-gazetted), III
and IV state government employees.
 The world's largest aircraft 'Stratolaunch' built by Microsoft Co-founder Paul Allen has completed its first engine
test.
 To boost dairy sector, the govt sets up Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund worth Rs 10,881
cr.
 To bring in transparency in food safety inspection and sampling, food regulator Food Safety and Standards
Authority of India (FSSAI) launched a nationwide online platform ‘FoSCoRIS’.
 To distribute LPG connections among rural areas where conventional fuel is used for domestic purposes, the
Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas launched a country-wide scheme titled Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat
scheme.
 To empower government to confiscate property of economic offenders and defaulters who flee India, the Union
Law ministry has approved Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill, 2017.
 To enable authorities to determine a driver's identity when caught speeding, Germany has passed a new law
banning drivers from covering their faces.
 To meet the nutritional needs of pregnant and lactating women in rural areas, the Karnataka government is
going to launch a scheme titled 'Mathru Purna' on October 2.
 To monitor high value transactions and detect tax evaders using technology with a view to curbing circulation of
black money, the Union Finance Ministry is going to launch ‘Project Insight’ from October 2017.
 To provide digital platform to teacher and make their lifestyle more digital, the Union Ministry of Human
Resource and Development (HRD) launched Diksha Portal (diksha.gov.in). This portal will serve as National
Digital Infrastructure for Teachers.
 To show of solidarity with Myanmar, India refused to be a part of Bali Declaration adopted at conclusion of
World Parliamentary Forum on Sustainable Development held in Bali, Indonesia.
 Tunisia abolished a 44-year-old ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims.
 Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko has signed a law that makes the Ukrainian language the main medium of
instruction in state schools.
 Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched a web portal called ‘PENCIL’ for effective implementation of the
National Child Labour Project (NCLP). PENCIL is an electronic platform for no child labour in the country is being
developed by the Labour Ministry.
 US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis was on a 2 day visit to India. This is the first cabinet-level visit to India under the
Trump administration.
 Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath has set up a $156.2 million (about ₹1000 crore) startup fund to encourage
startup schemes in the state.

 Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu released commemorative coins of Rs 100 and Rs 10 denomination on the
occasion of 101st Birth Centenary of noted Carnatic musician Dr. MS Subbulakshmi.
 Virat Kohli celebrated his milestone 50th T20 international by reaching 15,000 international runs in just 304
matches.
 Windies' cricketer Chris Gayle became the first batsman to hit 100 sixes in T20I cricket.
 With 4.79 million millionaires, the United States had the highest number of millionaires in 2016, according to
consultancy firm Capgemini's World Wealth Report.
 With the support of at least 40,000 drivers, the former Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy launched an
app-based cab-hailing service called Namma TYGR in Bengaluru.
 World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has announced that $8 billion has been allocated for infrastructure projects
under China's Silk Road initiative.
 World Bank provides 1100 crore rupees to Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) to undertake research
work on agriculture this year.
 World number 83 Sloane Stephens clinched her maiden Grand Slam title defeating fellow American Madison
Keys in the first all-American US Open women's singles final since 2002.
 World number one Rafael Nadal clinched his 3rd US Open title, taking his tally of Grand Slam titles to 16 by
defeating first-time Grand Slam finalist Kevin Anderson
 Young Indian wrestler Sonam Malik bagged a Gold medal at the World Cadet Wrestling Championship in Athens.
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 24th October - World Development Information Day
 1st October - International day of Older Persons  24th October - 56th Raising day of Indo Tibetan
Border Police Force (ITBP)
 1st October - World Vegetarian Day
 26 - 31 October - Vigilance Awareness Week
 1st October - National Voluntary Blood Donation Day
 27th October - Indian Army's 70th Infantry Day
 1-7 October - International Vegetarian Week
 27th October - World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
 2nd October - International Day of Non-violence
 29th October - International Internet Day
 2nd October - National Anti-Drug Addiction Day
 31st October - World Savings Day
 2nd October - World Architecture Day
 31st October - World Cities Day
 1st Monday of October - World Habitat Day
 31st October - Rashtriya Ekta Diwas (National Unity
 1st Friday of October - World Smile Day
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 3rd October - National Techies Day
 3rd October - World Architecture Day
 4-10 October - World Space Week
 4th October - World Animal Day
 Ajit Kumar P - Vice Chief of Naval Staff
 5th October - World Teachers Day
 Alok Kumar Pateria - Additional Director General,
 6th October - World Wild Animal Day
CISF
 7th October - World Day for Decent Work
 Anupam Kher - Chairman, Film and Television
 8th October - 85th Indian Air Force Day
Institute of India (FTII)
 8th October - World Sight Day (WSD)
 Ashish Srivastava - MD & CEO, PNB MetLife India
 2nd Thursday of October - World Sight Day
Insurance Company Ltd (PNB MetLife)
 9th October - World Post Day
 Audrey Azoulay (France) - Director General, UNESCO
 9th October - World Egg Day
(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
 10th October - World Mental Health Day
Organization)
 11th October - World Obesity Day
 B.D. Mishra - Governor, Arunachal Pradesh
 11th October - International Day of the Girl Child
 Banwarilal Purohit - Governor, Tamil Nadu
(IDGC)
 Brenda Hale - 1st Female President of UK's Supreme
 12th October - World Arthritis Day
Court
 2nd Thursday of October - World Sight day
 C.K. Mishra - Secretary, Ministry of Environment,
 13th October - International Day for Natural Disaster Forests & Climate Change
Reduction
 D K Joshi - Lieutenant Governor, Andaman and
 14th October - International standards day Nicobar Islands
 15th October - International Day of Rural Women  D.K.Gayen - Member (Staff), Railway Board
 15th October - World Student Day  Dineshwar Sharma - Govt representative on Kashmir
 15th October - Global Hand-washing Day  Ganga Prasad - Governor, Meghalaya
 16th October - World Food Day  Gautam H. Bambawale - India's Ambassador to
 16th October - World Spine Day China
 17th October - 2nd Ayurveda Day  Golriz Ghahraman - 1st Immigrant MP of New
 17th October - International Day for the Eradication Zealand
of Poverty  Gopal Krishna - Secretary, Ministry of Shipping
 20th October - World Statistics Day  Humchadakatte Gopalaiah Ramesh - Acting Chief
 24th October - World Polio Day Justice, Karnataka High Court

 Ian Burnett - Youngest Lord Chief Justice, England  Sangram Singh - CEO, Freecharge (Owned by Axis
and Wales Bank)
 Ine Eriksen - Minister of Foreign Affairs, Norway  Satya Pal Malik - Governor, Bihar
 Injeti Srinivas - Secretary, Ministry of Corporate  Scott Fleming - Head, National Basketball Association
Affairs (NBA) India
 Jacinda Ardern - 3rd Woman and the Youngest Prime  Shinzo Abe - Prime Minister, Japan (3rd Term)
Minister, New Zealand  Soumya Swaminathan - Deputy Directors General,
 Jacqueline Fernandez - Brand Ambassador, Delhi World Health Organization (WHO) [Highest post held
Dynamos FC by an Indian in WHO]
 Jagdish Mukhi - Governor, Assam  Sunny Verghese - Chairman, World Business Council
 Jayant Rikhye - CEO, Hongkong and Shanghai for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
Banking Corporation (HSBC) India  Suresh Raina - Brand Ambassador, Ghaziabad
 John Flint - CEO, HSBC Holdings Municipal Corporation (GMC)
 John K Paul - President, Federations of Automobile  Suresh Sethi - MD & CEO, India Post Payments Bank
Dealers Associations (FADA) (IPPB)
 Katrina Kaif - 1st Ever Brand Ambassador, Lenskart  Ukhnaa Khurelsukh - Prime Minister, Mongolia
 Leslie Thng - CEO, Vistara  Utpal Kumar Singh - Chief Secretary, Uttarakhand
 Mahesh Kumar Gupta - Member (Engineering),  Vikram Singh - Private Secretary, Ram Nath Kovind
Railway Board. (President)
 Neelmani N. Raju - DG & IGP, Karnataka  Vinit Kumar - Chairman, Kolkata Port Trust
 Ngangom Sarat Singh - Member, Joint Electricity  Yogesh Chander Modi - Director General, National
Regulatory Commission (JERC) for Manipur and Investigation Agency (NIA)
Mizoram  Yuvraj Singh - 1st Indian Ambassador of the Laureus
 Nisha Desai Biswal - President, US-India Business sports foundation
Council (USIBC)  Zafar Mahmood Abbasi - Chief of the Naval Staff,
 N S Venkatesh - CEO, Association of Mutual Funds in Pakistan
India (AMFI)
 Omar Sultan Al-Olama - 1st Ever Artificial Newly Appointed Executive Directors of PSBs
Intelligence Minister, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
 Ajay Kumar Srivastava - Executive Director of Indian
 P. Maheshwari - Director General, Bureau of Police
Overseas Bank
Research and Development (BPR&D)
 B S Shekhawat - Executive Director of Central Bank
 Param Shah - FICCI UK Operations
of India
 Pradeep Bakshi - MD & CEO, Voltas
 Chaitanya Gayatri Chunthapalli - Executive Director
 Preeti Sudan - Secretary, Ministry of Health & Family of Bank Of India
Welfare
 Govind N Dongre - Executive Director of Punjab &
 Rahul Bothra - 1st CFO, Swiggy
Sindh Bank
 Rajnish Kumar - Chairman, State Bank of India (SBI)
 Krishnan S - Executive Director of Syndicate Bank
 Rakesh Asthana - Special Director, Central Bureau of
 Kul Bhushan Jain - Executive Director of Andhra
Investigation (CBI)
Bank
 Richard Verma - Board Member, US-India Strategic
 Lingam Venkata Prabhakar - Executive Director of
Partnership Forum (USISPF)
Punjab National Bank
 Sambit Patra - Non-official Director, Oil and Natural  Matam Venkata Rao - Executive Director of Canara
Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC)
Bank

 Rajesh Kumar Yadhuvanshi - Executive Director of  Girish Karnad - Tata Literature Live Lifetime
Dena Bank Achievement Award 2017
 Gopal Gowda (Konkani Folk Artiste) - Kalakar
Newly Appointed Indian Ambassadors to Puraskar 2017
Various Countries  Hans Joachim Schellnhuber - Blue Planet Prize
(Prestigious Award in Environmental Science)
 Vinay Mohan Kwatra - Principality of Monaco
 Indian Institute of Science (IISc) - India's best
 Sibi George - Switzerland.
university for Engineering and Technology
 Pooja Kapur - Macedonia.
 Javed Akhtar - Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award 2017
 Manika Jain - Cambodia
 L&T Technology Services Ltd (LTTS) - Confederation
 N.J.Gangte - Zambia of Indian Industry (CII) Industrial Innovation Award
2017
 M K Sanu - Mathrubhumi Literary Award 2016
 Meenakshi Temple (Tamil Nadu) - Cleanest Iconic
 Fats Domino - American Rock and Roll Legend Place in India
 Girija Devi - Veteran Thumri singer  N Chandrababu Naidu (AP CM) - Golden Peacock
 Jalal Talabani - Former President of Iraq (1st Non- Award
Arab Head)  Namita Gokhale - 1st Centenary National Award for
 Kundan Shah - Bollywood Director Literature
 Lekh Tandon - Filmmaker-Actor  Prabha Varma - Padmaprabha Literary Award 2017
 M V Sridhar - BCCI's former Head of Cricket  Prakash Raj - Kota Shivaram Karanth Huttura
Operations Prashasti Award
 Rasiklal Manikchand Dhariwal - Chairman,  Rajesh Nath - Cross of the Order of Merit
Manikchand Group (Bundesverdienstkreuz or Federal Cross of Merit)
 Shamsher Khan - India’s 1st Olympic swimmer highest civilian honour in Germany
 Tom Petty - US Musician  Sharmila Tagore - Lifetime Achievement Award 2017
by PHDCCI
 Singapore's Passport - Most Powerful Passport in
the World
 Ajay Raju - 3rd American Bazaar Philanthropy Award  T D Radhakrishnan - Vayalar award 2017
 Akinwumi Adesina - World Food Prize 2017  T M Krishna (Carnatic vocalist) - 30th Indira Gandhi
 Amul (GCMMF) - 5th IAA Leadership Award Award for National Integration 2015 - 16
 Anupam Kher - Pramod Mahajan Smriti Award  The kea - New Zealand bird of the year Award
 CSS Corp - Customer Service Excellence Award 2017
by NASSCOM
 Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak - Lal Bahadur Shastri National
Award for Excellence in Public Administration,  Physics
Academics and Management o Rainer Weiss (USA), Barry C. Barish (USA) and
 Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India Kip Throne (USA)
(EDII) – AICTE Award o For decisive contributions to LIGO detector
 Gauri Lankesh - Anna Politkovskaya Award (1st and observation of gravitational waves.
Indian journalist)  Chemistry
 George Saunders (Lincoln in the Bardo) - Man
Booker prize 2017
o Jacques Dubochet (Switzerland), Joachim 3. Osaka

Frank (Germany) and Richard Henderson 4. Toronto
(Scotland) 5. Melbourne
o For developing a technique to produce 6. Amsterdam
detailed images of life’s complex molecular 7. Sydney
machinery. 8. Stockholm
 Physiology / Medicine 9. Hongo Kong
o Jeffrey C. Hall (USA), Michael Rosbash (USA) 10. Zurich
and Michael W. Young (USA)
The world's 10 least safe Cities :
o For their discoveries of molecular mechanisms
controlling the circadian rhythm. 1. Karachi
 Literature 2. Yangon
o Kazuo Ishiguro (Japan). 3. Dhaka
o For his “novels of great emotional force” 4. Jakarta
 Peace 5. Ho Chi Minh City
o International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear 6. Manila
Weapons (ICAN) 7. Caracas
o For its work to draw attention to catastrophic 8. Quito
humanitarian consequences of any use of 9. Tehran
nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking 10. Cairo
efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of
such weapons. Chile has been named the Best country to visit next year
 Economic Sciences by Lonely Planet in its 'Best in Travel 2018' list.
o Richard H. Thaler (USA)
Top 5 in 'Best in Travel 2018'
o For his contributions to behavioral economics.
It is also called Sveriges Riksbank Prize 1. Chile
(Sveriges Riksbank is Sweden’s central bank). 2. South Korea
3. Portugal
4. Djibouti
5. New Zealand
 Hema Malini : Beyond the Dream Girl - written by
Ram Kamal Mukherjee According to Brand Finance’s recently released Nation
 Dreamnation : Uniting a Country with Handwritten Brands 2017 report, India was ranked 8th out of 100
Dreams (Inspiring words of Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam) - countries on a list of most valuable nation brands.
co-authored by Saji Mathew and Jubie John.
Top 10 in the List :
 The Singing Tree - Written by Ken Youngstein
 The Coalition Years : 1996-2012 - written by Pranab 1. United States
Mukherjee 2. China
 India 2017 Yearbook - compiled by Rajiv Mehrishi 3. Germany
(Comptroller and Auditor General of India) 4. Japan
5. United Kingdom
The world's 10 safest Cities : 6. France
7. Canada
1. Tokyo
8. India
2. Singapore

9. Italy  Women's Doubles - Chan Yung-jan (Chinese Taipei)

10. South Korea and Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
French Super Series / Yonex French Open 2017 European Open Men's Tennis 2017
Badminton 2017 Winners Winners
 Men's Singles - Kidambi Srikanth (India)  Singles - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (France)

 Women's Doubles - Tai Tzu-ying (Chinese Taipei)  Doubles - Scott Lipsky (USA) and Divij Sharan (India)
 Men's Doubles - Lee Jhe-huei (Chinese Taipei) and
Lee Yang (Chinese Taipei) 2017 Shanghai Rolex Masters Men's Tennis
 Women's Doubles - Greysia Polii (Indonesia) and Title Winners
Apriyani Rahayu (Indonesia)
 Singles - Roger Federer (Switzerland)
Denmark Open Badminton 2017 Winners  Doubles - John Peers (Australia) and Henri Kontinen
(Finland)
 Men's Singles - Kidambi Srikanth (India)
 Women's Singles - Ratchanok Intanon (Thailand) 2017 Swiss Indoors (Basel) Men's Tennis 2017
 Men's Doubles : Liu Cheng (China) and Zhang Nan Winners
(China)
 Women's Doubles : Lee So-hee (South Korea) and  Singles - Roger Federer (Switzerland)
Shin Seung-chan (South Korea)  Doubles - Ivan Dodig (Croatia) and Marcel Granollers
 Mixed Doubles - Tang Chun Man (Hong Kong) and (Spain)
Tse Ying Suet (Hong Kong)
2017 Tianjin Open Women's Tennis 2017
China Open Tennis 2017 Winners Winners
 Men's Singles - Rafael Nadal (Spain)  Singles - Maria Sharapova (Russia)

 Women's Singles - Caroline Garcia (France)  Doubles - Irina-Camelia Begu (Romania) and Sara
 Men's Doubles - Henri Kontinen (Finland) and John Errani (Italy)
Peers (Australia)
 10th October 2017 is observed as World Mental Health Day with the Theme 2017 : "Mental health in the
workplace".
 11th October 2017 was observed as International Day of the Girl Child with the theme “The Power of the
Adolescent Girl: Vision for 2030.”
 12th October 2017 (2nd Thursday of October) was observed as World Sight Day (WSD) with the theme "Make
Vision Count".
 13th October 2017 was observed as International Day for Disaster Reduction with the theme "Sendai Seven".
 14th October 2017 was observed as World Standards Day / International standards day with the theme
“Standards make cities smarter”.
 14th South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation in Law (SAARCLAW) Conference was recently held at
Colombo, Sri Lanka along with 11th SAARC Chief Justices Conference.
 15th October 2017 was observed as Global Hand-washing Day with the theme “Our hands, our future !”.

 15th October 2017 was observed as International Day of Rural Women with the theme “Challenges and
opportunities in climate-resilient agriculture for gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and
girls”.
 16th October 2017 was observed as World Food Day with the theme "Change the future of migration. Invest in
food security and rural development."
 16th October 2017 was observed as World Spine Day with the theme “Your Back In Action”.
 16-year-old Jeakson Thounaojam became the first player in history to score for India in a FIFA World Cup.
 17th October 2017 was observed as the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty with the theme
“Answering the Call of October 17 to end poverty: A path toward peaceful and inclusive societies”.
 17-year-old paddler Manav Thakkar has become the first Indian to occupy the top spot on the International
Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) World Junior Circuit standings.
 1st BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise-2017 (DMEx-2017) was recently held at New Delhi.
 1st Edition of ASEAN India Music Festival was recently held at Purana Qila, New Delhi. Aim of this festival : To
boost cultural influences among the peoples of the ASEAN member states and India.
 1st ever Tri Services Joint Exercise between Indian and Russian Armed Forces, INDRA-2017 was held in the
Eastern Military District of Russia from 19th to 29th of October 2017.
 1st International Consumer Protection Conference on empowering consumers in new markets for South, South
East and East Asian Countries was recently held in New Delhi from 26 to 27 October 2017.
 1st Meeting of India-Australia Joint Steering Committee (JSC) was held in New Delhi.
 1st October 2017 was observed as the International Day of Older Persons with the Theme “Stepping into the
Future : Tapping the Talents, Contributions and Participation of Older Persons in Society.”
 1st-ever meeting of BIMSTEC Task Force on Traditional Medicine (BITFM) was held at Parvasi Bhartiya Kendra in
New Delhi.
 20th October 2017 was observed as World Statistics Day with the theme "Better Data, Better Lives".
 27th October 2017 was obserevd as World Day for Audiovisual Heritage with the theme "Discover, remember
and share".
 2nd Ayurveda Day was observed on 17th October 2017 with the theme 'Run for Ayurveda'.
 2nd October 2017 (1st Monday of October) was observed as the World Habitat Day with the Theme "Housing
Policies: Affordable Homes".
 2nd October 2017 was observed as the World Architecture Day with the Theme “Climate Change Action !”.
 31st October 2017 was observed as World Cities Day with the theme "Innovative Governance, Open Cities".
 31st October 2017 was observed as World Savings Day with the theme “Our future starts with savings”.
 3rd International Conference on Yoga was recently held in New Delhi. Theme of this Conferee : “Yoga for
Wellness”.
 50 Indian peacekeepers stationed in South Sudan have been awarded the UN Medal for their professionalism
and service in protecting civilians and building durable peace in the conflict-ridden country.
 5th India-Sri Lanka joint training exercise “Mitra Shakti 2017” was held Aundh Military Station in Pune,
Maharshtra.
 5th October 2017 was observed as the World Teachers' Day with the theme “Teaching in Freedom, Empowering
Teachers”.
 70 new Indian words, including Vada, Jugaad, Gulab Jamun, Bachcha, Bapu, and Dadagiri, were added to the
Oxford English Dictionary in its September update.

 7th October 2017 was obsereved as World Day for Decent Work with Theme "End Corporate Greed: The World
Needs a Pay Rise".
 9th October 2017 was observed as World Post Day with the theme "Innovation, Integration and Inclusion".
 A 6-foot-tall statue of Mahatma Gandhi was unveiled in Wales to mark his 148th birth anniversary.
 A committee appointed by the Centre has submitted a draft Haj policy to Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar
Naqvi, proposing the abolishment of Haj subsidy. Head of this Commttee : Afzal Amanullah.
 A new Bureau of Indian standards (BIS) Act 2016 which was notified on 22nd March, 2016, has been brought into
force with effect from 12th October, 2017.
 A University Grants Commission's panel has suggested the government to remove word 'Muslim' from Aligarh
Muslim University and 'Hindu' from Banaras Hindu University to reflect their secular character.
 A US House of Representatives' panel has approved a legislation to provide $10 billion (₹65,000 crore) for the
construction of President Donald Trump's wall along the US-Mexico border.
 According to a recently released survey by ESPN magazine, India coach Ravi Shastri is the World's Highest Paid
Cricket Coach.
 According to the Indian Meteorological Department, Bengaluru in the current year (2017) witnessed the highest
rainfall in the recorded history of 115 years.
 Aiming at combatting unrealistic body images, the France has introduced a new law mandating all photoshopped
commercial photos to carry a warning that they have been altered.
 Akshay Ruparelia, a 19-year-old Indian-origin youth, has become one of UK's youngest millionaires after his
online estate agency business was valued at £12 million in just over a year.
 Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos has overtaken Bill Gates to become the World's Richest Person with a net worth of
$91.6 billion.
 An indigenously-built anti-submarine warfare stealth corvette INS Kiltan was commissioned into the Indian Navy
by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at the Naval Dockyard, Vishakhapatnam.
 As many as 51 Pakistani Hindu migrant families that had been living in Chhattisgarh's Raipur for several years
were granted Indian citizenship.
 Asia now has the most billionaires in the world, surpassing the US for the first time.
 At the invitation of the Prime Minister Modi, the President of the European Council, Mr. Donald Franciszek Tusk
and the President of the European Commission, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker were on a ‘working’ visit to New Delhi
from 5- 7 October, 2017 to hold the 14th India-EU Summit. The 13th summit was held in Brussels in March 30
last year.
 Australia's near 100-year automotive industry ended after Holden, a unit of US carmaker General Motors, closed
its plant to move manufacturing to cheaper locations.
 Austria banned Islamic face veils in public places.
 Bangladesh has signed a $4.5-billion, third line of credit agreement with India for its infrastructure and social
sector development.
 Barcelona captain Andrés Iniesta signed the club's first lifetime contract, in a deal that will keep him at the
Catalan club for the rest of his career.
 British boxer Anthony Joshua defended his WBA and IBF world heavyweight titles after defeating France's Carlos
Takam in 10 rounds by a technical knockout.
 Burundi became the first country to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC).
 China-based Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) has announced the discovery of multiple
pulsars, marking the first confirmed finds from the world's largest radio telescope.

 China's National Space Administration has notified the UN that its 8.5-tonne space station, Tiangong-1, will crash
to the Earth between October 2017 and April 2018.
 China's top leadership is considering digging a 1,000-km long tunnel, which if completed would be the world's
longest by a huge margin, to divert the waters of the Brahmaputra from Tibet, before it enters Arunachal
Pradesh.
 Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has inaugurated the Pratham-Shyok bridge in Leh, connecting the region
to Karakoram in northeastern Ladakh.
 Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was on a visit to Philippines to attend Southeast Asian Defence Ministers'
meeting. This is her first foreign visit as defence minister.
 During the President Ram Nath Kovind's 1st visit, India and the Republic of Djibouti have signed an agreement to
establish regular Foreign Office-level bilateral consultations between both countries.
 E-commerce major eBay has acquired a 5.4% stake in Flipkart.
 Electric carmaker Tesla has reached an agreement with China, instead of India, to set up its first electric car
factory outside the US.
 Electric carmaker Tesla has reached an agreement with China, instead of India, to set up its first electric car
factory outside the US.
 Electric carmaker Tesla has signed a deal with the Shanghai government to set up its own manufacturing facility
in the city's free-trade zone in China.
 Electronic commerce and cloud computing company Amazon is going to sell medicines online.
 England won 17th edition of FIFA U-17 World Cup by defeating Spain.
 External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj was on a two-day visit to Bangladesh. During this visit she co-chaired the
Indo-Bangla joint consultative commission meeting to review the bilateral relations and discuss ways to further
strengthen the ties.
 Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced that the government will celebrate 'Anti-Black Money Day' on
November 8th to mark one year since the demonetisation announcement.
 For the first time, Indian city Kolkata has hosted 'PUN (Puppets Unite Neighbours) International Puppet Festival’
from 26th to 31st October 2017.
 Former world number one tennis player Maria Sharapova won her first title since returning from a 15-month
doping ban, clinching the Tianjin Open.
 French Defence Minister Florence Parly arrived in India for a two-day visit and was accorded with the Guard of
Honour.
 Germany is going to limit the intake of refugees to 2 lakh annually, as part of a deal between German Chancellor
Angela Merkel's party and its coalition ally that has long demanded a cap on the intake.
 Government constituted a Ministerial panel headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to oversee merger
proposals of state-owned banks.
 Government has signed a Finance Contract with European Investment Bank (EIB) for lending of €300 million for
Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase II Line R6.
 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL), a public sector oil company became first Indian oil company to
trade lubricants in Myanmar.
 Hong Kong is set to become the first Asian city to host the Gay Games, after it won the right to host the Games in
2022, beating the likes of Mexico's Guadalajara and Washington DC.
 Housing 12.77 lakh of the total 33.69 lakh people authorised to carry weapons all over India (as of December 31,
2016) Uttar Pradesh tops the list of states with active gun licenses. Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab stood at 2nd
and 3rd positions with 3.69 lakh and 3.59 lakh active licenses.
 Iceland has become the smallest country ever to qualify for the final stage of the FIFA World Cup, after topping
its qualifying group.
 In a first in India, the Andhra Pradesh government is going to make Digital Prescriptions mandatory for the sale
of medicines.
 In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Maharashtra government has tied up with online retail portal Amazon to sell forest
produce developed by Forest Development Corporation of Maharashtra.
 In an attempt to end Gender bias in women against women, the Ministry of Women and Child Development is
undertaking an online campaign #IamThatWoman.
 In an effort to end a decade-long rift, the Palestinian political parties Hamas and Fatah have signed reconciliation
deal.
 In it's 4th bi-monthly policy review, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept the Repo rate unchanged at 6%. In
the last review policy in August, RBI reduced the repo rate by 25 basis points to 6%.
 In wake of regular ceasefire violations by Pakistan, the Union Home Ministry has formed Study group to examine
various problems faced by people residing near International Border (IB) and Line of Control (LOC) in Jammu and
Kashmir. Head of this Study Group : Rina Mitra (Special Secretary in Home Ministry).
 India and Japan signed Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on Technical Intern Training Programme (TITP),
aimed towards expanding bilateral cooperation between both countries in the field of skill development.
 India defeated Malaysia 2-1 in final of the Hockey Asia Cup in Dhaka, to win the tournament for the 3rd time.
 India has become the 2nd largest smartphone market in the world after overtaking the United States. India now
stands behind China on the list.
 India imposed an anti-dumping duty on the import of some flat steel products from China and the European
Union to curb the influx of cheaper imports and help local producers.
 India is among 13 nations which voted against a United Nations Human Rights Council resolution to denounce
death penalty for consensual same-sex relations.
 India is going to host the 13th session of United Nations' global wildlife summit on migratory species (CMS
COP13) in 2020.
 India ranked 100th position among 119 countries on Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2017 report released by
Washington-based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
 India received first ever shipment of US crude oil of 1.6 million barrels, purchased by state-run Indian Oil
Corporation (IOC) at Paradip Port in Odisha.
 India sent its first-ever consignment of wheat to Afghanistan by sea through Iran's Chabahar Port, marking the
inauguration of the trade route bypassing Pakistan.
 India will become the world's third fastest growing aviation market by 2036 after witnessing a growth from 141
million passengers in 2016 to 478 million passengers.
 India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) have signed the IBSA Trust Fund Agreement. This agreement seeks to fight
poverty in developing countries.
 India’s Anupama Ramachandran won World Open Under-16 Snooker Championship title in girls category held at
St. Petersburg in Russia.
 Indian Air Force celebrated its 85th anniversary on 8th October 2017.
 Indian Air Force's first three women fighter pilots are set to be commissioned by the end of this year.
 Indian Army's 70th Infantry Day was observed on 27th October 2017 to commemorate supreme sacrifices made
by Indian Army’s infantry against Pakistan in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in 1947.
 Indian banks' bad loans increased by 4.5% in six months to hit a record ₹9.5 trillion ($145.56 billion) at the end of
June.
 Indian cricket player Ashish Nehra (38) announced his retirement from all forms of cricket.
 Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar won his 8th Asian Tour title at the Macao Open.
 Indian Naval Ships Satpura and Kadmatt participated in Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with Japanese Marine Self
Defence Force (JMSDF) held at Sasebo, Japan.
 Indian shooter Heena Sidhu clinched a Gold medal in the women's 10m air pistol event at the Commonwealth
Shooting Championships in Brisbane.
 Indian shooter Sangram Dahiya won a Silver medal in the final round of the men's double trap at the ISSF
Shooting World Cup Final .
 Indian shooters Heena Sidhu and Jitu Rai won India its first gold medal of the ISSF Shooting World Cup in the 10-
metre air pistol mixed team event .
 Indian shuttler Samiya Imad Farooqui clinched the Gold medal at the Under-15 women's singles competition
after defeating Indonesia's Widjaja Stephani at the Asian Junior Championship at Yangon (Myanmar).
 Indian skipper Virat Kohli has become the top run-scorer at the 200 ODI-mark, after taking the field against New
Zealand in the first ODI at Mumbai . E
 Indian woman cricketer Veda Krishnamurthy has become only the 3rd player from India to sign up for Women's
Big Bash League after Harmanpreet Kaur and Smriti Mandhana.
 Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj is writing her autobiography, which will release in 2018.
 India's Kidambi Srikanth clinched his second consecutive Superseries title of the year at the French Open,
becoming the first-ever Indian shuttler to win four Superseries in a year. He had earlier won Indonesia Open,
Australian Open and Denmark Open this year.
 India's largest telecom operator Bharti Airtel has agreed to a merger with Tata Group's consumer mobile
business.
 Indonesian lawmakers tday approved a presidential decree banning civil organisations deemed to go against the
country's secular state ideology.
 IndusInd Bank announced merger with microfinance lender Bhart Financial Inclusion (BFIL).
 Iran has banned the export of fuel to Iraq's Kurdistan as a retaliatory measure against the region's independence
referendum.
 Italian luxury fashion brand Gucci's CEO Marco Bizzarri has announced it will go fur-free starting from its Spring/
Summer 2018 collection.
 Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni was on a visit to India. With this, he has become the first politician at the
post to visit the Asian country in a decade. His visit aimed at strengthening the bilateral political and economic
relations between the two countries.
 Japan has given initial approval to restart two reactors at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa, the world's biggest nuclear power
plant, which was shut down post the 2011 magnitude-9 earthquake.
 Jio Payments Bank will begin it's operations in December. Jio Payments Bank is a 70:30 joint venture between
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries and the State Bank of India (SBI).
 JK Rowling (author of the Harry Potter series), has been named Europe's highest paid celebrity of 2017 by
Forbes.
 Karnataka government is going to launch 'Anila Bhagya' scheme in December, to provide free LPG connections to
families living Below Poverty Line. Aim of Anila Bhagya Scheme : To provide clean cooking fuel to reduce health
hazards caused by the use of conventional fossil fuel.Madhya Pradesh is going to provide financial assistance of
₹2 lakh to widows who want to remarry.
 Kavita Devi, a former weightlifter and South Asian Games gold medalist, has become the first-ever Indian woman
to sign with the WWE.
 Larsen and Toubro (L&T) handed over offshore patrol vessel (OPV) named “Vikram” to the Indian Coast Guard. It
is India’s first-ever over offshore patrol vessel to be built in a private shipyard.
 Late singer Michael Jackson has been named the highest-earning dead celebrity for the 5th consecutive year by
Forbes.
 Madras High Court banned the use of pictures of living persons on "banners, signboards, flex boards across Tamil
Nadu.
 Maharashtra became the second state after Gujarat to cut Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel bringing
them down by ₹2 and ₹1 per litre .
 Maharashtra has used Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail machines for the first time in during municipal elections
in Nanded.
 Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton won his fourth Formula One championship at Mexico Grand Prix 2017.
 Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton won the US Grand Prix.
 Mercedes' British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton won the Japanese Grand Prix 2017.
 Minister of State for External Affairs M J Akbar met Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and discussed ways to
further strengthen the bilateral relationship.
 Mumbai's Gamdevi Police Station, which was built in 1917, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.
 Nicaragua signed the Paris climate agreement, leaving the US and Syria as the only two countries out of the
global pact.
 Pakistan won a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) by more than two-thirds vote as the
General Assembly elected 15 countries to serve on the 47-member body.
 Patna Pirates defeated Gujarat Fortunegiants to win the 5th edition of Pro Kabaddi.
 Peru has become the latest country to legalise marijuana for medicinal use. With this Peru became 6th country
in Latin America to legalise cannabis. Uruguay was first in 2013, allowing sales of cannabis any purpose, followed
by Mexico, Argentina, Colombia and Chile.
 PM Narendra Modi inaugurated India's first All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) in New Delhi on 17th October
2017 (Ayurveda Day).
 Pooja Kadian has became the first ever Indian sportsperson to win a Gold medal at the Wushu World
Championship.
 President Ram Nath Kovind embarked on a 4-day visit to Djibouti and Ethiopia. This is his first trip abroad since
taking office. The visit will be the first by an Indian President to Ethiopia after then President V V Giri's trip in
1972.
 President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed 5-member committee to examine sub-categorisation of Other
Backward Classes (OBCs). Head of the Committee : G. Rohini (Retired Chief Justice of Delhi High Court)
 President Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated the 5th edition of India Water Week (IWW). Theme of 5th India
Water Week : “Water and Energy for Inclusive Growth”.
 President Ram Nath Kovind recently launched 'Jivamritam' filtration system, spiritual leader Mata
Amritanandamayi Math's ₹100-crore clean water initiative for rural India in Kerala's Kollam.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced the setting up of India's first marine police training institute at
Gujarat's Devbhumi Dwarka district.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates India's first roll on-roll off or 'Ro-Ro' ferry service between Ghogha
and Dahej. The 31-kilometre service, which costs ₹615 crore, will reduce the eight hour-distance between
Ghogha and Dahej to one hour.

 Private lender Kotak Mahindra Bank crossed ₹2 trillion in market capitalisation for the first time, after its stock
surged to an all-time high. HDFC Bank is the most valued bank in India with a market capitalisation of ₹4.66
trillion.
 Racer Mahaveer Raghunathan beat 19 European racers to become the first Indian to clinch the Boss GP
Championship (Formula Class).
 Rajasthan became first state in the country to incorporate skill development programme in higher education.
 Rajasthan Government has introduced the Code of Criminal Procedure (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, 2017 in the
state assembly to protect both serving and former judges, magistrates and public servants in state from being
investigated for on-duty action without its prior sanction.
 Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu has constituted 5-member Search-cum-Selection committee to select
candidate for post of editor-in-chief of Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV). Head of this Committee : A Surya Prakash (Prasar
Bharati Chairman).
 RBI Governor Urjit Patel has announced that India's economic growth will pick up in the third and fourth
quarters to above 7%.
 Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo was named the Best FIFA Men's Player of the year for the second
consecutive time, finishing ahead of Barcelona's Lionel Messi and PSG's Neymar Jr.
 Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped Forbes India Rich List for the tenth consecutive year
with a wealth of $38 billion.
 Roger Federer defeated Juan Martin del Potro to win record eighth title in his hometown Basel, which is his
seventh title of 2017 and 95th of his career.
 Russia and China were among 9 nations suspended from weightlifting competitions for up to 12 months after
the International Weightlifting Federation retested samples from Beijing 2008 and London 2012 Olympics.
 Russia has started delivering six second-hand MiG-29 fighter jets worth over ₹4,500 crore to Serbia for free.
 Saudi Arabia has become the world's first country to grant citizenship to a Robot (Sophia).
 Saudi Arabia will allow women to enter sports stadiums starting 2018.
 Saudi Arabia's Sports Authority has officially banned Nightwear at sports venues across the country.
 Shillong (Meghalaya) will host its second Cherry Blossom Festival between November 8 and 11.
 Sri Lanka and India signed 2 agreements for construction of 1,200 houses through 50 model villages in the island
nation, using Indian grant assistance of 600 million rupees.
 Sri Lanka has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with India to build 1,200 houses in strategically
located southern port city of Hambantota.
 State Bank of India (SBI), country’s largest bank, revises its one-year retail fixed deposit rates up to Rs 1 crore to
6.50 percent, down by 25 basis points (bps).
 State-run reinsurer General Insurance Corporation of India (GIC Re) launched its Initial Public Offering (IPO) ,
selling shares at ₹855-912 apiece to raise ₹11,370 crore in the three-day offer.
 Switzerland's Roger Federer defeated world number one Rafael Nadal for the fourth time in as many matches
this year to claim his sixth title of 2017 and 94th overall at the Shanghai Masters.
 The 32 countries competing at the 2018 World Cup will share $400 million (₹2,600 crore) in prize money.
 The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) has taken up a
programme for promotion of north eastern products in Bangladesh and Myanmar.
 The All India Radio (AIR) has announced plans to expand its global operations and launch new services in Japan,
Germany, Canada and Maldives, among other countries.
 The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet has approved a new scheme providing financial aid of ₹30,000 for newly-married
couples belonging to backward classes.
 The Andhra Pradesh government has entered into memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mastercard to
pave way for digital financial transactions in a secure environment.
 The authorised biography of Bollywood Actress Hema Malini titled "Beyond The Dream Girl" was released on her
birthday 16th October 2017. The book was written by eminent journalist Ram Kamal Mukherjee.
 The British city of Oxford has revoked the 'Freedom of Oxford' honour awarded to Myanmar leader Aung San
Suu Kyi over her response to the Rohingya crisis.
 The Cabinet approved signing of Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between India and Japan on establishing a
liquid, flexible and global Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Market.
 The Catalan Parliament voted 70-10 in favour of a resolution to declare independence from Spain.
 The Centre is planning to bring down the number of public-sector banks from 21 to 10-15 in the country by
merging some of the banks.
 The Chandigarh administration has approved a provision for the Transgender community in the city to use a
gender-neutral title 'Mx' in all forms and applications.
 The deadline to link Aadhaar card to avail benefits of welfare schemes has been extended to March 31, 2018.
 The Delhi government will start giving a reward of ₹2,000 to people taking accident victims to hospitals from
October-end.
 The Election Commission announced that the Assembly elections in Gujarat will be held in two phases on
December 9 and 14.
 The Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) of India inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with
Punjab National Bank (PNB) to provide easy access to export finance for SMEs and merchant exporters of
council.
 The Environment Ministry has passed orders cancelling the recognition of all circuses in India that make wild
animals perform tricks.
 The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has suspended Pakistan Football Federation with
immediate effect, following which the national and club teams will not be allowed to take part in international
competitions till the suspension is lifted.
 The FIFA U-17 World Cup has recently kicked off. This is the first-ever FIFA tournament to be hosted in India.
 The Finance Ministry has announced that PAN and Aadhaar details will not be mandatory for jewellery purchases
above ₹50,000.
 The Foreign Minister of Tunisia Khemaies Jhinaoui was on a 4 day visit to India. During this visit, he will be co-
chairing the 12th India-Tunisia Joint Commission Meeting along with Smt. Sushma Swaraj, External Affairs
Minister of India.
 The Global Wildlife Programme (GWP) Conference was recently held in New Delhi. Theme of GWP Conference
2017 : “Peoples’ participation in wildlife conservation”.
 The Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) has launched excel-based offline facility to allow taxpayers to
finalise their GSTR-3B forms on their own computers before uploading it onto the portal in order to minimise
chances of errors before uploading on portal.
 The Government has constituted a high-level committee for proper management of water resources in North
Eastern Region (NER). Head of this committee : Rajiv Kumar (Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog).
 The government has made Aadhaar mandatory for all post office deposits, PPF, the National Savings Certificate
scheme, and Kisan Vikas Patra deposits.
 The government has made it mandatory for banks and financial institutions to compare the photocopy of
officially valid identification documents with the originals, for the client's dealing in cash above the prescribed
limit.
 The government has reduced GST rates on 27 products and services and introduced a 0.1% GST rate for
merchant exporters, offering relief from the full-applicable GST rates on their procurements.
 The government is considering imposing a Cyber Security Cess on each online payment.
 The GST Council has constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to make the composition scheme more attractive
and revisit the goods and services tax rates on restaurants. Head of the GOM : Himanta Biswa Sarma (Assam
Finance Minister).
 The GST Council has raised the threshold limit for Composition Scheme to ₹1 crore from the current ₹75 lakh to
ease tax filing for small traders.
 The Gujarat government cut the Value Added Tax (VAT) on fuel by 4%, becoming the first state to do so.
 The Gujarat High Court commuted the death sentence of 11 convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case to
life imprisonment.
 The Indian compound archery team of Trisha Deb, Lily Chanu Paonam and Jyothi Surekha Vennam won India a
Silver medal at the World Archery Championships in Mexico City.
 The Indian junior men's hockey team won Bronze at the 7th Sultan of Johor Cup by defeating hosts Malaysia 4-0
in the third-fourth place classification match.
 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has begun preparation for its second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-
2, in March next year, nearly a decade after its first mission.
 The Indian women's cricket team will begin their ICC Women's Championship campaign against South Africa in
February 2018.
 The Indo Tibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) has celebrated its 56th Raising day on 24th October 2017.
 The International conference on “Dialogue of Civilizations – IV” was inaugurated by Minister of State
(Independent Charge), Ministry of Culture Dr. Mahesh Sharma in New Delhi.
 The International Cricket Council (ICC) has approved the trial of four-day Test matches, which will run through
until the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has lowered India's growth projection to 6.7% in 2017, 0.5 percentage
points less than its previous two forecasts in April and July.
 The Jaipur and Srinagar Airports were ranked first and second respectively in ACI (Airports Council International)-
ASQ (Airport Service Quality) Survey in the category of 2-5 million passengers.
 The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched Michibiki-4 satellite (QZSS-4) onboard of
H-IIA rocket from Tanegashima Space Centre.
 The Karnataka government recently launched the ₹302-crore Mathru Poorna scheme. Aim of this Scheme : To
provide free mid-day meals to pregnant and lactating women in rural areas.
 The Lahaul & Spiti district (Himachal Pradesh) has been named among the Top 10 regions to visit next year by
Lonely Planet in its 'Best in Travel 2018' list.
 The Multi-Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) launched India’s first commodity options in Gold, giving
stakeholders a new set of financial instruments to hedge their price risks.
 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is offering people to send in their names aboard the
InSight Mars lander, due to be launched in May 2018.
 The national capital Delhi was ranked 4th on the list of the world's worst megacities, after Cairo, Karachi, and
Kinshasa for sexual violence against women, a survey by the Thomson Reuters Foundation has revealed. Tokyo
was named the safest city for women.
 The National Centre for Combustion Research and Development (NCCRD), worlds largest combustion research
centre which will impart a major boost to the Indian scientific community was inaugurated at the Indian Institute
of Technology, Madras.
 The National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) of India has signed an investment agreement worth $1
billion with Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).
 The Odisha government has decided to exempt fees for differently-abled students in government and
government-aided institutions to encourage them for higher education.
 The Odisha government's Directorate of Treasuries and Inspection and the State Bank of India (SBI) have signed
an MOU for integration of SBI e-Pay with cyber treasury.
 The Polish Finance Ministry has announced that it will withdraw the country from the International Monetary
Fund's (IMF) precautionary Flexible Credit Line worth $9.2 billion.
 The Rajasthan Assembly passed a bill increasing Other Backward Classes (OBCs) reservation in the state from
21% to 26%.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced a 10-member task force to review and determine the scope of a
Public Credit Registry (PCR). Head of the Task Force : YM Deosthalee (Ex-CMD of L&T Finance Holdings).
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed banks and non-bank entities to make their digital wallets/prepaid
payment instruments (PPIs), interoperable through the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) within six months.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has mandated e-commerce firms to settle seller payments within two days from
the date of intimation of completion of transaction.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) imposed a penalty of ₹6 crore on Yes Bank and ₹2 crore on IDFC Bank for
violating regulations issued by RBI.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that interoperability amongst KYC compliant Prepaid Payment
Instruments (PPIs) will be implemented within six months.
 The State Bank of India (SBI) has slashed base rate on home loan by 0.05%. Bank of Baroda (BoB), Andhra Bank
and Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) have also reduced the base rate on home loans by 0.35%, 0.15%, and
0.05%, respectively.
 The State Bank of India (SBI) has waived off account closing charges for all savings bank customers under the
condition that their account has existed for over a year.
 The State Bank of India (SBI) signed agreement with Escorts Ltd, a leading tractor and construction equipment
manufacturer based at Faridabad, Haryana, to finance farmers for purchase of Escorts tractors.
 The Supreme Court has made it mandatory for the Indian Railways to keep Oxygen Cylinders in all trains to help
passengers suffering from respiratory problems.
 The Supreme Court has ruled that "no express or implied consent of the husband is required for getting a
pregnancy terminated".
 The Supreme Court recently ruled that having sexual intercourse with wife who is below 18 years of age will be
considered as rape.
 The UK city of Oxford has announced plans to create the world's first zero-emissions zone by banning all petrol
and diesel cars from its centre to curb pollution.
 The Union Cabinet has approved Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Ministry of Railways,
and Federal Department of Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications of Swiss Confederation on
Technical Cooperation in Rail Sector.
 The Union Cabinet has approved signing of Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) between India and Japan on the
Technical Intern Training Program (TITP).
 The Union Cabinet gave its approval to rename Gujarat's Kandla Port as Deendayal Port after BJP ideologue
Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya.
 The Union Government and World Bank have signed $200 million Loan Agreement for Assam Agribusiness and
Rural Transformation Project.
 The Union Government had launched SECURE Himalaya, a six-year project to ensure conservation of locally and
globally significant biodiversity, land and forest resources in high Himalayan ecosystem spread over four states
viz. Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Sikkim.
 The Union Government has announced Bank Recapitalisation Plan to infuse Rs. 2.11 lakh crore ( $32.4 billion)
capital over next two years into Public Sector Banks (PSBs) and prioritised financing support for MSMEs in 50
clusters.
 The Union Government has inked $65.5 million loan agreement with Asian Development Bank (ADB) to continue
interventions to check coastal erosion on the Western Coast in Karnataka.
 The Union Government has launched Sampoorna Bima Gram (SBG) Yojana and expanded coverage of Postal Life
Insurance (PLI) in a bid to provide affordable life insurance services to people particularly those living in rural
areas.
 The Union Government has made use of Public Finance Management System (PFMS) mandatory for all central
schemes to ensure that benefits of government schemes reach the last mile.
 The Union Government in consultation with Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched Sovereign Gold Bonds
2017-18 – Series-III. The applications for bond will be accepted from October 09, 2017 to December 27, 2017.
 The Union Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with Other Union Ministries and State Governments has
launched nationwide ‘Paryatan Parv’ to showcase cultural diversity of country and reinforce the principle of
‘Tourism for All’. Objective of Paryatan Parv : To draw focus on the benefits of tourism.
 The Union Ministry of Water Resources has approved project to set up Turtle sanctuary in Allahabad along with
River Biodiversity Park at Sangam in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh under Namami Gange programme.
 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) began collecting new "Sin Taxes" on tobacco products, energy drinks, and soft
drinks. Sin Tax : a tax on items such as alcohol or tobacco.
 The United States has announced its withdrawal from The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO), for the second time in 33 years. Following United State's withdrawal from UNESCO
citing "anti-Israel bias", Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has also announced that his country would also quit the
UN heritage organisation.
 The US Federal Reserve fined banking giant HSBC $175 million (₹1,142 crore) for "unsafe and unsound practices"
in its foreign exchange trading business.
 The US State Department has approved a sale of the THAAD missile defence system worth over ₹98,000 crore
($15 billion) to Saudi Arabia.
 The Uttar Pradesh government has launched a mass marriage scheme titled ‘Mukhyamantri Samoohik Vivaah
Yojana’. Under this scheme, state social welfare department will conduct the mass marriages and state
government will spend Rs 35,000 on each couple, besides gifting them mobile phones and household items.
 The World Bank has supported GST implementation in India claiming that it will have a 'hugely positive impact'
on the country's economy.
 The World Health Organisation (WHO) cancelled Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's appointment as the
body's goodwill ambassador to help tackle non-communicable diseases such as heart attacks and asthma across
Africa.
 The world's first "Negative Emissions" plant that turns carbon dioxide into carbonate rocks has begun operations
in Iceland.
 The world's first hybrid electric tram powered by hydrogen fuel cells has started running in China.
 To accelerate full immunization coverage to more than 90% by December 2018, the Union Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare has launched Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI).

 To boost Skill India Mission, the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved two World Bank
supported schemes. They are : SANKALP - Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion
and STRIVE - Skill Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement.
 To celebrate and promote women entrepreneurs and farmers in the organic sector from across India, the
Ministry of Women and Child Development has hosted the 3rd annual ‘Women of India Organic Festival’ from
1st October 2017 to 15th October 2017, in New Delhi.
 To chalk out future road map for wildlife conservation, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate
Change (MoEFCC) has unveiled the 3rd National Wildlife Action Plan for 2017-2031.
 To prevent wastage of funds, the Uttar Pradesh government is planning to form a 'UP Muslim Waqf Board' by
merging the separate Shia and Sunni Waqf boards.
 To reduce road accidents, the Andhra Pradesh state government has introduced a 'No helmet, No petrol' rule for
two-wheeler riders.
 Transgenders will now have the option of identifying themselves as the third gender with the Railway Board
modifying reservation forms to provide the option 'T', besides 'M' (Male) and 'F' (Female).
 US bank Wells Fargo has upgraded over 5,000 ATMs that allow customers to withdraw cash with a smartphone
instead of debit or credit cards.
 US President Donald Trump has announced that he will allow the release of classified documents relating to the
assassination of former President John F Kennedy, who was shot dead while visiting Dallas, Texas, in the year
1963.
 US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was on his maiden official visit to India. Note : Tillerson is on a five-nation visit
from 20th to 27th October 2017 including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan and Switzerland.
 US technology company IBM has launched blockchain network for cross-border payments that enables transfer
of money in near real-time.
 US-based researchers have developed a computer security system using heart's dimensions as the identifier,
which they describe as safer, more effective alternative to passwords and other biometrics.
 Uttar Pradesh's Mughalsarai railway station has been renamed as Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) railway station in
a bid to revive the legacy of Pandit Upadhyay, who was found dead near the station in 1968.
 Vanuatu, a South Pacific archipelago, has become the first nation to accept Bitcoins as payment for its
'investment citizenship' program.
 Virat Kohli became the fastest cricketer to complete 9,000 ODI runs, achieving the feat in his 194th innings
against New Zealand.
 With an objective to conserve and improve the environment, the Chhattisgarh Government has banned use of
Chlorinated Plastic and Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) with immediate effect.
 World number 133 Ukrainian tennis player Kateryna Bondarenko became the first mother to win a WTA singles
title since former player Kim Clijsters won the 2011 Australian Open.
 World number one Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal has defeated Australia's Nick Kyrgios to clinch the China
Open, his career's 75th title and sixth of the year.
 WWE signed Shadia Bseiso, its first female performer from an Arab nation.
 Young Indian paddler Selena Selvakumar wins triple gold medal at Egypt Junior and Cadet Open Table Tennis
Championship.
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(NASSCOM)
(Quami Ekta Week)
 Dia Mirza - UN Environment's Goodwill Ambassador
 20th November - Universal Children's Day
for India
 20th November - UN Africa Industrialization Day
 Emmerson Mnangagwa - President, Zimbabwe

 Ganga Kumari - 1st Transgender to be inducted into  Rahul Rawail - Acting Chief, Jury for the Indian
Rajasthan Police Panorama section of IFFI 2017
 Gautam Gambhir - Government Nominee, Delhi &  Rajkummar Rao - Best Actor, 11th Asia Pacific
District Cricket Association (DDCA) Managing Screen Awards (APSA)
Committee  Rajesh Vaishnaw - India's next High Commissioner
 Gavin Williamson - Defence Secretary, UK to Malta
 Hasmukh Adhia - Finance Secretary, India  Ravi Bangar - Ambassador of India to Ecuador
 Ira Joshi - Director General, Doordarshan News  Ravinder Bhalla - 1st-ever Sikh mayor of US'
 Jatindra Nath Swain - MD, Solar Energy Corporation Hoboken city
of India  Sandeep Beecha - Chief of Naval War College (Goa)
 Karen Pierce - UK's ambassador to the United  Sanjeev Kaushik - Whole time Member, SEBI
Nations  Sarah Clarke - Britain’s first female Black Rod (Lady
 Kenneth Juster - Next USA Ambassador to India Usher of the Black Rod)
 Madhu Azad - 1st Woman Mayor of Gurugram  Satrughana Pujahari - Judge of Madras High Court
 M Mahender Reddy - Director General of Police  Sethurathnam Ravi - Chairman, BSE (Bombay Stock
(DGP), Telangana State Exchange)
 MC Mary Kom - Ambassador, AIBA Women’s Youth  Shaktikanta Das - India's Sherpa to G20
World Championships  Shamika Ravi - Part-time Member, Economic
 NK Singh - Chairman, 15th Finance Commission Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM)
 N Poonguzhali - 1st Woman Senior Deputy Director  Shinzo Abe - Prime Minister, Japan (re-election)
General, Telecom Enforcement Resource Monitoring  Shubhangi Swaroop - 1st ever female pilot to be
(TERM) inducted into the Indian Navy
 N Sambasiva Rao - Director-General of Police (DGP)  Sibi George - India's Ambassador to Liechtenstein
of Andhra Pradesh (He is also India's ambassador to Switzerland)
 Nasir Kamal - Additional Director General, Border  Snehlata Shrivastava - Secretary General, Lok Sabha
Security Force (BSF)  Sudhanshu Jain - Chief Financial Officer (CFO),
 Neelamani N Raju - Karnataka's 1st Woman Police Paytm Payments Bank
Chief  Sundeep Kumar Nayak - MD, NCDCI (National
 Nirmala Sitharaman - President, Institute for Cooperative Development Corporation of India)
Defence Studies and Analysis (IDSA)  Suresh Chukkapalli - Honorary Consul General in
 Pradeep Singh Kharola - Chairman and Managing Hyderabad by South Korea
Director (CMD), Air India  T V Narendran - MD & CEO, Tata Steel
 Preet Didbal - Mayor of Yuba city in California (1st  Tulsi Gabbard (1st Hindu lawmaker in US Congress)
Sikh woman) - Chairperson, World Hindu Congress (WHC)
 Pritam Singh - Director General, National Archives of  Urjit Patel - Member, Financial Stability Institute
India Advisory Board of the Bank of International
 Phanindra Sama (Co-founder of RedBus) - Chief Settlement (BIS)
Innovation Officer, Telangana state  Upendra Prasad Singh - Secretary, Ministry of Water
 Quarraisha Abdool Karim - UNAIDS Special Resources, River Development and Ganga
Ambassador for Adolescents and HIV Rejuvenation
 R K Kulshrestha - General Manager, Southern  Ved Prakash Vaish - Judge of Allahabad High Court
Railway  Vijay Prasad Dimri - President, 36th International
 Raghvendra Singh - Secretary in Ministry of Culture Geological Congress (IGC)
 Rahul Dravid - Ambassador, Bengaluru FC  Vikas Seth - CEO, Bharti AXA Life Insurance
 Vineet Arora - MD & CEO, Aegon Life Insurance  Anuk Arudpragasam (The Story of a Brief Marriage)
- Shakti Bhatt First Book Prize 2017
 Atom Egoyan - IFFI Lifetime Achievement Award
 Dipa Karmakar - Honorary D.Litt. Degree by NIT,
 Habibullah Basha - Founder- Director of the Apollo Agartala
Hospitals  Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters - Miss Universe 2017
 Naim Suleymanoglu - Noted Turkish Weightlifter  Eric Vuillard (L’ordre du jour / Agenda) - Goncourt
 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi - Former Union Minister Prize 2017
 Jana Novotna - Noted Czech Republic Tennis Player  Girish Karnad - Tata Literature Live! Lifetime
 Kunwar Narayan - Noted Hindi poet and Jnanpith Achievement Award 2017
Awardee  Girija Devi (Eminent classical singer) - Sumitra
 Jagdish Mohan - Noted Vocalist Charat Ram Award for Lifetime Achievement
 Kirti Nidhi Bista - Nepal’s 3time Prime Minister  Gopinath R - Prof. Yashwantrao Kelkar Yuva
 Manu Sharma - Noted Hindi Writer Puraskar 2017
 Virendra Sanghi - Noted Journalist  Ishaan Khattar - Best Actor Award, International
 A G Milkha Singh - Former Indian Cricketer Bosphorus Film Festival (Turkey)
 Vettoor Purushan - Noted Malayalam actor  K Satchidanandan (Noted Malayalam Poet) -
 Gaur Kishore Ganguli - Noted Freedom Fighter and Ezhuthachan Puraskaram Award 2017
Lawyer  Khaled el-Balshy (Egyptian journalist) - Individual
 Dina Wadia - Daughter of Pakistan founder Activist award at Nelson Mandela – Graca Machel
Mohammad Ali Jinnah Innovation Awards
 Mukul Chandra Joshi (Traffic Baba) - Retd Indian Air  Kevin Lilliana (Indonesia) - Miss International 2017
Force officer  Krishna Sobti - 53rd Jnanpith Award 2017
 Richard Gordon - Former Astronaut (flew around the  Lionel Messi - 4th European Golden Shoe Award
Moon)  Manik Banerjee - Life Time Achievement Award by
 Shyama - Veteran Bollywood Actress Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF)
 Malcolm Young - Guitarist, Rock Band AC/DC  Manmohan Singh (Former PM) - Indira Gandhi Prize
 Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi - Former Union Minister for Peace, Disarmament and Development 2017
 Jana Novotná - Former world number one doubles  Manushi Chhillar - 67th Miss World 2107
and number two singles champion  Mithali Raj - Indian Sportswoman of the Year (Team
 KVL Narayan Rao - CEO, NDTV Sports) Award
 Mohan Joshi - Vishnudas Bhave Award
 Mukesh Ambani - Asia’s Richest Person
 Natalie Portman - Genesis Prize 2018 (Jewish Nobel
 120 Beats Per Minute (French Movie) - Golden Prize)
Peacock Award at 48th International Film Festival of  Rajkummar Rao - Best Actor Award at 11th Asia
India (IFFI) Pacific Screen Awards (APSA).
 Anand Kumar (Founder, Super 30) - Rashtriya Bal  Royal Opera House (Mumbai) - 2017 UNESCO Asia-
Kalyan Award 2017 Pacific Award of Merit
 Air New Zealand - Airline Of The Year 2017 Award  Ruskin Bond - Lifetime Achievement Award by
 Anuk Arudpragasam (The Story of a Brief Marriage) Chandigarh Literary Society
- DSC Prize for South Asian Literature 2017  Sergio Ramirez Mercado - 2017 Cervantes Prize
(Spanish-speaking world’s highest literary honor)

 Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple (Srirangam, Tamil AFC Asian Football Awards

Nadu) - UNESCO Asia-Pacific Award for Cultural
Heritage Conservation  Male Player of the Year - Omar Kharbin (he became
 The School Bag (Indian Short Film) - Best Short Film First syrian ever to win this title)
Award at South Asian Film Festival of Montreal  Men's Coach of the Year - Takafumi Hori (Japan)
(SAFFM)  International Player of the Year - Son Heung-min
 Trisha Krishnan - UNICEF Celebrity Advocate Status (South Korea)
for Child Rights (1st South Indian actor)  Women's Player of the Year -Samantha Kerr
 United Nations High Commission for Refugees (Australia)
(UNHCR) - Harmony Foundation’s Mother Teresa
Top 5 in Forbes' Highest Paid Women in Music List 2017
Memorial Award for Social Justice 2017
 Zaira Wasim - National Child Award for Exceptional 1. Beyonce ($105 million-USA)
Achievement 2017 2. Adele ($69 million-ENG)
3. Taylor Swift ($44 million-USA)
Best Urban Transport Practices’ Awards by 4. Celine Dion ($42 million-Canada)
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs 5. Jennifer Lopez ($38 million-USA)
 Best City Bus Services Award - Surat Municipal Andhra Pradesh state government Announced
Corporation Nandi Awards 2014 - 2016
 Best Non-Motorised Transport - Mysuru’s Public
Bicycle Sharing Nandi Awards 2014
 Best Urban Transport Initiative - Kochi (Kerala)
 Best Film: Legend
1st Indian Sports Honours Awards 2017  Best Director : Boyapati Srinu
 Best Actor : Nandamuri Balakrishna
 Best Male Player in Teamsports - Ravichandran  Best Actress : Anjali
Ashwin (Cricket)
 Best Female Player in Teamsports - Mithali Raj Nandi Awards 2015
(Cricket)
 Best Film : Baahubali
 Team of the year - Indian Women's Cricket Team.
 Best Director : S S Rajamouli
 Comeback of the Year - Saina Nehwal (Badminton)
 Best Actor : Mahesh Babu
Tata Literature Live Literary Awards (Mumbai)
Nandi Awards 2016
 Non-fiction - Pankaj Mishra’s ‘Age of Anger: A
 Best Film : Pelli Choopulu
History of the Present’.
 Best Director : Satish Vegesna
 First Book – Prayaag Akbar’s ‘Leila’ & Pranay Lal’s
 Best Actor: Junior NTR
‘Indica: A Deep Natural History of the Indian
 Best Actress : Ritu Varma
Subcontinent’
 Fiction – Easterine Kire’s ‘Son of the Thundercloud’ Special Awards
 Business Book of Year – YV Reddy’s ‘Advice and
Dissent: My Life in Public Service’  NTR National Award
 Publisher of the Year – Penguin Random House o 2014 - Kamal Hassan
India o 2015 - K Raghhavendra Rao
o 2016 - Rajanikanth
 Big Little Book Award – Nabaneeta Dev Sen
 BN Reddy State Award
o 2014 - SS Rajamouli 5. Australia

o 2015 - Trivikram Srinivas 6. Denmark
o 2016 -Boyapati Srinivas 7. Iceland
 Nagireddy and Chaprani State Award 8. Ireland
o 2014 -Narayana Murthy 9. Sweden
o 2015 - Keeravani 10. France
o 2016 - K S Rama Rao
UK is no longer among the five leading global economies
 Raghupati Venkaiah State Award
the Finance Minister of UK Philip Hammond has
o 2014 - Krishnam Raju
announced.
o 2015 - Eshwar
o 2016 - Chiranjeevi The top five leading economies are :
 Special Jury Award
o 2014 - Suddala Ashok Teja 1. US
o 2015 - P C Reddy 2. China
o 2016 - Paruchuri Brothers 3. Japan
4. Germany
48th International Film Festival of India 2017 5. France
(IFFI 2017) Awards
India ranked 51st among 63 countries on the IMD Talent
 Indian film personality of 2017 - Amitabh Bachchan Rankings in terms of ability to attract, develop and retain
 Lifetime achievement - Canadian filmmaker Atom talent.
Egoyan.
Top 10 in the List :
 Best film (Golden Peacock award) - 120 Beats Per
Minute (French movie) directed by Robin Campullo. 1. Switzerland
 Best Director - Vivian Qu for Angels Wear White 2. Denmark
(China). 3. Belgium
 Special Jury Award - Take-off (Malayalam film-India) 4. Austria
 Best Actor (Female) - Parvathy for Take Off 5. Finland
 Best Actor (Male) - Nahuel Perez Biscayart for 120 6. Netherlands
Beats Per Minute. 7. Norway
 Best Debut Feature Film Director - Kiro Russo for 8. Germany
Dark Skull (Spanish). 9. Sweden
 ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal - Kshitij-A Horizon 10. Luxembourg
(Marathi movie) directed by Manouj Kadamh.
India has been ranked the world's Sixth most vulnerable
country facing climate risk, as per Berlin-based NGO
Indexes & Rankings
Germanwatch, which analysed data from 1997-2016.
India has moved up one place to the 68th spot on the
Top 5 in the List
Global Entrepreneurship Index of 2018.
1. Haiti
Top 10 of Global Entrepreneurship Index 2018
2. Zimbabwe
1. United States 3. Fiji
2. Switzerland 4. Sri Lanka
3. Canada 5. Vietnam
4. United Kingdom
Delhi has been rated the most tourist-friendly Top 10 in the List :
destination in India, according to a biennial survey
conducted by the World Travel and Tourism Council 1. Hong Kong
India Initiative. 2. Bangkok
3. London
Top 8 in the List : 4. Singapore
5. Macau
1. Delhi 6. Dubai
2. Maharashtra and Goa 7. Paris
3. Tamil Nadu 8. New York City
4. Gujarat 9. Shenzhen, China
5. West Bengal
10. Kuala Lumpur
6. Kerala
7. Punjab India was ranked low at 108th position out of 144
8. Andhra Pradesh countries in Global Gender Gap Index 2017 released as
part of World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender
India has slipped to 7th position in the Business Gap Report 2017.
Optimism Index in September quarter, from 2nd position
in June quarter, according to Grant Thornton's Top 10 Most Gender-equal Countries :
International Business Report.
1. Iceland
Top 5 in the Index : 2. Norway
3. Finland
1. Indonesia 4. Rwanda
2. Finland 5. Sweden
3. Netherlands 6. Nicaragua
4. Philippines 7. Slovenia
5. Austria 8. Ireland
9. New Zealand
10. Philippines
Delhi was the world's 21st most visited city of 2016 with
7.4 million international travellers, according to market
research firm Euromonitor International.
 10th November 2017 was observed as World Science Day for Peace and Development (WSDPD) / World Science
Day with the theme 'Science for Global Understanding'.
 10th South Asia Economic Summit (SAES-2017) was recently held in Kathmandu, Nepal with the theme
“Deepening Economic Integration for Inclusive and Sustainable Development in South Asia”.
 14th November 2017 was observed as World Diabetes Day with the Theme "Women and diabetes - our right to a
healthy future."
 16th November 2017 was observed as International Day for Tolerance with the theme 'Together'.

 19th November 2017 (3rd Sunday of November) was observed as World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic
Victims with the theme "2020 Target: reduce road fatalities AND serious injuries by 50%".
 19th November 2017 was observed as International Men's Day with the Theme "Celebrate Men and Boys".
 19th November 2017 was observed as World Toilet Day with the Theme "wastewater".
 1st India-Myanmar Bilateral Military Exercise IMBAX 2017 was held at Joint Warfare Centre at the Umroi Joint
Training Node in Meghalaya.
 20th November 2017 was observed as Universal Children's Day with the theme '#KidsTakeOver'.
 21st November 2017 was observed as World Fisheries Day with the theme “2022 Ka Hai Sapna … Kisan Ki Aay
Ho Dugna - Sankalp Se Siddhi”.
 22-year-old American model Kendall Jenner beat Gisele Bündchen to become the world's highest-earning model
in 2017, as per Forbes.
 25th November 2017 was observed as International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women with the
theme "Leave no one behind".
 28-year-old French judoka Teddy Riner won all-time record 10th world title at the World Open Championships in
Morocco.
 31st ASEAN Summit was recently held at the Philippines capital Manila.
 3-day World Food India event was recently held at New Delhi.
 42nd World Congress of the International Committee of Military Medicine (ICMM) was recently held in New
Delhi. Theme of this edition of World Congress : “Military Medicine in Transition: Looking Ahead.”
 5 day Defence of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Exercise (DANX-2017) was recently held at New Delhi. Main
objective of DANX 2017 : To practice and validate procedures and drills of all Command forces aimed at
defending strategic Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
 7th Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable (AMER7) was recently held at Bangkok, Thailand from 1-3 November
2017.
 7th edition of joint Indo-Bangladesh Training Exercise SAMPRITI 2017 was recently held at Counter Insurgency &
Jungle Warfare School, Vairengte in Mizoram.
 9th November 2017 (2nd Thursday of November) was observed as World Quality Day with the Theme ‘Everyday
Leadership'.
 9th November 2017 was observed as World Usability Day with the theme 'Inclusion Through User Experience'.
 A NASA-funded study has found that India would soon overtake China as the World's Top Sulphur Dioxide (SO2)
emitter after its emissions rose by 50% since 2007, while the latter's declined by 75% for the same period.
 A new mixed gender team competition is set to be introduced at the European Games in 2019 in Minsk.
 A Swiss parliamentary panel has approved the automatic exchange of information between Switzerland and
India.
 Aditya-L1, India's maiden mission to the Sun, will be launched in 2019 from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
 Afghanistan defeated Pakistan by 185 runs to lift the ACC Under-19 Asia Cup 2017 trophy in Kuala Lumpur.
 Aiming to provide ₹5,000 as financial aid to pregnant and lactating mothers, the Maharashtra Cabinet approved
the implementation of Centre's Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana.
 Amazon has shut down its online product discovery platform, Junglee.
 An All-women panel will chair the annual meeting of World Economic Forum (WEF) for the first time in the
organisation's nearly 50-year history in Switzerland next year. The 7-women panel includes Indian social
entrepreneur and activist Chetna Sinha.
 Andhra Pradesh state government has hosted its first Hot Air Balloon Festival in Araku Valley.

 Anil Ambani-led Reliance Communications (RCom) has signed an agreement with Veecon Media to sell 100%
equity in its DTH business, operating under Reliance BIG TV.
 'Anurakthi', the world's first Sanskrit 3D film was screened at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2017 in
Goa.
 As a reply to an RTI query, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced that it has decided not to pursue a
proposal for introducing Islamic banking in India.
 As many as 23 EU nations signed the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) agreement. Aim of this
Agreement : To boost defence cooperation among member states.
 Asgardia, the first-ever country planned to be floated into space, has successfully launched its maiden satellite
from a NASA site.
 At a joint trilateral meeting, India, China and the US have agreed to enhance cooperation in efforts aimed at
improving cyberspace security.
 At least 15 nations joined the Powering Past Coal Alliance to phase out the use of coal by 2030. They are Britain,
Canada, Denmark, Finland, Italy, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Belgium, Switzerland, New Zealand, Ethiopia,
Mexico and the Marshall Islands.
 Australia defeated England in the first T20I to retain the Women's Ashes, a seven-match points-based multi-
format series.
 Automobile giant Mahindra and Mahindra opened its new manufacturing plant in America's 'Motor City' Detroit,
which got its first automotive production facility in 25 years.
 Bali's Mount Agung volcano erupted for the first time in 54 years, forming an ash cloud 700 metres in the
Indonesian sky.
 Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) will soon introduce Electric buses in the city.
 Bollywood Actor Sharukh Khan inaugurated the 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2017 in Goa.
 Book Journey of Women Law Reforms and The Law Commission of India – Some Insights, written by Pavan
Sharma has been launched by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu.
 Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov defeated Belgium’s David Goffin to win his maiden ATP World Tour Finals.
 Cab aggregator Ola has piloted a cycle rental service called 'Ola Pedal' in IIT Kanpur for transportation within the
campus.
 California-based investment fund HigherOrderVC and journalists from across the world have teamed up to
create PressCoin, a new cryptocurrency to provide financing for investigative journalism.
 Canada has been named the '2017 Destination of the Year' by the Travel + Leisure magazine.
 Canada has officially opened its first permanent highway to the Arctic Ocean.
 CEO of ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar was named the Most powerful woman in India as she ranked 32nd in World's
100 Most Powerful Women list by Forbes.
 Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra released a portrait of barrister Kapila Hingorani, which will be the first portrait
of a female lawyer to be displayed in a Supreme Court library.
 China amended its Criminal Law, making disrespecting the national anthem in public a criminal offence
punishable by up to three years in prison.
 China has successfully launched remote sensing satellites designed to conduct electromagnetic probes and other
experiments.
 China launched world’s first fully electric cargo ship in Guangzhou, capital city of Guangdong province.
 China successfully launched two BeiDou-3 satellites named BeiDou-3 M1 and BeiDou-3 M2 into space on board
of single carrier rocket Long March-3B from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern province of
Sichuan.

 China will begin construction of the world's highest planetarium next year in Tibet, which is often dubbed "Roof
of the World", being 4,000 metres above sea level.
 Collins Dictionary has named 'Fake News' Word of the year, with the phrase witnessing a 365% rise in usage
since 2016.
 Communal Harmony Week or Quami Ekta Week is being observed around India, beginning 19th November 2017.
Aim of Quami Ekta Week : To foster and reinforce the spirit of Communal Harmony.
 Debt-ridden Air India has received a loan worth ₹1,500 crore from Bank of India to meet urgent working capital
needs.
 Defence Ministry has cleared a proposal to procure 111 utility helicopters for the Indian Navy at a cost of
₹21,738 crore.
 Digital payments platform Paytm along with ICICI Bank has introduced a new option titled 'Buy now - Pay later'.
With 'Buy Now, Pay Later' option users can pay the amount for any purchased item after 45 days of making the
purchase.
 Digital payments platform Paytm has launched an in-app messaging service called Inbox. This service allows
users to chat with others as well as send and request money.
 Donald Trump has begun his 12-day trip to five Asian nations. With this, he will be the first US President in 25
years to make a state visit to South Korea.
 E-commerce giant Amazon has made it mandatory for users to link Aadhaar details to their accounts in order to
track lost packages.
 Ending 3 years of battle, Bengal has won the Geographical Indication for its beloved sweet, the Rosogolla,
putting to rest the controversy over its origin.
 Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel won the Brazilian Grand Prix.
 Finance Minister Arun Jaitley formally launched the Paytm Payments Bank in New Delhi. The Payments Bank will
have zero charges on all online transactions and no minimum balance requirement.
 For the first time, Mumbai University is going to introduce on-screen marking system to assess answer sheets of
semester-end examinations.
 Former All England Open winner and coach Pullela Gopichand's 14-year-old daughter Gayatri Gopichand won
the Under-19 singles event at the 26th Smt Krishna Khaitan All-India Junior Ranking Badminton Tournament held
in Chandigarh.
 Former Indian captain MS Dhoni officially launched his first global cricket academy in Dubai, UAE.
 France defeated Belgium 3-2 to win Davis Cup for the first time in 16 years and 10th time overall.
 Future Group's Founder Kishore Biyani is going to launch his Retail 3.0 e-commerce business model called
'Tathaastu'.
 Global carbon emissions will touch a record high of 37 billion tonnes, an analysis by the Global Carbon Project
has revealed.
 Goa, with a score of 0.656, is the safest state in the country for women, according to a Gender Vulnerability
Index (GVI) report released by the Ministry of Women and Child Development.
 Gopi Thonakal became the 1st Indian man to win the Asian Marathon Championship after he clinched the Gold
medal in the 16th edition of the event.
 Government has signed 4 MoUs under Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY) Scheme with Nagaland and UTs
of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Dadra & Nagar Haveli & Daman & Diu for operational improvements.
 Greece supports India in its bid for permanent membership in the UN Security Council, Greek Foreign Minister
Nikos Kotzias said during a meeting with Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
 Haryana became India’s first state to treat Hepatitis-C patients of all categories through oral medicine.

 Haryana govt announced lifetime monthly pension of Rs 10,000 for Hindi Satyagrahis and those from the state
who were jailed during Emergency.
 Himachal Pradesh will be the first state to use EVMs with VVPAT machines on all booths during assembly
elections.
 HSBC's private-banking unit was fined a record $51 million over sales of structured products linked to Lehman
Brothers in Hong Kong.
 In a bid to become plastic-free by March 2018, the Maharashtra government is going to ban the use of plastic
packaged drinking water bottles at government offices and will subsequently extend the ban to private offices.
 In a first, a 45-member Indian Air Force contingent is participating in the two-week-long Blue Flag military drill
with the air forces of Israel and eight other nations.
 In his budget speech, British finance minister Philip Hammond has announced that the government is going to
launch Driverless cars by 2021.
 India and China held their first meeting on border consultation and coordination mechanism in Beijing after the
Doklam standoff.
 India and Russia have agreed to implement visa-free entry for the flight crew of scheduled and chartered flights
between the two countries.
 India conducted a flight test of its indigenously designed and developed, long-range sub-sonic cruise missile
'Nirbhay' from a defence base off Odisha coast.
 India has asked the United Nations to declare 2018 as the International year of millets and promote it as
nutrition-rich smart food across the world.
 India has become the home to the largest number of families on the list of Forbes Asia's 50 Richest Families for
the third time, taking up 18 spots.
 India has jumped 30 places to be ranked 100th among 190 countries in the World Bank's 2018 ease of doing
business report.
 India has signed an over ₹630-crore loan agreement and a ₹13-crore grant agreement with the World Bank, in an
attempt to increase its power generation capacity through renewable energy sources.
 India has the highest number of people, about 732 million, without access to toilets, as per 'Out of Order : The
State of the World’s Toilets 2017' report.
 India is going to construct 17 highway tunnels along the India-China border in order to ensure all-weather
connectivity along the Line of Actual Control.
 India is going to host 36th International Geological Congress (IGC) in 2020 at NCR New Delhi from 2nd to 8th
March 2020. Theme of this event : "Geosciences: The Basic Science for a Sustainable Future".
 India is set to test-fire supersonic cruise missile BrahMos from a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet in a bid to improve its
ability to carry out deep surgical strikes.
 India was re-elected as member of executive board of United Nations educational, scientific and cultural
organization (UNESCO).
 India will contribute $100 million to the India-UN Development Partnership Fund to help the poorest nations
achieve the Sustainable Development Goals aimed at reducing poverty and raising the quality of life.
 India will overtake Japan in nominal GDP by 2028 to emerge as the World's Third-largest Economy, according to
a report by Bank of America Merrill Lynch, the corporate and investment banking division of Bank of America.
 India’s first Tribal Entrepreneurship Summit was held at Dantewada in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh.
 Indian boxers won 5 gold medals at the AIBA Women's Youth World Boxing Championships in Guwahati.
 Indian captain Virat Kohli became the second Indian after Sachin Tendulkar to score 50 international centuries,
registering his 18th Test ton against Sri Lanka in the first Test.

 Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir was named a government nominee in the Delhi and District Cricket Association
(DDCA) managing committee.
 Indian cueist Pankaj Advani defeated Amir Sarkhosh of Iran to win his 18th international title in the form of the
15-frame IBSF World Snooker Championship in Doha.
 Indian golfer Aditi Ashok has qualified for the season-ending event of the LPGA Tour, CME Group Tour
Championship, becoming the first Indian to qualify for the competition.
 Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad has secured 49th position in the QS Global MBA Rankings
2018.
 Indian luger Shiva Keshavan will make his sixth appearance at the Winter Olympics as he qualified for the 2018
PyeongChang Games.
 Indian mixed martial artist Bharat Khandare has become the first fighter from India to sign with Ultimate Fighting
Championship (UFC).
 Indian Navy is going to use advanced catapult-based aircraft launch mechanism (CATOBAR) from United States
for its second Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC-II), which is on drawing board.
 Indian Olympic medal-winning boxer and five-time world champion Mary Kom won her 5th Gold medal at the
Asian Women's Boxing Championships after defeating North Korea's Kim Hyang Mi.
 Indian online payments company BillDesk has launched cryptocurrency exchange Coinome in India which allows
for the trading of Bitcoin and Bitcoin Cash.
 Indian para shooters Deepender Singh and Manish Narwal won Gold and Silver respectively in the P1 10m Air
Pistol SH1 category in the Shooting Para Sport World Cup.
 Indian professional English billiards player Pankaj Advani clinches his 17th world title after thrashing Mike Russell
in IBSF World Billiards Championship.
 Indian women's hockey team clinched the Asia Cup title by beating China. With this, the Indian team has
qualified for the World Cup 2018.
 Indian wrestler Geeta Phogat, who won India's first-ever gold medal in women's wrestling at the Commonwealth
Games in 2010, has won a Gold medal at the All India Police Championship 2017.
 Indian wrestlers Sakshi Malik and Geeta Phogat won Gold medals in their respective weight categories at the
National Wrestling Championship.
 India's 24-year-old table tennis player G Sathiyan clinched the Gold medal after defeating Japan's Kazuhiro
Yoshimura 4-2 in the Men's singles final of the 2017 ITTF Challenge Spanish Open in Almeria.
 India's 3rd largest private sector lender Axis Bank has started cross-border payments over the blockchain using
fintech company Ripple’s technology.
 India's Ambani family has topped the Forbes list of Asia's 50 Richest Families for the first time, with a net worth
of $44.8 billion.
 India's first wave-powered navigational Buoy (an anchored float serving as a navigation mark) to guide ships in
and out of harbours was launched in Chennai.
 India's industrial output grew 3.8% year-on-year in September.
 India's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has reduced the interest rates on home and automobile loans by
0.05%, effective November 1.
 India's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) launched India’s first integrated lifestyle and banking digital service
platform named YONO (acronym for ‘You Only Need One’).
 India's Mirabai Chanu (23) has bagged the country's maiden Gold at the 2017 World Weightlifting
Championships, becoming only the second Indian to do so after Karnam Malleswari, who won gold in 1995.

 Interim Meeting of Steering Committee of International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s South Asia Regional Training and
Technical Assistance Centre (SARTTAC) was recently held in New Delhi.
 International credit rating agency Moody's Investors Service has upgraded India's bond rating for the first time in
14 years, saying continued progress in India's economic and institutional reforms will enhance its high growth
potential.
 International credit rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) kept India's sovereign rating unchanged at 'BBB-', its
lowest investment grade rating for bonds.
 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani declared the end of ISIS, although he acknowledged that the remnants of the
militant group will remain.
 Iraqi forces have captured Rawa, the last ISIS-held town in the country.
 Italy banned the commercial use of images of Michelangelo's 16th-century statue of David without official
authorization from the Galleria dell’Accademia.
 Japan will simplify its visa rules for Indians from January 2018 and issue multiple-entry visa for short-term stays.
 Kerala government launched the 'She Pad' scheme to provide free sanitary napkins, storage spaces, and
environment friendly incinerators at all government and aided schools.
 London Olympics bronze medalist Gagan Narang won a Silver medal in the men's 50m rifle prone event at the
Commonwealth Shooting Championships.
 Madhya Pradesh has partnered with Nagaland and Manipur under Ek Bharat-Shreshtha Bharat Yojana to
strengthen cultural relations between them.
 Maharashtra government has decided that scholarships reserved for Other Backward Classes (OBC) students will
be extended to students belonging to Economically Backward Classes (EBC) including the Maratha community.
 Maharashtra-based MMA fighter Bharat Kandare became the first-ever Indian to fight in the Ultimate Fighting
Championship (UFC).
 Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won his fourth F1 World Championship, finishing the season with 363 points
after securing second position in the last race at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
 Microsoft Founder Bill Gates who met Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, has agreed to help the state in tackling
the problem of Encephalitis (inflammation of the brain, caused by infection or an allergic reaction) through his
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
 'Mitra', a made-in-India robot developed by Bengaluru-based Invento Robotics, declared the start of the Global
Entrepreneurship Summit in Hyderabad.
 Mudhol Hound has become the 1st Indian dog breed to get Army training.
 Mumbai has become the first team to feature in 500 matches in Ranji Trophy history after taking the field
against Baroda at the Wankhede Stadium.
 Myanmar and Bangladesh signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the return of over 6 lakh
Rohingya Muslims who had fled to Bangladesh to escape a violent crackdown by the Myanmar military.
 Nepal scrapped the Budhi Gandaki hydropower project with a Chinese firm.
 New Zealand selected its first transgender athlete for the Commonwealth Games after naming weightlifter
Laurel Hubbard (39) in the squad for the 2018 Games in Australia.
 North Korea test-fired its highest-ever Inter Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), reaching an altitude of around
4,500 km, over 10 times higher than the orbit of NASA's International Space Station, before landing off Japan's
coast.
 Online news and social networking service Twitter has officially increased the character limit from 140 to 280 for
tweets in all languages.

 Pakistani cricketer Saeed Ajmal announced that he will retire from all forms of cricket at the end of the ongoing
National T20 Cup.
 PM Narendra Modi along with Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee flagged a
new train service between Kolkata and Bangladesh. The passenger train, named Bandhan Express, was launched
by the three leaders via video-conferencing.
 PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the 30-km-long 1st phase of Hyderabad Metro Rail.
 PM Narendra Modi launched e-governance app titled UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-age
Governance), which unifies over 100 central and state government services.
 PM Narendra Modi-led government's Demonetisation move marked its First Anniversary on 8th November 2017.
 President Ram Nath Kovind has promulgated an ordinance under Article 123 of Constitute to amend Indian
Forest Act, 1927 to encourage bamboo plantation by farmers in private lands. This ordinance omits bamboo
(taxonomically a grass) grown in non-forest areas from definition of trees.
 President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the 37th India International Trade Fair at Pragati Maidan in Delhi.
 President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the International Gita Mahotsav 2017 in Kurukshetra, Haryana.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 5th Edition of Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS) in New
Delhi. Theme of GCCS 2017 : “Cyber4All: A Secure and Inclusive Cyberspace for Sustainable Development”.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was in Philippines to attend the India-ASEAN summit, inaugurated the 'Shri
Narendra Modi Resilient Rice Field Laboratory' at Los Bano.
 Prince of Wales Charles Philip Arthur George, accompanied by Duchess of Cornwall Camilla Parker Bowles,
arrived in New Delhi on a two-day visit to India.
 Private lender HDFC Bank has launched a fund for startups with an initial corpus of $25-30 million.
 Private sector lender Yes Bank signed an agreement with the government to provide Rs 1,000 crore financing for
food processing projects.
 Qatar has been named the World's Richest Country with a GDP of over ₹81 lakh per person.
 Real estate tycoon Hui Ka Yan topped the Forbes list of China's 400 richest for the first time with a fortune of
$42.5 billion.
 Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has become Asia's richest person with a wealth of $42.1 billion,
according to Forbes.
 Ritu Phogat bagged the Silver medal in the Under-23 Senior World Wrestling Championship in Poland.
 Russia is going to help build a new pipeline project to deliver natural gas from Iran to India, Russian Energy
Minister Aleksandr Novak announced.
 Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Trade and Industry officially declared yoga as a sport.
 Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Al Saud, the wealthiest person in the Middle East, has been arrested in a
corruption prob.
 Scientists from New Zealand have developed the World’s First Artificial Intelligence Politician, that can answer a
person’s queries regarding local issues such as policies around housing, education and immigration.
 Shibuya Mirai, an artificial intelligence bot resembling a seven-year-old boy was granted official residency of
Japan.
 Shuttler Kidambi Srikanth has reached a career-best world number two rank, after becoming the first Indian to
win four Superseries titles in a year.
 Shuttlers Kidambi Srikanth and PV Sindhu won the Sportsman and Sportswoman of the Year (individual) awards
respectively at the inaugural Indian Sports Honours.
 Singapore has suspended trade relations with North Korea in compliance with UN sanctions against the reclusive
nation's nuclear and missile programmes.

 Spain's Rafael Nadal was presented with ATP World No. 1 award, as he became the oldest player to finish as
year-end world number one in ATP rankings history.
 Spanish racer Marc Márquez became the youngest four-time MotoGP world champion after clinching his fourth
MotoGP world title in five years at the season-concluding Valencia Grand Prix.
 Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore announced that the Sports Authority of India (SAI) will be renamed
and restructured to make it more "lean and professional". The word 'authority' will be removed from the
organisation's name as the word has no place in sports.
 Sports Ministry has included former Indian cricketer Virender Sehwag and domestic cricketer Vinay Lamba in
their Anti-Doping Appeals Panel.
 Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was on a 4-day visit to India.
 Strike bowler Mitchell Starc became the first man to take two hat-tricks in the same first-class game in Australia
as he hit ominous form ahead of the Ashes Test series against England.
 Tamil Nadu CM Palaniswami launched a project to provide free coaching for Plus-Two students to train them for
competitive exams like NEET.
 Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao declared Urdu as the state's second official language.
 Telangana CM K Chandrashekar Rao announced that Electricity will be supplied 24*7 to all sectors across the
state from January 1, 2018, "as a new year gift".
 Thailand will introduce biometric checks nationwide for users wanting to obtain new SIM cards from next
month.
 The 12th meeting of Standing Committee of Inter-State Council was held in New Delhi.
 The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit was recently held in Da Nang, Vietnam. Theme of APEC
Vietnam 2017 : ‘Creating New Dynamism, Fostering a Shared Future’.
 The Bank of England has increased interest rates for the first time since 2007 in order to curb high inflation.
 The bilateral military exercise between India and Kazakhstan, “PRABAL DOSTYK 2017” began at Bakloh,
Himachal Pradesh. Prabal Dostyk’ means ‘Robust Friendship’.
 The Board of Control For Cricket In India (BCCI) has decided to retire Sachin Tendulkar's number 10 jersey from
the Indian men's cricket team.
 The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) launched 4 electric buses in Mumbai, 45 years after
electric buses were first discontinued in the city.
 The cabinet has approved ‘Pradhan Mantri Mahila Shakti Kendra’ scheme for a period 2017-18 to 2019-20. Aim
of this Scheme : Empowering rural women through community participation to create an environment in which
they realise their full potential.
 The cbinet approved expansion of Beti Bachao Beti Padhao (BBBP) Yojana for a pan India coverage from 2017-18
to 2019-20.
 The central government launched the Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana, an annual scholarship to promote Philately
(the hobby of collecting and studying postage stamps).
 The Centre has announced that it will promote Khichdi as 'Brand India Food' at the World Food India event in
Delhi.
 The Centre made it mandatory for all four wheel motor vehicles sold on or after December 1 to have FASTags
fitted on them by the manufacturers or authorised dealers.
 The Centre started its final phase of BharatNet project, to provide high-speed broadband and WiFi in all
panchayats by March 2019.
 The Election Commission has restored the 'Two leaves' symbol of the AIADMK for the party's E Palaniswami and
O Panneerselvam camp.

 The European Commission is going to propose a 40% quota for women on company boards in an effort aimed at
tackling gender inequality in the senior ranks of publicly listed companies.
 The first ever Namami Barak festival was held at Silchar in Assam.
 The government extended the online portal SHe-Box, which previously allowed women government employees
to file workplace sexual harassment claims online, to include women employees in the private sector.
 The government has decided to allow Digital Payments for charging Electric Vehicles through various platforms
including the BHIM app and Bharat QR code.
 The government has raised the maximum amount that a Central government employee can borrow from the
government for house-building to ₹25 lakh from the earlier ₹7.5 lakh.
 The government has selected famous monument Charminar located in Hyderabad as a 'Swachh Iconic Site' and
directed the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to ensure cleanliness around the monument.
 The government has set a target of 18 billion digital transactions for 2017-18.
 The government is going to make hallmarking along with carat count mandatory for gold jewellery sold in the
country, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan announced.
 The Governments of Odisha and neighbouring West Bengal conducted joint security exercise named ‘Sagar
Kavach’ to further tighten the existing coastal security mechanism along the 630 km long coastline.
 The Governor of Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Urjit Patel has been appointed to the Financial Stability Institute
Advisory Board or the Bank of International Settlement (BIS). Head of this Board : Jaime Caruana
 The Indian Air Force along with the Defence Research and Development Organisation successfully test-fired
indigenously developed lightweight 'Glide' bomb named SAAW (Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon) in Odisha.
 The Indian Defence Ministry has cancelled a $500-million deal aimed at acquiring Spike Anti-Tank Guided
Missiles (ATGM) from Israel, in a bid to promote indigenously developed missiles.
 The Indian men's kabaddi team defeated Pakistan to win Gpld in Asian Kabaddi Championship 2017.
 The Indian Railways has decided to use Artificial Intelligence to prevent the possibility of signals failing, moving
from a find-and-fix to predict-and-prevent approach.
 The Indian Railways has launched Project Saksham, India’s largest time-bound “upskilling” exercise for its
employees to boost their efficiency.
 The Indian Railways is going to introduce Asia's largest Solid State Interlocking (SSI) system in Kharagpur on
Sunday.
 The Indian shooting contingent finished the Commonwealth Shooting Championships 2017 in Australia with 20
medals (6 Gold, 7 Silver and 7 Bronze medals).
 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has announced that it will launch 30 satellites in a single mission
aboard its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) in December.
 The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) has released ‘The Paradise Papers’, a global
investigation that reveals the offshore activities of some of the world’s most powerful people and companies.
 The ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) is going to launch the first rocket completely built by private
sector in 2020-21.
 The Karnataka Assembly has passed an Anti-Superstition Bill. This bill bans 23 superstitious practices including
human sacrifice, parading women naked and segregation of menstruating or pregnant women etc.
 The Kerala government has decided to set up a 'Trauma care' policy to provide road accident victims free
treatment for the first 48 hours.
 The king and queen of Bhutan—Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck and Jetsun Pema Wangchuck were on a 4-day
visit to India.

 The Madhya Pradesh government has approved a resolution to award Death Sentence to rape convicts in cases
where the victims are girls aged 12 years and below.
 The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) conducted Multi State Mega Mock Tsunami Exercise 2017 along the entire
East Coast in 31 coastal districts across four States and one Union Territory (West Bengal, Odisha, Tamil Nadu,
Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry).
 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has launched a next-generation satellite called the
Joint Polar Satellite System-1 (JPSS-1) into space.
 The official poster for next year's FIFA World Cup was unveiled by FIFA in Moscow. The poster has been designed
by Russian artist Igor Gurovich and portrays Ballon d'Or-winning legendary Soviet goalkeeper Lev Yashin, and
also celebrates Russia's achievements in space exploration.
 The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has announced that the nation will host a World XI side in January 2018.
 The President of the Iran Weightlifting Federation has announced that for the first time the nation will allow
women weightlifters to compete internationally, after establishing the Iran Weightlifting Federation Women's
Committee.
 The proposal to increase the height of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj statue, to be built off Mumbai coast, from
192 metres to 210 metres has been cleared, making it the world's tallest statue once built.
 The Punjab Cabinet has approved an act which will allow the properties of convicted drug offenders to be
attached, seized, and forfeited.
 The Punjab government has announced that it will organise a Military Literature Festival in Chandigarh from
December 7-9.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cancelled a bond sale via Open Market Operations (OMO) worth ₹10,000 crore.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked cooperative societies not to use the word 'Bank' in their names as it
violates the Banking Regulation Act.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed banks to provide doorstep banking to senior citizens of over 70
years of age and differently-abled people by December 31.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has made 20-digit Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) compulsory for companies having
aggregate fund-based and non-fund based exposure over Rs 5 crore.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has reduced its order for printing bank notes in this financial year to 21 billion
pieces.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has simplified Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a
Person Resident outside India) Regulations to make it easier for foreign investors to invest in the country.
 The second meeting of Island Development Agency (IDA) was recently held in New Delhi. The meeting was
chaired by Rajnath Singh.
 The State Bank of India (SBI) will use Blockchain Technology for smart contracts and Know Your Customer (KYC)
from next month.
 The Supreme Court ruled that technical education in courses like engineering, can't be provided in distance
education mode.
 The Syrian Army declared victory over the Islamic State militant group after it captured the jihadists' last
stronghold Abu Kamal.
 The Telangana government has directed all public and private schools in the state to introduce Telugu as a
compulsory subject from the next academic session.
 The UNFCCC Climate Change Conference (COP23) was recently held in Bonn, Germany.
 The Union Cabinet approved appointment of Second National Judicial Pay Commission (SNJPC) for subordinate
judiciary in country. Head of SNJPC : J P.Venkatrama Reddy (Former Judge of Supreme Court.

 The Union Cabinet approved signing and ratifying agreement between India and Armenia on cooperation and
mutual assistance in customs matters.
 The Union Cabinet approved the creation of the National Testing Agency (NTA) as an autonomous and self-
sustaining testing organisation to conduct entrance examinations for higher educational institutions.
 The Union Cabinet approved the establishment of National Anti-profiteering Authority under GST.
 The Union Government has given go-ahead for setting up India’s first mega Coastal Economic Zone (CEZ) at
Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT) in Maharashtra.
 The Union Government has inked US$ 119 million Financing Agreement with World Bank for IBRD loan for the
Odisha Higher Education Programme for Excellence & Equity (OHEPEE) Project.
 The Union Government launched BHARAT-22 Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) managed by ICICI Prudential Mutual
Fund targeting an initial amount of about Rs. 8,000 Crore.
 The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh was on a visit Russia from 27th to 29th November, 2017. During this 3
day visit, he held discussions with Mr. Vladimir Kolokoltsev, Minister for Internal Affairs and other senior
Russian leadership.
 The Union Ministry of Women and Child Development celebrated Child Rights Week (Hausla 2017) from 16th to
20th November, 2017.
 The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has allowed banks to hire private data entry operators and
enrolment machines to speed up the opening of Aadhaar enrolment centres at bank premises.
 The Unique Identification Authority of India has announced that NRIs and PIOs are not required to link bank
accounts and other services with Aadhaar.
 The United States (US) has become the only nation not in the Paris climate agreement after Syria announced its
plan to join the deal.
 The United States has announced it will start revoking passports of registered child sex offenders and issue new
ones that have a notice saying the bearer "was convicted of a sex offence against a minor".
 The US Congress has authorised up to $700 million to reimburse Pakistan for activities supporting US operations
in Afghanistan.
 The Uttar Pradesh State Cabinet has approved Blackbuck Conservation Reserve in trans-Yamuna belt near
Allahabad.
 The world's fastest supersonic cruise missile, BrahMos was successfully flight-tested for the first time from the
Indian Air Force's fighter aircraft Sukhoi-30MKI against a sea-based target.
 The world's largest landlocked country Kazakhstan is changing its name to Qazaqstan as part of a transition from
Cyrillic to a Latin-based script.
 To further enhance the scope, coverage and outreach of Scheme, the Union Cabinet has approved increase in
carpet area of houses eligible for interest subsidy under Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS) for Middle Income
Group (MIG) under Pradhan Mantri AwasYojana (Urban).
 Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Georgia's Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and Azerbaijan's President
Ilham Aliyev launched a rail link connecting the three countries. The 826-kilometre Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railroad is
the shortest and most reliable rail link between Asia and Europe.
 Two-time Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar, who made a return to wrestling after a gap of three years also won a
Gold medal at the National Wrestling Championship after receiving walkovers in the quarterfinal, semifinal and
final.
 Union textiles and information & broadcasting minister Smriti Irani flagged off a Digital Rath as part of an
initiative to accelerate adoption of cashless payments among merchants in various cities.
 United Airlines retired its last Boeing 747 flight, often called the 'Queen of the Skies,' after 47 years.

 US President Donald Trump declared North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism, subjecting the reclusive nation
to additional sanctions.
 US President Donald Trump met his Philippine counterpart Rodrigo Duterte for the first time at the Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vietnam.
 US-based Hennessey Performance Engineering has unveiled Venom F5 hypercar, the world's fastest road car
with a top speed of 484.4 kmph.
 US-based high-speed transport technology startup Virgin Hyperloop One has signed MoUs with governments of
Maharashtra and Karnataka to conduct feasibility study of routes in the states.
 Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated Aadi Mahotsav, a fortnight long Tribal Festival in New Delhi.
Theme of the Festival : A Celebration of the Spirit of Tribal Culture, Cuisine and Commerce’.
 Victoria became the 1st Australian state to legalise assisted dying or euthanasia after lawmakers voted in favour
of allowing terminally ill patients the right to request a lethal drug to end their lives.
 With an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 491 on the 500-point scale, PM Modi's Constituency, Varanasi has become the
most polluted Indian city among 42 cities, according to data from Central Pollution Control Board.
 World number 11 Saina Nehwal became the National champion for the third time, defeating world number 2 PV
Sindhu in the women's singles final of Senior National Badminton Championships.
 Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore released India Youth Development Index and
Report 2017 in New Delhi.
 Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, who has ruled the nation for 37 years after its independence, resigned
from his post. Emmerson Mnangagwa sworn in as the new president.
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 Amardeep Singh Bhatia - Director, Serious Fraud
 1st December - AIDS Day
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 2nd December - International Day for the Abolition of
 Andrej Babis - Prime Minister, Czech Republic
Slavery
(Europe)
 2nd December - National Pollution Control Day
 Anshu Prakash - Chief Secretary, Delhi Government
 2nd December - World Computer Literacy Day
 B S Sahrawati - Director General, National Cadet
 3rd December - International Day of Persons with
Corps
Disabilities
 Barney Harford - 1st ever Chief Operating Officer
 4th December - Indian Navy Day
(COO), Uber
 5th December - World Soil Day
 Constantino Chiwenga - Vice President, Zimbabwe
 5th December - International Volunteer Day (IVD)
 D R Soni - Chief, Indian Army's Southern Command
 6th December - Mahaparinirvan Diwas (Death
 Deepak Parekh - 1st International Ambassador for
Anniversary of Dr. BR Ambedkar)
London city
 7th December - International Civil Aviation day
 Dhammapiya - Secretary General, International
 7th December - Armed Forces Flag Day
Buddhist Confederation (IBC)
 8th December - Bodhi Day
 Dhirendra Pal Singh - Chairperson, University Grants
 9th December - International Anti-Corruption Day
Commission (UGC)
 10th December - Human Rights Day (HRD)
 Dinesh K Sarraf - Chairman, Petroleum and Natural
 11th December - UNICEF Day
Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB)
 11th December - International Mountain Day
 Dominique Mineur - Belgium's Enovy to Saudi
 13th December - World Choral Day Arabia (1st female)
 14th December - World Monkey Day  Ellie Goulding - Global Goodwill Ambassador for UN
 14th December - National Energy Conservation Day Environment
 15th December - International Tea Day  Emmerson Mnangagwa - President, zimbabwe
 16th December - Vijay Diwas (Victory Day)  G Rajesham - Chairman, Telangana State Finance
 17th December - International Day to End Violence Commission
against Sex Workers  George Weah - President, Liberia
 18th December - International Migrants Day  Gurbachan Singh - Director General (Investigation),
 18th December - Minorities Rights Day National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
 19th December - Goa Liberation day  Hello Kitty - Special Ambassador, UNWTO
 20th December - International Human Solidarity Day  Henrietta H Fore - Executive Director (ED), United
 22nd December - National Mathematics Day Nations Childrens' Fund (UNICEF)
 23rd December - Kisan Diwas (Farmer's Day)  Jairam Thakur - Chief Minister, Himachal Pradesh
 24th December - National Consumers Day / National  Jens Stoltenberg - Secretary-General. North Atlantic
Consumers Right Day Treaty Organisation (NATO)
 25th December - Good Governance Day  K. Jeeva Sagar - Ambassador of India to the State of
Kuwait
 Kumi Naidoo - Secretary General, Amnesty
International
 A Surya Prakash - Chairman, Prasar Bharati board  Manish Dawar - Chief Financial Officer (CFO),
(2nd term) Vodafone India

 Michel Coulomb - Head, Apple (India) Sales  Vijay Rupani - Chief Minister, Gujarat
operations  Vinay Sahasrabuddhe - President, Indian Council of
 Motofumi Shitara - Group Chairman, Yamaha Cultural Relations (ICCR)
Motors India  Viraj Chouhan - Chief Communication Officer (CCO),
 N C Goel - Chief Secretary, Rajasthan Ola
 Nakul Chopra - Chairman, BARC India (Broadcast
Audience Research Council) Newly Appointed Indian Ambassadors
 Narinder Batra - President, Indian Olympic  Azar A.H.Khan - Turkmenistan.
Association (IOA)
 K. Jeeva Sagar - Kuwait.
 Nitin Patel - Deputy Chief Minister, Gujarat
 Om Prakash Singh - DGP, Uttar Pradesh Newly Appointed Indian Envoys
 Paul Antony - Chief Secretary, Kerala
 Prabhat Kumar Sinha - CMD, Northern Coalfields  Ravindra Jaiswal - Sudan
Limited  Pradeep Kumar Gupta - Mali
 Prince Harry - President, African Parks  Subbarayudu - Peru
 R Hemalatha - Director, National Institute of
Nutrition (Hyderabad)
 Rahul Gandhi - President, Indian National Congress
 Rahul Singh - President, National Restaurant  Abi (Habeeb Ahmed) - Malayalam actor and mimicry
Association of India (NRAI) artist
 Ranveer Singh - Ambassador, EPL (English Premier  Adarsh Sein Anand - Former Chief Justice of India
League)  Adithyan - Noted South Indian music director
 Saba Karim - General Manager, Board of Control for  Ali Abdullah Saleh - Former Yemeni President
Cricket in India (BCCI)  AS Anand - Former Chief Justice of India
 Salil Parekh - MD & CEO, Infosys  Ashok Kumar Mattoo - Noted sports administrator,
 Samiran Panda - Director, National AIDS Research 1st President of Hockey India
Institute (NARI), Pune  Banwari Lal Joshi - former UP and Uttarakhand
 Sarah Mullally - 1st Female Bishop of London Governor
 Sebastian Kurz - Chancellor, Austria  Batuk Gathani - Noted Journalist
 Sebastian Pinera - President, Chile  Bob Givens - Noted American Animator (creator of
 Smita Nagaraj - Member, Union Public Service Bugs Bunny)
Commission (UPSC)  Bruce McCandless - Noted NASA astronaut (first
 Sumita Misra - Joint Secretary, Prime Minister’s person to fly in space without tethers)
Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC)  Heather Menzies-Urich - Hollywood Actress
 Sunil Kumar Chourasia - Director General of  Hoshang Dadiba Amroliwala - First Class cricketer
Ordnance Factories (DGOF) (Mumbai)
 U D Salvi - Chairperson, National Green Tribunal  Ja Ra Sundaresan - Noted Tamil journalist
(NGT)  Jatileswar Mukhopadhyay - Noted Bengali singer
 Uma Shankar - Executive Director (ED), Reserve  Johnny Hallyday - France’s Noted rock star, known
Bank of India (RBI) as French Elvis
 Upendra Prasad Singh - CEO, National Mission for  Keely Smith - Noted American Jazz and Pop Singer
Clean Ganga (NMCG)  Kim Jonghyun - Lead singer, SHINee Band
 Upendra Prasad Singh - Secretary, Ministry of Water  Lalji Singh - Noted Scientist (pioneer of DNA
Resources, River Development fingerprinting technology in India)

 Laloo Chiba - Noted South African Freedom Fighter  Lipstick Under My Burkha - Founder's Award for
of Indian Origin Sustainability on the Big Screen at Time Global
 Michael I - Romania's former King Sustainability Film Awards 2017
 Neeraj Vora - Bollywood Actor-Director  M.S. Swaminathan - Yeraringan Award
 Pandit Narayanrao Bodas - Eminent exponent of  Mamta Kalia (Dukkham Sukkham) - Vyas Samman
Gwalior gharana of Hindustani classical music 2017
 Partha Mukherjee - Veteran Bengali Actor  Mo Farah - BBC's Sports Personality of the Year 2017
 Partha Mukhopadhyay - Noted Bengali actor Award
 Purabi Mukhopadhyay - Noted Rabindra sangeet  Mohamad Al Jounde - International Children's Peace
singer Prize
 Robbie Malinga - Noted South African musician  Narendra Modi - Most Followed Indian on Twitter
 Shashi Kapoor - Veteran Bollywood Actor  Pratibha Laxman Gai - Damehood (Female
 Sue Grafton - Writer of A to Z book series equivalent of knighthood)
 Sukharanjan Sengupta - Noted journalist  Priyanka Chopra - Mother Teresa Memorial Award
for Social Justice
 Rabi Singh - Atibadi Jagannath Das Samman 2017
 Rekha - Smita Patil Memorial Award 2017
 Anushka Sharma - PETA Person of the Year 2017  Shree Saini - Miss India USA 2017
 Banwari Lal Gaur - Pt. Ramnarayan Sharma National  Sonu Sood - Punjab Ratan
Ayurved Award  Sumitra Bhave - Kalamaharshi Baburao Painter
 Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company - Sanman
Golden Peacock Award for Risk Management 2017  Tata Steel’s Joda East Iron Mine (JEIM) - Golden
 Cristiano Ronaldo - Ballon d'Or Award Peacock Innovation Management Award 2017
 Cyber section of Kolkata Police - 2017 NASSCOM-  The Silence Breakers (#MeToo) - TIME Person of the
DSCI Excellence Award Year 2017
 Dangal - Best Asian Film Award at AACTA 2017  TSRTC Initiatives - SKOCH Awards for 2017
 Dipak Das - Manush Sanman award
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 Ed Sheeran - MBE (Member of the Most Excellent
Order of the British Empire) Awards 2017
 G. Satheesh Reddy - National Design Award
 Best Nationalised Bank – State Bank of India
 Indonesian monkey - PETA Person of the Year 2017
 Best Banker of the Year – Arundhati Bhattacharya
 Jenny Kim (Miss Korea) - Miss Supranational 2017
 Lifetime Achievement Award – Uday Kotak
 Jitesh Singh Deo - Mr India 2017
 Best New Private Sector Bank - HDFC Bank
 JK Rowling - Companion of Honour by the UK royals
 Best Old Private Sector Bank - City Union Bank
 Joanne Chory - 2018 Breakthrough Prize
 Best Savings Bank Product – Kotak Mahindra Bank
 Joy Goswami (Du Dondo Phowara Matro) - 31st
 Best Mobile Banking Application – ICICI Bank
Moortidevi Award 2017 (1st Bengali poet)
 Best Non- Banking Financial Institution – Ujjivan
 Julio Ribeiro - Police Jeevan Gaurav Award
Financial Services
 K S Chitra - Harivarasanam Award 2017
 Best Special Initiative Award – Shriram Transport
 Kumbh Mela - UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Finance
status

2017 BBC Sports Awards Winners o Reason : For developing cryo-electron

microscopy for the high-resolution structure
 Sports Personality of the Year - Mo Farah (British determination of biomolecules in solution.
Distance Runner)  Nobel Prize for Literature 2017
 Overseas Sports Personality of the Year - Roger o Kazuo Ishiguro (Japan)
Federe (Swiss Tennis Player) o Reason : For his novels of great emotional
 Sports Personality Team of the Year - England force.
Women's Cricket Team  Nobel Prize for Peace 2017
 Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime o International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear
Achievement - Jessica Ennis-Hill (British track and Weapons (ICAN) (founded in Australia)
field athlete) o Reason : For its work to draw attention to the
 Sports Personality of the Year Coach - Benke catastrophic humanitarian consequences of
Blomkvist, Stephen Maguire and Christian Malcolm any use of nuclear weapons and for its
 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year - Phil ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-
Foden (English Footballer) based prohibition of such weapons.
 Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences 2017
o Richard H. Thaler (USA)
2017 Nobel Laureates were recently handed their o Reason : For contributions to behavioural
medals, personal diplomas, and cash awards worth 9 economics
million SEK ($1.07 million).
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While the ceremony for Peace Prize took place in
 Best Film : Golmaal Again
Norway, the remaining honours were awarded in
Stockholm by the Swedish King.  Best Director : Ashiwini Iyer Tiwari (Bareilly Ki Barfi)
 Best Actor (Female) : Sridevi for Mom
Quick Look of Nobel Prize Winners 2017  Best Actor (Male) : Varun Dhawan for Badrinath Ki
Dulhania
 Nobel Prize for Physiology / Medicine 2017  Extraordinary Impact Award : Toilet -Ek Prem Katha
o Jeffrey C. Hall (USA)  Extraordinary Legend Award : Amitabh Bachchan
o Michael Rosbash (USA)  Best Actor in a Negative Role : Raj Rajun for Secret
o Michael W. Young (USA) Superstar
o Reason : For the discoveries of molecular
 Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) : Meher Vij
mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm.
for Secret Superstar
 Nobel Prize for Physics 2017
 Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male) : Anil Kapoor
o Rainer Weiss (Germany)
for Mubarakan
o Barry C. Barish (USA)
 Best Debut Director : Advait Chandan for Secret
o Kip S. Thorne (USA)
Superstar
o Reason : For decisive contributions to the
 Best Debut (Male) : Matin Ray Tangu (Tubelight)
LIGO detector and the observation of
 Best Debut (Female) : Nidhi Aggarwal (Munna
gravitational waves.
Michael)
 Nobel Prize for Chemistry 2017
 Viewers Choice Best Film Award : Toilet – Ek Prem
o Jacques Dubochet (Switzerland)
Katha
o Joachim Frank (Germany)
 Viewers Choice Best Actor (Female) : Alia Bhatt for
o Richard Henderson (Scotland)
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 Extraordinary Franchise Award : Baahubali
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 Extraordinary Impact Award (Female) : Taapsee
Pannu for Naam Shabana  Main Honours (SJFI : EnY Process):
 Extraordinary Impact Award (Male) : Rajkummar o Sportsman of the year (Individual sport) :
Rao Srikanth Kidambi
o Sportsman of the year (Team sport) :
23d Star Screen Awards Winners List Ravichandran Ashwin
o Sportswoman of the year (Individual sport) :
 Best Film (Critics) - Newton
P.V. Sindhu
 Best Director - Nitesh Tiwari (Dangal)
o Sportswoman of the year (Team sport) :
 Best Actress (Critics) - Vidya Balan (Tumhari Sulu) Mithali Raj
 Best Actress - Konkona Sen Sharma (Lipstick Under o Team of the year (Men/Women) : Indian
My Burkha) Women’s Cricket Team
 Best Actor (Critics) - Rajkummar Rao (Newton) o Coach of the year : Bisveshwar Nandi
 Best Actor - Irrfan Khan (Hindi Medium) o Emerging Sportswoman of the year : Aditi
 Best Supporting Actor - Rajkummar Rao (Bareilly Ki Ashok
Barfi) o Emerging Sportsman of the year : Neeraj
 Best Supporting Actor (Female) - Neha Dhupia Chopra
(Tumhari Sulu) o Differently abled Sportsman of the year :
 Best Dialogues - Nitesh Tiwari and Shreyas Jain Devendra Jhajaria
(Bareilly Ki Barfi) o Differently abled Sportswoman of the year :
 Best Sound Design - Shahjith Koyeri (Rangoon) Deepa Malik
 Best Background Score - Pritam (Dangal)  Jury Honours:
 Best Lyrics - Amitabh Bhattacharya (Dangal) o Keep Walking Honour for Lifetime
 Best Music Director - Pritam (Dangal) achievement : Balbir Singh
 Best Editing - Ballu Saluja (Dangal) o Inspirational Honour : Sania Mirza
 Best Debut Director - Suresh Triveni (Tumhari Sulu) o Transformational Contribution to Sport :
 Best Playback Singer - Arijit Singh (Raees - Zaalima Abhinav Bindra
and Jagga Jasoos)  Popular choice Honours:
 Best Playback Singer - Shashaa Tirupati (Kanha - o Breakthrough performance of the year :
Shubh Mangal Savdhaan) Hardik Pandya
 Best Choreographer - Shiamak Davar (Ullu Ka o Star Sports ‘Believe’ Honour (Comeback of
Pattha - Jagga Jasoos) the year) : Saina Nehwal
 Best Action - Sham Kaushal (Dangal and Daddy) o Spirit of Sport : Yogeshwar Dutt
o Player of the year : Sunil Chhetri
o Club of the year : Mumbai Indians
o Best Fan Club : Manjappada Kerala Blasters
Globe Soccer’s awards 2017  VKF Athlete Development Programme : Scholarship
Athletes:
 Best Player - Cristiano Ronaldo (Potugal).
o Sumit Nagal : Tennis
 Best Club - Real Madrid.
o Karman Kaur Thandi : Tennis
 Best Coach - Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
o Diya Dhayal : Archery
o Shivani Kataria : Swimming
o Swastika Ghosh : Table Tennis
o Aadil Bedi : Golf  Trivendra Ek Zindaginama – Khairasain ka Sooraj
o Aryamann Tandon : Badminton biography of Trivendra Singh Rawat (Uttarakhand
CM)
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 Bollywood : The Films! The Songs! The Stars!
written by S.M.M. Ausaja, Karan Bali, Rajesh Devraj  Miss World 2017 - Manushi Chhillar (India)
and Tanul Thakur  Miss Earth 2017 - Karen Ibasco (Philippines)
 The Way I See It : writings of Gauri Lankesh Edited  Miss Universe 2017 - Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters (South
by Chandan Gowda Africa)
 Dilemma and other stories written by Ramendra  Miss International 2017 - Kevin Lilliana (Indonesia)
Kumar  Miss Supranational 2017 - Jenny Kim (South Korea)
 'TWO' written by noted lyricist Gulzar  Miss India 2017 - Manushi Chhillar (Haryana)
 Poeatry: Poems from the Heart of Farms and a  Miss USA 2017 - Kára McCullough (Washington, D.C)
Kitchen written by Vikas Khanna
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Language Title and Genre Name of the Author
Assamese Moriahola (Novel) Jayanta Madhab Bora
Bengali Sei Nikhonj Manusta (Novel) Afsar Ashmed
Bodo Thwisam (Novel) Rita Boro
Dogri Banana (Short Stories) Shiv Mehta
English The Black Hill (Novel) Mamang Dai
Gujarati Gujarati Vyakarana Baso Varsh (Criticism) Urmi Ghanshyam Desai
Hindi Vishw Mithak Sarit Sagar (Literary Criticism) Ramesh Kuntal Megh
Kannada Kathana Bharathi (Literary Criticism) T. P. Ashoka
Kashmiri Yeli Parda Woth (Short Stories) Autar Krishen Rahbar
Konkani Khand Ani Her Katha (Short Stories) Gajanan Jog
Maithili Jahalak Dairy (Poetry) Udaya Narayana Singh ‘Nachiketa’
Malayalam Daivathinte Pusthakam (Novel) K. P. Ramanunni
Manipuri Chahee Taret Khuntakpa (Play) Rajen Toijamba
Marathi Bolave Te Amhi (Poetry) Shrikant Deshmukh
Nepali Kriti Vimarsha (Literary Criticism) Bina Hangkhim
Odia Etavatira Shilpi (short Stories) Gayatri Saraf
Punjabi Slow Down (Novel) Nachhattar
Rajasthani Bina Hasal Pai (Criticism) Neeraj Daiya
Sanskrit Gangaputravadanam (Novel) Niranjan Mishra
Sindhi Aachhende Laja Maraan (Essays) Jagdish Lachhani
Tamil Kaandhal Naatkal (Poetry) (Late) Inqulab
Telugu Gaali Rangu (Poetry) Devipriya
Urdu Dakhma (Short Stories) Baig Ehsas

 1st December 2017 was observed as World AIDS Day with the Theme "Right to health".
 2nd December 2017 was oberved as International Day for the Abolition of Slavery with the theme "Remember
Slavery: Recognising the Legacy and Contributions of People of African Descent".
 3rd December 2017 was observed as the International Day of Persons with Disabilities with the theme
"Transformation towards sustainable and resilient society for all".
 52nd Raising Day of Border Security Force (BSF) was observed on 1st December 2017.
 5th December 2017 was observe as World Soil Day with the theme "Caring for the Planet starts from the
Ground".
 5th December 2017 was observed as International Volunteer Day (IVD) with the theme "Volunteers Act First.
Here. Everywhere".
 7th December 2017 was observed as International Civil Aviation Day with the theme 'Working Together to
ensure No Country is Left Behind'.
 7th International Ground Water Conference (IGWC-2017) was recently held at New Delhi. Theme of IGWC 2017 :
“Ground water Vision 2030- Water Security, Challenges and Climate Change Adaptation”.
 9th December 2017 was observed as International Anti-Corruption Day with the theme 'United against
corruption for development, peace and security'.
 10th December 2017 was observed as Human Rights Day with the theme "Let’s stand up for equality, justice and
human dignity".
 11th December 2017 was observed as the International Mountain Day with the theme “Mountain under
Pressure: climate, hunger, migration”.
 18th December 2017 was obserevd as International Migrants Day with the theme "Safe Migration in a World on
the Move".
 24th December 2017 was observed as the National Consumers Day / National Consumers Right Day with the
theme “Emerging Digital Markets: Issues & Challenges for Consumer Protection”.
 A 12-foot-tall bronze sculpture of legendary Argentinian footballer Diego Maradona was unveiled at a club in
Kolkata during his visit to the city.
 A research institute for the study of 'Bhagavad Gita' would soon be set up by CM Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar
Pradesh government in Mathura.
 According to the data revealed by the Minister of State (MoS) for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla, Maharashtra and
Uttar Pradesh are the top contributors among states and Union Territories in the first five months of the rollout
of the GST regime.
 Afghanistan's Mujeeb Zadran has become the first male cricketer born in the 21st century to play international
cricket.
 ‘Ajeya Warrior- 2017’ aCombined Military exercise between India and the UK was recently held at Mahajan Field
Firing Range near Bikaner, Rajasthan.
 Afghanistan's second Vice President Mohammad Sarwar Danish was on a 5 day visit to India.
 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be Chief Guests for India's 69th Republic
Day celebrations.
 Ahead of the 25th anniversary of Dialogue Partnership between India and Association of Southeast Asian Nations
(ASEAN), Delhi has hosted a two-day ASEAN-India Connectivity Summit during 11th and 12th December 2017.
Theme of this Summit : 'Powering Digital and Physical Linkages for Asia in the 21st Century'.

 American comic book publisher DC Comics is going to release a new graphic novel titled 'I Am Gandhi: A Graphic
Biography of a Hero' in May 2018. The novel has been written by Brad Meltzer and illustrated by over 20 artists.
 An Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) named ICGS Sujay was recently commissioned into Indian Coast Guard (ICG).
 Andhra Pradesh Assembly unanimously passed the bill providing 5% reservation for Kapu, Balija Vontari & Telaga
communities in education and employment sectors.
 Auctioneer Christie's has confirmed that Abu Dhabi's Department of Culture and Tourism has acquired the
₹2,900-crore Salvator Mundi painting. This is the world's most expensive painting ever sold.
 Australia beat Argentina to win Hockey World League Final Gold at Bhubaneswar. India defeated Germany in the
final to grab the Bronze medal.
 Baba Ramdev promoted Patanjali has been ranked as India's most trusted Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
brand for the year 2017, according to the Brand Trust Report India Study 2017.
 Barcelona forward Lionel Messi has received awards for the best player and top scorer in La Liga for the 2016/17
season.
 Billionaire Elon Musk-backed digital payments startup Stripe has launched its private beta version in India.
 Bitcoin's rival cryptocurrency Ripple has surpassed Ethereum as the world's second largest cryptocurrency by
market capitalisation.
 Breaking nearly 70-year-old US policy, the US President Donald Trump has officially recognised Jerusalem as the
capital of Israel.
 Brussels has lost the right to stage matches at UEFA Euro 2020 following delays in the development of a new
stadium.
 Budget carrier IndiGo has become the first Indian airline to operate over 1,000 daily flights across its domestic
and international network.
 Central American country Guatemala has announced that it will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
 Chennai is going to host Jallikattu Premier League, an Indian Premier League-styled event for the bull-taming
sport of jallikattu, on January 7.
 China announced plans to set up the world's biggest carbon market in a move aimed at reducing greenhouse gas
emissions.
 China has successfully launched its second Land Surveying Satellite LKW-2 (also known as Yaogan Weixing-32)
into a preset orbit from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the Gobi desert.
 China opened its first highway with built-in wireless charging systems for electric vehicles in the country's
Shandong province.
 Delhi's Special CBI court has held former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda, former Coal Secretary HC Gupta, and
former Jharkhand Chief Secretary Ashok Kumar Basu guilty of criminal conspiracy in the ₹1.86 lakh-crore coal
scam.
 Dubai's ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum has launched the UAE's first astronaut programme.
 Ex-US President Barack Obama arrived in India for the first time since leaving White House this year. He is the
only US President to visit India twice while holding office.
 Former AC Milan and Real Madrid midfielder Kaka, who lifted the 2002 World Cup with Brazil, announced his
retirement from football.
 Former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav was found guilty in the fodder scam case by a special CBI court in
Ranchi .
 Former Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the cricketer with most fielding dismissals in T20Is.
 Formula One team bosses have voted Mercedes' championship-winning Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton as
the sport's top driver for the fourth successive year.

 France has passed a law banning all exploration and production of oil and natural gas by 2040 within the country
and its overseas territories. This is world's first such ban.
 Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar launched India's first-ever mobile food testing laboratory.
 Gujarat's Chief Minister Vijay Rupani inaugurated the 25th edition of National Children Science Congress (NCSC-
2017). Theme of NCSC 2017 : ‘Science and Innovation for Sustainable Development’
 Haryana shooter Anisa Sayyed won the women's 25m pistol gold with a new finals national record at the 61st
National Shooting Championship Competitions.
 Hollywood Actor Vin Diesel has been named the top-grossing actor of 2017 by Forbes, with $1.6 billion in global
ticketing receipts from his film 'The Fate of the Furious'.
 India and Afghanistan inaugurated their second air cargo route linking Mumbai and Kabul. The 1st air corridor
between India and Afghanistan was launched in June this year to link Kabul and New Delhi.
 India and Cuba have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for enhanced cooperation in the Health
Sector.
 India and Italy have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for enhanced cooperation in health sector.
 India and United Kingdom (UK) will soon sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Urban Transport sector
for cooperation in policy planning, technology transfer and institutional organisation.
 India Government Mint (IGM), a unit of Security Printing and Minting Corp of India Ltd has launched India’s first
home-grown high purity gold reference standard –Bharatiya Nirdeshak Dravya (BND-4201).
 India has been admitted to the Wassenaar Arrangement, the global body which controls the export of
conventional weapons.
 India has been re-elected to the Council of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in Category-B.
 India has sanctioned $25 million to help develop Myanmar's violence-hit Rakhine State.
 India is going to host meeting of around 40 World Trade Organisation (WTO) Member Countries in February
2018 to muster support for food security and other issues.
 India is going to host the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of AIIB at Mumbai on 25th and 26th
June 2018. Theme of this Meeting : “Mobilizing Finance for Infrastructure: Innovation and Collaboration”.
 India is set to get its 1st sea bridge runway after the approval to extend the Agatti Airport in Lakshadweep has
been given to Airports Authority of India (AAI).
 India was selected as Chair of Ad Hoc Committee on Review & Reforms to look into various issues pertaining to
the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme (KPSC) at recently held KP Plenary Session in Brisbane, Australia.
 India won five medals at the 10th Asian Airgun Shooting Championships in Japan.
 India’s first Electronic Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) will be coming to Andhra Pradesh.
 India’s first-ever broad gauge air-conditioned AC EMU suburban train was flagged off from Borivali station on
western railway in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
 India’s Saikhom Mirabai Chanu won Gold medal at World Weightlifting Championships held in Anaheim, United
States.
 Indian archer Deepika Kumari has won Bronze medal at Indoor Archer World Cup Stage 2 at Bangkok by
defeating Sayana Tsyrempilova of Russia.
 Indian archers grabbed three gold, four silver and two bronze medals at the Asian Championships in Dhaka.
 Indian captain Virat Kohli became the fastest batsman to score 16,000 runs in international cricket, achieving the
feat in his 350th innings against Sri Lanka .
 Indian chess grandmaster, a former World Chess Champion, Viswanathan Anand defeated Russia's Vladimir
Fedoseev in a three-way tie-break to win the World Rapid Chess Championship in Riyadh.
 Indian Cricketer Rohit Sharma became the 1st-ever player in ODI history to hit three Double Hundreds, slamming
his third in the Mohali ODI against Sri Lanka .

 Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, who took four wickets against Sri Lanka, has become the highest T20I
wicket-taker in 2017.
 Indian professional boxer and Olympic Bronze medalist Vijender Singh defeated Ghana's Ernest Amuzu at the
Rajasthan Rumble to defend his WBO Oriental and Asia Pacific Super middleweight titles with 10th successive
vistory.
 Indian skipper Virat Kohli becomes first batsman to score Six double centuries as Test captain.
 Indian wrestlers Sakshi Malik and Sushil Kumar won Gold medals at the Commonwealth Wrestling
Championship.
 India's double Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar became the most expensive wrestler in the Pro Wrestling League
after being sold to Delhi Sultans for ₹55 lakh in PWL's player auction.
 India's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki became India's sixth most valued firm, crossing India's largest lender SBI.
 India's largest lender State Bank India (SBI) has changed names and IFSC codes of nearly 1,300 of its branches,
post its merger with associate banks.
 India's Shiva Keshavan retained his Gold medal at the Asian Luge Championships in Germany.
 India's state-run Corporation Bank has announced that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed certain
restrictions on the bank to carry out banking activities as its share of bad loans rose sharply.
 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated the 1st phase of the Chabahar port, opening up a new strategic
transit route between Iran, India and Afghanistan, bypassing Pakistan.
 Iraq has announced that its war against Islamic State is over.
 Japan's Emperor Akihito (83) will renounce his throne on April 30, 2019, becoming the country's first monarch in
200 years to abdicate.
 Karnataka is going to provide 4% reservation for differently-abled people in the A and B categories of
government jobs.
 Karnataka's capital city Bengaluru has got it's own logo consisting both English and Kannada alphabets.
 Kerala Electricity Minister MM Mani inaugurated India's largest floating solar power plant at the Banasura Sagar
dam in Wayanad district.
 Kerala Kings thrashed Punjabi Legends by 8 wickets at Sharjah to become the first-ever T10 Cricket League
champions.
 Maharashtra has been the most corrupt state in India for three years in a row, as per National Crime Records
Bureau (NCRB) data. Odisha was placed second followed by Kerala.
 Markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹10 lakh on Tata Steel
over delays in making necessary disclosures.
 Meghalaya became first state in country to operationalize The Meghalaya Community Participation and Public
Services Social Audit Act, 2017, a law that makes social audit of government programmes and schemes a part of
government practice.
 Mount Hope (3,239-metres) in the British Antarctic Territory has become Britain's highest mountain after
satellite data revealed it was 55 metres taller than the 3,184-metre-high Mount Jackson, which was previously
believed to be the tallest.
 MS Dhoni, who represented Pune in the last two IPLs, has been cleared to play for Chennai Super Kings next
year, following the franchise's return.
 Multi-lateral funding agency Asian Development Bank (ADB) announced that it increase annual funding to India
to up to $4 billion from existing $2.7 billion from next year to accelerate inclusive economic transformation.
 Mumbai batsman Prithvi Shaw has been picked to lead India’s Under-19 team at the ICC U19 Cricket World Cup
2018.

 Mumbai is going to start the construction of the city's first textile museum at the United Mill compound in
Kalachowki in February.
 Nagpur's Kanchanmala Pande became the 1st Indian to win a gold medal at the World Para Swimming
Championship, taking place in Mexico.
 New Zealand has signed an agreement of understanding with local tribes to give Mount Taranaki the same legal
rights as a person. The stratovolcano is the third geographic feature in New Zealand which has been granted a
legal personality after Te Urewera national park and Whanganui River.
 Norway became the world's first country to shut down national broadcasts of its FM network by completing its
transition to digital radio.
 Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu settled for a Silver at the year-ending World Superseries Finals in Dubai.
 Paytm Payments Bank rolled out Paytm FASTag to enable electronic toll fee collection on highways across India
without having to stop.
 PM Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath jointly inaugurated the Delhi Metro's Magenta Line.
 PM Narendra Modi commissioned India's first indigenous Scorpene-class submarine Kalvari into the Navy at
Mumbai's Naval Dockyard.
 President Ram Nath Kovind has inaugurated Andhra Pradesh Fibre Grid project, aimed at providing affordable
high-speed internet service to every household in the state at a nominal rate.
 President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated 18th edition of the Hornbill Festival at the Naga Heritage Village in
Kisama, Nagaland.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the Tuirial Hydropower Project in Mizoram.
 Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 60 MW (megawatt) Tuirial hydropower project in Aizawl,
Mizoram.
 Rajasthan government approved 1% reservation for members of the Gujjar community and four other backward
castes.
 Rajasthan has become the first state in India to launch free email addresses in Hindi for its residents.
 Real Madrid C.F. star Cristiano Ronaldo has been named Globe Soccer's Best Player for 2nd year in a row and the
4th time overall.
 Real Madrid forward Cristiano Ronaldo won this year's Ballon d'Or in a ceremony at the Eiffel Tower, equalling
Barcelona forward Lionel Messi's record of five Ballon d'Or titles.
 Russia and Egypt signed a deal to build Egypt's first nuclear power plant. According to this agreement, Russia
would cover 85% of the construction costs and service the plant's four reactors for 60 years.
 Saudi Arabia announced its largest-ever budget of $261 billion for 2018, higher than its 2017 budget of $250
billion.
 Saudi Arabia's Minister of Culture and Information Awwad bin Saleh Al-Awwad announced that Public cinemas
would be allowed in the country for the first time in over 35 years.
 Social media giant Facebook has topped the List of best tech companies to work for in 2018 in the US, according
to Glassdoor.
 Sophia, the world's first robot to be granted citizenship, made its first appearance in India during an annual
festival at IIT-Bombay.
 South Korea and United States have launched Vigilant Ace, their largest-ever joint aerial drills.
 Spinner Washington Sundar became the youngest debutant for India in T20Is after appearing in the final T20I
against Sri Lanka.
 Sri Lanka formally handed over the Southern Hambantota Port to China on a 99-year lease and received $292
million out of the $1.12-billion deal.
 Surface-to-air missile Akash was successfully test fired with an indigenous radio frequency seeker.

 Technology giant Google has launched a lightweight Android Oreo Go edition operating system designed for
devices with RAM up to 1 GB.
 The 11th Annual MedTech Summit of Biodesign Programme was held in New Delhi.
 The 11th edition of Naseem-Al-Bahr (Sea Breeze) 2017 Naval exercise between India and Oman was held at Said
Bin Sultan Naval Base, Wudam in Oman.
 The 1st International Exhibition and Conference on AYUSH and Wellness systems, International AROGYA was
held in Delhi from 4th to 7th December 2017. Theme of International AROGYA 2017 : ‘Enhancing the global
potential of AYUSH’.
 The 22nd conference of Asian Harmonization Working Party (AHWP) was recently held New Delhi.
 The 22nd meeting of Board of Mangement (BOM) of Small Farmers’ Agri-Business Consortium (SFAC) was
recently held at New Delhi.
 The 4th India-Australia-Japan Trilateral Dialogue was recently held at New Delhi.
 The 6 member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has kept the Rpo Rate, the
rate at which banks borrow from RBI, unchanged at 6% for the second time in a row during its fifth bi-monthly
monetary policy review .
 The 6th International Tourism Mart (ITM) 2017 was held in Guwahati, Assam.
 The 7th edition Kathakar: International Storytellers Festival was recently held at Indira Gandhi National Centre
for Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi.
 The 8th edition of India, Maldives bilateral military exercise EKUVERIN 2017 was held at Belagavi, Karnataka.
 The Aadivasi Mahotsav 2017 was recently held in Raipur, Chhattisgarh to display the rich and diverse tribal
traditions of the central state.
 The Afghanistan cricket team, which was recently made a Test-playing nation, will play its first-ever Test match
against India in India in 2019.
 The Andhra Pradesh state cabinet has approved a scheme to provide a pension of ₹1,500 per month to
transgenders above 18 years of age in the state.
 The Bihar government has launched Safe City Surveillance Scheme for checking crime against women.
 The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has confirmed that India will host the 2021 ICC Champions Trophy
and 2023 ICC Cricket World Cup.
 The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) has asked mutual fund companies to ensure that individual clients
compulsorily submit Aadhaar details from January 2018.
 The Delhi Cabinet has approved a scheme to bear the treatment cost incurred by victims who have suffered
motor, acid and fire accidents on Delhi's streets.
 The European Parliament has passed a resolution calling for a ban on arms sale to Saudi Arabia over its role in
Yemen's civil war.
 The Foreign Ministers of China (Wang Yi) and Russia (Sergey Lavrov) visited India for a trilateral meeting.
 The French government has decided to ban students from using mobile phones in primary, junior, and middle
schools.
 The government cut the interest rate on small savings schemes, such as Public Provident Fund (PPF) and
National Savings Certificate (NSC), by 0.2 percentage points for the January-March quarter.
 The government extended the Deadline for linking Aadhaar with PAN to March 31, 2018.
 The government has waived the Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) on all Debit card, UPI, and Aadhaar-based
transactions of up to ₹2,000 for the next two years, starting January 1, 2018.
 The government is going to issue Universal ID cards to persons with disabilities which will be valid throughout
India, Union minister Krishan Pal Gurjar said.

 The High Level Inter-Governmental Mid-Point review meeting of Asia and Pacific Decade for Persons with
Disabilities, 2013-2022 was held in Beijing, China. Indian delegation was led by Union Minister of Social Justice &
Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot.
 The Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the city’s de facto central bank, raised the base lending rate by 25 basis
points to 1.75 per cent, as it moves in lockstep with the equivalent overnight increase by the United States
Federal Reserve to maintain the Hong Kong dollar’s peg to the greenback.
 The India-headquartered International Solar Alliance (ISA) became a treaty-based international
intergovernmental organisation.
 The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) conducted the Regional Level Marine Oil Pollution Response Exercise named ‘Clean
Sea-2017’ at sea off Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
 The Indian government has launched a nasal foreign body removal device titled Noxeno.
 The Indian men's football team has ended the year 2017 at the 105th position in the latest FIFA rankings, which
is its best year-end ranking in the last 24 years. World Cup holders Germany ended the year as the number one
team
 The International Olympic Committee has banned Russia from competing at next year's Pyeongchang Winter
Olympics, over state-sponsored doping at the 2014 Sochi Games.
 The International Solar Alliance (ISA) has become the first treaty-based international government organisation to
be based in India.
 The legwork on India's first undersea tunnel for Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train corridor has begun in Mumbai.
 The Madhya Pradesh Assembly has unanimously passed a bill that imposes death penalty for convicts in rape
and gangrape cases involving girls aged 12 years or below.
 The Maharashtra government granted administrative approval to the Versova-Bandra sea link (VBSL) project.
 The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has proposed that ATMs shouldn't be replenished with cash after 9 pm in
cities, 6 pm in rural areas, and 4 pm in Maoist-affected districts, over attacks on the vans.
 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has discovered eighth planet circling Kepler-90, a
Sun-like star which is 2545 light-years far from Earth.
 The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has set up 3 Member committee headed by George Kurien
(NCM's Vice Chairman) to study the matter to give minority status to Hindus in 8 states where their population is
less than 50%.
 The National Green Tribunal (NGT) imposed complete blanket ban on use, sale, purchase and storage of plastic
items such as carry bags, plates and spoons in towns of Haridwar and Rishikesh till upper areas of Uttarkashi
along the Ganga River in Uttarakhand.
 The Oxford English Dictionary has selected 'Youthquake' as Word of the Year 2017. Meaning of this word : “A
significant cultural, political, or social change arising from the actions or influence of young people.”
 The Patiala House Court acquitted all accused in the 2G scam case, including former Telecom Minister A Raja and
DMK leader Kanimozhi.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹5 crore on Syndicate Bank for violating the directions
issued on cheque purchase, bill discounting, and Know Your Customer (KYC) norms.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has launched an SMS campaign titled "Suno RBI Kya Kehta Hai" along with a
missed-call helpline to warn people against scams promising prize money from the RBI.
 The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has penalised IndusInd Bank with ₹3 crore for violating guidelines in the
assessment of bad loans and extension of non-fund based facilities.
 The Southern Command of Indian Army conducted a major army exercise ‘Hamesha Vijayee’ in deserts of
Rajasthan. Aim of Hamesh VIjayee : To evaluate capability of armed forces to strike deep into enemy territory in
an integrated air-land battle.

 The Telangana government has announced the launch a mobile application titled 'Urban Genie'. This app will
enable citizens of urban areas across the state to find certified technicians and workers.
 The Telangana Government is going to set up the World’s first Information and Technology (IT) Campus for
differently-abled persons (Divyangs) in state capital Hyderabad.
 The UK government has announced that it is going to pass a legislation to make high-speed broadband a legal
right in early 2018.
 The UK is going to switch from burgundy to blue coloured passports after the country leaves the European
Union.
 The Union Cabinet approved a plan to set up India's first National Rail and Transport University in Gujarat's
Vadodara.
 The Union Cabinet approved the establishment of International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography
(ITCOO), as a Category-2 Centre (C2C) of UNESCO, in Hyderabad, Telangana.
 The Union Cabinet approved the setting up of the National Nutrition Mission (NNM), with a three-year budget of
₹9046.17 crore, to target the problems of malnutrition, stunting, and low birth weight babies.
 The Union Ministry of Communications has launched a programme titled DARPAN (Digital Advancement of Rural
Post Office for A New India) to improve quality of service, add value to services and achieve financial inclusion of
un-banked rural population.
 The Union Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has launched an outreach mission titled SAMEEP (Students and
MEA Engagement Program). Aim of SAMEEP : To take Indian foreign policy and its global engagements to
students across India.
 The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched the National Strategic Plan 2017-24. Aim : To
eradicate HIV/AIDS by 2030.
 The Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions has launched an electronic-Human Resource
Management System (e-HRMS).
 The Union Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Maruti Suzuki India Limited have signed
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support Skill India Mission in automobile industry.
 The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) barrred Bharti Airtel and Airtel Payments Bank from
conducting Aadhaar-based SIM verification using eKYC process.
 The United Kingdom (UK) reached a deal with the European Union on its exit terms from the bloc, opening the
way for the second phase of talks on post-Brexit relations next year.
 The United Kingdom has topped Forbes' rankings of best countries in the world for business in 2018 for the first
time.
 The US Federal Reserve has raised the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points, the third such increase in
2017.
 The US has unveiled its new embassy in London which is believed to be the world's most expensive embassy.
 The word 'Feminism' has been named the Word of the Year by the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
 The word 'Populism' has been announced as Cambridge Dictionary's Word of the Year 2017.
 The World Bank announced that it will stop financing upstream oil and gas projects after 2019.
 The World Bank committed $40 million (over ₹256 crore) for the development of tourism facilities in the Indian
state of Uttar Pradesh.
 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that it is going to classify Gaming Disorder as a mental
health condition in its forthcoming 11th International Classification of Diseases (ICD) which is to be published in
the year 2018.
 The World Health Organization has declared Gabon a "polio-free country," given the lack of new reported or
suspected cases in the central African country.

 The World University of Design (WUD) has opened its campus at Sonipat, Haryana. This is India’s first and only
design university.
 The world's first-ever detection of two neutron stars colliding, which revealed the origin of heavy elements like
gold and platinum, was voted as the scientific breakthrough of the year 2017 by the journal 'Science'.
 The World's Longest Glass Bridge, located in China's Hebei province, recently opened for the public.
 To cut costs as part of a turnaround plan, the Bank of India is going to shut 400 ATMs.
 To make the practice of "instant" triple talaq an offence, Union Cabinet cleared the Muslim Women (Protection
of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017.
 To pave the way for tightening loopholes in existing code and to make resolution process more effective, the Lok
Sabha passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill 2017.
 Turkey signed a $2.5-billion loan agreement with Russia for the purchase of S-400 missile defence systems.
 Ultra Violet has been announced as the 'Color of The Year' for 2018 by Pantone Color Institute, a world
renowned authority on colours.
 UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman was on a visit to North Korea.
 Under it's FAME India scheme, the government is going to provide ₹437 crore subsidy to 11 cities for launching
electric buses, taxis and three-wheelers.
 Under the BharatNet project, the government has approved ₹4,066 crore for providing Internet connectivity to
people in all gram panchayats.
 US President Donald Trump signed into law a defence policy bill that authorises a $700-billion (over 45 lakh
crore) budget for the military.
 US-based MagLab has successfully tested the world's strongest superconducting magnet, producing 32 teslas (a
unit of magnetic field strength), 33% stronger than the previous record.
 Uttar Pradesh has become the 1st state to endorse the Centre's draft bill on Instant Triple Talaq.
 Uttar Pradesh is going to set up cow sanctuaries in all 75 districts of the state.
 Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district was included in the National Capital Region (NCR), making it the 23rd district to be
included in the region.
 With an aim to combat black money, India has signed agreement with Switzerland for automatic sharing of tax-
related information from January 1, 2018 .
 World's largest retailer Wal-Mart Stores is changing its legal name to 'Walmart' after 47 years, effective February
1.
 Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has announced the creation of a new cryptocurrency 'Petro' in a bid to
ease the country's economic crisis.
 Vice President Venkaiah Naidu released a book titled “Yuga Purush Bharata Ratna Atal Ji” about India's former
and 10th Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This book has been authored by the Member of Parliament (LS),
Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’.
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