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Current Affairs Weekly PDF April Third Week (17-23)

INDIAN AFFAIRS

Uttar Pradesh has decided to set up 40 Yoga wellness centers in 40 districts across the state in this current
year. The International Yoga Day (IYD) is celebrated across the world on 21 June.
Under rural employment program (MGNREGA) Ministry of Rural Development achieved a milestone by
successfully geotagging 1 crore assets. It started in 2006-07 and each year a huge number of rural assets are
created under MGNREGA. All the assets created under the program will be geotagged.
The Telangana legislature has passed the bill to hike reservation for Muslim and STs
For Muslim 4% to 12% increment and for Scheduled tribes 6% to 10%.
PM Narendra Modis two day visit to Gujarat.
PM inaugurates Multi-Speciality Hospital, Diamond Manufacturing Unit in Surat
At Bajipura village in Tapi district of Gujarat, PM Modi inaugurated a fully automated cattle feed plant
of SUMUL Dairy.
In Botad district of Gujarat, PM Modi inaugurated Phase-I of Link 2 pipeline canal of the
ambitious Saurashtra-Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI) Yojana by formally releasing the Narmada water
in Krushna Sagar Lake.
In Silvassa, PM inaugurated Passport Seva Kendra, Jan Aushadhi Kendra and Solar Photo Voltaic Plant.
The Centre launched a training programme for Women Panchayat leaders to skill and administers them so that
they can give special emphasis on efficient usage of funds for achieving their overall development.
The country's oldest IIT (Indian Institute of Technology) is going to introduce Vastu Shastra classes for its
architecture students. Classes will be introduced from August, 2017. VastuShastra has its beginnings in Rig
Veda.
Union Cabinet has given its approval for procurement of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) Units
for use in the General Elections, 2019.
Cabinet has given its approval for Ex-post facto approval for Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-third
Amendment) Bill 2017 and (ii) National Commission for Backward Classes (Repeal) Bill, 2017
In order to ensure prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to taxes on income, Union Cabinet has given its
approval for signing of a Protocol amending the Convention between India and Portugal for avoidance
of double taxation.
The Union Cabinet has decided to impose a ban on the use of red beacons atop vehicles of government
officials and VIPs. This rule will be effective from May 1, 2017.
Union Cabinet has approved a proposal of extending stock limits on sugar traders by another six months till
October 2017.
Power Purchase agreement (PPA) has signed between Delhi Metro Railways Corporation (DMRC) & Madhya
Pradesh Power Management Company (MPPMC) with Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited, the implementing
agency for the worlds largest single site solar power project, the Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power Project
(UMSPP, 750MW) in Bhopal.
According to the report of Youth in India the sex ratio in India falls to 898 girls for 1,000 boys in 2031 from
939 in 2011.
PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate a mega event Textiles India showcase the country as a global sourcing hub
in Gandhinagar on June 30, 2017.

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Indian Govt. has extended the ceasefire with the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Reformation (NSCN-
R) for one year till April 27, 2018. This decision was taken during a meeting between Ceasefire Supervisory
Board of the NSCN-R and Union Home Ministry officials held in New Delhi.
Inter-Ministerial Consultation on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Containment was held on April 19, 2017
in New Delhi. At this meeting, Union Health Minister J P Nadda announced the finalization of Indias
comprehensive and multi-sectoral National Action Plan to combat Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).
Punjab Govt. took a decision to set up Book banks in all schools .The old students would be asked to submit
their old books which would be afforded to needy children free of charge.
The Supreme Court (SC) of India in April 2017 set a benchmark for maintenance to be paid by a husband to
his former wife. The court has mentioned that 25% of his net salary to be given to his ex-wife for
maintenance.

PLACES IN NEWS

President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the Kempegowda Festival in Delhi. This foundation was founded on
17th April 2016.
Suresh Prabhu flagged off the trial run of new glass roof coaches of Vistadome between Visakhapatnam and
Arakuon on April 16, 2017. The 2 coaches will run on the Vizag-Araku route while 2 will be sent to Jammu
And Kashmir
UP government renames Gorakhpur and Agra airports. The Gorakhpur Airforce Station has been renamed as
Mahayogi Goraknath Airport.It was named after the founder of the Nath monastic movement. The Agra
Airport will be renamed after RSS ideologue Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay airport. The Department of
Disabled Welfare will now be known as 'Divyang Jan Vikas Empowerment'.
The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has conducted first-of-its-kind State-level mock
exercise on forest fire in Uttarakhand. It is a 3 day event and started on 18th April 2017.

FOREIGN VISITS

President of Nepal, Bidya Devi Bhandaris visit to India


Bidya Devi Bhandari, the first female President of Nepal, was on an official visit to India from 17th to
21st April, 2017.
During Ms. Bhandaris visit, both sides assessed the implementation of ongoing cross-border connectivity
projects including development of Terai roads, cross-border railway lines, integrated border check posts, and
cross-border pipeline for carrying petroleum products which is first of its kind in South Asia.
Both sides also reviewed bilateral energy cooperation, including development of 5,723 crore Arun 3 power
project in Nepal and Muzaffarpur-Dhalkebar high capacity transmission line.

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Five prominent Madhesi parties in Nepal have united to form a new united party named the Rastriya Janata
Party,It is the fifth largest party in Nepals Parliament.
It has been announced that leaders of the five parties will lead the Rastriya Janata Party by rotation.Madhesis
account for 50% of Population of Nepal.
As mentioned by officials of National Grid, April 21, 2017 was Britains first ever working day without coal
power since the Industrial Revolution. All coal-fired power plants went offline from April 20, 2017.
Cuba and Morocco has signed an agreement to re-establish diplomatic ties after a time period of 37 years. The
two governments have also agreed to forge political, economic and cultural cooperation.

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India with 12 other members was elected to the Committee for Programme and Coordination (CPC), a
subsidiary body of the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
First India Indonesia Energy Forum was held in Jakarta, Indonesia on April 20, 2017. Mr. Piyush Goyal -
Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines and Mr. Ignasius Jonan -
Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources of Indonesia took part in this forum.
The China Overseas Port Holding Company would carry out all the development work on the Gwadar port on
the Arabian Sea.
Federica Mogherini a European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy is agreed
to strengthen cooperation for counter-terrorism with India. EU is one of the Indias largest trading
partners with bilateral trade in goods that reach to 85 billion dollars in 2016.
Rodrigo Duterte, the President of Philippines has won this years TIME magazine's Readers' Poll of the 100
most influential people in the world. Duterte received 5% of total YES votes.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won a historic referendum on Sunday in the biggest overhaul of
modern Turkish politics and the opposition not satisfied about the result. The 'Yes' campaign won 51.4
percent of the vote against 48.6 percent for 'No'.
Australia abolishes 457 visas programme largely used by Indians. Its objective is to tackle the growing
unemployment in the country.
US President Donald Trump signs executive order to tighten H-1B visa programme.
China has announced its official names for six places in Arunachal Pradesh and has strong protests with India
over the Dalai Lamas visit to the frontier state. It was aimed at declare Chinas claim over Arunachal
Pradesh. The official names of the six places using the Roman alphabet are Wogyainling, Mila Ri,
Qoidengarbo Ri, Mainquka, Bumo La and Namkapub Ri.
The 14th edition of United Nations International Day of Vesak will be hosted by Sri Lanka from May 12-14,
2017.The PM Narendra Modi will be the chief guest for UN Vesak Day.
A set of four rare stamps, featuring the portrait of Mahatma Gandhi has fetched 5 lakh pounds at an auction
which is so far, the highest price ever paid for Indian stamps. The auction was held in United Kingdom, the
purchaser is a private Australian collector.The record price for a stamp sold at an auction is 7.4 million
pounds.
The United Nations will be going to issue special stamps commemorating the International Yoga Day on June
21, 2017 said by Indias Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has made broad changes to Citizenship laws for new
applicants. Under this announcement the removal of 457 visa program for foreign workers that was used
majorly by the Indians. It was done to tackle the growing unemployment in the country.

SUMMITS & CONFERENCES

On April 17, 2017, President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated 3rd edition of the Global Exhibition on Services
(GES 2017) at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi.
Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh inaugurates India Steel 2017 in Mumbai.

RANKING & REPORTS

India ranked at 8th position in the 2017 A.T. Kearney Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index. US
has topped A.T. Kearney Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Confidence Index for the fifth year in a row.
Indias Current Account Deficit is expected to grow by 1.6% from 0.5% in this fiscal year: Nomura

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This year Margot Robbie has been featured in Time's 100 Most Influential People Of 2017.Margot Robbie is
an Australian actress. She started her career in his late 2000s.
In Times 100 two Indians are on the list Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar
Sharma.
In the latest World Economic Outlook (WEO), International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut down Indias
growth forecast for year 2017 by 0.4 percentage points to 7.2 %.

BANKING & FINANCE

As per Migration and Development Brief released by World Bank, India is worlds largest remittance
recipient for the year 2016. Remittance inflows to India amounted to $62.7 billion in 2016. However, there
has been a drop of 8.9% as compared to $68.9 billion received in 2015.Global remittances amounted to $575
billion in 2016, which is a 2% drop as compared to $582 billion remitted in 2015.
Filing of declarations about tax payment and deposits under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan
Yojna (PMGKY) has been extended up to May 10 for black money holders.
Nirjuli village-1 in Papum Pare district was declared as the first digital village of Arunachal Pradesh. It aims
to improve connectivity to speed up socio-economic development of the masses.
EPFO( Employess Provident fund Organisation) has decided to reduce the interest rate on Provident Fund
Deposits to 65% from 8.8%.
State Bank of India (SBI) surpassed ONGC to become the most valued public sector undertaking (PSU) state-
owned firm in terms of market valuation.
Punjab National Bank (PNB) has launched three new products for its customers on the occasion
of 123rd foundation Day. PNB Headquarter is in New Delhi and was founded on 12th April 1895.
A new Memorandum of Understanding has signed between The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Royal
Monetary Authority of Bhutan.
The Reserve Bank has started a new office at Raipur for Chattisgrah and for Jammmu.Focus is to look into the
grievances of residents and entities.
ICICI Bank Data Centre has become countrys first Platinum rated project under IGBC Green Data Centre
Rating System. Main objective of becoming partner with IGBC is to bring the Green Building movement in
the country.
The RBI has allowed banks to invest up to 10 per cent of the unit capital of a Real Estate Investment
Trust (REITs) or Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs).
India contributes USD 250000 to the United Nations programme for helping countries to hold elections and
develop their electoral systems.
Au Financiers India is a non-banking finance company that has converted into a small finance bank and
called AU Small Finance. AU NBFC had a network of 300 branches spread across 10 States Rajasthan,
Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Goa
Payment Technology company will going to launch Payments bank FinoPaytech. It helps to facilitate
NABARD to help the rural bank digitization drive in the states of Haryana, MP, Bihar, Gujarat and
Maharashtra.
World Bank predicts Indias gross domestic product (GDP) to 7.2% in the 2017-2018 from 6.8% in this fiscal
year.Title of the World Bank report is Globalization Backlash. According to Globalization Backlash Indias
economic growth will rise to 7.7% in 2019-2020.

BUSINESS

The government has approved guidelines on service charge. It is not mandatory for customers to pay service
charges in hotels and restaurant bills according to the Food and Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas
Paswan.
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Quality Mark Award Scheme for dairy Cooperatives has been initiated to promote and encourage
enhancement of safety, quality and hygiene of milk and milk products manufactured by dairy cooperatives
(National Dairy Development Board (NDDB)).
Reliance Industries CEO Mukesh Ambani has regained its status as India's most valued firm by market
capitalization. Reliance Industries has overtaken Tata Group's crown jewel TCS.
The government has raised over Rs 1,200 crore through the sale of 9.2 per cent stake in Nalco National
Aluminium Company Ltd (Nalco) is the first disinvestment of the current fiscal that has started on April 1.
BHEL (Bharat heavy electrical ltd.) has commissioned 2 units of 270 MW at Rattan India Nashik Power ltd.
This is the project of 270 MW unit commissioned by BHEL in Phase-1 of the project. The 5*270 MW
Thermal Power project located at Sinnar in Nashik district of Maharashtra.
The Red chillies farmers of Andhra Pradesh has to suffer a lot due to the price crash of chillies from Rs
12000-14000 per quintal last year to below Rs 5,000 per quintal this year at the Guntur Chilli market yard.

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

Krishi Karman Award Winners


Madhya Pradesh (MP) For highest production of wheat.
Tamil Nadu (Category I) Food grains production is higher than 10 million tones
Himachal Pradesh food grains production is between 1 10 million tones
Tripura Category III Food grains production is lesser 1 million tonnes.
Meghalaya Commendation award for total food grains production.
Veteran Bollywood actress Saira Banu and actor Jackie Shroff have been named by Maharashtra State Govt.
for Raj Kapoor Lifetime Achievement Award and Raj Kapoor Special Contribution award respectively.
The Giuseppina (Giusi) Nicolini has awarded the peace prize by UNESCO. She is the mayor of the Italian
island of Lampedusa.
British Pop singer turned fashion designer, Victoria Beckham has been made an Officer of the Most Excellent
Order of the British Empire.
91 year old gynaecologist Dr Bhakti Yadav, the first woman doctor from Indore has received the Padma Shri
Award at her home.
Golf Industry Association awards 2017 has been won by Golfers Aditi Ashok, S.S.P Chawrasia and Ali
Sher on 20th April 2017. Aditi Ashok has given the award for Outstanding Achievement. SSP Chawrasia has
given the award for the Men's Player of the Year (2016).
The Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd (GNFC) won the prestigious Golden Peacock
Award. It was given on 19th April 2017.
Indonesia Island Bali has been presented with 2017 Travelers' Choice Awards by American travel website
company TripAdvisor.
Bengal film Journalists Association Awards (BFJA) has been given to Veteran actress Moushumi Chatterjee.
It is a lifetime achievement award. The BFJA is the oldest association of film scribes in the country.
All India Radio (AIR) Aizawl has been honoured with the prestigious "Lelte Award". Lelte is a popular
Weekly Magazine in Mizoram which hit the stand since 1983.
Shambhavi Puraskar, 2017 has been persented to Hari Sankar Rout for his noteworthy contribution
towards social change.
On April, 17, 2017, D.V. Sadananda Gowda - Union Minister for Statistics and Programme Implementation,
conferred the Dr. Paduru Gururaja Bhat Memorial Award 2017 on historian and archaeologist Prof. A.V.
Narasimha Murthi in Udipi, Karnataka

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Aniruddhan Vasudevans has been chosen for Sahitya Academy award.He is chosen for his novel "One Part
Woman", a translation of Perumal Murugans controversial Tamil novel "Maadhorubaagan".
Raj Kumar, a Hindu youth from Pakistan has been selected for the prestigious Emerging Young Leaders
Award given by the US State Department for the positive role played by youngsters in building sustainable
peace.
The Dinanath Mangeshkar Awards has been given to Actor Aamir Khan and kapildev cricketer. It is
the 75th Master Dinanath Mangeshkar Award.
National Safety Councils NSCI Safety Awards for the year 2016 were presented by Mr. Bandaru
Dattatreya - Minister of State (Independent Charge), Labour & Employment on April 20, 2017 in New Delhi.
The Winners of Sarva Shreshtha Suraksha Puraskar are as follows:
Sector Awardees
Manufacturing Sector IOCL- Digboi Refinery
National Fertilisers Ltd., Panipat, Haryana
NPCIL, Kaiga Generating Station 3 & 4, Kaiga, Uttar Kannada,
Karnataka
Construction Sector L & T Ltd., Rawatbhata, Chittorgarh, Rajasthan
MSME Sector Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., Electricals & Electronics, Bhiwandi,
Thane, Maharashtra

APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS

Name Designation
Gynaecologist Dr Duru Shah President of the Indian Society for Assisted
Reproduction (ISAR).
Himanta Biswa Sarma Badminton Association of India's interim President
Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) chairman
Vinay Shah MD & CEO of LIC Housing Finance
B.N. Mohapatra Railway Financial Commissioner
Iran bars Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from running for President

MoUs

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has signed an MoU with the Bank of Guyana on "Supervisory Cooperation
and Exchange of Supervisory Information". The MoU was signed with an aim to promote greater co-operation
and share supervisory information.
A MoU has signed between CII and 3 Singapore Universities at the ASEAN-India Business Forum held in
Singapore. The MoUs signatories are Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore
and Singapore Management University.
The MoU has signed between Indian space Research Organization (ISRO) and Bharat Heavy electrical
Limited (BHEL) to develop low-cost lithium ion batteries for electric vehicles and also an agreement of
buyback commitment for such batteries.
HPCL and Rajasthan Govt. sign revised Rs 43129 crore Mou for Barmer refinery
India and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have signed an Inter-governmental Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) for Defence Industry Co-operation in Shipbuilding.

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SCHEMES

Maharashtra State Govt. has announced Advanced Farming Enriched Farmer scheme, with an aim to
increase farmers income by cutting production cost and increasing the output. The scheme will be launched
in the upcoming kharif season.
The Bengal government has launched the scheme for unorganized sectors and self-employed people.5 crore
people will get benefit from the Social Security Yojana and around 1 crore will get direct benefit.
Haryana extends Accidental insurance cover to all residents. One of the most prominent schemes of Modi
government Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) has been implemented by the Haryana
government.
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad launches Pro bono Services, Legal Aid Schemes, Nyaya Mitra
The CPI (M)-led LDF government in Kerala has decided to provide pension to former circus artistes in the
state.

COMMITTEE

On Implementation of 7th pay commission in educational institutions after teachers associations the HRD
ministry forms a committee headed by Higher education secretary, Kewal Kumar Sharma

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Team of scientists, including Indian origin researchers Rahul Satija from New York University and Karthik
Shekhar from Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard in the US, have identified new types of blood cells in the
human immune system.
Harayana launches mobile app Kilkari to create awareness among pregnant women
The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile has successfully test fired. It is a land-attack version with an
extended range increased from 290 km to 450 km.
Union HRD Minister Mr. Prakash Javadekar launched a portal and a mobile app of Rashtriya Uchchatar
Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) in New Delhi. He also released the Booklet Digital Launch of Projects; Rashtriya
Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA)
Leading bot platform Gupshup has announced the launch of InterBot, a first of its type platform that enables
bot-to-bot communication. Ability to communicate will give bots human-like capabilities to transact, co-
ordinate, compete, collaborate and negotiate with each other.
Mongolia has launched its first satellite Sat-1 Mongol on 19th April 2017.It is 1227 megahertz satellite.
Amazon.com Inc. launched its content-streaming Fire TV Stick in India.The Fire TV Stick runs a customized
version of Android and has support for Android apps and games.
China has launched its first unmanned Cargo Spacecraft named Tianzhou 1. It is programmed to conduct
scientific experiments after reaching Chinas second space station.
Malaysia Airline has become the first to use new satellite-based real-time global aircraft tracking.

DEFENCE

INS Darshak, the Indian Navy's hydrographic survey ship is on a two-month deployment in the Sri
Lankan waters since March 3, 2017. INS Darshak was commissioned on April 28, 2001 at
Visakhapatnam under Eastern Naval Command of Indian Navy.
INS Chennai a P 15A Guided Missile Destroyer of Indian Navy was dedicated to the city of Chennai on April
17, 2017.The ship has a complement of about 45 officers and 395 personnel.

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First ever Joint military exercise begin between Nepal and China named Sagarmatha Frienship 2017 in
Kathmandu.

ENVIRONMENT

As per a report titled `Not For Sale`, published by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), nearly 30% of
World Heritage Sites are plagued by poaching, illegal logging and fishing.
A temperate rocky 'Super-Earth' planet has been discovered.Temperate planet known as LHS 1140b is 39 light
years from Earth.

SPORTS

Former Ranji cricketer Tushar Arothe has been appointed as the coach of the Indian womens cricket team.
Cricket, Skateboarding, Sambo and Surfing are among the sports which have been removed from the 2018
Asian Games to be held in Jakarta and Palembang in Indonesia. Total number of events has been reduced
from 493 to 431.
Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) won a Baharain Grand Prix by defeating Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes).It was held at
Baharain International circuit Baharain.Sebastian Vettel belongs from Germany.
Pullela Gopichand a National Badminton coach daughter has won both single and double crown at the
Pembangunan Jaya Raya Junior Grand Prix in Jakarta. Gayatri teamed up with Samiya in doubles title and
win over Indonesian players of Kelly Larissa and Shelandry Vyola.
Chris Gayle became the first cricketer to score 10,000 runs in T20 cricket. He accomplished this feat while
playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Gujarat Lions in an Indian Premier League (IPL), 2017
match.
Visually impaired Indian runner Sagar Baheti completes historic Boston Marathon
International Cricket Council (ICC) has named former Indian Cricket Team Captain, Sourav Ganguly and
former Australian Cricket Team Captain, Ricky Ponting as commentators for the upcoming Champions
Trophy, scheduled to be held in England from 1-8 June 2017.
Five Indian Badminton players have been upgraded in the latest BWF rankings released on April 20, 2017.
Notably PV Sindhu: Moved to number 3 position. Last week she was at number 5 position. Saina
Nehwal: Ranked at number 8 position. Last week she was at number 9 position.
Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has launched a new feature called Video gaming as a full sport at the 2022
Asian Games which is scheduled to be held in Hangzhou, China from September 10 to September 25, 2022.
The 2018 Asian Games will be held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia.

OBITUARY

Veteran journalist Nora Chopra no more


Germaine Mason has died at the age of 34. He is a British Olympic silver medallist.
The rock and Jazz fusion guitar pioneer Allan Holdsworth has died at the age of 70 in USA
Former Andhra Pradesh minister Devineni Rajashekhar passes away
Top Maoist Leader Narayan Sanyal Passes Away
Ali Mohammad Naika Senior National Conference (NC) leader and former speaker of Jammu and Kashmir
Legislative Assembly passed away.

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IMPORTANT DAYS

On April 20, 2017, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated the two-day 11th Civil Services Day
function in New Delhi.
World Heritage day is celebrated on 18th of April every year.Its been chosen to tie in with the UNs
International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development.
Theme of the World Heritage day is Cultural Heritage & Sustainable Tourism.
The World Book and Copyright Day was celebrated on 23 April 2017 across the globe.
2017 Theme is Quotes Wishes Slogans Greetings.
Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970 and it is celebrated every year on April 22. It is celebrated in more than
193 countries by over a billion people every year.
Theme of Earth day is 2017 is Campaign is Environmental & Climate Literacy.
The World Book and Copyright Day was celebrated on 23 April 2017 across the globe.
2017 Theme is Quotes Wishes Slogans Greetings.
Earth Day was first celebrated in 1970 and it is celebrated every year on April 22. It is celebrated in more than
193 countries by over a billion people every year.
Theme of Earth day is 2017 is Campaign is Environmental & Climate Literacy.

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