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IBPS Clerk Mains General Awareness

Capsule in PDF

Economy

1. Fifth Bimonthly monetary policy

Repo rate – 6%

Reverse repo rate - 5.75%

Marginal standing facility rate – 6.25%

Cash reserve ratio – 4%

Bank rate – 6.25%

Statutory liquidity ratio –20%

(Previously it was 19.5%)

2. In the latest Sovereign gold bond series, RBI has fixed purchased price at Rs

2945 per gram.

3. ‘You only Need One’- YONO, is an integrated platform launched State bank of

India.

4. India’s first micro insurance plan ‘Insurance Khata’ is launched in which insurer

can pay premium flexibly in parts with Rs 500 as the minimum premium.

5. Rs. 3 Crore penalty has been imposed by Reserve bank of India on Union bank

of India for violating KYC norms.

6. Asian development increased the funding of India from $2.7 billion to $4

billion. India become the largest receiver of Loan from ADB.

7. ICICI bank will provide financial assistance of 10 crore to Indian army.

8. To boost digital financial transaction in secure way Andhra Pradesh government

signed MoU with Mastercard.

9. According to Morgan Stanely report India will be the fastest growing economy

by 2026-27.

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10. To commemorate the birth centenary of MS Subbulakshmi Reserve bank of

India introduced Rs 100 coins and Rs 5 coins.

11. For giving boost to power sector in India Asian Infrastructure bank and Asian

Development bank provide USD 100 million financial assistance.

12. According to Moody’s report Refining and Marketing - Asia India will cross

China and become fastest growing market of Petrol consumption in Asia.

13. In order to boost women, Chattisgarh government give loan to women and self

help group on the interest rates of 6.5 to 5 % under Saksham Yojana.

14. Rs. 2.11 Lakh crore has been allocated by cabinet for 2 years for the

recapitalization of public sector banks.

15. For filling GSTR-3B returns GSTN has launched an offline tool through which

taxpayer can fill the data.

16. In a step to improve risk management, Reserve bank of India made Lega Entity

identifier compulsory for companies. It is a 20 digit code which will keep the

track of financial transaction between parties.

17. Initial coin offering

18. Bajaj Allianz unveiled India’s First insurance cover for victims of cyber crime.

19. Bharat 22 an exchange traded fund launched by government and this will b

managed by ICICI prudential mutual fund.

20. Coinome is cryptocurrency exchange platform on which India offer trading of

Bitcoin and Bitcoin cash.

21. Yes bank and Denmark innovation centre signed an memorandum of

understanding for the assistance in financial technology innovation from

Denmark.

22. Paytm launched Inbox messaging service for its customer that enabled them to

chat and transfer money.

23. Yes bank and HDFC bank are the two private sector banks on which RBI

imposed penalty for violating the guidelines on Income recognition asset

classification and delay in reporting on information security of ATM’s of bank.

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24. 1 rupee note completed hundred years in 2017. It was first issued on 30

November 1917.

25. Cabinet committee on economic affairs provided 10,000 crore Special banking

arrangement for payment of outstanding claims of fertilizer subsidy for year

2016-17.

26. SIDBI and AU small finance bank together launch Rs 200 cr fund that will

provide loans to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises.

27. RCom shut their services by 1st December 2017.

28. Asian Development bank approved USD 2 billion dollars for Andhra Pradesh’s

projects

29. Emirates NBD, United Arab Emirates bank opened branch in Mumbai, India.

30. Cleartrip has been named best mobile app for travel on Mobex award 2017.

31. Transcorp and yes bank launched a pre paid card service for transaction

purpose anywhere in country.

32. MuhPeTaala is an initiative by Axis bank and Mumbai police for the promotion

of safe banking.

33. ‘IndusInd Mobikwik’ is a co branded wallet launched by IndusInd.

34. Mobikwik in partnership in which IndusInd customers can pay through

Mobikwik account.

Growth Forecast of India Economy by Different

Organizations

Organization 2017-18 2018-19

International Monetary Fund 6.7% 7.4%

World Bank 7% 7.5%

Reserve Bank Of India 7% -

FICCI 7.4% -

Asian Development Bank 7% 7.5%

HSBC 7.1% -

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CSO 7.1% -

NITI AAYOG 7% -

DBS 7% -

CRISIL 6.7% -

FITCH 6.9% -

UBS 6.6% -

NOMURA 7.1% -

NCAER 7.6% -

OECD 6.7% 7.2%

United Nation 7.3% 7.9%

International Events

1. BadRabbit is a ransomware which was observed in Russia recently.

2. ‘Feminism’ has been selected as the word of the year by Merriam-Webster.

3. World’s first floating wind farm started generating

4. New member to join International Solar Alliance – Guinea

Headquarter – Gurugram, Haryana

Capital – Conarky

Currency – Franc

5. Collin’s dictionary selected ‘Fake news’ as word of the year.

6. Suraksha, an offshore patrol vessel provided by Indian Navy has been

commissione by Srilanka.

7. Israel ease the norms of visa application for Indian tourists.

8. First budget of Lebanon passed by Lebanon parliament since 2005.

9. Kazakhstan’s name will be change to Qazaqstan.

10. Hwasong -15 an intercontinental ballistic missile is launched by North Korea.

11. Norway, the first country to switch on digital radio from frequency modulation.

12. Shibuya Mirai, world’s first artificial intelligence robot launched by Japan with

the assistance of Microsoft.

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13. UberAir, flying taxis which will be the joint project of NASA and Uber.

14. Twitter increased the world limit in tweets from 140 to 280.

15. Mohammad VI – A an earth observatory satellite launched by Kazakhstan.

16. Seoul’s Jenny Kim crowned with Miss Supranational 2017 title.

17. United state of America will give USD 500,000 to the religious groups for

promotion of religious freedom in Sri lanka and India.

18. Typhoon Damrey, a cyclone hit Vietnam and caused serious damage to the life.

19. Youthquake is the word of the year 2017 declared by Oxford dictionary.

20. Air New Zealand bagged Airline of the year award for the fifth consecutive year.

21. China launched BeiDuo-3 Satellites for building a global positioning centre of its

own.

22. Facebook creator app is launched by facebook for creating video & live feature

23. Tesla’s first electric care manufacturing plan to be set outside the US is in

Shanghai, China.

24. With more than $1 billion of financial assistance from Asian infrastructure

development bank, India become the first country to get the help of such big

amount from the bank.

25. Saudi Arabia allowed women into sports stadium from 2018which was banned

since long.

26. Philippines banned the dengue vaccination program.

27. China announced three years punishment for disrespecting national anthem.

28. With the referendum, Catalonia get independent from Spain.

29. Tiankun, a giant ship of launched by China.

Agreement and MoU’s

1. India and Ethiopia -For promotion of trade and economic development.

Ethiopia

Capital - Addis Ababa

Currency - Birr

President - Mulatu Teshome

Prime Minister - Hailemariam Desalegn

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2. India and Armenia – On cooperation and mutual assistance in custom affairs.

Armenia

Capital – Yerevan

Currency – Dram

President – Serzh Sargsyan

Prime Minister – Karen Karapetyan

3. Assam and Singapore – For skilling the youth of Assam

Singapore

Capital – Singapore

Currency – Dollar

President – Halimah Yacob

Prime Minister – Lee Hsien Loong

4. Indiana (State in US) and Karnataka – Agreement on sister ties for cooperation

in the field of economy, cultural and education.

5. India and Italy – In the field of agriculture and phytosanitary issue.

Italy

Capital – Rome

Currency – Lira

President – Sergio Mattarella

Prime Minister – Paolo Gentiloni

6. India and Spain – agreement for the construction of Regional Rapid Transit

System

Spain

Capital – Madrid Currency – Euro

President – Carles Puigdemont

Prime Minister – Mariano Rajoy

7. India and Mozambique – On development of Rovuma gas discovery

Mozambique

Capital – Maputo

Currency – Mozambican Metical

President – Filipe Nyusi

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8. India and Columbia – In the field of agriculture and fisheries.

Capital - Bogota

Capital – Peso

President – Juan Manuel Santos

Prime Minister – Stefan Lofven

National Events

1. Indra 2017 – Indo-Russia tri service exercise.

Theme: Preparation and conduct of operation by joint force for

suppression of international terror activity at the request of a host country

under UN mandate’

2. World’s highest Motorable road has been constructed in Ladakh region of

Jammu and Kashmir.

3. Brahmos air version anti shipping missile has been successfully tested by Indian

air force.

4. Sampriti-7 – India and Bangladesh

5. M C Mary Kom has been appointed as AIBA women’s Youth world

championship ambassador. The competition held in Guwahati.

6. The deadline for linking Aadhar mobile SIM is –February 2018

7. Sonepur cattle fair held at Bihar became the Asia’s biggest cattle fair.

8. Internet Quarter Master Package application launched by Indian army with the

help of TCS for automation of logistic function of army.

9. ERO- Net software launched by Rajasthan government through which voters

can register themselves on electoral rolls.

10. For the Protection of Olive riddle turtles Odisha government banned sea fishing

for 7 months.

11. IMBAX 2017 – Bilateral militeray exercise between India and Myanmar held in

Meghalaya.

12. India hosted first world food fair in New Delhi.

Union minister of food processing industry – Harsimrat Kaur Badal

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13. Priyanka Chopra (97th) and ICICI CEO Chanda Kochhar (92nd) have secured

place in World’s most powerful women list of Forbes. The list is topped by

German chancellor Angela Merkel.

14. Creating and sustaining markets for energy efficiency project is a project

launched by Energy efficiency services limited and Global Environment facility.

GEF (Global Environment Facility) – Washington

Chairperson – Naoko Ishii

15. The age of Subscribers for joining National payment system has been increased

from 60 years to 65 years.

16. NIRBHAY – a long range subsonic cruise missile developed by Defence

Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

17. Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme duration has been expanded for pan India

from 2017-18 to 2019-20 with the corpus of Rs. 1132.5 crore.

18. Glide Bomb, a Smart Anti-Airfield weapon launched by Defence research and

Development Organisation and Indian air force form the Chandipur, Odisha.

19. ARPAN version 3.0 is a software for defence security corp documentationa

related stuffs developed by Tech Mahindra.

20. The rates for the incentives on the Merchandise export from India have been

increased from 2% to 4%.

21. ‘An Insignificant man’ is the documentary based on Delhi Chief minister Arvind

Kejriwal.

22. Assam government launched Deen Dayal Sahajya scheme for persons with

disabilities on the International day of person with disabilities. Under this

scheme Rs. 5000 will be given to the people for the treatment.

23. Mitra Shakti 2017 – 5th edition of India Srilanka joint exercise held in Pune.

24. Ajeya Warrior 2017 – A joint exercise between India and United Kingdom held

in Rajasthan.

25. India get its place in category B of International maritime organization after the

re-election.

26. SPARSH i.e. Scholarship for Promotion of Aptitude & Research in Stamps as

a Hobby, scheme launched by minister of communication Manoj Sinha for

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School children. The amount given under the scholarship is Rs 500/- per

month.

27. INDRA 2017 – Joint exercise between India and Russia held in Russia.

28. For promotion of heritage and spiritual tourism projects central government has

allotted Rs 109 crore for Puducherry in ‘Swadesh Darshan scheme’.

29. Patanjali and Government of India signed Memorandum of Understanding of

Rs 10,000 crore during the world food India. In this event India made 918 Kg

Khichdi and set a Guinness world record. Odisha is the Focus state in world food

India 2017.

30. West Bengal passed green university bill 2017 to set up an environment

university in Hoogly district.

31. Namita Gokhale an eminent writer has been nominated for Centenary National

award for Literature.

32. Rs. 2302 crore has been allocated for the coastal berth scheme. The coastal

berth scheme is a flagship scheme of Sagarmala project. Total 8 districts will be

covered under this scheme.

33. Under the new rule, Farmers do not need to produce Permanent account

number on the sale of the production upto 2 lakh in a day.

34. Datally app launched by google for its users to track data usage and save data.

35. National crime records bureau published a report named ‘Crime in India -2016’.

36. The longest bridge was inaugurated in Assam which is dedicated to the singer

late Bhupen Hazarika.

37. An Aerospace park is been set up in Kanchipuram district of Tamil Nadu.

38. DANX 2017 a defence exercise conducted on Andaman Nicobar Island.

39. FSSAI in collaboration with union ministry of food processing industries

launched Food regulatory portal for the food business.

40. Cleas sea -2017 an exercise conducted by Indian coast guard on Andaman

Nicobar Island.

41. Pradhan Mantri Mahila Shakti Kendra scheme is launched to empower the rural

women for the duration of 2017-18 to 2019-20.

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42. UMANG app is launched to make government services available to citizens on

the fingertips. UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance).

43. ‘Populism’ is selected as Cambridge’s word of the year 2017.

44. Chhattisgarh government banned use of firecrackers in selected districts of state

during the winter season.

45. Multi state mega mock Tsunami exercise conducted by National Disaster

management authority and Indian National centre for ocean information

services on the eastern coast.

46. A survey conducted by the National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau in Kerala

titled ‘Diet and nutritional Status of Urban

Population in India and Prevalence of Obesity, Hypertension, Diabetes

and Hyperlipidaemia in Urban Men and Women’.

47. Mukesh Ambani secured top position in the Forbes real time billionaire list.

48. Lifetime pension of rs 10,000 will be given to Hindi Satyagrahis by Haryana

Government.

49. A 14-day joint exercise was held between the armies of India and Kazakhstan in

Himachal Pradesh – Prabal Dostyk 2017

50. In a step to provide emergency care to the accident victims free of cost Kerala

government intitated a Trauma care scheme. It will provide free for 48 hours of

accident.

51. Andhra Pradesh’s Etikoppaka toys get GI Tag. These toys are made from wood

and natural dyes are used to colour this toys.

52. In order to strengthen the defence sector Union Defence ministry approved the

acquisition of 111 utility helicopter for Rs 2178 crore.

Union Defence Minister – Nirmala Sitharaman

53. MSME Samadhan a portal launched by Union minister of state Giriraj Singh. All

the cases related to delayed payment can be directly register on this portal.

54. Yes Bank signed an MoU with government for providing 1000 crore to food

processing projects.

55. FASTags will be integrated in all 4-wheeled vehicles that will be manufactured

on or after 1st December 2017.

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56. Inter state council has been reconstituted and Prime minister will chair this

council with Six union ministers and chief minister of all states as its members.

57. Mumbai will be the first centre of Walmart India in any Indian city.

58. Balckbuck conservation reserve get approval from Uttar Pradesh government.

59. The duration of Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) has been extended by

cabinet committee on economic affairs for three years from 2017-18 to 2019-20

as Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana- Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and

Allied sector Rejuvenation (RKVY-RAFTAAR).

Events, Conferences and their Venues

1. Global club foot conference - New Delhi

2. 49th conference on society of nuclear medicine international conference

SNMICON – New Delhi

3. FIPSPHYSIOCON 2017 Conference on Human Physiology

4. Indian-US ocean dialogue – Goa

5. Vishwa Ved Sammelan – New Delhi

6. World Shotgun championship 2017 held in Moscow, Russia.

7. Commonwealth weightlifting championship 2017 – Gold Coast, Australia

8. G-20 summit – Hamburg, Germany

9. 4th Session of India - Tanzania Joint Trade Committee meeting – New Delhi

10. Women’s Asian cup of federation of International Basketball – Bengaluru

Women of India Organic Festival – New Delhi

15thBay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic

Cooperation Ministerial Meeting – Kathmandu, Nepal

9th BRICS summit – Xiamen, China

BRICS members – Brazil, Russia, India, China and south Africa.

7th BRICS Trade 3rd Ministers meet – Shanghai, China

International Snow Leopard & Ecosystem Forum summit –

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

11. 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Microsoft theatre, California (USA)

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12. Shared value summit 2017 – New Delhi

Theme – Equity and Empowerment

36th Geological conference in 2020 will be host by – India

13. Shanghai cooperation summit 2017 – Russia

14. 6th Annual LNG producers consumer conference – Tokyo, Japan

Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas – Dharmendra Pradhan

Japan -

Currency – Yen

Prime minister and President – Shinzo Abe

15. International Snow Leopard & Ecosystem Forum summit – Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

16. 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards – Microsoft theatre, California (USA)

17. National Sports Awards 2017 – Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi

18. National safety awards (Mines) for 2013 and 2014 – Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi

19. 18th IIFA award – MetLife stadium, New Jersey, USA

20. 13th meeting of the India-Kazakhstan Inter-Governmental

Commission (IGC) – Astana Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan –

Currency - Kazakhstani tenge

President – Nursultan Nazarbayev

Prime minister - Bakytzhan Sagintayev

21. 7th Asia-Europe (ASEM) Economic Ministers meeting – South Korea, attended

by Minister of Commerce and Industry – Suresh Prabhu

22. 4th Session of India - Tanzania Joint Trade Committee meeting – New Delhi

Tanzania –

Capital - Dodoms,

Currency - Tanzanian shilling

President – John Magufuli

Prime minister - Kassim Majaliwa

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23. 21st world congress of Mental health – New Delhi

24. Consultative workshop on New National Policy on Biofuels & Pradhan Mantri

Jivan Yojana – New Delhi

25. 9th edition of CMS Vatavaran – New Delhi

Theme: Conservation 4 Water

26. Asian Cricket Council – Pakistan

27. Blue Flag 17 exercise – Israel

28. International conference on Ramayan Circuit and Mithila Awadh relations –

Nepal

29. 22nd meeting of small farmer’s Agri business consortium – New Delhi

30. 4th Meeting of India-US joint working group on Aircraft carrier technology co-

operation – India

31. Hindustan times leadership summit – New Delhi

32. Men’s hockey World league final – Odisha

33. Urban Mobility conference – Hyderabad

34. Sagar Kawach, a coastat security exercise – Goa

35. 8th World Renewable Energy Technology Congress & Expo 2017 – New Delhi

36. 2nd World congress on Marxism - China

Theme: Marxism and the current world and China

37. 8th Mekong Ganga Cooperation Ministerial Meeting – Manila, Philippines

38. 2nd India-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership Council – new Delhi

39. 10th Medical technology conference – New Delhi

40. 3rd Women of India Organic Festival – New Delhi

41. 15thBay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and

Economic Cooperation Ministerial Meeting – Kathmandu, Nepal

42. India-ASEAN Youth Summit – Bhopal, M.P.

43. 9th BRICS summit – Xiamen, China

BRICS members – Brazil, Russia, India, China and south Africa.

7th BRICS Trade Ministers meet – Shanghai, China

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44. Heli-expo India and International Civil Helicopter conclave – New Delhi

45. World Youth Forum – Egypt

46. 14th SAARCLAW conference – Colombo, Srilanka

Theme – Emerging legal trends in SAARC countries

47. 7th Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable – Bangkok

Theme – Global Energy markets in transition: From vision to action.

48. Sharjah International Book Fair (SIBF) 2017

Theme – A world in my book

Sports Events

1. Top Swiss player Martina Hingis announced retirement from tennis.

2. Shiv Kapur, golf player won Panasonic Open 2017.

3. Asia Cup 2017 - India defeated China by 5-4

4. Ankushita Boro named best boxer in the AIBA world youth women’s boxing

championship.

5. World Skill competition –

Venue – Abu Dhabi

Mohit Dudeja - Silver medal

Kiran – Bronze medal

6. Pakistan Footbaal federation has been suspended by FIFA for corruption and

malpractices.

7. Abhishek Verma clinched three medals – gold, silver and bronze in Asian

Archery championship

8. Selena Selvakumar bagged three gold medals in Egypt junior Table tennis

tournament.

9. Spain tennis player Rafael Nadal won men’s single title in China open tennis

tournament. Whereas Carolina Gracia from France won in women’s single

category.

10. Pankaj advani clinched the IBSF world snooker championship held at Qatar.

11. Shiva Keshvan bagged gold medal at Asian Luge championship 2017

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Venue – Altenberg, Germany

12. Puducherry became the member of BCCI and allowed to be the part of Ranji

trophy 2018.

13. Johar Cup hockey tournament 2017

Venue – Malaysia

Winner – Australia

India’s Position – Third

14. FIFA men’s player award won by Cristiano Ronaldo and women’s award by

Lieke Martines

Venue – London

15. Srikanth Kidambi clinched men’s single title Denmark open Badminton title by

beating South Korea.

16. India is the winner of 22nd Asian Athletic championship. Held at Kalinga

stadium in Bhubaneswar.

17. Commonwealth chess title won by Grandmaster Abhijit Gupta in men’s category

and Swati ghate in women’s category.

18. Yo-yo test, is a mandatory test for the sportsperson. Under the new rules,

cricketers are need to pass Yo Yo test.

19. Achantha Sharath Kamal and Sathiyan Gnanasekaran won bronze in men’s

double in Belgium open.

20. India bagged 146 medals in Asia Masters Athletics Championship with 37 golds.

Venue – China

Winner – China

21. Diya chitale won Silver in girls double category in the ITTF world cadet

challenge held in Suva.

22. Swiss player Roger Federer won men’s single title in Swiss Indoor Men’s tennis

2017.

23. England clinched FIFA U-17 World Cup by beating Spain.

Venue – India

24. Shaikhom mirabhai Chanu bagged gold medal at world weighlifting

championship held at Anaheim, USA

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Index and Reports

Index/Report Released by India’s

rank

Topped

by

World talent report IMD 51 Switzerland

Passport Index Arton Capital 75th Singapore

Safe cities Index The Economist

Intelligence Unit

Delhi &

Mumbai –

43rd and 45th

Tokyo

Climate Change

Performance Index

(CCPI)

German watch 14th Sweden

Doing business report World bank

Headquarter –

Head –

CEO – Kristalina

Georgieva

100th New

Zealand

Global retail

development index

- 1st India

Global Financial

Centres Index

Yen Partners and the

China Development

Institute (CDI)

London

Gender Vulnerability

Index

Child rights organisation

‘Plan India’

--- Goa

Global TB report World Health

Organisation

1st India

Quality of Nationality

Index (QNI) Report

Henley & Partners –

Kochenov

101 Germany

Global Climate risk

Index

German watch 6th Haiti

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Global Hunger Index International Food Policy

Research Institution

100th Belarus

Global

Competitiveness

Index (GCI)

World Economic Forum 40th Switzerland

Commitment to

Reducing Inequality

Index

Oxfam International 132nd Sweden

Global Human Capital

Report

World Economic Forum 103rd Norway

Global Cybersecurity

Index (GCI)

International

Telecommunication

Union (ITU)

23rd Singapore

International

Quarterly Business

Report (IBR)

Grant Thornton 7th Indonesia

Global Retirement

Index (GRI)

Natixis Global 43rd Norway

Melbourne Mercer

Global Pension Index

Australian Centre for

Financial Studies

28th Demark

Global Gender gap

Index 2017

World Economic Forum 108th Iceland

State Investment

Potential Index (N-

SIPI 2017) report

National Council of

Applied Economic

Research

- Gujarat

Sustainable

Development Goal

(SDG) Index 2017

Sustainable Development

Solutions Network

(SDSN)

116th Sweden

Women Entrepreneur

(WE) Cities

Index 2017

Dell Bengluru

(40th)

New York

(USA)

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Awards

1. Jnanpith Award 2017 – Krishna Sobti (Hindi Literature)

2. Blue planet Prize – Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

3. Dun & Bradstreet – Everest Infra Awards 2017 – Tata Solar Power

4. Man Booker Prize 2017 – Gorge Saunders (US)

5. 30th Indira Gandhi Ward 2017 – Singer T M Krishna

6. Padma Prabha Puruskar – Prabha Verma

7. Ezhuthachan Puraskaram award 2017 – K Satchidanandan (For contribution

in Malayalam literature)

8. Vishnu das Bhave Award – Mohan Joshi

9. CII industrial Innovation Award 2017 – L&T technology service

10. Green Platinum Award – Govardhan Village of ISKCON in Palghar district,

Maharashtra

11. Kalakar Puraskar – Konkani Folk artist Gopal Gowda

12. Tata Literature live Lifetime achievement award 2017 – Girish Karnad

13. Certification of commendation to combat illegal wildlife trade – India’s

wildlife Crime Control Bureau

14. UN Equator Prize - NGO Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP), pune

15. ANR National Award - S S Rajamouli (Director of Baahubali)

16. In 13th IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence

17. Great immigrants annual award - Shantanu Narayen and Vivek Murthy

18. Awards 2016-17, Karnataka bank bagged best bank in small banks category

19. World Food Prize 2017 – Ar. Akinwumi Ayudeji

20. Pramod Mahajan Smriti award – Anupam Kher

21. Little miss world 2017 – Indian girl Poorvi G B

22. Annual Nansen Refugee Award - Zannah Mustapha

23. UN Equator Prize - NGO Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP), pune

24. ANR National Award - S S Rajamouli (Director of Baahubali)

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25. In 13th IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence Awards 2016-17, Karnataka bank

bagged best bank in small banks category.

26. Bhupen Hazarika national Award - Assamese writer Yeshe Dorjee Thongshi

27. Right Livelihood award - Colin Gonsalves, Khadija Ismayilova,

Yetnebersh Nigussie and Robert Bilott

28. Nisha Dutt has been choosen for the Social Entrepreneur of the year award and

she became the first Indian women to won this award.

29. Odiya Poet Haraprasad Das has been honoured with kalinga literary award

2017.

30. UNESCO Prize for Girl’s and Women’s Education given by UNESCO to -

Development and Education Programme for Daughters and Communities

Centre in Greater Mekong Sub-Region

31. Nobel Prize –

Economics - Richard Thaler (US) for contribution in the field of

behavioural economic

Physics - Rainer Weiss, Barry C Barish and Kip S. Thorne for LIGO

detector and gravitational waves observation

Chemistry - Jacques Dubochet, Richard Henderson and Joachim Frank for

Crypto electron microscopic study

Medicine - Jeffery C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young for

diclovery of molecular mechanism to control circadian rhythm

Literature - Kazuo Ishiguro

Peace - International campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons

32. (DEPDC/GMS) in Thailand and Mini Academy of Science and Technology

(MaCTec Peru).

33. Sangita Kalanidhi award 2017 - Musician and Chitraveena Maestro N. Ravikiran

34. Grand Prix Award has been honoured to CM of Sikkim Pawan Chamling for the

innovative work in organic farming.

35. UNESCO Asia Pacific award for cultural heritage conservation programme – Sri

Ranganathaswamy temple, Tamil Nadu

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36. American Bazar Philanthropy Award 2017 – Indian American Attorney Ajay

Raju

37. Manushi Chillar became the 54th Miss Indian world 2017 winner.

38. Global diversity award – Salman Khan

39. Annual Nansen Refugee Award - Zannah Mustapha

40. National Lata Mangeskar Award – Alka Yagnik and Udit Narayan

41. Hridayanath Mangeskar Award – Javed Akhtar

Committees

Committee Headed by

Sub committee of financial stability and development

council

RBI governor

Urjit Patel

Committee to examine the subcategorization of other

Backward class

G Rohini

Committee on proposal of haj pilgrim’s subsidy and

allowing women travel alone in group of 4 without any

male

Afzal Amanullah

Reviewing the Section 66 of IT act 2015 T K Viswanathan

Committee to study and examine the problems of the

people living on border area of Jammu & Kashmir

Rina Mitra

Committee study the healthcare infrastructure on the ports

and how to upgrade them under PPP mode to provide

better health services

Ved Prakash

Committee setup to investigate the accident in NTPC

Unchahar Thermal Plant.

P.D. Siwal

Committee to examine relations between India and China

on the issues of rohingyas and Doklam conflict.

Shashi Tharoor

RBI constituted a committee to look after linking home

loan rates with RBI’s repo rate

Tarun ramadorai

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Committee on the salary structure of judges of lower courts Former SC judge

PV Reddy

FRBM review committee NK Singh

40-member committee To select the movies for

international film festival at Goa a

Vivek Agnihotri

Study the feasibility of merging Maharashtra state

cooperative bank and financially weak districts (DCCB)

Yashwant Thorat

Committee to review the water resources in North Eastern

Region

Rajiv Kumar

Committee to look after the protection of personal data of

citizens and recommends methods to identify and study the

issues

Justice B N

Srikrishna

Committee on constitution of Group of Ministers for GST

composition scheme

Himanta Biswa

Sharma

21 member committee for the Recommendations on

Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)

Uday Kotak

Recommendation on army reforms included redeployment

and restructuring posts of officers, soldiers and civilians in

Army.

Shekatkar

committee

For selection of editor in chief of Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) A Surya Prakash

Personalities

1. Suresh Chukkapalli – honorary consul general in Hyderabad.

2. Anand Rajeswar Baiwar – executive director of Securities and Exchange board

of India (SEBI).

3. Neelamani N. Raju –First female Police chief of Karnataka.

4. Nasir Kamal – Additional Director General of BSF

5. Debjani Ghosh - first Female President of National Association of Software and

Services Companies (NASSCOM).

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6. Shamsher Khan – Swimmer passed away

7. N Poonguzhali – First female senior deputy director general, Tamil Nadu

Department of telecommunication

8. Vettor Purushan – Malyalam Actor passed away

9. Chakravarthi AVPS - Global ambassador of World Packaging Organisation

(WPO).

10. Vikas Seth – CEO of Bharti AXA life insurance

11. Bipin Puri –Director general Armed Forces Medical Services

12. Saraswati tripathy – Freedom fighter passed away recently

13. Akshay Ruparelia – Youngest Millionair of UK

14. Sreerupa Mukherjee – Crickter passed away

15. Madhu Azad – first female Mayor of Gurgaon

16. Shubhangi Swaroop – First Female Pilot in Indian Navy

17. D K Saraf – Chairperson of Petrol and natural gas regulatory board

18. Anshu Prakash – Chief secretary of New Delhi

19. Shamika Ravi – Part time member of Economic advisory council

20. Sail S parekh – CEO and MD of Infosys

21. Jagmit singh – First non-white head of political party in Canada

22. Adarsh Shein – Former chief justice of India passed away recently

23. Quarraisha Abdool Karim – UNAIDS Special ambassadors for Adolescents and

HIV

24. Narendra Batra – President of Indian Olympic association

25. Sandeep Bhushan – Facebook India MD

26. Ashwin Kumar – chief secretary of Puducherry

27. Rajesh Vaishnav – India’s high commissioner to Malta

28. Dia Mirza – United Nations Environment’s goodwill ambassador for India.

29. Chief Election commissioner – Mr. Achal Kumar Jyoti

30. Jitesh singh deo – Peter England Mr. India

Books & Authors

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Name of the Book Author

After Piketty: The agenda for

economics and inequality

Heather M. Boushey

Who me poor Gayatri Jayaraman

An ordinary life: A memoir nawazuddin Siddiqui and Rituparna

Chatterjee

Employment Growth and development;

Essays on changing world economy

Deepak Nayyar

I do what I Do Raghuram Rajan

The Glory of Patan KM Munshi

Marriage and its discontents; women,

Islam and the Law in India

Sylvia Vatuk

Political Violence in Ancient India Upinder Singh

The Ivory throne Manu S. Pillai (Won Youth award in English

language 2017)

Keeping India Safe: The dilemma of

Internal security

Vappala Balachandram

The Shershah of Kargil Deepak Surana

Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl Ram Kamal Mukherjee

No room for small dreams Shimon peres

30 seconds thriller K V Sridhar

Where India Goes Dian Coffey and Dean Spears

Moments of truth: My life with acting Rohan Taneja

The Emergency: Indian democracy’s

darkest hours

A Surya Prakash

Indira: India’s most powerful Prime

Minister

Sagarika Ghoshe

Durand curse: A line across the pathan

heart

Rajiv Dogra

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The Golden House Salman Rushdie

The purveyors of destiny : A cultural

biography of Indian railways

Arup K Chatterjee

Writing Pakistan: Conversation on

Identity, Nationhood and Fiction

Mustaq Bilal

Gandhi against case Nishikant Kolge

Hit Refresh Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

The making of Legend Bindeshwari Pathak

Wild Child and other story Paro Anand (Winner of Children award in

English 2017)

The essential Ambedkar Bhalchandra Mungekar

The mavericks of Mussoorie M Ramachandran

The Bengals: A portrait of community Sudeep Chakravarti

The Nationalist Minhaj Merchant

E-book India 2017 yearbook Comptroller and Auditor General of India

(CAG) Rajiv Mehrishi

India’s most fearless : True Stories of

modern Military heroes

Shiv Aroor

A coffee table book – A journey towards

self-reliance

Released by Nirmala Sitharaman

How India Sees the World: Kautilya to

the 21st Century

Shyam Saran

A to Z of Financial Management in

Autonomous Institutions

Rajat Bhargava and Deenanath Pathak

Dream nation : Uniting a country with

Handwritten Dreams

Saji Mathew and Jubie John

New wealth of Nations Surjit Bhalla

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STATIC GK

State Capital Chief Minister

Governor National Park & Wildlife Sanctuary

Andhra Pradesh

Amaravati N. Chandra Babu Naidu

E.S.L. Narasimhan

National Park – o Sri Venkateshwar

National park

Faith, Unity, Discipline: The ISI of

Pakistan

Hein G Kiessling

Unstoppable: My Life So Far Maria Sharapova

Journey of Women Law Reforms and

The Law Commission of India – Some

Insights

Pawan Sharma

A Republic in making: India in the

1950’s

Gyanesh Kudaisya

Doughnut Economics – Seven ways to

think like a 21st century economist

Kate Raworth

Demonetisation and black money C Rammanohar Reddy

Indian Railways: The weaving of

national tapestry

Bibek Debroy, Sanjay Chadha and Vidya

Krishnamurthi

Hope in a challenged democracy: an

Indian narrative

Ashwani Kumar

Indira Gandhi: a life in Nature Jairam naresh

The Exile: The flight of Osama Bin

Laden

Andrian Levy

From Chanakya to Modi: the evolution

of India’s foreign policy

Aparna Pande

Immortal India Amish Tripathi

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o Papikonda National Park

Wildlife Sanctuary –

o Pulicat lake Bird sanctuary

o Krishna Wildlife Sanctuary

o Kolleru Lake Wildlife Sanctuary

o Corina Wildlife Sanctuary

Andaman and Nicobar

Port Blair National Park – o Mahatma Gandhi

National park

o Campbell bay

National park

o Middle button

island National

park

o Saddle peak

National park

o Campbell Bay

National Park

Wildlife Sanctuary o Barren Island

Wildlife Sanctuary o Paget Island

Wildlife Sanctuary o Ranger Island

Wildlife Sanctuary o Tilchang Island

Wildlife Sanctuary o Sir Huge Rose

Island WLS Arunachal Pradesh

Itanagar Pema Khandu

Brigadier BD Mishra

National Park – o Namdapha

National park

o Mouling National

park

Wildlife Sanctuary –

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o Dibang Wildlife

Sanctuary

o Sesa Orchid

Wildlife Sanctuary

o Pakhui Tiger

Reserve

Assam Dispur Sarabananda

Sonowal Jagdish Mukhi

National Park – o Orang NP o Manas National

park

o Dibru Saikhowa

National park

o Kaziranga

National park

Wildlife Sanctuary –

o Dipor Bill Wildlife

Sanctuary

o Sonai Rupai

Wildlife Sanctuary

o Pabitora Wildlife

Sanctuary

o Laokhowa

Wildlife Sanctuary

o Pabha Wildlife

Sanctuary

Bihar Patna Nitish

Kumar Satyapal Maik

National Park – o Valmiki National

Park Wildlife Sanctuary-

o Salim Ali Wildlife Sanctuary

o VikramShila Wildlife Sanctuary

o Gautam Buddha Wildlife Sanctuary

o Kanwar Lake Bird Sanctary

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Goa Panaji Manohar Parrikar

National Park – o Mollem National

park

Chattisgarh Raipur Raman Singh

Balram Das Tandon

National Park – o Guru Ghasidas

National park

o Indiravati

National park

o Kanger ghati

National park

o Gormada reserve Wildlife Sanctuary –

o Achanakmar Wildlife Sanctuary

o Bhairamgarh Wildlife Sanctuary

o Semarsot Wildlife Sanctuary

o Udanti Wildlife Sanctuary

Delhi New Delhi Arvind Kejriwal

Anil Baijal

Wildlife Sanctuary – o Indira

Priyadarshini Wildlife Sanctuary

Gujarat Gandhinagar

Vijay Rupani Om Prakash Kohli

National Park – o Marine National

park

o Black buck

National park

o Gir forest

National park

Himachal Pradesh

Shimla Virbhadra Sigh

Acharya Dev Vrat

National Park – o Great Himalayan

National park

o Khirganga

National park

o Pin valley

National park

o

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Jammu And Kashmir

Jammu (Winter) and Srinagar (Summmer)

Mehbuba Mufti Sayyed

Narendra Nath Vohra

National Park – o Dachigam

National park

o Kishtwar National

park

o Salim Ali National

park

Jharkhand Ranchi Raghubar

Das Draupadi Murmu

National Park – o Betla National

park

o Kerala Thiruvana

nthapuram Pinnarayi Vijayan

P. Sathasivam

National Park – o Periyar NP o Anamudi shola

National park

o Eravikulam

National park

o Periyar National

park

o Mukurthi

National park

Karnataka Bangaluru Siddharamaiah

Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala

National Park – o Bandipur NP

o Anshi NP

o Bannerghatta NP

o Kudremukh NP

o Nagarhole NP

o Mudumalai NP

o Madhya Pradesh

Bhopal Shivraj singh chouhan

Om Prakash Kohli

National Park – o Bandhavgarh

National park

o Madhav National

park

o Kanha tiger

reserve

o Panna National

park’

o Sanjay National

park

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o Fossil National

park

o Van Vihar

National park

Maharashtra Mumbai Devendra Fadnavis

C. vidyasagar Rao

National Park – o Chandoli NP

Manipur Imphal N. Biren Singh

Nazma Heptullah

National Park – o Keibul Lamjao

National park

Meghalaya Shillong Mukul

Sangma Ganga Prasad

National Park – o Balphakram

National park

o Nokrek National

park

Mizoram Aizwal Lal

Thanhawla Nirbhay Sharma

National Park –

Nagaland Kohima T.R.Zeliang Padmanabha Acharya

National Park –

Rajasthan Udaipur Vasundhara Raje

Kalyan Singh

National Park – o Keoladeo National

park

o Desert National

park

o Ranthambore

National park

o Odisa Bhubanesh

war Naveen Pattnaik

S. C. Jamir National Park – o Bhitarkanika NP o Simlipal National

park

Punjab Chandigarh

Amarinder Singh

V P Singh Badnore

Wildlife Sanctuary – o Abohar Wildlife

Sanctuary

o Harike Wildlife Sanctuary

o Jhajjar Bacholi

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o Bir Moti Bagh Wildlife Sanctuary

o Bir Bhadson Wildlife Sanctuary

Sikkim Gangtok Pawan

Kumar Chamling

Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

National Park – o Khangchendzonga

National park

Tamil Nadu Chennai Edappadi k. Palaniswami

Banwari lal Purohit

National Park – o Gulf of Mannar

Marine National

park

Telangana Hyderabad K

Chandrasekhar Rao

E. S. L. Narasimhan

National Park – o Kasu

Brahmananda

reddy National

park

o Mahavir harina

vanasthali

National park

Tripura Agartala Manik

Sarkar Tathagat Roy

National Park – o Bison National

park

o Clouded leopard

National park

Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow Yogi Adityanath

Ram Naik National Park – o Dudhwa National

park

o Valmiki National

park

Uttarakhand Dehradun Trivendra

singh Rawat Krishna kAnt Paul

National Park – o Jim corbett

National park

o Alley of flowers

National park

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o Rajaji National

park

o Nanda devi

National park

o Gangotri National

park

West Bengal Kolkata Mamta

Banerjee Keshari Nath Tripathi

National Park – o Gorumara NP o Buxa Tiger reserve

o Neora Valley

National park

Important Dates

Date Day Theme

SEPTEMBER

5th September Teacher’s day “Teaching in Freedom, Empowering

Teachers”

8th September International literacy

day

‘Literacy in a digital world’

14th September Hindi day -

13th September World First aid day -

15th September Engineer’s day 2017 year – 49th anniversary of

Engineer’s day and 156th Birth

anniversary of Sir M Visvesrayya.

15th September International day of

democracy

democracy and conflict prevention

16th September Ozone day -

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21st September International day of

Peace

“Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and

Dignity for All.”

21 September World Alzheimer day -

25th September World Deaf day -

27th September World tourism day Sustainable Tourism – a Tool for

Development.

28th September World Rabies day Rabies: Zero by 30

29th September World heart day -

OCTOBER

2nd October International day of

non-violence

-

2nd October UN World habitat day Housing Policies: Affordable Homes

1st October UN International Day

of Older Persons

Stepping into the Future: Tapping the

Talents, Contributions and Participation

of Older Persons in Society

1st October World Vegetarian Day

2-8th October World wildlife week To promote the preservation of Fauna

4th October World animal welfare

day

Living in Harmony with our Wildlife to

ensure their Continued Survival

5th October World Teachers day Teaching in Freedom, Empowering

Teachers

9th October World post office day -

10th October World mental health

day

Mental health in the workplace

11th October International day for

the girl child

Empower girl: before, during and after

conflict

13th October International day for

disaster reduction

Home safe home: Reducing exposure,

reducing displacement.

14th October World Standards day Standards make cities smart

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15th October UN World Students

Day

15th October International day for

rural women

Challenges and opportunities in climate

resilient agriculture for gender equality

and the empowerment of rural women

and girls

16th October World Food day Change the future of migration. Invest

in food security and rural development

17th October International day for

the eradication of

poverty

Answering the Call of October 17 to end

poverty: A path toward peaceful and

inclusive societies

20 October UN world Statistics day Better data, Better Lives

21st October Police Commemoration

day

24th October World polio day One day: one focus: ending polio

24th October United nations day -

27th October World day for

audiovisual Heritage

Discover, remember and share

31st October National Unity Day

(Rashtriya Ekta Diwas)

-

NOVEMBER

10th November World Science Day for

Peace and

Development

Science for Global Understanding

11th November National education day -

14th November Children’s day -

14th November Diabetes day Women and diabetes – Our right to a

healthy future

15th November Jharkhand Statehood

Day

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10th November World science day for

peace and development

-

19th November National integration

day

-

19th November World Toilet Day Wastewater

20th November Universal children’s

day

#KidsTakeOver

21st November World fisheries day -

25th November International day for

Elimination of violence

against women

Leave no one behind: end violence

against women and girls

26th November National law day -

26th November Constitution day -

DECEMBER

1st December World AIDS Day My health My right

2nd December International day for

the abolition of slavery

-

4th December Indian Navy Day -

7th December Indian Armed Force

Flag Day

-

7th December International Civil

aviation Day

-

9th December International Day

against corruption

-

10th December Human Rights Day -

14th December National Energy

conservation day

-

18th December International

Migration day

-

23rd December Farmers Day -

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Festivals of India

Hornbill festival – Nagaland

Tendu Leaf bonus festival – Chhattisgarh

Konark dance festival – Odisha

Kathakar international story tellers festival – New Delhi

Cherry Blossom festival – Meghalaya

Dang Darbar festival – Gujarat

Pinjore Heritage festival – Himachal Pradesh

Deccan Festival – Andhra Pradesh

Tulip festival – Jammu & Kashmir

Lokrang Festival – Madhya Pradesh

Banganga festival – Maharashtra

Serendipity arts festival – Goa

Joydev Kenduli Mela – West Bengal

Kampil fair – Uttar Pradesh

Goncha festival – Chattisgarh

29th December International

Biodiversity day

-

JANUARY

4th January International World

Braille day

-

9th January NRI day -

10th January World Laughter day -

12th January National Youth Day -

15th January Army day -

24th January National Girl Child Day -

25th January Tourism Day -

25th January National Voters day -

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Kanthuri festival – Tamil Nadu

Guruvayur festival – Kerala

International Organisation and their

Headquarters

United Nation – New York

International atomic energy agency (IAEA) – Vienna, Austria

Economic Commission for Africa – Adis Ababa, Ethiopia

Economic and social commission for Western Asia – Amman, Jordan

Economic Commission for Europe – Geneva, Switzerland

Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) –

Bangkok, Thailand

United Nations Centre for Human and Settlements (UNCHS) – New

York, USA

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) - New York, USA

United Nations Industrial Development Organisations – Vienna,

Austria

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation

(UNESCO) - France

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UCTAD) -

Geneva, Switzerland

United Nations Development fund foe Women (UNFEM) - New York,

USA

United Nations Development Programme - New York, USA

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – Nairobi Kenya

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) - Geneva,

Switzerland

United Nations Institute for training and research (UNITAR) - Geneva,

Switzerland

United Nations Poplation Fund (UNFPA) - New York, USA

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World Food Programme – Rome, Italy

Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) - Rome, Italy

International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) – Montreal, Canada

International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) – Rome, Italy

International Labour Organization (ILO) - Geneva, Switzerland

International Maritime Organization (IMO) – London UK

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - Washington DC

International Telecommunication Union (ITU) - Geneva, Switzerland

Universal Postal Union – Bern, Switzerland

World Health Organisation (WHO) - Geneva, Switzerland

World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) - Geneva,

Switzerland

World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) - Geneva, Switzerland

World trade organisation (WTO) - Geneva, Switzerland

International bank for reconstruction and Development (IBRD) –

Washington DC

International Development Association - Washington DC

International Finance Corporation (IFC) - Washington DC

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) - Washington DC

International Centre for Settlement of Investment disputes (ICSID) -

Washington DC

Actionaid – UK

Amnesty International – London UK

CARE International – Geneva, Switzerland

Human Rights Watch – New York

International committee on red cross - Geneva, Switzerland

Oxfam International – UK

The commonwealth of Independent states (ICIS) – Minsk, Belarus

Non-Aligned movement – Jakarta, Indonesia

South Asian Association for Regional cooperation – Kathmandu, Nepal

Asian Development bank (ADB) – Mandaluyong, Philippines

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Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) – Jakarta, Indonesia

Colombo Plan – Colombo, Sri Lanka

European Economic community – Brussels, Belgium

International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) – Lyons, France

Arab League – Cairo

North Atlantic treaty organisation (NATO) – Brussels, Belgium

Organisations of Arab Petroleum Exporting countries (OAPEC) – Kuwait

Organisation for Economic co operation and development (OECD) –

Paris, France

Organisation of Islamic countries (OIC) – Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Organisation of Petroleum exporting countries (OPEC) – Vienna,

Austria

IMPORTANT DANCE FORMS OF STATES

Mohiniyattam – Kerala

Bharatnatyam – Tamil Nadu

Fugdi – Goa

Yakshgana – Karnataka

Dumhal - Jammu & Kashmir

Gaur Maria – Chhattisgarh

Kinauri Nati – Himachal Pradesh

Kalbelia – Rajasthan

Thang ta – Manipur

Phulpati, Maach – Madhya Pradesh

Giddha – Punjab

Munda – Jharkhand

Garba – Gujarat

Goti Pua, Chhau – Odisha

Jhumar, Phag– Haryana

Lavni – Maharashtra

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