One Stop GK Guide - Current Affairs - Trivia - Highlights 2017- Part 1

By Upasna Doshi

Whether you are giving SNAP, XAT, TISSNET, or IIFT Entrance Exams, you must keep abreast of current affairs and happenings all over the world. GK or general knowledge is an indispensable part of all these exams. And for some careers, GK is a deciding factor.

If you are planning to give any of these exams, here we have compiled some of the most talked about or important happenings all over the world. Divided into 5 broad categories viz. politics & government, sports, top awards, business/commerce, and trivia + entertainment, these highlights will help you focus your preparation. They have been divided month wise, for easy reference.

Entertainment & Culture + Trivia

January 2017

Dasari to make a biopic on former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa
First African-American to the space station in 2018 will be sent by NASA
Name the Bollywood Veteran actor who passes away recently - Om Puri
Ninth edition of JIFF (Jaipur International Film Fest) started from – 7th January, 2017
44th New Delhi World Book Fair begins
MIT researchers develop super strong, lightweight 3D Graphene
China became the country to set up the world’s highest altitude gravitational wave telescopes in Tibet
New Ginger species with medicinal properties discovered in the Andamans
The first gender literature fest of the world was held at Patna
Norway became the first country to ban FM radio broadcasting
The first Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union Dance festival concluded in Hyderabad
Silicon identified as the ‘missing element’ in Earth’s core
Name the Rishi Kapoor autobiography which is authored by Rishi Kapoor & Meena Iyer - Khullam Khulla: Rishi Kapoor Uncensored
Professor CV Vishveshwara, who did pioneering work on black holes, passed away
Physicists create a new form of Hydrogen
Scientists discovered Mesentery, a new human organ in digestive system
Sushmita Sen to judge the 65th Miss Universe Pageant
7th National Voters’ Day observed with theme – Empowering Young and Future Voters
Miss Universe 2016 title won by Miss France, Iris Mittenaere

February 2017

Asim Basu passed away, he was an - eminent theatre personality
The 19th Bharat Rang Mahotsav began in New Delhi
Neeti Mohan to collaborate with the UN for a music album
Existence of a lost continent under the Indian Ocean confirmed by scientists/researchers
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick quit Trump's Economic Advisory Council
Bano Qudsia passed away, he was a - renowned Urdu author
Who discovered World's earliest emoji - Slovakian Curators
Andhra Pradesh has started with its first National Women's Parliament
Sir Peter Mansfield passed away, he was a - Nobel laureate
Name of Indian Sand Artist who created Guinness World Record- Sudarsan Pattnaik
Indian tabla player Sandeep Das won the 2017 Grammy Award for Best Music globally
Indian Panorama Film Festival begins in Port Blair
UAE announced its plan to build the first city on Mars by March 2117
Raj Kumar Rao's 'Newton' wins Art Cinema honour at Berlinale

March 2017

Assam to host river festival, Namami Brahmaputra
World’s oldest serving aircraft carrier INS Viraat retired on 6th March 2017
Fifth satellite of Copernicus observation program launched by the European Union
First smart tribal village Habbi inaugurated in Jammu and Kashmir
Bengali singer Kalika Prasad Bhattacharjee passed away on 7th March 2017
Viola Davis awarded "artist of the year" by Harvard University
Cultural festival 'India by the Nile' started in Egypt
Malayalam filmmaker Diphan passed away on 13th March 2017
MoU signed between FTII and Canon to promote short courses in Film & Television

April 2017

Bitcoin as currency is officially recognized by Japan
3-day National Children’s Film Festival inaugurated by Venkaiah Naidu
Anuja Ravindra Dhir of Indian-origin became the first non-white judge at London Court
Large asteroid 2014 JO25 to fly past Earth on 19th April
India's rank in Travel and Tourism Competitive Index of World Economic Forum - 40
Malala Yousafzai designated youngest-ever UN Messenger of Peace
Which subject will be introduced in IIT Kharagpur - Vastu Shastra
International Yoga Day with special commemorative stamps celebrated by the UN
SBI becomes India's most-valued Public Sector Company
First Made in India, industrial robot - BRABO unveiled
El Salvador becomes the first country to ban metals mining
23 volumes of Basavanna's Vachana were released by PM Narendra Modi on birth anniversary of 12th-century social reformer Basavanna