- Union Minister for Railways and Coal, Piyush Goyal launched UTTAM App for Coal Quality Monitoring.
- Union External Affairs Minister, Sushma Swaraj embarked on a threeday official visit to Azerbaijan’s capital city Baku to participate in Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Ministerial Conference
- Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has constituted a five-member working group to examine the taxation aspects related to High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs) who are migrating abroad to other jurisdictions.
- Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting constituted a 10- member committee to regulate online portals, including news websites, entertainment sites and media aggregators.
- Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) put forth a concept of open architecture-based public Wi-Fi grid to bring down the cost of the internet by 90%
- Jammu’s first tulip garden has been set up at Sanasar in Ramban district of Jammu region.
- Minister of State for Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (Independent Charge), Giriraj Singh launched a mobile phone application for locating Khadi stores in the country.
- Union Ministry of Tribal affairs has approved establishment of the first multipurpose “Van Dhan Vikas Kendra” in Bijapur District of Chhattisgarh for value addition of Forest Produce.
- The Tamil Nadu government launched Amma Free Wi-Fi zones in 5 cities of Tamil Nadu.
- Qatar has introduced national service for women for the first time as per a law issued by Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani.
- Indo-Korean joint anti-piracy, search and rescue exercise ‘SAHYOG-HYEOBLYEOG 2018’ was held in the Chennai coast.
- India has become the ninth most affected country in the world and second most affected country in Asia-Pacific Japan region in cryptojacking activities, as per the ‘Internet Security Threat Report’ presented by Symantec, a security solutions provider.
- Global financial messaging cooperative, SWIFT (Society for World Interbank Financial Telecommunication System platform) announced that ICICI Bank has become its first Indian client to go live with an improved cross-border payments service.
- Indian Bank has introduced Public Financial Management System (PFMS) and has launched ‘Bharat QR’ facility.
- MakeMyTrip Limited, and Flipkart announced that they have entered into a partnership regarding online bookings in the travel segment.
- Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar will also hold the additional portfolio of Information, Public Relations and Languages, now.
- HCL Technologies has acquired C3i Solutions for USD 60 million, in a move to enhance HCL’s growth in life sciences and consumer services.
- South African fast bowler Morne Morkel bid adieu to international cricket at the conclusion of South Africa-Australia test series.
- International Day of Sport for Development and Peace was celebrated all over the world.