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Prepared by S.Ezhilarasi (Group I Mains Postal Test to Join: 9952521550) Page 1 www.iyachamy.com Contents Current Affairs - January 1 to January 6, 2017 ........................................................................................... 2 National Level ............................................................................................................................................... 2 Appointments/Removals ......................................................................................................................... 2 Awards/Honours/Surveys ........................................................................................................................ 3 Books and Authors ................................................................................................................................... 4 Committees............................................................................................................................................... 4 Festivals .................................................................................................................................................... 5 Important Treaties/Agreements .............................................................................................................. 5 Meetings/Conferences ............................................................................................................................. 5 New Announcements ............................................................................................................................... 6 New Schemes............................................................................................................................................ 7 New Appointments .................................................................................................................................. 7 Special News ............................................................................................................................................. 7 Science and Technology ........................................................................................................................... 8 Obituary .................................................................................................................................................. 10 International Level ..................................................................................................................................... 10 Sports .......................................................................................................................................................... 11 Quick Revision ............................................................................................................................................ 13

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Contents Current Affairs - January 1 to January 6, 2017 ........................................................................................... 2

National Level ............................................................................................................................................... 2

Appointments/Removals ......................................................................................................................... 2

Awards/Honours/Surveys ........................................................................................................................ 3

Books and Authors ................................................................................................................................... 4

Committees............................................................................................................................................... 4

Festivals .................................................................................................................................................... 5

Important Treaties/Agreements .............................................................................................................. 5

Meetings/Conferences ............................................................................................................................. 5

New Announcements ............................................................................................................................... 6

New Schemes ............................................................................................................................................ 7

New Appointments .................................................................................................................................. 7

Special News ............................................................................................................................................. 7

Science and Technology ........................................................................................................................... 8

Obituary .................................................................................................................................................. 10

International Level ..................................................................................................................................... 10

Sports .......................................................................................................................................................... 11

Quick Revision ............................................................................................................................................ 13

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Current Affairs - January 1 to January 6, 2017

The current affairs has been compiled from various newspapers and various online sources

to help you in your preparation for all competitive examinations.

National Level

Appointments/Removals

News 1

Sanjiv Ranjan concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the

Oriental Republic of Uruguay.

News 2

President Appoints Prof. David R. Syiemlieh to Chair UPSC as per Article 316 of

Constitution.

UPSC has been established under Article 315 of the Constitution and consists of a

Chairman and ten Members; appointed and removed by President.

The chairman and members of the Commission hold office for a term if six years or

until they attain the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.

News 3

Air chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa takes charge as new 22nd Air force Chief.

He succeeded Mr. Arup Raha.

He is the third person from Sikh community to head the Indian Air Force after Arjan

Singh and Dibag Singh.

The President is the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces(Army, Navy

and Air force). He appoints the chiefs of the service branches of the armed forces.

Chief of Navy Staff (CNS) Admiral Sunil Lanba

Indian Air force Chief (25) Birender Singh Dhanoa

Chief of the Army Staff

(COAS)(27)

General Bipin Rawat

News 4

Mr. Anil Baijal has been appointed as the new Lt Governor of Delhi by the President.

His appointment came after Najeeb Jung’s sudden resignation from the post.

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The Lieutenant Governor plays a significant constitutional role. The Indian

Constitution has bestowed similar powers and functions on the Governors and Lt.

Governors as enjoyed by the President of India.

In India, the rank of Lt. Governor is present in the Union Territories (UTs) of Delhi

(which is a state too), Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Puducherry.

Articles 239 and 239AA of the Constitution of India specifies the functions, powers

and duties of the Lt. Governor. He is a representative of the President and acts on

the aid and recommendation of the council of ministers.

News 5

The Supreme Court has removed BCCI President Anurag

Thakur and Secretary Ajay Shirke from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)

on January 2, 2017, for failing to implement the reforms suggested by the RM Lodha

panel to reform BCCI.

The Lodha committee was formed in January, 2015 by the Supreme Court to

suggest sweeping reformsin the structuring and governance of cricket in the country.

Awards/Honours/Surveys

News 1

National capital Delhi with Rs. 2,80,000 has registered the highest per capita income

among all states and union territories of the country, during 2015-16.

Delhi’s per capita income is over three times the national average i.e Rs. 93,293.

It was followed by Chandigarh and Sikkim with per capita incomes of Rs.2,42,386 and

Rs.2,27,465, respectively.

News 2

According to latest data released by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, 26 crore three

lakh accounts have been opened under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan

Yojana (PMJDY) across the country till date.

15.86 crore accounts are opened in rural area and 10.17 crore accounts opened in

urban area.

The Scheme was launched by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on

August, 2014 with the objective of covering all households with at least one bank

account.

News 3

An Indian-origin British professor of chemistry and DNA expert at Cambridge

University Shankar Balasubramanian (born in Chennai) received Knighthood from

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Queen Elizabeth II for his contributions on Next Generation DNA sequencing (also

known as Solexa sequencing).

Persons receiving it are entitled with title ‘Sir’ before their name.

Solexa sequencing: It is an individual genome to be sequenced in a day or two at a

cost of less than 1,000 pounds. Previously, sequencing the human genome took

years of work and cost billions.

News 4

Shri K M Singh, Chairman & Managing Director of State-run National Hydroelectric

Power Corporation (NHPC) has been conferred the ‘Power & Energy Persona’s

Award for Individual Excellence’ at the 10th ENERTIA Awards 2016 –India and South

Asia’s awards for excellence in sustainable energy and power.

ENERTIA Awards are India’s Topmost, Prestigious and Pioneering Awards and

attract Leading Power, Renewable Energy, Natural Resources, Oil & Gascompanies.

Books and Authors

News 1

A book on the former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was released on January 4, 2017

in New Delhi by Vice President, Shri M. Hamid Ansari.

The book titled, ‘The People’s President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’ has been written

by Shri S.M. Khan who served as the Press Secretary to President Kalam.

Committees

News 1

The Sumit Bose Committee formed to study the validity and efficiency of the Socio-

Economic and Caste Census (SECC) data in identifying the poor recently submitted its

report, which is in favour of using the information for rural development schemes.

The government is planning to adopt the Socio-Economic and Caste Census (SECC)

instead of the poverty line-based method to identify recipients for its pro-poor

schemes.

The committee also developed a formula based on deprivation parameters to

identify beneficiaries for specific schemes. The greater the deprivation score, the

higher will be the ranking of a household for getting government assistance.

News 2

The Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Mr Vijay Goel constituted a

committee under Sports Secretary, Injeti Srinivas on January 2, 2017, to suggest

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improvements in the National Sports Development Code functioning of sports

federations.

Festivals

News 1

The 350th Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti was celebrated across the world on January 5,

2017.

Marking the occasion, a huge festival known as Prakash Utsav also known as Prakash

Parv has been organized in Patna, Bihar– the birth place of the Guru.

Prime Minister Modi released a commemorative postage stamp to mark the

occasion of 350thbirth anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh.

News 2

The World famous 11-day gala festival Bargarh Dhanua Jatra began on 2 January

2017 in western Odisha.

Important Treaties/Agreements

News 1

India and Pakistan are exchanging information on the nuclear installations and

facilities every year on jan 1st, based on the Agreement on the Prohibition of Attack

against Nuclear Installations between India and Pakistan.

The first exchange was done on Jan 1992. It was signed on 31st December 1988 and

entered into force on 27 January 1991.

It was signed by then Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and his Pakistani

counterpart Benazir Bhutto.

Meetings/Conferences

News 1

The 16th meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was

held in New Delhi. It was chaired by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

It reviewed the major issues and challenges facing the economy.

The Central Government had established Financial Stability and Development

Council (FSDC) in December 2010 with the Finance Minister as it Chairman based on

the Raghuram Rajan Committee on Financial Sector Reforms in 2008.

News 2

Prime Minister inaugurated the 104th Indian Science Congress at Sri Venkateswara

University in Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh on January 3, 2017.

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The theme for the five-day event is ‘Science and Technology for National

Development’.

New Announcements

News 1

Andhra Pradeshgovernment has announced that it will give scientists of the state Rs.

100 crore for Nobel Prize.

This reward is about 17 times more than the prize money given out with the Nobel

award.

No other state government in India has perhaps made such a grand offer to its

scientists.

News 2

“Bunkar Mitra” Helpline for Handloom Weavers was launched by the Union Textiles

Minister Smriti Zubin Irani on the occasion of Good Governance Day (on December

25, 2016).

The helpline aims to provide a single point of contact to handloom weavers across

the country for addressing their queries and seek guidance.

News 3

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved new projects under

Namami Gange programme in Haridwar (Uttarakhand) and Varanasi (Uttar

Pradesh).

News 4

The Chief Election Commissioner, Dr Nasim Zaidi on January 4, 2017, announced the

schedule of upcoming Assembly elections in five states including Goa, Uttarakhand,

Manipur, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

News 5

The Supreme Court on January 1, 2017 ruled out that no politician can seek votes in

the name of caste, language or religion and seeking votes in this manner would be

considered as a corrupt practice and not permissible.

A 7-judge constitution bench passed the judgment in the 20 year old Hindutva

case which questions whether a religious leader’s appeal to his followers to vote for

a particular political party amount to electoral malpractice under Section 123 of the

Representation of People Act.

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New Schemes

News 1

In order to encourage competition for improving sanitation standards in the

respective area, the government started, Swachh Survekshan 2017 from January 4,

2017.

The survey will be conducted by Quality Council of India to rank 500 cities across the

country on cleanliness.

News 2

Andhra Pradesh Government has launched NTR Arogya Raksha Scheme to provide

the medical treatment to the people below Above Poverty Line (APL).

News 3

PM announcment on eve of New Year.

For the poor: Two new schemes under PM Awaas Yojna. Home loans for poor and

middle class people up to Rs 9 lakh will get 4% exemption on interest and 3% for up

to Rs 12 lakh loans.

For women: Pregnant women across India will be given Rs 6,000 in their bank

accounts to take care of initial medical needs.

For farmers: The government will convert 3 crore Kisan Credit cards to RUpay Credit cards.

New Appointments

News 1

Uttarakhand Justice JS Khehar sworn in as 44th Chief Justice of India January 4,

2017.

He was administered oath to the office by President Pranab Mukherjee at

Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.

He is the first person from Sikh communitry to become the CJI.

Justice Khehar succeeded Tirath Singh Thakur who retired on 3 January 2017.

Special News

News 1

World Braille Day – January 4 2017

Every year World Braille Day is observed on 4th January across the world

to commemorate the birthday of Louis Braille who is credited with inventing the

Braille language which helps blind people to read as well as write.

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News 2

Savitribai Phule

Search engine giant Google honoured India’s 19th Century social reformer Savitribai

Phule on the occasion of her 186th birth anniversary (3 January 2017) by dedicating

a doodle on its webpage.

She was the first woman teacher of the first women’s school in India and also a first

pioneer in modern Marathi poetry.

Born in Naigaon in Maharashtra on January 3, 1831, Phule is widely regarded as one

of India’s first generation modern feminists for her significant contributions in

ensuring equal education opportunities under the British raj.

She was married at the age of nine to the 13-year old Jyotirao Phule. She was home

taught to read and write by her husband.

Later the couple founded India’s first school for girls and women in Bhidewada, Pune

(Maharashtra).

The school was started with just 9 girls from different castes. But it was considered

as historic step when female education was considered taboo in the orthodox Indian

society prevalent then.

During the British rule in India, the Phule couple had launched a crusade against

social discrimination based on caste and gender, and also had sparked the flame for

women’s equal rights.

During this highly patriarchal and orthodox Indian society when women had no say

in anything, Savitribai’s courageous campaign covered social issues such as child

marriages, child widows, practice of ‘Sati’, women education and fighting for equal

rights for all women.

Even after death of Jyotirao Phule in 1890, she carried on legacy of his Satyashodhak.

She died while serving people suffering from bubonic plague in Maharashtra in 1897.

In her honour, University of Pune in Maharastra was renamed Savitribai Phule

University in 2014.

India Post also had released a stamp in honour of Savitribai on March 10, 1998.

Science and Technology

News 1

Irish scientists have recently identified a new human organ named Mesentery that

has existed in the digestive system for hundreds of years.

Mesentery is a fold of the peritoneum which attaches the stomach, small intestine,

pancreas, spleen, and other organs to the posterior wall of the abdomen.

News 2

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West Bengal”s longest free WiFi-enabled road has become operational.

Free WiFi will be available over the entire stretch on Biswa Bangla Sarani covering a

distance of 13.5km.

The step has been taken to facilitate IT professionals who travel along the road to

their workplaces.

News 3

The trial run of India’s first 700 MW pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR)

coming up at Kakrapar is expected to take place in mid-2017.

India’s state owned atomic power plant operator NPCIL is building four 700 MW

PHWRs—two each at Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) in Gujarat and

Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS) in Rajasthan.

News 4

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch record 83 tiny satellites

in one mission using its workhorse PSLV-C37 by end of January 2017.

Of the 83 satellites, 80 belong to Israel, Netherlands, Switzerland Kazakhstan and US

while the remaining three belong to India. The three Indian satellites are earth

observation Cartosat-2 satellite series, INS-IA and INS-1B.

Earlier in June 2016, ISRO had set a record by successfully launching 20 satellites in a

single mission on board PSLV-C34 from the spaceport in Sriharikota in Andhra

Pradesh.

Prior to it, ISRO had earlier successfully sent 10 satellites into orbit on a single

mission in 2008.

News 5

Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani launched India’s first laser technology-based

advanced AVMS RTO check-post at Shmlaji of Aravalli district in Gujarat.

News 6

India successfully test-fired its home-grown long range intercontinental ballistic

missile (ICBM) Agni-IV from the Abdul Kalam Wheeler Island off Odisha coast.

Agni-IV is two-stage surface-to-surface nuclear capable intercontinental ballistic

missile.

It has been designed and developed indigenously by Defence Research and

Development Organisation (DRDO).

DRDO Headquarters: New Delhi

Founded: 1958

Chairman: Avinash Chander

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News 7

An atomic clock at National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in New Delhi was programmed

to add an extra second to the year 2017 in order to compensate for a slowdown in

the Earth’s rotation.

The earth’s daily rotation on its polar axis is slowing. Every day it falls two

thousandths of a second short and so every 500 days one second is added to

international atomic time to adjust for slowing of astronomical time.

Adding leap second’ or second barely has an impact on the daily life. However, this

one second shift is critical for applications requiring time accuracies in the

nanosecond scale, which are critical in the fields of astronomy, satellite navigation,

communication networks.

Obituary

News 1

Veteran actor Om Puri passes away on January 6, 2017 following massive cardiac

arrest in Mumbai, Maharashtra. He was 66.

His has acted in commercial Indian, British, and Hollywood, independent films and

art films.

His last appearance was in a Pakistani comedy film, Actor in Law, which had released

in September 2016.

He had won two time National Award winner for his roles in Arohan and Ardh

Sathya. He

was honoured with Padmashri, the fourth highest civilian award of India in 1990.

News 2

Noted Manipur-based historian, litterateur and scholar Gangmumei Kamei passed

away in Imphal following protracted illness.

News 3

Renowned Sitar maestro Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan died at on January 4, 2017 due to

cardiac arrest.

He has been credited for innovating the unique music style of “Jafferkhani Baaj“.

The musician was the recipient of the Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Sangeet

Natak Akademi awards.

International Level News 1

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The United Nations 70th General Assembly has recognized the year 2017 as

the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development.

News 2

Jovenel Moise has been elected as the President of Haiti.

News 3

Finland has become the first country in the world to give some basic income to

unemployed citizens to tackle unemployment, which stands at 8.1 percent in a

nation of 5.5 million.

News 4

China has launched its first freight train to London

The train will travel for about 18 days and more than 12,000 km before reaching its

destination in Britain

It will pass through Kazakhstan, Russia, Belarus, Poland, Germany, Belgium and

France before arriving in London.

News 5

An Indian-origin Saudi-based entrepreneur, Shaikh Rafik Mohammed, (hails from

Kerala) has been appointed Major General of Kyrgyzstan.

News 6

Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has been appointed as the as 25th Chief Justice of

Pakistan.

News 7

China on December 30, 2016, announced a plan to ban all ivory trade and

processing activities by the end of 2017, to prevent the mass killing and threat of

extinction of African elephants.

Sports News 1

Indian Cricketer, Mahendra Singh Dhoni stepped down as the captain of the Indian

team on January 4, 2017.

However, he will still be available for selection as a wicketkeeper-batsman for the

One Day and T20I series series.

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The 35-year-old had given up the Test captaincy in December 2014, when he retired

from the format after the Melbourne Test. However, he stayed on as ODI and T20

international captain.

Jharkhand hailing Dhoni has been India’s most successful captain. Under his

leadership India have won the ICC T20 World Cup in 2007, the ICC ODI World Cup in

2011, ICC Champions Trophy in 2013 and also reached the top of the Test rankings in

2009.

News 2

Indian Women Football Team won their fourth consecutive (South Asian Football

Federation) SAFF Women’s Championship title defeating Bangladesh in the finals at

the Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri, West Bengal on January 4, 2017.

This was the first time India had hosted the SAFF Women’s Championship. Earlier the

Indian team won the Championship in the year 2010, 2012 and 2014.

News 3

Former Australian cricketer Arthur Morris was inducted into the International

Cricket Council’s Hall of Fame on January 3, 2017, by Steve Waugh during the tea

break on the opening day of the third Test between Australia and Pakistan in Sydney.

Morris, who became the 82nd player to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of

Fame, was given the honour posthumously.

News 4

China’s table tennis Grand Slam Champion Li Xiaoxia announced

her retirement on January 1, 2017, ending her 22 years career on the court.

She helped China to win gold medal in doubles at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016.

News 5

World number one tennis player Andy Murray (29) from Britain was conferred the

Knighthood in the Queen Elizabeth II’s New Year’s Honours list.

With this he becomes youngest recipient of the Knighthood.

News 6

Sergey Karjakin of Russia defeated Norway’s Magnus Carlsen in a tie-breaker to

win Gold in the World Blitz Chess Championship title in Doha, Qatar on December

30, 2016.

News 7

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Argentine Star Lionel Messi was chosen as the World’s Best Playmaker for the year

2016 on December 29, 2016, by the International Federation of Football History and

Statistics (IFFHS).

News 8

Spanish professional tennis player, Rafael Nadal successfully clinched 2016

Mubadala World Tennis Championship title held at the Abu Dhabi International

Tennis Complex.

News 9

31 year old professional Indian tennis player Somdev Kishore Devvarman popularly

known as Somdev announced his retirement from professional tennis on 01 January

2017.

The decision was taken due to a shoulder injury.

In his bright career he has won Gold at both singles and men’s double event at 2010

Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. Apart from this he also has a gold in men’s singles

event of XIXth Commonwealth Games , New Delhi.

In 2011 Somdev received Arjuna Award from the Indian government for his success

in tennis.

Quick Revision

1. Which state government announced Rs.100 crore for its scientists who receive Nobel

Prize?

2. Vetreran actor Om Puri who passed away recently was awarded with Padmashri in

which year?

3. Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was formed in 2010 based on

which committee recommendation?

4. What is Bunkar Mitra?

5. Good governance day observed on …..

6. The book titled, ‘The People’s President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’ was written by ….

7. Who is Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan?

8. First Chief Justice of India from Sikh Community?

9. Prakash Utsav relates to…..

10. The name of the new human organ found was….

11. India’s first school for girls and women was founded by …

12. Satyasodak samaj was founded by ..

13. Who is the 44th Chief Justice of India?

14. Recently approved cities for Namami ganga project

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15. World Braille Day observed on

16. The survey that was conducted to rank the cities based on sanitation improvemnet

was called

17. Longest free WiFi enabled road operational in which state?

18. Committee formed to study the validity and efficiency of the Socio-Economic and

Caste Census (SECC) data

19. 104th Indian Science Congress held in

20. 700 MW pressurized heavy water reactor is being built in

21. Launch of 83 satellites in one mission by ISRO was planned using

22. Which state/UT has the Highest per capita income in India?

23. New Chairman of UPSC

24. Lodha Committee formed in …. For….

25. Number of accounts opened under PMJDY as of Jan 2017

26. Gala festival celebrated in which state?

27. Which state launched Arogya Raksha Scheme

28. India’s first laser technology-based advanced AVMS RTO check-post launched in

29. An Indian-origin British professor received Knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II

30. ‘Power & Energy Persona’s Award for Individual Excellence’ at the 10th ENERTIA

Awards 2016 given to

31. Chief of Naval, army and airforce

32. new Lt Governor of Delhi

33. Article 239 and 239AA deals with

34. Agni-IV successfully test fired in

35. Extra second was added to the year 2017 in an atomic clock at National Physical

Laboratory (NPL) in New Delhi to compensate for

36. Year 2017 was recongized by UN as the International year of

37. New President of haiti

38. First country in the world to give some basic income to unemployed citizens to

tackle unemployment

39. An Indian-origin Saudi-based entrepreneur who has been appointed as the Major

General of Kyrgyzstan

40. Which committee has been constituted by the Union Government to suggest

improvements in National Sports Development Code (NSDC)?

41. Who has won the 2016 Mubadala World Tennis Championship?

42. Who is the newly elected Chief Justice of Pakistan?

43. Who has won the 2016 World Blitz Chess Championship?

44. Which country’s women football team has won the 2016 SAFF Women’s

Championship?

45. Arthur Morris, who has been inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame, was the legendary

cricketer of which country?

46. Somdev Kishore Devvarman associated with which sports?

47. 2016 Mubadala World Tennis Championship won by

48. India won ICC T20 World Cup in 2007, the ICC ODI World Cup in 2011 under the

captainship of ….

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49. Chairman of DRDO ….

50. International year of pulses as declared by UN?

Answers

1. Andhra Pradesh

2. 1990

3. Raghuram Rajan Committee on Financial Sector Reforms

4. Helpline for Handloom Weavers

5. December 25

6. Shri S.M. Khan

7. Renowned Sitar maestro

8. JS Khehar

9. The 350th Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti

10. Mesentery

11. Savitribai and Jyotirao Phule

12. Jyotirao Phule

13. JS Khehar

14. Haridwar (Uttarakhand) and Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh).

15. Jan 4

16. Swachh Survekshan

17. West bengal

18. Sumit Bose Committee

19. Tirupati, AP

20. two each at Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) in Gujarat and Rajasthan Atomic

Power Station (RAPS) in Rajasthan

21. PSLV C-37 by end of Jan 2017

22. New Delhi

23. Prof. David R. Syiemlieh

24. 2015 for sweeping reformsin the structuring and governance of cricket

25. 26 crore three lakh accounts

26. Odisha

27. Andhra Pradesh

28. Shmlaji of Aravalli district in Gujarat.

29. Shankar Balasubramanian

30. Shri K M Singh, Chairman & Managing Director of State-run National Hydroelectric

Power Corporation (NHPC)

31. Admiral Sunil Lanba, Birender Singh Dhanoa and General Bipin Rawat

32. Mr. Anil Baijal

33. functions, powers and duties of the Lt. Governor

34. Abdul Kalam Wheeler Island off Odisha coast.

35. Slowdown in the earths rotation

36. Sustainable Tourism for Development

37. Jovenel Moise

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38. Finland

39. Shaikh Rafik Mohammed

40. Injeti Srinivas committee

41. Rafael Nadal

42. Mian Saqib Nisar

43. Sergey Karjakin

44. India

45. Australia

46. Tennis

47. Rafael Nadal

48. M.S.Dhoni

49. Avinash Chander

50. 2016