INDIAN AFFAIRS
- PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PHDCCI) and Confederation of Nepalese Industries (CNI)signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish India-Nepal Centre.
- Revised MoA signed for funding of Central Share of 99 Prioritized Irrigation Projects
- Telecom Regulatory Authority of Indialaunches integration & availability of TRAI Mobile Apps namely DND 2.0 & MyCall on UMANG platform in a function held at TRAI, New Delhi.
- BiharChief Minister Nitish Kumar launched Mukhyamantri Kanya Utthan Yojana for empowerment of women.
- Maharashtra Governmentannounced a special assistance of Rs 500 crore for OBC community to help them develop employment opportunities for the youth.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
- 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meetingwas held in
BANKING & FINANCE
- State Bank of Indialaunched a payments machine called
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
- Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Custom (CBIC)doubled import duty on 328 textile productes to 20% under Section 159 of the Customs Act, 1962.
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS
- S Gurumurthy and Satish Marathewere appointed as part-time directors on the Reserve Bank of India board by The Cabinet’s Appointments Committee for a four-year
SPORTS
- Washington Open (tennis) 2018or Citi Open 2018 was held at Rock Creek Park Tennis Center in Washington DC, United States.
- Tokyo 2020: First Olympics to deploy facial recognition technology to increase security.
OBITUARY
- Former Tamilnadu CM and leader of DMK Mr.M Karunanidhi Passed away
- Kannada writer, poet, critic and translator Sumatheendra R. Nadig, died following a short term illness, in Bengaluru, Karnataka.