Current Affairs for NICL AO Mains 2017

Q1. Indian teen named Rifath Sharook has recently developed world’s smallest satellite for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The world’s smallest satellite is named as ______________.
Answer: KalamSat

Q2. In which of the ompany Softbank has recently made its biggest investment of $1.4 billion?
Answer: Paytm


Q3. India’s leading digital wallet player Paytm has recently received the final license from the Reserve Bank of India for its payments bank entity. Who is the newly appointed CEO of Paytm payments bank?
Answer: Renu Satti


Q4. Name the Minister who has been given additional charge of the Environment Ministry following the death of Union Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave.
Answer: Harsh Vardhan


Q5. CGI (Consulate General of India) Dubai and Embassy of India in Abu Dhabi will host a two-day “Start-up India Summit” in UAE in Last month of May 2017. Name the person who recently took charge as new Consul General of Dubai.
Answer: Vipul


Q6. State-owned telecom operator BSNL has inked a clutch of agreements with Facebook and MobiKwik to popularize the internet and its value added services among customers. Founder and CEO of Mobikwik is ________________.
Answer: Bipin Preet Singh


Q7. India has jumped 16 places in the revised United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) rankings to settle at 24th for 2015. Headquarter of UN World Tourism Organization is in ________________.
Answer: Madrid, Spain


Q8. According to a survey, the report of which was released by railway minister Suresh Prabhu, which station is cleanliest among the 75 busiest stations in the country?
Answer: Visakhapatnam


Q9. Turbo Megha Airways has become the first private airline to get a licence to fly under UDAN, the government scheme for subsidized regional flights. It is ______________ based Airline Company.
Answer: Hyderabad


Q10. Who is the current Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)?
Answer: Taleb Rifai


Q11. ‘SIMBEX-17’ is the recently held Bilateral Naval Exercise between Navies of India and _____________.
Answer: Singapore


Q12. What is the full form of SIMBEX?
Answer: Singapore-India Maritime Bilateral Exercises


Q13. National Anti-Terrorism Day is observed in India on _______________.
Answer: 21 May


Q14. National Anti-Terrorism Day is observed in India in the memory of ___________________.
Answer: PM Rajiv Gandhi


Q15. Name the Arunachal Pradesh mountaineer who has become the world’s first woman to scale Mt Everest twice in five days.
Answer: Anshu Jamsenpa