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Static GK Tornado for Bank Exams

Dear readers, This static GK Tornado is a complete docket of important news and events. The static GK Tornado is important and relevant for all competitive exams like – SBI (PO), BOB, Dena Bank, and UPSC Exams.

List of Important National Parks & Wildlife Sanctuaries of India

India's first national park was established in 1936 as Hailey National Park, now known as Jim Corbett National Park,

Uttarakhand.

Assam

Kaziranga National Park Amchang WLS

Dibru-Saikhowa National Park Chakrashila WLS Manas National Park Dihing Patkai WLS Nameri National Park East Karbi Anglong WLS Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park North Karbi Anglong WLS Nambor WLS Kaziranga National Park Manas National Park Dibru-Saikhowa National Park Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park Nameri National Park

Bihar

Valmiki National Park Pant (Rajgir) WLS

Gautam Budha WLS Valmiki WLS Kaimur WLS

Chhatisgarh

Indravati National Park Bhairamgarh WLS Kanger Valley National Park Bhoramdev WLS Guru Ghasi Das (Sanjay) Udanti Wild Buffalo WLS Badalkhol WLS

Goa

Bhagwan Mahavir (Mollem) National Park Netravali WLS Bondla WLS Bhagwan Mahavir (Mollem) WLS Madei WLS

Gujarat

Gir National Park & Sasan Gir Sanctuary Kutch Desert WLS Blackbuck National Park, Velavadar Mitiyala WLS Marine National Park, Gulf of Kutch Porbandar Lake WLS Bansda National Park Rampara Vidi WLS

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Jambugodha WLS Ratanmahal WLS Jessore WLS Thol Lake WLS Wild Ass WLS

Haryana

Kalesar National Park N Khaparwas WLS Sultanpur National Park Kalesar WLS Bhindawas WLS

Himachal Pradesh

Pin Valley National Park Daranghati WLS Great Himalayan National Park Dhauladhar WLS Inderkilla National Park Nargu WLS Khirganga National Park Pong Dam Lake WLS Simbalbara National Park Shilli WLS Bandli WLS Talra WLS Daranghati WLS

Jammu & Kashmir

Dachigam National Park Gulmarg WLS Hemis National Park Limber WLS Kishtwar National Park Nandini WLS Salim Ali National Park Dachigam National Park

Jharkhand

Betla National Park Palkot WLS Lawalong WLS Parasnath WLS

Karnataka

Dandeli National Park Bhadra WLS Nagarhole National Park Bhimgad WLS Bandipur National Park Brahmagiri WLS Bannerghatta National Park Cauvery WLS Kudremukh National Park Nugu WLS Anshi national park Pushpagiri WLS Arabithittu WLS Ranganathittu Bird WLS Attiveri WLS Sharavathi Valley WLS Someshwara WLS

Kerala

Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary Pampadum Shola National Park Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary Aralam WLS Eravikulam National Park Chimmony WLS Mathikettan Shola National Park Idukki WLS Silent Valley National Park Malabar WLS

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Anamudi Shola National Park Mangalavanam Bird WLS Periyar Wildlife Sanctuary Neyyar WLS Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary Periyar WLS

Madhya Pradesh

Bandhavgarh National Park Bori WLS Pench National Park Gandhi Sagar WLS Kanha National Park Ghatigaon WLS Panna National Park Ken Gharial WLS Madhav National Park Narsighgarh WLS Mandla Plant Fossils National Park National Chambal WLS Pench National Park Orcha WLS Sanjay National Park Kuno WLS Satpura National Park Sardarpur WLS Van Vihar national park Son Gharial WLS

Maharastra

Sanjay Gandhi National Park Tipeshwar WLS Chandoli National Park Jaikwadi WLS Navegaon National Park Koyana WLS Tadoba National Park Nagzira WLS Gugamal national park Painganga WLS Aner Dam WLS Radhanagari WLS Bhamragarh WLS Sagareshwar WLS Bhimashankar WLS Tungareshwar WLS Great Indian Bustard WLS

Manipur

Keibul Lamjao National Park Yangoupokpi-Lokchao WLS Meghalaya

Balphakram National Park Mizoram

Murlen National Park Pualreng WLS Phawngpui Blue National Park Tokalo WLS Mountain National Park Nokrek National Park Dampa WLS (TR) Baghmara Pitcher Plant WLS Ngengpui WLS Nongkhyllem WLS

Nagaland

Intanki National Park Puliebadze WLS Fakim WLS Rangapahar WLS

Odisha Similipal National Park Chilika (Nalaban) WLS Bhitarkanika National Park Hadgarh WLS Badrama WLS Khalasuni WLS Baisipalli WLS Satkosia Gorge WLS

Punjab

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Abohar WLS Jhajjar Bacholi WLS Harike Lake WLS

Rajasthan

Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary/ Bharatpur National Park

Jawahar Sagar WLS

Sariska National Park Kailadevi WLS Ranthambore National Park Mount Abu WLS Darrah National Park Ramsagar WLS Desert National Park Sawai Man Singh WLS Bundh Baratha WLS Shergarh WLS Darrah WLS Sitamata WLS

Sikkim

Khangchendzonga National Park Maenam WLS Fambong Lho WLS Pangolakha WLS Kitam WLS (Bird)

Tamil Nadu

Mudumalai National Park Karaivetti WLS Mukurthi National Park Karikili WLS Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) National Park Mudumalai WLS Guindy National Park Pulicat Lake WLS Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park Vaduvoor WLS Indira Gandhi (Annamalai) WLS Vedanthangal WLS Kalakad WLS Vettangudi WLS

Tripura

Bison(Rajbari) National Park Rowa WLS Clouded Leopard National Park Sepahijala WLS Gumti WLS Trishna WLS

Uttarakhand

Rajaji National Park Binsar WLS Jim Corbett National Park Govind Pashu Vihar WLS Gangotri National Park Kedarnath WLS Valley of Flowers National Park Sonanadi WLS Askot Musk Deer WLS

Uttar Pradesh

Dudhwa National Park Sur Sarovar WLS Hastinapur WLS Chandraprabha WLS Ranipur WLS National Chambal WLS Sohagibarwa WLS

West Bengal

Sunderbans Wildlife Sanctuary Chintamani Kar Bird Sanctuary Buxa National Park Haliday Island WLS

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Neora Valley NationalPark Lothian Island WLS Singalila National Park Mahananda WLS Ballavpur WLS

List of State, River, and Dam

State River Dam Uttarakhand Bhagirathi Tehri Dam Himachal Pradesh Sutlej Bhakra Dam

Kerala Periyar Idukki arch Dam

Uttarakhand Yamuna Lakhwar Dam

Gujarat Narmada Sardar Sarover Dam

Telangna/Andhra Pradesh Krishna Srisailam Dam

Punjab Raavi Ranjit Sagar Dam

Jammu & Kashmir Chenab Baglihar Dam

Telangna/Andhra Pradesh Krishna Nagarjuna Sagar Dam

Jammu & Kashmir Chenab Salal Dam

Maharashtra Koyna Koyna Dam

Uttar Pradesh Rihand Rihand Dam

Gujarat Tapi Ukai Dam

Madhya Pradesh Narmada Indira Sagar Dam

Jammu & Kashmir (Kargil district)

Suru Chutak Hydroelectric Power plant

Jammu & Kashmir (Leh district)

Sindhu Nimoo Bazgo Hydroelectric Power plant

Jammu & Kashmir (Baramula district)

Jhelum Uri Dam

Tamil Nadu Kaveri Mettur Dam

Odisha Mahanadi Hirakud Dam

Rajasthan Chambal Jawahar Sagar Dam

Rajasthan Chambal Rana Pratap Sagar Dam

Uttarakhand Bhagirathi Koteshwar Dam

Madhya Pradesh Chambal Gandhi Sagar Dam

Madhya Pradesh Narmada Omkareshwar Dam

Kerala (idukki district) Periyar Mullaperiyar Dam

List of Awards & their fields

1. Bharat Ratna: It is the highest civilian award of the India. The award was given for outstanding achievements in the arts, literature, science and public services but the government expanded the criteria to include "any field of human endeavour". The number of annual awards is restricted to a maximum of three in a particular year.

2. Nobel Prize: The Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award available in the fields of literature, medicine, physics, chemistry, peace, and economics.

3. Saraswati Samman (Literature): The award was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation. It is an annual award given for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian languages.

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4. Jnanpith award(Literature): The award was instituted in 1961 and it is It is presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a trust founded by the Sahu Jain family, the publishers of the newspaper The Times of India. It is an annual award given for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any 22 Indian languages.

5. Vyas Samman (Literature): The award annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation in recognition of the Hindi literary work published in past 10 years.

6. Bihari Puraskar (Literature): It is Bihari Puraskar is a literary award instituted by K. K. Birla Foundation. The award is named after the famous Hindi poet Bihari and is awarded to an outstanding work published in Hindi or Rajasthani by a Rajasthani writer.

7. Moorti Devi Award (Literature): It is an annual literary award in India presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith organization for a work which emphasizes Indian philosophy and culture.

8. Booker Prize (Literature): It is an annual award for the best original novel, written in the English language, and published in the UK literary award

9. Dadasaheb Phalke Award: Cinema/Films: It is India's highest award in cinema. It is presented annually at the National Film Awards ceremony by the Directorate of Film Festivals, an organisation set up by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

10. Arjuna Award: Outstanding performance from the sportspersons in sports and games.

The Government has modified the format of Arjuna Award very recently and as per the revised schematic guidelines a sportsperson must have very good consistent performances for the previous 3 years at the international level to be considered as eligible for the Award.

11. Dronacharya Award:(Eminent coaches of any particular sport): The award is named after the very famous archery coach, mentioned in the epic of India known as the Mahabharata. This very award is not related with the sportspersons who are still playing in the field; instead this is related to those eminent coaches of any particular sport.

12. Dhyan Chand Award: The award that is given to the veteran sportspersons of India for their lifetime achievement in their respective field of sport is named as the Dhyan Chand Award for Life Time Achievement in Sports and Games.

13. Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award: The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is the highest honour bestowed to a sportsperson for his/her achievements in India.

14. Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (For Science & Technology)The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, chemistry, environmental science, engineering, mathematics, medicine and Physics.

15. Kalinga Prize (Science): The Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of Science is an award given by UNESCO for exceptional skill in presenting scientific ideas to lay people.

16. Pulitzer Prize (Journalism): It is an award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature, and musical composition in the United States.

17. Abel Prize (Mathematics): It is an international prize awarded annually by the Government of Norway to one or more outstanding mathematicians.

18. Grammy Award (Music): It is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry.

19. Stirling Prize (Architecture): The Royal Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize is a British prize for excellence in architecture.

20. Aga Khan Award (Architecture): The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) is an architectural prize established by Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Islamic societies in the fields of contemporary design, social housing, community development and improvement.

21. Pritzker Prize (Architecture): The Pritzker Architecture Prize is awarded annually "to honor a living architect.

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List of Banks, Headquarter and Tagline

Banks Headquarter Tagline Allahabad Bank Kolkata A Tradition of Trust

Andhra Bank Hyderabad Where India Banks

Bank of Baroda Vadodara India’s International Bank

Bank of India Mumbai Relationship beyond Banking

Bank of Maharashtra Pune Ek parivaar Ek Bank

Canara Bank Bangalore Together We Can

Central Bank of India Mumbai Central to You Since 1911

Corporation Bank Mangalore Prosperity for all

Dena Bank Mumbai Trusted Family Bank

Indian Bank Chennai Your Own Bank Indian Overseas Bank Chennai Good People to Grow With Oriental Bank of Commerce New Delhi Where Every Individual is Committed Punjab National Bank New Delhi The Name You can Bank Upon Punjab & Sind Bank New Delhi Where Service is a way of Life State Bank of India Mumbai The Banker to Every Indian Syndicate Bank Manipal Faithful and Friendly Union Bank of India Mumbai Good People to Bank with United Bank of India Kolkata The Bank that begins with U UCO Bank Kolkata Honours your Trust Vijaya Bank Bangalore A Friend you can Bank upon IDBI Bank Ltd Mumbai Bank aisa dost jaisa

List of State, Nuclear Power Station & Thermal Power Station

State Nuclear Power Station Thermal Power Station Andhra Pradesh (i) Simhadri Super Thermal Power Plant

(ii) Sri Damodaram Sanjeevaiah Thermal Power Station

Assam Bongaigaon Thermal Power Plant Bihar (i) Barauni Thermal Power Station

(ii) Kahalgaon Super Thermal Power Station

Chhattisgarh (i) Korba Super Thermal Power Plant (ii) Sipat Thermal Power Plant (iii) Bhilai Expansion Power Plant (iv) Hasdeo Thermal Power Station

Gujarat Kakrapar Nuclear power station (i) Mundra (TPP) (ii) Ukai Thermal Power Station (iii) Sikka Thermal Power Station (iv)Kakrapar Nuclear Power Plant (v) Akrimota Thermal Power Station

Haryana Gorakhpur Atomic Power Station (i) Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram Thermal Power Station

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(ii) Rajiv Gandhi Thermal Power Station Himachal Pradesh (i) Girinagar Hydel Project

(ii) Binwa Hydel Project (iii) Rangtong Hydel Project (iv) Baner and Neugal Project

Jharkhand (i) Patratu Thermal Power Station (ii) Bokaro Thermal Power Station (iii) Chandrapura Thermal Power Station (iv) Koderma Thermal Power Station

Karnataka Kaiga Nuclear power station (i) Udupi Thermal Power Plant (ii) Bellary Thermal Power station (iii) Raichur Thermal Power Station

Kerala (i) Brahmapuram Power Station (ii) Kayamkulam Power Station

Madhya Pradesh (i) Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station (ii) Sant Singaji (TPP) (iii) Satpura Thermal Power Station (iv) Amarkantak Thermal Power Station (v) Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project

Maharashtra (i) Tarapur Atomic power station (ii) Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project

(i) Tirora (TPP) (ii) Amravati (TPP) (iii) Chandrapur Super (TPP) (iv) Khaperkheda Thermal Power Station

Nagaland Dikhu Hydro Electric Power Plant Odisha (i) Talcher Super Thermal Power Station

(ii) Hirakud Captive Power Plant Punjab Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal

Power Plant Rajasthan (i) Chhabra (TPP)

(ii) Suratgarh Power Station Sikkim (i) Rangit Hydro Electric Power Prject Tamil Nadu Kundakulam Nuclear Power

Plant (i) Mettur Theral Power Station (ii) Neyveli Thermal (iii) Tuticorin Thermal Power Station

Tripura Palatana Thermal Power Plant

Uttar Pradesh Narora Atomic Power Station (i) Rihand Thermal Power Station

(ii) Singrauli Super Thermal Power Station

(iii) Anpara Thermal Power Station

(iv) Obra Thermal Power Station

(v) Rosa (TPS)

(vi) Panki (TPS)

Uttarakhand (i) Chibro Power Plant

(ii) Khodri Power Plant

(iii) Chilla Power Plant

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West Bengal Durgapur Thermal Power Station

List of State, Folk Dance, and Classical Dance

State Folk Dance Classical Dance

Andhra Pradesh Changu Kuchipudi

Assam Bihu Sattriya

Bihar Chhau

Gujarat Garba

Jammu and Kashmir Dumhal Rauf

Kerala Padayani Kathakali

Karnataka Dollu Kunitha

Maharashtra Lavani

Madhya Pradesh Gaur

Manupur Manipuri

Odisha Changu Odissi

Punjab Bhangra

Rajasthan (i) Gair

(ii) Ghoomar

Tamil Nadu Karagam Bharat Natyam

Uttar Pradesh Kathak

West Bengal Chhau

List of International Stadiums

Stadiums in Australia Adelaide Oval - Adelaide Bundaberg Rum Stadium - Cairns Telstra Dome - Melbourne Manuka Oval - Canberra Marrara Cricket Ground - Darwin Melbourne Cricket Ground - Melbourne Sydney Cricket Ground - Sydney W.A.C.A. Ground - Perth

Stadiums in Bangladesh

Bangabandhu National Stadium - Dhaka Chittagong Stadium - Chittagong

Stadiums in England Edgbaston - Birmingham Headingley - Leeds Lord's - London Old Trafford - Manchester

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Sophia Gardens - Cardiff St Lawrence Ground - Canterbury The Brit Oval - London Trent Bridge - Nottingham

Stadiums in New Zealand Basin Reserve - Wellington Eden Park - Auckland Jade Stadium - Christchurch John Davies Oval - Queenstown McLean Park - Napier

Stadiums in Pakistan Arbab Niaz Stadium - Peshawar Ayub National Stadium - Quetta Gaddafi Stadium - Lahore

Stadiums in South Africa Kingsmead - Durban New Wanderers Stadium - Johannesburg Newlands - Cape Town St George's Park - Port Elizabeth Centurion Super Sport Park - Pretoria

Stadium in Sri Lanka Colombo Cricket Club Ground - Colombo Galle International Stadium - Galle P.Saravanamuttu Stadium - Colombo R.Premadasa Stadium - Colombo Sinhalese Sports Club Ground - Colombo

Stadiums in West Indies Sabina Park Kingston - Jamaica Antigua Recreation Ground St John's - Antigua Guyana Cricket Stadium Georgetown - Guyana Kensington Oval Bridgetown - Barbados Mindoo Phillip Park Castries - St Lucia Albion Sports Complex Berbice - Guyana

Stadiums in Zimbabwe Bulawayo Athletic Club - Bulawayo Harare Sports Club - Harare Kwekwe Sports Club - Kwekwe Queens Sports Club - Bulawayo

Stadiums in United Arab Emirates

Sheikh Zayed Stadium - Abu Dhabi Sharjah Cricket Stadium - Sharjah

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List of International Organization, Headquarter & President/G.Sec.

International Organizations Headquarter President/ General Secretary

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

Beijing, China Jin Liqun

New Development Bank (BRICS Development Bank

Shanghai, China K.V. Kamath

Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Manila, Philippines Takehiko Nakao

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Washington DC, US Christine Lagarde

World Bank Washington DC, US Jim Yong Kim

United Nations Organization (UN)

New York, US António Guterres

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

New York, US Anthony Lake

United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA)

New York, US Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin

United Nations Conference on Trade & Development (UNCTAD)

Geneva, Switzerland Mukhisa Kituyi

World Health Organization (WHO)

Geneva, Switzerland Margaret Chan

World Economic Forum Geneva, Switzerland Klaus Schwab

International Labour Organisation (ILO)

Geneva, Switzerland Guy Ryder

World Trade Organisation Geneva, Switzerland Roberto Azevedo

World Meteorological Organisation

Geneva, Switzerland Petteri Taalas (Secretary-General)

World Intellectual Property Organisation

Geneva, Switzerland Francis Gurry

International Committee of the Red Cross

Geneva, Switzerland Peter Maurer

United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)

Paris, France Irina Bokova

Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD)

Paris, France Jose Angel Gurria

United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)

Vienna, Austria Li Yong

International Atomic Agency Vienna, Austria Yukiya Amano

Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Vienna, Austria Mohammed Barkindo

Amnesty International London, UK Salil Shetty

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International Maritime Organisation

London, UK Kitack Lim

Commonwealth of Nations London, UK Head - Queen Elizabeth II

Secretary-General-Kamalesh Sharma

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)

Kathmandu, Nepal Arjun Bahadur Thapa (Secretary-General)

Association of South East Nations (ASEAN)

Jakarta, Indonesia Rodrigo Duterte

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

Singapore Dr. Alan Bollard

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)

Brussels, Belgium Jens Stoltenberg

(Secretary-General)

International Cricket Council (ICC)

Dubai, UAE Zaheer Abbas

Food & Agricultural Organisation (FAO)

Rome, Italy José Graziano da Silva

International Court of Justice The Hague, The Netherland Ronny Abraham

International Olympic Committee

Lausanne, Switzerland Thomas Bach

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)

Zurich, Switzerland Gianni Infantino

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)

Avenue du Mont-Blanc, Gland, Vaud, Switzerland

Yolanda Kakabadse

List of International Cricket Stadiums and Place

International Cricket Stadiums Place

Feroz Shah Kotla Ground Delhi

Brabourne Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra

Green Park Stadium Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

Wankhede Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra

Barabati Stadium Cuttack, Odisha

Eden Gardens Kolkata, West Bengal

Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh

M Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore, Karnataka

M.A. Chidambaram Stadium Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur, Rajasthan

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium Mohali, Chandigarh

Green Park Stadium Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

List of Airport, City and State

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Airport City State

Veer Savarkar International Airport Port Blair Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Visakhapatnam Airport Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh

Rajiv Gandhi International Airport Hyderabad Andhra Pradesh

Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport

Guwahati Assam

Indira Gandhi International Airport New Delhi Delhi

Goa International Airport Goa Goa

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport

Ahmedabad Gujarat

Kempegowda International Airport Bengaluru Karnataka

Mangalore International Airport Mangalore Karnataka

Cochin International Airport Kochi Kerala

Calicut International Airport Kozhikode Kerala

Trivandrum International Airport Thiruvananthapuram Kerala

Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport Mumbai Maharashtra

Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport

Nagpur Maharashtra

Tulihal Airport Imphal Manipur

Biju Patnaik International Airport Bhubaneswar Odisha

Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport

Amritsar Punjab

Jaipur International Airport Jaipur Rajasthan

Chennai International Airport Chennai Tamil Nadu

Coimbatore International Airport Coimbatore Tamil Nadu

Tiruchirapalli International Airport Tiruchirapalli Tamil Nadu

Chaudhary Charan Singh Airport Lucknow Uttar Pradesh

Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport Varanasi Uttar Pradesh

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport

Kolkata West Bengal

List of State, Capital, Governor & Chief Minister

State Capital Governor Chief Minister

Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad (Proposed Capital Amaravati)

Shri E. S. Lakshmi Narasimhan

Shri. Nara Chandrababu Naidu

Arunachal Pradesh Itanagar Padmanabha Acharya Shri Pema Khandu

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Assam Dispur Shri Banwarilal Purohit

Shri Sarbananda Sonowal

Bihar Patna Shri Ram Nath Kovind Shri Nitish Kumar

Chhattisgarh Raipur Shri Balramji Dass Tandon

Dr. Raman Singh

Delhi (NCT) Shri Arvind Kejriwal Goa Panaji Smt. Mridula Sinha Shri Manohar Parrikar Gujarat Gandhinagar Shri Om Prakash Kohli Shri Vijay Rupani Haryana Chandigarh Prof. Kaptan Singh

Solanki Shri Manohar Lal

Himachal Pradesh Shimla, Dharamsala(2nd capital)

Shri Acharya Dev Vrat Shri Virbhadra Singh

Jammu and Kashmir Srinagar (summer), Jammu (winter)

Shri N. N. Vohra Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed

Jharkhand Ranchi Shrimati Droupadi Murmu

Shri Raghubar Das

Karnataka Bengaluru Shri Vajubhai Vala Shri Siddaramaiah

Kerala Thiruvananthapuram Shri Justice (Retd.) Palaniswamy Sathasivam

Shri Pinarayi Vijayan

Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Shri Om Prakash Kohli Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Maharashtra Mumbai Shri Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao

Shri Devendra Fadnavis

Manipur Imphal Dr. Najma A. Heptulla Shri N. Bien Singh Meghalaya Shillong Shri Banwarilal

Purohit Dr. Mukul Sangma

Mizoram Aizawl Lt. General (Retd.) Nirbhay Sharma

Shri Lal Thanhawla

Nagaland Kohima Shri Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya

Dr. Shurhozelie Liezietsu

Odisha Bhubaneswar Dr. S. C. Jamir Shri Naveen Patnaik Puducherry (UT) Kiran Bedi Shri. V. Narayanasamy Punjab Chandigarh Shri V. P. Singh

Badnore Shri Amarinder Singh

Rajasthan Jaipur Shri Kalyan Singh Smt. Vasundhara Raje Sikkim Gangtok Shri Shriniwas

Dadasaheb Patil Shri Pawan Kumar Chamling

Tamil Nadu Chennai Shri Ch. Vidyasagar Rao

Edappadi K. Palaniswami

Telangana Hyderabad Shri E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan (Add. Charge)

Shri K Chandrasekhar Rao

Tripura Agartala Shri Tathagata Roy Shri Manik Sarkar Uttar Pradesh Lucknow Shri Ram Naik Shri Yogi Adityanath Uttarakhand Dehradun Dr. Krishan Kant Paul Shri Trivendra Singh

Rawat

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West Bengal Kolkata Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi

Km. Mamata Banerjee

List of Union Territory, Capital, and Chief Minister/Governor

Union Territory Capital Chief Minister/ Governor

Delhi Shri Anil Baijal (Lieutenant Governor)

Pondicheerry (Puducherry) Dr. Kiran Bedi, IPS, (Retd.) (Lieutenant Governor)

Andaman and Nicobar Islands Port Blair Prof. Jagdish Mukhi (Lieutenant Governor)

Chandigarh Shri.V.P. Singh Badnore (Administrator)

Daman & Diu Daman Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)

Dadar & Nagar Haveli Silvasa Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)

Lakshadweep Kavaratti Shri Farooq Khan, IPS (Retd.) (Administrator)

List of Sports and Trophies/Cups

Sports Trophies/ Cups

Cricket

Ashes Cup, Asia Cup, C.K. Naidu Trophy, Deodhar Trophy, Duleep Trophy, Gavaskar Border Trophy, G.D. Birla Trophy, Gillette Cup, ICC World Cup, Irani Trophy, Jawharlal Nehru Cup, Rani Jhansi Trophy, Ranji Trophy, Rohinton Barcia Trophy, Rothmans Cup, Sahara Cup,

Sharjah Cup, Singer Cup, Titan Cup, Vijay Hazare Trophy, Vijay Merchant Trophy, Wisden Trophy, Wills Trophy.

Hockey

Sultan Azlan Shah Cup, Aga khan Cup, Maharaja Ranjit Singh Gold Cup,

Dhyanchand Trophy, Nehru Trophy, Sindhia Gold cup, Murugappa Gold Cup, Wellington Cup etc, Stanley Cup

Football

Rovers Cup, Bandodkar Trophy, Merdeka Cup, Confederation cup,

DCM Trophy, Durand Cup, Rovers Cup, B. C. Raj Trophy (National Championship), FIFA world Cup, Jules Rimet Trophy, Kalinga Cup,

Santosh Trophy, IFA Shield, Scissor Cup, Subroto Cup, Sir Ashutosh Mukherjee Trophy, Todd Memorial Trophy, Vittal Trophy,

UEFA Champions League

Badminton Amrit Diwan Cup, Asia Cup, Chaddha Cup, European Cup, Harilela Cup, Ibrahim Rahimatillah Challenger Cup, Konica Cup, Sophia Cup, Kitiakara Cup, Malaysian Open, Thomas Cup (men) Uber Cup (women)

Table Tennis Travancore Cup (women), Swathling Cup (men), Bama Belleck Cup

Lawn Tennis Davis Cup, Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open, Heineken Cup

Golf Augusta Masters, British Open, US Maters

Horse Racing Derby

Rowing Wellington trophy

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List of Sports and Terminology

Sports Terminology

Badminton Deuce, Smash, Drop, Let, Game, Love, Double Fault.

Baseball Pitcher, Strike, Diamond, Bunting, Home, Put Out.

Billiards Jigger, Break, Scratch, Cannons, Pot, Cue, In Baulk, In Off.

Boxing Jab, Hook, Punch, Knock-out, Upper cut, Kidney Punch.

Bridge Revoke, Ruff, Dummy, Little Slam, Grand Slam, Trump, Diamonds, Tricks.

Chess Gambit, Checkmate, Stalemate, Check.

Cricket LBW, Maiden over, Rubber, Stumped, Ashes, Hat-trick, Leg Bye, Follow on, Googly, Gulley, Silly Point, Duck, Run, Drive, No ball, Cover point, Leg Spinner, Wicket Keeper, Pitch, Crease, Bowling, Leg-Break, Hit – Wicket, Bouncer, Stone-Walling.

Football Dribble, Off-Side, Penalty, Throw-in, Hat-Tick, Foul, Touch, Down, Drop Kick, Stopper

Golf Hole, Bogey, Put, Stymie, Caddie, Tee, Links, Putting the green.

Hockey Bully, Hat-Trick, Short corner, Stroke, Striking Circle, Penalty corner, Under cutting, Scoop, Centre forward, Carry, Dribble, Goal, Carried.

Horse Racing Punter, Jockey, Place, Win, Protest.

Lawn Tennis Volley, Smash, Service, Back-hand-drive.

Rifle Shooting Bull's eyes.

Swimming Stroke.

List of All Cabinet Ministers

Cabinet Ministers Ministries

Shri Raj Nath Singh Minister of Home Affairs

Smt. Sushma Swaraj Minister of External Affairs

Shri Arun Jaitley Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs and Ministry of Defence

Venkaiah Naidu Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation,Ministry of Information and Broadcasting,Ministry of Urban Development

Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari Ministry of Road Transport and Highways,Ministry of Shipping

Shri Suresh Prabhu Minister of Railways

Shri D V Sadananda Gowda Minister of Statistics and Programme Implementation

Sushri Uma Bharati Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation

Shri Ramvilas Paswan Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

Shri Kalraj Mishra Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Maneka Sanjay Gandhi Minister of Women and Child Development

Shri Ananthkumar Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers; and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs

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Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology,Ministry of Law and Justice

Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda Minister of Health and Family Welfare

Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati Minister of Civil Aviation

Shri Anant Geete Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises

Harsimrat Kaur Badal Minister of Food Processing Industries Shri Narendra Singh Tomar

Minister of Rural Development; Minister of Panchayati Raj; and Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation

Shri Chaudhary Birender Singh Minister of Steel

Shri Jual Oram Minister of Tribal Affairs Shri Radha Mohan Singh Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment

Smriti Zubin Irani Minister of Textiles

Shri Harsh Vardhan Ministry of Earth Sciences,Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change,Ministry of Science and Technology

Shri Prakash Javadekar Minister of Human Resource Development

List of Country, Capital, Currency, President and Prime Minister

BRICS Countries:

Country Capital Currency President Prime Minister

Brazil Brasilia Real Michel Temer

Russia Moscow Ruble Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin

Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev

India New Delhi Rupee Pranab Mukherjee

Narendra Modi

China Beijing Yuan/Renminbi Xi Jinping Li Keqiang

South Africa Pretoria (administrative); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judiciary)

Rand Jacob Zuma

Countries:

Country Capital Currency President Prime Minister Afghanistan Kabul Afghani Mohammad Ashraf

Ghani

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Albania Tirane Lek Bujar Nishani Edi Rama Algeria Algiers Dinar Abdelaziz Bouteflika Abdelmalek

Sellal Andorra Andorra la Vella Euro Angola Luanda New Kwanza Jose Eduardo Dos

Santos

Argentina Buenos Aires Peso Mauricio Macri Armenia Yerevan Dram Serzh Sargsyan Karen

Karapetyan Australia Canberra Australian dollar Malcolm

Turnbull Austria Vienna Euro (formerly

schilling) Alexander Van der Bellen

Christian Kern

Azerbaijan Baku Manat Ilham Aliyev Artur Rasizade Bahrain Manama Bahrain dinar Hamad bin Isa Al

Khalifa Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa

Bangladesh Dhaka Taka Abdul Hamid Sheikh Hasina Belarus Minsk Belorussian

ruble Aleksandr Lukashenko

Andrei Kobyakov

Belgium Brussels Euro (formerly Belgian franc)

Charles Michel

Belize Belmopan Belize dollar Dean Oliver Barrow

Benin Porto-Novo CFA Franc Patrice Talon Bhutan Thimphu Ngultrum Tshering Tobgay Bolivia La Paz

(administrative); Sucre (judicial)

Boliviano Juan Evo Morales Ayma

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo Marka Mladen Ivanić

Botswana Gaborone Pula Seretse Khama Ian Khama

Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan

Brunei dollar Sir Hassanal Bolkiah

Burkina Faso Ouagadougou CFA Franc (Acting) Roch Marc Christian Kaboré

Paul Kaba Thieba

Burundi Bujumbura Burundi franc Pierre Nkurunziza Cambodia Phnom Penh Riel Norodom Sihamoni Hun Sen Cameroon Yaounde CFA Franc Paul Biya Philemon Yang Cape Verde Praia Cape Verdean

escudo Jorge Carlos De Almeida Fonseca

Ulisses Correia e Silva

Central African Republic

Bangui CFA Franc Faustin-Archange Touadéra

Simplice Sarandji

Chad N'Djamena CFA Franc Idriss Deby Itno Albert Pahimi Padacke

Chile Santiago Chilean Peso Michelle Bachelet Colombia Bogota Colombian Peso Juan Manuel Santos Comoros Moroni Franc Azali Assoumani Costa Rica San Jose Colón Luis Guillermo Solís

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Cote d'Ivoire Yamoussoukro (official); Abidjan (de facto)

CFA Franc Alassane Dramane Ouattara

Daniel Kablan Duncan

Croatia Zagreb Kuna Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic

Andrej Plenkovic

Cuba Havana Cuban Peso General Raul Modesto Castro Ruz

Raúl Castro

Cyprus Nicosia Cyprus pound Nicos Anastasiades Czech Republic Prague Koruna Milos Zeman Bohuslav

Sobotka Denmark Copenhagen Krone Queen-Margrethe II Lars Løkke

Rasmussen Djibouti Djibouti Djibouti franc Ismail Omar Guelleh Abdoulkader

Kamil Mohamed Dominica Roseau East Caribbean

dollar Charles Savarin Roosevelt Skerrit

Dominican Republic

Santo Domingo Dominican Peso Danilo Medina Sanchez

East Timor (Timor-Leste)

Dili U.S. dollar Taur Matan Ruak Rui Maria de Araujo

Ecuador Quito U.S. dollar Rafael Correa Delgado Egypt Cairo Egyptian pound Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi Sherif Ismail El Salvador San Salvador Colón; U.S. dollar Salvador Sánchez

Cerén

Equatorial Guinea

Malabo CFA Franc Brig. General Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo

Francisco Pascual Obama Asue

Eritrea Asmara Nakfa Isaias Afwerki

Estonia Tallinn Kroon Francisco Pascual Obama Asue

Taavi Roivas

Ethiopia Addis Ababa Birr Mulatu Teshome Hailemariam Desalegn

Fiji Suva Fiji dollar George Konrote Frank Bainimarama

Finland Helsinki Euro (formerly markka)

Sauli Niinisto Juha Sipila

France Paris Euro (formerly French franc)

Emmanuel Macron Manuel Valls

Gabon Libreville CFA Franc Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba

Emmanuel Issoze-Ngondet

The Gambia Banjul Dalasi Yahya Jammeh

Georgia Tbilisi Lari Giorgi Margvelashvili Giorgi Kvirikashvili

Germany Berlin Euro (formerly Deutsche mark)

Frank-Walter Steinmeier

Chancellor-Angela Merkel

Ghana Accra Cedi John Dramani Mahama

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Greece Athens Euro (formerly drachma)

Prokopis Pavlopoulos Alexis Tsipras

Grenada Saint George's East Caribbean dollar

Cecile La Grenade Keith Mitchell

Guatemala Guatemala City Quetzal Jimmy Morales Guinea Conakry Guinean franc Alpha Conde Mamady Youla Guinea-Bissau Bissau CFA Franc Jose Mario Vaz Baciro Dja Guyana Georgetown Guyanese dollar David A. Granger Moses

Nagamootoo Haiti Port-au-Prince Gourde (Acting) Jocelerme

Privert (Acting) Enex Jean-Charles

Honduras Tegucigalpa Lempira Juan Orlando Hernandez Alvarado

Hungary Budapest Forint Janos Ader Viktor Orban

Iceland Reykjavik Icelandic króna Olafur Ragnar Grimsson

Guani Th. Johannesson

Indonesia Jakarta Rupiah Joko Widodo

Iran Tehran Rial Hassan Rouhani

Iraq Baghdad Iraqi Dinar Fuad Masum Haider al-Abadi

Ireland Dublin Euro (formerly Irish pound [punt])

Michael Daniel Higgins

Enda Kenny

Israel Jerusalem Shekel Reuven Rivlin Binyamin "Bibi" Netanyahu

Italy Rome Euro (formerly lira)

Sergio Mattarella Matteo Renzi

Jamaica Kingston Jamaican dollar Sir Patrick Allen Andrew Holness

Japan Tokyo Yen Shinzo Abe

Jordan Amman Jordanian dinar King-Abdallah II Hani Al-Mulki

Kazakhstan Astana Tenge Nursultan Nazarbayev

Bakhytzhan Sagintayev

Kenya Nairobi Kenya shilling Uhuru Kenyatta

Kiribati Tarawa Atoll Australian dollar Taneti Mamau

Korea, North Pyongyang Won Supreme leader: Kim Jong-un

Korea, South Seoul Won Monn Jae-in Hwang Kyo-ahn

Kosovo Pristina Euro (German Mark prior to 2002)

Hashim Thaçi Isa Mustafa

Kuwait Kuwait City Kuwaiti dinar Amir-Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah

Jabir Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah

Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Som Almazbek Atambaev Sooronbay Jeenbekov

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Laos Vientiane New Kip Bounnhang Vorachith Thongsing Thammavong

Latvia Riga Lats Raimonds Vējonis Maris Kucinskis

Lebanon Beirut Lebanese pound (Acting) Tammam Salam

Michel Aoun

Lesotho Maseru Maluti King-Letsie III Pakalitha Mosisili

Liberia Monrovia Liberian dollar Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

Libya Tripoli Libyan dinar Aguila Salah Issa Fayez al-Sarraj

Liechtenstein Vaduz Swiss franc Prince - Hans Adam II Adrian Hasler

Lithuania Vilnius Litas Dalia Grybauskaite Algirdas Butkevicius

Luxembourg Luxembourg Euro (formerly Luxembourg franc)

Monarch – Henri Xavier Bettel

Macedonia Skopje Denar Gjorge Ivanov Emil Dimitriev

Madagascar Antananarivo Malagasy franc Hery Martial Rajaonarimampianina Rakotoari

Olivier Solonandrasana

Malawi Lilongwe Kwacha Peter Mutharika

Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Ringgit Najib Razak

Maldives Male Rufiya Abdulla Yameen

Mali Bamako CFA Franc Ibrahim Boubacar Keita

Modibo Keita

Malta Valletta Maltese lira Marie Louise Coleiro Preca

Joseph Muscat

Marshall Islands

Majuro U.S. Dollar Hilda Heine

Mauritania Nouakchott Ouguiya Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz

Yahya Ould Hademine

Mauritius Port Louis Mauritian rupee Ameenah Gurib Anerood Jugnauth

Mexico Mexico City Mexican peso Enrique Pena Nieto

Micronesia, Federated States of

Palikir U.S. Dollar Peter M. Christian

Moldova Chisinau Leu Nicolae Timofti Pavel Filip

Monaco Monaco Euro

Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Tugrik Tsakhia Elbegdorj Jargaltulgyn Erdenebat

Montenegro Podgorica Euro Filip Vujanovic Milo Dukanovic

Morocco Rabat Dirham King-Mohammed VI Abdelillah Benkirane

Mozambique Maputo Metical Filipe Nyusi Carlos Agostinho do Rosário

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Myanmar (Burma)

Rangoon (Yangon); Naypyidaw or Nay Pyi Taw (administrative)

Kyat Htin Kyaw

Namibia Windhoek Namibian dollar Hage Geingob Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila

Nauru no official capital; government offices in Yaren District

Australian dollar Baron Divavesi Waqa

Nepal Kathmandu Nepalese rupee Bidhya Devi Bhandari Pushpa Kamal Dahal

Netherlands Amsterdam; The Hague (seat of government)

Euro (formerly guilder)

King-Willem-Alexander

Mark Rutte

New Zealand Wellington New Zealand dollar

John Key

Nicaragua Managua Gold cordoba Daniel Ortega Saavedra

Niger Niamey CFA Franc Mahamadou Issoufou Brigi Rafini

Nigeria Abuja Naira Muhammadu Buhari

Norway Oslo Norwegian krone

King-Harald V Erna Solberg

Oman Muscat Omani rial Sultan-Qaboos bin Said Al Said

Fahd bin Mahmoud al Said

Pakistan Islamabad Pakistani rupee Mamnoon Hussain Md Nawaz Sharif

Palau Melekeok U.S. dollar Tommy Remengesau

Panama Panama City balboa; U.S. dollar

Juan Carlos Varela

Paraguay Asuncion Guaraní Horacio Cartes Jara

Peru Lima Nuevo sol (1991)

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

Fernando Zavala

Philippines Manila Peso Rodrigo Duterte

Poland Warsaw Zloty Andrzej Duda Beata Szydło

Portugal Lisbon Euro (formerly escudo)

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

António Costa

Qatar Doha Qatari riyal Emir - Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Abdallah Bin Nasir Bin Khalifa Al Thani

Romania Bucharest Leu Klaus Iohannis Dacian Cioloș Rwanda Kigali Rwanda franc Paul Kagame Anastase

Murekezi Saint Kitts and Nevis

Basseterre East Caribbean dollar

Samuel Weymouth Tapley Seaton

Timothy Harris

Saint Lucia Castries East Caribbean dollar

Dame Pearlette Louisy

Allen Chastanet

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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Kingstown East Caribbean dollar

Ralph Everard Gonsalves

Samoa Apia Tala Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi

San Marino San Marino Euro Sao Tome and Principe

Sao Tome Dobra Manuel Pinto da Costa

Patrice Trovoada

Saudi Arabia Riyadh Riyal King-Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud

Senegal Dakar CFA Franc Macky Sall Md. Dionne Serbia Belgrade Yugoslav new

dinar. In Kosovo both the euro & the Yugoslav dinar are legal

Aleksandar Vučić Aleksandar Vučić

Seychelles Victoria Seychelles rupee Danny Faure Sierra Leone Freetown Leone Ernest Bai Koroma Singapore Singapore Singapore dollar Lee Hsien Loong Slovakia Bratislava Euro (from

01/01/09), Koruna

Andrej Kiska Robert Fico

Slovenia Ljubljana Slovenian tolar; euro (as of 1/1/07)

Borut Pahor Miro Cerar

Solomon Islands

Honiara Solomon Islands dollar

Manasseh Sogavare

Somalia Mogadishu Somali shilling Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo

Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke

South Sudan Juba Sudanese Pound Salva Kiir Mayardit Spain Madrid Euro (formerly

peseta) Monarch - Felipe VI Mariano Rajoy

Sri Lanka Colombo; Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte (legislative)

Sri Lanka rupee Maithripala Sirisena Ranil Wickremesinghe

Sudan Khartoum Dinar Omar al-Bashir Suriname Paramaribo Surinamese

dollar Dési Bouterse

Swaziland Mbabane Lilangeni King-Mswati III Barnabus Sibusiso Dlamini

Sweden Stockholm Krona Carl XVI Gustaf Stefan Lofven Switzerland Bern Swiss franc Doris Leuthard

Syria Damascus Syrian pound Bashar Al-Asad Imad Khamis Taiwan Taipei Taiwan dollar Tsai Ing-wen Tajikistan Dushanbe Somoni Emomali Rahmon Kohir Rasulzoda

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Tanzania Dar es Salaam; Dodoma (legislative)

Tanzanian shilling

John Magufuli Kassim Majaliwa

Thailand Bangkok Baht Monarch - Bhumibol Adulyadej

Prayut Chan-o-cha

Togo Lome CFA Franc Faure Gnassingbe Komi Sélom Klassou

Tonga Nuku'alofa Pa'anga King-Tupou VI Akilisi Pohiva

Trinidad and Tobago

Port-of-Spain Trinidad and Tobago dollar

Aquinas Carmona Keith Rowley

Tunisia Tunis Tunisian dinar Beji Caid Essebsi

Turkey Ankara Turkish lira (YTL)

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Binali Yıldırım

Turkmenistan Ashgabat Manat Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

Tuvalu Vaiaku village, Funafuti province

Australian dollar Iakoba Italeli Enele Sopoaga

Uganda Kampala Ugandan new shilling

Yoweri Museveni Ruhakana Rugunda

Ukraine Kyiv Hryvna Petro Poroshenko Volodymyr Groysman

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi U.A.E. dirham Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan

Muhammad Bin Rashid Al Maktum

United Kingdom

London Pound sterling Queen-Elizabeth II Theresa May

United States of America

Washington D.C. Dollar Donald Trump

Uruguay Montevideo Uruguay peso Tabaré Vázquez

Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistani sum Shavkat Mirziyoyev Shavkat Mirziyoyev

Vanuatu Port-Vila Vatu Baldwin Lonsdale Charlot Salwai

Vatican City (Holy See)

Vatican City Euro Giuseppe Bertello

Venezuela Caracas Bolivar Nicolas Maduro Moros

Vietnam Hanoi Dong Tran Dai Quang Nguyen Xuan Phuc

Yemen Sanaa Rial Fd. Mar. Abd Rabuh Mansur Hadi

Ahmed Obeid bin Daghr

Zambia Lusaka Kwacha Edgar Lungu

Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwean dollar

Robert Gabriel Mugabe

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List of Important Dates – National & International

January

4th January World Braille Day

9th January Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (NRI Day)

10th January World Hindi Day

World Laughter Day

12th January National Youth Day (Birth Day of Swami Vivekanand)

15th January Army Day

24th January National Girl Child Day

25th January National Voters Day

National Tourism Day

26th January India’s Republic Day

International Customs day

27th January International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

29th January National Immunization Day

30th January World Leprosy Eradication Day

February

1st Feb Indian Coast Guard Day

2nd Feb World Wetland Day

4th Feb World Cancer Day

6th Feb International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation

10th Feb National Deworming Day

11th Feb Parents’ Worship Day (Introduced by Chhattisgarh Government)

13th Feb World Radio Day

20th Feb World Day of Social Justice

21st Feb International Mother Language Day

24th Feb Central Excise Day

28th Feb National Science Day

March

1st March Zero Discrimination Day

3rd March World Wildlife Day

National Defence Day

4th March National Security Day

National Hearing Day

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8th March International Women’s Day

12th March World Day Against Cyber Censorship

2nd Thursday in March World Kidney Day

13th March World Rotaract Day

14th March Pi Day (Greek letter “π”)

15th March World Consumer Rights Day

18th March Ordnance Factories’ Day

20th March World Sparrow Day

International Day of Happiness

21st March International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

21st March World Poetry Day, International Day of Nowruz

21st March International Day of Forests

World Down Syndrome Day

22nd March World Water Day

23rd March World Meteorological Day

24th March World Tuberculosis Day

25th March International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade

27th March World Theatre Day

28th March Earth Hour

April

2nd April World Autism Awareness Day

International Children’s Book Day

4th April International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action

5th April National Maritime Day

6th April International Day of Sport for Development and Peace

7th April World Health Day

11th April National Safe Motherhood Day

12th April International Day of Human Space Flight

17th April World Haemophilia Day

18th April World Heritage Day

21st April National Civil Services Day

22nd March World Earth Day

23rd April World Book and Copyright Day, English Language Day

24th April National Panchayati Day

Women’s Political Empowerment Day, India

25th April World Malaria Day

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26th April World Intellectual Property Day (World IP Day)

28th April World Day for Safety and Health at Work

29th April World Dance Day, Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare

30th April International Jazz Day

Anti-Child Labour Day

May

1st May International Labour Day

May Day

Maharashtra Day

3rd May World Press Freedom Day

International Sun Day

International Energy Day

May-04 Coal Miners Day(Intl.), International Firefighters’ Day

1st Tuesday of May World Asthma Day takes place each year on the first Tuesday in May.

1st Sunday of May World Laughter Day

5th May World Athletics Day, World Midwives Day

06th May World No Diet Day

08th May World Red Cross Day, Remembrance and Reconciliation for Lost Lives of Second World War

08th May World Thalassaemia Day

10th May International Migratory Bird Day

11 th May National technology day

12th May International Nurses Day

13th May International Criminal Court Day

15th May International Day of the Families

17th May World Tele-communication and Information Society Day,

Wold AIDS Vaccination day, World Hypertension Day,

International day against Homophobia and Transphobia

18 th May World Museum Day

20th May World Meteorology Day

21th May National Anti Terrorism Day, National Day for Cultural Development

22th May International Day for Biological Diversity

24th May Commonwealth Day

25th May World Missing Childrens day

29th May International Day of Peacekeepers

31th May World Anti Tobacco Day

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June

01 Jun World Milk Day

04 Jun World Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression

05 Jun World Environment Day

08 Jun World Brain Tumor Day, World Oceans Day

12 Jun World Day Against Child Labor

14 Jun World Blood Donor Day

15 Jun World elder abuse awareness day

3rd Sunday of June World Father’s Day

16 Jun International Integration Day

18 Jun International Picnic Day

20 Jun World Refugee Day

21 Jun World Music Day

International Yoga Day

23 Jun International Olympic Day, United Nations Public Service Day, International Widows Day

26 Jun International Day against Drug abuse and Illicit Trafficking, International Day in support of Victims of torture

July

01 Jul International Joke Day, World Doctor’s Day

02 Jul World Sports Journalists Day, World UFO day

1st Saturday of July International Day of Cooperatives

06 Jul World Zoonoses Day

07 Jul World Chocolate Day

11 Jul World Population Day

12 Jul International Malala Day

18 Jul International Nelson Mandela Day

26 Jul Kargil Vijay Diwas or Kargil Memorial Day or Kargil Victory Day

28 Jul World Nature Conservation Day, World Hepatitis Day

29 Jul International Tiger Day

August First Sunday in August International Friendship Day

06 Hiroshima Day, Anti Nuclear Day

08 Aug World Senior Citizen Day

09 Aug Nagasaki Day, International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, Quit India Day

12 Aug International Youth Day

13 Aug International Left Handers Day

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14 Aug Pakistan’s Independence Day

15 Aug India’s Independence Day, International Mourning Day

19 Aug World Humanitarian Day, World Photography Day

20 Aug National Sadbhavna Divas or Birthday of Rajiv gandhi, World Mosquito Day, Indain Akshay Urja Diwas

21 Aug National Senior Citizen Day

23 Aug International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition

29 Aug National Sports Day or Dhyanchand's Birthday

30 Aug International day of the victims of enforced Disappearances

September

02 Sep World Coconut Day

05 Sep National Teacher’s Day or Dr. Radhakrishanan's Birth Day, Sanskrit Day

07 Sep World Forgiveness Day

September 8 World Literacy Day

10 Sep Worl Anti- Suicide Day

14 Sep Hindi Diwas or Hindi Day, World First Aid Day

15 Sep International Day of Democracy, International Engineer’s Day

16 Sep World Ozone Day

20 Sep RPF Foundation day

21 Sep World Peace Day or International day for Peace an Nonviolence (UN), World Alzheimer’s Day

22 Sep World Cancer Free Day or Rose Day

23 Sep International Day of the Deaf

26 Sep World Contraception Day,

27 Sep World Tourism Day

28 Sep World Rabies Day

29 Sep World Heart Day

October 1st Monday of October World Habitat Day

01 Oct World Vegetarian Day, International Day of the older/Elderly

02 Oct Gandhi Jayanti, International Day of NonViolence

03 Oct World Nature Day

04 Oct World Animal Day

05 Oct World Teacher’s Day

06 Oct World Wildlife Day

08 Oct Indian Air Force Day

09 Oct World Postal or Postoffice Day

10 Oct World Mental Health Day, National Postoffice Day

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11 Oct International Day of the Girl Child

2nd Thursday of October World Sight Day

12 Oct World Arthritis Day

13 Oct International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction

14 Oct World Standards Day

15 Oct Global Hand Washing Day, International Day of Rural Women, World White Cane Safety Day

16 Oct World Food Day

17 Oct International Poverty Day for it's Eradication

20 Oct World Osteoporosis Day,World Statistics Day, National Solidarity day

24 Oct UN Day, World Development Information Day , World Polio Day

27 Oct World day for Audio Visual Heritage

28 Oct International Animation Day

31 Oct World Savings Day or World Thrift day, Halloween Day

November

01 Nov World Vegan Day

06 Nov International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict

07 Nov Infant Protection Day, World Cancer Awareness Day

08 Nov World Radiology Day

09 Nov World Legal Service Day

10 Nov World Science day for Peace and Development, Public Transport Day

11 Nov National Education Day

12 Nov World Pneumonia Day, Public Service Broadcasting Day

13 Nov World Kindness Day

14 Nov Children’s Day(India), World Diabetes Day

16 Nov International Day for Endurance or Tolerance

17 Nov International Students Day, Gurunanak Dev's Birth Anniversary, National eplilepsy day

19 Nov World Toilet Day, International Men’s Day, National Integration Day

20 Nov Universal Children’s Day

3rd Sunday of November World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims

3rd Thursday of November World Philosophy Day

21 Nov World Fisheries Day, World Hello Day, World Television Day

25 Nov International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, World Non

26 Nov National Law Day or National constitution Day

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30 Nov National Flag Day

December

01 Dec World AIDS Day

02 Dec World Computer Literacy Day, International Day for the Abolition of Slavery

03 Dec International Day of People with Disability or World Disability Day

04 Dec Indian Navy Day

05 Dec International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development

07 Dec International Civil Aviation Day, Indian Armed Force Flag Day

09 Dec The International AntiCorruption Day

10 Dec World Human Rights Day,International Children's Day of Broadcasting

11 Dec International Mountain Day, UNICEF Day

14 Dec National Energy Conservation Day(India)

16 Dec Vijay Diwas

18 Dec International Migrants Day, National Minority Rights Day

19 Dec Goa’s Libration Day

20 Dec International Human Solidarity Day

23 Dec National Farmer’s Day or Kisan Diwas

25 Dec Good governance day

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