• The amount by which the International Cricket Council raised the total prize money for Champions Trophy is - USD 500000
• The theme of the 2017 World Telecommunication and Information Society Day is - Big Data for Big Impact
• He was recently appointed as the Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University - Tariq Mansoor
• The renowned wildlife biologist who was recently nominated for the Whitley Awards, also known as Green Oscars, is - Purnima Devi Barman
• This country recently unveiled a dinosaur had been preserved in stone for over 110 million years - Canada
• This Indian mountaineer has set a new record by scaling the world’s highest peak, Mount Everest for the fourth time - Anshu Jamsenpa
• The National Green Tribunal has announced an environment compensation of Rs 5000 for vehicles found over-speeding inside this national park- Kaziranga National Park
• The Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST) has successfully created the country's first -Smart Grid Project
• Country that agreed with China to minimize South China Sea disputes - Vietnam
• Orange alert was issued by Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) recently for - Odisha
• Country that upheld the ban on Sikhs carrying ceremonial knives - Italy
• Indian Railways will install 19000 high definition CCTV cameras at 983 stations across the country under - Nirbhaya Fund
• This country in recent past a country which was a participant of China’s One Belt One Road conference in Beijing has backed India's concern over the Kashmir issue – Sri Lanka
• Minister for I&B Venkaiah Naidu in May 2017 announced a separate 24x7 DD channel for this state - Jharkhand
• A report 'Financial security for India's elderly - The imperatives’ that says India will transform gradually from young to a 'greying' country and by 2050 every 5th Indian will be in 60s as against every 12th at present was released by - PFRDA-CRISIL
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