Which country to host the 14th edition of United Nations International Day of Vesak 2017?

Ans. Sri Lanka (May 12-14, 2017 under the theme Buddhist Teachings for Social Justice and Sustainable
World Peace)

Secretary of the department of Higher Education (HE) will head the committee formed by the Union
Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) to review UGC recommendations

What is the Indias GDP growth forecast for FY 18, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)s
latest report World Economic Outlook (WEO) 7.2%

Allan Holdsworth, the renowned guitarist and composer England

The Civil Services Day (CSD) is organized every year on April 21

The National Safety Council (NSC) is a self-supporting non-profit autonomous society, set up by the Ministry
of Labour and Employment HQ Mumbai

Sessa Orchid Sanctuary Arunachal Pradesh

Indias rank in the 2017 A.T. Kearney Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index 8th

UN Chinese Language Day Apr 20

Giuseppina Nicolini has been honoured with the 2017 Felix Houphouet Boigny Peace Prize Italy

First-ever World Ocean Festival (WOF) USA

India has contributed $250,000 to UN election assistance programme

Kapil Dev will be honoured with the 75th Master Dinanath Mangeshkar award

Lifetime Achievement (LTA) award at the 80th Bengal Film Journalists Association (BFJA) awards-2017 -
Moushumi Chatterjee

2016 Sahitya Akademi Award for translation in English language - Sri Aniruddhan Vasudevan

AIR Aizawl - honoured with the 26th edition of Lelte Award - for promotion of Mizo language & literature

International Mother Earth Day (IMED) - April 22 - Environmental and Climate Literacy

first-ever India Indonesia Energy Forum (IIEF) Jakarta

UNESCO World Book Capital 2018 Athens

MoU with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for agricultural transformation Odisha

2016 Mens Player of the Year by the Golf Industry Association (GIA) - Shiv Chawrasia

Nora Chopra Journalism

Bollywood film has won the best film honour at the 2017 Hong Kong International Film Festival Newton

15th edition of International Musculoskeletal Congress (IMC)-2017 South Korea

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) Membership Sandhya Agarwal

Theme of the India Pavillian during the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) - Yoga and Wellness

New interim President of Badminton Association of India (BAI) - Himanta Biswa Sarma

Miami Open - Roger Federer

Monte Carlo Masters Tennis tournament - Rafael Nadal

Manpreet Kaur Shot put

World Malaria Day (WMD) - April 25 - End malaria for good

Prestigious P C Chandra Puraskaar award 2017 - Kailash Satyarthi - for his global crusade against child slavery
and exploitative

Israel - Hana Khatib as first female judge in its Muslim sharia court system

Man Kaur Sprint

World Intellectual Property Day (WIPD) - April 26 - Innovation Improving Lives

President of Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) - Mridul Bhadauria

Ghantasala national award, 2017 - Vani Jairam

World Lab Animal Day (WLAD) April 24th

15th edition of Indo-French naval exercise Varuna has started in Toulon port

Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar International Foundation Kerala State award for the year 2016-17 - Dileep K Nair

MoU with Bharat Broadband Network Ltd (BBNL) to implement BharatNet Tamil Nadu

International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day (ICDRD) April 26th

Sujal Kahar represent India at the FIFA Football for Friendship (F4F) global social programme

Man of the tournament in 2017 T-20 Deaf and Dumb Asia Cup - Yashwanth Naidu

Vinu Chakravarthy Tamil Film Industry

2017 World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) 136th

2017 World Immunization Week (WIW) has started from April 24, 2017 Vaccines Work

Azaad - short film will be screened by UNESCO as part of 2017 World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) in
Indonesia

2017 International Basava Convention (IBC) India

10th edition of Moscow sand art championship - Sudarsan Pattnaik

first Indian woman to drive Formula E racing car at a race track - Gul Panag

National Standards Conclave (NSC) New Delhi

2017 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship won - Lyu Haotian

The South Asia satellite GSAT-09 will be launched by ISRO from GSLV Mk-II launch vehicle

Ganga Swachhta Sankalp Divas/Ganga Cleanliness Pledge Day (GCPD) - May 2

Blind Football Academy (BFA) Kerala

first-ever digitised Panchayat ward Aymanam grama panchayat Kerala

National Anti-Child Labour Day April 30

2017 Mens Doubles Tallahassee Challenger title - Leander Paes and Scott Lipsky

Indias GDP forecast for 2017, as per latest UN report The Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
2017 7.1%

Goodwill Ambassador for UNHCR - Yusra Mardini Syria

2017 Mens Singles Barcelona Open Tennis Tournament - Rafael Nadal

19th edition of Womens Asian Individual Squash Championships (AISC)-2017 - Joshna Chinappa

INSA Young Scientist Award 2017 - Sanjay Pratihar, Vikram Vishal

2017 Avvaiyar Award - Padma Venkataraman

2017 World Snooker Championship - Mark Selby

2017 Mens singles ITTF Challenge Seamaster Chile Open tournament - Soumyajit Ghosh

Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi will defend Indias record on rights abuses, minority and religious rights at
the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva,
Switzerland

World Tuna Day (WTD) May 2nd

Hosting the 50th annual meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Board of Governors Japan,
Theme - Building Together the Prosperity of Asia

AIIB has approved $160 million for power project in Andhra Pradesh

Indias GDP growth forecast for FY 18, according to Asian Development Bank (ADB)s latest report Asian
Development Outlook 2017 7.4%

Indias real GDP growth forecast for FY 18, according to latest rating review by Fitch Ratings 7.7%

World Asthma Day (WAD) - he 2017 theme is Better air better breathing

Indian personality has been conferred with the Order of Diplomatic Service Merit Sungnye Medal of the
South Korea - Rajive Kaul (the Chairman of Nicco group and past president of CII)

Indias first private sector small arms manufacturing plant (Punj Lloy and Israel Weapon Systems (IWS)) has
set up in Madhya Pradesh

International Firefighters Day (IFFD) - May 4

Chairman of the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) - Braj Bihari Kumar
Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy Dehradun

Vansda National Park (VNP) Gujarat

Vikas Krishan Yadav Boxing

R B Barman committee has been constituted by the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) to lay
down technical standards for performance of core services

Captain Chand Roop Wrestling

Chhattisgarh government has recently signed an agreement with United Nations and IIIT for setting up
innovation lab in the state

The International No diet day (INDD) May 6th

Saqib Majeed has won the 2016 Wisden-MCC (Melbourne Cricket Council) Cricket Photograph of the Year

Adolph Kiefer USA Swimming

Indias first bio refinery plant Maharashtra

The 26th session of the Governing Council (GC) of UN-Habitat-2017 has started at the United Nations Offices
in Nairobi, Kenya

2017 multinational military exercise Eager Lion has started in Jordan

The 2017 joint military exercise Balikatan has started between United States and Philippines

2017 World Red Cross Red Crescent Day (WRCRCD) - May 8 - Less Known Red Cross Stories

Navegaon National Park Maharashtra

Kavinder Singh Bisht Boxing

Sachin Tendulkar has been conferred with the Fellowship Award at the 7th annual Asian Awards in United
Kingdom (UK)

Tholkappiyar Award for the year 2015-16 - for scholars in classical Tamil - R Kalaikkovan

Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary Jharkhand

Indias GDP growth forecast for FY 18, according to IMFs latest report Regional Economic Outlook (REO) for
Asia and Pacific 7.2%

2017 hunting festival Bishu Parv (or Sendra) - Jharkhand

Jharkhand government has signed pact with Oracle for cloud-based citizen services

Arvind Panagariya committee has been set up by the Union Government to provide credible data for
employment policies

Sakewa Festival - Sikkim

Konkona Sen Sharma - has won the best actress award at the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) 2017

2017 World Thalassaemia Day (WTD) May 8th - Together for Humanity
Arjun Tulshiram Pawar Politics

Mark Lowcock will be the new under-secretary General of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)

Sanjay Mitra - Defence Secretary of India

Harpreet Singh - won bronze in Greco Roman 80kg category at 2017 Asian Wrestling Championship

Taranjeet Singh - become the new Country Director for Twitter in India

29th IndiaIndonesia bilateral maritime exercise CORPAT-2017 has started under Andaman and Nicobar
Command

Hubert Minnis - Newly elected Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas

2017 National Technology Day (NTD) - May 11 - Technology for inclusive and sustainable growth

Mukul Mudgal - New chairman of FIFA Governance Committee

The United States has approved $75 million high-tech chemical protective clothing for the Indian armed
forces that will protect soldiers against biological and chemical warfare.

Anil Kumar - won bronze in Greco Roman 85g category at 2017 Asian Wrestling Championship

Karan Singh - Himachal Pradesh

V K Saraswat - New Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU)

2017 International Nurse Day (IND) - May 12 Theme - Nursing: A voice to lead Achieving the sustainable
development goals

Finland hosts the 2017 Arctic Energy Summit (AES)

Aruna Sundararajan - New Secretary of Department of Telecommunications (DoT)

Austin has topped the list of 22 tech cities across the world, as per the 2017 Savills Tech Cities Index

Divya Kakran - clinched silver in womens 69kg category at the 2017 Asian Wrestling Championship

Telangana hosts the first-ever Videsh Sampark outreach programme

2017 World Fair Trade Day (WFTD) - May 13, 2017 - Human chains for fair trade and the planet

2017 mens singles Mutua Madrid Open tennis tournament - Rafael Nadal

Sumit Kumar - has won silver in mens Freestyle 125 kg category at the 2017 Asian Wrestling Championship

Pawan Chamling - first-ever Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Lifetime Achievement Honour in Public Service

2017 International Day of Families - May 15 - Families, education and well-being

2017 World Banks Power accessibility list- India - 26th

S Ramassamy - former Chief Minister of Puducherry

2017 Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix - Lewis Hamilton

Bajrang Punia - first Indian to win gold at the 2017 Asian Wrestling Championship

Ovais Sarmad - new UNFCCC Deputy Executive Secretary

Indias GDP forecast for FY 18, as per latest Economic Outlook Survey of Federation of Indian Chambers of
Commerce and Industry (FICCI) 7.4%

Nandankanan Zoological Park (NZP) Odisha

Rifath Sharook has designed the worlds lightest satellite KalamSat

Javier Valdez - renowned journalist Mexico

HQ of OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) - Saudi Arabia

Arjun Maini has become the first Indian driver to win the race in the GP3 Series

Indias first smart grid project has successfully created by Indian Institute of Engineering Science and
Technology (IIEST)

Anshu Jamsenpa (Arunachal Pradesh) - First Indian woman to scale Mount Everest for the fourth time

Vishakhapatnam - has been adjudged as the cleanest railway station in category A1, as per recently released
report by the Ministry of Railways

Indias GDP growth forecast for 2017, as per recently revised UN World Economic Situation and Prospects
(WESP) as of mid-2017 report 7.3%

Muhammed Anas Yahiya Running (400m race)

Sanjay Gubbi - wildlife activist has won the 2017 Whitley Awards

Anil Madhav Dave, who passed away recently, was the union minister of Environment, Forest and Climate
Change

Scientist Shrinivas Kulkarni - won the 2017 Dan David prize in the Future category

Pranay Varada - won the 2017 National Geographic Bee contest

2017 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day (WTISD) - May 17 - Big data for big impact

Gandhinagar hosts 2017 annual convention of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group

China has topped the 2017 Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI) released by Ernst and
Young (EY)

Sundaram Ravi Cricket

Tata Group is the most valuable brand in India, according to recently released 2017 Brand Finance India 100
report

Indias first Aquatic Rainbow Technology Park (ARTP) Chennai

2017 International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia (IDAHOT) - May 17 Families

Chris Cornel, the renowned singer USA

International Museum Day (IMD) May 18th - Museums and contested histories: Saying the unspeakable in
museums

Prashant Ranganathan - has won the 2017 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) award in the
environmental engineering category

Indias rank in the 2017 Healthcare Access and Quality Index (HAQI), according to latest Lancet report Global
Burden of Disease (GBD) 154th

R R Laxman Chess

Stanley Greene - an award-winning photojournalist - United States

Bhindawas Bird Sanctuary (BBS) Haryana

Madhav Chitale committee has recently recommended several measures for de-siltation of River Ganga

The Annual Joint Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Exercise Karavali Karunya has started
by Indian Navy in Karnataka

PN Pradhan - New Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (Operations)

Indian peacekeepers Brijesh Thapa and Ravi Kumar to be honored posthumously with UN Dag Hammarskjold
Medal for their courage and sacrifice

International Day for Biodiversity (IDB) May 22nd - Biodiversity and Sustainable Tourism

R Vaishali - Indian squah player has won gold at 2017 Asian Continental Women Blitz Chess Championship

Harinder Pal Sandhu - Indian squash player has won the 2017 Mens Makati Open Squash tournament

Alexander Zverev (Germany) - won the 2017 Mens singles Rome Masters tennis tournament.

2017 World Metrology Day (WMD) - May 20 - Measurements for transport

Bengaluru FC - won the 38th edition of Indian Federation Cup Football tournament-2017

Harsh Malhotra committee - high-level committee has recently submitted its report on Scouts and Guides to
the Union Government

Jacqueline Fernandez - 2017 International Humanitarian Award at the Asian Voice Charity Awards

The 2017 Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet (GRAM) has started at Kota, Rajasthan

South Korea to host 2018 annual convention of African Development Bank (AfDB) Group

Rohan Chakravarty - Indian cartoonist has won 2017 World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International
Presidents Award

Sweden - won the 2017 Ice Hockey World Championship

World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development - May 21 - Local Culture as a Driver for
Economic Growth

Mattuhunny Mathews, popularly known as Toyota Sunny India

Ghughua Fossil National Park Madhya Pradesh

Gayarul Hasan - New chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities (NCM)

World Turtle Day (WTD) - May 23

Author of the book Confessions of a dying mind: the blind faith of atheism - Haulianlal Guite

First-ever Ozone2Climate technology roadshow in Agra

Ravichandran Ashwin - 2017 CEAT International Cricketer of the Year award

Sonai Rupai Wildlife Sanctuary Assam

Taiwan has become the first Asian country to recognize same sex marriage

The boring of Indias first underwater rail tunnel under the Hooghly River for establishing metro link between
Howrah and Kolkata

The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Narendra Modi has approved the allocation of 2.5% of Central Road Fund
(CRF) for development and maintenance of National Waterways (NWs)

Belgium hosting the 2017 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Rakesh Kapoor - New chairman of International Fertiliser Association (IFA)

Maharashtra to host 2017 Asian Junior Tennis Championship

Uttar Pradesh has launched Japanese Encephalitis (JE) vaccination drive for age group 1 to 15

Rajan Anandan - New chairman of Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)

Anurag Tripathy - New secretary of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)

Mathikettan Shola National Park Kerala

Yelagiri summer festival Tamilnadu

The Pune city police have won the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FICCI) Smart
Police Award for the year 2017 for their initiatives like BuddyCop, Damini squad, Lost & Found portal,
Beat Marshal Monitoring Sapience App, etc., were launched by Pune city police to tackle women security
issues

The Kerala Tourism has won the Best Destination for Romance for Munnar hill station by the magazine
Lonely Planet at its 6th edition of India Travel Award 2017

Mann Ki Baat: a social revolution on radio has been authored by Rajesh Jain

Royal Manas National Park Bhutan

The Indo-Thailand Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) Siam Bharat 17 table top exercise
has held at Chiang Mai, Thailand

2017 World Table Tennis Championships (WTTC) Germany

Gregg Allaman, the renowned musician USA

South Korea won the 2017 Badminton Sudirman Cup

C A Bhavani Devi from India won the gold medal (also a 1st Indian to win gold) in the sabre event of the
Tournoi Satellite Fencing Championship held at Reykjavik in Iceland

Ananya Kamboj, an 8th standard student from Chandigarh, has been selected to represent India as a young
journalist at the Football for Friendship (F4F) social programme in St. Petersburg, Russia

Padmalaya Nanda from Odisha will represent India at the 2017 Little Miss Universe beauty pageant
competition @ USA

The construction of the worlds largest optical telescope has started in northern Chile

Satyabrata Rout bestowed with the 2016 Sangeet Natak Akademi Puraskar

Indias GDP growth forecast for FY 18, as per World Bank (WB)s latest report India Development Report 7.2%

First-ever women television channel Zan TV Afghanistan

Sebastian Vettel won 2017 Formula 1 Monaco Grand Prix World Championship

Love Raj Singh (from Uttarakhand) has become the first Indian to scale Mt. Everest 6 times

The Manipur government has recently declared Dailong village as biodiversity heritage site of the state

Prasar Bharati has signed MoU with Morocco to step up cooperation in the broadcasting sector

2017 International Day of UN Peacekeepers May 29th - Investing in peace around the world

Indias rank in women workforce, as per recently released India Development Report of World Bank (WB)
120th

2017 World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) May 31st - Tobacco a threat to development

The Punjab National Bank (PNB) has got $100 million Asian Development Bank (ADB) loan to finance solar
rooftop projects in India.

IIT Kharagpur have developed a soil-to-soil technology to manufacture cheaper, quicker and pollution-free
bio-fuel

Amul has signed MoU with ISRO for fodder acreage estimation using space technology

George Kurian - New vice-chairperson of National Commission for Minorities (NCM)

Konstantinos Mitsotakis, who passed away recently, was the former Prime Minister of Greece

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India has recently signed a loan agreement of $36 million with the World Bank (WB) for Himachal Pradesh
Public Financial Management Capacity Building Programme.

South Africa to host 2017 board of governors meeting of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Ram Shankar Katheria - New chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)

Nirupama Rao has been appointed public policy fellow to Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars

World Milk Day (WMD) June 1st , National Milk Day Nov26
The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) of India has won prestigious International Award
of Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN) titled APQN Quality Award 2017

Indias rank in the 2017 Global Peace Index, as per global think tank Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP)
137th

Punjab to collaborate with UNDOC to intensify anti-drug driveParvathama RajKumar, who passed away
recently Film Industry

S. Abdul Rahman, who passed away recently, was the famous poet of Tamil

Miroslav Lajcak (Slovakia) will be the new President of United Nations General Assembly

Leo Varadkar New Prime Minister of Ireland

Indias rank in the 2017 global Multi-dimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 37th

Uday Kotak committee - formed by the SEBI on corporate governance

Nepali-Hindi film Ralang Road will represent India at the 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival at
Karlovy Vary in Czech Republic

Nitin Kumar Sinha has won the boys singles title at the 2017 HCL Asian Junior Tennis Championship

Ganeshan Neelakanta Iyer has become the first Indian to be nominated as a member of the ITTF Umpires and
Referees Committee (URC)

IIT Kharagpur has developed a wireless technology AmbuSens for remote monitoring of patients condition
ferried in ambulances

Gumti Wildlife Sanctuary Tripura

2017 World Environment Day (WED) June 5th Theme - Connecting People to Nature

2017 mens singles title at the Thailand Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament - B Sai Praneeth

Ranjit Kumar New Solicitor General of India

Indias GDP growth rate in 2018, as per latest World Banks Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report 7.8

India topped the 2017 A T Kearney Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) report titled The Age of Focus

International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression - June 4

Abohar Wildlife Sanctuary Punjab

Indias first-ever Rural LED Street Lighting Project will be set up in Andhra Pradesh

India has signed a $39.2 million loan agreement with the World Bank (WB) for the citizen-centric service
delivery project in Assam

IIT Delhi is hosting the 5th International Convention of Spic Macay

Sharad Jain New Director General (DG) of National Water Development Agency (NWDA)

Indias rank in the 2017 IMD World Competitiveness Index 45th

Sudha Singh from Uttar Pradesh has won a gold medal in the womens 3000m steeplechase at the 21st
Federation Cup National Senior Athletics Championship in Patiala, Punjab

TATA Projects has recently launched Green Thumb initiative to promote green cover in India

Indias rank in the 2017 IMD World Digital Competitiveness Index 51st

India has signed an agreement with Sri Lanka to provide fresh assistance of $318 million credit line to develop
the island nations railway sector.

Hoshiar Singh - New chief of Copyrights office

Mukurthi National Park (MNP) - Tamil Nadu

World Oceans Day (WOD) - June 8 - Our Oceans, Our Future

Anshi National Park (ANP) Karnataka

K G Karmakar and Gauri Shankar - New Independent Directors of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB)

Adnan Khashoggi, the world famous arms dealer passed away. He hailed from Saudi Arabia

Nepal has tied up with China to build 1200MW Budhi-Gandaki Hydropower Project

Rohan Bopanna and Gabriela Dabrowski - won the 2017 French Open mixed doubles tournament

Basudev Chatterji, who passed away recently, was associated with History

India and UNOSSC have launched partnership fund to promote sustainable development

Chinas state-run news agency Xinhua will set up a $1 million fund to institutionalize media cooperation
among the BRICS countries including awards for journalists

Mehrunnisa Dalwai, the renowned Muslim rights activist passed away. She hailed from Maharashtra

The Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary (MWS) West Bengal

Muttiah Muralidaran becomes the first Sri Lankan cricketer to be inducted into ICC Hall of Frame

Jeje Lalpekhlua and Sasmita Malik were awarded 2016 AIFF Player of the Year and the AIFF Womens Player
of the Year

Pranab Mukherjee has launched Selfie with Daughter app to raise awareness among people about female
foeticide and sex selection

Van Vihar National Park Madhya Pradesh

Veteran Bengali actor Soumitra Chatterjee has been selected for Frances highest civilian award Legion of
Honour for his outstanding contribution to cinema and theatre. With this, Chatterjee has become the first
Bengali actor to be chosen for the award.

The Union Government has launched a video conferencing aided legal service Tele Law for the people living
in rural areas.

he Canara Bank has tied up with the New India Assurance Company to sell policies through its branches.

Dr C Narayana Reddy Poetry

Nguyen Duc Hoa from Vietnam has won the 2017 Mumbai Mayors Cup International Open Chess Tournament

Haraprasad Das - 2017 Kalinga Literary Award

World Day Against Child Labour June 12th - In conflicts and disasters, protect children from child labour

Nawabganj Bird Sanctuary Uttar Pradesh (renamed as Shahid Chandra Shekhar Azad Bird Sanctuary)

International Albinism Awareness Day (IAAD) June 13th - Indian shooters Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu have clinched
the gold medal in mixed team 10m air pistol event by defeating Russian pair in the final at the International
Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Rife/Pistol stage held at Gabala, Azerbaijan

Lewis Hamilton has won the 2017 Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix tournament

The Punjab government will start free mortuary van service for its citizens in the state.

The water conservation model Project Jal Sanchay has been selected for the national award for excellence in
the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (MGNREGP)

Jelena Ostapenko - 2017 French Open Womens Singles Tennis Tournament

India has signed a pact with Mauritius to institutionalize cooperation between Parliaments of the two countries.

Indira Gandhi A life in nature authored by Jairam Ramesh

The Nalanda University has signed MoU with South Koreas Academy of Korean Studies for academic linkages and
collaborations in Patna, Bihar.

Rina Mitra committee has been constituted to study free movement along Myanmar border

2017 World Blood Donor Day (WBDD) June 14th - Give Blood. Give Now. Give Often

E Sreedharan(DMRC Principal Adviser) bestowed with the 2017 Nanniyode Rajan Memorial Award

India-Australia naval exercise AUSINDEX 17 has started in Fremantle, Australia

Cirrus Aircraft, the US-based aviation company, has launched the worlds smallest and cheapest private jet Vision
Jet at Rs.12.6 Crore

Valmiki National Park (VNP) Bihar

Dr. Neeru Chadha has become the first Indian woman to be elected as the judge of the International Tribunal for
the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)

16th North East Region Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (NERCPA) conference has started in Imphal

Sikkim government has signed MoU with British Council for quality education

India first canal top solar PV system has set up in Maharashtra

Ramesh Pokhriyal - Author of the book Yug Purush, Bharat Ratna, Atal Ji

Geneva hosts the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) Forum-2017

New York - headquarters of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)

ASEAN Dengue Day (ADD) June 15 - United fight against dengue

Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi, the renowned litterateur from Arunachal Pradesh, will be conferred with the 5th edition
of Bhupen Hazarika National Award-2017

David Grossman has become the first Israeli author to win the 2017 Man Booker International prize for his novel
A Horse Walks Into a Bar.

IIT Kanpur will confer honorary doctorate degree to PT Usha

2017 World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD) June 15th - Understand and End Financial Abuse of Older
People: A Human Rights Issue

Indias rank in the 2017 Global Innovation Index (GII) 60th

Sachin Tendulkars mother-in-law and social activist, Annabel Mehta has been conferred with the MBE (Member
of the Order of the British Empire) in recognition of her 40 years of service to underprivileged communities in
Mumbai and the NGO Apnalaya.

John Avildsen, the renowned film director USA

International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict - June 19 - Preventing Sexual Violence Crimes
through Justice and Deterrence

State Bank of India (SBI) has tied-up with Tirumala Milk Products to provide loans to dairy farmers

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has recently approved the membership of Argentina, Madagascar
and Tonga

Sahapedia in partnership with UNESCO has launched fellowship programme to promote Indias cultural heritage

Jigme Dorji National Park Bhutan

John Bew has been bestowed with the 2017 Orwell Prize (given for political writing) for his extraordinary
biography Citizen Clem

Baldwin Lonsdale, who passed away recently, was the President of Vanuatu

The iconic Taj Mahal Palace hotel of Mumbai has acquired an `image trademark under the Trademark Act of
1999

2017 World Refugee Day (WRD) - June 20

Dr. Harsh Vardhan has launched a mobile app Celebrating Yoga in New Delhi to connect people through Yoga
for scientific healthy living.

Dalveer Bhandari has been re-nominated by India for another term as judge at the International Court of Justice
(ICJ)

The United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) has appointed Syrian refugee Muzoon Almellehan as its newest and
youngest Goodwill Ambassador

P K Kaw, an Internationally recognized plasma physicist passed away. He hailed from India

2017 International Yoga Day (IYD) June 21 - Yoga for Health

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a loan agreement of $275 million with Government of India (GOI)
for improving urban services in 64 small towns in Madhya Pradesh.

India has recently signed a historical agreement with Portugal to promote cooperation in the field of archives

Indias first indigenously built Floating Dock (FDN-2) for the Indian Navy has launched at the L&T Shipbuilding
Yard at Kattupalli near Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Y S Chowdary is leading the Indian delegation at the 2017 BIO International Convention

Shrihari Chandraghatgi, an Indian agri microbiologist has been conferred with the 2017 Ministry of Environment
Award in Japan

Rajiv Gauba - New Union Home Secretary of India

Lahugala Kitulana National Park Sri Lanka

The renowned Ayurveda physician Vaidya Rajesh Kotecha has been appointed as new special secretary in
Ministry of Ayush

Luanda, the capital of Angola, has topped the list of most expensive cities for expatriates, according to Mercers
23rd annual Cost of Living Survey.

Narendra Kumar Sinha - New secretary of Information and Broadcasting (I&B) Ministry

The worlds first-ever data embassy will be established by the Estonian government in Luxembourg in 2018

Vladimir Voronkov - Head of the newly created United Nations Counter-Terrorism Office (UNCTO)

Subhash C Garg - New economic affairs secretary in the Union Finance Ministry

Carla Fendi, the fashion legend passed away. She hails from Italy

Bhawal National Park Bangladesh

The book titled Hope in a challenged democracy; An Indian narrative has authored by Dr. Ashwini Kumar

2017 World Hydrography Day (WHD) June 21 - Mapping our seas, oceans and waterways more important
than ever

Indore has become the Indias first city to use robot to control unruly traffic

Axis Bank has launched Indias first open loop EMV contactless metro card KMRL

Nisha Dutt, the CEO of Intellecap, has been honoured with the Social Entrepreneur of the Year award at The 7th
Asian Awards

Facebook Inc has launched an Online Civil Courage Initiative (OCCI) in the United Kingdom (UK) to remove
extremist and terrorism content from its social media platform.

2017 United Nations Public Service Day June 23rd

Indian anti-hunger activist Ankit Kawatra has honoured with the 2017 Queens Young Leaders award for his
exceptional work in transforming the lives of others.

Kishtwar National Park (KNP) J&K

The Maharashtra government will launch a mobile app My Plant on July 1, 2017, which would help in recording
data about tree plantations in the state as part of planting targeted 4 crore saplings through public participation

Imran Khawaja - New Deputy Chairman of the International Cricket Council (ICC) board

2017 International Widows Day (IWD) June 23rd - Empowering women for greater achievements

Maharashtra - hosted the 2017 International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) World Cup

Pradeep Kumar appointed the head of the reconstituted Oversight Committee (OC) of RBI for faster bad loan
resolution

The World Bank (WB) has approved a loan assistance of $44 million for the Assam State Public Finance
Institutional Reforms (ASPIRe) Project.

Manu S Pillai has won the 2017 Sahitya Academy Yuva Puraskar in English Language for his book titled The Ivory
Throne Chronicles of the House of Travancore, the biography of the last queen of Travancore.

Bhumika Sharma from Uttarakhand has won the 2017 Miss World title in BodyBuilding Championship in Venice,
Italy.

Desh Bandhu Gupta, who passed away recently, was the founder and chairman of Lupin

International Day of Seafarer June 25 - Seafarers Matter

Indian film Sultan has won the best action movie award at the Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF).

2017 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking - June 26 - Listen First

Kidambi Srikanth - won the Australian Open Super Series Badminton trophy

Palbinder Kaur Shergill has become the first turbaned Sikh woman to be appointed as Canadas Supreme Court
judge

Yashaswini Singh Deswal, Indian shooter has bagged gold in the Womens 10m Air Pistol at the ISSF Junior World
Rifle/Pistol Championship

Mihai Tudose - New Prime Minister of Romania

Dr. Srinivas Gokulnath from Maharashtra has created history by becoming the first Indian to complete the 4,900-
km Race Across America (RAAM) in solo 18-59 age category, which is considered to be the toughest cycle race in
the world.

The World Bank has cleared a $250-million loan to aid the Skill India mission.

NN Vohra - New President of the India International Centre (IIC)

The book titled The Emergency Indian Democracys Darkest Hour has been authored by Surya Prakash

Ankush Dahiya won gold in the 60kg category at the 2017 Ulaanbaatar Cup boxing tournament

The 3rd edition of Whatashort Independent International Film Festival (WIIFF) will be held at the Instituto
Cervantes in New Delhi

Roger Federer won the 2017 Gerry Weber Open tennis tournament
Recently, the World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has changed its name to World Taekwondo (WT), HQ South
Korea