INDIAN AFFAIRS
- Government sets up committee to explore prepaid payments by discoms to generator companies
- 2ndPhase of Pasupu-Kumkuma (Turmeric-Kumkum) scheme and welfare pensions was launched by Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, Shri Chandrababu Naidu.
- Indus River Dolphin declared Punjab’s State aquatic animal
- Sikkim signs MoU with Microsoft for digital learning
- International Spice Conference is considered as platform for all business houses, the spice associations, the policy makers, the farmers and the users, to connect and interact.
BUSINESS & ECONOMY
- Defence Ministry approves procurement of 73,000 assault rifles from US
AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS
- Manus Island ’s refugee Behrouz Boochani ’s debut book “No Friends But the Mountains”won both the 25,000 dollars non-fiction prize at the Victorian premier’s literary awards and the 100,000 dollars Victorian prize for literature , in
APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS
- Rishi Kumar Shukla has been appointed as the new director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
- RBI has approved the appointment ofAjai Kumar as the interim CEO of YES Bank, which have undergone several resignations and appointments in top leadership level.
- European Parliament appointed Juan Guaidoas the interim President, highlighting the international crisis and the pressure of public against President Nicolas Maduro.
- S.Mubarak appointed as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Honduras
- Dinesh Bhatia appointed as the Ambassador of India to the Republic of Argentina
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
- Hoveizeh- Long-Range Surface to Surface Missile Unveiled by Iran on 1979 Islamic Revolution Anniversary
- ‘Nasr’-short range surface-to-surface ballistic missile test fired by Pakistan
SPORTS
- Qatar won their First-ever Asian Cup Title In Football by defeating Japan
- Nepal’s Sundeep Jora youngest man to hit T20 International fifty