| The rank of India in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index which is topped by Switzerland, followed by USA and Singapore in the second and third place respectively | 40th |
| The port on the west coast of India which has been renamed Deendayal Port | Kandla Port |
| The scheme launched by the Prime Minister on the birth anniversay of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay to provide power to all homes is named | Saubhagya or Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana) |
| The Indian economist who has been appointed the Chairman of the reconstituted Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister | Bibek Debroy |
| The Indian scientist who has been chosen to be awarded the 2017 Von Hippel award, the highest international prize in materials research | CNR Rao |
| The city in which a multi-agency exercise involving State Government agencies, Police, State Fire & Emergency Services, NDRF, CISF and the Armed Forces, named Pralay Sahayam was held recently | Hyderabad |
| The State which has become the first in the country to launch electric bus service (the bus eBuzz K7 has been built by Goldstone Infratech have a range of 200 km on a single charge) | Himachal Pradesh |
| The first of Scorpene class submarines which was delivered to the Indian Navy by Mazagon Dock limited | INS Kalvari |
| The venue of 4 day (21 to 24 Sep) international textile and apparel fair titled VASTRA | Jaipur |
| The Nigerian lawyer and activist who has been awarded the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [UNHCR] Nansen Refugee Award | Zannah Mustapha |
| The State which has launched Shaheed Gram Vikas Yojana aimed at developing villages of freedom fighters in the State | Jharkhand |
| The middle-east country in which the United States of America has established a permanent military base for the first time | Israel |
| The digital payment app based on government backed Unified Payment Interface (UPI) platform launched by Google is named | Tez |
| The new Director General of National Investigation Agency appointed in place of Shri Sharad Kumar | Shri YC Modi |
| The member of the canine family which has been reclassified by the IUCN from endangered to vulnerable | Snow Leopard |
| The Indian badminton player who has won Korea Open Super Series women's singles title defeating Japanese player Nozomi Okuhara in the finals | PV Sindhu |
| The Indo-US joint military exercise Yudh Abhyas 2017 is being held from 14 to 27 Sept 2017 at | Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, USA |
| The former UN Secretary General who has been elected to head the International Olympic Commission's ethics commission | Ban Ki-moon |
| The campaign launched by the Ministry of Environment and Forests and Climate Change to promote wood as climate-friendly resource and substitute to materials like steel and plastic is named | Wood is Good |
| The State which has been formally chosen to host the 36th national Games in 2018 | Goa |
| The rank of India in the World Economic Forum's Global Human Capital Index which is topped by Norway, followed by Finland and Switzerland in the second and third place respectively | 103rd |
| The former Indian badminton player who has been chosen by the Badminton Association of India to be conferred the first Lifetime Achievement Award instituted by the Badminton Association of India (BAI) for his rich contribution to the sport. | Prakash Padukone |
| The Indian economist and professor at Manchester University who has been awarded the Balzan Prize for her “heroic” work studying women’s contributions to agriculture in India | Bina Agarwal |
| The dwarf planet on which two mountain ranges have been named after Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay (Hillary Montes and Tenzing Montes) | Pluto |
| The operation launched by Govt of India to provide relief material to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh is named | Operation Insaniyat |
| The Govt of India has decided to issue commemorative coins on the birth centenary of | Dr. MG Ramachandran and Dr. MS Subbulakshmi |
| The private sector bank which has been listed by the Reserve Bank of India as a domestic systemically important bank (DSIB) (SBI and ICICI Bank were identified as DSIBs in 2015) | HDFC Bank |
| The hurricane arising in the Atlantic Ocean which severely affected the US States of Texas and Louisiana claiming 70 lives and causing extensive damage to property was named | Hurricane Harvey |
| The theme of the National Nutrition Week 2017 observed from 1st to 7th September to intensify awareness generation on the importance of nutrition for health | Optimal Infant & Young Child Feeding Practices: Better Child Health |
| The official song of FIFA U-17 World Cup written by Amitabh Bhattacharya, composed by Pritam and sung by Sunidhi Chauhan, Neeti Mohan, Babul Supriyo, Shaan, Papon and Mika | Kar Ke Dikhla De Goal |
| The online environmental quiz competition launched by the Environment Ministry on Teachers Day (5 Sep) for school children at national level is named | Prakriti Khoj |
| The north-eastern State which has been declared as disturbed under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) for SIX months | Assam |
| The wicketkeeper of Indian cricket team who has become the first in the world to achieve the feat of 100 stumpings in one-day internationals surpassing the record of Kumar Sangakarra (99 stumpings) | MS Dhoni |
| The new Comptroller and Auditor General of India who has been nominated to take over the post following the retirement of Shashi Kant Sharma | Rajiv Mehrishi |
Designated by: United Nations General Assembly
First observed: 2013
Designated by: UNESCO
First observed: 1966
Theme: Literacy in a Digital World
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First observed: 2008
Theme: Democracy and Conflict Prevention
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First observed: 1995
Theme: Caring for all life under the sun
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First observed: 1982
Theme: Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All
Designated by: UN General Assembly
First observed: 2014
Designated by: UNWTO General Assembly
First observed: 1980
Theme: Sustainable Tourism – a Tool for Development
Designated by: Global Alliance for Rabies Control
First observed: 1980
Theme: Zero by 30
Designated by: UNESCO
First observed: 2016
Designated by: International Maritime Organisation
First observed: 1978
Theme: Connecting Ships, Ports and People
Designated by: Federation of International Translators and UN General Assembly
First observed: 1953 (By FIT) and 2017 (by UN)
Theme: Translation and Diversity
UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize was awarded to:
UNESCO Confucius Prize for Literacy was awarded to:
Presented by: The President Shri Ram Nath Kovind
Presented on: 27.09.17 (World Tourism Day)
Hall of Fame Award - Best State for Comprehensive Development of Tourism: Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh
Best State for Comprehensive Development of Tourism - 1st Prize: Andhra Pradesh
Best State for Comprehensive Development of Tourism - 2nd Prize: Rajasthan
Best State for Comprehensive Development of Tourism - 3rd Prize: Kerala and Goa
Best Airport (Class X Cities): Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai
Best Airport (Other Cities): Srinagar International Airport, Srinagar and Swami Vivekananda Airport, Raipur
Tourist Friendly Railway Station: Ujjain Railway Station, Madhya Pradesh
Best Heritage City : Warangal, Telangana and Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh
Best Maintained and Differently Abled Friendly Monument: Chowmohalla Palace, Hyderabad, Telangana.
Swachhta Award: Government of Telangana
Note: Hall of Fame Awards presented to State Governments / organizations who have won the award in the same category for the last three consecutive years.
Born: 15 April 1919 at Lyallpur, Pakistan
Years of service: 1938 - 1970
Became Chief of Air Staff: 1964
First Chief to be upgraded to the position of Air Chief Marshal
Made Marshal of the IAF in 2002
Civilian honour: Padma Vibhushan in 1966
Air Force Panagarh in West Bengal is named Air Force Station Arjan Singh.
Death: 16 Sep 2017 (The National Flag was flown half-mast on the day of funeral i.e. 18 Sep 17)
Purpose: To circumnavigate the globe
Sailing vessel: INSV Tarini
Special feature: All women crew from the Indian Navy
Flagged off by: Defence Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman
Crew: Lt. Commander Vartika Joshi (Captain), Lt. Commanders Pratibha Jamwal, P Swathi, and Lieutenants S Vijaya Devi, B Aishwarya and Payal Gupta.
Stopovers: Fremantle (Australia), Lyttleton (New Zealand), Port Stanley (Falklands), and Cape Town (South Africa)
Expected arrival: April 2018
The following are the first ranked universities/colleges in the Swachhta Rankings 2017 who were awarded by the Union Human Resource Development Minister, Shri Prakash Javadekar
University: 1. O. P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, Haryana
Colleges: 1. Kongu Arts and Science College, Erode, TN
Technical institutions: 1. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, TN
Government institutions: 1. G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, UK
| Title | Winner | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|
| Men's Singles | Rafael Nadal (Spain) | Kevin Anderson (South Africa) |
| Women's Singles | Sloane Stephens (USA) | Madison Keys (USA) |
| Men's Doubles | Jean-Julien Rojer (Netherlands) and Horia Tecau (Romania) | Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez (Spain) |
| Women's Doubles | Chan Yung-jan (Chinese Taipei) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) | Lucie Hradecka and Katerina Siniakova (Czech Republic) |
| Mixed Doubles | Jamie Murray (UK) and Martina Hingis (Switzerland) | Chan Hao-Ching (Chinese Taipei) and Michael Venus (New Zealand) |
Minister of Railways: Shri Piyush Goyal (also is the Minster of Coal)
Minister of Defence: Smt Nirmala Sitharaman (first woman to hold the post)
Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation: Shri Nitin Gadkari (also is the Minister of Road Transport and Highways and Minister of Shipping)
Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation: Ms Uma Bharati
Minister of Commerce and Industry: Shri Suresh Prabhu
Unstoppable: My Life So Far by Maria Sharapova
Man Booker 2017 shortlist
1. Joseph Yuvraj Pillay was recently appointed the interim President of which country?
2. Amritpal Singh is associated with which of the following sports?
3. Alexander Lukashenku who visited India recently is the President of -
4. 15 September Engineers Day is observed in India on the birth anniversary of -
5. What kind of animals was Basi, which died recently at the age of 37?
6. What should be the average annual turnover of a Navratna company to be elevated to a Maharatna company?
7. The Central Government has decided to grant citizenship to which of the following refugees in the North-east?
8. On which of the following themes was a postal stamp released by the PM Shri Narendra Modi in Varanasi?
9. Which State has named its toilets as Izzat Ghar?
10. At which of the following suburban stations in Mumbai did a stampede occur killing 22 persons and injuring several others?
11. India is collaborating with Russia to build a nuclear power plant in which country?
12. In which country are women not given permits to drive vehicles?