INDIAN AFFAIRS
- Union Minister for Electronics & IT, Law & Justice, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, launched a National Challengefor Youths,“Ideate for India – Creative Solutions using Technology”, in New Delhi.
- INDRA NAVY: the bilateral maritime exercise between indian Navy and Russian Federation Navy exercises held in Visakhapatnam
- Military Literature Festival (MLF) 2018, commenced at Lake Club in Chandigarh.
- Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayanand Union Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu jointly inaugurated the Kannur International Airport Ltd (KIAL).
- Indian Navyagreed to gift INS Cuddalore, a decommissioned Pondicherry-class vessel, to the Union territory of Puducherry for the creation of country’s first underwater museum.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
- Japanese parliamentapproved a new law allowing foreigners into the country to ease labour shortages from April 2019.
BANKING & FINANCE
- NABARD signed USD 100 mn agreement with UNFCC approved Green Climate Fund to boost USD 250 mn worth solar power project
- AIIB Clears $400 million loan for water supply project in Andhra Pradesh
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
- Mexico‘s Vanessa Ponce de Leonwon the coveted Miss World 2018 crown at the 68th edition of the prestigious Miss World grand event held in the Chinese city, Sanya.
- IIT Kharagpur (KGP)won DSCI Excellence Award 2018, given by Data Security Council of India (DSCI), for its contributions inCyber Security education.
- Sundaram Finance Managing Director T T Srinivasaraghavanwas presented the lifetime achievement award at the Trinity Arts Festival in Chennai.
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS
- James Quincey to Succeed Muhtar Kent as Chairman of The Coca-Cola Company
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- Chang’e-4 mission: China to be the first country to attempt soft landing at, Von Karman crater, the far side of the moon, for the first time
- Nanowires, made from zinc oxide crystals, capable of mimicking neurons: German scientists
SPORTS
- Shubhankar Sharma became the youngest and the fifth Indian to win Asian Tour Order of Meritin golf.
- Madhya Pradeshbatsman Ajay Rohera scored 267 unbeaten on his first-class debut against Hyderabad while playing the Ranji Trophy match in Indore.
OBITUARY
- Leading Russian rights activist and former Soviet dissident Lyudmila Alexeyevadied
- ‘Marketing Superstar’ Nabankur Gupta passes away
- Former Colombian president Belisario Betancur passed away