Current Affairs 2017

 The public sector bank which has installed its ATM on India's largest and latest
aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya – State Bank of India.
 The new Chief Justice of India – Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar
 The former captain of Indian cricket team who has been inducted into the
Legends Club Hall of Fame – Kapil Dev

Sports
1. Virat Kohli (Cricket)
2. Shekar Naik (Cricket)
3. Vikas Gowda (Discus Throw)
4. Deepa Malik (Athletics)
5. Mariyappan Thangavelu (Athletics)
6. Dipa Karmakar (Gymnastics)
7. PR Sreejesh (Hockey)

8. Sakshi Malik (Wrestling)

 The Indian car racing driver who has become the first Indian to win Grand Prix
by winning the New Zealandn Grand Prix 2017 – Jehan Daruvala
 The Indian batsman who has become the first batsman in the world to score 4
double centuries in 4 consecutive series breaking the record of Sir Don Bradman
and Rahul Dravid – Virat Kohli
 The number of tests in which R Ashwin has reached 250 test wickets beating the
record of Australian bowler Dennis Lillee who achieved it in 248 tests – 245
 The stations between which the first Antyodaya Express (long-distance, fully
unreserved, superfast train service) was flagged by the Union Railway Minister
Shri Suresh Prabhu – Howrah and Ernakulam
 In its thirty ninth flight (PSLV-C37), ISRO's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
successfully launched the 714 kg Cartosat-2 Series Satellite along with 103 co-
passenger satellites on February 15, 2017 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre
 SHAR, Sriharikota. This is the thirty eighth consecutively successful mission of
PSLV. The total weight of all the 104 satellites carried on-board PSLV-C37 was
1378 kg.
 The total number of Indian satellites launched by PSLV now stands at 46.
 The first woman to be commissioned as a combat officer in the Border Security
Force in its 51-year history – Tanushree Pareek
 The 85-year old cinema theatre in New Delhi which has closed down
permanently on 30 March 2017 with the screening of Raj Kapoor's films Mera
Naam Joker and Sangam – Regal Cinema

Sports National Observers

 The Bengali poet and literary critic who has been awarded the 52nd Jnanpith
Award by the President Shri Pranab Mukherjee – Prof. Sankha Ghosh
 The renowned director and film actor who has been chosen to be awarded the
Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2016 – K. Viswanath
 The new name of domestic airport at Agra in Uttar Pradesh – Pt. Deen Dayal
Upadhyay Airport
 The new name of domestic airport at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh – Mahayogi
Gorakhnath Airport
 The Chief Minister who has been chosen for the Transformative Chief Minister
Award in recognition for his role in advancing the US-India partnership at the
state level by the US India Business Council – Chandrababu Naidu
 The State which has become the first in the country to shift to January to
December format for financial year –Madhya Pradesh
 The longest river bridge in India (9.15 km length) built across Lohit river
connecting the villages Dhola and Sadiya which was inaugurated by the Prime
Minister on 26 May 2017 is named – Bhupen Hazarika Setu
 The variety of mango grown in Kurnool district of Andhra Pradesh which has
been granted GI (geographical indication) tag (the mango is named after the
town it is grown in) – Banganapalle
 The book written by David Grossman (Israel) which has been chosen for the Man
Booker International Prize2017 – A Horse Walks into a Bar
 The State which has become the first in the country to launch a pension for single
women (Rs. 1000/- per month) – Telangana
 The State in which first project for rural LED street lighting in the country under
the Government of India’sStreet Lighting National Project (SLNP) will be
implemented – Andhra Pradesh
 The new Attorney General of India who has taken over from Shri Mukul Rohtagi
– KK Venugopal
 The state in which 6.6 crore trees were planted in just 12 hours in an attempt to
break the record of 5 croretree in 24 hours by Uttar Pradesh – Madhya Pradesh
 The new coach of Indian cricket team who has been appointed to take over after
the former coach Anil Kumble resigned in June 2017 – Ravi Shastri
 The rank of India in the Global Cybersecurity Index released by International
Telecommunication Union (the list is topped by Singapore, USA and Malaysia at
1st, 2nd and 3rd positions respectively) – 23rd
 The Indian telecom company which has launched the Asia-Africa-Europe (AAE-
1) submarine cable system, (the longest 100Gbps technology based submarine
system) with a length of over 25,000 km from Marseille, France to Hong Kong –
Reliance Jio
 The Ministry of Utmost Happiness – Arundhati Roy
  The State which has been formally chosen to host the 36th national Games in
2018 – Goa
 The port on the west coast of India which has been renamed Deendayal Port –
Kandla Port
 Best State for Comprehensive Development of Tourism - 1st Prize: –
Andhra Pradesh
 Unstoppable: My Life So Far by Maria Sharapova
 The country which has won the 2017 Asia Cup hockey tournament defeating
Malaysia in the finals in the Maulana Bhasani Hockey stadium, Dhaka
(Bangladesh) – India
 The Indian cricketer who has announced retirement from all formats of the game
– Ashish Nehra

New Governors
Arunachal Pradesh: Brig Dr. BD Mishra
Assam: Jagdish Mukhi
Bihar: Satya Pal Malik
Meghalaya: Ganga Prasad
Tamil Nadu: Banwarilal Purohit
A & N Islands: Admiral Devendra Kumar Joshi (Retired)

 First woman to be inducted as Pilot in the Indian Navy at the Ezhimala Naval
Academy – Shubhangi Swaroop
 The Indian Snooker player who has won the IBSF World Snooker Championship
(his 18th world title) – Pankaj Advani

2016
Current Affairs
 The Indian cricketer who has been appointed the brand ambassador of Punjab
National Bank – Virat Kohli
 The public sector undertaking which has appointed Indian badminton star P.V.
Sindhu as its brand ambassador – Vizag Steel
 The Bengali poet and critic who has been chosen for the 52nd Jnanpith Award –
Sankha Ghosh