Sunday, 22 January 2017

General Knowledge and Current Affairs 2017 | Daily GK 2017 PDF

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According to the United Nations World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2017 report, India’s economy is projected to grow by 7.7% in fiscal 2017 and 7.6% in 2018

India has positioned itself as the most dynamic emerging economy among the largest countries and is expected to remain the fastest growing.

The Supreme Court has ruled that Canon law and decrees of divorce given by ecclesiastical tribunals or ‘Church Courts’ cannot veto the statutory law of divorce.

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) was officially launched at World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos after it received $460-million to develop vaccines against 3 emerging highly-contagious and fatal diseases.


The Union Cabinet has excluded States and Union Territories except Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, Delhi (UT) and Madhya Pradesh from National Small Savings Fund (NSSF) investments with effect from 1 April 2016

According to recently released annual by Jones Lang LaSalle’s City Momentum Index (CMI), Bengaluru (capital of Karnatak) has emerged as the most dynamic city in the world. 


The index tracks the speed of change of a city’s economy and commercial real estate market. It covers 134 major established and emerging business hubs and ranks them on parameters like technology, connectivity, population, education and real estate investments. 

The Union Government launched a dedicated web portal ShaGun (http://ssashagun.nic.in) for monitoring the progress of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA). 
The second edition of Ministry of External Affairs’ annual Raisina Dialogue was held in New Delhi with the theme “The New Normal: Multilateralism in a multipolar world”. 
Corporation Bank has bagged the SKOCH silver award for attaining the position of number1 channel partner of LIC of India for the past three financial years.
Platinum Award was won by Office of the Registrar General, India.
The Health and Family Welfare and Directorate of Marketing & Inspection won the Gold Award.
The Silver award was bagged by the Rajya Sabha and National Crime Records Bureau.

Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal launched ‘Coal Mitra’, a Web portal for flexibility in Utilization of Domestic Coal.
§  The Coal Mitra Web Portal has been designed to bring about flexibility in Utilization of Domestic Coal.
§  It will transfer the reserves to more cost efficient State/Centre owned or Private sector generating stations, leading to lower generation costs and ultimately lesser cost of electricity for the consumers.

Chinese online giant Alibaba today became the worldwide Olympic partner through 2028 after signing the first long-term partnership with International Olympic Committee (IOC).

FIFA has appointed All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Praful Patel as a member of its Finance Committee for the period of 2017-2021. 

Delhi Police Commissioner and Senior IPS officer Alok Kumar Verma was appointed as new Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation. He will have tenure of two years.

The Union Cabinet has given its approval for amendment in the Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme (M-SIPS) for electronics manufacturing.

·                     Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar is appointed as Chief Justice of India
·                     S. Padmanabhan nominated as Chairman of Tata Power
·                     Ex-IAS officer Anil Baijal appointed new Delhi LG
·                     Lt Gen Vinod Vashisht took over the reins of National Cadet Corps (NCC) as its Director General on 23 December 2016.
·                     Acclaimed Bengali poet Shankha Ghosh to get 2016 Jnanpith Award
·                     India created history by winning the FIH Junior Hockey World Cup after a gap of 15 long years with a clinical 2-1 victory against Belgium in the final.
·                     Sahitya Academy Award for Lomte's story collection 'Alok'
·                     Miss World 2016 is Stephanie Del Valle from Puerto Rico
·                     India becomes Associate Member of CERN, Geneva
·                     Dr. Karan Singh re-nominated as Chairman of Auroville Foundation

Morocco has banned the sale, production, and import of the Burka in the country. Due to some security concerns, this decision was taken. Morocco Government did not issue any formal announcement but the burka producers and retailers had issued the warnings telling them to stop making and selling burka.

Norway becomes the first nation to shut FM Radio network. It had convert completely to digital signals. 66% Norwegians oppose this decision and 17% are in favor. This step is taken to make Norway completely digital and this Digital radio can provide many more channels for the same price.

US fast-food giant McDonald’ has recently announced to sell its businesses in mainland China and Hong Kong. It aims to sell the business for $2.08 billion to Citic, a state-owned conglomerate, and the Carlyle Group
The Expert Group set up to prepare Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) has submitted its report to the Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD). The expert group was headed by former Finance Secretary Sumit Bose.




According to recently released World Employment and Social Outlook for 2017, the number of unemployed people in India is expected to rise by 1 lakh in 2017 and another 2 lakh in 2018.


India asked the World Bank not to rush in brokering a deal on its dispute with Pakistan over Ratle and Kishenganga projects coming up in Jammu and Kashmir.

The 14th edition of Pravasi Bhartiya Divas (PBD) began in the country’s IT hub Bengaluru, Karnataka. The theme of this edition is “Redefining Engagement with the Indian Diaspora”.


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