INDIAN AFFAIRS
- Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources Arjun Ram Meghwalintroduced the Dam Safety Bill 2018 in Lok Sabha.
- Government forms seven-member panel under BBB to select MD for PSU insurance firms headed by Banks Board Bureau (BBB) chairman B P Sharma.
- Operation Oliver: Coast Guard launches operation to safeguard turtles
- 18th meeting of the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Military Technical Cooperation (IRIGC-MTC) held in New Delhi
- Minister of state for health and family welfare Anupriya Patelannounced that West Bengal, Bihar and Chhattisgarh emerged the largest beneficiaries of Ayushman Bharat.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
- Nepal government bans Indian currency notes above Rs 100
- Bilateral Annual Haj 2019 Agreement between India and Saudi Arabia Signed at Jeddah
BANKING & FINANCE
- OBOPAY Card: new generation pre-payment instrument for enterprise customers launched by OBOPAY, Federal Bank and MasterCard
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
- Global debt hits all-time high of USD 184 trillion, more than 50% of debt borne by US, China and Japan: IMF
- India’s first private sector unit for manufacturing UAV was inaugurated by Telangana’s Home Minister in Hyderabad
- Amazon Indiapartnered with the Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME) to encourage Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises(MSMEs} to sell products online through e-commerce.
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
- Tata Steel bags Prime Minister’s Trophy for the ‘Best Performing Integrated Steel Plant’ for the year 2016-17
- Union Ministry of Agriculturehad selected Jharkhand for “Krishi Karman” award in the rice category.
- Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayaninaugurated the closing ceremony of the 23rd International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK) at Nisagandhi Auditorium in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS
- ACC approved extension of tenure to IB director Rajiv Jain, RAW chief Anil Dhasmana and re-appointment of Shri Anil Srivastava as NITI Aayog’s Principal Advisor
- Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, appointed Brijendra Pal Singh, the director-producer of popular television series CIDas the new president of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) Society and Chairman of Governing Council.
- C. Barupalwas appointed the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of Guinea.
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft find evidence of water on asteroid Bennu
SPORTS
- Allan Border Medal to be rebranded as Australian Cricket Awards
- National Athletics Championship for Blind held in New Delhi
OBITUARY
- Nancy Wilson, Grammy winning jazz singer, dies
- Oscar-nominated actress Sondra Locke died
- Thoppil Ajayan, National award winning director, passed away