List of Appointments 2017-2018 (Competitive Exams) || Brand Ambassadors || Download PDF

January 2018
Name of the Person	Designation
IAS officer N C Goel	Chief Secretary of Rajasthan
Vijay Keshav Gokhale	Foreign secretary
Pankaj Jain	Additional charge of Managing Director in India Infrastructure Finance Company Ltd (IIFCL).
Salil Parekh	CEO and Managing Director, Infosys
UB Pravin Rao	Chief Operating Officer and a whole-time Director
Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga	New Prime Minister of Mali
Rajinder Khanna	Deputy National Security Adviser
Dilip Asbe	Managing Director and CEO of the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)

List of Awards and Honours 2018 || PDF Download

November 2018

Name	Category	Organised / Presented By
Mukundan	Ezhuthachan Award 2018	Kerala Govt.
Namrata Ahuja	IPI India Wards For Excellence In Journalism	International Press Institute
Dr. Ramdas M Pai	Lifetime Achievement Award 2018	FICCI
N Ram	Raja Ram Mohan Roy Award 2018	Press Council Of India
Anupam Kher	Distinguished Fellow Award	3rd India Global Summit
Samay Godika	Breakthrough Junior Challenge 2018	Global Science Video Competition
Arunima Singh	Honorary Doctorate By University Of Strathclyole
Actor Jayant Sawarkar	Natwarya Prabhakar Panshker Lifetime Achievement Award	Maharashtra Govt.
Anand Kumar	Global Education Award	Malabar Gold And Diamonds
Jawahar Lal Saran	Knight Of Legion Of Honour	French Govt.

List of MoU's Signed Between India and Other Nations 2018

MoUs Signed in 2018

January 2018

India signed MOU with	Purpose of the MOU
India and Myanmar	On land border crossing
India and Italy	Cooperation in the field of renewable energy
India and Israel	Cooperation in the oil and Gas Sector
India and Belgium	Cooperation in the field of ICT&E
India and Transport for London	To improve public transport in India
India and UK	For the return of illegal Indian Migrants, sharing of criminal records
Rajasthan and HDFC Bank	Tie up to help start-ups
India and Saudi Arabia	Haj agreement
India and Canada	For cooperation on science and technology
Gujarat and South Korea	For business cooperation
India and Sri Lanka	4 agreement for collaboration in ICT sector

List of Sport Events and Winner 2018 (Complete List) || PDF Download

September - October - November 2018

List of Winners in Individual Sports

Name of the Sportsperson	Name of the Sport event	Title	Held At
Deepika Kumari	Archery	Gold Women Recurve Event At Stage three of Archery World Cup	Salt Lake City(U.S)
Dipa Karmakar (Tripura)	Gymnastics	Gold FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup	Mersin (Turkey)
Hima Das	Athletics	Gold Women 400m event At IAAF World U20 Championships	Tampere (Finland)
Bajrang Punia	Wrestling	Tblisi Grand Prix 65 Kg category Defeated Iranian Wrestler Mehran Nasiri	Georgia

List Of Important Books and Authors (Released in 2018)

Book Name	Authors Name
From Lehman to Demonetisation: A Decade of Disruption, Reforms and Misadventures	Tamal Bandyopadhyay
Poonachi or the Story of a Black Goat	Perumal Murugan
Making of Legend	Bindeshwar Pathak
Diabetes with Delight	Anoop Misra
The Last White Hunter	Donald Anderson with Joshua Mathew
Indian Cultures as Heritage	Romila Thapar

Government Web Portals, Schemes and Apps Launched in September-October 2018

October 2018

NAME	LAUNCHED BY	AIM AT
SATAT(Sustainable alternative towards affordable transportation)	Union minister of petroleum and natural gas Sri Dharmendra Pradhan	To increase availability of more affordable transport fuels by using agriculture waste
State Food Security scheme	Odisha Chief Minister Sri Naveen Patnaik	To provide food security to poor people not covered under National food act 2013
UTTKRISHT	Indian Railways	To develop 640 rakes in the process o upgrade its mail/express trains.
YUVA NESTHAM	Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu	To provide Rs 1000 as monthly allowance to the unemployed youth
Nirman Kusum	Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik	To provide technical education to children of construction workers
Maha Madat	Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis	To give accurate analysis of drought like situation

Important Days with Themes (September-October 2018)

September 2018

DATE	DAY	THEME
September 2	World Coconut Day	Coconut  for Good Health, Wealth and Wellness
September 1-7	National Nutrition Week	Go Further with Food
September 5	International Day for Charity	-----
September 8	World Literacy Day	Literacy and Skill Development
September 14	Hindi Diwas	-----
September 15	International Day of Democracy	Democracy Under Strain: Solution for a Changing World

List of Chief Ministers and Governors of All Indian States

Chief Minister & Governors Of Indian States

State & UT's	CheifMinister	Governor
Andhra Pradesh	Shri. Nara Chandrababu Naidu	Shri E.S Lakshmi Narasimhan
Arunachal Pradesh	Shri Pema Khandu	Brigadier BD Mishra (Retd)
Assam	Shri Sarbananda Sonowal	Prof. Jagdish Mukhi
Bihar	Shri Nitish Kumar	Shri. Lalji Tandon
Chhattisgarh	Dr. Raman Singh	Shri Anandiben Patel
Delhi	Shri Arvind Kejriwal	Anil Baijal

Reports Published by International Organizations

Name of Report	Organization
Actions on Air Quality	United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Ambient Air Pollution Report	WHO
An Economy for the 99%	Oxfam
Annual Survey of Education Report	PRATHAM
Annual Survey of India‘s City-Systems	NGO - Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy.
Asian Development outlook	Asian Development bank
Carbon Emission Index	UNFCC-UN Framework convention on climate change
Carbon Emission Index was Published by	UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change)
Change the World List Data	Fortune
City Momentum Index	JLL Real Estate Services, US

Important Days and Themes (July-August 2018)

July 2018

DAY	THEME & SOME FACTS
National Doctors’ Day – July 1	“Zero tolerance to violence against doctors and clinical establishment’.
Goods And Services Tax Day: 1 July	1st Anniversary of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) coming into force on 1st July 2017 also commemorated as ‘GST Day.
World Sports Journalists Day : July 2	The International Sports and Press Association (AIPS) was established in the year 1924
World UFO day : July 2	World UFO day is an awareness day for people to gaze at the heavens scanning for unidentified flying objects and was founded by the UFO hunter Haktan Akdogan.
America Independence Day : July 4	242nd America Independence Day
World Zoonosis Day : July 6	Zoonosis are infectious diseases (virus, bacteria and parasites) that can be spread from animals to humans, and vice versa. Zoonosis can spread from direct contact with animals or indirectly, vector-borne or food-borne.
Global forgiveness day : July 7	7th July was founded by CECA (Christian Embassy of Christ’s Ambassadors),

Important Days and Themes (June-July 2018)

June 2018

DAY	THEME & SOME FACTS
World Bicycle Day : 3 June	It was the first official World Bicycle Day. celebrated to raise awareness about the benefits of using the bicycle for transport and leisure.
Financial Literacy Week Begins June 4 to June 8	The theme is “customer protection “. It focuses on creating awareness among customers of banks about financial products and services, good financial practices and going digital.
World Environment Day: 05th June	The theme is "Beat Plastic Pollution".
World Ocean Day: 8th June	Main focus - to prevent plastic pollution and encourage solutions for a healthy ocean

Important Days and Theme (July 2018)

Date	Day	More Info
1 July	National Doctors’ Day	The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has declared the theme for Doctors’ Day 2018 as: ‘zero tolerance to violence against doctors and clinical establishment’
1 July	GST Day	On 1st July 2018, Indian Government celebrated the 1st Anniversary of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) as GST day.
1 July	International Joke Day
2 July	World Sports Journalists Day
7 July	World Chocolate Day

Important Days and Theme (May-June 2018)

May 2018

Date	Day	Theme
May 1	International Labour Day	Uniting Workers for Social and Economic Advancement
May 1	World Asthma Day	Never too early, never too late. It's always the right time to address airways disease
May 1	Gujarat, Maharashtra Day
May 3	World Press Freedom Day	Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law
May 4	International Firefighters’ Day
May 5	World Cartoonist’s Day
May 6	International No Diet Day
May 7	World Athletics Day
May 7	Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Raising Day
May 8	World Red Cross Day	Memorable smiles from around the world

Tricks to Learn Bird Sanctuary in India (Statewide)

1). Andhra Pradesh

Upal Tharanga aur Attapattu ne Pulkit ke low full toss ball ko Tapak se Penisula Plateau ke par pahucha diya
Trick	Bird Sanctuary
Tapak	Atapaka Bird Sanctuary
Attapattu	Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary
Pulkit	Pulicat lake Bird Sanctuary
Penisula	Sri Penusila Narasimha Bird Sanctuary
Upal Tharanga	Uppalapadu Bird Sanctuary

2) Delhi

Veeru is known as Najafgarh ka Nawab
Trick	Bird Sanctuary
Najafgarh	Najafgarh Drain Bird Sanctuary

Tricks To Learn Lakes in India (Statewide)

1). Andhra Pradesh

Brock ne Pulkit ko Pine ke liye Kullu Lake ka pani diya
Trick	Lake
Kullu	Kolleru Lake
Pulkit	Pulicat Lake

2) Assam

Chandu or Champak e son Deepu ne Son Beel Lake ke upar Half Long Jump lagayi
Trick	Lake
Half Long	Halflong Lake
Son Beel	Son Beel Lake
Deepu	Deepor Lake
Champa	Chapanala Lake
Chandu	Chandubi Lake

Dams in North East India

1. Ranganadi Dam- Arunachal Pradesh

The Ranganadi Dam is Concrete gravity dam build on the Ranganadi River, located in the Yazali Arunachal Pradesh. Ranganadi Dam was the first mega dam built in Arunachal Pradesh with an height of 68 m and serves as the run of the river hydroelectric generation scheme and no water storage. 

2. Doyang Dam- Nagaland

The Doyang Dam is built across the Doyang river near the Wokha village in Nagaland. Doyang Reservoir is useful for power generation, fisheries and also provide shelter to flora and fauna around.

3. Khuga Dam- Manipur

Features of New Indian Currency

Dear Aspirants,

The RBI will shortly issue Rs100 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series, bearing the signature of Dr Urjit R. Patel, Governor, Reserve Bank of India. As an aspirant, you must know about all the features of Rs100 and other denomination banknotes. Here we are providing you with all the features of Rs. 10, Rs. 50, Rs. 100, Rs. 200, Rs. 500 and Rs. 2000 Banknotes. This note will definitely help you for upcoming examinations. 

Some Books and Authors (Hindi)

1.पंचतंत्र: विष्णुशर्मा
2. पैराडाइजलोस्ट: जॉनमिल्टन
3. प्रोटेस्ट ऑफ इंडिया: वेदमेहता
5. डी डार्क रूम: आर. के. नारायण
6. दि गोल्डेन गेट: विक्रमसेठ
7. दि जजमेंट: कुलदीपनैय्यर
8. दि मर्चेंट ऑफ वेनिस: स्टीफनस्पेंसर
9. दि ओरिजन ऑफ स्पीशीज: चाल्र्सडिकिन्स
10. दि सेकंड वार्ल्डवार: विस्टनचर्चिल
11. दि सोंग्स ऑफ इंडिया: सरोजिनीनायडू
12. लास्टथिंग्स: सी. पी. स्नो
14. मालगुडीडेज: आर. के. नारायण
15. मौन एंड डेस्टिनी: जार्जबर्नार्डशा

List Of National Parks in India (Statewise) [PDF File]

List of National Parks in India is given below :- 

Names of National Parks in Karnataka	Area Occupied
Kudremukh National Park	600.32 km2
Rajiv Gandhi National Park	643 km2
Bannerghatta National Park	104.27 km2
Bandipur National Park	880 km2
Anshi National Park	340 km2
Names of National Parks in Uttrakhand	Area Occupied
Corbett National Park	1319 km2
Valley of Flowers National Park	87.5 km2