Current Affairs 2017 (Mar) Flashcards
Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Player of the Year 2016
India Forward S V Sunil
Asian Hockey Federation (AHF) Most Promising Player 2016
Harmanpreet Singh
Name some Padma Award winners 2016
- PA Sangma (former LS Speaker)
- Murli Manohar Joshi (BJP leader)
- Sharad Pawar (NCP supremo)
- Professor U R Rao (former ISRO Chairman)
- Virat Kohli (cricketer)
- Anuradha Paudwal (singer)
Winner of Kala Ratan Award presented by Vice President Hamid Ansari
Anupam Kher
Winner of ‘Best Small Bank for 2016’
Karur Vysya Bank
Winner of second highest peacetime gallantry award ‘Kirti Chakra’
Major Rohit Suri (part of surgical strikes on Pakistan)
Name all peacetime gallantry awards in the descending order of value
- Ashok Chakra
- Kirti Chakra
- Shaurya Chakra
Winner of 2017 Abel Prize (mathematics equivalent of Nobel Prize)
Yves Meyer, France
for his work on wavelets
Winner of ‘World’ Best Airport’ named by SkyTrax World Airport Survey
Changi Airport, Singapore
Name of former Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke’s autobiography
‘My Story’
Author of ‘Numbers Do Lie, 61 Hidden Cricket Stories’
Former Indian Cricketer Akash Chopra
What is the Swadhar Seva Scheme
For women victims of i\unfortunate circumstances who are in need of institutional support for rehabilitation to live with dignity
Name the two online based citizen centric applications introduced by Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to ease out the process of issuing licenses and curb corruption
VAHAN 4.0 and SARATHI 4.0
name the two Science Cities set up by Ministry of Culture through National Council of Science Museums (NCSM)
- Science City, Kolkata
2. Regional Science City, Lucknow
Name the Scheme launched by Ministry of Minority Affairs in UP to improve degrading conditions of Banaras saree weavers belonging to minority communities
USTTAD scheme
Indian Science Congress to be held where
Osmania University, Hyderabad
World Tuberculosis Day
24th March
World Water Day
22nd March
Which community in India celebrates Navroz
Parsi community
Name the committee appointed by government to report on strengthening border protection and address vulnerabilities in fencing along Indo-Pak border
Maadhukar Gupta Committee
New Chairman of Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC)
Vanaja N Sarna
First girl to explore the route from Sea Link near Worli Koliwada to the Gateway of India
14 year old Gauri Singhvi, Udaipur,
Person appointed to head the UN World Food Program
David Beasley, USA (former South Carolina Governor)
Name the first woman combat officer to be commissioned by the Border Security Force (BSF)
Tanushree Pareek, from Bikaner, Rajasthan
Only Indian corporate leader to be featured in Fortune’s Top 50 Greatest Leaders’ list
SBI chief Arundhati Bhattacharya (Rank 26th)
Which noted Tamil litterateur, also known as Asokamitran passed away in Chennai recently
Thiagarajan
New Interim Director General (IDG) of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) on a full time basis
Upendra Tripathy
New CEO of Freecharge appointed by Snapdeal
Jason Kothari
Which noted Gujarati poet and ghazal writer passed away in Ahmedabad recently
Chinu Modi
Tropical cyclone that hit northeast coast of Australia
Cyclone Debbie
World’s Healthiest Country named in the 2017 World Health Index
Italy