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range of 350km and capable of carrying 500kg to

timetable on all the Metro stations on Versova-

1000kg in Odisha coast.

Andheri-Ghatkopar route.

of

 Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis launched

 Karnataka

the Ministry of Earth Sciences of Institute of

a web portal ‘Mahaswayam’ that will cater to job

launched India’s first public bicycle sharing (PBS)

Oceanography in

M

Rajeevan, Goa

Secretary

announced

India

to

Chief

Minister

Siddaramaiah

seekers, employers, entrepreneurs, and training

initiative “Trin Trin” in Mysuru.

launch Deep Ocean Mission by January 2018.

institutes who can avail details regarding skill

 Minister

 Lieutenant-Governor Anil Baijal flagged off a

development and employment.

fleet of garbage collection vehicles of the South

 Union Minister Nitin Gadkari launched the

Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC)

inaugurated the new office building of National

INAM

for

Sample

 Maharashtra government is planning to set up

construction and infrastructure raw material for

a ‘Happiness Department’ which will work under

government and private procurement.

 India rejects a request from Australia to join

the Relief and Rehabilitation department.

 Varanasi will get the country’s first ‘freight

this

exercise which

 Aadhaar has now been made mandatory to

village’ spread over around 100 acres. The plan

involves India, Japan and the US held in the Bay

get subsidy on kerosene and benefits of the Atal

to set up this project close to the upcoming

of Bengal, Indian Ocean or West Pacific maritime

Pension Yojana.

multi-mode

regions.

attracted

 Telangana government was first in the

 The Delhi Police launched a bicycle patrol

World and IL&FS.

scheme to increase police presence in congested

 The Punjab Government and the UK in

areas of the city inaugurated by Union Minister of

principle decided to join hands to impart skill

State for Home, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir.

development and technical education to the

 Defence Minister Arun Jaitley inaugurated

youth

for

Statistics

Implementation Shri Survey

&

Programme

D.V.Sadananda

Office

(NSSO),

Gowda Sankhyiki

Bhawan in New Delhi. year’s Malabar

naval

a grid-connected solar power plant of 16 MW capacities at

the

Ordinance

Factory

PRO+

an

e-commerce

terminal along

major

platform

the

players including

Ganga

has

Dubai

Port

and enhance

Ltd.

(BEL) R&D

indigenous

plans

to

700

to

for

Food

Processing

Industries Harsimrat

Kaur

Badal

inaugurated

Odisha’s first Mega Food Park at an investment of Rs 80.17 crore

 A stamp on noted playwright and theatre director late Balwant Gargi was released by BJP leader and Chandigarh MP Kirron Kher the Punjab

 The Haryana government has renamed HUDA (Haryana

Urban

Development

Authority)

with the Hindi name “Haryana Shahari Vikash Pradhikaran”

 Samsung India signed a MoU with the Ministry of MSME to setup two new Samsung Technical

 INS Khanderi, the second of the six Scorpene

and

make

payment

for

the

increasing

the

reservations within a window of 15 days.

 P

government

approved

superannuation age for the provincial medical services (PMS) doctors from earlier 60 to 62.

 The Telangana state launched the newlycreated T-Wallet, the first official e-wallet from any state government in India with no additional charge for the citizens.

 Odisha will be able to warn its coastal population by pressing a single button from a control room in the Odisha capital in the event of natural disasters from July.

 India

successfully

test-fired

it’s indigenously developed nuclear-capable Prithvi-II surface to surface missile with strike

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crore,

which

will

source segregation

 The Indian Railways has introduced ‘Buy Now, first

Development

has

create

employment

 Venkaiah Naidu launched a campaign on

Schools in Bangalore and Jamshedpur.

online

Rural

state.

University, Pay Later’ service for passengers to book tickets

of

Damodar River has become pollution free in the

and

Minister

veterinary

opportunities in the state. 90 % of the Devnad

technologies for the military by 2020

 Union

inaugurated mobile

 Jharkhand has attracted an investment of Rs

develop

products

and

the MGNREGA annual award.

others through knowledge-sharing. on

‘Sexed Semen for Cows Supply Scheme

among the 17 districts across the nation for

investment in Digital India, Make in India and

crore

women for

selected Vizianagaram of Andhra Pradesh as one

Mobile Congress (IMC) in September to attract

Electronics

for single

 Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu launched

 The Ministry

 India is now setting the stage for the Indian

500

month)

the betterment of society.

clinic under Sanchara Pasu Vaidya Seva Kendram

crore by Bharat Electronics Limited.

spend 2,

000 per

(SSCSS)

Library Facility at RACE Institute

in Telangana’s Medak set up at a cost of Rs 105

 Bharat

country to launch welfare schemes (pension 1,

class submarines has sailed out from Mumbai harbour for its maiden sea sortie into the Indian Navy. The Delhi city’s Chanakyapuri area now has a new name – Alexander M Kadakin Marg – after

the

former Russian

Ambassador

to

India who passed away in January.

 West

Bengal

Chief

Minister Mamata

Banerjee is composing a state song in Bengali and designing a state emblem for West Bengal.

 Maharashtra

CM

Devendra

Fadnavis

announced a farm loan waiver of Rs 30, 000 crore

 Chandigarh will become India’s first city to have only women manage all public parking lots under a ‘smart parking system’ with Rs. 14.78 crore parking contract.

 The Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL) has collaborated with Google Maps to give authentic

of

municipal

waste for National Capital Region (NCR).

 Army chief General Bipin Rawat announced that women to

be allowed in combat

roles in

Indian Army. Army was ready to recruit women as Jawans

 The National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC) has facilitated the installation of charging

stations for

electric

vehicles

at Delhi and Noida.

 The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) has signed a pact with Bird Academy to train more than 30, 000 unemployed youth to train and empower minimum 5, 000 women in the aviation and aerospace sector.

 Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) will audit the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN). The known authorized capital of GSTN is Rs.10 crore

 The Habibganj railway station which is among the two railway stations of Bhopal becomes the first world-class private station in the country as a public-private partnership (PPP). Also, it gets first ISO certified station in India.

 Railways To Reduce Emission By 33% By 2030 and will be using 5 per cent bio diesel and CNG/LNG for traction while stepping up use of

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bank of Korea for infrastructure development in

 The GST Council has constituted 18 sectoral

by 2030.

the country

groups

 India today successfully test-fired its first all

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approves

the new tax regime on July 1.

weather

tracked

transition

into

Reaction

the Bilateral MoU between SEBI and SEO, Iran

 The 2nd edition of National Health Editors’

ESMA, Europe in relation to mutual cooperation

Conference on Yoga was inaugurated by Minister

launcher at Integrated Test Range at Chandipur

on securities markets

of State for AYUSH (Independent Charge), Shri

in Odisha.

 Home Minister Rajnath Singh will inaugurate

Shripad Yesso Naik at National Media Centre

 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis

a two-day national level conference on “Capacity

in New Delhi.

and Union minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated a

Building of SDRF-2017” which was organized by

 Petrol, diesel rates to be revised daily from

bridge

the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).

June 16 by the three state-run oil marketing

measuring 239 metres with a cost of Rs. 35.55

 Shri J P Nadda, Union Minister for Health and

companies (OMCs) across the country

crore was completed in 165 days.

Family Welfare launched the ‘Skill for Life, Save a

 The new MoU was signed by the National

 NITI Aayog has launched SATH, a program

Life’

providing ‘Sustainable Action for Transforming

Health Mission’s

development in the health sector.

Human capital’ with the State Governments

Action Contre La Faim (Action Against Hunger) of

 CCEA chaired by the PM Narendra Modi has

implemented along with McKinsey & Company

France

for

Quick

ensuring smooth

Surface to Air Missile (QR-SAM) from a mobile

on

chassis

for

the Mumbai-Goa

Highway

(NHM) with the Tata Trust,

Improved

Nutrition

(GAIN).in

initiative

in New

Delhi, to promote

skill

given its approved IREDA plan to float an initial

and IPE Global consortium.

Rajasthan

public offer (issue 13.9 crore) of its shares (Rs.

 The Uttar Pradesh cabinet decided to rename

 The Supreme

10 each).

government’s decision to link Aadhaar with the

the Mughalsarai

railway

station

after

RSS

Court

confirms

the

 A national human milk bank was inaugurated

PAN

ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyay.

at Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) in New

An existing

 The Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL)

Delhi

taxpayer does not link it with Aadhaar by 31 July.

under the Ministry of Power is going to retrofit 10

 The ‘Vatsalya – Maatri Amrit Kosh’ centre has

Computer Lab Facility in RACE Institute

lakh conventional street lights with LED lamp in

been set up in collaboration with the Norwegian

village panchayats in Andhra Pradesh.

government, Oslo University and Norway India

 A MoU was signed between CISF (Central

Partnership Initiative (NIPI).

Industrial Security Force) and NSDC (National

 The Union Minister of State (Independent

Skill Development Cooperation) to develop skills

Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region

amongst the retiring/retired personnel of CISF,

(DoNER),

and their families for 5 years.

launch of “Hill Area Development Programme”

 The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is

(HADP) for Northeast in Imphal, Manipur.

working on a forecasting system to give 15-day

 General officer commanding of Gajraj Corps Lt

warnings on

General Amarjeet

the

likelihood

of

a malaria

or

chikungunya outbreak over different regions.

Dr

Jitendra

Singh

Singh

Bedi

announced

has inaugurated

RACE Institute receives Best

district of Arunachal Pradesh.

Competitive Exam Coaching

 Punjab government launched a unique ‘Chief Minister Scholarship Scheme’ to provide cheaper and quality technical education to the meritorious

Presented by Praxis Media, Delhi

and poor students of the state.

 Tamil Nadu government signed a MoU with

government

has

it for

the state

Presidential

assent for

the conduct

of

Kambala, a traditional buffalo race.

the thermocol,

plastics and other non-degradable articles

 Twelve international construction companies, including four Chinese and two Russian firms, have formally expressed interest in building the Rs. 46, 000-crore

Nagpur-Mumbai

Super

Communication Expressway.

 The Maharashtra government has set up a five-member committee headed by a retired Bombay High Court judge Justice (retd) Dr. S Radha krishnan to plan modernization of prisons in the state.

 Haryana increasein

government

announced

the monthly

stipend

an 500 of

widowsand destitute women and girls imparting training in tailoring.

 The Cabinet approves agreement for export credit of $9 billion between EXIM Bank and EXIM

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 The Central Council for Research in Yoga & Naturopathy

(CCRYN)

under

the

Ministry

of

AYUSH, has initiated a Yoga Awareness Drive through Mascots and Flash Mobs (YogMob) prior to International Yoga Day (21st June).

 The Rajasthan government has raised the insurance amount by 1 lakh in the present fiscal year in the ‘Raj Sahakar Personal Accident Insurance Scheme’ targeted to cover more than

Authorities boards have allocated a total of Rs. 18, 669 crore this fiscal for the development of

asked

Karnataka Amendment Bill, 2017 and resend

curb

returns.

void if

 Greater Noida, Noida and Yamuna Expressway

government to effect a minor amendment to

to

tax

25 lakh farmers.

 Union

order

income

be declared

the Regional air connectivity scheme with first the first phase under the UDAN.

for wedding in

of

PAN can

the Civil Aviation Ministry for the implementation flight services to Hosur, Salem and Neyveli in

 Kerala is set to implement “Green Protocol”

the filing

the

a war memorial at Thembang village in Kameng

Institute in India Award –

for

 National Highways Authority of India has given Rs. 400 crore for Ranchi-Jamshedpur NH33, over 5, 000 acres in Sahib ganj.

 Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu Inaugurates “Saath Hai Viswaas Hai, Ho Raha Vikas Hai” Exhibition at Indira Niketan Park, Sarojini Nagar.

 Madhya Pradesh government launched a new

the tri- cities.

 The 22nd European Union Film Festival (EUFF) premiered

at Siri

Fort

auditorium

 The Union government launched the ‘TeleLaw’ initiative of the Ministry of Law and Justice with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology that

anchors

the

about 40, 000 coaches with improved interiors and

upgraded

facilities

at

for farmers of Rs. 1, 000 crore for the scheme.

 The Council

as Aadhaar,

passport

or

PAN

made

India

 The Indian Railways is planning to induct

cost of Rs. 8, 000 crore by 2023.

such

Digital

programme to provide legal aid services

debt relief scheme “Krishi Rin Samadhan Yojana”

 To book a flight ticket, submitting an ID proof

with

the screening of Estonian film Cherry Tobacco.

of

Scientific

an estimated and

Industrial

Research (CSIR) has entered into an agreement with the Metal Industries Development Institute

mandatory – Minister of State for Civil Aviation

(MIDI),

Jayant Sinha.

programme.

 President Pranab Mukherjee launched the

 Arunachal

‘Selfie with Daughter’ mobile application, aimed

suggested separate Chai bagan time zone for the

at raising awareness of female feticide and sex

north eastern region. Chai bagan time is one

selection.

hour ahead of the Indian Standard Time (IST).

 Minister

of

Railways Suresh

Prabhu

inaugurated Indian Railway 1st HR Round Table

Ethiopia to Pradesh

 The Telangana

implement CM Pema

government

a twinning Khandu

became

first

state in India has proposed to set up a Life

Conference with three themes in New Delhi.

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 GP

HRD

 Jharkhand government launches ‘Mukhya

1, 000 crore.

department of Sikkim government signed MoU

Mantri Kala-azar Unmulan Abhiyan’ campaign to

 The Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) of

with Alan Gemmell, Head of British Council to

eradicate Kala-azar disease with patients getting

Telangana grew 1% at constant prices in 2016-

enhance quality of education in the state.

free medicine, treatment and 200 per day for one

17 to Rs.5.11 lakh crore.

 The Union Home Ministry has constituted Rina Mitra committee to examine methods to curb the misuse of free movement along the Myanmar

Upadhaya,

additional

chief

month in 4 districts.

Only Institute in India to have

 Nalanda

SOLO Practice Lab facility for

University

has

signed

a

MoU

with South Korea’s Academy of Korean Studies

DISTRACTION FREE PRACTICE

for academic cooperation, exchange of faculty

border.

and Joint teaching.

 Indian Naval Ship Sahyadri, a multi-role

 Union Minister, J.P. Nadda launched a nation-

stealth frigate commanded by Captain Anil Jaggi,

wide Intensified

visited Papua

(IDCF)” in order to intensify efforts to reduce

New

Guinea

on

its four-day

Diarrhoea

Control

overseas deployment to the Southeast Asia Papa

child deaths due to diarrhoea.

New Guinea:

 The Finance

 ‘Project Jal Sanchay’, a water conservation

definitive anti-dumping

duty

Peroxide imports

mainly

model which is successfully adopted in Nalanda

Ministry

Fortnight

has

imposed on Hydrogen used

district of south-central Bihar has been chosen

 Union Minister of state for AYUSH, Shripad

for

Yesso Naik announced that Centre has approved

for a period of 5 years.

proposals for setting up of 100 Ayurveda, Unani,

 The Finance Ministry issued draft norms

the national

award for

excellence

in

the

(MGNREGP)

 Bird

Life

International,

a

conservation

organization, has recognized three new sites,

Siddha,

and Homeopathy

(AYUSH)

hospitals

across the country.

for pulp and paper bleaching

from six

countries

for transitional provisions for foreign companies based on their place of effective management will

Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary, Navelim Wetlands and

 NTPC has energized 150 kWp Canal Top Solar

Netravali Wildlife Sanctuary. The sites have been

PV System on cooling water (CW) channel at

40 per cent.

added

its 2320 MW Mouda Thermal Power Project, near

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel on a

to

their

list of

“Important Bird and

be the same as that for any foreign company —

Biodiversity Areas”.

Nagpur in Maharashtra.

 The Kerala government unveiled ‘anuyatra’,

 India decided to be a co-partner in a global

an empowerment programme aimed at bringing

food and beverages trade 34th edition of ANUGA

km

the differently abled to the mainstream and

to be held in Cologne, Germany from October 7

between Palarivattom and Aluva.

making the state differently abled-friendly., 23

to 11, 2017.

 Adani Group is set to commission 50 MW

 Led by Hyderabad, six Indian cities are

differently

abled

children

were

declared

as

the ambassadors

 South Goa

(megawatts)

solar

PV

(photovoltaic)

plant

Kochi

Metro

train

when

he

inaugurates Kerala’s first metro. In the first 25phase,

trains

will

run

for

13

among top 10 investment destinations in the realty sector in the Asia Pacific region says

imposed

in Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh with an investment

property consultant Cushman & Wakefield.

a complete ban on use of lantern kites/wish kites

of Rs. 315 crore under the National Solar Mission Scheme.

 Punjab

and

laser

District

beam

with

Magistrate high

intensity

lights

km

government

signed

a tripartite

agreement with the Centre and Airports Authority

within two km of Dabolim airport for 60 days,

 The Telangana

 The Maharajas’ Express, an analogue to super

website ‘Pashu Bazar’ to facilitate online sale or

luxury travel will embark on its maiden tour of

purchase of cattle without physically taking them

the southern States from July 1. It will depart on

to weekly markets.

July 1.

 The Cabinet has approved the extension of

 The Centre may launch steamer services

the interest subvention scheme of sum of 20, 339

GOI& SCI during the last three years

between Allahabad and Varanasi to ferry pilgrims

crore for farmers to 2017-18 to implement by

during Ardh

NABARD.

1200 Placements – A Record: 2015

Kumbh

Melato

be

held

in Uttar

 The

Pradesh in 2019,

 The National Protection

River

and

Ganga

Management)

(Rejuvenation, Bill

2017,

Union

government

Cabinet

launched

gave ex-post

the

Understanding between India and Armenia on

 The DRDO successfully test-fired the third

cooperation on youth matters and on peaceful

generation Nag Anti- Tank Guided Missile (ATGM)

uses of outer space and a programme of cultural

to

cooperation.

defence

Saath Sab Ka Vikas” on 15th June in Mumbai. It showcases

the

achievements

and

of

and Palestine in agriculture.

 The Union Cabinet approved Memorandum of

country’s

organizing a Sammelan on the theme “Sab Ka

facto

100 crore for anyone who pollutes the Ganga

the

 The Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) is

approval to an agreement signed between India

prescribes seven years in jail and a fine of up to

further strengthens

of India under programme UDAN.

capabilities.

 The

 Tripura Finance minister Bhanu Lal Saha

to introduce the Financial Resolution and Deposit

announced an average 68% pay hike for its

Insurance Bill 2017 which will pave the way

employees and pensioners with affect from April

for setting up of the Resolution Corporation.

1, 2017

 The Union Cabinet approved signing of MoU

is being held in Imphal from 14 to 18 June, 2017

 Punjab Chief minister Amarinder Singh has

between India and Bangladesh for promoting

on the theme “North East and Look East Policy”.

been invited by Israeli envoy to India Daniel

cooperation

Technology and Electronics for a period of five

 The NITI Aayog has shortlisted five States to

Carmon to

visit

his

country’s

WATEC

Cabinet

in

has

approved

the

field

a

proposal

of Information

 The 16th North East Region Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (NERCPA) Conference

provide

institutional

support

under

Israel an international professional exhibition to

years.

the Sustainable Action for Transforming Human

be held in Tel Aviv from September 12-14

 The statistics ministry is set to change the

Capital (SATH) in education sector.

 The Jammu and Kashmir government has

base year of national accounts to 2017-18 from 2011-12 after

 Clear Tax, India’s largest Income Tax returns

constituted a five-member working group headed by Amitabh Matto to work out modalities for

consumer expenditure survey and labour force

provider has announced the launch of GST Bill

operationalization

data by the end of 2018.

book software for SMEs.

of

knowledge

initiative

for

ratified two

of

the

household

 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath

students in the state.

 India

completion

fundamental

global

inaugurated

the

will

have air

of

Gorakhpur

conventions on combating India’s “commitment

airport

to a child labour free society”.

with Mumbai and Nepal’s Capital Kathmandu

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which

first terminal

connectivity

e-filing

and

enterprise

compliance

service

 The Delhi zoo will come up with a scheme that will allow people to adopt animals living on the premises. The move is aimed at fostering ties between humans and the wildlife.

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effective satellite Electric propulsion (EP) system

 Power Minister Shri Piyush Goyal launched

the Green Line of Metro Rail from Mantri Square

was first used as a technology demonstrator

the Energy

Sampige Road Station to Yelachanahalli Metro

in GSAT-9 launched on May 5.

(ECBC 2017). It was developed by Ministry of

Station in Bengaluru. Governor: Vajubhai Vala

 The Chettuva mangrove forests in Thrissur

Power and Bureau Energy Efficiency (BEE) which

 The 10th edition of the Marathi Film Festival

district as a bird sanctuary is expected to be

leads to 30%-50% energy savings by commercial

was inaugurated in Panaji by Goa CM Manohar

given by the State Board for Wildlife at its

buildings

Parrikar. Marathi actor Sai Tamhankar will be

meeting to be held at Thiruvananthapuram on

 Culture & Tourism Minister Dr Mahesh Sharma

awarded the ‘Face of the Year’

June 21st.

launched

 The Cabinet Secretary’s directions a GST

 A

facilitation cell has been set up in the Department

at Manoharpur

with a view to facilitate the rollout of GST.

The Vedanta

The GST facilitation cellis headed by Sudhansu

Development

Sekhar Das, Economic Adviser.

plant. 700 crore

 The government plans to open passport

 The Finance

Punjab

which is set to be implemented from July 1. Ace

centres within a radius of 50 km from each other.

National Bank, Bank of Baroda, Canara Bank and

badminton star PV Sindh was previously the GST

External

Bank

ambassador.

Affairs

Minister

Sushma

Swaraj

steel

of

plant in

would West

Groupand

soon

come

Singhbhum set

the

Mission

on

district.

Goverdhan

Mineral

Pradesh.

the Jharkhand

Corporation would

up

up

the

Conservation

 The

Building

implementation Cultural

Block,

of

has

2017

the National

Mapping

Mathura

government

Code

of

India

District chosen

at

of Uttar Bollywood

superstar Amitabh Bachchan as the face of GST, Ministry

India

has

to explore

asked

opportunities

for

announced the launch of 149 new Post Office

acquisition of small and mid-sized banks with a

 India’s celebrated Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM)

Passport Seva Kendras.

goal to create global sized lenders.

completes 1000 earth days in orbit on Monday

 The Institute of Social Sciences (ISS), a Delhi-

6 Setp Practice Programs

June 19, 2017. During these 1000 days MOM has

based private research institute, marked the

orbited Mars 388 times and has relayed back

200th anniversary of Kerala’s “Magna Carta of

enormous data including over 715 images.

education” marked in Delhi headed by Vice

 Ahead of International Yoga Day, Union

President Hamid Ansari,

Science and Technology minister Harsh Vardhan

 Union Minister of State for Commerce and

launched

Industry Nirmala Sitharaman said the first start-

to Google Map on which people can share their

up incubation centre for Dashing Kannada will

experience about participating in yoga activities.

a mobile

application

connected

 Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar

 Department of Science and Technology DST

 Maharashtra has bagged the gold medal for

Rao has said the state will shield the proposed 12

runs

its

per cent reservation for poor Muslim communities

Technology of Yoga and Meditation (SATYAM) ’

even

which gives information on yoga.

come up at Mallikatta in the city. impressive

implementation

performance of

technology-driven

PMAY

in overall

(Gramin)

processes

for

for

its

registration,

geo-tagging and sanctioning of houses.

in

the

highest

office

of

the

Central

a

programme

called ‘Science

and

Government.

 Punjab

 GST Council decided to increase the room

Singhannounced complete waiverof crop loans of up

of 28%will apply, to 7, 500 from the Rs. 5,

farmers with up to five-acre holdings.

grown miniature eye-like organs. The miniature

000decided earlier.

 8, 387 schoolchildrenformed the “longest

eyes were produced using induced pluripotent

 CII announced that India Inc is ready for the

yoga

implementation of the GST from July 1, as

palace eyeing

the new

Records.The previous record is held by 3, 849

LV

stem (iPS) cells.

 Compensation injured

in

for paramilitary personnel,

action

leading

to

100

per

cent

indirect

significantly

tax

regime

towards

will

economic

disability, has been increased from Rs. 9 lakh to

creation and exports expansion.

Rs. 20 lakh.

 Chhattisgarh

 The government is planning to set up an

attended

contribute

growth,

job

lakh for small

Amarinder

tariff threshold, above which the luxury rate

the Hyderabad-based

2

Minister Captain

Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) have successfully

 Researchers at

to

Chief

chain”in

front

of

and

marginal

the iconic

Mysuru

the Guinness

World

students of Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu in 2014.

Singh

 Newly appointed Chancellor of Jamia Millia

in

Islamia, Najma A. Heptulla, unveiled a ‘Wall of

academy to promote Braj Bhasha, a dialect of

Midnapore and inaugurated ‘MODI Fest‘, an event

War Heroes’that displays the portraits of 21

Hindi which is spoken by people primarily in Braj

to showcase PM Narendra Modi’s achievements in

martyrsawarded the Param Vir Chakra.

region including Agra, Mathura, Etah and

his three-year tenure, in Midnapore.

 The Supreme Court has asked the news

 Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma is

 The Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has

papers to implementation the Majithia Wage

there in the launch of “Culture Mapping of India”

cleared an underground waste collection system

Board awardon pay structures ofjournalists and

programme at

covering 84 locations. This system was first set

non- journalists in full.

 Assam government has set the target to

up at Haldwani in Uttarakhand.

 Veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoorwill open

provide

 Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir

the 8th edition of the Jagran Film Festival on July

lakh youths during current financial year.

to set up ‘cow sanctuaries’ and initiate ‘project

1which

 The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has

cow’.. He was addressing a national conference

culminating in Mumbai with the award ceremony

inaugurated

on “BOS INDICUS organised by Virat Hindustan

in September.

Sangamin Mumbai.

 Punjab

skill

development

a

toll

called ‘MADADGAAR’for

the

training

free

to 5

helpline

Kashmiris.

The

Chief

Minister Raman

the ‘Swacchta

Program’

will

travel

to 16

other

Finance

cities

before

minister Manpreet

Badalpresented a budget of Rs. 1.18 lakh crore

helpline is the first of its kind in Kashmir with

 After

a toll free number (14411).

government has inaugurated what it claims to be

for

Swaraj

the country’s biggest facility, in Medak district

Punjab’s outstanding

(KIP)

spread over an area of 250 acres in Sultanpur,

lakh crore by the end of the financial year.

about 50 km from Hyderabad.

 Punjab

Delhi to promote awareness on different facets of

 GAIL launched the 6, 283-crore Bengaluru

mohalla (ward) clinics across the state and also

life in various fields such as economic and

City Gas Distribution (CGD) project. The project

initiated

education.

is expected to cover 4, 395 sq in urban and rural

insurance to all the citizens at affordable cost.

 Sabarmati Ashram celebrated its centenary on

Bengaluru,

 The Rural

June 17, 2017 in presence of his grandson and

 The 114-year- iconic Taj Mahal old building

away 144 awards under various categories to

former

the first in the country to get it self trademarked.

states and other organizations under the Pradhan

Gandhi.

Other trademarked building are, the Empire State

Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).

 ISRO has been working on a new propulsion

Building

 The CBDT has notified Rule 10CB of Section

system that is set to usher in a new era of cost

Towerin Paris and Sydney Opera House.

 External

Affairs

inaugurated Know

Minister Sushma India

Programme

for young overseas Indians at a function in New

West

Bengal

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 Haryana government fully implements GST in

 State BJP chief Manoj Tiwari inaugurated the

90 days.

the

offices

online facility for issuance of general trade licence

 The first indigenously built Floating Dock

in five ranges of Ambala, Gurugram, Faridabad,

and veterinary trade licence introduced by the

(FDN-2)

Hisar and Rohtak.

East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC).

by Smt Anjali Deshpande, wife of Vice Admiral

 Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu laid

 External

DM Deshpande at Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T)

the foundation stone of the Greenfield Airport at

announced a 10% reduction in fee for passport

Shipyard at Kattupalli near Chennai.

Orvakal in Kurnool district in 2, 000 acres at a

applicants less than 8 years of age and over 60

 Shri Pranab Mukherjee received the first copy

cost of 120 crore.

years at an event held on the completion of 50

of

 Bengaluru has become the country’s first city

years of the Passport Act, 1967.

published by All India Kashiraj Trust (which was

to have fuel delivery at one’s doorstep.

 Shri Piyush Goyal, launched Weather Portal

first

 Rajdhani and Shatabdi Express, Railways to

for Power Sector in association with POSOCO &

launch “Operation Swarn (‘gold’)”, aimed at

IMD and also launched another portal ‘MERIT’.

improving the services in these premium trains

 An incubation centre to support biotech start-

for a sum of 50 lakhs.

ups will be set up at the CSIR-Centre for Cellular

 EPFO signed a pact with Housing and Urban

and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad.

Development Corp (HUDCO) to enable members

 The Uttarakh and High Court put a ban on

to avail subsidy under the Pradhan Mantri A was

purchase of luxury items by the government

Yojana.

citing

for

book

the Indian

‘Garuda

inaugurated

Navy

Purana’ by

the

was

launched

(Critical first

Edition)

President,

Dr

Rajendra Prasad) at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

12 Acre campus for practicing competitive exams

State

and

has

 Mizoram

set

up

district

Health

Minister Lal

Affairs

the state

Minister Sushma

government’s

Swaraj

failure

to

provide basic minimum amenities to children in

Thanzara launched the ‘Test and Treat Strategy‘

the state-run schools.

of the state AIDS Control Society (MSACS) to

 In Maharashtra,

improve treatment for HIV patients.

and Animal Rescue Centre Project near Nagpur

 Kerala gets its first total yoga village

city worth 540 crore rupees has gets final nod.

Kunnamthanam with at least one member of

 Maharashtra government entered into an

each family in the Panchayat trained in yoga.

agreement with Ola, to train 20, 000 youth to

 Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik laid the foundation

become micro-entrepreneurs in next five years.

stone for Smart Janpath, connecting Vani Vihar

 The Greenfield airport in Dewar in Greater

Squarewith Sishu Bhawan Square, two multi-

Noida located in Gautama Budh Nagar district, in

layer car parking projects at Saheed Nagar,

national capital city Delhi, to be operational in

estimated at 176 crore.

the next five years.

 The NGT has imposed a complete ban on

 The twin 520 metre-long tunnels, part the 6-

the

Gorewada

Zoo

dumping and burning of all kinds of waste on the

km East West Metro route, connect Howrah and

 Meghalaya finance department signed two

flood plains of river Ravi in Himachal Pradesh.

Sealdah with Kolkata; service to start in three

MoUs with the State Bank of India for SBI ePay

 Union Commerce and Industry Minister,

years.

and

Nirmala Sitharaman launched the Start-up India

 A fresh Incredible India 2.0 campaign, backed

transactions to the digital mode.

Virtual

by an interactive new website on India’s tourism

 Cashless system launched at Lal Quila station

entrepreneurial ecosystem in India to discover,

hotspots

DMRC to install 400 POS machines by end of the

connect with each other.

marked as World Tourism Day.

year with a cashless system of travel by credit

 Pune

launched

 Mumbai and Guwahati Rajdhani trains will be

and debit cards,

India’s biggest municipal bonds programme for

equipped with Satellite-based chip systems will

 Hyderabad Mayor B. Rammohan launched the

finance its 24×7 water supply project to raise Rs.

alert road users at unmanned level crossings

‘Hyderabad City Wi-Fi Project’ or ‘Hy-Fi’ with

2, 264 crore in five years

about approaching trains.

over 1, 000 hotspots where citizens can access

 Odisha Govt Approves 53 Projects Under

 The new Germany Visa Application Centre got

Internet free for about half-an-hour.

AMRUT, these new projects would be carried out

inaugurated

 The state-owned Gujarat State Fertilizers and

in nine cities.

Republic of Germany in Bengaluru.

Chemicals (GSFC) it was exploring the possibility

 Haryana has declared itself as the fifth open

 The Assam

of setting up an ammonia-urea plant in Iran. This

defecation

thousand

plant is expected to cost around Rs. 5000-6000

the Swachh Bharat Mission Gramin.

Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana in the next one year.

crore.

SBI

CMP.

as

drive

towards

migrating

Hub,

an

online

Municipal

free

platform

Corporation

(ODF)

state

in

for

India

all

under

to

be

launched

in

by September

Langford

Town

government

kilometres

of

by

will

roads

27,

Federal

construct 9

under Pradhan

 Punjab has become the first State to take

 The 498 km long Bilaspur-Manali-Leh line

Gorkha had

the amendment route to make way for liquor sale

at Leh in Jammu and Kashmir coming up at a

and

near highway within 500 metres.

high of 3, 300 metres become the highest rail

Gurung, whipped up hysteria in the Hills for

 Kerala’s capital, which topped in the second

track in the world overtaking China’s Qinghai-

“pahar ka gaurav (pride of the Hills)”.

round of the Smart City Challenge, will attempt

Tibet Railway.

 Punjab government has announced that free

to solve its core city problems using the special

 The Union Home Ministry announced that

education for girls in government from Nursery to

funding under the scheme.

Aadhaar is not a valid identification document

PhD. Free textbooks and also free Wi-FI for 13,

 The central government launched “City Live

for Indians travelling to Nepal and Bhutan.

000

ability Index” introduced by Urban Development

 Manipur government launched a toll free

colleges.

Minister Venkaiah Naidu, to measure the quality

24/7 helpline number 181for women by Nemcha

 Indore has installed India first 14-foot-tall

of life in 116 major cities

Kipgen, State Minister for Social Welfare and

robot to control traffic in the state, developed

 Maharashtra

by Shri

Mungantiwar to introduce a mobile app named

 Uttarakhand

which took two years and 20 lakh to complete.

‘My Plant’, which helps in recording data about

announced

 First unit of 100 MW Sainj Hydro Electric

tree plantations in the state.

the State capital “Dehradun” to the holy city of

Project

 The Airports Authority of India has amended

“Hardwar”.

through Parvati-Kol Dam transmission line.

the bidding documents for the right to operate

 Goa

 Karnataka waives crop loans upto 50, 000

and manage terminal buildings at Jaipur and

inaugurated MODI

from co-operative banks to farmers until June 20,

Ahmedabad airports for 15 years.

achievements

 It

was

captured the

primary

the first national

time

imagination

schools and all

Venkteshwar

commissioned

a

48

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in

of

government

Technology

Himachal

with an outlay of Rs. 8, 165 crore.

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to

Chief Minister Manohar Fest

in

of three

Goa

Rawat connect

Parrikar to

celebrate

years of National

Democratic Alliance (NDA).

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 The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee

Harshvardhan flagged off the 3rd Slum Yuva

Geoscience Advisory Council (GAC) Meeting and

inaugurated the Bose Institute’s Unified Campus

Daud

discussed

at Salt Lake, Kolkata fully devoted towards

Ministers

in

Gandhi

Delhi

Shri

which

Vijay

started

Polytechnic,

Goel

and

from Kasturba

Pitampura and

ended

at Pitampura Sports Complex.

 The Arunachal

 Shri

Piyush issues

government

addressed

related

to

exploration

of

concealed mineral deposits.

 Election

Pradesh

Goyal

Commission

scientific research. of

India

(ECI)

launching a Special Drive to enroll left out

decided to increase the retirement age of regular

electors, with a special focus of motto that ‘No

state government employees from 58 to 60 years

Voter To Be Left Behind’.

from January 1 next year.

 Odisha

 Maharashtra doctors Srinivas Gokulnath and

Technology (OUAT) sets first blood bank for

Amit Samarth become first Indians to finish Race

cattle an estimated cost of Rs. 3.25 crore.

Across America as solo riders.

 Uttarakhand receives the award of excellence

University

of

Agriculture

at the 2nd Global Skill Development Summit held

announced 50,

in Paris for extensive use of IT for state’s youth

crore on

infrastructure

projects this year to enhance job opportunities

skills.

for the youth in the state.

 National Pharmaceutical Pricing

 The US-India Business Council (USIBC) has

(NPPA)

constituted a task force to identify opportunities

of 761 medicines, reduced ahead of the GST

in

implementation.

the Indian

civil

aviation

sector.

Amber

announced provisional

Authority

ceiling

prices

Dubey would be co-chairman of the India task

 Three VR films made by Bengaluru-based

force.

film-maker Sarema Sagiraju, touted to be one of

 The Glenmark

34th

Sub

Junior

National

the pioneers in the space, were screened at the

and 44th Junior National Aquatic Championships

ongoing London Indian Film Festival (LIFF).

would

 Loknath Behera will return as State Police

be

organized

by Maharashtra

State

Amateur Aquatic Association in Pune to be held

Chief

between June 28 and 30.

recommendation of a three member committee

 The inaugural Ultimate Table Tennis (UTT) is

chaired by Chief Secretary Nalini Netto.

the country’s first-ever professional table tennis

 Jharkhand

league

inaugurated the country’s largest fresh water

will

be

kick

off

from July

13

to

(SPC)

in

Kerala

Chief

Minister

based

on

Raghubar

the

Das

20in Chennai.

aquarium in Bagman Bursa Monad Biodiversity

 Kalraj Mishra launches Digital MSME Scheme,

Park in Ormanjhi in Ranchi.

Exchanges MoUs with SAP India, Intel And HMT

 Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated

to implement “Digital MSME” Scheme for 85.705

newly constructed studio complex of All India

Crore.

Radio and Doordarshan Kendra in Dehradun.

 Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra,

 The Centre has zeroed in on 13 names to fill

Chairman

Board

the Indian Council of Social Science Research

the group

(ICSSR) Council, which has been vacant since

(SASB)

of

Shri

Amarnathji

announced

to

Shrine

increase

insurance cover for the pilgrims from existing 1

2015.

lakh to Rs.3 lakh.

 Petroleum

 Kerala

government’s

three-day

2017: Presented by Blindwink.in

and

 Kerala State Finance Minister Thomas Issac 000

Education Excellence Award

is

has

 Narendra Mod inaugurated the filling of Aji Dam

near

Rajkot

under Sauni

Yojana

for

embracing the latest technology in the sphere of water conservation.

 Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan approved amendments in the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules in order to protect consumers from

malpractices

of under-weight

and under-measurement.

 Union Minister Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu construction

of five

new

the Baramulla-Qazigund

halt

Rail

stations

Section

on

at

a

ceremonial program held at Srinagar. 

Jammu and Kashmir, the only state which

failed to meet the June 30 timeline for the GST Minister

Dharmendra

Pradhan

rollout, is likely to clear the legislation by July 6.

‘massive

introduced a new oil and gas block licensing

cleanliness drive’, aimed at checking the spread



policy to open up8 million square kilometres and

of mounting fever cases that have claimed more

Accountants Day function in New Delhi. It was

Open Acreage Licensing Policy (OALP) and the

than 100 lives this year.

established

National Data Repository.

 Uttar Pradesh cabinet decided to name

Accountants Act, 1949

 The

the Mughalsarai

recommendations

municipality

as

‘Deendayal

Cabinet approves of NITI

fourth

tranche

Aayogon strategic



PM Narendra Mod will attend 68th Chartered on

1949

under

Chartered

Mizoram Celebrates 31st Anniversary Of Mizo

Peace Accord signed on June 30, 1986 in the

Nagar’.

disinvestment of CPSE on the recommendations

state.

 Bihar government has planned to set up

of Core Group of Secretaries on Disinvestment



a nuclear plant of around 3, 000 MW capacity at

(CGD).

Ahmedabad

Rajauli in Nawada district.

 The Cabinet approved the development of six

Gandhi’s tapbhoomi or the land where he has

 Government has made it mandatory to link

laning of Chakeri-Allahabad section of NH – 2

existing Aadhaar numbers with PAN of taxpayers

in P. estimated to be Rs.3691.09 correct 145 kms

with effect from July 1.

 Kerala government decided to reconstitute

 Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu

the Higher Education Council (HEC) amendments

announced

MSME,

based on the recommendation on committee

Corporation by earmarking 100 crore rupees at

headed by Rajan Gurukkal. The Cabinet decided

Amravati in 15 acres land.

to start four Ayurveda hospitals

 Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will

 Union

celebrate his 82nd birthday next month with the

Commission’srecommendation

people of Leh in Jammu and Kashmir

making 34 modifications effect from 1 July 2017

 The government has extended for six months

will benefit 47 lakh employees.

the last date for applying for conversion of Person

 Union

of Indian Origin (PIO) cards to Overseas Citizens

(COMMIT),

of India (OCI) cards to 31 December this year.

Comprehensive

 Rajasthan government signed three MoUs

Induction Training for State officials.

with Reliance

 Jawaharlal Nehru Port (JNPT), near Mumbai

the

establishment

of

Foundation,

Tata

Trusts and USAID for implementing Project ASMAN to

reduce

maternal and early neonatal mortality rates.

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launched

training

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Modified

Modules on

Narendra Modi’s visits Sabarmati Ashram in termed

the Ashram

as

Mahatma

enlightened the entire humanity. 

Shri

Pranab

Mukherjee inaugurated

an

exhibition of art works at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata. He also received the first copies of two Coffee Table books from the Governor of West Bengal, Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi. 

Maharashtra’s

erstwhile

headquarters ‘Vikrikar

Sales

Bhavan’

was

Tax

renamed

as ‘GST Bhavan’ after the Goods and Services Tax regime was rolled out.  to

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu pledged develop Pedaparupudi

village

in

Krishna

district as India’s smart village by the end of 2018. 

The Indian

Institute

of

Technology,

Kharagpur, has started a special helpline for girl students to increase their enrolment. It has also

was hit, along with local manufacturing units of

opened a website (jeewomen. iitkgp.ac.in/) for

global companies attached by ransomware Petya

the purpose.

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Delhi. The theme of the two day dialogue is

restructurable debt has been revamped under the

2017, India’s first ever mega textiles trade fair,

“ASEAN-India Relations: Charting the Course for

scheme.

being held at Gandhi nagar, Gujarat.

the Next 25 Years”.





Narendra

Modi

inaugurated Textiles

Rail Land Development Authority joined hands

Customs And Border Protection (CBP) Initiative

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

the country on global standards.

“Compulsory Registration of Marriages” to Law



Ministry.

The Income Tax Department has introduced

Law Commission submitted its report titled Also,

suggest

that linking

Aadhar

a one-page form for taxpayers to manually apply

number to marriage registration certificate.

for linking their Aadhaar with PAN, apart from the



available online and SMS facilities.

the ‘Elevate 100’ scheme to identify and nurture



Telangana

will

for Agriculture

have

from

a

next

separate year

budget

which

Karnataka

government

has

launched

innovative start-ups.

was



Punjab Cabinet approved the Punjab Goods

decided to enhance fund for agriculture sector.

Carriages



Cartelisation Rules), 2017, which bars goods

Aadhaar-issuing

authority

UIDAI

has

asked States to ensure that all enrolments, , shift to

government

or

municipal

premises

from

external sites by September. 

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar

has

said

the implementation of

Goods

and

Services Tax (GST) will create 10 lakh jobs in the country. 

Odisha

Chief

inaugurated

Minister Naveen

computerization

Patnaik

of PACS and

launched RuPay Kisan Credit cards in the state. 

Indian Railways to introduce new economy AC

Coaches with fares less than normal 3AC tariff. 

Madhya Pradesh sets record with plantation of

6 cr saplings were planted in 24 districts of Narmada basin in just 12 hours. Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the plantation drive at Amarkantak of Anooppur district. 

Union Minister Rajeev Pratap Rudi laid the

foundation stone of the country’s biggest Global Skill

Park

in

Bhopal

with

the

support

of ITEES with an estimated cost of 645 crore. 

Dehradun’s

Energy

University

Studies

of

(UPES)

Petroleum

and

recently

won

an international aerospace contest of 40 teams held in the United States. 

PM Narendra Modi inaugurated Trans Stadia in

Ahmedabad. The multi-purpose sports complex also

hosts

a 20-000

seater

state-of-the-art

football stadium. 

The Indira

Gandhi

National

Open

University(IGNOU) announced exemption of fees for its transgender students of all programmes. 

Vice

Chancellor

(VC) Ravindra

Kumar

announced the initiative during the 22nd Prof G Ram Reddy Lecture event held in the university. 

Karnataka has

scheme

to

skill

launched the

the

youth

‘Yuva with

Yuga’

new-age

technologies of 10 lakh skilled jobs, 

Press

Information

Bureau,

has

launched

a special page for the GST. The page on the PIB website was

launched by Principal Director-

General, A. Frank Noronha. 

Kerala

Chief

Minister Pinarayi

Vijayan

launched G-Ride, a digital ride sharing platform designed and deployed for the IT industry by the IT companies in the state. 

Assam

government

is

going

to

raise

a

new Special Rhino Protection Force(SRPF) for better protection of the one-horned rhinos in Assam. 

Kambala— the traditional slush-track buffalo

race cleared with the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

(Karnataka

Amendment)

Bill,

2017,

finally getting Presidential assent. 

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will

address 9th edition of Delhi Dialogue in New

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

The Delhi

High

Court

directed

the budget

airline to pay Rs 250 crore as a cash deposit on or before August 31. 

Indian Navy’s INS Vikramaditya will join Japan

and U.S. counterparts in the annual Malabar war games in the Indian Ocean from July 10with a strong focus on Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) 

Haryana government would soon establish an

environment-friendly

transportation

system in

Gurugram on the lines of that in Poland. In the first phase, 75 to 100 electric buses would be operated. 

Environment

Minister

Dr

Harsh

Vardhan launched a month-long plantation drive to markVan Mahotsav observed in the first week of July every year. 

Air India is going to spread its wings in

regional connectivity from Lucknow. The capitals of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand, ATR -72 aircraft model will be used. 

A

14-day

joint military

training

exercise

between India and Thailand started is conducting the yearly joint training exercise named “Ex Maitree 2017” from July 3 to July 17 at Bakloh in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh. 

President Pranab

Mukherjee

has

approved

a Legislative Billto ban the hookah bar in Gujarat. The cognisable offence would attract a maximum fine of Rs.50,000 and a jail term up to three years. 

Royal

Australia

Navy(RAN)

ship HMAS

Newcastle arrived in Kochi on a four-day visit for interactions on issues of common interest to both navies. 

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee

inaugurated restored

heritage

buildings

in Schedule ‘A’ of the President’s Estate. 

The Telangana Police will set up 16 special

task forces(STFs) in collaboration with different government

departments

to check

food

adulteration in the state. 

Tamil Nadu will be launching Amma Health

Radio Service to provide awareness messages on public health and on the vaccination front. 

Uttar Pradesh is poised to join the ranks of

eight operational metro rail projects already functioning in Indian cities, bagging the title of being Uttar Pradesh’s first functional metro line in the process. 

Prime

Minister Narendra

Modi

will

adopt Kakrahia, a village known for its wrestlers and wrestling arenas under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana. 

The 26 states and 1 UT which have joined

the UDAY scheme account for total outstanding debt of Rs 3.82 lakh crore. So far, 86% of the

(Regulation

and

Prevention

of

carriage operators from forming cartels or unions in the State. 

The

government

has

set

a

target

of

constructing 57000 kilometers of roads under Pradhan

Mantri

Gram

Sadak

Yojana

(PMGSY)during 2017-18. 

Youth Centre’s (‘Yuva Vikas Kendras’) to be

set up in Haryana in RSS Icon Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay at a cost of about Rs 3 crore each. 

The government has decided to do away with

the no-detention the Right

to

policy

for

Education

students

Act,

2009,

Under covering

Classes 1 to 8 from the next academic session 

Maharashtra government has expanded the

ambit of its loan waiver scheme to farmers who had

taken

Devendra

loans after

Fadnavis

2008. Chief

made

the

Minister

announcement

during ‘Mi Mukhyamantri Boltoy’. 

Mahesh

Sharma,

Minister

of

State

(Independent charge) for Culture and Tourism addressed the “Second Meeting of BRICS Culture Ministers” in Tianjin, China. 

A

sub

scheme

as

a National

Mission

on

Cultural Mapping and Roadmap with a Financial Outlay of Rs 469.40 crore for 2017-2020 has been approved under the umbrella of “Kala Sanskrit! Vikas Yojna“. 

Garib Nawaz Skill Development Centres will

be

established

in 100

districts

of

the

country which will effectively ensure employment oriented skill development of youth belonging to Minority communities. 

The

Minority

Affairs

Minister

felicitated

candidates, belonging to Minority communities, selected

in

the prestigious

civil

services

examination who got financial assistance under “Nai Udaan” scheme. 

India has

declared

itself

free

from Bird

Flu(highly pathogenic Avian Influenza –H5N1 and H5N8) and notified it to the World Organisation for Animal Health. 

The Odisha government signed an expression

of intent (EOI) with the IAAF and the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) for establishment of a high performance academy inside the premises of Kalinga Stadium. 

The deadline for the national launch of direct

benefit transfers for fertiliser subsidies has been set as January 1, 2018. 

The government issued notification on higher

allowances, including house rent allowance or HRA, under the 7th Pay Commission, on July 6for its

4.8

million

employees

and

5.2

million

pensioners. 

India’s tough anti-hijacking law comes into

force

which

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replaces

a 1982-vintage

law.

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education in the country. Swayam Prabha is the



death of “security personnel on board” or “ground

platform

flood-affected animals.

support staff” as well.

telecasting high-quality educational programmes



Delhi govt to start online RTI portal.



24X7



NSG

Prime Minister Narendra Modi released a book

of

32

using

DTH

channels

GSAT-15

satellite,

devoted

to

the National

Kaziranga authorities using drones to monitor

organises

first

International

dedicated to the outgoing President. ‘President

Digital Library containing 6.5 million books, and

Aviation Security seminar. The Minister of

Pranab Mukherjee – A Statesman’.

the National

for

State



authenticating

by

Entrepreneurship (I/C) Shri Rajiv Pratap

The Union social Justice and Empowerment

Academic all

Depository

certificates

issued

for

Skill

Development

&

Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot proposes scheme

institutions.

Rudy attended the first International Aviation

to open residential schools for SC girls from std



Security Seminar in Manesar.

VI To XII.

World Heritage City at the 41st session of





UNESCO’s world heritage committee being

international conference on social justice will

held at Krakow in

be held in Bengaluru from July 21 to 23.

The Rajasthan government’s Department of

Skills,

Employment

and

Ahmedabad city has been declared as a

Entrepreneurship (DSEE) is planning to impart



skill training in ex army men.

(BMC), in

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The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation association

the Maharashtra new

family

the

Centre

government, will

planning

and

launch

a

programme, ‘Antara’ to



three-day Babasaheb

Yogi Adityanath to launch ‘CM Helpline’ which

will connect people to a call centre manned by 500 people. 

A village cooperative society in Sriganga



the first-ever solar power plant to serve its

Maharashtra to adopt Andhra pattern of loan implementation

to

plug

Finance

systemic

Minister Sudhir

adopted

new

the

money to

avoid

tax

Setup’.





payer

serve the needy, at the launch of Rashtriya

scheme to

augment

its

tourist

infrastructure, Goa Tourism Minister Manohar

Swayamsevak

Ajgaonkar.

website Sewagatha, which highlights the “good



work” done by people.

India’s first university only for Dalit students

Maharashtra’s

Authority chairman Gautamb Chatterjee said it

sections

development

can’t

graduation (KG to PG) level.

Memorandum

extension.



signed



soil health cards.

the

deadline

for

the

project

JIGYASA- A student scientist connect program

from

kindergarten

Scientific

and

(APPCB) and Parayavarana

was

Vaisakhi

KVS(Kendra

Vidhyalaya

Research)

Sangathan).MOU

post-

is

Andhra Pradesh Pollution Control Board Margadarsi

(PMV) jointly

initiated

the

new

& of

name

for

urban

housing

ministry.

Understanding

(MoU)

the

Ministry

and

the

A was

state

and running costs while state will provide land free of cost. 

(Minister

Earth

occupational

Technology,

Prabhag

allocated by the Centre for equipment, manpower

the Public Library as part of World Environment

and

the

between

signed in the presence of Dr.Harshavardhan Science

Sewa

Urban development & housing ministry:

campaign ‘Connecting People to Nature’ at

of

Sangh’s

government, under which Rs 200 crore would



Industrial

to

Chhattisgarh tops list of states in issuance of

is launched in association with CSIR(Council of and

‘Aaykar

Darshan

MoHUA

extend

module

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj



Regulatory

service

Singh Chouhan said the biggest religion is to

education free of cost to students from weaker

Estate

up

100 crore to the state under the Swadesh

to come up in Hyderabad by 2018. It provides

Real

set

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launches

corruption and misuse of tax payers money. The union tourism ministry has allotted Rs

Rajasthan has

power grid. 

transfer

of

own needs and supply surplus electricity to the

Mungantiwar said that a digital platform will be to

district

DSEE Commissioner- Krishna kunal.



Ambedkar

nagar

corruption.



B.R.

mark World Population Day on July 11. waiver

DOWMLOAD NOW

with

A

ESIC & DGFASLI sign MoU for collaboration on health

and

prevention

of

climate

Day (June 5). A poster with the tagline ‘Protect

occupational injuries and diseases.

change) and Dr.Prakash Javadekar (Minister of

Environment for Future Generation’ was also



Human Resource Development).

released on the occasion.

Rao will formally launch the third phase of the





Sciences,

Environment,

Forest

and

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar

Railways to install bar-coded flap gates at

“Telanganaku Haritha Haram” programme by

scheme launched by Kailash Satyarthi against

stations to facilitate faster ticket checking. This

participating in the plantation of saplings in

child sexual abuse in india from august.

access control system, already operational in

Karimnagar town. 

SurakshitBachpan Surakshit Bharat a new

up

GST

Kolkata

GST

and

implemented at non-metropolitan stations where

system will be celebrated in India on July 15.

new

tax

traffic rush is very less.



regime.



country to roll out a reversible method of



Utsav on July 25.

contraception through intramuscular injections

Practices and Innovations in Public Health Care



for

Systems conducted by health ministry which was

annexe of Ashiana, the presidential retreat. It

Antara.

inaugurated

consists





Food

processing

facilitation

cell

disseminate

to

ministry sensitise

information

sets about

about

the

4th National Summit on Good, Replicable

by

Honourable

16th

Loksabha

and

Delhi

Metro

services,

will

be

Bengal Government to celebrate Kanyashree President to visit Dehradun to inaugurate of

12

low

cost

dwelling

units

to

Falun

Gong,

the

ancient Chinese

holistic

Maharashtra has become the first state in the

women.

The

national program

name

is

Naveen Patnaik announces to set up Kalinga

speaker Sumitra Mahajan at indore.

accommodate officers and staff of Rashtrapati

International Sports City in Odisha capital.



Bhavan during Presidential visits.





Chattisgarh govt sets a target of planting 8

at the 36th NABARD Foundation Day and Silver

gurugram railway station. The 11-km metro

crore saplings this year. For this, a special

Jubilee of SHG Bank Linkage Programme in New

corridor would feature 15 stations and would

campaign ‘Hariyar

Delhi on July 11, 2017.

be completed at a cost of Rs.3, 739crore.

launched from July 20.





effluents in Godavari.

Metro to link old gurugram with the new

gurugram



from

Vizag-Colombo

HUDA

flight

City

launched

centre

by

to

Union

Chhattisgarh’ will

be

Haryana Govt to reward farmers who

grow

water-guzzling



NGT bans use of nylon and synthetic manja.

Raju at Visakhapatnam International Airport.

ones. The amounts ranging from Rs 8,000 to



In Chhattisgarh state government has decided



Rs 10,000 per acre will be given to the farmers

to merge all regional Co-Operative Banks into a

Badal lays foundation stone of maize-based food

implementing the policy.

mega State Co-Operative Bank.

park in Kapurthala district Punjab which cost





around 123.7 crores.

Juden”- Expanding Regional Connectivity Hosted

Government allots Rs 36,000 cr for crop loan

in New Delhi.

waiver. CM Yogi Adityanath’s Rs 3,84,659crore



Processing

President

launch digital

Minister

Pranab initiatives

Harsimrat

Kaur

Mukherjee will Swayam, Swayam



other

than

Sensor network to map and predict pollution,

Minister of Civil Aviation P. Ashok Gajapathi Food

crops

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addresses

First Edition of WINGS 2017 – “Sab Uden, Sab

Two-day Regional Conference on Good

Prabha, National Digital Library and National

Governance

Academic Depository in New Delhi to push e-

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Replication

of

Best

Uttar

Pradesh

Budget

presented,

Yogi

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Meghalaya CM Mukul Sangma launches LIFE

(Livelihood

Intervention

and

Facilitation

of



Minister for Primary and Secondary Education

launched by the Crime Branch in association with

Tanveer Sait said that Students will be taught

the Women and Child Development Department.

Entrepreneurship) program at Songsak.

Kannada in all schools in the State, including





private, linguistic minority and Central board

hi-tech

schools.

hatchery in Jhajjar district at a cost of Rs 13.68

Yogi Adityanathgovt allocates Rs 10 crore for

IIIT(Indian

Institute

of

Information

Technology)Lucknow. 

Arunachal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands get

Mock Interview Panel Members

Haryana government has decided to set up a and

ultra-modern

ornamental

fish

crore. It would be done over 400 hectares additional

unutilised

saline

land

under

the

exemption from SC highway liquor ban. This

Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojna Scheme during the

Bench is led by Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar.

year 2017-18.





Manipal University’s efforts to maintain global

best practices in energy management, energy

Regional

air

connectivity

in

Bihar

to

be

promoted. The MoU was signed under Regional

use and energy performance, factors that impact

Connectivity Scheme (RCS) in presence of Chief

global climate change, has been recognised by



TUV Rheinland (I) Pvt. Ltd.

Prabhu inducts First DEMU Train with Solar

Minister Ashok Gajapati Raju.

education

powered Coaches into service of the Nation. It is



qualification for cooperative body polls. To this

the first 1600 HP DEMU train with Solar Powered

under Kaushal Vikash Yojana to work in field of

effect, the Rajasthan Government amended the

Coaches with a unique facility of Battery Bank.

GST.

State Cooperative State Cooperative Societies





Rules, 2003.

who will be given the ‘super cop belt.







Rajasthan

fixes

minimum

Indian Railways will launch Rail Cloud, a

Minister of Railways Shri Suresh Prabhakar

Delhi police will now be the first state police The

Defence

Minister

Shri

Minister Nitish Kumar and Union Civil Aviation Govt to impart training to 5 lakh graduates

The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has

expressed happiness as number of beneficiaries

Arun

Jaitley

of Ujjwala Yojana crossed 2.5 Crore.

virtual server with an inbuilt security system that

released a Coffee Table Book titled ‘Ganga



will enable faster connectivity at a reduced cost.

Avahan – The Epic Tale of a Historic Swim’.

Ramakrishna Mission will continue to remain

It



is

developed

by

rail

PSU

RailTel

at

an

Varanasi

Nagar

Nigam

building

will

be

Institutions under the Ramakrishna Math and

outside the purview of the Employees’ Provident

redeveloped as an iconic tower to provide office

Fund Organisation (EPFO).

and commercial space.



University to the Nation.



has become the first station in India to be run by



again

estimated cost of about Rs. 53 crore. 

President

of

India

dedicates

BML

Munjal

The government of Maharashtra has resolved

Raipur’s Swami Vivekananda Airport was once ranked

first

in

Customer

Satisfaction

Matunga suburban railway station in Mumbai

an all-women staff.

to offer free medical insurance of up to 10 lakhs

among 49 airports in the country. Raipur Airport



to both sitting and former legislators including

achieved 4.84 score on a five point scale index in

Chouhan announced exemption for soldiers from

their families.

the

paying toll-tax on highways in the state.



independent agency for the period of January-



Vardhan inaugurated Kerala’s first Doppler radar

June 2017.

CNG (bio-methane) bus which was unveiled at

in Kochi. It was among the 27 radars being



installed in the country and all of them are 100

installments

of

grant-in-aid

percent

Government

of

Arunachal

Union minister for earth sciences Dr Harsh

indigenous

developed

with

support

latest

CSI

survey

conducted

by

an

The Centre has released in advance two to

the

Pradesh

State towards

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh

Tata Motors has developed country’s first Bio-

‘Urja Utsav’. 

The first ever Kargil International Marathon

‘Run for Sarhad’ concluded with more than 800

of ISRO scientists and Bharat Electronics.

Central share of State Disaster Response Fund

runners.



(SDRF).



J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and

Government

of

India

has

released

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee

Family Welfare launched the National Strategic

Rupees 51 crore and 30 lakh as grant-in-aid to

received the first copy of the book ‘Future of

Plan for Malaria Elimination (2017-22).

the State Government of Arunachal Pradesh.

Indian





International Perspectives’ from Nobel Laureate

Maharashtra enacts law against discrimination

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee

Universities:

Comparative

and

by caste panchayats. President Pranab Mukherjee

inaugurated the 7th Edition of Kamada Kinkar

Professor Amartya Sen.

has given his nod to implement the Prohibition of

Mukherjee



Social Boycott Bill in the State.

Mackenzie Park Football Ground in Murshidabad

Express exhibition train reached Sindhudurg in

district of West Bengal.

Maharashtra.



The

Department

of

Industrial

Policy

and

Rural

Football

Tournament

at

Promotion (DIPP) signed a pact with a Punjab



state council to set up Technology and Innovation

Railway

Support Centre (TISC).

SAARTHI (Synergised Advanced Application Rail

at generating jobs for the unemployed youth.



High speed rail training centre to come up in

Travel Help and Information) such as safety for



Gujarat. The facility will be built on the railway

women, complaint facility and suggestion for

appoints

land of 4,400 metres at the cost of 600Crore.The

improvement.

Karnataka will only be the second state in the

centre will have sample tracks and overhead



country to have a flag after Jammu & Kashmir.

electrical systems to test bullet train that has

Highway and Shipping Nitin Gadkari inaugurated



been

the 212th Mid -Term Council meeting on road

developed by School of International Biodesign

connecting Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

safety Scenario in India held at Hotel Radisson

(SIB) meant especially for newborns.



Blu of Udaipur.



Ganga between Haridwar and Unnao has been



Market at Panchkula has become functional.

declared a “No Development Zone”, with the

resurrect a 24×7 helpline that allowed Delhiites



National

to

The

policy of the ‘Majhi Kanya Bhagyashree’ scheme

dumping of waste within 500 metres of the river.

helpline, 42-400-400, has been defunct since two

according to which families who have a yearly

An environment compensation of 50,000 will be

years.

income of up to 7.5 lakh rupees will be benefited.

imposed on anyone dumping waste in the river.







target to provide jobs to 70 lakh people in five

dedicated to the nation the state’s longest bridge

doing business: NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.

years.

and named it after Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.





proposed

to

hit

the

track

in

2023

An area of 100 metres from the edge of the

Green

Tribunal

(NGT)

prohibiting

Andhra, Telangana, Gujarat best in ease of India will host the Theatre Olympics in 2018,

The app Rail SAARTHI was launched by

The IX Phase of the prestigious Science

Minister

Suresh

Prabhu.

The

Rail

The union Minister of Road Transport and

The Transport Department has decided to register

complaints

against

vehicles.

The Uttar Pradesh government has fixed a

Andhra

Pradesh

Chief

Minister

N.



Punjab

Chief

Minister

Captain

Amarinder

Singh will be launching 100 Uber bike taxis aimed Karnataka wants to have its own ‘state flag’, panel

Sohum,

a

to

new

look

into

hearing

legal

sanctity.

screening

device

In Haryana, the first newly developed Apple Maharashtra government approved a revised

Odisha

Chief

Minister

Naveen

Patnaik

The 2.88 km bridge over the river Kathajodi will

first since the event’s inception in 1993, Ministry

Chandrababu Naidu, along with Union Minister

connect Bhubaneswar with Cuttack.

of Culture in association with National School of

Venkaiah Naidu, inaugurated SRM University in



Drama (NSD) announced in New Delhi.

Amaravati. He said that he was committed to

international airport in Central Travancore is to

developing the State into a knowledge hub.

come up on the Cheruvally estate.

Venkaiah Naidu has released the new version of





NHB RESIDEX.

rescue Odisha’s missing children, was launched

launched the Hamari Shala Kaise Ho, Shala

by the State police. This is the third edition

Siddhi Karyakram and Shala Siddhi Prohatsan



Minister

of

Housing

and

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Operation Muskan, a month-long drive to

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proposed

Sabarimala

greenfield

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to the students of government school of the

Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) for raising

Rijiju inaugurated the Research Institution of

state.

Rs. 660 crore in bonds for extra budgetary

World



resources in 2017-18.

Heritage (RIWATCH) Museum at Roing, and

Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) & a miniratna

The Union Cabinet gave its nod to Inland

Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Ancient,

Traditional,

Culture

&

Defence Public Sector Undertaking (DPSU) signed



a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the

government

financial year 2017-18.

demarcation of forest land in the southern Ridge

and the North East.

and slapped a fine of 2 lakh on it.





The Uttar Pradesh Assembly adopted two

the 5th North East Connectivity Summit in

resolutions on naming the civil terminals of

2018, informed Chairman, North East Advisory

the Kanpur and Bareilly airports after freedom

Council of Federation of Indian Chambers of

fighter Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi and as Nath

Commerce

Nagri respectively.

Barthakur, who called on Chief Minister Pema

Daily News Paper for students at free of cost





President

to

inaugurate

The National Green Tribunal rapped the Delhi



over

Finance

“inordinate

Minister

Arun

delay”

in

Jaitley released

hoped that it would serve as a place of exchange of cultural values of various tribes of the state Arunachal Pradesh has been chosen to host

and

Industry

Khandu.

the National Trade Facilitation Action Plan



(NTFAP) in New

Sharma launched free

Delhi.

The Action

Uttar Pradesh Power Minister Srikant power

scheme for

ecosystem through efficient, transparent, risk-

(BPL) card holders. The people who do not have

based,

BPL cards will have to pay between Rs 80 to Rs

co-ordinated,

digital,

seamless

and

the Below

120 for getting the power connection.

ports, airports, and land borders.



Sabha a

The government withdrew



Paika

rebellion

vessels, built by Garden Reach Shipbuilders

1972 which

Bakshi

and Engineers Limited (GRSE), Kolkata, was

architects,

Jagabandhu.

formally handed over to the Indian Navy at a

Mahendra Nath Pandey.



ceremony in Kolkata.



originated

under

The

the

leadership

of

The Cabinet has given ex-post facto approval

Poverty

technology which are supported by advanced sea rebellion

day.

connection

Plan aims to transform cross-border clearance

Paika

commemoration

(FICCI),Ranjit

The second of the eight Mark IV LCU

bill

to

amend

Airports

for

by junior

Authority

of

HRD India



signatory to IAIS Multilateral Memorandum of

Transport

Understanding amid increasing integration of

Gadkari flagged

financial markets.

Daud at Khichripur in New Delhi. The Slum

Authority



In Telangana Janahitha” was launched to

Yuva Daud is a part of the Adopt a Slum

factors influencing

receive complaints from public through a special

campaign of the Sports Ministry and Nehru Yuva

aviation infrastructure in Uttarakhand.

portal.

Kendra Sangathan.







Shri Naidu announces 2 new Shortwave Solid

Minister Vijay and

The stalled

signed

Highways Minister

Nitin

Uttarakhand and

Yuva

with Uttarakhand Civil Aviation Development

work

to

Slum

redevelop

Qutab

with Government joined

(UCADA)

to

the

identify

Maneka

Gandhi launched

Golf Course in a posh South Delhi locality is all

portal, ‘SHe-Box’ to

set

harassment complaints online.

for

Afghanistan-

Pakistan

to

begin,

with

region.

Tribunal lifting



construction activity.

A special webpage on the Goods and Services

the

the National

stay

order

Green

on

the



the

of

civil

Women and Child Development (WCD)

Minister

across

border

of hands

development

State digital transmitters of 100 KW to broadcast the

(AAI) has

Road

the 10th

MoU

of

Minister

Goel and

off

a

Act,

registration

for insurance regulator IRDAI’s admission as a

Sports

the Rajya

the Architects

provides said

from

Line

Union

a

lodge

Minister

Shri

web

sexual

Tomar and

Ms.

Greenfield launched a Mobile App for Road

Tax (GST) on PIB Website was launched by



Largest

Maintenance called “Aarambh”. Concept Note

Principal

Conference on Cyber Space at the end of this

and Guidance Note of app “Mobilizing Funds

Bureau, Shri A P Frank Noronha.

year. Themed

for Maintenance of Rural Road”.



The Ministry of Urban Development and the

Sustainable, Developmental, Safe and Secure



South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) on

Cyberspace, the GCCS 2017 will take place on

approved construction of 30,000 houses for the

joined hands to launch sanitation campaign at

the 23rd and 24th of November, 2017 in

urban poor on private land in Maharashtra’s

Gyan Bharati Public School in Saket.

Aero City, New Delhi.

Sholapur, the first such project to be taken up





on private land under Pradhan Mantri Awas

Director

General,

Press

Information

The Lok Sabha passed the IIIT Public Private

Partnership establish

Bill

2017.

20

Partnership

IIITs

Bill

under

Public

Private

An

Inclusive,

The Maharashtra State Road Development

Corporation

(MSRDC) has

the Maharashtra

envisaged

Samruddhi

that

Corridor will

The Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry

Yojana (Urban). 

Union Home Minister had first ever meeting Of

authorise them to award degrees to the students.

with the nodes being developed as townships for

focused on Holistic Development Of Islands.



for

various institutes. The Samruddhi Corridor is



construction of ultra modern cattle pond at

a 700-km expressway connecting Mumbai with

Court Act, 1861 & Colonial Courts of Admiralty

village Kanian Kalan in Jalandhar district.

Nagpur.

Act,





Rs

country

Cyber4All:

Islands Development Agency (IDA) IDA that

releases

the

to

on

become a centre for educational institutions,

Govt

across

provides

World’s

and

Punjab

mode

The

India will host

90

lakh

Gujarat Government has announced to set up

The Ministry

60 new primary Health Centers in the rural areas

launch

of the state.

Antyodaya



Telangana

School

Education

Department

a new

of

Rural

Parliament to upgrade the laws: Admiralty 1890

(Jurisdiction

and

Settlement

of

Development will

Maritime Claims) 2017, to arrest and detention of

sub-scheme under Deendayal

ships and extends jurisdiction of trial to various

Yojana National

Rural

courts across the country.

Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM) which will be



issued strict guidelines to reduce the weight of

named

Developers Association (CREDAI) expressed

school bags for children in the State.

Yojana (AGEY)”.



Gujarat

continues

to

have

the

highest

as Aajeevika

Grameen

The

Express

Government

The Confederation of Real

Estate

is

great relief with the launch of online RERA

implementing DAY-NRLM across the country in all

registration platform, www.up-rera.in by chief

potential to attract investment for the second

States

minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow.

year in a row, a survey by economic policy think

(except Delhi and Chandigarh).

tank

NRLM, till date, 34.4 lakh women SHGs have

Outlook’

Research (NCAER) revealed. Delhi scored the

been promoted under the programme.

trillion by 2040 to

highest on infrastructure.



improve



Corporation

National

Council

of

Applied

Economic

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will launch a new

Indian

and

Union

Territories Under

DAY-

Railway Catering and Tourism (IRCTC) plans

to

install 1,100



According

to

report,

`Global India

develop

economic

wellbeing,

will

making

growth it

the

Infrastructure need USD

4.5

infrastructure and

to

community

second

largest

pension scheme for the senior citizens, Pradhan

water vending

Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana, PMVVY in New

2017-2018 as part of its efforts to ensure clean



Delhi. It will be available till 3rd of May next

drinking water at low cost in rail premises across

inaugurate the former President, Dr APJ Abdul

year.

the country.

Kalam’s

machines

at 450

stations in

infrastructure market in Asia after China. Prime

Minister

Narendra

memorial at Pei

Modi will

Karumbu

in

Rameswaram. He will unveil a statue of Dr.

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

Punjab has become the first state in the

subscribing to the Union government’s crop

memorial. He is to flag off Kalam Sandesh

country to sign a MoU with a global diagnostic

insurance scheme to August 5 (before July

Vahini, an exhibition bus which will travel across

firm, “FIND”, to help it diagnose and then

31).

the

properly treat hepatitis C. FIND – Foundation for



Innovative New Diagnostics.

The Supreme Court (Justice Madan B Lokur)

country

and

reach Rashtrapati

Bhavan on 15th of October, which marks the birth anniversary of the former President. 

imposed

60 Days vigorous coaching

Union Cabinet has approved the new wage

a ban on

the

use

of five

harmful

metals lithium, mercury, arsenic, antimony,

for potential students

code bill which will ensure a minimum wage

SC bans use of five metals in firecrackers.

lead in firecrackers as they cause enormous air

across all sectors by integrating four labour

pollution.

related laws. The Labour Code on Wages Bill will



consolidate

Gyansangam” on 1st September in New Delhi

the

the Payment

Minimum

of

Wages

Wages

Act,

Act,

1948,

1936,

the

PM

Modi



Remuneration Act, 1976.

“National

At present, the

Mission

4th Meeting:

are



workers

getting

up

to 18,000 rupees pay monthly. 

Maharashtra

Health

Deepak

for Clean

Ganga” in

its

Swachh Survekshan-2018, The first Pan-

India

Minister

two-day “Rajas

Projects worth Rs 425 crore approved by

minimum wages fixed by the Centre and states to

inaugurate

for unearthing black money:

Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, and the Equal

applicable

to

survey

launched

to

assess

sanitation

facilities in 4041 cities

Sawant informed the legislative assembly that



Government enters into 9 unilateral APAs

the state’s sex ratio has dropped to 899 in



2016 from 960 in the previous year (number of

MUNTRA(Mission UNmanned TRAcked); Rolls It

in July.

girls per 1,000 boys).

Out Of Chennai Lab







Goa and also included in Goa, Daman and Diu

The Punjab

government launched Apni

DRDO Develops India’s First Unmanned Tank,

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime

(Unilateral first Pan-India survey) with taxpayers Coconut

palm declared State

tree

Gaddi Apna Rozgar Scheme in collaboration

Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given approval

(Preservation of Trees Act), 1984

with Uber Taxi App. This scheme is a part

for revision of guidelines of Sovereign Gold Bonds



to provide

(SGB)

promotions, postings named ‘Humraaz‘:

jobs to unemployed

youth in

Punjab by providing vehicles at subsidized rates. 

Union

achieve

its

Indian Army develops app for soldiers to track

intended objectives.





BRICS countries to set up BRICS Agriculture

The Lok Sabha passed a bill to amend the

Cabinet approves MoU between India and

signed

Hepatitis C vaccine free from next year and it

against defaulting companies and help improve

countries in the 8th BRICS Summit held on

would help in tackling the liver related diseases.

the ease of doing business in the country.

16th October, 2016 at Goa.







the

US-based

has

to

Research

of

Nadda

view

governance

arm

JP

a

announced that the government will provide

Indian

Minister

with

companies law seeking to strengthen corporate

The

Health

Scheme

of

solar

standards,

initiate

strict

action

Rajya Sabha passed the Indian Institute of

Platform

by

the

(BRICS-ARP)

foreign

and

Ministers

of

was

BRICS

Google’s Internet

Saathi

photovoltaic module major First Solar is set to

Information Technology Public Private Partnership

programme reaches 100,000 villages and was

divest about 200 MW of solar power assets in the

(IIIT-PPP) Bill 2017.

launched as a pilot in Rajasthan in July 2015

country to IDFC Alternatives.



along with Tata Trusts.



Science Education And Research) Amendment Bill



Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released

Operational

Guidelines

Implementation

and

Passed In Rajya Sabha. Dr. Mahendra Nath

of Dada Vaswani via video conference

Participatory

Care

Pandey, Minister of State (HRD) in Rajya Sabha



informed that the Bill proposes to introduce two

accelerator program to be launched in Delhi and



new

the Program duration is 6 Months

food

Family

PM Modi addresses 99th birthday celebrations

Planning

(FPC) for improving newborn health. Haryana

of

for

NITSER (National Institutes Of Technology,

and

drugs

administration

Institutions

namely

Indian

Institute

of

2nd

Agri

UDAAN,

food

department (FDA) commissioner Saket Kumar

Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati



said any drink or food whose preparation involves

and IISER Berhampur in the Second Schedule of

International

the flushing or mixing of liquid nitrogen is

the NITSER Act, 2007.

regional centre in Varanasi

harmful for people.





approved

Union Minister of State (Independent Charge)

The Jammu and Kashmir government has setting

up

of

the

maiden

Law



&

agribusiness

Govt inks MoA to set up Philippines-based Rice

Research

Institute

(IRRI)

India’s first private sector missile sub-

systems

manufacturing

Commission in the state. The decision was taken

venture

at a state cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief

Group and Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defence

Government has been working with commitment

Minister Mehbooba Mufti, in Srinagar.

Systems Ltd., was inaugurated near Hyderabad.

to “inclusive growth” and “Antyodaya” to ensure



prosperity, security and dignity of the last person

Commission

of the society.

standards for black, white and green pepper,





adopted

three

Codex

billion

joint

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said here that the NDA

(CAC)

the $2.5

a

for Minority Affairs & Parliamentary Affairs Shri

In a significant move, the Codex Alimentarius

between

facility,

Kalyani

It is going to make anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) Maharashtra

Government

Brahm Mohindra, Health and Family Welfare

cumin and theme paving the way for an universal

the MahaDBT

Minister, Punjab launched its flagship health

agreement on identifying quality spices in various

Direct Benefit Transfer portal.

scheme “Care Companion Programme” (CCP)

countries. The CAC cleared these standards at its



targeted at improving patient outcomes through

session held in Geneva recently.

Nabard’s capital to Rs 30,000 cr

better family engagement and education.





National Institute of Ayurveda at Jaipur which

Forum (JICF) for Development of North-Eastern

shortly in Rajasthan with the Centre’s assistance

offers

Region held in New Delhi:

to provide self-employment opportunities to the

fellowship programme.

youth. The incubators will also provide loans to



the youth under various schemes of the Union

(One

and State governments.

Amendment)



providing for setting up of a National Commission

North-East

agreement with the United Nations Development

for



Programme (UNDP) for rescue and rehabilitation

dropping Clause 3.

fiscal for Border areas development: Kiren Rijiju

of women who are victims of sex trafficking, acid





attack and domestic violence.

next year





Eight livelihood incubators will be established

Maharashtra’s women commission will ink an

Delhi Metro has become the only completely

The

Central

Government

undergraduate

The Rajya

and

Backward

established

postgraduate

and

the

and

Bill, 2017 with Classes,

was

Constitution

Twenty-third amendments passed

after

Government to end LPG subsidy by March Maharashtra





Sabha passed

Hundred

has

Minister

Aadhaar-authenticated

Government moves bill in Lok Sabha to raise First meeting of Japan-India Coordination

SAMPADA

programme to

help

promote

Food Processing sector worth 2000-crore-rupees launched by Harsimrat Kaur Badal 

Modi announces Rs 2,350-crore flood relief for Additional fund of Rs 110 cr allocated this Govt approves establishment of PG Institutes

for Research Agriculture

portal,

launched

in

Yoga at

Nagmangla

(Karnataka), Jhajjar (Haryana)

‘green‘ Metro system in the world for adhering to

Pandurang



green building norms for its residential colonies.

Fundkar has extended the deadline for

Conference for Young SPs of States/UTs and

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recommendations

by Bureau

required for the individual farms

city in the world.





of

Police

Research

&

Development (BPR&D) 

Jharkhand

Cabinet

approves

Religious

of

nutrients

and

fertilisers

IIT Delhi team develops a new antibacterial

drug-delivery

system

thereby

reducing

the

air to Raipur which is the seventh most polluted Delhi University’s PGDAV (Evening) College

is set to get a fully automatic Air Quality

Freedom Bill 2017.

dosage used for treating bacterial infections

Monitoring Station, in collaboration with the





Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC).

Govt launched portal e-Rashtriya Kisan Agri

The Centre has declared entire Assam state as

Mandi (e-RaKAM) which will provide a platform

a disturbed area under the Armed Forces Special



to sell agricultural products launched in New

Powers Act, AFSPA for one more month.

Development

Delhi



The Jammu

and

Minister of State for Human Upendra

Resource

Kushwaha launched

Kashmir

the NCERT’s Web portalfor supply of textbooks

government would spend Rs 1 lakh crore on

to schools and individuals at a function in New

development works in the next five years, with

Delhi.

special



emphasis

on education

and

road

Gujarat has

issued

tender

for

power

connectivity.

developers to receive cheap coal marked for the



state in return of selling it coal-based power at

The government has merged the National

Crimes Records Bureau (NCRB) which is

less than Rs 2.82 per unit.

present

with



and

Haryana access to a toilet report. The survey is

both

in

the Bureau

India

of

and

Police

abroad,

Research

Development (BPR&D). 

plan

with

implementation

timelines

of WTO’s

for

trade

smooth

facilitation

agreement (TFA). 

households

in Kerala

and

Sanitation and was carried out by the Quality Council of India (QCI). 

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath flagged off

‘Namami Gange Jagriti Yatra’ from his official

The Centre has decided to observe this

Independence

rural

released by the Ministry of Drinking Water and

The government has formulated a detailed

action

All

Day

as ‘Sankalp

Parva’ and

residence in Lucknow. 

A new set of future satellites called hyper

termed ‘Quit India Movement’ as an important

spectral imaging satellites is set to add teeth to

Every Child In Kangra To Be Covered For

milestone, the government has asked people to

the way India is gleaned from about 600 km in

Rubella Vaccination: For the total eradication

take a pledge to create a new India that is

space.

of Measles, Mumps, and Rubella a signature

strong, prosperous and inclusive.



campaign was started from the district hospital.



Group

second volume of Economic Survey 2016-17 in



(2030WRG)

will

help

the Maharashtra

both houses of the Parliament authored by Chief

Registering Deaths

Government

raise

$270

million from

Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian and



heli-taxi

Green Climate Fund, which will be invested in

his team.

Thumby

integrated watershed





Aadhaar

Number

Bengaluru

service

to

which

have

will

be

Not

Mandatory

India’s

first

operated

by

For

The 2030

Water

Resources

the

programmes such

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar flagged

as Jalyukt Shivar Yojana.

off mobile therapy vans which would provide

Kempegowda International Airport



basic medical



to come up at Juhu and the state government

widows and other section who requires social

Improving Regional Connectivity

plan to invest Rs1 crore to build rescue centres

security.



in every district along Maharashtra’s 720-km



based eye care solutions under the National

coastline.

“Japanese

Health Mission.



Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) passing

Aviation



Private

Limited

at

Bengaluru’s

Andhra Pradesh Government To Ink MoU For Microsoft tied with Telangana to provide AI-

Lok

Sabha

Passes

Bill

For

Setting

Up

Mumbai’s first marine Mammal rescue centre

The government has launched the Measles-

Rubella

(MR)

vaccination

campaign in

a

assistance to

Industrial



And Energy (IIPE) In Vizag

measles morbidity and mortality.

and





Fertilizers, Shri

the

Delhi-

Union Minister of State for Road Transport Highways, Shipping and Mansukh

Chemicals

Lal

and

Mandviya,

clean and

the National

presided over the Memorandum of Understanding

values at Rs.1,050crores

Highways Authority of India has planted 2.59

(MoU) signing ceremony between the Union

lakh plants in the last one year.

Government and the State Government of Uttar



Pradesh

ISRO to sign MoU with CSIR-NPL to make desi

GPS

named

as

Navigation

with

Indian

free,

on

L&T to speed up electrification and the contract 

pollution

Park”

through Ahmedabad.

phased manner for across the country to reduce

Indian Railways signs first EPC contract with

people,

Gujarat government is setting up a brand new

Petroleum Institute Indian Institute Of Petroleum

In order to make National Highways green,

elderly

The Ministry of Environment, Forest &

for

opening 1000

Pradhan

Mantri

Constellation (NavIC)

Climate Change (MoEF&CC) is implementing

Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP)



India hopeful operations at Chabahar Port will

two major afforestation / tree plantation schemes

Kendras in the State.

start by 2018 and also The Indian Government

i.e. National Afforestation Programme (NAP)



has allocated Rs6 billion for the development of

scheme and National Mission for a Green

a new

the port

India (GIM).

Sagar Project (SRSP) with an outlay of Rs 2,000





The Centre in association with the National

The Bombay

High

half

of

which

will

be

spent

for

would not allow children below the age of 14

for installation of the pumping facility.

opportunity for the common man to access legal

years to participate in the ‘Dahi Handi‘ festival.



aid easily



insurance of a vehicle will not be renewed unless



Assam and Karnataka under

Inauguration

Of

National

Agri-Food

it

crore,

Law’ scheme in Bihar with an aim to provide an



that

announced

scheme for Sriram

Maharashtra

with an investment of Rs.100 crore.

statement

Government has

supplementation

Legal Service Authority (NALSA) launched ‘Tele-

Global IT delivery centre coming up in Jaipur

government’s

Court accepted

Telangana

NITI Aayog has shortlisted Uttar Pradesh, its ‘Sustainable

modernisation of the canal system and the rest The Supreme Court issued a directive that

the owner provides pollution under control

Action for Transforming Human Capital’,

(PUC) certificate.

SATH initiative



to

handhold

them

The National

And Applied Bioprocessing (NABI-CIAB) Campus



biodegradable

By Dr. Harsh Vardhan

to collect 17000 crore rupees fine from the

than 50 microns in the entire national Capital.



mine



owners

who

quick access to “Himmat”,a women safety mobile

illegally.

app, through the rider app.





in Chhattisgarh’s

The Assam government is all set to distribute

70

have extracted minerals

Agriculture

plastic and

ban bags

on

use

(NGT)

Biotechnology Institute – Center Of Innovative

Uber is collaborating with Delhi Police to allow

interim

Tribunal

imposed

Odisha government has said, it is expecting

an

Green

and transform their health sector.

which

Farmers

of

non-

are

less

Welfare

Ministry will celebrate Sankalp to Siddhi – government

office

Raipur is

being

buildings converted

New India Manthan in all the districts of the country from 19th to 30th of this month.

13 lakh Soil Health Cards and this will help

into India’s first micro forest in order to create



farmers

an oxy-zone.The micro forest will provide fresh

scheme – ‘Nabin Tan Mon Bikash Yojana’ – in

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will

carry

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replacement

especially for school children.

of “badalsaktahai” for positive change.

disinvestment.







Union

Minister

Mahendra

Nath

with

Maharashtra

an

Chief

attitude

Minister Devendra

Fadnavis

Rojgar

budgetary resources up to 9,020 crore rupees

Anthem

the

Kendra” an initiative providing job opportunities

for Long Term Irrigation Fund in 2017-18.

government addressed the physically challenged

to unemployed youth in Mumbai. There are

Finance

“divyang” and not “viklang” to ensure there

various schemes like farmers weekly market,

amount will be raised by NABARD through

was no distinction. 

sign

Chief

language and

said

minister

Yuva

The Union Cabinet has approved raising extra

Pandey launched a new video of the National in

launched “Namo

Asset Management, DIPAM for the strategic

farmers mobile market and mother’s tiffin,

Bonds.

Naveen

under this Yuva Rojgar Kendra and they can get



Means

Patnaik launched ‘She

Minister Arun

The Union

Law

Jaitley said

Ministry

the

forwarded

fresh and healthy food, as well as farm, produce

the President the

procured directly from farmers.

proposed

entrepreneurs



from NEET. The ordinance will be applicable for

scheme 25,

Odisha.

000

Under

the

Infusion Nurses Society (INS) – a global

ordinance

Nadu

to

Business’ programme of Facebook for women in

Tamil

that

government’s

on one-year

exemption

women entrepreneurs

authority in infusion therapy launched India’s

only government medical colleges in the State.

and self-help group (SHG) members will be

first online course on Infusion Therapy for



given training on digital marketing skills within

nurses, under which it aims to train over 3,000

Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its

next one year.

nurses in the vital medical procedure.

approval to the proposal to complete the balance





Delhi will have the fastest growth of any

President Ram

Nath

the North

Koel

Reservoir

likely

forces and paramilitary personnel on the occasion

estimated expenditure of Rs.27 crore to be

in 2021 than it was at the end of last year.

of the 71st Independence Day. The Awards

incurred during three financial years from the



includes 5 Kirti

start of the project.

Centre

almost 50% larger

has appointed

lyricist

Prasoon

Joshi as Chairman of

the Central

Board

Film

CBFC,

a

Certification,

of three years.

Mr

Joshi

for

of

period

has replaced former

Chairman Pahlaj Nihalani. 

The FIAT Rail Bogie Karkhana, set up

at Badiyal and Kadechur Villages

Chakras, 85 Sena

Medals

three NaoSena

(Gallantry),

Medals

(Gallantry)



In

order

of FASTags

to

facilitate

for Electronic

an

the Toll

availability Collection,

and two VayuSena Medals (Gallantry). Of all

NHAI has

112, 19 are posthumous.

consultation with RBI and NPCI. These include



online

Prime Minister NarendraModi launched a

taken two revolutionary sale

steps

in

of FASTags and offline

sale through Common Services Centre (CSC)

district of Karnataka will be inaugurated by

since

near toll plazas.

Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on August

Independence http://gallantryawards.gov.in



18.



steering

North Eastern Region (I/C), Prime Minister’s

proposed 1,814

Office, Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions,

The National

Mission

for

Yadgir

Chakras, 17 Shaurya

Project in Jharkhand and Bihar at

website to honour all the gallantry award winners



in

armed

of

approved 112

become

Awards to

works

city in Asia, with the economy of the city-state to

Gallantry

Kovindhas

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime

Clean

Ganga

India

will

host

committee meeting

the next

of

the

The Minister of State for Development of

(NMCG) has approved 10 projects in Bihar, West

kilometre-long Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-

Atomic Energy and Space, Jitendra Singh said

Bengal and Uttar Pradesh worth about Rs 2,033

Pakistan-India

that a North Eastern Cultural and Information

crore. “Eight

officials on both sides confirmed.

of

these

projects

pertain

to sewage infrastructure and treatment, one



to river front development and another to Ganga

Fadnavis

Knowledge Centres,”.

projection



Around 3.5

lakh

students in Gujarat will

get

college tablets

at

a

(TAPI)

Maharashtra

gas

Chief

inaugurated

pipeline,

mapping

Centre will be set up in Delhi soon. The project is

Minister the

senior

Devendra

next generation

system at

the

iconic

Gateway of India in south Mumbai. 



Congress

Gandhi

Karnataka state government initiative named

Border

after former prime minister Indira Gandhi aimed

government scheme launched by chief minister

Security Force from Utarlai (Barmer, Rajasthan)

at providing food at low cost to the urban

Vijay Rupani in Ahmedabad.

to Attari (Amritsar, Punjab). The expedition will

poor.

conclude on 30 Sep 17. The team was flagged



in Bhopal. The event is being organised by

off

(EESL), under the Ministry of Power, today

Foreign Ministry, Madhya Pradesh government

expedition is planned with a team of 10 Women

signed

and India Foundation.

Air Warriors of IAF and 10 Women personnel

(MoU) with Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs)

from BSF.

under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas



The

Youth

Summit begins

country’s first

aviation

from Air

Efficiency

a Memorandum

former President A P J Abdul Kalam and this

Affordable LEDs and appliances for All (UJALA)

announcement

scheme.

upcoming 2nd

discussions

World

Optometry to

be

at

Congress

held

the of

made

by

Chief

Minister

Trivendra Singh Rawat on Independence Day. 

India’s

first

railways

disaster

the Public Account for secondary and higher, education known as “Madhyamik and Uchchtar



The Indian Coast Guard Ship ‘Shaurya’, an

replicate train accidents so that real time rescue

ShikshaKosh” (MUSK) into which all proceeds

indigenously built offshore patrol vessel by

operations could be carried out to improve such

of “Secondary and Higher Education Cess” will be

Goa Shipyards, was commissioned at Panaji,

efforts.

credited.

in Goa.







‘Gaj Yatra’ campaign has been launched in

will be released on Janmashtami on August 15 by

and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan,

Mumbai in a bid to raise awareness about the

the Republic of Chad in commemoration of the

launched the “Harit Diwali, Swasth Diwali”

shrinking space for wild elephants in the country.

5,244th birth anniversary of the Hindu God.

campaign.







nation

is

celebrating

its 71st

a

come

Minister Shri Narendra Modi has accorded its

Hejjala by December 2018.It will be used to

at

to

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime

Centre during September 11-13.

near Bengaluru

expected

efficient

approval for creation of a non-lapsable pool in

The

village

energy

called

Convention

management



of

up

International

in Hyderabad

was

distribution

Understanding

18.

named

for

of

Limited

appliances under the flagship Unnat Jeevan by

be

(MoPNG)

Services

after

some serious

the Uttarakhand

Energy

secretariat

will

of

The

Bareli district is all set for inauguration on August

subject of

building

Uttarlai.



The world’s visually impaired will be the

main

Station

university at Fursatganj in Uttar Pradesh’s Rae



The

Force

with

Rahul

Canteen scheme a

women

The India-ASEAN

along

vice-president the Indira

subsidised rate of Rs 1,000 each under a state



expedition

at a cost of approximately Rs. 50-55 crores. launched

Indian Air Force embarked upon an all camel

expected to be completed within 1-2 years and

place

A limited edition silver coin on Lord Krishna

A special programme would soon be launched

Union Minister

for Environment, Forest

The Prime Minister interacted with Young

Independence Day today and the main function

to prevent the spread of malaria in remote areas

Entrepreneurs at the “Champions of Change”

was held at the Red Fort in the national capital

of Odisha’s Ganjam district. The programme has

initiative organised by NITI Aayog at Pravasi

where

been christened as “DurgamaAnchalare Malaria

Bharatiya Kendra.

the National Flag synchronized with 21-Gun

Nirakaran” (DAMON)



Salute. The Prime Minister called for an end to



the “chaltahai” attitude of complacency, and its

Affairs,

Prime

Minister NarendraModi unfurled

The Cabinet CCEA

of Department

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on

approved Investment

Economic

the and

proposal

Industries

Himalayan

in

states

the will

north

eastern

continue

to

and

get tax

exemption till March 2027, albeit as refund,

public

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programme

out on July 1

medicines and equipment’s on cheap rates to

refinery and petrochemical complex. In a new



the patients. The discount up to 60 percent on

firm, HPCL Rajasthan Refinery Limited (HRRL),

MRP is provided to the patients.

state government will have 26% and HPCL will

The Union Cabinet cleared a MoU signed

between India

and

Sweden on intellectual

property right (IPR) cooperation, aimed at



benefiting

ambitious

entrepreneurs,

investors

and

is

to

The Assam

provide

different

government

project

to

kind

has

improve

of

proposed rural

road

venture

company

for Barmer

petroleum

have 74 per cent of partnership. 

‘Swasth

Bachche,

Swasth

Bharat’

businesses. This meeting is chaired by Prime

connectivity. Managing Director of Assam State

Programme, an initiative of Kendriya Vidyalaya

Minister NarendraModi. It will enable India to

Transport

that

Sangathan to prepare a physical Health and

exchange experiences in innovation and IP

government is mulling to start Chief Minister’s

Fitness Profile Card for more than 12 lakhs of

ecosystems.

Lok Parivahan Yojna.

Kendriya Vidyalaya students was launched in

Pracice Village: 12 Acre campus



for Practicing Competitive

Corporation

A

Tiwari

said

State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) will

invest

about Rs

52,000

expanding Paradip

Exams

P

crore in

refinery and

up petrochemical

complex after

government agreed

to

restore

setting the Odisha

part

of

tax

incentives. 

An MoU was signed between Government

eMarket

place

(GeM)

SPV

and

the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), in the presence of Smt Nirmala Sitharaman, Commerce & Industry Minister at Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi. Smt S Radha Chauhan, CEO GeM and ShChandrajit Banerjee, DG, CII singed the MoU on behalf of GeM SPV and CII respectively. 

Centre has doubled the child care allowance

for women employees with disabilities to three thousand rupees per month. 

Union

Minister

for

Textile

and

Information & Broadcasting, Smriti Irani will arrive Textile

in Ranchi to facility

at

inaugurate Orient Irba

near

Craft

Ranchi

in

Jharkhand. It is being organised under special make in Jharkhand drive, called “Momentum Jharkhand”. 

A

two

day Chief

Electoral

Officers’

Conference of all States and Union Territories commenced in New Delhi. It was inaugurated by A.K. Joti, Chief Election Commissioner of India and

Shri.

O.P.

Rawat,

Election

Commissioner of India. 

Navika Sagar Parikramais a project wherein

a team of six women officers of the Indian Navy would circumnavigate the globe on an Indianbuilt sail boat INSV Tarini. 

The last

date

and payment

of

for

filing

returns

taxes under

the GST

regime has been extended by five days. The returns can now be filed till the 25th of this august month For taxpayers who have to claim credit for past taxes paid by filing form TRANS 1, the last date for returns will be August 28th. 

MIT World Peace University, the first of its

kind in India, was inaugurated by Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis. 

The Centre has approved a nearly Rs 32,000

crore plan for the Coast Guard that will give more teeth to the maritime security agency in maintaining vigil on coastal waters 

Union

Minister

of

Health

and

Family

Welfare JP Nadda will launch 15 medical outlets of AMRUT Deendayal in Assam, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab through Video Conference from Shimla. The purpose of AMRUT Deendayal

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The cloud seeding experiment taken up at

cost of 35 crore, called Project Varshadhari, began. This cloud seeding operation, a first in Magadi and Ramanagaram, aims to condense

The Union government is all set to double

the metro



Kochi by Union Minister for Human Resource

rail

network

over

the next

18

small water particles by clouds (size less than 10 microns) to droplets of 50 microns, which can

months, adding three new cities to the metro

constitute rains.

map. Lucknow Metro would be the first off the



block as it has received safety clearance and

the Mentor India Campaign in New Delhi. The

would be inaugurated within this month

campaign



The Ministry

of

to delegate powers to

Defence

is

a strategic

nation

building

decided

initiative to engage leaders who can nurture and

administrative and financial

guide students at more than 900 Atal Tinkering

the Border

Roads

has

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant will launch

Organisation

Labs.The

labs

are dedicated

workspaces

from Class

12th learn

where

between the Chief Engineer, HQ DGBR and the

innovation skills and develop ideas that will go on

Ministry. A chief engineer of the BRO can accord

to transform India.

administrative approval up to 50 crore, ADGBR



up to Rs. 75 crore and DGBR up to Rs. 100

Rural Development (NABARD) has sanctioned

crore.

a loan assistance of Rs 1,349.55 crore to the



Rajasthan

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi,

students

6th to

(BRO) to avoid delays on account of references

The National

Bank

of

government

for

creation

state

under

of

rural

infrastructure

related to the agriculture sector– Soil Health

Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF).

Cards; and PradhanMantri FasalBimaYojana.





Distribution

for

IPR

Promotion

and

Andhra

the

and

reviewed the progress of two key schemes

The Cell

in

Agriculture

Pradesh’s

the Rural

Eastern

Company

Ltd

Power

(EPDCL)

and

Management (CIPAM), a professional body

the Southern Power Distribution Corporation

under

the

of

of AP Ltd (SPDCL) have become the first

(DIPP),

state-owned distribution companies in India to

Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of

accept payments through Bharat QR, the world’s

India,

Industrial is

aegis

of

the Department

Policy

&

Promotion

organizing

on Enforcement

of

a

three-day

workshop

first

Intellectual

Property

acceptance solution launched by the Reserve

interoperable

Rights (IPRs) from 22nd – 24th August, 2017,

Bank of India.

in New



Delhi.

Shri

Rajnath

Singh, Union

quick

response

code

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is

Minister of Home Affairs, will be the Chief

going to establish National Sports Museum, first

Guest.

of its kind, at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New



Union Minister of State (IC) for Power,

Coal, Renewable Piyush

Goyal,

gathering

addressed

delegates

a

distinguished



The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath

Singh chaired the 42nd Annual General Body

World

Meeting of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library (NMML) Society. The Meeting approved

New Delhi. The Minister also gave away Energy

the Annual Report & Audited Accounts of the

and Environment Foundation Global Excellence

NMML Society for the years 2014-15 and 2015-

awards 2017 during the inaugural session of the

16.

conference.





Govt to Replace Physical Police Verification of

Minister

Shri

Passport Applicants with Online Verification within

proposal

for

a Year. Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi

under article 340 of the Constitution to examine

said, the CCTNSis expected to be linked with the

the issue of sub-categorization of the Other

passport service of the External Affairs Ministry

Backward Classes (OBCs).

allowing online police verification for passports



within a year.

the 17th meeting of the Financial Stability and

The Information

attended 8th

Delhi.

Renewable Energy Technology Congress in



of

Energy and Mines, Shri

and

Broadcasting

The Union

Finance

Cabinet

chaired

Narendra setting

Minister

Development

up

Prime

approved

of

Commission

Arun

Council

by

Modi a

Jaitley

(FSDC)

a

chaired in New

Ministry constituted a 40-member ‘preview

Delhi. The Council discussed the issues and

committee’ with filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri as

challenges facing

its

stressed the need to keep constant vigil to

convenor

to

select

movies

for

the

Indian

economy

and

the international film festival at Goa. The

manage any external and internal vulnerability.

International Film Festival of India (IFFI)



will be held in Goa from November 20 to 28.

launching



Rajasthan government and state owned oil

the national capital for the elderly, patients and

firm HPC Linked an agreement to form a joint

others who cannot travel the Aadhar centres. The

UIDAI has joined hands with CSC India for

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step

enrolment

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played an important role in helping Afghanistan

anniversary as a mark of respect to the state’s

Shankar

by supporting the war-torn country’s economy.

foremost exponents of Odisa dance. She was



conferred Padmashree in

Prasad.

Officer Ajay

UIDAI

Chief

Bhushan

the ‘National

Executive

Pandey said

Conference

on

at

Emerging

Opportunities through CSC”. 

Cabinet has

also

approved

framework

The Cabinet

Committee

on

Economic

1975

and Sangeet

Affairs (CCEA) approved renaming the new

Natak Akademy Award in 1976.

central food



(Scheme

processing scheme SAMPADA

for

Agro-Marine

Processing

and

Petroleum

Minister

Dharmendra

Pradhan sought steps by the Centre to find a

of consolidation of public sectors banks. The

Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) as

site

decision

strong

Pradhan

Mantri

coordination with Odisha Government for setting

public-sector to

(PMKSY)

with

is

aimed

and competitive meet

at

banks

the credit

creating in

needs

of

a

growing

Kisan

an

aim

Sampada to

Yojana

benefit 20

lakh

up

at Barunei a

memorial

Fort to

near

Khurda in

commemorate

the Paika

farmers and generate 30 lakh jobs by 2020

rebellion of 1817.

economy, absorb shocks and have capacity to





raise resources without depending unduly on the

inaugurated grid

top

decided to build an Eco-Park on over 34 acres

State exchequer.

solarprogramme in a bid to enable public

of land reclaimed from encroachers in the state’s



participation

renewable

Rajouri district. The park is a first-of-its-

energy. A web platform rtsodisha.gov.in was

kind project in the region. It will have a botanical

advertisement in print media if an agency

also

garden, a cactus garden, a cafeteria.

buys space from the newspaper and sells the

interact with consumers and provide services.



same to clients on its own account.



decided



Government has clarified that five percent

GST is

applicable on

selling

of

space

for

Chief

Minister

Naveen

connected to

launched

to

Patnaik roof

harness help

project

stakeholders

NITI Aayog’s Three Year Action Agenda was

The Jammu and Kashmir government has

The Gurugram to

district administration

sanction 50

new

has

green-fuel

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs,

unveiled by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. The

stations in Millennium Cityhere in the next

chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra

NITI Aayog while suggesting a host of reforms

three years to control rising air pollution, a

Modi, has approved the proposal of Ministry of

came out with a detailed plan for reforms in

pollution control department.

Railways

and

the economy, judiciary, regulatory structure

Engineering Company Limited (BWEL) – a

to

close

the Bharat

and social sectors, in its ‘Three Year Action

Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under

Agenda, 2017-18 to 2019-20’.

Ministry of Railways.





A new policy for cadre allocation has been

round of bidding for its Regional Connectivity

finalised by the Central government for IAS,

Scheme-UDAN. The scheme aims at providing

IPS and other officers, aimed at ensuring

connectivity

“national

top

include Jammu

–

Lakshadweep,

integration”

in

bureaucracy. Officers the Indian Indian

the

of

country’s

all-India services

Administrative

Police

Wagon

Service

Service

(IPS)

and

to

special and

priority

areas

which

Kashmir,

North

East,

Uttarakhand,

Himachal

(IAS),

Pradesh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Indian



Government has constituted a task force on

Artificial Intelligence for the country’s Economic

cadres from a set of zones instead of states.

Transformation.





Jagdish

Mukhi,

Lieutenant

panel,

headed

by V.

Kamakoti of IIT Madras, will comprise of

commissioned IN LCU L52 into the Indian Navy

experts, academics, researchers and industry

at

leaders.

Blair. IN

second Landing

Craft

Nicobar

The 18-member

Islands,

Port

and

LCU

L52 is

the

Utility

(LCU)

Mk-

RACE Students

Civil AviationMinistry launched the second

Forest Service (IFoS) – will have to choose

Governor, Andaman

60 Days Special Coaching for

It

will

explore

the

possibilities

to

leverage Artificial Intelligence for development

IV class to be inducted into the Indian Navy. The

across various fields.

ship has been indigenously designed and built



by Garden

scheduled its next satellite launch on the 31st of



Reach

Shipbuilders

and

The Assam

notify

a

governmentsaid

scheme

that

for compassionate

Rural

agency has said it would put into orbit the

start

family

IRNSS-1H satellite at 18:59 hours on the day

announced it at a press conference in New Delhi.

using the rocket PSLV-C39 from Sriharikotta.

The



difficulties. Accordingly, it is proposed to notify a

software ‘Eronet’ introduced

called ‘Scheme

of

this month. A release from the national space

as it did not serve the objective due to practical scheme

edition

will

it

pension in lieu of job offers to family members

new

The first

Games or Grameen Khel Mahotsav will kick-

Engineers, Kolkata. 

Indian Space Research Organization ISRO has

for

In Assam,

a

Commission

of

new

internet by the

India will

be

based

in

Delhi.

games

Sports

will

start

Minister Vijay from

Goel 28th to

August

rd

September 3 .

Election



launched

the

Defence Minister Arun Jaitley announced launch

of

the

production

of Hindustan

Compassionate Family Pension in lieu of

in Assam on 28th August. General voters may

Aeronautics Limited (HAL) designed 5.8-tonne

Compassionate Appointment’, which will be

apply online for facilitation of various activities

category

known

relating to electoral roll through the already in-

in Bengaluru.

use portal in and Eronet.





scheme which

as

‘Compassionate

Family

Pension

Scheme’ or CFP Scheme 

The Supreme

Court

pronounced

Energy Efficiency Services Ltd. (EESL),

Light

Combat

Helicopter

Kochi initiated e-waste was

(LCH)

disposal

launched

by education

that individual privacy is a fundamental right

under the Ministry of Power, Government of

Minister Prof C Raveendranath and is aimed

protected by the Constitution. The ruling was

India had

at cleaning e-waste like computer, PC and

delivered by a rare nine-member bench and is

procurement of 50 lakh smart meters in July,

other electronic equipment from the schools.

based on an array of petitions that challenge the

which would help in reducing AT&C losses, power



mandatory use of Aadhaar cards which assign a

theft and also help in monitoring of round the

process

for

unique 12-digit ID to every citizen.The bench,

clock power supply eventually leading to greater

Smart

Payment

headed by Chief Justice JS Khehar, ruled

efficiency and 24X7 power for all.

preparations

privacy was part of the fundamental right to



App and

life and personal liberty guaranteed to all

Charge) of the Ministry of Development of

Partnership

citizens under Article 21 of the Constitution.

North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO,

Development



Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Atomic

taken the next step in “Smart City’development

Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh released

with

will

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj inaugurate

the country’s

first

Videsh

put

out

a

mega

tender

for

The Union Minister of State (Independent

The Raipur Smart City Ltd has initiated the

a

plans

implementing of City web

the ‘Raipur

System’ and Smart

portal

Cards, Mobile

on Public

Model. Naya Authority now

for

City

comprises

(NRDA)

Private Raipur has

also

‘Information

&

the Department of Administrative Reforms and

Communication Technology” enablement of

Office sunder one roof, at the Bandra Kurla

Grievances

infrastructure and citizen services.

Complex (BKC).

Analysis of 20 Ministries.







a Rs 500 crore relief package for Bihar after

Bhavan,

assimilating

all Regional

Passport

India is emerging as a very important

regional strategic partner for the US that has

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The Odisha government unveiled a statue

of Sanjukta

Panigrahi on

her 74th Birth

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced

conducting an aerial survey of the flood-hit

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

gratia

through Karnataka

of

Rs two

victims and

lakh to

Rs 50,000

the kin

for

of

those

the

injured

during the floods.

The

Department

Development

Corporation

Atal

Mission for



The Minister

of

Communications

Shri

for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) to

Singh addressed a gathering at the Sankalp Se

promote the State festival. Golden Chariot is the

innovate

Siddhi

South India’s first and only luxury tourist train

reasonable

run

countries and other developing regions of the

program

organized

in

Varanasi

by ICAR-Agricultural

which was Technology

Application

Research

by

KSTDC.

The

Special

the

Manoj Sinha has called upon C-DOT, Centre

Radha

“Dasara

has

Under

Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT)

Tour

Minister

launch

(KSTDC)

sewerage

Package” in Golden Chariot Luxury Train to

Agriculture

to

Tourism Tourism

Mohan



planned

of State

train

will

depart

and

develop

costs

Telecom

for

products

exporting

to

at

SAARC

from Yeshwantpur railway station.

world.

Institute, Kanpur, Narendra Deva University





of

nod for developing a sports-centric housing

Mineral Policy, 2008, and suggest a new

project in Greater Noida that would entail an

framework will submit its report by October-

investment

end. The 29-member

Agriculture

and

Technology, Faizabad

and Krishi Vigyan Kendra

Realty firm Supertech has received green

of 1,130

residential

proposed

completed in four years.

from ministries like coal, steel, shipping, road, and

Renewable

transport and highways and finance etc.

Energy (MNRE), Government of India and Deutsche 

Indian Army

will

finally

advanced Medium-Range

get

Surface

an

To

Air

Missile (MRSAM) system by 2020 and will be produced

by

organisation

premier DRDO

defence

in

research

collaboration

with

the Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI). The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has signed a Rs17,000 crore deal with the IAI for the ambitious project. The MR-SAM, a land-based version of the long-range surface-toair missile (LRSAM) for the Navy, will have a strike range of up 70 km. 

The first edition of Miss Transqueen India,

a beauty pageant for transgenders, will take place in Gurugram. Miss Transsexual Australia 2017 Laeticia

Phylliscia

Raveena will

be

crowning the first Miss Transqueen India in the event. 

Defence

Minister

Jaitley launched BEML’s

Arun

third

Modern Metro

Line

Ultra

Manufacturing

Facility to enhance the production of metro cars for the forthcoming metro projects in India. He inaugurated the indigenously designed and developed biggest ever diesel excavator

Gesellschaft

für

the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany signed

an

agreement

on

Programme

–

Green

Energy

Corridors

Bharath

Earth

Movers

Limited. 

Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa inaugurated

the 56th

annual

three-day conference

of

Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine at the Institute of Aerospace Medicine in Bengaluru. 

Nungthaang Tampak village has emerged

as the ‘100 percent computer literate‘ not only in the state but in the entire North East. The training program was organised by Mangaal Rural, an NGO working for rural development. The Nungthang Tampak has

become India’s

second 100 percent computer literate village in India.

Kerala’s Chamravattom

village is

the

country’s first 100 percent computer literate village. 

Ministry

of

to organize

Textiles has

decided

Pan

India

camps in handlooms and handicrafts clusters, under the initiative –Hastkala Sahyog Shivir from 7th to 17th of October this year. This initiative is dedicated to Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay centenary

Garib year

Kalyan

Varsh,

of Pandit

Upadhayay.

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birth

Deendayal

 Pakistan

Prime

Minister

Nawaz

Sharif

(IGEN-GEC) ”.

inaugurated the first 660-MW unit of the Sahiwal



coal power project in Punjab province of Pakistan

Ministry of Youth Affairs and sports has

launched Sports Talent Search Portal to spot

under

the best talent from among the young population

Economic Corridor).

of the country. The portal was launched by

 70th World Health Assembly (WHA70) was

the Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah

held from 22nd to 31st may 2017 in Geneva,

Naidu at

Switzerland.

a

function

at

the Indira

Gandhi

Stadium in New Delhi. Any person interested in registration

on

the

portal

can

visit nationalsportstalenthunt.com Or www.n ationalsportstalenthunt.in by

following

registration

upload

procedure

to

the their

achievements and videos etc. 

Prime

Minister

Narendra

Modi will

inaugurate various National Highway projects in Rajasthan includes six Lane Cable Stayed Bridge across River Chambal at Kota, four laning of Gomati Chauraha – Udaipur section and four laning of Rajsamand – Bhilwara section. 

Information and broadcasting Minister

course

of

AFFAIRS

technical

cooperation under the “Indo-German Energy

hull, meant for fitting into tanks, at Kolar Gold unit

INTERNATIONAL

Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH India on behalf of

Smriti Irani will inaugurate 92nd foundation

(KGF)

*****

Internationale

BE1800D and crawler dozer BD475-1 and T-72 Fields

the

Rajeswara Rao—consisting of joint secretaries

New

will

under

launched during Diwali this year and will be of

Village’

panel,

chairmanship of Mines Additional Secretary K

The Ministry

‘Sports

The

be



project

crore.

The panel mandated to review the National

programme

for

civil

services

probationers at Lal Bahadur Shastri National

the $46-billion

CPEC

(China-Pakistan

 PM Narendra Modi attends the St Petersburg International

Economic

Forum held

in Russia.

This will be the first time that India will be a partner country in this business event.

 China launched a controversial cyber security law claiming to ensure its national security, which says it might hamper their operations.

 India and Spain stressed that there should be “zero tolerance” to terrorism and called on the international

community

to

end “selective

or

partial”

 Nepali-Hindi

film “Ralang

Road”

directed

by Karma Takapa will represent India at the 52nd Karlovy

Vary

International

Film

Festival at

Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic.

Academy of administration in Mussoorie.

 India and Pakistan admission as full members



to

The Defence Accounts Department (DAD)

organized

its first

Defence

Pensions.

Synergy The

Conference conference

on was

the

Beijing-based Shanghai

Organisation

(SCO)

in security

Cooperation grouping’s

summit in Kazakhstan

attended by all Defence Pensioners Associations

 India and Russia signed an agreement on

and

setting up of two more units of a nuclear power

was

open

to

all

Defence

Pensioners.

Additional Controller General of Defence Accounts

plant in Tamil

(Addl. CGDA) Shri Prashant Sukul, emphasized

joint manufacturing of frigates and coproduction

the importance of stakeholder consultations by

of Kamov-226 military helicopters.

way

 Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will attend the

of Synergy

Conferences

initiated

by

DAD. 

going

Railway to

Police

set

up

(GRP)

a special

emergency railway helpline to respond

to

passengers’ complaints quickly. Commuters can dial 1512 to directly report

thefts, harassment of women, fights, etc. to the nearest officer. Within five minutes, a GRP team will

arrive

outside

complainant’s compartment

at

the the

next

station. 

decided

annual meeting of China-led Asian Infrastructure

The Government

in Mumbai is



Nadu and

Under AMRUT, 15 crore funds have been

allocated for Jammu, covering the sectors like

Investment Bank (AIIB) to be held in mid-June in South Korea in Jeju Island.

 Indian-origin gay Minister Leo Varadkar set to become Ireland’s Youngest PM

 India and France vowed to work together for the implementation of the landmark Paris climate agreement and fight the challenge posed by terrorism.

 The

UN

General

Assembly

elected Cote

D’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Kuwait, Poland and Peruas

the

non-permanent members

of

urban transport, green spaces, drainage and

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 Lt Colonel Raja Chari is the third Indian

 Bangladeshi director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s

January 1, 2018.

American

bilingual

 The world’s fastest elevator that can operate

William to be chosen by NASA for deep space

starring Iran Khan and Bangladeshi actor Nusrat

at a record breaking speed of 1, 260 metres per

missions.

Imrose Tisha, will have its world première at the

minute is set to be installed in a skyscraper

 A minor planet somewhere in the Milky Way

20thShanghai International Film Festival.

complex in China.

galaxy, many light years from Earth, will be

 Group of Seven (G7) environment ministers

 Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United

called “Sahithi Pingali”named after 16 yr old

and officials are met in Bologna, Italy on June

Arab Emirates to withdraw their diplomatic staff

Bangalore girl “Sahithi” who won three special

11th and 12thto discuss issues ranging from

from Qatar citing that Qatar support for Islamist

awards at ISEF at Los Angeles.

climate change to and adopt the “5-Year Bologna

terrorist groups.

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Chinese

Roadmap”.

 Nepal has signed a major deal with a Chinese

President Xi

Kazakhstan and

 Hungary Parliament passes an Anti-Foreign

company Gezhouba Group Corporation (CGGC) to

they

Cooperation

NGO Law for aimed at ensuring transparency and

develop a 1, 200 MW Budhigandaki hydroelectric

Organisation

project,

 India and the UN Office for South–South

 Panama establishes diplomatic ties with China

Cooperation

launched

and breaks off relations with Taiwan. Chinese

 Danish lawmakers have repealed a 334-year-

a partnership fund for support the sustainable

foreign minister Wang Yiand Isabel Saint Malo de

old

development projects.

Alvarado, signed a joint communique agreement

prison upon conviction but also just fines in many

 Chinese President Xi Jinpingsigned at least 24

 Pakistan expects China to fund a long-

cases.

deals with Kazakhstan, valued at more than $8

delayed Indus river mega dam project in Gilgit –

 Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar joins a roster of

billion during his visit in Kazakhstan.

Baltistan.

global

 In Britain election 2017, two Sikh community

dam should generate 4, 500 megawatts (MW) of

members Preet

electricity.

the biggest

hydro

project in

the landlocked country. blasphemy law

up

to four

celebrities,

Beckham and Novak

months

in

including David

Djokovic for

a special

after Kalpana

Chawla and Sunita

Jinpingin Astana,

attend

the Shanghai

film Doob:

No

Bed

Of

Roses,

to fight money laundering and terrorism funding. (UNOSSC)

Kaur

have

Gill–

the first

Sikh

The $12-$14

billion

Diamer-Bhasha

UNICEF campaign ‘Super Dads’, coming just days

MPand Tanmanjeet

ahead of Father’s Day (3rd Sunday of June).

Britain election.

the National Archives of India and the Minister of

 Britain’s Prince Harry will begin his five-day

 British Prime Minister Theresa May with the

Culture of the Portuguese Republic in the field of

visit to Singapore and Australia to hold charity

support of the Democratic Unionists (DUP) will

archives in Lisbon, Portugal.

events including one that supports children living

cling to power as the Conservative Party drew on

 NASA’s

in Africa.

support from its Northern Irish ally.

introduces 219 new planet candidates, 10 of

 China has successfully tested a solid-fuel

 India became a full member of the Shanghai

which are near-Earth size. This is the eighth

variable

Cooperation

release of the Kepler candidate catalog.

flow ramjet

engine which

has

the

Singh

Dhesi won

Organisation

in

(SCO).

the

India’s

 A Protocol of Cooperation was signed between

Kepler

space

telescope

team

advantage of low cost, high power, and high

membership at the SCO was announced by

 Navies of India and Australia will participate

controllability with compact size.

the President

in bilateral maritime exercise AUSINDEX-17 with

 The First UN Ocean Conference for protecting

Nazarbayev.

an aim

 India and Mauritius

cooperation between the two forces.

the

ocean is

among

the main

objectives of

of

Kazakhstan, signed

Nursultan

a

pact

to

to

enhancing

interoperability

and

the Sustainable Development Goals for the Ocean

institutionalize cooperation between Parliaments

 Indian naval ships Jyoti, Shivalik and Kamorta

Conference taking place from June 5-9.

of the two countries. It was signed by Lok Sabha

will join the second edition of the exercise with

 The first university satellite of Mongolia which

Speaker Sumitra

the maiden one conducted at Visakhapatnam in

is named after the Mongolian endangered Gobi

National

bear “Mazaalai”

Hanoomanjee

 Minister of State for External Affairs General V

 India has agreed to participate in the

K Singh will represent India at the two-day

States.

international specialized exhibition EXPO-2017to

BRICS

 Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley signed

be held in Astana, the Capital of Kazakhstan from

in China on 18th and 19th

OECD multilateral convention in Paris that aims

June 10- September 10, 2017. The theme of the

 Japan

to

Expo is “Future Energy”.

lawthat sparked street protests and warnings

by multinational companies.

 China has launched the world largest floating

from critics that it would stomp on citizens’

 The Union Cabinet has given its approval

solar farm consists of 160000 panels at huainan

privacy rights.

for signing and subsequent ratification of the

city, anhui province was built by Sungrow Power

 India and Korea decided to establish $9 billion

Agreement on Transfer

Supply

in

the Kennedy

was

sent

Space

off

Center,

check cross-border

into

space

Florida,

in

United

tax

evasion

of

sentenced

Mahajan

Assembly

and

of

and

Speaker

Mauritius Santi

this waterborne

plant

of Bai

expected

2015.

foreign

ministers’

enacted

concessional

meeting being

a controversial

credit and $1

held

anti-terror

billion in Official

persons between India and Somalia.

to generate 40MW

Development

 India signed an agreement with Sri Lankato

 Aiming to reduce emissions, India’s smart city

infrastructure development projects in India.

provide USD

programme,

 Dr Neeru Chadha has become the first Indian

318

million as line

of

credit to

France

and

the European

Union

Assistance

(ODA)

funding

for

develop the island nation’s railway sector

extended a grant of 5 million euros under the

woman

 The First

‘Mobilise Your City’ (MYC) initiative for three

International Tribunal for the Law of the Seas

in Beijing, China on June 6th. It aims at reduction

cities

(ITLOS).

and elimination of pest borne disease.

 Padmalaya Nanda from Odisha has created

 Luxembourg IMF chief Christine Lagarde and

 BRICS Media Forum was held in Beijing, China

history by becoming the youngest girl to bag

the euro zone’s 19 finance ministers agreed a

from

the “Little

payout of 5 billion euro to meet debt payments of

7th

World

to

8th

Pest

June

Daywas

2017.

launched

The

theme

Miss

Universe

Internet

to

be

elected

as a

judge

at

the

is “Deepening media cooperation among BRICS

2017” and “Little Miss Actress” crowns at the

Greek crisis.

countries,

Little Miss Universe 2017 at port city of Batumi

 Zydus Cadilagets approval from US health

promoting

equity

and

justice

in

international media, ”

in Georgia.

 World Health Organization (WHO) has divided

 Cirrus

the drugs into three categories” access, watch

Company has launched the ‘Cirrus Vision Jet’,

treatment of herpes and AIDS.

and reserve” to curb antibiotic resistance.

world’s cheapest private jetpriced at 12.6 Crore and can cruise at 555 kmph.

 Boeing won a $5.8-billion order for 50 single-

 According to the World Investment Report

regulator USFDA to market Acylovir drug for Aircraft,

an

US

based

Aviation

injection USP. It is used as an anti-viral in the

aisle jets of its 737 Max jets from China Aircraft

2017by UNCTAD– the US, China and Indiaare

 China has established its highest military

considered

award, the Order of August 1which marks the

Asia.by 2023.

founding anniversary of the People’s Liberation

 Sulabh

to

be

the most

destinations for FDI.

prospective

Army (PLA).

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founder Bindeshwar

Pathak announced that an open defecation free

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leaning minaret. The historic minaret stood for

on Google for breaching the anti-trust rules with

the US President Donald Trump.

village in Mewat will

more than 840 years.

its online shopping service.

 A green financing platform jointly supported

 China has unveiled world’s first train that runs

 S

by China and ADB was launched to help fight air

on a virtual track to begin operating in 2018 in

declares Beijing

pollution in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region with

Zhuzhou, China. It has a top speed of 70 kmph.

offenders in human trafficking and labour based

a loan of 458 million euros to support the

 Uganda

to

on the annual trafficking report.

platform.

in Kampala

with

 Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif has retained his

Nations to rally international support for refugees

Donald

billionaire status with his declared asset standing

more than 25 million.

ties between India and the U.S. would continue

at 72 billion in 2016

 San Diego Convention Center, California, U.S

to grow.

 Switzerland ratified automatic exchange of

will host the 2017 BIO International Convention

 Kenya is the first African country to start

financial account information with India and 40

featuring breakthrough ideas in biotech and

using a generic version of the latest AIDS drug.

other jurisdictions to facilitate immediate sharing

pharma.

 Indian

of details about suspected black money.

 Prime Minister of Estonia Juri Ratas and Prime

declare

 India and Afghanistan will operationalize

Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel have signed

the ‘Oxford English Dictionary’ (OED)

a dedicated air cargo link over Pakistan in the

an agreement on housing data and information

 Sharjah

next couple of days.

systems between the two countries.

prestigious ‘World

 US has cleared the sale of 22 unmanned

UNESCO for the quality of its literary and cultural

 This

will

be

named

help increase

trade hampered

the United

worst

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi and S. President Trump

jointly

food

among

declared

that bilateral

essentials chana the

has

many

and

new

been crowned Book

chana

entries

in

with

the

Capital’ for 2019

by

the nation.

road route.

 The Cabinet approved amendment of the

 The first ATM was presented by Barclays at

 Vivid Sydney, The World’s Largest Festival Of

bilateral Social

their Enfield branch in north London on Jun 27,

Light,

between India and the Netherlands

1967 turns to gold on 50th birthday on 28th of

 The Union Cabinet has approved a MoU

June.

International Event.

between India and Portugal on cooperation in the

 S.

 Guinness World Records has awarded Vivid

field

appointed Indian-American Krishna R Us as the

Sydney installation Dreamscape with the title for

reforms.

new US Ambassador to Peru

the ‘Largest interactive lighting display’ from the

 Cabinet Approved MoU On Cooperation In The

 The US has issued new visa criteria for 6

iconic

Textiles, Clothing And Fashion Sectors Between

Muslim Nations and all refugees that require a

Harbour Bridge into one cohesive canvas of light.

India And Australia:

close family or business tie to the United States.

 United Statesopens a free trade agreement

 The Union Cabinet has approved the MoU

 The 6th

(FTA) with New Zealand, New Zealand’s trade

on cooperation

Committee (JTC) Meeting co-chaired by Nirmala

minister Todd McClay visited S. President Donald

fashion sectors between India and Australia.

Trump and

 The

Itself

Sydney

As

Opera

also

Has

A

Again

Record-Breaking

House

meeting

Once

with

of

Tillerson

the world’s

activities accessible to the entire population of

Ideas,

ties

support

State Rex

among

billion being termed as a “game changer”.

Cemented

troubled

the

Summit’

of

as

Guardian drones to India deal worth $2 to $3

And

their

bilateral

host ‘Solidarity

Secretary

Pakistan, which disallows Indian goods along the

Music

by

after

to

with

the

Sydney

Commerce

Secretary Wilbur Ross.

 Australia’s Assistant Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Alex Hawke, announced that Indian nationals can apply for a visitor visa online starting from first July.

 French President Emmanuel Macron’s party has won more than 300 seats in the 577-seat National Assembly.

 India became the 71st country to ratify the United

Nations

TIR

(Transports

Internationaux Routiers) Convention, a move that will help boost trade.

Security

of public

Agreement

administration

in

Cabinet

the

containing potato seeds and silkworm eggs to the Moon next year to study how the organisms develop on the lunar surface.

 French President Emmanuel Macron has reappointed Edouard Philippeas Prime Minister after the weekend’s legislative run-off vote and asked him to form the next government.

 India and Russia have identified key areas to bolster

co-operation in

the science

and

technology sector, a “Do It in Russia” initiative to promote local

manufacturing

and

technology

development.

 In Iraq, Islamic State group have blown up Mosul’s iconic al-Nora mosque and its famous

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clothing

approved MoU

and

President

India

Donald

–

Trump

Myanmar

has

Joint

Trade

Sitharaman and Dr. than Mint, Union Commerce on

Minister from Myanmar was held at New Delhi.

cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space

 Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL),

between India and Armenia.

signed

 Cabinet approved MoU for cooperation in

Company, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to implement

traditional systems of medicine and homoeopathy

energy efficiency programmes.

between India and Sri Lanka.

 India has contributed $100, 000to a UN

 India and Russia have agreed to a roadmap

fund to help

for

participate in the discussion of tax issues, first to

the

development

of

bilateral

defence

MoU

with National

developing

Energy

Services

countries

actively

cooperation.

make the contribution.

 Chinese scientists have claimed a major

 The Union Cabinet approved signing of MoU

breakthrough in magnetic detection technology

between India and the USon homeland security

which

further strengthen bilateral security relations.

could

find hidden

metallic

objects,

including minerals and submarines.

 Chinaunveiled world

 Egyptian

al-

cityplans for Liuzhou Forest City, by the Italian

that

firm Stefano Boeri Architetti built in southern

President

Abdul

Sisihas ratifieda controversial

 China is planning to send mini-ecosystems

and governance

textiles,

has

(SSA)

Fattah treaty

first

pollution

eating

transfers two largely uninhabited Red Sea islands

China.

to Saudi Arabia.

 Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley held

 India and Portugal announced a four million

bilateral discussions with Mr Takehiko Nakao,

euros joint fund to bolster research in science

President,

and technology during PM Modi visit to Portugal.

in Delhi on enhanced cooperation between India

 India Prime Minister Modi and Portugal Prime

and ADB.

Asian

Development

Bank

(ADB),

start-up

 The US State Department has approved a

Portal – the India-Portugal International Start-up

possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government

Hub (IPISH) in Lisbon.

of

 China’s

aircraft for $366.2 million.

Minister

Costa launched

a

indigenous next

unique

generation

bullet

train‘ Fuxing’, a CR400AF model with a maximum speed of 400 kmph made its debut on BeijingShanghai line.

 Prime

Minister Narendra

Mod

visits

Amsterdam, Netherlands after 13 long years, India’s 6th largest trading partner in EU and 5th largest

 European Union’s competition watchdog has slapped

a record

2.42

billion

euro

fine



India

for Boeing

C-17

transport

Indian and Israeli companies entered into

agreements to bid jointly for defence contracts for the Indian military and locally build the systems under “Make in India”. 

India has slipped by one spot to become

the fourth-largest

foreign

investor

into

the

UKand US remains on the top. 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Yad

Vashem Memorial and honoured the victims of the Holocaust. Israeli Chrysanthemum flower will now be called “MODI”.

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Pham Binh Minh, the Deputy Prime Minister



Pakistansuccessfully

tests

fired short-range



Japanese comedian Pikotaro has adapted his

and Foreign Minister of the Socialist Republic of

surface-to-surface ballistic missile ‘Nasr’ with

catchy

Vietnam called on Shri Pranab Mukherjee at

enhanced range from 60-70 kilometres and flight

promote

Rashtrapati Bhavan to achieve the target of $15

maneuverability.

development goals.

billion bilateral trade by 2020.







Minister

Arun

Jaitley

held

talks

Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen’,

the

United

Nations’

to

sustainable

India contributes additional million dollars to

nuclear weapons at the United Nations despite

UN

with Vietnams Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh

opposition from the US, France, UK.

sustainable

Minh discussed defence cooperation between the



two countries

Palestinian World Heritage site despite Israeli



protest. The resolution passed by the committee

International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin

of UN security agency has put them on the list of

Zayed Al Nahyan signing of the counter-terrorism

Merkeldropped her opposition to a vote.

sites “in danger”.

memorandum between the United States and





Qatar.



Defence

122 countries adopt global treaty banning

song,

German MPs have voted to legalise same-sex

marriage,

days

after Chancellor

Angela

Russian President Vladimir Put in signed an

UNESCO

declares

Hebron’s

Old

City

India to invite ASEAN leaders for Republic Day

partnership

fund

launched

development

to

projects

support

across

the

developing world. UAE

Minister

of

Foreign

Affairs

and

official order, extending ban on western food

in 2018. Republic Day 2018 will be the first



imports the counter-sanctions until the end of

time ever that so many leaders will together be

of Germany. The new R&D centre, covering an

2018

chief guests at the parade which showcases

area of over 40,000 square metres, is by far the

India’s military might.

BMW group’s largest auto R&D hub outside

Provincial administration in emphasising the need



Germany.

for

Resources, the largest North American producer



Indiapartners with a clear

Sri

economic

Lanka’s

Northern

programme

identifying

specific areas. 

Indian

The government is in talks with Canada’s Teck

China gets largest BMW R&D centre outside

of coking coal used to make steel.

High

Commissioner

to

Sri

Lanka



Prime

Minister

NarendraModi

invited

Taranjit Singh Sandhuhanded over as many

Norwegian pension funds to invest in the National

as 16,000 books to the iconic Jaffna public

Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) when

library.

he met Norway’s PM Erna Solberg. Modi also met



The US House of Representatives has passed



Alankrita Shrivastava’s “Lipstick Under My

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Italy’s

a

bill

Burkha,” “lady oriented” by India’s censor board,

Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni. He held a bilateral

cooperation with India An amendment in this

will be the opening movie at the 2017 Indian Film

meeting with President of Argentina Mauricio

regard, moved by Indian-American Congressman

Festival of Melbourne (IFFM).

Macri.

Ami Bera, was adopted by a voice vote by the





Japan PM’s Shinzo Abe’s Party suffers historic

Defence

Acquisition

House

as

part

of

to

the

advance

National

defence

Defence

Koike wins.

Jaitley, accorded approval to the Army for

year.

upgrades worth 2,806 crore.



999completed 80 years of its existence in the



Endangered hoofed mammal will be opened at

U.K., with the Scotland Yard celebrating the

systems

“cornerstone”.

antimicrobial



Germany.

Kazakhstan on a complex mission to deploy 73

Qatar to accept their list of demands to lift a de



satellites into three different orbits.

facto

formed by Ivanka to help women entrepreneurs.



positively to their demands.



President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will unveil a



construct

oldest

emergency

helpline

Saudi Arabia extends 48 hours deadline for blockade

and

extension

to

respond

A new 2,000 Syrian Lira bank note with

Arun

proposes

(DAC), headed

The world’s

Minister

that

defeat in Tokyo Poll, Popular Governor Yuriko 

by Defence

Council

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G20 nations pledge to strengthen health and

also

combat

resistance,

the

AMR

menace in

of

Hamburg,

Trump pledges $50 mn to World Bank fund India and Bangladesh have chalked out to a

bridge

over Mizoram’s

Authorisation Act, NDAA, 2018 October 1 this The World’s first centre for Breeding Saola for

2018 in Bach Ma National Park, Vietnam 

A Russian Soyuz booster lifted off from

Turkey marks first anniversary of failed coup.

memorial on an Istanbul bridge.

the face of President Bashar Assad will go into

Khawthlangtuipui River to facilitate trade and



circulation, the Syrian Central Bank announced.

improve

give MPs and the justice minister the power to



neighbours.

The World Health Organization(WHO) declared

communication

between

the

two

Poland’s Parliament has approved a bill to

appoint judges without consulting judicial circles.

the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola



virus disease(EVD) in the Democratic Republic of

independence anniversary in muted fashion,

named the World’s Best City while Udaipur

Congo (DRC).

with



newest

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel,

South no

Sudan marked official

celebration

nation reels

from

its sixth



San Miguel de Allende in Mexico has been

as

the world’s

(Rajasthan) has been ranked 14th.

a

brutal



and

Indonesia has named waters in its exclusive

both countries reaffirmed their support of the

destructive ongoing civil war.

economic

other in the fight against terrorism.



expansive claim to the South China Sea as the



External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held

Japan’s Okinoshima island gains UNESCO

zone

that

overlap

World Heritage status.

North Natuna Sea.

talks with Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister Krishna





Bahadur Mahara on bilateral ties.

Law & Order begins in Colombo. The three-

emergency for education in Nigeria.



Eighth meeting of SAARC Ministers of

with

China’s

Nobel peace laureate Malala calls for state of

SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft returned to

day meeting will focus on the issue of tackling



Earth from the International Space Station(ISS),

terrorism apart from discussing liberalization of

at Mach8 – eight times faster than the speed of

bringing back the first Chinese experiment ever

visa,

sound The test was part of a project called the

to visit the orbiting laboratory.

psychotropic substances and small arms. The last

Hypersonic

meeting of SAARC Ministers was held in Pakistan.

Experimentation Program (HIFiRE) involving the

was held on 5th July, at Beijing, China.The Indian



US and Australian militaries.

delegation was led by Shri Prakash Javadekar,

to

Minister of Human Resource Development.

partition.

sanctions against Iran over the Islamic Republic’s





ballistic missile program.



5th Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Education

India and Israel signed seven agreements in

illegal

trafficking

in

narcotic

drugs,

UK launches ‘Grand Trunk Road’ project mark

70th

anniversary

of

India’s

NATO countries begin major military drills in



The hypersonic glider is capable of travelling

International

Flight

Research

The US administration states new economic

the fields of water, agriculture, space, including a

southern Bulgaria. 22 NATO allied and partner



$40

countries

SABER

world’s first drone-killing laser worth of US Navy

development in innovation.

Guardian 17 exercise”. The drills have been

officers are currently testing the world’s first



considered as one of the largest in the Black Sea

drone-killing laser capable of blasting targets

an Indian Cultural Centre would be set up in

region under the leadership of US Army.

with 30kW of power.

Israel.







million

joint

fund

for

research

and

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that

Four-time Oscar nominee Annette Beningwill

Malta

are

has

participating

voted

to

in

“The

legalise

same-sex

US Navy officers are currently testing the

Australia became the 35th country to join the

marriage, despite opposition from the Catholic

International Solar Alliance, an initiative launched

preside over the jury of the upcoming 74th

Church.

by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November

Venice Film Festival in Italy, ending an 11-year



2015 in Paris. It is co-led by India and France.

succession of male jury chiefs on the Lido.

quota in Green Card.

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Chonburi’s annual buffalo race festival, in



Iran successfully launched its most advanced



Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel,

Chonburi province, Thailand. The race is the

satellite-carrying rocket into space. A confirmed

both countries reaffirmed their support of the

highlight of an annual rice planting festival in

launch of the “Simorgh” rocket would mark

other in the fight against terrorism.

Chonburi

another step forward for the Islamic Republic’s





young space program.

talks with Nepal’s Deputy Prime Minister Krishna

defence system for India.



Bahadur Mahara on bilateral ties.



The United States has blocked 350 million

agreements to bid jointly for defence contracts



dollars in coalition support funds to Pakistan as

for the Indian military and locally build the

Earth from the International Space Station(ISS),

Islamabad failed

systems under “Make in India”.

bringing back the first Chinese experiment ever

Israel to partner DRDO for developing missile

to

act

against

the

Indian and Israeli companies entered into

dreaded Haqqani network.





the fourth-largest

Iran and Iraq signed an agreement to boost

India has slipped by one spot to become foreign

investor

into

the

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj held

SpaceX’s Dragon cargo spacecraft returned to

to visit the orbiting laboratory. 

5th Meeting of BRICS Ministers of Education

cooperation in a host of military fields. The

UKand US remains on the top.

was held on 5th July, at Beijing, China.The Indian

agreement



delegation was led by Shri Prakash Javadekar,

was

signed

between

the Iranian

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Yad

Defence Minister Hossein Dehqan and his

Vashem Memorial and honoured the victims of

Minister of Human Resource Development.

visiting Iraqi counterpart Erfan al-Hiyali.

the Holocaust. Israeli Chrysanthemum flower will





now be called “MODI”.

the fields of water, agriculture, space, including a



$40

The first stage of the joint Russian-Chinese

naval

exercises

dubbed “Maritime

Pham Binh Minh, the Deputy Prime Minister

India and Israel signed seven agreements in million

joint

fund

for

research

and

Cooperation-2017” or “Joint Sea 2017” has

and Foreign Minister of the Socialist Republic of

development in innovation.

kicked off in the Baltic Sea, a Baltic Fleet official

Vietnam called on Shri Pranab Mukherjee at



Roman Martov. It will be held from July 21 to July

Rashtrapati Bhavan to achieve the target of $15

an Indian Cultural Centre would be set up in

28. It consists of two stages – a coastal stage,

billion bilateral trade by 2020.

Israel.

from July 21 to July 24, and an active sea stage,



from July 25 to July 28.

with Vietnams Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh

preside over the jury of the upcoming 74th



The US

Navy has

Arun

Jaitleyheld

talks



Four-time Oscar nominee Annette Beningwill

Minh discussed defence cooperation between the

Venice Film Festival in Italy, ending an 11-year

two countries

succession of male jury chiefs on the Lido.

Station



Virginia,

the

the world’s

Minister

largest aircraft carrier into the fleet at Naval Norfolk,

officially

Defence

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that

110,000

ton,

German MPs have voted to legalise same-sex

fired short-range

Merkeldropped her opposition to a vote.

enhanced range from 60-70 kilometres and flight

President



maneuverability.

gave

the

principal

Angela

tests

was formally commissioned in a ceremony where Trump

after Chancellor

Pakistansuccessfully

marriage,

Donald

days



nuclear-powered USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)

Russian President Vladimir Put in signed an

surface-to-surface ballistic missile ‘Nasr’ with

address inaugurating the vessel into its half

official order, extending ban on western food



century of active service.

imports the counter-sanctions until the end of

nuclear weapons at the United Nations despite

2018

opposition from the US, France, UK.



Union

Minister

of

State

for

Road

122 countries adopt global treaty banning

Transport, Highways and Shipping Mansukh



Mandaviya said, India has signed a pact to

Palestinian World Heritage site despite Israeli

connect Bangladesh by waterways.

protest. The resolution passed by the committee



of UN security agency has put them on the list of

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has been

highlighting

his

government’s

from international

independence

money



organizations like IMF & World Bank and their 

Zimbabwe’s Parliament has passed a Bill

amending

constitution to give

the President

Sweeping Powers to Appoint Judges. 

Sri Lanka’s Cabinet cleared a revised deal for

the Chinese-built port in Hambantota, the government said. 

The 2017 BRICS Youth Forum opened in

China to discuss youth development in the BRICS member-nations. 

Theme: “Enhance

BRICS

Partnership,

Promote Youth Development. 

New

continent discovered

under New

Zealand, mostly submerged unknown continent beneath the South Pacific has been named as Zealandia. 

The 7th edition of South Asian Association for

Regional Cooperation (SAARC) Artists Camp and Exhibition of Paintings has begun at Kathmandu. Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal, Jitendra Narayan Dev inaugurated the event. 

South Korea will proceed with the deployment

of four additional units of the US THAAD antimissile defence system after North Korea’s latest launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile. THAAD - Terminal High Altitude Area Defence 

The world’s longest pedestrian suspension

bridge opened in Switzerland, a ribbon-thin span nearly a third of a mile long that challenges hikers to proceed in places at nearly 28 stories above ground.

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declares

Hebron’s

Old

City

sites “in danger”.

lending

detrimental impact the nation.

UNESCO

India to invite ASEAN leaders for Republic Day

in 2018. Republic Day 2018 will be the first 

Indiapartners with

Sri

Lanka’s

Northern

Provincial administration in emphasising the need for

a clear

economic

Indian

High

Commissioner

to

chief guests at the parade which showcases

identifying

India’s military might.

Sri

Resources, the largest North American producer

programme

specific areas. 

time ever that so many leaders will together be

Lanka



The government is in talks with Canada’s Teck

Taranjit Singh Sandhuhanded over as many

of coking coal used to make steel.

as 16,000 books to the iconic Jaffna public



library. 

Alankrita Shrivastava’s “Lipstick Under My

Burkha,” “lady oriented” by India’s censor board, will be the opening movie at the 2017 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM). 

Japan PM’s Shinzo Abe’s Party suffers historic

defeat in Tokyo Poll, Popular Governor Yuriko Koike wins. 

The world’s

oldest

emergency

helpline

999completed 80 years of its existence in the U.K., with the Scotland Yard celebrating the “cornerstone”. 

Saudi Arabia extends 48 hours deadline for

Qatar to accept their list of demands to lift a de facto

blockade

and

extension

to

respond

positively to their demands. 

A new 2,000 Syrian Lira bank note with

the face of President Bashar Assad will go into circulation, the Syrian Central Bank announced. 

The World Health Organization(WHO) declared

the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease(EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Prime

Minister

NarendraModi

invited

Norwegian pension funds to invest in the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) when he met Norway’s PM Erna Solberg. Modi also met South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Italy’s Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni. He held a bilateral meeting with President of Argentina Mauricio Macri. 

Defence

Acquisition

(DAC), headed

by Defence

Council

Minister

Arun

Jaitley, accorded approval to the Army for upgrades worth 2,806 crore. 

G20 nations pledge to strengthen health

systems

and

antimicrobial

also

combat

resistance,

the

AMR

menace in

of

Hamburg,

Germany. 

Trump pledges $50 mn to World Bank fund

formed by Ivanka to help women entrepreneurs. 

India and Bangladesh have chalked out to

construct

a

bridge

over Mizoram’s

Khawthlangtuipui River to facilitate trade and improve

communication

between

the

two

neighbours. 

South

Sudan marked

its sixth

independence anniversary in muted fashion, with

no

Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

official

celebration

as

the world’s

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nation reels

from

a

brutal

and



Harry Potter creator JK Rowling has been

destructive ongoing civil war.

named the world’s most highly-paid author with



earnings of £72.2m ($95mn) this year.

Japan’s Okinoshima island gains UNESCO

World Heritage status. 



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Eighth meeting of SAARC Ministers of

United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has

passed a resolution imposing new sanctions on

Law & Order begins in Colombo. The three-

North Korea for its continued intercontinental

day meeting will focus on the issue of tackling



terrorism apart from discussing liberalization of

emergency for education in Nigeria.

resolutions.

visa,





illegal

trafficking

in

narcotic

drugs,

Nobel peace laureate Malala calls for state of The hypersonic glider is capable of travelling

ballistic missile testing and violations of UN Israel has imposed new travel restrictions on

psychotropic substances and small arms. The last

at Mach8 – eight times faster than the speed of

Palestinians,

meeting of SAARC Ministers was held in Pakistan.

sound The test was part of a project called the

blockaded Gaza with laptops.



Hypersonic



to

UK launches ‘Grand Trunk Road’ project mark

70th

anniversary

of

India’s

International

Flight

Research

preventing

them

from

leaving

A 66-member Indian Navy band has joined

Experimentation Program (HIFiRE) involving the

the historic Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in the

partition.

US and Australian militaries.

UK for this year’s musical event where they will





mark the 70th year of India’s Independence.

NATO countries begin major military drills in

The US administration states new economic

southern Bulgaria. 22 NATO allied and partner

sanctions against Iran over the Islamic Republic’s



countries

ballistic missile program.

Vessel (AOPV) which is “SLNS Sayurala” has been

Guardian 17 exercise”. The drills have been



commissioned by the Sri Lankan navy at a

considered as one of the largest in the Black Sea

world’s first drone-killing laser worth of US Navy

ceremony in Colombo harbor

region under the leadership of US Army.

officers are currently testing the world’s first



drone-killing laser capable of blasting targets

Malaysia,

Indonesia,

marriage, despite opposition from the Catholic

with 30kW of power.

Singapore,

Thailand,

Church.





International Solar Alliance, an initiative launched

Summit to be held in Bhopal from August 14-

by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in November

19.

2015 in Paris. It is co-led by India and France.







are

Malta

participating

has

voted

to

in

“The

legalise

SABER

same-sex

US lawmaker calls for removal of country

quota in Green Card. 

Japanese comedian Pikotaro has adapted his

catchy

song,

Advanced

Offshore

Patrol

Brunei, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar,

participate

in

the and

Philippines,

Vietnam –

the India-ASEAN

will

Youth

The 8th meeting of the Regional Technical

Chonburi’s annual buffalo race festival, in

Chonburi province, Thailand. The race is the

Trade, Commerce & Investment Opportunities

development goals.

highlight of an annual rice planting festival in

under the Heart of Asia – Istanbul Process was



Chonburi

hosted by India, as the Lead Country, in New



Delhi.

the

United

Nations’

to

Australia became the 35th country to join the

Indian-built

Group of Confidence Building Measure on

promote

Pen-Pineapple-Apple-Pen’,

US Navy officers are currently testing the

An

sustainable

India contributes additional million dollars to

UN

partnership

sustainable

fund

launched

development

to

projects

support

across

the

developing world. 

Minister

of

Foreign

Affairs

and

defence system for India.





diplomatic

US President Donald Trump awards Medal of

Bangladesh will

soon

open

a new

station in Chennai. The main

Honor to James McCloughan (Army medic) 48

focus of the new diplomatic station in Chennai

International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin

years later

will be to address the needs of Bangladeshi

Zayed Al Nahyan signing of the counter-terrorism



citizens

memorandum between the United States and

from July 29

Qatar.





UAE

Israel to partner DRDO for developing missile

China gets largest BMW R&D centre outside

India-Bhutan new trade pact comes into force A

who

visit

India

for

medical

and

educational purposes.

new

representative

body US-India



Citizens of 80 countries including India can

Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) is

now

of Germany. The new R&D centre, covering an

being

include India, the UK, the US, Canada, South

area of over 40,000 square metres, is by far the

relations between the two countries.

Africa,

BMW group’s largest auto R&D hub outside



Zealand.

Germany.

Research Satellite. It is the joint effort by Israel





The US House of Representatives has passed

Space Agency and French Space Agency (CNES).

period

a

bill



countries to contain the emission of greenhouse

that

proposes

to

advance

defence

set

up

Israel

to

further enhance

Launches

Its

First

business

Environmental

India is allowed to construct Kishanganga

enter Qatar

visa-free. The

countries

Seychelles, Australia and New

India has of

ratified

the Kyoto

the second commitment Protocol that

commits

cooperation with India An amendment in this

hydroelectric power facilities on tributaries of

gases, reaffirming its stand on climate action.

regard, moved by Indian-American Congressman

the Jhelum and Chenab rivers



Ami Bera, was adopted by a voice vote by the

restrictions

House

Treaty (IWT), the World Bank has said.

Hyderabad from 28-30 November, 2017. The

Authorisation Act, NDAA, 2018 October 1 this



Summit is a unique opportunity for bringing

year.

fight



the intellectual property rights in the meeting

leaders.

Endangered hoofed mammal will be opened at

at Shanghai.



2018 in Bach Ma National Park, Vietnam





A Russian Soyuz booster lifted off from

on transfer of sentenced persons. Signed

Economic Cooperation, BIMSTEC, Ministerial

Kazakhstan on a complex mission to deploy 73

as

part

of

the

National

Defence

The World’s first centre for Breeding Saola for

under

the 1960

with

certain

Indus

Waters

China and the other BRICS nations pledged to protectionism

India

and

and

Somalia

sign

safeguard

agreement

India and US will be co-hosting the Global

Entrepreneurship

Summit

(GES)

at

together entrepreneurs and startups with global The working session of the 15th Bay of Bengal

Initiative

for Multi-Sectoral

between Sushma Swaraj and Foreign Minister

meeting

of the Federal Republic of Somalia Yusuf Garaad

Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba has inaugurated



Omar

and address the meeting.

at

Kathmandu.

Prime

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will unveil a



memorial on an Istanbul bridge.

Partnership Meeting held at 17 to 28 July 2017 in

Indian actor to hoist the Indian National Flag



Hyderabad.

at the Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne

give MPs and the justice minister the power to



(IFFM 2017).

appoint judges without consulting judicial circles.

in Djibouti with a flag raising ceremony and



celebration



Poland’s Parliament has approved a bill to

San Miguel de Allende in Mexico has been

19th

Regional

Comprehensive

Economic

China opens first overseas military base



held

and

satellites into three different orbits. Turkey marks first anniversary of failed coup.

is

Technical

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan became the first

The UN World Health Organisation (WHO)

the

said it had not recorded any case of polio

named the World’s Best City while Udaipur

establishment of China’s military, the People’s

disease in Somalia in the last three years,

(Rajasthan) has been ranked 14th.

Liberation Army, on August 1 .

declaring the country polio free.





Indonesia has named waters in its exclusive

economic

zone

that

overlap

with

China’s

of

the 90th

anniversary of

India has signed a loan agreement with Asian

Infrastructure

Investment

Bank

(AIIB)

for



India and Turkmenistan discussed

the Ashgabat

Agreement

that

joining envisages

expansive claim to the South China Sea as the

financing of 329 million US dollar for Gujarat

establishment of International Transport and

North Natuna Sea.

Rural Roads Project.

Transit

Corridor

between

Iran,

Oman

and

Turkmenistan.

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Affairs said. The Deputy Prime Minister and

issues relating to goods market access. The

liveable city in the world for the seventh year

Melbourne

has

been

declared

the most

Foreign

previous round of negotiations was concluded in

running

Meredov led a high-level delegation comprising

New Delhi in March 2015.

liveability survey, while Sydney remains in

senior



11th place. It is the first time in the survey’s

Turkmenistan to New Delhi from August 13-15

(ICMR)

15-year history that a city has held the No 1 rank



Health inked

in its own right for seven consecutive years.

Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) ‘Space borne

Vaccine



Computer’ towards

collaborate on vaccine research and The MoU

by the Economist’s annual global

Italywill host a summit of Group of Seven

Minister

of Turkmenistan

officials

Space

of

Rashid

the Government

successfully

of

launched Hewlett

the

International

Space

The Indian Council of Medical Research and

the Union

a

pact

Institute

Ministry

with

of

the International

(IVI),

South

Korea to

Interior Ministers centered on security issues in

Station using Falcon 9 rocket.

the fall. Italian Interior Minister Marco Minniti



said, the meeting is being organised at the

wings

request of Italy’s G-7 partners- Canada, France,

year-old

veteran

Additional Secretary, Ministry of Health and Dr

Germany, the United Kingdom, Japan and

broadcaster and naturalist. Researchers led by

Jerome H Kim, Director General of IVI, South

the United States.

Professor Edmund A. Jarzembowski have formally

Korea.



named



Nepal and China signed three pacts to

was signed between Dr Soumya Swaminathan,

Sir David Attenborough finally earned his after

scientists

named

damselfly

after

a 100-millionthe

the

insect

Director

General

of

ICMR

and

Secretary,

Department of Health Research Manoj Jhalani,

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has said

further boost their ties in power and energy

as Mesostictadavidattenboroughi as a belated

that India

sectors. The pacts were signed to undertake a

90th birthday present to the world’s most famous

increasing trade to the tune of one billion US

feasibility

naturalist.

dollar by March 2018.

study

to excavate

natural

gas and petroleum in the Himalayan country,



including in the southern Terai plains.

between



Pakistan’s port of Karachi.

China announced USD 1 million assistance

to flood-hit

Nepal as

Premier

Wang

Nepalese

counterpart

the

Yang held

country’s Vice talks

on ways

with

to

his

enhance



Qatar has launched a new direct route the country’s

Hamad

Port

and

multilateral

security

and

defence

work

for

Typhoon Hato, a maximum category 10

storm, to hit Hong Kong since typhoon Vicente in 2012.

The US and Japan have agreed to advance

their



and Uzbekistan should

This

slammed

into Hong

Konglashing

destructive winds and waves which uprooted trees and flooded streets.

cooperation with countries like India, South



bilateral ties.

Korea and Australia, amidst China’s growing

Governments



assertiveness in the Asia Pacific region.

Organization (SCO) Member States will begin

President Donald Trump has signed into

Meeting of

of Heads

Shanghai

of

Cooperation

law an updated veterans’ education bill that



marks the largest expansion of college assistance

Fortune’s

for military veterans in a decade.

influential people (40 under 40) in the field of

elimination of emergency situations. Home



business inspiring others with their work.

Minister Rajnath Singh is leading the Indian

join

The Indian-origin 26-year-old Divya Nag who

delegation which includes senior officers from

the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy in a

oversees Apple’s ambitious Research Kit and

Home

maiden maritime search and rescue exercise to

CareKit programmes has been ranked 27th. Rishi

Ministries and National

be chaired by Bangladesh at the Indian Ocean

Shah, 31, and Shradha Agarwal, 32, who helm

Management Authority. India had joined the

Naval Symposium (IONS) in November this

more than 10-year-old health-tech firm Outcome

SCO in June in Kazakhstan capital Astana.

year.

Health have been ranked 38thon the list. Leila



Janah (31) CEO and founder of non-profit

Minister Narendra Modi has given its approval

Despite growing tensions with China, official

sources



said

the

Indian

The Nepal government

release 1

billion

Navy

has

announced

of 40

young

and

at Choplon Ata in Kyrgyz Republic. 

The meeting will focus on prevention and

and External

Affairs Disaster

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime

for



Understanding

(MoU)

the

best-paid female actor in Forbes’ annual list of

Nepal on Drug

Demand

Committee held at Kathmandu.

top earners. The 28-year-old made $26m in the

Prevention of Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic



last 12 months

Drugs

Disaster

landslide

list

Samasource has been ranked 40th on the list.

Minister

and

to

annual

victims. The decision was taken at a meeting of Prime

to flood

would

Five Indian-origin persons have featured in

A two-day

Relief

Fund

India and Russia will hold a mega military

exercise

in October involving

their

armies,



Emma Stone has been named Hollywood’s

US

President Donald

Trump

Prime

agreed

to

and

of

a Memorandum

of

between India

and

Reduction

Psychotropic

and

Substances and

precursor chemicals and related matters.

navies and the air forces for the first time to

Minister Narendra

further ramp up military ties.

enhance peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific

shipment of anthracite coal to Ukraine from



region

the S. port of Baltimore under a deal designed

The exercise “Indra”, which will be held

by

Modi

and

signing

establishing

its first

the two countries in a tri- services integrated

Swaraj and Defence Minister Arun Jaitley and

opens in the Netherlands. It has over 10,000

theatre command scenario

their American counterparts Secretary of State

cyclists riding to work, school or home. Utrecht



Rex Tillerson and Defence Secretary James

has opened the world’s largest bicycle parking

Mattis.

garage.

smart

Israel-developed

with Iran, disregarding the demands of Arab

powered control room detects an infiltration

the e-commerce hub

nations that it lessen its ties to Tehran.

attempt. The BSF is implementing an ambitious

spike in the number of online disputes.



project called the Comprehensive Integrated



the country’s

Border Management System (CIBMS) as part

satellites

of

the International

completely

seal

aimed

at

ensuring Space

astronauts Station

at can

Qatar’s Foreign Ministry announced early that ambassador

would

return

announced

plans

to Tehran. 

The United

States

about 1,300 kilometres south-west of Guam,



leader

Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-M) soared into

the US Pacific territory

Ookla, Norway has

space atop an Atlas V rocket that launched from



the fastest mobile Internet in the world. In

Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Armed Forces is participating and performing in

only 13 months, Norway has jumped from 11th



to first place on the list of world best providers of

Guardian”

fast Internet connection.

the US and South Korea



the global

India and Turkmenistan reviewed

annual

day

military

exercise

Freedom between

the prestigious International Military Music Festival “Spasskaya Tower” in Moscow. 

countries that takes place every year at Red

and

Square in Moscow.

trade and security,

commerce ministry said both sides discussed

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for

“Spasskaya Tower” is the parade of the best

proposed free trade agreement between India Canada started

negotiations

the Indian

progress achieved in key areas like energy, External

round of

“Ulchi

from

is

entire bilateral relations and took stock of the of

The 10th

joint

ten

band

in Palau which

military music bands of Russia and other

Ministry



The

A Tri-Services

systems

the

the

the

The $408millionBoeing-made Tracking and

radar

has

to install

testing

India-

NASA has launched the latest in a series of



to

and

a

Qatar has restored full diplomatic relations

communicate with Earth.

According

Indo-Pak

of Hangzhou amid



Bangladesh borders in the next few years. in broadband

the

to

court

World’s largest bicycle parking garage

specialising in handling internet-related cases in

plan

cyber





government’s

its first

to increase Ukraine’s energy security.

team’ mechanism which strikes when the CCTV-

NarendraModi

launched

Sushma

fencing system having a ‘quick response

the

China

Minister

would

sent

include External

Affairs

format

has

ministerial

a

new

two-by-two

States

focus on achieving coordination between forces of

with Pakistan

The

new

The United

in Russia from 19 to 29 October, will primarily

India is deploying along its volatile border

dialogue.

a



Delhi. The

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weakened by low oil prices and its fight against



growth in 2-3 years reported NITI AYOG

Government prospects to achieve over 8%

jihadists during talks in Baghdad with Iraq’s

Information Services (INCOIS) of the Ministry



Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.

of Earth Sciences here inaugurated the Ocean

Software giant Microsoft has announced its

Project Brainwave deep learning acceleration



platform for real-time artificial intelligence

India appointed committee

A

Reserve

Bank

(AI).

Finance chaired



Professor

National

Forecasting

Centre

System

for

for

Ocean

Comoros,

on

Household

Madagascar, and Mozambique at the third

Tarun

Ramadorai,

Ministerial Meeting of Regional Integrated Multi-

Economics has

Hazard Early Warning System for Asia and Africa

aid of farmers in Karnataka who constantly

suggested that banks to link their home loan

(RIMES), held at Port Moresby, Papua New

struggle with an unpredictable market. The

rates to the RBI’s repo rate, the rate at which

Guinea.

Agriculture

signed

it lends to banks, instead of the Marginal Cost



of

of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR), which

Josan has become the 2nd Indian Women and

Understanding with Microsoft India to develop

the banks follow now.

first Sikh women to be selected by NASA for

an unique ‘farm price forecasting model’ using



of

the Mars Expedition happening in 2030. The

the latest IT tools in a bid to help farmers,

India (NPCI) has given a nod to Spice Digital

mission called the Orion Mission will be the first

administrators

Ltd.

man mission to the red planet and candidates

Software giant Microsoft will come to the

Department

has

a Memorandum

and

other

stakeholders

by Dr

of

The Indian

of

Financial

The National for

Payments

processing

Corporation

bill

payments

under

After Kalpana

Chawla,

Jasleen

understand the market behaviour in advance.

the Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) as

were selected from around the world.



a Bharat



The United

States has

slapped strong

Bill

financial sanctions on Venezuela, barring

(BBPOU).

banks



from

any new

deals

with

the

government.

Payment

US President Donald Trump has signed a

memo ordering the Pentagon to ban an Obamaera

plan

of recruiting

transgender

individuals in the military, a move Democrats said

was

“cruel”

and

meant

to

“hurt

and

humiliate” American soldiers. 

China has banned

North

Korean individuals and enterprises from doin g new business in the country, in line with United Nations Security Council sanctions passed earlier this month. 

Prime

Minister

comprehensive

Narendra

talks

with

Modi held

his Nepalese

counterpart Sher Bahadur Deuba. The two prime ministers noted with satisfaction the

Unit

In a move to promote acceptance and

equality, Canada has

External

affairs

minister

Sushma

introduced

government documents.

Ocean



Conference

(ICO)

to

be

held

a third

sex category option on passports and other

Swaraj will participate in the two-day Indian

Union

Cabinet has

approved

MoU

between India

President are among key speakers in the event

Israel Industrial Research and Development

on

and

and Technological Innovation Fund. The two

ICO

countries

the

theme

of

“peace,

This

will

progress

be second

will

make

conference. The conference will be inaugurated

million

by Seychelles

for five years.

vice-president

Vincent

and

a

in Colombo. The Sri Lankan Prime Minister and

prosperity”.



Operating

Kaur



Wickremesinghe,

on possibilities

Singapore

foreign

affairs

an

dollars each

Meriton, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil

India

Israel on

contribution

for

and

India-

the

fund

UAE held

of four annually

discussion

of

co-

minister Vivian Balakrishnan besides Ms Swaraj,

operation in sustainable clean energy and the

while

issues relating

Sri

Lankan

President Maithripala

Sirisena will deliver the valedictory address.

change.





Defence Minister Arun Jaitley handed over

the Long-Range

environment and

climate

Minister of State Shri MJ Akbar paid official

Missile

visits to Ghana and Equatorial Guinea from 14-

(LRSAM) jointly developed by India and Israel,

18 August, 2017. During an official visit to Ghana

to the Indian Navy, at Bharat Dynamics Ltd

from

(BDL).

the ASTRA

Freedom@70 celebrations and to inaugurate

Manufacturing Unit at the BDL’s Bhanur unit.

FICCI’s ‘Namaskar Africa’ trade show. It was



Adani Group plans to start work on its $16.5

the first bilateral Ministerial visit from India after

billion Carmichael coal project in Australia in

the new government assumed office in January

October.

2017.



Jaitley

Surface-to-Air

to

also

inaugurated

Tuvalu Island

The Trump administration notified Congress

from 31 August-9 September 2017. The Festival

escrow account that Islamabad can only access

will showcase diverse Indian culture. The events

the N. listed it as one of the islands the most

if it does more to crack down on internal terror

likely to disappear into the ocean in the 21st

networks

century.

Afghanistan.







The CA

Institute has

signed

a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the

Institute

of Chartered

Accountants

of

Nepal (ICAN). Nilesh Vikamsey, President, Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and Prakash

Jung

Thapa,

President–ICAN

exchanged the MoU in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister of Nepal Sher Bahadur Deuba. 

India

and

Nepal

signed

eight

memorandums of understanding (MoUs) on the

second

country’s

day

visiting

of

the

Prime

neighbouring Minister

Sher

Bahadur Deuba in New Delhi. 

India termed

as

“factually

incorrect”

a

Chinese official media report claiming that it was planning

to impose

fresh

anti-dumping

duties this year on 93 products originating in

become



assistance to Pakistan into the equivalent of an

and Rio de Janeiro.

also

the

change. Sea levels have been rising sharply, and

will be held in the cities of Brasilia, Sao Paulo

has

to launch

compelling place to study the effects of climate

A Festival of India is being organized in Brazil

World

2017

that it was putting USD 255 million in military



the

the Least-visited

August

a

utilization of the two Lines of Credit of USD.

Country in

Is

14-16

Taiwan has launched Formosat-5, the first

whose

economy

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been

neighbouring

The 10th India-European Union Counter

base in the US. The satellite is equipped with

The Indian delegation was led by Shri Mahaveer

Complementary

Singhvi,

sensors

to

Metal-oxide-semiconductor

observe

Secretary

for Counter

Earth. Taiwanese

Terrorism at the Ministry of External Affairs of India, while the European Union’s delegation

great

was led by Mr. Pawel Herczynski, Director for

leap

that

the

Joint

President Tsai Ing-wen called the launch a demonstrates

Taiwan’s

technological progress. 

Kenyans producing,

Security Policy, European External Action Service. selling

or

even



The Fourth Session of the India-Tanzania

using plastic bags will risk imprisonment of

Joint

up to four years or fines of $40,000, as the

in New Delhi. The Indian delegation was led

world’s

by Hon’ble Minister for State for Commerce

toughest

law

aimed

at

reducing

plastic pollution came into effect. 

India

and

“expeditious

China have

disengagement”

of

Trade

Committee meeting

was

held

and Industry (Independent Charge) Nirmala

agreed

to

troops

an

Sitharaman. The Tanzanian delegation was led

in

by the Hon’ble, Minister for Industry, Trade and

a disputed border area where their soldiers

Investment Mr.Charles John Mwijage.

have been locked in a stand-off for more than

******

two months

BANKING & BUSINESS  In March, foreign portfolio investment of this

Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian made

loan to Iraq

on

Terrorism Dialogue was held at New Delhi.

decisions over a course of five years. the announcement of granting 430-million euro

attacks

homegrown observation satellite, from an air

China, saying they were already in force after 

launching

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at $9

billion was more

than

double

the $3.8 billion FDI that flowed in last year.

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 Reliance Communication Head Anil Ambani

 India signed a USD 39.2 million (over Rs. 251

direct investment.

announced

of Reliance

crore) loan agreement with the World Bank for

 A committee headed by financial services

Communications and Aircel will be called Aircom.

the ‘Citizen Centric Service Delivery‘ of 5-year

secretary

select

RCom will hold a 50% stake in the new company.

project in Assam.

CEOs for four state-run financial institutions from

 Gold, silver, and diamonds would be placed in

 Vijaya Bankhas announced that it plans to

the Banks Board Bureau (BBB

a

develop

 The Punjab National Bank has received $100

rough diamonds would attract a nominal rate of

to promote

million

0.25%

population.

Development Bank for installation of rooftop solar

 SBI, Bank of Baroda and IDBI Bank, plan to

 The proposed

systems in India.

raise Rs. 58, 000 crore through equity dilution

Housing

 Mumbai (17), Delhi (22) and 7 other Indian

during the current fiscal to meet Basel-III norms.

Finance has hit the final lap with it getting the

Cities have featured in the list of top 300 global

 India’s GDP or gross domestic product growth

nod

cities released by Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). New

is expected to remain flat at 1 per cent in current

Housing Bank

York has

fiscal

 RBI in its Second Bi-monthly Monetary Policy

Anjuly

as

the

Chib

first

ranked

Duggal will

tranche

1st

in

of

the

the Asian

list

based

new

the

GST

year

merged

Rate

entity

category

according

to

a

of 3% while

report

released

as

many

as 100

digital

digital

banking among merger

housing

rural

between Aadhar

Finance and DHFL

from

villages the

Vysya

finance

Housing

regulator National

on commercial attraction index and Tokyo has

by HSBC

kept its repo rate unchanged at 6.25 percent

placed 1st in term of economic size.

 Andhra Bank and Allahabad Bank have put up

and reverse repo rate unchanged at 6 percent

for sale nearly Rs. 6, 000 crore of bad loans.

 Axis

 HDFC

prepaid

 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a $616 million loan to Bangladesh to help in

providing 100% access to

electricity

to

its

citizens by 2021.

 Tata Motors was awarded ‘HR Innovation of the Year’, for its significant contribution to skill development

in

the

automotive

sector

at

the Asia-Pacific Excellence Awards held in Hong Kong

has

acquired

a 15%

Bank for USD 36 Million from World Bank and the remaining amount will be funded out of State Budget

for Himachal

Pradesh Public

Financial

Management Capacity Building Program

 India’s GDP grew 1 %year-on-year during the January-March and loses its status of the world’s fastest growing economy to China’s with their GDP grew 6.9% during the same quarter.

 India’s SREI Infrastructure Finance about to a $500

million joint

venture

with

Russian state lender VEB (Vnesheconom bank) to finance exports

 Bharti Airtel Ltd received approval from the SEBI and the country’s top exchanges BSE and NSE

to

merge Telenor

(India)

Communications Pvt. Ltd with itself.

 India ranked 137th in the 11th Global Peace Index while Iceland topped the list

 RBI will implement the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) system for all participants in the over-thecounter

markets

derivatives,

for

foreign

rupee

currency

interest

rate

derivatives

and

credit derivatives in India in a phased manner.

 SEBI

barred Cypress

Money

Investment

Advisor and its three partners after finding them guilty of providing unauthorized trading tips to investors.

 Niti Aayog predicts India’s economic growth to pick up to 5 percent in the fiscal year that ends in March 2018

 SBI announced financing of rooftop solar projects worth Rs.

400

crore,

with

private

developers.

 The Institute of Chartered Accounts of India (ICAI), has proposed to the finance ministry and RBI the concept of joint audit in private banks to enhance the quality of audit.

 Bank

of

India

conducted

a Star

Mahotsav across the country on contacting every customer at their door step either for recovery of bad loans.

Ltd

announced biodegradable

cardson

the occasion

of

World

stake in Tanzania’s First Housing Finance for $1.5

Environment Day. The cards will be acceptable

million that still has to commence operations.

at all

 The World Bank reported the global economy

portals.

domestic

merchant

outlets

expected to grow by 2.7 % for 2017, rising to 2.9

 HDFC

% in 2018 and 2019.India to expand by 1% and

introduced charges

on

China at 6.5%.

Interface).

charges

 India ranked 45 in terms of competitiveness th

 India signs loan agreement with the World

sign

Ltd

Bank gift

in the annual rankings of IMD. Hong Kong tops the

list.

Switzerland and Singapore

were

Bank

(HQ:

These

UPI

and

online

Mumbai)

has

(Unified make

Payment

UPI

more

expensive than those on national electronic fund transfer (NEFT).

 SBI announced that ahead of kharif season, it

ranked second and third

would meet nearly 10 lakh farmers to understand

 India has surpassed China to secure the top

their credit need and provide finance.

position among 30 developing countries on ease

 India is among the top five consumer markets

of doing business reported by 16th edition of 2017

in

Global Retail Development

growth of1% over the next five years, according

 ICICI Bank commissioned over 200 solar

to a BMI Research report.

Asia

offering retailers

consumer spending

powered ATM sites in the last one year as part of

 According to a new report by “Open Signal”,

its

India has ranked 74thin the list in terms of

efforts

to reduce

carbon

footprint and

use more clean energy.

internet

 The National Stock Exchange (NSE) launched

availability.

data

speed and

15th spot in 4G

its trading at Gujarat International Finance Tec-

 Yahoo shareholders approved the company’s

City (GIFT City) near Gandhi nagar, Gujarat.

sale of $4.48 bn to Verizon Communication Inc.

 “TRAI” launched three apps and a portal for

1 U.S. wireless communication service Provider

service providers. The three apps – TRAI My Call

Company.

App, auto test enabled My Speed app and Do-

 Private sector lender DCB Bank plans to

not-disturb 2.0 app.

raise 450 crore by issuing debt securities on a

 Adani Enterprises has given final investment

private placement basis.

approval

for

its

controversial $4

billion

 Stressed assets of Indian banks will increase

Carmichael mine and rail project in Queensland.

through 2019and

 Tiny Montenegro joined the NATO in a historic

croreadditional capital over the next two years,

turn that has made formally to become the 29th member of the Western military alliance.

 Japanese

technology

giant

NEC,

which

announced a new Centre of Excellence in India, it will be investing $10 million over the next three

will

need

up

to 95,

000

estimated by Moody’s-ICRA report.

 Facebook has launched disaster maps to help humanitarian emergencies,

organisation said

save

its chief

lives

executive

in Mark

Zuckerberg.

years in the country.

 SBI

 EPFO

loans above 75 lakhby 10 basis points (bps)

has

extended

the

deadline

for

submitting Aadhaar number to June 30 for it’s over four crore members.

 Public sector Canara Bank has cut MCLR rates by 05 percentage point for various maturities with effect and sanctioned credit limits renewed

decided

to

reduce

the

rates

to 6%, with effect from June 15. For women borrowers, the rate will be 8.55%.

 LIC has acquired shares worthRs. 5, 700 crore in SBI’s Rs. 15, 000 crore qualified institutional placement (QIP).

from June 7, 2017 the new MCLR will be 8.10 %

 Soft Bank Group Corp would buy two firms

 The

that build walking robots from Google’s parent

board

of

directors

of Adani

Power

approved the transfer of its Mundra (Kutch) power plant

to

a separate

subsidiary,

Adani

Power (Mundra) Ltd.

 The HRD ministry and Canara Bank have set up an agency to fund creation of infrastructure and

research

facilities

at

higher

education

company, Alphabet Inc, adding to the Japanese company

Schaft growing

artificial

intelligence

portfolio.

 Allahabad Bank, announced reduction of its lending

rate

by 10

basis

points

at 50

per

cent for one year and by 15 basis points at 8-

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Secretary Ashok

Allahabad Bank

hiking

 American aerospace giant Boeing and France’s

percent.



Dassault Aviationare among the four entities that

 The four banks are Canara Bank, Dena Bank,

with renewable energy making up only 2% of all

have responded to the Indian Navy’s ‘Request for

Syndicate Bank and Vijaya Bank have made

energy used. Mozambique topped the list.

Interest (RFI) ’ to provide 57 multi-role carrier

presentations about their consolidation plans to



borne fighters.

the Finance Ministry

has been lined up for a showcase at the 20th

 Canara Bank and the New India Assurance

 Internal Advisory Committee (IAC) along with

Shanghai International Film Festival in China

Company have entered into a corporate agency

the RBI has identified 12 accounts of corporate

arrangement

borrowers who owe Rs. 175, 000 crore — for

for distribution

of

insurance

Lavasa,

housing

rent

has

recommended

allowance

insolvency

 IndusInd Bank has entered into an agreement

enacted Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 2016

with Overseas Private Investment Corporation to

 Securities depository firm Central Depository

raise $225 million loan to support expansion of

Services (India) Ltd (CDSL) it plans to launch its

its MSME lending programmes across India.

over 500 crore initial public offering (IPO) on

 TCS launched “BaNCS App Development Kit”

June 19.

(ADK) that will enable banks to fast design and



build their own apps and deploy it seamlessly.

into

 Microsoft

Securities

acquire Hexadite,

an Israeli

start-up that uses AI to identify and protect against

attacks.

The

deal

might

be

worth

around $100 Million.

 Walmart

was

placed top

position

for 5th consecutive years in the America top 500 companies list.

 EPFO will park about Rs. 22, 500 crore in the Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) this fiscal following the approval of its trustees to enhance investments in equity or equity linked schemes.

 HDFC Ltd will raise 1, 500 crore through

under

by27

products.

will

proceedings

(HRA)

the

newly

Emkay Global Financial Services has entered pact

with DBS

Bankarm DBS

(Singapore)

Vickers

for co-branding

and

distribution of equity research to the latter’s global clients. 

According to the Code Compliance Rating of

banks only 1 out of 26 public sector banks and 8 out of 17 private sector banks got ‘high’ rating for their adherence to code compliance. 

IDBI Bankhas announced formation of 100

dedicated staff to recover their NPAs, which now stand at around Rs. 45, 500 crores and ‘Credit Monitoring

Group’ to

find

out potential

NPAs based on early warning signals. 

Yes Bankhas partnered with mobile payments

issuance of bonds on a private placement basis.

switch Terra Pay to enable real time money

The proceeds would be utilised for financing and

transfer to bank accounts in India.

refinancing.



 Federal

Bank

has

received

shareholder

The Competition Commission imposed a Rs.

87-crore penalty

on Hyundai

Motor

India

for

approval to raise up to 2, 500 crore this year to

unfair business ways with respect to discounts for

support its growth,

passenger cars.

 Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) has launched the



Retail Mart, a retail lending concept, in Kerala’s

that international roaming SIM card and global

capital city Thiruvananthapuram.

calling card providers should pay Rs. 5, 000as

 State-owned Oil

and

Natural

Gas

Corp

(ONGC) is keen to acquire India’s third-biggest fuel retailer HPCL in a Rs. 42, 254 crore deal

 The GST Council announced a sharp cut in GST rates on the merchant services at 5 per cent from 18 per cent.

 A new series of Rs. 500banknotes will be soon be circulated by the Reserve Bank of India. The series will be printed with the inset letter‘A’ in both the number panels on the front side

 Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia announced that India has emerged as the seventh largest exporter of Agri-products

globally,

and

opportunities in newer markets have to be searched for further growth.

 Indian

Khan

(65th),

regulator TRAI recommended

compensation on service failure on overseas travel both for pre-paid and post-paid subscribers 

State-owned oil firms IOC, BPCL and HPCL

signed an agreement to jointly set up the world’s largest

refinery

and petrochemical

complex in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra at a cost of $40 billion. 

SEBI has issued a comprehensive framework

on Margin Trading Facility including disclosure norms and eligibility requirements for brokers to provide it to clients. 

Indians working overseas sent home $62.74

billion last year, an increase of 68.6 per cent in the last decade amounted to 3 per cent of India’s GDP 

superstars Shahrukh

Telecom

India has moved up six places to 60th among

130 nations on the Global Innovation Index (GII)

Salman Khan (71st) and Akshay Kumar (80th) are

2017. Switzerland tops the list.

among Forbes’ annual list of the highest-earning



entertainers in the world.

equity

 India

has

on import

of

imposed anti-dumping ceramic

table and

duty

kitchenware

China-led AIIB has approved USD 150 million investment

Infrastructure

Fund

loans which



against goods being sold at below normal value.

have

 Google has topped the 2017 BrandZ Top 100

integrated GST proposition

Thomson

regime.

 The government is likely to implement



July

1.

The

committee,

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e-Governance offer

an

seamless

calculation and filing of returns under the new tax

value of over $245 billion. allowances under the 7th Pay Commission from

the India

fund private projects.

items from China to protect domestic industry

Most Valuable Global Brands list with a brand

to

Flipkart proposed acquisition of eBay India

and has received approval from the Competition Commission of India and also eBay Singapore’s

subscription of

compulsorily convertible

preference shares of Flipchart. India was placed 75th in environment survey

Bollywood

actor Salman

Khan Film ‘Sultan’

from June 17-26. 

20 Indian firms have been named in the top

100of Nikkei Asian Review’s Asia 300 companies list which

was

topped

by Taiwan’s

Lagan

Precision. India’s HCL Technologies came in at the second place 

DCB

Bank

launched India’s

first Aadhaar-

basedir is eye scan customer verification and Aadhaar-based

fingerprint-operated

ATM

in Telangana. 

The government has made it mandatory to

provide Aadhaar to open a bank account and to conduct a transaction of 50, 000 or more. 

ISRO is preparing to launch a back-up for

IRNSS-1A, one of the seven satellites in the constellation that has been hobbled by the failure of the atomic clocks on board, the new satellite named IRNSS-1H into orbit. 

The

board

of

AIIB

has

approved

the

applications of Argentina, Madagascar and Tonga to be members, the China-backed multilateral development bank. 

Dena Bank has reduced home loan srates

by 5-10 basis points, taking cue from Reserve Bank of India’s easier rules for mortgage-backed lending. 

India has been re-elected to the UN’s principal

organ on economic, social and environmental issues for another three-year India obtained 183 votes, the second highest after Japan in the Asia Pacific category. 

India will host the third annual meeting of the

China-initiated Asian

Infrastructure

Investment

Bank (AIIB) in Mumbai, India in June 2018. 

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016

(Code), has notified the Fast Track Insolvency Resolution

Process

for

Corporate

Persons

Regulations, 2017. 

State Bank of India has entered into a tie-up

with Tirumala Milk Products, a South- based company which was acquired by Group Lactal is in 2014, to provide loans to dairy farmers. 

The Reserve

Corrective

Bankhas

Action

initiated Prompt

(PCA)

against Bank

of

Maharashtra (BoM) in view of the high level of bad loans and negative return on assets. 

ISRO

has

subsystems

progressed

in

the

to

the

development

testing of a

of

semi-

cryogenic engine for rockets with heavier payload capacity engine being developed by the Liquid Propulsion Systems Centre named SCE 200. 

RBI has directed its lead lender IDBI Bankto

initiate insolvency

proceedings

for

the

company under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) for Lanco Infratech. 

According to the bi-annual Global Prime Office

Occupancy Costs survey of US-based CBRE, Connaught

Place

in Delhi has

been

ranked 9th most expensive prime office market in the world 

MD

and

CEO

of

Bandhan

bank Chandra

Shekhar Ghosh announced to open another 160 branches

Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

at

different

locations

and

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China’s population in 2024”. Nigeria will overtake

through re-skilling, in a move that is seen to aid

(2017-18).

United States by 2050.

the Skill India mission.







According to Nomura report, India current

The government has permitted banks and

DIPAM plans ambitious divestment target of

account deficit is expected to be around 4% of

post offices to deposit junked Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,

Rs. 72, 500 crore for 2017-18, the government

GDP in 2017 owing to stronger domestic growth.

000 notes with the Reserve Bank by July 20.

aims to top at least Rs. 25, 000 crore in stake





sales for April-September.

BankBazaar started operations in Malaysia,

World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors has

strengthening its presence in South East Asia and

approved assistance of 44 million dollars for



has appointed former

the Assam

12 large loans referred to the National Company

Visa

employee Vipin

Kalrato lead the business.  an

with

Public

Finance

Institutional

Reforms (ASPIRe) Project.

The defence arm of the Tata Group has signed agreement

State

American

firm Lockheed



Law Tribunal (NCLT) under the Insolvency and

The NATGRID, a network aimed at sharing

information

about

RBI asks banks makes higher provisioning for

terrorists

among

security

Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC). 

World Bankhas cleared a USD 250-million loan

Martin to produce and export new generation F-

agencies, will get access to PAN records.

for

16 fighter aircraft.



through re-skilling, in a move that is seen to aid



Tata Power, Adani Power and Essar Power has

making Indian

youth more

employable

Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL) announced

offered majority stakes in their imported coal-

the Skill India mission.

that it has secured coal linkage in the recently-

based power plants in Gujarat to the state



concluded auctions for the captive power sub-

government at Re 1 each.

Rs. 72, 500 crore for 2017-18, aims to top at

sector for 5-year duration.



least Rs. 25, 000 crore in stake sales for April-



(NDR) that will assimilate, preserve and upkeep

September.

country’s vast sedimentary data for future use in



million in a manufacturing unit of Adani port.

oil and gas exploration and production.

Lincoln in the US have created the brightest light





on the Earth, to find tiny tumours missed by

Adani Group has signed a MoUswith one of

China’s

“East

Hope

Group” to invest

$300

Paytm will soon launch its payments bank on

the unified

payment

interface

by August

this

India will launch National Data Repository

RBI has expanded the size of its Oversight

Committee

to

five

by

adding

three

new

DIPAM plans ambitious divestment target of

Scientists

at

the University

of

Nebraska-

conventional X-rays.

year. Paytm Payments bank are allowed to

members— formed to advice banks on stressed



deposit sums up to Rs. 1 lakh.

assets.

Instruments (SMI), an eye-tracking firm into its





Hike Messenger launched the new version of

World

Bank

and Asian

Infrastructure

Apple has acquired German Senso Motoric

computers or Smartphone.

the app with a completely new interface and the

Investment Bank (AIIB) agreed to extend $380



addition of a mobile wallet Hike 5.0 in partnership

million

the caution list by the RBI, to monitor the foreign

with YES Bank.

affordable power supply to citizens.

shareholding of the company around permissible





49%.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the

of

loan to Andhra

Pradesh towards

RBI has widened the scope of the Banking

AU Small Finance Bankhas been placed under

Government of India signed a $275 million loan

Ombudsman Scheme 2006 to mobile banking and



for improving urban services in 64 small towns in

electronic banking services doubled from Rs. 10

number of migrants living in Australia at 1, 63,

Madhya Pradesh.

lakh to Rs. 20 lakh.

000



Bureau of Statistics (ABS) census data.



IDBI

Federal

with SunTec

to

Life

Insurance

facilitate

in

partnered

computing

and

Punjab National Bank, decided to initiate

proceedings

against Bhushan

Power

&

Steel



Indians

have

become

the second

since 2011, according to

the Australian

ranked 93rd among 128

India

highest

countries

invoicing of debit tax and credit tax that will be

under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code which

on 2017 social progress Index report by Social

GST compliant.

has a debt of over Rs. 37, 000 crore.

Progress





Deloitte and its strategic partners

India’s GDP growth will rise from 4% to

7.5%in 2018-19 and

to 7.6% in 2019-

Amazon has tied up with Clear Tax to help

sellers

on

their

platform

make

a seamless



Imperative

(SPI)

association

with

According to MIT Technology Review’s annual

20 boosted by GST, according to Fitch Ratings.

transition to the GST regime and help them file

listing



their tax returns with ease.

companies based on their ability to innovate and

$42 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at



execute,

approximately $13.7 billion. John Mackey will

The bank’s Executive Director S. Rama Rao

smartest company.

remain as

received the NPA Management Award Sameer





Kochhar, Chairman, Skoch Group at Mumbai.

with Kawasaki



for manufacturing of stainless steel coaches and

Amazon will acquire Whole Foods Market for

Anil Ambani Group Company Reliance Defence

Ammunition

has

entered

a strategic

partnership with Serbia’s state-run

Vijaya Bankhas bagged nine Skoch Awards.

The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT)

of

the 50

smartest

Nvidia from

small

America

and

is

large

the world’s

BHEL entered into technology collaboration Heavy

Industries

Ltd

of Japan

defence

organizes 100 workshops on Goods and Services

bogies for metros.

major Yugo import to manufacture ammunition in

Tax (GST) across India to educate traders about



India of Rs. 20, 000 crore over the next 10 years.

the new tax regime.

this loan, the bank will fund bikes with an engine





Axis Bankpartnered with NPCI, in association

As

per world

drug

report

2017released

Axis Bankhas launched super bike loan. Under

displacement of over 500 cc with 95% of the

with Kochi Metro Rail Corporation (KMRL) has

by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

cost.

launched KMRL Axis Bank ‘Kochi1’ Card.

(UNODC),





adult population were engaged in problematic use

licensing and purchase deal with Xiao in cross

Living Survey, Mumbai is the most expensive city

and suffered from drug use disorders.

licensing deal.

for expatriates in India and is ranked 57th in the





list. Luanda, is the costliest city

changed its name to “World Taekwondo” because

(EPFO) signed an agreement with four private



According to Mercer’s 23rd annual Cost of

provident

country’s economic growth to 6%from 7.3% for



payments to its subscribers.

current fiscal.

the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships held



in Muju, South Korea.

said it has exposure of Rs 909 crore in one of

of

Electronics launched

and a

Economic

The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation

banks and Bank of Baroda for collection of

has

Applied

The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) has

Nokia has entered into a wide-ranging patent

initials.

Ministry

of

people or 0.6% of

of the “negative connotations” associated with its

Technology

Council

million

Research (NCAER) revised up its projections for



The National

around 5

Information

dedicated

Web



The change was made before the start of

According

to

the 2nd edition

RBI’s of

from

employers

and

Housing Development Finance Corp (HDFC)

the 12 accounts referred by the RBI for resolution

statistical



Statistics on States 2016-17’. The gross fiscal



Aerostructures has signed a MoU to collaborate

deficits will improve Cr. 449520

interest rates on foreign currency non-resident

on the production of aero structures parts and



banking deposits (FCNR (B)), at 2.43% for

assemblies.

for 12 large loans being referred to the National

deposits of one year and above.



Company



The International Olympic Committee (IOC)

titled ‘Handbook

dues

Portal meity.gov.in for facilitating taxpayers. Elbit Systems–Cyclone of Israel and Mahindra

publication

of

fund

RBI asks banks to make higher provisioning Law

Tribunal

(NCLT)

under

under the insolvency and bankruptcy code. Public

Tata

sector Indian

Power

Bankhas revised

Company,

through

its

its

joint

signed a partnership deal with Intel. to enhance

the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC).

venture company Adjaristsqali Georgia LLC has

the Olympic Games through to 2024, ” the IOC.



completed



for

According to the “World Population Prospects:

World Bankhas cleared a USD 250-million loan making Indian

youth more

employable

the

construction

of

its 187

mw

Shuakhevi Hydro Power Project in Georgia.

The 2017 Revision”, “India is likely to surpass

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According to a report by BMI Research, India’s



Mazagon

Dock

Shipbuilders

Ltd(MDL),

a

Scheme(NPS)

with asset

growth is expected to clock a real GDP growth of

Miniratna Schedule ‘A’ DPSU signed a MoU for the

crore and above

6.9 %in this financial year.

financial year 2017-18with the Ministry.







to

Orient Green Power Company Ltd. (OGPL) has

The Reserve Bank of India has revised rules

size

of

Rs.

500

The United Forum of Bank Unions has decided observe July

19,the 48th

anniversary

of

decided to sell the bulk of its biomass operations

for foreign portfolio investments, increased the

nationalization of major banks, as ‘Save public

to, SVL Ltd., or its subsidiaries of 425 MW.

investment

sector banks’



government bonds by Rs 11,000 crore to Rs



scale to 7.3 per cent in terms of Gross Value

2,42,000 crore.

wastewater for irrigation, according to the study

Added -GVA in the current fiscal year.



A report by World Economic Forum (WEF)on

published in the journal Environmental Research

the top thirty world’s most dynamic cities, stated

Letters putting millions of lives at serious health

that Bangalore topped the list.

risks.



The Reserve Bank said the economic growth

Reliance Jio Info comm Ltd announced the

launch

of

the

Asia-Africa-Europe

(AAE-1)

submarine cable system, the longest 100 Gbps



will

Microfinhad

stretch

over 25,000

km

from

Marseille,

limits

by

foreign

in

Mid-sized microfinance institution Svatantra launched

an

app, an

France, to Hong Kong.

cashless solution called Saathi.





Adani Ports and Special Economic Zones

investors

The National

end-to-end



India is one among five countries using

Centre launches GST Rates Finder app to

verify accurate tax rate under GST regime. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has released this

Company

Law

Tribunal

app in New Delhi.

raised USD 275 million through unsecured notes.

(NCLT)approved bankruptcy proceedings against





The government has imposed 10 per cent

Mumbai based EPC firm Jyoti Structures under

in Asia-Pacific. The company has an overall

basic customs duty on mobile phones and certain

India’s new Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

turnover of above 37 billion per annum. This hub

parts with immediate effect to boost domestic

2016 (IBC).

is for empowering small and medium level

manufacturing.



companies in digital transformation.



Delhi court has said pay a compensation of

firmSamsung Bio Logics announced a long-term



Rs. 20 lakh to the complainant in a cheque

manufacturing agreement for Tildrakizumab to be

18 – Series II. The Bonds will be restricted for

bounce.

used for treatment of The contract value is $55.5

sale

million.

individuals, HUFs,

consolidation in debt securities as part of its



Charitable Institutions.

efforts to deepen the corporate bond market.

Venture’s Sanjeev Aggarwalhave launched an



with ISINs code, which has 12 characters.

investment

from 40%. India is the world’s biggest sugar



a corpus of $100 million

consumer. In order to restrict the cheaper import

a card blockage if they fail to replace it with



of sugar this tax is raised.

a more secure EMV chip based card by July 31.

community in Telangana for lending to farmers in





the ongoing kharif season.

scheme



SEBI

places

a

new framework

for

PNB Maestro debit cards holders will face

Karnataka Bankhas launched the ‘KBL-Image

Debit

Card’

to

enable

its

cardholders

to



Drug major Sun Pharma and South Korean

Aadhaar architect Nandan Nilekaniand Helion fund

called Fundamentum with

RBI released Rs 2,600 crore for the banking

Yes

Bank

signed

a MoU in

London

Oracle picks Bengaluru for its first digital hub

Centre to issue Sovereign Gold Bonds 2017to resident

Indian entities Trusts,

to spend 29.7 cr. to raise IPR awareness. The involves

organising 4,315

events

across India. The aim is also to take forward

with Santander to promote India-UK trade and

the National IPR Policy 2016.

choice.

business opportunities.







scheme

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

and

India likely to raise sugar import tax to 50%

personalise the card with the image of his/her Oil Ministry announced that French energy

including

Universities

HDFC ERGO to implement crop insurance in

Andhra

Pradesh

to

implement

giant Total is to sign a USD 4.8 billion deal to

in Beijing has approved a USD 329 million loan to

the Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme

develop an Iranian offshore gas field.

build access roads to 4,000 villages in 33 Gujarat

(WBCIS) for farmers.



districts.



money, 676 million parked by its citizens with



Lite’ with Aadhaar.

Swiss banks, while the UK remains on the top.

in



(ETFs) would cross the Rs. 45,000-crore by the

growth: Harvard study. India and Uganda top

end of this fiscal.

the list of the fastest growing economies to

England’s international and first-class matches



2025, at 7.7 per cent annually.

played at home between 2020 and 2024.

in a global index that measures the commitment





of nations across the world to cyber security.

2018. The retail price will be same as the MRP

operations as a payments bank with effect from



inclusive of all taxes, with the provision to round

June 30

launch OS-integrated UPI payment platform in

off the nearest rupee or 50 paise.

India on SMS/ messaging, dialer interface, and



Payments Interface (UPI) has crossed the 1-crore

on third party apps like WhatsApp.

Industrial

mark in June 2016, just 11 months from its



Corporation (IDCO), is setting up the first of

launch.

for remittance facility for the benefit of Indian

its

expatriates

this

investment is 180 crore on infrastructure and will

(NMCE) has decided to merge with the Indian

arrangement, NRIs can enjoy cost-effective and

create around 15000 jobs. Odisha contributes

Commodity Exchange (ICEX), creating the third-

fast remittance services

around 54% of

largest commodity exchange in the country with



its total capital base will be Rs 553 crore.

Finance

India has slipped to 88thplace in terms of

BBC and Sky Sports have agreed a five-year

deal







worth

FINO

1.1

billion

Payments

A monthly

to

Bankhas

transaction

The National

The Asian

pounds

on

broadcast

commenced

the Unified

Multi-Commodity

Development

Bank

Exchange

(ADB)

and

The retirement fund body EPFO’s investment stocks

through

exchange

traded

funds

India is ranked a high 23rdout of 165 nations

Indus OS has partnered with YES Bankto

South Indian Bankhas tied up with PFG Forex from

Australia.

Kolkata-headquartered SREI has

signed

Under

Infrastructure

a MoUs

with Russia’s



Microsoft integrates caller identity app ‘Skype India to be base to economic pole of global

MRP to be sole price decider from Jan. 1

Nalco,

kind

in

collaboration

Infrastructure Aluminium

the

with Odisha Development

Park

in

Angul. The

total india’s

aluminium

smelting. 

Service like telephone, bill payment for credit

Vnesheconom bank to create a $200 million IT

card consumed in June, billed in July to attract

the Government of India signed a $220 million

and Innovation Fund.

GST.

loan agreement meant on the State highways of





Rajasthan.

Siemens opened its first digital factory in

Cadila

Healthcare Ltd

inked

Kalwa, Thane. The factory is the first of its kind

partnership

to be opened in India. It is also the third globally

poultry vaccine project in India on technology

climate policies has ranked The Energy Resources

to sell a range of plant automation equipment

transfer basis at an estimated project cost of

Institute (TERI) among the top think tanks in the

and software to Indian manufacturing units.

around $154.7 million. Pankajpatel is FICCI

world.



President



An

international

Microsoft

India

body

which

signed

Bank

of

India

has

capped

and

chairman

of

up

a

Zydus-Cadila

Healthcare Ltd.

unauthorized transactions within 7 working days.





Canara, HSBC, Oriental Bank of Commerce

a panda which has a capacity of 100 MW

Program (MASP) Pro Plus to over 55,000 member

Life Insurance, has entered into an alliance with

providing 3.2 billion kWh of green electricity in 25

schools.

Dhanlaxmi Bank.

years.

Independent

(NISA)

offer Microsoft

to

agreement

Reserve

set

the customer liability at Rs 25,000 if they report

with National

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India’s forex reserves at record-high of USD



India’s

industrial

production

increased

at



The Indian economy is forecast to grow

386.53 billion. The foreign exchange reserves

slower pace of 1.7% in May 2017 over May 2016.

at 7.2% in 2017-18 and 7.7% in 2018-19,

have increased by 4.007 billion US dollars.



said by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)



Retail inflation hit a “historically low” level of

The Reserve Bank of India made a strong

1.54 per cent in June on dip in food items like



case for setting up a public credit registry in

vegetables, pulses and milk products, which may

in digital innovation, enterprise security and

India to address the twin balance sheet problem

prompt the Reserve Bank to go in for rate cut

banking solutions, announced its Branch-in-a-

of the banking sector and the corporate sector.

next month.

Box product,





SBI waives charge on IMPS fund transfer of

(VTM) a fully integrated self-service kiosk for

Organisation) adds 1.03 Crore members since

up to Rs 1,000.State Bank of India had been

automating 90% of banking transactions at the

Jan 1. The first ever enrolment campaign rolled

charging Rs 5 along with the applicable service

branch level.

out on January 1.

tax for IMPS fund transfer of up to Rs 1,000.





a Multi-currency



EPFO

(Employees

India

to

join

Provident

new

Fund

Global

Foreign

Yes Bank Launches ‘Yes GST’ Program To

Aurionpro

Solutions a

the Virtual

Standard

Chartered

global

Teller

leader

Machine

Bank has

launched

Card for

overseas

Forex

Exchange Committee. The committee has been

Assist MSMEs Become GST- Ready.

travelers. The card will allow customers the

set up under the guidance of the Bank for



BRPL, TERI sign MoU to explore opportunities,

convenience of loading up to 20 widely used

International

research in solar rooftops. The MoU was signed

currencies on one card with an online reload

international financial organisation owned by 60

between

facility during overseas travel.

member central banks, representing countries

Saxena, Director, TERI.

from around the world.





intelligence firm Halli Labs.

Company Air

services. This is for the first time the State



No GST on sale of old jewellery by individuals.

corporate travel services provider.

Bank of India has expanded the paperless



SBI to cut NEFT, RTGS charges by up to 75%,



banking system outside India.

18% GST will be applied.

India has



banking



Settlements

(BIS),

an

Nepal SBI launches first paperless banking

No

GST

on

gifts

to

employees

up

to 50,000 and on perks in contract. 

India’s

ONGC

Videsh will

bid

in

an

Amal

Google

Sinha

acquires

(CEO,

BRPL)

and

AK



Bangalore-based

artificial

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Introduces

Leading online travel company Yatra has

acquired

corporate

travel

Travel

service

Bureau

Provider

(ATB) largest

Small Industries Development Bank of started full-fledged operations to

merchant

help medium

and

Bill To Facilitate SBI’s Merger With Arms ON

small enterprises (MSMEs) tap capital markets

APRIL1

for their funding requirements.

2017:

The

finance

minister

upcoming auction to explore and develop gas

introduced the State Banks (Repeal and



fields off the coast of Lebanon. Indian oil

Amendment) Bill, 2017 to repeal the State

launch of Kaizala a ‘made for India’ app powered

minister Dharmendra

Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959 and

by Azure

delegation at the World Petroleum Congress

the State Bank of Hyderabad Act, 1956.

group communications

in Istanbul, made the comment in a tweet after



management.

meeting

with

Pradhan, leading

Lebanese

Energy

and

a

Water

Markets regulator SEBI said it has entered

Microsoft India has finally announced the large

and



Mohapatra



information concerning Central Counterparties

called Project Connect to tackle its problem of

(CCPs).

non-performing assets (NPAs) or bad loans.

Govt saves over Rs 57,000 cr through

DBT scheme. 

AU Small Finance Bank shares close 51%



has

(BOI)

CEO

launched

a

work

Markets

of

India

for

into a pact with the European Securities and (ESMA) for exchange

of

platform

Minister Cesar Abou Khalil.

Authority

Bank

Cloud

Dinabandhu new

initiative

Canara Bank has launched its first ‘Digital

higher on stock market debut.

Banking Branch’ at Spencer Towers in MG Road,



Bengaluru.

Union Minister for Power Piyush Goel has

The

branch

is

reportedly

titled

said the Central Public Sector Unit Energy

“CANDI” and it will aim to provide an end-to-

Efficiency

invest

end digital experience to customers. As a part

Nadu over

of its digital campaign, the bank has unveiled

11,000

Services

crore

Limited

will

rupees in Tamil

the next three years. 

The Board

approved

of

several customer friendly mobile apps.

Approval

the proposal

structure

the

SEZ has

Reliance

Aero

development

Bank

of

agreement

Baroda has

entered

with Directorate

into

General

an



of

account interest rate system from July 31, 2017.

SBI has introduced a new two-tier savings

Supplies & Disposal (DGS&D) for extending

On balances below Rs. 1 crore, the interest rate

various banking

e-

has been brought down to 3.5 per cent from 4

Mihan SEZ in Nagpur. The park, spread over

Marketplace

been

per cent. On balances above Rs. 1 crore, the

289 acres, will become the largest Greenfield

mandated to set up GeM, an initiative intended to

bank will continue to offer 4 per cent. MCLR -

aerospace park in the country.

bring greater transparency and efficiency in

marginal cost of funds based lending rate.

public procurements.





Karnataka Bank, one of the leading private

potential in terms of digital payments and has

the United States for the first time after Indian

sector lender, announced that the bank has

been categorised under the “break out” segment

Oil Corp bought a cargo that will be delivered in

launched Met

Suraksha”

among 60 countries, according to the Digital

October.

(MLLS) for

bank

Evolution Index 2017.



introduced ‘KBL MLLS’ app, which marks the



Bank for North Goa airport.

celebration of 15 years of partnership with M/s

offered Bharat Bill Payment System, introduced



India, the world’s

oil importer,

will

of



the Dhirubhai Ambani Aerospace Park at



Ltd. for

of

for

third-largest

import

crude

oil

from

GMR gets Rs 1,330 cr debt from Axis India to become largest milk producer in

services to Government

(GeM).

Loan its

DGS&D

&

customers.

Life The

has

also

India has emerged strong, exhibiting a high

Public

sector

Indian

Overseas

Bank

has

PNB MetLife.

by the National Payments Corporation of India,

2026, says UN and OECD report.



Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill,

for its customers. BBPS is an integrated bill



Six states, UT sign pact with Centre on e-

2017 and the Central Road Fund (Amendment)

payment system that offers inter-operable online

Marketplace. It is carried out through the online

Bill, 2017 is scheduled to be introduced in Lok

bill payments to customers.

platform

Sabha. The Indian Institutes of Information



corruption.

for

transparency

and

to

eliminate

Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2017 and The

Auditors, An audit firm will not be eligible for



SEBI amends guidelines for foreign investors

RBI Changes Norms For Appointment Of

Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2016 will come up

appointment as statutory central auditor (SCA) of

looking to operate at IFSC.

for consideration and passage in the Lower

a bank for six years after completing its four-year



SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

House.

tenure in that particular private or foreign bank,



New spider species named after Harry Potter



character

after

Aragog

—

a

giant,

India has

been

ranked 132nd among 152

this follows the decision of the Reserve Bank of

talking

nations in a new index tracking commitment

India (RBI) to modify the rest period in the

arachnid from J K Rowling’s popular fantasy

to reducing income inequality. Sweden led

appointment of SCAs by banks. Mandatory period

Harry Potter series.

the

of ‘rest’ extended to six years from two.



performer.

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while Nigeria remained The index

the

worst

prepared

by

Development Finance International.



India is the third-largest beef exporter in the

world, accounting for 16% of the global exports, a

report

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the

United

Nations

Food

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Economic Cooperation has revealed. Brazil tops

capital

the Basel-III

Development (NABARD) has conferred the

the list of the world’s largest beef exporters, and

regime from 2019, the Reserve Bank amended

‘best performance award’ for 2015-16 and

Australia comes in second.

a slew of previous regulations on the same,

2016-17 to Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank



helping banks shore up their capital buffers

(KVGB) for its work in the field of credit-

ranks at the 40th spot among the top 50 global

and improves liquidity coverage ratios.

linking joint liability groups (JLGs).

cities



Bengaluru may be India’s Silicon Valley but that

foster

high-potential

women

Ahead of the implementation of the stringent requirements

GDP

under

growth in

Jun

quarter

entrepreneurs, according to a report by tech

around 6% in India: Nomura

giant Dell. The only other Indian city in the top



50 tally is Delhi, that at the 49th spot, just ahead

Bank for KYC non-compliance

of Jakarta.





Payments

Corporation

of

1st

slaps Rs time

1

crore

India

be



National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

The Kumbakonam-headquartered

bank

introduced the option of an “instant credit penalty on Union

card” for free for its Net banking customers. And,

becomes

net

export

the

product,

which was

soft-launched,

seems to have caught the fancy of its customers

India

country in Steel (Crude steel production has

(NPCI), the umbrella organization for all retail

registered 5 per cent growth during April-June

payment systems in the country, has received

2017-18) : Birender Singh

the final nod from the Reserve Bank of India



(RBI) to function as the Bharat Bill Payment

creation of new ETF (Exchange Traded Fund)



Central Unit and operate the Bharat Bill Payment

called Bharat 2022, comprising of 22 companies,

Environment Facility (GEF) of the World Bank

System (BBPS).

or

of USD 24.64 million for “Ecosystem Service



undertakings, public sector banks and some

Improvement

Supervisory Colleges have been setup for the

other strategic holdings.

Shri Sameer Kumar Khare, Joint Secretary

following six Scheduled Commercial Banks which



Government has directed internet majors –

(MI), Department of Economic Affairs (DEA),

have sizeable international presence, State Bank

Google, Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram,

Ministry of Finance on behalf of the Government

of India, ICICI Bank Ltd., Bank of India, Bank of

Microsoft and Yahoo– to immediately remove

of India and Mr. Hisham AbdoKahin, Acting

Baroda, Axis Bank Ltd. and Punjab National Bank.

the

Country Director for India on behalf of the World



Whale Challenge”, which has led to suicide of

Bank. The project’s duration is 5 years

private sector life insurer ICICI Prudential Life

children



Insurance (IPRU) to take over the business of

countries. Mumbai and West Midnapore district

Enrolment

beleaguered Sahara India Life Insurance (Sahara

have reported deaths linked to this game.

directive last month.

India Life), with effect from 31 July.







National

RBI

to



Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has informed that

Insurance

regulator

India along

IRDAI

asked

Minister

investments

links

Arun

from

Jaitley

central

public-sector

of dangerous online in

India

announced

game “Blue

and

other

Retail inflation rose to 36 per cent in July

A

Grant

Agreement

Project”

from

was

the Global

signed

by

Karur Vysya Bank unveiled the Aadhaar Centre here

following

UIDAI’s

HDFC Bank Ltd cut interest rates on most of

Malaysia,

this year, chiefly driven by hardening prices in

its savings accounts to 5%from 4%.Customers

Thailand, the Philippines and Vietnam is more

sugar and confectionery items, pan, tobacco, and

with savings bank account balance of 5 million

attractive

Nomura

intoxicants. Retail inflation, as measured by the

rupees and above will continue to earn interest

report. The Japanese financial services major

consumer price index, had stood at 1.46 per cent

at 4 percent per annum.

have dubbed India and ASEAN-5 (Indonesia,

in June.



Malaysia,



denomination in the Mahatma Gandhi (New)

to

with Indonesia,

leading

Finance

instantly.

FDIs

the

by 2025, says

Philippines,

a

Thailand

and

Wholesale inflation rose to 88 per cent in

RBI will shortly issue new banknotes of Rs 50

Vietnam) as “Asia’s tiger cubs”.

July this year, year-on-year, as the prices of

Series.



SBI plans to raise Rs 2,000 cr via Basel-III

some commodities increased. Inflation based on

A RBI press release has informed that the base

bonds: SBI bonds will carry a coupon rate of

the wholesale price index had stood at 0.9 per

colour of the new notes will be fluorescent

8.15 per cent per annum with a call option after

cent in June this year, and 0.63 per cent in July

blue and its dimension will be 66 mm x 135

5 years or the anniversary date thereafter.

last year.

mm.







MCX inks MoU with Mahindra Agri for

The country’s exports grew 9 percent in July

The new notes will bear the picture of

data on farm pricing. This information will be

this year, on a yearly basis, to 22.5 billion

the iconic stone chariot at Hampi, Karnataka

available

dollars. Exports rose

on the reverse, depicting the country’s cultural

on

its

mobile

application

—

‘MyAgriGuru’. 

Third

Bi-monthly

Monetary

Policy

due

to

an increase in

shipments of petroleum, chemicals and marine

heritage

products.

logo, year

Official

data

showed

that

imports

along of

with

the Swachh

printing,

Statement, 2017-18

rose 15.4 per cent in July, to 34 billion dollars,

devnagiri and the language panel.



in

due to a rise in inward shipments of crude oil and



Internet population by UN report data released

gold.

another private sector lender, this time ICICI

by the International Telecommunication Union



(ITU).

a new

‘PlanYourGoal.com’ to help

that it has slashed its interest rate by 50



users plan their investments according to

basis points to 3.5 per cent on deposits below

payment. These cashless payments can be made

their future financial goals.

Rs 50 lakh.

via smart phones (My Airtel App) as well as



feature phones (USSD).

penalty of $ 264 million (about Rs 1,700 crore)

with MobiKwikto to enable one-tap bill payment



India, China home to 39% of world’s young

Bharat

numeral 50

Airtel Payments Bank, HPCL tie-up for digital

Mukesh Ambani overtakes Hong Kong’s Li

Ka-shing Asia:

to

report

become second according

to

ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund has launched website

The government

has

imposed

a new

HDFC Bank cuts its savings bank interest rate,

Bankhas cut its rate too. The bank announced



BSNL unveiled its mobile wallet in partnership

on Reliance Industries Ltd and its partners for

for

richest man in

producing less than the targeted natural gas from

subscribers will also be able to use the digital

the

Bloomberg

its

over 100

million

subscribers. The

eastern offshore KG-D6 fields in 2015-16.

wallet at over 1.5 million merchants across India.

Billionaires Index







Flipkart completes eBay India mergers.

mandatory for farmers who wish to avail short-

the Asia-Pacific will meet in Delhi this month to



Reserve Bankhas made Aadhaar linkage

Telecom regulators of 23 countries from

Samsung Pay now available for State Bank

term crop loans in 2017-18. In a notification

discuss challenges in framing rules for digital

of India debit cards: This will allow SBI debit card

issued from Mumbai, RBI has advised banks to

ecosystem and regional roaming, among others.

holders to make payments using Samsung smart

make Aadhaar linkage compulsory to ensure

Regulatory heads of Australia, Afghanistan,

phones at Point of Sale (PoS) card machines at

hassle-free benefits to farmers under the

Iran,

Nepal,

Sri

merchant outlets.

Interest Subvention Scheme.

Lanka, Vanuatu, Fiji and some others

are





SEBI formed a committee on fair market

The international exchange from BSE, India



regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of

a corporate

3.2%: Report by UBS

India (SEBI), to commence trading in Gold

Allianz



Options contracts – the first for India at GIFT

Insurance and Cholamandalam MS General

IFSC.

Insurance for distribution of their insurance

Chennai and Bengaluru Tech centres

approval

from

the

slated to attend the international meet.

INX,

PayPal unveils two innovation labs at the

an

Bangladesh,

conduct India in line to meet fiscal deficit target of

received

Malaysia,



Union

Bank

of

agency

India

entered

agreement

into

with Bajaj General

products.

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The first

regional

Centre

of

the New



Private

sector

lender

IDFC

Development Bank, set up by India and other

Bank has partnered with

BRICS nations, was officially opened by South

company Zeta,

African President Jacob Zama and the banks

Benefits’ – a payment solution for corporate

Indian head K V Kamath. The idea was

that digitises

proposed by India at the 4th BRICS summit in

claims, making the process simple, real-time

2012 at New delhi.

and paperless.



State-run

power

transmission

utility



to

digital

launch

payments

‘IDFC

Bank

employee spends

Amazon announced

the

and

launch

of virtual

Power Grid Corps aid it will get a loan of $500

customer service (VCS) model, an initiative

million from the Asian Development Bank

launched to create cost efficient employment

(ADB) for its various projects.

prospects for skilled candidates seeking more



flexible

The mergers of regional rural banks that

work

opportunities

has

are ordered by the government are now exempt

launched

from seeking CCI approval, according to a

and Noida.

notification a move that will lead to faster closure



of such transactions. The exemption has been

bank

granted for a period of five years.

the launch of instant credit cards.





The government has extended till Marcha

in Hyderabad,

and

Pune,

been

Coimbatore

ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector by

consolidated

The Department

assets,

of

announced

Financial

Services,

cash back scheme that offers incentives of up

Ministry of Finance, has set up a committee to

to 1,000 to merchants for accepting payments

resolve

through the Bharat Interface for Money (BHIM)

pensioners and retirees.

application.





Axis Bank will waive 12equated monthly

letters to beneficiaries who were trained at

installments (EMIs) on regular repayments of

the Vijaya Bank Self Employment Training

loans

Institute

of

up

to

30

lakh under

the

new

the pending

Vijaya Bank has disbursed loan sanction

(VIBSETI)

in

scheme Shubh Aarambh Home Loans.

Indore, Madhya Pradesh.





Bank of Baroda Cuts Interest on Savings A/C

issues of bank

The NSDC

and

Bhenslay

Google India

Village,

will

come

by 50 Bps.

together to train app developers for mobile



Kotak Mahindra Bank has launched Kotak

platform on the Android and web platforms, a

Remit — an Aadhaar-based integrated outward

move aimed at improving the country’s mobile

forex remittance solution for both customers and

application development ecosystem.

non-customers.





has

entered

into

a

The National

Company

Law

Tribunal

strategic

(NCLT) has admitted insolvency proceedings

partnership with Bajaj Finance Ltd to transform

against Lanco Infratech Ltd, among the 12

itself into financial services App from a payment

identified

App.

following the Reserve Bank of India.



MobiKwik

MasterCard and PayPal have

extended



cases referred

IDFC

to

Alternatives

the

tribunal

Ltd’s

India

their partnership into Asia Pacific to enhance

Infrastructure Fund II has raised long-term

the

project finance of Rs250 crore by selling non-

consumer

experience and

make

MasterCard a clear payment option with PayPal.

convertible debentures to infrastructure debt



funds and financial institutions.

PNB

customers will

have

to pay

charges for depositing cash above Rs 5,000



in a non-base branch even if it is located in the

SEBI, has

introduced

same city.

mechanism

for custodians



Iran’s official news agency says two Iranian

make it convenient for them to do business.

companies have signed the country’s biggest-

Markets regulator said, the new system will help

ever

custodian

car

deal

million dollars automobile

worth several

with

French

manufacturer

hundred

multinational

Group

Renault

to

Securities and Exchange Board of India,

of



Bank of Maharashtra (BoM) has reduced

redesigned

its benchmark lending rate known as marginal

publishers.

cost of funds based lending rate — by 5-15



basis points (bps) across loan tenures.

over $2.5

video

rolled

out

platform

‘Watch‘

for

creators

Softbank announced that it has billion—

a

mix

of

–

a and

invested

primary

and

a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with

With this massive infusion, Softbank has become

the Telangana Department of Handloom and

one of Flipkart’s largest shareholders.

Textiles, to educate, train and enable weavers



and artisans to directly sell their products to

on tri-party repo transactions as part of its

Amazon customers across the country.

attempt

Videsh,

the

it

Facebook has

secondary capital—in the e-commerce company.

ONGC

said

to complete

signed



India has

securities

securities to

SEBI much faster and in a cost-effective manner. 

Amazon

of

registration

registration and other regulatory filings with

produce 150,000 cars, beginning in 2018.



an online

overseas

arm

of

The Reserve Bank issued the final guidelines to

energise

market and generate

the corporate more

bond

liquidity in

the

the state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corp, plans

segment.

to invest $150 million in exploration this fiscal



year to drill more wells in Colombia, as well as

gave ‘in-principle’ approval to induct Dai-ichi

in Kazakhstan and Bangladesh.

Life



Axis

Bank lowered

the

interest

Union Bank of India’s board of directors Holdings group

company

Asset

rate

Management One Company as a strategic partner

on savings accounts (SAs) of up to Rs 50

in Union Asset Management Company Pvt

lakh by 50 basis points (bps) to 3.5 per cent.

Ltd (Union AMC).

The bank will continue to pay 4 per cent interest on savings accounts with balances of more than Rs 50 lakh.

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

The Multi Commodity Exchange Ltd (MCX)

has

received

capital

markets

regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) approval to launch options on gold, said two people with direct knowledge of the matter. 

The government said the merger of the five

associate

banks with

the SBI will

lead

to

increased capital base and availability of loan, as the Lok Sabha passed the bill approving the amalgamation. 

Parliament passed a bill that will empower

the RBI to deal with stressed assets in the banking sectors which have soared to Rs 8 lakh crore. 

State-run Canara Bank unveiled two new

digital services for online payments. 

“Bharat

payment

QR

(Quick

settlement

Response)

at

merchant

is for

locations

and Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) is an integrated bill payment system for net banking customers. 

Markets regulator Securities and Exchange

Board of India (SEBI) and Securities & Exchange Organization (SEO) of Iran have entered into a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for mutual cooperation and technical assistance. 

With the $2.4 billion it just received from

Japanese technology and telecom giant Soft Bank, Flipkart has

become

the third

most

funded private company globally. 

State-owned Indian

Oil

Corp

(IOC)

has

bought the country’s first shale oil from the US and is looking to step up imports from America as

part of

its

crude

diversification

strategy. 

Hike

Messenger said

Bengaluru-based

it

has

tech start-up

acquired

Cero for

an

undisclosed amount. The Cero team constitutes over 50 members and was founded in December 2013 by Sai Srinivas Kiren G and Subhas Amphora. 

Build Innovations India, an organisation

established

to

facilitate

innovation

and

entrepreneurship through startup hubs spread across the country, is setting up an internet of things (Iota) incubation centre in Basra in collaboration with Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT). 

The successful launch of the country’s first

indigenously developed robot ‘BRABO’ in April 2017,

TAL

Manufacturing,

a

wholly-owned

subsidiary of Tata Motors, has launched ‘Robot Whiz’, an education cell designed for universities and polytechnics. 

Finance

meeting

Minister Arun to

review

Jaitley chaired

the Foreign

a

Direct

Investment (FDI) policy in certain sectors. The meeting appears to be a follow-up of the meeting Prime Minister had called last month on FDI policy. 

More than 9.3 crore Permanent Account

Numbers (PAN) have been linked with Aadhaar, a senior Income Tax Department officer said. Of

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

30 per cent of the total about 30 crore PAN

Station program to Indonesia, according to

Google is extending

world.

holders, about three crore linkages were done in





June and July.

Regulation

The

government

its

successful Google

has notified the Banking Act

LLC (AGL), its joint venture with Norway’s Clean

authorises the Reserve Bank of India, RBI to

Energy Invest AS Norway (Clean Energy) and IFC

Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) on

issue directions to banks to initiate insolvency

Infra Ventures (IFC), a member of the World

imports of gold and silver, which can be claimed

resolution process to recover bad loans.

Bank group, have synchronised its 186 MW

as input tax credit.



Shuakhevi Hydro Power Project (HPP) in



Banks

will have

The Telecom

India

has

to

pay

Regulatory

inked

the Malaysian

an

3

per

Authority

agreement

Communications

of

Act.

The

Tata Power, through Adjaristsqali Georgia

cent



(Amendment)

WannaCry that disrupted systems across the

Seven Indian companies have made it to

the latest Clean200 list, featuring the world’s



with

largest

agreement for

and

significant

publicly

traded

revenue

from

companies making clean

energy.

The

Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to deepen

Carbon Clean200 report, compiled by non-profit

bilateral cooperation in telecom and broadcasting

organisation As

regulation.

Knights,



headquartered Siemens AG, while Greater China

The board of state-owned Oil and Natural

Gas

Corp,

ONGC,

has

given

You

was

Sow

and

topped

State-owned NTPC has signed a term loan Rs. 3,000

Bank for partially

its

capital

expenditure.

Corporate

by

crore with ICICI

funding *****

Munich-

SCIENCE &

‘in-principle’

had the most representation on the list with 68

approval to acquire government’s 11 per cent

companies in the top 200. The seven companies

stake in Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd. The

on the list released earlier this month are Suzlon

government last month had approved sale of

Energy (Rank 55), Bharat Heavy Electricals

 NASA has announced the launch of its

its 51.11 per cent stake in oil refiner HPCL to

(Rank 85), Tata Chemicals (Rank 144), Exide

spacecraft named as “Solar Probe Plus”will aim to

India’s largest oil producer ONGC. The deal will

Industries

fly for the sun in 2018.

be completed within a year.

Thermax Ltd (Rank 169), and Havells India

 Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed



(Rank 200).

a

Foreign direct investment (FDI) into the

country

grew

by 37

per

cent

to

USD 4



(Rank

155),

The Insurance

IDFC

Ltd

(167),

Regulatory

and

TECHNOLOGY

new

technology

change

the

“2g

bioethanol which

way biofuel is

will

manufactured

by

billion during the first quarter of the current

Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has

making the process cheaper, and pollution-free.

fiscal, DIPP said.

launched a Central Database of all Insurance

 Astronomers



Indian

actors Shahrukh

Khan, Salman

Sales

Persons in

the

country.

Khan and Akshay Kumar are among the top

Named `Envoy’, the database will ensure that all

10 highest paid actors in the world in a list

licensed insurance sales persons working for

compiled

insurers and intermediaries

by Forbes. The list is

topped

by

Hollywood action star Mark Wahlberg.





upgrade to create a single point-of-sale (PoS)

it’s

The latest version of Android is official, and called Android

Oreo.

Google

made

the

HDFC

Bank announced

machine which

will

a software

accept

interesting decision to reveal the final name and

through Unified

consumer launch details of Android 8.0.

Bharat QR, SMS Pay and the bank’s mobile



Of the 56 regional rural banks (RRBs) in

wallet, in addition to the traditional mode of

the country, two notched up net profit of

swiping cards. The bank plans to carry out a

over ₹150 crore each during 2016-17. These

software upgrade of its existing base of 4 lakh

are among the 49 RRBs that recorded a profit in

PoS machines to create what it calls a Digi

2016-17.

PoS at no cost to merchants.

The

by Syndicate Karnataka

three Bank

Vikas

RRBs

—

promoted

Parthia

Grameena

Bank,

Bank,

and



Payments

payments

The Commerce

Interface

and

Ministry released

the next

(UPI),

Industry edition of

policy

its

document,

planet

ever

have known

discovered

the hottest

as “Kelt-9b”,

with

a

temperature more than 4, 300 degrees Celsius, 8 times more massive than Jupiter

 Scientists from Washington have discovered a new species of flying squirrel (Humboldt’s flying squirrel or Glaucomys oregonens

is) in North

America.

 The world’s first hybrid “aeroboat”capable of travelling on land, water, snow and sand that has

been built

by an Indo-Russian

joint

venture was unveiled in Moscow It has been designed by IIAAT Holding.

 ISRO is gearing up to launch a Cartosat-series satellite

also

called

the ‘eye

in

the

sky’.

The 550kg satellite is the fourth of the Cartosat-2 series is to be launched by the PSLV-C38 rocket.

Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank — improved

consolidated FDI

their net profit over 2015-16 and emerged in the

incorporating all the changes made over the past

 In the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot,

top league of profit-making RRBs during 2016-

year.

scientists have discovered a new genus and six

17.



new species of freshwater crabs in these forests.

The Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX)

launched the world’s first diamond futures

 World Oldest fossil mushroom has been

contracts to provide exporters with a hedging

discovered in Brazil dating back about 115 million

the LinkedIn Power Profiles List of 2017.

tool.

years,

Professional

National Multi Commodity Exchange (NMCE)

Magnificus. It belongs to the Agaricales order.

announced its fourth edition of Power Profiles, a

into ICEX was also announced.

 Scientists

list of the most viewed LinkedIn profiles of



Department once

magnets that are formed by a single layer of

professionals in India



Prime Minister Narendra Modi and actress

Priyanka



Chopra

have

found

networking

DHFL

Pramerica

Company has Dhanlaxmi

spot

giant

in

LinkedIn

The merger

The Income

of

Ahmedabad-based

Tax

and efficient devices.

on Kerala-based

this cap will invite strict penalty under law. In a

 China has launched a swarm of 119 fixed-

its banc

assurance

public message. program

customers across 260 branches in India.

dedicated to young media executives. Eleven

Regulatory

Authority

of

Twitter

launched named

agencies from

a

new

“#Tweet

global

media

media To

agency

The

and

Top”,

advertising

India (TRAI) has imposed a penalty of almost 3

networks including Dentsu, GroupM, IPG and

crore

Omnicom

Idea

Cellular

dimensional

atoms and may pave the way for more compact

retail and group life insurance products to its

on

discovered two

Aricites

lakh rupees and more, saying any violation of



The Telecom

as Gondwanag

again warned people against cash dealings of 2

partner, under which the latter will distribute



named

Insurance

Life

signed Bank as

a

for

overcharging

would

participate

in

the

initiative

subscribers for calls they made to two public

in five nations of Asia Pacific that includes India,

sector operators — BSNL and MTNL.

Singapore,



Australia.

The government restricted imports of gold

Indonesia,

and

entered

into

 China launched its first ever space telescope, 5-tonne Hard X-ray Modulation Telescope (HXMT) was launched via a Long March-4B rocket from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in Gobi Desert.

 Gaitri Issar Kumar has been appointed as the Ambassador of India to the Kingdom of Belgium.

 Reenat Sandhu has been appointed as



check spurt in inbound shipments of precious

a partnership with Symantec

metals from that country. The importers will now

protect businesses in India from online threats.

 Shri Ajit Vinayak Gupte has been appointed as

have to obtain a license from the Directorate

The partnership comes amid a spike in cyber

the next Ambassador of India to Denmark.

General

attacks

Foreign

Trade

(DGFT)

importing gold and silver from South Korea.

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for

Airtel has

Philippines

previous record of a swarm of 67 drones.

and silver items from South Korea in a bid to

of

Bharti

the

wing unmanned aerial vehicles, breaking the

over

the

past

Corporation to

few

the next Ambassador of India to Italy.

months,

including ransomwares such as Petya and

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 Union Science Minister Harsh Vardhan praised

MD of Kannur International Airport Ltd. Balakiran,

Indian scientists for the world’s biggest Thirty

who is presently Tourism director of Kerala.

Meter Telescope (TMT), built at an cost of USD

 Kajal Singh was appointed as Executive Vice

1.47 billion by India, US, Canada, Japan and

President (Services) in Goods and Services Tax

China.

Network (GSTN) with period of 3 years.

 Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science

 Tim Farron, the leader of Britain’s pro-

Education

European Union Liberal Democrat Party, resigned

successfully

after the party failed in election.

delivery

 Uber Technologies Inc director David Bonder

nanoparticles.

and

Research

developed

system

a

(IISER) novel

using

Pune

have

cancer

drug

graphene

oxide

man has resigned from the company’s board.

 A Space rocket carried 10 communications

 Czech Prime Minister Boshuslav Sobotkare

satellites from California. The Falcon 9 rocket will

signed

as chairman

of

his

leftist

Social

Democratsamid falling popularity for the party

provide real-time tracking and surveillance of aircraft around the globe.

ahead of parliamentary election

 NASA has achieved a significant milestone in

 NASA Orion spacecraft, which has designed

its effort to make supersonic passenger jet of

to take astronauts to deep space destinations such as the Moon and Mars, has successfully

its Quiet Supersonic Transportor QueSST aircraft design.



Three

Chandra,

space-based observatories Astrosat, Hubble

ground-based

Space

Telescope and

observatory

HARPS

a

have

simultaneously detected a massive coronal explosion

on

the

star ‘Proxima

nearest

Centauri’, a

planet-hosting top

scientist

a

south

revealed. 

Researchers

from

eastern Spanish university

announced

the

discovery of a molecule that could be used as a potential drug to fight the effects of a Zika virus infection.

completed a series of tests for its critical safety

 Department of Science and Technology (DST)

systems. for Orion’s launch abort system on June

launched a scheme named ‘Visiting Advanced

successfully travelling in low Earth orbit and

15,

Joint Research Faculty’ (VAJRA) in a bid to bring

communicating with systems on Earth. Known as

 NASA scientists have finally unveiled some of

together the Indian scientists abroad and India-

“Sprites”.

based researchers.



the targets to be observed by the colossal James



The smallest spacecraft ever launched are

China has successfully produced natural gas

Webb Mega telescope. It will observe Jupiter,

 GSAT-17,

Saturn,

communication satellite, will soon join the fleet

“flammable ice“, in an experimental project in the

as Trappist-1e.

of 17 working Indian communication satellites in

South

 Ramanathan Ramanan was appointed as

space with life of 15 years at a cost 1, 013 crore.

ministry.





Uranus,

the Mission

Director

and Neptune,

of

the

as

Atal

well

Innovation

Mission under the Niti Aayog for the period of 2 years.

 The first ever Industry - Academia mission to accelerate biopharmaceutical

development

in

India. The program named “Innovate in India” (i3) will witness an investment of USD 250 million with USD 125 million.

 NASA is launching a sounding rocket CHESS (Colorado

High-resolution

Echelon

Stellar

Spectrograph) for understanding the lifecycle of stars.

 Russian

Northern

955underwater successfully

missile

Fleet’s

Project

cruiser Yuri

Dolgoruky

test-fired

Bulava

missile from

the

Researchers

country’s newly

at

the

Indian

launched

Institute

of

from

methane China

hydrate,

Sea,

the

also land

known

and

as

resources

Scientists just created a flexible bio-glue

Technology (IIT) Guwahati have taken the first

for healing wounds at Harvard University’s

successful

Paulson School of Engineering and Applied

step

in

treating

peripheral

nerve

damage which can result from traumatic injuries.

Sciences (SEAS) in the US





NASA is developing the first-ever mission that

1. Indian Institute of Science researchers

will deflect a near-Earth asteroid to protect the

Bengaluru,

planet from potential cosmic body impacts.

highly sensitive



monoxide sensor.

The sharpest laser in the world has been

Karnataka have

developed

32anometer-scale

a

carbon

created by German scientists Physikalisch and



Technische Bundesanstalt with the light it emits

cost and highly sensitive blood test that may

able to travel 2 billion miles with a line width of

quickly detect cancer growth and spread. The

only 10 miliHertz (mHz)

test called single colour digital PCR can detect



genetic mutations in minute amounts of DNA

The world’s most detailed scan of the brain’s

Stanford scientists have developed a low-

internal wiring has been produced by scientists at

released from cancer cells into the blood.

Cardiff University, UK.





developing

IISc to get Rs 3,000-crore foundry to produce

US

scientists

have

a plant-based

been successful Zika

in

vaccine that

Barents sea-range of 9, 300 kilometres.

‘wonder’ nano material, gallium nitride.

could be

 NASA launched the world’s smallest satellite,



produce than other Zika medicines.

built by 18-year old Tamil Nadu student Rifath

large supercluster of galaxies located in the



Sharook and his team. Named as Kalamsat, after

direction of the constellation Pisces, and at a

pediatrician at the University Of Nebraska

APJ Abdul Kalam.

distance of 4,000 million (400 crore) light years

Medical Center College Of Public Health has

 ISRO to launch Cartosat-2 along with 30

away from Earth.

discovered

Nano-Satellites from Sriharikota on PSLV C-38.



 Union Science Minister Harsh Vardhan praised

hydrophobic

Indian scientists for the world’s biggest telescope Thirty

Meter

Telescope

(TMT),

built

at

an

estimated cost of USD 1.47 billion by India, US, Canada, Japan and China.

 NASA for the first time tested the “Roll-Out Solar Array” (ROSA) an advanced, flexible solar array to provide power for a variety of future spacecraft”.

 Researchers at the Indian Institute of Science Education

and

successfully delivery

Research

developed

system

a

using

(IISER) novel

Pune

have

cancer

drug

graphene

oxide

nanoparticles.

 Scientists at the University of NebraskaLincoln in the US have created the brightest light ever produced on the Earth. This could be used to find tiny tumours or micro fractures that are currently missed by conventional X-rays.

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Indian scientists have discovered Saraswati, a

Paper

or

other

materials

(water

hating)

coated hybrid

with

a

molecular

more

Dr

effective and

economical to

PinakiPanigrahi,

a US-based

an inexpensive

prevention

technique against sepsis. 

British

scientists

have

smallest surgical

developed

material synthesised at the Indian Institute of

the world’s

Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata

could transform everyday operations for tens

can behave like a lotus leaf and keep the surface

of thousands of patients.

APPOINTMENTS &

Behind Green Eyes: New species of deep-

water hermit crab found in the West Coast of

RESIGNS

South Africa. 

Scientists from the University of Cambridge

have

developed

super-stretchy

which

*****

clean and water-proof. 

robot

and

strong

 Former Indian Ambassador to US Nirupama

artificial silk, composed almost entirely of water,

Rao

which may be used to make eco-friendly textiles

fellow to a Washington-based think-tank and will

and sensors.

work on a project on the Sino-India ties.



 Aleksandar Vucic was sworn in as President of

Canadian scientists have identified a new

has

been

appointed

as

a public

policy

bird-like species of dinosaur that lived nearly 71

Serbia.

million years ago and was about the size of a

 Jet Airways has announced the appointment

person

of Vinay Dube as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

 Historian

and

author Ramachandra

Guha

resigned from BCCI’s panel of administrators.

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General

 Sharad

Assembly elected Slovak foreign

minister

the additional

Kumar

Jain

has

of

director

charge

assumed

 Air Commodore JS Dhamoon, who was

general

commanding the Pathankot air force has taken

Miroslav Lajcak to be the next president of the

of National Water Development Agency (NWDA)

early retirement from service.

193-member powerful body.

 Rays Power Infra has appointed Rahul Mishra

 French Defence Minister Sylvie Goulard quit

as CEO to lead new business initiatives.

her job in the European Parliament.

appointed Sanjiv Singh as the new chairman of

 Lakshmi

appointed K.

 Kusum Sardet of the BJP was elected as

the

 Indian

Oil

company

Corporation with

Ltd

immediate

(IOCL)

has

effect. He

will

Vilas

Bankhas

Manjunath as its non-executive chairman for a

the mayor of Shimla the party bagged the post

succeed Ashok.

period of three years.

for the first time.

 Citi bank has appointed Shinjini Kumar as

 NGO Act Now for Harmony and Democracy

 Ayurveda physician ‘Vaidya’ Rajesh Kotecha

head of consumer banking business in India and

(ANHAD) Shabnam Hashmi is stepping down as

has

replaces Kartik Kaushik who moves to a global

its trustee, paving the way for a young team to

in AYUSH ministry for three years on a contract

consumer banking role in the US.

lead the organisation.

basis.

 Karnataka

Home

Minister G

 SEBI

to

appoint

Vikram

Limayeas

the

been

appointed

 Travis

Kalanick,

as special

the

secretary

founder

of

Uber

Parameshwara resigned from the post ahead of

Managing Director and Chief Executive officer of

has stepped down as CEO of the ride-hailing

the 2018 Assembly polls.

the National Stock Exchange (NSE).

service.

 Tesla Elon Muskand Disney’s Robert Iger were

 Sushila Karki, first women chief justice

 Saudi

resigned

of Nepal Supreme Court retired after attaining

been appointed

councils after President Trump announced that he

the age 65 years.

new crown prince and Deputy prime minister of

is withdrawing the United States from the Paris

 The Kalinga

from White

House

advisory

climate accord 2015.

 RBI

has

Executive

appointed Ganesh

Director

(ED)

after

Kumar the

as

voluntary

retirement of Chandan Sinha.

 Ravi Narain, former managing director and chief

executive officer

of the National Stock

Institute

of

Social

Sciences

Arabia’s King

Salman

as Mohammed bin

has

Salman

as

Saudi Arabia. Prince Mohammed bin Nayef was

(KISS) had appointed Sadhana Kinnar, originally

replaced with Mohammed bin Salman.

known as Sadhana Mishra, a transgender as

 Wipro Chairman Azim Premji is among the

social development officer.

recipient

 Paytm Mallthe e-commerce company of Vijay

considered the

Shekhar Sharma Communications has appointed

philanthropy.

of Amit

 Vidya

Sinha as

the Chief

Operating

Officer

of

this

year’s Carnegie

most

Balan

prestigious

has

been

Medal, prize

in

named

as

Exchange (NSE) resigned as the vice-chairman.

(COO).

the ambassador to the Indian Film Festival of

 Shashi

of Infosys

 The IRDAI has appointed one of its officials K.

Melbourne (IFFM) for the second time running

Technologies, has been appointed the new chief

Sharma as administrator for managing the affairs

from 10-22 August.

executive

of Sahara India Life Insurance Company Ltd.

 The

 The

has chairperson of the board of governors for

Shekhar

Vempati

officer

(CEO)

of

public

broadcaster Prasar Bharati. Vempati,

 Economic

Affairs

Dasannounced

his retirement as

Secretary Shaktikanta the Corporate

Affairs Secretary. He will be succeeded by Tapan Ray who will take the additional charges as the new Economic Affairs Secretary.

 Shri

Param

Jit

Manncurrently Joint

Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs, has been appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Slovak Republic.

 FC Goa appoints Sergio Lobera Rodriguez as their new head coach for the next two years.

 David Rank, Acting US ambassador to

Congress

appointed Fairoz

Khan

as

the new president of the National Students Union

the National

of India (NSUI), the party’s student wing.

(NIFT),

 Tata Motors announced the appointment

Chauhan.

the Paris

actress Dia

appointed brand

Mirzawas

ambassador for

the Wildlife

Trust of India (WTI) on World Environment Day.

 Tata Motors has appointed Sathish Borwankar as the Chief Operating Officer of the company.

 Astronomers planet

ever

have known

discovered

with

a

temperature more than 4, 300 degrees Celsius, 8 times more massive than Jupiter

 K G Karmakar and Gauri Shankar were appointed as Independent Directors of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) for a period of 3 years.

 Senior bureaucrat Hoshiar Singh has been appointed as Registrar of Copyrights to protect the music and film industry besides addressing its concerns, among others.

 Ruchira Kamboj Appointed As Next High Commissioner Of India To South Africa:

 Prominent policymaker Sam Pitroda resigned as

the technical

advisor

to

government

the Odisha

cricketer

Chetan

International Economic Association (IEA).

 Swapan

Sadhana,

Baganfootball

team

his

chief taken

economic over

advisor Kaushik

as president

of

the

of

Mohan

Night Shift Program for Working

post

citing

People

President quit

“deteriorating health”.

 Ana Brnabicis set to become both the first gay and first female Prime Minister of Serbia following her

nomination

by

the

nation’s

has

appointed

cricketer Yuvraj

Sing

has global brand ambassador

 Shashi Shanker will be the next CMD of India’s biggest oil and gas producer, ONGC. from October 1.

 Florent ino Perez will remain as president of

the hottest

as “Kelt-9b”,

veteran

Sha

Technology

Basuhas

Diner

 Bollywood

Fashion

executive committee.

 Online restaurant reservation platform Eazy

from

replacing

of

Vehicle Business Unit and a member of the

Trump’s decision

withdraw

Institute

V

 Former

president Aleksandar Vucic.

to

appoints Rajesh

of Girish Wagh, 46, as the Head of Commercial

china quit from his post cited President Donald climate accord.

government

Real Madrid, Spanish champion until 2021.

 India has

re-nominated Justice

Dalveer

Bhandarias its candidate for another term as judge at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and, he will serve a term of nine years.

 The National spresidential

Democratic

candidate,

Bihar

Alliance’

Governor

Ram

Nath Kovind resigned from his post.

 Keshari Nath Tripathi, the governor of West Bengal, will now be discharging the functions of the Governor of Bihar, in addition to his own duties.

 UNICEF

announced

the

appointment

of Muzoon Almellehan, a 19-year-old education activist and Syrian refugee as its newest and youngest Goodwill Ambassador.

 Doha based Qatar Airways was announced as the World’s

Best

Airline

at

the

SKYTRAX

2017World Airline Awards for 4th successive time.

 Indian Agricultural Microbiologist Dr Shri hari Chandraghatgi, President & CEO of Eco Cycle Corporation has been conferred with Ministry of Environment Award in Japan.

 Francis Spufford has been awarded the 2017 Desmond

Elliott

Prize

for

his

“miraculously

constructed” debut fiction, Golden Hill.

 Ferrari’s 3.9-litre V8 from the 488 GTB has won the 2017 International Engine of the Year award for the second consecutive year.

 International Dublin Literary Award has been won by Angolan writer José Eduardo Agualusa with

his 14th

novel “A

General

Theory

 Two Konkani

literary

personalities

“Vinci

Quadra’s and Amy Naik” from Go have been chosen for Sanity Akademy awards.

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

years of Nirbhaya, ’ under the Public Service

in the UK has been appointed as honorary vice-

Ladas applied for a universal banking license in

Announcement Promotion category. Totally, India

president of the country’s prominent medical

India.

won nine medals

body.



 Actress Sonam Kapoor and her sister Rhea

 United

Laddha

Kapoor fashion label — Rheson has bagged the

former Lebanese culture

Compassionate Business Award from the PETA

Salame as the new UN envoy to Libya.

 Indian Anti-Hunger Activist “Ankit Kawatra”

 Sauber chief Monisha Kalten born has quit the

set to receive the prestigious Queen’s Young

Formula One outfit, her team announced, after

Leaders

reports of major fallout over the treatment of

 Radio Mirchibagged a Gold Radio for ‘Five

Award

with 60 others

from

all 53

Commonwealth countries

 Odisha

Chief

conferred

has approved minister Hassan

drivers.

Minister Naveen

prestigious Biju

Patnaik

Kaur

Shergillis

the first

Sikh

woman to be appointed judge of the Supreme

for Scientific Excellence to “Lalit Mohan Das” for

Court of British Columbiain New Westminster.

science and research.

Shergill replaces Justice EA Arnold-Bailey.

Dutt,

Chief

Patnaik

 Palbinder

Award

 Nisha

the

Nations

Executive

Hyderabad-based Intellecaphas

Officer

Janmukti

Morcha

Gurung

announced

(SCL)

its new

appointed

managing

Rajesh

director (MD)

and chief executive officer (CEO), effective from July 1. 

Shri

Sanjay

Director,

Gupta, CEO

Jagran

&

Prakashan

Whole

Time

Limited

has

been appointed as Chairman of the Society and Board

of

Governors

of Indian

Institute

of

Management, Amritsar for a period of five years. 

Cisco

India

and SAARC

President

Dinesh

Malkani has resigned and put in his papers at the networking

solutions

giant

to

take

on

a

leadership role at a start-up. (GJM)

The President of Srilanka, Maithripala Sirisena

elected members of the Gorkhaland Territorial

after promoting him to the rank of Lieutenant

at The 7th Asian Awards in London.

Administration (GTA) tendered resignation.

General

 Kanyashree Prakalpa, the scheme launched by

 The International Cricket Council (ICC) has



Mamata

appointed

been appointed as the new chief of the National

government

Chairman

of

that



with the “Social Entrepreneur of the Year” award

her

president Bimal

Capital

as

has appointed Major General Mahesh Senanayake

won

honoured

 Gorkha

Shriram

all

Banerjee,

been

of

The UAE Exchange and Financial Services

Associates Imran

Himachal Pradesh DGP Sanjay Kumar has

the United Nations Public Service Award at The

Khawajaas its deputy chairman.

Hague.

 IDFC Ltd announced the appointment of Sunil



 The Sports Journalists Federation of India, at

Kakaras

Chief

Secretary in the Ministry has been appointed as

its annual general meeting decided to confer

Executive Officer of the company with effect

the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of

the Best Sportsperson of the Year Awardon the

from July 16 for three years.

Indonesia.

ace Shuttler P V Sindhu.

 Manoj Soni, former Vice Chancellor of Dr.



 The 54th Famine Miss India World 2017winner

Babasaheb

is Manish Chhillar from Haryana. The event was

the Oath of Office and Secrecy as Member, UPSC.

held at Ash Raj Studios in Mumbai.



 Former India hockey captain Dhanraj Pillay To

West Bengal cadre, took over as the 29th Indo

Be

Tibetan

Conferred

East

Bengal’s

‘Bharat

Gaurav’

the Managing

Ambedkar

Director

Open

Border

Police

(ITBP)

 Social activist Shabnam Hashmi returned



Rights

Award

to

the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), conferred on her in 2008, to protest recent incidents of mob lynching and killing of Muslims.

 The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has

approved

of Shri

Vijay

Keshav

Gokhale

as Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).

 Jeevand

as

the Managing

Director

Narayan

appointed

of Manappuram

as Home

Finance Pvt. Ltd and Subhash Samant as CEO of Manappuram Home Finance Pvt. Ltd.

 Kenneth Juster, deputy director of National Economic

Council,

appointed

as

the S.

took

K. Pachnanda, a 1983-batch IPS officer of the

Award: Minority

and

University,

succeeding Krishna Chaudhary.

the National

Disaster Response Force (NDRF).

SN

Subrahmanyan

will

take

chief

charge

as

the CEO and MD of Larsen & Toubro. 

Senior

advocate K

Venugopal

will

succeed Mukluk Rohatgi as the Attorney General of India. 

Senior diplomat Shamma Jain was appointed

as India’s ambassador to Greece. 

Current Election Commissioner Achal Kumar

Jyoti will

take

charge

as the

Chief

Election

Commissioner (CEC) after Nasim Zaidi retires. 

Infosys

has

independent

appointed

director on

Sundaram

the

board

as of

an the

company since chief executive Vishal Sikkatook over three years ago. 

Melwyn Rego takes charge as MD and CEO of

Syndicate Bank

Ambassador to India.



 Rajiv Gauba as Home Secretary, replacing

development of affordable homes has roped in

incumbent Rajiv Mehrishi who

Bollywood

is

set

to

retire

Realty firm Signature Global which is into

and Broadcasting Secretary by Culture Secretary

Sons head N Chandrasekaran as Chairman with

NK Sinha.

immediate effect.

 Subhash C Garg will be appointed for the post



Economic

Affairs

Secretary,

following Shaktikanta Das retirement from the

 Aruna Sundararajan will be the new Telecom Secretary, whereas NHAI chief Sudhir Singh Malik appointed the Road, Transport and Highways Secretary

 11 new judges were appointed for 3 high courts. Six for Madras HC, three for Chhattisgarh and two for Punjab and Haryana HC.

 The United

Nations

announced

the

appointed Russian diplomat Vladimir Voronkov as head of its first counter-terrorism office.

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appointed

a French

judge

Catherine

Marchi-

Uhelto lead an international panel tasked with gathering evidence of war crimes in Syria’s sixyear war. 

Manish Jaiswal has joined Magma Housing

Finance

as

its new

Chief

Executive

Officer following the departure of its previous CEO Sachin Khandelwal. 

Microfinance Institutions Network (MFIN) has

re-elected Rakesh Dubey, chief of SV Credit line Private Ltd, as its president for the second term.

presently Joint

Pradesh government

appointed

Sanjiv Goenka has been renominated as

the Chairman

of

IIT

Kharagpur’s

Board

of

Governors for a period of three years. 

Kwela Handa was appointed as non-executive

chairman of Union Bank of India for the period of 3 years. 

India’s Ambassador

to Peru

Sandeep

Chakravorty has been appointed as the head of the Indian consulate in New York. 

Walter

Shaub, Director

of the

Government

Ethics, who

prodded

Office

of

President

Donald Trump’s administration over conflicts of interest, has resigned. 

Shantaram Naik, Rajya sabha MP from Goa is

the new GPCC chief GPCC-Goa Pradesh Congress Committee. 

Atletico de Kolkata appoints Ashley Westwood

the former Banglore FC’s coach as Director of Football. 

Andrew Leipus quits as NCA (National Cricket

Academy) physio and submitted his resignation to the BCCI.





of



Tata Global Beverages Ltd appointed Tata

ambassador for 2 years.

Himachal

Rawat,

new director general of police (DGP).



 Ajay Mittal will be replaced as the Information

Kumar

Somesh Goyal, a 1984-batch IPS officer, as the

Balkan as brand

actress Vidya

in August 2017.

Pradeep

WHO appoints Saima Hossain as South-East

Asia goodwill ambassador for autism. Ex-martial arts star Battulga wins election as

Mongolia’s president. 

John Joseph to take charge as chief of GST

intelligence agency. 

Queen Elizabeth hires first ever black

assistant. Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah, a Ghanaian-born officer will fill one of the most important roles in the royal household. 

Raninder

Singh

re-elected

NRAI

president. Singh defeated Shyam Singh Yadav, president of Uttar Pradesh Rifle Association, with an overwhelming 89-1 margin. Raninder is the son of Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh. 

Group president of HR & Corporate Services

at Mahindra & Mahindra, Rajeev Dubey has been elected

to

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governing

board

of

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Labour

Organisation

(ILO)

in

Geneva.



Swami Smarananandaji Maharaj (87) was



Google

CEO

Alphabet, the search giant’s parent company.

Revenue Service (customs) officer, has taken





over as director-general of the Directorate of

has resigned the company.

senior

Revenue Intelligence.



join Janalakshmi Financial Services as chief



Prasad

Dash,

a

1985-batch

Indian

Dismissing the five-month-old government of

directors

of

Singapore-based private equity firm TPG’s advisor

Ajay

executive

Janalakshmi, India’s largest MFI in terms of



Minister.

loan

Sharafbani to lead its national airline for the first



Board of Control for Cricket in India, BCCI has

Radhakrishnan, who will take over the role of

time since it was established in the 1940s.

appointed Bharat Arun as the Indian Cricket

vice chairman. The current vice chairman R

team’s bowling coach.

Srinivasan is slated to take superannuation.

Vikramajit Sen has been appointed as the new





chairman of Broadcasting Content Complaints

has confirmed his retirement as a player and

has resigned from the Infosys, Bengaluru-based

Council (BCCC), a self- regulatory for general

announced to become the director of the Italian

company.

entertainment channels.

club.







Department

Supreme

Court

judge,

Justice

Japanese auto major Nissan has appointed

Roma legend Football Player Francesco Totti

The head of the French armed forces, General

outstanding.

Kanwal

will

2017. replace VS

Former SAP SE executive Yusuf Bashir

Shri Subhash Chandra Garg, Secretary, of

former Skoda Auto India brand head, Thomas

Pierre de Villiers, has quit his post after publicly

Affairs (DEA), Ministry

Kuehl as president of its Indian operations.

clashing with Emmanuel Macron over proposed

Finance, Government



Former Indian batsman Sandeep Patil was

1,

to

Acharya on appointed T.R. Zeliang as the Chief

Former

August

slated

Shurhozelie Liezietsu, Nagaland Governor P.B.

Iran has appointed a female CEO Farzaneh

from

Kanwal is

Ned Segal as CFO.



Twitter Names Former Goldman Sachs Banker

Infosys executive vice president Ritika Suri

of

been

Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission.

Debi

the board

Pichai has

appointed



to

Sundar

unanimously elected as the 16th president of

Economic of

of

India has

been

budget cuts.

appointed as India’s Alternate Governor on the

named as the brand ambassador of the Indian



Board

Indoor Cricket Team.

Kovind Will Take Oath As 14th President Of India

Development Bank (ADB), Manila, Philippines.



On July 25.

Shri Garg has been appointed in place of Former

Former Executive Director of World Bank

President Election Result 2017: Ram Nath

US

President

Donald

Trump

has

Governors

of

the

Asian

Subhash Chandra Garg took charge as the



Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs under

nominated John R Bass, currently serving as the



the Ministry of Finance.

US ambassador to Turkey, to be his envoy to

secretary in the Ministry of Finance in place



Tata Sons has appointed Aarthi Subramanian

The

of

Secretary, DEA, Shri Shaktikanta Das Ravi Mittal, who has joined as an additional

Afghanistan.

of Anil Khachi, is now a part-time member of the

to a newly-created post of Chief Digital Officer.



Lord Davies is set to replace the Rt Hon

IRDAI (Insurance Regulatory and Development



Patricia Hewitt as Chair of the UK India Business

Authority of India) board. Mittal has replaced N S

Council (UKIBC).

Rao at IRDAI, who is a joint secretary level

President of NTU Singapore. He will begin his



officer.

presidency on 1 January 2018, when the current

ambassador, South.

President Prof. Anderson retires.





unlikely

India’s

Pride:

Alumnus,

IIT

Professor

Madras Subra

Distinguished

Suresh,

named

In a departure from the norm, Industries

Minister

Satyendar

Jain

will

be

the

new

Tata Sky signs actress Nayanthara as brand Mayawati’s to



resignation be

from

accepted

as

Ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has

Rajya

Sabha

named former federal minister Shahid Khaqan

letter

breaks

Abbasi as the interim prime minister of Pakistan.

parliamentary procedure.



chairperson-cum-managing director of the Delhi



White

State Industrial and Infrastructure Development

Dass Vishnoi were appointed as members of the

President Trump in a tweet named General John

Corporation Ltd. (DSIIDC). Mr. Jain would be

Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).

Kelly as his next Chief of staff.

replacing K.R. Meena, an IAS officer of the 1993





batch.

the Global Goodwill Ambassador.





Mukesh Kumar Jain was appointed as the

Senior bureaucrats Arbind Modi and Bajrang

UNICEF appointed Indian-origin Lilly Singh as Shri

Bishwadip

Dey,

US President Donald Trump has replaced his House

Chief

of

staff

Reince

Priebus,

Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif resigned

from his post, hours after the country’s Supreme

presently

High

Court disqualified him over corruption claims

managing director and chief executive officer of

Commissioner of India to the Republic of Trinidad

against

Oriental Bank of Commerce. . He is at present

and Tobago, has been concurrently accredited as

Shehbaz Sharif to be next Prime Minister of

the executive director in Punjab and Sind Bank.

the

Pakistan.



Montserrat.

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet

next

Commissioner

of

India

to

 Sanjiv

Kohli,

Nawaz

Sharif’s

brother

US Open Grand Prix Gold title triumph, Indian



High

Shuttler HS Prannoy has jumped six places to be

Panda, Ameeta Suri, Pranab Kumar Das and

Commissioner of India to New Zealand, has been

at 17th position in the latest BWF world rankings.

Joseph as the new members, an order issued by

concurrently

In women’s category, PV Sindhu remained 5th

Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT).

Commissioner of India to Niue.





accredited

presently

family.

has approved appointment of Sushant Kumar

Bilal Dar, an 18-year-old Ragpicker, has been

Shri

High

his

as

the

next

High

while Saina Nehwal dropped a spot to be world

Adobe Systems Incorporated

said

it has

appointed as Srinagar Municipal Corporation’s

appointed Shanmugh

brand ambassador.

the Managing Director for Adobe Systems in



The name of acting Chief Justice Gopal Prasad

Parajuli was endorsed

India.

Natarajan,

who

was

formerly

the

Parliamentary

Executive Director, will continue to lead Adobe

Hearing Special Committee (PHSC) for the post of

operations in India, in addition to his ongoing

Nepal’s Supreme Court Chief Justice.

responsibility



National

Jammu

and

Conference Kashmir

by the

leader Chief

as

Vice

and

former

Digital Media at Adobe.

Minister

Farooq



Senior

diplomat

number 16.

Natarajan as

President, Engineering, and External

Ministry

PK Kunhalikutty took oath as members of the Lok

appointed

Prime

medal in Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting

Sabha.

Minister’s Office. He has been appointed in place

Championships at Kathmandu. He got third place



of Vinay Mohan Kwatra, who has been already

in 105 kg men junior category.

additional charge of the important Information

named as India’s Ambassador to France.



and



term

Smriti Irani, Minister for Textiles, will hold an Broadcasting

Ministry.

Mr

Naidu

also

spokesperson as Joint

Gopal

Affairs

Abdullah and Indian Union Muslim League leader

Secretary in

Baglay was the

Brenda Hale has been appointed as the first



India’s

Lovepreet

female president of the UK supreme court.



ministry will now be led by Narendra Singh

Hale, an expert in family law who has been the

ambassador

Tomar.

court’s deputy president since June 2013, will





succeed Lord David Neuberger as its head in

EVP and COO

October.



elected to key Parliament panel.

has

won

bronze

Iran’s Hassan Rouhani sworn in for second

resigned as Urban Development Minister and that

UK’s first woman Sikh MP Preet Kaur Gill

Singh

InCred

ropes

in

Rahul

Dravid

as

brand

Walmart India appoints Devendra Chawla as Air Marshal Hemant Narayan Bhagwat AVSM

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US Senate confirms Christopher Wray to

lead FBI replacing James Comey: 

Justice

Krishna to

head



The

Centre

appointment expert

group

the 45th

has

cleared

of Justice

Chief Justice of

on Data Protection Framework for India.

from August 28, 2017.





Shashi Tharoor will be the first chief of the All

India Professionals’ Congress.

London-born

the

file

Dipak

Actor

India

Dev

for

Misra as with

effect

Patel will

be



Sri

Lanka’s

Foreign

Minister

Ravi

Karunanayake, who was recently linked to a questionable

financial

arrangement

with

controversial

businessman, resigned from

a the

post.

felicitated with the Asia Society 2017 Asia Game



Changers Award at a ceremony to be held at

Nagaur District Association, marking an end

appointment as BSE chairman

the United Nations, New York, in November.

to his presence in the Rajasthan Cricket body,





which was banned by the BCCI



SEBI

approved

Dhirendra

Swarup’s

Lt Gen Abhay Krishna named chief of eastern

In World

Athletics

Championships,

Lalit Modi resigned

as President of the

command

Olympic Champion Wayde Van Niekerk (South





African) won the men’s 400 meters event and

have a new Managing Director & CEO in E

retained his title in London.

SankaraRao, who is currently Chief General

NITI Aayog vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya

quits 

Former

Prime

Minister Manmohan



Indian

shooter

Sanjaya Baru has been named new secretary

international medal at the senior level, at the



general of

his

first

Ltd (IIFCL). TilakMarapana

of

the United

National

7th Asian Championship Shotgun at Astana,

Party (UNP) assumed charge as Sri Lanka’s

Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry

Kazakhstan.

Foreign Minister here, following his predecessor

(FICCI).





Controversial

PM

Peter

O’Neill

of

event,

Manager at India Infrastructure Finance Company

a bronze in

chamber Federation

trap

Chenai won

Singh’s media advisor and senior journalist industry

men’s

Kynan

IFCI Ltd, a government company, is set to

re-elected

Ravindra

Jadeja was

already

the top

Ravi Karunanayake’s resignation.

ranked Test bowler in the ICC Test rankings



Papua New Guinea PM:

but now he is also World No 1 in all-rounder’s

as chairman and managing director (CMD) of



Ranking.

Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL). He is currently

Prince Philip of UK retires after 65 years of

service:





elected as President.

Former Philips Healthcare executive Sameer

Garde named Cisco

India

and

SAARC



In Kenya, Sprint

Uhuru

Kenyatta has

been re-

Milkha

Singh has

been

Sharma

was

appointed

director (operations) in the same company. 

legend

Santosh

Auto major Tata Motors announced the

appointment of P B Balaji as its group Chief

President

appointed as the World Health Organisation’s

Financial



goodwill ambassador for physical activity in

Ramakrishnan

Landslide Win In Presidential Election In

South-East Asia Region (SEAR).



Rwanda.



has appointed senior UN official Ruby Sandhu-



Rwandan President Paul Kagame Set For

The US Senate has unanimously confirmed

Sravanth Malla correctly spelled the word

Officer.

He

will

replace

C

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres

“Chytridiales,” defined as an order of simple,

Rojon

aquatic fungi of the phylum Chytridiomycota,

Representative for West Africa and the Sahel.

positions. Neil Chatterjee as Federal Energy

during



Regulatory Commission member and Vishal Amin

Bee finals

as

champion and

three

Indian-Americans

Intellectual

to

key

Property

government

(IP)

Enforcement

Coordinator & Krishna US as the US ambassador

$3,000.

to Peru.





The

AIFF

(All

India

Football

Federation)

the

2017 South

to

clinch take

Asian

the

title

home

a

Spelling of national

cash

prize

of

as

his new

Deputy

Special

Shashi Shekhar Vempati, chief executive

officer (CEO) at public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has been appointed as the chief of Rajya Sabha TV.

World Renowned facial plastic surgeon Dr.

Debraj Shome has

been awarded

with the



The chief executives of Intel Corp., Merck &

Co. Inc. and Under Armour Inc. resigned from

named senior advocate Ushanath Banerjee as the

prestigious ‘Indian of the Year’ award at the

U.S.

chairman of a special committee that will be

8th Annual India Leadership Conclave & Indian

Manufacturing Council, following Mr. Trump’s

dealing with players’ transfer disputes.

Affairs Business Leadership Awards 2017,

initially tepid response to weekend violence at a



held in Mumbai.

rally of white supremacists in Charlottesville,

Shri Prabhat Kumarpresent Ambassador of

India to Colombia has been appointed as the next



Ambassador

Aluminium

of

India

to

the

Republic

of

Kazakhstan. 

awarded

Mohammad

Chairman

Panchpatmalli bauxite mine of National

Mustafa

and

was

Managing

appointed

Director

in

as

Small

Company

for

its

environment,

(NALCO)

initiative

safety

in

and

has

been

areas

health

at

President Donald

Trump’s

American

Virginia. 

Vishal

Sikkahas

resigned

as

the Chief

like

Executive Officer and Managing Director of

the

Infosys. Pravin Rao has been appointed as the

Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) Eastern

interim

Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI).

Region

executive vice-chairman of the company.



Former Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu was

Safety Health

&

Environment

CEO.

Excellence Awards 2016-17.



elected as the next Vice-President of India.



a goodwill



Marketer’ award at

Economist Rajiv Kumar will be the new Vice

Hindustan Unilever (HUL) won the ‘Green

Chairman of NITI Aayog.

Marquee Awards 2017.





Rana Sarkar, an Indo-Canadian entrepreneur,

the

debut

edition

of

concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador

President

of India to the Republic of San Marino, with

company.

residence in Rome.



cadre has

officer from Gujarat

been appointed

Director,

World

constituency

as

Bank to

Executive

represent

of India, Bangladesh,

the

Bhutan



National

India has

to

Payments

ltaly,

has

been

General

in San Francisco . an IAS

India



Ambassador

Aparna,

now

Neymar

ambassador

be

has for

the

become Handicap

International, pledging to work for millions who

has been appointed as Canada’s Consul General 

star

will

are ‘less visible’ but deserve equality.

Ms. Reenat Sandhu, (lFS: 1989), presently of

Brazilian

Sikka

Corporation

appointed Dilip

Asbe,

its

of chief

appointment

Motors

India

of Sanjiv and

announced

Gupta as

Managing

the

the new

Director of

the

Pakistan’s High Commissioner-designate

Sohail Mahmood arrived in India and took charge

at

the Indian

High

Commission.

and Sri Lanka for three years and will replace

operating officer, to act as its chief executive

Mahmood served as the Ambassador of Pakistan

Subhash

officer in the wake of the retirement of A. P.

to Thailand from 2009-2013.

Hota, its founding managing director.





David Rasquinha, who is currently Deputy

got Indian citizenship last year, and eminent

Garg,

who

appointed Economic

was

Affairs

recently Secretary,

Ministry of Finance. 

Indian

American

was

Managing Director of Exim Bank of India, has

Carnatic musician and playback singer K J

Minority

been appointed as Managing Director of the

Yesudas have been nominated as trustees of the

Affairs by Nassau County Comptroller George

bank. This appointment will be valid for a period

city-based Bharat Bhavan, a senior

Maragos.

of three years.

Pradesh government.

named Deputy



,

Dilip

Comptroller

Chauhan

Pakistan-origin singer Adnan Sami, who

for

Health and wellness startup Cure. fit has

signed

on actor

Hrithik

Roshan as brand



Retired

IAS

officer I

appointed secretary Naidu. In

to

V

Subba

Vice

which

Rao was

President Naidu



Madhya

Rear Admiral Travis Sinniah was appointed

M

as the chief of Sri Lankas naval forces, making

ambassador in what is touted as one of the

Venkaiah

assumed

him the first from the minority Tamil community

largest endorsement deal signed by an Indian

charge as the 15th vice president of the

to head the Navy since the brutal civil war

startup and the five-year association is valued

country.

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appointed Roopa

 Manisha Koirala Gets Dadasaheb Phalke

appointed career diplomat Nikolay Kudashev as

Russian

President

Purushothaman as chief economist and head

Award: She was honoured with the special Phalke

Russia’s new ambassador to India.

of policy advocacy. Purushothaman, who will

Brave and Beautiful award at the ceremony.



broadcasting

join the group with effect from 1 September,

ministry constituted a steering committee for

will drive macroeconomic research as well as

 Asian Football Confederation’s (AFC) general

the International

all policy and advocacy initiatives relevant to the

The information

(IFFI)

Vladimir

and Film

with

Festival

film

Kukunoor and lyricist

Putin

of

India

director Nagesh

Prasoon

Joshi among



Tata

Sons

has

businesses of the Tata group. 

Senior

diplomat

Randhir

Kumar

its members. The IFFI is proposed to be held

Jaiswal was appointed as social secretary to

from November 20-28 in Goa.

President Ram Nath Kovind.





Karur Vysya Bank Ltd has informed BSE

The second Australia Business Week in

that the Reserve Bank of India has accorded

India (ABWI) arranged by the Australian Trade

their approval for the appointment of Shri P R

and Investment Commission from August 28 to

Seshadri

September 1 will attract many business leaders.

as Managing

Director

&

Chief

secretary Dato Windsor handed a special award for Bengaluru

FC for

being

the South

Zonal

Champions in the AFC Cup 2016-17 season.

 Union Minister J P Nadda was conferred the WHO Director-General’s

Special

Recognition

Award for global tobacco control.

 Muttiah Muralitharan became the first Sri Lankan to be inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.

Executive Officer of the Bank



According to Forbes, Jack Ma, the founder

 Polish poet and author Adam Zagajewskiw



Stephen Bannon, the chief strategist of US

of the leading e-commerce giant in China,

on Spain’s prestigious Princess of Asturias Award

President Donald Trump, steps down even as US

was worth $37.4 billion, with Tencent (TCEHY)

2017 for Literature.

administration is engulfed in a storm over latter’s

Chairman Ma

 An

remarks on Charlottesville violence.

with a $36.7 billion fortune.



(Ms.)

Mamata

as Executive

Suri

Director,

took

charge

Insolvency

and



Huateng now

Justice

the 45th

Dipak chief

ranked

second

Misra was sworn in

justice

automated

designed

of

India.

He

plant

by Aditya

watering

system,

Engineering

College,

as

Surampalem, West Godavari district in Andhra

was

Pradesh, adjudged the best in sixth CSI-In App

Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) in New

administered the oath of office by President Ram

National Student Project Awards contest.

Delhi.

Nath Kovind at a brief ceremony in the Darbar

 Sumitra Chatterjee, renowned actor was



Hall of Rashtrapati Bhawan.

being conferred France’s highest civilian award,

Shri Dharmendra Kumar, IPS appointed as

the Director

General,

Railway

Protection



Uber

Technologies

Inc chose Dara

Force, Railway Board. Presently he is working

Khosrowshahi, the chief executive of travel

in CISF as Additional DG.

company Expedia Inc, as its chief executive,



according to two sources with knowledge of the

The US-based cab aggregator, Uber has

roped

in

former

Express

matter, handing him the challenge of leading the

the Chief

ride-services company out of a nearly year-long

People’s Officer for its India and South Asia

crisis. He would also have to contend with the

operations.

legacy of Travis Kalanick, Uber’s pugnacious



co-founder, who was ousted as CEO in June.

executive Vishpala

American Reddy

as

Shri N.B. Gupta has been appointed by of

India as Director (Finance), Power Finance



Corporation Ltd (PFC) for a period of five

chairman and investment banking head Sunil

years or date of his superannuation whichever is

Sanghai quit the British banking giant and

earlier.

joined hands with the Dinesh Kanabar-promoted



Ajay

Vipin

the chairman appointments approved

Nanavati of

appointed

Syndicate

committee

his

was of the

appointment

director/non-executive

Bank.

The

cabinet has

as

chairman

as

Foreign

lender HSBC

India’s

vice

tax and regulatory firm Dhruva Advisors to start a merchant banking division.

 NASA

has

posthumously

awarded

the Exceptional Public Service Medal to Michael A ‘Hearn,

one

of

the world’s

leading

comet

scientists.

 Israeli

author David

Grossman

has

won

the Man Booker International Prize for his novel `A Horse Walks Into a Bar’

 Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC) Principal Adviser Sreedharan has been selected for the year’s Nanniyode Rajan Memorial Award.

 Priyanka Chopra is more popular than her “Baywatch” co-star Dwayne Johnson in the report released by Social media analytics company MVP index.

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 Indian-American filmmaker Mira Nair won

non-official of

the coveted Legion of Honour.

the Dorothy Aznar Directors Award for the film

AWARDS

Syndicate

Bank for three years.

“Queen of Katwe” at this year’s Women in Film

 Indian American author Jhumpa Lahiri has

Crystal + Lucy Awards.

of Railway Board, the appointment of Mr

been

the

 Sports Coaching Foundation (SCF), was

Lohani, an officer of the Indian Railway Service

2017 PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in the

selected among the top-three NGOs for the

of Mechanical Engineers, IRSME, was cleared by

Short Story.

Social Impact Awards 2017, to be held from June

Appointments Committee of the Cabinet. He is

 Ganeshan, Competitions Manager of the ITTF

26-28 at Bangkok in Thailand.

has become a member of the prestigious Umpires

Director of Air India.

 Eminent writer from Arunachal Pradesh Yeshe

and Referees Committee (URC), the technical



Dorjee Thongchi was conferred ‘Sarhad’s 5th

arm of the ITTF.

Bhupen Hazarika National Awards’ 2017.



Ashiana Lohani will be the new Chairman

presently serving as the Chairman and Managing Rajiv Bansal, the Additional Secretary and

the

Financial

Petroleum

Advisor

and

of

Natural

the Ministry Gas,

has

of

been

appointed as the interim CMD of Air India after Ashwani Lohani took over as the Railway Board Chairman. 

Former

Tamil

Panneerslevam

Nadu was

chief

sworn-in

minister as

O

deputy

to current incumbent K Palaniswami, hours after the merger of the two AIADMK factions. 

Nandan

Nilekani,

the

celebrated technocrat who seeded the idea of a unique identification number for every Indian, has returned to Infosys to restore the lustre of the country’s second-largest software services

announced

as

the

recipient

of

 Veteran journalist Vinod Dua will be honoured

 Margaret

Atwood

with the

achievement

award

Red

Ink

Award

for Lifetime

honour at the group’s annual Literary Awards

of

The Indian

Express,

will

organizations

will

accept

the

Festival on October 27 in California.

 BEML Ltd has bagged the ‘Raksha Mantri’s

 Syama Sanju was declared the Queen of

Award for Excellence’ under the group award

Dhwayah, the winner at Kerala’s first ever beauty

category for design and development of 180

pageant for transgender women.

tonne

 A Noted Kannada poet and playwright H S

class electric

hydraulic

excavator

–

BE1800E.

Shivaprakash

 Filmmaker

Madhur

Bhandarkar is

being

conferred with the Bharat Gaurav Award by NRI Community of U.Son June 9



writer Anand Dasand

the Kalinga Literary Awards.

was

presented

with

the Kusumagraja Rashtriya Puraskar 2017.

 Social activist Annabel Mehta, a British national, has been awarded the MBE (Member of

Satpathy were on announced the winners of

Award

literary

receive the Journalist of the Year award for 2017

as chairman of the board. and Arjuna

a lifetime the world’s

oldest

Editor

poet Haraprasad

cricketer

of

Chief

firm, replacing R Seshasayee, who resigned Punjab cabinet approved the appointment

receive one

Achievement in Journalism while Raj Kamal Jha,

 Popular

of woman

will from

Neelakantan,

Odia

author Paramita

the Order of the British Empire) for her service to the underprivileged.

 Jack Kirby, the co-creator of Captain America, Fantastic Four, Avengers, to be honoured as one

winner Harmanpreet Kaur as DSP in the state

of Disney’s Legends for his contribution to the

police department.

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prestigious

prize

Prize,

Britain’s

for political

most

writing,

was

Dosanjh and Badshah have featured in the

Ratna award while India Women’s cricket team

Most Influential Young Indians.

veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami will be given a

announced in London. The £3, 000 2017 Orwell



Prize for books titled “Citizen Clem: A Biography

Peacock environment management award.

programme in Kolkata.

of Clement Atlee” won the award.





 Madhavan and Ritika Singh’s Irudhi Suttru,

award during the ‘Maruti Suzuki Sportsperson of

Photographer Of The Year.

the



has baggrd three honours at 64th Jio Filmfare South Awards.

 It bagged the awards in categories like Best Director (Sudha Kongara Prasad), Best Male Actor (Madhavan), Best Female Actor (Ritika Singh) and Best Film: “SR Prabhu Joker”

 Kasturi & Sons Ltd., owners of The Hindu Group of publications, received the CII Customer Obsession

Award

2016for

active

customer

engagement services.

 Deepika

Padukone

has

been

nominated

Danfoss

India

conferred

with

Golden

Sindhu bags ‘Sportsperson of the Year’ Year’ Charity

Gala

Awards.

Sindhu’s

special

award

at

the

club’s

annual

National Geographic Announces 2017 Travel Tata Power awarded for excellence in cost

coach P Gopichand received the Coach of the

management at the 14th National Awards for

Year

Excellence in Cost Management 2016.

award while

the

Flying Sikh

Milkha

Singh was given the Living Legend of the Year



award.

women’s

Indian



Air

Force

cricketer

felicitates

Shikha

Kishore Sansi, Managing Director and CEO of

cricketer received a cheque and medal from Air

Vijaya Bank, has been conferred the ‘Personality

Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa at Air Headquarters

of

in New Delhi

the

Year’

award

by

Skoch

Consultancy

Services. The award is part of the ‘Skoch Banking



and Financial Leadership’ series.

Sharada has been selected for this year’s Prem



Nazir Award.

Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has awarded

Veteran actor and national award winner



in Teen Choice Awards for her breakthrough role

Honorary

Nahyan,

in xXx: Return of Xander Cage in Choice Movie

22nd Pakistani to receive the honour.

businessman and philanthropist

Actress category.



Merchant with

lyengar

Memorial

Yoga

India

Pandey: The

former Pakistan Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq with

 The Ramamani

day

Life

Membership.

Haq

is

the

IIFA Awards 2017: Shahid-Alia win Best Actor

Lt General HH Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al honoured Indian Firoz

the Community

and Actress, Neerja wins Best Film.

Medal. He

Institute has been selected as the first recipient



the UAE.

of the Prime Minister’s Award for promotion and

best airline in a survey by the Travel and Leisure



development of Yoga.

magazine. It has been followed by Emirates and

Award” on National Centre for Excellence of



Qatar

RSETIs (NACER).

Former India defender Subrata Bhattacharya

Singapore Airlines has been rated the world’s

Airways

at

second

and

third

place

is

an Indian

Service

businessman in

ASSOCHAM has conferred the “Best Skilling

will get this year’s Mohun Bagan Ratna award,

respectively.



played for Bagan from 1974 to 1990.



to Gerish Khemani and Akshat Nigam for their



Mobile

application

for

digitising

vaccine

Chitraveena maestro N Ravikiran would be

The Hindu Playwright Award 2017 went

conferred with the “Sangita Kalanidhi Award”

play ‘In Search of Dariya Sagar’.

logistics, eVIN, has won the prestigious GSMA

instituted by the Music Academy.



Asia Mobile Award 2017 (AMO)in Shanghai for



outstanding contribution to the UN’s sustainable

inducted as one of the newest members of the

speculative

development goals in Asia.

Academy of Motion Picture of Arts & Sciences

Obelisk Gate’. The award was presented at



(AMPAS) is included in the Class of 2017.

the 75th World Science Fiction Convention in

Test, Scores 162 Points, Beats Albert Einstein,



Helsinki.

Stephen Hawking In IQ:

award for contributions as Lok Sabha member.





JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav got the Lifetime

College bagged Haritha

Narayen and former US Surgeon General Vivek

Achievement Award as a Rajya Sabha MP.

2017, for planting saplings and maintaining

Murthy



Indian origin boy Arnav Sharma, Aces Mensa

Two Indian-Americans, Adobe Chief Shantanu will

be

honoured

with

the

Actor

LK

Deepika

Advani

Padukone,

receives

The Toronto

who

Lifetime

Film

has

been

Achievement

Festival is

all

set

prestigious ‘Great Immigrants’ annual award on

to honour Priyanka Chopra a day before it

US’s Independence Day.

kicks off. According to the reports, the 35-year-



Writer Preeti Shenoywins the Indian of the

Year

award.

Other

included Deepa

prominent

Malik,

Kavita



fundraiser event on September 6. Toronto will

Krishnamurthy

also be honouring the ‘Mary Kom’ star for her

been

awarded

Development

the United

Programme’s

Nations

Equator

Prize

for

ambassador and the Priyanka Chopra Foundation for Health and Education. 

Chennai-based professor of psychiatry and

devising an ecologically sustainable agriculture

leading

model to combat the adverse impacts of drought.

medicine, Dr. U. Gauthamadas was presented



J J Kaptur, a Sikh Indian-American student in

the ‘Most Trusted Neuro-psychiatrist of the

the US has won this year’s National Speech and

Year’ Award at the Rising Leadership Awards

Debate Tournament, considered to be the most

held in Goa.

prestigious



high

school

competition

in

the

country. 

West

Jayraman

has

been

Barua for

the highest civilian award in Australia.

cinema.

Tata

Bengal

Steel

bags

PM’s

trophy

for

best

in

neuro

Chief

behavioural

Minister

this

Mamata

year’s Mahanayak

Samman 2017 to veteran actress Shakuntala

awarded Order of Australia for community work, 

specialist

Banerjee conferred

Guruswamy



her

contribution to

the

world

of

The Chief Executive Officer of Swimming

integrated steel plant.

Federation of India, Virendra Nanavati, was



recently

Water Health International (WHI), a US-based

honoured

by FINA

in

Budapest.

company with operating headquarters, has been

Nanavati is

awarded the Unilever Global Development Award

Olympic Association (IOA) and Chief Executive

for its endeavours in providing clean, safe and

Officer of Swimming Federation of India (SFI).

affordable



drinking

water

to

marginalised

Mahindra

senior

and

Vice

President of Indian

Mahindra have

conferred

communities in India, Ghana and Nigeria.

the prestigious



Entrepreneur Award to Wangchu Khrimey of

Actor Ranveer Singh has featured in GQ’s

Most

Influential

Mavericks Rajkummar

list.

K.

fiction

Nizamabad

Jemisin, writer

for

an

American

her

work ‘The

Government

Polytechnic

Mitra

award

for

them.

activism of devoting time to UNICEF as a goodwill

Swayam Shikshan Prayog, a city-based NGO,

has

to Nora

old ‘Desi’ girl will be the guest of honour at the

winners

and Ranveer Brar.

The Hugo Award for Best Novel 2017 was

given

Young

Indians

‘Baahubali’

Rao,

Radhika

2017:

actor Prabhas, Apte,

Diljit

National

Award

Young

Iconic Automobiles, Naharlagun. 

City football giants Mohun Bagan will

confer former club captain and coach Subrata Bhattacharya with the prestigious Mohun Bagan

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been

adjudged

the ‘Best

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Innovation of Skill Development’. 

Veteran journalist T J S George has been

chosen

for

the first

Kesari

Media

Award,

instituted by the Kesari Memorial Journalist Trust. 

Corporation

Bankhas

bagged

the best

performance awards for SHG-bank linkage programme for 2015-16 and 2016-17 among commercial banks operating in Karnataka from National

Bank

for

Agriculture

and

Rural

Development (NABARD). 

The US-based

Marconi

Society

has

announced its Lifetime Achievement Award to Indian-born Stanford University professor Thomas

Kailath,

for

his

outstanding

contributions to modern communications. 

BappiLahiri,

1st

music

director

who

composed songs for Bharat Ratna Shri. Atal Bihari

Vajpayee

&

Bharat

Ratna

Dr.

Ambedkar gifted the CDs to Honorable President of India Ram Nath Kovind 

Reliance Power said its Sasan captive coal

mine has been awarded the National Safety Award

(Mines)

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The

streets

around

the

Champs

Élysées

IMPORTANT DAYS

Avenue in western Paris were brimming with

and Group Medical Director, Columbia Asia

 June 1 – World Milk Day. Theme of 2017:

Day parade. The president attended the event as

Hospitals,

“Raise a glass”

French President Emmanuel Macron’s & Trump is

 June 1 – Global Day Of Parents  June 4 – International Day Of Innocent

Guest of Honour.

safety practices” category. 

Dr.Nanda Kumar Jairam, CEO, Chairman India,

has

been

awarded

the

‘Healthcare Personality of the Year’ award. 

A 12-year-old Rahul Doshi Indian-origin

boy has been crowned Genius’in

as

a popular

the UK’s ‘Child

television

quiz

competition. He won the Channel 4 show ‘Child Genius’.

French citizens and tourists watching the Bastille

st

st

Children Victims Of Aggression

 June 5 – World Environment Day 2017. Theme of 2017: ‘Connecting People to Nature’

Indian women’s football over the past two

 June 6: UN Russian Language Day  June 8th: World Ocean Day. Theme for 2017:

decades

Our Oceans, Our Future



Oinam Bembem Devi, the flag bearer of was

named

the winner

of

the



The 16th of July is celebrated as World Snake

Day 

International

Justice

Day

is

celebrated

throughout the world on July 17, 2017 as part of an effort to recognize the emerging system of International Criminal Justice. 

Every year on 18 July, the day Nelson

Mandela was born – the UN celebrates Nelson

prestigious Arjuna Award. Bembem becomes

 JUNE

the second Indian woman footballer to win

Labour. Theme 2017: “In Conflicts & disasters,

difference in their communities.

the award, the first being Shanti Mullick in 1983.

protect children from labour”





 June 13 – International Albinism Awareness

to observe July 19, the 48th anniversary of

Day

nationalisation of major banks, as ‘Save public

 June 15 – World Elder Abuse Awareness Day.

sector banks’ day.

The Indian

Agriculture

Council (ICFA)

of

Food

announced

and

the Global

Agriculture Leadership Award to Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. 

Hyderabad

based

startup,

Paynear

Solution was awarded ‘Best Use of Mobile Technology in Financial Services in Asia’at the ‘Eighth CMO Asia Excellence’ awards, which were held in Singapore. 

Indian American novelist and playwright

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World

Day

Against

Child

Theme 2017 – “Understand and End Financial Abuse of Older People: A Human Rights Issue”.

 June 16 – International Day Of Family Remittances

 June 17: World Day To Combat Desertification And Drought

Mandela International Day (18 July) by making a



The United Forum of Bank Unions has decided

The CRPF will

celebrate

its 78th

Raising

Day. The Central Reserve Police Force is the premier central police force of the Union of India for internal security. 

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons is

celebrated on every year on July 30th. UNODC’s theme is ‘Act to Protect and Assist Trafficked

Padma Viswanathanis the recipient of the 2017



Porter Fund Literary Prize for fiction.

 June 18: World Father Day is celebrated on

the links between conflict and trafficking and



the third Sunday of June.

migrant smuggling.

 June 18: Sustainable Gastronomy Day  June 19: International Day for the Elimination



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Preethi Srinivasan, the former State undercricket

captain,

who

braved

a

crippling

accident to support those suffering from spinal cord injuries like her, was presented with the ‘Kalpana Daring

Chawla

Award

Enterprise’

Edappadi

K.

award

for by

Palaniswami

Courage Chief

and

Minister the 71st

during

Independence Day celebrations at Fort St. George in Chennai. 

Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik conferred

the Biju

Patnaik

Award

for Scientific

Persons’. This is especially important because of

of Sexual Violence in Conflict. Theme of 2017: “Preventing

Sexual

Violence

Crimes

through

International Tiger Day (29th July) which is

celebrated

to

raise

awareness

for

tiger

conservation. Union Minister for Environment and Forests Dr Harsh Vardhan will attend a Global

Justice and Deterrence”

Tiger Day event in New Delhi, with the slogan

 June 20: World Refugee Day  June 21: International Yoga Day. Theme for



World Breastfeeding Week: August (1-7) 2017



August 1st 2017 – Non-Cooperation Movement

the 2017:“Yoga for Health”. June 21: World Music Day

‘Fresh Ecology For Tigers’ Protection’.

Day 

August 6 – Japan marked 72 years since the

prizes at the MTV Video Music Awards in Los

 June 23: International Widows’ Day  June 23: UN Public Service Day  June 25: Day of Seafarer. Theme of 2017:

Angeles. He won best video of the year for

Seafarers Matter



Humble, as well as best hip-hop artist, after

 June 26: International Day Against Drug

being observed to give an impetus to the sector

Excellence for 2016 to Prof. Digambar Behera. 

Rapper

opening

Kendrick

the

awards

Lamar has

ceremony

taken six

with

a

live

performance. 

A trio of scientists Bell who defied Albert

Einstein by proving that quantum particles, when correlated in pairs, interact with each other regardless of their distance, will be honoured with the

John Stewart Bell Prize from the

University of Toronto. 

National

Mission

for

Clean

Ganga

under

Abuse And Illicit Trafficking. Theme of 2017is: “Listen first – Listening to children and youth is the first step to help them grow healthy and safe”

 June 27: UN Micro- Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day

world’s first nuclear attack on Hiroshima, with the nation’s traditional contradictions over atomic weapons again coming into focus. August 7th 2017 – National Handloom Day is

and encourage use of handmade loom in the country 

9th August - NAGASAKI DAY



9th August - INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE

WORLD’S

INDIGENOUS

PEOPLE.

Theme:

10th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the

 June 29: National Statistics Day  June 29: International Day Of Tropics  June 30: International Asteroid Day

rights of Indigenous Peoples. 

10th August - WORLD BIO FUEL DAY.



12th August - INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY.

Ministry of Water Resources, River Development



July 1: National Doctor’s Day

Theme: “Youth Building Peace”

and Ganga Rejuvenation has awarded for the first



July 2: World Sports Journalists Day



time contracts for three STPs (Sewage Treatment



July 3: International Plastic Bag Free Day

PAKISTAN.

Plants) under hybrid annuity model. Two STPs of



July 4: Independence Day of United States of



19th August - World Bee Day.

68 MLD and 14 MLD will be set up at Haridwar

America.



19th August - World Humanitarian Day.

and one STP of 15 MLD at Varanasi.



July 7: World Chocolate Day



19th August - World Photography Day.





Great Malala Yousafzai and UN announced to



The nation is remembering former Prime

A 13-year-old Indian-origin boy Dhruv Garg,

14th

August

from Wokingham in south east England, in the

celebrate this day (July 12th) as “Malala Day”

Minister

UK has got the highest possible score of 162 on a

worldwide.

anniversary.

Mensa IQ test, placing him in the top one per



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11. The theme of this year is Family Planning –



Women and Child Development Minister

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Population

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Maneka Gandhi will confer national awards to workers

World Youth Skills Day will be celebrated on

-

May, 1991 at Sriperumbudur in Tamil Nadu World Mosquito Day was first established

in 1897, when the link between mosquitos and malaria

transmission

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

Raghuram Rajan pens book on RBI stint

 Real Madrid becomes the first team to ever

August 22 is the 413 birthdayof Sri Guru

in ‘turbulent times’ Raghuram. Rajanis all set

win back-to-back Champions League titles. Real

Granth Sahib the eleventh guru of Sikhs is

to publish a book about his tenure as Governor of

Madrid beat the rival team Juvent us in the last

being celebrated with religious fervor and Geity.

the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) where he

match of the season.

Devotees

explains economic concepts and talks of issues

 Ramkumar Ramanathan beat the second seed

on 20thAugust every

is

year.

celebrated Theme

of

2017:”Protect You from Mosquito Bites”. 

nd

are

th

visiting

Gurudwar

as

to

pay

obedience.

like tolerance and connection between political



freedom and prosperity.

58th edition of Subro to Cup International

Football Tournament began in Delhi.





National Sports day is celebrated on 29th

Vempatilaunched a corporate book on ‘Mann Ki

august every year to mark the birthday of

Baat’ in Mumbai and said that the ‘Mann Ki Baat’

Dhyan Chand. To celebrate the day various

by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set a very

programs

high bar on mass outreach initiatives.

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being

conducted

through

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defeating Indonesian

Raymond Sarmiento of the U.S in the final of the USD

15, 000 ITF

men’s

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tennis

tournament in Singapore.

 Virendra Ojha, became the first Indian to complete the Comrades Marathon in South Africa, winning

a bronze at

the

world’s

oldest

ultra

marathon race.

 Virat Kohlihas been only Indian ranked 89thon the 2017 Forbes list of ‘The World’s highest paid athletes’ with a total pay of $22 million.

 Indian

tennis

ace Rohan

Bopanna

and

 Shri Pranab Mukherjee received the first



re-

Canadian partner Gabriela Dabrowski clinched

copies of book Lalan Shah Fakir Ke Geet written

appointed as a member of the Eastern local

their maiden French Open mixed doubles title in

by

board of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).

Paris, France.

songs of Lalan Shah Fakir at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Mor’s appointment is effective from August,

 Jeje

 The Book “Ministry of Utmost Happiness”

2017, and is for a period of four years.

awarded 2016 AIFF Players of the Year at the

Muchkund

Dubey and

DVD

of selected

Nachiket

Madhusudan

Mor was

 The book “Indira Gandhi – A life in Nature” penned by Jairam Ramesh was launched by Congress president

Sonia

Gandhiat

the Indira

Gandhi Memorial

 The Book titled “Yug Purush, Bharat Ratna, Atal Ji’authored by Ex-Uttarakhand CM Ramesh Pokhriyal. The first copy of the book was received by President Pranab Mukherjee.

 June 14 – World Blood Donor Day. Theme of th

2017: “Give blood. Give now. Give often”.

 Abhay

Mauryareleased

an English-Hindi

dictionary and single-handedly compiled the 1, 900-page dictionary. The Emergency — Indian Democracy’s Darkest Hour, by A Surya Prakash, chairman of Prasar Bharati, was released by Venkaiah Naidu and Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani. 

Renee Ranchan presented her new book ‘To

 Indian male shuttlers– Ajay Jayaram, Kidambi

SPORTS

India. by Ganesh Devy was released.

Srikanth and B Sai Praneeth – were in the top

 Kohli, Dhoni, Yuvraj, Raina placed in ESPN

15 of the latest BWF Rankings.

World Fame 100 Lists. Top spot is occupied

 Indian boxer Lovlina Boroghain (75kg) settled

by Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo

 Chinese Smartphone maker Vivo has signed on to sponsor the 2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cups.

 Cricket South Africaunveiled a logo of the new

its 91stanniversary,

has re-branded

junior

boys’ title in 49 years.

javelin

in

 Shashikant Kutwal won the gold medal at

gold with

Federation

a

Cup

received the first copy of the book “President’s

event at the Diamond League in Oregon, US

Lady” (Pranaber Preyosi) on his wife Late Smt.

State.

Suvra Mukherjee from Vice President of India,

 Manika

Mohd. Hamid Ansari. The book has been written

the first Indian pair to reach the quarterfinals of

by Sangeeta Ghosh.

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Devendra Fadnavis released the book ‘Mann Ki Baat – A Social Revolution on Radio’ at Raj Bhavan in Mumbai. Union Minister Piyush Goyal was also present on the occasion. 

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her first Grand Slam title by beating Simona

record-holder Neeraj

time of 13 minutes 00.70 seconds to win the

Vidyasagar Rao and Chief Minister of Maharashtra

and

the first Australian winner of the French Open

 World

time of the year in the 5, 000m, clocked up a

Governor of Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu C.

men’s

 Alexei Popyrin (17) from Sydney became

Scotland.

The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee



adding

Halep in the women’s final of the French Open.



New Delhi.

is

Pande at the Glen Golf Club, North Berwick,

Sulabh International Founder BindeshwarPathak.

Speeches of President Pranab Mukherjee in

cycling

title with a stroke margin win over USA’s Jaivir

 Mo Farah has completed the fastest winning

Modi, released the fourth volume of Selected

Games. Track

 Jelena Ostapenko (20) the youngest to win

 Shubham Jaglanwon the European Junior

– Making of a Legend, has been compiled by

Narendra

500-Meter

add a 4×400 mixed relay.

National Institute of Sports Complex in Punjab.

Shri

1,

as ‘WINDIES’.

table book on PM Narendra Modi’s life. The book

Minister,

Women’s

team from now on will be officially known

athletics championship at the Netaji Subhash

Prime

Approves

Swimming, 3-On-3 Basketball For 2020 Tokyo women’s Madison races and track and field will





number one Andy Murray in semi final of the

themselves as Cricket West Indies. The cricket

the 21st

Amit Shah, Mohan Bhagwat releases coffee

Open finalist in 44 years with win over world

 IOC

 The cricket board for West Indies, on

throw

President Pranab

 Stan Wawrinka became the oldest French

French Open.

Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Love’ to

losing in the semifinals in Astana, Kazakhstan.

be played in late 2017 with the final on Dec. 16th.

the men’s

With

for a bronze medal at the President’s Cup after

T20 Global League The league, similar to IPL, will

Chopraclinched

Each

Malikwere

Awards.

published by Hamish Hamilton UK and Penguin

 A book titled ‘The Crisis Within’ authored

and Sasmita

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Lalpekhlua

Batraandand Mouma Table

Tennis

Das became

the 17th World Individual Chess Championship for differently-abled, held in Slovakia

 Bethanie

Mattek-Sands

and

Lucie

Safarovaclinched the women’s doubles title in the French Open tennis

 Italy’s Andrea Dovizioso sealed back-to-back MotoGP wins by cruising to victory at the Catalan GP.

Championships in

Dusseldorf, Germany.

 Nitin

Sinha

and

Mihika

Yadavemerged

champions in the boys’ and girls’ events in the HCL Asian junior tennis championship in the Shri Shiv Chhatrapati Sports, Pune.

 Sri Lanka captain Upul Tharangahas been banned for the next two ICC Champions Trophy matches due to a slow over-rate.

 Sai Praneeth captured the men’s singles

 Rafael

Nadal

title in the $1, 20, 000 Thailand Open Grand Prix

challenge

in

Chennai | Bengaluru | Chandigarh | Trivandrum | Puducherry Madurai | Trichy | Salem | Coimbatore | Erode | Namakkal | Tanjore

clashes

straight

Stan

sets

to

Wawrinka’s claim

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singles

title

at

Roland

Garros.

 Ramkumar

Ramanathan

second successive

singles

won

title.

He

his

defeated

 Pune-based Sukant Kadamat tained into the



top three of the BWF Para-Badminton World

his second

Rankings. Sukant in singles of the ‘SL4’ class.

the Australian Open summit clash in

 Prarthana Thom bare and Kotomi Takahata of



Nicholas S. Hu of the US in the final of ITF men’s

Japan won the doubles title in the $60, 000 ITF

Futures tennis tournament.

Women’s Tennis Tournament.

 Assam’s Laimwon Narzarybroke a 25-year-old

 Pakistan defeated India in final match of

girls’ high jump record at the 15th Federation

champion

Cup National Junior Athletics Championships at

champion trophy 2017 cup. Golden bat: Shikhar

the PAC Athletics Stadium.

Dhawan Golden ball: Hasan Ali

 Dhanya

Shah

and

Sanmay

Gandhi

trophy

on

Junior

Championships.

Stadium.

Championships at

They

the Balewadi

defeated Vishesh

Patel

and

Shashidhar Kota.

 Englandwon the maiden FIFA U-20 World Cup title in 51 years after defeating Venezuela in the final held at Suwon, South Korea.

 Lewis Hamilton won the Canada grand prix,

to

clinch

the

ICC

 The Indian wrestlers clinched three medals,

clinched the Under-14 doubles title of the Asian Tennis

2017

the

final

day

of

the

Junior

Asian

 Indian Shuttler Srikanth clinched his third

Indian Shuttler Kidambi Srikanth not ched up successive

Super

Series

title

in

Pistol shooter Anish Bhanwalabagged gold and

silver on the opening day of the ISSF Junior World

Championship

Rifle/Pistol campaign

in Suhl, Germany. 

Red

Bull’s Daniel

Ricciar

dowon

a

chaotic Azerbaijan Grand Prix. 

Indian

medal

boxer Ankush

in

the 60

Dahiyawon

kg

weight

the gold

category at

the Ulaanbaatar Cup in Mongolia. 

Indian

tennis

Canadian

star Leander

partner Adil

the men’s

doubles

Paesand

his

Shamasdinclinched

title at

the Aegon

IIkley

Super series title, lifting the Indonesia Open

Challenger Trophy held in United Kingdom.

men’s singles trophy



 The Iranian team won three gold medals, two

World title and the gold medal at the world

silvers and two bronzes, claiming the title with 69

championship in Venice.

points. Uzbekistan finished second



(67)

and

Dehradun’s Bhumika Sharma bagged her Miss

Yashaswini wins gold in ISSF Junior World

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for 6th time.. He was

Kazakhstan (57).

Championship at the women’s 10m air pistol in

driving for Mercedes team.

 India won 13 medal sconsist of 2 Gold, 3

Suhl, Germany.

Silver and 8 Bronze medals in the 2017 Junior



feated GM Neelotpal Das to win 10th Mumbai

Asian Championships held in Taiwan.

best tied 25th finish in LPGA’s Walmart NW

Mayors

 India

 Vietnam

Chess

player Nguyen

DucHoade

Cup International Open

Chess

tournament held at Mumbai.

 Michael Venus became New Zealand’s first

won

six medals

in

the Wushu

competition of the first ever BRICS Games, which concluded in Guangzhou, China. The medals, two

Grand Slam champion since 1974 when he

each in gold, silver and bronze.

partnered American Ryan Harrison to the French

 Shah Rukh Khan and GMR have acquired

Open men’s doubles title.

 Heena Sidhu and Jitu Raiwon their second successive

gold

in

the

mixed

air

pistol

teams

in

the T20

Global

League

recently

launched by Cricket South Africa (CSA). SRK team

named

as Cape

Town

Knight

competition in the shooting World Cup.

Riders. Johannesburg hometown for the GMR-

 Virat Kohli has reclaimed the top batting spot

promoted team.

while Australia’s pace ace Josh Hazlewood has

 Virat Kohli along with three Indians were

achieved the number-one position in the bowlers’

named in the ICC Team of the Champions Trophy

rankings in the latest ICC ODI Player Rankings.

2017, with Pakistan’s Sarfraz Ahmed named its

 Indian team comprising Divya Dhayal and

captain.

Abhishek



Verma

clinches

bronze

medal at

India cricket coach Anil Kumble stepped down

the Archery World Cup, held at Antalya, Turkey

from his position after a widely-speculated feud

 Iran confirmed its spot in the 2018 Football

with Captain Virat Kohli

World Cup finals with a victory over Uzbekistan at



the Azadi Stadium in Tehran

from June 24 to July 23.

 Rafael Nadal has become the first player to



book his place at the season-ending ATP World Tour

Finals

in

London

in

November

after

the Spaniard won a record 10th French Open title in Paris.

 Kumar Sangakkara scores his 100th century across First class and List a cricket across all format.

 India cricket captain Virat Kohlihas become the quickest batsman to 8000 runs mark in his 175th innings in one-day international cricket,

 Suresh Raina and Yusuf Pathan have signed

ICC Women’s World Cup To Be Held In UK New

Zealand

Wicketkeeper

Luke

Ronchi

retires from International Cricket. 

Brazilian

Oscar

was

banned

for

eight

games for triggering a mass brawl in the Chinese Super League between his Shanghai SIPG and Guangzhou R&F. 

India’s ace Shuttler Kidambi Srikanth broke

back into the top-10 at eighth in the latest world rankings has 58, 583 points. 

Afghanistan and Ireland have been approved

as Full Members by the ICC, meaning they have become

cricket’s 11th

and

12th

Test-playing

nations.

up for the 2nd edition of the Tamil Nadu Premier



League (TNPL).

tennis in July for two World Team Tennis matches

 Sunil Chhetri scored 54th goal in international

after a 15-month doping ban.

football matchag ainst Kyrgyzstan AFC Asian Cup



Qualifier in

Games gold medal winner, Kavita Devi becomes

 India bagged five medals, including a gold, in

the first Indian woman to appear in WWE.

the 2017 Asian Junior Wrestling Championships



in Taiwan.

Chinaman bowler to represent India in ODIs,

 The World Twenty20 Championship’s seventh

making his debut in the first ODI against West

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Maria Sharapova will return to competitive

Former Indian Power lifter and South Asian

Kuldeep

Yadav

became

the first

male

Indies. 

Graham Ford has stepped down as Sri Lanka

coach, ending his second tenure with the side after 15 months.

Indian golfer Aditya Ashoksecured a career-

Arkansas Championship. Ryu ascends to No. 1 in the rankings. 

Roger Federer won the 100thcareer title at

Halle open tennis tournament defeated Alexander Zverev. 

India’s

overall

tally

ISSF

Junior

World

Championship Rifle/Pistol is 11 medals in Suhl, Germany. India

finished

with second

position behind 

Both the Indian men and women Throw ball

teams

grabbed gold

medals

in the

World

Games held in Kathmandu, Nepal. 

Rajeev

Shukla

will

formed seven-member

head

Special

a

newly-

Committee,

as

decided at Special General Meeting (SGM). 

Lasith Malinga received a suspended one-year

cricket ban after charge of speaking to the media without permission of Sri Lanka’s cricket board. 

Russell Westbrook has won the 2017 NBA

MVP award (Most Valuable Player) over James Harden. The league announced the winner during the NBA Awards. 

Emirates

Team New

claimed international

sport’s

Zealand

oldest

trophy

in

Bermuda’s Great Sound, with 26-year-old Peter Burling becoming

the

youngest helmsman to

secure sailing’s biggest prize. 

Sindhuja

Reddyfrom

Telangana

a member

of

selected

as

national

cricket

team

the

and

has

US

been

women’s

participates

in

the World T20 Qualifiers in Scotland in August. 

Mobile

manufacturers VIVO retained

the IPLtitle sponsorship for the next five years with a mammoth bid of Rs. 2, 199 crore, an over 500% increase from previous deal. 

The Board of Control for Cricket in India

(BCCI) inducted veteran administrator Niranjan Shah into the seven-member Special Committee. 

Yashaswini Singh Deswal and Anmol clinched

the mixed team gold with a World record in air pistol in the Junior World Shooting Championship. 

Maharashtra

topped

the

medals

tally

while Karnataka won the overall championship in the 44th

Glenmark

junior

National

aquatic

championship in Pune.

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Athletics



one

Clerici in the final of the $15,000 of ITF women’s

award in the category of ‘Best Adventure Tourism

winning the country’s first gold medal.

tennis tournament at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt.

Destination and Eco-Tourism Destination’.







Championships

made

debut

a

her Asian memorable

by

Vikas Gowda wins bronze medal in men’s

discus

event

and Govindan

Danielle Kang captures first career win and



The J&K Tourism Department has received the

In the 22nd edition of the World Petroleum

Major title at KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

Congress in Istanbul, Turkey, Indian Oil bagged

Laxmananwon gold in the 5000 metres in Asian

Aditi Ashok finished at T29 Olympia fields.

the WPC Excellence Award for its innovative and

Athletics Championships.



ground-breaking INDMAX technology.



India has moved four places up to the 96th

athlete in the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships.



position in the FIFA World ranking which was

Odisha government would give away a cash

two awards at the first global robotics Olympiad

second best ranking behind 94th rank in 1996.

award of 7 lakh, 5.5 lakh and 2.5 lakh rupees

in the US where 157 countries participated.



to gold, silver and bronze winners,



up with Laxman Rawatto demolish Pakistan in the



Kanchanmala Pandey went on to win a silver

final of the Asian Team Snooker championship at

bag

the Kalinga Stadium in

Anas and Nirmala

a Gold

the only Indian woman to qualify for the World



India’s Shiv Kapurearned a ticket to his third

medal each in the 400 metres races, while

Para Swimming Championship to be held later

British Open after winning one of the five final

Silver medals also went to India through Rajiv

this year in Mexico She won the medal in the

qualifying events held in England.

Arokiaand Jisna Mathew. PU Chitra and Ajay

200-metre

Kumar Saroj bagged a Gold each in the 1,500

Swimming Championship.

captain of Pakistan’s Test The announcement was

metres races.



made by Shahryar Khan, Pakistan Cricket Board



Telangana sailor Durga Prasad all set for

opening night of 2017 World Para Athletics

chairman.

World Sailing Championships meet at Pattaya

Championships in London. He triumphed in the





throw

Pranjalawon her first pro title, beating Giada

India’s leading cueist Pankaj Advani teamed

Sarfraz

Ahmed,

was

officially named

the

The 22nd Asian Athletics Championships is to

Govt announces cash award for every winning

Asian Athletics Championships: India athletes four

gold

medals Muhammad

Sheoran

won

A group of seven Indian students has bagged

The

visually

challenged

26-year-old

medal in Berlin earlier this month and became

Individual

Medley

in

the

Para

India’s Sundar Singh Gurjar has won gold on

where 280 sailors from 62 countries will compete.

men’s javelin throw with a personal best of 60.36

be inaugurated at Kalinga Stadium in Odisha



metre.

capital Bhubaneswar.

Dowling of Australia in the final to win the South





Australian Open squash title.

Garbine Muguruza beats Venus Williams for 2nd

Star striker CK Vineeth announced that he is

leaving Bengaluru

FCafter

three

successful



India’s

Young

Harinder

Pal

Frenchman

Sandhu

beat

Lilian

Rhys

Calmejane

Wimbledon 2017 women’s final, highlights:

Grand Slam trophy.

seasons during which the club won numerous

took victory on the eighth stage on the Tour



trophies including I-League and Federation Cup.

de France after a solo break on the final climb.

in junior women’s skeet in the International





Junior Shotgun Cup in Finland.

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has tipped South

Dutchman Robert Geesink was second while

The Indian women swept all the three medals

African athlete Wayde van Niekerk to succeed

Chris Froome retained his overall lead after the



him as track and field’s most dominant athlete.

group of favourites finished together 50 seconds

personal best 74.20m and won the silver at the



Australia’s Jeff Horn stunned Filipino Manny

Indian hammer thrower Damneet Singh hit a

behind the winner.

IAAF World under-18 athletics championships in

Pacquiao wins the WBO world welterweight title



National racing: Vishnu, Mandody clinch

Nairobi, Kenya. India’s Harinder Pal Sandhu wins

at Lang Park.

double wins in the opening round of the JK

Victorian Squash Open title beating top-seed Rex



Tyre FMSCI National racing championship at

Hedrick of Australia.

hit more than 200 sixes (322) in One Day

MS Dhoni became the first Indian batsman to

the Kari Motor Speedway.



International Cricket (ODI) and stands fifth on



the all-time list.

Grand Prix to take his second victory of the year

Asian Athletics Championships in Bhubaneswar.



ahead



India beats Pakistan by 95 runs in Women’s

Valtteri

Bottas dominated

of Sebastian

the Austrian

Vettel

as

Lewis

Asian

champion

Govindan

Lakshmanan

grabbed a gold medal in men’s 5000m race at Martina Hingis clinched her 23th Grand Slam

World Cup to record its third successive victory in

Hamilton recovered to fourth

the ICC Women’s World Cup.





Thitikul has become the youngest known winner

Wimbledon mixed doubles final.

of a professional golf tour event with victory at



the Ladies European Thailand Championship.

consecutive victory at the British Grand Prix.

Academy created history by becoming the first





Indian to

record of men’s 110m hurdles National Inter-

Masters snooker tournament title in Chennai.

Championship.

State Championships to win the gold medal at





the 57th edition of the meet in Guntur.

the Asian Cadet Judo Championship in Bishkek,

Germany defeats Chile to win 2017 FIFA

Confederations Cup final held in 

Jehan

Daruvala win

of Sahara

in

the FIA

Force F3

India

European

Venkatesh Shetty, riding an Aprilia SR 150

Fourteen-year-old

amateur

title and Scottish partner Jamie Murray beat Atthaya

Siddhanth Thingalaya broke his own meet

Henri Kontinen and Heather Watson in the Lewis

Hamilton

to

his

fourth

I H Manudev has won the first National India bagged three medals, including a gold in

won the 28th edition of Gulf Monsoon Scooter

Kyrgyzstan.

Rallyin neighbouring Navi Mumbai.





Football Association.

Indian javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra finished

swept

FIFA have lifted their ban on the Sudan

at fifth position in a 10-man elite field after a



best effort of 67m at the prestigious Diamond

caught in the dope net after testing positive for a

League.

banned stimulant, lose the gold medal clinched



Sundaram

Raviremains

the only

Indian

by her in Asian Athletics Championships in

umpire in the ICC Elite Panel with the world body naming an unchanged line-up for the 2017-18 seasons. 

Ritika Thaker beat Simran Singhi in an all-

Indian women’s singles final before

the duo

combined together to win the doubles title in the Ivory Coast International badminton tournament at Abidjan. 

DONEGAL

were

champions

for

just

history

with

crowned Ulster the second an

time in

senior their

eight-point victory

over holders Monaghan in Clones, Ireland. 

Novak

Djokovic

Championship

in

has

Eastbound

won by

Moils in the final held at

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Asian champion shot-putter Manpreet Kaur

Bhubaneswar. 

Neel Joshi and Ananya Dabke bagged the

under-15 boys and girls titles, respectively, in the Dutch Open Junior Squash Championships, in Amsterdam, Netherlands. 

India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin slipped a

place to take the third position in the latest ICC Player Rankings for Test bowlers. Sri Lanka spinner Rangana Herath has climbed to second position 

The television’s much-loved mother, Divyanka

aka Ishima has been honoured with the Most Admired Leader in the field of entertainment by Herald Global and has also been listed in the 50 Most Inspirational Women list.



India’s Amit Kumar Saroha clinched a silver in

men’s club throw F51 competition in World Para Athletics Championships in London. 

Russian City To Host World Short-Course

Swimming

Championships

In

2022:

Kazan was controversially named host of the FINA World Swimming Championships in 2022, while Budapest has been named as the 2024 location. The Hungarian capital is presently

staging

the

17th

FINA

World

Championships. 

Usain Bolt ran under 10 seconds for the

first time this year as he narrowly won the 100 metres at the Monaco Diamond League meeting. Usain Bolt won in 9.95 seconds,

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

American Isiah Young. South Africa’s Akani

himself as America’s newest star of the pool,

Gatlin.

Simbine was third in 10.02

becoming the first swimmer to win three gold





Chennai

Open

professional

boxer

Vijender

Singh

retained the WBO Asia Pacific Super Middle

the Olympics.

weight title and win the WBO Oriental Super

World



Middleweight title at Mumbai.

will

Maharashtra

Indian

medals on a single night at either the worlds or

event

To

Championship at London which was won by Justin

Open, To Be Held In Pune: India’s only ATP Tour

Renamed

The 20-year-old Caeleb Dressel established

now

be

known

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has

as Maharashtra Open with owners of the event

announced cash incentive of 5 lakh rupees each



IMG (Reliance) shifting the tournament to Pune

for two sprinters of the state, Dutee Chand and

individual as well as the team gold medal in

by signing a five-year deal with the MSLTA.

Jauna Murmu after they qualified for the World

men’s double trap at the 7th Asian Shotgun



India bagged two medals in the high jump

Indian

shooter

Ankur

Mittalclinched

the

Athletics Championships.

Championship at Astana, Kazakhstan.

at the World Para Athletics Championships in





London.

Kazakhstan in a thrilling contest of the FIBA Asia

successive global title claiming the 10,000 metres

a silver medal, Varun

Cup 2017 held at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in

world crown at the London Stadium.

Bhati bagged bronze medal in the T42 event.

Bengaluru.





Griffin (Australia)

hockey tournamentat the Mayor Radha krishnan

helped England clinch the ICC Women’s



Stadium.

World Cup in dramatic style as they defeated

Czech Boxing Tournament:



India by nine runs in the final at Lord’s, London



for a staggering €222 million by Paris Saint

While Sharad

Anya

Shrubsole’s

Kumar won

magnificent

6/46

The Indian women’s basketball team defeated

Most

Valuable

Player:

Kelsey

Shiva, Manoj , 3 Other Strike Gold At Indian boxers packed quite a heavy punch at

British athletics legend Mo Farah won his 10th

ONGC won the91st MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup

25-year-old player Neymar has been bought

S

the 48th Grand Prix Usti Nad Labem, clinching

Germain

Prix

five gold, two silver and one bronze medal at the

expensive football player (soccer player), in both

event in the Czech Republic.

single transfer & combined transfer fees title.

his compatriot Parupalli Kashyap at Anaheim,



Bhanwala Bags A Men’s-Junior Double:



California.



Anish Bhanwala bagged gold in the junior

Singles Citi Open Title in Washington DC.





Indian

Shuttler

Prannoy has won the US Gold badminton

H

Open

tournament

Grand

title defeating

and

created

the

record

for

Most

Russian Ekaterina Makarova won the Women’s

India skipper Mithali Raj was chosen as

section and then beat Olympic silver medallist



the captain of the ICC Women’s World Cup

Vijay Kumar and Olympian Gurpreet Singh to the

women’s British Open at Kings Barns, Scotland

2017 team

the International

Cricket

Korea’s

Kim

In-kyungclaimed

the

gold in men’s rapid fire pistol at the 17th all-India

for her first major title.

Council.

Kumar Surendra Singh shooting championship at





the Dr. Karni Singh Range, Tughlakabad.

ATP title of the year with a commanding win over

silver and two bronze medals) to finish outside



South African veteran Kevin Anderson at the Citi

top-30 in the medal standings in World Para

Wrestling C’ship in Tampere, Finland.

Open in Washington.

Athletics Championship campaign.







by

South

India collected five medals (with a gold, two

weight-lifter

High



Sreesanth by Board of Control for Cricket in

bagged

Ravinder, made it to the bronze medal round of

India (BCCI).

a gold medal at the Asian Youth and Junior

their respective weight categories on day one of



Weightlifting Championships in Kathmandu,

the Junior World Wrestling Championships

places to reach the 15th spot in the latest BWF

Nepal.

in Tampere, Finland.

rankings.

India finished

has

Games

at

Jadeja maintained pole position in the bowlers’

a bronze

Nassau in Bahamas after winning 11 medals

list while India skipper Virat Kohliremained

Championship to earn India’s first women’s

(four gold medals, one silver and six bronze

static at fifth place in the batting charts in the

skeet individual medal at a top international

medals).

latest ICC Test Rankings released.

competition in Astana.







In a historic first for Indian boxing, the

country

will

rankings, Cheteshwar

Maheshwari medal at

Chauhan bagged

the Asian

Shotgun

Five-time world champion Viswanathan

Anand defeated Ian

Championship in 2021 besides conducting the

position while opener Shikhar Dhawan climbed

Russia in the seventh round to jump to the joint

women’s World Championship for the second

21 places to be ranked 39th.

top position in the Sinquefield Cup, a part of

time



the Grand Chess tour, USA.

the

elite

batsmen’s

Shooter

Pujara is the top-ranked Indian at the fourth

year,

the

the



men’s World

next

host

In

Ravindra

Indian Shuttler HS Prannoy improved two



Commonwealth Youth

Star spinner

cricketer S

position in

the sixth

at seventh

Two Indian wrestlers, Veer Dev Gulia and

imposed on

aside

women’s

medal)

ban

Court set

Devi (126kg lifted a total of 126kg to claim the gold

Ormila

The Kerala

the lifetime

44kg

Konsam

Punjab govt to appoint cricketer Harmanpreet

Kaur as DSP of Punjab government.



Indian

Manju Kumari wins bronze medal at Jr World

German Alexander Zverevclaimed thefourth

International

Boxing

Abhijeet Gupta finishes second in Czech

Nepomniachtchi

of

Association (AIBA) has announced.

Open chess tournament at Pardubidze in Czech





Republic

Bolt said good bye to the Athletics world. But the



farewell ended in agony as he injured himself

Katinka Hosszu secured Hungary’s first

gold

medal at

the 17th

Championships, Hungary after

at a

thrilling

FINA Budapest, women’s

World in 200m

Summer Olympics: Los Angeles agrees to

The greatest sprinter of modern times, Usain

host 2028 Games; Paris gets 2024

while running the last lap of the men’s 4x100m



relay

Kuala Lumpur: Indian women’s team beat

race in

the World

Athletics

individual medley final.

Malaysia 2-0 in international friendly match at

Championships in London.



MP Selayang Stadium in Kuala Lumpur



100m backstroke gold in a new world-record time



Khan and Rashmmi Rathore eked out a narrow

at the world aquatics championships in Budapest.

Atlanta title





Kylie Masse of Canada stormed to women’s

India have bagged a rich haul of 24 medals at

John Isner downs Harrison for fourth ATP

Indian

duo

of Mairaj

Ahmad

28-27 win over the Chinese pair of Liu Jiangchi

In Lagos International challenge in Nigeria,

India’s

tournament. The tally includes seven Gold,

singles title while Manu Attri and B Sumeeth

final-round

seven Silver and 10 Bronze medals. In the

Reddy

javelin throw event in the World Athletics

event held at Amman, India ended as the second

India’s Mugdho Agrey finished as runners-up in

Championships in London.

best finishers.

women’s singles at the Molade Okoya-Thomas

disappointing



Hall

miserable show in the Championships.

of

claimed

Yadav clinched the

the Teslim

men’s

Balogun

the

men’s

and Gao Jianmei.

the Jordan Junior and Cadet Open table tennis

Mumbai’s Aditya Patil and Suhaani Lohia have

C Rahul

The

doubles

Stadium

title.

in



Davinder Singh Kang failed to make the appearance

12th as

count

India

in

He

the men’s finished

continued

a

their

clinched bronze medals at the Asian School

Nigeria.



Chess Competition in China. Aditya won the



Nehru Trophy Boat Race at the Punnamada

bronze medal in the Under-7 rapid championship

Pallikal Karthik settled for a bronze medal in the

lake in Alappuzha.

that concluded in Panjin.

WSF World doubles squash championship in





Manchester, England.

for five games after he was sent off in Real

Hungarian Grand Prix despite problems with his



Madrid’s 3-1

Ferrari and a valiant attack by title rival Lewis

third in the 100 meters Final of World Athletics

Sebastian Vettel hung on to win a tense

The Indian pair of JoshnaChinappa and Dipika

Usain Bolt has been stunned as he finished

Gabriel chundan (snake boat) won the 65th

Cristiano

Ronaldohas win

against

been

suspended

Barcelona in

Spanish Super Cup first leg.

Hamilton.

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India won 10 medals, including two gold, in



Four-time

Olympic

champion

Mo

 S. Khaplang, chief of National Socialist Council

the 6th Golden In all, India won two gold, four

Farah ended his track career in thrilling fashion

of Nagaland-Khaplang

silver and four bronze medals in the Glove

with victory in the 5,000m at the Diamond

in Myanmar.

women’s

League final.

 Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member

Boxing

Tournament at Vojvodina,

Serbia.





Kapugedara as the captain of cricket team for

Indian men’s hockey team overcome world

Sri Lankan cricket board has named Chamara

(NSCNK) died

at Taga

from Telangana Palvai Govardhan Reddy died.

 Cinematographer Fred Koenekamp, who won

No. 4 Netherlands with an exciting encounter.

third and fourth ODI matches against India.

Led by Manpreet Singh, the team last night



featured nine players from the junior team, but

event its second most prestigious tournament

still beat an experienced Netherlands squad

after

through goals from Gurjant (4th minute) and

Tennis England.

Mandeep (51). India, thus, won the three-match



series.

medal in the first women’s singles semi-final

 America’s Adam West, star of the popular and



The ITTF has awarded hosting rights for the the World

Saina

Championships to Table

Nehwal has

settled

for

a bronze

an Oscar for

the

1974

disaster

picture‘

The

Towering Inferno’, has died.

 Padre Miguel d’ Escoto Brockmann, one of the world’s great moral leaders, a tireless advocate of non-violence and peace passed away.

at World Badminton championships, as she

campy 1960s “Batman” TV show, died.

International Series title after notching up a

lost to Nozomi Okuhara of Japan.

 Legendary Telugu poet, writer and Jnanpith

hard-fought



awardee,

Lakshya Sen clinched the Bulgaria Open win

over

Croatia’s Zvonimir

PV Sindhu , the young badminton star has

as CiNaRe passed away.

secured Badminton



playing against Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara.

acclaimed plasma

alive with a victory over Roger Federer in the



India’s

Rogers Cup final in Montreal, Canada.

scorer for a few years now — the previous record

through thermonuclear



was held by Telmo Zarra, with 251 career

Ahmedabad.

one for the first time in three years after Roger

goals. Messi became

Federer

Liga history to reach the 350 goal mark.

 Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the

withdrew

from

the Cincinnati

Championships.

Messi has

been La

Sindhu

Liga’s all-time

the first

leading

player in La





American tennis player Serena Williams

football Championship title. The India team,

has topped the Forbes’ list of highest paid

which had players from AIFF’s Regional Academy,

female athletes of 2017, with $27 million in

trailed by a goal at the interval but Lalrokima and

earnings between June 2016 and June 2017.

Vikram’s timely strikes saved the day for India.





consulate

observed Independence

in

Toronto

Dayon August

15,

lifted

was

Masters with a back injury.

Indian

India have

the World

known

Bulgaria.

Rafal Nadal is set to return to world number

medal at

Reddypopularly

Durkinjakin the men’s singles final in Sofia, Alexander Zverevkept his winning streak

a silver

Narayana

the SAFF

Under-15

Lewis Hamilton says selecting the wrong

power mode actually helped him stay ahead of championship rival

K

Kaw,

physicistwho

efforts

to

a

globally-

spearheaded

produce fusion,

energy died

in

architect of German reunification, died. He was 87.

 Noted

Punjabi

Akademi

awardee

playwright and winner

Sahitya

Ajmer

Singh

Aulakhdied, in Punjab.

 Former Chief Justice of India N. Bhagwati, considered a pioneer of judicial activism for introducing the concept of PILs, died.

2017 Formula

stood tall – members of the Indian contingent

Sebastian Vettel at the Belgian Grand Prix.

that had just won a record haul of 37 medals at



the World Dwarf Games in Canada.

the India Blue team for the Duleep Trophy,

 Actor Sam Beazley, who played Professor



which will be held in Kanpur and Lucknow from

Everard in “Harry Potter and the Order of the

Para Athletics Championships.

September 7 to 29, providing him a platform to

Phoenix”, has passed away. He was 101.



make a return to the Indian team.

 Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission

India captain ViratKohli continued to be the

world

P

one group of participants at the celebrations

RinkuHooda bags silver at World U-20

1

 Professor

Suresh Raina has been named captain of

world’s top-ranked one-day batsman in the latest

*****

 The Oscar-winning director of Rocky and The Karate Kid, John Avildsen, died at Los Angeles

President Swami Atmasthananda Maharaj passed

ICC ODI rankings. And in the Second placed is

away after a prolonged illness.

Australian David

 Veteran actor of Hindi Amrit Pal passed away.  The President of Vanuatu, Baldwin Lonsdale



The Indian pair of Soumyajit Ghosh and G

Sathiyancame close to toppling the top-seeded

has died of a heart attack.

Japanese duo of Jin Uda and Maharu Yoshimura, only

to

end

with

a silver

in

 Italian fashion designer Carla Fendihas died.  Leading Sri Lankan economist Saman

the men’s

doubles at the Bulgaria Open in Panagyurishte 

Teenager

Shapath

Bharadwajwona bronze medal in the double trap

event

while Lakshay

Sheoran and Manisha Keer combined to win a bronze in the mixed team trap competition at the ISSF

Junior

Shotgun

World

Cup

in

Porpetto, Italy. 

England’s

Rooney

record

goals

announced

he

from international

football

corer

Wayne

is

retiring

with

immediate

effect after manager Gareth Southgate tried to recall him to the squad. 

Australia, playing for the first time at the

Kelegama, who was highly regarded in South

OBITUARY

Asian policy circles, passed away in Thailand.

 Tamil poet Abdul Rahman, popularly known as ‘Kavikko’passed away in Chennai.

 Character actor Shivraj of Hindi cinema of the 1950s and the 60s, died

 Veteran journalist S.V. Hari, a former IANS Bureau Chief in Chennai passed away.

 Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, a tycoon known for his lavish billionaire lifestyle died in London.

 Tamil Nadu’s

veteran

politician

&former

rebranded FIBA Asia Cup, became the first

parliamentarian Era Sezhiyanpassed away.

Oceanic team to be crowned champions of Asia

 Veteran Spanish writer Juan Goytisolo, one of

when

Spain’s most celebrated writers of the post-war

they

beat

Iran

in

final.

Australia,

ranked 10th in the world 

The 32-year-old

international –

period passed away. He won the Cervantes Prize

Ronaldo

who

Portuguese

last

term

helped

 Mehrunnisa Dalwai, noted social activist and author, and the wife of one of formidable social

the Spanish team to their second successive

reformers, Hamid Dalwai, passed away.

UEFA Champions League title and 12th overall

 Eminenthistorian and former chairman of

in European football’s premier club competition – received

the

award

at

the

2017/18

UEFA

Champions’ League group stage draw in Monaco.

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 The Franco-Swiss journalist Véronique Robert has died after being wounded in an explosion in Mosul.

 Lupin founder and Chairman Desh Bandhu Gupta passed away:

 Noted

Malayalam

filmmaker R.

Mohanan passed away.

 Swedish actor Michael Nyqvist, known for his roles in “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” and “John Wick” has died.

 N Dhar, a former bureau crat who served as an aide to Sheikh Abdullah and other former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir, passed away. 

Veteran

journalist Ravinder

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