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A monthly magazine of Current Affairs

June -2017

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CONTENTS

CRACK CLAT Bullets………..2

Latest in General Knowledge…4

Appointments

Awards & Honors

Books & Authors

Constitutional/Law

Defense

Economic Scenario

Ecology & Environment

Places

Report & Index

Software & Telecom

Persons in News………………12

Current Topics – India………..13

Current Topics – World……....16

Latest in Sports………………..20

Static GK Capsules……………23

Current Affairs MCQs………..25

Answer Key of MCQs………..28

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National

..........introduced boat ambulance service in four

districts, Koraput, Malkangiri, Kendrapara and

Kalahandi as part of an MoU signed between State

government and Ziquitza Health Care. Odisha

A five day cultural festival organized in Cairo

Embassy of India in Cairo and Maulana Azad

Centre to mark the 155th birth anniversary of

Rabindranath Tagore

India has decided to replace the Maitri research

station in….. with a new one in the next three or

four years. Antarctica

IRCTC is now offering ……… of rail tickets and

will allow passengers to make payment through any

payment mode, including cash. home delivery

The Union Cabinet recently approved setting up of

a new All India Institute of Medical Sciences in

Kamrup, (Assam)

Presiding over a review meeting of the states

affected by Left-Wing Extremism (LWE), Union

Home Minister Rajnath Singh announced a new

strategy against the Maoists Samadhan

The Income Tax department has launched a new e-

facility to link Aadhaar with the Permanent Account

Number, (incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in) a

mandatory procedure for filing IT returns

Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh launched the

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Mobile

Application ‗BSFMyApp‘ for Grievance Redressal

of the Central Armed Police Forces Personnel

Telangana in the First State to have logo for

vehicles driven by person with hearing impairment

‘Driver is Deaf- Please Watch Out’

Which State‘s Chief Minister has launched a water

harvesting and conservation campaign to resolve the

state‘s acute water crisis? Uttarakhand

The Election Commission of India has launched the

National Contact Centre and also gives a toll-free

number 1800111950. Public can make a call to this

number to get any information or to complaints

either in English or Hindi

The government has exempted residents of Assam,

Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya, Non-Resident

Indians, foreigners or any citizen above ……of age

from mandatory quoting of Aadhaar while filing

income tax returns 80 years

Which Indian court has decided to go completely

paperless and adopt digital management system?

Supreme Court

Which State‘s government is planning to launch

district-level action plans to reduce infant mortality

rate? Rajasthan

India‘s first-ever ‗village of books‘ will open in

which State to promote tourism? Maharashtra

PM Narendra Modi unveils conclusion of ‗Namami

Devi Narmade Sewa Yatra‘, conservation of the

Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh at

Amarkantak

Vishakhapatnam and Beas railway stations are the

cleanest railway stations out of the ……….station

in India. 407

Modi will become the first Indian Prime Minister to

visit Israel

International

Which State government of India signed a MoU

with US-based technology major Oracle to enhance

its IT infrastructure delivery of services?

Jharkhand

………has been unanimously elected as the

President of the UN-Habitat, to promote sustainable

human settlement s across the globe? India

India has signed a joint declaration with which

country for cooperation in the field of alternative

medicine? Germany

The Union Cabinet has approved MoU between

India and Which country in the field of Organ

Transplant Services Spain

The liberal politician who was recently sworn-in as

the President of South Korea is Moon Jae-in

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in May

2017 stayed the execution of Indian national who

was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court

for alleged spying Kulbhushan Jadhav

Which country recently organised a seminar to

strengthen the bilateral relations between the two

nations? Egypt

Which country has become the first country to open

an honorary consulate office in Gujarat

International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City)?

Belgium

India ranks …….. globally in terms of

representation of women in executive government



and parliament, by the Inter-Parliamentary Union

(IPU) survey. 148th

As per the revised UN report 2017, Norway is the

world‘s happiest country. In the study of 155

countries, India ranked at 122

Italy ranks first in the world‘s healthiest country list

and India ranks 143 in a list of 188 countries

India and Pakistan agreed on redesigning the Miyar

Hydroelectric project, of Indus Water

Commissioners in Islamabad

India notified the Third Protocol amending the

existing India-Singapore Double Taxation

Avoidance Agreement

According to a report released by Stockholm

International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI),

…….. emerged as the world‘s largest importer of

major arms during 2012-16. India

Pakistan‘s Parliament passed landmark bill to

regulate ……… of minority Hindus in the country.

Marriages

Economy & Banking

India has jumped 12 places to 40th rank globally in

travel and tourism competitiveness list by World

Economic Forum

Rank of India in terms of stainless steel producing

countries in the world according to data released by

the International Stainless Steel Forum is Second

largest

Which Indian city was ranked second in the world‘s

most crowded cities list released by World

Economic Forum? Mumbai

Cashback portal Cashkaro.com tied up to launch

card-linked offers with Yes Bank

India‘s largest cab aggregator Ola partnered to

launch a range of integrated digital offerings to

customers with Airtel

According to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Indian

economy will grow at a clip of 7.5% this fiscal, up

from 7.1% in 2016-17

Mastercard to Provide Payments Processing

Solution for Airtel Payment Bank, also launched

India‘s first online debit card along with a prepaid

card, both of which is accessible through the

Myairtel App

Karnataka Bank Launches National Pension System

in Mangaluru

Life insurance firm, HDFC life launched a

traditional life insurance plan, Pragati for Low

Income Group People

Mumbai-based Citi Bank has launched instant chat

services for customers named Citibank Online

(CBOL)

Science & Technology

Two Indian warships,……… visited Egypt on

Indian Navy‘s overseas deployment to the

Mediterranean Sea and west coast of Africa. INS

Mumbai and INS Aditya

Third generation ‗fire and forget‘ anti-tank missile

that was recently test-fired by DRDO is ‘Nag’

West Bengal decided to set-up a state-of-art plant

tissue culture laboratory at ………..to enhance

production and quality of plants and vegetables.

Kolkata Biotech Park

Japan launched a new satellite in Tanegashima to

track land and maritime movements in North

Korea

India test-fires ……… surface-to-air missile from

Odisha test range to neutralize enemy targets up to a

distance of 15 km and at heights between 20-

9000m. ‘Spyder’

Which Indian Navy Ship is currently undertaking a

hydrographic survey of Weligama Bay along with

Sri Lankan Navy? INS Darshak

Saurabh Sing hand Vikas Pandey have developed a

rapid diagnostic method for typhoid with diagnosis

time of Seven Hours

Four new tiny frog species found in Western Ghats

discovered by a team of researchers from the

University of Delhi and the Kerala Forest

Department

Rs 17000 crore deal jointly developing with Israel a

medium-range surface-to-air missile (MR-SAM) for

the Indian army with strike range of 70 km

Indian Space Research Organization is turning its

attention to India‘s second lunar mission,

Chandrayaan-2, scheduled for 2018

India successfully test fired Supersonic cruise

missile Brahmos at Balasore Odisha coast and

successful test fired the extended range beyond 400

km

Sports



Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaikun veiled the

logo and mascot of the Asian athletics

championship, is ‘Olly the turtle’

Who became the new owner of the four new Pro

Kabaddi League (PKL) teams in the fifth season of

the tournament, to be played from July to October,

2017. Sachin Tendulkar

Bajrang Punia of India won gold medal on the

Asian Wrestling Championship, in the men‘s 65kg

freestyle category at the Indira Gandhi Sports

Complex

The Chairman of the Committee ICC Cricket

Committee is Anil Kumble

The winner of the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League is

Manchester United

The Indian all-round cricketer who recently became

the highest wicket-taker in Women‘s One-Day

Internationals is Jhulan Goswami

The winners of the Monte Carlo Masters men‘s

Doubles title are Rohan Bopanna and Pablo

Cuevas

Ankur Mittal clinched the double trap gold in the

final of the Shotgun World Cup

Norman Isaac has become the first Indian ever to be

promoted by the International Basketball Federation

(FIBA) as Technical Delegate

Which has become the second Indian woman, after

Saina Nehwal, to break into the top 5 after the latest

BWF world rankings? PV Sindhu

Roger Federer claimed a record-equalling fifth ATP

Indian Wells Masters title with Novak Djokovic

........ became a five-time winner of the Vijay

Hazare Trophy. Tamil Nadu

India to host Combined World Cup 2019 for

shooting which will be a qualifying event for the

2020 Tokyo Olympics

World Toe Wrestling Championship is held

annually in England

Miscellaneous

The Indian cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar was

awarded ‗The Fellowship Award‘ at the Asian

Awards in London

Prime Minister of Nepal who resigned recently

Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda

Ministry that launched the Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay

Telecom Skill Excellence Awards Ministry of

Telecommunication

Which Indian monument has made it to the world‘s

top ten landmarks list? Taj Mahal

Which Indian actress won the best actress award at

the New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) 2017

Konkona Sen Sharma

All India Radio (AIR) station that was honoured

with the prestigious ‗Lelte Award‘ is AIR Aizawl

President Pranab Mukherjee conferred the 52nd

Jnanpith Award to this eminent Bengali poet

Sankha Ghosh

Which was conferred by the CII President‘s Award

for Lifetime Achievement by the President Pranab

Mukherjee? Rahul Bajaj

Veteran Hindi Scholar and Novelist Surendra

Verma Selected for 2016 Vyas Samman

Shilpa Shetty appointed as the Ambassador for

Swachh Bharat Mission

Punjab Congress Chief Minster Amarinder Singh‘s

biography, ‗The People‘s Maharaja‘, written by

Khushwant Singh

Kanungo was appointed as the Deputy Governor

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for Three Years

Latest in General Knowledge

Anniversaries & Days

June 4: International Day of Innocent Children

Victims of Aggression

June 5: World Environment Day

June 3rd Sunday: Father's Day

June 14: World Blood Donor Day

June 21: International Yoga Day

June 26: International Day against Drug Abuse

and Illicit Trafficking

Appointments

Theresa May re-elected as Prime Minister of

Britain: Ms. Theresa May was re-elected as the

Prime Minister of Britain on June 9, 2017. After the

snap general elections called by the Prime Minister,

Britain delivered a hung parliament with no party

getting a clear majority. To reach a majority, a party

has to secure 326 seats – while the Conservatives

have secured 318 seats, the Labour party was

behind at 261 seats. Ms. May‘s Conservative party



signed a deal with democratic Unionist Party (DUP)

which had won 10 seats.

Kaushik Basu takes over as President of IEA:

Mr. Kaushik Basu took over as President of the

International Economic Association (IEA). Mr.

Basu will serve a three-year term as the President.

Mr. Kaushik Basu has served as India‘s Chief

Economic Adviser from 2009 to 2012. He has also

served as senior Vice-President and Chief

Economist at the World Bank from 2012 to 2016.

Before this appointment, Mr. Basu was the C.

Marks Professor of International Studies at Cornell

University.

Krishna R. Urs appointed as US Ambassador to

Peru: Trump appointed Indian-American Mr.

Krishna R. Urs as the new US Ambassador to Peru

on June 28, 2017. Mr. Krishna R. Urs is a career

diplomat who has served at seven US embassies as

well as in several senior leadership positions in

Washington, DC. Before appointment, he was

serving as Charge d‘ Affaires of the US Embassy in

Madrid, Spain.

Neeru Chadha elected as first Indian woman

member of International Sea Tribunal: Ms.

Neeru Chadha was elected as the first Indian

woman member of the International Tribunal for the

Law of the Sea (ITLOS), a top body which

adjudicates cases related to the international law of

the seas. The Indian nominee topped the ballot for

the Asia-Pacific group in an election held on June

14, 2017, for a seat on the tribunal. Ms. Chadha, the

first woman Chief Legal advisor to the Ministry of

External Affairs, becomes the first Indian woman to

hold a high-ranking UN position after the late

Vijayalakshmi Pandit.

UNICEF appoints Syrian refugee Muzoon

Almellehan as Goodwill Ambassador: UNICEF

announced on the eve of World Refugee Day on

June 19, 2017, the appointment of Ms. Muzoon

Almellehan, a 19-year-old education activist and

Syrian refugee, as its newest and youngest Goodwill

Ambassador. The appointment makes Ms. Muzoon

the first person with official refugee status to

become an Ambassador for UNICEF.

K. K. Venugopal appointed as Attorney General

of India: Hon‘ble President Mr. Pranab Mukherjee

appointed senior advocate and constitutional expert

Mr. K.K. Venugopal as the new Attorney General

of India on June 30, 2017. He is the 15th Attorney

General of India. He succeeds Mr. Mukul Rohatgi

as the country‘s top law officer. Earlier, in the

Morarji Desai‘s government (1977-79), Mr.

Venugopal had served as Additional Solicitor

General of India.

Achal Kumar Joti appointment Chief Election

Commissioner: The most senior Election

Commissioner, Mr. Achal Kumar Joti, was

appointed as the next Chief Election Commissioner

of India on July 4, 2017. He succeeds Mr. Nasim

Zaidi who demitted his office on July 5, 2017. Mr.

Joti assumed the charge of his new office from June

6, 2017.

Rajiv Gauba appointed as Home Secretary: The

Appointments Committee of the Cabinet appointed

senior IAS officer Mr. Rajiv Gauba as Union Home

Secretary on June 21, 2017, replacing Mr. Rajiv

Mehrishi who is retiring in August 2017. The 1982-

batch Jharkhand cadre officer Mr. Gauba was

posted as Secretary in the Ministry of Urban

Development as Officer on Special Duty (OSD).

R.K. Pachnanda takes charge as Director

General, ITBP: Senior IPS officer Mr. R.K.

Pachnanda took charge as the new Director General

of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) on June

30, 2017. He is the 29th Chief of the ITBP. With this

appointment, Mr. Pachnanda became the only IPS

officer who has served in all the major central

paramilitary forces and agencies – CRPF, CISF,

BSF, NDRF, SPG, CBI and now the ITBP.

Narendra Kumar Sinha assumes charge as

Secretary I & B: Mr. Narendra Kumar Sinha

assumed charge as Secretary in the Ministry of

Information & Broadcasting on June 30, 2017. Mr.

Sinha is an IAS officer of Bihar cadre of 1980

batch. He succeeds Mr. Ajay Mittal. Prior to his

appointment, Mr. Sinha was Secretary of Ministry

of Culture. He has also served as Principal

Secretary, Information Technology Department,

Government of Bihar.



BOOKS AND AUTHORS

The Great Game in Afghanistan: Rajiv Gandhi,

General Zia and the Unending War – By Kollo

Bhattacherjee, Harper Collins

Women at War: Subhash Chandra and the Rani

of Jhansi Regiment – By Vera Hildebrand

A Horse Walks Into a Bar – By David Grossman,

the recipient of Man Booker International Prize,

2017

Love Fox Dancing – By Ruskin Bond, Speaking

Tiger Books

Baaz – By Anuja Chauhan, Harper Collins

Maid in India – By Tripti Lahiri, Aleph

Numbers Do Lie – By Aakash Chopra, Harper

Sport

Defense

Indian Army gets Modern-Bullet Proof Helmets:

After decades of wait, the Indian Army has finally

received its first batch of bullet-proof helmets. The

helmets were manufactured by Kanpur-based MKU

Industries at the cost of Rs. 180 crore. The new

bullet-proof helmets are capable of withstanding the

impact of 9mm ammunition fired from a short

range. The helmets match global standards of

equipment for armed forces. According to MKU,

the bullet-proof helmets undergo rigorous quality

and ballistic lab test at the company‘s testing

facilities in India as well as in Germany. The

helmets are designed in such a way that they can be

comfortably integrated with communication and

night-vision devices.

DRDO successfully test-fires anti-tank Nag

missile: The Defence Research and Development

Organisation (DRDO) successfully test-fired anti-

tank ‗Nag‘ missile in Jodhpur, Rajasthan on June

13, 2017. The Nag missile is a third-generation anti-

tank guided missile which words on ―fire and

forget‖ principle. It is equipped with highly

advanced Imaging Infrared Radar (IRR) seeker

along with integrated avionics. It also possesses

advanced passive homing guidance system. The

anti-tank Nag missile is one of the five missile

systems developed by the DRDO under the

integrated guided missile development programme

(IGMDP). The four other missiles developed under

this programme include Agni, Akash, Trishul and

Prithvi.

India-Australia bilateral maritime exercise

AUSINDEX-17 held: India-Australia bilateral

maritime exercise AUSINDEX-17 was held in

Freemantle, off the Western Australian coast from

June 13 to 17, 2017. The bilateral exercise aimed to

enhance interoperability and professional

interaction between the two navies. Indian warships

INS Kamorta, INS Shivalik (the first stealth warship

built in India), and oiler INS Jyoti took part in the

exercise. Australian warships which took part in the

exercise include missile frigate HMAS Newcastle;

diesel-electric submarine HMAS Waller; special

operations unit, Clearance Diving Team Four; and

P3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft of the Royal

Australian Air Force.

Lockheed and Tata sign pact to make F-16

Planes in India: Lockheed Martin and India‘s Tata

Advanced Systems have signed a pact to produce F-

16 fighter planes in India. The two companies have

announced their agreement at the Paris Airshow.

Lockheed Martin‘s move to forge a joint venture

with Tata is aimed at winning billions of dollars

worth order from the Indian military.

India‘s Air Force needs hundreds of aircraft to

replace its Soviet-era fleet, but PM Mr. Narendra

Modi‘s government has said that foreign suppliers

would have to make the planes in India with a local

partner to help build a domestic industrial base and

cut outright imports. Lockheed Martin is one of the

largest aerospace, defence, security, and advanced

technologies companies having worldwide interests.

US to sell C-17 Globemaster Transport Aircraft

to India: US has decided to sell one C-17 transport

aircraft to India. US and India have built a close

defence relationship in recent years. The US, along

with Russia and Israel, has emerged as one of the

top three arms suppliers to India. The sale of $366.2

million C-17 transport aircraft manufactured by

Boeing also includes one Missile Warning System,

one Countermeasures Dispensing System, one

Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Transponder and

precision navigation equipment. This proposed sale

is expected to improve the capability of India to

meet current and future strategic airlift requirements

as the country lies in a region prone to natural

disasters. It will also provide additional capability

for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. In



addition, India will be able to provide more rapid

strategic combat airlift capabilities for its armed

forces.

Ecology & Environment

India matches the world in atmospheric carbon

dioxide levels: The first-ever picture of atmospheric

CO2 concentration over India shows that it is way

above the safety mark and in line with what has

been observed in other parts of the world. In 2015,

the global average was 400 ppm, accordin to Mauna

Loa observatory in Hawaii. In India, that year,

according to a report published in the latest issue of

Current Science, the average CO2 level was 399

parts per million (ppm). However, at Cape Rama, a

coastal station in Goa, the level shot up to 408 ppm.

Some parts of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and

Himachal Pradesh saw CO2 concentrations hover

much higher between 405 ppm and 410 ppm.

May 2017 was the second hottest month in 137

years: NASA: According to NASA, May 2017 was

the second hottest month in a span of 137 years

when modern record-keeping of average global

temperatures had commenced. The temperature of

May 2017 was 0.88 degrees celsius warmer than the

mean May temperature from 1951-1980. May 2016

is the hottest on record with 0.93 degrees Celsius

warmer than the May mean temperature. May 2017

temperature was 0.05 degrees celsius cooler than

the temperature recorded in May 2016. It was only

0.01 degrees Celsius warmer than the third warmest

May, which occurred in 2014. NASA's Goddard

Institute for Space Studies GISS) does the monthly

analysis of global temperature by analysing the

publicly available data acquired by about 6,300

meteorological stations around the world.

Tiger population grows in Karnataka:

Karnataka's Tiger reserves have indicated an

increase in the tiger population as per the annual

census completed recently. The State has five tiger

reserves. Bandipur has reported 136 tigers,

Nagarahole 91 and Bhadra 26. There are 58 tigers in

the BRT Tiger Reserve. This is estimated to be a

significant increase. The latest population estimate

reinforces Bandipur and Nagarahole landscapes as

having the highest tiger numbers in south India and

can be ranked among the top three or four national

parks in the country along with Jim Corbett, Kanha

and Kaziranga.

Assam to raise Special Rhino Protection Force:

The Assam government is going to raise a new

Special Rhino Protection Force (SRPF) for better

protection of the one-horned rhinos in Assam. The

State government has already started the process of

recruitment for the proposed force. The cadre for

the force will be selected from local youths hailing

from the fringe areas of the Kaziranga National

Park. After initial selection, the recruits will be

given necessary training. They will be also provided

with arms and ammunition for better protection of

the one horned rhinos.

Economic Scene

India launches historic tax reform GST: Hon'ble

President Mr. 'Pranab Mukherjee and Prime

Minister Mr. Narendra Modi jointly launched at

midnight on June 30, 2017 the Goods and Services

Tax (GST), India's biggest tax reform in its 70-year

history. First proposed in 2006, the GST subsumes

more than a dozen State and Central levies into one

tax, unifying 29 States and 1.28 billion people into a

single market for the first time. It includes four tax

slabs of 5%, 12%, 18% to 28%. GST is expected to

expand India's narrow tax base and increase

government revenues. It has been heralded by

economists and will count as the most important

economic reform of Mr. Modi's three-year old

administration.

PAN cards will not be invalid if not linked with

Aadhaar Card by July 1: IT Department: The

Income Tax Department has clarified that the PAN

card will not be invalid if it is not linked with

Aadhaar Card by July 1, 2017. Earlier, there were

reports that the PAN card will become invalid if it is

not tied up with Aadhaar before July 1. In wake of

the government making it clear that Aadhaars will

be mandatory for filing Income Tax Returns and

obtaining a new PAN from July 1, 2017, a lot of

queries and doubts had arisen with people

complaining that they were not able to link their

Aadhaar with their PAN. While PAN cards will not

become invalid automatically after July 1, the

Aadhaar-PAN linking would become mandatory.



Government unveils new hydrocarbon policy:

Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister (IC) Mr.

Dharmendra Pradhan introduced a new oil and gas

block licensing poliwn June 28, 2017. It is expected

to open up 2.8 million square kilometres of

sedimentary basins to exploratiom and production

activities. The Open Acreage Licensing Policy

(OALP) is a part of the government's Hydrocarbon

Exploration and Licensing Policy (HELP), which

gives exploration companies the option to select the

exploration blocks on their own, without having, to

wait for the formal bid round from the government.

The company then submits an application to the

government, which puts that block up for bid. The

new policy will open up 2.8 million square

kilometres of sedimentary basins for exploration

and eventual production.

65 MoUs signed at Textile India 2017: Union

Textiles Minister Ms. Smriti Zubin Irani and

Minister of State for Textiles Mr. Ajay Tamta

witnessed the signing of 65 MoUs in the textiles

sector on the second day of the three-day mega

textiles trade fair, Textiles India 2017, held in

Gandhinagar, Gujarat from June 30 to July 2, 2017.

The MoUs were signed between various domestic

and international organisations from industry and

government; three of the MoUs signed are G2G

MoUs. The signatories to the MoUs included

organisations from countries like China, Australia,

Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Japan, among others.

India signs loan agreement with World Bank for

$35 million for Assam project: An agreement for

IBRD Credit of $35 million from World Bank for

Assam State Public Financial Institutional Reforms

Project was signed in New Delhi on June 27, 2017.

The programme size is $44 million, of which $35

million will be financed by the World Bank, and the

remaining amount will be funded out of State

Budget. The programme duration is 5 years. The

objective of the project is to improve predictability

and transparency in budget execution and efficiency

in tax administration in Assam. The project will

benefit the citizens of Assam.

Bilateral Trade between India and Israel

Bilateral trade between India and Israel stood at

$5.02 billion in 2016-17, rising 2.3 percent in 2016-

17 after four consecutive years of fall. This involves

$3.06 billion of exports and $1.96 billion of

imports. Of this, raw non-industrial diamonds figure

significantly on both sides of trade, contributing

more than a billion dollars to both imports and

exports.

While India is the largest exporter of polished

diamonds in the world, sending 75 percent of the

world supply, Israel is the second largest.

Israel, for long the top exporter of the shiny stone to

the United States—the world's largest market for

diamond—has recently been overtaken by India.

According to Mr. Praveen Shankar Pandya,

Chairman of Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion

Council, "Israel has high manufacturing costs which

are prompting their firms to send over small raw

diamonds to India for processing".

Top Export Items:

* Petroleum oil * Raw diamonds * Organic

chemicals

Top Import Items:

* Raw diamonds * Electrical machinery and

equipment * Fertilisers

Honours & Awards

NATIONAL

Femina Miss India World 2017: Ms. Manushi

Chhillar from Haryana emerged as the winner of the

Femina Miss India World 2017 pageant, which was

held at the Yash Raj Studios in Mumbai on June 25,

2017. While Ms. Manushi Chhillar was crowned as

the winner, Ms. Sana Dua from Jammu and

Kashmir and Ms. Privanka Kumari from Bihar were

the first and second runners-up respectively. Ms.

Manushi will represent India in Miss World 2017

Contest to be held in China in December 2017. Ms.

Manushi has also won Miss Photogenic title. The

contest saw participation of 30 contestants from

different States.

Prime Minister's Yoga Award: Ramamani

Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute, Pune became the

first recipient of the Prime Minister's Yoga Award

on June 21, 2017, for outstanding contribution to

promotion and development of Yoga. The Institute

has been selected from among 85 nominations and

15 more recommended by the Screening

Committee. PM's Yoga Award was instituted at the

2nd International Day of Yoga celebrations at



Chandigarh by Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi

for promoting the ancient Indian spiritual discipline.

Bhupen Hazarika National Award, 2017: The

Bhupen Hazarika National Award, 2017 has been

conferred upon the noted Assamese writer Mr.

Yeshe Dorjee Thongshi. The award has been

instituted by Sarhad, a Maharashtra-based

organisation. The award honours an outstanding

literary work at national and international levels.

Mr. Thongshi belongs to Arunachal Pradesh. In

spite of having Sherdukpen as his mother tongue,

Mr. Thongshi started writing his works in

Assamese. So far, he has written about a dozen

novels and numerous short stories and plays.

Sahitya Akademi Awards: Sahitya Akademi

announced its annual Youth and Children Awards

on June 22, 2017. The Youth Awards will be given

in 24 languages. Sixteen awards in poetry, five in

short stories, two biographies and one, essay have

won the Youth Awards. The Youth Award in

English language was won by. Mr. Manu S. Pillai

for Biography: The Ivory Throne. The Children

Awards are also given in 24 languages. The

Children Award in English was won by Ms. Paro

Anand for short story book: Wild Child and Other

Stories.

Kalinga Literary Awards: Legendary Odiya poet,

essayist and columnist Mr. Haraprasad Das was

conferred the covetous Kalinga Literary Award on

June 11, 2017, for his work and contribution to

literature at the fourth edition of Kalinga Literary

Festival. Mr. Das had also received the prestigious

Moortidevi Award in 2013 for his book Vamsha'—a

recreation of Mahabharata in the new idiom of

contemporary poetry.

INTERNATIONAL

Man Booker International Prize: Israeli author

Mr. David Grossman won the Man Booker

International Prize on June 14, 2017, for his novel

"A Horse Walks Into a Bar". Mr. David Grossman

has become the first Israeli author to win the Man

Booker International Prize His works have been

translated into over 10 languages. He is also a

recipient of France's Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts

et des Lettres in 1998. The Man Booker Prize is

world's most prestigious English-language literary

award.

Great Immigrants Award: ‗Indian-Americans,

Adobe chief Mr. Shantanu Narayen and former US

Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, are among 38

immigrants honoured in 2017 for their role in

helping advance the country's society, culture and

economy. Mr. Narayen and Dr. Murthy were

honoured with the prestigious 'Great Immigrants'

annual award on US's Independence Day on July 4,

2017. Dr. Murthy was appointed by former US

President Mr. Barack Obama in 2014, becoming the

first-ever Indian-American to occupy the post and

also the youngest ever surgeon general of the

country.

Queen's Young Leader's Award: Anti-hunger

activist Mr. Ankit Kawatra was awarded the

Queen's Young Leader's Award for 2017 at a

ceremony in the Buckingham Palace in London on

June 29, 2017. The award, recognizing the 25-year-

old's exceptional work towards solving hunger and

malnutrition in India, was presented to him by

Queen Elizabeth II. Mr. Kawatra is the founder of

Feeding India, an organisation that aims to eradicate

hunger and food wastage in India.

Bharat Gaurav Award: Filmmaker Mr. Madhur

Bhandarkar received the Bharat Gaurav Award at

the UN Hall, New York on June 10, 2017. He

dedicated the award to Indian Armed Forces and

their families. Mr. Bhandarkar, also a recipient of

the Padma Shri Award, has made a name in the

industry for making socially relevant films like

Traffic Signal, Chandni Bar, Fashion and Page 3.

Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award: Ms.

Nisha Dutt, Chief Executive Officer of Hyderabad-

based Intellecap was honoured with the "Social

Entrepreneur of the Year" award at the 7th Asian

Awards in London on June 22, 2017. She is the first

Indian woman leader to have been conferred this

recognition. This award has been presented to her

for leading Intellecap to become a globally known

enterprise that focuses on social capital and impacts

the under-served communities.

Inventions & Discoveries



New material removes water pollutants using

solar energy: Scientists have developed a new non-

toxic material that uses solar energy to degrade

harmful synthetic dye pollutants which are released

at a rate of nearly 300,000 tonnes a year into the

world's water. The novel, non-hazardous

photocatalytic material developed by researchers at

Swansea University in the UK effectively removes

dye pollutants from water, adsorbing more than 90

percent of the dye and enhancing the rate of dye

breakdown by almost ten times using visible light.

NASA discovers 10 new Earth-size exoplanets:

NASA revealed 10 new rocky, Earth-sized planets

that could potentially have liquid water and support

life, on June 19, 2017. Ten of the new discoveries

were orbiting their suns at a distance similar to

Earth's orbit around the sun, the so-called habitable

zone that could potentially have liquid water and

sustain life. Kepler has already discovered 4034

potential exoplanets, 2,335 of which have been

confirmed by other telescopes as actual planets. The

10 new Earth-sized planets bring the total to 50 that

exist in habitable zones around the galaxy.

Carved skulls' fragments discovered at a Stone

Age temple in Turkey: A group of archaeologists

discovered unprecedented carved skulls at a Stone

Age temple, called Gobekli Tepe, in Turkey. The

deeply chiselled human craniums are the first of

their kind in the region. Three Neolithic skull

fragments that were discovered show evidence of a

unique type of post-mortem skull modification at

the site. Archaeologists believe that this find is

extremely significant and means that this society,

like many others in this part of the world at the

time, was a skull cult that venerated the human skull

after death. The research was published on June 28,

2017 in the journal Science Advances.

Places

Grenfell Tower, London: Grenfell Tower, a 24-

storey public housing complex in London was

ravaged by a fire on June 13, 2017, that claimed

more than 30 lives and injured more than 80 people.

Countless others were rendered homeless by the

fire. The 120-flat tower was home to 600 people.

The affordable-housing project was recently given a

8.7 million pound facelift, but in the aftermath of

the disaster, survivors said that despite the cosmetic

changes, the building was riddled with faulty wiring

and frequent gas leaks. There have been many

safety warnings given earlier about the tower about

the poor fire safety standards.

Sharjah, UAE: Sharjah city in the UAE was

recently in news when it was crowned with the

prestigious 'The World Book Capital' for 2019 by

UNESCO for the quality of its literary and cultural

activities and for its efforts to make books

accessible to the entire population of the nation. It

was selected because of its innovative and inclusive

application, with a community-focussed activity

programme containing creative proposals to engage

the very large migrant population, according to

UNESCO. Sharjah is the 19th city to become World

Book Capital and third in the Arab world and

Middle East, to have received this recognition.

Reports & Indexes

India to become most populous country in the

world by 2024: UN report: India's population

could surpass that of China's around 2024, two

years later than previously estimated, and is

projected to touch 1.5 billion in 20 according to a

UN forecast. The World Population Prospects: The

2017 Revision, published by the UN Department of

Economic and Social Affairs, says that currently

China with 1.41 billion inhabitants and India with

1.34 billion remain the two most populous

countries, comprising 19% and 18% of the total

global population. In roughly seven years, or around

2024, the population of India is expected to surpass

that of China, the report said. The 2017 Revision of

World Population Prospects is the 25th round of

official UN population estimates and projections.

India among the top five consumer markets in

Asia: BMI research: India is among the top five

consumer markets in Asia offering retailers

consumer spending growth of an average of 6.1

percent over the next five years, says a report

According to BMI Research, a Fitch group

company, China, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, India and

Indonesia represent five favourite consumer

markets in Asia, offering retailers the strongest

consumer spending growth over its, forecast period

to 2021. Some of the key factors responsible for



increase in consumer spending include, increasing

access to consumer credit, lower inflation, and a

more favourable regulatory environment for

foreign-owned retailers bodes well for India's

consumer sectors over the coming years.

Space

Hottest planet in universe discovered: Scientists

have discovered the hottest known planet located 65

light years from Earth, which is warmer than most

stars in the universe and sports a giant, glowing gas

tail like a comet The Jupiter-like planet orbits a

massive star KELT-9 every day and a half. With a

day-side temperature peaking at 4,326 degree

Celsius, the newly discovered exoplanet, designated

KELT-9b, is hotter than most stars and only 926

degree Celsius cooler than our Sun. The ultraviolet

radiation from the star it orbits is so brutal that the

planet may be evaporating away under the intense

glare, producing a glowing gas tail.

NASA launches rocket to prod colourful

artificial clouds: The NASA has successfully

launched Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding

rocket that created colourful artificial clouds visible

in the skies of the US. The rocket was launched

from its Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia on June

30, 2017. The rocket during the 8-minute flight had

released 10 canisters about the size of a soft drink

into space. The canisters deployed blue-green and

red vapour that formed artificial clouds visible in

the skies of the US from New York to North

Carolina. The artificial clouds are formed through

the interaction of barium, strontium and cupric-

oxide. The vapour tracers will help in understanding

the movement of the particles in the ionosphere. It

will help to learn more about the movement of the

air currents at that altitude.

ISRO working on using kerosene as fuel for

semi-cryogenic engine: Indian Space Research

Organisation (ISRO) is developing a semi-

cryogenic engine that will use eco-friendly kerosene

as propellant. The advantage 9f, using this semi-

cryogenic engine in the launch vehicle is that it uses

refined kerosene which is lighter than liquid fuel

and can be stored at a normal temperature. The

current fuel, a combination of liquid hydrogen and

liquid oxygen, is heavier than kerosene and has to

be stored at freezing temperatures of (-)253 degree

Celsius.

Software & Telecom

Reliance Jio launches longest 100G submarine

cable system: Reliance Jio Infocomm has launched

the Asia-Africa-Europe (AAE-1) submarine cable

system, which is the longest 100Gbps technology-

based submarine system, will stretch over 25,000

km from Marseille, France to Hong Kong, with 21

cable landings across Asia and Europe. The 4G

entrant said that the project is the combined work of

leading telecom service providers from Europe, the

Middle East and Asia. AAE-1 links seamlessly with

other cable systems and fiber ne Irks to deliver

direct access to all global markets.

MISCELLANY

World record created in Ahmedabad on

International Yoga Day: Over 3 lakh people from

Ahmedabad and Gujarat congregated at the GMDC

Ground and four other venues in Vastrapur on June

21, 2017 and created 23 world records, on the

International Yoga Day. Guinness World Records

handed a certificate to the Chief Minister of Gujarat

for creating the world record for the highest number

of people taking yoga lessons at a single venue as

54,522 people had performed yoga at the GMDC

Ground. This broke the 2015 world record set by

35,985 people performing yoga in a session led by

PM Mr. Narendra Modi at Rajpath in Delhi. Apart

from this, 22 records were set or broken during the

pre-event yoga camp from June 18 to 20, 2017. The

records were set for the highest number of surya

namaskars, most surya namaskars in one hour, etc.



Persons in News

Narendra Modi: PM Mr. Narendra Modi hogged

the limelight when he made a visit to Israel from

July 4 to 6, 2017. His visit witnessed India and

Israel elevate their ties to the strategic partnership

level. Earlier, Mr. Modi had visited the United

States of America from June 25 to 26, 2017. He met

US President Mr. Donald Trump with a focus on

pushing the strategic ties. A joint statement was

released by both the leaders which made terrorism

the cornerstone of mutual cooperation. PM Mr.

Modi had visited Portugal also on June 24, 2017.

He held in-depth bilateral talks with his Portugese

counterpart Mr. Antonio Costa. Besides, he had

paid a working visit to the Netherlands on June 27,

2017. Mr. Modi held official meetings with Prime

Minister Mr. Mark Rutte, King Willem Alexander

and Queen Maxima.

Carrie Lam: Ms. Carrie Lam took oath as the first

woman Chief Executive of Hong Kong on July 1,

2017. She was sworn in by Chinese President Mr.

Xi Jinping. Ms. Lam was selected by a pro-Beijing

committee, as were her predecessors. Ms. Lam is a

former student activist who climbed the rungs of the

civil service over 36 years. The Sino-British Joint

Declaration gave Hong Kong rights unseen on the

mainland through a semi-autonomous "one country,

two systems" agreement, lasting 50 years.

Palbinder Kaur Shergill: Indian-origin Sikh

human rights advocate Ms. Palbinder Kaur Shergill

has been appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of

British Columbia in New Westminster. Ms. Shergill

is the first turbaned Sikh to be appointed to the

judiciary in Canada. The appointment was made on

June 24, 2017 with immediate effect. She replaces

Justice EA Arnold-Bailey, who retired in May

2017. Prior to her appointment to the Bench, Ms.

Shergill practised as a lawyer and mediator with her

law firm, Shergill & Company, Trial Lawyers.

Raja Chari: Indian-American Mr. Raja Chari, a

lieutenant Colonel with the US Air Force, has been

selected by space agency NASA among 12

astronaut candidates who will conduct research off

the Earth for deep space missions. Mr. Chari has a

Bachelor's degree in Astronautical Engineering and

Engineering Science from the US Air Force

Academy and a postgraduate degree in Aeronautics

and Astronautics from Massachusetts Institute of

Technology. He also graduated from the US Naval

Test Pilot School.

Neeru Chadha: Ms. Neeru Chadha was elected as

the first Indian woman member of the International

Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), a top

body which adjudicates cases related to the

international law of the seas. She topped the ballot

for the Asia-Pacific group in an election held on

June 14, 2017, for a seat on the Tribunal. Ms.

Chadha, the first woman Chief Legal Advisor to the

Ministry of External Affairs, has become the first

Indian woman to hold a high-ranking UN position

after the late Vijayalakshmi Pandit.

Tanmay Bakshi: Tanmay Bakshi, a 12-year-old

Indian-origin boy living in Canada has been listed

among the youngest app developer in the world. His

notable works include an algorithm designed by

him called AskTanmay' described as "the world's

first Web-Based NLQA System", built using IBM

Watson's Cognitive Capabilities. The eight-step

algorithm can apparently solve queries related to a

'Person', 'Organisation', `Location', or 'Date' answer

type. Tanmay started working on programming

from the age of five.

Muzoon Almellehan: Ms. Muzoon Almellehan,

er9-year-old education activist and Syrian refugee,

was appointed as the newest and the youngest

Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF on the eve of

World Refugee Day on June 19, 2017. The

appointment makes Ms. Muzoon the first person

with official refugee status to become an

Ambassador for UNICEF. She has done extensive

work for girls' education in Syria.

Ekta Bisht: Indian women cricket team's left arm

spinner Ekta Bisht created history on July 2, 2017,

when she picked up 5 wickets for 18 runs, playing

against Pakistan in a match in Women's World Cup.

It helped India notch up their third win on the trot in

the ICC Women's World Cup 2017. Ekta has now

become third Indian woman cricketer to pick 5 or

more wickets in a match in the Women's World

Cup.



Manushi Chhillar: Ms. Manushi Chhillar from

Haryana winner of the emerged as the Femina Miss

India World 2017 pageant, held in Mumbai on June

26, 2017. While Ms. Manushi Chhillar was crowned

the winner, Ms. Sana Dua from Jammu and

Kashmir and Ms. Priyanka Kumari from Bihar were

the First Runner-up and Second Runner-up

respectively. Ms. Manushi has also won Miss

Photogenic title.

CURRENT TOPICS: INDIA

India-Israel Take Their Partnership To Strategic

Level

Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi was on a visit to

Israel from July 4 to 6, 2017. Mr. Modi has become

the first Prime Minister of India to visit the Jewish

nation. PM Mr. Modi received a rousing reception

at the Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel

Aviv with Israeli PM Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu

greeting him with the words ―Aapka swagat hai

mere dost‖. Extending the honour, which had so far

been accorded only to the Pope and the President of

the United States, is symbolic of the significance

attached to the first-ever visit by an Indian Prime

Minister to Israel.

The historic visit saw India and Israel elevate their

ties to the strategic partnership level. After the

wide-ranging talks, the two sides signed seven pacts

covering areas like innovation, water conservation,

agriculture and space. India and Israel also agreed

to set up a $40 million fund for industrial research

and development, and innovation fund, with both

countries contributing #20 million each. Besides,

separate MoUs were signed on cooperation in GEO-

LEO optical link and cooperation in electric

propulsion for small satellites. The leaders asserted

that strong measures should be taken against

terrorists, terror organizations, their networks and

all those who encourage, support and finance

terrorism, or provide sanctuary to terrorists and

terror groups.

PM Mr. Modi laid a wreath at the Yad Vashem

Memorial Museum and paid tributes to over six

million Jews killed by Nazi Germany. In a special

gesture, Mr. MOdi met Moshe Holtzberg, an 11-

years old Israeli child who was just two years old

when he lost his parents in the 2008 Mumbai terror

attack at Chabad House.

Government Launches National Biopharma

Mission: Union Minister of Science and

Technology Mr. Harsh Vardhan launched the

National Biopharma Mission on June 30, 2017,

aimed at accelerating biopharmaceutical

development in the country. Under the mission, the

Ministry also launched Innovate in India (i3)

programme to create an enabling ecosystem to

promote entrepreneurship and indigenous

manufacturing in the sector. i3 programme will

witness an investment of $250 million with $125

million as a loan from the World Bank. It aspires to

create an enabling ecosystem to promote

entrepreneurship and indigenous manufacturing in

the sector. The mission, to be implemented by

Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance

Council (BIRAC), is expected to bring together

expertise from the national and international

corridors to provide strategic guidance and direction

to move promising solutions through the product

development value chain.

Railway Minister Lays Foundation Of Survey

Work On Bilaspur-Manali-Leh Railway Line At

Leh

Railway Minister Mr. Suresh Prabhu kicked off the

final location survey of the 498-km long Bilaspur-

Manali-Leh line and laid the foundation stone for

the survey of the strategically vital rail project at

Leh in Ladakh on June 27, 2017. Coming up at a

high of 3,300 metres, the strategically important rail

project is touted to become the highest rail track in

the world, overtaking China‘s Qinghai Tibet

Railway.

The all-weather Leh rail network is one of the four

important railway connectivities identified by the

Defence Ministry along the China border. The

proposed alignment passes through Shivalik, Great

Himalayan and Zanskar Ranges – areas with wide

variation in height 600 metre – 5300 metre above

mean sea level.

Leh is the most important town in Ladakh region of

Jammu and Kashmir having approximately 1.5 lakh

population. It is the second largest district in the

country with elaborate Army Establishments and is

the Headquarter of 14 Corps. Personnel and

equipment will be transported more easily to the

strategic military base of Leh with the



commissioning of the line. The work of Final

Location Survey has been entrusted by the Ministry

of Railways to RITES Ltd. and is planned to be

completed by March 2019 with an approximate cost

of Rs. 157 crore.

Cabinet Approves Disinvestment OF Air India:

The Union Cabinet formally approved the

privatization of national airline Air India Ltd. and

five of its subsidiaries on June 28, 2017. NITI

Aayog, the government‘s think tank, has suggested

complete privatization of the Air India, which has a

debt burden of over Rs. 52,000 crore. Disclosing

this, Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley said that he

would be heading a group to work out procedures

for the Air India disinvestment. The group under

Mr. Jaitley will decide on the treatment of

unsustainable debt of Air India, hiving off certain

assets to a shell company, spinning off and selling

stakes in three profit-making subsidiaries, the

quantum of disinvestment, and the eligibility

criteria for the bidders. This group will then report

back to the Union Cabinet for final approvals. The

Ministry of Civil Aviation has been looking at ways

to revive Air India, which is surviving on Rs.

30,000 crore bailout package extended by the

previous UPA (United Progresive Alliance) regime.

Air India was launched in 1932 by Mr. JRD Tata as

Tata Airlines. Its name was changed to the current

one in 1946. The government decided to take it over

in 1953. In 2000 too, under a BJP-led government,

there was a move to privatise Air India but it went

nowhere.

Government Launches VAJRA Scheme To

Attract Indian Scientists Abroad

In a bid to bring together the Indian scientists

abroad and India-based researchers for conducting

joint researches in India, the Department of Science

and Technology (DST) launched a scheme named

‗Visiting Advanced Joint Research Faculty‘

(VAJRA) on June 22, 2017. Minister of Science and

Technology Mr. Harsh Vardhan launched the Web

portal of VAJRA in New Delhi and said that the

initiative would boost research work and lead to

newer, cutting-edge technologies, which were

needed in India. Under this scheme, scientists or

senior researchers abroad – of Indian origin or

otherwise – can collaborate with faculties in India.

Mr. Harsh Vardhan said that the Central

Government had been stressing upon converting

brain-drain into brain-gain. The broad areas of

research like energy, health, advance material and

others would be promoted under the scheme. The

Minister said that VAJRA will bring huge value to

India‘s innovation ecosystem. It will facilitate

sustained international collaborative research with

the guidance and mentoring of masters, Ph. D. and

post-doctoral students. It will expose the best of our

young minds to the best of global research practices

and also enhance our access to state-of-the-art

research facilities in other countries, he said.

The foreign researchers would receive endowments

on a par with those in their own countries. The

endowments for faculties would be $15,000 in the

first month of residency and $10,000, for the

remaining months. The hope is to draw 1,000

VAJRA faculty members annually, with the aim of

reaching that target within seven years.

30 More Smart Cities Annoucned; Takes The

Total To 90 So Far

Central Government announced another list of 30

cities for development as smart cities on June 23,

2017, taking the total cities picked up so far to 90

under Smart City Mission launched on June 25,

2015. Announcing the new batch of smart cities at a

National Workshop on Urban Transformation in

New Delhi, Minister of Urban Development and

Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Mr. M.

Venkaiah Naidu said that 45 cities contested for 40

available smart city slots but only 30 were selected

to ensure feasible and workable plans that match the

aspirations of the citizens as directed by Prime

Minister Mr. Narendra Modi while launching the

mission.

The proposed investment in these 30 cities is Rs.

57,393 crore under various smart city plans. With

that, the total investment for smart infrastructure

development for the 90 cities had gone up to Rs.

1.91 lakh crore.

Uttarakhand, Haryana Become Open Defecation

Free States

Uttarakhand and Haryana have become the fourth

and fifth Open Defecation Free (ODF) States of

India under the Swachh Bharat Mission, said an

official statement on June 22, 2017. The two States

have now joined the league of Sikkim, Himachal

Pradesh and Kerala, which were the first three

States to be declared ODF. Nationally, the

sanitation coverage has increased from 42 percent



to over 64 percent in just two-and-a-half years since

the launch of the Swachh Bharat Mission.

Mr. Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of

Drinking Water and Sanitation, said in Dehradun

that Swachh Bharat Mission has become a truly

people‘s movement. People of Uttarakhand and

Haryana, the government officials and

representatives of other institutions have

contributed towards this milestone, he said. With

the total number of ODF States now rising to five,

over two lakh villages and 147 districts have been

declared Open Defecation Free across the country.

Third International Yoga Day Celebrated Across

The Nation

The nation celebrated the third International Yoga

Day with the theme this year as ‗Yoga for Harmony

and Peace‘ on June 21, 2017. The main event took

place at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, at Ramabai

Ambedkar Maidan where Prime Minister Mr.

Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister

Yogi Adityanath performed Yoga along with over

50,000 participants. UP Governor Mr. Ram Naik,

Deputy Chief Minister Mr. Keshav Prasad Maurya

and Cabinet Ministers were also present at the grand

event. PM Mr. Narendra Modi performed yoga

asanas in the light rain, leading thousands of people

in celebrating Yoga Day. Addresing the huge

crowd, PM Mr. Modi said that yoga has become a

part of so many lives. Yoga‘s popularity out of

India is high and it has connected the world with

India, he said.

PM Modi Dedicates Kochi Metro To The Nation

Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modi dedicated Kochi

Metro to the nation, flagging off the maiden run of

the metro train on June 17, 2017. The PM also took

a short inaugural ride on one of the trains.

Addressing the inaugural function, Mr. Modi

stressed the need to bring about a paradigm shift in

urban planning by adopting a people-centric

approach and integrating land use and transport.

Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) is a 50-50 joint

venture of the Central and the State governments.

The Centre has so far released over Rs. 2,000 crore

for the project. The coaches reflected ‗Make in

India‘ vision. They have been built by Alstom near

Chennai and have an Indian component of around

70 percent. One of the fastest to be built in the

country, the Kochi metro is the first public transport

system to reserve jobs for members of the third sex

and it will be manned mainly by women of the

Kudumbasree Mission, the State government‘s

women empowerment initiative. The project is also

an example of environment-friendly development. It

will meet nearly 25% of the entire energy

requirements from renewable sources, particularly

solar energy.

Energy Conservation Building Code 2017

Launched

Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New and

Renewable Energy and Mines, Mr. Piyush Goyal

launched the Energy Conservation Building Code

2017 (ECBC 2017) on June 19, 2017. Developed by

the Ministry of Power and Bureau of Energy

Efficiency (BEE), ECBC 2017 prescribes the

energy performance standards for new commercial

buildings to be constructed across India. The

updated version of ECBC provides current as well

as futuristic advancements in building technology to

further reduce building energy consumption and

promote low-carbon growth. ECBC 2017 sets

parameters for builders, designers and architects to

integrate renewable energy sources in building

design with the inclusion of passive design

strategies. The code aims to optimize energy

savings with the comfort levels for occupants, and

prefers life-cycle cost effectiveness to achieve

energy neutrality in commercial buildings.

Dedicating the ECBC Code 2017 to all the young

children of India, Mr. Goyal said that it is

incumbent on all of us to efficiently utilize every bit

of resources, ensure implementation of such

progressive and forward looking programmes of

Government very diligently and ensure that we will

leave behind for next generation a better world than

what we inherited. ECBC 2017 will give clear

direction and have criteria for new buildings. It

reflects current and futuristic advancements in

building technology, market changes, and energy

demand scenario of the country, setting the

benchmark for Indian buildings to be amongst some

of the most efficient globally.

NITI Aayog Launches SATH Programme

Furthering the agenda for cooperative federalism,

NITI Aayog launched SATH, a programme

providing ‗Sustainable Action for Transforming

Human Capital‘ with the State Governments, on

June 10, 2017. The vision of the programme is to

initiate transformation in the education and health



sectors. The programme addresses the need

expressed by many States for technical support

from NITI Aayog. SATH aims to identify and build

three future ‗role model‘ States for health systems.

NITI Aayog will work in close collaboration with

their State machinery to design a robust road map of

intervention, develop a programme governance

structure, set up monitoring and tracking

mechanisms, hand-hold State institutions through

the execution stage and provide support on a range

of institutional measures to achieve the end

objectives. The programme will be implemented by

NITI Aayog along with McKinsey & Company and

IPE Global consortium, who were selected through

a competitive bidding process.

Government Launches Tele-Law Scheme To

Provide Legal Aid To Rural India

The Central Government launched ‗Tele-Law‘

programme on June 11, 2017, aimed at providing

legal aid services in rural areas through digital

technology. Announcing the launch of ‗Tele-Law‘,

Law and Justice Minister Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad

said that it would fulfil NDA government‘s

commitment to ensure access to justice and

empowerment of the poor. The programme is a

continuation to the Access to Justice Project to

Marginalised Persons implemented by UNDP in

2008. The pilot project is being undertaken by the

Ministry of Law and Justice in collaboration with

the Ministry of Electronics and Information

Technology and will be launched across 1,000

Common Service Centres (CSC) in Uttar Pradesh

and Bihar and 500 CSCs will be tested in its first

phase. The Common Services Centres and Para

Legal Volunteers will offer easy legal advice to

litigants in rural India, making them digitally and

financially inclusive.

Among the services offered will be

videoconferencing with lawyers so as to enable

people seeking legal advice and counselling. A

panel of lawyers from the State capitals will also be

provided via the National Legal Services Authority

(NALSA). Legal school clinics, District Legal

Service Authorities, voluntary service providers and

Non-Government Organisations working on legal

aid and empowerment can also be connected

through CSCs at the panchayat level. A direct and

first contact for people seeking legal advice would

be the Para Legal volunteers (PLVs) engaged by the

CSC who would assist and help people understand

the legal issues and explain the advice given by

lawyers. The scheme plans to appoint 1,000 women

PLVs who would work through CSCs with the

agenda to promote women participation and

empowerment.

Uttar Pradesh Ranks First In Number Of Child

Labourers: CRY Report

Over 8 lakh children in India between the age group

of 5 and 6 years are engaged in child labour. A large

percentage, over 5 lakh of these children, do not

attend school. Majority of these kids are engaged in

family-based employments, states a CRY report.

According to the report released on June 10, 2017,

Uttar Pradesh has the highest number of 2,50,672

children engaged in labour, followed by Bihar with

1,28,087 children and Maharashtra where the

number stands at 82,847. While the decade 2001-

2011 saw an overall 30% reduction (about 3.2

million) in working children in the age-group of 10-

14 years, number of working children within 5.9

years increased by 0.68 million, an increase of 37%

from 2001.

CURRENT TOPICS: WORLD

North Korea Tests Intercontinental Missile Cocking a snook at the US President‘s declaration

some time ago that no ballistic missile test by North

Korea would happen, the defiant North Korea

claimed on July 4, 2017 that it tested its first

intercontinental missile. It is a potential game-

changing development in the world‘s most

dangerous nuclear stand-off. A US scientist, who

examined the height and distance, said that the

missile could potentially be powerful enough to

reach Alaska. North Korea‘s Academy of Defence

Science said that the test of an ICBM, the Hwasong-

14, marked the ―final step‖ in creating a ―confident

and powerful nuclear state that can strike anywhere

on Earth‖.

Ms. May has reshuffled her cabinet after the

election results. After the reshuffle, for the first time

in the political history of the UK, 207 women MPs

reached the House of Commons after being elected.

In 2015, the number of women MPs was 196. The

newly elected MPs include 44-year old Ms. Preet

Kaur Gill who has become the first Sikh woman to

be in the British Parliament. Also, Mr. Tanamjeet

Singh Dhesi, aged 38, has become first turbaned

Sikh to be a member of the British Parliament.



There are now twelve Indian-origin MPs as

compared to ten in 2015.

Carrie Lam Sworn In As Hong Kong’s New

Leader

Chinese President Mr. Xi Jinping swore in new

Hong Kong leader Ms. Carrie Lam on July 1, 2017,

as the politically divided city marked 20 years since

it was handed back to China by Britain, with clashes

between pro and anti-Beijing protesters close to the

ceremony. Ms. Lam was selected by a pro-Beijing

committee, as were her predecessors, and is already

being cast by critics as a China stooge in a city

where many are angry at Beijing‘s tightening grip

on the freedom of nearly eight million people. She

took her oath of office under China‘s national flag

at the city‘s harbourfront convention centre, before

shaking hands with Mr. Xi. Ms. Lam‘s inauguration

came a day after China‘s Foreign Ministry declared

that the document signed by Britain and China

which initiated the handover ―is no longer relevant.‖

The Sino-British Joint Declaration gave Hong Kong

rights unseen on the mainland through a semi-

autonomous ―one country, two system‖ agreement,

lasting 50 years. There are growing fears that those

freedoms are now under threat from an assertive

Beijing, which Chinese authorities accused of

interfering in a range of areas in Hong Kong, from

politics to media and education.

British PM Theresa May Wins Confidence Vote

In Parliament

British, Prime Minister Ms. Theresa May narrowly

won a confidence vote in Parliament on June 30,

2017, showing her weakness after her Conservative

Party lost its majority in a shock general election

result on June 9, 2017. With support from the small

ultra-conservative Democratic Unionist Party

(DUP) of Northern Ireland, Ms. May‘s legislative

programme, known as the Queen‘s Speech, was

approved by 323 votes in favour and 309 against in

the 650-seat Parliament. PM Ms. May overturned

the United Kingdom‘s Fixed Term Parliament Act

and called a snap general election ahead of the fixed

time-frame it would have been held in 2020. She

had hoped for a more decisive majority than the 331

seats won by former PM Mr. David Cameron in the

2015 general election but instead, she ended by

sacrificing the small lead she did have in

Parliament.

Ms. May has reshuffled her cabinet after the

election results. After the reshuffle, for the first time

in the political history of the UK, 207 women MPs

reached the House of Commons after being elected.

In 2015, the number of women MPs was 196. The

newly elected MPs include 44-year old Ms. Preet

Kaur Gill who has become the first Sikh woman to

be in the British Parliament. Also, Mr. Tanamjeet

Singh Dhesi, aged 38, has become first turbaned

Sikh to be a member of the British Parliament.

There are now twelve Indian-origin MPs as

compared to ten in 2015.

UN Refugee Agency Says Record 65.6 Million

People Displaced Worldwide

A record 65.6 million people are either refugees,

asylum seekers or internally displaced across the

globe, the UN refugee agency has said. The

estimated figure for the end of 2016 is an increase

of 300,000 on 2015, according to its annual report.

It is a smaller increase than 2014, when the figure

rose by five million. The UN High Commissioner

for Refugees Mr. Filippo Grandi said that it was still

disheartening failure of international diplomacy.

The world seems to have become unable to make

peace, he said. Old conflicts continue to linger and

new conflicts erupt, and both produce forced

displacement, Mr. Grandi said. In 2016, some

3,40,000 people fled the violence in South Sudan

into neighbouring Uganda. That was more than any

other country – even more than the 2,00,000 people

estimated to have fled Syria.

Switzerland Ratifies Auto Info Sharing With

India And 40 Other Nations On Black Money

Switzerland ratified automatic exchange of financial

account information with India and 40 other

jurisdictions on June 16, 2017, to facilitate

immediate sharing of details about suspected black

money, even as it sought strict adherence to

confidentiality and data security. Adopting the

dispatch on the introduction of the AEOI, a global

convention for automatic information exchange on

tax matters, the Swiss Federal Council said that the

implementation is planned for 2018 and the first set

of data should be exchanged in 2019. The council,

which is the top governing body of the European

nation, will soon notify the Indian government

about the exact date from which the automatic

exchange would begin. As per the draft notification

approved by the council in its meeting, the decision



is not subject to any referendum – which means

there should be no further procedural delay in its

implementation.

The issue of black money has been a matter of great

debate in India and Switzerland has been long

perceived as one of the safest havens for the illicit

wealth allegedly stashed abroad by Indians.

Total Money OF Indians In Swiss Banks Falls By

45 Percent During 2016

Money parked by Indians in Switzerland‘s banks

nearly halved to 676 million Swiss francs (about Rs

4,500 crore) in 2016 to hit a record low amid a

continuing clampdown on the suspected black

money stashed behind their famed secrecy walls. In

comparison, the total funds held by all foreign

clients of Swiss banks somewhat rose to CHF 1.42

trillion or about Rs. 96 lakh crore (from CHF 1.41

trillion a year ago). The total funds held by Indians

directly with Swiss banks stood at CHF 664.8

million at the end of 2016, while the same held

through fiduciaries was nearly $11 million, as per

the latest data published by the country‘s central

banking authority Swiss National Bank (SNB) on

June 29, 2017. The total money of Indians fell by 45

percent during 2016 to CHF 675.75 million,

marking the biggest ever yearly decline in such

funds. This included nearly CHF 377 million in the

form of customer deposits, about CHF 98 million

owed to Indians through other banks and CHF 190

million in the form of other ‗liabilities‘. The figures

fell sharply across all categories in 2016.

7 Countries Cut Off Ties With Qatar

Seven countries, led by Saudi Arabia and Bahrain

severed ties with Qatar, accusing it of backing

terrorism and opening up a rift among some of the

most powerful Arab states. The Arab nations

handed over a 13-point list of demands on June 23,

2017, giving 10 days to comply with it. The

demands included Doha ending support for the

Muslim Brotherhood; end funding of terrorist

groups; closing broadcaster Al Jazeera; handing

over of terrorists and fugitives from the United

States and countries involved in the boycott, to their

country of origin; downgrading diplomatic ties with

Iran; shutting down a Turkish military base in the

emirate and compliance with rules set by the Gulf

Cooperation Council, a six-nation bloc of oil-

producing Arab states. Qatar rejected the ultimatum

on June 24, 2017. Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh

Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said that the

demands are meant to infringe the sovereignty of

the state of Qatar.

The oil-rich monarchy‘s relations with Saudi

Arabia, Egypt, Bahrain, Kuwait and the United

Arab Emirates were cut off in a surprise move on

June 5, 2017.Bahrain was the first to snap ties,

followed by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab

Emirates, Egypt, Yemen, Libya and the Maldives.

They accused Qatar of backing groups such as al-

Qaeda, Islamic State and the Muslim Brotherhood

and pushing policies that were destabilizing the

region.

French President Macron’s Party Wins Majority

In Parliamentary Polls

French President Mr. Emmanuel Macron‘s centrist

party scored a decisive victory after the second

round of parliamentary elections held on June 18,

2017. With 97 percent of the votes counted, Mr.

Macron‘s La Republiqe En Marche (LREM) party

won 300 seats in the 577-strong National Assembly.

Its political ally, the Mouvement Democrate

(MoDem) won 41 seats. Former presidential

hopeful Ms. Marine Le Pen‘s far-right National

Front won only eight seats. She won a seat in

Parliament for the first time, representing Henin-

Beaumont, a former mining town in the north. The

Socialists, who had been in power for the past five

years, alongside their partners, looked set to get

only 41-49 seats – their lowest tally ever. Mr.

Macron‘s party, founded just a year ago, had also

won the first round of elections on June 11, 2017

with less than half of eligible voters going to the

polls. The second round of the polls was again

marked by weak voter tornout. Nationwide, it stood

at just over 35 percent.

India, Afghanistan Open Air Freight Route

Adding a new dimension to bilateral ties, India and

Afghanistan inaugurated a dedicated air freight

corridor service on June 19, 2017. The corridor

which passes through the airspace of Pakistan was

launched with a cargo aircraft flight flagged off by

Afghanistan President Dr. Ashraf Ghani in the

presence of several Afghan Cabinet Ministers and

India‘s Ambassador to Afghanistan Mr. Manpreet

Vohra. The dedicated air corridor was planned

during the meeting of Prime Minister Mr. Narendra

Modi and President Mr. Ghani in Kabul in

September 2016. The cargo aircraft which carried



high-grade Afghan asafetida or ―hing‖ among other

goods, landed in Delhi and was welcomed by

External Affairs Minister Ms. Sushma Swaraj,

Minister of State for External Affairs Mr. M.J.

Akbar, Minister of Civil Aviation Mr. Ashok

Gajapathi Raju and Afghan envoy to India Ms.

Shaida Abdali. A similar cargo flight from Delhi to

Kabul had earlier carried 100 tonnes of cargo

(mainly pharmaceuticals, water purifiers, medical

equipment) on June 18, 2017. Prime Minister Mr.

Modi welcomed the formal opening of the

dedicated service in a tweet and said that the direct

connectivity between India and Afghanistan will

usher in prosperity. He thanked President Mr.

Ashraf Ghani for the initiative.

At present, major exports from India to Afghanistan

are man-made filaments, apparels and clothing

accessories, pharmaceutical products, cereals, man-

made staple fibres, tobacco products, dairy and

poultry products, coffee, tea, meat and spices.

Major imports from Afghanistan to India are fresh

fruits, dried fruits, nuts, raisins, vegetables, oil

seeds, precious and semi-precious stones.

193 Countries Of The World Unite To Take

Action And Save Oceans From Pollution

The 193 UN member nations have issued an urgent

call for action to reverse the decline in the health

and productivity of the world‘s oceans, with the

United States backing the action plan but rejecting

its support for the Paris Agreement to tackle climate

change. The final document was gavelled to

approval by consensus at the end of the first-ever

UN Conference On Oceans held in UN

Headquarters at new York from June 5 to 9, 2017. It

recognizes the critical importance of the world‘s

seas for the future of the planet: Covering three-

quarter of the Earth, they supply nearly half the

oxygen that we breathe, absorb over a quarter of the

carbon dioxide we produce, provide food, and play

key roles in water cycles and the climate system.

The government leaders called on people and

organizations everywhere to take action to reverse

the threats from plastic garbage, illegal and

excessive fishing, rising sea levels that could wipe

out small islands, and increasing acidity of ocean

water that is killing marine life.

Leo Varadkar Becomes Ireland’s Youngest

Prime Minister

Mr. Leo Varadkar, the son of an Indian immigrant,

took over as Irish Prime Minister on June 14, 2017,

after he was voted leader of the country‘s main

governing party. Mr. Varadkar, who was nominated

in Parliament by departing Prime Minister Mr. Enda

Kenny, won the votes of the independent lawmakers

backing his Fine Gael party‘s minority government

and secured the abstention of main opposition party

Fianna Fail. Mr. Varadkar earned 60 percent of the

vote in the centre-right party‘s leadership contest,

which was decided by the Fine Gael members,

councillors, and parliamentary party members. Mr.

Varadkar‘s opponent, Mr. Simon Coveney, took 40

percent. The election came less than a month after

Prime Minister Mr. Enda Kenny announced his

resignation, ending his 15-year reign as party

leader. Speaking after the final votes were tallied in

Dublin, Mr. Varadkar said that he was delighted,

humbled and honoured to win. Mr. Kenny said that

he was sure that Mr. Varadkar would devote his life

to improving the lives of people across the country.

He said that he would provide his full support to

Mr. Varadkar in the work that lay ahead.

In addition to becoming Ireland‘s first Prime

Minister of Indian- origin, Mr. Varadkar will also

become the country‘s first openly gay premier. Mr.

Varadkar‘s father Mr. Ashok Varadkar is a doctor

from Konkan region of Mumbai and his mother Ms.

Miriam is an Irish nurse. They met while they were

both working at an English hospital in the 1960s.

Mr. Leo Varadkar was born in Ireland.

68 Countries Sign OECD Pact To Plug Tax

Treaty Loopholes

Sixty-eight countries have signed a ground-breaking

multilateral BEPS convention that will close

loopholes in thousands of tax treaties worldwide.

The multilateral instrument was signed at the

OECD headquarters in Paris on June 7, 2017. The

OECD multilateral convention aimed to crack down

on tax evasion around the world, be it companies or

investors, anybody trying to create a structure

primarily to avoid or evade taxes. The multilateral

instrument was signed by Finance Minister Mr.

Arun Jaitley on behalf of India. The multilateral

instrument (MLI), developed by the OECD under

Action 15 of the BEPS project, will transpose BEPS

recommendations into over 1,100 tax treaties

worldwide. The Convention will strengthen

provisions to resolve treaty disputes, including

through mandatory binding arbitration (which has



been adopted by 25 signatories), to reduce double

taxation and increase tax certainty for businesses.

Eight additional countries and jurisdictions have

signed a letter expressing their intent to sign the

convention.

Latest in Sports

BADMINTON

Sai Praneeth wins Thailand Grand Prix Gold

title: Bhamidipati Sai Praneeth is on a roll as he

completed a come-from-behind win to keep his

good run going. Six weeks after winning the

Singapore Open Super Series, the 24-year-old

clinched his first Grand Prix Gold title clinching the

$120,000 Thailand Open with a hard fought 17-21,

21-18, 21-19 victory against Christie Jonatan of

Indonesia in Bangkok on June 4, 2017.

Srikanth clinches Indonesia Open badminton

title: Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth clinched his

third Superseries title, lifting the Indonesia Open

men‘s singles trophy with a straight-game victory

over Japanese qualifier Kazumasa Sakai in the

finals at Jakarta on June 18, 2017.

World No.22 Srikanth, who had reached the finals

at Singapore Open in April, outclassed Sakai,

ranked 47th, 21-11, 21-19 in just 37 minutes to take

home a cheque of $75,000. Later, reacting to the

win, the Badminton Association of India announced

a cash award of Rs.5 lakh.

K. Srikanth clinches Australian Open

Superseries title: Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth

notched up his second successive Super Series title

with a stunning straight-game triumph over reigning

Olympic champion Chen Long in the Australian

Open summit clash in Sydney on June 25, 2017.

The world No.11 Srikanth won 22-20 21-16 in a 45-

minute clash against the world No.6 Chinese, who

is also the current All England champion.

Srikanth, who had reached the summit clash in

Singapore and Indonesia before this tournament, is

only the fifth player in the world to contest three

successive Super Series finals.

The Indian, a semi-finalist in the last edition of the

tournament, was the one to grab the early lead.

Following a sedate start, Srikanth capitalised on his

opponent's rather sluggish game to clinch a 10-6

lead.

CRICKET PLUS

Virat Kohli sole Indian in Forbes list of highest

paid athletes: Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli is

the sole sportsperson from the country to feature

among the world's 100 highest paid athletes in the

latest Forbes list topped by soccer star Cristiano

Ronaldo.

Kohli, 28, has been ranked 89th on the 2017 Forbes

list of 'The World's highest paid athletes' with a total

pay of $22 million that includes $3 mil-lion from

salary and winnings and another $19 million from

endorsements.

Describing Kohli as the "Indian cricket phenom",

Forbes said the sports star has "for good reason"

already drawn comparisons to all-time great Sachin

Tendulkar.

It added that Kohli has continuously shattered

batting records and in 2015 was named the captain

of the Indian national team, making him one of the

youngest players to ever hold the job.

The list has been topped by Ronaldo with a total

pay of 93 mil-lion dollars. American basketball star

LeBron James comes in at the second spot with

$86.2 million, followed by Argentine footballer

Litor1 Messi (3) with 80 million, tennis star Roger

Federer (4) with 64 million and American

basketball player Kevin Durant.

Murali first Sri Lankan to be inducted into ICC

Hall of Fame: Muttiah Muralitharan, the most

successful bowler in Tests and one-day

internationals, was on June 8, 2017 inducted into

the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. The Sri Lankan spin

great was honoured during the innings break of the

India versus Sri Lanka Champions Trophy match at

The Oval.

He became the first player from Sri Lanka and the

83rd overall to be inducted into the Hall of Fame

when ICC CEO Dave Richardson presented him

with a commemorative framed cap.

Pakistan defeats India by 180 runs to clinch

Champions Trophy: An inspired Pakistan

hammered a blundering India by 180 runs to lift the

ICC Champions Trophy on June 18, 2017, riding on



a scintillating hundred from rookie opener Fakhar

Zaman and a sensational bowling spell from

Mohammad Amir. This is Pakistan's first ICC title

triumph since their 2009 World Twenty20 win but

more importantly, it broke the jinx of not

performing against India in big ticket matches. For

a team that can't play international cricket at home

due to security issues, the victory has far-reaching

implications.

The victory was achieved by one of the most de-

glamorous outfit under one of the most unassuming

captains in the history of Pakistan cricket—Sarfraz

and he deserved it more than anyone else for

showing the compo-sure one expects from model

captains.

Man of the match Fakhar Zaman scored a pulsating

114—his first ODI hundred—to help Pakistan

clinch their maiden Champions Trophy title.

Anil Kumble resigns as head coach of Indian cricket

team: India cricket coach Anil Kumble on June 20,

2017 stepped down from his position after a widely-

speculated feud with captain Virat Kohli, marking a

bitter end to a highly successful tenure.

Kumble's decision comes in the wake of reports

claiming rifts between him and Kohli, and just two

days after India's embarrassing loss to Pakistan in

the Champions Trophy final.

Lasith Malinga gets suspended one-year ban: Lasith

Malinga received a suspended one-year cricket ban

after the fast bowler pleaded guilty to a charge of

speaking to the media with-out permission, as Sri

Lanka's cricket board said on June 27, 2017.

The charge against Malinga came from his response

to criticism by Sri Lanka's sports minister over the

team's fitness levels.

FOOTBALL

Real Madrid become the first team to ever win

back-to-back Champions League titles: Never in

the history of the UEFA Champions League had a

team won the title in consecutive seasons. That is

until now — Real Madrid have done it.

The Merengues throttled Juventus, 4-1, in

Champions League final, 361 days after they

prevailed over Atletico Madrid on penalties in

Europe's ultimate match. Now, they stand alone as

the only team in the history of the competition to

win back-to-back titles.

Unsurprisingly, it was Cristiano Ronaldo who found

himself at the center of attention in both wins. A

year ago, he buried the winning penalty kick to set

off the wild celebrations. This time around, he

scored a brace to lead Real Madrid to not just their

second straight Champions League title, but their

third in four seasons.

England beat Venezuela 1-0 to win FIFA U-20

World Cup: A first-half goal from Dominic

Calvert-Lewin gave England a 1-0 win over

Venezuela in the 2017 Under-20 World Cup final at

Suwon World Cup Stadium on Sunday and a first

global title since 1966.

The Everton striker made the difference, though

goalkeeper Freddie Woodman saved a second-half

penalty from Adalberto Penaranda as the South

Americans piled on the pres-sure in an open and

entertaining clash in which both teams hit the wood-

work.

England made most of the running in the first half

though Venezuela looked dangerous in attacking

areas.

Dhanraj Pillay to get East Bengal's highest

award: Former India hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay

will be conferred East Bengal football club's highest

honour — Bharat Gaurav — at its foundation day

ceremony on August 1.

One of modern day Indian hockey's biggest stars

Pillay has the distinction of representing India at

four Olympics, World Cups, Champions Trophy

and Asian Games in his career spanning over 15

years. He made 339 appearances for the national

team and scored 170 goals.

RACE

Lewis Hamilton wins. Canadian Grand Prix for

sixth time: Lewis Hamilton's love affair with the

Canadian Grand Prix continued unabated on June

11, 2017 as he won the race for a sixth time and

slashed Sebastian Vettel's Formula One champion-

ship lead to 12 points.

After watching Ferrari sweep to a one-two finish

two weeks ago in Monaco, Mercedes hit back with

a dominating display as Hamilton cruised to his

56th career win, a leisurely 19.7 seconds in front of

team mate Valtteri Bottas.



OLYMPICS

IOC approves new events for Tokyo Olympics:

The International Olympic Committee (IOC)

approved new events for the 2020 Tokyo Games,

including a number of mixed-gender competitions.

The IOC's Executive Board made the decision at a

meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland on June 8, 2017.

The additions include a mixed team event for judo.

Each team will consist of 3 men and 3 women, all

representing different weight classes. Team events

have already taken place at the judo world

championships, but never on a mixed-gender basis.

Table Tennis will also get a mixed doubles

competition.

SHOOTING

Heena Sidhu, Jitu Rai win ISSF World Cup

mixed team 10m gold: Ace shooters Jitu Rai and

Heena Sidhu delivered India its first medal at the

International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF)

World Cup Rifle/Pistol series being held in Gabala,

Azerbaijan by combining superbly to claim gold in

the mixed team 10m air pistol event.

Jitu and Heena forged a stirring recovery from 0-4

to 7-6 to beat Russia, thus giving India's shooting

contingent at the tournament reason to cheer.

TENNIS

French Open 2017

Men's singles: Rafael Nadal beat Stan Wawrinka,

6-2, 6-3,6-1.

Women's singles: Jelena Ostapenko beat Simona

Halep, 4- 6, 6-4, 6-3

Men's doubles: Ryan Harrison and Michael Venus

beat Santiago Gonzalez and Donald Young, 7-6(7-

5), 6-7(4-7), 6-3.

Women's doubles: Bethanic Mattek-Sands and

Lucie Safarova beat Ashleigh Batty and Casey

Dellacqua, 6-2, 6-1

Mixed doubles: Gabriela Dabrowski and Rohan

Bopanna beat. Anna-Lena Gronefeld and Robert

Farah, 2-6, 6-2, [12-10]

Federer lifts ninth Halle Open title: Swiss legend

Roger Federer has clinched his ninth Halle Open

title after beating hapless Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-3

in the final.

The top seed Roger Federer showed no mercy with

fourth seed Alexander Zverev after wrapping up his

ninth title in his 11th Halle final within 53 minutes

on June 25, 2017.

TABLE TENNIS

Ganeshan first Indian to be in-ducted in ITTF

URC: Ganeshan Neelakanta Iyer, the only assigned

competition manager of International Table Tennis

Federation (ITTF), has become the first Indian to be

nominated as a member of the Umpires and

Referees Committee (URC). Following the AGM of

the world table tennis body early this week, the

Board of Directors of various committees met on

the sidelines of the ongoing World Championships

and hand-picked the best in the business for the job.

Ganeshan's term as URC member is for a period of,

two years and can be extended.

In another first, Ganeshan has also been

recommended as the Technical Commissioner from

the Asian Continent to ITTF and his term will be for

a period of four years. Ganeshan is also the

chairman of the South Asian Federation technical

committee and a member of the Technical

Committee of the Common-wealth Table Tennis

Federation.

Manika Batra, Mouma Das make history by

becoming first Indian pair to reach quarters:

Manika Batra and Mouma Das made history by

becoming the first Indian pair to reach the

quarterfinals of the World Table Tennis

Championships on June 1, 2017. In the men's

singles, top-ranked Indian Sharath Kamal stormed

into the round of 32 beating Ukraine s Kou Lei in

straight games of 11-3, 11-9, 14-12, 11-3.

MISCELLANEOUS

Bhumika Sharma wins Miss World title in

bodybuilding championship: Dehradun's Bhumika

Sharma gained maximum points in three

categories— individual posing, body posing and fall

in that eventually bagged her the Miss World title

and the gold medal at the world championship in

Venice in June, 2017.

The championship drew 50 competitors from

different countries.



Gokulnath 1st Indian to finish solo Race Across

America: Col Dr Srinivas Gokulnath of Nashik

became the first Indian to complete solo Race

Across America (RAAM) cycle race of 5,000 kms

on June 25, 2017.

Srinivas, 37, completed the toughest cycle race in

the world in 11 days and 11 hours in the 18-49 age

category. The time given was 12 days to complete

the race, that is 13 hours earlier than the scheduled

time. The race concluded at Odenton.

Static GK Capsules

Indian History

Who was the last British Governor General of

independent India? Lord Mountbatten.

Minto-Morley Reforms Act was introduced in the

year 1909

The Swaraj Party was founded by ……. in the year

1923. Motilal Nehru

National Anthem was adopted by the constituent

assembly on ……… January 24, 1950

The two prime occupations of Paleolithic age man

were …….. Hunting and Gathering

The temple town of the Chalukya Period was

Aihole, in modern Karnataka State

The shore temple of Mahabalipuram and the

Kailasanatha temple in Kanchipuram were

constructed by which Pallava Ruler? Narasimha

Varman l

Which Rashtrakuta Ruler had written the earliest

Kannada book- ‗Kavirajamarga‘ on rhetoric, poetics

and grammar? Amoghavarsha I

The last ruler of Pallava dynasty was Aparajitha

Varman

Which Rajput ruler was overthrown by the Turk

Muhammad Ghori from Delhi? Prithviraj

Chauhan

In the battle of Chandwar Muhammad Ghori

defeted which Rajput ruler of India. Jaichand

Rathore

Muhammad Ghori assigned his Indian possession to

Qutbuddin Aibak

The First battle of Tarain was fought between

Prithiviraj Chauhan and Muhammad Ghori

Who was the first Portuguese Governor in India and

Viceroy of the Portuguese State of India? Francisco

de Almeida

Which Parsi girl, brought out her own revolutionary

journal in awareness of Indian struggle for

independence in

Europe and America? Madame Bhikaiji Cama

When Vasco-da-Gama arrived at Calicut in 1498,

he was greeted by which local Hindu ruler?

Zamorin

Alfonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from Bijapur

in 1510

The East India Company was founded in 1600

Which English officer played an important role in

the formation of Indian National Congress? AO

Hume

Khilafat Movement (1919-20), the movement of

Indian Muslims was led by Muhammad Ali and

Shaukat Ali

Who was the perpetrator of Jallianwala Bagh

massacre on April 13, 1919, at Jalianwalla Bagh in

Amritsar (Pubjab)? General Reginald Dyer

General Science

It is easier to swim in sea water as Density of sea

water is …….. than the ordinary water. Higher

Violet wavelengths will suffer …….. deviation

while passing through a prism. Maximum

Hair of a shaving brush cling together when the

brush is removed from water due to Surface

Tension

Transformer devices works on the basis of the

principle of Mutual Induction

Radio-carbon dating is used to determine the age of

human Fossils

Metallurgy is defined as the whole process of

obtained a pure metal from one of its Ore

Lewis Acid Base theory is based on the formation

of new Chemical Bonds

Oxidation is better defined as an increase in

oxidation number, and reduction as a decrease in

Oxidation Number

Avogadro‘s law is an experimental ……… law

relating volume of a gas to the amount of substance

of gas present. Gas.

The vitamin prevents from rickets is Vitamin D

Arrhenius definition of acidity is pH, which is a

measurement of the hydronium ion concentration in

a solution, as expressed on a……… logarithmic

scale. Negative

Boyle‘s law is an experimental gas law that

describes how the pressure of a gas tends to



increase as the volume of the container

Decreases

One mole an ideal gas has a volume of 22.4 litres at

STP as defined by IUPAC

Cations and anions can form a crystalline lattice of

neutral salts, such as the Na+ and CI – ions forming

NaCl

It vitamin prevents from sterility? Vitamin E

Which type of vitamin prevents beri-beri

(weakness, partial paralysis, irregular heartbeat)

Vitamin B1

Which type of the vitamin prevents from Scurvy

(bleeding gums)? Vitamin C

Which type of insoluble polysaccharide, are used by

plants to store food? Starch

At birth, the human skull is made up of ……..

separate bony elements. 44

The human skull is generally considered to consist

of ……… bones. twenty-two

The average adult has a blood volume of roughly 5

L

Indian Polity

The Constituent Assembly was set-up under the

Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946

Who has given the following statement:

―Democracy means. a government of the people. By

the people, and for the people‖ Abraham Lincoln

The Constitution of India describes India as Union

of States

January 26th was selected as the date for the

inauguration of the Constitution because Congress

had observed it as the Independence Day in 1930

The Preamble was amended by the 42nd

Amendment 1976

The words ‗Socialist Secular‘ were added by the

42nd

Amendment

The procedure of Amendment to the Constitution is

borrowed from the Constitution Of South Africa

The members of the Constituent Assembly were

elected by Provincial Assemblies

From ……….. Constitution was a concept of a 5-

year plan borrowed into our Constitution. USSR

The first General Election in India was held in

1951

To be recognized as a National party, it must secure

at least …….. of the valid votes in 4 or more States

4%

The Election Disputes regarding the election of

President and Vice-President can be heard by

Supreme Court

The largest Constitution in the world is India

Fundamental Rights are granted to citizens under

which Article? Article 12-35

Indian Constitution was adopted by the government

of India on November 26, 1949

The reservation seats for SCs/STs in State

assemblies is mentioned in the Article-332

The Indian Constitution has been divided into 25

Chapters

The counterpart of the Lok Sabha Speaker in the

Rajya Shabha is the Chairman, who is the Vice-

President of India

The Speaker has the……. rank in the political

executive of India. Sixth

Due to Federal and Unitary form of government.

India is called as Quasifederal

......... of India works as President, if the posts of

President and Vice-President lie vacant. Chief

Justice

Geography

Lakshadweep Islands are situated in the Arabian

Sea, off the coast of Kerala

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are situated in

the bay of Bengal. Off the coast of Myanmar

The intensity of earthquake wave is recorded by

Seismograph

The sun is vertically overhead at the equator on

March 21st (Spring Equinox)

Line joining places that experience earthquake at

the same time is called Homoseismal line

A person crossing International Date Line from East

to West Loses One Day

Earth takes time, revolution around the sun is 365

Days, 5 H, 48 Min and 45.51 Sec

Earth Spins on its imaginary axis from West to East

in 23 H, 56 Min and 40.91 Sec

The measure of the overall diversity for the

different ecosystems within a region is known as

Gamma Diversity

Jupiter and Saturn, are composed mainly of

Hydrogen and Helium

The angular distance measured in degrees along the

equator East or West of the Prime Meridian is

called Longitude



The tropical storm in the Carribean or West Pacific

Ocean with extremely strong winds is called

Hurricane

The fertile soil generally found in UP, Punjab,

Haryana and Bihar is called Alluvial Soil

Which is also known as lying planet? Uranus

Planet

Sports

Saina Nehwal won the bronze medal in the

individual women‘s competition, the first for the

country in‘ the 2012 London Olympic Games

‗The National Sports Day‘ is observed on which of

the following days? August 29

The only player in the history of Test cricket to

score a century in each of his first three test matches

Mohammed Azharruddin

First Captain in World Cricket to win ICC T20

World Cup, ICC World Cup and ICC Champions

Trophy is MS Dhoni

He broke the 400 m Olympic record but lost the

bronze by just 0.1 second Milkha Singh

In the historical victory against Pakistan on March

15, 1975, India won the Hockey World Cup held at

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

He became the first Indian to win the All England

Badminton championships Prakash Padukone

Apart from the 1983 victory, India created history

once again by winning its second World Cup title in

2011

Usha won four gold medals and one silver medal in

the track and field events of the Asian Games

(1986)

The 1st Indian Test Batsman to score 10000 runs is

Sunil Gavaskar

Malleswari wrote yet another golden chapter in

Indian sports history by becoming the first Indian

woman to win an Olympic Medal

He became the first Indian to win a world chess

championship. He has won world championships

five times. Viswanathan Anand

Anju Bobby George became the first Indian

medalist at the World Athletics Championships,

when she took the long jump (6.70 m) bronze in

Paris (2003)

Apart from ………..India has won Gold medals in

the Asian Games in 1990, 1994, 2002, and 2010.

2014

Narian Kathikeyan became India‘s first Formula 1

Motor Racing Driver

……… time World Champions and Olympic

bronze medallist Mary Kom captured everyone‘s

heart with her first Asian Games gold medal in the

women‘s 48-51 kg boxing. Five Time

Miscellaneous

The Minimum Support Price for Food-grains was

introduced in the year 1964

The adoption of High Yielding Variety Programme

in Indian Agriculture started in 1966

China announced its First Five Year Plan in 1953

Agronomy is a branch of Agriculture that deals with

principles and practice of Crop Productin

India alone accounts for nearly ……. of the world‘s

total iron-ore reserves. 20%

Nabakalebara festival is an ancient ritual that is

observed in most of the Jaganath Temples

(Odisha)

The Kala Ghoda festival is a most prominent

cultural event in Mumbai

Who was the first Indian actress to be awarded at

the Moscow film festival in 1963? Suchitra Sen

Tamil Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated

mostly by the Tamil community on, the full moon

in the month of January

Tulsidas wrote several popular works in Sanksrit

and Awadhi

Current Affairs MCQs

1. Who has been appointed as the new chairman of

National Commission for Scheduled Castes

(NCSC)?

(a) Keshav Prasad Maurya

(b) Ram Shankar Katheria

(c) P M Kamalamma

(d) PL Poonia

2. India‘s first freight village will be set up in which

of the following cities?

(a) New Delhi

(b) Udaipur

(c) Varanasi

(d) Chennai



3. Which state government has launched digital

wallet ―T-Wallet‖ for people with and without

mobile phones?

(a) Karnataka (b) Odisha

(c) Telangana (d) Manipur

4. What is the India‘s rank in the 2017 Global Peace

Index, as per global think tank Institute for

Economics and Peace (IEP)?

(a) 141st (b) 133rd

(c) 155th (d) 137th

5. Which state government will collaborate with

UNDOC to intensify anti-drug drive?

(a) Punjab (b) Haryana

(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh

6. first automatic coastal warning for disasters will

come up in which state?

(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Maharashtra

(c) Odisha (d) Andhra Pradesh

7. What is the India‘s rank in the 2017 global Multi-

dimensional Poverty Index (MPI)?

(a) 45th (b) 58th

(c) 37th (d) 26

th

8. Who has become the new Solicitor General of

India?

(a) Tushar Mehta (b) Pinky Anand

(c) Ranjit Kumar (d) P S Narsimha

9. Which country has topped the 2017 A T Kearney

Global Retail Development Index (GRDI)?

(a) China (b) India

(c) Malaysia (d) Vietnam

10. The first-ever United Nations Oceans

Conference has started in which country?

(a) France (b) United States

(c) Germany (d) United Kingdom

11. India‘s first-ever Rural LED Street Lighting

Project will be set up in which state?

(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Kerala

(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Assam

12. What is the India‘s rank in the 2017 IMD World

Competitiveness Index?

(a) 37th (b) 41st

(c) 45th (d) 28

th

13. Which state has become the India‘s first state to

launch single-women pension scheme?

(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Telangana

(c) Kerala (d) Karnataka

14. Which Indian personality has joined UNICEF‘s

‗Super Dads‘ campaign?

(a) Amitabh Bachchan

(b) Sachin Tendulkar

(c) Shah Rukh Khan

(d) Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore

15. Which country has officially become the new

member of North Atlantic Treaty Organization

(NATO)

(a) Mozambique (b) Cuba

(c) Montenegro (d) Austria

16. Which tennis pair have won the 2017 French

Open mixed doubles tournament?

(a) Sania Mirza and Ivan Dodig

(b) Rohan Bopanna and Sania Mirza

(c) Anna-Lena Groenefeld and Robert Farah

(d) Rohan Bopanna and Gabriela Dabrowski

17. Who has won the 2017 French Open Men‘s

Singles Tennis Tournament?

(a) Roger Federer (b) Novak Djokovic

(c) Stanislas Wawrinka (d) Rafael Nadal

18. Which Indian personality has been selected for

France‘s highest civilian award ―Legion of

Honour‖?

(a) Amitabh Bachchan (b) Shahrukh Khan

(c) Soumitra Chatterjee (d) Kamal Hasan

19. Which video conferencing aided legal service

has launched by the Union Government for rural

people?

(a) Tele Legal Aid (b) Tele Law

(c) Tele Law Center (d) Tele Lawyer

20. Which Indian pair have won gold in mixed team

10m air pistol event at 2017 International

Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Gabala World

Cup?

(a) Sanjeev Rajput and Anjali Bhagwat

(b) Apurvi Chandela and Jitu Rai

(c) Anjali Bhagwat and Omkar Singh

(d) Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu

21. Who has won the 2017 Formula 1 Canadian

Grand Prix tournament?

(a) Lewis Hamilton (b) Valtteri Bottas

(c) Daniel Ricciardo (d) Sebastian Vettel

22. Which state government will start free mortuary

van service for its‘ citizens?

(a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Punjab

(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh

23. India‘s first underwater metro tunnel will come

up in which city?



(a) Mumbai (b) Kolkata

(c) Kochi (d) Pune

24. Who has won the 2017 French Open Women‘s

Singles Tennis Tournament?

(a) Kristina Mladenovic

(b) Garbine Muguruza

(c) Jelena Ostapenko

(d) Simona Halep

25. The Nalanda University has signed MoU with

which country for academic linkages and

colloborations?

(a) South Korea (b) Japan

(c) Vietnam (d) Malaysia

26. Who has become the first Indian woman to be

elected as judge of the International Tribunal for

the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)?

(a) Nirmila Randhawat (b) Aniruddha Rajput

(c) Neeru Chadha (d) Nidhi Bhandari

27. Who has won the 2017 Man Booker

International Prize?

(a) Ian Samsom (b) David Grossman

(c) Roy Jacobsen (d) Amos Oz

28. What is the India‘s rank in the 2017 Global

Innovation Index (GII)?

(a) 60th (b) 36th

(c) 54th (d) 75

th

29. Who has won the 2017 Men‘s singles Indonesia

Open Super Series Badminton tournament?

(a) Parupalli Kashyap (b) Prannoy Kumar

(c) Kidambi Srikanth (d) Chetan Anand

30. Who has become the new brand ambassador to

promote Goods and Services Tax (GST)?

(a) Aamir Khan (b) Amitabh Bachchan

(c) Sachin Tendulkar (d) P T Usha

31. Who has been re-nominated by India for another

term as judge at the International Court of

Justice (ICJ)?

(a) Dhananjaya Chandrachud

(b) Madan Bhimrao Lokur

(c) Dalveer Bhandari

(d) Harish Salve

32. Muzoon Almellehan has been named as new

Unicef Goodwill Ambassador. She hails from

which country?

(a) Pakistan (b) Syria

(c) Israel (d) North Korea

33. Which institute has been selected as the first

recipient of the Prime Minister‘s Yoga Award?

(a) Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana

Samsthana (SVYASA), Bangaluru

(b) Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute

(RIMYI), Pune

(c) Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical

Education (LNIPE), Gwalior

(d) Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga, New

Delhi

34. What is the theme of the 2017 International

Yoga Day (IYD)?

(a) Yoga for Health

(b) Yoga for Peace

(c) Yoga for Healthy mind

(d) Yoga for Healthy living

35. Which state government has announced free

education for girls in Government Schools and

colleges from Nursery to PhD?

(a) Bihar (b) Karnataka

(c) Punjab (d) Uttar Pradesh

36. Who has been appointed as the head of the

newly created United Nations Counter-Terrorism

Office (UNCTO)?

(a) Vladimir Voronkov

(b) Sergey Lavrov

(c) Vladimir Kolokoltsev

(d) Dmitry Medvedev

37. Which city has become the India‘s first city to

use robot to control unruly traffic?

(a) Indore (b) Pune

(c) Kochi (d) Raipur

38. Who will become the first Indian woman

wrestler to compete in World Wrestling

Entertainment (WWE)?

(a) Pinki Rani (b) Kavita Devi

(c) Sakshi Malik (d) Geeta Phogat

39. NASA has successfully launched the world‘s

smallest satellite ―Kalamsat‖. The satellite is built

by

which Indian teen?

(a) Shawna Pandya (b) Raja Chari

(c) Rifath Sharook (d) Ashish Yadav

40. Which Indian shuttler has won the Australian

Open Super Series Badminton trophy?

(a) Chetan Anand (b) HS Prannoy

(c) Kidambi Srikanth (d) Mulyo Handayo

41. Who has become the first turbaned Sikh woman

to be appointed as Canada‘s Supreme Court

judge?

(a) Palbinder Kaur Shergill

(b) Gulab Kaur



(c) Harita Kaur Shergill

(d) Sukhpreet Kaur

42. Which committee has been constituted by BCCI

to study contentious issues in implementing

Lodha panel reforms?

(a) Amitabh Choudhary committee

(b) T.C. Mathew committee

(c) Rajeev Shukla committee

(d) C.K. Khanna committee

43. Which city has been designated as the UNESCO

World Book Capital 2019?

(a) Warsaw (b) Pune

(c) Sharjah (d) Athens

44. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has

colloborated with which social media platform to

launch nationwide ―Voter Registration Reminder‖?

(a) Twitter (b) Facebook

(c) Instagram (d) YouTube

45. Which country has officially started building the

world‘s first forest city?

(a) Japan (b) Singapore

(c) Bhutan (d) China

46. Which country to host the 12th edition of G20

summit?

(a) Germany (b) France

(c) Italy (d) Japan

47. Which Indian Bollywood actress has been

appointed as the new brand ambassador for

government‘s flagship Skill India campaign?

(a) Aishwarya Rai (b) Sonam Kapoor

(c) Deepika Padukone (d) Priyanka Chopra

48. India‘s first blood bank for cattle will be set up

in which state?

(a) Odisha (b) Punjab

(c) Haryana (d) Himachal Pradesh

49. India‘s largest Fresh water aquarium has opened

in which state?

(a) Gujarat (b) West Bengal

(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Jharkhand

50. Who will be the new Chief Election

Commissioner (CEC) of India?

(a) S K Khurana (b) O P Rawat

(c) Nasim Zaidi (d) Achal Kumar Jyoti

Answer Key CLATFOCUS June - 2017

Q. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Ans. B C C D A C C C B B

Q. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.

Ans. A C B B C D D C B D

Q. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.

Ans. A B B C A C B A C B

Q. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

Ans. C B B A C A A B C C

Q. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

Ans. A C C B D A D A D D

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