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PM MODI INAUGURATES MAIDEN SHIMLA-NEW DELHI FLIGHT UNDER UDAN SCHEME: PM Modi inaugurates maiden Shimla-New Delhi flight under UDAN scheme, PM NarendraModi flagged-off 1st UDAN flight from Shimla to Delhi under the Regional Connectivity Scheme.PM Modi also flagged off UDAN flights from Nanded (Maharashtra) to Hyderabad and Kadapa (Andhra Pradesh) to Hyderabad through video conferencing link. RAJASTHAN ASSEMBLY & JHARKHAND LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY PASSES STATE GST BILL: Rajasthan assembly passed the Rajasthan Goods and Services Tax Bill 2017 and thereby became the 3rd state assembly after Telangana and Bihar to adopt this comprehensive indirect tax reform. 3-day special session was convened to take up the GST Bill. 14 opposition MLAs who were trying to disrupt the proceedings were suspended by Speaker KailashMeghwal.Jharkhand assembly passed the Jharkhand Goods and Services Tax Bill 2017. A 1-day special session of the assembly was convened to take up the GST bill.C P Singh, Jharkhand Urban Development Minister placed the bill in the assembly which was unanimously passed by voice vote. NITI AAYOG'S VISION: HOUSES, VEHICLES, ACS FOR ALL BY 2032: Vice-Chairman of NITI Aayog, Mr. ArvindPanagariya presented a glimpse of 'India 2031-32: Vision, Strategy and Action Agenda' to Governing Council of NITI Aayog, chaired by PM NarendraModi.NITI Aayog has envisaged vehicles, houses, Air Conditioners for all Indian Citizens by year 2032. It was mentioned that work on 15 Year Vision and 7 Year Strategy document spanning 2017-18 to 2031-32 is in progress. INDIA RANKS 136 ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM INDEX: India ranks 136th among 180 countries in the 2017 'World Press Freedom Index' released by Reporters SansFrontières also known as Reporters Without Borders. In 2016 India ranked 133rd on this index.Norway topped the list followed by Sweden and Finland at 2nd and 3rd position. RBI TO ISSUE NEW RS 5 AND RS 10 COINS: The Reserve bank of India is set to issue new Rs 10 and Rs 5 coins. These coins are legal tender as provided in The Coinage Act 2011.Rs 10 Coin has been minted to celebrate 125th year of National Archives of India.Rs 5 coins to celebrate 150th anniversary of Allahabad High Court. IOC TO BUILD NEW OIL TERMINAL AT MOTIHARI TO SUPPLY FUEL TO NEPAL: The Indian Oil Corporation has planned to build a new oil terminal at Motihari in Bihar.Its main aim to supply fuel to Nepal from the planned pipeline up to Amlekganj in Nepal.The 69-km MotihariAmlekganj pipeline will be built at a cost of Rs.325 cr. As per the agreement, a new 200 km pipeline would be laid between Patna and Motihari. The fuel supply agreements between India and Nepal have been extended to 5 years. Nepal receives around 2 lakh kilolitres of fuel from IOC every month. SHRI RK PACHNANDA APPOINTED AS DG, ITBP; SHRI RAJIV RAI BHATNAGAR TO BE NEXT DG, CRPF: Mr. R. K. Pachnanda, IPS officer 1983 batch – West Bengal Cadre, who is currently serving as DG of NDRF has been appointed to the post of Director General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police. He will take over from Current Director General of ITBP Mr. Krishna Choudhary.Mr. Rajiv RaiBhatnagar, IPS officer 1983 batch – Uttar Pradesh Cadre, who is currently serving as DG of Narcotics Control Bureau has been appointed to the post of Director General, Central Reserve Police Force. ISRO DEVELOPS “SOLAR CALCULATOR” ANDROID APP: ISRO has launched a solar calculator app that can calculate the benefits of installing solar panels in different regions of the country.This app has been created by the Space Application Center. It primarily focuses on the design of space-borne instruments for ISRO missions.An app can get the location details through GPS. It is helpful in setting up of photovoltaic thermal power plants.The app provides information about the azimuth and elevation angles, and duration of day over different time periods in a year. The app provides monthly and yearly solar potential by processing data obtained from Indian Geostationary Satellites (Kalpana-1, INSAT-3D and INSAT-3DR). VINOD KHANNA PASSES AWAY AT 70: VinodKhanna a Bollywood actor and politician was passed away.Vinodkhanna has featured 146 films. In 1999, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award.He served as the Union minister for culture and tourism in 2002. He also became a minister of state in the Ministry of External Affair. UMA BHARTI LAUNCHES CENTRE'S EXTENSIVE WATER CONSERVATION PROGRAMME FOR DROUGHTPRONE AREAS OF COUNTRY: Ganga Rejuvenation Minister Uma Bharti launched Centre's extensive water conservation programme for drought prone areas of country.This programme was launched at Bandri in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh in presence of Irrigation Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Narottam Mishra and Dharmpal Sing – Irrigation Minister of Uttar Pradesh.The programme aims to increase irrigation area and protect water resources in Bundelkhand region, Marathawada region (in Maharashtra) and Kalahandi, Bolangir and Koraput in Odisha. OVER RS 1 LAKH-CR INVESTMENT APPROVED FOR HOUSING OF URBAN POOR: Under PradhanMantriAwasYojana Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation has sanctioned 1, 00,537 houses for urban poor.The PradhanMantriAwasYojana (Urban) Programme launched by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation.Its mission is to make Housing for All by 2022 when the Nation completes 75 years of its Independence. 2
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12. KERALA HOSTS COUNTRY'S FIRST-EVER ATHLETICS MEET FOR TRANSGENDER PERSONS: Kerala is the 1st state to conduct the country's first-ever transgender 1-day athletic meet in Thiruvananthapuram.The event has 132 participants belonging to 12 districts of the state. It was jointly organized by Sexual Gender Minority Federation of Kerala and Kerala sports council.In this competition total 6 events were conducted includes 100 metres, 200 metres, and 400 metres running; 100x 4 relay race, high jump and shot put. 13. PAYTM LAUNCHES DIGITAL GOLD, MAKES GOLD INVESTMENT DIGITAL:Paytm launched 'Digital Gold' on its platform to allow customers to buy and sell gold through electronic platform.It is the 1st wealth management product that was launched in partnership with gold refiner MMTC-PAMP. It offers a real-time international pricing mechanism for the customers.To avail the benefit of the gold scheme Consumers need to provide KYC details who are transacting over Rs 20000 through Paytm. Customers can buy and sell gold either by money or by weight.If the consumer wants to sell the gold, MMTC-PAMP will buy the gold back from them and the money will be transferred to the user's bank account. 14. INDIA'S 1ST BOOK VILLAGE TO COME UP IN MAHARASHTRA'S BHILAR: Bhilar village in Maharastra will become India's 1st 'book village'. Under the book village tourists and locals can come and read books, newspapers, magazines stacked at 25 premises.All these books are going to be available free of cost to the readers. The state has provided several facilities to local villagers to help them enhance the reading experience who visit there. 15. WORLD DAY FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK: APRIL 28, 2017: World Day for Safety and Health at Work is annually observed on 28 April observed by the International Labour Organization since 2003.Its objective is to create awareness and seek international attention on the magnitude of safety and health problems at work and also to highlight the benefit of creating a safety and health culture to reduce the number of work-related deaths and injuries.2017 Theme for World Day for Safety and Health at Work was Optimize the collection and use of Occupational Safety and Health data.Every day, 6,300 people die as a result of occupational accidents. 317 million accidents occur on the job annually; many of these resulting in extended absences from work. The human cost of this daily adversity is vast and the economic burden of poor occupational safety and health practices is estimated at 4% of global Gross Domestic Product each year. 16. CHHATTISGARH PASSES STATE GST BILL, BECOMES 5TH STATE TO ADOPT TAX REFORM LAW: Chhattisgarh passed Goods and Service Tax Bill on April 28th and become the 5th state in the country after Bihar, Telangana, Jharkhand and Rajasthan.Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh said the bill has been enacted to implement the concept of one nation, one tax, one market. He also stated that the GST Bill is expected at simplifying the tax system and expanding the tax base.The Bill was tabled earlier in the House by Commerce and Industries Minister Amar Agarwal. 17. GLOBAL MOBILE INTERNET CONFERENCE HELD IN BEIJING: The Global Mobile Internet Conference, organized by the Great Wall Associationnheld at the China National Convention Center in Beijing, China. The GMIC is hosted annually in Beijing and Silicon Valley. Mobile executives, developers, entrepreneurs and investors from around the globe and across platforms attend GMIC each year.The 1st annual Global Mobile Internet Conference was hosted in Beijing, China in year 2009.Great Wall Association is the world's largest and most influential mobile Internet industry.The conference will cover areas like discuss mobile Internet opportunities within their respective markets and globally and it aims to connect, educate and promote game developers, while helping them to interact with game platforms, distributors, publishers, VCs and media from all over the world. 18. US PLACES INDIA YET AGAIN ON IPR 'PRIORITY WATCH' LISTl: Office of United States Trade Representative released 2017 edition of 'Special 301 Report'.In this report, India has once again been placed in the 'Priority Watch List' for not providing adequate protection to Intellectual property Rights.Besides India, other countries that have been placed in this year's 'Priority Watch List' are: China, Thailand, Indonesia, Algeria, Argentina, Russia, Ukraine, Kuwait, Chile and Venezuela. 19. GST TO PUSH INDIAN GROWTH TO OVER 8%: IMF: International Monetary Fund has mentioned the Goods and Services Tax to be implemented from July 1, 2017GST would help raise India's medium-term growth to above 8%. Indian Government has made significant progress on economic reforms. It will support strong and sustainable growth.India's is the fastest growing emerging market economy and IMF's believes that India is going to continue to grow at fast pace with a projected 6.8% rate for 2016-2017, 7.2% 2017-2018. 20. PANCHAYAT WARD IN KOTTAYAM BECOMES INDIA'S 1ST DIGITALISED WARD: This small Panchayat ward in Kerala has become the 1st one to go digital in the country.It fulfills PM NarendraModi's dream of transforming India into a digitally empowered society.The website also contains information about blood donors' forum and telephone directory of the people of the ward. 21. TWO INDIAN-AMERICAN, RITU RAJU AND SUNDEEP R MUPPIDI SELECTED FOR ACE FELLOWSHIP: Two Indian-Americans are selected by American Council on Education for its prestigious fellowship. It is the longest-running leadership development programme in the US.Sundeep R Muppidi and RituRaju were named Fellows as part of the ACE Fellows Programme 2017-18 classes. The ACE Fellows Programme has strengthened institutions in American higher education. 22. YUSHRA MARDINI APPOINTED UNHCR GOODWILL AMBASSADOR: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, announced the appointment of Syrian refugee and Olympic athlete YusraMardini as a Goodwill Ambassador.YusraMardini has worked closely with UNHCR, highlighting with her own inspiring performances. 23. DAY OF REMEMBRANCE FOR ALL VICTIMS OF CHEMICAL WARFARE: APRIL 29, 2017: The Day of Remembrance for all Victims of 3
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Chemical Warfare 2017 was observed on 29 April by the United Nations.This day will provide an opportunity to pay tribute to the victims of chemical warfare. The 3rd Review Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Convention held in April 2013 in The Hague, the Netherlands.It also passes the message of the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to the elimination of the threat of chemical weapons.The OPCW Member States represent about 98% of the global population and landmass, as well as 98% of the worldwide chemical industry. SRI LANKA PM RANIL WICKREMESINGHE'S 5-DAY VISIT TO INDIA: RanilWickremesinghe, the PM of Sri Lanka was on an official visit to India. He is the 3rd leader from South Asian region to visit India during April 2017.During the visit of Sri Lankan PM RanilWickremesinghe, India and Sri Lanka signed a memorandum of understanding on economic cooperation in New Delhi.To strengthen cultural ties with Sri Lanka, Indian PM NarendraModi will visit Sri Lanka on May 12, 2017. MUMBAI, CHENNAI AMONG TOP 20 TOURIST DESTINATIONS IN ASIA PACIFIC: Chennai and Mumbai have ranked among the top 20 tourist destinations in Asia Pacific Region as per the Mastercard Asia Pacific Destinations Index 2017.In terms of total expenditure by international tourists, Singapore hosted the highest spending visitors at $254 per day. For the entire APAC region, overall tourism expenditure stood at $244.9 billion. Chennai attracted 2 million international overnight arrivals and ranked 14th. Mumbai ranked 15th with 4.9 million overnight arrivals. RBI SAYS ARCS MUST HAVE MINIMUM NOF OF RS100 CR BY 2019: Reserve Bank of India said that all the existing asset reconstruction companies must have a minimum Net Owned Fund of Rs100 cr by March 2019.As per amended SARFAESI Act, 2016, “no ARC can commence or carry on the business of securitisation or asset reconstruction without having Net Owned Fund of not less than Rs 2 cr or such other higher amount as the Reserve Bank may, by notification, specify”.Asset Reconstruction Companies buy out non-performing assets and manages it to make it profitable. In the current scenario, RBI and Central Govt. are envisaging an important role for ARCs in dealing with stressed assets in the system. GOOGLE INTRODUCES 'SOLVE FOR INDIA CAMPAIGN': Google has announced the new “Solve for India” initiative for tier-2 cities.Tier-2 cities include Jaipur, Pune, Hyderabad, Indore, Kolkata, Kochi, Nagpur, Nashik, Kanpur, Madurai and Chennai.Areas include agri-tech, transportation, healthcare, education, sanitation and more. Entrepreneurs will now have the opportunity to learn directly from Google engineers.It includes how to develop mobile 1st solutions with strong offline and language capabilities and help them to build solutions in many sectors. It aims to support entrepreneurs and developers of the country.The program will provide a platform for developers, entrepreneurs in tier 2 cities. It aims to learn about the latest Google technologies and get access to direct mentoring and support from Google. INDIAN SAND ARTIST SUDARSAN PATTNAIK HAS WON GOLD MEDAL IN MOSCOW COMPETITION: SudarsanPattnaik is an internationally renowned sand artist won the jury prize gold medal at the 10th Moscow Sand art Championship. The competition was held at Kolomenskoye, Moscow in Russia. The theme for the competition was “The world around us”.Pattnaik has won the competition for his 15 feet high sand sculpture “Mahatma Gandhi–World Peace” for non-violence and peace. INDIA TO LAUNCH SOUTH ASIA SATELLITE, A PRICELESS GIFT, ON 5 MAY: PM MODI: Indian Prime Minister NarendraModi announced South Asia Satellite will be launched on May 5 and describing it as India's “priceless gift” to its neighbours as 'sabkasath, sabkavikas' (cooperation of all, development for all) concept. India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives, Sri Lanka and Afghanistan of 7 out of eight SAARC countries are part of this project where 8th SAARC country Pakistan has refused to join this project. The benefits will be in the areas of tele-medicine, education, mapping of natural resources, IT connectivity and people-to-people links. WORLD IMMUNIZATION WEEK 2017 OBSERVED: World Immunization Week 2017 is being observed across the globe between 24 April and 30 April.The theme for the 2017 World Immunization Week was 'VaccinesWork.' Its objective is to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals.It aims to raise awareness about the critical importance of full immunization throughout life.It Promote understanding of the action steps required to achieve the Global Vaccine Action Plan.The year 2017 marks the halfway point in the Global Vaccine Action Plan. The GVAP aims to prevent millions of deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases by 2020 through universal access to immunization. SEBI FINALISES NORMS FOR LISTING OF GREEN BONDS: Securities and Exchange Board of India has finalized norms for issuance and listing of green bonds.It will help in raising funds from capital markets for investment in the renewable energy. The rules have been finalised by the SEBI after taking into account inputs from the Finance and Environment ministries from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.Green bonds help to meet an ambitious target India has of building 175 gigawatt of renewable energy capacity by 2022. MAHARASHTRA BECOMES 1ST INDIAN STATE TO USE AUTOMATED WEATHER STATIONS: DevendraFadnavis, a Maharashtra chief minister has inaugurated the state's 1st automatic weather station at Dongargaon in Nagpur. The state government will install 2,065 weather stations across the state on a public private partnership mode in 2017 and 1000 in next year.It aims to measure the wind direction, air temperature, wind speed, relative humidity and record amount of rainfall.It will be available on Mahavedh portal as well as on the mobile application of Skymet. INDIA'S FOREX RESERVES INCREASES BY $1.25 BILLION: India's foreign exchange reserves have increased by $1.25 billion on April 21 according to the Reserve Bank of India.The components of India's Foreign Exchange Reserves includes Foreign currency assets, Gold Special Drawing Rights, RBI's Reserve position with International Monetary Fund.SDRs' value has increased $5 million to $1.45 billion. The gold reserves stand at $19.86 billion.RBI's reserve position with the IMF stands to $2.33 billion. 4
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34. SHOBANA KAMINENI TO TAKE OVER AS NEW CII PRESIDENT: ShobanaKamineni has been appointed as 1st Woman President of Confederation of Indian Industry.Shobana is an executive vice chairperson of the Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Limited. She also serves as an Advisor to CISCO India's External Board.She is also vice-chairperson of the KEI Group, a diversified logistics, leisure & infrastructure business. 35. JOSHNA CHINAPPA BECOMES 1ST INDIAN TO WIN ASIAN SQUASH TITLE: JoshnaChinappa created history by becoming the 1st Indian to clinch the Asian Squash title with a thrilling win over compatriot DipikaPallikalKarthik in the women's final held in Chennai, India. It is to be noted that, JoshnaChinappa and DipikaPallikalKarthik, both train together at the Indian Squash Academy in Chennai.India's SauravGhosal lost to Hong Kong's Max Lee to finish 2nd best in the men's final of 19th Asian Squash Championship in Chennai,. 36. AAMIR LAUNCHES ASHA PAREKH'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY 'THE HIT GIRL': Aamir Khan has launched actress Asha Parekh's autobiography 'The Hit Girl' in New Delhi.The book will be a source of inspiration for budding talents. Film critic-writer Khalid Mohamed has composed the
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NEWS ANALYISIS QUIZ 1 – 7 MAY 2017 1. Which state has become the first Indian state to shift to to January to December financial year? A) Maharashtra B) Kerala C) Andhra Pradesh D) Madhya Pradesh 2. Which Indian table tennis player has won the 2017 Men's singles ITTF Challenge Seamaster Chile Open tournament? A) SoumyajitGhosh B) Sharath Kamal C) Anthony Amalraj D) SubhajitSaha 3. Which country is hosting the 2017 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize Ceremony? A) Finland B) Thailand C) Canada D) Indonesia Hide 4. The first-ever World Tuna Day (WTD) is observed by the United Nations (UN) on which date? A) May 3 B) May 2 C) May 4 D) May 5 5. Which country is hosting the 50th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors? A) Japan B) India C) South Africa D) Sri Lanka 6. The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved how much loan amount for power project in Andhra Pradesh? A) $210 million B) $160 million C) $185 million D) $220 million 7. What is the India's GDP growth forecast for FY 18, according to Asian Development Bank (ADB)'s latest report “Asian Development Outlook 2017”? A) 7.4% B) 7.6% C) 7.7% D) 7.1% 8. What is the India's real GDP growth forecast for FY 18, according to latest rating review by Fitch Ratings? A) 7.4% B) 7.6% C) 7.7% D) 7.5% 9. Recently, Sualgiri and Swalgiri communities have been notified as Scheduled Castes in the Indian constitution. The communities are associated with which state? A) Manipur B) Odisha C) Assam D) West Bengal
10. The world's highest railway bridge will come up over which Indian River? A) Narmada B) Godavari C) Ganga D) Chenab 11. Which country is hosting the 27th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC)? A) Switzerland B) Singapore C) South Africa D) Seychelles 12. Which city has become the India's cleanest city, according to the Swachh Bharat survey 2017? A) Indore B) Tiruchirapally C) Mysuru D) Visakhapatnam 13. Which social networking site has officially launched “Express Wi-Fi” internet services in India? A) YouTube B) Facebook C) Twitter D) Instagram 14. Which state government has recently become the registered proprietor of the GI tag for Banganapalle mangoes? A) Uttar Pradesh B] Himachal Pradesh C) Madhya Pradesh D) Andhra Pradesh 15. Who has been appointed the new chairman of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR)? A) Ashok Modak B) BrajBihari Kumar C) Jitendra Mohan D) S K Thorat 16. The Vansda National Park (VNP) is located in which state? A) Rajasthan B) Punjab C) Assam D) Gujarat 17.Which state government has recently signed an agreement with United Nations and IIIT for setting up innovation lab in the state? A) Madhya Pradesh B) Chhattisgarh C) Assam D) Odisha 18.Who has won the 2016 Wisden-MCC (Melbourne Cricket Council) Cricket Photograph of the Year? A) Paul Miller B) Adrian Murrell C) Nigel Davies D) SaqibMajeed 5
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20. Which country's hockey team has won the 2017 Sultan Azlan Shah Cup? A) India B) New Zealand C) Australia D) Great Britain
NEWS ANALYSIS 8TH – 15THMAY 2017 1. MP FIRST TO SWITCH TO JAN-DEC FISCAL YEAR: Madhya Pradesh became the 1st state in India to switch to the January-December financial year from existing April-March cycle. It will break a 150-year old tradition of adopting the financial year from April to March. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan decided to shift the financial year to January-December. It is mentioned the Budget session of the next financial year will be held either in December 2017 or January 2018. CM also give direction to all cabinet ministers to prepare a quarterly, half-yearly and annual road map of works so that all works are done within a fixed deadline. 2. WORLD'S HIGHEST RAIL BRIDGE TALLER THAN EIFFEL TOWER ON CHENAB TO BE COMPLETED IN 2 YEARS: World's highest railway bridge that is expected to be 35 metres taller than the Eiffel Tower will be built on Chenab River in Jammu & Kashmir within next 2 years. The arc-shaped bridge will have a height of 359 m above the river bed. 315 km long bridge will connect Kauri (Srinagar) and Bakkal (Katra). Estimated cost of construction is around 1100 cr. Once completed, it will surpass the record of the Beipan river Shuibai railway bridge in China. 3. INDIA TO CLOCK 7.1% GDP THIS YEAR, 7.5% CENT IN 2018: UN REPORT: As per 'The Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific 2017' released by UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Indian economy is expected to register 7.1% GDP growth in 2017 and 7.5% in 2018. The growth will come on the back of increased Government spending on infrastructure projects and remonetisation activity by Reserve Bank of India, which is expected to restore consumption patterns. 4. FINMOMENTA LAUNCHES PEER-TO-PEERONLINE LENDING PLATFORM TACHYLOANS: Singapore based Fintech startup FinMomenta has announced the launch of Tachyloans. It is a 1st digital lending platform in India for individuals as well as businesses. Tachyloans is a credit scoring model which is used to assess the creditworthiness of applicants. Borrowers can avail loan at lower interest rates starting from 11.5% per annum. The company's innovative platform will electronically verify the borrower information. It verifies by using the KYC documentation provided, and qualifies them through their credit decision model. Its main aim is to create the most user-friendly and accessible P2P lending marketplace that will be completely automated. 5. AIIB GRANTS $160 MILLION FOR ANDHRA PRADESH POWER PROJECT: Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has approved $ 160 million loan for a power project in Andhra Pradesh. Its main aim is to strengthen the power transmission and distribution system in Andhra Pradesh. The project helps in improving system reliability and also helps in improving the commercial performance of the state's distribution companies. AIIB promotes the improvement of energy efficiency, such as upgrading the existing transmission and distribution networks. India is the 2nd largest shareholder of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank after China. D J Pandian is the Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of AIIB. 6. MALLIKARJUN KHARGE APPOINTED AS NEW CHAIRMAN OF PAC: MallikarjunKharge is appointed as the Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee of the Parliament.The Chairman of the PAC is appointed by the Speaker of LokSabha. Kharge replaced K.V. Thomas. The PAC has 14 members from LokSabha and 7 from RajyaSabha. The PAC's main function is to examine the audit report of Comptroller and Auditor General after it is laid in the Parliament. 7. SOUMYAJIT GHOSH WINS SINGLES & DOUBLES GOLD AT CHILE OPEN: Indian table tennis player SoumyajitGhosh has won both the singles and doubles gold at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF Challenge Chile Open in Santiago, Chile. Soumyajit became the 3rd Indian to win a men's singles title at an ITTF Challenge Series or ITTF World Tour tournament. In doubles final the Indian pair of Soumyajit&Amalraj defeated Philipp Floritz and HunorSzocs. This is the 1st time India has won a men's doubles title on either the ITTF Challenge Series or ITTF World Tour. 6
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8. INDORE IS INDIA'S CLEANEST CITY: SWACHH BHARAT SURVEY: Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu released 3rd edition of the SwachhSurvekshan which ranked 434 Indian cities on various cleanliness parameters. Indore in Madhya Pradesh emerged as the cleanest city and Gonda in Uttar Pradesh ranked at the bottom as the dirtiest city. Top 5 Clean Cities are: Indore – Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal – Madhya Pradesh is at 2nd place, Visakhapatnam – Andhra Pradesh is at 3rd followed by Surat – Gujarat and Mysuru – Karnataka at 4th and 5th place. 9. RELIANCE, SAP LAUNCH 'SARAL GST' SOLUTION FOR TAXPAYERS: Reliance Corporate IT Park Limited, a subsidiary of Reliance Industries has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with SAP to launch 'SARAL GST' solution for taxpayers. SARAL GST will provide simplified operations high quality of service and security to taxpayers. It will hold the proficiency of RCITPL as GST Suvidha Provider and SAP as Application Service Provider. GSP, RCITPL will connect ASPs to the Government's GST system through Jio MPLS network. It will also help in boosting the Digital India initiative. 10. ADB PREDICTS 7.4% GROWTH FOR INDIAN ECONOMY THIS FISCAL: Asian Development Bank predicts 7.4% in the current fiscal year 2017-18 and 7.1% in the previous fiscal year. Open trade and free movement of capital plays an important in India's economy growth. ADB forecast 7.6% growth for next year. ADB Chief Economist YasuyukiSawada mentioned that Goods and Services Tax and the new bankruptcy law will make it easier to do business in India. 11. INDIA RISES TO 100TH SPOT IN FIFA RANKINGS IN 21 YEARS: In the latest FIFA rankings the Indian football team has raised to be ranked 100th for the 1st time ever in over two decades. Top 3 countries in FIFA rankings are: Brazil, Argentina and Germany. This is India's best-ever FIFA ranking since April 1996. AIFF has been providing the national team the best of exposure and facilities. 12. DRONACHARYA AWARDEE WRESTLER CAPT CHAND ROOP PASSES AWAY: Dronacharya awardee and wrestler Capt. Chand Roop has passed away. Capt Chand Roop was received Dronacharya award in 2010 for his contribution to Wrestling. 13. VENKAIAH NAIDU RELEASES SET OF BOOKS TITLED 'SWACHH JUNGLE KI KAHANI – DADI KI ZUBANI': Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu, Minister for Information &Broadcasting released a set of books titled 'Swachh Jungle kikahani – DadikiZubani' published by Publications Division. The books aimed at transformation and creating awareness among children. The series of books had been published in 15 Indian languages. The books would provide an encouragement to the Prime Minister's Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. It helps in developing a habit of cleanliness among school going children. 14. IBBI CONSTITUTES TECHNICAL COMMITTEE TO LAY DOWN TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR PERFORMANCE OF CORE SERVICES: Under IBBI (Information Utilities) Regulations, 2017 the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India constitutes Technical Committee to lay down Technical Standards for the performance of core services and other services. The Committee Members are: Chairperson, Dr. R. B. Barman, Dr. NandLalSarda (Member), Dr. PulakGhosh (Member) and Sh. V. G. Kannan (Member) 15. INTERNATIONAL PERMACULTURE CONFERENCE TO BE HELD IN HYDERABAD: The 13th International Permaculture Convergence experts will be held on November 27 to December 2 in Hyderabad. The theme of IPC will be 'Towards healthy societies'. The objective of IPC 2017 is to provide Indian farmers an opportunity and to learn how their current challenges can be solved using permaculture principles. 16. 27TH SESSION OF UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW WORKING GROUP BEING HELD IN UNHRC IN GENEVA: The 27th Session of the Universal Periodic Review Working Group is being held from 1st to 12th of May 2017 at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. India's National Report for the UPR-III was reviewed on the May 4, 2017. India was represented by the Attorney General of India, MukulRohatgi. 17. ISRO UNVEILS SOLAR HYBRID ELECTRIC CAR MADE OF DESI RESOURCES: The Indian Space Research Organisation recently demonstrated a solar hybrid electric car, which has been designed and developed using in-house resources, at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, Thiruvanathanapuram. The demonstration was held in last week of March 2017, which included a successful uphill drive. The car is run using high-energy lithium ion batteries, which can be recharged using sunlight. The objective is to create an environment friendly vehicle which does not use fossil fuels and thereby results in zero emission. 18. NITIN GADKARI INAUGURATES INDIA INTEGRATED TRANSPORT AND LOGISTICS SUMMIT 2017 IN NEW DELHI: Mr. NitinGadkari, Minister of Road Transport and Highways inaugurated the 1st ever India Integrated Transport and Logistics Summit in New Delhi. The Objective of IITLS is to serve as a platform for bringing together stakeholders in transport and logistics sector, so that they can collaborate and explore mutually beneficial opportunities in logistic parks, freight corridors and IT solutions. The summit will enable various ministries viz. Road Transport & Highways, Commerce, Shipping, Railways, Consumer Affairs, Finance, Urban Development, Civil Aviation, Food and Public Distribution, Skill Development and other state governments to jointly deliberate upon measures required to develop multimodal infrastructure in India. 19. FOREX RESERVES TOUCH LIFE TIME HIGH OF $372.73 BILLION: India's foreign exchange reserves have increased to touch a lifetime high of $372.73 according to R Bank of India. The reserves had gone up by $1.250 billion to $371.14 billion in the previous week. The special drawing rights with the International Monetary Fund were up by $8.5 million to $1.460 billion. The components of India's Foreign Exchange Reserves includes Gold, Foreign currency assets and Special Drawing Rights. 20. GOVT APPOINTS HEADS OF 7 PSU BANKS: In a major restructuring in the PSU banking space, the government appointed heads of various public sector banks. Allahabad Bank appointed UshaAnanthasubramanian as an MD, R Subramania Kumar MD of Indian Overseas Bank, DinabandhuMohapatra MD of Bank of India. Union Bank of India appointed RajkiranRai as MD, Sunil Mehta MD of Punjab National Bank, R K SankaraNarayana MD of Vijaya Bank and M O Rego MD of Syndicate Bank. 7
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21. LEILA SETH, 1ST WOMAN JUDGE OF DELHI HIGH COURT, DIES: The 1st woman chief justice of a Delhi high court Justice (retd) Leila Seth has died. Leila was died of cardiac seizure. She was the first woman to have topped the London Bar exam. She was also the 1st woman chief justice of a state high court (Himachal Pradesh). She was also one of the 3 members of the Justice Verma Committee which was constituted in 2012 to recommend amendments to the Criminal Law for criminals accused of committing sexual assault against women. She was herself an author and her autobiography 'On Balance' was a bestseller. 22. ODISHA TO INTRODUCE BOAT AMBULANCES IN 4 DISTRICTS: Odisha will introduce boat ambulance service in 4 districts where people face difficulties in getting health service. The boat ambulance service will be available in Malkangiri, Koraput, Kendrapara and Kalahandi districts. The state government has sanctioned 6 boat ambulances for these areas which will be part of the 108 ambulance service. It is a part of anMoU signed between the State Government and the Ziquitza Health Care. 23. INDIA TO HOLD FESTIVAL IN EGYPT TO MARK RABINDRANATH TAGORE'S BIRTH ANNIVERSARY: India will organise cultural festival in Egypt to mark 156th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. Maulana Azad Centre for Indian Culture, the cultural wing of the Indian Embassy in Cairo will organise this festival which will feature a dance show, film screening, a play and painting competition. The festival is being organised in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Culture, Cultural Production Sector, Cairo Opera House, Dancers' Guild and the Indian Community Association in Egypt. Screening of movie 'Kabuliwala' directed by Hemen Gupta. This movie is based on Tagore's novel about an immigrant from Kabul who forms a bond with a young girl in India who reminds him of his daughter in Afghanistan. 24. INTER-MINISTERIAL DELEGATION PARTICIPATED IN BASEL, ROTTERDAM, STOCKHOLM CONVENTIONS IN GENEVA: An inter-ministerial Indian delegation headed by Mr. Ajay Narayan Jha – Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change participated in the 2017 Conference of Parties to the Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm Conventions. Theme of these meeting was: “A future detoxified: sound management of chemicals and waste”. 13th meeting of the Conference of Parties to Basel Convention: Discussion Topic was Control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal. 8th meeting of the Conference of Parties to Rotterdam Convention: Discussion Topic was Prior informed consent procedure for certain hazardous chemicals and pesticides in international trade. 8th meeting of the Conference of Parties to Stockholm Convention: Discussion Topic was Persistent organic pollutants. 25. SACHIN TENDULKAR CONFERRED WITH FELLOWSHIP AWARD IN UK: Sachin Tendulkar conferred with Fellowship Award at the 7th annual Asian Awards in UK. India's cricket icon plans to support charities and various initiatives to help the under-privileged people in the 2nd innings of his life. He also plans to provide solar lights to poor people in India. The ceremony, which celebrates excellence in the global Asian community, also paid tribute to Indian actor Om Puri. The award for outstanding achievement in Cinema was posthumously conferred on Om Puri. India's playback singer Adnan Sami won the award for outstanding achievement in Music. 26. SHIVA THAPA WINS SILVER AT ASIAN BOXING CHAMPIONSHIPS: Indian Boxer Shiva Thapa won a silver medal at the Asian Boxing Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. He lost the final match to ElnurAbduraimov from Uzbekistan. Shiva Thapa had reached the finals by defeating Olympic bronze-medallist, Asian Games gold-medallistDorjnyambuuOtgondalai of Mongolia in semi-final match. This is Shiva's 3rd back-to-back medal at Asian Boxing Championships. Earlier he won Gold Medal in 2013 and Bronze Medal in 2015. Shiva had won bronze medal in World Championships under bantamweight (56kg) category. 27. 86-YEAR-OLD NEPALI MOUNTAINEER DIES ON MT EVEREST: Min BahadurSherchan, the oldest climber to scale the Mount Everest has died. Sherchan had scaled the Everest at the age of 76 in 2008 and recorded his name in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2010 as the oldest climber. 5 years later his record was broken by an 80-year-old Japanese national Yuichiro Miura. Sherchan aimed at reclaiming the crown of oldest climber to ascend the 8,848-meter peak. He was climbing the Everest for the cause of the world peace and to protect Earth besides winning back the record. 28. COUNTRY'S 1ST BIO REFINERY PLANT INAUGURATED IN PUNE: NitinGadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highway inaugurated India's 1st bio refinery plant for renewable fuels and chemicals at Rahu in Pune district of Maharashtra. This plant has been set up by Praj Industries. It can produce 1 million litre of ethanol per annum by processing a variety of agro-residue like rice and wheat straw, cane trash, cotton stalk and corn cobs. With further research and development, pipeline of other renewable fuels and chemicals will also be produced from this technology platform. India's National Policy on Bio fuels has set indicative target of 20% blending of biofuels, both for bio-diesel and bio-ethanol. 29. EDELWEISS TOKIO LAUNCHES INDIA'S FIRST INSURANCE THAT CAN BE BOUGHT AT POS: Edelweiss Tokio Life Insurance has launched India's 1st insurance product that can be bought at a point of sale. The product has been named 'PoSSaralNivesh'. It is the 1st product to be approved by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India's guidelines on point of sale-life insurance products. In November 2016, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India had issued 'Guidelines on Point of Sales – Life Insurance Products' in order to facilitate access to insurance products for general public and increase the overall penetration of insurance. 30. EMMANUEL MACRON TO BE FRANCE'S YOUNGEST PRESIDENT: Emmanuel Macron an Independent centrist has become France's youngest-ever president. He is 39. Emmanuel promised to unite a divided and fractured France. Despite Le Pen's loss, she marked a historical high point for the French right. Macron now faces the challenge of trying to win a parliamentary majority. It is projected that Macron has received almost two thirds of the vote. 8
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31. DEVENDER SINGH BECOMES 2ND INDIAN JAVELIN THROWER TO QUALIFY FOR LONDON WORLDS: Indian javelin thrower Devender Singh qualified for the World Championships in London. Devender Singh with a stunning throw of 84.57 m won the gold medal at the Indian Grand Prix Athletics meet in Patiala.He is the 2nd javelin thrower from the country qualify of the London Championships. Neeraj Chopra, the World junior champion and record-holder. He was the 1st Indian javelin thrower to qualify for the London Worlds. 32. WORLD RED CROSS DAY – MAY 8 2017: World Red Cross day is celebrated on the 8th of May. It is celebrated every year as the birthday anniversary of founder of the Red Cross. Theme of the World Red Cross day was Less Known red Cross Stories. World Red Cross Day 2017 will be celebrated all across the world by the National Societies affiliates to the International Committee of the Red Cross. Henry Dunant was the founder of the Red Cross as well as the founder of International Committee of the Red Cross. He was the most famous person and became the recipient of 1st Nobel Peace Prize. 33. SAMADHAN – RAJNATH SINGH COINS AN ACRONYM TO WIPE OUT LEFT-WING TERROR: A meeting of the Chief Ministers of states affected by Left-Wing Extremism, presided over by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh was held in New Delhi. In the meeting, Mr. Rajnath Singh announced SAMADHAN, a new strategy to wipe out left – wing terror. Other Govt. functionaries who attended the meeting included Rajiv Mehrishi – Union Home Secretary, AjitDoval – National Security Adviser, Director of Intelligence Bureau, State Heads of Police Department and Heads of the Central Forces. 34. 29TH INDIA- INDONESIA CO-ORDINATED PATROL COMMENCES: The 29th series of India–Indonesia CORPAT is scheduled from 9th to 25th May 17. The opening ceremony being conducted at Port Blair. It will be conducted under the aegis of Andaman and Nicobar Command. The CORPAT serves to enhance mutual understanding and inter–operability between the two navies. 35. PHILIPPINES, US BEGIN SMALLER-SCALE JOINT MILITARY EXERCISES: Philippine and U.S. troops begin smaller scale joint military exercise. It major focus will be on disaster response, humanitarian assistance and counter terrorism. “Balikatan” or “Shoulder-to-Shoulder” 12 day military exercises were led by U.S. Ambassador Sung Kim and Defense Secretary DelfinLorenzana. This year's exercises will be based on a scenario of troops responding to a super typhoon hitting the Philippines. The 2 countries are conducting the yearly training for the 33rd time to ensure coordination and interoperability of their forces. 36. INDIA TO GROW AT 7.7% IN 2018-19: IMF: The International Monetary Fund has predicted India to grow at 7.7% in 2018-2019 and expected to grow 7.2% in the 2017-18 fiscal year. The main challenge before the Indian economy will be to improve agricultural productivity. According to the report, Asia will see a rise in growth from 5.3% in 2016 to 5.5% in 2017. 37. ODISHA CM NAVEEN PATNAIK UNVEILS LOGO, MASCOT FOR 22ND ASIAN ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIP: Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik discloses the Logo, Mascot for 22nd Asian Athletics Championship. It will be held at Kalinga Stadium Bhubaneswar. Olly Turtle is the mascot of 22nd Asian Athletics Championship Bhubaneswar 2017. The championship will be held from 1st July to 4th July of this year. Nearly 800 athletes from 45 countries will take part in this event. An Athletic Federation of India team was in the state capital to inspect the venue. The winners will directly qualify for the World Championship in London. 38. INDIA WINS STAY AT INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE IN KULBHUSHAN JADHAV CASE: The International Court of Justice stayed the execution of Indian national KulbhushanJadhav, who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of “spying”. The order by the Hague-based International Court of Justice came a day after India approached it against the death sentence to Jadhav by Pakistan's Field General Court Martial last month. India has appealed to the International Court of Justice accused Pakistan of outstandingly bad violations of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. Pakistan claimed to have arrested him from Balochistan on 3 March 2016.The International Court of Justice said India urged it to restrain Pakistan from carrying out the death sentence direct Islamabad to take steps to cancel the decision of the military court. 39. JHULAN GOSWAMI NAMED HIGHEST WICKET-TAKER IN WOMEN'S ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS: Indian fast bowler, JhulanGoswami now holds the record as highest wicket-taker in women's one-day international. She broke Australia's CathrynFitzpatrickthe's world record of 180 wickets. India's former left-arm spinner Neetu David is at No. 4 position with 141 wickets. JhulanGoswami played her first one-day match in year 2002. She is the former captain of Indian Women's Cricket team and is regarded as one of the fastest bowlers in women's cricket. JhulanGoswami has got ICC Women's Cricketer of the Year 2007, Arjuna Award in 2010, PadmaShri Award in 2012. 40. WORLD MIGRATORY BIRD DAY: MAY 10, 2017: World Migratory Bird Day 2017 is observed on 10th of May every year. The World Migratory Bird Day 2017 theme was “Their Future is our Future- a Healthy Planet for Migratory Birds and People”. The WMBD 2017 highlights the interdependence of people and nature, and more especially people and migratory animals – in particular birds. It is an effective tool to help raise global awareness of the threats faced by migratory birds, their ecological importance, and the need for international cooperation to conserve them.
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NEWS ANALYISIS QUIZ 8TH – 15THMAY 2017 1. Which of the following is the official mascot of the 22nd edition of Asian Athletics Championships-2017? A)Bawean Deer B)Misha C)Olly Turtle D) Flying Squirrel 2. India's first bio refinery plant has set up in which of the following states? A) Andhra Pradesh B) Assam C) Tamil Nadu D) Maharashtra 3. Who has won the 2017 French Presidential election? A) Emmanuel Macron B) Marine Le Pen C) Francois Hollande D) Jean-Luc Melenchon 4. Which country is hosting the 26th session of the Governing Council (GC) of UN-Habitat-2017? A) India B) Kenya C) Ecuador D) Uruguay 5. The 2017 joint military exercise “Balikatan” has started between United States and which country? A) Saudi Arabia B) Pakistan C) Israel D) Philippines 6. The Navegaon National Park is located in which state? A) Uttar Pradesh B) West Bengal C) Gujarat D) Maharashtra 7. What is the India's GDP growth forecast for FY 18, according to IMF's latest report 'Regional Economic Outlook (REO) for Asia and Pacific'? A) 7.6% B) 7.2% C) 7.4% D) 7.7% 8. The headquarters of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is located in which city? A) Chennai B) Kochi C) New Delhi D) Pune 9. Which state government has signed pact with Oracle for cloud-based citizen services? A)Odisha B)Uttarakhand C) Tripura D) Jharkhand 10. Which Indian personality has been elected as the new chairman of FIFA Governance Committee? A)MukulMudgal B) Rajeev Shukla C) Ajay Shirke D) R M Lodha 11. Indian Army will re-introduce CASO as 'permanent feature' of counter-terror operations. What does “CASO” stands for?
A) Cordon and Searchlight Operations B) Cordon and Search Operations C) Cordon and Seeding Operations D) Cordon and Seed Operations 12. Which country is hosting the United Nations Day of Vesak – 2017? A) India B) Bhutan C) Sri Lanka D) Myanmar 13. Which country has approved $75 mn high-tech chemical protective clothing for the Indian armed forces? A) United States B) Russia C) France D) Japan 14. Karan Singh, who passed away recently, was the minister of which Indian state? A) Sikkim B) Punjab C) Himachal Pradesh D) Jammu & Kashmir 15. Who has been appointed as the new Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)? A)AvinashChander B) M Jagadesh Kumar C) K Kasturirangan D) V K Saraswat 16. The Sakewa Festival has recently celebrated in which state? A) Jharkhand B) Arunachal Pradesh C) Sikkim D) Manipur 17. Who has become the world's highest wicket-taker in women ODI cricket? A)Mithali Raj B)HarmanpreetKaur C)EktaBisht D)JhulanGoswami 18. Which Indian actress has won the best actress award at the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) 2017? A)RatnaPathak B)KonkonaSen Sharma C)Anushka Sharma D)Ramya Krishnan 19. What is the theme of the 2017 World Thalassaemia Day (WTD)? A) Access to Safe & Effective Drugs in Thalassaemia B) Thalassemia: Knowledge is Strength C)Patients Rights Revisited D) Together for Humanity 20. Who will be the Pakistan's new High Commissioner to India? A) Husain Haqqani B) Abdul Basit C) SohailMahmood D)MaleehaLodhi
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NEWS ANALYSIS 16TH – 23RDMAY 2017 1. BISHU PARV OR SENDRA OBSERVED IN DALMA WILDLIFE SANCTUARY: The 2017 hunting festival “BishuParv” was observed in Jharkhand. The Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary is located 10 km from the city of Jamshedpur in Jharkhand. The Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary is famous for holding many elephants and other animals, which come downhill during the monsoons and winter and enter nearby villages and towns of Jharkhand and West Bengal. 2. I-T DEPT LAUNCHES E-FACILITY TO LINK PERSON'S AADHAAR WITH PAN: The Income Tax department has launched a new e-facility to link a person's Aadhaar with the Permanent Account Number. It is a mandatory procedure for filing I-T returns. The department's e-filing website – https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in – has created a new link on its homepage making it “easy” to link the two unique identities of an individual. There is no need to login or be registered on e-filing website. This facility can be used by anyone to link their Aadhaar with PAN. The government under the Finance has made it mandatory for taxpayers to quote Aadhaar or enrolment ID of Aadhaar application form for filing of income tax returns (ITR). 3. UNION AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE MINISTER LAUNCH E-KRISHI SAMVAD, AN ONLINE INTERFACE: Radha Mohan Singh, Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, has launched e-KrishiSamvad atKrishiBhawan in New Delhi for welfare and development of agricultural stakeholders in India. e-KrishiSamvad is internet-based interface that will provide actionable and effective solutions to the problems faced by farmers and stakeholders in the agriculture sector. This platform is also accessible through mobile phones having internet facility. 4. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DAY: – MAY 11, 2017: The National Technology Day 2017 was observed on 11th May, 2017 in India. The National Technology Day 2017 theme was Technology for inclusive and sustainable growth. The day is commemorated to mark the anniversary of Pokhran nuclear tests of 1998. It also marks India's scientific prowess and technological advancements. On this occasion, a post on PM NarendraModi's website shows how Technology has always acted as a means to empowerment for people. 5. ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA LAUNCHES NATIONAL CONTACT CENTRE: The Election Commission of India has launched National Contact Centre.The National Contact Centre is operated on a National Grievance Redressal System Software. This software is a single window platform to manage complaints and feedback received through calls, SMS, emails and website access in an integrated and time-bound manner. Each state and UT will also soon setup and operationalize dedicated State Contact Centre and District Contact Centre. It will ensure seamless flow of information across the contact centers for handling issues/ query from citizens. 6. AHMEDABAD TO HOST BIGGEST EVER INTERNATIONAL YOGA DAY EVENT ON JUNE 21: Ahmedabad is going to host biggest International Yoga Day event on 21st June. The event will include the participation of 5 Lakh people. The event would be inaugurated by the state's CM Vijay Rupani and BJP president Amit Shah. It would be jointly hosted by the city's GMDC and AES grounds. 7. JUSTICE MUDGAL ELECTED AS CHAIRMAN OF FIFA GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE: Justice MukulMudgal was elected as the Chairman of FIFA Governance Committee. The appointment was made at the world football governing body's 67th Congress at Manama, Bahrain. Justice MukulMudgal is a retired Indian judge of Delhi High Court. Mudgal currently served as the Deputy Chairman of the Committee. 8. NAGPUR WILL BE THE 1ST INDIAN CITY TO GET ELECTRIC RADIO CABS: Nagpur will be the 1st Indian city to get electric radio cabs. It will be started from 24th of May. It will be launched by Union transport minister NitinGadkari. The Project will be undertaken by Nagpur Municipal Corporation.and is the 1st project of its kind in the country. It is a method to tackle increasing pollution in the country. The pilot project will see around 200 e-cabs in Nagpur with the local body to provide for the charging stations across the city. It will promote the usage of electric and hybrid vehicles in India as the country is moving towards its goal of going all electric by 2030. 9. 19TH SESSION OF INDIA-ITALY JOINT COMMISSION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION HELD IN ROME: 19th Session of India-Italy Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation held in Rome. The Joint Commission was co-chaired by the Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry NirmalaSitharaman by the Italian Minister of Economic Development Carlo Calenda. India's bilateral trade with Italy during 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17 was US $9.32 billion, US $8.28 billion and US $8.80 billion respectively. 10. NEW IIP, WPI SERIES INTRODUCED, SHOW OVERALL BENIGN MACRONUMBERS: New-look Index of Industrial Production and the Wholesale Price Index were unveiled. It has been built on the new series of data and is thereby reflecting a healthier picture of the Indian economy in 2016-17 as compared to the old series. The new series of the IIP has 809 items as compared to 620 items in old series. Items such as cement clinkers, prefabricated concrete blocks, steroids and refined palm oil have been added in the new series, whereas items like calculators colour TV picture tubes, and gutka have been removed. The new series of the WPI has 697 items as compared to 676 items in old series. New vegetables and fruits such as radish, carrot, cucumber, bitter gourd, mosambi, pomegranate, jackfruit, and pear have been added to the list of primary articles. 11. R K MAHAJAN, MAHENDER SINGH APPOINTED CBEC MEMBERS: The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved appointment of senior bureaucrats R K Mahajan and Mahender Singh as members in the Central Board of Excise and Customs. Mahajan is the director general of Central Excise Intelligence and Singh is the director general (audit). Both of them are Indian Revenue Service officers. 11
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12. AMITABH BACHCHAN APPOINTED WHO GOODWILL AMBASSADOR FOR HEPATITIS: The World Health Organisation appointed Amitabh Bachchan as its goodwill ambassador for hepatitis in South-East Asia region. It aims to boost awareness and intensify action to arrest the epidemic. This is the 1st formal association between WHO and Mr. Bachchan. He had also served as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Polio in India. According to the WHO estimates nearly 90 million people suffer from chronic liver diseases, which are driving rates of liver cancer and cirrhosis in the region. 13. V K SARASWAT APPOINTED NEW JNU CHANCELLOR: V K Saraswat, Scientist and former Director General of Defence Research and Development Organisation was appointed as Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University for a 5-year term. V K Saraswat succeeds former Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman, K Kasturirangan, who completed his term on March 30, 2017. Saraswat has a PhD in combustion engineering and played a very significant role in the development of the country's first liquid propulsion engine. He is credited with the development of other rocket engines such as Prithvi,Dhanush and Prahaar. 14. ISKCON'S GOVARDHAN ECO VILLAGE WINS SMART VILLAGE AWARD: Maharashtra's Govardhan Eco Village has won the “Smart Village” award for being a sustainable project in rural Maharashtra. The India Trade Promotion Organisation's award was recieved by Nimai Lila Das to Chief Sustainability Officer of Govardhan Eco Village, in New Delhi. Eco Village was set up by the International Society for Krishna Consciousness in adjoining Thane district. It is a farm community and retreat centre spread over a scenic landscape of 100 acres at Galtare in Wada taluka. 15. INDIA CLAIM 2 MEDALS AT WORLD PARA ATHLETICS GRAND PRIX: RamudriSomeshwaraRao, who became the fastest Indian blade runner in the recently-concluded 17th National Para Athletics Championships at Jaipur, won a gold medal in the 200m race at World Para Athletics Grand Prix, Beijing. India claimed a gold medal and a bronze medal. Shot putter HokatoSema who also won gold at 17th National Para Athletics Championships at Jaipur, won bronze at World Para Athletics Grand Prix, Beijing. 16. RAJNATH SINGH INAUGURATES 2ND NPDRR MEETING IN DELHI: Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the 2nd meeting of National Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction in New Delhi. The theme of NPDRR was Disaster Risk Reduction for Sustainable Development: Making India resilient by 2030. The event was organized by the National Disaster Management Authority and the National Institute of Disaster Management, on various issues of disaster risk reduction. The meeting will include a Plenary Session, one session on outcomes of preevents, 4 technical sessions on four priority areas of Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, one technical session on monitoring of Sendai Framework and a closing cum valedictory session. 17. ECONOMY TO GROW AT 7.4% IN FY18, SAYS FICCI SURVEY: As per latest Economic Outlook Survey by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Indian Economy is expected to grow at 7.4% for the fiscal year 2017-18. The survey has also mentioned minimum level of 7.0% and maximum level of 7.6%. 18. PAWAN KUMAR CHAMLING CONFERRED WITH FIRST BS SHEKHAWAT AWARD BY PRESIDENT: Sikkim CM Pawan Kumar Chamling was conferred with the 1st Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Lifetime Achievement Honour in Public Service by President Pranab Mukherjee. Main aim of this award is to deliver public service and is to bring change in the life of people and improve their living conditions. 19. NEPALESE WOMAN BREAKS WORLD RECORD FOR MOST EVEREST SUMMITS: A 44-year-old Nepalese mountaineer Lhakpa Sherpa has broken her own world record for the most Everest summits by a woman after scaling the world's tallest peak for the 8th time. Lhakpa scaled Mt Everest from Tibet side for the 7th time in the last spring season. 20. BOOK TITLED “INDIA'S INDIRA: A CENTENNIAL TRIBUTE” LAUNCHED: President Mukherjee has attended the programme of launch of a book, India's Indira- a Centennial Tribute'. It has been edited by Anand Sharma, a senior Congress leader. The book was unveiled by Vice President Hamid Ansari. Indian National Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was also present at the event. The book has launched on 13th of May to commemorate the birth centenary celebrations of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. 21. INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FAMILIES – MAY 15, 2017: The 2017 International Day of Families was observed across the world on 15 May 2017. The 2017 International Day of Family theme was “Families, education and well-being”. The day aims to discuss the importance of 'knowledge and skills'. It focuses on good practices for work-family balance to assist parents in their educational and caregiving roles. 22. INDIA AGEING GRADUALLY, EVERY 5TH PERSON TO BE 60+ BY 2050 – CRISIL, PFRDA: As per a joint report titled “Financial Security for India's Elderly—The Imperatives” from CRISIL and pension regulator Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority , by 2050 every 5th Indian will be in their 60s as against every 12th at present. Currently 9% of Indian population is above the age of 60, which will rise to 19.4% by year 2050. Currently, only 14% of domestic savings are placed in pension and provident funds. Major chunk of this comes from organised section. 23. PLASTIC PARK TO COME UP IN PANIPAT: UNION MINISTER ANANTH KUMAR: Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology will be set up in west and south Haryana.Thesecentres will help meet industry requirements for plastic engineers and technicians. It will help in all sectors from agriculture to space exploration and make the country self-sufficient in this field. It aims to make the country self-sufficient in terms of medicine production, and would help reduce production cost by 30 per cent. Plastic Park will be set up over a 75 acre land in Panipat 12
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at a cost of Rs 1,500 crore, while a Pharma Park will be set in over a 100 acre land in Karnal. It will generate employment opportunities for 30,000 plastic engineers and technicians. NASA, ISRO TO JOINTLY INSPECT 'OLDEST CIVILISATION' SITE IN HARYANA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States and the Indian Space Research Organisation would jointly inspect the excavation being carried out at an archaeological site in Haryana's Fatehabad district. It aims to verify claims of it being the oldest civilization in the world. Archaeologists have recovered arte facts pre-dating the HarappanCivilisation from the site, located in village Kunal in Fatehabad district. The art facts recovered included ornaments and pots, apart from spherical structures.NASA and ISRO inspection is likely to be done in October 2017. The Haryana government is considering to establish international-level museums at Kunal and Rakhigarhi. INDIA RANKED 2ND IN EY RENEWABLE ENERGY ATTRACTIVENESS INDEX: Indian has ranked 2nd among 40 countries on 'Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index' 2017 released by Ernst and Young . This marks an improvement of one spot as compared to 3rd rank in 2016. India maintained its upward trajectory on the index on account of Central Government's programme to build 175 GW in renewable energy generation by year 2022. This initiative is in direction to realise a larger vision of wherein renewable energy will account for 40% of installed capacity by year 2040. INDIA'S 'UJALA' TO LIGHT UP HOMES IN UNITED KINGDOM: India has launched the process to export 'Ujala to the United Kingdom with affordable 'Made in India' LED bulbs. Ujala is globally one of the largest efficiency programmes and being run by Energy Efficiency Services Ltd. The programme has turned India into the world's LED capital, accounting for 10-12% of the global market 4 billion bulbs.Through this initiative, the government is planning to replace all 770 million inefficient incandescent and CFL in the country with LED bulbs. ANTI-DUMPING DUTY IMPOSED ON CERTAIN GLASSES, RADIATORS: Anti-dumping duty imposed on certain glasses from Iran and aluminum radiators from China in order to protect the domestic industry from cheap imports. The imposed fine on both products and it would be effective for a period of five years. The anti-dumping steps are not taken to restrict imports or cause an unreasonable increase in the cost of products but instead to ensure fair trade and to provide a level-playing field to the domestic industry. IIT-HYDERABAD PROFESSOR ARAVIND KUMAR RENGAN BAGS INSA YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARD: Aravind Kumar Rengan, Assistant Professor in Department of Biomedical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology – Hyderabad has been awarded the prestigious Indian National Science Academy medal in the Young Scientist category for 2017. Prof. Aravind has been awarded the medal for devising a novel way of nano delivery using liposomes and gold nanoparticles which is useful for both, imaging and therapeutics. His research work was published in two prestigious journals of nanotechnology field. OVAIS SARMAD, AN INDIAN APPOINTED TO HIGH-LEVEL UN CLIMATE CHANGE POST: OvaisSarmad, a senior Indian official was appointed as the Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change on May 2017. Sharma was appointed as the assistant secretary-general level by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. He will succeed Canada's Richard Kinley. He currently serves as Chief of Staff to the Director General of the International Organisation for Migration. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce from Hyderabad's Osmania University. He also holds a professional certification in management accountancy from the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants in London. He joined IOM in 1990, in Geneva. DEEPTI SHARMA, POONAM RAUT CREATE CRICKET HISTORY WITH RECORD 320-RUN STAND: India women's cricket team openers Deepti Sharma and PoonamRaut became the first-ever pair to share a record 320-run partnership in One-Day International. This feat was accomplished in a match against Ireland at Potchefstroom during the quadrangular series in South Africa. Deepti and PoonamDeepti Sharma, PoonamRaut create cricket history with record 320-run standbatted for over 45 overs. Deepti made 188 off 160 balls, while Poonam made 109 off 116 balls. At 188, Deepti Sharma is now the second highest individual scorer in women's cricket ODIs. Belinda Clark of Australia is the highest scorer – 229 runs against Denmark in1997. Last week, Indian fast bowler JhulanGoswami became the highest wicket taker in women's ODIs when she got her 181st wicket, surpassing Australian Cathryn Fitzpatrick's decade-old record of 180 NATIONAL DENGUE DAY – MAY 16 2017: The Government of India has declared 16th May as National Dengue Day by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare , Government of India. It is observed to mark the toll of deadly disease that has been taking in terms of lives and to reaffirm nationwide efforts to tackle it by using both education and medical intervention.Philippines instigated World's maiden Public Immunization Program for Dengue. Dengue is a viral disease that is transmitted by the bite of Aedes mosquito. Dengue has symptoms such as high-grade fever 2 to 7 days and headache, vomiting, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash. The disease is endemic AP AMENDS ACT TO APPOINT PV SINDHU AS GROUP-1 OFFICER: The Andhra Pradesh Legislature on 16th of May has passed a Bill to appoint Olympics winner shuttler PV Sindhu as a Group-1 officer in the government by amending the state public services Act. According to the state Finance Minister YanamalaRamakrishnudu introduced a Bill to amend the Act and it was passed unanimously in the Assembly. Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu announced in the state Assembly to appoint Sindhu as the state's sports ambassador. The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet had passed a resolution on August 22, 2016 and offers a Group-1 post to Sindhu. The government also gave a cash reward of Rs 3 crore and a residential plot to Sindhu in Amaravati. COUNTRY'S FIRST ORNAMENTAL FISH PARK TO COME UP AT CHENNAI: India's first Aquatic Rainbow Technology Park will be set up in 13
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Chennai. The park will include an ultra-modern facility for ornamental fish equipped with multi-species hatchery and live feed culture units. Tamil Nadu is the second largest exporter of ornamental fish after West Bengal. The facility is being developed by Fisheries College and Research Institute, Ponneri in Tamil Nadu. It will become operated in the next three months. It will fulfill a major requirement of the industry for mass production of high value aquarium fish.Centre has recently launched a pilot project on ornamental fisheries under the National Fisheries Development Board. It will bear total cost of Rs 61.89 crore. MUKESH AMBANI TOPS FORBES LIST OF GLOBAL GAME CHANGERS: MukeshAmbani, a Reliance Industries Chairman has topped the Forbes list of 'Global Game Changers'. The top 3 spots in the list have been occupied by: MukeshAmbani of India (1st), Ziv. Aviram, AmnonShashua of Israel (2nd), Stewart Butterfield of United States (3rd). The oldest person to feature on the list is Christo Wiese, 75, who is credited for creating Africa's largest retail empire. KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK ENABLES BLOCKCHAIN BASED TRADE FINANCING OPERATION: In a first of its kind transaction in India, Kotak Mahindra Bank enabled end to end trade financing for one of its clients by applying the blockchain technology. Kotak Mahindra Banki. By utilising the blockchain technology, time for processing the letter of credit reduced from 20-30 days to few hours. For this transaction Kotak Mahindra Bank had partnered with Deloitte. JP Morgan Singapore was the partner bank. LC is a written commitment to pay by buyer's/importer's bank to seller's/exporter's bank.The LC guarantees payment when prescribed list of documents are provided by the seller/exporter within the stipulated timeframe. ARUN JAITLEY, LAUNCHES OPERATION CLEAN PORTAL: ArunJaitley the Union Minister of Finance has launched the Portal of Operation Clean Money. https://www.cleanmoney.gov.in. in New Delhi. Its aim is to tab dishonest citizens hiding their income to the authorities and Government. There have been 18 lakh people who have been identified by the Central Board of Direct Taxes after demonetisation with respect to irregularities in tax payment and income band. The features of the Operation Clean Money Portal are as follows: (a) Providing comprehensive information at one place. (b) Creating a tax compliant society and Enabling Transparent Tax Administration by sharing status reports. INDIAN TEEN FROM TAMIL NADU DEVELOPS THE WORLD'S SMALLEST SATELLITE FOR NASA: A18-year-old boy from Tamil Nadu has created the world's smallest satellite named 'KalamSat'.Indian Teen from Tamil Nadu develops the world's smallest satellite for NASA. is developed by RiftahSharook. He is from Pallapatti town; Tamil Nadu. KalamSat weighs only 64 grams and is named after former President APJ Abdul Kalam. The main role of the satellite will be to demonstrate the performance of 3-D printed carbon fibre. The project was funded by an organisation called 'Space Kidz India. HENDERSON ISLAND: WORLD HERITAGE-LISTED SITE MOST POLLUTED PLACE ON PLANET: Henderson Island is a remote place in the South Pacific that has been found to be the most polluted place on the planet. It will have 37 million pieces littered on its beaches. According to the research the beaches of the World Heritage-listed Island – littered with an estimated 37.7 million pieces of plastic. It is a part of the UK's PitcairnIslands territory. The debris weighed 17.6 tonnes and it is the highest density of plastic rubbish in the world. There was 671.6 items of debris per square metre on Henderson Island, which lies between Chile and New Zealand in the South Pacific. As per Research more than 200 species are known to be at risk from eating plastic. The 55% of the world's seabirds including two species found on Henderson Island are at risk from marine debris. MOHD ANAS BREAKS 400M NATIONAL RECORD QUALIFIES FOR WORLD CSHIPS: Mohammad Anas from Kerala has breaked the national record in men's 400m race and MohdAnas breaks 400m National Record Qualifies For World Cshipswon a gold medal at the third leg of the Indian Grand Prix Athletics Meet in New Delhi. He finished the race in 45.32 seconds at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. He also qualified for the World Championships to be held in London in August. Rajiv Arokia and Sachin Baby were second and third in 46.32 seconds and 47.18 seconds respectively. ICC HIKES PRIZE MONEY FOR CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2017: The International Cricket Council has hiked the prize money for 2017 Champions Trophy by $500,000, making it $4.5 million with a winner's share of $2.2 million. The runner-up of the tournament will get a cheque of US $1.1 million, while the other two semifinalists will earn US $450,000 each. Teams finishing third in each group will take home US $90,000 each, while the teams finishing last in each group will get US $60,000 each.
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NEWS ANALYISIS QUIZ 16TH – 23RDMAY 2017 1. What is the India's GDP growth forecast for 2017, as per recently revised UN “World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) as of mid-2017” report? A) 7.9% B) 7.7% C) 7.3% D) 7.1% 2. MuhammedAnas, who recently qualified for 2017 London World Athletics Championships, hails from which Indian state? A) Karnataka B) Tamil Nadu C) West Bengal D) Kerala 3. Anil Madhav Dave, who passed away recently, was the union minister of which department? A)Labour and Employment B) Petroleum and Natural Gas C) Health & Family Welfare D) Environment, Forest and Climate Change 4. Which Indian scientist has won the 2017 Dan David prize in the “Future” category? A)Dronamraju Krishna Rao B)BimanBagchi C)HarGobind Khorana D)ShrinivasKulkarni 5. The 2017 bilateral maritime exercise “SIMBEX-17” has started between India and which country? A) Sri Lanka B) South Africa C) South Korea D) Singapore 6. Which union minister has given the additional charge of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)? A) Ravi Shankar Prasad B)Ananthkumar C) Harsh Vardhan D) J P Nadda 7. Which city to host the 2017 annual convention of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group? A) Valencia B)Gandhinagar C) Lisbon D) Shanghai 8. Which country has topped the 2017 Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI) released by Ernst and Young (EY)? A) China B) India C) Germany D) Australia 9. Which company is the most valuable brand in India, according to recently released 2017 Brand Finance India 100 report? A) Tata Group B)Airtel C) LIC D) Reliance 10. Who has been awarded the 2017 INSA Young Scientist award for research in cancer treatment?
A) R D Trivedi B)AasokTmange C)SidharthDeshmukh D)Aravind Kumar Rengan 11. RifathSharook has designed the world's lightest satellite “KalamSat”. He hails from which country? A) China B) Malaysia C) India D) Japan 12. Which union minister has launched Operation Clean Portal for transparent tax administration? A)SushmaSwaraj B)ArunJaitley C)NarendraModi D)Rajnath Singh 13. Which state government has constituted “Maa committee” to check mid day meal quality in schools? A) Uttar Pradesh B) Assam C) Tamil Nadu D) Himachal Pradesh 14. Where is the headquarters of OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC)? A) United Arab Emirates B) Senegal C) Saudi Arabia D) Burkina 15. Who has become the first Indian driver to win the race in the GP3 Series? A) Dinesh Singh B) Sanjay Sharma C) Karun Chandhok D)ArjunMaini 16. Who has become the first Indian woman to scale Mount Everest for the fourth time? A)AnshuJamsenpa B)Lhakpa Sherpa C)PremlataAgarwal D)MalavathPurna 17.Who has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of France? A)Edouard Philippe B) Bernard Cazeneuve C) Manuel Valls D) Michel Debre 18. What is the India's rank in the 2017 World Bank's Power accessibility list? A) 39th B) 26th C) 44th D) 16th 19. Which IIT institute has collaborated with the British Geological Survey (BGS) to turn Varanasi into a smart city? A) IIT Bombay B) IIT Madra C) IIT Kharagpur D) IIT Indore 20. What is the India's GDP forecast for FY 18, as per latest Economic Outlook Survey of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)? A) 7.7% B) 6.9% C) 7.9% D) 7.4%
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NEWS ANALYSIS 24TH – 31ST MAY 2017 1. NITI AAYOG HOLDS THE FIRST SAMAVESH MEETING: 1st meeting of the National Steering Group and other knowledge partners was held in NITI Aayog. This meeting was co-chaired by CEO of NITI Aayog- Amitabh Kant and Ratan P Watal – Principal Adviser, NITI Aayog. This meeting is the 1st ever initiative to bring the large number of institutions from diverse domain to deliberate together on the road map for inclusive development in India. 2. ASSAM'S PURNIMA BARMAN & KARNATAKA'S SANJAY GUBBI WIN THE PRESTIGIOUS 'GREEN OSCARS' AWARD: Two wildlife conservationists from India, Sanjay Gubbi of Karnataka and Purnima Barman of Assam are among the six winners of this year's prestigious Whitley Awards, which are popularly referred to as 'Green Oscars'. The winners of Whitley Awards were felicitated at a special ceremony at the Royal Geographic Society in London. The award honors outstanding contribution towards wildlife conservation outside the developed world. 3. HARSH VARDHAN GETS ADDITIONAL CHARGE OF ENVIRONMENT MINISTRY The Minister of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan has been given additional charge of the Environment Ministry. Dr Harsh Vardhan, a senior minister in the NarendraModi cabinet, holds the charge of the ministries of earth sciences and science and technology. For a brief period in 2014, He was the Health Minister in the Modi cabinet. 4. WORLD HYPERTENSION DAY 2017: MAY 17, 2017: Every year, 17 May is observed as World Hypertension Day since 2005 to promote public awareness of hypertension and to encourage citizens of all countries to prevent and control this silent killer, the modern epidemic. 2017 theme for the Day was Know Your Numbers with a goal of increasing high blood pressure awareness in all populations around the world. The day is intended to increase awareness of the condition and issues surrounding it. 5. GST COUNCIL FINALISES TAX RATES ON 80-90% GOODS, SERVICES: The Goods and Services Tax Council headed by Union Finance Minister ArunJaitley and comprising representatives of all states has finalised tax rates on 80-90% of goods and services under 4 brackets (5%, 12%, 18% and 28%). Essential items of daily use have been kept in the lowest bracket of 5%. The GST Council also approved 7 set of rules for the Goods and Services Tax regime that will be rolled out from July 1, 2017. GST will replace 16 current levies (7 central taxes and 9 state taxes), consequentially. GST rates on 6 categories of products—gold, bio-diesel, footwear, beedi and cigarettes, textiles and agricultural implements—will be finalised in council's next meeting scheduled to be held in Delhi. 6. INDIA RANKS AT 154, BELOW SRI LANKA AND BANGLADESH, ON HEALTHCARE INDEX: India has ranked 154th among 195 countries on healthcare index in Lancet medical journal's report titled 'Global Burden of Disease'. Performance of countries was assessed for a period of 25 years from 1990-2015, based on death rates from 32 diseases that could be avoided by effective medical care. This study has been funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The Indian healthcare industry has been growing at a phenomenal rate. During 2008-20, it is expected to clock a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 16.5%.The industry size is expected to touch US$ 280 billion by year 2020. 7. ISRO RECEIVES 2014 INDIRA GANDHI PEACE PRIZE: Former PM Manmohan Singh presented the 2014 Indira Gandhi Peace Prize to the Indian Space Research Organisation at a function in New Delhi. The prize was announced in the year 2014 by the jury headed by the Vice President M. Hamid Ansari. The Prize was presented to AS Kiran Kumar – Chairman of ISRO, in presence of Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson of the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust. 8. PRESIDENT PRANAB MUKHERJEE RECEIVES FIRST COPY OF BOOK 'METAPHYSICS, MORALS AND POLITICS': The President of India Pranab Mukherjee has received the 1st copy of book 'Metaphysics, Morals and Politics' in Kolkata, West Bengal. The book is authored by Professor Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay. President Mukherjee thesis was published in a book titled The Ethics of Obedience. 9. WORLD AIDS VACCINE DAY: MAY 18, 2017: World AIDS Vaccine Day observed on May 18. The day also known as HIV Vaccine Awareness Day is observed annually. HIV vaccine marks the day by promoting the continued urgent need for a vaccine to prevent HIV infection and AIDS. It is observed to raise awareness for AIDS vaccines, educate communities about HIV prevention. 10.JOINT HADR EXERCISE COMMENCES AT NAVAL STATION KARWAR: The Annual Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Exercise began on 18 May. The exercise is being conducted by Indian Navy's Western Naval Command. It is named as 'KaravaliKarunya'. It involves both professional exchange and actual disaster response mechanisms which is set on a Tsunami disaster scenario. It will help in providing relief in a post-tsunami scenario and work together with armed forces, central government agencies and state government departments. There will also be a demonstration using aircraft, a pollution control ship and survey ships. 11.G20 LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT MINISTERS' MEET HELD IN GERMANY: G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' Meet was held in Bad Neuenahr, Germany from 18-19 May 2017. Germany chaired the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' Meet, as it currently holds the G20 presidency. The meeting focused on the theme “Towards an Inclusive Future – Shaping the World of Work”. The Indian delegation to G20 Labour and Employment Ministers' Meet in Germany was led by Union Labour Minister BandaruDattatreya. 12.FIRST FLIGHT OF HTT-40 PROTOTYPE-2 SUCCESSFUL: As per the HAL the 1st flight of prototype-two of India's indigenous basic trainer aircraft, Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40 (HTT-40) was successful. It is aimed at being used for the 1st stage training for all flying cadets of the three First flights of HTT-40 prototype-2 successful services. HTT-40 programme aims to achieve its operational clearance by 2018. HTT-40 will 15
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replace Hindustan Piston Trainer– 32. 13.INDIAN MEN'S TEAM WINS COMPOUND GOLD IN WORLD CUP ARCHERY: The Indian Men's team won Compound gold in the World Cup Archery held in Shanghai, China. Indian Men's team has defeated Columbia in the archery World Cup stage 1 championships. India beat USA in the semifinal and Iran in the quarterfinals. Indian archery teams were comprised ChinnaRajuSrither, AbhishekVerma and Amanjeet Singh. 14.PRIME MINISTER RELEASES BOOK SERIES WRITTEN BY MS SWAMINATHAN: The PM NarendraModi has released a book series written by the Agricultural Scientist Dr. M.S. Swaminathan. The series is titled – M.S. Swaminathan: The Quest for a world without hunger. Dr. M S Swaminathan is known as the Father of the Green Revolution in India. M. S. Swaminathan had achieved success in introducing and developing high-yielding varieties of wheat in India. In 1987, he was the 1st recipient of the World Food Prize, considered equal to a Nobel in the field of agriculture. 15.PRESIDENT OF INDIA RECEIVES BOOKS 'SAMUDRA BANIJJER PREKSHITE STHALA BANIJJYA AND 'JNAN, A-JANAN AND BIJNAN: POPPER-ERJNANTATTA': The President of India Pranab Mukherjee received books 'SamudraBanijjerPrekshiteSthalaBanijjya, Bharat MahasagarAnchal, 1500-1800' and 'Jnan, a-Janan and Bijnan: Popper-erJnantatta'. He has received the books from Dr. SushilChaudhury and Dr. MahaswetaChaudhury in Kolkata, West Bengal. These are researched monographs on the subjects that they have been written on. 16.WORLD METROLOGY DAY: MAY 20, 2017: World Metrology Day is an annual celebration to mark the signing of the Metre Convention on May 20, 1875, by representatives of 17 nations. This Convention set the framework for global collaboration in the science of measurement and in its industrial, commercial and societal applications. Theme for World Metrology Day 2017 was “Measurements for transport”. This theme was chosen because transport plays an instrumental role in the modern world. We rely on transport not only to commute, but also to procure food we eat, the clothes we wear, the goods we use and the raw materials from which goods are made. 17.2017 ARCTIC ENERGY SUMMIT HELD IN FINLAND: The 2017 Arctic Energy Summit will be held in Helsinki, Finland. It will be hosted by the Institute of the North and Finland Ministry of Economy and Employment. The 2017 Arctic Energy Summit builds on the Sustainable Development Working Group's. It addresses energy as a fundamental element of the sustainable development of the 2017 Arctic Energy Summit Arctic, and occurs during Finland's Chairmanship of the Arctic Council. The AES is a multi-disciplinary event expected to draw several hundred industry officials, scientists, policy makers, academics, energy professionals and community leaders together to collaborate and share leading approaches on Arctic energy issues. 18.INDIA'S ANSHU JAMSENPA BECOMES 1ST INDIAN WOMAN TO CONQUER MT EVEREST TWICE WITHIN5 DAYS: India's AnshuJamsenpa has become the 1st woman to conquer Mount Everest twice within five days. Jamsenpa set the world record becoming the first woman climber to make double ascent in five days' time. She is also the 1st Indian woman to scale Mt Everest for the 5th time. Brij Mohan Sharma, popularly known as Breeze Sharma has become the 1st civilian from the Indian Navy to summit Mount Everest. 19.DEVESHWAR, SOUMITRA CHATTERJEE CONFERRED BENGAL'S HIGHEST CIVILIAN AWARD: India's longest serving boss Y.C. Deveshwar and Thespian SoumitraChatterjee have been conferred with the BangaSamman by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. It is the West Bengal's highest civilian award. Two categories of awards are presented as part of BangaSamman – BangaBhushan and BangaBibhushan. This year recipients of BangaBhushan are Bangladeshi singer RezwanaChowdhuryBanya, folk singer Hidmat Fakir, ChapalBhaduri. 20.IN TRIBUTE TO APJ ABDUL KALAM, NASA NAMES NEW SPECIES AFTER HIM: A newly discovered organism found on the International Space Station has been named after APJ Abdul Kalam by NASA. The name of the bacterium is Solibacilluskalamii the species name is after Dr Abdul Kalam and genus name is Solibacillus which is a spore forming bacteria. The filter on which the new bug was found remained on board the International Space Station for 40 months. The new organism which is a form of bacteria has been found only on the International Space Station and has not been found on Earth. 21.INDIA'S FIRST UNDERWATER RAIL TUNNEL COMPLETED AHEAD OF SCHEDULEL: India's first underwater rail tunnel has completed ahead of schedule. Key Highlights: India's first underwater rail tunnel was being constructed under the Hooghly river. The construction of the tunnel was jointly undertaken by AfconsTranstonnelstroyand India's first underwater rail tunnel completed ahead of scheduleKolkata Metro Railway Corporation Ltd. The deadline for the completion of this underwater tunnel was of July 2017. It got completed on 23 May 2017, ahead of the scheduled time. The project connects Howrah to the west and Salt Lake to the east. 22.MUMBAI, KOTA AMONG WORLD'S MOST CROWDED CITIES SAYS WEF: According to World Economic Forum (WEF) citing UN Habitat data the list is topped by Dhaka.Dhaka has a population density of 44,500 people per square kilometer. Mumbai has a population density of 31,700 people per square kilometre at the second place. Medellin in Columbia ranked third with 19,700 people per square kilometer followed by Manila at the 4th place with a density of 14,800. 23.TAIWAN COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, FIRST IN ASIA: Taiwan's constitutional court has declared that same-sex couples have the right to legally marry. Key Points: This is first such rule in favour of same sex marriage in Asia. The court gave the country's parliament a period of two years for laws to be amended to allow same-sex marriage. About Taiwan, Capital: Taipei, President: Tsai-Ing-wen, Currency: New Taiwan Dollar. 24.RIL LEADS 58 INDIAN FIRMS IN FORBES GLOBAL 2000 LATEST LIST: MukeshAmbani-led Reliance Industries Ltd.(RIL) is the highest ranked Indian firm in 2017 Forbes 'Global 2000' list. Total 58 Indian companies have featured in this list. Ranking in 2017 Forbes 'Global 2000' list is 17
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based on following metrics carrying equal weightage: 1.Sales 2.Profits 3.Assets and 4.Market Value. 2017 Forbes 'Global 2000' list: Reliance Industries ranked 106th on 2017 Forbes 'Global 2000' list Among Indian companies, Reliance Industries was followed State Bank of India at 244 and ONGC at 246. Indian private sector banks HDFC Bank (258), ICICI Bank (310), Axis Bank (463) and Kotak Mahindra Bank (744) are among the top 20 Indian companies in the overall list. 40% of companies in 2017 Forbes 'Global 2000' list are from China and US. Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) topped the 2017 Forbes 'Global 2000' list. 25.P V SINDHU ELECTED TO BADMINTON WORLD FEDERATION ATHLETES' COMMISSION: On May 24, 2017, Indian badminton player P.V. Sindhu became the second Indian to be inducted in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) Athletes' Commission. India's SainaNehwal is already in the BWF Athletes' Commission. In the election which took place on the sidelines of the Sudirman Cup in Gold Coast, PV Sindhu topped the ballot with 129 votes. PV Sindhu, along with Marc Zweibler of Germany and Kristy Gilmour of Scotland will serve a four-year term in this role. 26.GOVERNMENT MAKES 129 'NON-PERFORMING' OFFICERS RETIRE IN PUBLIC INTEREST: According to Union Minister Jitendra Singh, the government has forced 129 government officers to retire for non-performance in the past few months. Key Points: In total 30 officers from Group A and 99 officers from Group B has been forced to retire in the past few months. The government analyzed the service records of over 24,000 Group A officers and 42,251 Group B officers for performance.As per the government sources, the government will further look into the service records of another 34,451 Group A officers and 42,521 Group B officers. The review has been done by the central government to check the performance of its officers. 27.EGYPTIAN OMAR BECOMES FIRST AMPUTEE TO SWIM ACROSS RED SEA'S GULF OF AQABA: Egyptian swimmer Omar Hegazy has become the first amputee to swim across Red Sea's 20 kilometer Aqaba Gulf from Egypt to Jordan. Key Points: Hegazy, a 26 year-old banker who lost his left leg in a motorcycle accident. Aqaba Gulf is a large gulf at the northern tip of the Red Sea.Egyptian Omar becomes first amputee to swim across Red Sea's Gulf of Aqaba. Its coastline is divided between four countries: Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. Some More Points about Egypt: Capital: Cairo, Currency: Egyptian Pound, President: Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, PM: Sherif Ismail. 28.JACQUELINE FERNANDEZ WINS HUMANITARIAN AWARD FOR HER PHILANTHROPIC WORK IN INDIA: Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandez has received the International Humanitarian Award at the 2nd annual Asian Voice Charity Awards. These awards have been instituted by Asian Voice, a leading British Asian news weekly. Jacqueline has been given this award for her humanitarian work in India and abroad. She has been closely working with a non-profit organization called 'Habitat for Humanity' which builds affordable houses for poor. She received the award from C B Patel, Publisher-Editor of 'Asian Voice' newspaper and Chairman of the Asian Voice Charity Awards. 29.BENGALURU FC BEAT MOHUN BAGAN TO LIFT FEDERATION CUP: Bengaluru FC beat MohunBagan to be crowned the Federation Cup champions at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack, Odisha This victory will bring solace for Bengaluru, who finished at 4th position in the I-League. This was MohunBagan's 20th Final in the Federation Cup. Earlier, MohunBagan had finished 2nd to Aizawl in the I-League. 30.PM MODI INAUGURATES INDIA'S LONGEST BRIDGE DHOLA-SADIYA BRIDGE IN ASSAM: On May 26, 2017, Prime Minister NarendraModi inaugurated India's longest river bridge, the Dhola-Sadiyabridge. This bridge has been named after late legendary singer BhupenHazarika. Sadiya was the birth place of BhupenHazarika. He also laid the foundation stone for an Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI) at Gogamukh in Dhemaji district of Assam. He announced the launch of the new scheme SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) 31. CENTRE BANS SALE OF COWS FOR SLAUGHTER AT ANIMAL MARKETS, BRINGS RESTRICTIONS ON CATTLE TRADE: As per new rules notified by the Environment Ministry, Government has banned the sale of all kinds of cattle for slaughter at animal markets across the country. This new rule has been notified under Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (PCA) Act of 1960. Now onwards only farmland owners will be allowed to trade at animal markets. As per the notification, cattle comprise bulls, bullocks, cows, buffaloes, steers, heifers, calves and camels. 32.2017 NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION (NATO) SUMMIT HELD IN BELGIUM: The 28th edition of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit has started in Brussels Belgium on May 24 and 25, 2017. Key Notes: The top agenda of the meeting was terrorism. It is also expected that NATO is to join the US-led anti-Islamic State coalition (IS). The main aim is to fight against Islamist terrorism. The 2018 NATO summit will be held in Istanbul, Turkey. About NATO: It formed on 4thApril 1949, Secretary General: Jens Stoltenberg, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee: PetrPavel, BANKING & FINANCE. 33.INDIA RETAINS WORLD'S HIGHEST FDI RECIPIENT CROWN: REPORT: As per “fDi Report 2017”, compiled by fDi intelligence, a division of the Financial Times, India has retained its position as world's top greenfield Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) destination for the second consecutive year. Attracting $62.3 billion FDI inflows in 2016, India remained much ahead of China and the US. FDI inflows in India during 2016 increased by 2% to USD 62.3 billion, deployed across 809 projects. In 2016, global FDI flows gravitated to destinations experiencing the strongest economic growth, whereas destinations going through recession/ slow down saw major decline in FDI inflows. 34.CENTRE AMENDS DEFINITION OF A START-UP: The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has amended the definition of a Startup. 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Development was merged with it. 35.ISRO AND NASA COLLABORATES TO DEVELOP WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE EARTH IMAGING SATELLITE: In a latest collaborative project, ISRO and NASA are jointly working on the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission. Key Points: It is used to co-develop and launch a dual frequency synthetic aperture radar satellite. This earth monitoring satellite is scheduled to be launched in 2021. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and K.Radhakrishnan, Chairman ISRO, signed two documents to launch the NASA-ISRO satellite mission. The meeting was held in Toronto. According to NASA the purpose of this mission is to observe Earth and establish a pathway for future joint missions for Mars exploration. About NISAR mission, NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission is a dual frequency (L and S Band) Radar Imaging Satellite. It is the first big collaboration between NASA and ISRO. This satellite will be the world's most expensive earth imaging satellite. The cost of this project is USD 1.5 billion. 36.FORMER DGP OF PUNJAB KPS GILL PASSES AWAY AT 82: Former Punjab Director General of Police Kanwar Pal Singh Gill has died on 26th of May, 2017 Key Points: KPS Gill was 82 years. He died at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi at 2:55 PM due to cardiac arrhythmia. He received a Padma Shri award in 1989 for his work in the civil service. 37. PRESIDENT OF INDIA RECEIVE BOOKS 'MANN KI BAAT: A SOCIAL REVOLUTION ON RADIO' AND 'MARCHING WITH A BILLION – ANALYSING NARENDRA MODI'S GOVERNMENT AT MIDTERM': PM Mann Ki Baat' is a unique initiative of ShriNarendraModi to reach towards masses across the country through the Radio. PM Modi's Mann Ki Baatprogramme was first started on 3rd October 2014. President Pranab Mukherjee has received the first copy of two books 'Mann Ki Baat-A Social Revolution on Radio'. 'Marching with a BillionAnalysingNarendraModi's Government at RashtrapatiBhavan in New Delhi. Marching with a Billion- AnalysingNarendraModi's Government at Mid-term written by UdayMahurkar a journalist. The books have been released by the Speaker of LokSabha, SumitraMahajanat a function in RashtrapatiBhavan. The books subsume a comprehensive, qualitative and academic analysis of programme – the themes, the choice of topics, the salient features. It will describe how this programme has connected with the New India – the youth in particular. 38.MAHARASHTRA GOVT FORMS 'GOOD MORNING SQUAD' TO MONITOR OPEN DEFECATION: The Maharashtra government has decided to form 'good morning' squads to curb open defecation in all villages and districts across the State. The squads will comprise representatives of local bodies, NGOs, self-help groups, students and social workers working in the area of sanitation and cleanliness. 39.INDIA BECOMES 2ND LARGEST STEEL PRODUCER IN THE WORLD: According to the International Stainless Steel Forum in May 2017 India overtook Japan to become the 2nd-largest steel producer in the world in 2016. The data was released by the International Stainless Steel Forum at annual conference in Tokyo, Japan. The top producer of the steel of the world in the year 2016 is China. India's stainless steel production rose to 3.32 million tons for 2016. The data showed a growth of about 9% over 3.0 million tons achieved in 2015. 40.2ND INDIA-OPEC INSTITUTIONAL DIALOGUE HELD IN VIENNA AUSTRIA: DharmendraPradhan – Minister of State (I/C) for Petroleum and Natural Gas, co-chaired the 2nd India-OPEC Institutional Dialogue at the OPEC headquarters in Vienna, Austria. Bilateral issues of mutual interest were also discussed at a delegation level dialogue. 41.ISRO AND NASA COLLABORATE TO BUILD EARTH – IMAGING SATELLITE NISAR: ISRO and NASA will collaborate to build Earth – imaging satellite NISAR. It has launched the world's biggest and most expensive earth imaging satellite. The satellite has been named NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar. It is an L-band 24 centimetre RADAR and S-band 13 centimetre. The satellite will take weekly snapshots of earth, using the two radars. It will provide time lapse images of the motion of tectonic plates, ice sheets and changes in vegetation over land in agriculture and forests. 42.ISRAEL AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES HAS SIGNED A $630 MILLION DEAL WITH THE INDIA: Israel Aerospace Industries has signed a $ 630 million deal with the Indian State-owned aerospace and defense company Bharat Electronics Limited. Israel's Barak 8 long-range surface-to-air missile system was successfully tested aboard an Indian Navy ship. This deal was a part of the Make in India initiative, BEL will be used as the main contractor for the project. 43.UNION HOME MINISTER RELEASES THE BOOK 'INDIA 2017 YEARBOOK' AUTHORED BY RAJIVMEHRISHI: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has released the book 'India 2017 Yearbook'. It is authored by the Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi. The book was published by the McGraw Hill Education India. The book will help for gaining comprehensive knowledge of Indian history, economy, social fabric and current affairs.
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A) Assam B) Arunachal Pradesh C) Mizoram D) Manipur 11.Which country has recently ratify International Solar Alliance (ISA) framework? A) Zimbabwe B ) N a u r u C) Vanuatu D) Uganda 12.The boring of India's first underwater rail tunnel has completed under which river? A) Kaveri River B) Godavari River C) Hooghly River D) Krishna River 13.The Union Cabinet has approved how much percentage of Central Road Fund (CRF) for development and maintenance of National Waterways (NWs)? A) 3.5% B) 2.5% C) 4.5% D) 5.5% 14.Who has become the new President of Ecuador? A) Guillermo Lasso B) Rafael Correa C) Jorge Glas D) Lenin Moreno 15.Which country is hosting the 2017 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)? A) Romania B) Belgium C) Italy D) Latvia 16.The Union Government has launched which web portal for online documentation verification for students? A) e-Verification B) e-Sanad C) e-Students D) e-Certificates 17.Which country is hosting the 2017 G7 summit? A) Japan B) Canada C) Italy D) Germany 18.Which city police have won the 2017 FICCI Smart Policing Award? A) Kochi city police B) Pune city police C) Bhopal city police D) Delhi city police 19.The book “Mann Ki Baat: a social revolution on radio” has been authored by whom? A) Jitendra Singh B) UdayMahurkar C) Pankaj Kumar D) Rajesh Jain 20.The Indo Thailand HADR “Siam Bharat 17” has held in which city? A) Bangkok B) SuratThani C) Chiang Mai D) Pai
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