INDIAN AFFAIRS
- IIM Calcutta Innovation Park and ICC signed MoU for energizing startup ecosystem in East and Northeast India
- HRD Minister Prakash Javadekarlaunched the Institution’s Innovation Council through video conferencing at the AICTE headquarters in New Delhi.
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanathlaunched month-long Nari Sashaktikaran Sankalp Abhiyan or Women Empowerment campaign in
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
- India ranked 5thin the list of most vacation deprived nation in the world: Expedia
- Saudi, UAE Announced USD 500 Million In Aid To Yemen
- Australia and Poland join US rejection of UN migration pact
BANKING & FINANCE
- Ujjivan Small Finance Bank launches personal loan facility for salaried individuals
- Softbank-backed, digital payments service provider, Paytm (One 97 Communications Limited) has partnered with the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) to offer online insurance premium paymentson its platform.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- 3rdSayaji Ratna Award received by Film superstar Amitabh Bachchan
- Designers of ‘Urban wind turbine’ O-Wind Turbine, Nicolas Orellana of Chile and Yaseen Noorani from Kenya, won 2018 International James Dyson award
- Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB)was selected for the Asia Environmental Enforcement Award 2018, for its outstanding contributions in combating the trans-boundary environmental crime by United Nations Environment program.
- Professor S.P. Ganguly conferred the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle, highest recognition to be given to a foreigner by Mexico
- Manipal Academy of Higher Education won silver in the International Green Apple Award for environmental best practice 2018
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS
- Joyce Msuya appointed as acting Executive Director of UNEP
- Whatsapp appoints Abhijit Bose as India head, to set up team in Gurugram
- Indianmen’s hockey team captain Manpreet Singh inked pact with
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- Google’s Next Billion Users (NBU) team announced the national roll-out of its Neighbourly appin Delhi and Bangalore.
- IIT-Hyderabad researchers developed smartphone-based system to detect adulteration in milk
- Mohammed VI-B: Morocco launches its second earth observation satellite
SPORTS
- LI NING BWF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP 2018: Lakshya Sen (Indian) won bronze in men’s single event