C.A.-04/02/2017

• The United Nations has designated the year 2017 as – The International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development  

• The Union government has launched this survey in 500 cities and towns- Swachh Bharat survey

• This Minister has been elected as the working President of DMK – M K Stalin

• India recently test-fired long range intercontinental nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni-IV which is a- Surface-to-surface missile

• Person appointed as Executive Director of RBI in place of US Paliwal- Surekha Marandi

• Social reformer who was honoured by Google Doodle recently on her 186th birth anniversary-Savitribai Phule

• Karnataka Minister who passed away recently while he was in Chikkamagaluru to attend the silver jubilee celebrations of the Transport Cooperative Society at Koppa- Mahadev Prasad

• The Australian opening batsman who was recently inducted into ICC Hall of Fame posthumously is - Arthur Morris

• Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar was sworn in as the 44th Chief Justice of India. He succeeds - Justice T. S. Thakur

• Renowned English art critic John Berger recently passed away. He had won the 1972 Booker Prize for his novel titled - G.

• PM Narendra Modi inaugurated 104th Indian Science Congress in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. The theme for the event is - Science and Technology for National Development

• The winner of the 2016 Mubadala World Tennis Championship is - Rafael Nadal

• This multilateral organisation lifted 3-year ban on import of vegetables from India – European Union

• It is with this country India reached an agreement on fisherman issue – Sri Lanka

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced pan-India expansion of this programme to benefit pregnant and lactating mothers across the country - Maternity Benefit Programme (MBP)