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India and Switzerland signed two

agreements including technical cooperation

in the field of railways.

MS Dhoni became the sixth Indian cricketer

to play 300 ODIs.

According to Reserve Bank of India,

Economic activity as measured by Gross

Value Added (GVA) is expected to expand

by 7.3 per cent in the current fiscal.

Union minister for commerce and industry

Nirmala Sitharaman honored Konkani and

Marathi writer Mahabaleshwar Sail with the

'Saraswati Samman' for 2016.

The New Development Bank (NDB)

approved USD 1.4 billion loans for

sustainable development projects in China,

India and Russia.

The Union cabinet approved a memorandum

of understanding signed between India and

Israel to set up USD 40 million fund for

industrial research and technological

innovation.

The Union Cabinet has approved the

proposal of the Election Commission of

India to enter into Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) on cooperation in the

field of electoral management and

administration with the Election

Management Bodies of other

countries/International Agencies.

Tyre major Bridgestone India has appointed

badminton player P V Sindhu as its brand

ambassador.

Senior IAS officer Rajiv Gauba took charge

as the Union Home Secretary.

R.K. Raghavan has been appointed as the

next High Commissioner of India to the

Republic of Cyprus.

Skill Development Minister Rajiv Pratap

Rudy resigned from his post.

Indian-origin J Y Pillay has been appointed

as the acting president of Singapore. Pillay

took over from Tony Tan Keng Yam.

Former bureaucrat Sunil Arora has been

appointed the new Election Commissioner

of India.

India will collaborate with Switzerland for

developing 'tilting' trains which will tilt on

approaching a bend, just like a motorbike on

a winding road. A memorandum of

understanding was signed between the two

countries in this regard.

India's Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

growth rate has reduced to 5.7 per cent in the

first April-June quarter of the current

financial year. This is the lowest in three

years.

Indian Boxer Gaurav Bidhuri won bronze

medal at the World Boxing Championships.

Noted economist Rajiv Kumar took over as

the vice-chairman of Niti Aayog.

Retired Union Home Secretary Rajiv

Mehrishi has been appointed as the new

Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of

India.

India and European Union (EU) have agreed

to strengthen cooperation between their

security and intelligence agencies to combat

threat of terrorism and check terror

financing.

The Council of Scientific and Industrial

Research (CSIR), India's largest

autonomous public research and

development organisations has been ranked

9th best government organisations in the

world.



Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das

inaugurated and laid foundation stones for

various developmental programmes

involving Rs 223 crore in Chatra district.

Rajiv Kumar, an IAS of 1984 batch, took

charge as Financial Services Secretary.

Swedish defence firm 'Saab' announced a

collaboration with India's Adani Group for

defence related manufacturing.

Central Coalfields Ltd chief Gopal Singh

has been given the additional charge of

CMD of Coal India, the world's largest coal

miner.

Divya Deshmukh won a bronze medal in the

girls U-12 category at the World Cadets

Chess Championship at Pocos de Caldas,

Brazil.

According to an SBI Research report, India's

gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate is

estimated to be at 6.5 percent in 2017-18.

Microsoft's co- founder, Bill Gates overtook

Spanish clothing brand Zara's Co-founder

Amancio Ortega as the world's richest

person.

The world’s largest and powerful X-ray

laser- European X-ray Free Electron Laser

(XFEL) was unveiled in Hamburg,

Germany.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated

the annual conference 'Rajaswa Gyan

Sangam 2017' at Vigyan Bhawan, New

Delhi.

India and Nepal began their joint military

exercise 'Surya Kiran' in the western part of

Nepal, focusing on counter-terrorism and

forest fighting operations.

Pulitzer Prize winner and poet John Ashbery

passed away. He was 90.

Lt Gen Sanjay Kumar Jha has been

appointed as the new Commandant of the

Indian Military Academy based in

Dehradun.

Global brokerage firm UBS has lowered

India's GDP growth forecast to 6.6 per cent

for this fiscal from 7.2 per cent earlier.

The Aditya Birla group has entered the top

valuation league with a market cap of over

$50 billion post listing of financial services

arm Aditya Birla Capital (ABCL), but the

Tata's remain on top with over $132 billion.

Former Union Minister and Trinamool

Congress MP Sultan Ahmed died. He was

64.

Virat Kohli has kept his stranglehold on the

top spot in the ICC ODI batsman rankings

and has also equaled Sachin Tendulkar's

record of highest rating points pocketed by

an Indian.

9th BRICS summit started in Xiamen, China

with the theme “BRICS: Stronger

Partnership for a Brighter Future”. It will

conclude on 5th September.

India and Nepal began their joint military

exercise 'Surya Kiran' in the western part of

Nepal, focusing on counter-terrorism and

forest fighting operations.

Pulitzer Prize winner and poet John Ashbery


Lt Gen Sanjay Kumar Jha has been

appointed as the new Commandant of the

Indian Military Academy based in

Dehradun.

Global brokerage firm UBS has lowered

India's GDP growth forecast to 6.6 per cent

for this fiscal from 7.2 per cent earlier.



The Aditya Birla group has entered the top

valuation league with a market cap of over

$50 billion post listing of financial services

arm Aditya Birla Capital (ABCL), but the

Tata's remain on top with over $132 billion.

Former Union Minister and Trinamool

Congress MP Sultan Ahmed died. He was

64.

Virat Kohli has kept his stranglehold on the

top spot in the ICC ODI batsman rankings

and has also equaled Sachin Tendulkar's

record of highest rating points pocketed by

an Indian.

9th BRICS summit started in Xiamen, China

with the theme “BRICS: Stronger

Partnership for a Brighter Future”. It will

conclude on 5th September.

RBI included HDFC Bank in the list of D-

SIB or domestic systemically important

banks. India's largest lender SBI and private

sector major ICICI Bank were classified as

D-SIBs in 2015. With the inclusion of

HDFC Bank in the list, there will now be

three too big to fail financial entities in the

country.

BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India,

China and South Africa) signed four

documents, including on economic and

trade cooperation with an aim to deepen

commercial ties.

India's Konsam Ormila Devi bagged a gold

medal in 44kg weight category of the

Commonwealth Youth (boys & girls)

weightlifting championships, held at Gold

Coast, Australia.

P R Seshadri has been appointed as the

Managing Director and Chief Executive

Officer of private sector Karur Vysya Bank.

Drug maker Novartis has named Indian-

origin Vasant Narasimhan as its Chief

Executive Officer.

Arunachal Pradesh Health and Family

Welfare Minister Jomde Kena died. He was

52.

The US President Donald Trump has

appointed Kenneth Juster as the United

States Ambassador to India.

President Ramnath Kovind laid foundation

stone of Saurashtra Narmada Avataran

Irrigation Yojana (SAUNI) Phase-II Link-4

in Rajkot district, Gujarat.

Stepping up cooperation between the two

coast guards, India handed over an off-shore

patrol vessel, Varuna, to Sri Lanka. The ship

was decommissioned with traditional

honours on August 23 to facilitate the

handing over at Kochi.

India and Myanmar signed 11 agreements in

a range of sectors, including one to

strengthen democratic institutions in this

country.

Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra has

been appointed as the first Indian woman

ambassador (Friend of Australia) for

Tourism in Australia.

Five Indian-Americans have been included

in the Politico Magazine's 2017 Politico 50

list for their contribution in American

politics. In addition to US ambassador to the

United Nations Nikki Haley, the list

includes Seema Verma, top health care

agency head in the Trump Administration,

lawyer Neal Katyal, economist Aparna

Mathur and lawyer Neomi Rao.



India's Ankur Mittal won silver medal in the

men's double trap event at the ongoing ISSF

World Shotgun Championship.

India will host the 2019 edition of the

Commonwealth (Youth, Junior and Senior)

Weightlifting Championships.

State owned telecom operator BSNL has

announced a web app GSP (GST Suvidha

Provider)/ASP (Application Service

providers) in partnership with the key

service provider Taxmann Publications to

provide services related to transitioning to

GST to its customers.

K V Rama Moorthy has appointed as

Managing Director and Chief Executive

Officer of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd.

Indian Journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh

died. She was 55.

Lai Ching-te became the new Prime

Minister of Taiwan. He will replace Lin

Chuan.

Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy

and Mumbai-born scientist Veena

Sahajwalla have been conferred the PLuS

Alliance Prize - a prestigious honour that

recognizes Research Innovation, Education

Innovation, Global Leadership and Global

Innovation.

The Press Council of India and its

counterpart in Myanmar signed a

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on

cooperation in the field of media during

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Nay

Pyi Taw.

Senior IAS officer N Baijendra Kumar

assumed charge as the Chairman-cum-

Managing Director (CMD) of NMDC

Limited.

In the annual World University Rankings

released by Times Higher Education, the

Indian Institute of Science of India has

reached 251-300 band from last year's 201-

250 band, while Oxford and Cambridge

universities are on the top in the Global 1000

list.

The seventh edition of India-Sri Lanka joint

maritime naval exercise named SLINEX

2017 has been started near Vishakhapatnam

(Andhra Pradesh) in Bay of Bengal.

Virat Kohli became the highest run-getter

while chasing in T20 international matches.

Nirmala Sitharaman took charge of the

defence ministry, becoming the first full-

time woman Defence Minister of the

country.

India and Japan have agreed to collaborate

closely in defence production, including on

dual-use technologies.

India's biggest gas importer, Petronet LNG

Ltd will build Sri Lanka's first liquefied

natural gas (LNG) terminal.

Vistara and Japan Airlines have signed a

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for

an extensive partnership that includes code

share flights and frequent flyer partnership.

Viveck Goenka, Chairman and Managing

Director of the Express Group, and N. Ravi,

a former Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu daily,

were unanimously elected Chairman and

Vice Chairman respectively of Press Trust

of India, the country's largest news agency.

American aerospace manufacturer and

space transportation services company

SpaceX launched the Air Force's super-

secret space shuttle. It's the fifth flight for



one of these crewless mini- shuttles, known

as the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle.

Hollywood star Donald Sutherland will be

awarded with an honorary Oscar despite

never being nominated in the past.

The Public Sector Leading Bank, Bank of

Baroda has received the first prize under the

Rajbhasha Kirti Award Scheme for the year

2016-17 for outstanding performance in the

field of Official Language Implementation.

Indian Wrestler Sonam won a gold medal by

defeating Japanese Wrestler Sena Nagamoto

(in 56kg women's category) in the ongoing

Cadet World Wrestling Championship in

Athens.

According to the Basel Institute on

Governance's 2017 edition of the Basel

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Index,

Pakistan has been placed on the 46th

position in the list of 146 countries with high

terrorism financing and money laundering

risks. India has been ranked 88th in this list.

India continued to be at the top of the ICC

Test rankings but Australia slipped one

place to fifth in the latest list after drawing

the away series against Bangladesh.

England pacer James Anderson became the

third pacer and sixth bowler overall in Test

history to take 500 wickets.

The Andhra Pradesh government signed a

MoU with the US-based Hyperloop

Transportation Technologies (HTT) to build

India's first Hyperloop system.

Gujarat International Finance-Tec City

(GIFT City), has won the prestigious

Associated Chambers of Commerce and

Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) Services

Excellence Award.

The Assam government signed a MoU with

Google India Pvt Limited here to provide

internet connectivity to 26,000 villages and

1500 tea garden areas across the state.

Famous composer-lyricist Michael

Friedman died. He was 41.

Trinbago Knight Riders defeated St Kitts

and Nevis Patriots by 3 wickets in the finals

to win the Caribbean Premier League (CPL)

title for the second time.

Germany's Bibiana Steinhaus became the

first female referee to officiate a top-flight

European league match.

India’s Shiv Kapur carded two-under 68 in

the final round to get to six- under 274 and

finished tied 20th at the Omega European

Masters golf tournament

Anthony Amalraj outlasted top seed Sharath

Kamal 4-3 in the men's singles final at the

All India National Ranking Table Tennis

Championships (South Zone).

India's spinner Ravindra Jadeja has lost his

top spot after sliding a place to be at the

second position in the latest ICC Test

bowler’s rankings.

Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer

Suhas L.Y. won the silver medal in the Para

Badminton International Championships

being played in Japan.

Sumit Nagal of India defeated Colin van

Beem of the Netherlands by 6-3, 6-0 to win

the 8th MCC S R Subramaniam Memorial

ITF Futures Men's singles title.

Spain's Rafael Nadal defeated Kevin

Anderson of South Africa to win the US

Open men's singles title.



Kochi will host the BWF World Senior

Badminton Championships from September

11 to 17.

India's second largest software services firm

Infosys completed the acquisition of

London-based Brilliant Basics.

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah

became the first athlete to win four

consecutive Great North Run titles.

Kenya's Joyciline Jepkosgei has become the

first woman in history to complete 10-km

road race in under 30 minutes.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese

PM Shinzo Abe will lay the foundation

stone of the proposed High Speed Rail

Network, or bullet train, between Mumbai

and Ahmedabad on September 14.

The Defence Research and Development

Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight

tested the indigenously developed 3rd

generation Anti-Tank Guided Missile

(ATGM) “Nag”.

Jordan has launched Sahara Forest Project

near the southern port city of Aqaba to turn

the desert land into farming Land.

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

flagged-off Indian Naval Sailing Vessel

Tarini (INSV Tarini) from INS Mandovi

boat pool, Goa. This is the first-ever Indian

circumnavigation of the globe by an all-

women crew.

Miss North Dakota Cara Mund won the

Miss America-2018 title. This beauty

contest took place in New Jersey.

Paytm Payments Bank (PPB) has partnered

with the National Payments Corporation of

India (NPCI) to launch a RuPay-powered

digital debit card.

Senior Congress MLA and former Madhya

Pradesh minister Mahendra Singh

Kalukheda passed away. He was 72.

Badminton great Prakash Padukone will be

conferred with the first Lifetime

Achievement Award instituted by the

Badminton Association of India (BAI) for

his rich contribution to the sport.

Food Safety and Standards Authority of

India (FSSAI) has launched ‘FoSCoRIS’, a

nationwide online platform to bring in

transparency in food safety inspection and

sampling.

London has topped the 2017 Global

Financial Centres Index (GFCI) among 92

financial centres released by the Z/Yen and

China Development Institute. Mumbai has

been ranked 60th in this index.

India and Afghanistan exchanged four pacts

in areas of health, transport, space and new

development partnership.

US President Donald Trump has nominated

noted Indian-American lawyer Manisha

Singh to a key administration position in the

State Department, making her in charge of

economic diplomacy.

Force Motors Chairman Abhay Firodia has

been elected as the new president of the

automobile industry body Society of Indian

Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM).

India and Belarus signed 10 agreements in

various fields to strengthen their bilateral

relations.

Social media giant Facebook (2nd) and e-

commerce major Amazon (3rd) have been

ranked among the top 10 firms on Fortune's

'100 Fastest-Growing Companies' list.



Natural Health Trends has been ranked first

in this list.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has

appointed the outgoing president of the

General Assembly as the first special envoy

for the oceans, seeking to galvanize efforts

to protect the world's seas.

Veteran Bollywood actor Zeenat Aman has

been felicitated with lifetime achievement

award for her immense contribution in the

field of cinema at the DC South Asia Film

Festival (DCSAFF).

The Union Government has appointed M

Nagaraja Sharma as the chairman and

managing director of United India Insurance

(UII).

Mahendra Pratap Mall has been appointed as

the Chairman and Managing Director of

Indian Railway Catering and Tourism

Corporation Limited (IRCTC).

US President Donald Trump aide Hope

Hicks has been named White House

communication’s director.

The Union Cabinet approved signing of an

agreement with Morocco on healthcare and

another with Armenia on cooperation in

disaster management.

The 2nd edition of the International

Buddhist Conference will be held in Gujarat

between September 17 and 23.

Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar

launched 'Mission-24' to develop Mumbai's

M-East Ward, which has one of the highest

slum population in the city.

The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)

has partnered with Google Maps to make

commutes easier by sharing information on

Metro routes, fares and connectivity.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe laid the

foundation stone of India's first bullet train

project that will run between Ahmedabad

and Mumbai.

According to research agency Kantar

Millward Brown's 'BrandZ Top 50 Most

Valuable Indian Brands 2017' list, HDFC

bank has retained the top slot for the fourth

year in a row while Reliance Jio has been

ranked 11th in this list.

India has been placed at a low 103 rank, the

lowest among BRICS economies, on the

World economic forum's (WEF) Global

Human Capital Index, which has been

topped by Norway.

Online restaurant guide startup Zomato has

acquired logistics company Runnr.

India and Japan signed a MoU for expansion

of an international laboratory set up for a

collaborative research in the area of

biotechnology.

Government of India has notified issuance

of Commemorative Coins of Rs. 100/- and

Rs. 10/- denomination on the eve of Birth

Centenary of Dr. M S Subbulakshmi.

Commemorative Coins of denominations

Rs. 100/- and Rs. 5/- have also been

announced on the occasion of Birth

Centenary of Dr. M G Ramachandran.

Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal

(JNPCT) has been awarded 'Container

Terminal of the Year' Award for the above

0.6 million TEUs category at The Gateway

Awards 2017 held at Mumbai.

Indian swimmers won 47 medals, including

eight golds, at the 9th Asian Age-group

Aquatic Championship. This tournament



was held from September 8 to 12 at

Tashkent in Uzbekistan.

Wholesale inflation rose to a four-month

high of 3.24 per cent in August. Inflation

based on the wholesale price index (WPI)

was 1.88 per cent in July 2017 and 1.09 per

cent in August 2016.

According to the Japanese financial services

company Nomura, India's GDP growth will

be 7.1 percent in the current financial year.

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan has been

honoured with the Global Diversity Award

2017 in the British Parliament House.

The oldest person in the world, Violet

Mosse-Brown, has passed away recently.

She was 117.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal

Khattar launched the 'HARPATH portal' for

mapping roads in the state.

Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan has

become the youngest cricketer to take 100

wickets in T20s.

Hollywood actor Harry Dean Stanton died.

He was 91.

Distinguished Hindi story writer and

dramatist, Surendra Verma, will receive

Vyas Samman on September 20.

A book titled Unstoppable: My Life So Far

authored by tennis star Maria Sharapova has

been unveiled.

India's first Centre for Animal Law has been

established at the city-based NALSAR

University of Law in Hyderabad, Telangana.

Australian Test leg-spinner Bob "Dutchy"

Holland has died. He was 70.

Former India captain Mahendra Singh

Dhoni completed the coveted landmark of

100 international half-centuries across all

three formats with an innings of 79 against

Australia in the first ODI.

Rajasthan government has started

Agriculture Produce Deposit Loan Scheme

(Krishi Upaj Rahan Loan Scheme) for the

farmers so that they get right price for their

produce.

Indian pair of Sanave Thomas and Rupesh

Kumar notched up a lucky victory over

compatriots V Diju and J B S Vidyadhar

to win the +35 men's doubles crown at the

Manorama BWF World Senior Badminton

Championships.

Lewis Hamilton won the Singapore Grand

Prix and scored his 28 points in the driver's

championship. This is the third consecutive

win of Hamilton.

The GST Network (GSTN) said it has

reopened the facility for small taxpayers

with turnover of up to Rs 75 lakh to opt for

composition scheme.

Veteran Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader

and MP from Araria, Mohammad

Taslimuddin died. He was 74.

India skipper Virat Kohli maintained his top

spot in the latest ICC rankings of T20

batsmen, while pacer Jasprit Bumrah

climbed up a place to be at second position

in the bowlers' table.

Search engine company Google launched its

mobile payment service 'Tez' in India.

Senior IPS officer YC Modi has been

appointed as the head of the National

Investigation Agency (NIA) and

Rajinikanth Mishra has been appointed as

the Director General of the Sashastra Seema

Bal (SSB).



Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu

felicitated film-maker S S Rajamouli with

the prestigious ANR National Award for his

contribution to the Telugu film industry.

Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski

has appointed a former economy minister

Mercedes Araoz as the new prime minister

of the country.

India's Diya Parag Chitale clinched a bronze

medal in the girls U-15 category at the

Croatia Junior and Cadet Open.

The human resource development (HRD)

ministry, in its first edition of Swachhta

Ranking, has recognised the Haryana-based

O P Jindal Global University (JGU) as the

cleanest higher educational institution.

Airtel Payments Bank integrated Unified

Payments Interface (UPI) on its digital

platform.

Olympic silver medalist Indian shuttler PV

Sindhu won the women's singles title of the

Korea Open Super Series Badminton

Tournament by defeating world champion

Nozomi Okuhara in the final match.

BJP MP from Rajasthan's Alwar, Mahant

Chandnath, died. He was 61.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated to

the nation the Sardar Sarovar Dam, almost

56 years after its foundation stone was laid.

War hero Marshal Arjan Singh passed away.

He was 98. He led the Indian Airforce in the

Indo-Pak war of 1965.

The armies of India and the US commenced

a joint military exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas’ at a

base in Washington.

Veteran BJP leader L K Advani has been

renominated as Chairman of the Lok Sabha

Ethics Committee by Speaker Sumitra

Mahajan.

Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar has been

appointed as the brand ambassador for

Uttrakhand's Swachchta Abhiyan.

Micro-blogging website Twitter has hired

Indian-born Sriram Krishnan, a former top

executive from Facebook and Snap, as its

Senior Director of Product.

Senior Congress leader and MLA Qamar-ul-

Islam died. He was 61.

Indian athlete Purnima Hembram bagged

gold in women's pentathlon event at the 5th

Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in

Turkmenistan.

Dr KS Chugh, who was known as the 'Father

of nephrology in India', passed away. He

was 85.

China issued a commemorative stamp in

honour of the world's largest radio telescope

located in Guizhou province.

Jharkhand Government has launched

Shaheed Gram Vikas Yojana aimed at

developing villages of freedom fighters in

the state.

The US and UAE's ground forces began a

joint military exercise 'Iron Union 5' in Abu

Dhabi.

Tata Steel has in association with The

Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

launched an initiative 'Green School Project'

to create awareness about environment

issues in school campuses in Odisha's Jajpur

district.

Three Indians - Ratan Tata, Lakshmi Mittal

and Vinod Khosla have been featured on

Forbes' list of the 100 Greatest Living

Business Minds.



The Indian cricket board (BCCI) has

nominated Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the

country's third highest civilian award -- the

Padma Bhushan.

India TV chairman and editor-in- Chief

Rajat Sharma will be the new president of

the News Broadcasters Association (NBA)

for 2017-18.

India's second largest software services firm

Infosys has signed a seven-year pact with

French container shipping major CMA

CGM Group. As part of the agreement,

Infosys will open a Delivery Center (DC) in

Marseille.

Former Delhi football team captain, Santosh

Kujur passed away. He was 53.

The First ‘BIMSTEC Disaster Management

Exercise- 2017’ (BIMSTEC DMEx-2017)

will be conducted by the National Disaster

Response Force (NDRF) from October 10-

13, 2017 in Delhi.

Saudi Arabia and Britain signed a

framework deal for military cooperation.

The Govardhan Eco Village, set up by the

International Society for Krishna

Consciousness (ISKCON) in Palghar

district, has won an award for its 'spirit of

humanity'.

Dr. Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State

(Independent charge) for Culture released

the book entitled “Bhartiya Kala Mein Salil

Kridayen Evam Sadyahsnata Nayika”

authored by Kshetrapal Gangwar and Sanjib

Kumar Singh.

India's table tennis player Mudit Dani won

the Under-23 title in the prestigious 2017

Butterfly Badger Open in the United States.

More than 50 countries signed a treaty to ban

nuclear weapons.

The Board of National Payments

Corporation of India (NPCI) announced the

unanimous appointment of B Sambamurthy

as interim Chairman of the Board.

Fino Payments Bank launched its mobile

banking app called 'BPay'.

Tech giant Google has signed an agreement

with HTC to buy part of the Taiwanese

company's smartphone business for USD

1.1 billion.

Yesteryear Bollywood actress Shakila, best

known for her roles in 'Aar Par' and 'CID',

passed away. She was 82.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has

sanctioned a USD 300 million loan facility

for carrying forward fiscal reforms in West

Bengal.

India has replaced China as the top retail

destination in 2017 Global retail

development index.

India won one gold and two bronze medals

on the fifth day of the 5th Asian Indoor and

Martial Arts Games.

Vice President inaugurated the National SC

ST Hub (NSSH) Confluence organized by

Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium

Enterprises (MSME).

Novelist Surendra Verma has been awarded

with the Vyas Samman for the year 2016 for

his novel 'Katna Shami Ka Vriksha

Padmapankhuri Ki Dhar Se'.

Vanlalawmpuii Chawngthu became the first

woman minister in Mizoram in 30 years.

Chinese real estate giant Evergrande

Group's Chairman Hui Ka Yan became



Asia's richest man with a net worth of $41.1

billion.

State Bank of India (SBI) along with FTSE

Russell, global index and data provider,

launched FTSE SBI Bond Index series at

London Stock Exchange (LSE).It is India’s

first bond index series for overseas

investors.

Iran successfully tested a new medium-

range missile 'Khoramshahr'.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dedicated

the Deendayal Hastkala Sankul at Varanasi

to the nation. It is a trade facilitation centre

for handicrafts.

Balraj Joshi took over as the Chairman and

Managing Director of NHPC ltd. NHPC is

India's premier hydropower utility company.

National Bank for Agriculture and Rural

Development (Nabard) sanctioned a loan of

about Rs 119 crore to construct seven

bridges and improvement of one rural road

project in five districts of Haryana.

Homegrown FMCG major Dabur India has

tied up with e-commerce major Amazon for

an online ayurveda marketplace which will

house all ayurvedic brands and products

available in the country.

The Minister of Science & Technology,

Earth Sciences and Environment, Forest &

Climate Change, Dr. Harshvardhan

launched “Pt Deen Dayal Upadhayay

Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana” which

will experiment and endeavour to formulate

and implement appropriate S&T

Interventions for Sustainable Development

through cluster approach in Uttarakhand.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off

the third Mahamana Express running

between Vadodara and Varanasi.

Leading industrialist Rajinder Gupta has

been unanimously elected as the president of

the Punjab Cricket Association.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the

foundation stone of an AIIMS hospital at

Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh on October 3.

Max Healthcare is bringing its domain

expertise in patient care to people within the

environs of their homes with the launch of

its new vertical Max@Home.

A spy satellite for the U.S. National

Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has been

launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base

in California.

India defeated Australia by five wickets in

the third one-day international match, taking

an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match

series and also secured the number one

position in the ICC Team Rankings.

Indian Wrestler Bajrang won a gold medal

on the ninth day of the 5th Asian Indoor and

Martial Arts Games.

Australia has announced the formation of a

National Space Agency in view of rapid

growth and prospects in the field of space.

Retail major Shoppers Stop has entered into

a commercial arrangement with Amazon

India to sell its products on the latter's

marketplace.

Former home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi took

over as the Comptroller and Auditor General

(CAG) of India.

Noted writer and journalist Arun Sadhu




World champion Viktor Axelsen of

Denmark defeated Malaysia's Lee Chong

Wei to clinch his first Japan Open title.

Angela Merkel won her fourth term as the

German Chancellor.

Union Minister for Minority Affairs

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi inaugurated “Hunar

Haat” in Puducherry.

Dharmendra Pradhan launched Pradhan

Mantri LPG Panchayat scheme to distribute

LPG connections.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the

‘Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar

Yojana-Saubhagya’ in New Delhi to mark

the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal

Upadhyaya.

Mary Kom became the first Indian to be

selected as the International Boxing

Association’s (AIBA) representative for the

IOC Athletes’ Forum to be held in

November, 2017.

Eruch N Kapadia will be the next chief

financial officer (CFO) at Tata Sons.

Egyptian national Eman Ahmed, who was

once the world’s heaviest woman, passed

away in Abu Dhabi. She was 37.

Two Indian women have featured on

Fortune's list of Most Powerful Women in

business outside the US. Managing Director

and CEO of ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar

has been ranked fifth and Managing Director

and CEO of Axis Bank Shikha Sharma has

been ranked at 21 in this list.

Asian Development Bank in its Asian

Development Outlook 2017 has

downgraded India's GDP growth to 7 per

cent from 7.4 per cent in financial year

2017-18. In financial year 2018-19, the

forecast is adjusted down to 7.4 per cent,

from 7.6 per cent.

Shashi Shanker has been appointed as the

chairman and managing director (CMD) of

India's biggest oil and gas producer ONGC.

Baba Ramdev's associate Acharya

Balkrishna and Radhakishan Damani of D-

Mart have found their place in the Hurun

India rich list 2017. Industrialist Mukesh

Ambani have retained the richest Indian

title.

Sebi Chairman Ajay Tyagi has been ranked

at the seventh position among the top 10

regulators worldwide. This is the list of the

world's ten most influential people in the

market structure, also known as The

Exchange Invest 1000 (EI1000).

The Asian Development Bank has

sanctioned a USD 150 million soft loan for

Nepal to improve urban infrastructures in

the southern area of the country.

Pakistan and Russia started joint exercise

DRUZBA 2017 in Minralney Vody, Russia.

According to Platts Top 250 Global Energy

Company Rankings, Reliance Industries ltd

has become the world's third-biggest energy

company. State-owned Indian Oil Corp

(IOC) has been ranked 7th in this list.

Artificial intelligence banking platform

Payjo has launched an AI-powered chat

assistant 'SBI Intelligent Assistant' for State

Bank of India to addresses customer

enquiries.

Technology giant Apple has been named the

most valuable brand for the fifth consecutive

year by Interbrand in its Best Global Brands

Report 2017.



Noted vocalist Manik Bhide has been

chosen for the prestigious Bharatratna

Pandit Bhimsen Joshi award for year 2017-

18 for her contribution in the field of music.

India will host the South Asian boxing

Championship for the first time in Guwahati

from December 6 to 10.

E-commerce major Flipkart has acquired F1

Info Solutions, a mobiles and IT repair

Services Company.

The security cover provided by the CISF at

the Chhatrapati Shivaji International

Airport, has bagged the best airport security

award from the World Quality Congress

(WQC).

Colin Gonsalves, a senior Indian advocate

has been selected for a prestigious rights

award in Sweden for his innovative use of

public interest litigation in securing

fundamental human rights for India’s most

marginalised and vulnerable citizens.

India has slipped down by one rank to be

placed at the 40th position in the list of 137

countries in the World Economic Forum's

(WEF) Global Competitiveness Index report

2017-18.

Karnataka government will launch 'Mathru

Purna' scheme on October 2 to meet the

nutritional needs of pregnant and lactating

women in rural areas.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh

launched the Platform for Effective

Enforcement for No Child Labour

(PENCIL) Portal at the National Conference

on Child Labour organised by the Ministry

of Labour and Employment, Government of

India.

INS Tarasa (T94), the fourth and last ship in

series of Water Jet Fast Attack Craft

(WJFAC) was commissioned into Indian

Navy.

Joao Lourenco sworn in as the new

President of Angola. He is the first new

President of the country in 38 years.

Union Minister for Social Justice and

Empowerment Thaawarchand Gehlot

launched the Beta version of mobile

application ‘Divyang Sarathi’.

Legendary Bengali Actor Dwijen

Bandyopadhyay died. He was 68.

Indian star Priyanka Chopra has made it to

Forbes' annual top-10 highest-paid TV

actresses list. Sofia Vergara has topped this

list.

India Ratings has lowered India's growth

forecast for the current fiscal to 6.7 per cent

from 7.4 per cent.

The Union Cabinet approved signing of an

agreement with Ethiopia to increase

cooperation in the field of information,

communication and media.

Former Speaker of the Nagaland Assembly

and sitting MLA Kiyanilie Peseyie died. He

was 69.

BBC has included Mithali Raj as one of the

most influential women in India in its BBC

100 Women list 2017.

Veteran freedom fighter Suryamani Panda

died. He was 96.

Indians grabbed four medals, including a

gold through tennis player Sumit Nagal, on

the concluding day to end at 11th place in

the 5th Asian Indoor and Martial Arts

Games.



The Union Ministry of Shipping has

renamed Kandla Port Trust as Deendayal

Port Trust.

The Union Cabinet gave its approval for

signing a MoU between India and

Afghanistan on Technical Cooperation on

Police Training and Development.

State-owned BSNL has partnered with

Indian telecom gear maker Vihaan

Networks (VNL) to deploy emergency

mobile network in the event of a natural

disaster that will help track those trapped.

Madhya Pradesh has won the 'Best Tourism

State' national award for the third

consecutive year.

According to MasterCard Global

Destination Cities Index 2017, Chennai,

Kolkata along with the six Indian cities have

been featured in with the six Indian cities.

Apart from Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai,

Delhi, Pune and Bengaluru have been

included in the list.

Khadi and Village Industries Commission

(KVIC) Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena has

been conferred with 2017 Luxury League

Award for his contribution in promotion of

brand 'Khadi'.

According to a HSBC survey, India leapt up

the global rankings by 12 places to take the

14th spot in terms of best country for expats

to live and work in.

Veteran Congress leader Makhan Lal

Fotedar died. He was 85.

Five Indians have been included in the top-

20 players of the BWF men's singles

rankings. These five Indian Players are - HS

Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, Ajay Jayaram,

Sameer Verma and B Sai Praneeth.

Indian captain Virat Kohli became the

fastest cricketer to complete 2,000 runs in

ODIs as captain.

India and Norway signed a Letter of Intent

to extend bilateral cooperation within health

sector through the Norway India Partnership

Initiative (NIPI) for a period of three years

starting from 2018.

Watchmaker Fossil has roped in actors

Varun Dhawan and Shruti Haasan as its first

brand ambassadors in the country.

Banking Industry legend Rajiv Sabharwal

will be the CEO and Managing Director of

Tata Capital Limited.

Former BCCI General Manager Dr MV

Sridhar, who had recently resigned from his

position, passed away. He was 51.

India signed a USD 200 million loan

agreement with World Bank to facilitate

investment in the agricultural sector and

increase productivity in Assam.

Union Minister of State (Independent

Charge) Giriraj Singh launched MSME

Delayed Payment Portal – MSME

Samadhaan (http://msefc.msme.gov.in),

empowering micro and small entrepreneurs

across the country to directly register their

cases relating to delayed payments by

Central

Ministries/Departments/CPSEs/State

Governments.

Veteran actor and playwright Girish Karnad

will be honoured with the 'Tata Literature

Live! Lifetime Achievement Award 2017'.

Veteran journalists Sam Rajappa and Sarat

Mishra will be jointly awarded with the Raja

Ram Mohan Roy Award for their

outstanding contribution towards



journalism. This award is given by the Press

Council of India.

Online retailer Flipkart and sports goods

company Decathlon announced a strategic

partnership to bring Decathlon's selection of

sports equipment, fitness products and

accessories to Indian shoppers.

Birendra Prasad Baishya has been re-elected

president of the Indian Weightlifting

Federation (IWLF) in the Annual General

Body Meeting.

Veteran Bollywood actor Anupam Kher has

been awarded with the Pramod Mahajan

Smriti Award in Pune.

Heena Sidhu bagged gold in women's 10m

Air Pistol event at the Commonwealth

Shooting Championships.

The 11th India-United States Trade Policy

Forum (TPF) Meeting was held in

Washington D.C, capital city of US. It was

chaired jointly by Union Minister for

Commerce and Industry Suresh Prabhu and

US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.

India's ranking has climbed 30 notches to

reach 100th place in the list of 190 countries

in the World Bank’s ease of doing business

ranking. India's rank was 130 last year.

The United Nations announced has

appointed Norwegian national Knut Ostby

as an interim resident coordinator in

Myanmar and resident representative for the

UN Development Program in the country.

Neelamani N Raju, a 1983 batch IPS officer

became the first female Director General

and Inspector General of Police of

Karnataka. She will replace Rupak Kumar

Dutta.

App based ride-hailing company Uber

announced the launch of two new products

uberACCESS and uberASSIST in

Bengaluru, supported by Mphasis, a leading

cloud and cognitive services provider. The

aim of these apps is to address day-to-day

transportation requirements of senior

citizens and those with accessibility needs.

Tata Steel has elevated T V Narendran as its

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and

Managing Director globally.

Troops of Indian and Kazakhstan armies

will engage in a 14-day joint military

exercise 'Prabal Dostyk 2017' from

November 2 in Himachal Pradesh to

strengthen bilateral relations and exchange

skills and experiences.

Bharti AXA Life Insurance, a subsidiary of

Bharti Enterprises, appointed Vikas Seth as

Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Albert Einstein has ranked tenth on Forbes'

list of Highest-Paid Dead Celebrities of

2017. Pop star Michael Jackson has topped

this list.

The Union Cabinet has given its approval

for signing and ratifying an Agreement

between India and Armenia on cooperation

and mutual assistance in customs matters.

The Union Cabinet gave its approval for the

trade agreement between India and Ethiopia.

Renowned poet and short story writer Keki

Nasserwanji Daruwalla has been chosen for

this year's Tata Literature Live! Poet

Laureate Award.

India slipped 21 places on the World

Economic Forum’s (WEF) Global Gender

Gap index to 108th rank, behind its

neighbors China and Bangladesh, primarily



due to less participation of women in the

economy and low wages.

ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar has been

named the most powerful woman in India.

She has been ranked 32nd in World's 100

Most Powerful Women list by Forbes.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has

topped this list.

Seasoned diplomat Ajay Bisaria, currently

the Indian ambassador to Poland, has been

appointed the India's high commissioner to

Pakistan.

According to Forbes, Reliance Industries

Chairman Mukesh Ambani has become

Asia's richest person with a wealth of $42.1

billion. He overtook China's Hui Ka Yan to

reach the top spot in this list.

Assam government signed memorandum of

understanding (MoUs) and Terms of

Reference (ToR) with Singapore for skilling

youth of the state.

Noted Malayalam Poet and literary critic, K

Satchidanandan, has been selected for this

year's Ezhuthachan Puraskaram, Kerala

government's highest literary honour.

Energy Efficiency Services Limited

(EESL), under Ministry of Power, launched

a $454 million ‘Creating and Sustaining

Markets for Energy Efficiency’ project in

partnership with the Global Environment

Facility (GEF).

Olympic bronze-medalist Gagan Narang

won a silver medal in the men's 50m rifle

prone event of the Commonwealth Shooting

Championships.


for signing an agreement between India and

Armenia on cooperation and mutual

assistance in customs matters.

President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the

Global Clubfoot Conference being

organised by the CURE India in partnership

with the Ministry of Health and Family

Welfare, Government of India, in New

Delhi.

Ficci has appointed Ajay Chhibber as Chief

Economic Advisor. Chhibber was

associated with the World Bank from 1983

to 2008.


World Food India 2017 in New Delhi. The

three day event aims to transform the food

economy and realize the vision of doubling

of famers’ income by establishing India as a

preferred investment destination and

sourcing hub for the global food processing

industry. This is the first time that India is

hosting such an event for the Food

processing sector.

American President Donald Trump has

appointed Federal Reserve Governor

Jerome Powell as the next chairman of the

U.S. central bank. He will replace Janet

Yellen.

Noted Hindi writer, Krishna Sobti will be

awarded with the Jnanpith Award for the

year 2017, country's highest award in the

field of literature.

Kenneth Juster will be the new US

ambassador to India. He will replace

Richard Verma as the top American

diplomat in India.

Energy efficiency solutions provider

Danfoss Industries has partnered the United

Nations to introduce District Energy System



in India in association with state-run EESL.

As part of the United Nations Sustainable

Energy for All initiative, six cities including

Thane, Pune, Bhubaneswar, Rajkot,

Coimbatore and Bhopal have been chosen to

explore District Energy Systems.

Odisha Skill Development Authority

(OSDA) and Singapore-based ITE

Education Services (ITEES) signed a

memorandum of understanding (MoU) for

skill development in the state. ITEES is a

subsidiary of Singapore's prestigious

Institute of Technical Education (ITE).

Gavin Williamson has been appointed as

Britain's new defence minister. He has

replaced Michael Fallon.

Shuttler Kidambi Srikanth has reached a

career-best world number two rank in the

World Badminton Federation Men's Singles

Rankings, after becoming the first Indian to

win four Superseries titles in a year.

The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has

constructed the world's highest motorable

road in Ladakh region of Jammu and

Kashmir, passing through Umlingla Top at a

height of over 19,300 feet.

An indigenously developed light weight

'Glide' bomb has been successfully tested in

Chandipur in Odisha. The bomb -- Smart

Anti Airfield Weapon (SAAW) -- was

dropped from an Indian Air Force aircraft.

SAAW will be soon inducted into the armed

forces.

Satnam Singh has become the first Indian

player to be signed by the United Basketball

Alliance for its season 5.

Air New Zealand has been named the

Airline of the Year for the fifth consecutive

year by AirlineRatings.com.

The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of

Western Railway (WR) has launched a

mobile application ‘Eyewatch Railways’ for

the security of women commuters travelling

between Churchgate and Virar suburban

railway stations, in Mumbai.

Minister of Communications Manoj Sinha

launched a Pan India scholarship program

for school children called Deen Dayal

SPARSH Yojana to increase the reach of

Philately. Under the scheme of SPARSH

(Scholarship for Promotion of Aptitude &

Research in Stamps as a Hobby), it is

proposed to award annual scholarships to

children of Standard VI to IX having good

academic record and also pursuing Philately

as a hobby.

Kerala will host International Poetry

Festival on 9 November 2017. The three-day

event, whose theme is Poetry against

Xenophobia and Racism, would also have

participation from various Indian languages

including Malayalam, Gujarati, Urdu,

Hindi, Panjabi and Marathi.

Madhu Azad became the first woman mayor

of Gurugram.

Shamika Ravi, a senior fellow at Brookings

India, would be appointed as part-time

member of the Economic Advisory Council

to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM).

China has unveiled a massive ship 'Tian Kun

Hao' described as a magic island maker that

is Asia's largest dredging vessel.

India conducted a flight test of its

indigenously designed and developed long



range sub-sonic cruise missile Nirbhay,

which can carry warheads of up to 300 kg.

Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia has

been designated as the new Finance

Secretary. Adhia is a 1981 batch IAS officer

of Gujarat cadre. The vacancy was caused

following the superannuation of Ashok

Lavasa last month.

Harvard Foundation has honoured

legendary singer Elton John with the Peter J

Gomes Humanitarian Award for his

contribution in the fight against HIV and

AIDS.

Ride-sharing company Ola announced its

strategic partnership with Redmond's giant

Microsoft for building a new connected

vehicle platform for car manufacturers

worldwide.

The Indian women's hockey team gained

two places to reach top-10 in the latest FIH

world rankings following their Asia Cup

title triumph. India overtook Spain to rank

10th in the rankings.

Private sector lender HDFC Bank has made

online transactions through RTGS and

NEFT free of cost from November 1.

Indian Refractory Makers Association

(IRMA) signed an agreement with IIT-

BHU, Varanasi, to set up a Centre of

Excellence in Refractories at the Ceramics

Department of the Institute.

The All India Council for Technical

Education (AICTE) along with online career

and recruitment resource Monster India will

work to provide job opportunities to students

and fresher candidates across the country.

Tamil Nadu's Sri Ranganatha Swamy

Temple has received the Award of Merit

from the 2017 UNESCO Asia-Pacific

Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.

India and Bangladesh armies began their

joint military exercise SAMPRITI-7 in

Meghalaya’s Umroi cantonment.

India Signed Loan Agreement with World

Bank for US$ 119 Million for “Odisha

Higher Education Programme for

Excellence and Equity (OHEPEE) Project.

An Indian-American, Ravinder Bhalla

became the first-ever Sikh mayor of US'

New Jersey based Hoboken city.

Indian boxer MC Mary Kom (48kg) won a

gold medal for fifth time in Asian boxing

Championships. Five-time world champion

and Olympic bronze medalist Mary Kom

defeated Kim Hyang Mi of North Korea by

5-0.

Novelist Manu Sharma, who wrote the

biggest novel in Hindi "krishna ki

atmakatha", died. He was 89.

Sanjeev Kaushik was appointed a whole-

time member of market regulator Securities

and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).

Kaushik, a 1992-batch IAS officer of the

Kerala cadre, is the Chairman and Managing

Director of India Infrastructure Finance

Company (IIFCL).

Tamil Nadu Tennis Association (TNTA)

will conduct the Chennai Open Challenger

Tennis Tournament 2018, an ATP

Challenger event in Chennai from February

12 to 18, February 2018.

The Union Women and Child Development

Minister Maneka Gandhi launched the

online complaint management system ‘SHe

Box’ (Sexual Harassment Electronic Box)



against sexual harassment at work place in

New Delhi.

International Children's Film Festival India

(ICFFI), popularly known as the Golden

Elephant began in Hyderabad, Telangana.

The festival would conclude on the occasion

of Children’s Day on 14 November.

According to the Grant Thornton’s

International Business Report (IBR), India

has slipped in business optimism index to

the 7th position, from the 2nd slot in the

July- September quarter. This list is topped

by Indonesia.

Tulsi Gabbard, the first Hindu lawmaker in

the US Congress, has been named as the

chairperson of the World Hindu Congress to

be held in Chicago next year.

Union Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare

Minister, Radha Mohan Singh inaugurated

the three-day Organic World Congress –

2017 to be held from 9 to 11 November in

Greater Noida. It will see the participation of

1,400 representatives from 110 countries,

and 2000 delegates from India. The Organic

World Congress (OWC) is organized once

every three years in a different country. The

last edition of the Organic World Congress

took place in Istanbul, Turkey, in 2014.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina

flagged the 'Bandhan Express' through video

conferencing. Bandhan Express will run

every Thursday from West Bengal's Kolkata

and Bangladesh's southwestern industrial

city Khulna.

Saina Nehwal defeated PV Sindhu Senior to

win National Badminton Championship

women's single title.

Former Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman, Arvind

Panagariya and former foreign secretary,

Kanwal Sibal, have joined as advisors to the

US-India Strategic and Partnership Forum

(USISPF). USISPF is a new organisation set

up to enhance business relations between

India and the US.

HS Prannoy outwitted World No 2 Kidambi

Srikanth to claim the men's singles title at

the 82nd Senior National badminton

Championship.

IDFC Bank has partnered with MobiKwik

for co-branded virtual Visa prepaid card.

Eminent classical singer late Girija Devi will

be honoured with the prestigious Sumitra

Charat Ram Award for Lifetime

Achievement for her contribution to the

music.

Legendary opener Virender Sehwag and

former Delhi player Vinay Lamba have been

made members of the Anti-Doping Appeal

Panel (ADAP) of the NADA.

United Nations High Commissioner for

Refugees (UNHCR) has been named as the

recipient of the Mother Teresa Memorial

Award for Social Justice.

Freedom fighter Jyoti Prasad who actively

took part in the Quit India Movement in

1942 and went to jail, died. He was 95.

US and China signed deals worth more than

USD 250 billion during President Donald

Trump's visit to China. It also includes the

agreement related to the 300 Boeing planes.

Former Indian Test cricketer A G Milkha

Singh passed away. He was 75.

Federal Bank has got RBI approval to open

representative offices at Kuwait and

Singapore.



India has been re-elected as the member of

UNESCO’s executive board. The election

was held at the 39th session of the General

Conference of the United Nations

Educational, Scientific and Cultural

Organisation in Paris. The executive board

is the top decision- making body of the

international organisation.

The GST Council has reduced the list of

items attracting 28 per cent GST to just 50

from 227 previously. The GST Council

meeting was held in Guwahati.

India's top Real Estate Network, Remax has

appointed actor and producer Lara Dutta and

the globally renowned ace Indian tennis

player Mahesh Bhupati as brand

ambassadors.

The National Association of Software and

Services Companies (Nasscom) named

Debjani Ghosh as its President-Designate,

who will succeed R Chandrashekhar after

completion of his tenure in March next year.

Ghosh, former managing director of Intel

South Asia, will be the first woman

President of Nasscom.

The Union Cabinet approved a MoU

between India and the Philippines in

agriculture and related fields. The

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

would improve bilateral cooperation in the

field of agriculture and would be mutually

beneficial to both countries.

The Union Cabinet approved creation of

National Testing Agency (NTA) as an

autonomous and self-sustained premier

testing organization to conduct entrance

examinations for higher educational

institutions. It will be society registered

under Indian Societies Registration Act,

1860.

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has

approved 'Sudakhya' scheme in an attempt

to encourage girl students to join technical

education. Under this scheme, Girl students

who have cleared class X examination, are

eligible to get admission into the technical

institutes such as ITI.

Senior journalist Virendra Sanghi died. He

was 66.

India number one, Saurav Ghosal defeated

Switzerland's Nicolas Mueller to win the

title in the JSW-CCI International Squash

Circuit.

UNESCO member states appointed former

French Culture Minister Audrey Azoulay as

the new Director-General of UNESCO. She

will the 11th Director-General of UNESCO

and the second woman to occupy the

position.

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime

Minister Narendra Modi has given its

approval for the protocol amending the

Agreement between India and Kyrgyz

Republic for the avoidance of double

taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion

with respect to taxes on income.

Indian cricketer Gautam Gambhir has been

named a government nominee in the Delhi

and District Cricket Association (DDCA)

managing committee.

Women and Child Development Ministry to

celebrate Child Rights Week by hosting an

inter CCI Festival “Hausala 2017” between

16th to 20th November.

President Ram Nath Kovind, the supreme

commander of the armed forces, will award



the prestigious 'President's Standard' to the

223 Squadron and the 117 Helicopter Unit

of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on November

16.

Olympic bronze medalist Gagan Narang

inaugurated the 3rd All India Digvijay Singh

Memorial Air Rifle/Air Pistol

Championship at Noida's Billabong High

International School.

Bangladesh's first Hindu Chief Justice

Surendra Kumar Sinha resigned from his

post.

Two-time World Cup winning captain

Mahendra Singh Dhoni inaugurated his first

global cricket academy in UAE.

India's star gymnast Dipa Karmakar has

been conferred a D.Litt. degree from the

National Institute of Technology (NIT)

Agartala.

Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) has

obtained approval from its board of directors

to form a joint venture company with

Mineral Exploration Corporation Ltd

(MECL) and NALCO Ltd.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in

Philippines to attend the India-ASEAN

summit, inaugurated the 'Shri Narendra

Modi Resilient Rice Field Laboratory' at Los

Bano.

Ace Indian cueist Pankaj Advani clinched

his 17th world title after defeating Mike

Russell of England in the IBSF World

Billiards Championship.

The Government launched its second and

final phase of Bharat Net project to provide

high-speed broadband service in all Gram

Panchayats by March 2019. It will be

implemented at an outlay of around 34

thousand crore rupees.

For the first time, the nation’s financial

capital will host the 34th annual conference

of the Asian Bankers Association (ABA).

Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali

Raj bagged the Indian Sportswoman of the

Year (Team Sports) award at the Indian

Sports Honours (ISH) event held in

Mumbai.

Indian duo Leander Paes and Purav Raja

won the Knoxville Challenger men's

doubles title at Tennessee in the United

States.

Former Prime Minister of Nepal Kirti Nidhi

Bista passed away. He was 90.

Ferrari's German driver, Sebastian Vettel

won the Brazilian Grand Prix title.

Union Minister of Health and Family

Welfare J P Nadda inaugurated the

'Transport Ministers` Forum on Road

Safety' organised by International Road

Federation (IRF).

Japanese conglomerate Softbank has

entered into a deal with the American taxi

service provider Uber to invest in the

company.

India and Philippines have signed four

agreements for cooperation in various areas

including defence and security.

Pakistan's spinner Saeed Ajmal announced

his retirement from all forms of cricket.

The 37th India International Trade Fair

(IITF) began at Pragati Maidan in New

Delhi. The 14-day annual event, organised

by the India Trade Promotion Organisation

was inaugurated by President Ram Nath



Kovind. The theme for this year is-'Startup

India Standup India'.

China has launched the world’s first all-

electric ship, which can travel up to 80 km

with 2000-tonnes cargo after a two-hour

charge.

The Indian Railways has launched Project

'Saksham', country’s largest time-bound

upskilling exercise for its employees to

boost their efficiency.

Inflation at the wholesale level rose to 6-

month high of 3.59 per cent in October.

Inflation, based on the Wholesale Price

Index (WPI), was 2.60 per cent in

September.

The 12th East Asia Summit kicked-off in

Manila, Philippines. The world leaders

attending the summit will mainly discuss

security and trade issues.

Filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh has resigned as the

head of the jury of IFFI's (International Film

Festival of India) Indian Panorama section.

Toshiba Digital Solutions and Tech

Mahindra announced a strategic partnership

to work in the area of a smart factory. This

partnership aims to leverage strengths of

both sides and offer a one stop solution for

manufacturer customers with the latest IoT

technologies and system integration

capabilities from both sides.

Bengaluru FC has named the former Indian

captain Rahul Dravid as the club's brand

ambassador.

Minister of State (IC) for Power and New &

Renewable Energy, R.K. Singh has

launched the National Power Portal (NPP),

a Centralized Platform for Collation and

Dissemination of Indian Power Sector

Information.

According to Bank of America Merrill

Lynch, India will become world's third

largest economy by 2028.

According to Cushman and Wakefield

report, Delhi's Khan Market has moved up

four positions in the list of world's expensive

retail location to become the world's 24th

most expensive retail location. New York's

Upper 5th Avenue has retained its top

position in this list.

According to the National Council of

Applied Economic Research (NCAER),

Indian economy is projected to grow at 6.2

per cent in 2017-18.

China successfully launched a new

meteorological satellite 'Fengyun-3D',

which will provide global three dimensional

all-weather and multi-spectral remote

sensing images. A Long March-4C rocket

carried the satellite, Fengyun-3D, into space

from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Centre in

northern Chinas Shanxi Province.

Noted vocalist of Kirana Gharana of

Classical music, Jagdish Mohan died. He

was 87.

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan

will be honoured with 'personality of the

year award' at the International Film Festival

of India (IFFI) in Goa.

Super 30 Founder Anand Kumar has been

awarded with the Rashtriya Bal Kalyan

Award for the year 2017 by President Ram

Nath Kovind. Anand has been awarded for

his contributions in the field of teaching and

education.



Aditi Ashok became the first Indian golfer

to qualify for the CME Group Tour

Championship on the LPGA.

Veteran actress Shyama, known for her

films like 'Aar Paar' and 'Barsaat Ki Raat'

passed away. She was 82.

The Government of India launched the

BHARAT-22 Exchange Traded Fund (ETF)

managed by ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund

targeting an initial amount of about Rs.

8,000 crore.

Veteran Hindi poet and Jnanpith award

winner, Kunwar Narain died. He was 90.

Actors Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth were

announced as the winners of the NTR

National Film Award for 2014 and 2016,

respectively, by the Andhra Pradesh

government.

According to Forbes magazine's Asia's 50

Richest Families list, Reliance Group Chief

Mukesh Ambani's family is the richest

family in Asia. The net worth of his family

has increased from USD 19 billion to USD

44.8 billion. South Korean Company

Samsung's Lee family is second on the list.

Indian-origin businesswoman, Millie

Banerjee has been appointed the new

chairperson of the UK's College of Policing

by the British government.

India has been ranked 14th in this year's

Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI)

2018 out of 56 nations and the European

Union by environmental organisation

German watch. India was ranked 20th in this

list in 2017. China has been ranked 41st in

this list.

Indonesia's Kevin Lilliana has won the Miss

International 2017 title in Tokyo.

Minister of State (IC) for Power and New &

Renewable Energy, R.K. Singh launched the

Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana

– ‘Saubhagya’ Web Portal.

The 15th Asia Pacific Computer Emergency

Response Team (APCERT) Conference was

held in New Delhi. It was the first ever

conference to be held in India and South

Asia.

The 10th South Asia Economic Summit

(SAES-2017) was held in Kathmandu,

Nepal. The theme of this three day summit

was - “Deepening Economic Integration for

Inclusive and Sustainable Development in

South Asia”.

Chinese Golfer Li Haotong has won the

Hero Challenge title in Dubai.

Simone Garcia Johnson has been named as

the Ambassador for the 75th anniversary of

the Golden Globe awards.

Noted social worker Sindhutai Sapkal,

fondly called as the 'Mother of Orphans', has

been awarded with the 'Dr Rammanohar

Tripathi Lokseva Samman' for her

outstanding contribution in the service of

humanity.

US-based Moody's upgraded India's

sovereign credit rating by a notch to 'Baa2'.

The rating upgrade comes after a gap of 13

years. Moody's had last upgraded India's

rating to 'Baa3' in 2004.

The Karnataka government announced the

launch of a Centre of Excellence for data

science and artificial intelligence with

Nasscom as its programme and

implementation partner.

Largest private sector lender ICICI Bank

announced to offer short-term instant credit



upto Rs 20,000 for its existing customers for

purchases through Paytm.

Former Maharashtra football player Keith

Swaine passed away. He was 66.

Sri Lankan bowler, Suranga Lakmal became

the second bowler to take three wickets

without a run in a Test innings. He equaled

the record of Australia's Richie Benaud.

The Indian Navy sealed a deal with Tata

Power Strategic Engineering Division (Tata

Power SED) for supply of portable diver

detection sonar which are fitted on ships to

detect underwater threats.

Renowned senior journalist and writer

Urmilesh will be awarded with this year's

'Chhatrapati-Samman' given in memory of

journalist Ram Chandra Chhatrapati.

The Union Cabinet approved the

establishment of National Anti-profiteering

Authority under GST. It is aimed at ensuring

that benefits of reduction in GST rates are

passed on to consumers.

RBI Governor Urjit Patel has been

appointed to the Financial Stability Institute

Advisory Board (FSAB) or Bank of

International Settlement (BIS).

The Minister of Shipping, Road Transport &

Highways and Water Resources, River

Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Nitin

Gadkari laid the foundation stone for a Rs

970-crore International Ship Repair Facility

(ISRF) for Cochin Shipyard Limited.

Acclaimed Canadian filmmaker Atom

Egoyan will be honoured with a lifetime

achievement award at the 2017 International

Film Festival of India (IFFI).

Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu released

the Book ‘Social Exclusion and Justice in

India’ authored by P.S. Krishnan.

Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson has

partnered with Bharti Airtel for 5G

technology for the telecom giant's India

operations.

Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd

has signed a comprehensive Bancassurance

agreement with YES Bank to distribute its

various products.

Nicaraguan author and former politician

Sergio Ramirez Mercado has won the 2017

Cervantes Prize. It is the Spanish-speaking

world's highest literary honor.

France will host the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

Distinguished folk singer of Uttar Pradesh,

Manavati Devi Srivastava, died. She was 75.

The Quality Council of India (QCI) has

signed an MoU with Miryang City of South

Korea for the promotion of the yoga scheme.

Under this yoga scheme, schools that

provide yoga education and yoga

professionals will be certified.

India's Manushi Chhillar has been crowned

as Miss World 2017 at a grand event held in

Sanya in China. The title was last won by

Priyanka Chopra for India in 2000. Yukta

Mookhey won the title in 1999. In 1997,

Diana Hayden had bagged the title, while

Aishwarya Rai had the honours in 1994.

Reita Faria was the first Indian to win the

crown in the 1966.

World's biggest toilet pot model was

unveiled at Marora, popularly known as the

"Trump village", in Haryana on the World

Toilet Day in a bid to create awareness

towards sanitation and use of toilets.



Sarajevo Haggadah, the 14th- century richly

illuminated Hebrew manuscript, has been

included in UNESCO's 'Memory of the

World Register'.

Hyderabad's Anindith Reddy and

Kolhapur's Chittesh Mandody were

crowned Euro JK 2017 and LGB 4

champions in the 20th JK Tyre- FMSCI

National Racing Championship.

Actor and playwright Girish Karnad was

honored with Lifetime Achievement Award

for his unprecedented contribution in the

field of Actor and playwright Girish Karnad

was honored with Lifetime Achievement

Award for his unprecedented contribution in

the field of theatre.

Yuki Bhambri clinched his first title of the

2017 season on the ATP Challenger Tour

following a come-from-behind win over

compatriot Ramkumar Ramanathan in the

final of the KPIT-MSLTA Challenger in

Pune.

India's star doubles pair A Sharath Kamal

and G Sathiyan won the bronze medal in the

Seamaster 2017 World Tour Swedish Open

table tennis tournament.

Former world champion Manavjit Singh

Sandhu won the gold medal in the 61st

National Shotgun Championship by

defeating UP's Anwer Sultan.

Former chief justice of the Jharkhand High

Court Bhagwati Prasad passed away. He

was 68.

Veteran journalist and mountaineer, Manik

Banerjee has been awarded with the Life

Time Achievement Award by the Indian

Mountaineering Foundation (IMF).

Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov defeated David

Goffin to win the ATP Finals title.

Former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna

died. He was 49. Novotna defeated France's

Nathalie Tauziat in the final to win the

Wimbledon title in 1998.

India's middle-order batsman Cheteshwar

Pujara became the third Indian and ninth

overall to bat across five days in a Test

match.

The International Council of Organizations

of Folklore Festivals and Folk Arts

(CIOFF), the Subsidiary of Cultural

Organization UNESCO, has elected Charu

Castle Foundation-Ghaziabad’s Secretary

Pawan Kapoor as its representative for

India.

Afghanistan defeated Pakistan by 185 runs

to clinch its maiden Under-19 Asia Cup title.

State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)

announced the launch of nation's first

electric vehicle charging station at a petrol

pump in Nagpur. IOC, in collaboration with

Ola, launched the country's first electric

charging station at one of its petrol-diesel

stations in Nagpur.

Veteran Congress leader Priya Ranjan

Dasmunsi passed away. He was 72.

Indian captain Virat Kohli became the

second Indian batsman after Sachin

Tendulkar to score 50 international

centuries.

According to Switzerland's leading business

school IMD, India has improved its ranking

by three notches to 51 globally in terms of

ability to attract, develop and retain talent.

Switzerland has topped this list.



India's Dalveer Bhandari has been re-elected

to the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Acclaimed South African Indian-origin

AIDS researcher Professor Quarraisha

Abdool Karim has been appointed as a

UNAIDS Special Ambassador for

Adolescents and HIV.

India and the World Bank signed a USD 98

million loan pact, and a USD 2 million grant

agreement to help the country increase

power generation capacity through cleaner,

renewable energy sources.

American singer Beyoncé has been named

the world's highest-paid woman in music in

2017 by Forbes.

Press Information Bureau (PIB) Director

General Ira Joshi has been appointed as the

Director General of Doordarshan News. She

will replace Veena Jain.

Tamil actor Trisha Krishnan has been

conferred the UNICEF celebrity advocate

status.

Broadcasting firm NDTV's (New Delhi

Television Limited) Group CEO and

Executive Vice Chairperson K V L Narayan

Rao passed away. He was 63.

NASA has successfully tested a supersonic

landing parachute that will be deployed in its

Mars rover mission set to launch in 2020.

India and Russia signed an agreement to

implement the general declaration for visa

free entry of the crew of chartered and

scheduled flights between the two countries.

India has successfully test-fired the

supersonic BrahMos supersonic cruise

missile from Indian Navy's Sukhoi-30 MKI

fighter aircraft for the first time.

NASSCOM will host the World Congress

on Information Technology (WCIT) at

Hyderabad.

Bengali writer Nabaneeta Dev Sen has been

awarded with the big little book award 2017

for her contribution to the children literature

in Bengali Language.

The Shanghai-based BRICS New

Development Bank (NDB) has approved

two infrastructure and sustainable

development projects in India and Russia

with loans of USD 400 million. The loans

will be used to rehabilitate the Indira Gandhi

canal system in India and to build a toll

transport corridor connecting Ufa city centre

to the M-5 federal highway in Russia.

With rising number of cases under the

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, the

government has set up a 14-member panel to

identify and suggest ways to address issues

faced in implementation of the law. This

committee will be chaired by Corporate

Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas.

The Centre has constituted a 10- member

committee under GSTN chairperson Ajay

Bhushan Pandey to look into the

requirements of filing returns in current

financial year.

Messaging app Hike has tied up with Airtel

Payments Bank to power its mobile wallet

product. Hike users will have access to the

bank's vast product line including merchant

and utility payments.

China launched three remote sensing

satellites- Jilin-1 04, Jilin-1 05 and Jilin-1 06

designed to improve observation capability

to promote commercial use for the remote

sensing industry.



Actress Shraddha Kapoor has been awarded

with the 'Youth Icon of NextGen' of Indian

Cinema at the 48th International Film

Festival of India (IFFI).

Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe

resigned from his post after 37 years in

power.

Union Minister of Health and Family

Welfare, J P Nadda inaugurated the first

World Conference on Access to Medical

Products and International Laws for Trade

and Health.


the 5th Global Conference on Cyber Space

in New Delhi. The theme of the conference

is Cyber for All: A Secure and Inclusive

Cyberspace for Sustainable Development.

Three IITs and the Indian Institute of

Science, Bangalore have made the cut

among top 20 varsities in BRICS countries

in the latest Quacquarelli Symonds (QS)

Rankings. The Indian Institute of

Technology Bombay has secured ninth rank

followed by IISc, Bangalore (10), IIT Delhi

(15) and IIT Madras (18). China's Tsinghua

University has topped this list.

Bareilly's Shubhangi Swaroop became the

first-ever female pilot to be inducted into the

Indian Navy.

Zimbabwe's former Vice President

Emmerson Mnangagwa will be sworn in as

the new President of the country.

Former national rugby captain Aga Hussain

has been elected the president of Asia

Rugby. He has thus become the first Indian

to occupy the post.

Basel will become the first city to jointly

host the Badminton and Para Badminton

World Championships after it was awarded

the 2019 edition of the Para event.

Sri Lankan author Anuk Arudpragasam has

been awarded with the Shakti Bhatt First

Book Prize 2017 for his novel 'The Story of

a Brief Marriage'.

The Union Cabinet gave its approval for

signing of an agreement between India and

the Philippines on cooperation and mutual

assistance in customs matters.

The Union Cabinet approved India's

membership for European Bank for

Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).

The Union Cabinet has approved setting up

of 15th Finance Commission (FC).

State Bank of India (SBI) unveiled the

country's first integrated lifestyle and

banking digital platform 'YONO' (You Only

Need One). It was launched by Finance

Minister Arun Jaitley.

Realty firm Raheja Corp has been named

among the country's top 100 best companies

for women, by a US-based firm Working

Mothers Media.

Actor Rajkummar Rao was named the Best

Actor at the 11th Asia Pacific Screen

Awards (APSA). Mayank Tewari and Amit

V Masurkar won the award for Best

Screenplay.

Veteran actor Anupam Kher's short film

"Kheer" has bagged the Best International

Short Film award at the Vancouver

International Film Festival.

Assam’s prominent film actor Biju Phukan


The Indian football team has been ranked

105th in the latest FIFA rankings.



Gurugram will host the two-day South

Korean culture and tourism festival 'Korea

Festival 2017' showcasing the South Korea's

famous tourist destinations, delicacies, art,

culture and heritage.

Cisco Chairman John Chambers will lead a

business delegation of US-India Strategic

Partnership Forum for the annual Global

Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) at

Hyderabad. This three day summit will

begin from November 28.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic

Affairs gave its approval to the new scheme

called ‘Pradhan Mantri Mahila Shakti

Kendra'.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will

inaugurate the Hyderabad Metro Rail

project on November 28.

DBS Group Holdings has overtaken

Singapore Telecommunications (Singtel) to

become Southeast Asia's biggest company

by market value.

Ex-environment minister Anil Madhav

Dave and deputy director of Centre for

Science and Environment (CSE) Chandra

Bhushan have been honoured with 'Ozone

award' by the United Nations Environment

Programme (UNEP).

Rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has

maintained India's sovereign ratings at

BBB- (negative) with stable outlook.


International Gita Mahotsava-2017 in

Kurukshetra, Haryana.

Amritsar's Golden Temple has been

awarded the ‘most visited place of the

world’ by ‘World Book of Records’ (WBR).

Barcelona's star striker Lionel Messi won

his fourth European Golden Shoe award.

TV director and actor Peter Baldwin died.

He was 86.

Indian Police Service (IPS) Officer of 1984

batch, N Sambasiva Rao has been appointed

as the Director-General of Police (DGP) of

Andhra Pradesh.

Qatar's Mutaz Essa Barshim and Belgium's

Nafissatou Thiam were respectively named

Male and Female Athlete of the Year.

Retired sprinting legend Usain Bolt of

Jamaica received the IAAF President's

Award.

India wrestler Ritu Phogat (48kg) clinched

the silver medal in the Under-23 Senior

World Wrestling Championship at Poland.

Indian Railways has installed Asia’s largest

Solid State Interlocking (SSI) system in

Kharagpur, which will enable station

masters to set 800 different routes for trains

in a matter of minutes.

Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan will

lead the Indian Parliamentary Delegation in

the eighth conference of SAARC President

and Member of Parliament, organized in

Colombo, Sri Lanka from 4-6 October.

The Union Minister of Women and Child

Development, Maneka Sanjay Gandhi

inaugurated the 3rd annual ‘Women of India

Organic Festival’ at Dilli Haat (INA).

Indian opener Rohit Sharma broke back into

the top-five at fifth, while skipper Virat

Kohli held on to the numero uno position in

the latest ICC ODI rankings.

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu unveiled

a 1.8-metre-tall bronze statue of Mahatma

Gandhi at Rajghat on the occasion of the



148th birth anniversary of the Father of the

Nation.

Thaawarchand Gehlot Flags off

“WALKATHON” for Older Persons at

India Gate to mark ‘International Day of

Older Persons’.

A 38-year-old Sikh lawyer has been elected

the leader of Canada's New Democratic

Party, becoming the first non-white

politician to head a major political party in

the country.


newly-built airport at Shirdi in Maharashtra

and flagged off the facility’s first

commercial flight to Mumbai.

A Ghana-based Indian entrepreneur,

Birendra Sasmal has won the 'International

Business Person of the Year' award in the

UK for his efforts to bring innovative IT

solutions to Africa.

Three US Scientists Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael

Rosbash and Michael W Young have been

selected for the 2017 Nobel Medicine Prize

for their work on 'internal biological clocks'.

The US-based National Academy of Public

Administration (NAPA) has elected Indian

School of Business professor Prajapati

Trivedi as a lifetime fellow of the institute.

With this, Professor Trivedi became the first

Indian to be bestowed this honour.

President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed

five-member commission to examine sub-

categorization of Other Backward Classes

(OBCs). It will be headed by retired Chief

Justice of Delhi High Court G. Rohini.

Noted Marathi writer and senior journalist H

M Marathe passed away. He was 77.

China-led AIIB and multilateral funding

agency ADB will co-finance a USD 100-

million loan for India to improve power

transmission network and expand the use of

solar and wind energy.

Fitch Ratings has lowered India's economic

growth forecast for the current fiscal to 6.9

per cent from 7.4 per cent.

Veteran rock singer Tom Petty died. He was

66.

Singer Asha Bhosle unveiled her wax statue

at the Madame Tussauds Museum in Delhi.

The Central Water Commission (CWC) has

signed MoUs with IIT-Roorkee and

Allahabad’s Motilal Nehru National

Institute of Technology (MNNIT) to support

dam rehabilitation efforts.

The Union Health Ministry has been

declared as the "best department" for its

contribution to Swachhta Pakhwada, an

inter-ministry initiative organised by the

Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

to promote cleanliness in government

offices and health facilities.

Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and

Richard Henderson have won the Nobel

Prize in chemistry for the year 2017 "for

developing cryo-electron microscopy for the

high-resolution structure determination of

biomolecules in solution."

Reserve Bank of India has kept all the policy

rates unchanged in its fourth bi-monthly

Monetary Policy Review. However, the

central bank has reduced the economic

growth projection for the current financial

year to 6.7 percent.

Current Policy Rates-

Policy Repo Rate: 6.00%



Reverse Repo Rate: 5.75%

Marginal Standing Facility Rate: 6.25%

Bank Rate: 6.25%

Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S.

Thorne has been awarded with the 2017

Nobel Physics Prize for decisive

contributions to the LIGO (Laser

Interferometer Gravitational-wave

Observatory) detector and the observation of

gravitational waves.


for the signing and ratification of the

Extradition Treaty between India and

Lithuania. The Treaty would provide a legal

framework for seeking extradition of

terrorists, economic offenders and other

criminals from and to Lithuania.

The Director General of the Indian Council

of Medical Research (ICMR), Soumya

Swaminathan, has been appointed as the

deputy director general of programmes of

the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Rio Paralympics silver medalist Deepa

Malik will be honoured with the M G Mehta

Human Spirit award.

The Chairman of National Highways

Authority of India Deepak Kumar launched

a world class, new multilingual website of

the organization and a Project Monitoring

Information System (PMIS) Moblie App.

Iraq's first non-Arab President Jalal Talabani


The eighth annual Global Entrepreneurship

Summit 2017 will be held in Hyderabad,

India from 28 to 30 November 2017.

The Union Cabinet has given its ex-post

facto approval to the Memorandum of

Understanding (MoU) between India and

Myanmar on upgradation of the Women’s

Police Training Centre at Yamethin,

Myanmar.

Britain's Kazuo Ishiguro has been selected

for the Nobel Prize for Literature 2017 for

his novel 'Remains of the Day'.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das

inaugurated Reeling-cum-Twisting machine

made by the Central Tassar Research and

Training Institution. The machine has been

named after former Prime Minister Atal

Bihari Vajpayee---Atal Reeling-cum-

Twisting machine.

Mahaveer Raghunathan became the first

Indian to win a European racing

championship.

Wipro Digital, the digital business arm of IT

major Wipro will acquire Cooper, a design

and business strategy consultancy company

for USD 8.5 million (approx. Rs 55.4 crore).

Forbes magazine’s annual ‘India Rich List

2017’, Reliance Industries Chief Mukesh

Ambani emerged as India’s wealthiest for

the 10th straight year. While, country's third

largest software company Wipro's Azim

Premji, is at the second place with net worth

of $19 billion.

International Cricket Council announced

New Zealand all-rounder Corey Anderson

as the event ambassador for the ICC U-19

Cricket World Cup 2018.

India signed a USD 4.5 billion third line of

credit (LoC) agreement with Bangladesh.

Bangladesh will use this credit for

infrastructure and social sector

development.



Pooja Kadian became the first ever Indian

sportsperson to win a gold medal at the

Wushu World Championship.

Paul Otellini, the former Chief Executive

Officer of Intel, passed away. He was 66.

Finnish clean energy firm Fortum Oyj has

entered into a pact with state-owned

construction company NBCC for

developing electric vehicle charging

infrastructure at all its upcoming projects.

The Union Cabinet has approved

Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)

signed between Ministry of Railways, and

Federal Department of Environment,

Transport, Energy and Communications of

Swiss Confederation on Technical

Cooperation in Rail Sector.

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear

Weapons (ICAN) has won the Nobel Peace

Prize for the year 2017.

India and Ethiopia signed agreements for

cooperation in trade, communication and

media sectors.

Former Union minister and socialist leader

Purushottam Lal Kaushik died. He was 87.

Activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh will be

posthumously given the 'Anna

Politkovskaya Award' this year, making her

the first Indian to receive the honour. The

award is conferred by London-based

organisation RAW in WAR (Reach All

Women in War).

Ganga Prasad sworn in as the 17th Governor

of Meghalaya. While Banwarilal Purohit

sworn in as the 25th Governor of Tamil

Nadu.

Global payments technology major

Mastercard and the Andhra Pradesh

government signed a pact to create a "digital

ecosystem" in the state.

Hollywood star George Clooney will be

honoured with the AFI Life Achievement

Award.

Australia's fast bowler John Hastings

announced his retirement from ODI and Test

cricket.

According to the latest report by

'Twiplomacy', Donald Trump is now the

world’s most followed leader on Twitter.

While Pope Francis is the second and

Narendra Modi is the third most followed

leader on Twitter.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an

intensive immunisation drive from Gujarat's

Vadnagar, saying no child should suffer

from any vaccine- preventable disease.

RMV Gurusaidutt won the Bulgarian

International badminton tournament Future

Series men’s singles title.

India's largest steel producer SAIL

announced the signing of a strategic pact

with Posco for collaboration on technical

services for its plant in West Bengal.

Indian shuttler Samiya Imad Farooqui

clinched the gold medal at the Under-15

women's singles competition after defeating

Indonesia's Widjaja Stephani at the Asian

Junior Championship.

Indian golfer Ajeetesh Sandhu won the

Yeangder Tournament Players

Championship to clinch his maiden Asian

Tour title.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the

foundation Stones for a Greenfield airport

for Rajkot; six-laning of Ahmedabad-Rajkot



National Highway; and four-laning of

Rajkot-Morbi State Highway.

Young table tennis players of India won the

gold medal in the team event at Serbia Open

Junior and Cadet Open.

Jemson N and Ankita Bhakat won the gold

medal in the recurve team event in World

Archery Youth Championships and India

won three medals in the tournament.

The Nobel Prize in Economic for the year

2017 has been awarded to Dr Richard H

Thaler for his contributions to behavioural

economics.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the

foundation stone for the Rs 4,337-crore

Bhadbhut Barrage project in Bharuch,

Gujarat. It aims to stop the ingress of salinity

along the Narmada River.

Noted journalist Bismoy Kumar Mohanty

died. He was 62.

Actor Mohan Joshi will be conferred with

the coveted Vishnudas Bhave award on

November 5.

Spain's Rafael Nadal defeated Nick Kyrgios

of Australia to win the China Open 2017.

Rajesh Nath, Managing Director of VDMA

India, has been conferred the ‘Cross of the

Order of Merit’, the highest civilian honour

awarded to individuals for their services to

Germany.

President Ram Nath Kovind launched a 100

crore rupees Mata Amritanandamayi Math

Project "Jeevamritham "to provide filtration

system for cleaning drinking water to 5000

villages across India, in kollam district in

Kerala.

PNB MetLife India Insurance Company Ltd

(PNB MetLife) has appointed Ashish

Srivastava as the new Managing Director &

Chief Executive Officer of the company.

Indian-origin Madhu Valli has won the

'Miss India Worldwide' 2017 title. Stephanie

Madavane from France was declared runner

up at the beauty pageant held in New Jersey.

Sangeeta Bahadur from Guyana took the

third spot at the pageant that had contestants

from 18 countries.

Chairman and CEO of Pepsico India, D

Shivakumar has resigned from the company

after serving for nearly four years.

Shivakumar has been replaced by Ahmed El

Sheikh, Senior Vice President and General

Manager for PepsiCo Egypt and JordaN.

Professor Jagdish Mukhi sworn in as the

new Governor of Assam. He succeeded

Banwarilal Purohit who has been appointed

as the Governor of Tamil Nadu.

According to Brand Finance’s Nation

Brands 2017, India is ranked the eighth most

valuable nation brand while the United

States retained its top position and China is

at second spot in this list.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched

Pradhan Mantri Gramin Digital Saksharta

Abhiyan (PMGDISHA) at Gandhinagar in

Gujarat. PMGDISHA is expected to make 6

crore rural households digitally literate by

March 2019, making it one of the largest

digital literacy programmes in the world.

Uttarakhand Government and a charitable

funding agency named Swan Cultural

Centre and Foundation, launched an

inititative named ‘Solar Briefcase’ to

provide electricity in remote areas in the

state.



Noted Novelist T D Radhakrishnan has been

selected for this year’s prestigious Vayalar

award. The award will be presented to him

on October 27, 2017, the death anniversary

of poet and lyricist Vayalar Ramavarma.

Vinit Kumar took charge as the chairman of

Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT).

Sandeep Bhushan has been appointed as the

interim managing director of Facebook

India.

President Ram Nath Kovind presented 'Lal

Bahadur Shastri National Award for

Excellence in Public Administration,

Academics and Management' award to

noted social reformer and founder of Sulabh

International Bindeshwar Pathak for his

immense contribution towards getting rid of

manual scavenging.

According to the International Monetary

Fund (IMF), India's economic growth rate

will be 6.7 percent in 2017-18 and 7.4

percent in 2018-19.

Country's largest lender State Bank of India

(SBI) has teamed up with Moody's

Analytics for a programme under which the

PSU lender's staff will get training to bring

efficiency in loan appraisal.

Actor Anupam Kher has been appointed as

the chairman of the Pune-based Film and

Television Institute of India (FTII). He has

replaced Gajendra Chauhan.

Jamia Millia Islamia and Taiwan's National

Kaohsiung Normal University signed a

Memorandum of Understanding for

strengthening academic cooperation. Under

this, both the universities will jointly

undertake teaching and research activities in

the fields of Humanities, Education, Science

& Technology and Arts.

Vice President M.Venkaiah Naidu

inaugurated the two day ‘International

Conference on Yoga for Wellness’ at

Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra in Chanakyapuri,

New Delhi.

Nisha Desai Biswal has been appointed as

the President of the US-India Business

Council (USIBC).

Maharashtra Chief minister Devendra

Fadnavis launched 'MahaLabharthi' web

portal that will help people get information

about all the government schemes that they

are eligible for.

Eminent writer M K Sanu has been chosen

for the Mathrubhumi Literary Award for

2016 in recognition of his rich contribution

to the Malayalam literature.

Private sector HDFC Bank launched an

initiative 'SmartUp zones' for providing

tailor-made banking and advisory solutions

to startups. These zones will be an exclusive

area inside the branch dedicated to startups.

India topped the medal tally with seven gold,

nine silver and five bronze medals in the

Track Asia Cup at the IGI Sports Complex.

China finished second with four gold and

two silver medals while Indonesia secured

third place with four Gold, one silver and

two bronze medals.

John Flint has been appointed as the chief

executive officer of HSBC Bank. He will

replace Stuart Gulliver.

Kiribati Republic became the 41st member

to join the International Solar Alliance

(ISA).



Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh has been

named as the first Indian ambassador of the

Laureus sports foundation.

Ashish Nehra announced retirement from all

forms of cricket.

Gautam Bambawale has been appointed as

India's new Ambassador to China. He is an

Indian Foreign Service Officer of the 1984

batch. He will succeed Vijay Gokhale.

Ajay Narayan Jha has been appointed as the

expenditure secretary of India.

Indian Air Force has launched an innovative

mobile health Application named

“MedWatch”.

Andhra Pradesh government has tied up

with Reliance Retail and Future Group to

convert fair price shops under the Public

Distribution System into 'Village Malls'.

Both Reliance and Future will now be

partners in the Village Malls.

The Rajasthan assembly has become the first

in India to call motions and proposals online

from legislators.

Former French Culture Minister Audrey

Azoulay will be the next UNESCO Chief.

She will succeed Irina Bokova of Bulgaria.

The world's largest combustion research

centre which will impart a major boost to the

Indian scientific community was

inaugurated at the Indian Institute of

Technology, Madras.

India's young paddler Selena Selvakumar

won a gold medal in the 2017 Egypt Junior

and Cadet Table-Tennis Open tournament

team event.

FMCG major Hindustan Unilever

announced the appointment of Srinivas

Phatak as its Chief Financial Officer and

Executive Director, Finance and IT.

Premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan

became the first cricketer from Bangladesh

to be inducted in the MCC World Cricket

Committee under the chairmanship of Mike

Gatting.

Times Magazine released the 'Next

Generation Leaders' list 2017. The only

Indian name in this list of Times Magazine

is Gurmehar Kaur. Gurmehar Kaur is a

student of Delhi University. She is basically

a resident of Jalandhar.

The 5th India-Sri Lanka Joint Exercise

‘MITRA SHAKTI 2017’ started on 13th

October 2017 in Pune. The exercise will be

conducted up to 26 Oct 17.

Communications Minister Manoj Sinha

launched the Sampoorna Bima Gram (SBG)

Yojana and started the initiative to increase

the customer base of Postal Life Insurance

(PLI).

The Jnanpith Jury Board unanimously

decided to confer the Jnanarima Manad

Alankaran 2017 to Elangbam Sonamani

Singh, noted Manipuri litterateur.

IndusInd Bank has announced the takeover

of micro finance lender Bharat Financial

Inclusion Ltd.

Mohun Bagan won the 37th All India

Governors Gold Cup football tournament

for the 10th time by defeating Partha Chakra

by a narrow 1-0 margin.

A new book 'DREAMNATION: Uniting a

Country with Handwritten Dreams' has been

released on the 86th birth anniversary of

former President A P J Abdul Kalam. A

stunning assemblage of over 200



handcrafted postcards has been co- authored

by Saji Mathew and Jubie John.

Carnatic vocalist T M Krishna has won the

Indira Gandhi Award for National

Integration for 2015 -16.

Princess Rima bint Bandar bin Sultan has

been named to head a Saudi multi-sports

federation, in a first for women in the

conservative Muslim kingdom where men

dominate all sports.

The first metro train to Pakistan has arrived

from China as a gift to the country and it is

set to be launched in December 2017. This

metro train service is called as “The Orange

Line Metro Train service”.

Union Bank of India launched an Android

app named, ‘Union Sahyog’.

Veteran historian of medieval India and

noted educational administrator, Satish

Chandra passed away. He was 95.


commissioned indigenously built Anti-

Submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes

INS Kiltan into the fleet of Eastern Naval

Command.

Switzerland's Roger Federer defeated

Spain's Rafael Nadal to win the Shanghai

Masters tennis tournament title.

Filmmaker Lekh Tandon passed away. He

was 88.

Eminent poet, lyricist and journalist Prabha

Varma has been selected for this year’s

Padma Prabha Puraskaram.

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan

became the fifth cricketer of the world to

complete 5000 runs in ODI cricket and

complete a unique double of 200 wickets.

According to the NITI Aayog, the Gross

domestic product (GDP) is likely to grow

6.9-7% this fiscal and while it is estimated to

be at 7.5% in 2018-19.

Famous poet Punyashlok Dasgupta passed

away. He was 66.

Mahindra & Mahindra has launched a

programme, 'Prerna', to empower women

working in the agriculture sector by

promoting efficient and ergonomic farm

tools and equipment.

Noted Indian-American attorney Ajay Raju

has been honoured with the third 'American

Bazaar Philanthropy award' in recognition

of his philanthropic activities in the US.

Giving a fillip to their defence cooperation,

the Indian and Russian armed forces will

take part in a joint counter-terrorism military

exercise 'INDRA-2017' in Russia, the first

such drill involving the tri-services to be

held outside the country.

Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan will get a

wax statue at Madame Tussauds Hong

Kong, making him the youngest Indian actor

to have his statue at the museum.

Kavita Devi, a former weightlifter and South

Asian Games gold medalist, has become the

first-ever Indian woman to sign with the

WWE.

Actor Rajkummar Rao has been nominated

in the 'Best Performance by an Actor'

category at the 11th Asia Pacific Screen

Awards (APSA) for his film 'Newton'.

Tata Group firm Voltas appointed Pradeep

Bakshi as its Managing Director and CEO.

Bakshi, currently Executive Director and

Chief Operating Officer, will succeed



Sanjay Johri, when the latter superannuates

in February 2018.

Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance (IPA), a

body of major domestic pharma firms, has

appointed Glenn Saldanha as the President

for 2017-19. Saldanha is Chairman &

Managing Director of Glenmark

Pharmaceuticals.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated

the country's first All India Institute of

Ayurveda (AIIA) to the nation on the

occasion of second Ayurvedic Day.

The National Investment and Infrastructure

Fund (NIIF) of India and Abu Dhabi

Investment Authority (ADIA) signed an

investment agreement worth USD 1 billion,

the finance ministry said.

Prominent NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul

has been conferred with the Life Time

Achievement Award for his outstanding

contributions in the fields of manufacturing

industry, education and philanthropy.

According to a report by Japanese financial

holding company Nomura, India's Gross

Value Improvement (GVA) growth in the

July-September quarter of 2017 could be

6.3%.

Maruti Suzuki India has become the largest

passenger vehicles exporter from India in

the first half of the ongoing fiscal,

dethroning Hyundai Motor India Ltd which

has now been pushed to fourth spot behind

Volkswagen and General Motors.

Ace gymnast Dipa Karmakar will be

conferred with D Litt degree by the National

Institute of Technology, Agartala, at its 10th

convocation to be held next month.

Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar romped

home to a three-shot victory at the Macao

Open to bag his eighth Asian Tour title.

The Telangana government will tie-up with

a consortium of industries for setting up a

rail coach factory in the state.

Indian boxers won eight young medals

including four gold in the third youth

international championship Balakan Open

in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Badrikashram Jyotirpeeth Shankaracharya

Swami Madhavashram ji Maharaj passed

away. He was 76.

Indian basketball player Amjyot Singh has

entered the player draft for NBAs G League.

Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking

Corporation (HSBC) announced the

appointment of Jayant Rikhye to be its Chief

Executive Officer (CEO) in India.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched

India's first roll on-roll off or 'Ro-Ro' ferry

service between Ghogha and Dahej.

Additional director of the Central Bureau of

Investigation (CBI), Rakesh Asthana will be

the Special Director of this Chief

Investigation Agency.

India's star badminton player Kidambi

Srikanth defeated South Korea's Lee Hyun

IL in the Denmark Open final to his third

Super Series Premier title.

India defeated Malaysia by 2-1 in the Asia

Cup Hockey Championship to win the title

of this continental event after ten years.

India has won this title for the third time.

Divij Sharan with American partner Scott

Lipsky won the European Open tennis

tournament title in Antwerp, Belgium.



Mercedes' British driver Lewis Hamilton

won the US Grand Prix title.

Indian captain Virat Kohli became only the

second batsman in cricket history to hit a

century in his 200th ODI. South Africa's AB

de Villiers is the only other player to hit a

ton in his 200th ODI.

Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo overtook

Argentina's Lionel Messi to win the FIFA

Best Footballer Award for the fifth time.

Lieke Martens was named best female

player.

Private sector IndusInd Bank, in association

with MobiKwik, announced the launch of a

co-branded wallet 'IndusInd Mobikwik' that

allows its customers to pay at the MobiKwik

merchant network using their accounts, with

a 'Direct Debit Feature'.

The Andhra Pradesh Economic

Development Board (EDB) signed a

memorandum of understanding with

Aviation City LLP for developing an aero

city hub in Andhra Pradesh with an

investment of USD 5.5 billion. The Board

signed another MoU with Bin Zayed Group

which promised to invest USD 2 billion in

various infrastructure projects in the state.

State-run Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL)

has signed a 15-year agreement with

Bangladesh Petroleum Corp (BPC) for

export of diesel.

Famous Malayalam film director I V Sasi

died. He was 67.

According to a performance index by

knowledge domain service provider Coeus

Age Consulting, Madhya Pradesh has

emerged as the top state in terms of digital

initiatives undertaken, with a maximum

score of 100.1 on performance index,

followed by Maharashtra at 99.9 and Andhra

Pradesh at 99.8.

India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) has

appointed Suresh Sethi, former Vodafone

M- Pesa managing director, as the banks

MD and CEO.

NS Venkatesh has been appointed as chief

executive officer (CEO) of the Association

of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI).

Songwriter and Australian Rock Band

AC/DC producer, George Young died. He

was 70.

Author Ruskin Bond's autobiography, ‘Lone

Fox Dancing: My Autobiography’ has been

awarded this year's "Atta Galatta-Bangalore

Literature Festival Book Prize" in the non-

fiction category.

According to the Global Passport Power

Rank 2017 by global financial advisory firm

Arton Capital, Singapore has the world's

"most powerful" passport and in this way

became the first Asian country to be

included in this list with India figuring at

75th position, three notches better than its

previous ranking. Germany is ranked

second, followed by Sweden and South

Korea in third place.

According to a study carried out by Trust

Research Advisory (TRA), The Tata

conglomerate is the only Indian brand to

feature among the top five in the India's most

attractive brands index, climbing three

places to the fourth spot on the list which has

been topped by South Korean consumer

electronics maker Samsung.



Eminent classical singer and Padma

Vibhushan awardee Girija Devi died. She

was 88.

Indian-origin campaigner Gina Miller has

been named the UK’s most influential black

person of the year. Gina Miller, topped the

2018 ‘Powerlist’ of 100 people of African

and African Caribbean heritage, published

in London by Powerful Media.

Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd

(TPDDL), the private electricity distributor

in the national capital, has signed an

agreement with German state-owned GIZ

for promotion of renewable energy and

energy efficiency initiatives.

India signed a USD 300 million loan pact

with multilateral lending agency Asian

Development Bank (ADB) to continue a

series of fiscal reforms in West Bengal to

improve the quality of public service

delivery.

Freedom fighter and lawyer Gaur Kishore

Ganguli died. He was 96.

India's Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu won gold

in the 10m air pistol mixed team event at the

ISSF shooting World Cup Final.

Famous actress Sharmila Tagore has been

honoured with the Lifetime Achievement

Award by the PHD Chamber of Commerce

and Industry.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has

constituted a 10-member high-level task

force on public credit registry (PCR) for

India. It will be chaired by Y M Deosthalee,

former CMD of L&T Finance Holdings Ltd.

Veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar has

been honoured with the Hridaynath

Mangeshkar Award.

Anil Khaitan, Chairman of SNK Corp has

taken over as the new President of PHD

Chamber of Commerce and Industry. SNK

Corporation chairman, Anil khaitan has

replaced Gopal Jeevrajaka.

The European Parliament awarded the

prestigious Sakharov human rights prize to

the beleaguered Venezuelan opposition,

calling for a "peaceful transition to

democracy" in the crisis-hit country. The

prize was awarded to the Venezuelan

National Assembly, dominated by

opposition parties, and to political prisoners.

Leading television producer, Gautam

Adhikari, who is considered as one of the

pioneers of the Marathi TV industry, passed

away. He was 67.

Sujit Prasad took charge as the executive

director of Securities and Exchange Board

of India (SEBI).

Famous painter of Uttarakhand, B Mohan

Negi passed away. He was 65.

Leading bourse BSE has joined hands with

Ebix Inc to set up a joint venture firm for

building a robust insurance distribution

network in India. Ebix is a leading

international supplier of on-demand

software and e-commerce services to the

insurance, financial, e-governance and

healthcare industries.

Renowned Malayalam writer and novelist

Punathil Kunjabdulla passed away. He was

77.

Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed

an agreement with the Government of India

for a loan of 6.55 million dollars for

Karnataka. This loan will be given to stop



the coastal erosion on the western coast of

Karnataka.

Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos has overtaken

Bill Gates to become the world's richest

person with a net worth of $91.6 billion.

African country, Burundi became the first

country to withdraw from the International

Criminal Court (ICC).

New Delhi's Madame Tussauds museum

unveiled pop singer Justin Biebers wax

figure at The Grub food Festival.

India will host the next United Nations

global wildlife conference "CMS

Conference of the Parties: CMSCOP13" in

2020.

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader

Dr Digamber Singh passed away. He was

66.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N

Chandrababu Naidu has been awarded with

the ‘Golden Peacock Award’ under the

Global Leadership in Public Service and

Economic Transformation category in

London. He received the award for his

excellence in public service.


released a coffee table book on the

Department of Defence Production (DDP),

titled ‘A journey towards self-reliance’. The

first ever coffee table book on the

department, it chronicles the post-

independence years of development,

indigenization and production of arms,

ammunition and defence equipment, with a

view to achieve self-reliance for the Armed

Forces of India.

Minister of Railways & Coal Piyush Goyal

inaugurated International Conference on

Green Initiatives & Railway Electrification

organised by Ministry of Railways through

Institution of Railways Electrical Engineer

(IREE) India.

Jacinda Ardern was officially sworn in as

the Prime Minister of New Zealand. At the

age of 37, Ardern is the youngest New

Zealand PM in 150 years.

Filmmaker Alejandro G Inarritu’s virtual

reality installation ‘Carne y Arena’ will

receive a special Oscar statuette this year.

Writer, film producer and former actress

Twinkle Khanna has been awarded with the

Popular Choice Award at the sixth edition of

Bangalore Literature Festival for her book

"The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad".

Italy's Andrea Dovizioso won the Malaysian

Grand prix title.

India and Japan's navies began their three-

day anti-submarine paramilitary in the

Indian Ocean region to further enhance their

operational coordination in strategically

important sea routes around these two

countries.

India's young table tennis player Diya

Chitale won the silver medal in the girls

doubles category of the 2017 ITTF World

Cadet Challenge.

Hosts India finished seventh overall with

one gold, one silver and a bronze, while Italy

pipped China in the medals tally, as the ISSF

World Cup Final.

Indian junior men's hockey team defeated

hosts Malaysia by 4-0 to finish third in the

Sultan Johar Cup.

The Ministry of Human Resource

Development will rank its over 1,000

Kendriya Vidyalayas (KV), a first of its kind



initiative by the government, with an aim at

improving the institutes through holding a

competition among them.

India has become the largest market in terms

of retail sales for Japanese auto major Honda

in the Asia Oceania region in the first half of

this fiscal.

India's star shutter Kidambi Srikanth won

the French Open Super Series Badminton

Tournament men's singles title. This is his

fourth Super Series title.

India and Italy signed six agreements,

including railways safety and mutual trade

investment.

Forex and inward solutions provider

Transcorp International launched a platinum

pre-paid card in association with Yes Bank

that can be used for transactions in stores

and ATMs across the country.

Rohan Bopanna won the Erste Bank Open

title in Vienna with Pablo Cuevas while the

team of Saketh Myneni and Vijay Sundar

Prashanth clinched the Vietnam Open

trophy at the Ho Chi Minh City.

According to the report by brokerage firm

Ambit Capital, the government’s

recapitalisation plan for public sector banks

is likely to propel credit growth by up to 7

per cent to 15 per cent and as consequence

push up Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

numbers to 7 per cent in the next fiscal 2018-

19.

Indian captain Virat Kohli returned to the

top of the International Cricket Council’s

One-Day International rankings for batsmen

after logging career-high rating points,

going past the iconic Sachin Tendulkar in

the process.

Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar assumed charge as

the Vice Chief of Naval Staff. He has

replaced Vice Admiral Karambir Singh.

The 11-day Indo-Russian joint military

Exercise 'Indra-2017' concluded at

Vladivostok.

Indian Captain Virat Kohli became the

fastest batsman to score 9,000 runs in One

Day Internationals during the third one-day

against New Zealand. He has also become

the second Indian batsman to score

maximum centuries in International cricket.

Senior IPS officer Yogesh Chander (YC)

Modi took charge as the Director General of

the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

He has replaced Sharad Kumar.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated

the Bidar - Kalaburagi New Railway Line to

the Nation, by unveiling a plaque at Bidar

Railway Station.


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