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  • Top 20 Major News of 2017 in India

    1. Nuclear-Capable Agni-IV Missile Tested Successfully(Jan 02).
    2. Union budget for 2017 – 18 is presented by Arun Jaitely in Lok Sabha. 92 year old Railway Budget is merged in this budget (February 01)
    3. ISRO launched PSLV-C37 rocket which put into orbit a record 104 satellites. (February 15)
    4. Manohar Parrikar took oath as the new Chief Minister of Goa (March14)
    5. Biren Singh took oath as the new Chief Minister of Manipur (March 15).
    6. Amarinder Singh took oath as the new Chief Minister of Punjab (March 16).
    7. Adityanath Yogi took oath as the new Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh (March  18).
    8. India became full member of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation(June 9).
    9. ISRO puts 31 satellites including 29 satellites from others countries through PSLV C-38 successfully (June 23).
    10. Goods and Services Tax (India) launched in India. The India’s biggest tax reform in 70 years of independence, was launched at midnight of 30 June 2017. (1 July).
    11. Ram Nath Kovind won the 2017 Indian presidential election(20 July).  Ram Nath Kovind took oath as 14th President of India(25 July). 
    12. Venkaiah Naidu won the Indian vice-presidential election (11 August )
    13. Supreme Court bans instant triple talaq calling it unconstitutional. Instructed central government to pass law in parliament for triple talaq(22 August).
    14. ISRO launch of navigation satellite IRNSS 1H failed after heat shield does not detach(31 August).
    15. Nirmala Sitharaman became defence minister of India (Sept 03).
    16.  Srikant Kidambi wins 2017 Denmark Super Series Premier (Oct 22)
    17. Ashish Nehra retired from International Cricket (1 November)
    18. Manushi Chhillar won the 6th Miss World crown for India in Sanya, China (18 November).
    19. Rohit Sharma scored third double century in ODIs against Sri Lanka (13 December).
    20. The Bharatiya Janata Party wins majority of the seats in the recently concluded Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly elections (18 December)

    (Source: Internet, Wikipedia and Daily Newspapers)
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  • How many states in India? Do you know all States Name?

    How many states in India? Do you know all States Name?
    Answer: India is the union of 29 states and 7 union territories.
    * Telangana is the 29th state of India(June 2, 2014)

    Indias 29 States Name
    1 Andhra Pradesh
    2 Arunachal Pradesh
    3 Assam
    4 Bihar
    5 Chhattisgarh
    6 Goa 
    7 Gujarat
    8 Haryana
    9 Himachal Pradesh
    10 Jammu and Kashmir
    11 Jharkhand
    12 Karnataka
    13 Kerala
    14 Madhya Pradesh
    15 Maharashtra
    16 Manipur
    17 Meghalaya
    18 Mizoram
    19 Nagaland
    20 Odisha
    21 Punjab
    22 Rajasthan
    23 Sikkim
    24 Tamil Nadu
    25 Telangana
    26 Tripura
    27 Uttar Pradesh
    28 Uttarakhand
    29 West Bengal

    7 unio
    n territories of India
    1.     Chandigarh.
    2.     Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
    3.     Daman and Diu.
    4.     Lakshadweep.
    5.     Puducherry.
    6.     Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
    7.     National Capital Territory of Delhi