Current Affairs 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) scheme from Jubbarhatti, an airport on the outskirts of Shimla. ‘Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik’ means ‘the common man flies’.

Which country has banned more than a dozen Muslim names?

तुर्की में नेशनल चिल्ड्रेंस डे कब मनाया जाता है?

The theme of the 2017 World Intellectual Property Day is

• Joint operational doctrine for Tri-Services unveiled
• ISRO launches solar calculator app
• India to host 18th World Road Meeting

ISRO has launched a solar calculator app that can calculate the benefits of installing solar panels in different regions of the country.

China has launched its first indigenously built aircraft carrier following the 68th-anniversary celebrations of the founding of the Chinese navy. It is China’s second aircraft carrier built in the north-eastern port of Dalian.

IPS officer Rajiv Rai Bhatnagar has been appointed as the Director-General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

The government has announced the names of ten new Iconic places under the Phase II of Swachh Iconic Places initiative.

Shot putter Manpreet Kaur broke her own 2015 national record at the Asian Grand Prix in Jinhua, China. Her performance in the event has helped her to earn a gold medal and qualify for the World Championships to be held in London in August 2017.

The International Road federation (IRF) has named India to be the host of the 18th World Road Meeting (WRM 2017).

Joint operational doctrine aimed at providing deeper operational synergies among the tri-services was unveiled by the chairman of the chiefs of staff committee (COSC) and Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba in presence of Army Chief Gen Bipin Rawat and IAF Chief B S Dhanoa.