TNPSC WINNERS Current affairs February 2017

IMPORTANT DAYS IN FEBRUARY 2017

1 Indian Coast Guard Day
2 World Wetlands Day
4 World Cancer Day
6 International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation
10 National Deworming Day
11 International Day for Women and Girls in Science
12 Darwin Day
National Productivity Day
13 World Radio Day
20 World Day of Social Justice
21 Interrnational Mother Language Day
22 World Thinking Day
23 World Rotary Day
24 Central Excise Day
27 The International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust
28 National Science Day
ABBREVATIONS
TIES TRADE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR EXPORT SCHEME
PMGDISHA PRADHAN MANTRI GRAMIN DIGITAL SAKSHARTA ABHIYAN
BIMSTEC THE BAY OF BENGAL INITIATIVE FOR MULTI-SECTORAL TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC
COOPERATION
CRISPR CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS
TAMRA TRANSPERANCY, AUCTION MONITORING AND RESOURCE AUGUMENTATION
RISPC REVENUE INSURANCE SCHEME FOR PLANTATION CROPS
SAARTAC SOUTH ASIA TRAINING AND TECHINICAL ASSISTANCE CENTRE
NATMO NATIONAL ATLAS AND THEMATIC MAPPING ORGANISATION
IUHDSS INTEGRATED UNDERWATER HARBOUR DEFENCE AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM

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UNDER THE CITIZEN SCIENCE ASTRONAUT (CSA)

PROGRAMME)
: ,

2017, ,

, ,

3-

(INDIA IS INVITED AS

THE GUEST COUNTRY FOR THE UPCOMING WORLD
:
ECONOMIC FORUM MEET)
,
:
,
(THE INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT LAUNCHED
( THE OPERATION CLEAN MONEY (SWACHH DHAN
THREE-DAY NATIONAL WOMENS PARLIAMENT, ABHIYAN), AN E-PLATFORM TO ANALYSE LARGE CASH
BEING ORGANISED BY ANDHRA PRADESH LEGISLATIVE DEPOSITS MADE DURING THE DEMONETISATION
ASSEMBLY) WINDOW (9 NOVEMBER TO 30 DECEMBER 2016))
= - . ,
EMPOWERING WOMEN STRENGTHENING 9 , 2 016 31 , 2 016
DEMOCRACY
= ,
,

SKYREV360:


:
,

SKYREV360 -
,
(THE STATE-
, 48.8
OWNED AIRPORT AUTHORITY OF INDIA (AAI) ALONG

WITH INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION
(SAND ARTIST (IATA) LAUNCHED SKYREV360, AN E-BILLING
SUDARSAN PATTNAIK HAS CREATED A GUINNESS SOLUTION FOR AIRPORT OPERATORS ACROSS THE
WORLD RECORD BY CREATING A 48.8 FEET TALL SAND WORLD)
CASTLE AT PURI BEACH IN ODISHA) ,



:

, , :


(AN INDIAN-ORIGIN NEUROSURGEON
CURRENTLY BASED IN CANADA HAS BEEN
SHORTLISTED BY NASA FOR ITS 2018 SPACE MISSION
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Bharat QR code:
(UNION WOMEN AND CHILD , Bharat QR code
DEVELOPMENT MINISTRY HAS ANNOUNCED SETTING
UP OF A COMPENSATION FUND TO PROVIDE (THE UNION GOVT HAS LAUNCHED BHARAT QR CODE,
FINANCIAL HELP TO CHILDREN WHO ARE VICTIMS OF A QUICK RESPONSE (QR) CODE TO ENABLE DIGITAL
SEXUAL CRIMES UNDER POCSO ACT) PAYMENTS WITHOUT CARD SWIPING MACHINES)
,
.. ,



2018- ,
,
:

2018-
,
,


(IT IS WORLDS FIRST INTEROPERABLE PAYMENT
(GOVT HAS ANNOUNCED TO
ACCEPTANCE SOLUTION LAUNCHED BY INDIAN
BRING HIGH-SPEED BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY TO
GOVERNMENT TO MOVE TOWARDS LESS-CASH
EVERY VILLAGE BY 2018)
ECONOMY)
2017- , ,

:
,


:

,
(UNION HUMAN RESOURCE
,
DEVELOPMENT MINISTRY HAS MADE AADHAAR
(INDIAN
MANDATORY FOR STUDENTS TO AVAIL BENEFIT
RAILWAYS HAS UNVEILED ANTYODAYA EXPRESS, A UNDER THE CENTRAL SECTOR SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME
NEW TRAIN FOR THE UNRESERVED PASSENGERS) FOR COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY)

,


=
, :
, 2013- ,
(THE FIRST ANTYODAYA EXPRESS IS ,
SLATED TO START BETWEEN MUMBAI
(MAHARASHTRA) AND TATANAGAR (JHARKHAND) (THE UNION GOVT
AND SECOND ANTYODAYA EXPRESS BETWEEN HAS MADE AADHAAR CARD MANDATORY FOR
ERNAKULAM AND HOWRAH) RECEIVING SUBSIDISED FOODGRAINS UNDER
2- = NATIONAL FOOD SECURITY ACT (NFSA) 2013 FROM
ALL PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION SCHEME (PDS) SHOPS)

2
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,
. 112 :

112

(THE UNION MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE , ,

DEVELOPMENT (HRB) WILL SOON SET UP A (PRIME
DEPARTMENT NATIONAL TESTING AGENCY (NTA) MINISTER NARENDRA MODI UNVEILED A 112-FEET-
TO CONDUCT EXAMINATIONS FOR HIGHER AND TALL LORD SHIVA STATUE ON THE OCCASION OF
SECONDARY EDUCATION) MAHASHIVRATRI AT ISHA FOUNDATION IN
..., , COIMBATORE, TAMIL NADU.)
, ,
,


, 500
: , ADIYOGA:
THE SOURCE OF YOGA ,
,
,
(ACCORDING TO NEW WORLD WEALTH, INDIAS 22- :
FINANCIAL CAPITAL MUMBAI, IS THE RICHEST INDIAN 22-
CITY WITH A TOTAL WEALTH OF $820 BILLION) (SIKKIM
BECAME 22ND STATE IN THE COUNTRY TO JOIN
, 46000 , UNION GOVERNMENTS UJWAL DISCOM ASSURANCE
28 YOJANA (UDAY))
=
2- =
3- = 21-


: :
, , ,
, ,
,
(PUNJAB
(THE HARYANA GOVT HAS SET UP AN ONLINE SYSTEM GOVT HAS BANNED THE MANUFACTURE, SALE,
CALLED SEX RATIO MONITORING DASHBOARD AS STORAGE OR DISTRIBUTION OF GUTKHA, PAN
PART OF THE BETI BACHAO, BETI PADHAO SCHEME MASALA, FLAVOURED / PROCESSED / PROCESSED /
TO MONITOR THE SEX RATIO IN THE PANIPAT SCENTED CHEWING TOBACCO AND ANY OTHER FOOD
DISTRICT) PRODUCTS CONTAINING NICOTINE OR TOBACCO FOR
, ONEYEAR)
,

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(THE
UNESCO (UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL SCIENTIFIC
AND CULTURAL ORGANIZATION) HAD ORGANISED THE
TWO-DAY NATURE FEST AT THE WORLD HERITAGE

SITE GREAT HIMALAYAN NATIONAL PARK (GNHP) AT
SAIROPA IN KULLU DISTRICT, HIMACHAL PRADESH)
:

:
,

, 2017-
, ,
(JAMMU
AND KASHMIR CHIEF MINISTER MEHBOOBA MUFTI (INDIAN
HAS DECLARED 2017 AS YEAR OF APPLE IN A MAJOR CRICKET ICON AND RAJYA SABHA MP SACHIN
BID TO PROMOTE THE FAMED KASHMIRI APPLES IN TENDULKAR HAS ADOPTED DONJA IN OSMANABAD
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN MARKETS) (MAHARASHTRA) UNDER THE SANSAD ADARSH GRAM
, YOJNA)
2-
,

(IT WAS ANNOUNCED AFTER SHE LAUNCHED

HIGH DENSITY APPLE PLANTATION SCHEME IN

(IT IS SECOND VILLAGE ADOPTED
SRINAGAR)
BY HIM, FIRST WAS PUTTAMRAJU KANDRIGA IN
NELLORE DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH)
:





44-
(THE :
44TH EDITION OF WORLD FAMOUS KHAJURAHO ,
DANCE FESTIVAL WAS HELD AT IN THE BACKDROP OF

THE FAMOUS KHAJURAHO TEMPLES IN CHHATRAPUR
.
(THE DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC
DISTRICT, MADHYA PRADESH)
ENERGY (DAE) HAS PLANNED TO DEVELOP LARGE

DEPOSITS OF URANIUM FOUND IN MEGHALAYA TO
. , ,
TAP ITS POTENTIAL TO GENERATE SUBSTANTIAL

NUCLEAR FUEL FOR ATOMIC POWER PLANTS IN THE
COUNTRY)

:

,

,


, ;

, ,

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25 , UNION GOVT HAS ALLOWED TAMIL NADU

(INDIA GOVERNMENT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF
AND ISRAEL ARE PLANNING TO HOLD A SERIES OF WORKDAYS UNDER THE MAHATMA GANDHI RURAL
EVENTS TO CELEBRATE 25 YEARS OF ESTABLISHMENT EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE (MGNREGA) SCHEME IN
OF THEIR DIPLOMATIC TIES) TAMIL NADU FROM EXISTING 100 DAYS TO 150 DAYS)
1992 ,


:

,
- 2017
: (PAKISTANS SENATE (UPPER
, HOUSE) HAS UNANIMOUSLY PASSED LANDMARK THE

HINDU MARRIAGE BILL 2017 TO REGULATE
. MARRIAGES OF MINORITY HINDUS IN THE COUNTRY)

(THEUNION GOVT
HAD ANNOUNCED THAT WORK ON INSTALLING
SMART FENCE ALONG 3,323-KM-LONG THE INDIA-
PAKISTAN BORDER WILL BEGIN SOON)
, ,
3323
18
,

,

:
2020-
:


,


,

(OLYMPIC GAME

MEDALS WILL BE MADE FROM RECYCLED MOBILE

PHONES FOR THE YEAR 2022 TO PROMOTE
. ., SUSTAINABILITY SAID BY 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES
ORGANIZERS, JAPAN )

39000
100 , :
:
39000
100 , ,
100 150
, (SAUDI ARABIA HAS DEPORTED MORE THAN 39,000
. PAKISTANIS IN THE PAST FOUR MONTHS OVER THE
, 150 CONCERNS OF SECURITY ISSUES.)
(THE
5
 TNPSC WINNERS Current affairs February 2017

, :
, , ,
,
,

(THE TELANGANA GOVERNMENT HAS
; LAUNCHED INDIA'S FIRST SOCIAL INNOVATION
, CENTRE THE KAKATIYA HUB FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION
(THE SRI LANKAN IN NIZAMABAD )
GOVERNMENT HAS GAZETTED ALMOST ALL
CATEGORIES OF PUBLIC AUTHORITIES THAT FALL

WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF RTI)

28

:
,
:
, 2016 - 2017
,
(THE UNION MINISTER FOR SPORTS VIJAY
(VENEZUELA AND GOEL LAID THE FOUNDATION STONE OF THE
LIBYA WERE SUSPENDED FROM VOTING IN THE COUNTRY'S FIRST CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR
UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY (UNGA) IN THE DIFFERENTLY ABLED SPORTSMEN AT GANDHINAGAR,
2016-17 SESSION FOR NOT PAYING DUES TO THE GUJARAT )
WORLD BODY) 50



:
,
:
(THE RAILWAY MINISTRY IS
, SET TO DEVELOP THE FIRST EVER RAILWAY LINE IN
(BOLLYWOOD ACTRESS

ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND THAT CURRENTLY
HAS NO RAIL NETWORK )
ANUSHKA SHARMA WAS APPOINTED THE FIRST

FEMALE AMBASSADOR OF THE CAMPAIGN SWACCH
,
BHARAT ABHIYAN)
, 240

:
,
,

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(IN A MOVE TO (ARUNACHAL PRADESH

ENCOURAGE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION IN THE
ASSEMBLY POLL ESPECIALLY BY WOMEN VOTERS, THE
GOVERNMENT OF GOA CONDUCTED A UNIQUE
EXPERIMENT, WHICH INVOLVED GIVING AWAY 600
PINK TEDDY BEARS TO FIRST TIME WOMEN VOTERS
ACROSS THE STATE )
ON TUESDAY BECAME THE FIRST STATE IN THE
NORTHEAST TO IMPLEMENT E-CABINET SOLUTION
FOR THE STATE CABINET MEMBERS)
,
,

:
,

, (CRISPR/Cas9n)
, ,

, MICRA TRANSCATHETER PACING =
SYSTEM (TPS), NRAMP1
(UNITED STATES CRISPR = CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED
SUCCESSFULLY IMPLANTED WORLDS SMALLEST SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS
PACEMAKER, MICRA TRANSCATHETER PACING CAS 9 ..
SYSTEM (TPS), IN A PATIENT IN US ) (ENZYME THAT
(BRADYCARDIA) = CAN EDIT DNA)
:
, 60
,

(INDIA'S FIRST EVER
: FLOATING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS OPENED ON
, LOKTAK LAKE, THE FRESHWATER LAKE IN THE
COUNTRY, IN MANIPUR )
, , ,
,
(IRELAND JUST BECAME
THE WORLD'S FIRST COUNTRY TO STOP INVESTING IN ,
FOSSIL FUELS)

,

-:
.. :
,



, -

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, , 25
,
,
(THE GST
COUNCIL HAS APPROVED A LAW TO COMPENSATE :
STATES FOR ANY LOSS OF REVENUE FROM THE
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW NATIONWIDE ,
INDIRECT TAXATION REGIME)
,

(KERALA TO
,
BECOME FIRST STATE TO LAUNCH FIRST SEX
, .. OFFENDERS REGISTRY)
(THE MEETING WAS HELD IN
UDAIPUR, RAJASTHAN FIRST TIME OUTSIDE
NATIONAL CAPITAL) (IT WILL BE THE FIRST OF ITS
KIND REGISTRY IN THE COUNTRY)

,
:


,
:
(INDIA
,
WILL HOST THE FIRST MEETING OF NATIONAL
(INDIAS FIRST GRAMIN
SECURITY ADVISERS (NSAS) OF BIMSTEC COUNTRIES
KHEL MAHOTSAV WILL BE HELD IN NEW DELHI FROM
TO COORDINATE ACTION AGAINST TERRORISM,
25TH TO 31ST MARCH 2017)
EXTREMISM AND RADICALIZATION)
25 31
BIMSTEC = BAY OF BENGAL INITIATIVE FR MULTI
SECTORAL TECHNICAL AND ECNOMIC CO-OPERATION

, 5 =

, , , , -

, 2000
(INDIAS FIRST HILL STATION
(INDIAS
BICYCLE PATH WAS INAUGURATED IN DARJEELING,
FIRST INTEGRATED HELIPORT WAS INAUGURATED
WEST BENGAL AT AN ALTITUDE OF OVER 2,000
TODAY AT ROHINI IN NORTH DELHI. THIS HELIPORT
METRES)
HAS BEEN DEVELOPED BY PAWAN HANS LIMITED) 20
, , ,


,

8
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:
.. ,
,
( ), ( ):
(THE
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF) HAS OPENED ,
A FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND SOUTH ASIA TRAINING AND (
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTRE (SARTTAC) IN NEW )
DELHI FOR ECONOMIC CAPACITY BUILDING IN SOUTH (THE UNION MINISTER FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
ASIA)
AND EARTH SCIENCES DR. HARSH VARDHAN RELEASED
, , , ,
THE SPECIAL EDITION OF ATLAS FOR VISUALLY
IMPAIRED (INDIA) IN ENGLISH BRAILLE IN NEW
DELHI. IT IS WORLDS FIRST BRAILLE ATLAS FOR THE
. VISUALLY IMPAIRED.)


() :
,
()
:

(THE ,
NATIONAL INSTITUTION FOR TRANSFORMING INDIA (INDIAS
(NITI AYOG) HAS DECLARED GUJARAT NARMADA FIRST MULTI-SPORTS MUSEUM WAS INAUGURATED
VALLEY FERTILIZERS LIMITED (GNFC) TOWNSHIP AT IN KOLKATA, CAPITAL OF WEST BENGAL)
BHARUCH AS INDIAS FIRST CASHLESS TOWNSHIP) 6700
,


,

:
: 9-
(THE 9TH BRICS SUMMITS FIRST
SHERPAS MEETING WAS HELD IN NANJING, THE
CAPITAL OF EAST CHINAS JIANGSU PROVINCE)
,
(GUJARAT BECAME THE FIRST STATE
IN THE COUNTRY FOR ESTABLISHING CASHLESS = BRICS: STRONGER
SYSTEM FOR DISTRIBUTION OF FOODGRAINS) PARTNERSHIP FOR A BRIGHTER FUTURE
17200 ,
,

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: CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE

, EXPEDITION)
,
:

,


(ELON MUSK-LED ELECTRIC CAR MAKER TESLA HAS

UNVEILED THE WORLDS LARGEST BATTERY STORAGE
, ,
PLANT IN CALIFORNIA)
2017
80
(THE
, 2500

INDIAN AIRFORCE (IAG) HAS FORMALLY INDUCTED
, THE FIRST INDIGENOUSLY BUILT AIRBORNE EARLY
15000
WARNING AND CONTROL
. SYSTEM (AEW&C) DUBBED AS NETRA)
AEW&C = AIRBORNE EARLY WARNING AND CONTROL
SYSTEM
:

(ACCORDING TO SCIENTISTS

FROM GOA BASED NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF
:
OCEANOGRAPHY (NIO), INDIAS ONLY LIVE VOLCANO
AT BARREN ISLAND IN THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ...
HAS BECOME ACTIVE AGAIN) ,
,
, .
1991-


(INDIAN NAVYS SURVEY VESSEL INS
SARVEKSHAK, BASED AT THE SOUTHERN NAVAL
- COMMAND IN KOCHI BECAME THE FIRST NAVAL SHIP
... - :
TO GO GREEN BY INSTALLING A SOLAR POWER
SYSTEM ON BOARD)
2-
5.4
, ... -

(INDIAN NAVYS
SECOND OCEAN-GOING SAILBOAT INSV TARINI WAS :
INDUCTED AT THE INS MANDOVI BOAT POOL ON
,
SATURDAY IN GOA)

INSV = INDIAN NAVAL SAILING VESSEL
.



(RESEARCHERS FROM SWEDEN HAVE DEVELOPED
(IT
IS SLATED TO BE THE PLATFORM FOR
WORLDS FIRST HEAT-DRIVEN TRANSISTOR,
THE INDIAN NAVYS FIRST INDIAN ALL-WOMEN
CONTROLLED BY A HEAT SIGNAL INSTEAD OF AN
ELECTRICAL SIGNAL)
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, ,
.

(): :
,
, ,
() .
(AIRTEL PAYMENTS BANK AND .
MASTERCARD, A LEADING GLOBAL PAYMENTS AND
TECHNOLOGY FIRM HAVE LAUNCHED INDIAS FIRST . (THE WORLDS FIRST ROBOT TABLE
ONLINE DEBIT CARD ALONG WITH A PREPAID CARD, TENNIS TUTOR NAMED FORPHEUS IN JAPAN HAS SET
BOTH ACCESSIBLE VIA THE MYAIRTEL APP) A NEW GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR ITS UNCANNY
ABILITY OF BEING ABLE TO PLAY THE GAME BETTER
THAN MOST HUMANS)
= FORPHEUS
- :
FORPHEUS = FUTURE OMRON ROBOTICS
,
TECHNOLOGY FOR EXPLORING POSSIBILITY OF
. , HARMONISED AUTOMATION WITH SINIC THEORETICS
, =

(GLOBAL
PAYMENTS NETWORK VISA HAS SIGNED A 100
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) WITH :

THE ANDHRA PRADESH GOVERNMENT TO
TRANSFORM VISHAKHAPATNAM INTO INDIAS FIRST , ,
LESS CASH CITY)

, ,
, 110
-
(INDIAN CRICKET CAPTAIN VIRAT KOHLI
(UNDER THIS
AGREEMENT, AN INITIATIVE HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO BECAME THE FIRST INDIAN SPORTSPERSON SING A RS
PROVIDE FOUNDATION FOR THE CITY TO EMERGE AS 100-CRORE ENDORSEMENT DEAL WITH A SINGLE
INDIAS FINTECH VALLEY) BRAND)

:

, , 100
,
,

( NOTED
SINGER NEETI MOHAN HAS
BECOME THE FIRST INDIAN FEMALE SINGER TO
COLLABORATE WITH UNITED NATIONS FOR WOMEN :

EMPOWERMENT) ,
, 250



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,
ARTIST IN-RESIDENCE AS A GUEST OF THE INDIAN
(INDIAN OFF-SPIN BOWLER PRESIDENT SHAHABUDDIN AHMED)
RAVICHANDRAN ASHWIN BECAME THE FASTEST
CRICKETER TO TAKE 250 WICKETS IN TEST MATCHES)
,
45-
, 250-

:
,
:

2017 ,
,
. , (RESEARCHERS HAVE
DISCOVERED MICROSCOPIC SEA ANIMAL
SACCORHYTUS, THE EARLIEST KNOWN ANCESTOR

OFHUMANS ALONG WITH A VAST RANGE OF OTHER
(THE INDIAN CAR RACING SPECIES)
DRIVER WHO HAS BECOME THE FIRST INDIAN TO WIN 540
GRAND PRIX BY WINNING THE NEW ZEALAND GRAND ,
PRIX 2017 JEHAN DARUVALA)

:




200

, :
. ,
, ,

(SCIENCE
EXPRESS CLIMATE ACTION
(THE INDIAN BATSMAN WHO HAS SPECIAL TRAIN WAS FLAGGED OFF TO SPREAD
BECOME THE FIRST BATSMAN IN THE WORLD TO AWARENESS ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE ACROSS THE
SCORE 4 DOUBLE CENTURIES IN 4 CONSECUTIVE COUNTRY)
SERIES BREAKING THE RECORD OF SIR DON BRADMAN ,
AND RAHUL DRAVID VIRAT KOHLI) ,

:
16

7 , 68
,


(THE 16-COACH TRAIN WILL BE ON A
,
SEVEN-MONTH JOURNEY THAT WILL COVER 68

STATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY)
] (THE
INTERNATIONALLY ACCLAIMED BANGLADESHI
PAINTER WHO HAS BECOME THE FIRST FOREIGN
ARTIST TO LIVE IN RASHTRAPATI BHAVAN AS AN

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WHERE NUMBERS OF DETAINEES KEEP SWELLING

: DURING UNREST)
, ,

(THE MINISTRY OF MINES HAS ,

LAUNCHED TRANSPARENCY, AUCTION MONITORING
AND RESOURCE AUGMENTATION (TAMRA) PORTAL
AND MOBILE APPLICATION TO ENSURE TRANSPARENT :
AWARD OF STATUTORY CLEARANCES FOR MINING
OPERATIONS) ,
, , .
, ,
, 14535
TAMRA = TRANSPERANCY, AUCTION MONITORING (THE WORLDS
AND RESOURCE AUGUMENTATION LONGEST COMMERCIAL FLIGHT LANDED IN NEW
12 ZEALAND WITH THE ARRIVAL OF QATAR AIRWAYS
BOEING 777-200LR FLIGHT QR920 AFTER COMPLETING
RECORD JOURNEY OF 14,535 KM BETWEEN DOHA
AND AUCKLAND)
= BOEING 777-200LR
: FLIGHT QR920
, 2017- 2016- ,
, , ,
14200
, ,

(MAHARASHTRAGOVT HAS APPROVED RS. 250 CRORE
CLOUD SEEDING PROGRAMME DURING 2017
MONSOON SEASON TO PRODUCE SUFFICIENT RAIN) :
, ,
,
, ,
(UNDER THIS
PROGRAMME, WEATHER SCIENTISTS USING (NASA IS PLANNING TO SEND ITS FIRST
AIRCRAFTS WILL SPRAY CHEMICALS (SILVER IODIDE)
UNMANNED ROBOTIC SPACECRAFT UNDER SOLAR
OVER CLOUDS HOVERING ABOVE SOLAPUR DISTRICT,
PROBE PLUS MISSION TO SUN IN 2018 TO PROBE ITS
A RAIN SHADOW REGION OF WESTERN GHATS IN THE
STATE) ATMOSPHERE)

- :
,
-
(THE JAMMU AND KASHMIR :
GOVERNMENT HAS LAUNCHED THE E-PRISON
PROJECT TO ENUMERATE JAIL INMATES IN THE STATE, ,
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.
:
,
(SCIENTISTS HAVE DISCOVERED FOUR NEW ,
SPECIES OF MINIATURE NIGHT FROGS NO BIGGER
THAN A HUMAN THUMBNAIL IN WESTERN GHATS, A
GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOT)
(INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH

ORGANISATION (ISRO) HAS SUCCESSFULLY GROUND

TESTED INDIAS LARGEST INDIGENOUSLY
DEVELOPED CRYOGENIC UPPER STAGE ENGINE FOR
- :
GSLV MARK III)
,

,
,
. ,

(IT WAS
94%
TESTED FOR FULL 10 MINUTES AT ISROS LIQUID
, PROPULSION COMPLEX (ILPC) AT MAHENDRAGIRI IN
, TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT OF TAMIL NADU)

(GEOLOGISTS HAVE CLAIMED
DISCOVERY OF NEW GEOLOGICAL CONTINENT ,
NAMED ZEALANDIA SUBMERGED BENEATH THE -253
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC OCEAN). ZEALANDIA IS AROUND
4.5-MILLION SQUARE KM LAND MASS AND IS 94%
UNDER WATER. ONLY ITS HIGHEST POINTS NEW :
ZEALAND AND NEW CALEDONIA ARE VISIBLE) ,
.
(SCIENTISTS HAVE
DEVELOPED NOVEL RUBBER LIKE MATERIAL
NICKNAMED THUBBER)
:
, .
, (HAS HIGH THERMAL
, CONDUCTIVITY AND ELASTICITY)
(SCIENTISTS
FROM AUSTRALIAS COMMONWEALTH SCIENTIFIC
AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH ORGANISATION (CSIRO)
HAVE MADE WORLDS STRONGEST MATERIAL :
GRAPHENE COMMERCIALLY MORE VIABLE BY USING
SOYBEAN) ,
, GRAPH AIR TECHNOLOGY ,
,

,

(SCIENTISTS FROM US AND INDIA

HAVE FOUND THAT CONSUMPTION OF LITCHI FRUIT
ON AN EMPTY STOMACH CAN RESULT IN VERY LOW
BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL AND ACUTE

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ENCEPHALOPATHY LEADING TO SEIZURES AND COMA, 28 = :

AND CAUSES DEATH IN CHILDREN IN MANY CASES) 28- ,
,
, = SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY FOR SPECIALLY ABLED PERSONS


:
2 = : 11-
2- ,
. 1971- 2017,
, 2- ,
(THE 11TH BIENNIAL
(WORLD WETLANDS DAY IS EDITION OF INTERNATIONAL AEROSPACE AND
OBSERVED ON 2ND FEBRUARY TO MARKING THE DATE DEFENCE EXHIBITION AERO INDIA 2017 WILL BE
OF THE ADOPTION OF THE CONVENTION ON HELD AT THE AIR FORCE STATION, YELAHANKA)
WETLANDS OR RAMSAR CONVENTION ON 2
FEBRUARY 1971) .
= WETLANDS FOR
DISASTER RISK REDUCTION :

4 = :
,
, ,
(THE ANNUAL COBRA GOLD JOINT
(WORLD CANCER DAY HAS OBSERVED ON 04TH MILITARY EXERCISE COMMENCED IN CHONBURI
FEBRUARY ALL OVER THE WORLD ) PROVINCE OF THAILAND. IT IS JOINTLY HOSTED BY THE
= WE CAN. I CAN US AND THAILAND)
29
12 - 18 = :


,

12 18 2017:

(NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY WEEK (12 TO 18 , 2017,

FEBRUARY 2017) BEING OBSERVED BY NATIONAL (THE

PRODUCTIVITY COUNCIL, AN AUTONOMOUS BODY PAKISTAN NAVY HAS KICKED OF ITS BIANNUALLY-HELD
UNDER DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY) MULTINATIONAL AMAN 2017 NAVAL EXERCISE IN
= FROM WASTE KARACHI, PAKISTAN. 37 COUNTRIES ARE
TO PROFITS-THROUGH REDUCE, RECYCLE AND REUSE PARTICIPATING IN THE INTERNATIONAL EVENT)
, 37
13 = :

13- ,
(WORLD RADIO DAY) :

= RADIO IS YOU

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. , ,


(ADVANCED AIR DEFENCE (AAD) INTERCEPTOR
MISSILE DUBBED AS ASHWIN WAS SUCCESSFULLY :
TEST-FIRED FROM LAUNCHING COMPLEX-IV OF ,
DHAMARA ABDUL KALAM DEFENCE BASE OFF ODISHA
COAST) (THE UNION FINANCE MINISTER
, ,
ARUN JAITLEY LAUNCHED OPERATIONS OF THE INDIA

POST PAYMENTS BANKS (IPPB) BY ROLLING OUT
PILOT SERVICES IN RAIPUR AND RANCHI IN
CHHATTISGARH)
2-
,
:
,
,





, .


,

(INDIAN NAVY
:
HAS LAUNCHED AN INTEGRATED UNDERWATER
HARBOUR DEFENCE AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM 31- ,
(IUHDSS) IN MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA TO ENHANCE
THE SECURITY OF VALUABLE NAVAL ASSETS AGAINST (31ST SURAJKUND INTERNATIONAL
ASYMMETRIC THREATS) CRAFTS MELA)
20
,
2- ,
(PARTNER COUNTRY OF THE
(IT IS SECOND IUHDSS TO BE MELA)
INSTALLED IN INDIA, AFTER FIRST WAS INSTALLED AT ,
KOCHI, KERALA IN AUGUST 2015) (THEME STATE OF THE MELA)

, 2015- ,
:
,
,
(THE
:
UNION GOVT HAS INAUGURATED CENTRE OF
INTEGRATIVE ONCOLOGY, AN INSTITUTE DEDICATED
,
TO BUILDING COLLABORATION IN THE AREAS OF

CANCER PREVENTION, RESEARCH AND CARE IN NEW
(ORIENTAL BANK OF DELHI)
COMMERCE (OBC) LAUNCHED OF MOBILE WALLET , ,
ORIENTAL BATUAA ON THE OCCASION OF ITS 75TH
FOUNDATION DAY)
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, CONGRESS (NBC) 2017 WAS HELD IN

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, CAPITAL OF KERALA)

, = MAINSTREAMING
BIODIVERSITY FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
4- :
2017- , 4- :

(THE FOURTH EDITION OF BIMSTEC SUMMIT-2017 ,
WILL BE HELD IN NEPAL )
(THE TWO-DAY SOUTH ASIAN
BIMSTEC = THE BAY OF BENGAL INITIATIVE FOR SPEAKERS SUMMIT WAS HELD AT INDORE IN
MULTI-SECTORAL TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC MADHYA PRADESH)
COOPERATION ,
3- , 2016-

2017:
2017 : 2017 ,

2017- (THE 2017 INDIAN SEED CONGRESS
, (THEME) WAS HELD IN KOLKATA, CAPITAL OF WEST BENGAL)
(CHINA HAS RELEASED THE = SEED OF JOY
THEME AND THE COOPERATION PRIORITIES OF THE ,
2017 BRICS SUMMIT WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN
IN SEPTEMBER)

(THEME) = BRICS: STRONGER PARTNERSHIP FOR
A BRIGHTER FUTURE
:
:

2017- , ,
23-
,
, 3

(THE 23RD EDITION OF
(INDIA IS PLANNING TO HOST A CONFERENCE ON
COUNTER-RADICALISATION WITH THE ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION ON
OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS (ASEAN) IN OCTOBER TERRESTRIAL & SATELLITE BROADCASTING WAS HELD
2017 IN NEW DELHI)
ASEAN = ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH EAST ASIAN = HYBRID
NATIONS TECHNOLOGIES IN BROADCASTING NEW
OPPORTUNITIES
25 300-
,

:
:
,
,


(THE NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY , (INDIA IS

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GOING TO HOST IMPLEMENTATION AND ASSESSMENT (WITH

GROUP MEETING OF THE GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO JUST 238 DAYS REMAINING FOR THE START OF FIFA
COMBAT NUCLEAR TERRORISM (GICNT), A KEY MEET UNDER-17 WORLD CUP INDIA 2017, THE OFFICIAL
ON NUCLEAR SECURITY) MASCOT OF THE TOURNAMENT KHELEAO WAS
UNVEILED AT THE JAWAHARLAL NEHRU STADIUM IN

NEW DELHI)

3- : .

3-
:

(THE VENUE OF THE THIRD ,

NATIONAL DAM SAFETY CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY

CENTRAL WATER COMMISSION IN ASSOCIATION
WITH UTTARAKHAND JAL VIDYUT NIGAM AND IIT (INDIA WILL HOST
ROORKEE) THE WORLD BILLIARDS CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE NEXT
FOUR YEARS, THE BILLIARDS AND SNOOOKER
FEDERATION OF INDIA (BSFI) ANNOUNCED)

:
,


,

(INDIA'S LAKSHYA SEN HAS - :
BECOME THE WORLD NO 1 JUNIOR BADMINTON 6-
PLAYER ) -
15 ,

, ,
,


. ,

81- ;
(INDIA WON ALL THREE MEDALS IN THE 12.8
81-
KILOMETRE INDIVIDUAL TIME TRIAL AT THE SIXTH
,
ASIAN PARA-ROAD CYCLING CHAMPIONSHIP HELD IN
,
BAHRAIN)
(SOURABH VERMA HAS WON THE
MENS SINGLES TITLE IN THE 81ST SENIOR NATIONAL
BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS TOURNAMENT HELD
...
AT PATNA )
2017:
,

(RITUPARNA DAS WON THE
...
WOMENS SINGLES TITLE )
,
: ,

(INDIA HAS DEFEATED SOUTH AFRICA BY
ONE WICKET IN THE FINAL MATCH OF ICC WOMEN
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WORLD CUP QUALIFIER 2017 HELD AT COLOMBO, SRI

LANKA) ,
50 2017:
2017- ,

-20

(RENOWNED
:
INDIAN-ORIGIN BRITISH SCULPTOR ANISH KAPOOR
-20
WAS HONORED WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS $1 MILLION
, 2017 GENESIS PRIZE BY ISRAEL FOR HIS UTMOST
CONTRIBUTION FOR JEWISH COMMUNITY )
(INDIA SUCCESSFULLY ,
DEFENDED ITS TWENTY20 WORLD CUP FOR BLIND
TITLE, DEFEATING PAKISTAN IN THE FINALS)

: .. :
2017- 2016- .. ,

, 2017- . .

, (DR P RAGHU RAM, PRESIDENT OF ASSOCIATION OF
BREAST SURGEONS OF INDIA WAS AWARDED
(THE JAMAICAN ATHLETE WHO HAS PRESTIGIOUS DR B C ROY NATIONAL AWARD FOR
BEEN AWARDED THE LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS OUTSTANDING SERVICE IN THE FIELD OF SOCIO-
AWARD FOR SPORTSMAN OF THE YEAR 2017 USAIN MEDICAL RELIEF FOR 2016)
BOLT)
2017-



2016 :

2016- ,
(THE US GYMNAST WHO HAS BEEN AWARDED THE ,
LAUREUS WORLD SPORTS AWARD FOR THE
(THE RENOWNED
SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR 2017 SIMONE BILES)
HINDI WRITER SURINDER VERMA, WHO HAS BEEN
CHOSEN FOR THE VYAS SAMMAN 2016 BY THE KK
BIRLA FOUNDATION)
:
..


, 19-
(THE FORMER CHIEF
JUSTICE OF INDIA WHO PASSED AWAY ON 19 :
FEBRUARY 2017 ALTAMAS KABIR)

,
,
= THE GOLDEN HOUSE
(THE AFRICAN UNION HAS
. = VEERAPPAN, CHASING THE ELECTED CHADIS FOREIGN MINISTER MOUSSA FAKI
BRIGAND MAHAMAT AS THE NEW AFRICAN UNION (AU)
CHAIRMAN)
19
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: 11 :
..

,
(HEMANT BHARGAVA WAS ON FRIDAY APPOINTED AS , 11
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF LIFE INSURANCE
CORPORATION (LIC) OF INDIA) (THE UNION MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR
YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS, VIJAY GOEL HAS
: RECENTLY LAUNCHED THE MISSION-ELEVEN-
MILLION SPORTS OUTREACH PROGRAMME TO
, , PROMOTE FOOTBALL AMONG SCHOOL CHILDREN)
.. ,
. 1-
. (THE GOVERNMENT ON
:
FRIDAY APPOINTED AJAY TYAGI, SENIOR BUREAUCRAT
IN THE FINANCE MINISTRY TO HEAD THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA, THE COUNTRYS ,
CAPITAL MARKETS WATCHDOG) ,


: (THE UNION MINISTRY OF
, HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE HAS LAUNCHED
SAATHIYA RESOURCE KIT AND SAATHIYA SALAH
(TIES = TRADE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR MOBILE APP FOR ADOLESCENTS AS PART OF THE
EXPORT SCHEME) RASHTRIYA KISHOR SWASTHYA KARYAKRAM (RKSK)
,
PROGRAMME)
,



,
... : ,
2019- ,
6


:
...
,


(PRIME MINISTER

NARENDRA MODI HAS APPROVED PRADHAN
MANTRI GRAMIN DIGITAL SAKSHARTA ABHIYAN (THE UNION MINISTRY OF COMMERCE
(PMGDISHA) TO MAKE 6 CRORE RURAL HOUSEHOLDS AND INDUSTRY HAS LAUNCHED PILOT REVENUE
DIGITALLY LITERATE BY MARCH 2019 ) INSURANCE SCHEME FOR PLANTATION CROPS
(RISPC) FOR PROTECTING THE GROWERS FROM THE

RISKS SUCH AS PEST ATTACKS, YIELD LOSS AND
INCOME DECLINE CAUSED BY FALL IN PRICES)

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, , IN NEW DELHI FOR BOTNET CLEANING AND MALWARE

, ANALYSIS)
= ,


:
,
,



(UNION
(IT WAS LAUNCHED BY UNION MINISTER
RAILWAY MINISTER SURESH PRABHU UNVEILED THE OF ELECTRONICS AND IT RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD AS
FIRST PHASE OF THE AMBITIOUS STATION PART OF UNION GOVERNMENTS AMBITIOUS DIGITAL
REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME) INDIA INITIATIVE TO CREATE A SECURE CYBER SPACE
BY DETECTING BOTNET INFECTIONS)
3

o USB PRATHIRODH
: o APP SAMVID
o M-KAVACH
USB PRATHIRODH = ..
, ,



,
APP SAMVID =
,

(RAJASTHANCHIEF
MINISTER VASUNDHARA RAJE INAUGURATED A
MEDICAL PROJECT RAJASTHAN HEART ATTACK M-KAVACH =
TREATMENT PROGRAMME (RAHAT) TO PROVIDE
PEOPLE TIMELY TREATMENT DURING HEART ATTACKS
IN REMOTE AND RURAL AREAS) :
RAHAT = RAJASTHAAN HEART ATTACK TREATMENT ,
PROGRAMME ( ) ,



(MIL BANCHE (LET READ TOGETHER)
PROGRAMME WAS HELD IN ALL THE PRIMARY AND
, MIDDLE GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS IN MADHYA
, . PRADESH)
, ,
, ,
: ,

,

(THE UNION MINISTRY OF :
ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ,
(MEITY) HAS LAUNCHED CYBER SWACHHTA KENDRA ,

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, , :
(THE UNION HUMAN ,
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (HRD) MINISTRY HAS ,
CONSTITUTED A SUB-COMMITTEE OF CENTRAL
ADVISORY BOARD OF EDUCATION (CABE) TO LOOK (INDIA SIGNED
INTO ISSUES OF GIRLS EDUCATION) MEMORANDUM OF COOPERATION (MOC) WITH
JAPAN FOR ENHANCING RAILWAY SAFETY IN THE
INDIAN RAILWAYS WITH FOCUS ON RAILWAY TRACK
AND ROLLING STOCK SAFETY)

:
,
6
2017 :
.
, 2017-
,
. 2017
,
,
2022- ,
143- (INDIA WAS
(THE UNION GOVT HAS
FORMED A SIX-MEMBER COMMITTEE TO STUDY THE RANKED 143RD OUT OF 186 ECONOMIES IN THE
WAYS TO IMPROVE INDIAS HAJ POLICY AND LOOK ANNUAL INDEX OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM 2017 THAT
INTO THE ISSUE OF SUBSIDY TO THE PILGRIMAGE IN MEASURES THE DEGREE OF ECONOMIC FREEDOM IN
LIGHT OF A 2012 SUPREME COURT ORDER ON THE COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD)
186
GRADUALLY REDUCING AND ABOLISHING IT BY 2022)

2016- 123-

, : , 143-

, = ,

( INDIA AND
2017 :
FRANCE HAVE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
2017-
(MOU) OF COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION) .
, 45
, : .
43- (INDIA RANKED
LOW 43RD AMONG THE SURVEYED 45 NATIONS IN
2017 INTERNATIONAL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
(THE UNION CABINET CHAIRED INDEX (IIPI))
BY THE PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI HAS 44- ,45-
APPROVED SIGNING A MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING (MOU) BETWEEN INDIA AND
SENEGAL IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH AND MEDICINE)
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