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Last 6 Month GK
Current Affairs

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Indian cricketer has been
inducted into Legends Club ‘Hall of
Fame’
– Kapil Dev
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The highest peace time gallantry
decoration ‘Ashok Chakra’ given to
– Hangpan Dada
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{Note: Padma Vibhushan (7), Padma
Bhushan (7) and Padma Shri (75)}
The first Indian Versatile female
singer to collaborate with United
Nations for women empowerment
– Neeti Mohan
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B C Roy National
award-2016
for
out-standing
service in the field of socio-medical
relief
– Dr
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The Director Damien Chazelle's
musical "La La Land" has taken
trophies
at
the
70th British
Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)
ceremony at Royal Albert Hall,
London
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The 2017 Brand Laureate
Legendary Award
– Lata Mangeshkar
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The Best Foreign Language Film
at 89th Oscar Academy Awards
– The Salesman
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The university who has won the
annual Visitor’s Award for the ‘Best
University 2017’
–Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)
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Noted Konkani writer, has been
honoured with the 2017 Saraswati
Samman for his novel ‘Hawthan’
– Mahabaleshwar Sail
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The World's Best Airport by air
travellers at the 2017 World Airport
Awards for the fifth consecutive year
– The Changi Airport (Singapore)
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‘Kala Ratan Award’ received from
Vice President of India –Anupam Kher
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Chandrababu Naidu
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The Best Children’s Film in the 64th
National Awards -2017 –Dhanak
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The Best Hindi Movie of
2016 –Neerja
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The ‘Best Movie on Social
Issues’ –Pink
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The Pulitzer Prize for 'Underground
Railroad' – Colson Whitehead
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{Note: The Ki rti Chakra i s the second
hi ghest peaceti me gal l antry award}

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'Rashtriya Gaurav Gram Sabha Puraskar2017
– Bhalkhi Gram Panchayat
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Writer novel Mathorubhagan (One Part
Woman) has won the Sahitya Akademi award
-2016 for translation in English
– Perumal Murugan
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The prestigious ‘Krishi Karman Award 201516’ for the fifth consecutive year
– Madhya Pradesh
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The 'Dadasaheb Phalke award' for the year
2016 for his out-standing contribution to the
film industry
– Kasinadhuni Viswanath
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Hollywood star has received the first-ever
Genderless Acting Award for the Best Actor
category at the 2017 MTV Movie and TV
Awards
– Emma Watson
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Indian actress has won the best actress
award at the New York Indian Film Festival 2017
– Konkona Sen Sharma
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The organization has won the 2015 Indira
Gandhi Peace Prize
– United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees UNHCR
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Indian wildlife and environment cartoonist
has won WWF International President’s
Award 2017
– Rohan Chakravarty
Who has been bestowed with the Sangeet
Natak Akademi Puraskar for the year 2016
– Satyabrata Rout
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Everest six times
– Love Raj Singh
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Who has been selected for France’s highest
civilian award ‘Legion of Honour’
– Soumitra Chatterjee
The water conservation model has been
selected for the national award for excellence
in the MGNREGP
– Jal Sanchay
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The first Israeli author to win the Man Booker
International Prize 2017 for his novel ‘A
Horse Walks Into a Bar’
– David Grossman
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The new brand ambassador to promote
Goods and Services Tax (GST)
– Amitabh Bachchan
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has won the prestigious UN
Public Service Award for year 2017
– West Bengal
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Current Affairs – International
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– Longyangxia Dam Solar Park (China)
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Three-year ban on import of some
vegetables (bitter gourd, snake gourd
and aubergines) from India
– European Union (EU)
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The world’s first country to shut-down
the Frequency Modulation(FM) radio
broadcasting network and started its’
switching to Digital Audio Broadcasting
(DAB)

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– Norway
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The India Innovation Index (III) will be
developed by the international
organization to measure innovation
performance of Indian states

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The world’s first country to completely
divest from fossil fuels
– Ireland
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The country hosted the Mobile World
Congress 2017
– Spain
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The Airways has launched the world's
longest scheduled commercial airline
route with the arrival of its flight from
Doha to Auckland, New Zealand

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The Pakistan army has launched
nationwide
military
operation
to
eliminate terrorists and consolidate gains
of its counter-terrorism operations

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The country to host the 9th edition of
BRICS Summit-2017
– China
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The two-week long joint military exercise
between India and Nepal has begun in
Pithoragarh area of Uttarakhand
– SURYA KIRAN-XI
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The country hosted the 3rd edition of World
Conference on Environment
– India
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The World's oldest and most experienced
spacewomanis getting three extra months
in orbit
– Peggy Whitson
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Amnesty
International(Global
death
penalty-2016) has topped on executions in
2016
– China
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Thecountrytohostthe14theditionofUnited
Nations International Day of Vesak – 2017
– Sri Lanka
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The first country in the world to ban the
mining
of
metals
for
environmental protection
– El Salvador
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The founder of Wikipedia ‘Jimmy Wales’ is
going to launch a news site to tackle the
spread of false information
– Wikitribune
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The city has topped the list in the Mercer’s
2017 Quality of Living index
– Vienna
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The first city in the world to get its own
Microsoft Font
– Dubai
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The 2017 joint military exercise ‘Balikatan’
has started between
– United States & Philippines
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The
2017
bilateral
maritime
exercise
SIMBEX-17 has been started between India
and
– Singapore
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According to World Economic Forum (WEF),
the world’s most crowded cities
– Dhaka
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The world’s largest optical telescope has
started in the country
– Chile
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Six countries of the Arab region have cut off
their diplomatic ties with
– Qatar
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The first-ever United Nations Oceans
Conference has started in the country
–United States
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Officially joined North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO) and become
the 29th member country
– Montenegro
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The
Asian
Infrastructure
Investment
Bank (AIIB) Board of Governors has
approved the membership of the countries
at its second annual meeting
– Argentina, Madagascar, and Tonga
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The countries have been re-elected to
the United Nations Economic and Social
Council
– India, Japan and the Philippines
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Who has become the first country
to contribute one lakh US Dollars to a UN
fund
– India
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) city
has been declared the ‘World Book
Capital’ for the year 2019 by UNESCO
– Sharjah
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The 41st session of UNESCO World Heritage
Committee has started in
– Krakow, Poland
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The 2017 Indo-Thai joint military exercise
has started in Himachal Pradesh
– Maitree
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The city is hosting the 12th edition of G 20 Summit 2017
– Hamburg(Germany)
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A new fast-growing Israeli flower has named
after Prime Minister Narendra Modi
– Crysanthumun

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Nripendra Mishra Committee - on Indus
Water Treaty
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Arvind Panagariya committee - to prepare a
road map for elimination of poverty
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It also suggested participation from states in defining
the BPL population

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NK Singh committee - to review and
give recommendations on Fiscal
Responsibility and Budget
Management (FRBM) roadmap for the
future
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Ajit Mohan committee - to fight
against the menace of online piracy
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Important Schemes
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a)Lucky Grahak Yojana [Consumers]: Daily
reward of Rs 1000 to be given to 15,000
lucky Consumers for a period of 100 days,
Weekly prizes worth Rs 1 lakh, Rs 10,000
and Rs
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b) Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana [Merchants]:
Prizes for Merchants for all digital
transactions conducted at Merchant
establishments
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50,000, Rs 5,000 and Rs
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It will remain open until March 31,
2017
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It provides for 50 per cent tax and
surcharge on declarations of unaccounted
cash deposited in banks
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It was launched by Union HRD
minister Prakash Javadekar in New Delhi
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The
tagline for the scheme is: “Sabke liye
bhojan, sabke liye sammaan (Food for all,
respect for all)”
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PM launched several schemes including
‘Urja Ganga’ gas pipeline project in
Varanasi
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E-Library ‘Sugamya Pustakalaya’ - The
Union Government has launched
Accessible E-Library ‘Sugamya
Pustakalaya’ for Divyang under Prime
Minister’s Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan
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-TheUnion
Government has constituted the District
Development Coordination and Monitoring
Committee
(DDCMC)
for
effective development and coordination of
Central Government’s programme
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‘Himayat’ programmelaunchedinJ &K –The
scheme was launched in Jammu &
Kashmir
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Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) was
launched by PM Narendra Modi on 1 May
2016 at Ballia, Uttar Pradesh
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Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) -The
Union Cabinet has approved proposal of
extending the deadline for implementing the
Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) by a
year to March 31, 2017
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Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana: It is a small
deposit scheme for the girl child
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The
account can be transferred anywhere in India
from one Post office/Bank to another
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The govt
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Documents required - 1
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Minimum & Maximum deposit: The minimum
deposit under the scheme is Rs
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The
maximum deposit is Rs
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Interest rate: The revised rate is 8
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Maturity period: The maturity period of the
scheme is 21 years from the date of account
opening, though deposits need to be made
only for the first 14 years
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Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
(PMKVY): The scheme aims to impart skill
training to youth with focus on first time
entrants to the labour market and class 10
and class 12 drop outs
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If the
account is opened before attaining the
age of 50 years, the life cover would
remain intact up to the age of 55 years, if
premium is paid regularly
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330per yeari
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lessthanRs
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Risk coverage - Rs
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The premium paid will be
tax-free under section 80C and also the
proceeds amount will get tax-exemption
u/s 10(10D)
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The scheme will be administered by the
Pension Fund Regulatory and
Development Authority (PFRDA) and
replace the previous government's
Swavalamban Yojana NPS Lite
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1000 per month, Rs
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3000 per month, Rs
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5000 per month,at the
ageof60years,depending on their
contributions
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A subscriber can contribute for minimum
period of 20 years or more and pension
payment will start at the age of 60 years
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1000 per
annum, whichever is lower, to each
eligible subscriber account, for a period of
5 years, i
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, from 2015-16 to 2019-20,
who join the NPS before 31st December,
2015 and who are not income taxpayers
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Key points of the scheme:
Age limit: Minimum 18 yrs and maximum
70 years
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Risk coverage: Rs
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and also new schemes
like Infrastructure for
Agro-processing
Clusters, Creation of Backward and Forward
Linkages, Creation / Expansion of Food
Processing & Preservation Capacities
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India’s largest public WiFi service has been
launched by the state government
– Maharashtra
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Digital Dakiya scheme has been launched by
the state government to encourage cashless
transactions
– Madhya Pradesh
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The state govt
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The state government has introduced third
gender category in school exams
– Bihar
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The 2017 UNESCO Natural Heritage festival
was held in the state
– Himachal Pradesh
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The first India state to have a public
registry of sex of-fenders
– Kerala
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The state government has launched “RAHAT”
project for treatment of heart disease in
remote and rural areas
– Rajasthan
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Andhra Pradesh Cabinet accepts naming of
Tirupati Airport as
– Sri Venkateswara Airport
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Three-day long 'Destination North East' 2017
inaugurated in
– Chandigarh
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The state govt
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India’s largest floating solar Photo-Voltaic (PV)
plant has been installed in the state
– Kerala
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The 2017 National TheatreFestival (NTF) has
started in the state
– Kerala
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President Pranab Mukherjee has inaugurated
India's largest river festival in Assam
– Namami Brahmputra
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28 km long
Note: This road tunnel will cut the distance
between the two state capitals Jammu and
Srinagar to around 250 km from the current 350
km and reduce the travel time by approximately two hours
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The state govt
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The state
government
has launched
'Deendayal Rasoi Yojana' to provide food at
subsidized rate
– Madhya Pradesh
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The state has selected for the ‘Krishi Karman
Award 2015-16’ for the commendable
increase in food grains production
– Himachal Pradesh
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has launched ‘Operation
Durga’ to ensure women safety in the state
- Haryana government
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Note: The Gorakhpur Airforce Station has
been renamed as ‘Mahayogi Goraknath
Airport’ and the Agra Airport will be ‘Pandit
Deen Dayal Upadhyay’
The union Government will set up a Central
university for Divyangs
– Uttar Pradesh
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The state govt
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The Haryana govt
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Who has become the first Indian state to
switch to the January-December financial
year from existing April-March cycle
– Madhya Pradesh
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has decided to open
‘canteens’ at subsidized rates to registered
construction workers under the ‘Antyodaya
Anna Yojana’ in the state
– Haryana govt
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In the Small States category, the state
secured first rank in the Public Affairs Index
(PAI)- 2017
– Himachal Pradesh
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The IIT Kharagpur has collaborated with the
state govt
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India’s first underwater rail tunnel boring has
completed under the river
– Hooghly River
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The state govt
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The Union Cabinet has approved setting up
of a new All India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) in
– Kamrup, Assam
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India’s first state to launch single-women
pension scheme
– Telangana
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Note: ‘Freight Village’ is a focused industrial
estate that attracts companies requiring
logistic services
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The Kerala government
Unveiled an empowerment programme for
the differently abled persons
– Anuyatra
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The state govt
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Note: Bihar was the first state to implement
the Right to Food Act on February 1, 2014
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Note: The state govt
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The state government has launched a digital
ride sharing app 'G-Ride'for techies
– Kerala
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has launched ‘Elevate 100’
scheme to identify and nurture innovative
start-ups
– Karnataka
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The state has been declared as ‘disturbed
area’ under AFSPA for next 6 more months
under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act
– Nagaland
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The World Hindi Day (WHD) is observed
every year on
- 10th January
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Note: The theme of this year’s Festival is
‘Youth for Digital India’
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The World Cancer day (WCD) is observed
every year on
- 4th February
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The Zero Discrimination Day (ZDD) is
observed every year on
- 1st March
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The World Wildlife Day (WWD) is observed
every year on
- 3rd March
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The International Women’s Day (IWD) is
observed every year on
- 8th March
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Note: The 2017 theme of IWD is “Women in
the Changing World of Work: Planet 50-50
by 2030” and its’ campaign theme is
“#BeBoldForChange”
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Note: The theme for World Tuberculosis Day
2017 is ‘Unite to End TB’
The 'World Health Day’ is a global health
awareness day celebrated every year on
- 7th April
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The 'World Heritage Day' is being observed
across the globe on
- 18th April
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The ‘National Panchayati Raj Diwas’ being
observed every year across India
- 24th April
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The 'World Intellectual Property Day' is
observed annually on
- 26th April
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International Labour Day observed is
observed annually on
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The ‘National Technology Day’ is being
celebrated every year on
– 11th May
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The ‘International Day of United Nations
Peacekeepers’ observed on
– 29th May
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Note: The theme for World Environment Day
2017 is "Connecting People to Nature" and
the host country is Canada

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The World Oceans Day is observed every
year on
– 8th June
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The World Refugee Day (WRD) is observed
every year on
– 20th June

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