INDIAN AFFAIRS
- Minister of Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhureleased report on Industrial Park Rating System at a national workshop in New Delhi.
- Jashne Bachpan : 14th edition of international children’s theatre festival held in New Delhi
- Maharashtragovernment led by CM Devendra Fadnavis passed the Maratha Reservation Bill.
- Animation, Gaming & Visual effects Institute to be set up in Mumbai
- KONNICHI WA PUNE: 1st2-day Indo-Japan Business Council’s business festival held in Pune
- Punjab becomes 3rdstate to ban hookah bars or lounges
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
- Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation(APEC)Summit 2018concluded in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
- 3 Educational institutions which are built with Indian assistance of 126.60 million Nepali rupees have been inaugurated in Kaski district of Nepal.
BANKING & FINANCE
- Rs 1,100 crore subsidy disbursed to 51,000 home buyers under PMAY: HDFC
- SBICAP Ventures (SVL),an alternative asset manager and a wholly owned subsidiary of SBI Capital Markets, launched twofunds for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and affordable housing sectors.
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
- UASG (Universal Acceptance Steering Group) confers Universal Acceptance Thought Leader award to Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS
- IRS Officer Sanjay Kumar Mishra appointed as Director of Enforcement Directorate
- Appointments Committee of the Cabinetheaded by Prime Minister Narendra Modi named 1985-batch IAS from West Bengal cadre Sumanta Chaudhuri as the new Coal Secretary.
- Israel’sCabinet approved Amir Yaron as the next governor of the Bank of Israel(Central Bank of Israel) for 5
- Jalal Srivastava IAS Officer, has been appointed the chairman of Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI).
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- The 0.7 m GROWTH-India telescope located at Indian Astronomical Observatory in Hanle, Ladakh has made its first observation which is a follow-up study of a nova explosion.
- ‘NSE goBID’: NSE launches mobile app, web platform for retail investors to buy G-secs
- Chinacompleted the deployment of its indigenously developed BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) constellation with the successful launch of 2 more satellites.
SPORTS
- Isobel Joyce and Cecelia Joyce,twins of Ireland Cricket team have announced their retirement from International cricket after their 8 wicket loss against New Zealand in the Ongoing International Cricket Council (ICC) Women’s world T20.
- Team Abu Dhabi’s Shaun Torrentewon the UIM (Union Internationale Motonautique) F1H2O Grand Prix of India held in Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh.
OBITUARY
- Padma Shri awardee saint Narayan Das Maharaj passed away