28/02/2017

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga defeats Lucas pouille to win 2017 open 13 The open 13 is an
annual mens tennis tournament.
2017 Mobile World Congress (MWC) Begins in Barcelona Mobile World Capital
Barcelona
National Science Day 28th February celebrated to honour the Nobel laureate- Sir
C.V. Raman for his invention of the Raman Effect he got Nobel Prize in Physics in
the year 1930
Former Union Minister P.Shiv Shankar passes away
Worlds First Robot Table Tennis Tutor sets new Guinness World Record FORPHEUS
is short for Future Omron Robotics Technology for Exploring possibility of
Harmonised automation with Sinic Theoretics
Khursheed A Ganai appointed as CIC of Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister
Mehbooba Mufti. Chief Information Commissioner
Shooting World Cup India bag 1Gold, 1 Silver Medals
Gopal Baglay Appointed External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup,
who was made Indias new High Commissioner to Canada
27/02/2017
Oscar Awards 2017 Lala Land won maximum awards The 89th Academy Awards, popularly called
Oscar Awards The Award ceremony was held at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood

Gulfood 2017 event in Dubai The Worlds largest annual food event, Gulfood 2017 UAE Minister of
Finance, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoums at the Dubai World Trade Centre

Gopi, Athre Win Mens and Womens Races in New Delhi Marathon Rio Olympian Thanackal Gpoi
and Monika Athare

Saina Nehwal to represent Olympic Committee in BWF Badminton World Federation Currently,
ranked world number 10 in BWF rankings

Chandra Shekhar Azads martyrdom day observed on 27 February

26/02/2017
Mumbai Named Richest Indian city with Total Wealth $ 820bn Mumbai is
home to 46,000 millionaires and 28 billionaires. Mumbai is followed by Delhi at second place

Rajasthan becomes 2nd Largest Crude Oil Producer in India The Bombay
High, an offshore oil field of Mumbai is the largest producer of crude oil in India which accounts for
50% of the total domestic crude oil production

Former CM TR Zeliang Appointed Finance Advisor To Nagaland Govt Nagaland State Governor,
PB Acharya

Vasundhara Raje inaugurates Medical project RAHAT

R Aswin Breaks Kapil Devs Record to become Highest Test Wicket Taker Aswin has scored 67
wickets from 10 tests in 2016-17 season played in India
25/02/2017
ISSF World Cup Pooja Ghatkar gets Bronze womens 10 mt Air Rifle event in New
Delhi at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Chinas
Meng Yang Shi bagged gold medal
Vivek Chaand Sehgal named Ey. Entrepreneur of the year 2016 Chairman of auto
parts maker Motherson Sumi Nandan Nilekani was honored with a lifetime
achievement award for spearheading Indias Aadhaar project
Abhijit Sarkar appointed Vice President of AHF Asian Hockey Federation
Shilpa Shetty as Swachh Bharat Brand Ambassador Swachh Bharat Missions aim
is to make India open defecation free by 2019
24/02/2017
Dohmen, Navomi named best hockey players of 2016 Belgiums John-John
Dohmen and Netherlands Naomi van as male and female Hockey Federation's
player of the year award Great Britains Olympic gold medalist Maddie Hinch won
the Hockey star 2016 female Goalkeeper of the year award. While, Ireland's
David Harte was crowned the best male Goalkeeper of the year awards
74th Central Excise Day Celebrated on 24 February
Nobel Winning Economist Kenneth J.Arrow dies at 95
7 Tiny New Frogs are Discovered in India Night Frogs smallest in the World, and
four of the new species are tiny enough to fit on a fingernail
23/02/2017
National Biodiversity Congress 2017 in Kerala Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
hosted by the Kerala State Biodiversity Board
SC Judge appointed as Chairman of Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal Justice
Abhay Manohar Sapre nominated for the post by Chief Justice J.S. Kehar
Chandrasekaran takes the Chairmanship of TATA Sons Ltd
Union Government launches Bharat QR code enable digital payments without
card swiping machines developed by jointly National Payments Corporation of
India (NPCI), Visa, Mastercard and American Express under instructions from
Reserve Bank of India (RBI)
India to host 2019 combined World Cup for Shooting The National Rifle
Association of India (NRAI)
Mithali Raj, Harmanpreet kaur in top -10 ICC rankings
Govt doubles maternity leave for women workers in Industries from the existing
three months to six months. However, the benefit will be restricted to women
who make a monthly contribution to the employees state insurance corpus from
their salaries.
7 New Earth - Like Exoplanets Discovered orbiting a star called TRAPPIST-1
Suresh Prabhu Unveils Antyodaya Rail Coaches a newly unreserved train for the
common man
21/02/2017
Newton wins top honour at Berlin Awards won the Art Cinema Award in the
Forum segment
Virat Kohli first Indian sports person to ink Rs.110-crore deal with Puma Usain
Bolt, Asafa Powell and Thierry Henry among others, as global ambassador for the
brand
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga wins 2017 Rotterdam Open win the 43rd ABN AMRO World
Tennis Tournament final held in Rotterdam, Netherlands
World Day of Social Justice-February 20
India win Silver at Asian Womens Rugby Sevens Trophy The Indian Womens
team won a silver at the Asian Womens Rugby Sevens Trophy tournament at
Vientiane, Laos
India as the Worlds Largest Arms Importer Major arm suppliers to India include
Russia, USA, European Union, Israel and South Korea.
Trump Appoints HR McMaster as National Security Adviser
Turbohelize Liezietsu as Nagaland New CM Nagaland Peoples Front (NPF) leader
Katamati Iron Mine Wins Best Green Award
22/02/2017
Scientists discover a Continent Zealandia 94 percent submerged. However, the
continent protrudes above the ocean surface in the form of New Zealand and
New Caledonia.
Ravi Shanka Prasad launches Cyber Swachhta kendra in New Delhi two mobile
apps M-kavach to protect smartphones and tablets from hackers and Samvid
to protect desktops from suspicious applications
Celebrated Hindi Novelist Ved Prakash Sharma Passes away
TCS names V.Ramakrishnan as CFO Rajesh Gopinathan, who will take over as the
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) of the Tata Group
Company.
Indias first dedicated heliport in New Delhi built by state-owned Pawan Hans
India
Ben Stokes gets highest bidding at IPL auction The Rising Pune Supergiant prised
him away for a massive Rs.14.5 crore.
Milind Soman gets the title Ultraman Ultraman recently held in Florida
Dustin Johnson dominates Genesis Open to overtake World No.1 No-1 Position in
Official World Golf Ranking
International Mother language Day-February 21. 2008 as the International year of
Languages. announced by UNESCO
20/02/2017
Nanda Kumar Sai Appointed as Chairman of NCST National Commission for
Scheduled Tribes
Khajuraho Festival is Organized by theKala Parishad under the Madhya Pradesh
Government
31st State Hood Day of Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram 20 February
Former CJI Altamas Kabir passes away

19/02/2017
Lata Mangeshkar honoured with Legendary Award by Brand Laureate
Maharashtra Approves Rs. 250 crore Cloud Seeding Programme Seeding is a
technique which involves spraying chemicals into clouds. Under this programme
the weather scientists will fly aeroplanes loaded with Silver Iodide and Dry ICE
over clouds.
18/02/2017
Neelam Damodaran is Bank of India new ED
Science Express Train Flagged off from New Delhi
UAE Unveils Plan to Build First City on Mars by 2117 Sheikh Mohammed Bin
Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of
Dubai
Corporation Bank Bags 2017 National MSME Excellence Award award is instituted
by the Federation of Industry, Trade and services (FITS)
Delhi AIIMS wins first prize for sanitation under the Govt Kayakalp awards
PV Sindhu Attains Career-Best Rank at No.5 Saina Nehwal who has been placed
at No.9 Badminton World Federation (BWF) Womens single ranking
Shahabuddin Ahmed invited as in Residence guest Well Known Painter and
Freedom fighter
The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, Shri Radha Mohan Singh
inaugurated the Indian Seed Congress 2017 in Kolkata
Twenty - two players and Officials from Laos and Cambodia gets life ban
punishments for match-fixing
17/02/2017
Hindi Scholar and Writer Surendra Verma selected for Vyas Samman 2016 Award
for his novel Katna Shamika Vriksha. Verma will be the 26th recipient of this
prestigious award.
Palaniswami takes oath as TM CM along with 30 ministers the 13th Chief Minister
of Tamil Nadu Governor Vidyasagar Rao
Vikas Swarup as High Commissioner of India to Canada
Shan Rukh Khan to host Hindi Version of Ted Talks
IMF opens technical centre in New Delhi
Scientists Create Graphene from Soybeans Commonwealth Scientific and
Industrial Research Organisation
16/02/2017
Justice Vikramjit Sen takes charge of DDCA Delhi and Districts Cricket Association
Usain Bolt wins Laureus Sportsman of the year award simone biles
Sportswoman of the year at laureus World Sports Awards 2017, held in Monaco
Union Govt signs agreement with Croatia on economic Cooperation
Indian Panorama Film Festival Organised in Port Blair
Jawaharlal Nehru University Won Visitor's Award best Central University in India
Norman Isaac became first Indian to be FIBAs Technical Delegate
Kerala Govt gave approval for Airport in Sabarimala
15/02/2017
Sachin Tendulkar adopted Donja Village for Development Puttamraju Kandrika
Village of A.P under sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
De Randamie Crowned First Womens Featherweight Champion
Indian Tabla player Sandeep Das wins 2017 Grammy Award Best Global Music
Category
ISRO creates a World record With 104 Satellites in One go
Jean-Pierre Lacroix appointed as Under-Secretary-General for the United Nations
Peacekeeping Operations the United Nations New secretary General Antonio
Guterres
Adele sweeps top prizes at 2017 Grammy Awards Adele is the first singer to take
all the top three awards from Grammy twice
Jehan Daruvala wins New Zealand Grand Prix
The International Aero India 2017 begins at Air Force Station, Yelahanka 11th
edition of the biennial International Aero India Show
Supreme Court convicted Sasikala in disproportionate assets case
14/02/2017
Sandeep Jajodia takes over as ASSOCHAM President President of the Associated
Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM). Similarly Bala Krishan
Goenka, Chairman of Welspun Group, and Kiran Kumar Grandhi, Vice-Chairman of
GMR Infrastructure Ltd have taken over as senior Vice-President and Vice
President of the ASSOCHAM
R. Ashwin becomes Fastest Bowler to claim 250 wickets Test Matches
Narinder Chauhan appointed as Ambassador of India to the Republic of
Philippines
India to host maiden ITTF World Tour event in February
Indias first floating elementary school inaugurated on Manipurs Loktak Lake
Langoslabi Leikai of Champu Khangpok floating village on Loktak Lake in Manipur
NCS and Jeevan Pramaan Facility for EPFO Pensioners Launched in Hyderabad
Union Minister of state for labour and Employment Bandaru Dattatreya
India, UK signed bilateral MoU to allow more flights to boost tourism and trade
Joe Root Becomes New Test Captain of England Root will become Englands 80th
Test Skipper
13/02/2017
Yo-Yo Ma and His ensemble win Best world Music Grammy Cello Virtuoso
13th February-World Radio Day Sing Me Home
INS sarvekshak installs solar Power System
Frank-Walter Steinmeier elected President of Germany
Indian cycle tourist establishes a Guinness World Record Prasad Erande from
Pune travelled 14,576 Kilometers on a bicycle India
12/02/2017
India win T-20 Blind World Cup 2017 thrashed arch rivals Pakistan by 9 wickets
in the final
Neelu Rohmetra becomes first Woman Director of am IIM
Diego Maradona Gets Ambassador Role at FIFA 2017
International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February 2017.
11/02/2017
Gujarat becomes first cashless state for PDS
Govt Appoints Ajay Tyagi As New SEBI Chief chairman of the Securities and
Exchange Board of India
Mission XI Million launched to promote football among school Children Union
Minister of State for youth Affairs and Sports Vijay Goel
Keralas Nilambur teak to get GI tag Geographical Indication (GI) tag
GMR Hyderabad Airport bags CAPA award GMR Hyderabad International Airport
Ltd (GHIAL), which operates Rajiv Gandhi International Airport
Sudarsan Pattnaik Creates World Record with Tallest Sand Sculpture Sand artist
National Womens Parliament begins in Andhra Pradesh Amaravathi, the new
capital of Andhra Pradesh
Official mascot of FIFA U-17 World Cup Kheleao
10/02/2017
Colonel Nizamuddin, former driver and bodyguard of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
India ranks 43rd in USCCs IP Index in the 5th Annual International Intellectual
property (IP) Index of the US Chamber of Commerce (USCC)
Nobel Laureate Sir Peter Mansfield Passes away
UKs House of Commons pases Brexit Bill
Kohli get a new record for most Test 150 s by an Indian Captain
Govt to make Aadhar compulsory to ration from PDS shops
Hemant Bhargava appointed LICs MD
Shawna Pandya Third Indian origin woman to go to space After Kalpana Chawla
and Sunitha Williams.
09/02/2017
SC Clears plan to Verify mobile phone users through Aadhar
Cabinet approves Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan
Hyderabad Surgeon Raghu Ram Honoured with BC Roy Award July 1,2017 which
is also observed as National Doctors Day He is the youngest Surgeon ever from
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh to have been selected for the award
Indias first centre for disabled sportsmen in Gandhinagar dedicated to para
athletes Gujarat
Salman Rushdies novel The Golden House announced British Indian novelist
and essayist.
Delhi Mohit Ahlawat becomes first batsman to score 300 in T-20 Cricket
Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo elected as Somalias New President
China Becomes the Worlds Largest Solar Power Producer
08/02/2017
Queen Elizabeth - II marks Sapphire Jubilee
Indian - Origin British Sculptor Anish Kapoor wins $ 1 Million Israeli Prize
Iran Lifts ban on American Wrestling team America President Donald Trump
temporarily suspended travel from seven muslim majority countries, including
Iran
Sourabh Varma Clinches Mens Single title in NBC National Badminton
Championship
Qatar Airways launches worlds longest commercial flight It was travelled from
the United Arab Emirates Doha to Auckland in New Zealand
Scientists confirm multiple therapeutic properties of Neuro Calyx Calycinus shrub
endemic to South West India
Jovenel Moise Sworn in as Haitis new President
India to host FIBA Womens Asic Cup
Indian Navy launches Underwater Harbour Defence and Surveillance system
07/02/2017
Virat Kohli features on Wisden 2017 cover Wisden Cricketers Almanack third
Asian Origin Player after Tendulkar and England all rounder Moeen Ali
Muslim Organisations too oppose triple Talaq as is practiced now low panel
Justice B.S. Chauhan Shariat, which mandates a three-month iddah period meant
for reconciliation and arbitration.
Renowned Urdu Author Bano Qudsia Passes away
Worlds smallest Pacemaker unveiled in U.S as big as a large vitamin capsule
Indian Railways Approves Rail Project in Andaman and Nicobar
First smart Police Station inaugurated in Andhra Pradesh Nagarampalem in the
capital region Amaravathi
Veteran freedom fighter Racharla Samrajyam passes away
06/02/2017
Health Ministry launches Measles-Rubella Vaccine (MR) Campaign
Chief Minister Samagra Gramya Unnayan Yojana (CMSGUY) launched in Assam
2% reservation to sports persons in Govt Jobs CM. Raghubar Das Jharkhand Chief
Minister
Telangana launches Indias first social innovations hub The Kakatiya Hab for
Social Innovation in Nizamabad. This hub was funded by the Telangana Govt and
implemented through Kakatiya Sandbox
05/02/2017
Arun Kumar elected as Chairman and CEO of KPMG in India
Alastair Cook awarded Order of the British Empire Commander of the Most
Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE) only England Player to have scored
over 10,000 runs in Tests and has also led England in the most number tests
Union Minister of state for Minority Affairs (Independent Charge) Mukhtar Abbas
Naqvi
Alibaba made app helps find 611 missing Children in China The mobile app
named Tuan Yuan, or Reunion in Chinese
04/02/2017
Pankaj Advani wins National Snooker Championship title Advani proved once
again why he is the absolute authority in cue sports
Rail Museum celebrates 40th anniversary
Lakshya Sen becomes World No.1 Junior Badminton player He achieved the
distinction in the latest rankings of the Badminton World Federation (BWF)
World Cancer Day 2017:04 Feb 2017 We can. I can
03/02/2017
Telangana, Rajasthan bag eGov awards Rajasthan and Telangana emerged
Winners of Excellence while the Award of Recognition went to Odisha and
Nagaland
Rs.10,000 penalty for late filing of IT returns
Jaitley unveils education reforms, to set up National Testing Agency to conduct all
entrance examinations for higher education institutions
02/02/2017
Former Union minister and Indian Union Muslim League leader E Ahamed has
passed away
SAARC programming committee meeting Held in Kathmandu
H1B and L1 reform Bill introduced in US House of Representatives minimum
salary of H-1B visa holders to be doubled to $130,000. This is more than double
of the current salary of $60,000 which was established in 1989.
Ireland became the worlds first country to stop investing in fossil fuels
01/02/2017
Ashok Amritraj Appointed as UN in India Goodwill ambassador Award winning
Hollywood film producer and Wimbledon tennis player first ambassador for UN in
India
Senior journalist Dileep Padgaonkar died in a Pune hospital on 27 January. A
former editor with the Times of India
Arun Jaitley introduced Economic Survey 2016-17 in Parliament The survey was
prepared by chief economic adviser in the finance ministry Arvind Subramanian
UNICEF launches 3.3 bln USD to aid millions of Children The United States is by
far the top donor to UNICEF, followed by Germany, Britain and the European
Commission
Alok Verma joined as the new CBI Director
31/01/2017
Former CAG Chief Vinod Rai appointed as BCCI Chief

Indias largest startup incubator to be built at Hubli Indian-American entrepreneur, philanthropist and
venture capitalist Gururaj Deshpande Sandbox, which was founded by Deshpande and his wife
Jaishree 2008

Holly Wood legend actor John Hurt dies at 77 Mr. Ollivander, the beloved wandmaker from the Harry
Potter film franchise

Dushyant Chautala as new President of TTFI Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI).
However,Chautala is the youngest president of the open body.

Trump bans 7 nations from entering US refugees belonging to seven Muslim majority countries
namely Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen

Reliance Defense get a contract from Indian Coast Guard a contract worth Rs 916 crore with the
Union Defense Ministry first time a private sector company has been contracted to design a ship

30/01/2017

India gets its own multi sports museum in Kolkata

Vishwanath Shetty sworn in as Karnataka Lokayukta Governor Vajubhai R. Vala in Bengaluru

AP Singh is interim MD & CEO of Postal Bank

P.V. Sindhu wins Syed Modi International Badminton tournament

Miss France Iris Mittenaere Crowned Miss Universe 2016

29/01/2017

Roger Federer Wins Australian Open 18th Grand Slam title

National Immunization Day-29 January

President appoints Banwarilal as Governor of Meghalaya Governor of Nagaland PB Acharya

additional charge of Arunachal Pradesh

Serena Williams wins Australian Open for 23rd Grand Slam Serena Williams rewrote history on 28
January to surpass Steffi Graf and capture a record 23rd grand slam title as well as the World No-1
rankings

28/01/2017

G.N. Rao to be inducted into Ophthalmology Hall of Fame founder and Chairperson of the L. V.
Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad. Rao

Dragon Ball Z Goku to be 2020 Olympics ambassador to be held in Tokyo

27/01/2017

Keshav Krishna gets National Geoscience Award National Geoscience Award by the Ministry of
Mines, Govt, of India for the year 2016 in the field of Geo-Environmental Studies in Applied
Geosciences.

India ranks sixth on eight great power sin 2017

Uttam Dhillon appointed as new attorney to White House

Arunachal Pradesh launched Dulari Kanya Scheme

E-Health Kerala scheme is launched in Kerala to renovate the health sector of state.

Usain Bolt loses an Olympic Gold Medal because of a doping offence committed by his teammate
Nesta Carter.

26/01/2017

Burj Khalifa lights up in Tricolour of India Burj Khalifa tower, the worlds tallest building located in
Dubai, will be lit up in the colors of the Indian National Flag on Wednesday and Thursday to celebrate
Indias 68th Republic Day.
Madhya Pradesh CM M.P. Shivraj Singh chouhanAnnounces Total Ban on Polythene carry Bags

DU becomes first public Versity with monumental flag

US Emmy -Award Winner Mary Tyler Moore Passes Away

India Celebrates its 68 Republic Day Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan the
Chief Guest Skill India and Beti Bachao Beti Padhao

25/01/2017

National Voters Day being observed on 25th January seventh National Voters day

David Boon, Matthew Hayden Join Australian Hall of Fame Australians openers David Boon, Matthew
Hayden and the late Betty Wilson will be joined into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame

Venezuelan honours Vladimir Putin with Hugo Chavez Peace Prize Venezuelan President Nicolas
Maduro Juan Manuel Santos President of neighbouring Colombia

PADMA AWARDS 2017: LIST OF AWARDEES OF PADMA VIBHUSHAN,PADMA

BHUSHAN,PADMA SHRI

Indian Cricket Captain Virat kohli , Indian freestyle wrestler and Olympic hero Sakshi Malik, singer
Kailash Kher,Singer Anuradha Paudwal has also been awarded with most respected awards.

NCP leader Sharad Pawar, BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi, classical singer KJ Yesudas, former MP
CM SL Patwa have been awarded Padma Vibhushan.

India, UK Join Hands to Tackle Delhi Air Pollution Risks

Union Govt launched Rub SIS for Rubber Growers Rubber Soil Information system (Rub SIS)
developed by Rubber Research Institute of India (RRII) under the Rubber Board in Collaboration with
three agencies like Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, Kerala

24/01/2017

India post releases stamp cover on Sindhu, sakshi and Dipa Golden girls of India- pride of Nation
Dipas coach Bishweshwar Nandi, who was awarded the Dronacharya Award

TN assembly Unanimously passes Jallikattu Bill Tamil Nadu Governor Ch. Vidyasagar Rao

Goa to be first state to offer online postal ballots The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Syed Nasim
Zaidi

National Girl Child Day Observed on 24 January 9th National Girl Child Day

Kohli Becomes Fastest Batsman to Score 1000 Runs as ODI Captain

Delhi airport Wins award for CSR The Delhi International Airport Limited won the prestigious Golden
Peacock Award

Bhilai Steel Plant inaugurates Rs.1200 crore Universal Rail Mill

Nepal launches 10-year plan to cut vegetable imports from India

Uber to launch food delivery app Uber EATS in India Uber EATS was launched as a delivery pitol in
Los Angeles in Los Angeles in 2014

23/01/2017

Sunish Wins ITF Juniors title Dhruv Sunish

Ecotourism project set up at Khairabera Baghmundi, in Purulia District of West Bengal

Kwality Ltd signs MoU with Bank of Baroda for Rs.4,000 crore loan to Farmers

Kerala CM Unveils Jyothirmaya

Nation Pays Homage to Netaji on his 120th Birth Anniversary

22/01/2017

Saina Nehwal wins Malaysian Masters Grand Prix

India to increase passenger train speed to 200 kmph The Russian Railways is helping India

National Anthem in Gujarat set New World Record Gujarats Rajkot district

Apple named most innovative company 2016 Inter-net search giant Google ranked second,
Amazon ranked fifth, Facebook ranked ninth and IBM are BCGs tenth most innovative company.

21/01/2017

Dharamshala declared as second capital of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
Virbhadra Singh states winter capital

INS Vikramaditya gets onboard ATM machine largest Warship of the Indian Navy, INS Vikramaditya
SBI is providing the Navy the services for the ATM

Bihar Govt launches Nasha Mukt Campaign Bihar will become an ideal state of the country as
dreamed by Father of Nation Mahatma Gandhi

Donald Trump Sworn in as 45th us President Chief Justice John Roberts Republicans in control of the
White House

ISKCONs Govardhan eco village bags UN award Wada taluka in Thane district first time India has
own such recognition from the UN in the NGO sector.

20/01/2017

A.K. Verma Appointed as New CBI Chief three-member selection panel headed by PM Narendra
Modi and Comprising Chief Justice of India J.S. Kehar and Congress leader in Lok Sabha,
Mallikharjuna Kharge

The black hole man of India passes away Veteran Indian Scientist CV. CV, Vishveshwara

Govt launches ShaGun-a Web-Portal for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan HRD (Human Resource
Development) Minister Prakash Javadekar

Suresh Prabhu Unveils Mission 41 K Energy Plan Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu
Jan Aushadhi: An Initiative Govt of India launched by the Department of Pharmaceuticals in
association with Central Pharma Public Sector undertakings

19/01/2017

Bengaluru is Most Dynamic City in the World The World Economic Forum (WEF) has endorsed a
ranking of Bengaluru City

2016 was the hottest year ever recorded UN

Anandam Scheme Launched in Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan CM of Madhya Pradesh
launches Anandam Scheme

Kapil Dev inducted into Legends Club Hall of Fame Dev captained the Indian team that won the
Cricket World Cup in 1983 first time

Indian Women Boxers Win 6 Medals in Serbia Indian Women Boxers packed quite a punch at the 5th
AIBA Nations cup in Ruma, Serbia notching up a rich haul of 4 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze medals at
the tournament.

18/01/2017

India Ranked 78th in Global Passport Index with a visa-free score of 46 Germany ranked No.1 in
2017 Passport Index with a visa-free score of 157

Karnataka allows sale of white Kerosene in Open market

Amonatov wins Delhi International Chess Grand master Farrukh Amonatov of Tajikistan

Bengals Sitalpati gets UNESCO recognition Cooch Behar district West Bengal has been
recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage by the United Nations Educational Scientific and
Cultural Organisation

Timothy Committee Suggests 20% Reservation seats for girls girls students in IITs out of the total
number of seats available

17/01/2017

Rajeev Singh to be interim CEO at Prasar Bharati

Kozhikode becomes 1st Elderly-Friendly Corporation in Kerala

BHEL Commissions 500 MW Thermal Unit in West Bengal Murshidabad district

National award winning filmmaker Deepak Roy dead at 67 has a production house named Angik
Films

25 Children including 12 girls selected for National Bravery Awards

16/01/2017

Prasar Bharati hosts International Television Dance Festival Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union

BSF launches operation Sard Hawa at Rajasthan Border

India slips to 92nd rank on global talent competitiveness Index Global index of talent competitiveness
a list topped Switzerland. Indias ranking is worst among the five BRICS countries

Pentavalent Bio Sciences Bags Tata Social Enterprise Challenge

SC Allows 24 week pregnant Woman To Abort

TN Govt launched mobile app Pinakini for Tourism

APP named SEZ India launched by Commerce Ministry

15/01/2017

69th Army Day 15th January 2017 First Indian Commander-in-Chief, Field Marshal KM Cariappa

Car carrier service starts between Gujarat and Mangaluru The pure car and truck carrier MV
Dresden (Vessel name)

Filmfare Awards 2017: Dangal, Aamir Khan, Alia Bhatt bag top honours Aamir Khan and Alia Bhatt
bagged the Best Actor and Best Actress in a leading Role respectively and Dangal swept away three
of the top four awards at the 62nd Jio-Filmfare Awards 2017.

Gujarat Beat Mumbai by 5 Wickets To Win Ranji Trophy beating 41-time champions Mumbai

14/01/2017

Indias First Madame Tussauds Museum in Delhi Big B and Lady Gaga. PM Narendra Modi and
Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar

Kerala launched its First Solar Powered Boat Aditya Piyush Goyal, Minister of state with independent
charge for New & Renewable Energy, Solar Powered boat was the Chief Guest solar ferry boat
Aditya

Govt to sell its 51% Stake in Pawan Hans The company is a joint venture where state-owned ONGC
Ltd holds 49% stake

13/01/2017

For the financial year 2016-17 the GDP growth of India estimated as 8% by NITI Aayog

First time in the world Gender Literature Fest will be at Patna

In 2017 according to ILO the Unemployment rises by 3.4 millions globally economic growth rate is
3.4% in 2017 & 3.6% in 2018.

In November 2016 the Industrial Production grown to 5.7%

For Central Government pensioners the minimum pension is raised to rs.9,000 ex gratis increased
from 10-15 lakh to 25-35 lakh

First time in the world FM radio broadcasting was ceased by Norway The country plans to transition to
Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) as a national standard.

Telangana state celebrated 6 days International Kites Festival from 12th of January
12/01/2017

Sreejesh becomes member of FIH Athletes Committee Sreejesh lead the Indian team to the Silver
medal feet at the FIH Champion Trophy in London International Hockey Federation (FIH) Athletes
Committee

Tisca Chopra wins Best Actress Award for Chutney also chosen as Best Film (Fiction)

Padmashree awardee K. M. Philip passes away director of MRF Ltd K. M. Phillip

Arunachal signs MOU with NDDB to boost dairy sector National Dairy Development Board presence
of Chief Minister Pema Khandu

January 12: National Youth Day The Birth anniversary of social reformer, philosopher and thinker
Swami Vivekananda celebrated as National Youth Day

11/01/2017

China launches 1st commercial space mission with new rocket

PM Modi inaugurates Nobel Prize exhibition in Gujarat

After demonitisation, world bank reduced the growth rate of INDIA to 7% from 7.6% to 7%

19 year old Yana Kudryavtseva, 13 times world champion in gymnastics retired

Former wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogats biography released Akhada

ISRO and CNES signed an MoU for 50 years Indian space research Organisation (ISRO) chairman
Kiran Kumar and French Space Agency (CNES) president Jean-Yves Le Gall signed on an MoU

January 10th celebrated as 11th World Hindi Day

10/01/2017

Amitabh Bachchan get US Embassy award for fighting TB US Ambassador to India Richard R. Verma

PM Modi Inaugurated Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit 2017

Ranieri named as FIFA coach of the year 2016 Leicester city boss Claudio Ranieri

Maharashtra Govt launches Indias largest WiFi service Mumbai WiFi

Eight year old boy becomes National Boxing Champion Abbu Ammaz, a class 2 student bagged the
Gold Medal at the National level from Jammu & Kashmirs Rajouri

Gionee signs Virat Kohli as brand ambassador

Haryana to set up Prarambh School for Teachers Education Manohar Lal Haryana Chief Minister

09/01/2017

Olympic and World 800m Champion and World record holder, David Rudisha is International Event
Ambassador for the 14th standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon to be held on January 15
PM Narendra Modi announces Pravasi Kaushal Vikas Yojana

New ginger species with medicinal properties discovered in Andaman

The 20th National Conference on e-Governance began in Visakhapatnam

Iran Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani died

Govt makes Aadhaar mandatory for MGNREGA

Ninth edition of Jaipur International Film Festival

08/01/2017

Gen, Raheel sharif to head Islamic Military Alliance army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa

Donald Trump names Dan Coats as US intelligence Chief:

Novak Djokovic wins Qatar Tennis title

China to build worlds highest altitude Telescopes in Tibet

Dell unveils Worlds first wireless laptop wireless charging technology

Former West Bengal Minister Saral Deb Passes away

Israel harnessing sunshine with worlds tallest solar tower

44th New Delhi World Book Fair begins Manushi

14th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention begins in Bengaluru PM of Portugal Dr. Antonio Costa Role
of Diaspora Youth

APs CM offer Win a Nobel Prize, Get Rs. 100 Crore Reward Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N.
Chandrababu Naidu

Aadhaar is Mandatory for EPFO Members and Pensioners

World Bank holds meet with India on Indo-Pak Indus Treaty

Delhi Govt unveils Good Samaritan Policy Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia

India GDP growth to slow to 7.1% in FY 17

Japan to help in developing Chennai, Ahmedabad and Varanasi Smart Cities Japanese Ambassador
to India Kenji Hiramatsu Union Urban Development Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu

06/01/2017

Island Tourism Festival 2017 begins in Andaman and Nicobar Lieutenant Governor Jagdish Mukhi

Sir Tim Barrow appointed Britains EU Ambassador

Book titled The peoples president : Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam released: Vice President Hamid Ansari on
4th January 2017 released a book
2017 International Year of sustainable Tourism for Development UN:

Veteran Actor Om Puri Passes away:

Yes Bank ties up with Bajaj Electricals:

IBM India names Karan Bajwa as MD Vanitha Narayan named Chairman of the Unit

SIDBI ties up with LIC for Capital Support:

05/01/2017

Sitar Maestro Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan passes away:

China launches first freight train to London

World Braille Day January 4: Louis Braille, the French Man who invented the Braille code in 1821

Union Govt launches IPR Enforcement Toolkit for police The Union Commerce and Industry Minister
Nirmala Sitharaman launched on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Enforcement Toolkit for police

Telangana, Assam join Uday discom debt scheme: being a part of the Ujwal Discom Assurance
Yojana

India win record 4th straight SAFF Womens Championship: Kanchenjunga Stadium in Siliguri, West
Bengal.

04/01/2017

Justice Jagadish Singh Kehar sworn is an CJI

RBI Appoints Surekha Marandi as executive director:

Govt launches Swachh Bharat Survekshan 2017 in 500 cities: conducted by Quality Council of India
(QCI) under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres takes Charge as UN Secretary- General: He
succeeded Banki-moon

Google introduces tools for small business in India: brand new tool My Business

Nepal Hosts Elephant Festival in Chitwan to Boost Tourism:

03/02/2017

David R Syiemlieh appointed as new UPSC Chairman:

Birth Anniversary of Savitribai Phule- 3 January: 186th birth year.

PM Modi inaugurate Indian Science Congress at Tirupati:

BHIM becomes the most popular Android app in India: Unified Payment Interface

Union Govt launches mobile app for Haj Piligrimage:

Indias First transgender school opens in Kerala: Sahaj International in Kochi

A.P Govt launches NTR Arogya Raksha Scheme:

Delhi registers Indias highest per capita income:

Malayali becomes Major General of Kyrgyzstan: Shaik Rafiq Mohammad

Seeking votes on religious basis a corrupt act, Supreme Court:

02/01/2017

Nadal wins Mubadala Tennis Championships:

Satish Kumar Clinches Sixth consecutive gold:

Shradha, Ghyan Sham Kumar Devansh Chosen for 2016 Jnanpith Awards: Bharatiya Jnanpith
Navlekhan Award

First Laser Technology-Based Check-Post In India: Gujarat CM. Vijay Rupani inaugurating Indias
very first laser technology- based advanced Automatic Vehicle Monitoring System (AVMS) equipped
inter state RTO check post at Shamlaji of Aravalli District near Gujarat-Rajasthan border.

Mori in Andhra Pradesh gets Smart Digital Village tag:

Bipin Rawat takes over as Army Chief:

Birender Singh Dhanoa takes charge as new Air Force Chief:

Former Union Minister Balasaheb Vikhe Patil passes away:

Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba appointed as Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee:

NPL syncs a Leap Second with Indian Time: National Physical Laboratory

British Indian Professor receives Knighthood from Queen:

Justice Saqib Nisar appointed as Chief Justice of Pak:

Amazon wins patent to launch Drone Deliveries: Unmanned aerial Vehicles

Sikkim became Indias First Fully Organic State in 2016:

China announces ban on ivory trade by end of 2017:

Agni-IV Missile Successfully test fired:

NRIs can exchange defunct notes up to June 30: RBI