1. __________ mountaineer Lhakpa Sherpa has set up new world record (by breaking previous record of her own) for most Everest summits by a woman, after‚ scaling Everest for 8th time ?
2. 12 years old Indian Raj Gauri Pawar scored incredible __________ in British Mensa (largest and oldest high IQ society in the World). It beats Albert Einstein’s estimated score and that of professor Stephen Hawking, who scored 160 ?
3. 14-year old Indian - American Student‚ ______________‚ won Prestigious National Geographic Bee competition. He gets $ 50,000 in scholarship and other prizes. Thomas Wright was declared runner up ?
4. 95 Year old Prince Philip (Duke of Edinburgh) of _____________ has permanently retired from royal duties. ?
5. Anil Madhav Dave, Current Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change has passed away. Upon his sudden demise, Dr. Harsh Vardhan (Minister of _______________) has been Given additional charge of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change ?
6. Ann Linde, _______________ Minister for Trade and EU Affairs and Foreign Affairs visited India for 18th Session of Joint Commission for Economic, Industrial and Scientific Cooperation (JCEC) held in New Delhi ?
7. Anshu Jamsenpa (______________)‚ became first Indian woman‚ to scale‚ Mount Everest for fourth time ?
8. _____________ Actor Roger Moore passed away, best known for playing Noted Character James Bond ?
9. Deputy Prime Minister of the ___________, Dmitry Olegovich Rogozin Visited India, to participate in Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological and Cultural Cooperation (IRIGC-TEC) in New Delhi. ?
10. Dronacharya Awardee __________ Chand Roop passed away. ?
11. Egyptian Swimmer Omar Hegazy became first amputee to swim across Red Se’s 20 km Aqaba Gulf from Egypt to ___________ ?
12. Facebook founder ___________ received an honorary doctorate degree from Harvard University ?
13. Former _________ Prime Minister Constantine Mitsotakis passed away ?
14. Former _________ Chief Minister S. Ramaswamy passed away. ?
15. ____________ Cabinet Minister (Ayurveda) Karan Sharma Passed Away ?
16. Historian __________ resigned as administrator of BCCI. ?
17. India received a stay order preventing Pakistan from executing death sentence awarded to former naval officer‚ Kulbhushan Jadhav from the International Court of Justice at‚ The Hague (___________) ?
18. Indian actress __________ attended UNICEF’s fundraising event in South Africa to highlight challenges faced by children affected by violence there ?
19. Justice Leila Seth Passed Away. She was first woman Chief Justice of a State High Court (__________) and first female judge of Delhi High Court. She was also first woman to top London Bar exam ?
20. KPS Gill, IPS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre who is often credited with rooting out militancy in _______________ has passed away. He is most Credited for Leading‚ Operation Black Thunder‚ in May 1988 to eliminate militants hiding in the Golden Temple ?
21. Mahmoud Abbas, President of State of ____________ Visited India.
- 5 MoUs signed - Exemption for diplomatic passport holder, Agriculture cooperation, Cooperation in IT & Electronics, Health sector and Youth affairs and sports.
22. Minister of Commerce and Industry Nirmala Sitharaman Visited _____________ for Participating in 19th Session of Joint Commission for Economic Cooperation. ?
23. Minister of Defence and National Security of _____________, Ratu Inoke Kubuabola Visited India. ?
24. Minister of Finance, Defence and Corporate Affairs Arun Jaitley visited ____________ -
- He participated in Annual Meeting of Board of Governors’ of Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Spring Meeting of the Institute of International Finance (IIF).
25. Minister of Road Transport and Highways ___________ Visited United Kingdom (UK).
- He launched National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) Masala Bond at London Stock Exchange (UK). Initially benchmarked issue of Rs. 1,500 crore was upsized to Rs. 3,000 crore at a price yielding 7.30 % annually, after good response from investors.
26. Nepelase Sherpa Kami Rita became 3rd climber to scale Mount Everest for a record ________ times. ?
27. Noted __________ Reema Lagoo passed away. ?
28. Noted Pakistani __________ maestro Ustad Rais Khan passed away. ?
29. Noted __________ filmmaker and former Union minister Dasari Narayana Rao passed away. ?
30. Pushpa Kamal Dahal (also known as Prachanda) Resigned as Prime Minister of __________ ?
31. Supreme Court allowed former union minister ____________ to assist it in hearing of pleas challenging the constitutional validity of 'triple talaq', 'nikah halala' and polygamy among Muslims ?
