Things that happened for first time from January 1- May 5 (2017) (INDIA)

1. E-Taxi- Nagpur
2• State to conduct transgender athletic meet- Kerala
3• Indian woman to drive formula E racing car at race track- Gul Panag
4• Book Village- Bhilar, Maharashtra
5• Indian city to win Pierre L’Elfant International planning Excellence Award by American Planning association- Bhubaneswar
6• Indian Actor to speak at TED Talks,Canada- Sha Rukh Khan
7• Post office passport seva Kendra- Metagalli, Mysure
8• Sea ropeway to link Mumbai – Elephanta Island
9• Digital village in Arunachal Pradesh- Nirjuli (Papum Par Dt.)
10• Automated weather station – Dongargaon in Nagpur
11• State to switch to Jan-Dec fiscal year- MP
12• Indian to win Asian Squash title- Joshna Chinappa
13• Private railway station-Habibganj Station, Bhopal
14• Robot deliberately designed in India – TAL Brabo
15• Cashless Island-Karang Island(Manipur)
16• Customisable savings bank account- Yes Bank
17• Digital village – Akodara (GJ)
18• Digitalised ward- Aymanam, Kerala
19• India’s first forest dept. call centre- MH – No.1926
20• Woman Field Officer of BSF- Tanushree Parek
21• Biogas bus - Kolkata
22• Bhatinda- Shimla to be connected under UDAN
23• Laser tech based AVMS RTO check post- Shamlaji GJ
24• State to bring banking to remote area through SHG- Odisha
25• Smart tribal village - Habbi JK
26• Life insurance chatbot – HDFC life with Haptik
27• Made in India train- Medha from Dadar to Borivali
28• Vertical garden in India – Bangalore
29• Living entity of India – Ganga and Yamuna
30• Private sector cashless township – Hazira,GJ- Essar steels Nand Niketan township – The Mobile Wallet – Powered by RBL bank
31• Country to open honorary consulate office at GIFT city- Belgium
32• HP becomes 1st state to link all police station in CCTNS(Crime and criminal track network and sytems)- Sanjauli police post ( Shimla)
33• Airbus training centre in Asia – to be in Delhi
WORLD
34• Country to ban metal mining- El Salvador
35• Country to stop investing in fossil fuels- Ireland
36• Women to command space station twice- Peggy Whitson
37• Satellite based aircraft tracking- Malaysian Airlines
38• City to get Microsoft font- Dubai
39• Country to shut down FM - Norway
40• Country to give income to citizens through random pick – Finland
41• Living entity of world- Whanganuai river – New Zealand.