National
News
1.
Cabinet
approves agreement between India and Myanmar on Land Border crossing
2.
Cabinet
approves MOU between India and Israel cooperation in the OPI and Gas sector
3.
Cabinet
approves Rs.6809 cr Zojila tunnel project in Jammu and Kashmir will provide all
weather connectivity between Srinagar, Kargil and Leh which remains cut – off
from the rest of world during winter due to heavy snowfall.
4.
Cabinet
approves setting up of new AIIMS in Bilaspur.
5.
Parliament
passed Insolvency and bankruptcy code Amendment Bill 2017.
6.
Haryana
CM Manohar Lal Khattar directed the State irrigation department to implement
the integrated Solar based Micro irrigation scheme in all district of Haryana.
7.
Haryana
Government has Mandated installation of Solar photo voltaic power plant in new
buildings as per specified norms
8.
Assam
CM Sarbananda Sonowal launched Chah Bagichar Dhan Puraskar Mela 2017-18 at a
function held at Sarbananda Singha auditorium in Tinsukia, Assam. It is a
scheme for ‘Tea Garden workers’
9.
Famous
dhanu yatra festival held in Bargarh District of Odisha came to an end
Internation Affairs:
10. Equatorial
Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kuwait, Peru, Poland and the Netherlands joined the United
Nations(UN) Security Council as Non-permanent members.
11. The
Central Bank of Pakistan approved the usage of Chinese currency, Yuan for
bilateral trade with china
Banking and Finance
12. Union
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley outlined the basic contours of the electoral
bonds scheme including their denominations eligibility and validity
13. SBI
and NABARD have signed an agreement with five NGOs for the promotion of 2500
joint liability group(JLG) in select districts of West Bengal.
14. Indian
Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) and India post payments Bank (IPPB)
signed an agreement for the training of IPPB employees in the area of payment
banking.
15. Andhra
Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank operationalised its first desktop ATM at Kasibugga.
16. NABARD
has sanctioned Rs.372.51 crore loan assistance to Odisha for irrigation and
rural bridge project.
Awards and Recognition
17. Jawaharlal
Nehru port Trust has won “Samudra Manthan” Caring organization of the year
award.
Appointments:
18. Rajinder
Khanna was appointed the Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA)
19. AB
Mathur appointed Government interlocutor for talks with United Liberation Front
of Assam.
Obituray
20. R.
Margabandu former Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu passed away