• India's Longest bridge
• PM Narendra Modi inaugurated the India's Longest Bridge Dhola-Sadiya Bridge across the river Brahmaputra in Assam.
• Length: 9.15 Km
• Connects Assam and Arunachal pradesh.
• Largest Display of Bonsai Trees
• Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Ashram in Mysuru made a guinness record by displaying the largest collection of Bonsai Trees.
• Aeronautical Test Range
• DRDO's New Aeronautical test Range was to be inaugrated at Challakere in Chitradurga District in Karnataka.
• K P S Gill
• Kanwar Pal Singh Gill , a celebrated police officer who took part in Operation black thunder passed away recently.
• Extremely large Telescope
• It is the name of the world's largest optical telescope to be constructed in Chile.

• Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana
• It is a new crop insurance scheme launched in Feb 2016.
• Under this, the farmers are required to pay a uniform premium of 2% for kharif crops, 1.5 % for rabi crops and 5% for commercial crops.
• TN govt has planned to cover 30 Lakh hectares under this scheme for this year.
• 3 New Law Colleges
• TN govt has planned 3 new Law colleges for this academic year (2017-2018)
• Locations
1. Villupuram
2. Dharmapuri
3. Ramanathapuram
• World's Largest Solar Plant
• The world's largest Solar plant at a single location is in Kamudhi in Ramanathapuram.
• District Mineral Foundation
• The Tamil nadu govt has notified for the setting up of District Mineral foundation.
• Under this a part of the royalty earned after leasing mines by the govt will be spent for the development of the areas affected by mining.
• Chairman - District Collector
• Vice Chairman  - DRO
• World's Highest Railway Station
• The Tanggula Railway station located in Tibet became the world's highest railway station.

• Justice C V Nagarjuna Reddy
• He is the Judge of the Hyderabad High court common for Andhra pradesh and Telengana.
• Over 60 members of the Rajya Sabha have signed the removal motion for initiation of impeachment proceedings against him.
• Sukhoi 30
• It is the Indian jet fighter plane which went missing near Tezpur in Assam.
• Akinwumi Adesina
• He is the president of African development bank.
• Hq of African development bank - Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
• Nepal PM Resigns
• Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda - the Prime Minister of Nepal has announced his retirement.
• He belongs to Communist party of Nepal.
• Sher Bahadur Deuba of Nepali Congress would become the New Prime Minister of Nepal soon.
• World's Most Densely Populated city
• World Economic forum published the list of  World's Most Densely Populated cities
• 1 - Dhaka (Bangladesh) - Density - 44,500 People / sq km
• 2 - Mumbai - Density - 31,700 People / sq km
• FIPB
• FIPB  - Foreign Investment Promotion Board
• The union cabinet has approved for the abolition of this board.

• Cobra Lily
• It is a critically endangered plant species which was rediscovered in the Nilgiris
• Scientific name: Arisaema translucens
• Kandla Port
• Located in Gujarat to be renamed as Deendayal Port Trust.
• Nauru
• It is the world's smallest republic nation which became the 6th country to ratify the International Solar alliance.
• Second Largest Producer of Stainless Steel 2016
• India became the 2nd largest producer of stainless steel in the year 2016.
• First place - china
• Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus
• It staged its first show in 1871.
• It ended its 146 year legacy after its final show on 21 May 2017.
• PayTM
• It launched its Payment Bank services, which provides 4% interest per annum.
• 52nd Annual meeting of African Development Bank
• It was held at Gandhi nagar of Gujarat.

• May 22 - International Day for Biodiversity
• Anshu Jamsenpa
• She is a mountaineer from Arunachal Pradesh who set a world record by climbing the Mt.Everest twice within 5 days of period.
• Admiral Gorshkov
• It is the original name of the aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya which was purchased from Russia.
• Italian Open 2017 (Tennis) [Very Important]
• Alexander Zverev (Germany) has won the title in the final match against Novak Djokovic (Serbia).
• This is the first masters title for Alexander Zverev.
• Asian Continental Blitz Chess Championship 2017
• R Vaishali (India) has won the title in women's category.
• TCS World 10K Marathon
• It was held in bengaluru.
• Irene Cheptai from Kenya has won the TCS World 10k Marathon.
• Tejas Express
• It is the high speed luxury train launched between Mumbai and Goa.
• Top Speed: 200 kmph.

• War Musuem
• Japan has proposed to build a war museum at hillock in Maiba Lokpa in Manipur.

• May 21 - Anti Terrorism Day
• EVM Challenge
• The Election commission of India has invited the recognized political parties of India to send experts to prove the possibility for tampering the Electronic Voting Machines from June 3, 2017.
• Hassan Rouhani
• He is the President of Iran who was re-elected for the second term.
• Madhya pradesh - State Happiness Index
• Madhya Pradesh Govt has signed a MoU with the IIT of Kharagpur to devise the State happiness Index.
• Madhya Pradesh is the first state in India to have a Department for Happiness.
• Solibacillus Kalamii
• It is the name of the bacteria discovered by NASA Scientist Kasturi Venkateswaran.
• It was named to honour the former President of India APJ Abdul kalam.
• Good Morning Squads
• The Maharashtra Govt has decided to form this squad to stop open defacation in the state.

• India's First Uterine Transplant
• India's First Uterine Transplant was performed at Galazy Care Laparoscopy Institute (GCLI) in Pune.
• Indira Gandhi Peace Prize 2014
• ISRO was award the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize for the Year 2014.
• Anil Dave
• He was the Union Environment Minister who passed away recently after a cardiac arrest.
• M777
• It is the name of the ultra light howitzer gun imported from USA.
• Dan David Prize
• Indian Scientist Shrinivas Kulkarni was award the Dan David Prize for his contributions in the field of Astronomy.
• World's Biggest and Powerful Wind Turbine
• The World's Biggest and Powerful Wind Turbine started its operation in UK.
• It is 195 metre tall.

• From: 19th May 2017 
• Last Date for Applying Revaluation: 22nd May 2017
• In their respective Schools

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• May 18 - International Museum Day
• Cleanest Railway Station
• The Quality control of India carried out the survey on cleanliness among the 75 major stations in India.
• Top Three Stations
1. Visakapatnam
2. Secunderabad
3. Jammu Tawi
• Bottom
• Darbhanga Station in Bihar
• Girija Vaidyanathan - Cheif Secretary of Tamil Nadu
• Article 142 -  Enforcement of decrees and orders of Supreme Court and orders as to discovery,  etc.
• The Supreme Court in the exercise of its jurisdiction may pass such decree or make such order as is necessary for doing complete justice in any cause or matter pending before it, and any decree so passed ororder so made shall be enforceable throughout the territory of India in such manner as may be prescribed by or under any law made by Parliament and, until provision in that behalf is so made, in such manner as the President may by order prescribe.
• NTRO
• National Technical Research Organisation was brought under the Intelligence act .

• Tamil Nadu Human Development Index 2017
• Top 5 Districts
1. Kanyakumari
2. Virudhunagar
3. Thoothukudi
4. Chennai
5. Kancheepuram
• Bottom 5 Districts
• Tiruvarur
• Villupuram
• Theni
• Perambalur
• Ariyalur (Ranked Last)
• Panel on Prohibition of Manual Scavengers
• The TN Govt has formed a committee to implement the Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their rehabilitation Act and Rules, 2013.
• Chairman of the committee - Chief Minister
• And 26 other members.
• DBT For Fertilizers
• Direct Benefit Transfer for fertilizer to be implemented fully throughout the country form Jan 1, 2018.
• Under this scheme the farmer have to produce his aadhaar card to buy fertilizers at subsidised price from the retail dealers or cooperative societies.
• There is a slight difference between the DBT in LPG and Fertilizer.
• In LPG the subsidy amount will be paid to the consumer where as in fertilizer the subsidy will be paid to the fertilizer company.
• Karnataka's State Butterfly
• Karnataka became the 2nd state to have a state butterfly after announcing 'southern bird wing butterfly' as its state butterfly.
• The first state to have state butterfly is Maharashtra (Blue Mormon) in 2015.
• Ovais Sarmad
• From India, who was appointed as the Deputy Executive Secretary in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
• Mahmoud Abbas
• Palestinian President who visited India recently.
• Justice Mukul Mudgal (retired)
• He was elected as the head of the FIFA's Governance Committee.
• Rifath Sharook
• He is a student from TN who developed the world's smallest and lightest Satellite named 'KalamSat'

• Highest run partnership in Women ODI
• The 320 runs opening partnership by India's Deepti sharma and Poonam Raut became the highest run partnership for any wicket in women's ODI.
• WannaCry Virus
• It is a ransomware virus in which the hacker will make the files inaccessible in our system.
• Then demand ransom for accessing the file.
• One Road One Belt Summit
• It was held at Beijing in China.
• Misba Ul Haq and Younis Khan
• Both were Pakistani Cricketers who announced their retirement.
• 811
• It is the digital savings bank account launched by Kotak mahindra bank.

• Gulshan Rai
• He is the Chief of Cyber Security.
• Heritage Transport Museum
• It became the first private institute in India to have a fully functional steam locomotive engine.
• It is located in Gurugram in Haryana.
• Ummer Fayas
• He is an Indian army officer who was abducted by the militants and killed.
• Ramamohan Rao
• He is the former Principal information officer of India who passed away recently.
• May 25 - Naxalbari Day
• No School Bag Day
• The Uttar Pradesh Govt has proposed to make the saturday as No school bag day in the govt schools.

• Goodwill Ambassador for Hepatitis in the South East Asia Region
• Amithabh Bachchan was named the Goodwill Ambassador for Hepatitis in the South East Asia Region by the WHO.
• WHO HQ - Geneva
• Sudirman Cup 2017 (Badminton)
• It will be held at Gold Coast in Australia in May 2017.
• Logo for Vehicles Driven by Hearing impaired persons
• Telengana became the first state in India to introduce the logo for Vehicles Driven by Hearing impaired persons,

• GM Mustard
• The Genetic Engineering Appraisal committee has given the approval for GM Mustard for its usage in farmer's field.
• Expert committee on Karuvelam trees
• Scientific name ; Prosopis Juliflorais
• A 7 member committee under the chaimanship of Chief Conservator of Forest has been formed.
• It will study the impact of Karuvelam trees.
• UN Vesak Day - May 10, 2017
• Buddha Purnima or Buddha Day.
• Indian PM Narendra Modi took part in the Vesak Day celebration ceremony of Srilanka.
• V V S Laxman
• Indian Cricketer, was named an Honorary Life member of the Marylebone Cricket club.
• He became the 4th Indian to get this honour
• 1st - Sachin Tendulkar
• 2nd - Rahul Dravid
• 3rd - Sourav Ganguly
• Lunar Palace 365 Project
• Lunar palace or Yuegong 1 is a 160 sq.m Chinese laboratory which has lunar like environment.
• Maitri Station
• It is India's research station located in Antarctica.
• India has planned to replace it in 3/4 years.
• Vikram Vishal
• He has won the Indian National Science Academy Medal for Young Scientists 2017.
• Integrated Case Management Information System (ICMIS)
• PM Narendra Modi has launched this system to make the Supreme court of India to go paperless.

• From: 8th May 2015 
• Last Date for Applying Revaluation: 14th May 2015

• May 10 - World Migration Bird Day
• SPARK
• SPARK - Sustainable Progress through Application of Research and Knowledge.
• It is a proposed initiative of govt of India to solve the basic research problem in India.
• It will have two arms
1. Discovery Arm
2. Delivery Arm
• Discovery Arm
• It will have the experts from various science institutions of the country to solve the research problem.
• Delivery Arm
• It works with the industry and through Public Private Partnership the research will be carried out.
• India's Longest Bridge
• Dhola-Sadiya bridge built across  the river Brahmaputra in the Tinsukhia District of Assam.
• Length: 9.15 Km.
• World's Tallest Railway Bridge
• It was build over the river chenab in Jammu.
• This bridge is also designed to withstand bomb blasts.
• TNT - Trinitrotoluene is a explosive.
• INS Karwar and INS Kakinada
• The two were the minesweeper of the Indian Navy.
• Both were decommissioned from service at Naval Dockyard Mumbai.
• Basuki Tjahaja Purnama
• He is the governor of Jakarta, Indonesia.
• He was sentenced to two year of prison in guilt of blasphemy against Islam.
• Highest Wicket Taker in women's ODI
• Jhulan Goswami - become the highest wicker taker in Women's ODI.
• She surpassed the 180 wickets taken by Australian cricketer Cathryn Fitzpatrick.
• NEFT New Interval
• NEFT transactions will be processed with 30 Mins interval instead of 2 hours interval.
• It will come to effect from July 10, 2017

• Indian Military Chiefs
• Indian Air force Chief - Birender Singh Dhanoa
• Indian Navy Chief - Sunil Lanba
• Indian Army Chief - Bipin Rawat.
• Abbreviation
• CoBRA - Commando Battalion for Resolute Action.
• New French President
• Emmanuel Macron won the french presidential election.
• He is also set to become the youngest president of France with 39 Years of age.
• Parties and Contestants
• En Marche - Emmanuel Macron - 66% of Votes
• National Front - Marine Le Pen - 34% of Votes
• Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary
• It is located in Kerala.
• It is the only rehabilitation centre for Star Tortoises in India.   
• India's First Village of Books
• Bhilar Village in satara District of Maharashtra was declared as the first Village of Books in India by the state govt.
• India's First Integrated Bio refinary
• It was located at Rahu in Pune of Maharashtra,
• This plant produces ethanol from Biomass.

• May 8 - World Red Cross Day, World Thalassemia day
• BharatKeVeer
• It is a portal to raise fund to help the families of paramilitary force personnel who sacrificed their lives fighting extremists.
• It was launched by the ministry of Home affairs.
• Boko Haram
• It is a terrorist group based in northeastern Nigeria.
• It released 82 chibok schoolgirls of the 276 abducted in April 2014.
• Asian Development Bank
• Established on Dec 19, 1966.
• It recently held the 50th Annual summit in New Delhi.
• President: Takehiko Nakao
• Head Quarters: Manila, Philipines.
•  FATCA 2010
• FATCA - Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.
• It is a United States' law which requires the US persons including US Citizens who live outside the United States to declare their financial accounts held outside US.
• Mascot for Asian Athletic Championship 
• 'Olly the Turtle' (Olive Ridly Turtle) was selected as the mascot for Asian Athletic Championship 2017.
• Asian Athletic Championship 2017 will be held in Bhubaneshwar in Odisha.

• It is a communication satellite also known as South Asia Satellite.
• It was successfully launched by GSLV F09 launch Vechicle on May 5, 2017 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota of Andhra Pradesh.
• It has 12 Ku band telecommunication satellite which benefits the SAARC nations except the Pakistan.
• The Partners Include
• Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka
• Of the 8 Members of the SAARC Nations Only Pakistan did not participate in this programme.

• M P Nirmala
• She was appointed as the new chairman of the Tamil Nadu Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
• Assam
• The Entire state of Assam was declared as disturbed area under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 for Three months.
• P K Bezbaruah
• He was appointed as the new chairman of Tea Boad of India.
• He became the first Non IAS to be appointed as its chairman.
• GSAT 9
• It is a communication satellite also known as South Asia Satellite.
• It was successfully launched on May 5, 2017 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota of Andhra Pradesh.
• It was launched by GSLV F09 launch Vechicle.
• The Partners Include
• Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka
• Of the 8 Members of the SAARC Nations Only Pakistan did not participate in this programme.
• India's First Private Sector Arms Manufacturing Plant
• It was inaugurated at Madhya Pradesh. 
• It is a joint venture of India's Punj Lyod and Israel Weapon system
• Express Wifi
• It is the commercial wifi service launched by Facebook

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• May 2, 2017 - Ganga Cleanliness Pledge Day
• Multicolor Beacon Light for emergency
• The Central govt has issued the notification which allows the top officials related to control of fire, police, defence, disaster management to use the multicolor beacon lights on the top of their vechicles.
• The multicolor light will have the red, blue and white light.
• Justice Sushila Karki
• The first woman chief Justice of nepal, Justice sushila Karki was suspended after the impeachment motion was filed in the parliament.
• NROL-76
• It is the first military satellite launched by SpaceX.
• SpaceX is head quartered in California, USA.
• Maharashtra
• It became the first state in India to install automated weather stations for farmers.
• Operation Durga
• It is the moral policing for women's safety in Haryana.
• Dubai Font
• It is the world's first font developed by Microsoft for a city (Dubai).

• May 1 - International Workers Day
• SAARC Satellite
• ISRO has scheduled the launch of GSAT-09 (SAARC Satellite) on May 5, 2017.
• This satellite will be launched by GSLV Mk-II Vechicle
• It has 12 Ku band telecommunication satellite which benefits the SAARC nations except the Pakistan.
• BBC Tamil Radio Service Ends
• The BBC Tamil radio service was started on May 3, 1941.
• It ended the tamil radio service on April 30, 2017.
• Tangedco Low cost LED and Fan
• The TANGEDCO has partnered with the EESL - Energy Efficiency Services Limited to provide LED lights at low cost.
• Price List
• 9 watt LED Bulb - Rs. 65
• 20 watt LED tube light - Rs. 230
• 5 Star rated fan - Rs. 1150.
• Turkish President's India Visit
• Recep Erdogon, Turkey president visited India on an Official tour.
• He was conferred honorary degree by the Jamia Millia Islamia University.
• Justice Shushila Karki [Very Important]
• She is the first women chief justice of Nepal.
• An impeachment motion was registered in the Nepalese parliament.
• Russian GP 2017
• Valtteri Bottas (Finland - Merceded) won the Russian F1 Grand Prix 2017.
• It was his first ever F1 victory.
• Asian Squash Championship 2017
• Women
• Joshna Chinappa won against Dipika Pallikal
• Men
• Max Lee (Hungary) won against Saurav Ghosal (Ind)
• Barcelona Open 2017
• Rafael Nadal (Spain) won the title against Dominic Thiem (Austria) in the final

• Yusra Mardini
• She was appointed as the goodwill ambassador of UNHCR 
• UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for refugees.
• Swachh award
• Aga Khan foundation has received the FICCI-India Sanitation coalition prize under the Swachh Bharat mission.
• Sudarsan Pattnaik
• He won the jury prize gold medal at the 10th Moscow Sand Art Championship 2017.
• Yakshagana - Folk dance of Karnataka.
• Grand Cordon  of the Order of the Rising Sun
• Ashwani Kumar, the Union law minister has been selected for this award by the Japan.
• Asian Snooker Championship 2017
• Pankaj Advani of India has won the silver.

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