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Contents
Topic Page Number
MOU/Agreement Countries 3-4
MOU Industry/States/Others 4-7
Appointments and Resignations 7-12
Awards and Recognitions 12-17
Conference and Summits 17-20
International News 20-25
National News 25-32
State News 32-42
Finance and Banking News 42-46
Business News 46-47
Economy News 48-51
Science & Technology 51-52
Apps Launches/ Portal/Helpline 53
Defence News 53-55
Sports News 55-61
Committee 61-62
Rankings of Countries 62-63
Loans from Banks 63-65
Deadlines 65
Rankings (Persons and Organisations) 65-66
Current Monetary Poli Rates 67
GDP Growth rates predictions 67
Books and Authors 67-68
Obituaries 68-71
Important Days (October) 71-72
Nobel Prize Winners 73
Other News in Detail 73-78
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MOU/Agreement Countries
India Nepal On Drug Demand Reduction and Prevention of Illicit Trafficking in Narcotic Drugs and
Psychotropic Substances and precursor chemicals, and related matters.
India Nepal For starting construction of a new Bridge over Mechi River at Indo-Nepal border.
The estimated cost of construction of the bridge is 158.65 crore rupees, which would be
funded by Government of India through ADB loan.
India International
Vaccine
Institute (IVI)
in South
Korea
India has committed an annual contribution of $5,00,000 for vaccine research and
development.
India Brazil For cooperation in the fields of Zebu Cattle Genomics and Assisted Reproductive
Technologies
India Myanmar For the conservation of earthquake-damaged pagodas at Bagan, Myanmar
India Canada A set of two commemorative postage stamps will be issued jointly by the Government
of India and Canada on the theme of Indian festival Diwali, which will be released on
September 21, this year.
India Japan Loan deal worth $76 million with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for a
project to upgrade the environment management plan at Alang-Sosiya ship recycling
yards in Gujarat.
India Japan For collaborative research in the field of silkworm and silk industries
India Japan To start a postal service called cool box service , which will help Japanese people living
in India to order food from Japan.
India Morocco In the areas of drug regulation and pharmaceutical quality control and communicable
diseases among others.
India Belarus Both countries released a postage stamp to mark 25 years of diplomatic ties between
the two sides.
India Russia To build the Roppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh, the first initiative under a Indo-
Russia deal to undertake atomic energy projects in third countries.
India Norway To extend health cooperation, especially in the areas of reproductive, maternal, new-
born, child and adolescent health.
India Sri Lanka To develop a village in Anuradhapura District (Sri Lanka) at a cost of 30 crores Sri Lankan
rupees.
India Israel On an R&D and technological innovation fund which will see both countries contribute
$40,00,000 each annually for five years
India Israel 1) A Plan of Cooperation was signed between the Indian Space Research Organisation
(ISRO) and the Israel Space Agency (ISA) regarding cooperation in atomic clocks.
2) Both ISRO and ISA signed a MoU on cooperation in GEO-LEO Optical Link.
3) ISRO and ISA signed another MoU on cooperation in electric propulsion for small
satellites.
India Bangladesh To construct a bridge over Mizoram s Khawthlangtuipui river to facilitate trade and
improve communication between the two neighbours.
India Bangladesh To connect both the countries by waterways.
India Bangladesh To set up a joint working group for the conservation of elephants and manage their
movement through corridors in their adjoining border areas.
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India BRICS
nations
Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) with respect to tax matters
India Switzerland On technical cooperation in the rail sector, including development of tilting trains that
tilt on approaching a bend.
India Myanmar On upgradation of the Women s Police Training Centre at Yamethin, Myanmar.
India Djibouti To establish regular Foreign Office-level bilateral consultations between both countries.
India Sweden A Sweden-India Startup Sambandh initiative has been launched by Invest India and
Founders Alliance in Sweden for higher cooperation among start-ups.
MOU Industry/States/Others
Entities that signed MoUS Purpose to sign MoUs
NITI Aayog International Road
Federation, Geneva (IRF
Geneva)
They have signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) to
cooperate in the field of Intelligent Transportation
Systems (ITS).
Amazon Web Services
(AWS)
Microsoft To launch an open-source and deep learning interface
Gluon that will help developers to deploy machine
learning models across several platforms.
Indian Railways German Railways To make country s existing rail corridors semi high speed.
The semi high speed trains will run at 200 km per hour.
Andhra Pradesh Govt Visa For Digital Dhan Sankalp project. It is an initiative to
develop Visakhapatnam into India s first less cash city.
Odisha Govt. State Bank of India MoU is a landmark initiative by the state government to
facilitate revenue collection from citizens through digital
banking platform
State Bank of India (SBI) Samsung India Availability of Samsung Pay for higher variants of SBI
debit card.
SBI Shriram Automall India
Limited (SAMIL)
To extend the benefits of company s holistic solutions for
the disposal of all types of pre-owned vehicles and
equipment.
Bank of Baroda Finolex Plasson Industries In order to finance farmers for installation of Micro
Irrigation system for their fields through
Bank of Baroda Amazon India Online marketplace Amazon India has planned to provide
unsecured micro-loa s, as lo as ₹ lakh, at i terest rates as low as 10.45-11 per cent at a short span of 3-5 days.
The company has tied up with Bank of Baroda for the
loa s, hi h a go up to ₹ lakh. Bank of Baroda Directorate General of
Supplies & Disposal
(DGS&D)
for extending various banking services to Government e-
Marketplace (GeM)
Air India Punjab National Bank and
IndusInd Bank
To secure loans to the tune of over Rs 3,000 crore for
meeting working capital requirements.
Punjab National Bank Bajaj Allianz General for distribution of Bajaj Allianz s general insurance
products through the bank s network
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Punjab National Bank BSNL They have teamed up to roll out open mobile wallet
Speedpay across 10 states in the country. PNB s
Speedway wallet will operate like any other mobile wallet
for paying bills, recharging phone besides its users will be
able to deposit and withdraw money from authorised
retail outlets.
Vijaya Bank Hindustan Petroleum
Corporation Ltd (HPCL)
for enabling all HPCL retail outlets with BHIM/UPI
merchant solutions.
AU Small Finance Bank Aditya Birla Health
Insurance
to act as a corporate agent for company s health
insurance business.
Yes Bank IIM-Lucknow They have signed a charter to help spread Climate
Literacy, aiming to achieve sustainable development
through shared learning.
YES Bank Santander UK plc to help boost UK-India trade and local business
networking opportunities
YES Bank Indus OS, Domestic
android-based mobile
operating system
to launch an OS-integrated UPI payment platform
YES Bank Overseas Private
Investment Corporation
(OPIC) and US s Wells Fargo
Bank
to increase lending to small and medium enterprises
(SMEs) in India
Axis Bank Inter- American Investment
Corporation
To help traders boost relations between India and Latin
America and the Caribbean.
First Indian Bank to be a part of such a facility.
Axis Bank Solar energy services
company Freyr Energy
to offer ter loa s ra gi g fro ₹ lakh to ₹ lakh for tenures up to five years,for solar rooftop installations in
Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.
Union Bank of India Bajaj Allianz General
Insurance and
Cholamandalam MS
General Insurance
For distribution of their insurance products
Bombay Stock Exchange Egyptian Exchange for cooperation in exchange of information across
business areas
Home Credit India
Finance
Paytm to enable customers to pay their loan EMIs (Equated
Monthly Installments)
Paytm Payments Bank National Payments
Corporation of India (NPCI)
to launch a RuPay-powered digital debit card.
IDFC Bank Digital payments company
Zeta
to launch IDFC Bank Benefits – a payment solution for
corporates that digitises employee spends and claims,
making the process simple, real-time and paperless.
Dhanlaxmi Bank DHFL Pramerica Life
Insurance Company
Bank will distribute retail and group life insurance
products of company to its customers.
Airtel Payments Bank Hindustan Petroleum
Corporation Limited (HPCL)
All 14,000 HPCL fuel stations will act as banking points for
Airtel Payments Bank.
MobiKwik Bajaj Finance Ltd to launch India s first debit and credit wallet, which will
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enable the consumer to avail instant purchases and
payment option via a credit facility through the app.
Canara HSBC Oriental
Bank of Commerce Life
Insurance
Dhanlaxmi Bank All the life insurance products of Canara HSBC Oriental
Bank of Commerce Life Insurance would be made
available to customers of Dhanlaxmi Bank
South Indian Bank PFG Forex for remittance facility for the benefit of Indian expatriates
from Australia.
SEBI Securities & Exchange
Organization (SEO) of Iran
to promote technical assistance and facilitate cross-
border co-operation in the area of securities regulations.
SEBI European Securities and
Markets Authority (ESMA)
for exchange of information concerning Central
Counterparties (CCPs).
HDFC ERGO General
Insurance
Andhra Pradesh to implement Weather Based Crop Insurance Scheme
(WBCIS) for loanee and non-loanee farmers.
HDFC ERGO Ebix s ItzCash to offer general insurance products through ItzCash s
physical retail outlets
Exide Life Insurance Punjab & Maharashtra Co-
operative Bank (PMC Bank)
to offer its protection and savings products to the latter s
customers
HSBC
Sa-Dhan To develop digital ecosystem for India s unbanked
segment. Sa-Dhan is microfinance industry association.
Bharat Sanchar Nigam
Limited (BSNL)
US-based networking
solutions provider Coriant
to chart the path to 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) in
India.
United Nations
Development
Programme (UNDP)
Maharashtra s women
commission
for rescue and rehabilitation of women who are victims
of sex trafficking, acid attack and domestic violence
Paisabazaar.com CASHe Enables CASHe to offer short term personal loans on the
Paisabazaar.com platform
Bengaluru International
Airport Limited
Accenture To set up a co-innovation centre that will help incubate
and develop digital solutions to create an airport of the
future .
Government
eMarketplace (GeM)
SPV
Confederation of Indian
Industry (CII)
For establishing GeM Samvaad - a participative and
collaborative approach with the industry for promoting
Indian industry and entrepreneurship.
Central Government Haryana government to revive River Saraswati, and provide water in drought-
prone areas
Central Government Uttar Pradesh government For construction of All India Medical Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) at Gorakhpur.
Ministry of Water
Resources
Ministry of Skill
Development
For the success of Namami Gange
Health ministry West Bengal Government To strengthen the blood transfusion services in West
Bengal and the surrounding areas
Chhattisgarh
Government
Smartron, a global
technology OEM and IoT
brand
To invest in opening up multiple areas of opportunities in
the space of smart health, infrastructure, education, etc.
Punjab Government Technology and Innovation
Support Centre (TISC)
to establish India s first Technology and Innovation
Support Centre (TISC) in Punjab
Council of Scientific and Kendriya Vidyalaya To implement Jigyasa, a student- scientist connect
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Industrial Research
(CSIR)
Sangathan (KVS) programme
Kolkata-headquartered
Srei Infrastructure
Finance
Russia s Vnesheconombank to create a $200 million IT and Innovation Fund
Appointments and Resignations
Nirmala Sitharaman - Defence Minister of India, and the first one to take independent charge. She is the first full-time
woman defence minister of the country after late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had twice held charge of defence portfolio.
Sitharaman previously served as a Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs and the Minister for Commerce and
Industry with independent charge, and now succeeds Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to take charge of the defence
ministry. Now the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), has two women ministers - Nirmala Sitharaman and Sushma
Swaraj.
Piyush Goyal is Railway Minister after Suresh Prabhu quit the post. Earlier he was Minister of State for Power.
Nitin Gadkari gets additional charge of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development Ganga Rejuvenation from
Uma Bharti.
Suresh Prabhu is new Minister of Commerce and Industry.
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is new Minister of Minority Affairs.
Olympic silver medallist Rajyavardhan Rathore replaced Vijay Goel as the new Sports Minister. He is the first
sportsperson to take charge of Sports Ministry.
Alphons Kannanthanam is new Minister of State (I/C) for Tourism.
President Kovind appoints five new Governors for states and Lieutenant Governor for Andaman
B. D. Mishra (Retd.) as the Governor of Arunachal Pradesh. Took over from Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya.
Banwarilal Purohit as the Governor of Tamil Nadu. Took over from C. Vidyasagar Rao.
Satya Pal Malik as the Governor of Bihar. Took over from Keshari Nath Tripathi.
Professor Jagdish Mukhi as the Governor of Assam. Took over from Banwarilal Purohit.
Ganga Prasad as the Governor of Meghalaya. Took over from Banwarilal Purohit.
Devendra Kumar Joshi as the Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Took over from Jagdish Mukhi.
Name Post Institution and other Info
Ram Nath Kovind 14th President India
Muppavarapu Venkaiah
Naidu
13th Vice President India (He took charge from Pranab Mukherjee)
Nirmala Sitharaman Defence Minister India
Justice Dipak Misra Chief Justice India (He took charge from Jagdish Singh
Khehar)
Sanjay Kothari Secretary to President Ram Nath Kovind
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Gopal Baglay Joint Secretary Prime Minister s Office (PMO), India
Raveesh Kumar Spokesperson Ministry of external affairs, India
Rajiv Gauba Union Home Secretary India (He took charge from Rajiv Mehrishi)
Preeti Sudan Union Health Secretary
Rajiv Mehrishi Comptroller and Auditor
General
India (He took charge from Shashi Kant Sharma)
Sunil Arora Election Commissioner India (He took charge from Achal Kumar Joti
who is now Chief Election Commissioner).
Other Election Commissioner is Om Prakash
Rawa.
Nitish Kumar Chief Minister Bihar
Bihar CM for 6th time
Sushil Kumar Modi Deputy Chief Minister Bihar
TR Zeliang Chief Minister Nagaland
O.Panneerselvam Deputy Chief Minister Tamil Nadu
R.K. Pachnanda Director General Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)
Achal Kumar Jyoti Chief Election Commissioner
Sanjay Kumar Director General National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)
Raninder Singh President National Rifle Association of India (NRAI)
John Joseph Director General Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (GSTI)
Subhash Garg Secretary Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) in the
Ministry of Finance
Subhash Chandra Garg India s Alternate Governor On the Board of Governors of the Asian
Development Bank (ADB)
S Aparna Executive Director World Bank
to represent the constituency of India,
Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka for three
years.
Rajiv Kumar Vice Chairman NITI Aayog
Dr. (Ms.) Mamta Suri Executive Director Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)
Rajiv Mehrishi Comptroller and
AuditorGeneral of India
He is Former Union Home Secretary
Dr. Arvind Subramanian Chief Economic Advisor Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of
India Dr. Arvind Subramanian has been given a
one year extension, post the completion of his
current-three year tenure.
Ajay Bhushan Pandey Chairman Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN). He is
Aadhaar authority UIDAI Chief Executive.
Gautam H. Bambawale Indian ambassador to China He will replace Vijay Gokhale
Viveck Goenka Chairman Press Trust of India
Rajnish Kumar Chairman State Bank of India
Ashish Srivastava MD and CEO PNB MetLife
Rajkiran Rai G Managing Director & CEO Union Bank of India
Melwyn Rego Managing Director & CEO Syndicate Bank
Kewal Handa Non-Executive Chairman Union Bank of India
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Mukesh Kumar Jain Managing Director & CEO Oriental Bank of Commerce
Vikram Limaye Managing Director & CEO National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE)
Ajay Kanwal Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Janalakshmi Financial Services
Shikha Sharma Managing Director & CEO Axis Bank
Ajay Vipin Nanavati Chairman Syndicate Bank
Sankara Narayanan Managing Director (MD) and
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Vijaya Bank
P R Seshadri MD and CEO Karur Vysya Bank
KV Rama Moorthy MD and CEO Tamilnad Mercantile Bank
M Nagaraja Sarma Chief Managing Director United India Insurance Co Ltd.
David Rasquinha Managing Director (MD) Exim Bank
P R Seshadri MD and CEO Karur Vysya Bank
E Sankara Rao MD and CEO IFCI Ltd, a government company
Dilip Asbe Chief Executive Officer
(Acting)
National Payments Corporation of India
(after retirement of A. P. Hota, its founding
managing director)
Mohammad Mustafa Chairman and Managing
Director
SIDBI
Dhirendra Swarup Chairman Bombay Stock Exchange
Ashish Chauhan CEO Bombay Stock Exchange
Sanjaya Baru Secretary General Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce &
Industry (FICCI)
Prasoon Joshi Chief CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification)
Gautam Kaushik Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Payback India
Nandan Nilekani Chairman Chairman of the board of directors of Infosys
Ashwani Lohani Chairman Railway Board (succeeds AK Mittal)
He was former Air India chief
Rajiv Bansal Chairman and MD Air India (succeeds Ashwani Lohani)
Desh Deepak Verma Secretary General Rajya Sabha
Shashi Shekhar Vempati CEO (addition charge) Rajya Sabha TV
Shashi Shanker Chairman and Managing
Director
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited
(ONGC)
Rajiv Kumar Secretary Department of Financial Services, Ministry of
Finance
Rajiv Kumar Vice Chairman NITI Aayog
Sanjaya Baru Secretary General Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce
and Industry (Ficci)
India TV chairman and editor-
in- chief Rajat Sharma
President News Broadcasters Association (NBA)
Rajni Kant Mishra Chief Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB)
Y.C. Modi Director General National Investigation Agency (NIA)
Gopal Singh Chairman and Managing
Director
Coal India Ltd (CIL)
B Sambamurthy Chairman Board of National Payments Corporation of
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India (NPCI)
Balraj Joshi Chairman-cum-managing
director (CMD)
NHPC Limited
Anita Karwal Chairperson Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)
Royana Singh Chief Proctor First woman to hold the post at Banaras Hindu
University (BHU)
Akshay Kumar Ambassador Uttarakhand Swachh Bharat Mission brand
ambassador
Sanjeev Kapoor Ambassador World Food India s Food Street. Food Street,
being held by Ministry of Food Processing
Industry, will be hosted for the first time in
India from November 3.
Parineeti Chopra first Indian woman
Ambassador
for Tourism Australia
PV Sindhu Brand Ambassador Bridgestone India
Akshay Kumar Brand Ambassador For Swachh Bharat Mission in Uttar Pradesh
Rahul Dravid Brand Ambassador InCred, the Mumbai-based new age financial
services group
Neymar Jr (Brazil s footballer) Brand Ambassador Handicap International
Cricketer Harmanpreet Kaur DSP Punjab government
Sandeep Patil Brand Ambassador Indian indoor cricket team
Ravi Shastri Head Coach Indian cricket team
Zaheer Khan Bowling coach (150 days a
year)
Indian cricket team
Bharat Arun Bowling coach (Full Time) Indian cricket team
Justice Vikramajit Sen Chairperson Broadcasting Content Complaints Council
(BCCC)
ragpicker Bilal Dar Srinagar s civic ambassador
P.V. Sindhu Deputy Collector Andhra Pradesh Government
Anupam Kher Chairman Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in
Pune
Sambit Patra Non-official director Board of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
(ONGC) Ltd.
Nisha Desai Biswal President US-India Business Council
Rukaiya Rangwala Business Head MobiKwik Payment Gateway
Justice Gopal Prasad Parajuli Chief Justice Nepal
Brenda Marjorie Hale First female President of the
Supreme Court
United Kingdom (UK)
Ned Segal Chief Financial Officer Twitter
Carrie Lam Chief Executive Hong Kong s First Female Leader
Preet Kaur Gill (Britain s first
woman Sikh MP)
Elected to key Parliament
panel
Saima Wazed Hossain
(daughter of Bangladesh
Goodwill Ambassador for
Autism
For WHO South-East Asia Region
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Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina)
Indian- origin Canadian
YouTube star Lilly Singh
Global Goodwill Ambassador UNICEF
Amitabh Bachchan Ambassador UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Polio –
extended for 2 years
Soumya Swaminathan WHO Deputy Director
General for Programmes
Jane Ellison WHO Deputy Director
General for Corporate
Operations
Brenda Hale first female president of UK s
supreme court
Jagmeet Singh first Sikh politician to lead
major Canadian party
Sohail Mahmood Pakistan's High
Commissioner to India
Christopher Wray Director FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
Ajay Bisaria India s new High
Commissioner to Pakistan
He succeeded Gautam Bambawale
David Harquail Chairman World Gold Council. It is headquartered in
London United Kingdom
Eman Al-Ghamdi First time a Saudi woman has been named to a
senior government post for the first time.
Former United Nations (UN)
Secretary-General Ban Ki-
moon
Chair of Ethics Commission International Olympic Committee (IOC)
Peter Thomson first special envoy for the
oceans
UN has appointed him as the first special envoy
for the oceans, seeking to galvanize efforts to
protect the world s seas.
French Audrey Azoulay Director-General UNESCO
Kenneth I Juster Ambassador US Ambassador to India. Juster is Successor to
Richard Verma (First US Ambassador to India of
Indian origin)
Halimah Yacob President First woman and 8th President of Singapore
Joao Lourenco President Angola
JY Pillay President Singapore s acting President
Hassan Rouhani President Iran
Uhuru Kenyatta President Kenya
Khaltmaa Battulga President Mongolia
Peter O Neill Prime Minister Papua New Guinea
Sapar Isakov Prime Minister Kyrgyzstan
Ukhnaa Khurelsukh Prime Minister Mongolia
Mercedes Aráoz Fernández Prime Minister Peru
Angela Merkel Chancellor Germany
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Raquel Dodge Prosecutor-General For the first time in Brazil s history, a female is
named at prosecutor-general s post,
Bilal Dar, a young boy from Srinagar has become the brand ambassador for Srinagar Municipal Corporation. Dar
has been contributing to the Swachhta Abhiyan since the age of 12.
Lalawmpuii Chawngthu has become the second woman in Mizoram to be inducted in the state s council of
ministers after a gap of 30 years. Lalhlimpui Hmar was the first woman Minister of State in Mizoram in 1987.
RESIGNATIONS
Brian Acton, the co-founder of WhatsApp which was later acquired by Facebook, has announced that he was
leaving the company to start a non-profit venture of his own.
Acton had co-founded WhatsApp with Jan Koum in 2009 and agreed to sell it to Facebook in 2014 for
approximately $19 billion USD in cash and stock.
Indian women s boxing s first foreign coach, Stephane Cottalorda, has ended his stint abruptly after just one
month in India, alleging delay in salary and other payments. He is from Paris, France.
Iceland s Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson has resigned
Arvind Panagariya resigns as NITI Aayog Vice Chairman
Two-time former heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko, a Ukrainian former professional boxer has
announced retirement
Pahlaj Nihalani removed as CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification) chief
After the removal of Pahlaj Nihalani as the Censor Board Chief, its board was reconstituted with the new
members. Actress Vidya Balan is one among them.
Rajya Sabha TV CEO Gurdeep Singh Sappal announced resignation from the post.
Vishal Sikka resigns as Infosys MD and CEO. B. Pravin Rao given interim charge.
Vikram Limaye resigned from a Supreme Court-appointed BCCI committee, clearing the way for his appointment
at NSE CEO.
Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati resigned from Rajya Sabha for not being allowed to speak against the
atrocities on Dalits.
Italian legend Francesco Totti confirms retirement
Nawaz Sharif stepped down as Prime Minister of Pakistan
Awards and Recognitions
Award Name Person/Institution Extra Knowledge
Swachh Iconic Place in India Meenakshi Sundareswarar
Temple
Temple located in Madurai, Tamil Nadu
National Awards for senior citizens Gurbax Singh Sandhu He is Indian boxing coach
Lal Bahadur Shastri National
Award for Excellence in Public
Administration, Academics and
Management for the year 2017
Bindeshwar Pathak
Mathrubhumi Literary Award 2016 M K Sanu He is eminent critic, biographer and orator
Shivarama Karanth Huttura
Prashasti
Prakash Raj
Centenary National Award for
Literature
Namita Gokhale She is an eminent writer in English language
2017 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize Maryna Viazovska Received award for her contribution to
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number theory
Von Hippel Award C.N.R Rao Eminent scientist, Professor C.N.R Rao, has
become the first Asian to be chosen for the
prestigious Von Hippel Award for his
immense contribution in materials research.
Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar (Region
C)
Vijaya Bank
ANR National Award S S Rajamouli for his contribution to the Telugu film
industry.
Shri Shakti Samman Parull Mahaajan She is Eminent Social Activist. Got Award for
her phenomenal contribution in the field of
Women Empowerment.
Global Diversity Award at Britain s
House of Commons
Salman Khan The Global Diversity Award is given to
people of immense stature in terms of what
they have done for diversity in the world.
Sarala award Banaj Devi She is Noted Odia poet and short story
writer. She got Sarala award for her short
story compilation Kathapua
National Award for Excellence in
Energy Management
Hyderabad International
Airport Ltd
National Tourism Awards - Hall of
Fame award for being the Best
State in Comprehensive
Development of Tourism
Gujarat
National Tourism Awards - Best
Tourism State
Madhya Pradesh
Global Agriculture leadership
award
K Chandrasekhar Rao He is Telangana Chief Minister
Prem Nazir Award Sharada She is veteran actor and national award
winner
Saraswati Samman for 2016 Konkani writer
Mahabaleshwar Sail
She has been awarded for her work
Hawthan that captures the lives of the
potter community in Goa.
Himachal Pradesh Environment
Leadership Award 2017
Dr. Madhu Chitkara She is Chandigarh s Chitkara University s
Pro-Chancellor
Mrs India Worldwide 2017 Neha Deshpande
Miss India Australia 2017 Aarzu Singh
Miss India America 2017 India LaRoda She is Indian-African American
1st Miss Transqueen India Natasha/Nitasha Biswas She hails from Kolkata
Transgender beauty pageant held in
Gurugram.
Kesari Media Award T J S George Veteran journalist
Anna Politkovskaya Award Gauri Lankesh (Posthumously)
She is first Indian Journalist to win Anna
Politkovskaya Award
Cross of the Order of Merit Rajesh Nath The highest civilian honour awarded to
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individuals for their services to German
The Hindu Playwright Award 2017 Gerish Khemani and Akshat
Nigam
For their play In Search of Dariya Sagar .
7th Bharat Ratna Dr. Ambedkar
Award
Bappi Lahiri For his legendary 48 years of musical work
in both Bollywood and Hollywood in Delhi
Best Woman Entrepreneur Award
2017
Upasana Taku She is Mobikwik co-founder
Biju Patnaik Award for Scientific
Excellence for 2016
Prof. Digambar Behera
Edupreneur Award Rustom Kerawalla Awarded at World Education Summit held at
New Delhi
FICCI Special Jury Award Dr KR Balakrishnan Awarded by FICCI for his contributions to
healthcare and medical research.
2017 Trafficking in Persons (TIP)
Report Heroes Award
Mahesh Muralidhar
Bhagwat
an IPS officer from Telangana.
by the US State Department for his fight
against human trafficking in India.
United Nations Development
Programme s Equator Prize
Swayam Shikshan Prayog,
Pune based NGO
for devising an ecologically sustainable
agriculture model to combat the adverse
impacts of drought.
PM s trophy for best Integrated
Steel Plant
Tata Steel Ltd
Golden Peacock environment
management award
Danfoss India
Golden Peacock Award for Eco
Innovation
Indian Railways
Organization for Alternate
Fuel (IROAF)
Personality of the Year Kishore Sansi, Managing
Director and CEO of Vijaya
Bank
Awarded by Skoch Consultancy Services
Fellowship by the Department of
Culture, Government of India
Kathak dancer Pandit
Nandakishore Kapote
Lifetime Achievement Award Veteran BJP leader L.K.
Advani
for his contributions as a parliamentarian in
the Lok Sabha
Best Woman Parliamentarian of
the Year (Rajya Sabha)
Jaya Bachchan
Mahanayak Samman 2017 Shakuntala Barua Conferred by West Bengal Government
Balzan Prize Bina Agarwal Two U.S. scientists + India Economist BIna
Agarwal
UN peace prize Zannah Mustapha He is a Nigerian lawyer who helped secure
the release of more than 100 schoolgirls
kidnapped by Boko Haram
Cross of the Order of Merit Rajesh Nath The highest civilian honour awarded to
individuals for their services to German
Magsaysay Awards Yoshiaki Ishizawa He is a Japanese historian who helped save
Cambodia s renowned Angkor Wat temple
complex
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Asia Game Changer Award Dev Patel
(British-born actor)
Awarded in recognition of him using his
celebrity status to place a spotlight on
India s poor
Hugo Award for Best Novel 2017 Nora K. Jemisin an American speculative fiction writer.
Given for her work The Obelisk Gate .
Screen Actors Guild Life
Achievement Award
Morgan Freeman Hollywood actor
John Stewart Bell Prize Ronald Hanson
Sae-Woo Nam
Anton Zeilinger
A trio of scientists who defied Einstein by
proving the nonlocal nature of quantum
entanglement will be honoured with the
John Stewart Bell Prize from the University
of Toronto (U of T).
RECOGNITIONS
Acknowledging the role played by yoga legend Bishnu Charan Ghosh and his family members in spreading Indian
postural yoga in Japan, the Japanese postal department has released postage stamps on four of Bengal s famous
exponents of the ancient Indian practice.
Two mountain ranges on Pluto have been named after Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary respectively by the
International Astronomical Union. Tenzing Montes and Hillary Montes are mountain ranges honouring Tenzing
Norgay (1914-1986) and Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008), the Indian/Nepali Sherpa and New Zealand mountaineer
who were the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest and return safely.
Reliance Foundation Young Champs named as the No.1 grassroots academy in India by the All India Football
Federation (AIFF).
Mansour Anis, a 14-year-old Indian-origin teenager based in Sharjah, UAE has become one of the youngest pilots to
fly a single-engine aircraft
Two Indians — Chanda Kochhar and Shikha Sharma — have made it to the rankings of most powerful women in
business outside the United States drawn up by the Fortune magazine while Indra Nooyi featured in the top three
on the US edition list. Topped by Banco Santander group executive chairman Ana Botin.
PepsiCo chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi came in at No. 2 on the US Most Powerful Women in Business list, led by
General Motors chairman and CEO Mary Barra.
In commemoration of the first anniversary of her canonisation, the Archdiocese of Calcutta is set to declare Mother
Teresa as its co-patron.
In Karantaka, former DIG D Roopa, who highlighted in a report alleged irregularities at the Central jail in Bengaluru,
including preferential treatment to AIADMK leader V K Sasikala, was conferred the President s Medal.
Raj Kumar Vaishya, a 98-year-old man has cleared the Masters in Economics examination from Patna s Nalanda
Open University (NOU).
Google Doodle, today, celebrates 100th birthday of Asima Chatterjee, a renowned Indian chemist, who was the
first female Doctorate of Science in India from an Indian University.
National Award-winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar and veteran actress Hema Malini will be felicitated at the
4th Indian Film Festival of Russia, for their contribution to Indian cinema.
Priyanka Chopra to be honoured at Variety s Power of Women
World s Most Influential People in Market Structure - Sebi Chairman Ajay Tyagi ranked 7th. Topped by European
Union s Commissioner (Competition) Margrethe Vestager.
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An Indian Police Service (IPS) Officer of Uttar Pradesh Cadre, Aparna Kumar has become the first Indian woman to
scale Mount Manaslu, which is the eighth highest mountain peak in the world.
Toronto Film Festival Gala to honour Priyanka Chopra
Lipstick Under My Burkha to be the opening movie at the 2017 Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM).
At a young age of 30, Captain Divya has become world s youngest woman commanders to fly a Boeing 777 airplane
ever.
Nine-year-old Kaamya Karthikeyan became the youngest person to reach the summit of the 6,153 metres-high Mt
Stok Kangri in Kashmir.
'Women Transforming India Awards' by Niti Aayog in partnership with the UN in India and MyGov given to 12
women to recognise the transformational impact of work undertaken by them across India's villages, towns and
cities.
The first-ever student to have scored 100 per cent in the prestigious Joint Entrance Examination- Mains, Udaipur
boy Kalpit Veerwal has made it to the Limca Book of Records for his feat.
Rahul Doshi, 12-year-old Indian-origin boy has been crowned as the UK's 'Child Genius' in a popular television quiz
competition.
Harry Potter creator JK Rowling named world s highest-earning author by Forbes
Melbourne in Australia named the world s most liveable city by The Economist. Damascus in Syria given the lowest
rank – world s worst liveable city.
PM Narendra Modi, Kailash Satyarthi, Founder of Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation, Congress MP Shashi
Tharoor, Global Chief People Officer and Priyanka Chopra -- feature in LinkedIn Power Profiles List of 2017
Bollywood s highest paid 2017 Actor – Shahrukh Khan. Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra also features in top
10 – Forbes List
World s Highest-Paid Actresses 2017 list topped by Emma Stone of USA – Forbes List
World s highest paid actor is Mark Walhberg; Shah Rukh Khan ranks 8th – Forbes List
Highest paid female athletes of 2017 list topped by American tennis player Serena Williams - Forbes list
Alibaba Group s Jack Ma - Asia s richest man, according to the Forbes real-time billionaires list.
According Forbes magazine s annual India Rich List 2017 , Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani emerged as
India s wealthiest for the 10th straight year
Fortune's 2017 '40 Under 40' list topped by French President Emmanuel Macron
The world record for the largest samosa has been created in London. The enormous snack, weighing in at 153.1 kg,
was made by a team of Muslim Aid volunteers at the East London Mosque.
The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) has announced the winners of the 2017
International Literacy Prizes, which honours excellence and innovation in the field of global literacy.
Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal (JNPCT) was awarded Container Terminal of the Year Award for the
above 0.6 million TEUs category at The Gateway Awards 2017 held at Mumbai.
Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling was honoured for his pioneering work in the field of organic farming during a
ceremony at Germany s Lagau on the occasion of the One World Festival.
13th IDRBT Banking Technology Excellence Awards 2016-17
Best Bank Award for Use of Technology for Financial Inclusion Among Large Banks – State Bank of India
Best Bank Award for Use of Technology for Financial Inclusion Among Mid-Size Banks – Vijaya Bank
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Best Bank Award for Use of Technology for Financial Inclusion Among Small Banks – Karnataka Bank Ltd.
Best Bank Award for Digital Banking among Large Banks- Axis Bank Ltd.
Best Bank Award for Digital Banking among Mid-Sized Banks – Vijaya Bank
Best Bank Award for Digital Banking among Small Banks South – Indian Bank Ltd.
Best Bank Award for Electronic Payment Systems among Large Banks – State Bank of India
Best Bank Award for Electronic Payment Systems among Mid-Sized Banks – Andhra Bank
Best Bank Award for Electronic Payment Systems among Small Banks – The Federal Bank Ltd.
Rajkummar Rao bags GQ Actor of the Year Award
National Award-winning actor Rajkummar Rao has bagged the GQ Actor of the Year Award. GQ hosted the GQ Men of the
Year Awards in Mumbai. Here is the list of who won what:
Woman of the Year: Anushka Sharma
Excellence in Direction and Acting: Konkona Sen Sharma
Excellence in Acting: Sridevi Kapoor
Entertainer of the Year: Ranveer Singh
Agent of Social Change: Rahul Bose
Most Stylish: Sidharth Malhotra
Designer of the Year: Manish Malhotra
Outstanding Achievement: Irrfan Khan
Legend: Bhaichung Bhutia
Creative Maverick: Aamir Khan
Conference/Summits/Exercises
Summit Place Extra Knowledge
First BIMSTEC Disaster Management Exercise India
14th India-EU Summit India
9th BRICS summit (2017) Xiamen, China
10th BRICS summit Johannesburg,
South Africa
to be held in 2018
2017 BRICS Trade Union Forum Beijing, China
2017 BRICS Education Ministers Beijing, China Theme: Investing in Adolescent Health
the Future is Now
2017 BRICS Youth Forum Beijing, China
2017 BRICS Labour & Employment Ministers
Meet
Chonqging, China
2017 BRICS trade Ministers meeting Shanghai, China
Informal BRICS Leaders Meeting Hamburg, Germany
First ever National Conference on Mission
Mode to address Under-Nutrition
New Delhi
Conference on Sustainable Landscapes & New Delhi
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Forest Ecosystems : Theory to Practice
First National Conference on Uniformed
Women in Prison Administration
New Delhi
North East Calling New Delhi
Rajaswa Gyan Sangam, 2017 New Delhi
First meeting of the Japan-India Coordination
Forum
New Delhi For Development of North-Eastern
Region
Foreign and Security Policy Consultations
between India and the European Union
New Delhi
Tech Summit 2017 New Delhi India and Canada will co-host
Scheduled in November 2017
First meeting of Islands Development Agency
(IDA)
New Delhi
8th World Renewable Energy Technology
Congress
New Delhi
Meeting of Regional Technical Group on Trade,
Commerce and Investment CBM
New Delhi
First meeting of the Japan-India Coordination
Forum
New Delhi For Development of North-Eastern
Region
Foreign and Security Policy Consultations
between India and the European Union
New Delhi
Retail India Summit and Expo (RISE 2017) New Delhi
Global Conference on Cyber Space 2017 India
10th Session of the India- Jordan Trade and
Economic Joint Committee (TEJC)
New Delhi
Conference on Good Governance and
Replication of Best Practices
Goa The theme for this year s Conference is
Good Governance and Replication of
Best Practices.
India-Asean Youth Summit Bhopal, MP to mark the 25th anniversary of the
India-Asean dialogue partnership
First South Asian Youth Summit-2017 Bhubaneswar,
Odisha
24th Congress of International Union of
Crystallography
Hyderabad,
Telangana
19th round of the Regional Comprehensive
Economic Partnership (RCEP) Trade Negotiating
Committee (TNC) meeting
Hyderabad,
Telangana
Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2017 Hyderabad India and US will co-host
Scheduled in November 2017 Theme --
Women First, Prosperity for All
APPICON 2017, 63rd Annual National
Conference of Association of Physiologists and
Pharmacologists of India
Puducherry
World Congress on Adolescent Health India To be held in October
Theme: Investing in Adolescent Health
the Future is Now
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India Mobile Congress 2017 New Delhi
Global Conference on Stroke New Delhi, India
World Congress of Optometry Hyderabad,
Telangana
Coastal Shipping and Inland Water
Transportation Business Summit 2017
Kochi, Kerala
12th India-Japan annual summit Gandhinagar,
Gujarat
Japan PM Shinzo Abe came to India
and met PM Modi
Indian Society of Aerospace Medicine Bengaluru
International AYUSH Conference and Exhibition
2017
India Theme -- Lifestyle diseases: Prevention
and management through AYUSH
Mitra Shakti 2017 Pune, Maharashtra It is 5th India-Sri Lanka joint training
exercise.
12th World Sudoku Championship and the 26th
World Puzzle Championship
Bengaluru
Third International Conference on Yoga Delhi Theme - Yoga for Wellness
Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav – 2017 Ahmedabad,
Gujarat
International Conference on Dialogue of
Civilizations – IV
India at Delhi, Gandhinagar and Dholavira
International medical conference Chandigarh
International puppet festival Kolkata The puppet festival is aimed at
regenerating the emotions attached to
puppetry and it will be held at
Mohorkunj in Kolkata.
First ever ASEAN-India music festival Purana Quila in
New Delhi
8th SAARC speaker Parliamentarians
conference
Sri Lanka
ASEAN-India Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas Singapore To be held in 2018
21st India-Myanmar National Level Meeting Nay Pyi Taw,
Myanmar
22nd World Petroleum Congress (WPC)
International Conference.
Istanbul, Turkey
Arunachal to host 5th North East Connectivity
Summit
Model United Nations Regional Conference Kathmandu, Nepal
Climate Summit on December 12, 2017 Paris, France
SAARC Ministers of Law and Order meeting Colombo, Sri Lanka
SAARC artists camp & exhibition of paintings Kathmandu, Nepal
19th World Congress on Environment
Management
Hyderabad,
Telangana
Babasaheb B.R. Ambedkar international
conference on social justice
Bengaluru,
Karnataka
4th National Summit on Good, Replicable Indore, Madhya
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Practices and Innovations in Public Health Care
Systems
Pradesh.
First Edition of WINGS 2017 – Sab Uden, Sab
Juden
New Delhi
First International Aviation Security seminar Manesar, Haryana Organized by National Security Guard
(NSG)
VASTRA Fair Jaipur, Rajasthan
Conference on Good Governance and
Replication of Best Practices
Goa The theme for this year s Conference is
Good Governance and Replication of
Best Practices.
7th ASEM (Asia–Europe Meeting) Economic
Ministers Meeting
Seoul, South Korea Theme for this year s meeting was
Innovative Partnership for Inclusive
Prosperity .
UN General Assembly (UNGA) session New York, USA External Affairs Minister Sushma
Swaraj represented India at the annual
UNGA session
International Hindu Conference Kathmandu, Nepal Theme: Emerging spiritualism:
Renaissance of Hinduism
15th meeting of the Foreign Ministers of
BIMSTEC countries
Kathmandu, Nepal
Bangladesh-India Joint Consultative
Commission
Dhaka, Bangladesh
G-7 interior ministers summit on security Italy
International conference on maternal and child
health
Ethiopia
Indra Combat Exercise Russia India, Russia to Hold Major Tri-Service
Scheduled in October, 2017
International Maritime Search and Rescue
Exercise (IMMSAREX)
Bay of Bengal Scheduled in November, 2017
under the chairmanship of Bangladesh
India will host the next steering committee meeting of the proposed 1,814 kilometre-long Turkmenistan-
Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline.
For the first time, India, US and Afghanistan will hold a joint trade and investment show in Delhi, as New Delhi
steps up to its role of being a bigger development partner to Afghanistan.
International News
Hurricane Harvey menaces Texas, Louisiana in the USA.
Hurricane Maria devastates island of Dominica
Severe Typhoon Hato hits Hong Kong.
Mawar, the 16th typhoon of this year, has made landfall in China s Guangdong province, bringing heavy rains and
winds,
Hurricane Irma kills 10 people in Cuba
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Pakhar, the 14th typhoon of the year, landed in the Chinese city Taishan in Guangdong province, bringing gales of
up to 33 meters per second. Pakhar hit the province soon after Typhoon Hato, which landed in Zhuhai, about 80 km
from Taishan.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) decided to open the Low Enriched Uranium Bank in Kazakhstan. The
IAEA opened the bank to ensure the supply of nuclear fuel in the event of disruption due to political or market
problems.
Google has pledged $1 million relief to flood-hit areas of India, Nepal and Bangladesh. It is committing $1 million
from Google.org and Google employees to Goonj and Save the Children for their relief efforts.
America s President Donald Trump awarded his first Medal of Honor to James McCloughan, an Army medic who
served in Vietnam.
India and China are home to 39 per cent or 320 million of the 830 million young people worldwide who use the
Internet, according to a UN report.
The first regional centre of the New Development Bank, set up by India and other BRICS nations, was officially
opened in Johannesburg, South Africa.
In a first, Nepal has launched its climate-smart snow leopard landscape management plan, leading the way in
safeguarding this endangered species, also found in India, and its habitat.
The United States issued a ban prohibiting its citizens traveling to North Korea.
Kenyans producing, selling or even using plastic bags will risk imprisonment of up to four years or fines of $40,000,
as the world s toughest law aimed at reducing plastic pollution came into effect.
Pakistan s new cabinet included the first Hindu in a Pakistan government in more than 20 years, Darshan Lal.
In an apparent bid to take on Google-owned YouTube, Facebook has rolled out Watch — a redesigned video
platform for creators and publishers.
Tech giant Microsoft has announced its 11th cohort of 14 late-stage start-ups for its 'Accelerator' programme to
help boost their enterprise readiness and go-to-market (GTM) activities.
Software giant Microsoft has announced its 'Project Brainwave' deep learning acceleration platform for real-time
artificial intelligence (AI).
According to global leader in broadband testing Ookla, Norway has the fastest mobile Internet in the world.
UN declares Somalia free of polio
The largest volcanic region on Earth, with nearly 100 volcanoes, has been discovered two km below the surface of
the vast ice sheet in west Antarctica.
China will run the world's fastest bullet train -- the Fuxing -- between Beijing and Shanghai at 350 kms per hour,
covering the 1,250-km-long distance (equal to that between Jammu to Bhopal) in just 4.5 hours from September
21.
China is going to launch the world's first nuclear power plant, the Sanmen Nuclear Power Station, that is immune to
meltdown. The US and China jointly i ested o er ₹ 8, rore for uildi g the rea tor used i the pla t. The island of Tuvalu was the least visited country in 2016, according to a report by the United Nations World
Tourism Organisation.
The WHO has released its first tranche of emergency funding of $175,000 to provide lifesaving healthcare to the
vulnerable population in Bangladesh s Cox s Bazar.
The US will provide a humanitarian aid package worth $32 million to the Rohingya Muslim minority who have fled
violence in Myanmar and crossed into neighbouring Bangladesh.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that it needs to pump in over $800 million to eliminate measles from
five developing economies of South East Asia (SEA) — Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar and Timor Leste —
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by 2020. The deadline for elimination of the highly contagious infection, killing annually an estimated 134,200
children globally, is 2020.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has told the South East Asian countries to integrate their national plans and
mobilise and utilise resources efficiently to reach the Tuberculosis elimination target of 2030.
A recent study by United Nations (UN) has claimed that after a steady decline, global hunger levels of people have
risen in more than a decade, which is affecting 815 million or 11% people of the world s population.
According to UNCTAD s recently released Trade and Development Report 2017, India and China at their current
levels of growth will not serve as growth poles in near future. World economy is expected to reach 2.6%.
Norway s sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, has reached the value of $1 trillion for the first time, the
Norwegian central bank, which manages the fund, said. This amount equals nearly $189,000 (157,000 euros) for
each of the 5.3 million people living in Norway.
Organisations, institutions and individuals advocating non-violence are joining hands with the Indian community in
the Netherlands and the Embassy of India to launch a unique campaign titled Follow the Mahatma on October 1
and 2.
Chabahar Port in Iran will be operational by the end of 2018. Chabahar port, located in the Sistan-Balochistan
province in the energy-rich Persian Gulf nation s southern coast, lies outside the Persian Gulf and is easily accessed
from India s western coast, bypassing Pakistan.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India will grant gratis visa to Myanmarese citizens wanting to visit
the country.
Energy Efficiency Services Limited ( EESL) , under Ministry of Power, Government of India has launched UJALA
(Unnat Jyoti by Affordable Lighting for All) Scheme in the State of Melaka, Malaysia.
UN has said that the security operation targeting Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar seems a textbook example of
ethnic cleansing , urging the country to end the cruel military operation in its Rakhine state.
Nepal has begun its first-ever survey to remeasure Mount Everest to check if the world s tallest peak s height was
altered by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the country in 2015.
Prince Charles, the heir to Britain s throne, has become the longest-serving Prince of Wales in history.
United States banking regulator has shut down operations of Pakistan s Habib Bank (HBL) in New York after almost
40 year.
The United States has announced $25 million award to the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery for transformational
programmes around the world to reduce the prevalence of modern slavery – also known as human trafficking.
Sri Lanka has banned plastic bags and other disposable products after one of the country s biggest dump collapsed
in April leading to a disposal crisis.
The world s highest sandcastle has been created in the German city of Duisburg, standing at 16.68 metres (54.72ft)
tall.
China is gearing up to ban petrol and diesel cars, a move that would boost electric vehicles and shake up the
world´s biggest car market in a country that is plagued by pollution.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced $76 million for a BRICS economic and technology cooperation plan and
another $4 million to support the projects of the bloc s New Development Bank at the BRICS summit in Xiamen,
China.
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China has increased the maximum speed of bullet trains on the Beijing-Shanghai line to 350 kilometres (217 miles)
per hour, six years after a fatal accident led to a speed cap. Now it has started operating the world s fastest bullet
train, Fusing, between Beijing and Shanghai, the country s busiest route.
China hold memorial for world s oldest captive panda named Basi who died at the age of 37 in Fuzhou. Basi was the
model for the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing s mascot Panpan.
China has issued a commemorative stamp priced at 1.2 yuan in honour of the world s largest radio telescope
located in Guizhou province.
Chinese real estate giant Evergrande Group s Chairman Hui Ka Yan has become Asia s richest man with a net worth
of $41.1 billion.
The Chinese government has banned initial coin offerings, a new fundraising phenomenon that has taken the
Internet by storm.
Russia has launched the world s largest and most powerful icebreaker ship, designed to transport cargo via the
Northern Sea Route in the Arctic Ocean.
Indonesian scientists have found the world s smallest squirrel in the country s Borneo rain forest. The Bormean
pigmy squirrel or exilisciurus exilis was found in Meratus mountain of South Kalimantan province.
The Tajikistan government has banned its women from wearing veils and has introduced a legislation, wherein it
has asked the women to stick to traditional national clothes and culture .
London has retained its crown as the world s top financial center in a ranking that surveys industry professionals,
extending its lead over New York and Hong Kong despite ongoing uncertainty about the implications of Brexit.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has taken snow leopard off the endangered list,
where it was included in 1972. In the new assessment, IUCN has placed the animal under the less-threatened
vulnerable category.
Saudi Arabia has invited women to a sports stadium for the first time to attend the kingdom s 87th National Day
celebrations with their families. This marks a shift from previous celebrations in the kingdom where women are
effectively barred from sports arenas.
Saudi women will be allowed to drive in the kingdom in 2018
Saudi Arabia has voted to allow women to issue fatwas, following a vote in Saudi s advisory council.
The INTERPOL General Assembly has voted to admit the State of Palestine and the Solomon Islands as new member
countries. The membership of the world policing body now totals 192.
India contributes $500,000 to UN Peacebuilding Fund.
India not to host G20 meet due to absence of mega centre. Japan will be the host country in 2019.
New continent discovered under New Zealand, called Zealandia
Australia s joined the International Solar Alliance (ISA). ISA is India s initiative aimed at boosting clean and
affordable energy and creating a sustainable world.
UN cuts peacekeeping budget by $570mn for the next accounting year
Bolivia s President Evo Morales has declared total independence from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and
World Bank.
Sweden to hold its first and biggest military exercise in over 20 years, involving all of its military branches as well
as troops from several NATO countries.
The UN has selected Dubai as the data hub for the Middle East North Africa and South Asia (MENASA) region for
the city s integrated initiatives to mine and manage its data.
AIDS claimed a million lives in 2016, almost half the 2005 toll that marked the peak of the deadly epidemic,
according to a UN report
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For the first time in five years, a northern hairy-nosed wombat was born in the Australian state of Queensland.
Indonesia will now refer to the northern areas of its exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea as the North
Natuna Sea .
Fascinating 71 million-year-old bird-like dinosaur the size of a HUMAN is found in Canada
World s oldest emergency phone line 999 marked 80th anniversary on 2nd July , celebrated by Police forces across
Britain.
The World Health Organisation has declared an end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Israel's Chrysanthemum flower will be called as 'Modi' in order to honour Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Italian lawmakers passed a bill making torture a crime under national law, after years of parliamentary back-and-
forth.
South Korean electronics giant Samsung has surpassed Intel to become the world s largest maker of computer
chips.
Universe s smallest star discovered. With the unwieldy name of EBLM J0555-57Ab, the star is located some 600
light-years away in our Milky Way galaxy.
The world s most detailed scan of the brain s internal wiring has been produced by scientists at Cardiff University,
UK.
US tech giant Tesla is set to install the world s largest lithium ion battery in South Australia in partnership with
French energy utility Neoen.
Researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have invented a phone that harvests the few microwatts of
power it requires from either ambient radio signals or light and requires no batteries.
Nokia and Xiaomi ink patent and equipment deal, Xiaomi buys Nokia patents
The World Bank Group has announced the creation of a more than $1 billion innovative new facility that aims to
advance women s entrepreneurship.
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee acting on a proposal brought by Palestine has put the West Bank city of
Hebron on its list of world heritage in danger.
The British government has launched a new project titled the Grand Trunk Road to mark the 70th anniversary of
India s partition in August 1947.
The world s first centre for breeding Saola, a critically endangered hoofed mammal, is being constructed
in Vietnam s central region.
ISIS confirms leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead
Sri Lanka has banned plastic shopping bags as it is facing a dengue epidemic and garbage crisis.
Conservative Malta becomes 24th nation to legalize same-sex marriage.
U.S. House imposes tougher conditions for reimbursement of defence funding to Pakistan
Bill Gates of Microsoft has topped Forbes list of the world s billionaires. Mukesh Ambani topped the list in India
World s longest suspension footbridge opens in Switzerland, overtakes Titan-RT bridge in Germany.
A BRICS-themed subway train with carriages representing the five member nations including India has started test
operations in China s southeastern Xiamen city. The subway train, which started its test run, has six carriages, five
of which represents different cultures of the BRICS countries — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.
The Indian carriage depicts elephants and yoga.
The Chinese carriage is red and displays icons such as the Great Wall and Tian anmen Square.
The Brazilian carriage is green and decorated with images of footballs and football stars.
The Russian carriage shows off the country s ballet and matryoshka dolls.
The South African carriage displays pictures of diamonds.
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The sixth carriage combines cultural elements from all the five BRICS countries.
Google pledges $1 bn to fund non-profit education
China has overtaken the United States as the world s largest ice cream producer, according to data from an
industry expo in Tianjin City.
USA and Israel withdrew from UNESCO over anti-Israel bias .
The United Arab Emirates has begun collecting new sin taxes on tobacco products, energy drinks and soft drinks.
Burqa ban comes into effect from today in Austria
India will be the guest of honour during the sixth edition of the World Government Summit scheduled from
February 11th – 13th, 2018 in Dubai.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved for the first time a test -- cobas Zika test -- for detecting
the Zika virus in donated blood.
According to a large clinical trial in Liberia, two experimental Ebola vaccines — cAd3-EBOZ and rVSV-ZEBOV — are
safe and can elicit immune response that lasts for at least one year.
National News
The Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX) launched the world s first diamond futures contracts to provide exporters
with a hedging tool.
US tech giant Google has unveiled Tez - a simple and secure mobile app for digital payments and commerce, built
with the goal of working for everyone in India, and is available now for download on Google Play (Android) and the
App Store (iOS). App is available in English and seven Indian languages (Hindi, Bengali, Gujrati, Kannada, Marathi,
Tamil, and Telugu). Tez works in partnership with four Banks – Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, and State Bank of
India (SBI) – to facilitate the processing of payments across over 50 UPI enabled banks.
Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (Amendment) Bill, 2017 passed in Lok Sabha - The Bill amends
the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE), 2009 to extend the deadline for teachers to
acquire the prescribed minimum qualifications for appointment. Deadline - March 31, 2019
Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY) for elderly with 8 per cent fixed rate of interest on their savings
launched.
India will invite the ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), leaders for the Republic Day parade and
celebrations next year. Republic Day 2018 will be the first time ever that so many leaders will together be chief
guests at the parade.
India has the second highest number of adults planning to migrate to other countries with the US and the UK
among the most favoured destinations, according to a report by the UN migration agency.
Govt bans presenting flower bouquets to welcome PM Modi
Cabinet approved the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), South Asia Regional Center (ISARC) in Varanasi,
which will work to develop special rice varieties.
Union Cabinet gave approval to the merger of oil marketer Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) with state-run
explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp. (ONGC).
PM Modi adopted his 3rd village Kakrahia, a village in Varanasi known for its wrestlers and wrestling arenas under
the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana.
The Union Ministry of Power has announced that about 97% of the total outstanding debt of all state power
distribution companies has been covered under the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana.
Govt Launches Sohum , A Low-Cost Device To Test Hearing of NewBorns
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The United Forum of Bank Unions decided to observe July 19, the 48th anniversary of nationalisation of major
banks, as Save public sector banks day.
The government has set a target of constructing 57 thousand kilometers of roads under Pradhan Mantri Gram
Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during 2017-18.
India has declared itself free from highly pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 and H5N8) after surveillance in the
states showed no evidence of its presence.
Jobs, admissions on fake caste certificates not valid, says Supreme Court – on petition filed by Maharashtra against
the Bombay HC judgement.
The government will set up Garib Nawaz skill development centres in 100 districts of the country to offer
employment-oriented training to the youth from minority communities.
Cabinet has approved rationalisation/merger and modernisation of 17 Government of India Presses (GIPs) into 5
GIPs at Rashtrapati Bhawan, Minto Road and Mayapuri in New Delhi, Nashik in Maharashtra and Temple Street in
Kolkata.
The Union Ministry of Human Resource and Development (HRD) on 5 September 2017 launched DIKSHA Portal
(diksha.gov.in) for providing digital platform to teachers for making their lifestyle more digital. DIKSHA will enable,
accelerate and amplify solutions in the realm of teacher education.
India s dream for high horsepower locomotive moved closer to reality with the arrival of the first bodyshell of
12000 HP loco from Alstom France at Kolkata port.
Approval for implementation of umbrella scheme of Modernisation of Police Forces (MPF) for years 2017-18 to
2019-20. The financial outlay for the scheme over the three year s period is Rs.25,060 crore
PM Narendra Modi launched a postage stamp based on Ramayana during his visit to historic Tulsi Manas temple
in Varanasi and said that stamps are a wonderful way to preserve history.
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the Pradhan Mantri LPG
Panchayat as a backup to the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) of the Ministry of Women & Child Development has started a
monthly Jan Sampark program to enable the public to have interaction with its officials and staff
The government has decided to increase the retirement age of central government doctors including those working
under the AYUSH ministry and in the railways to 65 years.
Dr. Harshvardhan launched Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana which will experiment and
endeavour to formulate and implement appropriate S&T Interventions for Sustainable Development through
cluster approach in Uttarakhand
Minister of State Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel launched a nationwide health campaign to sensitise
women about the early screening and the preventive care for cancer. Theme – Nurturing the Nurturer .
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched two new contraceptives, an injectable contraceptive MPA
under the Antara programme and a contraceptive pill, Chhaya, in the public health system to expand the basket of
contraceptive choices to meet the emerging needs of couples.
The Ministry for Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has launched a nationwide hackathon
OpenGovDataHack to support and showcase potential ideas/talent from inner India. The hackathon aims to
enable participants develop their ideas into apps/infographics primarily by the use of open government data
around the themes of drinking water and sanitation, transport, education, health, and crime to a stage, after which
it can be evaluated by a jury and be selected for prizes and support/funding.
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Taking the central government s ambitious cleanliness drive to a higher trajectory, President Ram Nath Kovind
kicked off the fortnight-long Swachhta Hi Seva (Cleanliness is Service) campaign from Uttar Pradesh.
The Centre has issued a notice, stating that all the SIM cards have to be linked to Aadhaar before February 2018 to
avoid deactivation of the phone numbers. A bench comprising of former Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice N V
Ramana said the verification of existing pre-paid mobile users, running into crores, be done within one year.
An MoU was signed by Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya under the Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat
program, to boost cultural ties.
Government has launched Sampoorna Bima Gram Yojana and expansion of Postal Life Insurance.
Sampoorna Bima Gram (SBG) Yojana -- a minimum of one village will be taken up in each of the districts of the
country, and efforts will be made to cover all households of the village with at least one Rural Postal Life Insurance
policy each.
The much-awaited Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Act has come into effect from October 12 with a provision to
bring more services and products like jewellery under the mandatory standard regime.
Parliament had, in March 2016, passed the law to replace the BIS Act of 1986.
India s first Sewage Treatment Plant under Hybrid Annuity Mode to come up in Haridwar and Varanasi
Government to set up mini food parks - all 42 sanctioned mega food parks will be operational by 2019.
President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated Shirdi International Airport in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.
Cabinet approves SANKALP, STRIVE schemes to boost Skill India Mission
SANKALP - Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion -- Rs 4,455 crore Centrally
sponsored scheme including Rs. 3,300 crore loan support from World Bank.
STRIVE - Skill Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement -- Rs. 2,200 crore – central sector scheme, with half
of the scheme outlay as World bank loan assistance.
Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi inaugurated the 3rd edition of Women of India Organic Festival at Dilli Haat, INA
The Government of India, has increased its stake in IDBI Bank to 77.79% by acquiring 3.81 per cent shares through
preferential allotment.
President Ram Nath Kovind launched Mata Amritanandamayi Math s Rs 100 crore clean water initiative for rural
India at the math headquarters in the coastal hamlet of Vallikkavu in Kerala
India has opened 2 immigration check posts along the borders with Myanmar & Bangladesh. Myanmar - Zorinpui
check post of Mizoram. Bangladesh - Kawrpuichhuah post of Mizoram.
President Ram Nath Kovind on the occasion of World Tourism Day which is celebrated on September 27 annually,
launched Incredible India 2.0 Campaign , Adopt a Heritage project.
The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has launched a diploma course in Elementary Education to train
teachers across the country for teaching students up to Class 8.
The Centre has launched a six-year project called SECURE Himalaya, to ensure conservation of locally and globally
significant biodiversity, land and forest resources in the high Himalayan ecosystem spread over four states in India.
SECURE ---- Securing Livelihoods, Conservation, Sustainable use and Restoration of High Range Himalayan
ecosystems
The Union Ministry of Tourism in collaboration with Other Union Ministries and State Governments has launched
nationwide Paryatan Parv to showcase cultural diversity of country and reinforce the principle of Tourism for All .
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Due to ever-present threat of cross-border firing from Pakistan, the Centre has set up a study group to examine the
problems being faced by the people living near the International Border and the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and
Kashmir.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI). The special drive will focus on
improving immunization coverage in select districts and cities to ensure full immunization to more than 90% by
December 2018.
The Supreme Court held that a man will be punished for rape if he is found to be guilty of havIng sexual intercourse
with his minor wife.
A Bench of Justices Madan B. Lokur and Deepak Gupta read down exception 2 to Section 375 (rape) of the Indian
Penal Code (IPC).
Nepal and India will be conducting in November a joint head count of tigers in the national parks, forests and
sanctuaries along the international border between the two neighbours using a similar camera tapping method.
MasterCard announced the launch of its innovation centre in Mumbai to focus on solving India-specific problems
in the areas of technology and financial enablement. This would be their second innovation centre, after Singapore,
in Asia and ninth globally.
The world s largest combustion research centre which will impart a major boost to the Indian scientific community
has been inaugurated at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
The Union Cabinet has given its approval for an increase of 1% additional Dearness Allowance (DA) to central
government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners to compensate for price rise. This additional
installment of DA represents an increase of 1% over the existing rate of 4% of basic pay/pension.
The Union Cabinet approved a Dairy Processing & Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) with an outlay of Rs
10,881 crore during the period from 2017-18 to 2028-29.
India and China jointly submitted a proposal to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) calling for the elimination – by
developed countries – of the most trade-distorting form of farm subsidies, known in WTO parlance as Aggregate
Measurement of Support (AMS) or Amber Box support as a prerequisite for consideration of other reforms in
domestic support negotiations.
India has started Operation Insaniyat to provided assistance to Bangladesh in response to the humanitarian crisis
being faced on account of the large influx of Rohingya refugees into that country from Myanmar.
INS Garhial of Indian Navy carried around 86 thousand family packs as relief material in the ongoing operation
Insaniyat launched in support of Bangladesh for the Rohingya refugees.
The Army has finalised a plan to induct approximately 800 women in the military police. The decision to induct
women would help in investigating allegations of gender specific crimes. The decision to induct women is taken for
the first time.
The Centre has decided to observe this 70th Independence Day on August 15 as Sankalp Parva . A order said that
August 15, 2017 be celebrated as the Sankalp Parva or the Day of Resolve, and in 2022 our nation will transform
that resolve into Siddhi or attainment.
Government has launched a video of the National Anthem in sign language and said the government addressed the
physically challenged as divyang and not viklang to ensure there was no distinction. The 3.35-minute video,
directed by Govind Nihalani, stars Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan, along with physically challenged children
performing the anthem in sign language, with the Red Fort in the background.
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Based on a recent assessment carried out by the states, the government has revised downwards its targets for
building affordable housing for urban poor by 2022. The government announced that it would need to construct
about 1.2 crore houses as against 1.8 crore estimated earlier.
The government announced that it would need to construct about 1.2 crore houses as against 1.8 crore estimated
earlier. A digital police portal under the CCTNS project, which aims to create a national database of crimes and
criminals, has been launched by Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
Closure of loss-making Bharat Wagon and Engineering Company (BWEL), a Central Public Sector Enterprise under
the Ministry of Railways approved.
SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) scheme renamed as
Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY).
New initiative SAMADHAN (S-Smart Policing and Leadership; A -Aggressive Strategy, M-Motivation and Training, A-
Actionable Intelligence; D-Dashboard for Development and Key Performance Indicators, H-Harnessing Technology
for Development and Security, A-Action Plan for each Theatre and N-No access to Financing) launched to control
the situation in the LWE affected states.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated Yuva , a Delhi Police initiative for skill development among the
youth, as part of its community policing.
All-India Elephant Population Estimation shows that India has 27,312 elephants. Highest being in Karnataka (6,049)
Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, launched Gaj Yatra , a nationwide
campaign to protect elephants on the occasion of World Elephant Day.
Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan launched the Harit Diwali, Swasth Diwali campaign to celebrate a pollution-
free Diwali.
National Sports Talent Search Portal launched. The portal, nationalsportstalenthunt.com, aims to provide a direct
link to help kids and youngsters reach the ministry and senior sports administrators with their achievements.
India Permitted to Construct Kishanganga (330 megawatts) and Ratle (850 megawatts) hydroelectric power plants:
World Bank. Pakistan has opposed the construction of these. Kishanganga on Jhelum River and Ratle on Chenab
River.
Government has launched the Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination campaign to reduce measles morbidity and
mortality. Campaign will cover children in the age group of 9 months to less than 15 years.
According to a new study from Oxford Economics, Delhi will have the fastest growth of any city in Asia, with the
economy to be almost 50% larger in 2021 than it was at the end of last year.
IRCTC s - Book Tatkal Tickets Now, Pay Later Scheme - People can now pay later for tickets booked under the tatkal
quota on IRCTC website
India has the most number of child deaths due to tuberculosis, according to a Lancet study which found that over
55,000 children died from the disease in the country in 2015.
India s first World Peace University (Dr Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU)) inaugurated in
MIT, Pune.
India s first railways disaster management village is expected to come up near Bengaluru by December 2018.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is going to establish National Sports Museum, first of its kind, at Jawaharlal
Nehru Stadium, New Delhi.
Country's first Videsh Bhavan, assimilating all Regional Passport Offices under one roof, going to be inaugurated at
the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai.
To celebrate India s 71st Independence day, India has gifted 30 ambulances and six buses to Nepal for
strengthening its education and health services.
In its first visit to India, American Navy s amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor arrived in Goa as part of
defence cooperation between the two countries.
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India s largest autonomous public research and development organisation Council of Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR) has been ranked 9th in the world among government institutions and 75th globally, according to
the Scimago Institutions ranking World Report 2017. Topped by Chinese Academy of Sciences.
National Aluminium Company (Nalco) , Hindustan Copper (HCL)and MECL, three state-run PSUs, have signed an
MoU to form a joint venture — Khanij Bidesh India Ltd (Kabil).
Government think-tank Niti Aayog has come out with the National Nutrition Strategy, seeking to put nutrition at
the forefront of the narrative of the National Development Agenda. It aims at ensuring every child, adolescent girl
and woman attains optimal nutritional status by 2022.
Ahead of the nation s 75th Independence anniversary in 2022, an exhibition on the freedom struggle and Quit India
Movement s role in it that will be staged at 39 places across the country was launched in Delhi.
The exhibition-cum-seminar, titled Naya Bharat – Karke Rahenge will narrate the journey of India s freedom
struggle from the 1857 Revolt till India got indepedence in 1947, and will include the Champaran struggle, Dandi
Yatra, and Non-Cooperation Movement.
The government issued an alert on spread of new malware Locky Ransomware that can lock computers and
demand ransom for unlocking them.
The Department of Biotechnology announced 3 missions focussing on the northeast India, including the B4, which
is centred on the Brahmaputra s biodiversity and biology. This new project aims at starting a lab on boat on
Bramhaputra river for biological analysis of the river system. The first laboratory under the Bramhaputra
Biodiversity Biology Boat (B4) initiative will cover Pasighat, Dibrugarh, Neemati, Tejpur and Guwahati in Assam.
Thaawarchand Gehlot, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment launched the Beta version of Divyang
Sarathi —The accessible and comprehensive mobile application for easy dissemination of information to
Divyangjans .
Portal PENCIL (Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour) — an electronic platform for no child labour
in the country is being developed by the Labour Ministry. Launched for effective implementation of the National
Child Labour Project (NCLP).
On the eve of Antyodaya Diwas 2017, the government has celebrated the Bharat Ke Kaushalzaade occasion on
24th September this year. Antyodaya Diwas has completed 3 years this year on 25th September.
To bring in transparency in food safety inspection and sampling, food regulator FSSAI has put in place a nationwide
online platform FoSCoRIS and asked states to adopt this system as it would help eliminate discrepancy and make
food safety officers accountable.
India, Asia s third-largest producer and exporter of coffee, has started producing the world s most expensive
coffee, made from the poop of civet cat, on a small scale in Coorg district of Karnataka. The Civet coffee is also
called as Luwark coffee.
State-run Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) is all set to become a Maharatna company. The oil marketing
company is at present a Navratna firm. At present, there are seven Maharatna companies — Bharat Heavy
Electricals, Coal India, GAIL (India), Indian Oil Corporation, NTPC, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and Steel
Authority of India.
President of Belarus AG Lukashenko arrived in New Delhi on a two day visit to India.
The Frank Islam Foundation in Washington has joined hands with IANS, India s largest independent newswire, for a
media project that aims to tell some remarkable stories from across India.
GOI inaugurated the first Pension Adalat and a pension app for Central Government employees in New Delhi. The
Adalat aims to quick resolve long pending pension cases.
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E-commerce major Flipkart has developed India s first anti-theft packaging to secure goods from in-transit theft
and tampering.
Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar launched -Mission 24 for Mumbai s M east ward which is known to have
one of highest slum population s in the city.
India s first Centre for Animal Law has been established at the NALSAR University of Law At Hyderabad, Telangana.
Suzuki Motor will invest more than Rs 1,150 crore along with Japanese partners Toshiba and Denso to set up India s
first lithium ion battery facility in Gujarat.
After remaining non-functional for the last three years the Janakpur-Jayanagar Railway line connecting Nepal and
India is expected to become functional by 2018.
India and Sri Lanka has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to upgrade Thondaman Vocational Training
Centre at Hatton located in Nuwara Eliya district of Sri Lanka.
Recently-released black comedy film Newton , starring Rajkummar Rao, is India s official entry to the 90th
Academy Awards ceremony.
The Kandla Port Trust in Gujarat has been renamed Deendayal Port Trust.
Rare White tiger spotted Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve located in the Western Ghats.
In a move designed to inspire Indian artists and young inventors towards protecting their creations and inventions,
the government has launched Creative India; Innovative India for raising awareness on Intellectual Property
Rights (IPR).
Country s first solar powered DEMU train dedicated to nation. Will run from Sarai Rohilla in Delhi to Farukh Nagar
in Haryana
According to OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2017-2026 report by the UN and OECD, India, projected to be the
most populous country over the next decade, will be the world s largest milk producer by 2026 and will account for
the biggest increase in wheat production globally.
National Green Tribunal (NGT) imposed Rs50,000 fine for dumping waste in the stretch between Haridwar and
Unnao of River Ganga.
NGT has banned all construction within 100 metres of the river s edge from Haridwar in Uttarakhand to Unnao in
Uttar Pradesh.
The NGT has imposed a complete ban on manja , the string used to fly kites, made of nylon or any synthetic
material which is non-biodegradable -- bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar.
The Supreme Court has allowed Arunachal Pradesh and Andaman and Nicobar Islands to join the club of Sikkim and
Meghalaya, both of which enjoy full exemption from the court s ban on sale of liquor within 500 metres of National
and State Highways. -- Bench led by Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar
India has advanced its target of eliminating malaria by three years to 2027. Earlier the target was 2030.
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is the new name for urban development & housing ministry
Railways has launched RailCloud, a virtual server with an inbuilt security system that will enable faster connectivity
at a reduced cost. Also launched the first application on RailCloud named Nivaran , which is a grievances redressal
portal
The Telecom department has made it mandatory for all phones, including feature phones, to install Global
Positioning System (GPS) from January 1, 2018.
The retirement age of medical officers working in Central Armed Police Forces and Assam Rifles has been enhanced
to 65 from 60 years.
Internet-based applications have contributed Rs 1.4 lakh crore to the country s GDP in 2015-16, a report by the
think-tank organisation, ICRIER along with the Broadband India Forum
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Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi s name has been removed from the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable
Development which was named the Indira Gandhi Centre for Sustainable Development at its launch during the
tenure of UPA government.
Auto major Tata Motors has rolled out the country s first bio-CNG (bio-methane) bus.
200th anniversary celebrations of the Paika Rebellion of Odisha inaugurated on July 20, 2017 in New Delhi
India third largest terror target after Iraq and Afghanistan: US report
The Women and Child Development ministry has launched an online platform SHe-box (sexual harassment
electronic box) to enable women employees of the central government to file complaints related to sexual
harassment at the workplace.
Radio broadcast completed 90 years in country on July 23, 2017.
Bengaluru ranks 40 among top 50 cities for women entrepreneurs: Dell - New York ranked numero uno in the list.
Swachh Survekshan-2018 s rousing anthem Swachhata Ki Jyot Jagi Hai released. - The song has been scripted by
renowned lyricist Shri Prasoon Joshi and visualized free for the ministry by Producer Shri Mukesh Bhatt. Shri
Shankar Mahadevan provided the music.
Govt to provide Hepatitis C vaccine free from next year: Nadda
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has declared 1,076 temples as protected monuments in the country.
Flipkart launches made for India budget brand Billion.
A 14-day joint military training exercise Maitree 2017 between India and Thailand has started in Chamba district
of Himachal Pradesh.
India will host 2018 edition of Theatre Olympics, the biggest theatre celebration of the world.
State News
Andhra Pradesh
No helmet, no petrol rule comes into force in Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu launched Swachh Andhra Mission on the occasion of Gandhi
Jayanti. PV Sindhu has been chosen as the brand ambassador of Swachh Andhra.
The Andhra Pradesh Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Mastercard to setup a
centre of excellence in Visakhapatnam.
Vice president Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation stone for the first phase of the 2,890-km National Waterway-4
(NW-4) at Amravati in Andhra Pradesh.
Government to develop green airports in Andhra Pradesh - Tirupati and Vijayawada. [Cochin International Airport
Limited (CIAL) in Kerala became the first airport in the world, to be completely powered by solar energy]
Rayichapalu , a regular catch for fishermen in Andhra Pradesh s Visakhapatnam, has been declared as one of the
rarest species of fish in the world by Marine Living Resources Department, Andhra University.
CM N. Chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation stone of the Indo-UK Institute of Health (IUIH) Medicity in Amravati.
The facility is being developed in association with King s College Hospital, London, with an investment outlay of Rs
1,600 crore.
'First of its kind' initiative - helpline number 1100 to tackle corruption in the state launched earlier in the year is
helping state to curb corruption.
Andhra Pradesh s Eastern Power Distribution Company Ltd (EPDCL) and the Southern Power Distribution
Corporation of AP Ltd. (SPDCL) have become the first state-owned distribution companies in India to accept
payments through Bharat QR.
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Archaeologists in Andhra Pradesh have discovered an ancient Buddhist site that dates back to the 1st century AD.
Andhra Pradesh has announced a new programme to offer prayers to water bodies and to create awareness among
the public regarding water preservation. Named Jala Siriki Haarati , the programme is aimed at praying at all the
rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, irrigation projects, water reservoirs, check dams and all kinds of water bodies.
The Andhra Pradesh government has signed an MoU with the US-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies to
build India s first Hyperloop system. The planned project is aimed at connecting cities Amaravati and Vijayawada in
Andhra Pradesh, supposedly covering the distance of over 35 km in just five minutes.
Andhra Pradesh Minister for Information Technology, Panchayat Raj and Rural Development Nara Lokesh
introduced the Seven Star Formula for development of smart villages.
Andhra Pradesh has released People First mobile application for grievance redressal at the Collectors conference
in Vijayawada. Under this application, people of Andhra Pradesh can dial 1100 to register complaints about
government services and schemes.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu declared that the year of 2017 as e-pragati year.
Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu has declared Friday as the day of the week when he will meet with the
poor and underprivileged sections of Andhra Pradesh society to hear their grievances and try to resolve them. The
day has been declared as the Day of Helping Hand .
The Andhra Pradesh government has launched the AP MSME Development Corporation with a corpus fund of Rs
100 crore to promote micro small and medium enterprises (MSME) in the State.
Andhra Pradesh has topped the charts in ease of doing business and providing electricity to rural households.
Arunachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh s biggest festival Solung of the Adi Tribe was celebrated with traditional fervor and in a grand
way at Boleng in Siang District on September 3.
Chief Minister Pema Khandu has announced that Arunachal Pradesh shall be Open Defecation Free by December
31 this year.
Assam
In a bid to take Internet connectivity to the remotest part of the state, Assam government has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding with Google India.
Foundation stone for the country s first ever Industrial Training Institute for the Dibyangans exclusively was laid on
October 3 in Dibrugarh in Assam.
ISRO to set up research centre in Guwahati, Assam
Assam has become first state to pass a legislation which states that Assam government employees who dump
parents will lose part salary. The Assam Assembly passed The Assam Employees Parental Responsibility And Norms
for Accountability and Monitoring (PRANAM) Bill that makes it mandatory for state government employees to take
care of their parents and needy siblings or face a cut in their income.
Singapore will set up a Skill Center at Guwahati which will cater to the entire North-Eastern region.
A 100-ft tall bamboo idol of Goddess in Assam is all set to enter the Guinness Book of Records as the tallest
bamboo sculpture ever made in the world
A program called SATH- Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital, a joint initiative of Government of
Assam and NITI Aayog, which aims to provide structured support to Assam in identifying key health priorities and
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implement the solutions towards transforming the health and improving the well-being of people of Assam has
been launched in Assam.
Assam going to raise a new Special Rhino Protection Force (SRPF) for better protection of the one-horned rhinos in
Assam
Bihar
In a unique initiative, Gender Alliance Bihar, a collective effort of over 270 civil society organisations backed by the
UN Population Fund, has come up with a mobile application Bandhan Tod to fight the rampant social evil of child
marriage in the state.
Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh has topped the list among all the states in the country for having issued over 43 lakh soil health cards
(SHCs) to farmers in the past two year.
The Chhattisgarh government has decided to merge all the branches of the district central cooperative banks
(DCCBs) with the state cooperative banks.
Nineteen acres of land which housed around 70 government office buildings in Chattisgarh s Raipur is being
converted into India s first micro forest in order to create an oxy-zone.
Chhattisgarh bans use of chlorinated plastic and Polyvinyl Chloride
Delhi
The Supreme Court has placed a ban on the sale of firecrackers in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) during
the upcoming festive season of Diwali. The ban will remain in effect till November 1.
The National Green Tribunal, NGT has imposed an interim ban on use of non-biodegradable plastic bags which are
less than 50 microns in the New Delhi. Fine of 5,000 rupees on anyone found in possession of such banned plastic.
North Eastern Cultural and Information Centre will be set up in Delhi.
A special train called the mosquito terminator was pressed into service by the South Delhi Municipal Corporation
(SDMC), in collaboration with the Northern Railway, to spray anti-larval chemicals along the tracks to control
mosquito breeding.
First edition of Rural Games or Grameen Khel Mahotsav will kick-start from Delhi and will take place between 28th
August to 3rd September, 2017
The Delhi High Court has launched a first-of-its-kind dedicated helpline number 1888 to provide litigants easy
access to justice.
India s tallest air traffic control (ATC) tower to be operational at Delhi airport by December 2017.
The Delhi government has launched a Free Surgery Scheme under which if patients do not get a date for surgery at
a government hospital within a month, they can get themselves treated in the private ones free of cost.
Delhi has became the second state to launch e-RTI portal that will enable citizens to file online Right to Information
(RTI). Maharashtra is the first state
Delhi police will be the first state police in India who will get super cop belt .
Delhi Metro has become the only completely green Metro system in the world for adhering to green building
norms for its residential colonies.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal gave his nod to the proposal to set up Mohalla Clinics (community clinics) in
Delhi.
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Gujarat
The None Of The Above (NOTA) option available for the first time in upcoming Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat.
Gujarat first state to implement coal utilisation between power units
Gujarat government has distributed NAMO e-tabs to college students across the state. NAMO- e Tab means – New
Avenues of Modern Education Through Tablets.
Ahmedabad in Gujarat has been formally accorded the status of India s first World Heritage City. The honour makes
the walled city of Ahmedabad the first city in India, and the third in Asia after Bhaktapur (Nepal) and Galle (Sri
Lanka).
Making steps towards digital revolution in the schools of Gujarat, state govt. launched state-wide Gyankunj
Project on Teachers Day. The objective of the project is to produce world-class students.
Gujarat government has launched Shramik Annapoorna Yojana (Construction Workers Meal Scheme), under which
each registered worker is provided a plateful of food for a mere Rs 10 with the Gujarat government providing a
hefty subsidy of Rs 19 per meal.
Gujarat government has signed an MoU with Google India towards actualizing the Digital Gujarat movement
under Digital India .
The ₹ -crore high-speed rail training centre for the first bullet train project will be set up in Vadodara, Gujarat.
India s first ever mega textiles trade fair – Textiles India 2017, was inaugurated by the Indian Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, at the Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Gujarat s Ahmedabad has become India s first World Heritage City after the Unesco s World Heritage Committee
included it in its list.
Gujarat to get India s first high-speed rail training centre at Gandhinagar.
Gujarat on October 10 reduced VAT on petrol and diesel by 4%, becoming the first state to give relief to consumers
from a recent surge in oil prices.
Goa
The union tourism ministry has allotted Rs 100 crore to Goa under the Swadesh Darshan scheme to augment its
tourist infrastructure and for the development of coastal circuits
The Goa Legislative Assembly has passed a bill which reclassifies coconut as a `tree, ensuring legal protection for it.
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar announced that Goa will be made garbage free by 2020.
Haryana
President Ram Nath Kovind has accorded approval to the proposal for setting up the world s first AYUSH University
at Haryana s Kurukshetra.
The White Revolution in Haryana is set to get an Israeli boost.
Students passing out of government medical colleges in Haryana will now be required to do a fixed period of
service in government hospitals of the state
Haryana government has prohibited flushing/mixing of liquid nitrogen with any drink or food article.
Himachal Pradesh
After two years of trial runs on the challenging Manali-Rohtang highway, Himachal Roads Transport Corporation
(HRTC) has finally launched its electric bus service on the route on a regular basis. With this, Himachal Pradesh has
become the first hill state in the country to run electric buses.
Green Spiti mission - for the Spiti Valley to increase forest cover to overcome water shortage.
PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for an AIIMS premier hospital in Bilaspur town of Himachal Pradesh.
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Jammu & Kashmir
In order to pave the way for applicability of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime in Jammu and Kashmir, the
Cabinet gave ex-post facto approval for amendment of the Constitution Order, 1954 by way of the Constitution
Amendment Order, 2017.
The Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to build an Eco-Park on over 34 acres of land reclaimed from
encroachers in the state s Rajouri district.
Pratham-Shyok bridge that will link Leh to Karakoram, providing connectivity on the strategically important Darbuk-
Shyok-Daulat Beg Olde axis for military transport.
Jharkhand
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation stone for Ranchi Smart City coming up on the Heavy
Engineering Corporation (HEC) land. This would be the country s first green-field smart city.
Jharkhand Government launched the Shaheed Gram Vikas Yojana during a programme at Ulihatu in Khunti district
of Jharkhand. Ulihatu is the birthplace of Jharkhand s tribal icon Birsa Munda. Under the scheme, villages of many
tribal freedom fighters will be developed and their habitants will be provided with basic amenities.
Karnataka
Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru, Karnataka will become the first airport in the country to have a
helicopter-taxi (heli-taxi) service for those who cannot afford to spend time battling traffic to travel across the city.
Indira Canteen , aimed at serving the poor at subsidised rates, was inaugurated in Bengaluru by Congress vice
president Rahul Gandhi.
Karnataka Government launched clouding seeding Project Varshadhari in Bengaluru under which an aircraft will
spray chemicals to induce rainfall.
Samsung India has collaborated with the Government of Karnataka for a notebook donation drive to extend its
support to students from government schools across Bengaluru, Kolar and Mulbaghal districts in the state.
Bengaluru-based social education start-up Meghshala Trust, supported by Tata Trusts, launched Meghshala
( School on the Cloud ) app for Karnataka teachers.
Karnataka ropes in Microsoft to develop a unique farm price forecasting model using latest IT tools in a bid to
help farmers.
Amazon announced a partnership with the Akshaya Patra Foundation to implement the Karnataka government s
Ksheera Bhagya Scheme in Bengaluru, wherein schoolchildren would be provided a glass of milk each five days a
week.
Karnataka government will be merging the existing seven health schemes to launch a unified scheme- Arogya
Bhagya which will cover all 1.4 crore households of the state.
Karnataka government, from next academic year, has decided to provide free education to girls from class one to
graduation level in all public and aided private schools and colleges.
Karnataka has become the first Indian state to have an electric vehicle policy after the state Cabinet approved the
Karnataka Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage Policy.
The Karnataka government has launched Vision-2025 project aimed at evolving a draft policy for development of
the state in next seven years by seeking the opinion of the public.
The Vice President, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu, today inaugurated the Swachhta Hi Seva and Shouchalayakkagi
Samara (A Crusade For Toilets) Programme in Karnataka in an ocassion.
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Karnataka would provide Rs 400 crore fund to mentor 100 start-ups with idea validation, incubation facilities and
expertise in accounting and legal norms. Launched the Elevate 100 scheme for same.
To provide small and midsize businesses (SMBs) access to the Cloud solutions and resources, Cloud major Oracle
has opened its first Digital Hub in Bengaluru.
The State has constituted a nine-member committee to study and submit a report to the government on the
possibility of designing a separate flag for Karnataka and providing it a statutory standing.
IT company Accenture has opened its first innovation hub in Bengaluru
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah launched the Mathru Purna scheme, which aims to provide nutritious
meals to about 12 lakh pregnant women and lactating mothers in the state.
Kerala
Onam, the biggest and the most important festival of the state of Kerala, celebrated in the state.
Kerala is going to open India s first transgender-exclusive clinics at government medical colleges across the state.
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan launched G-Ride, a digital ride sharing platform that matches co-workers and
neighbours and help them travel together to work.
Kerala to host literary fest with tolerance as theme
Lakshadweep Island
According to a study, Parali I island in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, part of Bangaram atoll, which had an
area of 0.032 sq.km in 1968 has been completely eroded, resulting in its inundation.
Madhya Pradesh
The Madhya Pradesh government has contributed Rs. 2 crore to Assam Chief Minister s Relief Fund for the
prevailing flood situation in the state.
Madhya Pradesh sets record with plantation of 6 cr saplings in day
Foundation stone of country s biggest global skill park laid in Bhopal
MP govt. launched Single Click Pension Delivery scheme, wherein the money will go directly into the account of
the beneficiaries.
MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated a toilet in the Mangalwara area for the exclusive use of transgenders ---
first of its kind in the country.
MP govt announces Rs 2 lakh aid for widow remarriage
Maharashtra
Mumbai s Vikrikar Bhavan renamed as GST Bhavan
Maharashtra has become the first state in the country to provide women an injectable contraceptive for free.--
launched a programme called Antara
MahaLabharthi web portal that will help people get information about all the government schemes that they are
eligible for.
Maharashtra first state to have law against social boycott after President of India gave assent to Social Boycott
(Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2016.
Matunga suburban railway station in Mumbai has become the first station in India to be run by an all-women staff.
Maharashtra recorded highest child marriage cases. Of the 70 districts identified with high incidents of child
marriage, 17 are in Maharashtra, followed by 13 in Rajasthan.
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Government approves first housing project on private land under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in in Maharashtra s
Sholapur district
Mumbai Metro One has announced the launch of India s first Mobile Ticketing System OnGo which will help
commuters pass the AFC gates using their mobile phones.
Union Ministry of Minority Affairs has launched Jiyo Parsi Publicity Phase-2 in Mumbai, Maharashtra under the Jiyo
Parsi scheme.
Maha govt launches two online portals MahaDBT, MahaVASTU. MahaDBT portal will enable direct transfer of
benefits for over 40 schemes. MahaVASTU portal is an online building permission management system
The Bombay High Court has accepted Maharashtra government s statement that it would not allow children below
the age of 14 years to participate in the Dahi Handi festival.
Govt. launched Namo Yuva Rojgar Kendra an initiative providing job opportunities to unemployed youth in
Mumbai.
The Maharashtra Government and Mother Dairy Fruit and Vegetable Pvt. Ltd, a subsidiary of National Dairy
Development Board (NDDB), announced signing of a lease agreement to set up a state-of-the-art milk and milk
products processing plant.
Maharashtra government has announced plans to launch 112 as a single integrated helpline number for police, fire
brigade, and ambulance services.
The Maharashtra government is planning to ban plastic carry bags after the Gudi Padwa (Maharashtrian New Year)
next year. Gudi Padwa falls in March-April period.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has launched the Maharashtra Mission 1 Million initiative under
which over 10 lakh students across the state will play football.
Manipur
A North East Centre for Ethno Medicinal Research has been inaugurated at Hengbung village in Kangpokpi
district of Manipur.
Manipur's Nungthaang Tampak village has emerged as the '100 percent computer literate' not only in the state
but in the entire North East.
Heikru Hidongba, the traditional boat race festival of Manipur, was celebrated at the Thangapat (moat) of Shri
Bijoy Govindajee, Sagolband, Imphal on September 3.
Approval of widening and up gradation of a 65-km-long National Highway in Manipur to boost the
state s connectivity with south and southeast Asia via Myanmar.
Manipur celebrates Mera Houchongba festival
Meghalaya
Launched an ambitious flagship program titled Livelihood Intervention and Facilitation of Entrepreneurship
(LIFE) at Songsak, Meghalaya.
Mizoram
Mizoram s Dampa Tiger Reserve now holds the distinction of housing the highest number of clouded leopards in
Southeast Asia, the state government has claimed. Density of population of clouded leopards, locally knows as
Kelral , is 5.14 per 100 sq km in the reserve.
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Odisha
Odisha will partner with Facebook to train women entrepreneurs and Self Help Groups (SHGs) to promote
entrepreneurship and digital literacy and organise hands-on workshops for Micro, Small and Medium women
Entrepreneurs and women SHGs on Digital Marketing Skills in collaboration with Facebook.
Odisha s Government has launched She Means Business programme of Facebook for women entrepreneurs in
Odisha.
Odisha Government will soon launch Durgama Anchalare Malaria Nirakaran (DAMON), a special programme to
prevent the spread of malaria in remote areas of Ganjam district.
Government of Odisha, in collaboration with the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI),
will organise the first ever Odisha Travel Bazaar in October in Bhubaneshwar.
The Odisha government would provide Rs 1,000 as transportation cost to pregnant women from inaccessible areas
to facilitate their institutional delivery.
Bhubaneswar, Odisha hosted the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships (ACC) from July 5-9.
Odisha, first state to implement an integrated Core Banking Solution Project covering all three tiers of short term
cooperative credit structure – state cooperative bank, district central cooperative banks and 2,708 primary
agriculture cooperative societies.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated computerisation of PACS (Primary Agricultural Credit Society)
and launched RuPay Kisan Credit cards in the state.
The Odisha government signed an Expression of Intent (EOI) with the International Association of Athletics
Federations (IAAF) and Athletics Federation of India (AFI) to establish a High Performance Academy in
Bhubaneswar.
After the successful organisation of 22nd Asian Athletics Championships, the Odisha government has announced it
would set up the Kalinga International Sports City in Bhubaneswar to hold mega international events in the coming
years.
Nalco, in collaboration with Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation, is setting up the first of its
kind Aluminium Park in Angul.
The state s longest bridge dedicated to nation and named it after Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.
Odisha government has renamined Wheeler Island in Bhadrak district as Abdul Kalam Island
Puducherry
The Puducherry government has decided to ban manufacture and use of plastic packaging materials of less than 51
microns as these were found to be injurious to health and a source of menace during monsoon in the Union
Territory.
Punjab
India s first museum on Partition of the Indian subcontinent opened in Amritsar, Punjab.
Foundation stone, of Punjab s first maize based Sukhjit Mega Food Park and Infra Limited at Rehana Jattan village
laid.
Punjab - first state in the country where injection-safety programme is being implemented in collaboration with the
World Health Organisation (WHO).
Entered into an MoU with Noora Health India Trust, a healthcare non-profit organisation, for implementation of
the Care Companion Programme (CCP).
Signed MoU with the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) who will support Punjab Health
Department by providing Rapid test kits for screening of high risk patients like HIV patients, Intravenous Drug Users
(IVDU) patient
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Punjab government has launched Apni Gaddi Apna Rozgar scheme by flagging off over 100 uberMOTO bikes.
Rajasthan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated a hanging bridge built across the Chambal river at Kota to the nation. The
bridge, over Chambal River, has the longest main span of 350 metre in the country and will also act as a bypass to
Kota City.
In a move that is a first for the country, Rajasthan has fixed minimum educational qualification for candidates
interested in contesting elections for elections to village cooperative societies and various other cooperative
bodies.
Rajasthan becomes 1st state to incorporate skill development programme in higher education
Going digital, the Rajasthan assembly has become the first in India to call attention and adjournment motions and
proposals online from legislators to send them to the state government.
Tamil Nadu
Bangladesh will soon open a new diplomatic station in Chennai.
Samsung India has partnered with the Tamil Nadu government to offer healthcare solutions with the effective use
of technology to patients from the economically and socially weaker sections of society.
Tamil Nadu topped the rooftop capacity addition table, according to a report by Bridge to India, a global renewable
energy consulting firm.
Madras HC makes singing of Vande Mataram mandatory in TN schools
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated former President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam s memorial in Tamil Nadu s
Ramananthapuram district.
Telangana
Microsoft ties up with Telangana to use AI to screen kids for eye issues.
In association with the World Resources Institute (WRI) India – Ross Centre and the Indian School of Business (ISB),
Telangana govt launched Smart Streets Lab in Hyderabad to boost women and road safety.
Telangana government launches 181 helpline for distressed women.
Amazon opened its largest fulfilment centre in India on the outskirts of Hyderabad, near the Rajiv Gandhi
International Airport, Shamshabad.
Regional Vocational Training Institute, Hyderabad, the first of its kind in Telangana inaugurated.
An innovative programme named Janahitha was launched to receive complaints from public through a special
portal.
Telangana to have separate agriculture budget from next year
India s first university only for Dalit students to come up in Hyderabad by 2018.
The Telangana government has issued an ordinance to curb the social evils caused by online rummy card games.
The Bonalu festival, reflecting Telangana s rich culture and traditions, was celebrated with gaiety in Hyderabad
with thousands of devotees participating in the festivities.
In a first of its kind, Telangana State will have eco-friendly bridges over a canal cutting across the tiger corridor
linking the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in the Chandrapur district of Maharashtra with the forests in
Telangana s Kumram Bheem Asifabad district.
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Tripura
Tripura has become the first state in the country to set up family welfare district committees to deal with the issue
of fake and biased complaints by women against their husbands, in-laws and husband s relatives, as per an apex
court directive.
Uttarakhand
The World Book Fair 2017 held in the capital city of Uttarakhand from August 28, with the state government
offering discounts on books based on the lives of national figures.
A solar power plant commissioned by a French firm with an outlay of 4 million euros was inaugurated by French
Ambassador Alexandre Ziegler in Maheshwari village in Haridwar district of Uttarakhand.
Uttarakhand becomes 20th state to ban begging.
The then President Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the annexe of the presidential retreat Ashiana which has
accommodation facilities for accompanying officers and staff of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The Uttarakhand Government and a charitable funding agency, Swan Cultural Center and Foundation launched
Solar Briefcase in Kedarnath Dham. The initiative was taken to provide electricity to far flung areas in the hill state.
Uttar Pradesh
UP govt launches free power connection scheme for BPL families
Lucknow Metro to be India s 1st with own FM radio station
The state has initiated a cleanliness drive Swachata Ka Shankhnad in the state.
Namami Gange Jagriti Yatra campaign launched by UP government to focus on cleanliness along the banks of
Ganga river and maintain hygiene.
The country s first aviation university at Fursatganj in Uttar Pradesh s Rae Bareli district inaugurated on August 18.
Air Vice Marshal (retired) Nalin Tandon has been appointed as the vice-chancellor.
The Uttar Pradesh cabinet has decided to end the process of holding interview for selection of candidates for the
government jobs in all the non-gazetted posts of Group B, C and D categories.
In order to protect the rich aquatic biodiversity of river Ganga from escalating anthropogenic pressures,
development of a Turtle sanctuary in Allahabad, UP along with a River Biodiversity Park at Sangam (confluence of
Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Sarasvati) have been approved under Namami Gange programme.
A grand temple worth Rs. 30 crore is going to be built in honour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Meerut district
of Uttar Pradesh.
UP government approved the Mukhyamantri Samoohik Vivaah Yojana , a mass marriage scheme, wherein Rs
35,000 will be spent on each couple, besides gifting them mobile phones and household items.
Launched Sankalp Seva bus service of 50 buses to connect as many as 6,000 villages.
The Mughalsarai railway station of Uttar Pradesh has been renamed to Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay railway
station.
West Bengal
An eight feet bronze statue of Indian freedom struggle leader Subhas Chandra Bose was unveiled at the naval base
INS Netaji Subhas in Kolkata, named after the iconic leader.
India s first State of art virology laboratory inaugurated at Dr. Anjali Chatterjee Regional Research Institute for
Homoeopathy in Kolkata.
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The West Bengal Transport department has introduced Yatrik mobile phone app to help in the easy booking of
traditional meter taxis in Kolkata.
President Pranab Mukherjee presented the 2.5 croreth Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) connection at
Raghunathgunj, Murshidabad in West Bengal.
Kolkata will host Horasis Asia Meeting, a global business meet in November 2017
The West Bengal cabinet has decided to set up a Scheduled Caste advisory council to look into the development of
the Scheduled Caste population in the state.
Finance and Banking News
Foundation stone laying ceremony for the construction of the permanent headquarters building of the BRICS New
Development Bank (NDB) held in Shanghai, China. The building is expected to become a landmark building along
Huangpu River.
RBI has announced it has added private lender HDFC Bank to its list of domestic systemically important banks (D-
SIBs) considered too big to fail. With HDFC Bank s inclusion, there are now three banks that are described as too big
to fail, including state-run State Bank of India and private lender ICICI Bank.
Reserve Bank of India opens branch in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
The Reserve Bank s Central Board has approved the transfer of surplus to the government of India amounting to Rs
306.59 billion for the year ended June 30, 2017. RBI follows a July to June accounting year.
According to the RBI, Gross non-performing assets (GNPA) ratio for NBFCs increased to 5% at end-March 2017 from
2.9 per cent at end-March 2012.
RBI on 19th August 2017 called for recapitalization of state-run banks to help them resolve the NPAs issue in a
time-bond manner as bad loans at 9.6% of the system is not acceptable.
According to a government of India notification, all the peer-to-peer lending (P2P) platforms will be treated as non-
banking financial companies (NBFCs) and will be brought under the ambit of the banking regulator.
IT major Infosys announced partnership with software services provider ToneTag to offer sound-based payment
solution to bank customers using its financial product Finacle. The solution will be available on all mobile devices,
including feature phones connected through Finacle mobile banking and Finacle digital wallet.
RBI will shortly issue new banknotes of Rs 50 denomination in the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series. The base colour
of the new notes will be fluorescent blue and its dimension will be 66 mm x 135 mm. It will have a motif of Hampi
with Chariot on the reverse, depicting the country s cultural heritage along with the Swachh Bharat logo, year of
printing, numeral 50 in devnagiri and the language panel.
From the 23,000 crore to be disbursed to the State farmers by the RBI, it released Rs. 1700 crore in July.
RBI hikes foreign investment limit in g-secs by over 4% for Jul-Sep.
RBI has issued directions on Customer Protection – Limiting Liability of Customers in unauthorised Electronic
Banking Transactions . --- The customers report to the banks regarding the loss they suffer through online banking
transactions within three days, then the amount involved will be credited to their accounts within a time period of
10 days.
RBI has amended an order saying that the 12 non-performing assets (NPAs), or bad loans (which have outstanding
loans amounting to over Rs 5,000 crore as on March 2016.), would be granted priority at the National Company
Law Tribunal.
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RBI sets up Supervisory Colleges for six Scheduled Commercial Banks which have sizeable international presence.
Banks are - State Bank of India, ICICI Bank Ltd., Bank of India, Bank of Baroda, Axis Bank Ltd. and Punjab National
Bank.
Cabinet approves revision of guidelines of Sovereign Gold Bonds Scheme - investment limit per fiscal year has been
increased to 4 kg for individuals, 4 Kg for Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) and 20 Kg for Trusts
India s fiscal deficit up to June 2017 touched Rs 4.42 lakh crore or 80.8 per cent of the Budget estimates for 2017-
18.
Fake currency notes and cross-border fund transfers in the country s economic channels doubled in the last fiscal
year, leading to unearthing of over Rs560 crore black money.
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given in-principle approval for Public
Sector Banks to amalgamate through an Alternative Mechanism (AM). The Alternative Mechanism will be decided
by PM Modi.
The government has notified the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act under which it can authorise the RBI to
issue directions to banks to initiate insolvency resolution process to recover bad loans. Under the Banking
Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2017, the RBI can issue directions to banks for resolution of stressed assets.
The government has clarified that banks importing gold and precious metals will have to pay 3 per cent tax under
the GST which can be claimed as input tax credit.
Regulator Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has permitted usage of OTP or one
time password for opening e-insurance account (eIA) as an alternative to electronic signature.
Indian insurance sector regulator IRDAI has given the final nod to online non-life insurer Acko General Insurance
Ltd.
The IRDAI has launched a Central Database (Christened as Envoy ) of all Insurance Sales Persons in the country.
Of the 56 regional rural banks (RRBs), Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank and Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank
recorded net profit of more than Rs 150 crore during 2016-17. These are among the 49 RRBs that recorded a profit
in 2016-17.
State Bank of India (SBI), has waived off closing charges for savings account holders. The closure fee waiver is
applicable for accounts which are at least 1 year old.
SBI is creating a 15,000-sqft innovation centre in Belapur in Navi Mumbai investing around Rs 100 crore.
SBI has launched a new product -- SME Assist -- to provide short-term working capital demand loans to its MSME
clients.
SBI and Carlyle Group will acquire GE Capital s entire stake in SBI Card, the second-largest credit card franchise in
India.
State Bank of India (SBI) has launched its flagship service INTOUCH in Nepal along with its subsidiary, Nepal State
Bank Ltd (NSBL). Also NSBL Digital Village, Jaharsing Pauwa, which would be the first of its kind digital initiative in
Nepal banking industry along with INTOUCH.
The State Bank of India (SBI) announced SBI Intelligent Assistant (SIA) — a chat assistant aimed to address customer
enquiries like a bank representative does. Developed by Payjo, an artificial intelligence (AI) banking platform,
SIA is equipped to handle nearly 10,000 enquiries per second or 864 million in a day — which is nearly 25 per
cent of the queries processed by Google each day.
State Bank of India and FTSE Russell, a global index and data provider have announced the launch of FTSE SBI Bond
Index Series at the London Stock Exchange, providing the global investor community and other market participants
the tools they need to analyse India s bond market.
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SBI Card, the second largest credit card selling company after HDFC Bank is all set to offer pre-approved cards to
customers of its parent State Bank of India. It has entered into a tripartite agreement with SBI and India s first
credit bureau TransUnion Cibil
State Bank of India has launched a CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiative, SBI Gram Seva, which will work in
the areas of health, education, environment and rural infrastructure.
State Bank of India (SBI), has waived off closing charges for savings account holders. The closure fee waiver is
applicable for accounts which are at least 1 year old.
SBI is creating a 15,000-sqft innovation centre in Belapur in Navi Mumbai investing around Rs 100 crore.
SBI has launched a new product -- SME Assist -- to provide short-term working capital demand loans to its MSME
clients.
According to the Finance Ministry Data, the country s largest lender, SBI, accounts for over 27 per cent of the total
amount owed to public sector banks by wilful defaulters - tops share of wilful default to PSBs.
Corporation Bank has bagged the best performance awards for SHG-bank linkage programme for Karnataka for
2015-16 and 2016-17 from National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard).
Spice Digital Limited (SDL) has received the final licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), allowing the company
to process bill payments as a Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU) in the Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS).
Public sector lender IDBI Bank has initiated a turnaround plan – Project Nishchay in consultation with The Boston
Consulting Group (BCG). The project aims to accelerate the struggling lender s turnaround programme and improve
financial performance.
Vijaya Bank has launched 100 Digital Villages initiative in an effort to bring residents of these villages under the
formal banking system.
India s largest private sector lender by consolidated assets, ICICI Bank has announced a new home loan scheme
that offers borrowers the benefit of 1% cashback on every EMI, for the entire tenure of the loan. The offer will be
valid for home loans with a minimum tenure of 15 years and maximum tenure of 30 years.
ICICI Bank has announced the launch of Instant Credit Card Service, which will enable its savings account customers
to get a credit card instantly, in a completely digital and paperless manner. This is the first-of-its-kind offering in the
Indian banking industry.
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank said that it will bring down its cost of funds by up to 150 basis points during the current
financial year by replacing 75% of its bank loans with borrowings using money market instruments including
certificate of deposits.
Ujjivan Small Finance Bank Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ujjivan Financial Services Ltd, has been given
scheduled bank status by RBI.
Airtel Payments Bank has become the first payments bank in India to integrate the Unified Payments Interface (UPI)
on its digital platform.
In a bid to help develop the fintech ecosystem in India, Fino Payments Bank has launched its mobile banking app
called BPay.
Fincare Small Finance Bank (previously known as Disha Microfin Limited) on Sep 1 2017 has kick-started its banking
operations. Fincare CEO - Rajeev Yadav. It has its Registered Office at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and Corporate Office at
Bangalore, Karnataka.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based chatbot Eva — built for HDFC Bank by Bengaluru-based Senseforth AI Research —
has successfully addressed over 2.7 million customer queries in six months to become the country s largest banking
chatbot.
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Singapore s biggest lender DBS Group Holdings has won the Reserve Bank of India s approval to provide banking
services in the country through a wholly-owned subsidiary.
International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, has invested $10 million as equity in
e-commerce firm Power2SME that helps small and medium companies buy raw materials at bulk prices and get
working capital without collateral.
Bharat Financial Inclusion Limited (BFIL), formerly SKS Microfinance, has signed an exclusivity agreement for a
potential merger with IndusInd Bank.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a monetary penalty of Rs. 10 million on Union Bank of India for non-
compliance with the directions issued by the apex bank on Know Your Customer (KYC) norms.
Microfinance institution Svatantra Microfin, has launched an end-to-end cashless solution called Saathi.
Punjab National Bank blocked all Maestro debit cards from July 31. Replaced by more secure EMV chip based card .
Public sector Indian Overseas Bank has offered Bharat Bill Payment System, introduced by the National Payments
Corporation of India, for its customers. Indian Overseas Bank is one of the three public sector banks (apart from
Bank of Baroda and Union Bank of India) to get the approval from RBI for providing the service.
Canara Bank forays into paperless banking; launches first digital branch in Bengaluru title CANDI
Karnataka Bank launched the KBL-Image Debit Card to enable its cardholders to personalise the card with the
image of his/her choice.
Karnataka Bank launches Met Loan & Life Suraksha in partnership with M/s PNB MetLife
FINO becomes payments bank. Headquarters - Mumbai
National Multi Commodity Exchange (NMCE) will merge with Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX) creating the
country s third biggest commodity exchange.
ICICI Bank terminates joint venture agreement with Fairfax
ICICI Bank offers up to Rs 15 lakh instant personal loan via ATMs
YES Bank, India s fourth largest private sector bank, along with YES Global Institute has launched YES GST program
for MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises)
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has started full-fledged merchant banking operations to benefit
the expanding number of growth-oriented micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs)
India gets good ranks on FSB s (Financial Stability Board) reform report card to G20. The report submitted by FSB
listed India as a compliant jurisdiction with regard to the Basel III reforms in area of risk-based capital and
as largely compliant on liquidity coverage ratio.
NBFCs with asset size of Rs 500 crore and above that have made a net profit in the preceding financial year be
permitted to sell NPS to their clients after registration with the pension regulator.
Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has launched a programme for Certified Credit Counsellors
(CCC) for micro, small and medium entreprises (MSMEs).
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has developed awareness videos for customers who download their
BHIM application for UPI based fund transfer.
National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has received final approval from the Reserve Bank to function as the
Bharat Bill Payment Central Unit (BBPCU) and operate Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS).
Inflation to rise noticeably to 4.4% in second half of 2017: Nomura report
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority has directed ICICI Prudential Life Insurance to take over the
life insurance business portfolio of Sahara India Life Insurance from 31st July 2017.
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RBI releases guidelines for P2P lenders; caps loans exposure at Rs 10 lakh per borrower
As per the guidelines released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Peer to peer (P2P) lenders can cumulatively lend a
maximum of Rs 10 lakh and individually have an exposure to a borrower of not more than Rs 50,000.
The P2P lenders would be allowed to lend only unsecured loans i.e. will not be allowed to take collateral against the
loans they lend.
P2P lending is a crowd-funding model (largely online) where people looking to invest their money with people who
want to borrow can do so.
Prudential Norms
(1) NBFC-P2P shall maintain a Leverage Ratio not exceeding 2.
(2) The aggregate exposure of a lender to all borrowers at any point of time, across all P2Ps, shall be subject to a cap of
Rs 10,00,000/-.
(3) The aggregate loans taken by a borrower at any point of time, across all P2Ps, shall be subject to a cap of Rs
10,00,000.
(4) The exposure of a single lender to the same borrower, across all P2Ps, shall not exceed Rs 50,000.
(5) The maturity of the loans shall not exceed 36 months.
(6) P2Ps shall obtain a certificate from the borrower or lender, as applicable, that the limits prescribed above are being
adhered to.
Business News
The government has banned exports of gold jewellery, medallions and other articles with purity above 22 carats in
a bid to check round tripping of the precious metal.
World Bank President Jim Kim has said India has been growing pretty robustly. Speaking at the Bloomberg Global
Business Forum meeting in New York, Kim said Japan, Europe and the US along with India were growing and there
was a levelling-out in developing countries.
In accord with Prime Minister Narendra Modi s mission of Banking for Everyone and Financial Inclusion , Aksh
Optifibre plans to setup 5,000 banking kiosks through its flagship services arm 1 STOP AKSH as the national level
bank correspondent for Bank of Baroda.
To enable small businesses and start-ups to file their Goods and Services Tax (GST) returns smoothly, Airtel
Business has launched Airtel GST Advantage.
Thyssenkrupp AG and Tata Steel Ltd. reached a tentative deal to merge their European steel businesses in a bid to
create the region s second-largest producer and tackle overcapacity in the industry.
E-commerce major Flipkart has acquired mobiles and IT products repair services company, F1 Info Solutions for an
undisclosed amount.
State-owned IDBI Bank has sold 9 per cent stake in Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi) for an
undisclosed amount in a bid to mobilise funds by exiting non-core business. Earlier in September, the bank sold 1%
stake in Sidbi.
E-commerce major Amazon India has launched a new marketplace Amazon Business to cater to the requirements
of the small and medium businesses (SMBs) in the country.
Country s top mobile operator Bharti Airtel has partnered with Symantec to provide cyber defense to enterprises.
HCL Technologies has completed the acquisition of Urban Fulfilment Services, LLC.
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HDFC Ergo General Insurance has completed the merger with L&T General Insurance, marking the first
amalgamation in the country's non-life insurance sector.
E-commerce major Flipkart has acquired global technology major eBay.
Infosys to acquire Brilliant Basics, a London-based product design and customer experience (CX) innovator.
Google has announced to acquire part of the Taiwan-based HTC Corporation s mobile division team for $1.1 billion.
Google has acquired Bitium, a company that provides enterprise customers with identity and access management
solutions, including single sign-on (SS) and provisioning for Cloud applications.
HCL Technologies has announced the acquisition of automation-driven data management platform Datawave.
Datawave is a leading provider of data migration and integration solutions, focused on automation and digital
transformation around Informatica and other similar enterprise data management stacks.
Messaging and social media technology company Hike Messenger has acquired Bengaluru-based tech startup Creo.
Headquartered in San Jose, Northern California, PayPal, one of the world s largest Internet payment companies
would acquire Swift Financial, an online lender for small businesses in the US.
Microsoft has announced the acquisition of Cycle Computing, which will help make it easier for Azure customers to
use High Performance Computing (HPC).
The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Google India have launched Android Skill Development
programme to impart mobile development training on the Android and web platform and improve the quality of
mobile app development ecosystem in India.
BSEs India INX (India International Exchange) has received an approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of
India to commence trading in gold options contracts from August 30. It will be the first one in India to commence
trading.
Airport Authority of India (AAI)-Ola partnership to facilitate smart mobility service across airports
Walmart and Google have announced a new partnership that will enable voice shopping through Google Assistant,
Google s virtual assistant that lives on devices like its smart speaker, Google Home.
Reliance Jio launches Asia-Africa-Europe (AAE-1), world s longest 100Gbps submarine cable system
Reliance Industries market capitalisation hits Rs 5 lakh cr mark; second firm after TCS to reach milestone
Axis Bank acquires FreeCharge for Rs 385 cr
State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) wins government nod for Rs 7,738 crore Gujarat State Petroleum
Corp s stake buy.
In a fresh impetus to its artificial intelligence dreams, Google has acquired Bengaluru-based start-up Halli Labs.
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has bought an additional 7% stake totaling to
10% in Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi) for Rs900 crore from troubled public sector lender IDBI
Bank Ltd.
Bharti Airtel acquires Tatas telecom business on cash-free basis - Consumer Mobile Businesses (CMB) of Tata
Teleservices Limited (TTSL) and Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Limited (TTML).
Bharti Airtel has received Ghana s National Communications Authority s approval for the merger between Bharti
Ghana (Airtel) and Millicom Ghana (Tigo)
Axis Bank has acquired payments wallet Freecharge for Rs. 373 crore. Sangram Singh has been appointed as the
CEO of Freecharge Payment Technologies Private Ltd.
The Board of Directors of IndusInd Bank Ltd and Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd have approved the merger of two
companies through a composite scheme of arrangement.
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Economy News To protect online consumers, the government has made it mandatory for e-commerce companies from January
2018 to print not only the MRP on goods but also information like expiry date and customer care details.
The Union Government has saved around Rs 57,000 crore in 2016-17 through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme
under which subsidies are given directly to beneficiaries.
Gujarat continues to have the highest potential to attract investment for the second year in a row, a survey by
economic policy think tank National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) revealed.
I-T Department unearths income of Rs 5,400 cr post-note ban
The Income Tax department has detected undisclosed income of around Rs.71,941 crore over the last three years
from April 1, 2014 to February 28, 2017
India likely to clock 6.9% GDP growth this fiscal: BMI Research
Aadhaar-PAN linking can be done till August 31.
Income Tax returns filing deadline is also extended to August 5 from July 31.
The government has ordered state-run oil companies to raise subsidised cooking gas (LPG) prices by Rs 4 per
cylinder every month to eliminate all the subsidies by March next year.
Government approved an MoU signed by India and other BRICS nations for setting up of an agriculture research
platform.
Centre has set up a new exchange-traded fund Bharat-22 to sell government stakes in 22 firms under its asset sale
programme. It will feature four banking stocks — SBI, Axis Bank, Bank of Baroda and Indian Bank — other than
CPSEs such as Nalco, ONGC, IOC, BPCL and Coal India. ICICI Prudential is the fund manager.
The Government of India has launched a new sub-scheme named Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY) as part
of the Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM).
The government has raised the creamy layer ceiling by Rs 2 lakh and announced setting up of a commission to work
out sub-categorisation within Other Backward Classes (OBCs) for a "more equitable distribution of reservation
benefits". OBC families earning up to Rs 8 lakh per annum will not be considered in the creamy layer. Earlier, this
ceiling was Rs 6 lakh per annum.
The government has clarified that selling of space for advertisements in print media would attract 5 and 18 per cent
Goods and Services Tax (GST), depending on the terms of the contract between the newspaper, advertisement
agency and the client.
The Union Cabinet has approved promulgation of an ordinance to suitably amend the Goods and Services Tax
(Compensation to States) Act, 2017. The approval will allow increasing the maximum rate at which the
Compensation Cess can be levied from 15% to 25%. The Cabinet approved raising a levy on luxury cars and sports
utility vehicles to 25 per cent from 15 per cent.
The Union Cabinet has extended the criteria for deciding the creamy layer under the Other Backward Classes (OBC)
category to Public Sector Undertakings and financial institutions. Earlier it was not implemented in PSUs and
financial institutions like banks and insurance companies. Now the same limit of Rs 8 lakh, which is applicable on
central government, will also be applicable on PSUs and financial institution
Indian economy s growth slows down in first quarter of the current fiscal 2017-18 ended June at 5.7%, as compared
to 7.9 per cent in the same period a year ago.
The Rajya Sabha has passed the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2017, which will enable the government to
empower the RBI to direct lender banks to act against big loan defaulters. The bill, which amends the Banking
Regulation Act, 1949, will replace the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017.
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The three-decade old National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has been merged with another central police
organisation — the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) by the government with an aim to improve
efficiency of development works related to policing.
Base year to measure WPI revised from 2004-05 to 2011-12
For the first time ever, forex exchange reserves crossed the $400-billion mark as on September 8 to reach $400.727
billion, data from the Reserve Bank of India show. The central bank took almost a decade to shore up its forex kitty
by $100 billion to cross $400 billion from $300 billion.
India has registered a significant decline in Infant Mortality Rate (IMR). According to the just released SRS bulletin,
IMR of India has declined by three points (8% decline), from 37 per 1000 live births in 2015 to 34 per 1000 live
births in 2016, compared to two points decline last year.
According to a new series of gross State domestic product data with 2011-12 as the base year published by the
Central Statistics Office, Arunachal Pradesh was the fastest expanding State economies in 2015-16 followed by
Jammu and Kashmir. Maharashtra topped the list.
The government has notified the electronic way (e-way) bill, exempting certain items of mass consumption,
including fruits, vegetables, food grains, meat, bread, curd, books, and jewellery.
Distinguished scientist and Director General of BrahMos missile system division of the DRDO, Dr Sudhir Mishra, said
that the country would require various military equipment worth $150 billion in the next 10 years.
The Reserve Bank of India has removed masala bonds, or rupee-denominated debt securities sold abroad, from the
corporate bond investment limit that remains almost full amid strong overseas investor interest.
State Bank of India (SBI) is India s most trusted and most popular bank according to a survey conducted by Brand
Finance, a business valuation and strategic consultancy headquartered in London.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said, India s current account deficit (CAD) rose sharply to $14.3 billion in the
first quarter (April-June) of 2017-18 from $0.4 billion reported for the like period of 2016-17.
Crisil Ratings said the 9.5 per cent NPA figure for March 2017 recognized by banks includes only two-thirds of the
overall stressed assets or non-performing assets, and estimated the bad loan ratio to rise by 1 percentage point to
10.5 per cent by March 2018.
According to Dun and Bradstreet report titled India s Top Banks 2017 , the credit growth of all scheduled
commercial banks slowed down from 10.9 per cent in 2015-16 to 8.1 per cent in 2016-17.
According to Japanese financial services major Nomura, India s current account deficit is expected to widen to 1.5
per cent of GDP in 2017
Project Insight , likely to be launched in October 2017, will use big data analytics to match information from social
media sites to deduce mismatches between spending pattern and income declaration. So next time a photo of your
shiny new luxury car on Instagram or a costly watch on Facebook may lead the taxman to your door as the tax
department from next month will begin amassing virtual information to trace black money.
India s first bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai is likely to be completed by 2022, the year marking 75
years of India s Independence.
According to Fitch Ratings, Indian Banks will require about USD 65 billion in additional capital, to meet the new
Basel-III capital standards by March 2019 (financial year 2018-19) and push loan growth.
The Reserve Bank of India, RBI will introduce 100 rupees coin to mark the birth centenary of AIADMK founder Late
Dr M G Ramachandran. It will also issue 5 rupees coin to mark the birth centenary of Dr M G Ramachandran.
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The Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu released a Commemorative Coin on Bharat Ratna Dr. M.S.
Subbulakshmi and inaugurated an exhibition entitled Kurai Onrum Illai-MS: Life in Music on the occasion of Birth
Centenary Commemoration of Dr. M.S. Subbulakshmi. Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (also known as
M.S.) was an Indian Carnatic singer from Madurai, Tamil Nadu. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the
Bharat Ratna, India s highest civilian honour. She is the first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay
award, often considered Asia s Nobel Prize.
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has upped the age limit for joining the National
Pension Scheme (NPS) to 65 years from the current 60. NPS is currently open for people between 18 and 60, and
the Board has approved raising the age limit for joining to 65. The scheme anyway has the option of continuing and
making contributions up to the age of 70.
According to revised estimates published by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), global merchandise trade is
expected to grow at a higher 3.6 per cent in 2017, compared with 1.6 per cent increase last year. The WTO had
earlier projected the world trade to grow at 2.4 per cent in 2017.
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) registered National E-Governance Services Limited (NeSL) as an
Information Utility (IU) under the IBBI (Information Utilities) Regulations, 2017. With this NeSL has become the first
IU registered by the IBBI and the registration is valid for five years from the date of registration.
Govt keeps interest rate unchanged on small savings schemes for Q3. Public provident fund (PPF) scheme – 7.8 per
cent. Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) – 7.5 per cent and mature in 115 months. Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme – 8.3
per cent. 5-year Senior Citizens Savings Scheme – 8.3 per cent
According to The Economic survey, extreme weather events are costing India $9-10 billion annually and climate
change is projected to impact agricultural productivity with increasing severity from 2020 to the end of the century.
With 1,19,100 deaths, India is among the five nations -- Indonesia, the DR Congo, China and Pakistan -- that
accounted for 73 per cent of rheumatic heart disease deaths globally in 2015, a study has showed.
Looking to preserve India's rich food heritage, regulator FSSAI along with Yes Bank is creating an archive of recipes
and plans to take other initiatives such as setting up hubs and organising food festivals. Also, a dedicated online
portal 'FOODCAST' will be designed to disseminate these recipes and also guide people on which food to eat and
when.
Asia Index Private Ltd has announced the launch of S&P BSE Bharat 22 Index. It has been launched to track the
performance of state-run companies in which the central government has divested its stake. S&P BSE Bharat 22 has
been licensed to ICICI Prudential AMC for development of an exchange traded fund (ETF) based on the index.
Gobindobhog rice,a speciality from Burdwan district of West Bengal, has got the geographical indication (GI) status.
As a result of getting the GI tag, as the certification is also called, rice from other regions or rice of other varieties
cannot be branded as Gobindobhog .
India s external debt amounted to $485.8 billion during the quarter ended June 17, up 1.3 per cent over the same
period a year ago.
RBI has increased foreign portfolio investors limit on investment in government bonds by an aggregate Rs 14,200
crore for the October-December period in line with the formula related to total outstanding government
borrowings.
According to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, the Indian Index of Industrial Production
(IIP) for August released showed that factory output grew 4.3 per cent against the same month last year on the
back of robust mining and electricity sector growth.
With the emergence of digital economy, the global Internet of Things (IoT) market spend will grow from $625.2
billion in 2015 to $1.29 trillion in 2020 — with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 15.6 per cent.
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India is likely to be the world s fastest-growing large economy in the next 10 years, driven by digitisation,
favourable demographics, globalisation and reforms, predicts a Morgan Stanley report.
Fitch Ratings has lowered India s economic growth forecast for the current fiscal to 6.9 per cent from 7.4 per cent
According to market research firm Gartner, Global IT spending in India is projected to hit $3.7 trillion in 2018 — a
4.3 per cent increase from 2017.
According to Coffee Board, coffee output in India, is pegged to be a record 3.50 lakh tonnes in the 2017-18
marketing year started this month on higher acreage.
The GST council meet chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley mentioned that permanent account number (PAN)
or Aadhaar would not be mandatory if jewellery is purchased above Rs 50,000.
The Finance Ministry has made Aadhaar mandatory for small saving schemes including post office deposits and
Public Provident Fund.
Govt. approved Rs 2,000 crore specifically for setting up Aadhaar centres in post offices, a move that will see
private contractors phased out from the data collection process.
The provisional figures of Direct Tax collections up to September, 2017 reported a 15.8 percent increase (Rs. 3.86
lakh crore) compared to the net collections for the corresponding period of last year.
Digital payments to grow at 26 % CAGR during 2016-2020: World Payment Report
Science & Technology
The first phase of National Cyber Coordination Centre, set up to scan the country s web traffic to detect cyber
security threats, has been made operational now
In a first, US scientists have developed a plant-based Zika vaccine that could be more potent, safer and cheaper to
produce than other medicines being developed for the disease. The vaccine, developed using tobacco plant, targets
a key protein — called DIII — which envelopes the outside of the Zika virus and plays a key role for the virus to
infect people.
A group of Indian scientists has recently discovered a new frog species named Nasikabatrachus bhupathi, which has
a face of a pig. The frog has been named after the Indian herpetologist S. Bhupathy, who died in 2014.
A team of Indian researchers has discovered two new primitive species of earthworm in the Western Ghats
mountain ranges in Kerala. The two new species are named Drawida polydiverticulata and Drawida thomasi.
BitBay, one of the top ten cryptocurrency trading platforms in the world, has launched a dedicated platform for
trade and exchange of digital currencies such as bitcoin, litecoin, ether, Lisk, monero, dash and game credits. BitBay
claims to be the only exchange in India that provides trade and exchange of multiple cryptocurrencies, high level
security standards, including a cold wallets policy and two-factor authentication solutions.
International Astronomical Union (IAU) named an asteroid after a young Indian scientist Dr. Guneshwar Thangjam.
The asteroid, which orbits the sun is called Thangjam Asteroid or 11806 Thangjam .
Scientists at the University of Toronto in Canada developed a new injectable tissue bandage that can repair
damaged heart without surgery
British scientists have developed the world s smallest surgical robot which could transform daily operations for tens
of thousands of patients. The robot is called Versius.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has planned to launch a full-fledged niche Earth observation (EO)
satellite — called the Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite or HySIS — using a critical chip it has developed.
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ISRO and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA)) to develop high speed data link for
meteorological data exchange
SpaceX has successfully launched Hewlett Packard Enterprise s (HPE) Spaceborne Computer towards the
International Space Station (ISS) using Falcon 9 rocket.
NASA has launched the latest in a series of satellites aimed at ensuring astronauts at the International Space
Station can communicate with Earth.
The NASA has successfully launched Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M (TDRS-M) into orbit.
India s rendezvous with the red planet continues as its celebrated Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) completes three
years in orbit. The country had on 24 September 2014 successfully placed the Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft in
the orbit around the red planet, in its very first attempt, thus breaking into an elite club.
Europe unveiled world s most powerful X-ray laser near Hamburg where scientists will attempt to recreate the
conditions deep inside the sun and produce film-like sequences of viruses and cells. Machine is called the European
X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL).
NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, the world s most experienced spacewoman, has returned to Earth after clocking
cumulative 665 days in space. The 57-year-old landed after completing 288 days and 4,623 orbits around Earth
during her third ISS mission.
According to an international team of astronomers used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the Earth-sized
planets orbiting the ultracool TRAPPIST-1 dwarf star 40 light-years away may have substantial amounts of water
and could be habitable.
Researchers at Cardiff University, UK have created methanol from methane using oxygen from the air, in an
outstanding breakthrough.
Gurugram-based VVDN, in partnership with Ireland s Embedded Downloads, unveiled blockchain technology-based
smartphone BitVault for ₹ 75,000 a unit.
After orbitting the Red Planet for 16 years, NASA s Mars Odyssey spacecraft has captured its first images of the
Martian moon Phobos.
Japan launched a fourth Michibiki satellite for a new high-precision global positioning system (GPS) it hopes will
encourage new businesses and help spur economic growth.
Astronomers have discovered that a Sun-like star - Dubbed Kronos - lurking around 350 light-years away consumed
the rocky equivalent of 15 Earths.
Scientists from Brown University in the US have created the first map of water trapped in the uppermost layer of
the Moon s soil using data from an instrument aboard India s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft. As per a study says that
this may prove useful to future lunar explorers.
In a bid to boost the health sector, scientists at The University of Manchester have created the world s first
molecular robot which can be used to build molecules and also help discover novel drugs.
Scientists have discovered a very distant galaxy, some 10 thousand million light years away, which is about 1,000
times brighter than the Milky Way.
A group of Indian astronomers have discovered a massive supercluster of galaxies, and have named it Saraswati.
A US-Russia research collaboration at Harvard has created the world s most advanced quantum computer
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Apps Launches/Portal/Helpline
APP/Portal Features/Use
e-RaKAM (Rashtriya Kisan Agri
Mandi)
an e-platform to trade agriculture commodities to ensure better returns to
farmers and access to larger markets to buyers.
AGRI UDAAN programme Launched by Hyderabad-based ICAR-National Academy of Agricultural
Research Management (NAARM).
Selected startups will be trained to develop innovative agriculture products.
Bespoke mobile wallet (mobile
payment App)
State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has launched it.
Has been developed and issued by MobiKwik on behalf of BSNL.
1. MyFASTag (Launched by National
and Highways Authority
2. FASTag Partner of India)
1. Consumer App. A consumer can purchase or recharge FASTags on this App
2. Merchant App. Common Services Centre, banking partners and vehicle
dealers can sell and enroll FASTag through this App
Hire Google has launched Hire , a recruiting app for small- and medium-sized
businesses.
MERIT app (Merit Order Despatch of
Electricity for Rejuvenation of Income
and Transparency) and the e-bidding
portal
The app and the portal would help the states to select Independent Power
Producers (IPPs) for procurement of power by transferring their domestic
coal.
launched by Power Ministry.
GST Rates Finder to enhance the ease of doing business post the rollout of the GST
launched by Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC)
Rail SAARTHI to cater to various passenger requirements, including ticket booking, inquiry,
on-board cleaning and ordering meal on a single platform.
mAadhaar for syncing Aadhaar data on the mobile phone, has been launched by UIDAI
(Unique Identification Authority of India).
Aarambh Mobile App for Road Maintenance
Sagar Vani An Integrated Information Dissemination System. launched by Minister of
Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forests & Climate
Change Dr. Harshvardhan
India Quake An App for Earthquake Parameter Dissemination. launched by Minister of
Science & Technology, Earth Sciences and Environment, Forests & Climate
Change Dr. Harshvardhan
Kaizala Microsoft Kaizala is a Made for India product and brings together the two
disparate worlds of mobile-only messaging apps and a digitally integrated
modern workplace
Defence News
India has successfully test-fired an indigenously developed short-range and Quick Reaction Surface to Air missile
(QRSAM) from Chandipur along the Odisha coast.
Muntra, country s first unmanned tank, rolls out from the Chennai lab.
The US Navy inducted the world s largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford, which is worth over Rs83,000 crore
($12.9 billion) and weighs 1 lakh tonnes.
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Two naval offshore patrol vessels (NOPVs) named Shachi and Shruti delievered to Navy by Reliance Defence and
Engineering Ltd (RDEL).
The U.S. Navy has tested the world s first-ever active laser weapons system, which is now deployed and ready for
war.
Pakistan successfully test fires short-range ballistic missile, Nasr
Warships, submarines, aircraft and personnel from India, Japan and the US will participate in the Malabar 2017
exercise in the Bay of Bengal from July 7-17.
Doppler Weather Radar built by Indian Meteorological Department at Kochi.
A student of Chennai s SRM University, Dacharla Panduranga Rohith developed a Nano Missile on 21 August 2017
recognised by World Records of India.
A six-member all-woman team of the Indian Navy will set sail to circumnavigate the globe on the sailing vessel INSV
Tarini. This is the first-ever Indian circumnavigation of the globe by an all-woman crew. The expedition has been
titled Navika Sagar Parikrama .
India s first private sector missile sub-systems manufacturing facility, a joint venture between the $2.5 billion
Kalyani Group and Israel s Rafael Advanced Defence Systems Ltd., was inaugurated near Hyderabad.
The Indian Coast Guard Ship Varuna, which was part of the First Training Squadron of the Navy, was
decommissioned with full armed forces honours at a ceremony held at the south jetty of the Southern Naval
Command.
The exercise Yudh Abhyas – 2017 between India and USA, will be held from September 14-27 at Joint Base Lewis-
McChord in the US.
An Indian-built Advanced Offshore Patrol Vessel (AOPV) has been commissioned by the Sri Lankan navy at a
ceremony in Colombo harbour. Constructed by the Goa Shipyard Limited (GSL) in India, it is the first-ever brand
new AOPV purchased from a foreign ship builder for Sri Lanka.
Indian Navy s second LCU (landing craft utility) Mark IV L52 ship was commissioned at Port Blair, capital of
Andaman and Nicobar Islands. LCU L52 is the second LCU Mk-IV class ship to be inducted into the Indian Navy.
Proposal passed to buy six Apache AH64E attack helicopters for the army from the United States. They are
expected to cost around Rs 4,168 crore.
The joint military exercise – Surya Kiran between India and Nepal held in in Rupandehi district, Nepal.
Indian Navy and Sri Lankan Navy on 7 September 2017 began the 2017 Sri Lanka-India Exercise (SLINEX) at
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
The Indian Coast Guard has handed over offshore patrol vessel ICGS Varuna to the Sri Lankan Coast Guard. India
has earlier handed over two offshore patrol vessels of the Indian Coast Guard — Varaha in April 2006 and Vigraha
in August 2008. ICGS Varuna, named after sea god Varuna, was commissioned in the Indian Coast Guard in
February 1988.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) twice successfully flight tested Indias indigenously
developed third generation Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) Nag in Rajasthan.
Swedish defence giant Saab and Indian conglomerate Adani group have announced a collaboration in defence
manufacturing entailing billions of dollars of investment, mainly eyeing a contract for single-engine fighter jets for
the Indian Air Force.
An indigenous artillery gun, Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS), being jointly developed by the Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the private sector, during trial firings at Pokhran ranges has
set a new world record in range by hitting targets at a distance of 48 km.
Astra, the beyond visual range air-to-air missile, is all set for production and later induction into the armed forces.
A multi agency exercise was conducted on the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake as the final event of Pralay Sahayam in
Hyderabad.
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A new interceptor boat V-409 built by Bharati Defence and infrastructure limited was launched at Mangalore. The
objective of the boat is to provide coastal security.
The Indian Coast Guard has commissioned two high-speed interceptor boats –C-433 and C-434 (built by L&T
Shipbuilding) — fitted with a 12.7 mm machine gun at the Dighi Port in Mumbai, in a move that will boost security
along the Maharashtra coastline.
For the first time in 22 years, India s first ingenuously built INS Kalavari submarine has been handed over to the
Indian Navy.
INS Tarasa, a Water Jet Fast Attack Craft intended for extended coastal and offshore surveillance and patrolling, has
been commissioned into the Indian Navy.
China has announced commissioning its first radar-evading J-20 stealth fighter jets into military service, giving its air
force an edge in the region. The Chengdu J-20 is China s fourth-generation medium and long-range fighter jet
On the occasion of its 85th anniversary, the Indian Air Force has launched an innovative mobile health App named
`MedWatch in keeping with the Prime Minister s vision of Digital India .
Indian Naval Ships Satpura and Kadmatt will participate in Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with Japanese Marine Self
Defence Force.
Sports News
Tournament Winner Other Info
United States Open Grand Prix HS Prannoy Beat Parupalli Kashyap
Asian Team Snooker Championship Team: Pankaj Advani and
Laxman Rawat
South Australian Open squash title Harinder Pal Sandhu
Ivory Coast International Badminton
Tournament women s singles
Ritika Thaker Beat Simran Singhi
Ivory Coast International Badminton
Tournament women s doubles
Ritika Thaker and Simran Singhi
National Masters snooker tournament (held in
Chennai)
Manudev Beat Alok Kumar
Victorian Open squash tournament Harinder Pal Sandhu Beat Rex Hedrick of Australia
74th National Squash Championships – men s
singles
Saurav Ghoshal
74th National Squash Championships – women s
singles
Joshna Chinappa
Asian Shotgun Championship Ankur Mittal Championship held at Astana,
Kazakhstan
Lagos International challenge – men s singles C Rahul Yadav
Lagos International challenge – men s doubles Manu Attri and B Sumeeth
Reddy
WBO Asia Pacific Super Middleweight title Vijender Singh Beated Chinese opponent
Zulpikar Maimaitiali
Bulgaria Open International Series title
(badminton) – men s singles
Lakshya Sen
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Bulgarian International Future Series
tournament (badminton) – men s singles
Shuttler RMV Gurusaidutt
World Open Under-16 Snooker Championship
title
Anupama Ramachandran Held in Russia
U-15 Asian Junior Championship Shuttler Samiya Imad Farooqui Held in Myanmar
European Racing Championship Mahaveer Raghunathan He became first Indian to win
the race
Gold at Wushu World Championships Pooja Kadian India s first ever gold medal at
the chanpionship
South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Under-15
Championship
India Beat Nepal
MCC-Murugappa Gold Cup Oil and Natural Gas Corporation
(ONGC)
Beat Bengaluru Hockey
National Blitz Chess Championship R.R. Laxman Championship held at Kolkata
74th National Squash Championships – men s
singles
Saurav Ghoshal
Korea Open (Badminton) PV Sindhu She defeated World
Championships gold winner,
Japan s Nozomi Okuhara
2nd South Asian Basketball, SABA, Under – 16
Championship
India Bangladesh finished second
and host Nepal third.
National kickboxing championship Maharashtra Held in Raipur, Chhattisgarh
Men s singles in the tennis event of Asian Indoor
and Martial Arts Games
Sumit Nagal Asian Indoor and Martial Arts
Games held in Ashgabat,
Turkmenistan
Malaysian Squash Tour X event Harinder Pal Sandhu
8th MCC – S R Subramaniam Memorial ITF
Futures Men s tennis championship
Sumit Nagal
57th National Open Athletics Championships
(Men s 500-meter race)
Govindan Lakshmanan
Commonwealth Youth weightlifting
Championship
Konsam Ormila Devi She bagged a gold medal in
44kg weight category. C ship
held at Gold Coast, Australia
World Cadet Chess Championship in the under-
12 category
Divya Deshmukh
Cadet World Wrestling Championship Sonam Malik She won a gold medal by
defeating Japanese Wrestler
Sena Nagamoto
Belgian Junior Open (Badminton) Vaishnavi Reddy
Calcutta Football League (CFL) title East Bengal
UEFA Female Player of the Year award Lieke Martens
#UEL Player of the Season Paul Pogba of france
FIA Formula 3 European Championship Jehan Daruvala (Indian)
Formula One Austrian Grand Prix Valtteri Bottas Sebastian Vettel
Formula One British Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton Valtteri Bottas
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Belgian Grand Prix 2017 Lewis Hamilton Beat Sebastian Vettel
Italian Grand Prix Mercedes Lewis Hamilton Beat Max Verstappen
Singapore Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton Beat Daniel Ricciardo
Japanese Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton
Malaysian Grand Prix
Max Verstappen Beat Lewis Hamilton.
Hungarian F1 Grand Prix Sebastian Vettel Kimi Raikkonen
China Open title (tennis) – men s singles Rafael Nadal
China Open (tennis) – women s singles Caroline Garcia From France
Shanghai Masters Roger Federer Beat Rafael Nadal
2017 US Open (tennis) – Women s singles Sloane Stephens (American) With she won her 1st Grand
Slam.
2017 US Open (tennis) – Men s Doubles Henri Kontinen (Finland), John
Peers (Australia)
2017 US Open (tennis) – Women s Doubles Ekaterina Makarova (Russia),
Elena Vesnina (Russia)
2017 US Open (tennis) – Mixed Doubles Martina Hingis (Switzerland) and
Jamie Murray (British)
Rogers Cup– men s singles Germany s Alexander Zverev Swiss Roger Federer
Rogers Cup– women s singles Elina Svitolina Caroline Wozniacki
Spanish Super Cup Real Madrid Beat Barcelona
FIBA Asia Cup 2017 (Basketball Championship) Australia Beat Iran
Wimbledon 2017 Men s singles Roger Federer (Switzerland) Marin Cilic
Wimbledon 2017 Women s singles Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain) Venus Williams
Wimbledon 2017 Men s doubles Łukasz Ku ot Pola d / Mar elo Melo (Brazil)
Wimbledon 2017 Women s doubles Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) /
Elena Vesnina (Russia)
Wimbledon 2017 Mixed doubles Jamie Murray (United Kingdom)
/ Martina Hingis (Switzerland)
Women s World Cup 2017 England India
FIFA Confederation Cup Football title Germany Chile
Laver Cup 2017 – Men s Singles Roger Federer
Laver Cup 2017 – Men s Doubles Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal
Sports Events
Event Place Extra Info
Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo, Japan
Olympic Games 2024 Paris, France
Olympic Games 2028 Los Angeles, USA
2018 ITTF Team World Cup London International Table Tennis
Federation (ITTF)
Men s World Boxing Championship 2021 India
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Women s World Boxing Championship 2018 India
Ranji Trophy 2017 Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Asian Football Confederation (AFC) U-19
championship in 2018
Indonesia
2022 World Short Course Swimming
Championships
Russia s Kazan
2018 World Short Course Swimming
Championships
China s Hangzhou
2019 edition of the Commonwealth (Youth,
Junior and Senior) Weightlifting Championships
India
Sports
Indian weightlifter Konsam Ormila Devi bagged a gold medal at the Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting
Championships in Kathmandu, Nepal.
India remain 4th in women s cricket team rankings
Jeakson Singh Thounaojam created history at Delhi s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium by scoring India s first goal in a
World Cup during India s match against Colombia.
Yuvraj Singh has been appointed as Laureus first Indian ambassador.
Indian pacer Ashish Nehra confirmed his retirement from all forms of cricket on Nov. 1
Netherlands captain Arjen Robben announced retirement from international football.
All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan became the first cricketer from Bangladesh to be inducted in the MCC World Cricket
Committee under the chairmanship of Mike Gatting.
In a bid to create awareness about para-sports and provide a platform to para sportspersons to narrate their stories
of triumph and adversity,thenationspride.com, the country s first portal dedicated to para-sports has been
launched in Mumbai, Maharashtra.
The U-17 World Cup will set a record of sorts as it will see for the first time a female assistant referee in a FIFA
men s competition this time. Seven female assistant referees from across the world, one from each continent, have
been chosen by FIFA.
Switzerland s Esther Staubli became the first female referee to officiate a match at the FIFA U-17 World Cup when
Japan clashed with New Caledonia in the final round group E match in Kolkata on 14th October 2017.
Official ball for Under-17 football World Cup -- Krasava, a word generally used by Russian sports fans to describe a
striking performance and it is the ultimate praise for a team when they play with creativity and flair.
9 top weightlifting countries suspended by the by the International Weightlifting Federation – Russia, China,
Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, Turkey, and Ukraine.
Australian fast bowler John Hastings announced his retirement from first-class and one-day cricket
Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has decided to suspend the Pakistan Football Federation.
Sachin Siwach clinched a gold medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games.
India won 5 medals in World Para Athletics Championship. Gold: Sundar Gurjar in men s javelin throw.
Maiden Women s Asia Cup of Federation of International Basketball, FIBA began in Bengaluru.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma launched a statewide football grassroots development programme
Mission Football .
Chennai Open renamed Maharashtra Open, to be held in Pune from next year.
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Manpreet Kaur won a gold medal in the Asian Athletics Championships failed dope test.
Indian women s cricket team skipper Mithali Raj has surpassed former England captain Charlotte Edwards to
become the highest run-scorer in the One-Day Internationals (ODI).
Odisha to set up Kalinga International Sports City in Bhubaneswar for mega events.
Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu was awarded the Sportsperson of the Year award by Sports Illustrated magazine.
PV Sindhu Becomes Second Indian To Win Silver At World Badminton Championship.
Pullela Gopichand was conferred with the Coach of the Year award by Sports Illustrated magazine.
Sports Illustrated magazine :: Former sprinter Milkha Singh bagged the Living Legend award, the Lifetime
Achievement award was won by shooter Abhinav Bindra, Inspirational athlete of the year award was won by Deepa
Malik.
Thailand amateur Atthaya Thitikul, 14, has became the youngest winner on the Ladies European Tour.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated The Arena in Ahmedabad, Gujarat one of the most advanced
integrated multi-purpose stadiums.
NBA champion and Finals MVP Kevin Durant of the Golden State Warriors and 3,459 Indian children from the
Reliance Foundation Jr. NBA program set a new Guinness World Record achievement for the world s largest
basketball lesson (multiple venues) ever held.
Indian boxers clinched five gold, two silver and one bronze medal at the event in the Czech Republic - 48th Grand
Prix Usti Nad Labem
India has bagged a gold medal in the skeet mixed team event . The Indian duo of Mairaj Ahmad Khan and Rashmmi
Rathore bagged it for India.
Budding India shooter Shapath Bhardwaj, aged 15, has become the country s youngest athlete to figure in the
government s Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme.
Oinam Bembem Devi Becomes Second Indian Female Footballer To Win The Arjuna Award.
Indian captain Virat Kohli became the leading ODI run-scorer in 2017. Kohli, who has now scored 907 runs this year,
overtook South Africa s Faf du Plessis, who has 814 runs in 2017.
India beat Austria 4-3 to end European tour on a high.
Spain s Ana Carrasco became the first woman to win an individual World Championship motorbike race.
Mark Beaumont, a British cyclist has broken the world record for cycling around the world in 79 days – 44 days
shorter than the previous record.
Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav has become the first Indian spinner and 3rd Indian after Chetan Sharma and Kapil
Dev to take a hat-trick in ODI cricket.
Lionel Messi becomes the first player to score 350 La Liga goals
Legendary Sprinter Usain Bolt retires.
England's all-time leading goalscorer Wayne Rooney has announced his retirement from international football.
Neymar has completed his record-shattering transfer from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain, signing a five-year
deal with the French club after it triggered his 222 million euros ($263m) release clause. The 25-year-old Brazil
forward is committed to PSG until June 2022.
U-19 cricket Asia Cup to be held in November 2017 has been shifted from Bengaluru to Malaysia following the
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) s objection to the tournament being held in India.
USA tops the IAAF World Championships 2017 medal tally (30 medals). It was held in London. Hero-the Hedgehog
was a Mascot of 2017 IAAF World Championships and Whizbee-the Bee was the Mascot for the Para Athletics.
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the revamped Khelo India
programme at a cost of Rs.1,756 crore for the period 2017-18 to 2019-20.
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The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has formally awarded to Goa the rights to host the 36th National Games
which is going to take place in 2018.
Birmingham has been named as the British government s choice to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
India becomes 1st visiting country to inflict 5-0 whitewash on Sri Lanka
India beat Australia by 5 wickets in the third ODI played between the two sides at Indore. The victory helped them
to pip South Africa to claim the no. 1 spot in the ICC ODI rankings. This now means that India is now at the top of
both the Test and ODI rankings.
The World Senior Badminton Championship began at Kochi. It is for the first time that India is hosting the
Championship.
Asia Road Racing Championship started from 22nd September in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
South Asian Championship to be held in Guwahati from December 6-10.
For the first time, Five Indians are in the top-20 of the BWF men s singles rankings with H S Prannoy being the
biggest gainer after his quarterfinal showing at the Japan Open. Prannoy has jumped four places to be world no.15.
The 5 Indian Shuttlers in the top 20 BWF men s singles rankings are – Kidambi Srikanth (8th), HS Prannoy (15th), B
Sai Praneeth (17th), Sameer Verma (19th), Ajay Jayaram (20th)
Five-time world champion and Olympic bronze medalist MC Mary Kom has become the first Indian to be picked as
International Boxing Association s (AIBA) representative for the IOC Athletes Forum, scheduled in November.
MS Dhoni has became the first wicketkeeper to have 100 stumpings to his names in one-day international. Dhoni
surpassed former Sri Lankan wicket-keeper Kumar Sangakkara, who had 99 stumpings in 404 matches.
Indian captain Virat Kohli became the fastest player to score 15,000 runs in international cricket during the one-off
T20I against Sri Lanka.
The renowned Indian Badminton legend Prakash Padukone has been selected for the first life time award by
Badminton Association of India. He has been selected for the award for his contributions to Badminton.
The captain of the Indian basketball team, Amritpal Singh scripted history by becoming the first Indian-born player
to be picked up by an Australian NBL team.
Windies cricketer Chris Gayle became the first batsman to hit 100 sixes in T20I cricket. Gayle achieved the feat in
his 49th T20I innings during the one-off T20I against England at Chester-le-Street.
Asian Games gold medallist Priyanka Panwar has been handed over a ban of eight years by National Anti-Doping
Agency (NADA) after she tested positive for a banned performance enhancing drug for the second time.
The present Chief Coach of India senior women Hockey Team, Waltherus Norbertus Maria Marijne is appointed as
the Chief Coach of Indian Senior Men Hockey Team. Also, Shri Harendra Singh, Dronacharya Awardee, Hockey
Coach as High Performance Specialist Coach for Indian Senior Women Hockey Team.
FIFA U-17 World Cup song officially launched - Called Kar Ke Dikhla De Goal , the song has been written by lyricist
Amitabh Bhattacharya and composed by Pritam.
India has bagged a Gold and two Silver medals in the Men s Double trap event at the ISSF World Shotgun
Championship in Moscow. India won the Gold in the Junior team section of the event with a combined score of
401.
Acting on the recommendations of the Olympic Task Force on preparations for Olympics 2020-2028, the Sports
Ministry has announced the setting up of an Empowered Steering Committee (ESC) to look into the same. The task
force with members such as Abhinav Bindra and P Gopichand had submitted its interim report focussing on short-
term preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Games on May 22.
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Hockey India has sacked national coach Roelant Oltmans after a string of unimpressive outings at the international
level.
England s top tier football club Tottenham Hotspur has unveiled the world s first-ever dividing retractable pitch at
its new stadium. The retractable grass football pitch will sit on top of an artificial pitch which will be used by
American football league NFL
Official Slogan and Emblem of FIFA Women s World Cup France 2019. - The slogan of the tournament Dare To
Shine reflects the development of football, especially women s football.
Committee
Head of Committee Purpose
PM Narendra Modi Government of India will commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Father of the
Nation Mahatma Gandhi during the period from 2nd October, 2019 to 2nd October,
2020.
Rajiv Kumar (NITI Aayog
Vice Chairman)
For proper management of water resources in the North-Eastern region
G Rohini (Delhi High Court s
former Chief Justice)
To examine subcategorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) under Article 340 of
the Constitution
Himanta Biswa Sarma To make the composition scheme more attractive and to revisit the goods and services
tax rates on restaurants. Sarma is Assam finance minister.
Shashi Tharoor A parliamentary committee has decided to examine the whole gamut of Sino-Indian
relations, including the border situation.
PV Reddi Law ministry nod to panel to look into pay hike issue of lower court judges
Afzal Amanullah Committee appointed by the government on Haj Policy has recommended phasing out
of subsidy for Haj pilgrims and allowing women devotees above 45 years of age to
travel in a group of at least four without a male.
K. Viswanathan Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has set up a committee on fair market
conduct .
Justice B N Srikrishna To study various issues relating to data protection in the country and suggest a draft
data protection Bill. Formed by Union Government.
Justice BN Srikrishna To review the Institutionalization of Arbitration Mechanism in India has submitted its
report.
Maj. General (Retired) B C
Khanduri
Committee has recently recommended 100% pension to widow of deceased soldier
Committee of joint
secretaries
Constituted by GOI for ensuring enhanced affordability, availability and accessibility of
drugs for the citizens.
K Rajeswara Rao To review the National Mineral Policy, 2008, and suggest a new framework will submit
its report by October-end.
Tarun Ramadorai Committee on Household Finance has suggested that banks link their home loan rates
to the RBI s repo rate, the rate at which it lends to banks, instead of the Marginal Cost
of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR).
D.B. Shekatkar The government has accepted the first batch of 65 recommendations of the Lt General
D.B. Shekatkar (retd) committee which will result in redeployment of 57,000 personnel
for various other required duties.
Dr. Rajiv Kumar NITI Aayog has constituted an Expert Task Force to provide a major thrust to job
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creation by enhancing India s exports. It will be headed by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Dr.
Rajiv Kumar.
Bhupender Yadav The Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017 has been referred to a Joint
Parliamentary Committee of both the Houses, under the Chairpersonship of Shri
Bhupender Yadav, M.P for examination and presenting a Report to the Parliament.
Sushil Kumar Modi (Bihar
Deputy Chief Minister)
The Union Finance Ministry has constituted Group of Ministers (GoM) to monitor and
resolve IT challenges faced in implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST).
Dilip C Chakraborty The RBC (risk-based capital) committee headed by Dilip C Chakraborty in its report to
Irdai suggested that the industry should move ahead with RBC to ensure that capital
held by a company will take into account its overall risk profile.
Bibek Debroy The Economic Advisory Council headed by NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy will be an
independent body for giving advice on economic and related issues to the government,
especially to the Prime minister.
T.K. Viswanathan The Home Ministry is examining a report submitted by a high-level committee formed
to propose new laws or amendments to deal with hate speech on the internet. The
committee, headed by T.K. Viswanathan submitted its report to the Union Home
Ministry recently.
Rankings
Index India s Rank Other Information
2017 Global Retirement Index 43rd (last) Index given by French asset
management company Natixis Global.
Switzerland, Norway and Iceland
topped the ranking.
World Economic Forum s (WEF)
Global Human Capital Index
103 Topped by Norway
World Economic Forum s (WEF)
Global Competitiveness Index
40 Topped by Switzerland
Kochenov Quality of Nationality
Index (QNI)
101 Topped by Germany
Nuclear Power Installations 3rd (number of nuclear reactors
being installed is 6)
Topped by China (number of nuclear
reactors being installed is 20)
Foreign investor into the UK 4th 1st - USA
Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 23rd 1st – Singapore
released by the UN telecommunications
agency International
Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Sustainable Development Goals
Index
116th 1st - Sweden
Global index of countries with
the most confidence in their
government
1st 73 per cent Indians have faith in the
Narendra Modi led NDA coalition, the
highest in the world
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Fastest growing economy in the
world according to the World
Bank s latest edition of the
Global Economic Prospects
4th 1st - Estonia
Index that rates countries by
their commitment to reducing
inequality
132nd 1st - Sweden
In terms of money parked by its
citizens with Swiss banks
88th 1st – United Kingdom
Biggest beef exporter 3rd 1st – Brazil
According to OECD-FAO Agricultural
Outlook 2017-2026 report released by
Food and Agriculture Organisation
(FAO) and the Organisation for
Economic Cooperation (OECD)
Global Hunger Index (GHI), 2017 100th
Most valuable nation brand 8th 1st – USA
According to Brand Finance s Nation
Brands 2017
Global Retail Development Index 1 India replaced China at numero uno
position
India leapt up the global rankings by 12 places to take the 14th spot in terms of best country for expats to live
and work in, says a HSBC survey. Topped by Singapore.
India is the most corrupt Asian country with 69 per cent bribery rates, according to a report by Transparency
International.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that India ranked third among the countries that have faced the
most natural disasters in the last half century. The United States experienced the most disasters
Loans from Banks
From To Amount Purpose
World Bank India US $ 1 billion For funding Institutional Development and for
construction of priority infrastructure projects
for municipal waste water treatment and solid
waste treatment on the main stem of Ganga in
the five Ganga basin states of Uttarakhand,
Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar and West
Bengal.
World Bank India $24.64 million
from the Global
Environment
Facility (GEF) of
the World Bank
for ecosystem service improvement project
World Bank India $ 125 million For Innovate in India (i3), a National
Biopharma Mission aimed at accelerating
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biopharmaceutical development in the
country.
Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank (AIIB)
India US$ 329 million For Gujarat Rural Roads Project
AIIB Gujarat $329 million to build access roads to 4,000 villages in
Gujarat
Asian Development Bank
(ADB)
India US$ 3 billion to
US$ 4 billion
For ADB s Indian Operations including support
for infrastructure projects. For the period
2018-22
ADB Power Grid
Corp
US$ 500 million For Power Grid Corp s various projects.
ADB IndusInd
Bank
USD 200 million
(about Rs 1,282
crore)
The seven-year senior loan will go toward
IndusInd Bank s microfinance activities. The
loan specially will be used to serve low income
women borrowers in rural areas
ADB West Bengal $300 million To continue a comprehensive series of fiscal
reforms in West Bengal to bring about more
accessible, affordable, and high quality public
services
ADB India $4 billion ADB has extended the lending to support the
country to accelerate inclusive economic
transformation
ADB Himachal
Pradesh
USD 80 million
(about Rs 524
crore)
For modernisation of Himachal Pradesh s
technical and vocational education and
training (TVET) institution
ADB India $220 million for improving connectivity as well as transport
efficiency and safety on State Highways of
Rajasthan.
New Development Bank China, India
and Russia
US$ 1.4 billion out
of which US$ 470
million to India
Total amount for sustainable development
project in 3 countries.
Loan to India for Madhya Pradesh s Multi-
Village Rural Drinking Water Supply Scheme
Project.
ICICI Bank NTPC
Limited
Rs. 3,000-cr For partially funding NTPC s capital
expenditure.
NABARD Rajasthan
government
Rs 1,350-cr For creation of rural infrastructure in the state
under the Rural Infrastructure Development
Fund (RIDF).
National Bank for
Agriculture and Rural
Development (Nabard)
Haryana Rs 119 crore To construct seven bridges and improvement
of one rural road project in five districts of
Haryana.
NABARD Andhra
Pradesh
Govt.
Rs. 273.06 crore Loan under Rural Infrastructure Development
Fund (RIDF) for Rural Water supply, Road and
Bridge projects.
AIIB and ADB India USD 100 million To improve power transmission network and
expand the use of solar and wind energy
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European Investment
Bank (EIB)
India € illio For Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase II Line
R6
India Bangladesh USD 4.5-billion For developing Bangladesh s infrastructure,
health and education.
India Ethiopia India would give Ethiopia a line of credit of
USD 195 million for power transmission sector
and medicines worth USD 2 million.
So far, the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) mega-project was being developed only with the Indian
government s financial assistance. Now a $4.5 billion soft loan from Japan International Cooperation Agency
will be used to boost $100 bn Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor project.
Deadlines/ Important Dates
What for Deadline/Date
Deadline for banks to set up enrollment centres within their premises. If the banks fail
to do so,UIDAI will impose Rs 20,000 as fine per uncovered branch after September 30
September 30, 2017
Aadhaar now mandatory to identify deceased while registering death from October 1, 2017
For linking Aadhaar to various government schemes for benefits (includes linking bank
accounts)
December 31, 2017
Deadline for sale of pre-GST goods with stickers of revised rates. Earlier it was
September 30.
December 31, 2017
AC truck cabins must by December 31 2017
Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has banned the use of stapler
pins in tea bags effective from
January 1, 2018.
Medical devices will have to mandatorily carry maximum retail price (MRP) on
packages from
January 1, 2018.
The price of a packaged good would no longer depend on where you bought it — be it
a local kirana store, a mall, a five-star hotel or an airport from
January 1, 2018
To meet affordable housing targets, the Centre has extended the benefits of the
interest subsidy scheme on home loans under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana or
PMAY (Urban). Earlier it was till December 2017
March 2019
Rankings (Persons,Cities,Organisations and Others)
Three Indian firms — Hindustan Unilever, Asian Paints and Bharti Airtel — are among Forbes list of the world s 100
most innovative companies, where Salesforce.com has replaced Tesla Motors on the top position.
According to research agency Kantar Millward Brown, HDFC Bank retained its No 1 position in the BrandZ India top
50, doubling its brand value since 2014 with a sustained focus on improving services.
Tata Consultancy Services, a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation, has been
recognised in Fortune s annual list of the Top 50 companies that are changing the world. mKrishi developed by TCS
got 30th rank. JPMorgan Chase topped the list.
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In the World University Rankings 2018, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was the highest ranked institute from
the country, but it slipped from the 201-250 band to the 251-300 one.
New Delhi s Connaught Place has been ranked as the tenth most expensive office market in the world, as revealed
by the CBRE South Asia s Global Prime Office Rents survey. Hong Kong s Central Markettopped the survey ranking.
Apple topped the list of the world s 100 most valuable brands, according to rankings by consultancy group
Interbrand. Apple is followed by Google.
According to a study by Zipjet, a UK-based start-up, German city Stuttgart is the least stressed out city in the world.
Out of the 150 cities, Bengaluru stands at 130, Kolkata at 131 and Mumbai at 138 and Delhi is ranked 142. The most
stressed city in the world is Baghdad.
Reliance Industries Ltd has jumped five places to rank as the world s third-biggest energy company behind Russian
gas firm Gazrpom and German utility E.ON, according to Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings.
Three Indian entrepreneurial legends, Ratan Tata, Lakshmi Mittal and Vinod Khosla have been included in Forbes s
special list of the world s 100 Greatest Living Business Minds .
Patanjali Ayurved CEO Acharya Balkrishna has been named among India s top 10 richest people for the first time in
Hurun Rich List 2017, with a wealth of ₹70,000 crore. Mukesh Ambani retains the richest Indian title for the sixth
year.
Forbes – Priyanka Chopra is eighth highest paid TV actress, Sofia Vergara tops the list
Google, Bharat Heavy Electricals and State Bank of India have been named as the top three best places to work in
India by leading global job site Indeed.
Bengaluru is the world s most affordable technology hub, according to a study conducted by a realty consultancy
firm.
Singapore Airlines has been rated the world s best airline in a survey by the Travel and Leisure magazine.
San Miguel de Allende in Mexico has been named the World s Best City in a survey by Travel and Leisure magazine,
while Udaipur has been ranked 14th.
The Energy Resources Institute (TERI) has been ranked as the second best climate think tank in the world.
Maharashtra, followed by Delhi and Haryana are the biggest culprits, topping the list in complaints for illegal sex
selection clinics under Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (PC & PNDT) (Prohibition of Sex
Selection) Act, 1994 and Rules.
India reported the highest levels of online harassment through cyberstalking and threats of physical violence in the
Asia Pacific region, higher than countries like Australia and Japan, a report by Norton by Symantec.
With 13.7 per cent contribution to the global pharmaceuticals and biotechnology workforce, India has emerged as
the 2nd largest market for the industry, a report by professional networking giant LinkedIn has revealed.
London has retained its rank as the number one city in the world shrugging off Brexit worries, according to Global
Power City Index (GPCI).
Japanese capital city Tokyo has topped The Economist Intelligence Unit s Safe Cities Index 2017. Delhi and Mumbai
have ranked 43rd and 45th respectively.
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Current Monetary Policy Rates
As of 25 September 2017, the key indicators are
Inflation 3.36%
Policy Repo Rate 6.00%
Reverse Repo Rate 5.75%
MSF 6.25%
Bank rate 6.25%
CRR 4%
SLR 20.00%
GDP Growth rates predictions (updated ones)
Agency 2017-18 2018-19
World Bank 7.0% -
IMF 6.7% 7.4%
RBI 6.7% -
Ind-Ra 6.7% -
Fitch 6.9% -
ADB 7.0% 7.4%
HSBC 7.1% -
OECD 6.7% 7.7%
Asia will continue to lead global growth: IMF (5.5 per cent for 2017 and 5.4 per cent for 2018)
India s Current Account Deficit is expected to grow by 1.6% from 0.5% in this fiscal year: Nomura
RBI: the Gross Value Added (GVA) at 6.7 per cent in 2017-18
IMF forecast that the global economy will grow by 3.6 per cent in 2017 and 3.7 per cent in 2018
GDP to remain below 6 per cent in second quarter of 2017-18: SBI report
Books
Book Author/s Other Info
Khushwant Singh: In Wisdom and in
Jest
Vijay Narain Shankar and Onkar
Singh
On noted author and journalist
Khushwant Singh
Kadve Vachan Jain saint Acharya Tarun Sagar
Maharaj
The world s shortest woman Jyoti Amge
unveiled this 51-feet high book.
I am HIV positive, so what? Jayanta Kalita On the career of Manipur bodybuilder, K
Pradipkumar Singh, known for his
personal struggle against HIV AIDS
I Do What I Do: On Reform, Rhetoric &
Resolve
Former RBI Governor Raghuram
Rajan
Published by HarperCollins India.
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How India Sees the World: Kautilya to
the 21st Century
Shyam Saran He is Former Foreign Secretary
100 things every professional cricketer
must know
The Board of Control for Cricket in India
(BCCI) issued players handbook that
covers several issues from money
managing to managing emotions. The
book is also in line with Lodha
recommendations.
Hit Refresh Satya Nadella He is India-born Microsoft CEO
Unstoppable: My Life So Far Maria Sharapova She is Russian tennis player
A to Z of Financial Management in
Autonomous Institutions
Dr. Rajat Bhargava and
Deenanath Pathak
The book is book on financial
management.
President Pranab Mukherjee – A
Statesman
Published by The Statesman.
Indira Gandhi: A Life in Nature Jairam Ramesh Former union minister
Making of A Legend A coffee table book on Prime Minister
Narendra Modi s life.
Compiled by Sulabh International
Founder Bindeshwar Pathak
Guru-Sangraha Prepared by National Book Trust
of India.
It is a compilation of convocation
addresses given by Shri Pranab
Mukherjee.
The Coalition Years — 1996-2012 Pranab Mukherjee s
autobiography
Third volume of book released in October
2017
Obituaries
Name Profession Other Info
Santosh Mohan Dev Politician Former Heavy Industries Union Minister
Sanwar Lal Jat Politician Former Minister of State for Water Resources in the
Narendra Modi government
Prabhakarpant Ojharkar Politician
Gyan Singh Sohanpal Politician Former West Bengal Minister, freedom fighter and
ten-time legislator.
Fondly called Chacha (uncle)
Rishang Keishing Politician Former Manipur chief minister and Rajya Sabha MP
Sultan Ahmed Politician Former Union minister and sitting Trinamool
Congress MP
Jomde Kena Politician Arunachal Pradesh Health and Family Welfare
Minister
Shivajirao Patil Politician Congress leader, freedom fighter and former
Maharashtra Minister
Nar Bahadur Bhandari Politician Former Chief Minister of Sikkim
N. Dharam Singh Politician Former Chief Minister of Karnataka
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Syed Mustafiz Politician Former Odisha health minister
M L Fotedar Politician He was a veteran Congress leader who was a close
confidante of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi
and Rajiv Gandh
Kiyanilie Peseyie Politician Former Speaker of the Nagaland Assembly and
sitting MLA
Alwar Mahant
Chandnath
Politician He was Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from
Rajasthan s Alwar
K.R Aravindakshan Politician He was Communist Party Marxist State General
Secretary
Purushottam Lal Politician Former Minister for Information and Broadcasting
PVRK Prasad Bureaucrat Senior Retired IAS Officer and Additional Secretary
to former PM Narasimha Rao
Satish Chandra Historian Veteran historian of medieval India and noted
educational administrator
Pushpa Mitra Bhargava Scientist
L.N. Shastry Singer-musician Kannada
Ustad Hussain
Sayeeduddin Dagar
Dhrupad maestro
Shanta Serbjeet Singh Dance critic Also Sangeet Natak Akademi member
Kundan Shah Director
Ramananda Sengupta Cinematographer India's oldest cinematographer
Vijay Nambisan Poet and Writer
Ahmed Khan Football Player Double Olympian and one of the biggest and
brightest stars in Indian football history
Sitaram Panchal Actor
Shanmugasundaram Actor Tamil
Shobha Sen (also
known as Sova Sen)
Actress Bengali theatre and film actress
Shakila Actress Bollywood actress
Tom Alter Actor Padma Shri awardee and veteran film, television and
theatre actor, director and writer
R N Sudarshan Actor South Indian
Dwijen Bandyopadhyay Actor Bengali
Abdul Majid Actor An icon of the Assamese film industry, an eminent
actor, Director and writer
KS Chugh Doctor He is known as the father of nephrology in India. He
was a recipient of several national and international
awards, including the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest
civilian award, in 2000.
P.P. Antony Former national women s hockey
coach
Shirish Pai Poet Marathi poet and activist
Arun Sadhu Journalist journalist and Renowned Marathi writer
Gauri Lankesh Journalist
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RM Bhagawati Journalist veteran Guwahati-based journalist and editor of
Dainik Asam, oldest Assamese daily newspaper
Bismoy Kumar Mohanty Journalist
HM Marathe Marathi writer and journalist
P P Rao Senior Advocate He was a constitutional law expert
Niharendu Mallick Player Indian shuttler
Brian Aldiss Author He is from United Kingdom. Known as grand old
man of science fiction.
Yisrael Kristal World s oldest man. Dies aged 113
years
Born in Poland
Violet Mosse–Brown World s oldest person. Dies aged
117 years
She was from Jamaica. Following her death, 117-
year-old Japanese woman Nabi Tajima, born on
August 4, 1900, has become the world s oldest
person.
Tobe Hoope Director American
Paul Saheb known as S
Paul
Photography
Angel Nieto Spanish Motorcycling legend
Sam Shepard American Playwright also praised as an actor, screenwriter, and director
Sir Bruce Forsyth TV entertainer and showbiz legend
Ralphie May Comedian American
Jerry Lewis Actor and comic legend American
Dick Gregory Stand-up comedian, actor and civil
rights activist
American
Betty Cuthbert Player Australian Olympic legend
Stephen Wooldridge Player Australia s former Olympic and world cycle
champion
Tom Pritchard Cricketer Zealand s oldest cricketer
Ted Corbett Sports Journalist Born in England
Dr Ruth Pfau Doctor A German Doctor
Popularly known as Pakistan s Mother Teresa
Nirupam Sen Former Indian diplomat former Indian Permanent Representative to the UN
Ravinder Randev Journalist
Madhukar Toradmal Marathi actor-writer
Sumita Sanyal Bengali actress
Naresh Chandra Former Indian Ambassador to U.S.
Mangesh Tendulkar Renowned cartoonist
Bidisha Bezbaruah Singer and Actor Assamese actor and singer
Inder Kumar Actor
K.E. Mammen Gandhian and freedom fighter
Gandhian and freedom
fighter
Freedom fighter and social worker
Yash Pal Scientist
Udupi Ramachandra Rao Scientist
UR Rao had launched India s first satellite Aryabhatta in 1975. He was the first Indian to be inducted in the Satellite
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Hall of Fame – Washington in 2013 and in International Astronautics Federation (IAF) in 2016.
Harry Dean Stanton Actor American
Frank Vincent Actor American
Richard Anderson Actor American
Walter Becker Guitarist He was America s legendary guitarist, bassist and co-
writer for the sophisticated, dark-humored band
Steely Dan
Charles Bradley Singer American
John Ashbery Poet American
Tony de Brum Politician Former Marshall Islands foreign minister.
Also champion of Paris climate agreement.
Elsa Martinelli Italian actress
Simone Veil European feminist politician first woman elected to lead the European
Parliament in 1979
Joseph Robinson English actor
Marty Sklar Legendary Disney Imagineer
Liu Xiaobo China s most famous political prisoner, the Nobel
laureate and democracy icon
Maryam Mirzakhani Professor Iranian mathematician and a professor of
mathematics
Martin Landau Actor Oscar-winning American actor
Red West Actor-songwriter American
Arjan Singh, pride Marshal of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and India s oldest, five-star ranked air force officer has passed
away.
Arjan Singh was the only officer of the IAF to be given a distinction equal to that of a Field Marshal.
In 2016, the IAF named its Panagarh (West Bengal) air base after Arjan Singh on the occasion of his 97th birth
anniversary. The Panagarh base would be called Air Force Station Arjan Singh. He was the only living officer to have a
base named after him.
Important Days October
Date Day Extra Info
01 October International Day of Older
Persons
2017 Theme: Stepping into the Future:
Tapping the Talents, Contributions and
Participation of Older Persons in Society.
02 October Gandhi Jayanti, International Day
of Non-Violence
02 October 2017 World Habitat Day First Monday of October. 2017 Theme:
Housing Policies: Affordable Homes.
03 October 2017 World Architecture Day First Monday of every October. 2017 Theme:
Climate Change Action!
4th to 10th October World Space Week 2017 Theme: Exploring New Worlds in Space
05 October World Teachers Day 2017 Theme: Teaching in Freedom,
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Empowering Teachers
08 October 85th Indian Air Force Day
09 October World Post Day
9th to 14th October Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Week 2017 Theme: Beti Bachao Beti Padhao Week-
The Daughters of New India
10 October World Mental Health Day 2017 Theme: Mental health in the workplace
10th to 14th October India water Week-2017 2017 Theme: Water and Energy for Inclusive
Growth
11 October International Day of the Girl
Child
2017 Theme: EmPOWER girls: Before, during
and after conflict"
12 October World Arthritis Day 2017 Theme: It s in your hands, take action
12 October 2017 World Sight Day: Observed on second Thursday of October
2017 Theme: Make Vision Count
13 October International Day for Disaster
Reduction
14 October International Standards Day
15 October International Day of Rural
Women
16 October World Food Day
17 October International Day for the
Eradication of Poverty
2017 Theme: Answering the Call of October 17
to end poverty: A path toward peaceful and
inclusive societies
20 October World Osteoporosis Day
20 October World Statistics Day
24 October United Nations Day Potential in Diversity
24 October World Polio Day
27 October World Day for Audiovisual
Heritage
2017 Theme: Discover, remember and share
28 October National Ayurveda Day
29 October World Stroke Day
29 October International Internet Day
31 October World Cities Day 2017 Theme: Innovative Governance, Open
Cities. The general theme of World Cities Day
is Better City, Better Life.
31 October World Savings Day
31 October Rashtriya Ekta Diwas(National
Unity Day)
25 Oct - 1 Nov 2017 Global Media and Information
Literacy Week
2017 Theme: Media and Information Literacy
in Critical Times: Re-Imagining Ways of
Learning and Information Environments
30 Oct - 4 Nov 2017 Vigilance Awareness week 2017 Theme: My Vision - Corruption Free india
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Nobel Prize Winners
Award Winner For What
2017 Nobel Prize in
Physiology or Medicine
Americans Jeffrey C. Hall,
Michael Rosbash and Michael
W. Young
for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms
controlling the circadian rhythm .
2017 Nobel physics prize Americans Rainer Weiss, Barry
C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne
for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector
and the observation of gravitational waves .
2016 Nobel Prize in
Chemistry
Swiss Jacques Dubochet,
German Joachim Frank and
British Richard Henderson
for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the
high-resolution structure determination of
biomolecules in solution .
2017 Nobel Peace Prize International Campaign to
Abolish Nuclear Weapons
(ICAN) headquartered in
Geneva, Switzerland
for its work to draw attention to the
catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any
use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-
breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based
prohibition of such weapons .
2017 The Sveriges Riksbank
Prize in Economic Sciences in
Memory of Alfred Nobel
American Richard H. Thaler for his contributions to behavioural economics .
2017 Nobel Prize in Literature British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro who, in novels of great emotional force, has
uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense
of connection with the world .
Other News in Detail
Goods and Services Tax (GST) Launched
On July 1, India launched its ambitious pan-India indirect tax regime, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to bind the
country into a regime of one nation, one tax, one market . The Goods and Services Tax (GST) was first proposed
17 years ago.
Press Information Bureau, has launched a special page for the Goods and Services Tax. The webpage can be
accessed on http://pib.nic.in/gst.
GST Council has reduced the tax rate on fertiliser to 5 per cent from previously decided 12 per cent.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has launched Aaykar Setu — an e-initiative for the Income tax Department to
directly communicate with the taxpayers and aimed at providing information on useful tax services.
IT major Dell EMC and enterprise solutions provider SAP have announced a comprehensive digital Enterprise
Resource Planning (ERP) solutions GST in a Box solution for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to get
GST ready.
The Finance Ministry has announced that gifts of above Rs 50,000 value in a year, when given by the employer to
the employee without consideration and outside the contractual agreement, will come under the ambit of Goods
and Services Tax (GST)
Businesses with turnover of up to Rs 20 lakh (Rs 10 lakh in special category states) are exempt from GST.
Buying and selling of second-hand goods will not attract Goods and Services Tax (GST) if sold at a price cheaper
than the purchase price
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The government has launched a GST training programme to skill around two lakh youths in six months to handle
tax compliance issues like invoice making. The people would be trained under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas
Yojana (PMKVY).
CBDT softens cash transaction norms
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has exempted certain cash transactions from the purview of the Rs. 2-lakh
restriction introduced in this year s Budget as part of efforts to promote the digital economy. The Finance Act 2017 banned
cash transaction of 2 lakh rupees or above with effect 1st of April this year.
Five categories of transactions have now been kept out of this restriction through an executive order from CBDT. These
are:
money received by a business correspondent on behalf of a bank or cooperative bank;
receipt by a white label ATM operator from retail outlet sources on behalf of a bank or cooperative bank;
receipt from an agent by an issuer of prepaid instruments; and
receipt by a company or institution issuing credit cards against bills raised in respect of one or more credit cards.
Also, money received on account of an award or reward instituted by Central or State government would now not be
covered under the 2-lakh cash transaction limit.
8th IIFA Awards 2017: List of Winners
The 18th edition of the International Indian Film Academy Awards was held in New York. Sonam Kapoor s film Neerja
won the best film award. Actor Shahid Kapoor earned the Best Actor award for his role in Udta Punjab, while Alia Bhatt won
the Best Actor (Female) award for the same film.
Here s the complete list of the IIFA 2017 winners:
Best Film- Neerja
Best Director- AnirudhRoy Chaudhary for Pink
Best Actor (Male)- Shahid Kapoor for Udta Punjab
Best Actor (Female)- Alia Bhatt for Udta Punjab
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Female)- Shabana Azmi for Neerja
Best Actor in Supporting Role (Male)- Anupam Kher for MS Dhoni: The Untold Story
Best Debutant (Female): Disha Patani for M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
Best Debut (Male)- Diljit Dosanjh for Udta Punjab
Best Lyricist- Amitabh Bhattacharya for the song Channa Mere Ya from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Playback Singer (Male)- Amit Mishra for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Playback Singer (Female)- Kanika Kapoor for Udta Punjab and Tulsi Kumar for Airlift
Best Music Direction- Pritam for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Best Actor In Comic Role- Varun Dhawan for Dishoom
Myntra Style Icon Award- Alia Bhatt
IIFA Woman Of The Year- Tapsee Pannu
6th Big Zee Entertainment Awards 2017 (ZEA 2017) Winners
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Best Actor (Male) – Shahid Kapoor (Udta Punjab)
Best Actor (Female) – Alia Bhatt (Udta Punjab)
Most Entertaining Actor in Drama (Male) – Amitabh Bachchan
Best Action Hero – Tiger Shroff (Baaghi)
Most Entertaining Actor in Drama (Female) – Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Most Entertaining Dancer – Tiger Shroff (Beat Pe Booty)
हिट थ,े हिट रिेंगे Award – Anupam Kher
Most Entertaining Actor Comedy – Abhishek Bachchan (Housefull 3)
FM launches new pension scheme PMVVY for senior citizens
The Union Minister for Finance, Defence and Corporate Affairs has formally launched the Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana
Yojana (PMVVY) for elderly with 8 per cent fixed rate of interest on their savings in New Delhi.
PMVVY is a Pension Scheme announced by the Government of India exclusively for the senior citizens available from 4th
May, 2017 to 3rd May, 2018. It can be purchased offline as well as online through Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India
which has been given the sole privilege to operate this scheme
Scheme provides an assured return of 8% p.a. payable monthly (equivalent to 8.30% p.a. effective) for 10 years.
Pension is payable at the end of each period, during the policy term of 10 years, as per the frequency of monthly/
quarterly/ half-yearly/ yearly as chosen by the pensioner at the time of purchase.
The scheme is exempted from Service Tax/ GST.
Supreme Court Declares Right to Privacy as Fundamental Right
The Supreme Court of India pronounced that individual privacy is a fundamental right protected by the Constitution. A
nine-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice of India J.S. Khehar ruled that the right to
privacy is intrinsic to life and liberty, thus coming under Article 21, and comes under the various fundamental freedoms in
PART III of the Indian Constitution.
All the nine judges arrive at the same conclusion, though through different but concurring judgments, that right to
privacy is intrinsic to right to life and liberty. With this now India has total seven fundamental rights.
Right to equality, Right to freedom, Right against exploitation, Right to freedom of religion, Cultural and
Educational rights, and Right to constitutional remedies are the 6 fundamental rights of India.
Modi, Abe kick off India s first bullet train
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe laid the foundation stone for the proposed
Ahmedabad-Mumbai High-Speed Rail Network, commonly known as the bullet train, in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Around Rs 1.10 lakh crore will be spent on the Mumbai to Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) Project that is
being partially funded by Japan. Out of the Rs 1,10,000 crore, Japan is giving a loan of Rs 88,000 crore.
The interest on this loan is minimal at 0.1 per cent and it is to be repaid in 50 years, with a grace period of 15 years.
On the Ahmedabad-Mumbai route, total 12 stations have been proposed.
It is expected to reduce travel time between the two cities from seven to three hours.
With this, India has become the first to import the iconic Shinkansen bullet-train technology after Taiwan.
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56 years in the making: PM Modi inaugurates the Sardar Sarovar Dam, dedicates to nation
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who celebrated his 67th birthday today (17th September), inaugurated and dedicated to
the nation the India s biggest and the world s second-biggest dam Sardar Sarovar Dam, in Kevadia, Gujarat, nearly six
decades after its foundation stone was laid.
Electricity from the dam will majorly benefit Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Gujarat.
The foundation stone of the dam was laid on April 5, 1961 by the country s first prime minister Jawaharlal Lal
Nehru. However, it took 56 years to complete its construction.
The inaugural event also sees the culmination of the fortnight-long Narmada Mahotsav – launched by the Gujarat
government to celebrate the completion of the work.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is observing Sewa Diwas to mark the occasion.
World s biggest dam is Grand Coulee Dam in the United States.
Government launches Saubhagya scheme for household electrification
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana Saubhagya electricity scheme to provide 24×7
power to all families across India at the BJP s National Executive meet and on the occasion of birth anniversary of RSS
ideologue Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya in New Delhi.
The scheme will cover all rural families after electrification of all villages by December end, this year.
The States and Union Territories are required to complete the works of household electrification by the 31st of
December 2018.
The total outlay of the project is Rs. 16, 320 crore while the Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) is Rs. 12,320 crore. The
rural household outlay is estimated to be Rs 14025cr, with Rs 2295cr being for urban households.
The government will electrify all villages by December 2017, and all households by December 2018. Singh said the
next target will be 24×7, reliable quality supply, with no load shedding.
National Sports Awards 2017 Conferred
President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind conferred National Sports & Adventure Awards 2017 in a ceremony held at
Rashtrapati Bhawan. Here is the list of awardees:
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna 2017: Devendra Jhajaria (para-athlete), Sardar Singh (hockey)
Dronacharya Awards 2017: Late Dr. R Gandhi (athletics), Heera Nand Kataria (kabaddi), GSSV Prasad (badminton), Brij
Bhushan Mohanty (boxing – Lifetime), PA Raphel (hockey – Lifetime), Sanjoy Chakraverthy (shooting – Lifetime),
Roshan Lal (wrestling – Lifetime)
Arjuna Awards 2017: Jyothi Surekha Vennam (archery), Khushbir Kaur (athletics), Rajiv Arokia (athletics), Prashanthi
Singh (basketball), Laishram Devendro Singh (boxing), Cheteshwar Pujara (cricket), Harmanpreet Kaur (cricket), Oinam
Bembem Devi (football), SSP Chawrasia (golf), SV Sunil (hockey), Jasvir Singh (kabaddi), Prakash Nanjappa (shooting),
Anthony Amalraj (table tennis), Saketh Myneni (tennis), Satyawart Kadian (wrestling), Mariyappan (para-athlete), Varun
Singh Bhati (para-athlete)
Dhyan Chand Award 2017: Bhupender Singh (Athletics), Syed Shahid Hakim (Football), Sumarai Tete (Hockey)
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India s first private sector-built navigation satellite IRNSS-1H fails after launch: ISRO
India s first private sector built satellite IRNSS-1H today on August 31 failed after its launch from Sriharikota spaceport in
Andhra Pradesh, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said.
The new satellite was meant to augment the existing 7 satellites of the NavIC constellation. The Indian Regional
Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) is an independent regional navigation satellite system developed by India on par
with US-based GPS.
The IRNSS-1H satellite was to have been slung into orbit at around 507 km above the earth.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had named NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) which offers services like
terrestrial and marine navigation, disaster management, vehicle tracking and fleet management, navigation aide for
hikers and travellers, visual and voice navigation for drivers.
Launched on board PSLV-C39, IRNSS-1H is a back-up navigation satellite for IRNSS-1A, one of the seven satellites in the
constellation, as its three rubidium atomic clocks on board had stopped functioning.
The launch happened from the Second Launch Pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra
Pradesh.
The 44.4 metre tall PSLV-C39 in its 41st flight was carrying the 1,425 kg satellite built and tested by ISRO along with a
consortium of six small and medium industries.
74th Venice Film Festival Awards 2017
Guillermo del Toro s The Shape of Water was awarded the Golden Lion at the 74th Venice Film Festival. The film, a
romantic monster movie starring Sally Hawkins and Michael Shannon, premiered on the Lido on August 31, declared as the
best movie. List of Awards are as follows-
Golden Lion – Best Movie — The Shape of Water, directed by Guillermo del Toro
Grand Jury Prize — Foxtrot, directed by Samuel Maoz
Silver Lion – Best Director — Xavier Legrand (for Jusqu à la Garde)
Volpi Cup – Best Actress — Charlotte Rampling (for Hannah)
Volpi Cup – Best Actor — Kamel El Basha (for The Insult)
69th Emmy Awards: Complete List of Winners
The 69th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced at the Microsoft Theater, Los Angeles, California, U.S. The
Handmaid s Tale became the first web television series to win the award for Outstanding Drama Series. Awards are as:
Outstanding Comedy Series — Veep
Outstanding Drama Series — The Handmaid s Tale
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