1. 10th Medical Technology Conference organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in ________ ?
2. 13th Formation Day of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) celebrated in __________ with theme School Safety ?
3. 3 Government PSUs - National Aluminium Company (NALCO), Hindustan Copper (HCL) and Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL) signed MoU to form a joint venture KABIL (_______________) -
- KABIL will identify, explore, acquire, develop and process minerals overseas for commercial use and to meet domestic supply needs. It will deal with 12 strategic minerals that are not available in India or available in a very low quantity.
4. 3rd India International Science Festival (IISF-2017) will be held in Chennai (_______________) in October 2017, organised by Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST) and Vijnana Bharati (VIBHA) ?
5. 3rd Women of India Organic Festival held in _____________, aimed at promoting women entrepreneurs and farmers in organic sector ?
6. 600-year-old Walled City in Gujarat’s _______________ has been formally accorded status of India’s first World Heritage City by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
- Walled city was founded in 15th century by Ahmed Shah of Gujarat Sultanate, on eastern bank of Sabarmati River. It presents rich architectural heritage from sultanate period.
- It is India's first city to get World Heritage status, 3rd in Asia after Bhaktapur (Nepal) and Galle (Sri Lanka). India now has total 36 World Heritage Inscriptions 28 cultural, 7 natural and 1 mixed site.
7. 6th Edition of 4-day international textile and apparel fair named VASTRA organized in Jaipur (____________). ?
8. Bandhan Tod app launched by ________ Government as a unique initiative of Gender Alliance’s strategy to end child marriage and dowry in state ?
9. Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment launched __________ mobile app for easy dissemination of information to ‘Divyangjans’ ?
10. According to recently released SRS bulletin, India has registered a significant decline in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR). IMR has declined by 3 points (8% decline), from 37 per 1000 births in 2015 to ________ per 1000 births in 2016 ?
11. Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority(APEDA) developed ________ mobile app for farmers to facilitate registration, testing and certification of certain fruits and vegetables ?
12. American e-commerce company Amazon opened its largest fulfillment center (FC) in India at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad (______________) ?
13. ___________ CM Chandrababu Naidu declared Friday as Day of Helping Hand, when he will meet with poor and underprivileged people and hear their grievances and try to resolve them ?
14. _________ Government announced new programme Jala Siriki Haarati, aimed at offering prayers to water bodies and to create awareness among public regarding water preservation. State Government also declared 2017 as e-Pragati year, to promote real-time governance. ?
15. Andhra Pradesh Government released People First mobile grievance redressal app, to enable people to register complaints about government services and schemes by dialing __________ ?
16. ___________ Governmet announced that transgender community can avail government schemes and state will be declared ODF by March 2018 ?
17. _______________ government signed MoU with USA-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT)to build India’s first Hyperloop system, aimed at connecting Amaravati and Vijayawada by covering 35 km in just 5 minutes ?
18. __________ state Government will build 5.4 lakh affordable houses in urban areas of State under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) in next 15 months ?
19. Archaeologists discovered an ancient Buddhist site dating back to 1st century AD, in Guntur district of ________ ?
20. As per reports, Parali I island (___________ ) has disappeared due to coastal erosion and another four such islands shrinking fast. ?
21. __________ Government extended term of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) and declared entire state a Disturbed Area for six more months. This is first time that a state government has extended AFSPA and Disturbed Area provision on its own. Previously, AFSPA provisions were always extended by Central Government ?
22. __________ government has set up a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Cell for implementation of DBT across various schemes, to coordinate efforts at the state level in taking DBT initiative forward ?
23. ___________ government signed MoU with Google India to take Internet connectivity to remote areas. Google will provide Internet connection to 26,000 villages and 1,500 tea garden areas to increase digital literacy. Gujarat government also signed MoU with Google for ‘Digital Gujarat’ movement ?
24. ________ government will provide skill development training to around 30,000 surrendered militants and over 24000 Assamese youth under Prime Minister Kaushal Vikas Yojna ?
25. _______ passed Industrial Disputes (State Amendment) Bill 2017 regarding lay off of employees. It enables employers to lay off up to 300 employees without prior permission from government. Government also increased compensation of a labourer from 15 days salary to up to 60 days salary, in case of lay off ?
26. ___________ state Assembly passed PRANAM(Parental Responsibility And Norms for Accountability and Monitoring ) bill, making it mandatory for state government employees to take care of their parents and needy siblings. It is first state to approve such a legislation. Government will deduct 10-15 % of salary of employee and give it to the parents for their survival, if not taken care by employee. ?
27. ____________ state government will set up a well-equipped skill city with a capacity of 10000 training seats in state, to give skill development training to 30000 former militants as announced earlier. State government will upgrade employment exchanges to Modern Career Centres ?
28. Ayurveda sytudents from across country have set a new Guinness World Record for maximum number of people receiving ‘nasya panchakarma’ treatment at 1st Rashtriya Ayurved Yuva Mahotsav organised by National Ayurveda Student Youth Association (NASYA) at National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA) in _____________ ?
29. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) signed MoU with _____________ gear maker ZTE to work on Pre5G and 5G wireless systems to make a virtual network architecture of a 5G ecosystem for research and commercialization in India.
- BSNL also signed MOU with Aeris Communications to provide packaged Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and services to small, medium businesses and public sector undertakings (PSUs) in India.
30. Cabinet Committee of Security (CCS) approved implementation of umbrella scheme of Modernisation of Police Forces (MPF) for 2017 - 2020 It is biggest ever internal security scheme in country and has financial outlay of INR ____________ crores ?
31. Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) extended period Special Industry Initiative for J&K” (Sll J&K)- Udaan Scheme till December _____________. UDAAN Scheme is national integration scheme with goal to mainstream J&K youth with rest of country.
32. Cell for IPR Promotions & Management (CIPAM) under Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (Ministry of Commerce and Industry) launched social media campaign to promote Indian Geographical Indications (GIs) with Hashtag _______________, to make more people aware about importance of Intellectual Property Rights.
- A Geographical Indication is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin., eg. Darjeeling Tea, Mahabaleshwar Strawberry, Blue Pottery of Jaipur etc. GIs are important as they are an integral part of India’s rich culture and collective intellectual heritage.
33. Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) launched monthly ________ program to enable public to interact with its officials to obtain information related to child adoption ?
34. Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) signed Agreement with Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru for Development of ground water flow models and preparation of aquifer management plans for parts of ____________ ?
35. ______________ CM Raman Singh launched Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Shram Anna Sahayata Yojna, under which nutritious meal will be provided to laborers at price of INR 5 ?
36. ___________ Environment Conservation Board ordered closure of1200 MW thermal power plant of Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO) in Korba district, due t0 ash slurry water from damaged ash dam polluting water of a Belgiri nullah passing near plant that drains into Hasdeo river ?
37. ______________ High Court ordered state government to grant books and uniform instead of cash to Below Poverty Line (BPL) students studying in private schools under Right to education, in place of current arrengement of prioviding INR 650 per year as cash grant ?
38. Dabur India has tied up with e-commerce Firm ________ for online Ayurveda marketplace which will house all ayurvedic brands and products of country ?
39. Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion organized second State Startup Conference in __________ ?
40. _______________ will procure 10,000 electric vehicles (EVs) from Tata Motors, as world’s largest single electric vehicle procurement. Tata Motors quoted lowest price of Rs 10.16 lakh exclusive of GST in the competitive bidding. Procurement will be in Phases - 500 e-cars in first phase in November 2017 and remaining 9,500 EVs in second phase ?
41. FSSAI CEO Pawan Kumar Agarwal inaugurated Nestle Food Safety Institute in Manesar (__________________), as first such institute in India. Nestle already runs a similar Institute each in China and Lausanne, Switzerland.
First National Canine Seminar organized by National Security Guard (NSG) also held in same city ?
42. First e-court of ______________insugurated in Srinagar, as first paperless court of state. It will use digitised case records, thus paper usage and space requirements would be reduced to a great extent ?
43. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) launched ___________ as an online platform to bring in transparency in food safety inspection and sampling. It will help in verifying compliance of food safety and hygiene standards by food businesses as per government norms ?
44. Former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar launched ______________ , a programme to improve quality of life in Mumbai’s poorest wards through collaborative efforts in next 24 months ?
45. Governmen declared urban ___________ open defecation free (ODF) under he Swacch Bharat Mission. Maharashtra is third big state after Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh to become Open Defecation Free in urban areas ?
46. Government allowed import of 3 lakh tonnes of raw sugar at a concessional duty of __________ import duty under Open General License (Tariff Rate Quota) ?
47. Government approved merger and modernization of __________ Government of India Press Units (GIPs) into 5 GIPs located at Rashtrapati Bhavan, Minto Road and Mayapuri in New Delhi, Nashik (Maharashtra) and Temple Street (Kolkata, West Bengal) ?
48. Government approved revamped __________ programme for period 2017-18 to 2019-20, aimed at mainstreaming sport as tool for development.
- Pan India Sports Scholarship scheme - It will cover 1,000 most talented young athletes each year, with Each athlete receiving annual scholarship of INR 5 lakh for 8 consecutive years.
- Sports Universities - 20 universities across country will be promoted as hubs of sporting excellence.
- National physical fitness drive - It will cover about 20 Crore children in age group of 10-18 and will support their fitness related activities.
49. Government has undertaken drive to rationalize ___________ Labour Acts by framing 4 labour codes viz Code on Wages, Code on Social Security, Code on Industrial Relations and Code on occupational safety, health and working conditions. It will ease up the process by synchronizing varius labour Laws.
- Code on Wages Bill 2017 was introduced in Lok Sabha recently and It repeals 4 existing Laws - Minimum Wages Act 1948, Payment of Wages Act 1936, Equal Remuneration Act 1976 and Payment of Bonus Act 1965.
50. Government released Swachta Ranking 2017 of Higher Educational Institutions -
- University - O. P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat (Haryana)
- Colleges - Kongu Arts and Science College, Erode (___________)
- Technical institutions - Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore (Tamilnadu)
- Government institutions - G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar (Uttarakhand)
51. Government ruled that all mobile phones unlinked with Aadhaar numbers will be deactivated after ___________ 2018 ?
52. Government will provide up to Rs 60000 crore to _________ in next 2 years for river-linking and irrigation projects to tackle the recurring water crisis?
53. Government will safeguard fast-eroding Majuli island in ___________ (world’s largest riverine island) using research carried out on floating Brahmaputra Biodiversity and Biology Boat (B4) labs along Brahmaputra River?
54. Government's Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) issued alert on spread of new malware _____________ that can lock computers and demand ransom for unlocking them ?
55. ___________ Government launched Gyakunj e-class project aimed at producing world-class students through interactive e-classes. Outlay of project is 36 Crores and 550 schools are covered In first phase ?
56. _________ Government, State Milk Marketing Federation and 3 leading dairies signed MOU to save children of Anganwadi from malnutrition. Nutritive food will be provided to over 42 lakh children of 53029 Anganwadies, pregnant-mothers, foster mothers and young girls under Take Home Ration scheme ?
57. _______ will become first big state to use Electronic Voting Machine (EVMs) equipped with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) in coming Assembly elections to make election process more transparent ?
58. ________ CM Virbhadra Singh inaugurated first phase of 65 MW Kashang Hydel Project in tribal Kinnaur district. It is a 195 MW project ( three units of 65 MW each) ?
59. _________ government launched first-of-its-kind in Nation electric bus service in ecologically fragile 51 km – long stretch between Manali and Rohtang Pass ?
60. Home Minister Rajnath Singh and UP CM Yogi Adityanath flagged off commercial operations of _____________, on 8.5-km corridor from Transport Nagar to Charbagh ?
61. Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched PENCIL (_________________) Portal at National Conference on Child Labour organised in New Delhi, aiming to achieve target of child labour free society ?
62. Home Ministry opened two Zorinpui and Kawrpuichhuah immigration check posts along borders with Myanmar and ____________ Respectively. ?
63. Home Ministry will soon grant citizenship to nearly 1 lakh Chakma and Hajong refugees, who came from erstwhile East Pakistan (now ______________) in 1960s and are living in northeast. Chakmas and Hajongs were residents of Chittagong Hill Tracts in erstwhile East Pakistan and had fleed after their land was submerged by Kaptai dam project in 1960s. Chakmas are Buddhists by faith and Hajongs are Hindus ?
64. Hurun India Rich List 2017 -
- ________ retains the richest Indian title for sixth year (worth of 257,900 crores).
- Patanjali Ayurved CEO Acharya Balkrishna named among India’s top 10 richest people for first time, with wealth of over 70000 crores.
65. India started producing Civet Coffee as most expensive coffee in world in ___________.
- It is made from feces of a species of cat called ‘Civet Cat’.
- One kilogram of this coffee sells for Rs.8000 in India and at Rs.20,000 to Rs.25,000 in abroad
66. Indian Army and Jamia Millia Islamia University (___________) parttnered for academic collaboration, technical advancement and progression of Army Personnel ?
67. Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM-L) and __________ tied up to enhance Climate Literacy among people ?
68. Indian Railways will introduce 100 additional local train services on its suburban network of Western Railway (32 services) and Central Railway zones (68 services), giving major boost to suburban rail services in ________ ?
69. India’s Zero Hunger Programme through interventions in farm sector will be launched on occasion of World Food Day (____________, 2017). It consists of organisations of farming system for nutrition, setting up genetic gardens for biofortified plants and initiation of ‘Zero Hunger’ training.
- A genetic garden for biofortified plants contains germplasm of naturally biofortified crops through plant breeding. It has plants and crops that help supplement micro-nutrient deficiencies, including iron, zinc, vitamin A and iodine among others.
- Programme will be launched in 3 districts – Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh), Koraput (Odisha) and Thane (Maharashtra).
70. India’s first Centre for Animal Law has been established at NALSAR University of Law (______________), inaugurated by Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi. It will create curriculum on animal welfare laws, including developing topics for research ?
71. India’s first advanced virology laboratory inaugurated at Anjali Chatterjee Regional Research Institute for Homoeopathy in Kolkata (___________), for developing new drugs and technologies in Homoeopathy to combat emerging challenges of viral diseases ?
72. Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) registered NeSL (________________) as first Information Utility (IU) under IBBI (Information Utilities) Regulations 2017. S. Ramann is appointed as Managind Director of NESL ?
73. International NGO Safe Water Network partnered with Local Municipal Corporation to launch water ATMs in _______________, providing safe water access. The initiative is supported by USAID under Urban WaSH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) Alliance Partnership and funded by Honeywell India ?
74. ___________ government inaugurated 2nd International Yoga Festival and International Yoga Sports Championship 2017 ?
75. ___________ Government launched Shaheed Gram Vikas Yojana, aimed at developing villages of freedom fighters in state. ?
76. Karnataka Department of Information Technology (IT) and Biotechnology (BT) signed MoU with ___________, as Joint Innovation Corridor ?
77. Karnataka Government launched Nava Karnataka / Vision _________________ for charting out a development roadmap for next seven years, covering 13 sectors identified for rapid development ?
78. _____________ became first state to roll out an Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage Policy that looks not only at boosting sales of Electrical Vehicles, but also setting up charging infrastructure and special manufacturing zones ?
79. _____________ government merged existing 7 health schemes to launch a unified health scheme Arogya Bhagya, aiming at Treatment First and Payment Next ?
80. _________ government will provide free eduation for all girls from Class 1 to graduation level in all public and aided private schools and colleges from next academic year ?
81. Kerala Tourism department launched campaign called ___________ , to target tourists from Arab Nations (Saudi Arabia, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar). ?
82. ___________ will soon open India’s first transgender-exclusive clinics at government medical colleges across state ?
83. Kochi (__________________) will host 5th Coastal Shipping and Inland Water Transportation Business Summit 2017 ?
84. __________ Government and Mother Dairy Fruit and Vegetables (subsidiary of National Dairy Development Board) signed lease agreement to set up a state-of-the-art milk and milk products processing plant ?
85. ___________ Government launched Mission 1 Million initiative under which over 10 lakh students across state will be encouraged to play football ?
86. Minister for Electronics & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad launched nation-wide hackathon ______________, As part of Startup Eco-system Development program. ?
87. Minister of Railways announced various decisions for Transformation of Indian Railways -
- Highest priority to passenger safety - Eliminating 5000 unmanned crossings by 2018, Shift to LHB coaches from ICF coaches, Use of MTRC (Mobile Train Radio Communication) and TPWS (Train Protection & Warning System). RPF staff will not be allowed to check tickets, which is the function of TTEs.
- Transforming through technology - Use of mobile apps for monitoring passenger services, wi-fi connectivity and increase speed of around 700 trains, GPS based tracking of rail movement.
- Energy efficiency - Complete electrification by _________ to save INR 10,000 crores.
- Faster Redevelopment of stations
- Railway Stations with les trains to be developed as Multi-utility centres
- Focus on welfare of field staff - Improving working conditions of Group D employees that work hard is to ensure track safety.
- Railways will work with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to devise safety mechanisms to make travel by trains safer.
88. Minister of State (IC) for AYUSH, Shripad Naik inaugurated Regional Research Institute of Homoeopathy (RRI) in Agartala (__________) ?
89. Ministry of Civil Aviation issued rules to tackle misbehaviour by passengers, by forming national No Fly List of such unruly passengers. DGCA revised relevant sections of Civil Aviation Requirement (CAR), in accordance with ________ Convention 1963. It defines three categories of unruly behavior -
- Level 1 - Behaviour that is verbally unruly, calls for debarment upto 3 months
- Level 2 - Physical unruliness and can lead to debarment for upto 6 months
- Level 3 - Life-threatening behaviour would attract minimum 2 years ban.
90. Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) launched Wood is Good Campaign under Partnership for Land Use Science (Forest-Plus). It was launched during conference on Sustainable landscapes and forest ecosystems: Theory to Practice held in __________ ?
91. Ministry of Health and Family Welfare launched 2 new free contraceptives Antara and Chayya in 10 states under Mission ___________. Antara is injectable contraceptive (effective for 3 months) where Chayya is contraceptive pill (effective for 1 week).
92. Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises extended FAME (_____________) India scheme by 6 months to promote electric and hybrid vehicles. Phase 1 was effective from April 2015 to March 2017, but received 6 month extension till September 2017. Now it has been further extended till up to March 31, 2018 ?
93. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas launched country-wide Pradhan Mantri ________ scheme to distribute LPG connections among rural areas where conventional fuel is used for domestic purposes ?
94. Ministry of Science & Technology launched Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan _____________ Pariyojana to implement appropriate S&T interventions for sustainable development through cluster approach in Uttarakhand.
- Under This, Department of Science and Technology (DST) will adopt few clusters of villages in Uttarakhand and transform them to become self-sustainable in time bound manner.
95. Ministry of Shipping renamed Kandla Port Trust (_________) as Deendayal Port Trust, using powers conferred on it under Indian Ports Act 1908 ?
96. Ministry of Women and Child Development held first National Conference on Mission Mode to address Under-Nutrition in country in New Delhi, keeping in mind goal of Malnutrition Free India by ___________ ?
97. Music video prepared by ___________ Jagruthi to celebrate 9 day Bathukamma festival has been released. ?
98. NBCC obtained license by World Trade Centre (New York) to develop a commercial project as ‘World Trade Centre’ at Nauroji Nagar in _____________.This project would be completed by 2020 ?
99. National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute signed MoU with Ludhiana (_______________) based Bonn Food Industries to promote coloured wheat with antioxidant qualities beneficial for control of diabetes, cholesterol and obesity ?
100. National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog’s SATH (_______________) Program was launched in Assam. SATH program aims to provide structured support to Assam in identifying key health priorities and implement solutions towards transforming the health and improving the well-being of people of state ?
101. National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) signed MoU with ____________
Innovation Society to encourage start-up in manufacturing & technology driven sectors ?
102. Nationwide health campaign to sensitise women about early screening and the preventive care for cancer has been launched with Theme __________. It is launched by FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) in partnership with Apollo Hospitals ?
103. Newton will be India’s official entry for the Best Foreign Film category at Oscars 2018, starring ________ and directed by Amit Masurkar.
- It was chosen by Film Federation of India’s selection committee headed by Telugu producer C V Reddy.
104. North East Calling festival held in __________, aimed at increasing investment opportunities in North East. ?
105. North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) will commision important hydro-electric projects in _________ in 2018 - 600 MW Kameng Hydro Electric Project and 110 MW Pare Hydro Electric Project ?
106. _________ CM Naveen Patnaik states 4th Government medical college, as Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College and Hospital (SLNMCH) in tribal-dominated koraput district ?
107. ____________ Government launched Sampurna (Sishu Abond Matru Mrityuhara Purna Nirakaran Abhijan) Yojna for pregnant women. Under this, government will provide INR 1000 as transport cost for pregnant women to travel to hospital. ?
108. __________ approved establishment of Handlooms and Handicrafts Development and Promotion Council in capital Bhubaneswar, to improve growth of handlooms and handicrafts sectors. ?
109. ________ government approved launching first Odia language university for post-graduation in literature and linguistics among other subjects. It will be established in Bhubaneswar and will also carve out ways to make Odia script more adaptable to technology. ?
110.________ discovered oil in WO-24-3 well located west of Mumbai High fields in Arabian Sea, estimated to hold reserve of 20 million tonnes. Mumbai Oil Field currently produces 205,000 barrels of oil per day (just over 10 million tonnes per annum) ?
111. PM Narendra Modi launched Sardar Sarovar Dam, (world’s second biggest and India's Biggest Dam) on the river Narmada in _________.
- It is 1.2-km-long and 163 metres deep. It will irrigate over 18 lakh hectares in state.
- Before this, Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani had flagged off a statewide Narmada Mahotsav Yatra from Surendranagar district.
- Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharastra and Rajasthan will receive water and electricity supplied from dam.
- Grand Coulee Dam in USA is world's biggest Dam.
112. Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) enhanced upper age limit for joining National Pension Scheme (NPS) to _________ years (from 60 currently) ?
113. President Ram Nath Kovind launched nation-wide campaign Swachhata Hi Sewa from Kanpur (____________) ?
114. President Ramnath Kovind inaugurated Shirdi airport in Ahmednagar district of _________ and flagged off inaugural flight of Alliance Air from Shirdi to Mumbai ?
115. President Ramnath Kovind laid foundation stone for link-4 of Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation Scheme (SAUNI) Yojana in __________.
- SAUNI is multipurpose project that aims to solve water problems of parched Saurashtra region. It was launched by PM Narendra Modi during his tenure as CM of state.
- It aims to fill up 115 major dams in Saurashtra by diverting overflow of water from Sardar Sarovar Dam on Narmada River.
- Its unique feature is making pipe canals instead of conventional open canals which led to no acquisition of land and less loss of water.
- It has network of canals comprising 1,125-km network of pipelines that will help to channel water into farms.
116. ___________ Government banned use of plastic packaging materials of less than 51 microns as these were found to be injurious to health ?
117. Railway board ruled that passengers in reserved coaches can only sleep between ______ and 6 am to allow others to sit in seats for rest of the time (earlier 9 pm and 6 am ?
118. __________ government announced Rs 20000 crore farm-loan waiver and waive as it agreed to waive of loans for farmers up to INR 50000 ?
119. Ram Vilas Paswan, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution launched Web Portal of Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA) & e-NWR (_______________________) System
- e-NWRs would have no chances of any tempering, mutilation, fudging, loss or damage and with no possibility of any multiple financing.
- e-NWRs will save expenditure in logistics as stocks could be traded through multiple buyers without physical movement and can be even split for partial transfer or withdrawal.
120. _________ launched digital assistance robot ELEKTRA, that provides automated responses to customers for their queries and requests. ?
121. Sep 25, 2017 - Birth Anniversary of Social Reformer Deendayal Upadhyaya. Known for his role in shaping up present day Bharatiya Janata Party. Uttar Pradesh government released 100 inmates from various jails of state on this occasion. PM Narendra Modi launched SAUBHAGYA scheme On this occasion. With details -
- Saubhagya (__________) aims at bringing electricity for every household in country by March 31, 2019. No price will be charged for the poor to get an electricity connection and the government will bear expected INR 16,320 crores cost of giving electricity connections to the 4 crore households in country. Electricity connections will be given to APL (Above Poverty Line) families for Rs 500, which will be payable in 10 equal monthly instalments.
- PM Narendra Modi also inaugurated Deendayal Hastkala Sankul trade facilitation centre and Crafts Museum for handicrafts at Varanasi. It will facilitate weavers/artisans/exporters in promotion of handlooms and handicrafts in domestic and international markets.
- He also flagged off Varanasi-Vadodara as country’s third Mahamana Express.
122. Restaurant discovery and food delivery firm _________ acquired logistics startup Runnr. ?
123. Seven North-East Indian states will launch IMI (______________) to focus on select urban areas and other pockets where immunization coverage has been low. Under it, Government aims to reach every child under 2 years and pregnant women with all available vaccines under Universal Immunization Programme by 2018 ?
124. Suzuki Motors will invest over INR 1150 crores along with Japanese partners Toshiba and Denso to set up India’s first lithium-ion battery facility in _____________ ?
125. Telangana Forest Department re-introduced endangered species mouse deer in forests of Nallamalla in Amrabad Tiger Reserve (ATR) at Nehru Zoological Park (______________) ?
126. Telecom equipment provider Vihaan Networks Limited (VNL) signed MoU with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) to launch _________ service to provide disaster management in India, as an integrated disaster response solution for first responders and public safety agencies.
127. Traditional Bonderam festival held in Divar Island of ___________ ?
128. Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari launched fleet of 1000 E-rickshaws in Gurugram (_____________) named SmartE. These e-rickshaws were manufactured in India and are fitted with GPS and tracking system ?
129. Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Limited (TRIFED) signed MoU with e-commerce firm __________ for selling tribal products online, to promote various tribal products. TRIFED already has tied-up with Snapdeal ?
130. ________ became first state to set up family welfare district committees, to deal with fake and biased complaints by women against their husbands and in-laws. ?
131. Union Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated first ‘Pension Adalat’ in India Held in __________ ?
132. Vanlalawmpuii Chawngthu became first woman minister in _______ in 30 years (since 1987 state assembly elections).
133. Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu laid foundation stone for Ranchi Smart City (___________), tagged as country’s first ‘green-field’ smart city. It is coming up on 656 acres of Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) land which would be equipped with severa advance tech features ?
134. __________ government cleared a proposal to rename state as Bangla and sent a proposal to Centre for approval. Note that state government had earlier too sent a proposal for change of name, but it was rejected by central government. ?
135. World Quality Congress (WQC) ranked Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) security at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) in __________ has been recognised as best service in this domain ?
136. Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) published first ever exhaustive compendium of animal species in Indian Sundarban and threats it faces, titled Fauna of SundarbanBiosphere Reserve. As per publication, ZSI estimates that there are ________ types of animal species in sunderbans.
- Sundarbans is a vast forest in coastal region of Bay of Bengal. it was recognised in 1997 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is Located in delta region of Padma, Meghna and Brahmaputra river basins.