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http://www.myshop.mahendras.org Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das Lt Gen Sanjay Kumar Jha has been inaugurated and laid foundation stones for appointed as the new Commandant of the various developmental programmes Indian Military Academy based in involving Rs 223 crore in Chatra district. Dehradun. Rajiv Kumar, an IAS of 1984 batch, took Global brokerage firm UBS has lowered charge as Financial Services Secretary. India's GDP growth forecast to 6.6 per cent Swedish defence firm 'Saab' announced a for this fiscal from 7.2 per cent earlier. collaboration with India's Adani Group for The Aditya Birla group has entered the top defence related manufacturing. valuation league with a market cap of over Central Coalfields Ltd chief Gopal Singh $50 billion post listing of financial services has been given the additional charge of arm Aditya Birla Capital (ABCL), but the CMD of Coal India, the world's largest coal Tata's remain on top with over $132 billion. miner. Former Union Minister and Trinamool Divya Deshmukh won a bronze medal in the Congress MP Sultan Ahmed died. He was girls U-12 category at the World Cadets 64. Chess Championship at Pocos de Caldas, Virat Kohli has kept his stranglehold on the Brazil. top spot in the ICC ODI batsman rankings According to an SBI Research report, India's and has also equaled Sachin Tendulkar's gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate is record of highest rating points pocketed by estimated to be at 6.5 percent in 2017-18. an Indian. Microsoft's co- founder, Bill Gates overtook 9th BRICS summit started in Xiamen, China Spanish clothing brand Zara's Co-founder with the theme “BRICS: Stronger Amancio Ortega as the world's richest Partnership for a Brighter Future”. It will person. conclude on 5th September. The world’s largest and powerful X-ray India and Nepal began their joint military laser- European X-ray Free Electron Laser exercise 'Surya Kiran' in the western part of (XFEL) was unveiled in Hamburg, Nepal, focusing on counter-terrorism and Germany. forest fighting operations. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Pulitzer Prize winner and poet John Ashbery the annual conference 'Rajaswa Gyan passed away. He was 90. Sangam 2017' at Vigyan Bhawan, New Lt Gen Sanjay Kumar Jha has been Delhi. appointed as the new Commandant of the India and Nepal began their joint military Indian Military Academy based in exercise 'Surya Kiran' in the western part of Dehradun. Nepal, focusing on counter-terrorism and Global brokerage firm UBS has lowered forest fighting operations. India's GDP growth forecast to 6.6 per cent Pulitzer Prize winner and poet John Ashbery for this fiscal from 7.2 per cent earlier. passed away. He was 90.

http://www.myshop.mahendras.org The Aditya Birla group has entered the top Drug maker Novartis has named Indian- valuation league with a market cap of over origin Vasant Narasimhan as its Chief $50 billion post listing of financial services Executive Officer. arm Aditya Birla Capital (ABCL), but the Arunachal Pradesh Health and Family Tata's remain on top with over $132 billion. Welfare Minister Jomde Kena died. He was Former Union Minister and Trinamool 52. Congress MP Sultan Ahmed died. He was The US President Donald Trump has 64. appointed Kenneth Juster as the United Virat Kohli has kept his stranglehold on the States Ambassador to India. top spot in the ICC ODI batsman rankings President Ramnath Kovind laid foundation and has also equaled Sachin Tendulkar's stone of Saurashtra Narmada Avataran record of highest rating points pocketed by Irrigation Yojana (SAUNI) Phase-II Link-4 an Indian. in Rajkot district, Gujarat. 9th BRICS summit started in Xiamen, China Stepping up cooperation between the two with the theme “BRICS: Stronger coast guards, India handed over an off-shore Partnership for a Brighter Future”. It will patrol vessel, Varuna, to Sri Lanka. The ship conclude on 5th September. was decommissioned with traditional RBI included HDFC Bank in the list of D- honours on August 23 to facilitate the SIB or domestic systemically important handing over at Kochi. banks. India's largest lender SBI and private India and Myanmar signed 11 agreements in sector major ICICI Bank were classified as a range of sectors, including one to D-SIBs in 2015. With the inclusion of strengthen democratic institutions in this HDFC Bank in the list, there will now be country. three too big to fail financial entities in the Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra has country. been appointed as the first Indian woman BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, ambassador (Friend of Australia) for China and South Africa) signed four Tourism in Australia. documents, including on economic and Five Indian-Americans have been included trade cooperation with an aim to deepen in the Politico Magazine's 2017 Politico 50 commercial ties. list for their contribution in American India's Konsam Ormila Devi bagged a gold politics. In addition to US ambassador to the medal in 44kg weight category of the United Nations Nikki Haley, the list Commonwealth Youth (boys & girls) includes Seema Verma, top health care weightlifting championships, held at Gold agency head in the Trump Administration, Coast, Australia. lawyer Neal Katyal, economist Aparna P R Seshadri has been appointed as the Mathur and lawyer Neomi Rao. Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of private sector Karur Vysya Bank.

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http://www.myshop.mahendras.org Asia's richest man with a net worth of $41.1 Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off billion. the third Mahamana Express running State Bank of India (SBI) along with FTSE between Vadodara and Varanasi. Russell, global index and data provider, Leading industrialist Rajinder Gupta has launched FTSE SBI Bond Index series at been unanimously elected as the president of London Stock Exchange (LSE).It is India’s the Punjab Cricket Association. first bond index series for overseas Prime Minister Narendra Modi will lay the investors. foundation stone of an AIIMS hospital at Iran successfully tested a new medium- Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh on October 3. range missile 'Khoramshahr'. Max Healthcare is bringing its domain Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dedicated expertise in patient care to people within the the Deendayal Hastkala Sankul at Varanasi environs of their homes with the launch of to the nation. It is a trade facilitation centre its new vertical Max@Home. for handicrafts. A spy satellite for the U.S. National Balraj Joshi took over as the Chairman and Reconnaissance Office (NRO) has been Managing Director of NHPC ltd. NHPC is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base India's premier hydropower utility company. in California. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural India defeated Australia by five wickets in Development (Nabard) sanctioned a loan of the third one-day international match, taking about Rs 119 crore to construct seven an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match bridges and improvement of one rural road series and also secured the number one project in five districts of Haryana. position in the ICC Team Rankings. Homegrown FMCG major Dabur India has Indian Wrestler Bajrang won a gold medal tied up with e-commerce major Amazon for on the ninth day of the 5th Asian Indoor and an online ayurveda marketplace which will Martial Arts Games. house all ayurvedic brands and products Australia has announced the formation of a available in the country. National Space Agency in view of rapid The Minister of Science & Technology, growth and prospects in the field of space. Earth Sciences and Environment, Forest & Retail major Shoppers Stop has entered into Climate Change, Dr. Harshvardhan a commercial arrangement with Amazon launched “Pt Deen Dayal Upadhayay India to sell its products on the latter's Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana” which marketplace. will experiment and endeavour to formulate Former home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi took and implement appropriate S&T over as the Comptroller and Auditor General Interventions for Sustainable Development (CAG) of India. through cluster approach in Uttarakhand. Noted writer and journalist Arun Sadhu passed away. He was 76.

http://www.myshop.mahendras.org World champion Viktor Axelsen of forecast is adjusted down to 7.4 per cent, Denmark defeated Malaysia's Lee Chong from 7.6 per cent. Wei to clinch his first Japan Open title. Shashi Shanker has been appointed as the Angela Merkel won her fourth term as the chairman and managing director (CMD) of German Chancellor. India's biggest oil and gas producer ONGC. Union Minister for Minority Affairs Baba Ramdev's associate Acharya Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi inaugurated “Hunar Balkrishna and Radhakishan Damani of D- Haat” in Puducherry. Mart have found their place in the Hurun Dharmendra Pradhan launched Pradhan India rich list 2017. Industrialist Mukesh Mantri LPG Panchayat scheme to distribute Ambani have retained the richest Indian LPG connections. title. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Sebi Chairman Ajay Tyagi has been ranked ‘Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar at the seventh position among the top 10 Yojana-Saubhagya’ in New Delhi to mark regulators worldwide. This is the list of the the birth anniversary of Pandit Deendayal world's ten most influential people in the Upadhyaya. market structure, also known as The Mary Kom became the first Indian to be Exchange Invest 1000 (EI1000). selected as the International Boxing The Asian Development Bank has Association’s (AIBA) representative for the sanctioned a USD 150 million soft loan for IOC Athletes’ Forum to be held in Nepal to improve urban infrastructures in November, 2017. the southern area of the country. Eruch N Kapadia will be the next chief Pakistan and Russia started joint exercise financial officer (CFO) at Tata Sons. DRUZBA 2017 in Minralney Vody, Russia. Egyptian national Eman Ahmed, who was According to Platts Top 250 Global Energy once the world’s heaviest woman, passed Company Rankings, Reliance Industries ltd away in Abu Dhabi. She was 37. has become the world's third-biggest energy Two Indian women have featured on company. State-owned Indian Oil Corp Fortune's list of Most Powerful Women in (IOC) has been ranked 7th in this list. business outside the US. Managing Director Artificial intelligence banking platform and CEO of ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar Payjo has launched an AI-powered chat has been ranked fifth and Managing Director assistant 'SBI Intelligent Assistant' for State and CEO of Axis Bank Shikha Sharma has Bank of India to addresses customer been ranked at 21 in this list. enquiries. Asian Development Bank in its Asian Technology giant Apple has been named the Development Outlook 2017 has most valuable brand for the fifth consecutive downgraded India's GDP growth to 7 per year by Interbrand in its Best Global Brands cent from 7.4 per cent in financial year Report 2017. 2017-18. In financial year 2018-19, the

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http://www.myshop.mahendras.org The Union Ministry of Shipping has Indian captain Virat Kohli became the renamed Kandla Port Trust as Deendayal fastest cricketer to complete 2,000 runs in Port Trust. ODIs as captain. The Union Cabinet gave its approval for India and Norway signed a Letter of Intent signing a MoU between India and to extend bilateral cooperation within health Afghanistan on Technical Cooperation on sector through the Norway India Partnership Police Training and Development. Initiative (NIPI) for a period of three years State-owned BSNL has partnered with starting from 2018. Indian telecom gear maker Vihaan Watchmaker Fossil has roped in actors Networks (VNL) to deploy emergency Varun Dhawan and Shruti Haasan as its first mobile network in the event of a natural brand ambassadors in the country. disaster that will help track those trapped. Banking Industry legend Rajiv Sabharwal Madhya Pradesh has won the 'Best Tourism will be the CEO and Managing Director of State' national award for the third Tata Capital Limited. consecutive year. Former BCCI General Manager Dr MV According to MasterCard Global Sridhar, who had recently resigned from his Destination Cities Index 2017, Chennai, position, passed away. He was 51. Kolkata along with the six Indian cities have India signed a USD 200 million loan been featured in with the six Indian cities. agreement with World Bank to facilitate Apart from Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, investment in the agricultural sector and Delhi, Pune and Bengaluru have been increase productivity in Assam. included in the list. Union Minister of State (Independent Khadi and Village Industries Commission Charge) Giriraj Singh launched MSME (KVIC) Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena has Delayed Payment Portal – MSME been conferred with 2017 Luxury League Samadhaan (http://msefc.msme.gov.in), Award for his contribution in promotion of empowering micro and small entrepreneurs brand 'Khadi'. across the country to directly register their According to a HSBC survey, India leapt up cases relating to delayed payments by the global rankings by 12 places to take the Central 14th spot in terms of best country for expats Ministries/Departments/CPSEs/State to live and work in. Governments. Veteran Congress leader Makhan Lal Veteran actor and playwright Girish Karnad Fotedar died. He was 85. will be honoured with the 'Tata Literature Five Indians have been included in the top- Live! Lifetime Achievement Award 2017'. 20 players of the BWF men's singles Veteran journalists Sam Rajappa and Sarat rankings. These five Indian Players are - HS Mishra will be jointly awarded with the Raja Prannoy, Kidambi Srikanth, Ajay Jayaram, Ram Mohan Roy Award for their Sameer Verma and B Sai Praneeth. outstanding contribution towards

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http://www.myshop.mahendras.org Pooja Kadian became the first ever Indian government signed a pact to create a "digital sportsperson to win a gold medal at the ecosystem" in the state. Wushu World Championship. Hollywood star George Clooney will be Paul Otellini, the former Chief Executive honoured with the AFI Life Achievement Officer of Intel, passed away. He was 66. Award. Finnish clean energy firm Fortum Oyj has Australia's fast bowler John Hastings entered into a pact with state-owned announced his retirement from ODI and Test construction company NBCC for cricket. developing electric vehicle charging According to the latest report by infrastructure at all its upcoming projects. 'Twiplomacy', Donald Trump is now the The Union Cabinet has approved world’s most followed leader on Twitter. Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) While Pope Francis is the second and signed between Ministry of Railways, and Narendra Modi is the third most followed Federal Department of Environment, leader on Twitter. Transport, Energy and Communications of Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched an Swiss Confederation on Technical intensive immunisation drive from Gujarat's Cooperation in Rail Sector. Vadnagar, saying no child should suffer International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear from any vaccine- preventable disease. Weapons (ICAN) has won the Nobel Peace RMV Gurusaidutt won the Bulgarian Prize for the year 2017. International badminton tournament Future India and Ethiopia signed agreements for Series men’s singles title. cooperation in trade, communication and India's largest steel producer SAIL media sectors. announced the signing of a strategic pact Former Union minister and socialist leader with Posco for collaboration on technical Purushottam Lal Kaushik died. He was 87. services for its plant in West Bengal. Activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh will be Indian shuttler Samiya Imad Farooqui posthumously given the 'Anna clinched the gold medal at the Under-15 Politkovskaya Award' this year, making her women's singles competition after defeating the first Indian to receive the honour. The Indonesia's Widjaja Stephani at the Asian award is conferred by London-based Junior Championship. organisation RAW in WAR (Reach All Indian golfer Ajeetesh Sandhu won the Women in War). Yeangder Tournament Players Ganga Prasad sworn in as the 17th Governor Championship to clinch his maiden Asian of Meghalaya. While Banwarilal Purohit Tour title. sworn in as the 25th Governor of Tamil Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the Nadu. foundation Stones for a Greenfield airport Global payments technology major for Rajkot; six-laning of Ahmedabad-Rajkot Mastercard and the Andhra Pradesh

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http://www.myshop.mahendras.org Noted Novelist T D Radhakrishnan has been the fields of Humanities, Education, Science selected for this year’s prestigious Vayalar & Technology and Arts. award. The award will be presented to him Vice President M.Venkaiah Naidu on October 27, 2017, the death anniversary inaugurated the two day ‘International of poet and lyricist Vayalar Ramavarma. Conference on Yoga for Wellness’ at Vinit Kumar took charge as the chairman of Pravasi Bharatiya Kendra in Chanakyapuri, Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT). New Delhi. Sandeep Bhushan has been appointed as the Nisha Desai Biswal has been appointed as interim managing director of Facebook the President of the US-India Business India. Council (USIBC). President Ram Nath Kovind presented 'Lal Maharashtra Chief minister Devendra Bahadur Shastri National Award for Fadnavis launched 'MahaLabharthi' web Excellence in Public Administration, portal that will help people get information Academics and Management' award to about all the government schemes that they noted social reformer and founder of Sulabh are eligible for. International Bindeshwar Pathak for his Eminent writer M K Sanu has been chosen immense contribution towards getting rid of for the Mathrubhumi Literary Award for manual scavenging. 2016 in recognition of his rich contribution According to the International Monetary to the Malayalam literature. Fund (IMF), India's economic growth rate Private sector HDFC Bank launched an will be 6.7 percent in 2017-18 and 7.4 initiative 'SmartUp zones' for providing percent in 2018-19. tailor-made banking and advisory solutions Country's largest lender State Bank of India to startups. These zones will be an exclusive (SBI) has teamed up with Moody's area inside the branch dedicated to startups. Analytics for a programme under which the India topped the medal tally with seven gold, PSU lender's staff will get training to bring nine silver and five bronze medals in the efficiency in loan appraisal. Track Asia Cup at the IGI Sports Complex. Actor Anupam Kher has been appointed as China finished second with four gold and the chairman of the Pune-based Film and two silver medals while Indonesia secured Television Institute of India (FTII). He has third place with four Gold, one silver and replaced Gajendra Chauhan. two bronze medals. Jamia Millia Islamia and Taiwan's National John Flint has been appointed as the chief Kaohsiung Normal University signed a executive officer of HSBC Bank. He will Memorandum of Understanding for replace Stuart Gulliver. strengthening academic cooperation. Under Kiribati Republic became the 41st member this, both the universities will jointly to join the International Solar Alliance undertake teaching and research activities in (ISA).

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http://www.myshop.mahendras.org Eminent classical singer and Padma Anil Khaitan, Chairman of SNK Corp has Vibhushan awardee Girija Devi died. She taken over as the new President of PHD was 88. Chamber of Commerce and Industry. SNK Indian-origin campaigner Gina Miller has Corporation chairman, Anil khaitan has been named the UK’s most influential black replaced Gopal Jeevrajaka. person of the year. Gina Miller, topped the The European Parliament awarded the 2018 ‘Powerlist’ of 100 people of African prestigious Sakharov human rights prize to and African Caribbean heritage, published the beleaguered Venezuelan opposition, in London by Powerful Media. calling for a "peaceful transition to Tata Power Delhi Distribution Ltd democracy" in the crisis-hit country. The (TPDDL), the private electricity distributor prize was awarded to the Venezuelan in the national capital, has signed an National Assembly, dominated by agreement with German state-owned GIZ opposition parties, and to political prisoners. for promotion of renewable energy and Leading television producer, Gautam energy efficiency initiatives. Adhikari, who is considered as one of the India signed a USD 300 million loan pact pioneers of the Marathi TV industry, passed with multilateral lending agency Asian away. He was 67. Development Bank (ADB) to continue a Sujit Prasad took charge as the executive series of fiscal reforms in West Bengal to director of Securities and Exchange Board improve the quality of public service of India (SEBI). delivery. Famous painter of Uttarakhand, B Mohan Freedom fighter and lawyer Gaur Kishore Negi passed away. He was 65. Ganguli died. He was 96. Leading bourse BSE has joined hands with India's Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu won gold Ebix Inc to set up a joint venture firm for in the 10m air pistol mixed team event at the building a robust insurance distribution ISSF shooting World Cup Final. network in India. Ebix is a leading Famous actress Sharmila Tagore has been international supplier of on-demand honoured with the Lifetime Achievement software and e-commerce services to the Award by the PHD Chamber of Commerce insurance, financial, e-governance and and Industry. healthcare industries. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has Renowned Malayalam writer and novelist constituted a 10-member high-level task Punathil Kunjabdulla passed away. He was force on public credit registry (PCR) for 77. India. It will be chaired by Y M Deosthalee, Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed former CMD of L&T Finance Holdings Ltd. an agreement with the Government of India Veteran writer-lyricist Javed Akhtar has for a loan of 6.55 million dollars for been honoured with the Hridaynath Karnataka. This loan will be given to stop Mangeshkar Award.

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