| The e-platform launched by the Income Tax Department to analyse deposits made between November 9 to December 30, 2016 is named | Operation Clean Money |
| The European country which has become the first in the world to pass a legislation to fully divest public money from fossil fuels | Ireland |
| The former CAG of India who has been appointed by the Supreme Court to head a committee of four administrators to manage the affairs of BCCI | Vinod Rai |
| The President of Guinea who has taken over as the new President of the African Union for a period of 1 year | Alpha Conde |
| The chess player from United States who has won the 79th Tata Steel Chess tournament in Wijk aan Zee, The Netherlands | Wesley So |
| The contestant from France who has been crowned Miss Universe 2016 at a beauty pageant in Manila, Philippines | Iris Mittenaere |
| The Indian badminton player who has won the Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold tournament (Women's Singles title) defeating Gregoria Mariska (Indonesia) in the finals | P.V. Sindhu |
| The Indian badminton player who has won the Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold tournament (Men's Singles title) defeating Sai Praneeth (India) in the finals | Sameer Verma |
| The former tennis player who has been appointed Goodwill Ambassador for the Sustainable Development Goals for the UN in India | Ashok Amritraj |
| The new digital assistant introduced by Nokia for engineers and telecom operators is named | MIKA |
| One of the most acclaimed scientists of India and architect of India's first supercomputer and the founder Executive Director of C-DAC, who has been appointed as the new Chancellor of Nalanda University | Dr. Vijay Bhatkar |
| The airport from which international cargo operations have re-commenced after a gap of about 13 years | Biju Patnaik International Airport, Bhubaneshwar |
| The first military communications satellite launched by Japan from its Tanegashima Space Centre, on board H-2A rocket is named | Kirameki-2 |
| The Jamaican athlete who has been found guilty of doping in 2008 Beijing Olympics and has thus been deprived of gold medal for 4 x 100 relay alongwith his team mates (Usain Bolt, Asafa Powell & Michael Frater) | Nesta Carter |
| The bank which has announced deployment of humanoid IRA - intelligent robotic assistant to help its branch staff in servicing customers in the next 2 years | HDFC Bank |
| The theme of 7th National Voters Day observed on 25 January 2017 | Empowering young and future events |
| The country with which India has signed a deal to fill its Mangalore strategic oil storage facility | United Arab Emirates |
| The place in Tamil Nadu where the world's largest solar power plant (648-mw at a single location) has been dedicated to the nation by Adani Green Energy | Kamuthi, Ramanathapuram |
| The new Prime Minister of Mauritius who took over following the resignation of Aneeroodh Jugnauth | Pravind Kumar Jugnauth |
| The theme of the programme organised by Ministry of Women & Child Development on the occasion of National Girl Child Day on January 24, 2017 | Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao |
| The Urdu poet and lyricist who passed away on 22 January 2017 | Naqsh Lyallpuri (Jaswant Rai Sharma) |
| The Indian badminton player who has won the 2017 Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold defeating Pornpawee Chochuwong of Thailand in the finals | Saina Nehwal |
| The European country which has legalized the use of drug marijuana for medical purposes allowing patients to buy the drug on medical prescription | Germany |
| The public sector bank which has installed its ATM on India's largest and latest aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya | State Bank of India |
| The country which has abolished visa-on-arrival facility for Indians with effect from 23 January 2017 | Hong Kong |
| The town in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh which has been declared to be the State's second capital | Dharamsala |
| The team which has won the Pro Wrestling League season 2 title defeating Haryana Hammers in the finals | Punjab Royals |
| The bollywood acress who has been awarded the Peoples Choice Favourite Dramatic TV Actress Award for her role in American drama series Quantico | Priyanka Chopra |
| The island on Loktak lake of Manipur which has been declared India's first cashless island by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology under its Digital India programme | Karang island |
| The former captain of Indian cricket team who has been inducted into the Legends Club Hall of Fame | Kapil Dev |
| The dedicated web portal for Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan launched by the Central Govt with an aim to capture and showcase innovations and progress in elementary education sector is named | ShaGun |
| The State in which establishment of Indian Agricultural Research Institute has been approved by the Union Cabinet | Jharkhand (Gauria Karma village in Hazaribagh) |
| The Indian scientist and black hole physicist, known as the Black Hole Man of India who passed away on 16 January 2017 | C.V. Vishveshwara |
| The US astronaut and the last man to walk on the moon (as on date) who passed away on 16 January 2017 | Eugene Cernan |
| The team which has won the 2017 Premier Badminton League badminton tournament defeating Mumbai Rockets in the finals | Chennai Smashers |
| The team which has won the Ranji Trophy 2016-17 cricket tournament defeating the previous champions Mumbai in the finals | Gujarat |
| The former Chief Minister of Punjab and also the former Governor of Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand and Andhra Pradesh who passed away on 14 Jan 2017 | Surjit Singh Barnala |
| The month-long awareness programme launched by Govt of India for judicious utilization and conservation of petroleum products along with use of energy efficient appliances and switching to cleaner fuels is named | Saksham - 2017 (Sanrakshan Kshamta Mahotsav) |
| The private airlines which has launched Akhiri Ahuti', a social service under which the airline would ferry free of cost the bodies of Northeast residents who die in Delhi to their homes | Indigo |
| The CEO and Managing Director of TCS who has been chosen to be the new Chairman of Tata Sons from February 2017 | N Chandrasekaran |
| The second of Scorpene class submarines launched by Raksha Rajya Mantri Subhash Bhamre at Mazagon Dock Shipyard Limited (the first was named Kalveri) | Khanderi |
| The place at which Ramayana Darshanam exhibition was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi through video conferencing on the occasion of birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda | Kanyakumari |
| The place at which National Youth Festival is being organised from 12th to 16th January with the theme Youth for Digital India | Rohtak |
| The European country which has decided to completely replace its FM radio with Digital Audio Broadcasting by December 2017 | Norway |
| The European country which has become the first in the world to run all its trains on 100% wind power | Netherlands |
| The city in which world's first Gender Literature Festival is scheduled from 07 to 09 April 2017 | Patna |
| The nuclear capable missile test fired from a submarine by Pakistan in a step towards completing its nuclear triad (launch of nuclear weapons from land, air, and sea) | Babur-3 |
| The place at which India's first international stock exchange "India International Exchange" has been set up by Bombay Stock Exchange | GIFT city, Gandhinagar |
| The city in which a four-day Nobel Prize Exhibition titled The Nobel Prize: Ideas Changing the World was inaugurated by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi | Ahmedabad |
| The venue of 20th National Conference on e-Governance to be held from 09 to 10 January 2017 | Visakhapatnam |
| The theme of New Delhi World Book Fair being held from 7th to 15th January 2017 at Pragati Maidan | Manushi |
| The venue of 15th Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas Convention being held from 07 to 09 January 2017 with the theme Redefined Engagement with Indian Diaspora | Bengaluru |
| The Sikh Guru whose 350th birth anniversary is being celebrated in January 2017 | Guru Gobind Singh |
| The renowned sitar player of Beenkar Gharana, recipient of Padma Shri (1970), Padma Bhushan (2006) who passed away on 04 jan 2017 | Abdul Halim Jaffer Khan |
| The country which has won the 2016 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Women's Championship defeating Bangladesh in the finals in Kanchenjunga Stadium, Siliguri | India |
| The new Chief Justice of India | Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar |
| The Bunkar Mitra helpline launched by the Central Govt for the assistance of handloom weavers of the country | 1800 208 9988 |
| The former Australian cricketer who has been inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame | Arthur Morris |
| The two new Hindi writers who have chosen for the Bhartiya Jnanpith Navlekhan Award 2016 | Shraddha and Ghyansham Kumar Devansh |
| The venue of 104th Indian Science Congress held from 03 Jan to 07 Jan 2017 | Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati |
| The new Secretary General of United Nations Organisation | Antonio Guterres |
| The new Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee | Admiral Sunil Lanba |
| The new Chief of Air Staff | Air Chief Marshall BS Dhanoa |
| The new Chief of Army Staff | General Bipin Rawat |
| 2017 has been declared by the United Nations as the International Year of | Sustainable Tourism for Development |
| Title | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Singles | Roger Federer (Switzerland) | Rafal Nadal (Spain) |
| Women's Singles | Serena Williams (USA) | Venus Williams (USA) |
| Mens's Doubles | Henri Kontinen (Finland) and John Peers (Australia) | Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan (USA) |
| Women's Doubles | Bethanie Mattek-Sands (U.S.A.) and Lucie Safarova (Czech Republic) | Andrea Hlavackova (Czech Republic) and Peng Shuai (China) |
| Mixed Doubles | Abigail Spears (USA) and Juan Sebastian Cabal (Columbia) | Sania Mirza (India) and Ivan Dodig (Croatia) |
Note: Serena Williams won her 23rd Grand Slam title breaking the record of Steffi Graf's 22 titles in the Open era
Roger Federer won his 18th title and is currently the winner of maximum Grand Slam men's singles titles.
Chief Guest : H.H. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi
Parade Commander: Lt. General Manoj Mukund Naravane, General Officer Commanding, Delhi Area.
Best Marching Contingent (Services): Madras Engineer Group
Best Marching Contingent (Para-Military Forces): CISF
Best Tableau (States) : Arunachal Pradesh - Yak Dance
Second Best Tableau (States) : Tripura - Hojagiri dance
Third Best Tableau (States) : Maharashtra (Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak) and Tamil Nadu (Karagattam)
Best Tableau (Ministrie/Departments) : Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
Special Prize by the Jury : CPWD
Odisha : Dola Jatra
Arunachal Pradesh : Yak Dance
Maharashtra : Lokmanya Balgangadhar Tilak
Manipur : Lai Haraoba
Gujarat : The Art and Lifestyle of Kutch
Lakshadweep : An Unexplored Tourist Destination
Karnataka : Folk Dances
NCT of Delhi : Model Government School of Delhi
Himachal Pradesh : Chamba Rumaal
Haryana : Beti Bachao Beti Padhao
West Bengal : Sharod Utsav
Punjab : Jago Aaiya
Tamil Nadu : Karakattam
Goa : Musical Heritage of Goa
Tripura : Hojagiri
Jammu and Kashmir : Winter Sports at Gulmarg
Assam : Kamakhya
Central Board of Excise & Customs : Goods and Services Tax
Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises : Khadi India
Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation : Housing for All
CPWD : Green India Clean India
Ministry of Skill Development : Transforming India through Skill Development
Indian Air Force : Air Dominance Through Network Centric Operations
Indian Navy : Indian Navy – Professional Force-Anchoring Stability, Security and National Prosperity
Best Actor (Male): Aamir Khan for Dangal
Best Actor (Female): Alia Bhatt for Udta Punjab
Best Film: Dangal
Best Director: Nitesh Tiwari for Dangal
Filmfare Critics Award for Best Film: Neerja
Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor (Male): Shahid Kapoor for Udta Punjab and Manoj Bajpayee for Aligarh
Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor (Female): Sonam Kapoor for Neerja
Best Actor (Male) in a Short Film: Manoj Bajpayee for Taandav
Best Short Film Peoples Choice: Khamakha
Best Short Film (Fiction): Chutney
Best Short Film (Non-fiction): Matitali Kusti
Best Actor (Female) in a Short Film: Tisca Chopra for Chutney
Best Debut Director: Ashwini Iyer Tiwari for Nil Battey Sannata
Best Male Debut: Diljit Dosanjh for Udta Punjab
Best Female Debut: Ritika Singh for Saala Khadoos
Best Dialogue: Ritesh Shah for Pink
Best Screenplay: Shakun Batra and Ayesha Devitre Dhillon for Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921)
Best Story: Shakun Batra and Ayesha Devitre Dhillon for Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Male): Rishi Kapoor for Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Female): Shabana Azmi for Neerja
Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award: Shatrughan Sinha
Best Music Album: Pritam for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Lyricist: Amitabh Bhattacharya for Channa Mereya from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Playback Singer (Male): Arijit Singh for Ae dil hai mushkil from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Playback Singer (Female): Neha Bhasin for Jag Ghoomeya from Sultan
Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent: Amit Mishra for Bulleya from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Visual Effects: Red Chillies for Fan
Best Editing: Monisha Baldawa for Neerja
Best Costume: Payal Saluja for Udta Punjab
Best Action: Shyam Kaushal for Dangal
The People's President: APJ Abdul Kalam - S.M. Khan
Jinnah often came to our House - Kiran Doshi (won The Hindu Prize 2016)
MDR - Merchant Discount Rate
MIKA - Multi-purpose Intuitive Knowledge Assistant
Designated by: United Nations Organisation
Theme: Holocaust Remembrance: Educating for a Better Future
First Observed in: 2005
Public Affairs : 1. Sharad Pawar, 2. Murli Manohar Joshi, 3. P.A. Sangma (posthumous), 4. Sunder Lal Patwah (posthumous)
Art - Music : K.J.Yesudas
Others - Spiritualism : Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
Science and Engineering : Udipi Ramachandra Rao
Art - Music : Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Literature and Education : 1. Devi Prasad Dwivedi, 2. H.R.H. Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, 3. Cho Ramaswamy (Posthumous)
Medicine: Tehemton Udwadia
Others - Spiritualism : Ratna Sundar Maharaj
Others - Yoga : Swami Niranjana Nanda Saraswati
| Match | Venue | Won by | Player of the match |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Pune | India | KM Jadhav (India) |
| 2. | Cuttack | India | Yuvraj Singh (India) |
| 3. | Kolkata | England | BA Stokes (England) |
Player of the Series: KM Jadhav
Aim: To provide an assured pension based on a guaranteed rate of return of 8% per annum for ten years, with an option to opt for pension on a monthly/quarterly/half-yearly or annual basis
To be implemented through : LIC of India.
Scheme to be open for subscription for : 1 year
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the Indian Institute of Management(IIM) Bill, 2017, under which the IIMs would be declared as Institutions of National Importance which will enable them togrant degrees to their students.
Following are the salient features of the Bill:
Background : Indian Institutes of Management are the country's premier institutions imparting best quality education in management on globally benchmarked processes of education and training in management. All IIMs are separate autonomous bodies registered under the Societies Act. Being societies, IIMs are not authorized to award degrees and, hence, they have been awarding Post Graduate Diploma and Fellow Programme in Management. While these awards are treated as equivalent to MBAs and Ph.D, respectively, the equivalence is not universally acceptable, especially for the Fellow Programme.
As per the Indian Meteorological Department the 2016 annual mean land surface air temperature for the country was +0.91o C above the 1961-1990 average, thus making the year 2016 as the warmest year on record since 1901. The other 5 warmest years on record in order were: 2009 (anomaly +0.84o C), 2010 (+0.81), 2015 (+0.72), 2003(+0.67), and 2002(+0.61). It is important to note that 13 out of 15 warmest years were during the recent past fifteen years (2002-2016). Past decade (2001-2010/ 2007-2016) was also the warmest decade on record with anomalies of 0.53o C /0.58o C.
Bharat Award: Late Km. Tarh Peeju (Arunachal Pradesh)
Geeta Chopra Award : Tejasweeta Pradhan and Shivani Gond (West Bengal)
Sanjay Chopra Award : Master Sumit Mamgain (Uttarakhand)
Bapu Gaidhani Award: Km. Roluahpuii and Late Km. H Lalhriatpuii (Mizoram) and Master Tushar Verma (Chhattisgarh)
The other recipients are Master Praful Sharma (Himachal Pradesh), Master Sonu Mali (Rajasthan), Km. Akshita Sharma, Master Akshit Sharma, Master Naman (all from Delhi), Km. Anshika Pandey (Uttar Pradesh), Km. Nisha Dilip Patil (Maharashtra), Km. Siya Vamansa Khode (Karnataka), Master Moirangthem Sadananda Singh (Manipur), Master Binil Manjaly, Master Adithyan M.P. Pillai, Master Akhil K. Shibu and Km. Badarunnisa K.P. (all from Kerala), Master Tankeswar Pegu (Assam), Km. Neelam Dhruv (Chhattisgarh), Master Thanghilmang Lunkim (Nagaland), Master Mohan Sethy (Odisha) and Late Km. Payal Devi (Jammu & Kashmir).
The Pinaka Rocket converted to a Guided Pinaka was successfully test-fired from Launch Complex-III, ITR, Chandipur on 12 January 17. The Pinaka Rocket Mark-II, which evolved from Pinaka Mark-I is equipped with a navigation, guidance and control kit and has been transformed to a Guided Pinaka. This conversion has considerably enhanced the range and accuracy of Pinaka. The Guided Pinaka is developed jointly by ARDE Pune, RCI Hyderabad and DRDL Hyderabad. ITR Chandipur provided the range and launch support.
| Title | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Singles | Roberto Bautista Agut (Spain) | Daniil Medvedev (Russia) |
| Mens's Doubles | Rohan Bopanna and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (India) | Purav Raja and Divij Sharan (India) |
The Best FIFA Men’s Player Award: Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal)
The Best FIFA Women’s Player Award: Carli Lloyd (USA)
The Best FIFA Men’s Coach Award: Claudio Ranieri (Italy)
The Best FIFA Women’s Coach Award: Silvia Neid (Germany)
The FIFA Puskas Award 2016: Mohd Faiz Subri (Malaysia)
The FIFA lifetime achievement award: Falcao (Columbia)
| Award | Drama | Musical or Comedy |
|---|---|---|
| Best Movie | Moonlight | La La Land |
| Best Actor | Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea) | Ryan Gosling (La La Land) |
| Best Actress | Isabelle Huppert (Elle) | Emma Stone (La La Land) |
| Best Director | Damien Chazelle (La La Land) | |
| Best Animated Feature Film | Zootopia | |
Promulgated on: December 30, 2016.
Purpose: To absolve RBI and Govt of India from the liability of specified bank notes (old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000) after 30 December 2016. These notes were demonetised on November 8, 2016 through a notification issued under the RBI Act, 1934.
Grace period: The ordinance allows the following person to deposit the specified notes with RBI within a grace period notified by the central government.
Persons depositing old notes will be required to make declarations or statements which will be verified by the RBI and the amount will be credited to the person's account if the reasons are found genuine.
Prohibitions related to specified notes: A person will be prohibited from holding, transferring or receiving the specified bank notes from December 31, 2016 onwards. It exempts persons from this prohibition if:
Punishment for holding specified bank notes: Any person holding the specified bank notes, except in the circumstances mentioned above, will be punishable with a fine:
1. Where is mesentery, the newly discovered organ located?
2. On which day is the World Braille Day observed worldwide?
3. Which form is required to be submitted by an account holder to his bank if he does not have a PAN number?
4. On which date is the World Hindi Day observed?
5. How many teams compete at the FIFA World Cup?
6. Which country is running a Basic Income Experiment to pay its unemployed citizens an unconditional monthly sum with an aim to reduce poverty and boost employment?
7. In which State was a solar-powered boat service launched by the Union Power Minister recently, the second of its kind in the country?
8. Which team made its debut in the Ranji Trophy tournament of 2016-17 season?
9. Where are the headquarters of International Vaccine Institute located?
10. President Shri Pranab Mukherjee recently inaugurated the Centenary celebrations of Jhalda Satyabhama Vidyapith which is located in -
11. Tangaliya shawl is indigenous to which district in Gujarat?
12. 16 Psyche is the name of a/an
13. TROPEX (Theatre Level Operational Readiness Exercise) is an annual exercise conducted by the -
14. To which State do Irula snake catching tribe belong?