1. Central Asian state leaders inaugurated Central Asia South Asia (CASA-1000) transmission line in ________ to link Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and Pakistan and to promote regional stability ?
2. Indias renewable energy sector has been ranked ______ in the Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index (RECAI) with China at second and the US on top. Index ranks 40 markets on the attractiveness of their renewable energy investment and deployment opportunities ?
3. Malaysia, Indonesia and ______ will conduct coordinated sea patrols and establish a hotline to combat piracy and kidnappings in waters bordering the three nations ?
4. ________ km Long twin-bore Gotthard base tunnel opened in Switzerland. It is now world's longest Train Tunnel and will provide high-speed rail link under Swiss Alps between northern and southern Europe ?
5. A Genetic study confirmed that Bene Israel community living in the western part of _________ has roots of Jewish Religion. ?
6. According to IMF (___________), Financial inequality is highest in India and China among Asia Pacific countries. China and India's rapid growth has been accompanied by increasing levels of inequality. Inter provincial inequality is lower in India than in China, and rising inequality in India is primarily in urban phenomenon. ?
7. According to a study by Organisation Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and European Union’s Intellectual Property Office, India is _________ biggest exporter of fake goods in world. List is topped by China, followed by Turkey, Singapore and Thailand ?
8. As per Forbes, India's HDFC has been ranked _______ among world's top 10 biggest and most powerful companies in consumer financial services sector. List is topped by global major American Express ?
9. As per SocialCops' analysis of World Bank dataa - India is _______ out of 210 countries on electrification with 78.7% of its population having access to electricity ?
10. As per World Cities Report 2016 - Urbanization and Development: Emerging Futures report by UN Habitat - Urban areas contributing ______ of GDP of India and an extra 30 crore urban residents are projected by 2050 ?
11. As per recent World Health Organisations (WHO) Urban Air Quality Data - Top 3 Polluted Cities are - ______s Zabol (217), Indias Gwalior (176) and Allahabad (170) ?
12. As per recent study by The Economist - India is ranked __________ in 2015 Crony-Capitalism Index with crony sector wealth accounting for 3.4 % of gross domestic product (GDP). In India, non-crony sector wealth is 8.3 % of GDP. Top countries are - Russia (1st), Malaysia (2nd), Philippines (3rd) ?
13. _________ state of Victoria, Swinburne University signed two agreements with India in medical technology to address major health challenges in India ?
14. ___________ Government approved Anil Ambani-led Reliance Power’s first phase of the 3,000 MW LNG-based power plant at Meghnaghat in Narayanganj district. It will be largest Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in _______ with investment of over 8,700 crore rupees (1.3 billion dollars) ?
15. Barack Obama became first incumbent USA president to visit Hiroshima memorial site in ______. It is world’s first atomic bombing dropped on August 6, 1945 and killed over 140,000 people. ?
16. ____________ and networking player GBI partnered to increase reach in West Asian countries. ?
17. _______ launched 3 (1 domestic (Ziyuan III 02‚ ) and foreign (NewSat)) by a Long March 4B rocket. Ziyuan III 02 satellite is a new civilian high-resolution mapping satellite and second in remote-sensing mapping system that __________ plans to build by 2030 ?
18. China signed agreements with _______ to build 600-megawatt atomic reactor ?
19. ______ successfully launched Yaogan-30 remote-sensing satellite into sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) using Long March-2D rocket ?
20. Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trademark granted patent to ______ s Gilead Sciences for its Hepatitis C drug Sofosbuvir (brand name Sovaldi) in India ?
21. European Central Bank (ECB) announced to stop producing ________ euro banknote by the end of 2018 ?
22. Google won US court battle with software firm ____________ after a jury ruled it did not unfairly appropriate parts of the Java programming language. _________ had argued that Google had infringed its copyright and had sought nearly 9 billion dollars in damages ?
23. Government approve MoU between Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of ______ for co-operation and technical assistance ?
24. Government approved MOU with Maldives for cooperation in field of tourism and with ________ for promoting sustainable, stable and low-carbon thermal power development in India ?
25. Government approved Memorandum of Co-operation (MoC) between Ministry of Women & Child Development (MWCD) and ________ for cooperation in Information and Communication Technology enabled Real Time Monitoring (ICT-RTM) of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) and other related technical matters. ?
26. Government approved MoU between Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Central Bank of ________ on co-operation concerning currency swap agreement ?
27. Government approved MoU between Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and _______ Space Agency for cooperation in exploration and user of outer space for peaceful purposes ?
28. Health Minister J P Nadda launched Kayakalp Fortnight at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) _______ with aim of intensifying Kayakalp initiative under Swachch Bharat Abhiyaan ?
29. IT services Firm ______ inaugurated Saudi Arabia's first all women business and technology park (WBP) in Riyadh. ?
30. India and _________ concluded a nuclear agreement to engage bilateral neighborhood relationship. Indian nuclear deal will equip and train ________ to import their first nuclear power plant from Russia ?
31. India and Canada, Iceland, Israel, New Zealand and China have signed OECDs (_____________) Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement, for boosting automatic exchange of information on tax issues and developing new tools to tackle tax evasion ?
32. India signed protocol for amendment of DTAA (___________) for checking Tax Evasion with Mauritius and Slovenia ?
33. India and ________ held their first Maritime Security Dialogue in New Delhi for deepening evolving partnership in maritime domain ?
34. India banned its nationals from travelling to _____, in view of prevailing security situation in that country. ?
35. India signed Project Collaboration Agreement (PCA) with ____________ for cooperation on promoting effectiveness of traditional and complementary medicines ?
36. India's BIRAC (Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council) and Horticulture Innovation ________ signed MOU to enhance research and development capabilities in biotechnology ?
37. International Monetary Fund Economic Outlook for Asia and Pacific predicted Indias growth rate to be ________ in 2016-17. Growth in Asia and the Pacific is expected to be 5.3 % in 2017 ?
38. __________ has stopped free shipping of oil to Indian refiners from April 2016 ?
39. _________ became last country in Western Europe to pass legislation for legalizing same-sex civil unions ?
40. Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Prime Minister of ______ visited India. ?
41. ________'s Government hasdecided to close Dadaab refugee camp, referred to as world’s largest refugee camp having 330000 refugees mostly from Somalia. ?
42. ________ Chief Uday Kotak (Net worth $7.1 billion), is only Indian in Forbes' 'Money Masters: The Most Powerful People In The Financial World' list of 40. List topped by Blackstone Group's CEO Stephen Schwarzman (worth $10.2 billion) ?
43. MOU Signed Between NITI Aayog and _________ Cooperation Enterprise for launching the Urban Management Programme in India, to tap expertise of ________ in urban sector to build capacities ?
44. Memorandum of Understanding signed with Qatar for cooperation in Information Technology and with _______ for Conservation and Restoration of Ancient Mosques and other Historical Monuments ?
45. Mount Sinabung volcano in Karo plateau of ________ erupted. ?
46. _______ recalled its Ambassador to India (Deep Kumar Upadhyaya) over charges of non-cooperation and indulging in anti-government activities ?
47. Nokia Technologies and _______ signed 10-year licensing agreement to market Nokia-branded phones and tablets ?
48. 12 MoUs signed with Iran during PM Modi's visit to Iran. Including India, Iran and Afghanistan's 3-way land transit agreement on Irans strategic port of Chabahar and India's ________ signed MoU with Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) ?
49. Pfizer Inc (_________) will buy Anacor Pharmaceuticals (USA) in a $5.2-billion (‚£3.61 billion) ?
50. _______ Aerial combat exercises between US, NATO and allied forces and India Air Force (IAF) concluded in Alaska (USA). This was second time India in such an exercise after 2008 ?
51. South American nation ________ adopted the‚ Social Fridge‚ Policy to feed needy ones who are facing hardship due to increase in job cuts and inflation in the country ?
52. _______ Government honoured late Indian filmmaker Yash Chopra by unveiling bronze statue at Interlaken, weighing about 250 kilos. ?
53. ________ passed amendments to National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA)- 2017 to enhance country’s defence cooperation with India and bring India at par with its NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) allies for technology and equipment sale ?
54. USA lifted its embargo on sales of lethal weapons to ________, its one-time enemy in 1970's ?
55. _________ Navy tested world's largest unmanned surface vessel named Sea Hunter. It is a self-driving 132-foot ship able to travel up to 10000 nautical miles on its own ?
56. ________ President Barack Obama National Bison Legacy Act for officially making American bison the country's first national mammal ?
57. _______ Senate approved 1.1 billion USD emergency funding to combat Zika virus in 2016 and 2017 ?
58. USA activated a land-based missile defence station (Aegis Ashore Missile Defence System) in ______, as part of NATO’s larger European shield to protect member countries from short and medium-range missiles, particularly from Middle East ?
59. _________'s private space transport service company, SpaceX launched Japanese JCSAT-14 communication satellite by SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket ?
60. UNEP (____________) released report‚ Global Environment Outlook (GEO-6): Regional assessment for Asia and the Pacific‚ ?
61. United Nations Environment Programme released report‚ Actions on Air Quality, during second‚ United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-2) in Nairobi (_______) ?
62. UNODC (________) launched inaugural World Wildlife Crime Report, highlighting how poaching and illegal trade of thousands of different species across globe present real environmental dangers. ?
63. United Nations launched UN _________ Response Multi-Partner Trust Fund (MPTF) to finance critical unfunded priorities in the response to _________ outbreak ?
64. World Health Organisation released World Health Statistics 2016 - Monitoring Health for the SDGs. Global life expectancy for children born in 2015 was 71.4 years, while in India it was 68.3 years (66.9 for males and 69.9 for females). With Average lifespan of 86.8 years, women in Japan live longest while Switzerland's men have longest average 81.3 years lifespan. People in ________ have worlds lowest life-expectancy for both men and women (50.8 years for women and 49.3 years for men) ?
65. ______ (Country in South Africa) decided to put some of its wild animals for sale, in view of severe drought and worsening finances. ?
66. _______ will print its own version of US dollars i.e. bond notes in order to ease cash shortage. Specially-designed $2, $5, $10 and $20 bond notes will have same value as their US dollar equivalents.
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