N Chandrababu Naidu selected for US India Business Council Award/Got the ‘Transformative
Chief minister award.
Hyderabad becomes first ‘Giga-enabled’ city in India/ Hyderabad has highest internet
penetration in the country / 1 Gigabyte per second wired internet broadband service in the
city.
Vanaja Sarna appointed as Chairman of CBEC/The nodal agency for the indirect taxes like,
service tax, customs, VAT etc.
PV Sindhu wins India Super Series tournament/ Defeated world number 1 Carolina Marine
India, UK to set up Green Growth Equity Fund under NIIF for green energy/ 240 million
Green Growth Equity Fund for clean energy projects in India.
Renowned Hindustani classical vocalist Kishori Amonkar passes away
Leftist Lenin Moreno wins Ecuador presidential election
Rajiv Chander appointed as India’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to UN
K Prithika Yashini becomes India’s first-ever transgender police official in Dharmapuri district
of Tamil Nadu
Virat Kohli honoured as Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World/ Already Wisden’s Cricketr
Almanac for the year 2017
Iceland set to become world’s first country to neutralise gender pay gap/ Already ranked
topmost country in World Gender Gap Report 2015.
Raman Roy appointed as new chairman NASSCOM
National Children’s Film Festival held in Vishakhapatnam
Sex ratio in Haryana touches 950 mark for first time
Malala Yousafzai to become youngest United Nations Messenger of Peace
Boxer Shyam Kumar wins gold medal at Thailand International
India cautioned Pakistan of consequences if Kulbhushan Jadhav is executed
SC directs Centre, Punjab and Haryana to settle SYL
Dynamic fuel prices to be introduced in UT and 4 cities from May 1.
(Chandigarh, Pondicherry, Vishakhapatnam, Udaipur, Jamshedpur)
US drops the biggest non-nuclear bomb on IS shelters in Afghanistan (GBU-43 is known as
the ‘mother of all bombs’)
Government to allow 100% FDI in Cash and ATM Management companies.
Vastu Shashtra to be introduced in IIT Kharagpur
India’s GDP to grow 7.2% in 2017-18: World Bank Report
INS Chennai dedicated to Chennai
Sagar Baheti: India’s first visually impaired athlete to complete Boston Marathon
BRABO: First ‘Made in India’ Industrial Robot
Australia abolishes 457 Visa Programme largely used by Indians
Global economy to grow 3.5% in 2017: IMF
Union Cabinet clears Election Commission’s proposal to buy VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper
Audit Trail) (VVPAT) machines
Union Cabinet decides to ban use of red beacon by VIPs from May 1 (Red beacon for
President, Vice President and Chief Justice of India are exempted)
Video gaming to be featured as a full sport at the 2022 Asian Games
RGIA gets carbon neutrality status
Madhesi Parties in Nepal unite to form a new united Political Party
SC sets 25% of husband’s net salary as alimony
NALCO Disinvestment: Government raises Rs 1200 crore (9.2% stake divested)
April 22: Earth Day/ Theme : Environmental and Climati Literacy
Cuba and Morocco re-establish diplomatic ties after 37 years
Goldman Environmental Prize for Prafulla Samantra (For stopping aluminum mining in
Niyamgiri mines Odishaa)
April 24: National Panchayati Raj Diwas (73rd amendment 1992)
‘Newton’ by amit masurkar wins Jury Prize for Best Film at the Hong Kong International Film
Festival
India becomes world’s fifth largest military spender as per SIPRI/US being the biggest
spender.
K Viswanath wins Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2016 (Film maker and actor from Andhra
Pradesh)
Astronaut Peggy Whitson sets new space record (about 600 days)
Manpreet Kaur wins shot put gold at Asian Grand Prix, sets new national record (ranked
number one in the world recently)
Nita Ambani made member of IOC’s important Commissions
India to host 18th World Road Meeting
Srishti Kaur wins Miss Teen Universe pageant
Veteran actor Vinod Khanna passes away
PM launches UDAN Scheme from HP.
E-taxi trial run to begin in Nagpur
Bhubaneswar: First Indian city to win Pierre L’enfant Awards-2017
Kerala hosts country’s first ever transgender athletic meet
Chief minister award.
Hyderabad becomes first ‘Giga-enabled’ city in India/ Hyderabad has highest internet
penetration in the country / 1 Gigabyte per second wired internet broadband service in the
city.
Vanaja Sarna appointed as Chairman of CBEC/The nodal agency for the indirect taxes like,
service tax, customs, VAT etc.
PV Sindhu wins India Super Series tournament/ Defeated world number 1 Carolina Marine
India, UK to set up Green Growth Equity Fund under NIIF for green energy/ 240 million
Green Growth Equity Fund for clean energy projects in India.
Renowned Hindustani classical vocalist Kishori Amonkar passes away
Leftist Lenin Moreno wins Ecuador presidential election
Rajiv Chander appointed as India’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to UN
K Prithika Yashini becomes India’s first-ever transgender police official in Dharmapuri district
of Tamil Nadu
Virat Kohli honoured as Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World/ Already Wisden’s Cricketr
Almanac for the year 2017
Iceland set to become world’s first country to neutralise gender pay gap/ Already ranked
topmost country in World Gender Gap Report 2015.
Raman Roy appointed as new chairman NASSCOM
National Children’s Film Festival held in Vishakhapatnam
Sex ratio in Haryana touches 950 mark for first time
Malala Yousafzai to become youngest United Nations Messenger of Peace
Boxer Shyam Kumar wins gold medal at Thailand International
India cautioned Pakistan of consequences if Kulbhushan Jadhav is executed
SC directs Centre, Punjab and Haryana to settle SYL
Dynamic fuel prices to be introduced in UT and 4 cities from May 1.
(Chandigarh, Pondicherry, Vishakhapatnam, Udaipur, Jamshedpur)
US drops the biggest non-nuclear bomb on IS shelters in Afghanistan (GBU-43 is known as
the ‘mother of all bombs’)
Government to allow 100% FDI in Cash and ATM Management companies.
Vastu Shashtra to be introduced in IIT Kharagpur
India’s GDP to grow 7.2% in 2017-18: World Bank Report
INS Chennai dedicated to Chennai
Sagar Baheti: India’s first visually impaired athlete to complete Boston Marathon
BRABO: First ‘Made in India’ Industrial Robot
Australia abolishes 457 Visa Programme largely used by Indians
Global economy to grow 3.5% in 2017: IMF
Union Cabinet clears Election Commission’s proposal to buy VVPAT (Voter Verifiable Paper
Audit Trail) (VVPAT) machines
Union Cabinet decides to ban use of red beacon by VIPs from May 1 (Red beacon for
President, Vice President and Chief Justice of India are exempted)
Video gaming to be featured as a full sport at the 2022 Asian Games
RGIA gets carbon neutrality status
Madhesi Parties in Nepal unite to form a new united Political Party
SC sets 25% of husband’s net salary as alimony
NALCO Disinvestment: Government raises Rs 1200 crore (9.2% stake divested)
April 22: Earth Day/ Theme : Environmental and Climati Literacy
Cuba and Morocco re-establish diplomatic ties after 37 years
Goldman Environmental Prize for Prafulla Samantra (For stopping aluminum mining in
Niyamgiri mines Odishaa)
April 24: National Panchayati Raj Diwas (73rd amendment 1992)
‘Newton’ by amit masurkar wins Jury Prize for Best Film at the Hong Kong International Film
Festival
India becomes world’s fifth largest military spender as per SIPRI/US being the biggest
spender.
K Viswanath wins Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2016 (Film maker and actor from Andhra
Pradesh)
Astronaut Peggy Whitson sets new space record (about 600 days)
Manpreet Kaur wins shot put gold at Asian Grand Prix, sets new national record (ranked
number one in the world recently)
Nita Ambani made member of IOC’s important Commissions
India to host 18th World Road Meeting
Srishti Kaur wins Miss Teen Universe pageant
Veteran actor Vinod Khanna passes away
PM launches UDAN Scheme from HP.
E-taxi trial run to begin in Nagpur
Bhubaneswar: First Indian city to win Pierre L’enfant Awards-2017
Kerala hosts country’s first ever transgender athletic meet
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