2017 AT GLANCE

JANUARY 2017

Retirement from Lawn Tennis - Somdev Devvarman

Indigenious Artillery gun - Dhanush

First country to ban FM Radio - Norway

President Medal of Freedom - Joe Biden

2016 T.S Eliot Prize for Poetry - Jacob Polley

People Choice Award favorite TV actress - Priyanka Chopra

65th Miss Universe Judge by - Sushmita Sen

FEBRUARY 2017

Authority to remeasure Mt. Everest - Survey of India

World's oldest emoji found in - Turkey

First North-East state to implement e-Cabinet - Arunachal Pradesh

First National woman Parliament - Andhra Pradesh

Paris to erect bullet proof glass wall around - Eiffel Tower

Automaker bought Ambassador car from Hindustan Motors - Peugeot SA, (France)

ISRO's launched - 104 Satellites

Laureus Sportsman of the year - Usain Bolt

Laureus Sportswoman of the year - Simone Biles

UAE plans to build first city on Mars by - 2117

Drowned Pacific Ocean Continent - Zealandia

Title "Ultra-Man" - Milind Soman

Shoot-at-Sight order to curb poaching - Corbett Tiger Reserve

112 ft's bust unveiled at Tamil Nadu - Adiyogi

ESPN cricinfo captain of the year - Virat Kohli

MARCH 2017

Humanitarian of the year by Harvard University - Rihanna

Largest Tri-Colour one the tallest post - Attari Border (Punjab)

India's largest floating solar plant by NTPC at - Kerela

UNICEF ambassador for ICC women's world cup - Sachin Tendulkar

Abel Prize (2017) - Yves Meyer

Barron's World's best CEO - Aditiya Puri (HDFC Bank)

First Tiger Reserve to get official mascot - Kanha

APRIL 2017

India's longest tunnel - Chenani-Nashri (J&K)

UNESCO world press freedom prize - Dawit Isaak

First woman head of Gujurat police force - Geetha Johri

Youngest person to address Canadian Parliament - Malala Yousafzai

Bitcoin officially recognized by - Japan

Wisden's leading cricketer in the world - Virat Kohli

Youngest UN Peace messenger - Malala Yousafzai

DNA Bank set up for wildlife - Uttar Pradesh

First non-white judge at London - Anuja Ravinder Dhir

A.M Turing Award (2017) - Tim Berners Lee

Pulitzer Award - Colson White Head (Underground Railroad)

Hi-Jacked Indian Ship - Al-Kausar

Asian Billiards Champion - Pankaj Advani

Most valued PSU (2017) - SBI Bank

First Indian Industrial Robot - BRABO (Tata Auto Comp.)

Port of Pakistan leased to China for 40 years - Gwadar port

Best film prize at Hong kong film festival (2017) - Newton

Jnanpith Award - Sankha Ghosh

First country to ban metal mining - El Salvador

First Indian city to win Pierre L'Enfant Award - Bhubaneswar

MAY 2017

First city to get Microsoft font - Dubai

Railway Bridge taller than Eiffel Tower build over - Chenab river (J&K)

Express Wi-Fi provided by - Facebook

Houses to get "Smart ID's" - Haryana

First HC Judge to be sentenced to jail - Justice Karnan

First woman to breast-feed in Parliament - Larissa Waters

WHO goodwill ambassador for Hepatitis - Amitabh Bachchan

Prime Minister of France - Edouard Philippe

Mark Twain Prize (2017) - David Letterman

Whitley Award (2017) - Purima Devi Barman

Clean money portal launched by - CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxes)

National Geographic Bee competition winner - Pranay Varada

Dan David Prize (2017) - Shrinivas Kulkarni

WWF International Award (2017) - Rohan Chakravarty

U.K Humanitarian Award - Jacqueline Ferandez

English Premier League player of the year (2017) - N'Golo Kante

World's first Robo-cop recruited by - Dubai Police

India's first under-water rail tunnel - West Bengal

India's heaviest rocket - Fat Boy

JUNE 2017

Indian origin appointed in U.S Think-Tank - Nirupama Rao

Indian origin appointed as judge in U.S courts of Appeals - Amul Thapar

First Indian inducted in ITTF URC - Ganeshan Neelakanta Iyer

First Indian private railway station - Habibganj (Bhopal)

Nepal's first woman Chief Justice retires - Justice Sushila Karki

UN campaign "Super Dad's" joined by - Sachin Tendulkar

First Indian woman member of ITLOS (International Tribunals for the law of the Sea) - Neeru Chadha

Man Booker Prize - David Grossman (A Horse into a bar)

Sweden to reach net-zero carbon emission by - 2045

Queen Young Leader Award - Ankit Kawatra

Founder of Lupin - Late Desh Bandhu Gupta

UNESCO named world book capital - Sharjah

JULY 2017

Indian of the year award - Preenti Shenoy

Israeli flower named after P.M Modi - Crysanthumum

First solar powered train - DEMU

UNICEF global goodwill ambassador - Lilly Singh

Team India bowling coach - Bharathi Arun

U.K's first woman sikh elected in home affairs - Preet kaur gill

Google launches recruiting app - HIRE

Google launches payment app - TEZ (UPI Payment)

Lead singer of Linkin Park died - Chester Bennington

World's largest aircraft carrier - USS Gerald R Ford

100 M backstroke world record - Kylie Masse (Canada)

Total Independence from World bank & IMF - Boliva

AUGUST 2017

World's longest pedestrian suspension - Switzerland

Iran president - Hassan Rouhani

Asian Game changer Award - Dev Patel

Youtube competitor launched by facebook - Watch

Declared free from polio - Somalia

WHO goodwill ambassador (Physical fitness) - Milkha Singh

India's first partition museum - Amritsar

World smallest surgical robot - Versius

Gender Neutral Passport by - Canada

First Transgender-Queen India - Nitasha Biswa

UEFA Player of the year (2017) - Cristiano Ronaldo

SEPTEMBER 2017

Hockey India sacks coach - Roelant Oltmans (Dutch)

First Indian signed by Australian Basketball team - Amritpal Singh

Costliest natural disaster in US history - Hurricane Harvey

Co-Patron of Archdiocese of Calcutta - Mother Teresa

Vijaywada to Amravati (Andhra Pradesh) - Hyperloop

All woman crew to sail around the globe mission - Navika Sagar Parikrama (INS Tarini)

36th National game by Indian Olympic Association held by - Goa

Chairman of International Ethic Commission - Ban-Ki-Moon

Indian Operation Rohingya refugees - Insaniyat

First woman prosecutor of Brazil - Raquel Dodge

Kandla Port renamed as - Deendayal Port

2017 UNHCR refugee award - Zannah Mustapha

World's richest woman & L'Oreal heiress died - Liliane Bettencourt

Von Hippel Award - C.N.R. Rao

Economic Advisory Council head - Bibek Debroy

OCTOBER 2017

First Sikh politician to lead Canada's New Democratic Party - Jagmeet Singh

Global Entrepreneurship Summit held at - Hyderabad

Global Entrepreneurship Summit chief guest - Ivanka Trump

Turtle Sanctuary - Allahabad

SBI appointed new chairman - Rajnish Kumar

Anna Politkovskaya Award - Gauri Lankesh

PepsiCo. (India) CEO quits - D. Shiva Kumar

US-India Business Council (President) - Nisha Desai Biswal

Qualifies for FIFA World Cup first time - Iceland

India origin Uk's youngest millionaire - Akshay Ruparelia

Lokayukta of Madhya Pradesh - Justice Naresh Kumar Gupta

First Indian woman to WWE - Kavita Devi

Ro-Ro Ferry Service - Ghogh & Dahej (Gujurat)

Solicitor General of India (resigned) - Ranjit Kumar

Ban Booker Prize - Gorge Saunders

Green Platinum Award - ISKON Govardhan Eco village

UK's most influential black woman - Gina Miller

Oldest navigational tool - Astrolabe

Prime Minister of New Zealand - Jacinda Ardern

NOVEMBER 2017

World's highest motor-able road in Ladakh build by - BRO (Border Road Organisation)

Jnanpith Award - Krishna Sobti

Guinness World Record - 918 Kg Khichdi

Vishudas Bhave Award - Mohan Joshi

Launched Disaster Response tool in India - Facebook

Mother Teresa Award begged by - UNHCR

BS-VI grade auto-fuel by - 2018 (Delhi-NCR)

BIS advisory board member induct - Urjit Patel

First woman pilot of Indian Navy - Shubhangi Swaroop

New app launched by PM Modi - UMANG

SBI launches new app - YONO

ISRA Aditiya L-1 Mission to study - Sun (2019)

Oxford honour stripped of from - Aung San Suu Kyi (Myanmar)

DECEMBER 2017

Country pulls off from UN's migrant and refugee pact - US

Veteran Bollywood actor dies on 4th December - Shashi Kapoor

Country wins there first South Asian Regional Badminton Team Championship - India

India successfully test fires surface to air missile - Akash

Marriage Bill with same-sex has been passed by - Australian Parliament

NASA sent which balloon to study heavy cosmic participles - SuperTiger

Make the digital world safer programme started by - UNICEF

Ban on movie theater lifted by which country - Saudi Arabia

Vyas Samman won by - Mamta Kalia (Sukkham Dukkham)

Mother Teresa social award for social justice begged by - Priyanka Chopra

Rajasthan government to recognise political prisoners as - Loktantra Sainani

Sikh American nominated to be New Jersey attorney general - Gurbir Grewal

Amarnath caves shrine declared as silent zone by - NGT

First Scorpene class submarine commissioned by Indian Navy - INS Kalvari

New president of Indian Olympic Association - Narinder Batra

NGT chairman retires - Justice Swatanter Kumar

Who is banned from Russian presidential election - Alexei Navalny

India's rank on largest economy of the world - 5th

First photo-voltaic highway tested by - China