1. 11 year old Indian origin boy in ___________ Arnav Sharma secured top possible score of 162 on a Mensa IQ test, 2 points higher than Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. Last Month, 12 years old Indian Raj Gauri Pawar also scored 162 on same IQ Test.
2. Actress ___________ has been named ambassador of Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) to be held in August 2017. ?
3. Ananya Vinay, 12-year-old Indian-Origin girl won 90th Scripps National Spelling Bee competition of the __________. Ananya became 13th Indian-Origin in a row to win this spelling bee competition ?
4. Asian Development Bank President Takehiko Nakao Visited India and Committed USD _________ support for infrastructure building and immediate development needs of less-developed states in India over next 5 - 6 years. ?
5. __________ Governor Ram Nath Kovind has been chosen by Rulling‚ National Democratic Alliance‚ as its Presidential Candidate. ?
6. Finance Minister ___________ visited Paris (France) to participate in Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) meetings and bilateral talks ?
7. Former Chancellor of Germany, ______________ passed away. He is known as father of German unification as he was responsible for unifying Germany after 1989 fall of the Berlin Wall despite facing stiff resistance ?
8. Former Indian powerlifter and medalist _________ will become first Indian woman to compete in USA'S WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment). ?
9. Government appointed Bollywood actor _____________ as ambassador for promotion of Goods and Services Tax (GST), the sweeping tax reform which is to be implemented from July 1, 2017 ?
10. Hollywood Singer __________ became first person to reach 100 million followers on Twitter.‚ ?
11. Indian Cricketer ______________ will be among several global celebrities for UNICEF’s ‘Super Dads’ campaign that highlights critical role played by fathers in children’s early development. This initiative is a part of UNICEF’s #EarlyMomentsMatter‚ campaign ?
12. Indian Girl‚ Sahithi Pingali‚ will get a minor planet in Milky Way named after her as a reward for developing an integrated mobile phone app and lake monitoring kit‚ to monitor pollution in water bodies.
- Sahithi Pingali‚ presented her paper‚ An Innovative Crowdsourcing Approach to Monitoring Freshwater Bodies‚ at Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). ‚ She got 2nd position and 3 special awards in Earth and Environment Sciences category.
- She also won a gold medal at ISWEEEP (___________________) for her research work on Varthur lake.
13. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) _________ awarded doctorate degree to PT Usha (called Golden Girl of India) at its 50th convocation ?
14. Jnanptih Awardee _________ Poet, lyricist and writer Cingireddi Narayana Reddy passed away.‚ ?
15. Justice Karnan of ___________ High Court became First HC Judge to retire while absconding. He has been absconding from office since May 2017 to escape arrest after Supreme Court sentenced him to six months imprisonment for contempt of court ?
16. Minister of Finance, Defence and Corporate Affairs Shri Arun Jaitley visited South Korea.
- He participated in India-Korea‚ Strategic Economic Dialogue and the 2nd Annual Meeting of Board of Governors of AIIB (Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank). AIIB is headquartered in Beijing (China) with Jin Liqun as its Chief.
- AIIB's third Annual Meeting of Board of Governors will be held in ___________ (India) in June 2018.
17. __________ Commerce Minister Than Myint Visited India for participating in 6th Joint Trade Committee (JTC) Meeting in New Delhi ?
18. NASA selected‚ 12 new astronauts including an Indian-American,_______________. He is a commander of 461st Flight Test Squadron as well as director of F-35 Integrated Test Force in California. It is 22nd class of American spaceflight trainees since 1959.‚ ?
19. Noted Former Cricketer ________ resigned as head Coach of Indian Cricket team. He will continue as chairman of ICC’s cricket committee ?
20. Noted Industrialist Desh Bandhu Gupta, founder and Chairman of Lupin (India’s second-largest _______________ company) passed away.?
21. Noted ______________ filmmaker‚ K.R. Mohanan‚ passed away. ?
22. Noted Scientist Predhiman Krishan Kaw passed away. He was known as father of India's _______________ . ?
23. Noted __________ poet S. Abdul Rahman (Known as Kavikko) passed away ?
24. Noted __________ Basudev Chatterji passed away ?
25. Noted policymaker Sam Pitroda resigned as Technical Advisor to ____________ Government ?
26. Sushila Karki, First Women Chief Justice of _________ has retired ?
27. Noted social activist Mehrunnisa Dalwai passed away. Her autobiography‚ Mi Bharun Pawle‚ (________________) is considered an inspirational piece for progressive movement ?
28. P.N. Bhagwati (Former ______________) Passed Away.‚ ?
29. Panjab University and India Post released special commemorative stamp for Centenary Celebrations of ____________ language artist Balwant Gargi. ?
30. Ravi Karunanayake, Minister of Foreign Affairs of ____________ visited India.‚ ?
31. Serving President of _________, Womtelo Reverend Baldwin Lonsdale has passed away. ?
32. ______________'s Minister of Justice Suwaphan Tanyuvardhana Visited India and signed MoU with India on Cooperation in Controlling Narcotic Drugs, Psychotropic Substances, their Precursors and Chemicals and Drug Abuse. ?
33. Travis Kalanick resiged as CEO of Global Cab Aggregator Major __________ ?
