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February to 18 February 2017
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The weeks recap covers important current aIairs happenings that occurred between 12 February
to 18 February 2017 like guest country at Khajuraho Dance Festival 2017, 21st district of West
Bengal and Indias rst sport theme literary festival SporTale among others. Recommended inTest & Quizzes

The guest country at Khajuraho Dance Festival 2017 will be Bangladesh THE LATEST MOST POPULAR

The winner of the third leg of the Hero Womens Professional Golf Tour at the Royal Calcutta Golf
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Former RAW chief will join the National Security Council Secretariat as an O cer on Special Duty. Current AIairs Quiz: 2 May 2017
His name is - Rajinder Khanna
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The Indian singer who recently collaborated with singer Ricky Martin for a English-Hindi mix song April 2017
titled "Vente Pa Ca" is - Akasa Singh
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The sub-division of Darjeeling that recently became the 21st district of West Bengal is
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Indias rank in the 2017 Economic Freedom Index (EFI) is - 143rd April to 29 April 2017

The country that recently rejected North Korean demand to hand over body of Kim Jong-Nam,
the assassinated half-brother of North Korea's leader, is Malaysia
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The city that will host Indias rst sport theme literary festival SporTale is Pune
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The author of the book titled Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl is - Ram Kamal Mukherjee

The city that is hosting the 2017 Indian Panorama Film Festival is - Port Blair

T V Parasuram, who passed away recently, was related to the eld of - Journalism

The theme of the Hunar Haat-2017 is - Craft Aur Cuisine Ka Sangam

The Judges appointed to the Supreme Court by President Pranab Mukherjee recently are -
Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Dipak Gupta, Mohan M. Shantanagoudar, S. Abdul Nazeer and Navin
Sinha, chief justices of the high courts of Madras, Chhattisgarh, Kerala, Karnataka and
Rajasthan, respectively

43rd edition of IHGF Delhi Fair Spring 2017 was inaugurated at India Expo Centre and Mart
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He was selected for the 2016 Vyas Samman - Surendra Verma

Surendra Verma was selected for the 2016 Vyas Samman for his novel - Kaatna Shami Ka
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Surendra Verma was selected for the 2016 Vyas Samman for his novel - Kaatna Shami Ka
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The three search engines who were directed by the Supreme Court to set-up in-house expert
body to delete materials that goes against Indian laws that prohibits pre-natal sex determination
are - Google, Yahoo and Microsoft (Bing)
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He was appointed as the High Commissioner of lndia to Canada Vikas Swarup
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The public health facility that received Rs 5 crore prize money as part of the Kayakalp Award
Scheme for 2016-17 is - All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi Civil Services

It is with this Indian automobile company Microsoft entered into a strategic partnership recently
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As per a report published by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, it is in this
State child marriage is widely prevalent Andhra Pradesh
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It is in partnership with this Indian company Dassault Aviation has oated a joint venture
recently - Reliance Aerostructure Limited

The authorities of this state are planning to introduce water conservation lessons in its school Register to get FREE updates
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The latest data by the US National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) revealed that: The Name
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The Marriages (Compulsory Registration and Prevention of wasteful expenditure) Bill, 2016 was
introduced by - Ranjeet Ranjan
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This nation plans to build the rst city on Mars by 2117 - United Arab Emirates
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This minister was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on 16 February 2017 - Edappadi
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The Union Cabinet gave approval to amend the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008 to extend its
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The Cabinet Committee on Economic AIairs (CCEA) gave its approval to award contracts in 31
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The Union Cabinet approved the signing of a bilateral Air Services Agreement with this country
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The former Supreme Court Judge who took charge of the Delhi and Districts Cricket Association
(DDCA) is - Justice Vikramajit Sen
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The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation launched Employees Enrolment Campaign 2017.
The campaign is operational between - 1 January 2017 and 31 March 2017

The Union Cabinet approved the merger of the State Bank of India with ve of its associate 6 Natural Ways to Purify the Air at Home
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Bheege Chunariya, a Holi-themed festival, will soon be launched in - Dubai

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This countrys minority government survived a no con dence vote in the Parliament over its
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Thanal, a city-based group in Kerala has launched a helpline to provide technical support to
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Rail Corporation on 15 February 2017 in its head o ce in New Delhi - The worlds rst transit
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The Australian Cricketer who announced his retirement from international cricket in February
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The portal and mobile application that was launched by Piyush Goyal to ensure transparent
award of Clearances for Mining Operations is - TAMRA
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award of Clearances for Mining Operations is - TAMRA

He became the rst Indian to be promoted by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) as
the Technical Delegate (TD) - Norman Isaac

The new Under-Secretary-General for the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations is - Jean-
Pierre Lacroix

Rekha is going to confer the fourth Yash Chopra Memorial Award to Shah Rukh Khan

This country has built the worlds largest amphibian aircraft China

This sportsperson won the Laureus 'Sportsman of the Year' award - Usain Bolt

This sportsperson won the Laureus 'Sportswoman of the Year' award - Simone Biles

This state government is the latest to impose restrictions on liquor consumption - Haryana

The Supreme Court of India convicted VK Sasikala in a 19-year old disproportionate assets case.
She is the ad-hoc general secretary of - AIADMK

The Consumer Price Index for January 2017 was pegged at - 3.17%

The 1st ever ITTF World Tour event begins in - New Delhi

This State Government issued a noti cation amending the Contract Labour (Regulation and
Abolition) Act 1970 - Maharashtra

Jiro Taniguchi, who passed away recently, was the legendary comic manga artist of - Japan

For January 2017, the Wholesale Price Index was pegged at 5.25 per cent

It is with this entity set up by Mahatma Gandhi in 1925, the Publication Division signed a MoU
for joint publication of books - Sasta Sahitya Mandal

As per a report released jointly by the Institute of Health EIects Institute and the Institute of
Health Metrics, this many number of people die in India
prematurely each year due to air pollution 4.1 million

The annual Cobra Gold 2017 multinational military exercise has begun in - Thailand

The Union Labour and Employment Minister Bandaru Dattatreya launched these two services
for the EPFO pensioners through Post O ces in Hyderabad - National Career Service (NCS) and
JeevanPraman facility

This Indian-origin actor received best supporting actor award at the 70th British Academy Film
Awards Dev Patel

This movie won the best lm and best director award at the 70th British Academy Film Awards,
BAFTA - La La Land

This Grammy-winning jazz and pop artist passed away on 12 February 2017 - Al Jarreau

The Indian Space Research Organisation is planning its maiden mission to explore Venus

This queen of pop picked up all the top general awards at the 59th annual Grammy Awards
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This legendary star who swept up key awards was the late singer - David Bowie

The National Human Rights Commission is organising a two-day seminar in Delhi to discuss this
prevalent issue Bonded labour

This young Indian racer created history by winning his rst-ever major race- the New Zealand
Grand Prix
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Person elected as the President of Germany recently - Frank-Walter Steinmeier

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This city is hosting the 11th International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition - Aero India 2017 -
Bengaluru

He was adjudged as the man-of-the-match of the one-match test series between India and
Bangladesh Virat Kohli

Reliance Defence and Engineering Ltd (RDEL) and the US Navy signed a Master Ship Repair
Agreement (MSRA) for undertaking service, maintenance and repair of the Seventh Fleet of the US
Navy that is operational in - the Indian Ocean

Engineering conglomerate that on 13 February 2017 entered into a joint venture (JV) with
European defence major MBDA to develop and produce new-generation tactical missiles is -
Larsen and Turbo (L&T)

This Indian city is hosting the rst ever ITTF World Tour event New Delhi

Theme of the Indias National Productivity Week (NPW) 2017 - From waste to pro ts-through
reduce, recycle and reuse

Person appointed as the Chief of Securities and Exchange Board of India - Ajay Tyagi

The worlds rst Braille Atlas for visually impaired persons was launched in - India

National Deworming Day is celebrated in India on - 10 February

Theme of Pakistans multinational naval exercise AMAN 2017 - Together for peace

India won the ICC T20 Blind World Cup by defeating - Pakistan by 9-wickets

India successfully test- red indigenously developed interceptor missile from - Abdul Kalam
Island (Wheeler Island), Odisha

The century-old annual Christian religious congregation Maramon Convention began on 13

February 2017 on - Pampa riverbed in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala

Indias rank in the 2017 International Intellectual Property Index is 43

He became the rst Indian cricketer to sign for a foreign T20 league - Yusuf Pathan

This has become the rst Indian airport to enter the list of top 15 airports in the World - Indira
Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi

It is with this country India signed a bilateral MoU to ease restrictions on the number of
scheduled ights between the two countries The UK

This former foreign minister was been appointed as the President-elect of Germany by a special
parliamentary assembly - Frank-Walter Steinmeier

This UN designated International day is celebrated on 13 February - World Radio Day

This Indian survey vessel has gone completely green by installing a solar power system on board
- INS Sarvekshak

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