1. ________ astronaut Peggy Whitson returned to earth after 288-day long mission in space. She now holds record as oldest female astronaut in history of space exploration and record for most spacewalks by a woman ?
2. _____________ , The Sole Marshal of Indian Air Force (IAF) passed away. He was granted honorary rank of Marshal (highest IAF rank attainable) ?
3. ____________'s serving Health and Family Welfare Minister Jomde Kena passed away. ?
4. Ashish Kashyap resigned as President and Co-founder of Travel Major __________ ?
5. _________President Alexander Lukashenko visited India, marking 25 years of establishment of diplomatic relations with India and signed 10 Cooperation agreements during this visit. It Includes MOUs Signed for cooperation in Oil and Gas, Agricultural Research and Education, culture, Sports, Vocational Education and Training, Potash Exploration and Scientific Research ?
6. Bollywood Actor _________ received a Global Diversity Award at Britain’s House of Commons ?
7. Brian Acton, co-founder of _____________ resigned to start a non-profit venture of his own. ?
8. Dr. KS Chugh, Noted as father of ___________ in India has passed away ?
9. _________ businesswoman and chief of of cosmetics giant L’Oreal, Liliane Bettencourt passed away. She is world’s richest woman with net worth $39.5 billion ?
10. __________ Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson resigned, paving way for new elections to be held on November 4, 2017. ?
11. Indian PM Narendra Modi Visited _______________, After attending 9th BRICS Summit in Xiamen (China). Several MOUs were signed -
- Maritime Security Cooperation.
- Cultural Exchange Programme for 2017-2020.
- Enhancing Cooperation of Upgradation of Women’s Police Training Centre at Yamethin.
- Sharing White Shipping Information between Navies.
- Technical Agreement for providing Coastal Surveillance System.
- MoU on Cooperation in Medical Products Regulation.
- Exchange of Letter for Extension of MoU on establishment of MIIT (Joint Center for Enhancement of IT-Skill).
- Cooperation in Election Commissions and Press Councils of Both nations.
12. Indian Police Service Officer Aparna Kumar became first Indian woman to scale Mount Manaslu (___________), which is the 8th highest mountain peak in the world (8156 metres). ?
13. Mark Beaumont (____________) broke world record for cycling around the world as He arrived in Paris 1 day ahead of schedule. He cycled 18,000-miles in 79 days ?
14. Norwegian Nobel Institute announced that Nobel Peace prize awarded to ___________’s leader Aung Sang Suu Kyi cannot be revoked, as demanded by An online petition signed by over 386,000 people on Change.org.
- Petition calls for revocation of Nobel Peace Prize conferred on Suu Kyi in 1991, over persecution of Rohingya Muslims.
15. Noted ________ Actor Frank Vincent passed away. ?
16. Noted Indian Actor of _________ Descent Tom Alter Passed away. ?
17. Noted ___________ actor RN Sudarshan passed away ?
18. Noted _________ poet and activist Shirish Pai passed away. ?
19. Noted Pulitzer-prize winning __________ poet John Ashbery passed away ?
20. ___________ Chairman Ajay Tyagi is named 7th among top 10 regulators in world, as per Worlds Most Influential People in Market Structure report (also known as The Exchange Invest 1000 (EI1000)) by Patrick Young & Exchange Invest. List is topped by European Unions Commissioner (Competition) Margrethe Vestager.
21. Saint Teresa (Mother Teresa) has been declared as co-patron of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ________________, 131 years after St Francis Xavier was declared as first patron. ?
22. __________ External Affairs Minister Tilak Marapana visited India. ?
23. Tourism Australia appointed Bollywood actress ____________ as first Indian woman Ambassador to encourage Indians to visit Australia. This panel includes people like Chef Sanjeev Kapoor and commentator Harsha Bhogle. ?
24. Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu released Commemorative coins of INR 100 and 10 denominations on occasion of 101st Birth Centenary of noted Carnatic musician MS Subbulakshmi.
- She was first musician to be awarded Bharat Ratna (in ______________). She was also first Indian musician to receive Ramon Magsaysay award (1974) and first Indian musician to perform at UN General Assembly. UN issued stamp In 2016, to honour MS Subbulakshmi.
25. Visits from India -
- Air Chief Marshal __________ visited Australia and USA.
- Minister for Commerce and Industry, Suresh Prabhu visited South Korea to participate in the 7th Asia-Europe (ASEM) Economic Ministers meeting.
- Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Skill Development & Entrepreneurship Dharmendra Pradhan visited Kazakhstan to co-chair the 13th meeting of the India-Kazakhstan Inter-Governmental Commission (IGC).
- Maharashtra government signed MoU with South Korea for increasing co-operation in several infrastructure projects, during CM Devendra Fadnavis's visit to South Korea.
26. Visits to India -
- Tin Aung San, Navy Chief of Myanmar.
- Minister of Trade of ______________, Enggartiasto Lukita.
- US Secretary of Defense James Mattis.
- Abdullah Abdullah, Chief Executive of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. He inaugurated first ever India, US and Afghanistan joint trade and investment show in Delhi.
27. World’s oldest person Violet Mosse-Brown from __________ has died at age of 117. ?