1.Indian Cricketer MS Dhoni named CEO of Gulf Oil for 1 day. Mahendra Singh Dhoni was also named as the brand ambassador for Gulf Oil in the year 2011.
2. Geetha Johri has been appointed as the first woman Director General of Police (DGP) of Gujarat.
3.Haryana government to provide Rs 21,000 to families for third girl child.
4.PM Narendra Modi will lay the foundation stone of a multi-modal terminal on River Ganga in Jharkhand.
5.Japan Officially Recognises Bitcoin as Currency.
6. India’s Virat Kohli was named Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World for 2016.
7.India’s first transgender(K Prithika Yashini) police officer appointed in Tamil Nadu.
8. Rio Olympics silver medallist P V Sindhu jumped three places to achieve a career-best world number two ranking in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) rankings.
9.PM to launch digital exhibition on Champaran Satyagraha, The exhibition was titled as ‘Bapu Ko Karyanjali’.
10.Malala to become youngest United Nations Messenger of Peace.
11.Boxer Shyam Kumar wins gold at Thailand International.
12.Rajnath Singh launches Akshay Kumar’s portal ‘Bharat Ke Veer’,to facilitate the monetary contribution to the kin of soldier personnel killed in action.
13. North India is all set to get its first Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) bank for wildlife in Bareilly.
14.Mukta Dutta Tomar appointed India’s Ambassador to Germany.
15.Malala Yousafzai, the youngest noble prize winner to address Canadian Parliament.
16.Colson Whitehead wins Pulitzer prize for ‘The Underground Railroad’.
17.PM releases book authored by LS Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, ‘Matoshree’ – covers the life and times of legendary Devi Ahilyabai Holker.
18.Pink patrol, security app for women in Bengaluru.
19. India and Australia have started a partnership aimed at increasing cooperation in sports, in the presence of visiting Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and batting legend Sachin Tendulkar.
20.Haryana launched Operation Durga to ensure women Safety.]
21.Jharkhand police initiates Tare Zameen Par programme for underprivileged kids.
22.Himachal Pradesh bags Krishi Karman Award 2015-16 for the commendable increase in food grains production.
23.Cisco launched 5th global and 1st in India cyber range lab in Gurugram.
24.Pranab Mukherjee released book on Draupadi,’the Flaming Tresses of Draupadi’ by Veerappa Moily. The book is an English translation by D A Shankar of Moily’s original work in Kannada.
25. Nepal and China will hold the first-ever joint military exercise named ‘Sagarmatha Friendship-2017’ from 17 April 2017 with a special focus on combating terror and disaster management.
26.Manipur CM launched DARPAN web applications to check corruption.
27.Maharashtra, the first state to stage special drive for transgenders to register as voters.
28.For the first time in Indian Railway history Habibganj station in Bhopal has been handed over to the private firm to be operated by it.
29. The sixth prestigious M.S. Swaminathan Award for contribution in the field of agriculture given to R.R. Hanchinal, Chairperson of Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Authority, the government of India.
30.Indian engineer Trupti Jain wins ‘Cartier Women’s Initiative award’.
31.Author Arjun Gaind launched his latest book, ‘Punjab: Building the Land Of Five Rivers’ in Mumbai.
32.The International Day for Monuments and Sites: 18th April.
33.Sai Praneeth wins Singapore open Badminton.
34. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu launched India’s First Train With Glass Ceiling, LED Lights And Rotable Seats in ‘Vistadome’ Coaches.
35.Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated phase-I of the Link-II pipeline canal of the ambitious Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (SAUNI) Yojana in Botad district of Gujarat.
36. The Gorakhpur Airforce Station has been renamed as Mahayogi Goraknath Airport after the founder of the Nath monastic movement.The Agra Airport will be renamed after Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay airport. The Department of Disabled Welfare will now be known as ‘Divyang Jan Vikas Empowerment’.
37.Sebastian Vettel wins Bahrain Grand Prix 2017.
38.First Made in India industrial robot- BRABO.
39.The English translation of writer Perumal Murugan’s novel Mathorubhagan (One Part Woman) has won the Sahitya Akademi’s award for translation in English 2016.
40.1st ‘India Indonesia Energy Forum’ held in Jakarta.
41.China successfully launched its first unmanned cargo spacecraft named Tianzhou 1.
42.Haryana launches mobile app ‘Kilkari’ to create awareness among pregnant women.
43.Veteran actress Moushumi Chatterjee has received the lifetime achievement award, at the 80th Bengal Film Journalists’ Association (BFJA) awards.
44.’Newton’ wins best film honor at Hong Kong International Film Festival.
45.India, France carry out joint naval exercise ‘Varuna’
46.Veteran actor Kasinathuni Viswanath wins Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2016
47.Top environmental activist Prafulla Samantara selected for Goldman Environmental Prize from Asia region.
48.Indian shot putter Manpreet Kaur bags Gold at Asian Grand Prix Meet in China.
49.Priyanka Chopra has been appointed as ambassador for government’s
flagship Skill India campaign.
50.Manushi Chhillar has won Femina Miss India 2017 title.
