• The Indian official appointed as the Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is - Ovais Sarmad
• The country that recently declared a state of emergency over cholera outbreak is – Yemen
• The winner of the 2017 Spanish Grand Prix is - Lewis Hamilton
• He was recently named as the Prime Minister of France - Edouard Philippe
• This state’s government has decided to allow the use of Aadhaar card as proof of identity and residence for issuing cast certificates- West Bengal
• This state has made the study of its official language compulsory in all schools including private English medium ones - West Bengal
• This Indian cricketer has launched a foundation dedicated to empowering underprivileged mothers and children- Suresh Raina
• This US-based Indian squash player won his first professional title on 14 May 2017 - Ramit Tandon
• State that topped the 2017 Public Affairs Index (PAI) in governance - Kerala
• Person who topped the Forbes magazine's annual list of the 100 best venture capitalists - Jim Goetz
• Former Puducherry Chief Minister Ramaswamy passed away recently, he began his political career by joining - Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)
• State that ranked at 1st position in Small States category of 2017 Public Affairs Index - Himachal Pradesh
• The ticket sales for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup 2017 were officially launched jointly by Vijay Goel and this footballer - Spanish World Cup winner Carles Puyol
• Indian Navy has signed an MoU with this organisation on Data Sharing and Scientific cooperation in the field of Meteorology and Oceanology - Space Application Centre, Ahmedabad
• According to Power Minister Piyush Goyal in the current year India has climbed up to this position in World Bank’s electricity accessibility rankings – 26 from 99th spot in 2014
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