Current Affairs Booster October
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.
President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the 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. The Union Cabinet has given its approval 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 passed away. He was 83.
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.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman 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.
Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman 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.