Current Affairs -2017 August - 01 to 10 (Chapter-01)

1.Which state government has launched a new awareness drive “Namami Gange Jagriti Yatra”?

Uttar Pradesh

2. Which public sector bank has recently introduced a biometric attendance register in the place of the existing system of signing attendance in the attendance register?

Punjab National Bank

3. The 15th meeting of the Foreign Ministers of BIMSTEC countries has started in which city?

New Delhi

4. Which city to host the 2017 India – ASEAN Youth summit?

Bhopal

5. Which entity has invested in the e-commerce company Flipkart and has become one of its largest shareholders?

SoftBank Vision Fund

6. On the global retirement index of 43 countries, India has ranked:

43rd

7.Which country to host the 8th edition of Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES)?

India

8. On August 10, 2017, Facebook launched Youtube competitor called:

’Watch’

9. Name the first state in the country to implement coal utilisation between power units.

Gujarat

10. Which union minister has recently launched a Swachh Survekshan (Gramin) -2017?

Narendra Singh Tomar

11. Government of which Gulf country has announced that citizens belonging to 80 countries, including India can now enter the country without the need of applying for a visa?

Qatar

12. India celebrated the 75th anniversary of which historic movement on 09th August 2017?

Quit India movement

13. The ‘Dawn of cruise tourism in India’ has launched in which city to promote cruise tourism in India?

Mumbai

14. ‘International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples’ is observed on which date every year?

August 9

15. Who was honoured with Asia Society Game Changers Award 2017?

Dev Patel

16. Who has been appointed as the new Chief Justice of India (CJI)?

Dipak Misra

17. On August 8, 2017, Legislative Assembly of which state passed a bill which reclassifies coconut as a `tree’, ensuring legal protection for it?

Goa

18. Which company is launching a programme under which it will provide financial assistance to employees who wish to participate in national or international challenges in any field of interest?

Flipkart

19. Who has been appointed as new Executive Director of the World Bank (WB) to represent the constituency of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka?

S. Aparna

20. India’s first micro forest is being built in which state?

Chhattisgarh
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