INDIAN AFFAIRS
- Union Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Minister Dharmendra Pradhan laid the foundation stone for National Skill Training Institute (NSTI) at Barang, in Bhubaneswar, to be established at a cost of Rs 160 crore.
- Country’s first Defence Incubatorwill come up in T-Hub , Hyderabad.
- National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation, NMDFC, organized a workshop on financial management in New Delhi.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
- External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met co-chaired 2nd India-Bahrain High Joint Commission with her counterpart Shaikh Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifaat Gudaibiya Palace in Manama.
- Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil Aviation, Suresh Prabhu, co-chaired the 8thsession of India-Oman Joint Commission Meeting (JCM) along with Minister of Industry, Investment, Trade and Digital Economy of Oman, Ali bin Masoud Al Sunaidy, in Mu scat, Oman.
BANKING & FINANCE
- Yes bank announced that it would unveil the 7thedition of ‘Transformation Series Challenge’.
- According to the World Economic Outlook (WEO)update, The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut India’s growth projection by 1 percentage point for 2018-19.
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
- Defence manufacturer Bharat Electronic Limited (BEL) signed an MOU with Swedish firm SAABto market air-surveillance radar.
- Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)announced that, it had signed a partnership with French energy company Total to develop a digital innovation centre in India.
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS
- Wrestling Federation of India president Brij Bhushan Saran Singhwould be named the Chef de Mission of the Asian Games-bound Indian contingent.
ACQUISITIONS & MERGERS
- PhonePe said that, it has acquired Zopper Retail, in a move to increase its offline business.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- drug firm Lupin said that, it has received approval from the United Kingdom’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (UK MHRA)for its Goa facility.
- Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M)launched a remotely operable microscope worth 40 crore, claimed to be the world’s first remotely operable LEAP microscope, which will allow precise view of atoms of a material.
SPORTS
- Indiahas improved one spot and has reached the 5th position in the men’s hockey world rankings released by the International Hockey Federation (FIH).
- IAAF World U20 Championships was held in Tampere Stadium also known as Ratina Stadium, in Tampere, Finland.