1. This Indian state has been declared as a disturbed area till June 2018 - Nagaland

2. This state hosted the 171st Araadhanai Music Festival - Tamil Nadu 

3. These two nations have become the first in Gulf to introduce VAT - UAE and Saudi Arabia
4.This state has become the second one in the North East to be declared Open Defecation free - Arunachal Pradesh 

5. This Prominent poet, who translated the Bhagwad Geeta into Urdu, passed away at the age of 71 on 2 January 2018 - Anwar Jalalpuri

6. This state has received the approval for purchase of electric vehicles under the FAME India Scheme - Karnataka

7.Person appointed as the Prime Minister of Mali - Soumeylou Boubeye Maiga

8. This state published the first draft of National Register of Citizens with 1.9 crore names - Assam

9. Person appointed as the Director General of Police of Uttar Pradesh recently - Om Prakash Singh

10.Person appointed as President of the Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) - Vinay Sahasrabuddhe

11. Indian origin scientist honoured with Damehood by Queen Elizabeth - Pratibha Laxman Gai
12. This country recently confirmed its withdrawal from UNESCO following the withdrawal of US - Israel

13. North Korea re-opened a communication channel with this country after months of hostility - South Korea

14. This state has decided to impose a spot fine of Rs 500 for open defecation - Maharashtra

15. This Indian tennis player is the highest-ranked in the latest International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rankings - G Sathiyan

16. The Union Cabinet has approved a MoU in the oil and gas sector between India and this nation - Israel

17. The Union cabinet has approved an agreement between India and this nation on land border crossing – Myanmar

18. This nation-wide cleanliness survey was launched across India on 4 January- Swachh Survekshan

19.Union Cabinet recently approved establishment of AIIMS under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana at - Bilaspur

20. Union Minister Maneka Sanjay Gandhi inaugurated this online portal for women empowerment - NARI 

21. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved mandatory packaging of foodgrains and sugar in - Jute material

22. CCEA approved construction, operation and maintenance of 2-lane bi-directional Zojila Tunnel in - Jammu & Kashmir

23.Union Cabinet approved amendments in the Model Concession Agreement (MCA) to boost - Port Sector

24. Radha Vishwanathan, the noted vocalist passed away recently. She was daughter of - MS Subbulakshmi

25. The United States has suspended security aid to this nation - Pakistan

26. This state government is going to form an education board for non-English medium schools - Maharashtra 

27. This senior NCP leader passed away on 4 January following prolonged illness - Vasant Davkhare 

28.This former cricketing legend has been appointed as the coach of the Delhi Daredevils franchise for the upcoming IPL 2018 - Ricky Ponting 

29. Following the Assam NRC implementation, this state has taken up preventive measures to prevent a possible spillover of illegal migrants to the state - Arunachal Pradesh 

30. The Ministry of Railways, Ministry of Human Resource Development and the Department of Science & Technology signed a MoU for - Joint funding of Technology Mission for Indian Railways.

31. The Health Ministry and Tata Memorial Centre have launched the first digital - Online Oncology Tutorial

32. The Defence Ministry has cleared arms procurement contracts worth this much amount for Navy, Army - Rs 2,420 crore

33. The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved five projects worth - Rs 295.01 crore

34. The Supreme Court of this nation ruled that child's rights are sacred, cannot be bartered by orphanage in-charges – India