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APPOINTMENT:

  Aarthi Subramanian - Chief Digital Officer, Tata Sons   Abhay Krishna - Head, Indian Army’s Eastern Command   Achal Kumar Joti - Chief Election Commissioner (CEC),    Amitabh Bachchan - Goodwill Ambassador, UNICEF   Ana Brnabic - Prime Minister, Serbia   Arbind Modi, Bajrang DassVishnoi- Members, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT)   Ashok Malik - Press Secretary to Ram Nath Kovind (President-elect)   Bilal Dar - Srinagar's civic Ambassador   Brenda Hale - 1st Female President, UK supreme court  Carrie Lam - 1st Female Chief Executive, Hong Kong   Catherine Marchi-Uhel (France) - Head of the International, Impartial and Independent  Mechanism (for Syria)   Debi Prasad Dash - Director General, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DG-DRI)   Farzaneh Sharafbani - CEO, Iran National Airline (1st female)   Gopal Baglay - Joint Secretary, Prime Minister's Office (PMO)   Gopal Prasad Parajuli - Chief Justice, Nepal   John Joseph - Director General, Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (DG GSTI)   Julie Payette - Governor General-designate, Canada   Kamal Haasan - Ambassador, Tamil Thalaivas (Kabaddi team)   Kewal Handa - Non-Executive Chairman, Union Bank of India   Khaltmaa Battulga - President, Mongolia   K K Venugopal - 15th Attorney General of India   Leslie Thng - Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Vistara Airline   Lilly Singh - UNICEF's Goodwill Ambassador   Lord Mervyn Davies - Chairman, UK India Business Council (UKIBC)   Mahesh Senanayake - New Army Chief, Sri Lanka   Melwyn Rego - MD & CEO, Syndicate Bank   Mukesh Kumar Jain - MD & CEO, Oriental Bank of Commerce   N Chandrasekaran - Chairman, Tata Global Beverages Limited (TGBL)   Narendra Singh Tomar - Minister of Urban Development   Natarajan Chandrasekaran - Chairman, Tata Global Beverages   Ned Segal - Chief Financial Officer, Twitter   Nitish Kumar - Chief Minister, Bihar   Pradeep Kumar Rawat - Indian Ambassador to Indonesia   R K Pachnanda - Director General, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)   Rajkiran Rai G - MD & CEO, Union Bank of India   Ram Nath Kovind - 14th President of India   Raninder Singh - President, National Rifle Association of India (NRAI)   Ravi Shastri - Chief coach, Indian cricket Team   Raveesh Kumar - Spokesperson, Ministry of External Affairs

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  RP Sanjiv Goenka - Chairman, Board of Governors IIT-Kharagpur 

  Saima Wazed Hossain - WHO's Goodwill Ambassador for Autism in South-East Asia region   Sandeep Chakravorty - Head, Indian consulate in New York (USA)   Sanjay Gupta - Head of Marketing, Uber India   Sanjay Gupta - Chairman, Indian Institute of Management Amritsar  Sanjay Kothari - Secretary to Ram Nath Kovind (President-elect)   Sanjay Kumar - Director General (DG), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF)   Sanjiv Goenka - Chairman, IIT Kharagpur   Shanmugh Natarajan - Head, Adobe Systems (India)   Shahid Khaqan Abbasi - Interim Prime Minister, Pakistan   Shikha Sharma - MD & CEO, Axis Bank [2nd Term]   Smriti Irani - Minester of Information & Broadcasting (additional charge)   Somesh Goyal - Director General of Police (DGP), Himachal Pradesh   Subra Suresh - President, Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore   Subhash Chandra Garg - India’s Alternate Governor, Asian Development Bank (ADB)   Sunil Subramaniam - Administrative Manager, Indian Cricket Team   Sushil Kumar Modi - Deputy Chief Minister, Bihar  Swami Smarananandaji Maharaj - 16th President of Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna  Mission  Thomas Kuehl - President, Nissan India   T R Zeliang - Chief Minister, Nagaland   Vikramajit Sen - Chairperson, Broadcasting Content Complaints Council (BCCC)  Vikram Limaye - MD & CEO, National Stock Exchange    Abhay Krishna - Chief of Indian Army's Eastern Command  Ajay Vipin Nanavati - Chairman, Syndicate Bank    Akshay Kumar - Brand Ambassador of Swachh Bharat Mission in UP  Anatoly Antonov - Russian ambassador to the US   Anita Karwal - Chairperson, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)   Anny Divya - Youngest Boeing 777 female commander in the world   Asha Ram Sihag - Secretary, Department of Heavy Industries    Ashish Chauhan - Head, BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange)  Ashwani Lohani - New Chairman, Railway Board   Ashwini Attri, Anita Pattanayak and Ranjan Kumar Ghose - Deputy Comptroller and Auditor General (Deputy CAG)    Cherish Mathson - Chief of Indian Army's south western command  Chris Slowe - Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Reddit    Christopher Wray - Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)  Dara Khosrowshahi - CEO, Uber    Darshan Lal - 1st Hindu to be inducted in Pakistan's cabinet of ministers   David Rasquinha - MD, Exim Bank of India  Devendra Chawla - COO and EVP, Wal-Mart India   Dharmendra Kumar - Director General, Railway Protection Force (RPF)   Dhirendra Swarup - Chairman, BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange)   Dilip Asbe - CEO, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)   Emandi Sankara Rao - MD & CEO, IFCI Ltd (Industrial Finance Corporation of India) 

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 Harish Abhichandani - Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Ola  Hassan Rouhani - President, Iran   Hemant Narayan Bhagwat - Air Officer-in-Charge Administration, Indian Air Force    I V Subba Rao - Secretary, M Venkaiah Naidu (Vice President)   John Kelly - Chief of Staff, White House  Joseph Yuvaraj Pillay - Interim President, Singapore   Justice Dipak Misra - 45th Chief Justice of India (CJI)   Khawaja Asif - Foreign Minister, Pakistan   Krishna R. Urs - USA Ambassador to Peru   Kuldip Kaura - CEO, Vedanta Ltd  M Venkaiah Naidu - Vice-President, India    Mamta Suri - Executive Director, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI)  Manju Desh Bandhu Gupta - Chairperson, Lupin   Milkha Singh - World Health Organisation’s goodwill ambassador for physical activity in South-East Asia Region (SEAR)   Mohammad Mustafa - CMD, Small Industries Developent Bank of India (SIDBI)   N. Baijendra Kumar - Chairman & Managing Director, National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC)   - Non-Executive Chairman, board   Neil Chatterjee - Chair, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)   Neymar Jr - Goodwill ambassador, Handicap International   Nikolay Kudashev - Russia's new Ambassador to India    Nikolay Kudashev - Russia's new ambassador to India   P R Seshadri - MD & CEO, Karur Vysya Bank   Panneerselvam - Deputy Chief Minister,    Paul Kagame - President, Rwanda  Peter O'Neill - Prime Minister, Papua New Guinea    Prabhat Kumar - India's Ambassador of India to Kazakhstan  Prasoon Joshi - Chairman, Censor Board    Puneet Chhatwal - MD & CEO, Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL)  R.K. Raghavan - Indian High Commissioner to Cyprus.  Rajesh Kumar Chaturvedi - Director General, National Skill Development Agency (NSDA)   Rajiv Bansal - Interim Chairman and Managing Director, Air India    Rajiv Kumar - Secretary, Department of Financial Services  Rajiv Kumar - Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog   Rajiv Mehrishi - 13th CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General of India)   Reenat Sandhu - Indian Ambassador to Republic of San Marino   Roopa Purushothaman - Chief Economist & Head of Policy Advocacy, Tata Sons   S. Aparna - Executive Director of World Bank (To represent India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka)   Sameer Garde - President for India and SAARC operations, Cisco   Sanjaya Baru - Secretary General, Freedom of Indian Chambers of Commerce and  Industry (FICCI)   Santosh Sharma - CMD, Hindustan Copper Limited  Satyajeet Rajan - Director General, Tourism    Shahid Khaqan Abbasi - Interim Prime Minister, Pakistan

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 Shashi Shekhar Vempati - C, Rajya Sabha TV   Sohail Mahmood - Pakistan's new High Commissioner to India   Surina Rajan - Director General, Bureau of Indian Standards    Travis Sinniah - Commander of the Navy, Sri Lanka (2nd Tamil)   U Kamachi Mudali - Chief of Heavy Water Board   UB Pravin Rao - Interim CEO, Infosys Uhuru Kenyatta - President, Kenya   Ushanath Banerjee - AIFF's committee to deal with players’ transfer disputes   Vidya Balan - Member, Censor Board  Vinay Dube - CEO, Jet Airways    Vishal Amin - White House Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator   Vishal Sikka - Executive Vice Chairman, Infosys   Vishpala Reddy - Chief People’s Officer (CPO), Uber  India  Woody Johnson - US Ambassador to UK APPOINTMENTS & RESIGNS

Appointee Designation- Organisation Sunil Arora Election Commissioner

Former Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi Comptroller and Auditor General of India Rajiv kumar NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Indian-origin civil servant J Y Pillai Singapore’s acting president Rajiv Kumar Secretary, Department of Financial Services IGCAR nuclear scientist U. Kamachi Mudali Heavy Water Board chief Anita Karwal CBSE chairperson Nirmala Sitharaman India’s first women new Defence Minister Kenneth I. Juster U.S ambassador to India Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore Union sports minister Roelant Oltmans (sacked) - Hockey India National coach KV Rama Moorthy MD & CEO of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd Vasant Narasimhan CEO of Novartis Pharma Sankara Narayanan MD and CEO of Vijaya Bank Gopal Singh CMD of Coal India Parineeti Chopra First Indian woman ambassador for Tourism Australia Ashish Kashyap (resigns) President- MakeMyTrip Viveck Goenka New PTI Chairman N. Ravi Vice Chairman of PTI Joint MD and CEO of Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Harshil Mehta Ltd Baijendra Kumar National Mineral Development Corporation-chief Sjoerd Mrijne Indian Men’s hockey team coach Harendra Singh Indian women’s Hockey Team Coach Halimah Yacob First female President of Singapore UIDAI Head A.B. Pandey Additional Charge as GSTN Chairman Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM ) Abhay Firodia President Pat Hickey (resigns) International Olympic Committee Board Raj Shah Principal Deputy Press Secretary in US Brian Acton (Leaves) WhatsApp co-founder Mahendra Pratap Mall CMD of IRCTC Nagaraja Sharma CMD of United India Insurance Peter Thomson First UN envoy for oceans

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Harsh Kumar Jain Ambassador of India to the Slovak Republic Head of International Olympic Committee Ethics Former United Nations Secretary General Ban Commission Ki-moon - Stephane Cottalorda (resigns India’s first foreign coach for women boxers Suresh Chitturi Vice-Chairman of International Egg Commission Vikram Sakhuja President of Advertising Club Chairperson of Advertising Standards Council of India Abanti Sankaranarayanan (ASCI).

Mr.Bjarni Benediktsson (resigns) Iceland PM

Sekhar Basu ( 1 Year Extension) Atomic Energy Secretary

Y C Modi Director General of NIA

Economist Mercedes Araoz Peru’s new Prime Minister Brand Ambassador of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in

Akshay Kumar Uttarakhand

Raquel Dodge First woman General Prosecutor of Brazil

India-born Sriram Krishnan Senior Director of Twitter

Ajay Bisaria High Commissioner to Pakistan

India TV Chairman Rajat Sharma News Broadcasters Association (NBA) President

B Sambamurthy NPCI interim Board chairman

Vani Sarraju Rao Ambassador of India to the Republic of Estonia

Jaideep Mazumdar Ambassador of India to the Republic of Palau Indian Banks Association (IBA) management

Umesh Chand Asawa committee

Deaths:   Chester Bennington - Vocalist, Linkin Park (American Rock band)   Dharam Singh - Former Chief Minister   John Heard - Hollywood Actor   K. E. Mammen - Freedom fighter [Quit India Movement]   Liu Xiaobo - Chinese Nobel Peace Laureate   Mangesh Tendulkar - India's Noted Cartoonist   Martin Landau - Oscar-winning Hollywood Actor  Maryam Mirzakhani - world's 1st Woman & 1St Iranian to win the Fields Medal for  mathematics   Minaketan Das - Odia Actor   Sumita Sanyal - Bollywood Actress  Udupi Ramachandra Rao - Former Chief of ISRO [Man behind India's 1st Satellite  Aryabhatta]  Yash Pa - Renowned Scientist  Abu Dujana - Lashkar-e-Taiba's Kashmir Chief    Charles Bentley - Measured the West Antarctic Ice Sheet for the 1st time   Jeffrey Brotman - Co-founder of Costco   Jerry Lewis - American comedian-Filmmaker   Marian Diamond - American Neuroscientist   Rishang Keishing - Former Manipur Chief Minister   Robert Hard - Harry Potter Actor   Ruth Pfau - Pakistan's 'Mother Teresa  S Paul - Doyen of photography   Sam Shepard - Pulitzer Prize winning Playwright-Actor (Buried Child)

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   Sanwar Lal Jat - Former Union Minister  Sitaram Panchal - Bollywood Actor   Stephen Wooldridge - Olympic Champion Track cyclist   Sumiteru Taniguchi - Nuclear disarmament campaigner   Tobe Hooper - Director (The Texas Chain Saw Massacre)   Tom Pritchard - New Zealand's oldest surviving cricketer    Tony de Brum - Voice of Pacific Islands on Climate Change   Velichko Cholakov - Bulgarian Weightlifter  Yisrael Kristal - World's oldest man (113 years) Awards And Honors:   A Billion Colour Story (Movie) - Audience Award at 2017 Indian Film Festival   Ariana Grande - 1st honorary citizen of Manchester city (UK)  Ashwani Kumar - Japan’s Imperial Decoration ‘Order of the Rising Sun’ Award   Danfoss India - Golden Peacock Award for Environment Management [19th World  Congress on Environment Management]  Guruswamy Jayraman - Order of Australia for community work [Highest civilian award in  Australi]  Indian Railways Organization for Alternate Fuel (IROAF) - Golden Peacock Award for  Eco Innovation 2017  Kishore Sansi (Vijaya Bank Head) - Personality of the Year Award by Skoch Consultancy  Services   L.K. Advani - Lifetime Achievement Award (Lok Sabha)   Mahesh Bhagwat - US government's 2017 Trafficking in Persons Hero award   San Miguel de Allende - World's Best City   Shakuntala Barua - Mahanayak Samman 2017   Sharad Yadav - Lifetime Achievement Award (Rajya Sabha)   Subrata Bhattacharya - Mohun Bagan Ratna 2017   - United Nations Development Programme’s Equator Prize   Tata Steel Ltd - Prime Minister’s trophy for ‘Best Performing Integrated Steel Plant’   V.O. Chidambaranar Port - National Award for Excellence in Cost Management 2016   Vallabhbhai Vasrambhai Marvaniya - 9th National Grassroots Innovation Award   Water Health International - Unilever Global Development Award 2017  Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - Beautiful Global Indian Icon (at Vogue Beauty Awards 2017)   National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) - Assocham Services Excellence Award 2017   Cristiano Ronaldo - UEFA's Best Player of the Year Award   Dev Patel - Asia Society 2017 Asia Game Changers Award   Digambar Behera (PGIMER) - Biju Patnaik Award for Scientific Excellence for the year 2016   Firoz Merchant - UAE’s prestigious Community  Service Medal   Gerish Khemani and Akshat Nigam (In Search of DariyaSagar) - The Hindu Playwright Award 2017   K Chandrashekhar Rao (Telangana CM) - Agriculture Leadership Award 2017   Lipstick Under My Burkha - Opening film at the 8th Edition of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2017   Madhu Chitkara - Himachal Pradesh Environment Leadership Award 2017 

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 Mahabaleshwar Sail - Saraswati Samman 2016 (Hawthan)   NABARD Best Performance award for 2015-16 and 2016-17 - Karnataka Vikas Grameen Bank (KVGB)   Nanda Kumar Jairam - Healthcare Personality of the Year Award   Nora K. Jemisin (The Obelisk Gate) - Hugo Award for Best Novel 2017    Preethi Srinivasan - Kalpana Chawla Award for Courage and Daring Enterprise   Quaiser Khalid - Leadership Icon award by IBPC   Rahul Doshi - UK's 'Child Genius Award   Sharada - Prem Nazir Award 2017  T J S George - Kesari Media Award  Maruti Suzuki Sportsperson of the Year Charity Gala Awards

 Sportsperson of the Year - P V Sindhu (Badminton) and her coach P Gopichand received  Coach of the Year award.  Living Legend of the Year - Milkha Singh.  ifetime Achievement Award - Abhinav Bindra (2008 Beijing Olympics gold medallist and India’s sole gold medal winner in individual events at Olympics)

Great Immigrants Award Winning Indians   Shantanu Narayen  Vivek Murthy MS Dhoni has become India's fourth highest run scorer in ODIs   Top 5 in the list 1. Sachin Tendulkar - 18426 Runs 2. Sourav Ganguly - 11363 Runs 3. Rahul Dravid - 10889 Runs 4. Mahendra Singh Dhoni - 9442 Runs 5. Mohammad Azharuddin - 9378 Runs Indian National Football has managed to secure 96th spot at the latest FIFA world football rankings.   Top 10 in the List 1. Germany 2. Brazil 3. Argentina 4. Portugal 5. Switzerland 6. Poland 7. Chile 8. Colombia 9. France 10. Belgium

6th Big Zee Entertainment Awards 2017 (ZEA 2017) Winners   Best Actor (Male) - Shahid Kapoor (Udta Punjab)   Best Actor (Female) - Alia Bhatt (Udta Punjab)   Most Entertaining Actor in Drama (Male) - Amitabh Bachchan   Best Action Hero - Tiger Shroff (Baaghi)   Most Entertaining Actor in Drama (Female) - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan   Most Entertaining Dancer - Tiger Shroff (Beat Pe Booty)  ‘ हट , हट ह ’Award - Anupam Kher

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  Most Entertaining Actor Comedy - Abhishek Bachchan (Housefull 3)

Mohun Bagan FC awards 2017   Mohun Bagan Ratna - Subrata Bhattacharya   Best Football Player of the Year - Balwant Singh   Best Cricket Player of the Year - Debabrata Das   Lifetime Achievement - Shyam Sundar Mitra  Special award - Jhulan Goswami

A UN survey has revealed that Singapore is the Most cybersecure country in the world. Top 10 in the List :  Singapore   United States   Malaysia  Oman   Mauritius   Australia   Georgia   France

 Canada

India ranked 25th in the list

Top 9 in 2017 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Index • Sweden • Denmark • Finland • Norway • Czech Republi • Germany • Austria • Switzerland • Slovenia India has been ranked 116

2017 U.S. Open Grand Prix Gold Winners List • Men's Singles : H. S. Prannoy (India) • Women's Singles : Aya Ohori (Japan) • Men's Doubles :

• Women's Doubles : Lee So-hee (South Korea)

Shin Seung-chan (South Korea) • Mixed Doubles : Seo Seung-jae (South Korea) Kim Ha-na (South Korea)

IIFA Awards 2017 FULL winners list   Best Film - Neerja   Best Actor (Male) - Shahid Kapoor (Udta Punjab)

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  Best Actor (Female) - Alia Bhatt (Udta Punjab)   Best Director - Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury (PINK)  Best Performance in a Supporting Role (Male) - Anupam Kher (M.S. Dhoni - The Untold  Story)   Best Actor in Comic Role - Varun Dhawan (Dishoom)   Best Debutant (Male) - Diljit Dosanjh (Udta Punjab)   Best Debutant (Female) - Disha Patani (M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story)   Best Performance in a Negative Role - Jim Sarbh (Neerja)   Woman of the Year - Taapsee Pannu   Best Music Direction - Pritam (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)  Best Lyrics - Amitabh Bhattacharya - Channa Mereya (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)     Style Icon of the Year - Alia Bhatt   Best Playback Singer (Female) - Kanika Kapoor (Udta Punjab) and Tulsi Kumar (Airlift)   Best Playback Singer (Male) - Amit Mishra (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)  Best Music Composer - Pritam for (Ae Dil hai Mushkil)

  Best Lyrics - Amitabh Bhattacharya (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil)   Style Icon of the Year - Alia Bhatt   Best Story Award - Shakun Batra, Ayesha Devitre Dhillon (Kapoor and Sons)   Woman of the Year - Taapsee Pannu  VFX - Red Chillies Entertainment

Winners list of Wimbledon 2017   Men's Singles : Roger Federer (Switzerland)   Women's Singles : Garbiñe Muguruza (Spain)   Men's Doubles : Łukasz Kubot (Poland) / Marcelo   Melo (Brazil)   Women's Doubles : Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) / Elena Vesnina (Russia)  Mixed Doubles : Jamie Murray (United Kingdom) / Martina Hingis (Switzerland)

2017 Winners of Ramon Magsaysay Awards  Abdon Nababan (INDONESIA) : o For giving compelling face and voice to Adat communities and their rights.  Gethsie Shanmugam (SRI LANKA) : o For rebuilding lives from the psychosocial wounds of war and violence.   Lilia De Lima (PHILIPPINES) : o For harnessing sustained, non-stop and credible public service.   Philippine Educational Theater Association [PETA] (PHILIPPINES) : o For empowering communities for development action through theater arts.   Tony Tay (SINGAPORE) : o For mobilizing collective goodwill to address hidden hunger.   Yoshiaki Ishizawa (JAPAN) : o For restoring Cambodia’s treasured gift to world culture. East Bengal Football Club Awards Winners  Bharat Gaurav Award - Dhanraj Pillay (Hockey)    Lifetime Achievement Awards - Subhsh Bhowmick and syed Naeemuddin.   Footballer of the Year Award - Gurwinder Singh  Cricketer of the Year Award -Boddupalli Amit

Women Transforming India Awards Winners

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[Presented by NITI Aayog, MyGov, United Nations]   Laxmi Agarwal (Uttar Pradesh)   Subasini Mistry (West Bengal)   Safeena Hussain (MH)   Arunima Sinha (Uttar Pradesh)   Kamal Kumbhar ()   Jamuna Tudu (Jharkhand)   Rajlakshmi Borthakur (Karnataka)  Kiran Kanoji (Haryana )   Harshini Kanhekar (Maharashtra))   Shima Modak (Meghalaya)   Sunita Kamble(Maharashtra) Kanika Tekriwal (Madhya Pradesh)

John Stewart Bell Prize Winners  Ronald Hanson, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands    Sae-Woo Nam, the National Institute of Standards & Technology, United States  Anton Zeilinger, University of Vienna, Austria

National Sports Awards 2017 Winners List  Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award Para Athlete Devendra Singh Jhajharia Hockey Player Sardar Singh  Dronacharya Awards Athlete Late Dr. R. Gandhi Kabaddi Player Heera Nand Kataria Badminton Player G.S.S.V. Prasad (Lifetime)

Boxing Player Brij Bhushan Mohanty (Lifetime) Hockey Player P.A. Raphel (Lifetime) Shooter Sanjoy Chakraverthy (Lifetime) Wrestler Roshan Lal (Lifetime)

 Arjuna Awards Winners Archer V.J. Surekha Athlete Khushbir Kaur Basketball Player Prasanthi Singh Boxer Sub. Laishram Debendro Singh Cricketer Harmantpreet Kaur · Footballer Oinam Bembem Devi Golfer S.S.P. Chawrasia Hockey Player S.V. Sunil Kabaddi Player Jasvir Singh Shooter P.N. Prakash

Table Tennis Player Amalraj Tennis Player Saketh Myneni Wrestler Satyawart Kadian Para Athlete Mariyappan Para Athlete Varun Singh Bhati  Dhyanchand Award Athlete Bhupendra Singh  Football Player Syed Shahid Hakim o Hockey Player Sumarai Tete

Indian Film Festival Of Melbourne (IFFM) 2017 Winners List :  Best Film - Pink    Best Actress - Konkona Sen Sharma for Lipstick Under my Burkha  Best Actor - Sushant Singh Rajput for Dhoni    Best Actor - (Special Mention) - Raj Kumar Rao for Trapped   Best Director - Nitesh Tiwari for Dangal   People’s Choice Award - Dangal & Bahubali 2 www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

 Best Indie Film - Lipstick Under My Burkha   Equality in Cinema Award - Director/Actor Rahul Bose for Poorna     Leadership in Cinema - Karan Johar (he also presented the IFFM Diversity Award to Garth Davis, director of the Academy nominated film LION)

 Westpac IFFM Excellence in Global Cinema - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

Eurasia Bulgaria International 2017 Winners List   Men's singles : Lakshya Sen (India)  Women's singles : Neslihan Yigit (Turkey)   Men's doubles : Mathias Thyrri (Denmark) and Søren Toft Hansen (Denmark)   Women's doubles : Gabriela Stoeva (Bulgaria) and Stefani Stoeva (Bulgaria)   Mixed doubles : Alex Vlaar (Bulgaria) and Iris Tabeling (Netherlands)

Rogers Cup 2017 Winners List   Men's Singles : Alexander Zverev (Germany)  Women's Singles : Elina Svitolina (Ukraine)   Men's Doubles : Pierre-Hugues Herbert (France) / Nicolas Mahut (France)   Women's Doubles : Ekaterina Makarova (Russia) / Elena Vesnina (Russia)

Winners of Lagos International 2017  Men's Singles : Rahul Yadav Chittaboina (India)   Women's Singles : Thilini Pramodika Hendahewa (Sri Lanka)   Men's Doubles : Manu Attri (India) and B. Sumeeth Reddy (India)   Women's Doubles : Thilini Pramodika Hendahewa (Sri Lanka) and Ishadika Kavidi (Sri Lanka)   Mixed Doubles : Misha Zilberman (Israel) and Svetlana Zilberman (Israel)

2017 Winners of Ramon Magsaysay Awards  Abdon Nababan (INDONESIA) : For giving compelling face and voice to Adat communities and their rights.   Gethsie Shanmugam (SRI LANKA) : For rebuilding lives from the psychosocial wounds of war and violence.   Lilia De Lima (PHILIPPINES) : For harnessing sustained, non-stop and credible public   service.  Philippine Educational Theater Association [PETA] (PHILIPPINES) : For empowering communities for development action through theater arts.    Tony Tay (SINGAPORE) : For mobilizing collective goodwill to address hidden hunger.  Yoshiaki Ishizawa (JAPAN) : For restoring Cambodia’s treasured gift to world culture.

OTHER AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS  On the occasion of National Sports Day on 29th August Former India Women’s Hockey captain Sumurai Tete was awarded Dhyan Chand Award 2017 by the President   Ramnath Kovind at a function held at Rasthrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.

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 The Reliance Foundation was awarded with the prestigious Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Award at Rashtrapati Bhawan.Chairperson of the foundation, Nita Ambani collected  the award from President Ram Nath Kovind in New Delhi.  Hyderabad International Airport Ltd has bagged the National Award for ‘Excellence’ in Energy Management at a conference hosted by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII). The event focused on recognizing companies that are engaged in energy efficiency initiatives and  displaying commitment towards energy conservation.  Karnataka Bank has bagged the ‘best bank’ award among small banks for the use of technology for financial inclusion announced on 3rd Sept 21017.It is the 13th IDRBT  Banking Technology Excellence Awards 2016-17.  On 5th September 2017, The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) was honoured by Minister of State for Personnel, Mr.Jitendra Singh for successfully resolving public  grievances.  Infosys co-founder N R Narayana Murthy and Mumbai-born Scientist Veena Sahajwalla has granted the PLuS Alliance Prize. It is a prestigious honour that recognises Research Innovation, Education Innovation,  Global Leadership and Global Innovation.The Prize of USD 50,000 was awarded in two

categories; Education Innovation and Research Innovation.  On 6th September 2017, India’s first operational Smart City, International Finance-Tec City (GIFT City), has won the prestigious Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) Services Excellence Award in New  Delhi.  Tahir Mahmood has received the prestigious Prof N R Madhava Menon Best Law Teacher Award as part of the Law Teachers’ Day celebrations. The function was organised by the Society of Indian Law Firms (SILF) and Menon Institute of Legal  Advocacy Training (MILAT).  During a ceremony at Germany’s Lagau on the occasion of the One World Festival  Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling was honoured for his pioneering work in the field of organic farming. Chamling

was conferred the Grand Prix Award during the One World Award ceremony on  8th September.  On 9th September 2017, Prince Charles became the longest-serving Prince of Wales in history. Prince Charles has broken the record of Edward VII who held the title for more than 59 years before becoming  king.  On 11th September 2017, Badminton Association of India (BAI) announced that it would award its first Lifetime Achievement Award to Prakash Padukone, in  Kochi. He would be awarded a cash prize of Rs.10 lakh and a citation.  On 11th September 2017, TCS (Tata Consultancy Services) appeared in Fortune’s annual list of the Top 50 companies that are changing the world.TCS is the only  Indian Company that made to the list.TCS is ranked number 30 on the list.  On 12th September 2017, Indian economist Ms.Bina Agarwal was announced the Balzan Prize, which is to be awarded in Bern, Switzerland, in November 2017. This award is presented for outstanding achievements in the fields of humanities, natural  sciences, peace etc.  On 22nd September 2017, Rajkummar Rao was awarded the GQ Actor of the Year Award, in Mumbai. GQ (Gentlemen’s Quarterly) magazine conducted the GQ Men of the Year Awards for 2017,   in Mumbai.  Banaj Devi, famous Odia poet and short story writer is to be awarded Sarala award for her short story compilation ‘Kathapua’ on 26th October 2017.The  annual Sarala Puraskar award is one of the prestigious literary awards of Odisha.

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 The two Indian women have features on Fortune’s list of most powerful women in th business outside the US announced on 26 if Sept. 2017.Managing Director and CEO th of ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar was ranked 5 and Managing Director and CEO of Axis st  Bank Sikha Sharma was ranked at 21 position.  A noted scientist, Mahtab Bamji has been selected for the Living Legend Award of the  International Union of Nutritional Sciences ((IUNS).  On 26th September 2017, famous vocalist Manik Bhide was chosen for the prestigious Bharatratna Pandit Bhimsen Joshi award for the year 2017-18, for her contribution to the field of music.The Bhimen Joshi Award is given by the  Maharashtra government.  Colin Gonsalves, a senior Indian advocate was selected for a prestigious rights award th in Swedenannounced on 26 Sept. 2017. He will share the award and the prize money worth over USD 300,000 (SEK 3 million) with two other laureates — Khadija  Ismayilova from Azerbaijan and Robert Bilott from the US.  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 th  (WQC) announced on 26 of Sept. 2017.  According to the world’s highest-paid TV actresses 2017 list Priyanka Chopra is 8th th among the world’s 10 highest paid television actresses announced on 27 of Sept. 2017. It will be Priyanka’s second year on the list and this time also she is the 8th  highest paid TV actress.Colombian actress Sofia Vergara tops the list again.  Apple became the world’s most valuable brand in Interbrand’s 2017 best Global Brands ranking .It was Apple’s fifth consecutive year in the position.Apple’s brand value was measured as $184,15 billion, which was grew 3 percent from the year 2016.  th  On 26 September 2017, ten scientists were awarded Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, at a function held at Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), in  New Delhi.  Biological Sciences – Deepak Nair, Regional Centre for Biotechnology, Faridabad &  Sanjeev Das,  Gujarat was named the best state for Comprehensive Development of Tourism at the National Tourism Awards presented by President Ram th Nath Kovind on 27 Sept. 2017.  Maryna Viazovska of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland th has been selected for the 2017 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize announced on 28 of Sept. 2017.  On 27th September 2017, Srinagar International Airport, Jammu & Kashmir and Swami Vivekananda Airport, Raipur, Chhattisgarh were jointly awarded the National Tourism Awards 2015-16, in New Delhi. President Mr.Ram Nath Kovind, gave away the award  for Best Airport under ‘rest of India’ category.  Indian Police Service (IPS) Officer of Uttar Pradesh Cadre, Aparna Kumar has become th the first Indian woman to scale Mount Manaslu announced on 28 Sept. 2017.Mount Manaslu is the eighth highest mountain peak in the world

Books & Authors   Cryptocurrency for Beginners - Amit Bhardwaj   Dalhousie…Through My Eyes - Kiran Chadha.  Future of Indian Universities : Comparative and International Perspectives - C. Raj Kumar   Mandela's Last Years - Vejay Ramlakan  Narendra Damodardas Modi : The Making of a Legend - Bindeshwar Pathak (Sulabh  International chief)  President’s Lady (Pranaber Preyosi) - Sangeeta Ghosh

HIGHLIGHTS ( ONE LINERS ) • The government launched the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, effective from July 1, 2017. In the making since 2000 and claimed to be the biggest tax reform since

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Independence, the GST will be a unified indirect tax structure across the country. The GST Council has come out with a four-rate structure of 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%.

• "Hywind", the world’s first full—scale floating wind farm is being built off the coast of Scotland in the North Sea.

• "Maitree 2017" a 14 day joint military training exercise between Indian Army and Royal Thailand Army commenced at Bakloh in Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh. • “JIGYASA”, a student- scientist connect programme was officially launched in Delhi.

• 11th July 2017 was observed as World Population Day with the Theme “Family Planning: Empowering People, Developing Nations”. • 15th July 2017 was observed as the World Youth Skills Day with the Theme “Skills for All” • 17th July 2017 was observed as the World Day for International Justice (International Justice Day) with the Theme “Preventing conflict and sustaining peace through decent work”

• 2017 BRICS Labour and Employment Ministers’ meeting was recently held at Chongqing (China). This meeting comes ahead of 2017 BRICS Summit to be held in Xiamen, China in September 2017. • 28th July 2017 was observed as the World Hepatitis Day with the Theme "Eliminate Hepatitis".

• 30th July 2017 was observed as the World Day against Trafficking in Persons with the Theme ‘Act to Protect and Assist Trafficked Persons’. • 321st anniversary of Russian Navy was observed on 31st July 2017. • 4th July is Independence Day of United States.

• 4-time FIFA World Cup winner Germany won it's maiden FIFA Confederation Cup Football title by defeating Copa America Champion Chile by 1-0 goals in the final match held at St Petersburg, Russia. • 5 Indian States (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Telangana and Arunachal Pradesh) and a Union Territory (Puducherry) have formally adopted the Centre’s Government e-Marketplace (GeM) initiative. • 90th founding anniversary of Chinese Army was observed on 31st July 2017. • A book titled "Mandela's Last Years" is in news due to controversies. The book was written by : Vejay Ramlakan • A consortium including India's oil and gas company ONGC has announced that it is willing to invest $11 billion in Iran to develop a natural gas field and build the infrastructure to export the fuel.

• A museum in honour of late President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam was inaugurated on July 27 in Tamil Nadu's Rameshwaram.

• A total of 36 places in India are recognised as World Heritage Sites by UNESCO, with the latest addition being the city of Ahmedabad. With four of its sites recognised, Maharashtra tops the list in India.

• A US state department has recently revealed that India in 2016 replaced Pakistan as the world's third largest terror target after Iraq and Afghanistan.

• A US-Russia research collaboration at Harvard has created the world's most advanced quantum computer with 51 quantum bits, or qubits– the fundamental unit of information in a quantum computer.

• According to a National Commission for Protection of Child Rights' report, Maharashtra and Rajasthan recorded the highest number of cases of child marriage.

• According to National Centre for Seismology, 29 Indian cities and towns including Delhi fall under 'severe' to 'very severe' seismic (earthquake) zones.

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• According to the government data, out of India's population of 132 crore people, only 6.8 crore or 5.15%, have a valid passport. India is now third in terms of issuing passports, after China and US. • Ahmedabad has become India's first World Heritage City.

• American multinational retailer Walmart signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Maharashtra government to invest ₹900 crore for opening up of fi een stores.

• Arpan Doshi, an Indian-origin man, who studied in Gujarat until he was 13, has become UK's youngest ever doctor.

• Astronomers at -based IUCAA and IISER have discovered a supercluster of galaxies, which they named 'Saraswati'. • Australia has sent its first uranium shipment to India for testing purposes ahead of possible commercial sales.

• Bolivia's President Evo Morales has declared "total independence" from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank.

• Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has appointed her first black equerry, a senior staff member in charge of assisting the royal household. The Ghana-born Afghan war veteran, Major Nana Kofi Twumasi-Ankrah, had moved to the UK in 1982.

• British cyclist Chris Froome won his third consecutive and fourth overall Tour de France, finishing the race in 86 hours 20 minutes 55 seconds in Paris.

• Canada has celebrated the 150th anniversary of the day it officially became a country and the self-governing dominion of Britain on 3rd July 2017.

• Canara Bank, which has set an ambitious target of moving to ‘paperless’ futuristic banking, launched its first ‘Digital Banking Branch’ at Bengaluru. Titled ‘CANDI’, the branch will provide an end-to-end digital experience to customers.

• China and Russia held their First Joint Naval Drill in the Baltic Sea. This exercise involves anti-aircraft and anti-ship defence measures coordinated from the Baltiysk base in Russia's Kaliningrad enclave.

• China has announced that it would stop accepting shipments of garbage such as waste plastic and paper as part of a campaign against "foreign garbage".

• China is going to to build its first Mars simulation base on the country's Tibetan plateau as it aims to send the first mission to the red planet by 2020 after the US, India and Russia.

China-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a $329-million (over ₹3,100 crore) loan to build access roads across 4,000 villages in Gujarat. • Customers of Banks will not suffer any loss if unauthorised electronic banking transactions are reported within three days, the Reserve Bank of India has recently announced.

• Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (DERC) has notified of a new rule under which consumers will be compensated by power distribution companies if they don't restore an outage for more than two to three hours.

• Delhi government has announced plans to launch a mobile application which will allow people to check the status of government projects on a single platform.

• Delhi Police will be the first state police to get 'super cop' belts which are widely used by the police in the UK, USA, and Russia. The belt will help the cops carry wireless sets, pistols, and cartridges easily.

• England's women's cricket team defeated India by 9 runs at Lord's Cricket Ground to clinch their fourth World Cup title.

• European and Japanese space agencies are building a joint mission to solar system's smallest and "least explored" rocky planet Mercury.

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• Expanding its outreach to the Arab world, External Affairs Ministry is going to make its website available in Arabic.

• Facebook has shut down one of its Artificial Intelligence systems after chatbots programmed to converse in English started speaking in their own language. • Facebook TV is set to launch online in mid-August.

• Facebook-owned WhatsApp has been partially blocked in China following a censorship crackdown by the government.

• Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) major ITC became the 4th Indian company to cross market capitalisation of ₹4 trillion. Earlier, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank have achieved this milestone with TCS being the most valued company with market capitalisation of ₹4.64 trillion.

• Ferrari's Formula One racer Sebastian Vettel won the Hungarian Grand Prix title, finishing ahead of teammate Kimi Raikkonen and Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas.

• Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the Financial year may soon begin from January in sync with the calendar year. In May 2017, Madhya Pradesh became India's first state to shift its financial year format to January-December from the present April-March cycle.

• Finance Minister Arun Jaitley introduced the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2017 in the Lok Sabha. This bill empowers RBI to ask any bank to initiate insolvency proceedings and give directions for resolution of stressed assets.

• Finance Ministry along with the Central Board of Excise and Customs has launched GST Rates Finder app for consumers to verify the accurate tax rates on commodity and services under the Goods and Services Tax.

• For a 4th consecutive year, US retail giant Walmart has topped the 2017 Fortune Global 500 list with a revenue of $486 billion.

• For the first time India is going to host Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS) 2017, the world’s largest conference on cyber space and related issues in New Delhi in November 2017. Theme of GCCS 2017 : ‘Cyber4All : An Inclusive, Sustainable, Developmental, Safe and Secure Cyberspace'. • Former cricketer Ravi Shastri has been named the new coach of Team India on a two-year contract.

• Former national-level hockey player Amit Saroha, who met with an accident in 2007, clinched the Silver medal in the club throw event in the F-51 category at the World Para Athletics Championships.

Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's name from the scheme Indira Priyadarshini Puruskar Yojana, given to meritorious girls of Class 10 and 12 from Rajasthan Board, has been removed. From now, this scheme will be called 'Padmakshi Puruskar Yojana', based on the name of Goddess 'Saraswati'. • Former Russian chess champion Garry Kasparov is set to come out of retirement to play in Sinquefield Cup, a US tournament next month. • France has celebrated its 228th Bastille Day on 15th July 2017.

• French oil and gas company Total S.A has signed an agreement of $4.8-billion (over ₹31,000 crore) with Iran to develop one of the world's largest natural gas fields.

• G20 Summit, the annual meeting of the G20 (an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from 20 major economies), was recently held at Hamburg Messe, in the city of Hamburg, Germany during 7th and 8th July 2017.

• Government has implemented the “Seekho aur Kamao” scheme which encourages the youth from minority communities to learn employment skills.

• H-Bots Robotics, a startup from Telangana's T-Hub incubator, is developing 'police robots' priced at about ₹3.5 lakh.

• HDFC Standard Life Insurance and Max Life Insurance have called off their proposed merger after failing to win regulatory approval for a union that would've created an insurance giant with ₹1.1 lakh crore in assets. • Hyderabad is going to establish India's first university only for Dalit students by 2018. www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

• ICICI Lombard General Insurance, a joint venture of ICICI Bank and Fairfax Financial Holdings, has filed draft prospectus for its IPO. This makes it the first non-life insurance company in India to file for IPO.

• ICICI Prudential has agreed to take over the life insurance business of Sahara Group's subsidiary Sahara Life, which was shut down by insurance regulator IRDAI in June.

• In a bid to prevent harassment of women, the government has decided to make registration of marriages compulsory.

• In a bid to promote environment-friendly system, Indian Railways launched first 1600 HP solar-powered DEMU train from the Safdarjung railway station in Delhi. [DEMU - Diesel Electric Multiple Unit]

• In a recent order, the Bombay Court held that a working woman who is "capable of maintaining and sustaining herself" should not be entitled to get maintenance from her estranged husband.

• India and European Union (EU) have established Investment Facilitation Mechanism (IFM) for EU Investments in India. The mechanism will allow for a close coordination between EU and India with an aim to promote and facilitate EU investment in India. • India and Israel jointly launched a $40 million (over ₹258 crore) technology fund. The Israel India Innovation Initiative Fund (I4F), will receive $4 million a year from each government for five years.

• India bagged a total of 29 medals including 12 golds to top the medals tally at the Asian Athletics Championships for the first time ever.

• India for the first time is going to host International Theatre Olympics, the greatest carnival of theatre in the world in 2018. The 51-day carnival of theatre will begin on February 17, 2018.

• India has contributed an additional $1 million to India-UN Development Partnership Fund launched to support sustainable development projects across the developing world.

• India has ranked 4th among world's fastest growing economies. according to recently released World Bank's Global Economic Prospects.

• India has slipped by one spot to become the 4-largest foreign investor into the UK. The US remains on the top, investing in 577 projects in the UK, followed by China (including Hong Kong) in second place with 160 projects.

• India is going to host the Men's World Boxing Championship for the first time in 2021 and the Women's World Championship in 2018.

• India is going to invite the 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as Chief Guests for 2018 Republic Day celebrations.

• India recently-enforced Anti-Hijacking Act, 2016. This act prescribes death penalty for hijack conspirators in case of a casualty, and life imprisonment otherwise.

• India successfully test-fired its indigenously developed QuickReaction Surface-to-Air short range Missile (QR-SAM). • India will host its 1st WTA tournament in five years when the city of Mumbai stages the ₹80 lakh ($125,000) Mumbai Open in November.

• India will soon join Global Foreign Exchange Committee (GFXC), a newly-constituted forum of central bankers and experts working towards promotion of a robust and transparent foreign exchange (Forex) market. • India, the world’s third-largest oil importer, for the first time will import crude oil from the United States. • India’s Harinder Pal Sandhu has defeated Rhys Dowling of Australia to lift South Australian Open squash title.

• India’s Karamjyoti Dalal has won Bronze medal at the World Para Athletics Championships 2017 in the discus-throw.

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• India’s only ATP tournament the Open is set to move out of Chennai after 21 years because it is unable to meet the commercial demands of the main organizers IMG.

• Indian golfer Diksha Dagar won a Silver medal in the women's individual golf event at the Deaflympics in Samsun, Turkey.

• Indian hammer thrower Damneet Singh won a silver medal in the boys' hammer throw event to give India their first medal at the IAFF World U-18 Athletics Championships in Nairobi.

• Indian National Football has managed to secure 96th spot at the latest FIFA world football rankings. This is the best ranking secured by India in 21 years.

• Indian Navy’s second LCU Mark IV L52 ship was formally launched in Kolkata, West Bengal. *LCU - Landing Craft Utility]

• Indian Para-athlete Sundar Singh Gurjar became only the second Indian to win a gold at the World Para Athletics Championships, winning one in javelin at the 2017 edition in London. Rio gold medalist Devendra Jhajharia was the first Indian to win a gold in 2013.

• Indian shuttler C Rahul Yadav and the men's doubles pair of Manu Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy clinched the Men's singles and men's doubles title respectively at Lagos International challenge in Nigeria.

• Indian shuttler HS Prannoy won the US Open Grand Prix Gold tournament after defeating Parupalli Kashyap in an all-India final.

• Indian squash player Harinder Pal Sandhu won his second title in two weeks after winning the Victorian Open by beating top-seed Rex Hedrick of Australia.

• Indian Super League side Atletico de Kolkata has been renamed to 'Aamar, Tomar Kolkata' (ATK) after the team's partnership with Spanish football club Atletico Madrid ended.

• Indian tennis player won the Men's doubles event at the $125,000 ATP Astana Challenger with Japanese partner Toshihide Matsui.

• Indian women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj has became the all-time highest run- scorer in women's ODI cricket.

• India's first bullet train project, the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail, will be inaugurated this September by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.

• India's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) cut interest rates on savings bank deposits by 0.50 percentage points effective July 31. For saving deposits balance up to ₹1 crore, SBI will offer an interest rate of 3.5% as compared to 4% earlier and for balance above ₹1 crore, the rate has been retained at 4% per annum.

• India's Manpreet Kaur bagged Gold medal in women's shot-put on the opening day of the Asian Athletics Championships 2017 in Bhubaneswar.

• India's para athletes Sharad Kumar and Varun Singh Bhati clinched the Silver and bronze medals respectively in High jump at the World Para Athletics Championships. • India's tallest Air Traffic Control (ATC) tower at the Delhi Airport is going to start operations by this December.

• India's The Energy Resources Institute (TERI) has been ranked as the second best climate think tank in the world.

• India's top-ranked female shot putter Manpreet Kaur has been suspended by the Athletics Federation after she failed dope test. • Indonesia renamed part of the South China Sea as the North Natuna Sea. • Iran and US-backed Iraq signed an agreement to boost military cooperation.

• Italian football legend Francesco Totti anounced his retirement from football after spending his 25-year-long playing career with Seria A club Roma. • Jammu and Kashmir became the last state to implement GST, passing the resolution during a special session of the legislative assembly. www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

• Japan has approved a plan to reduce working hours to lower the country's suicide rate by 30% by 2025. • Jio has announced the launch of the 25,000-kilometre Asia-Africa-Europe (AAE-1) submarine cable system. • Lahore High Court lifted a ban on the airing of Indian television serials in Pakistan.

• Maharashtra government also announced plans to make installation of GPS system mandatory in black-and-yellow taxis and autorickshaws.

• Maharashtra government has announced that integrated coaching will not be allowed in the state from the next academic year.

• Maharashtra has become the first Indian state to provide free injectable contraceptives to women under the state's family planning programme, Antara.

• Malabar Naval Exercise 2017, a week long trilateral joint naval exercise involving the United States, Japan and India was recently held at Chennai coast.

• Matunga suburban railway station in Mumbai has become the first station in India to be run by an all-women staff. • Mercedes' Formula One driver Valtteri Bottas, has won the Austrian Grand Prix.

• Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari has announced that the driverless cars and any technology that takes away jobs will not be allowed in India. • Mizoram recently celebrated the 31st anniversary of the signing of the historic Mizo peace accord.

• Mother Teresa's Blue-bordered Sari was recognised as an Intellectual Property of the Missionaries of Charity after she was cannonised last year. It is the first time that a uniform has been protected under the Intellectual Property rights.

• Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries crossed ₹5 lakh crore in market capitalisa on for the first me in its trading history, making it the second Indian company to do so after TCS.

• Mumbai Metro One announced plans to launch India's first mobile ticketing system by mid-August for easy commute.

• Mumbai-based 18-year-old racing driver Jehan Daruvala has become the 1st Indian to win the FIA Formula 3 European Championship after winning the third race at the Nuremberg circuit.

• Mumbai's 'Vikrikar Bhavan' was renamed as 'GST Bhavan' after the Goods and Services Tax regime was rolled out on 1st July 2017.

• NASA's James Webb Telescope, the largest space telescope ever built, has been locked in a vacuum vault for testing at sub-zero temperatures to simulate its working in deep space.

• National Multi Commodity Exchange (NMCE), India’s first demutualised online national multi-commodities exchange will merge with Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX). The merged entity will create India’s third biggest commodity exchange. • National Security Advisor Ajit Doval was on a visit to China to attend BRICS meeting in Beijing.

• NDA's presidential candidate and former Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind was elected as the 14th President of India.

• Nepal will get Internet services through Chinese optical fibre starting next month, ending its reliance on India for the service.

• Netherlands' third-largest bank ABN AMRO announced that it will no longer extend credit to clients in the tobacco industry.

• Officials of India and Bangladesh agreed to construct gates along the border to allow free and safe passage for wild elephants.

• Okinoshima, sacred Japanese island where women are banned and men must strip naked was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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• Over 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic, enough to cover the entire country of Argentina, has been generated by humans since the material's mass production started in 1950s, a US-based research has revealed.

• Pakistan has launched a military operation in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) targeting the Islamic State. • Pakistan has successfully test fired short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile 'Nasr'.

• Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was disqualified from his position after the country's Supreme Court found him guilty of corruption in the Panama Papers case.

• Parliament has passed The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill, 2016. The Bill seeks to upgrade existing laws related to civil matters of admiralty jurisdiction of courts, maritime claims, arrest and detention of ships.

• Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte offered self-rule to the country's Muslim minority in an attempt to defeat militants loyal to Islamic State who have besieged the city of Marawi for nearly two months.

• PM Narendra Modi met Moshe Holtzberg, the now 11-year-old survivor of the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, in Jerusalem.

• PM Narendra Modi-led cabinet cleared the New Wage Code Bill which will ensure minimum wage to 4 crore employees across all sectors. The new minimum wage norms would be applicable irrespective of the pay whereas it's presently applicable to workers getting up to ₹18,000 monthly.

• President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to Maharashtra Prohibition of People from Social Boycott (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Bill, 2016. Maharashtra is the first state in the country to formulate a law to punish social boycott. • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has visited a total of 49 countries in the last three years.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to adopt Kakrahia, a village in Varanasi under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana. In the past two years, Modi has adopted Jayapur and Nagepur in his Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to write a book for the youth of the country wherein he will address issues like overcoming examination stress, keeping one's composure and what to do after the exams. The book, a first-of-its-kind initiative by a serving prime minister, will be out later this year in multiple languages.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a 3 day historical visit to Israel. He is the first ever Indian Prime Minister to visit Israel in 70 years. • Private sector lender Axis Bank has reached an agreement to buy digital payments platform FreeCharge for ₹350-400 crore in cash from Snapdeal.

• Punjab National Bank (PNB) Maestro debit card holders will face card blockage if they fail to replace it with a more secure EMV chip based card by July 31. Earlier, RBI had directed all banks are to migrate to EMV chip based cards by December 31, 2018.

• Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA) an arm of the Indian Railways for commercial exploitation of rail land, has inked MoU with National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC) for redevelopment of 10 railway stations across the country on global standards.

• Rajasthan has become the first State to lay down the minimum educational qualifications for contesting elections to village cooperative societies and various other cooperative bodies. • Reliance Defence and Engineering Limited (RDEL) launched the first two Naval Offshore Patrol Vessels (NOPVs)

— Shachi and Shruti at their shipyard in Pipavav, Gujarat. These two NOPVs are the first warships to be launched by a private sector shipyard in India.

• RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has releaed a coffee-table book “Narendra Damodardas Modi : The Making of a Legend”. This book has been authored by Bindeshwar Pathak (Chief of Sulabh International)

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• Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law ratifying a deal with the Syrian government allowing Russia to keep its air base in Syria for almost 50 years.

• Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree extending the embargo imposed on food products from the EU and other Western countries until the end of 2018.

• Russian space agency Roscosmos successfully launched 'Kanopus-V-IK' Earth-imaging satellite and 72 microsatellites into orbit on a single rocket. This comes after ISRO launched a world record 104 satellites at once earlier this year, breaking Russia's previous record of 37 satellites.

• SBI Life Insurance, a unit of State Bank of India, has filed for an Initial Public Offering (IPO), that will reportedly raise over $1 billion (over ₹6,400 crore). SBI Life will be the second Indian life insurer to go public.

• Scientists from University of Cambridge, UK have discovered the smallest star in the universe. It has been named as EBLM J0555-57Ab. • Shyam Saran Negi, independent India's first-ever voter, recently turned 100. • Spain's Garbine Muguruza has won the Wimbledon Women's singles title.

• Sri Lanka has signed a US $1.1 billion deal to sell a 70% stake of the strategic Hambantota deep-sea port to China.

• Swami Vivekananda Airport of Raipur was ranked first in Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) Survey among 49 airports in the country.

• Sweden is going to hold its 'first and biggest' military exercise in over 20 years, involving all of its military branches as well as troops from several NATO countries.

• Swiss tennis star Roger Federer won a record 8th Wimbledon men's singles title. With this he also became the oldest male player (35 years) to win The Championships in Open Era.

• Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has appeared for the first time on the country's currency since taking office, with his portrait printed on a new 2,000-pound banknote that recently went into circulation.

• Telangana prisons department, citing Norway's example, has proposed to accommodate prisoners from overcrowded prisons in India at a rent of ₹10,000 a month per prisoner.

• Thailand has amended a royal property law to formally give King Maha Vajiralongkorn full control of the agency which manages royal assets worth more than $30 billion.

• Thailand's Atthaya Thitikul has become the youngest known winner of a professional golf tour event after claiming the Ladies European Thailand Championship at the age of 14 years, 4 months and 19 days.

• The annual buffalo racing sport 'Kambala' has been legalised in Karnataka after President Pranab Mukherjee approved the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Karnataka Amendment) Ordinance, 2017.

• The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) has been extended for six more months in Nagaland with effect from June 30. The AFSPA has been in force in Nagaland for several decades.

• The Assam government is going to raise a new Special Rhino Protection Force (SRPF) for better protection of the one-horned rhinos in Assam.

• The Bank of England unveiled a new polymer £10 note featuring 19th century novelist Jane Austen, in a move to replace paper £5, £10 and £20 with secure plastic notes. This makes Austen the only woman other than Queen Elizabeth to be featured on a polymer British banknote. • The BCCI named former Indian cricketer Bharat Arun as the Indian cricket team's bowling coach.

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• The central government has approved the renaming of two villages in Haryana, after complaints from villagers. The Ganda village has been renamed to Ajit Nagar and Kinnar has been renamed to Gaibi Nagar.

• The Centre has notified that action would be taken against those who post videos and images of the protected Andaman and Nicobar Islands' tribal communities on social media.

• The Chinese government has ordered telecommunications firms to completely block access to Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) by February 2018, in a crackdown aimed at suppressing dissent over the legitimacy of the ruling Communist Party.

• The Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) has adopted 3 Codex standards for pepper (black, white and green), cumin and thyme. It is for first time pepper, cumin and thyme, spices will have such universal standards.

• The Competition Commission of India approved the merger of Vodafone India and Aditya Birla Group's Idea Cellular.

• The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed India's first unmanned tank 'Muntra', which has three tested and validated remote-controlled variants - Muntra-S, Muntra-M, and Muntra-N.

• The Delhi government has released ₹100 crore for the comple on of the Signature Bridge, which is twice the height of the Qutub Minar.

• The Delhi Metro Railway Corporation (DMRC) has become the world’s first completely ‘green’ Metro system for adhering to green building norms for its residential colonies. • The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) will establish India’s first Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) at Patent Information Centre, Punjab. • The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has inked an agreement with 4 Private Sector Banks

(ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank, Axis Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank) and one Public Sector Bank (Bank of Baroda) for the purpose of collection of provident fund dues from the employers and payments to its subscribers.

• The European Union has approved a $6.1-billion (over ₹39,000 crore) state bailout for Italy's fourth largest lender, Monte dei Paschi di Siena.

• The first successful rover called Sojourner was deployed on Mars' surface via NASA's Pathfinder mission 20 years ago on 5th July 1997.

• The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has banned the use of stapler pins in tea bags from January 2018.

• The French government has announced that the country will end sales of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 as part of an ambitious plan to meet its targets under the Paris climate accord.

• The Goa government has announced that it is discontinuing the Goa Yuva Samwad Yojana, a scheme through which people between 16 and 30 could avail free voice calls and internet data.

• The government has approved e-commerce giant Amazon's proposed $500 million (over ₹3,200 crore) foreign direct investment (FDI) in retailing of food products in India. • The government's 'Project Insight', which was built over seven years at a cost of $156 million, will enable catching tax evaders by keeping a tab on their social media posts. • The Haryana government banned the use of liquid nitrogen in drinks and food.

• The Indian Army has signed MoU with Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to raise one regiment of the advanced Medium Range Surface to Air Missiles (MRSAM) defence system.

• The Indian boxing contingent at the 48th Grand Prix Usti Nad Labem in the Czech Republic claimed five gold medals, two silver and one bronze medal at the event.

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• The Indian contingent at the World Para Athletics Championship ended its campaign with five medals (1 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze)

• The Indian Railways has launched RailCloud, a virtual server with an inbuilt security system that will enable faster connectivity at a reduced cost.

• The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has announced that it will waive off the fees for transgender students, in all the courses that it offers.

• The Karnataka government has announced a 3-day global conference on social justice from July 21-23 at the University of Agricultural Sciences in Bengaluru. Theme of this conference : 'Reclaiming Social Justice, Revisiting Ambedkar'.

• The Karnataka government has set up a 9-member committee to design a state flag (an identity symbol unique to the state). As of now, Jammu and Kashmir is the only state that has its own flag.

• The landmark India-Japan civil nuclear agreement came into effect on 21st July 2017. This deal would enable Japan to export nuclear power plant technology as well as provide finance for nuclear power plants in India.

• The Lucknow Metro will become India's first to have its own FM radio station, which will provide entertainment and information on metro safety.

• The Maharashtra government has launched a scheme to cover medical insurance of up to ₹10 lakh for legislators and their families. This scheme is aimed at curbing the use of fake bills in the medical reimbursement scheme the legislators were covered under earlier.

• The Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation has received the approval to create a 12-km 'missing link' between Khopoli and Kusgaon, which will allow motorists to drive at 100 kmph.

• The much awaited 8% Pension scheme - Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana- for senior citizens aged 60 or above was formally launched by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

• The Mumbai railways is going to introduce a software which will help commuters book tickets through Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) codes.

• The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is developing Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the first-ever mission that will deflect a near-Earth asteroid.

• The National Green Tribunal (NGT) directed a complete ban on 'manja' (kite strings) made of or coated with any synthetic material that is non-biodegradable.

• The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has received final nod from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to function as the Bharat Bill Payment Central Unit (BBPCU) and operate the Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS). • The National Zoological Park, New Delhi is going to launch an Animal Adoption Scheme. Citizens would be able to adopt an animal after paying a fixed amount of money, usually spent on food and medicines for the animal.

• The parliament has passed The Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Bill, 2017 after it was approved by the Rajya Sabha. This bill aims at amending the Collection of Statistics Bill, 2008, which facilitates the collection of statistics related to social, economic, demographic, scientific and environmental aspects, by central, state and local governments.

• The Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently inaugurated Textiles India 2017 India’s first ever mega textiles trade fair at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) had stopped printing the ₹2,000 currency notes about five months ago and has started printing the smaller denomination ₹200 notes.

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is going to issue a new batch of ₹20 notes under the Mahatma Gandhi series-2005 soon.

• The Reserve Bank of India is considering setting up of Public Credit Registry (PCR), an extensive database of bank loans.

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• The Roman Catholic Mediterranean island Malta became the 24th country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage.

• The State Bank of India (SBI) has waived charges for fund transfer of up to ₹1,000 through its Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) to promote small transactions. SBI was earlier charging ₹5 along with service tax for such transfers of up to ₹1,000.

• The State Bank of India (SBI) launched SBI Realty, a dedicated portal that will help home buyers to choose flats from its 3,000 approved projects across the country.

• The Telangana government has issued an ordinance to curb the "social evils" caused by online rummy card games.

• The Telangana School Education Department has issued an order capping the weight of school bags for students in primary, upper primary and high schools. The order directed school managements to ensure that the weight of a bag does not exceed 5 kilograms for class 10 students.

• The Telecom department has made it mandatory for all phones, including feature phones, to install Global Positioning System (GPS) from January 1, 2018.

• The Unesco World Heritage committee has put the West Bank city of Hebron's Old Town on its list of world heritage in danger, drawing outrage from Israel.

• The union cabinet has approved the establishment of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), South Asia Regional Center (ISARC) at campus of National Seed Research and Training Center (NSRTC) in Varanasi.

• The Union Finance Ministry has launched a new tax payer service module titled Aaykar Setu. The new e-initiative literally means taxpayer’s bridge and will be available in android phones.

• The Union Government and Asian Development Bank (ADB) have signed a $220 million loan agreement for improving connectivity as well as transport efficiency and safety on State Highways of Rajasthan.

• The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare J P Nadda launched the National Strategic Plan for Malaria Elimination (2017-22). This Strategic Plan gives year wise elimination targets in various parts of the country depending upon the endemicity of malaria in the next 5 years. • The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued instructions to all states to stop using bouquets during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s tours within India.

• The Union Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension has launched a new training programme titled Comprehensive Online Modified Modules on Induction Training (COMMIT) for State Government officials.

• The Union Ministry of Power has announced that about 97% of the total outstanding debt of all state power distribution companies (discoms) has been covered under the Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY).

• The Union Ministry of Rural Development is going to launch Aajeevika Grameen Express Yojana (AGEY), a sub-scheme under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana – National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM). • The Union Ministry of Rural Development launched Aarambh mobile app for performance based maintenance contracting and community contracting for maintenance of rural roads.

• The Union Ministry of Science & Technology has launched National Biopharma Mission, a first ever Industry-Academia mission to accelerate biopharmaceutical development in India.

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• The Union Ministry of Science and Technology has launched SOHUM, an indigenously developed low-cost hearing screening device for newborns.

• The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDA) has launched 'mAadhaar', a new app for syncing Aadhaar data on mobile phones. This app allows users to carry their Aadhaar information including name, date of birth, gender, address, and the linked photograph, on their smartphones.

• The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has voted to leave Australia's Great Barrier Reef off its "List of World Heritage in Danger" despite several reports claiming major coral bleaching at the 2,300-km-long ecosystem.

• The United Nations has adopted a Global Draft Treaty banning nuclear weapons amid opposition from all nuclear-weapon states which boycotted the negotiations.

• The United States and Australia have jointly test-fired a hypersonic missile capable of moving at a speed eight times faster than sound as part of a $54-million research project. • The United States and Qatar signed an agreement on combating terrorism and terror financing. • The United States has banned citizens from traveling to North Korea due to "the serious risk of arrest".

• The United States has deployed anti-aircraft missiles for the first time in the Baltics for use in NATO military drills in Lithuania.

• The United States has ended a four-month ban on flyers carrying laptops on US-bound flights from airports in North Africa and the Middle East.

• The United States of America (USA) has rolled out Global Entry programme (GEP), a pre- approved expedited entry clearance programme for low-risk Indian travellers. Indian Ambassador to US Navtej Sarna was the first Indian national to enroll in the programme

• The US Defence Department has recently announced that it will not make military reimbursements to Pakistan for 2016 fiscal.

• The US House of Representatives has passed a $621.5 billion defence policy bill which includes proposals of boosting defence cooperation with India.

• The US military successfully tested the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system by launching a ballistic missile over the Pacific Ocean.

• The US Navy has officially inducted the world's largest aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford. The nuclear-powered carrier is worth over ₹83,000 crore ($12.9 billion) and weighs 1 lakh tonnes.

• The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to introduce an 'Anti-Copying' Bill in the upcoming assembly session to check for cheating in the state examinations.

• The Uttar Pradesh government has launched a scheme on World Population Day (July 11), under which it will give a kit comprising condoms and oral contraceptive pills as 'shagun' to newly-weds.

• The Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi has launched an online portal SHe-box (Sexual Harassment e-box) for the central government's women employees to file complaints related to workplace sexual harassment.

• The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). • The world's longest hanging pedestrian bridge, Europabrücke opened near the Swiss town of Zermatt.

• The world's smallest spacecraft ever launched have successfully been placed in low Earth orbit by ISRO's PSLV rocket. Named Sprites, the 3.5cmx3.5cm space probes weigh 4 grams each and run on sunlight.

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• To develop Bengaluru as the international hub of computer graphics technology, the Cabinet approved the Karnataka Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics Policy, 2017-22.

• To facilitate trade and to improve communication between the two countries, India and Bangladesh have decided to construct a bridge over Mizoram’s Khawthlangtuipui river (also known as Karnaphuli river).

• UK PM Theresa May published the landmark 'Brexit repeal bill' to end the supremacy of EU laws and the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice in the UK.

• UK's first pregnant man, Hayden Cross, has given birth to a girl after putting his sex transition on hold to get pregnant by a sperm donor. Cross is UK's first transgender man to give birth.

• Union Cabinet gave its in-principle approval for sale of the government's 51.11% stake in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) to India's largest oil producer ONGC for ₹30,000 crore. A er this, the HPCL will become a subsidiary of ONGC and will remain a listed company. • Uruguay has become the 1st country in the world to allow the sale of marijuana for recreational use. • US Navy successfully tested the world’s first-ever active Laser Weapons System (LaWS).

• Uttar Pradesh Power Minister Shrikant Sharma launched free power connection schemes for BPL families at 624 places across the state.

• Uttarakhand banned begging, making it one of the twenty states and two union territories to have banned the practice.

• Venezuela's state-owned oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela has offered a 9% stake in an oil field to ONGC Videsh, the international arm of India's state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. • Vietnam has granted ONGC Videsh a two-year extension to explore oil block 128 in the South China Sea.

• Vietnamese capital Hanoi has approved a proposal to ban motorbikes, the city's most popular mode of transport, from its central streets by 2030. • Vondaraguppe village in Karnataka's Ramanagara district has transitioned to a completely cashless system.

• Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway became the largest shareholder of Bank of America surpassing Vanguard Group by exercising its warrants to buy 700 million common shares.

• With 24.1 crore active users, India has overtaken the United States to become Facebook's largest country audience, according to data shared by the platform for July.

• World youth boxing champion Sachin Siwach clinched a Gold medal at the Commonwealth Youth Games in the Bahamas. .

• 'Yara Birkeland', the world's first ever self-driving ship worth ₹162 crore will set sail along a 60 km route in southern Norway without any crew member in 2018.

• Zimbabwe's Parliament passed a bill giving President Robert Mugabe power to appoint the country's top judges without consulting anyone.

• ‘I am HIV positive, so what ?’, a book on the career of Manipur’s highly-acclaimed bodybuilder, K Pradipkumar Singh, known for his personal struggle against HIV AIDS, was recently released. This book was written by : Jayanta Kalita.

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between their security and intelligence agencies to combat the threat of terrorism and check terror financing. • 12th August 2017 was observed as the International Youth Day with the Theme “Youth Building Peace”.

• 15th edition of Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) ministerial meeting was recently held in Kathmandu, Nepal. Union External Affairs Minister (EAM) Sushma Swaraj represented India.

• 15-year-old shooter Shapath Bharadwaj has become India's youngest athlete to feature in government's Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme.

• 16-year-old Indian-origin student Kavya Kopparapu with her team has developed an AI system to recognise signs of a diabetic complication that damages blood vessels in the eye.

• 18-year-old India's junior para-athlete Rinku Hooda has won Silver medal in the Javelin throw F46 at the 1st World Para Athletics Junior Championships in Switzerland. • 19 acres of land which housed around 70 government office buildings in Chattisgarh’s Raipur is being converted into India's first micro forest in order to create an oxy-zone.

• 19th August 2017 was observed as the World Humanitarian Day (WHD) with the Theme “#NotATarget”. 19th August 2017 was observed as the World Photography Day with the Theme “Understanding clouds”. • 3 Indian companies featured in the Forbes' List of 'World’s Most Innovative Companies 2017. They are : Hindustan Unilever - 7th Rank (Highest-ranked Indian company), Asian Paints - 8th Rank and Airtel - 78th Rank.

• 5 Judge bench of Supreme Court declared the practice of Triple Talaq as 'unconstitutional', and ordered a ban on it.

• 7 Indian chess players including former World Champion Viswanathan Anand will be taking part in the Chess World Cup to be held in Tbilisi, Georgia, from September 2 to 27. • 72nd anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing was observed on 6th August 2017.

• 91-year-old Queen Elizabeth II of UK is going to resign from her throne at the age of 95. Upon her abdication, the Queen's eldest son Prince Charles will become the King. • 9th August 2017 was observed as International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples with the Theme "10th Anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples"

• 9th August 2017 was observed as Kranti Diwas (Quit India Day) in India with the Theme “Sankalp se Siddhi- the attainment through resolve”.

• A 5-member special committee has been constituted by the Delhi government to prepare the Final parking policy for the city. The panel will be headed by : Om Prakash Agarwal (CEO of World Resources Institute (WRI), India)

• A Panel that was set up to look at all aspects of household finance in India has recommended that PAN card should be required for all gold transactions. The panel was chaired by : Tarun Ramadorai (Professor of financial economics).

• A set of 6 caves housing over 50 artefacts from the last Ice Age has become the 42nd UNESCO World Heritage Site in Germany.

• A US court has ruled that politicians cannot block people on social media as it violates their right to freedom of speech.

• According to recently released provisional census data, Pakistan's population has surged to over 20 crore, a 57% spike since the last census in 1998.

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• Afghanistan has requested India to launch a special satellite exclusively for its use. The satellite will be used in areas of telecommunications, television services, mines and other sectors.

• American sprinter Allyson Felix has become the Most decorated athlete in world championships with 15 medals, breaking Usain Bolt's shared all-time record of most medals at the biennial athletics event.

• American tennis player Serena Williams has topped the Forbes' list of highest paid female athletes of 2017, with $27 million in earnings between June 2016 and June 2017.

• As part of its special focus on Indian languages, the Oxford University Press has launched online dictionaries in Tamil and Gujarati.

• Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has agreed to give the Sikh community in the state a 'Micro Minority status'.

• Australian state government has approved the world's biggest single tower solar thermal power plant, a 150-megawatt structure to be built in South Australia by 2020. • Axis Bank recently launched a campaign titled 'Experience Axis' featuring Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone.

• Bangladesh is going to conduct Indian Ocean Naval Symposium’s (IONS) Maiden International Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise (IMMSAREX) in November 2017 at the Bay of Bengal. • Brazil's Neymar has become the world's most expensive footballer, with Paris Saint- Germain signing him for a five-year deal from Barcelona for a fee of ₹1,680 crore (€222 million). • Britain is going to pay up to €40 billion as part of a deal to leave the European Union.

• Canadian citizens who do not identify as Male or Female will soon be able to mark "X" on their passports and other identity documents.

• Central Park located in Delhi's Connaught Place will get facial recognition surveillance as part of a collaboration between New Delhi Municipal Corporation and NEC Corporation India.

• China formally opened its first overseas military base in Africa's Djibouti. Djibouti also hosts US, Japanese, and French bases.

• China has been drafting a law on the appropriate use of its National Anthem by introducing criminal prosecution for violators.

• China is going to launch the World's first nuclear power plant, the Sanmen Nuclear Power Station, that is immune to meltdown. • China is relaunching the Fastest bullet trains in the world, which run at 350 kilometres per hour.

• China's State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) has banned companies from registering odd and long names.

• Deepwater Horizon actor Mark Wahlberg has topped Forbes 2017 list of World's Highest Paid Actors, earning $68 million during the 12-month scoring period. • Delhi government has announced a complete ban on manual cleaning of sewers.

• Chief Insan was sentenced to 20 years in prison for rape by a special CBI court in Haryana.

• Digital payments and ecommerce company Paytm has rebranded Postcard, its digital version of gifting money in an envelope on festive occasions, to Lifafa (which means envelope in Hindi) after India Post sent a notice to the company to stop using the term 'postcard'.

• Distance runner Mo Farah won the final track race of his career, clinching a win in 5,000-metre final with a margin of 0.04 seconds at the Diamond League.

• Double Paralympics gold medalist Devendra Jhajharia has became the 1st Para Ahlete to be awarded the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting honour.

• During it's bi-monthly policy review, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has cut Repo rate by 25 basis points to 6%, the lowest in more than six-and-a-half years.

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• England football captain Wayne Rooney announced his retirement from international football, after appearing for England in 119 matches.

• External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj recently inaugurated India's first 'Videsh Bhavan' in Mumbai. The Bhavan integrates all Ministry of External Affairs offices in Maharashtra under one roof, and will reportedly help in effective management.

• Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launched 'Bharat 22' exchange-traded-fund (ETF) to divest government assets in 22 state-run and private firms. ICICI Prudential will manage the fund. • Flipkart recently completed its merger with eBay India's operations.

• For the first time in history, BJP became the largest political party in Rajya Sabha after pushing Congress to the second spot. • Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan has penned a book titled 'I Do What I Do'.

• Georgia began the 'Noble Partner' military exercise with the US and partner countries despite Russia's earlier objections to the drills claiming they could destabilise the region. • Germany has test launched surveillance cameras with biometric face recognition capability at one of Berlin's railway stations. • Goa cabinet passed an amendment granting Coconut Palm the status of “State tree”.

• Google has announced 'Oreo' as the name for the latest version of the Android operating system, continuing the dessert-themed names. • Haryana barred all government school teachers from stepping inside the classrooms with mobile phones.

• Home Minister Rajnath Singh has attended the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting on disaster prevention which was held at Kyrgyz Republic from 24th August 2017. • Hurricane Harvey became the most powerful storm to hit US' Texas in more than 50 years.

• In a bid to establish equality and a better standard of living for every citizen in the state, the Andhra Pradesh government is going to provide Pension to the Transgender community. Important Note : Odisha was the first Indian state to give social welfare benefits such as pensions to the transgender community. • In order to incentivise digital transactions the government is planning to offer 2% discount over the applicable GST rate on bills up to ₹2,000.

• India and Bangladesh have confirmed that External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will visit Dhaka in the first half of September to attend the 4th Bangladesh-India Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting.

• India and China have agreed to withdraw their troops from Doklam after being in a standoff for over two months.

• India and Germany have signed an agreement on technical cooperation under the Indo-German Energy Programme – Green Energy Corridors (IGEN-GEC).

• India and Russia for first time are going to conduct Indra Tri-Services Exercise, involving their Armies, Navies and the Air Forces in October 2017 to further ramp up military ties.

• India and the United States have agreed to enhance peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region by establishing a new two-by-two ministerial dialogue.

• India and the US are going to co-host the Global Entrepreneurship Summit at Hyderabad ( Telangana) from 28th to 30th November 2017. US President Donald Trump’s daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump will be leading the American delegation at the 3 day summit.

• India and United States have established new Two-byTwo (2 by 2) ministerial dialogue to enhance strategic coordination between the two countries and maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

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• India has gifted 30 ambulances and 6 buses to Nepal for it's hospitals, charitable organisations and educational institutions on the occasion of Independence Day.

• India has ratified the 2nd commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol that commits nations to reduce emission of greenhouse gases (GHG). • India has received the first-ever shipment of crude oil from the US in August 2017.

• India has signed a loan agreement with China led-Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) for financing of $329 million for Gujarat Rural Roads Project (GRRP).

• India is going to host the next steering committee meeting of the proposed 1,814 kilometre-long Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline.

• India won South Asian Football Federation Under-15 Championship defeating host Nepal by 2-1 in the final at Kathmandu.

• India’s first private sector missile sub-systems manufacturing facility Kalyani Rafael Advanced Systems (KRAS) plant was inaugurated near Hyderabad, Telangana.

• Indian basketball team captain Amritpal Singh became the first Indian player to be picked up by an Australian National Basketball League team, after signing for the Sydney Kings. • Indian boxer Neeraj Goyat defended his WBC Asia Pacific Welterweight title against Philippines' Allan Tanada after a 12-round contest in Mumbai.

• Indian boxer Vijender Singh won his career's second professional title, defeating China's Zulpikar Maimaitiali to win the WBO Oriental Super Middleweight belt in Mumbai.

• Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX) commenced operations as the World's first diamond futures exchange. The exchange is backed by companies like Reliance Capital and MMTC.

• Indian Government has inked US $24.64 million Grant Agreement from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) of the World Bank for Ecosystem Service Improvement Project. • Indian Navy’s second LCU Mark IV L52 ship was commissioned at Port Blair, capital of Andaman and Nicobar

Islands. LCU L52 is the second LCU Mk-IV class ship to be inducted into the Indian Navy. LCU - Landing Craft Utility.

• Indian pair of Kynan Chenai and Shreyasi Singh win bronze in mixed team trap event of Asian Shotgun Shooting Championship in Kazakhastan.

• Indian shooter Ankur Mittal bagged the Gold medal in Men's double trap at the 7th Asian Shotgun Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan.

• Indian shooter Maheshwari Chauhan won a Bronze medal at the ongoing 7th Asian Shotgun Championships in Kazakhstan.

• Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal settled for a Bronze medal after crashing out of the Badminton World Championships in the semifinals. • India's first indigenous sniper rifle was launched at the Rifle Factory in West Bengal's Ishapore.

• India's first museum on Partition of the Indian subcontinent was opened in Amritsar (Punjab), as India and Pakistan celebrate 70 years as independent nations.

• India's first 'Railways disaster management village', to be developed at a cost of ₹44.42 crore, on the outskirts of Bengaluru by December next year. • India's Lakshya Sen, who is currently the world number one junior shuttler, won the Bulgaria Open International Series title a day after turning 16 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

• India's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has cut its workforce by 6,622 people in the first quarter of this fiscal, driven by natural attrition such as retirements and voluntary retirement scheme.

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• India's Ravindra Jadeja surpassed the likes of Anil Kumble and Kapil Dev to become the 2nd fastest Indian to reach 150 wickets in Test cricket.

• IndusInd Bank became the 6th Indian bank whose market capitalisation soared past the ₹1 lakh crore-mark. HDFC Bank is the country's most valued bank with a market cap of ₹4.6 lakh crore, followed by State Bank of India, and ICICI Bank.

• Israel has successfully launched Venus satellite (Vegetation and Environment Monitoring New Micro-Satellite), its first spatial environmental research vehicle designed for orbital monitoring of Earth's vegetation.

• ISRO and NASA are jointly working on a mission titled NISAR to co-develop and launch a dual frequency synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite by 2021. NISAR - NASA- ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar.

• ISRO's regional positioning system NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation), India's very own substitute for the Global Positioning System (GPS), will now rely on high-precision atomic clocks developed by Delhi-based National Physical Laboratory.

• Japan, the world's third largest economy, expanded at an annualised rate of 4% in the April-June quarter, making it the Fastest growing economy among the G7 nations.

• Karnataka Government has launched an experimental cloud seeding Project titled "Varshadhari" in Bengaluru. Under this project, an aircraft will spray chemicals to induce rainfall. • Karnataka Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with software giant Microsoft India to develop a unique “farm price forecasting model.”

• Karnataka government will be merging the existing seven health schemes to launch a unified scheme- 'Arogya Bhagya'.

• Lebanese President Michel Aoun has signed the country's first animal welfare bill into law, guaranteeing the legal protection of domestic and wild animals from abuse.

• Lebanon abolished a law that allowed rapists to escape punishment by marrying their victims. Jordan and Tunisia banned similar laws earlier this year.

• Market Regulator SEBI set up a committee on 'fair market conduct'. Head of this committee : T K Viswanathan (former law secretary)

• Mercedes' British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton registered his 58th career race win after claiming the Belgian Grand Prix title.

• Messaging app WhatsApp is going to start WhatsApp Payments, a facility for instant money transfer via the Unified Payments Interface (UPI). • Mexico will create a new division of the Federal Police to preserve and secure its cultural heritage.

• MoS for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir approved a proposal to rename the Mughalsarai railway station in UP after RSS ideologue Deendayal Upadhyaya.

• Mozilla, the maker of Firefox web browser, has launched a cross-browser tool called 'Send', which lets users share self-destructing files of up to 1 GB.

• NASA is planning to send microbial life on its Mars 2020 rover mission, which would use Mars' atmospheric carbon dioxide to produce oxygen.

• Nepal has criminalised an ancient practice known as 'Chhaupadi' that banishes women from homes during menstruation.

• Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba was on a 5-day visit to India. This visit aims to get India committed to post-earthquake reconstruction and infrastructural expansion in the country.

• Odisha Government has launched a grid-connected rooftop solar programme through net-metering system at the State Secretariat in capital city of Bhubaneswar.

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• On the occasion of World Elephant Day (12th August) the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest has launched a nationwide campaign titled Gaj Yatra to protect elephants.

• Parliament has passed the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2017. This bill will replace the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 promulgated by President in May 2017.

• PM Narendra Modi will be on a visit to China from 3rd to 5th September 2017. During this visit, he will attend the 9th BRICS Summit.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated 1.4-kilometre long hanging bridge across the river Chambal in Rajasthan's Kota.

• Qantas Airways is set to offer a 20-hour non-stop flight from Sydney to London, making this the world's longest non-stop commercial flight.

• Qatar has approved a new employment law which limits foreign domestic staff to a maximum of 10 hours work a day, the first such protection for foreigners working in the country.

• Qatar has approved an unprecedented law that will grant permanent residency to expats (persons who lives outside their native country) fulfilling certain conditions.

• Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University, India's first aviation university, was inaugurated on August 18 at Raebareli (Uttar Pradesh). • 'Rayichapalu', a regular catch for fishermen in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam, has been declared as One of the rarest species of fish in the world.

• Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani has surpassed Hong Kong's Li Ka-shing to become Asia's second-richest person with a $35.2 billion (₹2.25 lakh crore) fortune, as per Bloomberg.

• Russia has settled the final debt of $125.2 million that it inherited from the Soviet Union. It was the money the Soviet Union owed to former Yugoslavia as a part of a trade deal between the two countries.

• Russian entrepreneur Viacheslav Semenchuk has announced plans for an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) of the world's first digital currency aimed specifically at Jewish communities across the globe.

• Russian firm Tactical Missiles Corporation is developing Artificial Intelligence-powered missiles that can make decisions like choosing a target by itself.

• Sanjivani Jadhav, a 20-year-old marathon runner from Nashik, won the Silver medal in the women's 10,000-metre at the 29th World University Games in Taipei. • Shah Rukh Khan has been named India's highest paid actor with ₹243.7 crore ($38 million) earnings in the list.

• Shapath Bharadwaj, a 15-year-old from Meerut, won a Bronze medal in the double trap event at the ISSF Junior Shotgun World Cup in Italy.

• Shuttler PV Sindhu became the 2nd Indian to win a Silver medal at the Badminton World Championships, losing to Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in the women's singles final in Glasgow.

• Software giant Microsoft has announced its Project Brainwave deep learning acceleration platform for real-time artificial intelligence (AI). • South Korea, North Korea and India celebrate their Independence Day on the same day (15th of August).

• Spain based Real Madrid defeated Manchester United 2-1 to lift the UEFA Super Cup title. This is their 4th UEFA Super Cup title. • Sri Lanka has signed a $1.1-billion deal to lease its southern Hambantota port to China.

• Starting from September, PNB (Punjab National Bank) is going to charge customers for depositing cash above ₹5,000 in non-base branches, even if these are located in the same city.

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• State-owned oil marketing company Bharat Petroleum (BPCL) has announced that it has increased the commission offered to dealers up to 50% with effect from August 1. • Swiss president Doris Leuthard was on 3-day visit to India. During this visit, India and Switzerland held extensive talks on entire gamut of bilateral relationship including on ways to ramp up trade and investment ties.

• The 2030 Water Resources Group (2030WRG) has decided to help the Maharashtra Government to raise $270 million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF).

• The 7th Meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was recently held in New Delhi under the Chairmanship of the Union Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley.

• The Adivasi Will Not Dance, a book of short stories by Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, has been banned by the Jharkhand government on the grounds that it is offensive to the dignity of Santhal women.

• The annual La Tomatina festival was held in Spanish town Buñol, amid increased security following several terror attacks. Considered the Biggest food fight in the world, thousands of participants threw an estimated 160 tonnes of tomatoes at each other. • The Baltic nation of Estonia is considering starting its own virtual currency called 'estcoin' to boost its economy.

• The Bengaluru International Airport, in partnership with Thumby Aviation Private Limited, will soon have India's first helicopter-taxi service. The "HeliTaxi service: would ensure quick and seamless transfers to and from airport. • The Cabinet also approved an MOU to set up US $40 million India-Israel Industrial R&D and Technological Innovation Fund (I4F). • The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved renaming of SAMPADA (Scheme for Agro-Marine Processing and Development of Agro-Processing Clusters) as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY). Objective of this Scheme : To supplement agriculture, modernize processing and decrease agricultural-waste.

• The central government made Aadhaar mandatory for the registration of deaths and announced that the decision will come into effect from October 1, 2017.

• The Defence Ministry has granted additional administrative and financial powers to the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) to speed-up the construction of roads along the Indo-China border.

• The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in the Union Commerce Ministry has banned duty free imports of Gold, Silver items from South Korea.

• The FIFA Under-17 World Cup official winner's trophy was recently displayed at the India Gate. The tournament's winner will lift the trophy on October 28. The event will be India's first official FIFA tournament.

• The French Presidency announced an official role for Brigitte Macron (President Emmanuel Macron's wife). This is the first time a spouse of France's head of state has been given an official role (official First Lady title).

• The Geographical Indications Registry (GIR) has granted Geographical Indication (GI) status to Gobindobhog rice, a speciality from Burdwan district of West Bengal.

• The government has accepted 65 out of 99 recommendations of the Lt General DB Shekatkar-led committee, which will result in the redeployment of 57,000 Indian Army personnel for various other required duties.

• The government has ordered state-run oil companies to raise subsidised cooking gas (LPG) prices by ₹4 per cylinder every month, effective June 1.

• The Haryana government will organise Digital Haryana Summit in Gurugram on September 15 to discuss issues like digital governance, smart living in cities and villages, citizen partnership, and entrepreneurship among others.

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• The Home Ministry has given its approval for the construction of a 32 kilometres long road in Ladakh. This road will be built between Marsimik La to Hot Spring, the former being around 20 kilometres away from the Pangong Lake. • The Independence Day this year (15th August 2017) was observed as 'Sankalp Parva', or 'Day of Resolve'.

• The India-ASEAN Youth Summit was recently held in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh to commemorate 25th anniversary of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)–India dialogue partnership in the ongoing year.

• The Indian Army has developed a mobile application titled 'Humraaz' through which serving soldiers can track details like postings and promotions.

• The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Ministry of Health inked Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) to collaborate on vaccine research and development. • The Indian men and women's wheelchair basketball teams won Bronze at the 4th Bali Cup International Tournament for Wheelchair Basketball.

• The Indian Men's Hockey team defeated Netherlands 2-1 in the second match of the two-match Rabo Super Serie to clinch the series 2-0.

• The Indian Railways has signed its 1st EPC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction) contract with Larsen and Turbo (L & T) for electrification of railway lines.

• The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is going to launch a full-fledged niche Earth Observation (EO) satellite titled the Hyperspectral Imaging Satellite (HySIS). Its launch will allow ISRO to enter the domain of operational hyperspectral imaging from earth orbit.

• The island of Tuvalu was the least visited country in 2016, according to a report by the United Nations World Tourism Organisation.

• The ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) and CSIR-National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have signed MoU to make indigenous regional positioning system-NavIC independent from the US clock system.

• The Jharkhand government cleared a draft Anti-conversion bill which aims to ban religious conversion through force or allurement.

• The Karnataka government has decided to rename 100 Morarji Desai government residential schools after former PM Indira Gandhi.

• The Karnataka government will soon come out with an 'Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage Policy' aimed at reducing pollution and promoting healthy environment.

• The Kerala High Court lifted BCCI's lifetime ban imposed on cricketer S Sreesanth from the sport over the IPL 2013 spot-fixing case.

• The Lok Sabha has also passed the State Banks (Repeal and Amendment) Bill, 2017. The bill seeks to repeal the two Acts namely State Bank of India (Subsidiary Banks) Act, 1959, and State Bank of Hyderabad Act, 1956.

• The Lok Sabha has passed the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Bill, 2017 by voice vote. This bill seeks to amend the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 to insert provisions for handling cases related to stressed assets of banks.

• The Lok Sabha has passed the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Amendment) Bill, 2017 by voice vote. The bill enables exit of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) from the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) and increase authorised capital of the development institution six times to Rs 30000 crore.

• The Maharashtra government is going to introduce cycling tracks along the arterial roads of 10 cities including Pune, Nagpur, Nashik, and Latur.

• The Multi Commodity Exchange Ltd (MCX) has received markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India's (Sebi) approval to launch India's first Gold options contract.

• The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has successfully launched Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-M (TDRS-M) into orbit. www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

• The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has given a nod to Spice Digital Ltd. for processing bill payments under the Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) as a Bharat Bill Payment Operating Unit (BBPOU).

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced only 1.4% of old ₹1,000 notes have not come back into the banking system post demonetisation.

• The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a ₹3 crore penalty on state-owned Union Bank of India for "non-compliance" of Know Your Customer (KYC) norms in two separate cases. • The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will shortly issue new banknotes of ₹ 50 rupee denomination in the Mahatma

Gandhi (New) Series. The base colour of the new notes will be Fluorescent Blue and its dimension will be 66 mm x 135 mm. • The Russian Air Force will begin training female military pilots for the first time since the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

• The State Bank of India (SBI) accounts for over 27% of the total amount owed to public sector banks by wilful defaulters, with 1,762 such defaulters owing as much as ₹25,104 crore to it as on March 31.

• The State Bank of India (SBI) has realised ₹235.06 crore as penalty from 3.88 crore accounts for not maintaining monthly average balance in the first quarter.

• The Supreme Court barred firework manufacturers from using five chemicals that lead to air and noise pollution, that would further result in diminished sparkle effects and sound in crackers. Those chemicals are : Lithium, Antimony, Mercury, Arsenic, and Lead

• The Supreme Court, in a historic verdict, declared Right to Privacy a fundamental right in the Indian Constitution. Privacy is protected by Article 21 and part 3 of the Constitution. • The Telangana government has launched an exclusive 24x7 helpline '181' for women.

• The Tripura Cricket Association (TCA) in association with BCCI will build a cricket stadium, with a seating capacity of 25,000, at Narsinghgarh.

• The Union Cabinet cleared a proposal to extend the proxy voting facility to Non- Resident Indians. Until now, the option of proxy voting was only available to service personnel in the country. • The Union Cabinet gave its approval for raising Extra Budgetary Resources of up to Rs, 9,020 crore for Long Term Irrigation Fund (LTIF) during the financial year 2017-18.

• The Union Cabinet has apprised Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between India and Brazil for cooperation in fields of Zebu Cattle Genomics and Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ARTs).

• The Union Cabinet has approved Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Sweden on cooperation in the field of Intellectual Property (IPRs).

• The Union Cabinet has approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Myanmar for conservation of earthquake-damaged pagodas at Bagan, Myanmar.

• The Union Government has launched e-Rashtriya Kisan Agri Mandi (e-RaKAM) portal to provide a platform for farmers to sell agricultural produce. e-RaKAM is a first of its kind initiative that leverages technology to connect farmers from the smallest villages to the biggest markets of the world through internet. • The Union HRD Minister Prakash Javdekar launched ‘Swasth Bachche, Swasth Bharat’ Programme in Kochi,

Kerala. Aim of this programme : To provide a comprehensive and inclusive report card for children covering all age groups and children of different abilities. • The Union Ministry of Commerce and Industry has constituted a Task Force on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for India’s Economic Transformation. Head of this Task Force : Dr. V. Kamakoti

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• The Union Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs is going to establish National Sports Museum at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi. This will be first of its kind sports museum in India.

• The United States and China have signed an agreement to improve communication between the militaries of the two countries and reduce the "risk of miscalculation".

• The United States saw its first coast-to-coast solar eclipse after 99 years on 21st August 2017 with the path of totality passing through 14 states from Oregon to South Carolina.

• The Uttar Pradesh government has made the registration of marriages compulsory for all religions and castes in the state. • The work on converting Bengaluru's Puttenahalli lake into a bird reserve was recently began.

• To connect Beijing with Zhangjiakou city, China is constructing a 12-km-long high-speed train tunnel through one of the portions of its iconic Great Wall. [Zhangjiakou is going to co- host 2022 Winter Olympics.]

• To curb infiltration by Pakistan, the Indian government is going to install a 24/7 seamless virtual fence with sensors along the India-Pakistan border.

• To maintain cleanliness along banks of Ganga River, the Uttar Pradesh Government launched an awareness drive titled "Namami Gange Jagriti Yatra". • To train women entrepreneurs in the state, the Odisha government and social networking giant Facebook have jointly launched a programme titled ‘SheMeansBusiness’. • Turkey has begun constructing a wall along the 500-km-long border with Iran. • UK-based broadcaster BBC has introduced a new font titled BBC Reith. • Ukraine has removed all 1,320 statues of the communist revolutionary Lenin as part of a government drive to rid the country of Soviet-era symbols. • UK's 96-year-old Prince Philip recently retired from public duty after serving for over 65 years as the Captain General of the Royal Marines. • Undefeated professional boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced his retirement after knocking out MMA Champion Conor McGregor in the 'richest fight in history'. • Under the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), the Delhi Police has launched a skill development programme titled YUVA. The ‘YUVA’ initiative aims to connect with youth by upgrading their skill as per their competencies. • Union home minister Rajnath Singh has launched a Digital policing portal, making it possible to electronically apply and seek verifications for tenants, domestic helps and even passports. • Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan launched a new campaign titled “Harit Diwali, Swasth Diwali”. Aim of this campaign : To reduce adverse environmental conditions especially pollution in the country after post Diwali celebrations due to excessive bursting of crackers which contributes significantly to air and noise pollution. • US Defence Department has ordered an Army-wide ban on all consumer drones made by the world's largest drone manufacturer DJI (Dà-Jiāng Innovations Science and Technology Co., Ltd), over "cyber vulnerabilities associated with its products".

• US President Donald Trump signed an Anti-Russia sanctions bill into law after negotiating its "critical elements". This is the first step that Trump has taken against Russia, which reportedly helped him become US President.

• US state Hawaii is going to ban pedestrians using mobile phones while crossing the street in Honolulu from October.

• US-based cab-hailing startup Uber launched in-app messaging feature along with multi- destination rides for users in India.

• US-Norwegian company Kolos is set to build World's largest data centre in Arctic Norway, powered by 100% sustainable energy.

• Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath recently launched 'Swachh Uttar Pradesh, Swasth Uttar Pradesh' campaign. Aim of this campaign : To fight encephalitis, adding that its prevention starts with sanitation.

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• Western Asian country Qatar has launched a new direct sea route between its Hamad Port and Pakistan's Port of Karachi.

• With an aim to bring transparency in recruit in government jobs, the Uttar Pradesh Government has decided to do away with interview in the recruitment of non-gazetted officers from Class II to IV.

• With over 5,300 recipients between 2004 and 2017, India is the largest beneficiary of the Erasmus scholarships for higher education offered by the European Union (EU) member states.

• World Badminton Championships, also known as 2017 BWF World Championships were recently held from held from 21st August 2017 to 27th August 2017 at Emirates Arena, Glasgow, Scotland.

• World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) was observed from 1 to 7 August in more than 120 countries. Theme of World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) 2017 : "SUSTAINING BREASTFEEDING TOGETHER"

• World's 4th richest person Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has become the biggest shareholder of US' second largest bank, Bank of America, with a 6.6% stake.

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• Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the annual conference – Rajaswa Gyan Sangam, 2017 in New Delhi on 1st of Sep. The Conference have been jointly organised by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC).

• The deadline for linking Permanent Account Number (PAN) with Aadhaar has extended by four months to 31st December announced by the government. • On September 1, 2017 Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Vijay Goelhas announced that a new Youth Sports Centre to be built at Alipur, Delhi. Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) and Sports Authority of India (SAI) will jointly create and run this unique Youth Sports Centre. • The Kerala Tourism department has launched a campaign called ‘Yalla Kerala’ (Yalla means lets go). It has been launched to target tourists from Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar. • India’s first indigenous sniper rifle was launched at the rifle factory in West Bengal.Its total cost is Rs 2.5 lakh and weighing 6.7 Kg.The rifle has a shooting range of 800 meters. • With an aim to improve the condition of small and marginal farmers, the Union Ministry of Science and Technology is planning to create Farmer Zone which is a collective open source data platform for smart agriculture using biological research. • On September 1,2017,Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has approved the constitution of an Empowered Steering Committee (ESC) on the basis of the recommendations of the interim report of the8-member Task Force headed by AbinavBindra.It will increase India’s medal prospects in forthcoming Olympic games including 2020 Olympic games. • Environment Ministry will launch an environment awareness initiative. Under which an online environmental quiz competition named “Prakriti Khoj” an Environment Quiz to be conducted at the national level.The quiz is being launched on 5th of September on the occasion of Teachers’ Day.

• On September 3,2017, the cabinet got extended and reshuffled for the third time. Modi expanded his council of ministers twice–first on November 9, 2014 and then on July 5, 2016. Nine new Ministers of state were inducted into the Union Council of Ministers. Four Ministers of state were elevated to the cabinet rank. • On September 2 ,2017 Delhi lieutenant governor Anil Baijal banned dumping of waste at the Ghazipur landfill site because on September 1 ,2017 a mountain of waste www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

collapsed into a canal, killing two people. Baijal ordered immediate halt to dumping of solid waste at the landfill and clearing the site within two years. • The Karnataka government has decided to make education free for all girls from Class 1 to graduation level in all public and aided private schools and colleges from the next academic year announced on 2nd Sept 2017. Under this scheme, student must pay the fees first at the time of admission and later get it reimbursed by the government. • Cell for IPR Promotions and Management (CIPAM), which works under the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) in the ministry, has started an “#LetsTalkIP” initiative to promote Indian Geographical Indications. • ‘Ye India ka time hai’ event was organized at National Institute of Technology, Raipur Chhattisgarh on 3rd of Sept.The event was held as per the directives of HRD ministry to mark India’s 70 years of independence and 75 years of the Quit India movement. • Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has flagged off a fleet of first batch of 1000 E-rickshaws from Huda City Centre metro station in Gurugram on 3rd of Sept 2017. The E rickshaw fleet is being operated by Treasure Vase Ventures Private Limited in partnership of Delhi Metro, under the SmartE brand name. • The Union Ministry of Water Resources, River Development, and Ganga Rejuvenation constituted a task force for speedy implementation of various ongoing Namami Gange program. Namami Gange programme is a program of Union Government aiming at integrating various efforts to clean and protect River Ganga.

• On 5th September 2017, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singhflaged off the first run of the Lucknow Metro from the Transport Nagar Metro Station in

Lucknow.The 8.5-km-long ‘Priority Corridor’ from Transport Nagar to Charbagh, which is part of the Phase-1 of the project, will be operational for the public from 6 am to 10 pm everyday.

On 5th September 2017, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched two new contraceptives, an injectible MPA (Medroxyprogesterone Acetate) under the ‘Antara’ programme and contraceptive pill ‘Chhaya’ in New Delhi. The contraceptives are said to be safe and highly effective.

• On 5th September 2017, Leader of the Green Revolution Dr.M.S.Swaminathan and Padma Shri Dr.H.Sudarshan launched the National Nutrition Strategy, along with Vice Chairman of Niti Aayog Dr.Rajiv Kumar and Member of Niti Aayog Dr.Vinod Paul. • Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani has launched “Gyakunj e-class project” from Shahpur primary school in Gandhinagar announced on 4th Sept 2017. Under this initiative, interactive e- class will be launched with smart board.In the first phase, 550 schools will be covered under the ‘Gyankunj Project’ and gradually standard 5th to 9th of every schools of the state will cover under the project. • Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has inaugurated the Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College and Hospital (SLNMCH) in the tribal-dominated district of southern Odisha on 4th Sept. 2017. The SLNMCH in Koraput has been established at a cost of Rs. 192 crore. • In Assam, the state govt. has set up a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Cell for implementation of DBT across schemes in the Country. It helps in coordinating efforts at the State Level in taking the DBT initiative forward with immediate effect. • Assam government will upgrade employment exchanges to Modern Career Centres announced on 6th of Sep. 2017. All modern facilities including counselling will be provided at the proposed career centres. www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

• As part of labour law reforms, the Government has undertaken the exercise of rationalisation of the 38 Labour Acts by framing 4 labour codes viz Code on Wages, Code on Industrial Relations, Code on Social Security and Code on occupational safety, health and working conditions.It subsumes 4 existing Laws, 1. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948; 2. The Payment of Wages Act, 1936; 3. The Payment of Bonus Act, 1965; and 4. The Equal Remuneration Act, 1976.

• Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has announced a new programme named ‘Jala Siriki Haarati’. It is a programme offering prayers to water bodies and to create awareness among the public regarding water preservation announced on 6th sept. 2017. The programme will be held on September 6, 7 and 8 across the state. • On 6th September 2017, an Expert Task Force was constituted with the NITI Aayog Vice Chairman, Dr.Rajiv Kumar, as its Chairperson to provide a major thrust to job creation by enhancing India’s exports. • On 6th September 2017, Home Ministry announced that Chiefs of central armed police forces like Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Border Security Force (BSF) and other central agencies have been empowered to spend up to Rs.15 crore for executing major projects and Rs.1 crore for minor works, including repairing of residential buildings. • Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Andhra Pradesh Economic Development Board (APEDB) on 6th of Sept. 2017.The pact has been signed to connect Vijayawada and Amaravati, the new capital of Andhra Pradesh in Guntur district.After conducting the feasibility study, in the second phase of the project, the company will construct and build the first hyperloop in the country. • On 8th September 2017, Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), Ministry of Water Resources entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Indian Institute of Science (IISc), for development of ground water flow models and preparation of aquifer management plans for Karnataka, in New Delhi. • First water ATM has been inaugurated by Telangana State Home Minister N Narasimha Reddy at Nalgonda X Roads on 7th of Sept. 2017.It will provide affordable, 24×7 safe water access in Hyderabad. • The government has allowed import of 3 lakh tonnes of raw sugar at a concessional duty of 25% import duty under Open General License (Tariff Rate Quota) has been allowed through millers/refiners on 7th of Sept. 2017. The imports will be allowed through the ports namely Tuticorin, Karaikal, Chennai, Mangalore, Kakinada, Gangavaram and Vishakapatnam in the South. • On 8th September 2017, in New Delhi the Ministry of Civil Aviation introduced new rules for the formation of a national No – Fly list that bans unruly passengers from travelling in airplanes. • On 7th September 2017, a new study claimed that one of the biodiversity-rich uninhabited island of

Lakshadweep ‘Parali I’ has vanished due to coastal erosion.Parali I island of Laskshadweep has been eroded

completely and vanished.The island was a part of Bangaram chain of islands, and was 0.032 square km in area in 1968. th • On 9 September 2017, the 21st meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council was held at Hyderabad International Convention Centre, in Hyderabad. This is the first time the GST Council met after filing of GST returns.

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review for army personnel was done in 1984.The new proposal will allow women to serve in the non-officer cadre for the first time in India. • Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Anant Geete mentioned that the government wasconsidering the extension of a scheme to promote electric and hybrid vehicles by another six months.The scheme’s phase-I was introduced from April 1, 2015, to March 31, 2017.The phase was subsequently extended by six months till September end. th • On 8 September 2017, Deputy Director General of the National Apex Agricultural Research Body, Mr.Narendra Singh Rathore announced that ICAR (Indian Council for Agricultural Research) would undertake major research works on agriculture, in Chennai. World Bank granted a fund Rs.1100 crore for this project. th • On 7 September 2017, Assam passed the Industrial Disputes (Assam Amendment) Bill, 2017, regarding lay off of employees, in Guwahati. The law enables employers to lay off up to 300 employees without prior permission from the government. • Minister of State in the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) Jitendra Singh will inaugurate the “North East Calling” festival in New th Delhi on 9 of Sept. 2017. The two-day event is being organised by the Ministry of DoNER under its Destination North East series for this year. • According to the reports, the national average is 23%; Bengal leads the pack with as high as 77% in new tax registration under the GST regime in India.States such as Gujarat and Maharashtra are behind West Bengal in GST registration.

th • On 9 September 2017, Union Water Resources Minister Mr.Nitin Gadkari and Chief Minister of Maharashtra Mr.Devendra Fadnavis announced a project to link rivers in Maharashtra, in Mumbai. Two major river linking projects in Maharashtra – Par-Tapi- Narmada and Damanganga-Pinjal worth Rs.20,000 crore are about to start. • The Centre has issued a notice, stating that all the SIM cards have to be linked to Aadhaar before February 2018 to avoid deactivation of the phone numbers.It is being done to prevent criminals, fraudsters, and terrorists from using SIMs in the name of ordinary citizens. • On September 9,2017, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Sri Lankan counterpart Tilak Marapana held wide-ranging talks to deepen bilateral relationship between the two countries. It is th Marapana’s first overseas visit after assuming charge as foreign minister on 15 August. Marapana also met Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluding the official part of his three-day visit. th • On 11 September 2017, The Union Finance Ministry, has announced that is has planned to launch ‘Project Insight’ from October, 2017, in a move to restrict black money holdings and transactions.The aim of this project is to observe and check high value transactions, and track tax evaders with the help of technology to restrict black money holdings. • On 11th September 2017, Assam government announced that it would provide skill development training to 30,000 surrendered militants.Mission Director of Assam Skill Development, Mr.A.P.Tiwari said that the skill development training would be given to 30,000 surrendered militants and jail inmates, during an AIR (All India Radio) talk show. th • The traditional Bonderam festival has started in Divar Island of Goa on 9 September 2017. The word “Bonderam” originated from the involvement of flags. This festival starts with a flag which is accompanied by the brass band. • After the recent ministry reshuffle On September 11,2017 the Union Government has reorganised six Committees of the Cabinet. Defence minister Nirmala sitharaman and Railway ministerPiyush whose portfolios was recently elevated were inducted in Cabinet Committee on Political affairs(CCPA). • On September 11,2017, the second Strategic Partnership Council meeting between two nations was held at New Delhi.As a part of the meeting, external affairs www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

minister Sushma Swaraj and her Afghan counterpart Salahuddin Rabbani held talks on wide- ranging topics.

• On September 10,2017, an eight-foot bronze statue of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was unveiled at the Naval Area headquarters of West Bengal by Vice Admiral HCS Bisht, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Naval

Command in the presence of Professor Krishna Bose, Netaji’s niece-in-law and chairperson of Netaji Research Bureau. Several dignitaries attended the statue opening ceremony including Consul-General of Japan in Kolkata Masayuki Taga • On September 12,2017 Himachal Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh inaugurated first phase of 65 MW Kashang Hydel Project in the tribal Kinnaur district. Kashang Project is being executed by Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (HPPCL).It is a 195 MW project (three units of 65 MW each). • On September 11,2017, the PFRDA chairman Hemant Contractor announced at a conference in Delhi that the upper age limit for joining the National Pension System (NPS) has been raised to 65 years from the current 60. The announcement by PFRDA will allow more people to come under the pension cover as currently only 15-16 per cent of employees in India are covered by pension • The cabinet approves the introduction of the Payment of Gratuity (Amendment) Bill, 2017 in the Parliament. • This amendment will be beneficial for persons who are not covered under CCS (Pension) Rules, at par with Central Government employees. • The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approves development of six laning of Narasannapeta-Ranastalam section of National Highway (NH) – 16 in Andhra Pradesh • The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approves survey of Un-appraised Areas of Sedimentary Basins of India. Project cost is Rs. 2932.99 crore spread over five years. The Target year is 2019-2020. • The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs approves doubling of Daund-Manmad Railway Line for promoting Speedy, Reliable & Safe Service. The estimated cost of the project will be Rs.2,081.27 crore and completion cost of Rs. 2,330.51 crore with 5% escalation per annum. • Cabinet approves hiving off mobile tower assets of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited into a separate company, fully owned by BSNL.There are around 4,42,000 mobile towers in the country out of which more than 66,000 mobile tower are of BSNL.

• Cabinet approves release of additional 1% Dearness Allowance to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief to pensioners with effect from 01.07.2017. This move of increasing th additional 1% from 4% is to compensate for price rise as suggested by 7 pay commission. • On September 12,2017, the union cabinet gave its approval for signing of MoU’s between Armenia, Japan and morocco with respect to multiple fields. These MoU’s will enhance the bilateral ties between nations. • Cabinet approves MoU between India and Armenia on Cooperation in the field of Disaster Management • Cabinet apprised of MoU between India and Japan for collaborative research in the field of silkworm and silk industries • Government constitutes Group of Ministers under Sushil kumar Modi & Hasmukh Adhia to resolve IT challenges faced in GST implementation. It Chaired by Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi. • Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Belarus President A.G. Lukashenko signed 10 pacts which includes Sports, Vocational Education and Training, Scientific and Technical Cooperation between Indian National Science Academy (INSA) and the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Agricultural Research and Education, culture for 2018-2020 and Oil and Gas Sector to expand cooperation in wide range of areas and decided for a joint www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

collaboration in manufacturing and in defence sector under the ‘Make in India’ programme. th • On 12 September 2017, The Union Minister of State for AYUSH (Department of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy) Mr.Shripad Yesso Naik inaugurated India’s first State of art virology laboratory at Dr.Anjali Chatterjee Regional Research Institute for Homoeopathy in Kolkata.The cost for establishment of this laboratory is Rs.8 crore. th • On 11 September 2017, India has started producing ‘Civet Coffee’ the most expensive coffee in the world, in Karnataka.Civet Coffee is made from the feces of a species of cat called ‘Civet Cat’. th • On 12 September 2017, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated a two-day conference on “Sustainable landscapes and forest ecosystems: Theory to Practice”, in New Delhi.He launched the “Wood is Good” campaign. th • On 12 September 2017, the Supreme Court declared that the 6-month ‘cooling off’ period for granting divorce can be waived, in New Delhi.The Supreme Court declared that the 6 month cooling off period under the Hindu Marriage Act for getting divorce is not mandatory. The local judges can decide about waiving off that period.

• The Ministry for Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has launched a nationwide hackathon‘OpenGovDataHack’ to support and showcase potential ideas and talent from inner India.The hackathon aims to enable participants develop their ideas into apps and infographics primarily by the use of open government data. • On September 12,2017, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs(CCEA) approved a “Dairy Processing & Infrastructure Development Fund” (DIDF) with an outlay of Rs10,881 crore during the period from 2017-18 to 2028-29.This fund will give new impetus to the dairy industry and to people relying on it.The project will be implemented by National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) and National Dairy Development Cooperation (NCDC). • India is planning to launch major connectivity initiative, connecting Chennai with key Russian port Vladivostok via sea route with an aim to harness natural resources from Northeast Asia and Western Pacific region. This effort by government of India will counter china’s OBOR project. • Ministry of Railways permits m-Aadhar as one of the prescribed proofs of Identity for Rail Travel Purpose. • On September 12,2017, The University Grants Commission(UGC) announced the beginning of a 90-day application process for public and private universities to seek the status of institutions of eminence, which will provide them freedom from the regular regulatory mechanisms. • On september13,2017 Managing Director of National High-Speed Rail Corporation (NHSRC) Achal Khare informed that high-speed rail training centre worth 600 crore for the first bullet train project will be set up in Vadodara.This centre will come up on the five hectares of land inside the National Academy of Indian Railways (NAIR). • On September 12,2017 Kerala’s Health minister K.K. Shylaja announced that kerla is planning to open India’s first transgender-exclusive clinics at government medical colleges across the state. The first clinic will be set up at the government medical college of Kottayam within the next two months and will be one of the two clinics to provide the sex-change surgery. • On 12th September 2017, Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar launched Mission 24— to improve the quality of life in one of Mumbai’s poorest wards, in Mumbai. The project is carried out by NGO Apnalaya and Mumbai’s Municipal body – BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation).

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• Karnataka Cabinet has cleared Karnataka Electric Vehicle & Energy Storage Policy 2017 with a clear plan tomake Bengaluru the electric vehicle capital of India.The policy main aim is to reduce pollution. • The US Trade and Development Agency has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Airports Authority of India to support a 20-year master plan aimed at expansion of operational capacities of the Kolkata and Lucknow international airports. • On September 13,2017, the centre announced that will soon grant citizenship to nearly one lakh Chakma Buddhists and Hajong Hindu refugees, who came from the erstwhile East Pakistan(Bangladesh) five decades ago and are living in camps in the northeast. th • On 14 September ,2017, Ministry of External affairs launched operation Insaniyat to help the Rohingya refugees staying in Bangladesh. This move will enhance India-Bangladesh ties. • On september 15,2017 ,The Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched the “Swachhta Hi Sewa” campaign of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), at ITBP campus, Tigri. ITBP( Indo Tibetian Border Force) officers and jawans participated in cleanliness drive around the campus. A Swachhta demonstration by ITBP’s women personnel was presented. Theme song created and composed by ITBP personnel on cleanliness was also presented.

• After a two-week-long protest by farmers the Rajasthan government has announced a Rs 20,000 crore farm-loan waiver.The government has agreed to waive loans for farmers up to Rs 50,000. • Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has launched first Intelligence Wing of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and Welfare & Rehabilita tion Board (WARB) App in New Delhi authorized to Protect the shared borders of India with Nepal and Bhutan. • On 15th September ,2017, The Assam state Assembly passed PRANAM(Parental Responsibility And Norms for Accountability and Monitoring ) bill that makes it mandatory for state government employees to take care of their parents and needy siblings or face a cut in their income. • On September 15,2017 Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi inaugurated India’s first Centre for Animal Law that has been established at the NALSAR University of Law in Hyderabad. • On September 15,2017 ayurveda sytudents from across the country have set a new Guinness World

Record for maximum number of people receiving ‘nasya panchakarma’treatment at 1st Rashtriya Ayurved Yuva Mahotsav, the national event for students of ayurveda.The event was hosted by the National Institute of Ayurveda (NIA) in Jaipur. • On his 67th birthday on September 17,2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the Sardar Sarovar dam built on the Narmada river to the nation at Kevadia in the Narmada district, Gujarat. The project was accomplished by Gujarat government’s Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNL). The height of the dam was recently raised to 138.68 metres. • Centre has signed a loan deal for $76 million with Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), for a project regarding upgradation of environment management plan at Alang-Sosiya ship recycling yards, in Gujarat. The total cost of the project would be $ 111 million. Out of which $76 million would be provided as loan from JICA. The project would be completed by 2022. • Indian Navy’s INS Garhial carries relief material under ‘operation Insaniyat’ for Rohingya refugees. Indian Navy will carry around 86 thousand family packs as relief material in the ongoing operation. • On September 14,2017, The Odisha government passed a bill for starting the first Odia language university for post-graduate in literature, linguistics and epigraphy. After Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, Odisha became the fourth state in country to have a

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special university for development of its language and literature. The university would be established in Bhubaneswar. • On September 17,2017, The government announced that it has exempted import duty for sports items and a wide range of goods for the upcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup India.The following goods will also be exempted from the integrated tax levied under the GST. The 17th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, has the slogan ‘Football takes over’. • On September 17,2017 Jharkhand Government launched the “Shaheed Gram Vikas Yojana” at Ulihatu Village ,Khunti district of Jharkhand. BJP President Amit Shah along with Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das launched the initiative.The scheme aims at developing the villages of freedom fighters in the state . Ulihatu Village is the birth place of freedom fighter and Jharkhand’s tribal icon, Birsa Munda. • On September 18,2017 ,Tripura became the first state in the country to set up family welfare district committees to deal with the issue of fake and biased complaints by women against their husbands, in-laws and husband’s relatives.These committees have been formed as per the directives if supreme court. • On Sep 18 ,2017 Jammu and Kashmir governor N N Vohra inaugurated the second International Yoga Festival and International Yoga Sports Championship 2017 in which about 300 people from various parts of India, Vietnam, Taiwan, Canada, Bulgaria, USA and Nepal are participating. The festival is being organized by the Yoga Society of Kashmir at the Sher-i-Kashmir International Conference Centre. • On September 19 2017, The Government of Singapore is proposed to be set up Skill Center at Guwahati by the year 2019 and Dr Jitendra Singh,the Ministry of DoNER will coordinate in this initiative. • On September 20 2017, Siachen is India’s highest and hardest battlefield situated at an average altitude of 18,000 ft above sea level.Our Indian Army carried Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s agenda of Swachh Bharat and make Siachen stays clean. • On September 19 2017,Vice President Venkaiah Naidu unveiled commemorative coins of Rs 100 and Rs 10 denominations on the birth centenary musician Bharat Ratna M S Subbulakshmi and inaugurated an exhibition entitled “Kurai Onrum Illai- MS: Life in Music” nearly two-week-long exhibition. • On September 20 2017,Our Home Ministry informed that India’s National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is going to conduct a disaster management exercise between October 10-13 in New Delhi with BIMSTEC countries and acronymed as BIMSTEC DMEx-2017. • On 20th September 2017, NBCC announced that it has obtained license to develop a commercial project as ‘World Trade Centre’ at Nauroji Nagar, New Delhi. NBCC has obtained license from World Trade Centre (WTC), New York to develop the Nauroji Nagar commercial project as World Trade Centre (WTC). • Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, as union cabinet chairman has given approval for beginning of the Dentists (Amendment) Bill, 2017 in Parliament subject to modifications of drafting or significant nature, if any, as may be considered necessary by the Legislative Department by amending the Dentists Act, 1948 (16 of 1948). • A revamped ‘Khelo India’ scheme has been approved by union cabinet. There may be 1,000 selected athletes will receive an annual scholarship of Rs5 lakh each for eight years under this scheme.The cost under this scheme will be Rs1,756 crore between 2017-18 and 2019-20, will also promote 20 universities across India as hubs of sporting excellence. • The Union Cabinet has been apprised of the progress under National Health Mission (NHM). The Cabinet was also approved the decisions of the Empowered Programme Committee (EPC) and Mission Steering

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Group (MSG) of NHM. National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) and National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) became two sub-missions under the overarching NHM. • Cabinet approves rationalization/merger and modernization of 17 Government of India Presses (GIPs)/Units into 5 Government of India Presses (GIPs) at below places 1.Rashtrapati Bhavan , Minto Road and Mayapuri in New Delhi, 2.Nashik in Maharashtra and 3.Temple Street in Kolkata, West Bengal. • The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal of the Ministry of Home Affairs extension of time period for Scheme “Special Industry Initiative for J&K” (Sll J&K)- Udaan upto 31st December, 2018 without any modification and cost escalation from 2016-17. • Cabinet approved a proposal to transfer three India Tourism Development Corp. hotels to the state governments of Rajasthan, Karnataka and Arunachal Pradesh. • Union approves to pay Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) equivalent to 78 days wages to eligible non-gazetted railway employees (excluding RPF/RPSF personnel) before Dussehra/Puja holidays for the financial year 2016-17.

th • On 18 September 2017, Law Ministry approved the Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill 2017, in New Delhi.The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill 2017 would enable the government to seize the property of economic offenders and defaulters who escape from India, through a new provision. th • On 20 September 2017, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) made a significant oil discovery near Mumbai High in the Arabian Sea, in Mumbai. Oil was discovered in a well on the west of Mumbai High oil fields in the Arabian Sea. • On 21st September 2017, ADB announced that it has sanctioned a $ 300 million loan to West Bengal for carrying out fiscal reforms to make public services more accessible, affordable, and high quality. • On 19th September 2017, the First National Conference on ‘Mission Mode to address Under-Nutrition’ was held in New Delhi. The conference was inaugurated by the Minster of Women & Child Development, Ms.Maneka Gandhi. The focus of the conference was ‘Mission Malnutrition Free India- 2022’. th • Dr Jitendra Singh had inaugurated the first ‘Pension Adalat’ on 20 of Sept. 2017.He will award the Pensioners for their outstanding contribution towards ‘Anubhav’. It is a platform for retiring employees for sharing their experience of working with Government. • The Indian Army has organized Operation Sadbhavana for National Integration. These operations are carried out by Indian Army in Jammu & Kashmir and North East st states respectively. It has been organized on 21 of Sept. 2017. • On 20th September 2017, the Department of Biotechnology announced ‘lab on boat’ project for biological analysis of the Bramhaputra river. The Department of Biotechnology has announced 3 projects for the North East India.The projects would have mobile laboratories on boat, on the Brahmaputra river and its tributaries. • On 21st – 24th September 2017, VASTRA 2017 – International Textile and Apparel Fair was held at the Jaipur Exhibition & Convention Centre in Jaipur, Rajasthan. This is the 6th edition of VASTRA. Main focus of the fair is to create business opportunities. • On 21st September 2017, Mazagon Dock Ltd delivered INS Kalvari, the first scorpene- class submarine to Indian Navy, in Mumbai. INS Kalvari, is the first of the six Scorpene- class submarines. This was handed over to Indian Navy by Mazagon Dock Ltd. • On 21st September 2017, the Himachal Pradesh government started electric bus service for the first time, in Rohtang Pass.Himachal Pradesh is the first state in India to start this initiative.Also, Himachal Pradesh is the first state in the world to operate electric buses at a height of 13,000 feet. • On 20th September 2017, The Indian Coast Guard commissioned two high-speed interceptor boats fitted with 12.7 mm machine gun at the Dighi Port, in Mumbai. The high speed interceptor boats C-433 and C-434 boats were built by L&T Shipbuilding in Chennai. www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

• On 21st September 2017, the Central Government announced a new Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Policy to improve affordable housing.Under the existing ‘Housing For All’ policy, buyers purchasing a low-end house from a private developer will be eligible for financial help. • On 21st September 2017, The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) and the International Road Federation, Geneva (IRF Geneva) signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) to cooperate in the field of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). • On 21st September 2017, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Mr.Chandrababu Naidu announced that the transgender community can avail government schemes. Also, Andhra Pradesh is to be declared ODF by March 2018.

• Union minister Anupriya Patel has launched a nationwide health campaign to sensitise women about the early screening and the preventive care for cancer. It has st been launched on 21 of Sept. 2017.The theme of the campaign is ‘Nurturing the Nurturer’ and the campaign was launched by FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) in partnership with the Apollo Hospitals group. • Bollywood film ‘Newton’ becomes India’s official entry in the Foreign Language Film category at the 2018 Oscars.Newton’ has been selected as India’s official entry to the Oscars. It was unanimously chosen from 26 entries this year.Rajkummar Rao, who played the lead role in ‘Newton’. Newton ‘director’ is Amit Masurkar. • India will host the World Congress on Adolescent Health on October. It is the biggest st global event in adolescent health this year announced on 21 Sept. 2017.It will be held from October 27-29 and held once in every four years.The 11th World Congress on Adolescent Health, theme is Investing in Adolescent Health the Future is Now. • On 23rd September 2017, ‘Pralay Sahayam’, a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise was held in Secunderabad. On 22nd September 2017, as a part of ‘Pralay Sahayam’ a seminar on “Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief” was conducted at College of Defence Management in Secunderabad Cantonment.

• On 21st September 2017, the state cabinet of Odisha approved the establishment of Handlooms and Handicrafts Development and Promotion Council, in Bhubaneswar. Aim of this council is to improve growth of handlooms and handicrafts sectors. • On 21st September 2017, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued aerodrome licence to Shirdi Airport, in Shirdi, Maharashtra. DGCA has issued license to Shirdi Airport for day operations. It is capable of handling Code 3C type aircraft, including the Airbus 320 and Boeing 737. • On 17th September 2017, the Railway Board issued a circular that states that passengers can only sleep between 10 pm and 6 am, cutting down sleeping time by 1 hour. Prior to this circular, the permissible sleeping time was from 9 pm to 6 am. • ‘Zero Hunger’ programme will be launched in Gorakhpur of Uttar Pradesh, Koraput of Odisha and Thane of Maharashtra on World Food Day, 16th October 2017. These three districts would act as a role model for other districts to achieve Zero hunger goal. This programme is executed in line with India’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end hunger by 2030.

• On 12th September 2017, The Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion organised the Second State Startup Conference in New Delhi. The conference was inaugurated by the Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Mr.C.R.Choudhary.

Narendra Modi’s visit to Varanasi: • Mr.Modi inaugurated the Deendayal Hastkala Sankul, a Trade Facilitation Centre, at Bada Lalpur, Varanasi.The facility has been named after former BJP President Mr.Deen Dayal Upadhyaya. www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

• Mr.Modi flagged off the Vadodara-Varanasi weekly express remotely through a video link. • He also inaugurated banking services of the Utkarsh Bank in Varanasi. He also laid foundation stone for the headquarters building of the bank.This bank focuses on micro-finance. • Mr.Modi launched the service of four water ambulances and four coffin carrying boats remotely through video link. The PM also released a postage stamp on different aspects of Lord Ram’s life at the Tulsi Manas Mandir, in Varanasi. • On 22nd September 2017, The Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences & Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Dr.Harshvardhan launched ‘Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhayay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana’ in Uttarakhand.The main idea of this project is to acquire local resources and skill sets and transform them using science and technology. • on 23rd September 2017, Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Mr.Dharmendra Pradhan launched the ‘Pradhan Mantri LPG Panchayat’ in Mota Ishanpur village of Gujarat. The launch aimed to spread awareness among LPG users about the proper use and benefits of LPG. • On 24th September 2017, Odisha Government launched ‘Sampurna (Sishu Abond Matru Mrityuhara Purna Nirakaran Abhijan) Yojna’ scheme for pregnant women, in Odisha.Under the ‘Sampurna Yojana’ scheme Odisha government will provide Rs.1,000 as transport cost for pregnant women to travel to the

hospital from inaccessible areas arranging their own vehicles. • NITI Aayog and Government of Assam organises workshop on health sector reforms in Guwahati; launches SATH. NITI Aayog selected has three states for this programme: Assam, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka. • On 24th September 2017, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mr.Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Puducherry Chief Minister Mr.V.Narayanasamy inaugurated “Hunar Haat” at Puducherry. This provides an opportunity for artisans to display and sell their products. • On 23rd September 2017, final event of ‘Pralay Sahayam’, a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) exercise was held in Hyderabad. The final event of ‘Pralay Sahayam’ was a multi-agency exercise. It was conducted on the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake in Hyderabad. • Google Doodle celebrates 100th birthday of a renowned Indian chemist, Asima Chatterjee, who was also thefirst female Doctorate of Science in India from an Indian University. th • On 25 September 2017, TRIFED (Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India) organised a National Workshop on Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Minor Forest Produce (MFP), in New Delhi. Minister of Tribal Affairs Mr.Jual Oram inaugurated the workshop. • India has been ranked third in the world with respect to number of nuclear reactors being installed, by the World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2017, which was released in September 2017. India occupies 3rd position in the list with 6 nuclear reactors being installed.China is in the lead with 20 reactors. • On 27th to 29th September 2017, India, US and Afghanistan will conduct a joint trade and investment show for the first time, in Delhi. The event will be inaugurated by Afghanistan CEO Dr.Abdullah. • On 25th September 2017, signed a MoU with the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore aims to improve infrastructure and broaden research activities at the Centre for Infectious Diseases Research (CIDR). th • On 25 September 2017, Prime Minister Mr.Narendra Modi launched a new scheme, Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana –‘Saubhagya’, to carry out electrification of all households in India.The total budget for this project is Rs.16,320 crore. Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) provided is Rs.12,320 crore. www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

• On 25th September 2017, the 2nd India-Indonesia Biennial Trade Ministers’ Forum Meeting was held in New Delhi. Mr.Suresh Prabhu, Minister of Commerce and Industry of India, and Mr.Enggartiasto Lukita, Minister of Trade of the Republic of Indonesia participated in the meet. • On 25th September 2017, Karnataka government launched Vision-2025 project, in Karnataka. This project aims at developing a draft policy for development of Karnataka in the next 7 years based on the opinion of the public.Executive officer of the project is Ms.Renuka Chidambaram.

• On 21st September 2017, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Mr.N.Chandrababu Naidu declared 2017 as e-pragati year, at Vijayawada. The e-pragati training programme is for government officials to familiarise and update new technologies. • Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport became the first airport in the th country to introduce a wheelchair lift or Verti-lift on 24 of Sept. 2017.The lift was installed as part of the Accessible India Campaign. • Cabinet approves Inter-bank Local Currency Credit Line Agreement & Co-operation Memorandum relating to Credit Ratings by Exim Bank. Exim Bank will reach the international platform through this agreement. • The Cabinet approved the implementation of Umbrella Scheme of ‘Modernisation of Police Forces (MPF)’ for years 2017-18 to 2019-20. The estimated cost of the scheme is Rs.25,060 crore. • Cabinet approves Enhancement of age of superannuation of doctors other than Central Health Service doctors to 65 years. • The Cabinet has approved a proposal for revision of policy of Ministry of Defence for providing Defence land to Communication Operators for construction of Shared Communication Towers and allied Infrastructure. • Cabinet approves MoU between India and Belarus in the oil & gas sector and Bilateral Investment Treaty. The MoU will serve for three years from the day of its signing. • The Union Cabinet has approved the signing of an agreement with Ethiopia to increase cooperation in the field of information, communication and media. • he Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave its approval for signing of a bilateral MoU between India and Afghanistan for technical cooperation in police training and development..The MoU will help in capacity building of Afghanistan National Police and improving the security apparatus in the region.

• On 26th September 2017, Mr.Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution launched the Web Portal of Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA) and Electronic Negotiable Warehouse Receipt (e-NWR) System, in New Delhi. WDRA has simplified the Warehouse Registration Rules by digitizing the entire process of registration, monitoring and surveillance. • On 25th September 2017, Mr.Uri Ariel, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Israel, announced that Israel will provide increased support to Haryana’s White Revolution, in Israel. Israel to support Haryana’s White Revolution. The milch cow of Israel is the world’s leading milk producer. The average milk production of milch cow in Israel is 32 kg per day. • On 26th September 2017, Vice President, and Mr.M.Venkaiah Naidu inaugurated the ‘Shouchalayakkagi Samara’ (A Crusade for Toilets) Programme, in Karnataka. He also declared the rural areas of Naragund Taluk as an ODF (Open defecation Free) block. • On 26th September 2017, Artists constructed a 100 feet bamboo idol of Goddess Durga, world’s tallest bamboo idol, in Guwahati, Assam. 5,000 bamboo poles have been used to make the idol. www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

• As per Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan singh the government has set up the Dairy Processing and

Infrastructure Development Fund (DPIDF) worth Rs 10,881 crore to boost the dairy th sector announced on 26 of Sept. 2017. • On 27th September 2017, the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) started a monthly ‘Jan Sampark’ program to enable the public to obtain information related to Adoption, in New Delhi. This programme is the first of its kind, regarding adoption. • On 27th September 2017, Karnataka Cabinet approved the state Bio-Technology Policy 2017-22 and Anti-Superstition Bill, in Bengaluru. Bio-Tech Policy for 2017-22 will enable further development in the Biotechnology sector in Karnataka. • On 20th – 28th September 2017, Bathukamma, one of the major festivals of Telangana and some parts of Andhra Pradesh was celebrated. This festival is celebrated for nine days days during the Durga Navaratri celebrations before Dussehra.

• The Haryana Cabinet under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has approved a proposal of Irrigation and Water Resources Department to announce 1,019.2994 acres of land acquired for construction of Dadupur Nalvi Irrigation Scheme. • The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet has raised paid maternity leaves for women th employees from 135 days to 180 days announced on 27 of Sept. 2017. The meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. • ADB approves USD 80 mn loan for modernisation of TVET in Himachal Pradesh. The Asian Development Banks (ADB) board of directors has approved the loan to modernize TVET institutions and programmes to enhance job prospects of the th state’s youth announced on 28 of Sept. 2017. • Power Finance Corporation Ltd (PFC) has sanctioned a term loan of Rs 4,009 crore to the Telangana Power Generation Corporation Lt (TSGENCO) for setting up a 4000 MW Yadadri thermal th power plant announced on 27 Sept. 2017. The Yadadri plant would generate approximately 29,784 million units of energy to meet the future power requirement of Telangana. • On 28th September 2017, Finance Minister Mr.Arun Jaitley said that, the government is finalising the Electoral Bonds Scheme, in New Delhi. Mr.Arun Jaitley announced this at a book release, named ‘India@70 [email protected]’. This is being done in a move to monitor political funding. • On 28th September 2017, Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA) celebrated Diamond Jubilee to mark 60 years of its existence. Diamond Jubilee was celebrated to mark the completion of 60 years by DGQA, at DRDO Bhawan, in New Delhi. • On 29th September 2017, Indian Railways launched 100 new local train services on its Mumbai suburban network of Western Railway and Central Railway zones. 100 new local train services in Mumbai:

• On 28th September 2017, Union minister for Railways, Mr.Piyush Goyal said that, Indian Railways is working with Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) to employ safety mechanisms in trains, in New Delhi. Indian Railways and RailTel are working together with ISRO to explore the use of space technology for safety in railways. • Gujarat will become the second state after Goa to use the new VVPAT system for the Assembly elections in the entire state.It is the first time to use Electronic Voting Machine (EVMs) equipped with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT).

• The third India International Science Festival will be held in Chennai next month th announced on 28 Sept. 2017. Prominent scientists from the government are expected to participate in the four-day festival which will be held from October 13- 16 at IIT-Chennai. • On 26th September 2017, the Union Environment Ministry notified the new Wetland (Conservation and Management) Rules 2017, in New Delhi. The new rules will replace the 2010 version of the Wetland rules. www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

• On 29th September 2017, Sample Registration System (SRS) bulletin was released, which stated that Infant Mortality Rate (IMR) of India has declined by three points (8%).IMR has reduced to 34 per 1000 live births in 2016, compared to the 37 per 1000 live births in 2015. • On 27th – 29th September 2017, India’s first Mobile Congress, India Mobile Congress 2017, was held at New Delhi. More than 300 exhibitors, and hundreds of startups from India participated in the India Mobile Congress. • On 30th September 2017, Defence Minister Ms.Nirmala Sitharaman inaugurated the -Shyok Bridge that links Leh to Karakoram, in Jammu and Kashmir. The Pratham-Shyok Brigde provides connectivity to the Darbuk-Shyok-Daulat Beg Olde axis, for military transport. • On 29th September 2017, an exhibition highlighting the achievements of Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) was inaugurated by the Union Minister of State for Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space, Dr.Jitendra Singh, at Surat. • Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) will procure 10,000 electric th vehicles from Tata Motors Limitedannounced on 29 Sept. 2017. PLACES IN NEWS: • On September 1,2017,Assam Government has extended term of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), 1958 and declared entire state a Disturbed Area for six more months under section 3 of AFSPA act.This is for first time state government has extended AFSPA and Disturbed Area provision on its own. In the past, AFSPA provisions in state were always extended by the centre. • Australia and East Timor have agreed on key elements of a maritime boundary and revenue sharing from anatural gas field beneath the seabed between the two countries nd announced on 2 Sep 2017.Australia and Timor-Leste have resolved their bitter and long-running dispute over maritime boundaries in the Timor Sea. It is being described as a “landmark day” in the relationship between the two nations.

• On September 1 ,2017, An international team of sand artists has built the world’s tallest sandcastle in Duisburg, in the Ruhr region, Germanyafter the city’s attempt failed last year.It was 54.5ft (16.68 meters) high and its theme is tourism.It is the new Guinness World Record for tallest sandcastle. • On September 8,2017, The West Bengal government cleared a proposal to rename the state as ‘Bangla’ and sent a proposal to the Centre for approval. If the Parliament clears its, then West Bengal’s position will be raised to four from 28 currently (By Alphabetical). • On September 9,2017 Vice president M.Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation stone for the first and only greenfield smart city project, in Ranchi coming up on the HEC land. It is his maiden visit to Jharkhand after becoming vice president. • The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh has inaugurated the new HQs building of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D), Ministry of Home Affairs on 8th of Sept. 2017 in New Delhi. The new headquarters building has been constructed at the cost of Rs. 100 crore approx. • On September 12,2017 Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for AYUSH Shripad Naik has inaugurated the Regional Research Institute of Homoeopathy (RRI) in Agartala, Tripura, as part of the government’s plan to strengthen health services and propagate traditional systems of medicine in North-Eastern states. • On 16th September 2017, Vice President Mr.M.Venkaiah Naidu laid foundation stone for Regional Vocational Training Institute, in Hyderabad.This Regional Vocational Training Institute for women is the first of its kind in Telangana. • Tunisia has abolished a ban on Muslim women marrying non-Muslims on the recommendation of the president. He seeks to secure equal rights for the country’s female population. • On 21st September 2017, Chief Justice of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Justice Badar Durrez inaugurated the first e-court of Jammu and Kashmir, in Srinagar.The first paperless e-court of Jammu and Kashmir in Srinagar will function from next week. www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

• On 15th September 2017, China opened a dual use highway in Tibet to the Nepal border which could be used for civilian and defence purposes, in China. The highway is 40.4 km long and 25 m wide.It has 4 double lanes.

• To set up India’s first lithium-ion battery facility in Gujarat. Suzuki Motor has invested more than Rs 1,150 crore along with Japanese partners Toshiba and Denso.Maruti Suzuki is a major boost to the government’s ambitious vehicle electrification and Make in India initiatives. • Under the state Urban Development department in Tripura, a new underground water treatment plant has been commissioned at Sadhutilla in the southern part of rd Agartala inaugurated on 23 of Sept. 2017. The built-up cost of this water treatment plant was Rs. 4 crores 99 lakh. • On 25th September 2017, State Bank of India (SBI) opened its sixth branch in Singapore. SBI launched its 6th branch in Ang Mo Kio area of Singapore. • On 23rd September 2017, SBI (State Bank of India) launched its Management Institute in Kolkata. SBI (State Bank of India) launched its 6th Management Training Institute in Kolkata. It is named as State Bank Institute of Management (SBIM).

• The Ministry of Shipping has renamed Kandla Port Trust as Deendayal Port Trust with effect from 25th of September 2017. Kandla Port, located on the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat, is one of the twelve major ports in the country. FOREIGN VISITS Arun Jaitley visit to Japan 2017 th  On 4 September 2017, Mr.Arun Jaitley left to Japan for a two day visit. During the  meeting issues relating to the US-2 amphibious aircraft were also figured out.  The two sides also agreed to commence technical discussions for research   collaboration in the areas of Unmanned Ground Vehicles and Robotics.  India plans to buy the US-2 ShinMaywa aircraft from Japan for its navy. Last year, China had reacted angrily to reports that Japan plans to sell weapons to India at cheaper prices, saying that such a move is disgraceful. Swiss president Doris Leuthard is on a three-day visit to India

• Swiss president Doris Leuthard will begin her three day visit to India on August 6 2017. The visit is significant as Switzerland is the chair of the Nuclear Suppliers Groupwhere India has been seeking membership. • Both countries will sign trade agreements and a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on railway infrastructure. INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

• Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), under Ministry of Power, Government of India has launched UJALA (Unnat Jyoti by Affordable Lighting for All) Scheme in the State of Melaka, Malaysia on 6th of Sept. 2017. UJALA’s impact in Malaysia will bring about clean energy, contribute to climate change targets and save the already dwindling energy resources. • Lebanese President Michel Aoun has officially signed an animal welfare and protection law. It guarantees that domestic and wild animals will be legally protected from abuse in the country announced on 30th Aug 2017. • Recently on 18 July 2017 India and China jointly submitted a proposal to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) calling for the elimination of farm subsidies by developed countries. In WTO context, this trade distorting farm subsidies is calledAggregate Measurement of Support (AMS) or ‘Amber Box’. It is a prerequisite for consideration of other reforms in domestic support negotiations. • The world’s largest and powerful X-ray laser- European X-ray Free Electron Laser (XFEL) presented in Hamburg, Germany.The XEFL is series of 3.4-kilometer tunnels up to 38 meters underground near the city of Hamburg.It took 8 years to build 1.5- billion-euro ($1.7 billion) facility.

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• The “artificial quake” in North Korea thought to be its sixth nuclear test was five to six times more powerful than the fifth nuclear test.As per the South’s Yonhap news agency reported it was 9.8 times more powerful than the tremor from Pyongyang’s fifth test. • The Tajikistan government has banned its women from wearing veils and Tajikistan government has introduced a legislation, wherein it has asked the women to “stick to traditional national clothes and culture”. • According to the US space agency NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson is set to depart the International Space Station (ISS) and return to Earth after completing a 288- day long mission. • The New Development Bank (NDB) of the five nations has approved $1.4 billion loans for sustainable development projects in China, India and Russia. For India, the bank has approved $470 million loan for Madhya Pradesh’s Multi-Village Rural Drinking Water Supply Scheme Project. • Nepal has signed UN assistance package for a USD 635 million for 2018-2022. The UNDAF lays out the development strategy for the UN Country Team for the next five years.

• Seychelles ratifies the ISA Framework Agreement and became the ninth member of ISA framework agreement announced on 3rd sep 2017. • Nepal’s government has enacted a new law which aimed at stopping the practice of forcing a woman who is menstruating, or has just given birth, to sleep outside their home, in a hut or shed. • Nepal’s Parliament has endorsed an electoral law for upcoming elections to the federal and provincial council which bars people involved in corruption and criminal offences to stand as candidates. • On 5th September 2017, Cuba began a five-month political transition expected to end with Raul Castro’s departure from the Presidency, due to his family’s dominance in the country’s • According to the reports, an Indian parliamentary delegation, led by Speaker Lok Sabha Sumitra Mahajan,refused to be a part of the Bali Declaration adopted at the World Parliamentary Forum on Sustainable Development held at Nusa Dua in Indonesia.India has refused to be a part of the Bali Declaration to show of solidarity with Myanmar.

• The Department of Financial Services has fined USD 225 million to Pakistan’s Private lender Habib Bank and its New York branch announced on 8th Sept. 2017.The bank has failed to comply with laws and regulations designed to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, and other illicit financial transactions. • Under the state Urban Development department in Tripura, a new underground water treatment plant has been commissioned at Sadhutilla in the southern part of rd Agartala inaugurated on 23 of Sept. 2017. The built-up cost of this water treatment plant was Rs. 4 crores 99 lakh. • On 25th September 2017, State Bank of India (SBI) opened its sixth branch in Singapore. SBI launched its 6th branch in Ang Mo Kio area of Singapore. • On 23rd September 2017, SBI (State Bank of India) launched its Management Institute in Kolkata. SBI (State Bank of India) launched its 6th Management Training Institute in Kolkata. It is named as State Bank Institute of Management (SBIM).

• The Ministry of Shipping has renamed Kandla Port Trust as Deendayal Port Trust with effect from 25th of September 2017. Kandla Port, located on the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat, is one of the twelve major ports in the country. • The Airbus Perlan 2 aircraft has set a new altitude world record for a glider, climbing to 52,172 feet on 3rdSept. in El Calafate, Argentina.The Perlan 2 is a composite- intensive, engineless glider designed to fly at the edge of space using stratospheric mountain waves. • On 8th September 2017, Jordan launched a project to grow crops from seawater, in Aqaba, port city of Jordan. They have contributed a major amount of $3.7 million to the project. www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

• On 10th September 2017, Asian Development Bank announced that it would provide $152 million loan to Nepal, to enhance power transmission, in Kathmandu.On 10th September ,2017 , Indian Ambassador in UAE Navdeep Singh Suri inaugurated its second Indian Worker’s Resource Centre (IWRC) in Sharjah ,UAE to provide support and counselling to Indians particularly blue collar workers in distress on legal, personal and financial matters, free of cost. • On September 8,2017 Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi inaugurated the China-backed 340 MegaWatt (MW) nuclear power plant in its Punjab province. The fifth nuclear C-4 plant is located at Chashma in Mianwali district of the Punjab province. • The World Health Organisation (WHO) has given the message to the South East Asian countries toassimilate their national plans and mobilise and utilise resources efficiently to reach the Tuberculosis elimination target of 2030.The five-day 70th Regional Committee Session of WHO South East Asia Region concluded in Male on 10thof Sept. 2017. • Hurricane Irma has become the first storm in the world to sustain winds of 185 miles per hour for more than 24 hours. It’s the longest storm to sustain this speed since the 1970s. The hurricane, which has already devastated several islands in the Caribbean, is headed toward south Florida US, where the National Hurricane Center has issued evacuation orders. • On 12th September 2017, The UN Security Council imposed strong sanctions on North Korea, to ban its textile exports and reduce fuel provided to it, in Washington. • On 13th September 2017, Global ranking for the least and most stressful cities of the world was released, by a firm called Zipjet, in London. Stuttgart,Germany is at the top ,Bangalore 130th and, New Delhi 142nd. Terrorist attacks have pulled down cities like Bhagdad , Kabul and Cairo to be the most stressful cities in the world. • On 15th September 2017, China displayed its first unmanned combat helicopter AV500W for foreign buyers in the northeastern Tianjin city, China. • According to the Henley & Partners – Kochenov Quality of Nationality Index (QNI) Germany’s quality of nationality is ranked first in the world. It was launched in London on 13th of Sept. 2017. Germany scored 82.7% out of a possible 100% on the index while Afghanistan sitting at the bottom of the index with a score of 14.6%. India was ranked 101 among 159 countries. • Russia and Iraq restored scheduled commercial airline services on 17th of Sept. for the first time since 2004.According to the Russia’s civil aviation authority the first commercial flight arrives on 17th of sept.

• On 17th September 2017, Japanese postal department released postage stamps on Yoga Expert Mr.Bishnu Charan Ghosh and his family members, in Kolkata. Japan has released postage stamps on Indian Yoga experts Mr.Bishnu Charan Ghosh, his son Mr.Biswanath Ghosh, daughter Ms.Karuna Ghosh and Karuna’s father in law Mr.Asutosh Ghosh. • China has issued a commemorative stamp in honour of the world’s largest radio telescope located in Guizhou province on 18th of Sept. 2017.It includes one commemorating the Five-hundred-metre Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope priced at 1.2 yuan. • The Foreign Ministerial meeting among India Foreign Minister, US Secretary of State Tillerson and Japanese FM Kono held in New York.The Ministers emphasized the need for ensuring freedom of navigation, respect for international law and peaceful resolution of disputes. • On 20th September 2017, Saudi Arabia lifted its ban on internet calling applications like WhatsApp, Skype etc.The lift of ban on internet calling apps have been done in a move to lower online restrictions. Since, Saudi Arabia has been criticised heavily over censorship. www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

• On September 19 2017, Russia unveiled a statue of Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle that became the most lethal weapon ever made and the best known Russian brand abroad. • A report named ‘Antibacterial agents in clinical development – an analysis of the antibacterial clinical development pipeline, including tuberculosis’ was released on 20th September 2017, by the WHO. The report stated that out of the 51 antibiotic drugs that are in developing stage, only 8 can be considered as totally new drugs. • Dr.Sekhar Basu, Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary of Department of Atomic Energy attended the 61st IAEA General Conference held in Vienna, Austria.The 61st Annual IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) General Conference is conducted from 18th – 22nd September 2017 at the Vienna International Centre (VIC) in Vienna, Austria. • China has launched world’s fastest bullet train on the Beijing-Shanghai high- speed railway line to 350 kilometres per hour announced on 21st Sept. 2017. • According to the Forbes Real-Time Billionaires List, Hui Ka Yan, the chairman of Chinese real estate giant Evergrande Group, has become Asia’s richest man, with a net worth of $41.1 billion. Hui Ka Yan ranks No. 15 globally. • The United States and the European Union have signed an agreement for smooth regulations on international insurance and reinsurance companies and free up capital for investment announced on 23rd Sept. 2017. The agreement with the EU is a positive sign for the United States, its insurance industry, and US policyholders. • On 21st and 22nd September 2017, the 7th ASEM (Asia–Europe Meeting) Economic Ministers’ Meeting was held in Seoul, South Korea. Theme for this year’s meeting was ‘Innovative Partnership for Inclusive Prosperity’. • On 23rd September 2017, Saudi Arabian women were allowed to attend celebrations at a sports stadium in Riyadh, for the first time in its history.Women were allowed to enter a sports stadium for the first time in Saudi Arabia’s history to attend Saudi Arabia’s national day celebrations. • India has launched a campaign on 24th Sept. 2017 to attract Egyptian travellers and make them aware of alluring holiday options in the country. The campaign will run on five routes in East, Middle, North, South and Giza parts of Cairo Metropolitan area. • On 12th to 25th September 2017, the 72nd Regular Session of UN (United Nations) General Assembly (UNGA 72) was held at UN Headquarters, in New York.On 20th September 2017, 50 countries signed a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. Brazil was the first country to sign the treaty. • On 21st September 2017, BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs for International Relations held their annual meeting. • The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has announced that it had provisionally suspended the WADA accreditation of the laboratory of the National Anti-Doping Organisation of France (AFLD) announced on 26th Sept. 2017. The main reason of provisionally suspended the WADA is because of “analytical issues”. • On 27th September 2017, Russia completely destroyed its chemical military weapons, in the southwest of Russia. Experts said that all those chemical weapons could destroy all life on earth several times. This has been done in a move to make the modern world more balanced and secure. Russia was among the first to sign the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC). • On 27th September 2017, India launched the Access India Programme (AIP) to attract investments from small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UK, in London. Access India Programme (AIP) was launched by the Indian High Commission in the UK along with knowledge partner UK India Business Council (UKIBC), at India House in London. • The International Police Organization or Interpol, as it is commonly known, has decided to accept the state of Palestine as a new member announced on 86th Interpol General Assembly in Beijing on 27th of Sept. 2017. Some 75 countries voted in favor, with 24 voting against and 34 abstaining. • On 28th September 2017, China announced the commissioning of its first radar- evading J-20 stealth fighter jets into military service, in Beijing. The J-20 is China’s fourth-generation medium and long-range fighter jet. It is a twin-engine, single seat stealth fighter. www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

• On 29th September 2017, Team India won the Enactus World Cup 2017, in London. Enactus is an international non-profit organization dedicated to inspire students to take entrepreneurial action to improve the lives of others. Team India was declared the World Champion 2017 for its ‘Mission Raahat’ and ‘Project Udaan’.

UMMITS & ONFERENCES: S C • The ninth BRCIS Summit is held from 3-5 September, 2017 in Xiamen, China. The participating countries are the five member nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The summit is hosted by China for the second time after the 2011 Summit.The theme of the 2017 BRICS Summit is“BRICS: Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future”.Thelogoof the 2017 BRICS Summit resembles both full sails and a rotating earth, painted in 5 colors representing the 5 BRICS countries. • On 4thSeptember, 2017 Chinese President Xi JinPing announced that China will give 500 million yuan ($76.4 million) for BRICS economic and technology cooperation plan, and another $4 million for projects at the BRICS countries’ New Development Bank. • The three-day International Hindu Conference began on 31st Aug 2017. Its aim is to reinstitute Kathmandu as the global capital of Hinduism.The theme of the conference is ‘Emerging spiritualism: Renaissance of Hinduism’. • On august 31,2017 External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj travelled to Colombo to participate in the two-day Indian Ocean Conference in Colombo, SrilankaTheme of the conference is peace, progress and prosperity. • On 5th September 2017, External Affairs Minister Ms.Sushma Swaraj arrived at Vladivostok, in Russia on a three day visit and to attend Eastern Economic Forum till 8th September, 2017. The Eastern Economic Forum is considered as the biggest international communication platform for co – operation between businesses leaders and senior government representatives from Russia, the Pacific Region and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). • Anupriya Patel was inaugurated the 10th Medical Technology Conference organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in New Delhi on 7th of Sept. 2017. • On 9th September 2017, 5th East Asia Summit Economic Ministers Meeting was held in Pasay City, Philippines. • The first National Canine Seminar organized by National Security Guard (NSG) in NSG Campus, Manesar (Gurugram), Haryana on 7th of Sept. 2017. The theme of the two days National Canine Seminar is ”Canine as Tactical Weapon in Fight against Terrorism”. • Kochi will host the 5th edition of the ‘Coastal Shipping and Inland Water Transportation Business Summit 2017’ on 22nd of September at Hotel Crowne Plaza announced on 10th of Sept. 2017.The summit will create a platform to discuss various topics such as Indian Coastal Shipping & Inland Water Transport. • On September 11,2017, the second World Congress of Optometry began in Hyderabad. It was inaugurated by State Health Minister C. Laxma Reddy.It was organised in partnership with the Asia Pacific Council of Optometry (APCO) and the India Vision Institute (IVI).The theme of the conference is “Accessible, quality vision and eye health” • On 12th September 2017, the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) organized the 2nd States’ Startup Conference at Pravasi Bhartiya Kendra, New Delhi. • Kiren Rijiju inaugurates first National Conference on “Uniformed Women in Prison Administration” in New Delhi. • Two-Day Regional Conference on Good Governance and Replication of Best Practices begins in Goa. Good governance is an aid to ensure speedy delivery of services to the people. So bureaucracy must change its mindset for effective good governance.

• Third meeting of India–Kuwait Joint Ministerial Commission for Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation held in Kuwait. Mr.M.J.Akbar, Minister of State for External Affairs would lead an Indian delegation for the Meeting in Kuwait.

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ANKINGS & EPORTS: R R • On august 31,2017 India’s largest autonomous public research and development organisation Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has been ranked ninth best government organisation in the world, according to the Scimago Institutions ranking World Report 2017.Chinese Academy of Sciences topped the list. • Oxford and Cambridge named the best universities in the world; IISc, Bangalore tops Indian universities according to the World University Rankings 2018 was published by the Times Higher Education (THE). • On September 2 ,2017, Forbes an American bi-weeklybusiness magazine published a report stating that India remains the most corrupt country in the Asia Pacific region. The report was based on a study by Transparency International.While India remains the most corrupt country in this region, with 69 per cent bribery rates, Japan came out as the least corrupt nation, with a 0.2 per cent bribery rate, the report said. • India has been ranked 103 on Global Human Capital Index 2017 released by World Economic Forum (WEF). India has scored the least among the BRICS countries. Norway topped the list. • On 11th September 2017, Global Financial Centres Index 2017 was released, in which London has retained its 1 rank despite major issues regarding Brexit. Mumbai has managed to get 60th rank in the list. • HDFC Bank has retained its No.1 position in the BrandZ India Top 50 report of the year 2017.According to the reports, the bank is stated to have doubled its brand value from $9.4 billion to $18 billion since 2014. th • On 25 September 2017, Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings was released, with st RIL,ONGC and IOC in the top rankings.1 rank was secured by Russian gas firm nd rd Gazrpom.2 rank was bagged by German utility E.ON.3 rank was obtained by Indian energy producer, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL). RIL has the world’s biggest refinery complex.Other th Indian firms in the top of the list are Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) in 7 position and Oil and th Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) in 11 position.

• Acharya Balkrishna, the associate of Baba Ramdev-run FMCG company Patanjali and Radhakishan Damani of D-Mart are among the top 10 rich people in the country. Balkrishna has ranked eighth in the Hurun India rich list 2017. His position rose to 8th position from 25th last year after seeing his wealth grow by 173%. • WEF released Global Competitiveness Report 2017 – Switzerland at 1st, India at 40th position. On 27th September 2017, World Economic Forum (WEF) released the Global Competitiveness Report, in Switzerland. • As per HSBC survey India jumps the global rankings by 12 places to take the 14th th spot in terms of best country for expats to live and work in announced on 28 Sept. 2017.The list is topped by Singapore, is part of HSBCs latest expat explorer survey. • According to a study conducted by a realty consultancy firm Bengaluru is the th world’s most affordable technology hub on 30 Sept. 2017. Among the top 29 global technology hubs covered by the study, Bengaluru emerged the cheapest in office rentals. Gurugram, another Indian city, comes second.

ANKING & INANCE: B F • As per the data released by the RBI, old notes worth Rs 15.44 lakh crore were there in the market out of which 15.28 lakh crore have been received by the bank.It means all but 1.4% of the old Rs 1,000 notes have come back into the banking system.As per the RBI report about 89 million units of the demonetised Rs 1,000 notes, worth Rs 8,900 crore, had not come back into the system. • On September 1,2017,Fincare Small Finance Bank (previously known as Disha MicrofinLimited) started its banking operations with about 25 operational branches across Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.The bank was given final small finance bank (SFB) licence from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in May this year.Fincare CEO Rajeev Yadav informed that the bank started its operations with 25 branches, out of which nearly 50 per cent are located in Gujarat. www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

• On September 2,2017, the first project funded by The New Development Bank, set up by India and

other members of the BRICS grouping of emerging economies, has started operation in Shanghai. The $76 million loan with a maturity length of 17 years was granted to Shanghai Lingang Distributed Solar Power Project, under an agreement signed in December 2016. • On September 3,2017, Global brokerage firm UBS has lowered India’s GDP growth forecast to 6.6 per cent from 7.2 per cent. • On September 4,2017, Singapore based bank DBS has got final approval to operate as a wholly-owned subsidiary (WOS) in India.DBS was the first foreign lender to apply for the new operating WOS model two years ago and its approval was delayed due to lack of precedent. • China has banned individuals and organisations from raising funds through initial coin offerings (ICO), or launches of digital currencies announced on 4th of Sept 2017. According to cryptocurrency analysis website Cryptocompare in total, $2.32 billion has been raised through ICOs, with $2.16 billion of that being raised since the start of 2017. • RBI has included HDFC Bank in the list of ‘too big to fail’ lenders, referred to as D-SIB or domestic systemically important bank announced on 4th of Sept. 2017. India’s largest lender SBI and private sector major ICICI Bank was classified as D-SIBs in 2015.

• On 5th September 2017, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) CEO Mr.Ajay Bhushan Pandey said that the UIDAI has given banks one more month to open Aadhaar enrolment centres in a stipulated 10 per cent of branches and will impose Rs.20,000 as fine per uncovered branch after 30th September 2017. • A member of the World Bank Group, International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invested $10 million as equity in e-commerce firm Power2SME announced on 5th sept 2017. It will helps small and medium companies to buy raw materials at bulk prices and get working capital without collateral. • Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIM-L) and Yes Bank has tied up with the purpose of spreading climatic awareness announced on 5th of Sept. 2017. The main aim of the collaboration will be to enhance the ‘Climate Literacy’ amongst people. • According to the Ujjivan Small Finance Bank it will bring down its cost of funds by up to 150 basis points during the current financial year.It has replaced 75% of its bank loans with borrowings using money market instruments including certificate of deposits. • Punjab National Bank and BSNL has joined hands to roll out open mobile wallet Speedpay across 10 states in the country announced on 8th Sept. 2017.PNBs Speedway wallet will operate like any other mobile wallet for paying bills, recharging phone. Its users will be able to deposit and withdraw money from authorized retail outlets.

• On 8th September 2017, United Bank of India announced that is has removed processing fee for retail home loans, car loans and two-wheeler loans, in Kolkata. The processing fee waiver will be available till December, 2017. • Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) had imposed Rs 2,423 crore fine on PACL Ltd and its four directors for illegal fund mobilisation through various schemes. • Exide Life Insurance has announced a partnership with Punjab & Maharashtra Co- operative Bank (PMC Bank) to offer its protection and savings products to the existing customers.Exide Life Insurance works with around 50 banks. • SBI Life Insurance has received approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India for an IPO of up to Rs 8,400 crore ($1.3 billion), with launch targeted for the September 20-22 period. ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company has got approval from capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)’s which could be the first by a general insurer in the country.

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• On 10th September 2017, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) announced usage of OTP (One Time Password) for opening e-Insurance Account (eIA) as an alternative to electronic signature, in New Delhi. • On 11th September 2017, the board of directors of IndusInd Bank signed an agreement with Bharat Financial Inclusion to analyse a potential merger between the two companies. IndusInd Bank and Bharat Financial Inclusion have signed an exclusive agreement. • On 12th September 2017, Fitch Ratings declared that Indian banks will need an additional capital of $65 billion in order to satisfy all the banking rules of global Basel III norms, by March 2019. Indian banks will need an additional capital of $65 billion by March 2019.

• RBI will introduce Rs 100 coins to mark the birth centenary of MG Ramachandran. He was the AIADMK founder and former chief minister of Tamil Nadu. The Rs 100 coin will be 44 millimeter in diameter, with a metal composition of silver (50%), copper (40%), nickel (5%) and zinc (5%).

• Paytm Payments Bank (PPB) has partnered with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) tolaunch a RuPay-powered digital debit card announced on 12th of Sept. 2017. Through the PPB Digital debit card customers will now be able to transact at all merchants who accept credit and debit cards. • On 12th September 2017, World Bank President Mr.Jim Yong Kim announced that World Bank has allocated $8 billion for infrastructure projects under China’s Silk Roadinitiative, Beijing. The purpose of Silk Road initiative is to create an economic corridor connecting China with Asia, Europe and the rest of the world. • On 13th September 2017, a report by Japanese financial services company Nomurasaid that India’s GDP growth is expected to be around 7.1 % this fiscal year (2017 – 2018). • On 15th September 2017, a report by DBS, a multinational banking and financial services corporation, said that India’s GDP growth is likely to reduce below 7 % this financial year. • HSBC Bank has entered into an agreement with Sa-Dhan to develop ecosystem for the unbanked segment in the country.HSBC Bank is providing technology expertise to train and educate micro-finance consumers at grass-root level and introduce digital banking. • On 15th September 2017, ADB (Asian Development Bank) announced that it signed a deal with IndusInd Bank to provide loans for low income women in rural areas, in India. Total amount of loan allotted is $200 million.Atleast 95 % of the loan would be allotted to women borrowers. • India’s foreign exchange reserve has crossed the $400 billion mark for the first time to hit an all-time high of $400.726 billion on 8th September. It took the country over nine years to cross the $400 billion level after hitting the $300 billion mark in 2008.India is now in the sixth position in forex reserves ranking, ahead of Taiwan, Brazil and euro zone. • On 18th September 2017, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) allowed Infrastructure Investment Trusts (InvITs) and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) to raise funds by issuing debt securities, in Mumbai. SEBI has also allowed single-asset REITs. Previously, the trust needed at least two projects under it, with one of the projects limited to 60 % of the value of assets.SEBI has also allowed strategic investors to participate in REITS, similar to InvITs. • On 20th September 2017, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms would be treated as Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFC).Peer-to-peer lending (P2P) platforms have been regulated by RBI by treating them as Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs). • On 20th September 2017, Metropolitan Stock Exchange of India (MSE) launched a Member Activation Drive for its members. MSE introduced a Business Loyalty Program called MY MSE. This scheme will provide infrastructural support, incentive schemes and lowest transaction charges on all product contracts to its members. www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

• SBI card is all set to offer pre-approved cards to customers of its parent State Bank of India announced on 21st Sept. 2017.It has entered into a tripartite agreement with SBI and India’s first credit bureau TransUnion

CIBIL to offer pre-approved cards to eligible customers. • On 21st September 2017, OECD, a Paris based think tank, announced that Indian economy is expected to grow at a lower than expected rate of 6.7 % in 2017-2018. OECD has said that Indian economy is expected to grow at a lower than expected rate of 6.7% in this fiscal year 2017-2018. • On 21st September 2017, SEBI announced the grant of a unified license for brokers and clearing members to operate in both commodity derivative and equity markets. Now, SEBI allows brokers of stock and commodity exchanges to do both the businesses under a single entity. A one-time certificate of registration as stock broker/clearing member would be provided by SEBI. • NABARD has sanctioned a loan of Rs.119 crore to construct seven bridges and improvement of one rural road project in five districts of Haryana. • On 22nd September 2017, State Bank of India (SBI) launched India’s first bond index series for overseas investors at the London Stock Exchange (LSE), in United Kingdom. SBI launched the FTSE (Financial Times Stock Exchange) SBI Bond Index Series in alliance with FTSE Russell at the London Stock Exchange (LSE). • On 22nd September 2017, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) gave the final approval to online non-life insurance company Acko General Insurance Ltd. Acko General Insurance Ltd. would start operating in December 2017. • IT major Infosys has announced partnership with software services provider ToneTag announced on 22 Sept. 2017.The partnership has been signed to offer sound-based payment solution to bank customers using its financial product Finacle. • Market regulator SEBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 9 lakh on ING Vysya Bank’s former official for violating insider trading regulations announced on 22nd Sept. 2017. The fine was imposed on Vinay Agrawal, who was regional head of business banking in ING from August 2011 till June 20, 2012.

• On 22nd September 2017, The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced that Masala bonds will be treated as External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) from 3rd October 2017. Masala bonds are rupee-denominated overseas bonds. • Under the Centre’s affordable housing scheme, the interest subsidy of up to Rs 2.60 lakh on home loans will now be available to middle income group (MIG) beneficiaries for 15 more months till March 2019.Under CLSS, MIG beneficiaries with annual income of above Rs 6 lakh and up to Rs 12 lakh would get an interest subsidy of 4% on a 20-year loan component of Rs 9 lakh. • On 25th September 2017, SBI (State Bank of India) reduced service charges for not maintaining monthly average (MAB) balance by 20-50%.The minimum balance requirement in metro centres are reduced to Rs.3,000. The charges for not maintaining MAB at semi-urban and rural centres vary from Rs.20 to Rs.40.

• On 26th September 2017, ADB (Asian Development Bank) lowered India’s growth projection to 7% for the current financial year and 7.4 % for the next financial year. • Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has barred banks from investing in category III alternative investment funds (AIFs), specified norms for their participation in commodity derivatives clearing th on investing in financial services firms announced on 25 of Sept. 2017. Banks may invest as much as 10% in the paid-up capital/unit capital in category I and II funds, but cannot invest in category III funds. • ICICI Bank will partner with e-commerce firms to provide automated payday loan-type credit to customers at the bottom of the digital pyramid. The ‘pay later’ facility will be www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

available to even those who have not availed of any loan in the past and for small amounts of up to Rs 20,000. • Markets regulator SEBI has imposed a penalty of Rs 4 lakh on Swagruha Infrastructure Ltd (SIL) for failing tomake necessary disclosures for 11 continuous years announced on th 25 of Sept. 2017. As per SEBI SIL violated the provisions of SAST (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers) Regulations. • On 26th September 2017, IDBI Bank launched ‘Project Nishchay’ in partnership with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) to improve its turnaround programme and financial performance. This project will be led by senior management of IDBI Bank and BCG. • SWIFT India has announced that Citibank and Standard Chartered Bank have th joined the Indian services as shareholders on 26 of Sept. 2017. Standard Chartered and Citibank become the first foreign lenders to invest in the platform. • On 27th September 2017, IDBI Bank said that it has sold 9 % stake in Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI). The amount for which the 9 % stake was sold is undisclosed. This has been done in a move to mobilise funds by exiting non-core business. • On 27th September 2017, India Ratings lowered the growth forecast for the current financial year to 6.7 % from 7.4 % estimated earlier.India Ratings has pointed out the reasons for this downfall as demonetisation and GST (Goods & Services Tax) implementation. • SEBI has barred Jeevan Suraksha Energy and Industries Ltd (JSEIL) from the th capital markets for not complying with public issue norms on 27 of Sept. 2017. It has been found that the company allotted redeemable preference shares worth about Rs 25.82 lakh to 125 persons during 2012-13. • Karnataka Bank has opened its first Aadhar Enrollment and Updation Centre th at Sanjaynagar Branch Bengaluru announced on 26 Sept. 2017. • On 28th September 2017, ICICI Bank launched a new home loan product that offers 1 % cash-back for every EMI (Equated Monthly Instalment) during the entire loan period.The EMI cash-back is available for fresh home loans with minimum period of 15 years.

• On 29th September 2017, the Government has kept unchanged the interest rates on small savings schemes like PPF, Kisan Vikas Patra and Sukanya Samriddhi for October-December quarter. The interest rates have been kept unchanged for the following schemes:

· Public Provident Fund (PPF) – 7.8 % annually · Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) – 7.5 % – matures in 115 months · Sukanya Samriddhi Account – 8.3 % annually

• On 29th September 2017, The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) allowed Sovereign Wealth Funds and other long term Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) to buy up to Rs.9,500 crore worth corporate debt in infrastructure sector. This has been done, following the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) decision to exclude masala bonds (foreign investment in rupee denominated bonds) from the Combined Corporate Debt Limit (CCDL). • The state-owned Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (Ireda) became the th first Indian financial institution to raise funds overseas announced on 30 Sept. 2017. The five-year dated bond

raised approximately $300 million (Rs19.5 billion), with a coupon of 7.125%.It became the first Green Masala Bond to be listed on the International Securities Market (ISM). • State Bank of India (SBI) has raised shares worth over Rs 99 crore as part of a share th buyback programme by its subsidiary SBI DFHI on 29 Sept. 2017. Currently, SBI www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

holds the largest shareholding of 72.17% in the subsidiary. Rest of 22.32% is owned by banks and 5.51% by financial institutions.

USINESS: B • India and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) will meet this month in order to conclude their long pending negotiations on FTA (Free Trade Agreement). Nirmala Sitharaman said that India would look into “every concern” of foreign investors on intellectual property rights (IPR) and investment protection. th • The first consignment of 30 MT of High Speed Diesel was sent on 4 of Sept from India to Myanmar by land route. • Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has entered into four more Advance Pricing Agreements (APAs)related to sectors like telecom, banking, manufacturing and th education announced on 4 of Sept. 2017.Out of these four agreements, three are unilateral and one is a bilateral. th • On 6 September 2017, the National Highway Authority of India awarded its first international project in Myanmar to a joint venture of Punj Lloyd-Varaha. This project is for the upgradation of the Yagyi–Kalewa section in Myanmar to two lanes with Project length – 120 km and Estimated cost – Rs.1,177.02 crore. th • On 7 September 2017, Airtel Business an arm of the Bharti Airtel telecom launched Airtel GST Advantage to enable small businesses and start-ups file their GST (Goods & Services Tax) returns with ease, in New Delhi. • The Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has inaugurated India’s first ever food safety institute set up by Nestle India in Manesar. th • On 8 September 2017, Government announced that a Countervailing Duty (CVD) for a period of five years is levied on certain Chinese flat steel products, in New Delhi. th • On 8 September 2017, it was officially announced that Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) would be granted Maharatna Status soon, in New Delhi. Bharat th Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) would be the 8 Public Sector Enterprise to obtain the Maharatna Status. • Amazon has opened its largest fulfilment centre (FC) at the GMR-led Rajiv Gandhi th International Airport in Hyderabad announced on 8 of Sept 2017. • Telecom operator Bharti Airtel has announced a partnership with South Korean telecom operator SK Telecom to build the most advanced telecom network in India announced th on 13 of Sept. 2017.The companies will work towards building an enabling ecosystem for the introduction of these technologies. • After the success of Digital Pumpkin in Bengaluru Mindtree has set up its first global Digital Pumpkin in US. The Digital Pumpkin provides solutions for Internet of Things, artificial Intelligence, cognitive solutions, virtual and augmented reality, machine learning, conversational cloud and big data. • Hindustan Shipyard Ltd will ink a partnership with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd of South Korea for construction of fleet support ships (FSS) for the Navy in both the countries.An MoU is likely to be signed next year on this. At present, talks are in progress between the Ministry of Defence and South Korea. • On 14th September 2017, UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) Trade & Development report 2017 stated that growth in India and China is slow and they could not contribute to be growth poles for the global economy.The report was titled ‘Beyond austerity — towards a global new deal’. • The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has announced to invest USD 50 million (about Rs 320 crore) in realty firm Mahindra Lifespace Developers industrial park projects.Mahindra Lifespace and IFC announced a partnership for the development of multiple industrial parks across Gujarat, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. • On 15th September 2017, Amazon, India’s leading e-commerce venture announced that it has joined hands with Bank of Baroda to offer micro loans to its sellers, in India. The Indian unit of Amazon has

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planned to provide unsecured micro loans for its sellers. The loans would be provided for amounts ranging from Rs.1 lakh to Rs.25 lakh. Interest rates would be low around 10.45 % – 11 %. • Air India has launched its direct flight from New Delhi to Copenhagen. It is the eleventh destination for the airline in Europe and described as connecting ‘Maharaja with the Mermaid’. Denmark is Air India’s 44th international destination and 11th European non-stop destination. • Airtel has launched ‘Office-In-a-Box’ for start-ups which is registered under the Karnataka government’s Start-Up Cell initiative.Airtel has been included in top priority as the preferred partner for the state government’s initiative.

• The GST Network (GSTN) has reopened the facility till 30th September for small taxpayers with a turnover of up to Rs 75 lakh to select for composition scheme. The taxpayers who opt this scheme could file returns on a quarterly basis unlike the others who have to file returns on a monthly basis. • On September 16 2017, Due to the United Nations theme for this year’s World Tourism Day, Ola and the Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation initiated a campaign to promote and raise awareness about responsible tourism named “GhoomoResponsibly”. • On 18th September 2017, Mahindra & Mahindra and Ford Motor Company signed a MoU that ensures an alliance to explore electric vehicles, for three years.This collaboration would give a global reach for the Indian automotive company Mahindra & Mahindra and a better reach in India for Ford Motor Company. • On 19th September 2017, The Finance Ministry imposed anti-dumping duty on Chinese tyres used in buses and trucks. The anti-dumping duty has been imposed on new or unused pneumatic radial tyres with or without tube, having rim diameter above 16 inches. This anti-dumping duty will be valid for a period of five years. • On 20th September 2017, Tata Steel and German steel company ThyssenKrupp signed a MoU to combine their European steel operations in a 50-50 joint venture, in Frankfurt. The merger would combine Tata’s steel plants in the UK and the Netherlands and ThyssenKrupp’s plants in Germany. • On 19th September 2017, The Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund officially reached $1 trillion for the first time, in Oslo, Norway. This is the world’s largest Sovereign Wealth Fund.It is managed by Norwegian Central Bank. It has reached $1 trillion on 19th September 2017, for the first time. • On 19th September 2017, 3 state run PSUs National Aluminium Company (NALCO), Hindustan Copper (HCL) and Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL), signed a MoU to form a joint venture named Khanij Bidesh India Ltd (Kabil). • On 19th September 2017, The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) cut mobile termination charges (MTC) by 57% to 6 paise per minute with effect from October 1, 2017. MTC is currently 14 paise per minute. • India gets its first High Power Locomotive from France soon. The arrival of the first bodyshell of 12000 HP loco from Alstom France at Kolkata port on 20th of Sept. 2017.It is the first high-power electric locomotive will be used to haul freight trains at twice the existing speed by 2018. • On 21st September 2017, the revised estimates of World Trade Organisation (WTO) stated that the world trade in goods is estimated to grow at a rate of 3.6 % in 2017. Growth in world trade for 2017 was earlier predicted as 2.4 % by WTO.Now it has been revised to 3.6 %. • Transport for London (TfL) took the decision to cancel the Uber license in London City. Uber would lose its licence to operate its cab in the London city from September-end.Uber transport app’s license expires on September 30 2017. • Abof.com the e-commerce site owned by Aditya Birla Group will be shut down by the end of this year due to the strong competition from leading sector Amazon and Flipkart.

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• Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M) has signed with Turkey’s Armagan family for acquiring 100% of Erkunt Traktor Sanayii A.S., the fourth-largest tractor manufacturer in Turkey. Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M) also agreed to acquire 80%-100% equity in Erkunt Sanayii A.S, a foundry unit belonging to the same Turkish group. • Flipkart, the online e-commerce sector has developed India’s first “anti-theft” packaging to prevent goods from in-transit theft and damage.This exclusive pilferage protection box specially designed for electronic goods and high-end mobiles. Now it is awaiting for patent grant and incorporates special security features in shipment. • On 23rd September 2017, Etihad Airways has launched a ‘Fly Now and Pay Later’ scheme, in Abu Dhabi. This scheme provides an option for paying the ticket fare in monthly instalments.Etihad Airways is an Abu Dhabi-based airline. • FMCG major Dabur India has tied up with e-commerce major Amazon th for an online ayurveda marketplaceannounced on 24 Sept. 2017. • On 26th September 2017, Maharashtra secured the 1st position in manufacturing emergence in India, according to a study conducted by the non- governmental industry body ASSOCHAM. Maharashtra has topped the ranking, with the highest growth in entrepreneurs.Gujarat has obtained the second position.

• On 27th September 2017, National e-Governance Services Ltd. (NeSL) received the final approval to become India’s first Information Utility (IU). NeSL is a union government company.

• On 27th September 2017, Air India tied up with Punjab National Bank (PNB) and IndusInd Bank to secure loans of Rs.3,250 crore. Air India has tied up with PNB and IndusInd bank, in order to avail a loan of Rs.3,250 crore. • Amazon has launched its Business marketplace in India. Amazon Business will help in the procurement needs of small and medium businesses in the country.SMBs can register for the business account at no charge. • Asian Development Bank (ADB) plans to raise its annual lending to India to a maximum of USD 4 billion tosupport the country to accelerate inclusive economic transformation toward upper th middle-income statusannounced on 27 Sept. 2017.The proposal was endorsed at new ADB Country Partnership Strategy (CPS) for 2018-2022. • On 27th September 2017, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Chinese firm, ZTE, at India Mobile Congress (IMC), in New Delhi in order to make a virtual network architecture of a 5G eco system, for research and commercialization in India. • Telecom equipment and solutions provider VNL and BSNL have signed a MoU to provide solutions for disaster management. According to that, the ‘Relief 123’ service will restore connectivity at disaster sites, help locate the affected people and integrate information across platforms. • LG Mukhi inaugurates first ever industry established by a tribal youth in Andaman and Nicobar Islands • The Union Government has extended the last date of using (Maximum Retail Price) MRP labelled pre-Goods and Services Tax (GST) stock to December 31.Through this step, it will be a relief for the traders, who were reportedly stuck with old stocks. th • On 7 September 2017, Raghunandan Industries Private Limited was awarded Krishi Pragati Award 2017, by National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Limited (NCDEX), in New Delhi. th • On 12 September 2017, HDFC Bank became the second most valuable company in BSE (Bombay Stock Exchange), in India, in terms of market capitalisation. Reliance st Industries is in the 1 place currently. www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

th • On 13 September 2017, Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal (JNPCT) was awarded “Container Terminal of the Year” Award, in Mumbai. JNPCT was given the award in ‘The Gateway Awards 2017’ held at Mumbai.

• On 14th September 2017, Vijaya Bank was awarded the first prize under the Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar (Region C) for the year 2016-2017. Vijaya Bank was given this award to honour its work in implementing Hindi as a language in its day-to-day activities. • A Nigerian lawyer Zannah Mustapha was awarded with UNHCR top UN peace prize th on 19 Sept. 2017. He worked for the rights of displaced children growing up amid violence in north-eastern Nigeria. • On 15th September 2017, The Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) was awarded National level Rajbhasha Keerti Award.President of India Mr.Ramnath Kovind handed the award to MPEDA Chairman Mr.A.Jayathilak on 14th September 2017, at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.MPEDA bags the award for the third consecutive year. • On 15th September 2017, Salman Khan was awarded Global Diversity Award at Britain’s House of Commons, in London. The award was given to Salman Khan by Keith Vaz, the longest serving Indian-origin MP in British Parliament.

• On 13th September 2017, The Hindu Group was awarded two gold and one silver at the South Asian Digital Media Awards at the WAN-IFRA (World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers) India 2017 conference, in Chennai. Best news website: www.thehindu.com won the Gold award. • On 16th September 2017, Former DIG D Roopa, who revealed alleged irregularities a the central jail in Bengaluru, was awarded the President’s medal, in Bengaluru.The award was given to Roopa for her meritorious service. • On 18th September 2017, Swayam Shikshan Prayog (SSP), a Pune-based non- governmental organisation (NGO) working for women farmers, won 2017 UN Equator Prize. • On September 18,2017 Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) was awarded the “Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar” for the 11th consecutive time . It won in the category of ‘B’ region for autonomous bodies and boards, for its excellent implementation of the Official Language. SS Rajamouli has received the ANR National Award from Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu on 17th of Sept. 2017.He has received the award for his contribution to the Telugu film industry in Hyderabad. • On 20th September 2017, three Indians were listed in Forbes ‘100 Greatest Living Business Minds’ list. Three Indians – Lakshmi Mittal, Ratan Tata and Vinod Khosla were listed in Forbes special list of the world’s ‘100 Greatest Living Business Minds’. • On 20th September 2017, The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) nominated Mahendra Singh Dhoni for the Padma Bhushan award. BCCI has nominated only Mahendra Singh Dhoni for Padma Bushan award this year. Padma Bushan is the country’s 3rd highest civilian award.

• On September 20 2017, ISKCON’s Govardhan Eco village has received the ‘spirit of humanity’award, instituted by AmeriCares, a non-profit organisation working for disaster relief and global health, in the ‘livelihood’ category. • An Indian, Kheyti, a Hyderabad-based startup has won a prestigious award and a cash prize of USD 42,000 in Israel on September 17,2017 for developing an affordable modular greenhouse that aims to give farmers a steady and dependable income. • Riz Ahmed has become the first man of Asian t to win an acting award at the 69th Emmy Award.He is a British actor of Pakistani descent. Riz won in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie category for his role in ‘The Night Of’. He plays Nasir “Naz” Khan, a Pakistani/Iranian-American college student accused of murdering a young woman. www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

• Professor C.N.R Rao, has become the first Asian to be chosen for the prestigious Von Hippel Award for his contribution in materials research. The award is the US-based Materials Research Society’s (MRS) highest

CQUISITIONS & ERGERS: A M • HCL has announced that it has agreed to buy Datawave a business unit of ETL Factory Limited, a UK– based company to accelerate data integration and migration for their clients. th • On 6 September 2017, State-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) partnered with Coriant, a US-based packet optical and mobile routing solutions company to study and deploy 5G-based industrial internet applications for enterprise customers in New Delhi. th • On 8 September 2017, Tierra Agrotech Private Limited, a Hyderabad based company acquired Monsanto Holdings, a US based cotton Seed Company, in New Delhi. th • On 11 September 2017, Infosys announced that it has acquired London-based product design firm Brilliant Basics.Infosys has acquired Brilliant Basics for 7.5- million pounds (approx Rs 63 crore) in an all-cash deal. • On 13th September 2017, restaurant discovery and food delivery firm Zomato acquired logistics startup Runnr. The amount for which Runnr was acquired has not been disclosed. • Google has acquired a part of electronics company HTC Corporation’s st engineering and design teams for $1.1 billion announced on 21 Sept. 2017. • On 25th September 2017, Swiss Engineering Firm ABB announced that it would buy GE’s Industrial Solutions Business. ABB would buy GE’s Industrial Solutions Business for $2.6 billion. • Flipkart has acquired F1 Info Solutions, a mobile and IT repair services company with a pan-India presence of owned and franchised centres.

MOUs • The Gujarat government has signed a MoU with Google India for ‘Digital Gujarat’ movement under ‘Digital India’. Under the MoU Google will train small and medium scale entrepreneurs the use of digital platform for business development under the ‘Digital Unlocked’ programme.

• Assam government has signed a MoU with Google India Pvt. Ltd. to increase digital literacy and takeInternet connectivity to the remotest part of the north-eastern state. Under this MoU the

government would work to provide Internet connections to 26,000 villages and 1,500 tea garden areas in Assam.

• The Women & Child Welfare Department of the Gujarat Government, Gujarat Milk Marketing Federation and three leading dairies have signed tripartite MOU to save the children of anginawadi from malnutrition. The MoU was signed in the presence of Gujarat Chief Minister, Vijay Rupani in Gandhinagar. th • On 11 September 2017, The Maharashtra government and Mother Dairy Fruit and Vegetable Private Limited, a subsidiary of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), announced the signing of a MoU, in Mumbai to set up plant for the processing of milk and milk products. • The National Research Development Corporation (NRDC) has signed an MoU with the Andhra Pradesh Innovation Society (APIS) announced on 14th of Sept. 2017. The pact has been signed to encourage start-up in the manufacturing & technology driven sectors. th • On 11 September 2017, Karnataka Department of Information Technology (IT) and Biotechnology (BT) signed a MoU with the Embassy of Finland, in Bengaluru. The www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

innovation co – operation between Karnataka and Finland is calledKarnataka–Finland Innovation Corridor.

• MOU signed between the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and CBDT for Automatic and Regular Exchange of Information.

• An autonomous body of Ministry of Science and Technology, National Agri-Food Biotechnology Institute has signed MoU with Ludhiana based Bonn Food Industries on th 14 of Sept. 2017 to promote coloured wheat with antioxidant qualities beneficial for control of diabetes, cholesterol and obesity. • India & Sri Lanka sign MoU to upgrade Thondaman Vocational Training Centre in Srilanka. The Thondaman Vocational Training Centre (TVTC), is located in Nuwara Eliya district of Sri Lanka. • Infosys Foundation has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Visakha Jilla Nava Nirman Samithi (VJNNS) an NGO to construct 100 gravity fed water supply systems in the tribal villages of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh.

• On 22nd September 2017, Deakin University of Australia said that it has signed a MoU with the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) for projects in skills ecosystem. The MoU is for a period of five years • Government of India has collaborated with US, Japan and Norway in the fields of health security, rail safety and health co-operation respectively. • On 27th September 2017, Tamil Nadu signed a joint technical co-operation agreement with Germany-based GIZ, to carry out ‘land use planning and management project’, in Tamil Nadu. • Indian Army and Jamia Millia Islamia University (JMIU), New Delhi has signed MoU for Academic Collaboration, technical advancement and progression of Army Personnel th announced on 29 Sept. 2017. • On 26th September 2017, The Maharashtra Government signed a MoU with South Korea for increased co-operation in infrastructure projects like development of smart cities, roads, airports and metros.This MoU would help with implementation strategy, legal systems, and policies.

COMMITTEES • On 8th September 2017, a Joint Parliamentary Committee has been formed to examine and present a report on the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017, in New Delhi. This is a joint committee of both the houses of the parliament and Mr.Bhupender Yadav, MP as its chairman. • On 25th September 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reconstituted the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) under the Chairmanship of Bibek Debroy.Bibek Debroy is an economist and member of NITI Aayog. • Punjab Chief Minister has constituted a steering committee to monitor and coordinate the states drug de-addiction and rehabilitation programme th announced on 26 of Sept. 2017. The decision to set up the committee, headed by the state chief secretary, was taken by the chief minister at a meeting of the State Board of Drug De-addiction and Rehabilitation. • On 28th September 2017, a committee headed by Mr.T.K.Viswanathan, submitted a report to the Home Ministry, regarding new laws or amendments to deal with hate speech on the internet, in New Delhi.The committee has suggested that section 78 of the IT Act needs to be substituted and Section 153 & 505A of the Indian Penal Code needs to be amended. • Insurance regulator IRDAI has formed a ten-member committee to help in implementing the new risk-based capital (RBC) regime and it will also enhance protection to policyholders. The RBC Committee headed by Dilip C Chakraborty. He suggested that the industry should move ahead with RBC to ensure that capital held by a company will take into account its overall risk profile.

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• Karnataka government will merge the existing seven health schemes to launch a unified health scheme- ‘Arogya Bhagya’. It will cover all 1.4 crore households of the state. The main theme of the ‘Arogya Bhagya’ scheme is ”Treatment Firstand Payment Next”. On 4th September 2017, Mr. Ram Nath Kovind, President of India laid the foundation for Link-4 pipeline canal of SAUNI Scheme at Jasdan in Rajkot district of Gujarat. Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation (SAUNI) Scheme was conceived by Mr. Narendra Modi when he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat. th • On 8 September 2017, Union Human Resource Development Minister Mr.Prakash Javadekar announced that Government would implement ‘School Chalo Abhiyan’ scheme in 2018, in New Delhi. This scheme has been introduced in order to enroll students who have dropped out from school. The scheme aims to enroll 70 to 80 lakh students around the country.

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY • On august 31,2017, India’s ISRO failed in its attempt to launch its eighth regional navigation satellite (IRNSS-1H) from Sriharikota at 7pm. The satellite got stuck in the fourth stage of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle– PSLV-C39. • Chipmaker AMD has presented a new line of microprocessor chips called ‘Ryzen Pro’ for commercial desktop workstations to be available in India and other countries by end of 2017. • Tamil Nadu Police has launched of new online services. Under the online services petitioners seeking documents to file accident claims can now download all necessary documents via the Internet on payment of a minimum charge.The online services has launched in Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu.A copy of the LDR would be sent to the applicant’s registered email. • On September 1,2017 Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar launched an online portal for redressal of public grievances — aimed at addressing complaints within 30 days. The portal www.goaonline.gov.in can be accessed after providing basic information like name, address, mobile number, Aadhaar number, date of birth, email id, etc. • The Food and Drug Administration has approved its first gene therapy drug in the United States that will treat childhood leukemia.Novartis drug Kymriah works by genetically modifying pediatric and young adult patients’ blood cells to attack cancer cells in blood and bone marrow. • The government has issued an alert on spread of new malware ‘Locky Ransomware’ that can lock computers and demand ransom for unlocking them. Ransomware is a malicious software and the Locky Ransomware is learnt to be demanding ransom of half bitcoin, which at present rate is equivalent to over Rs 1.5 lakh. • Intel has introduced a new vision processing unit (VPU) called Movidius Myriad X. The new Intel VPU is aimed at providing end-to-end artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to a wide range of product categories such as smart cameras, virtual reality (VR) devices, robotics and even drones.Myriad X is the world’s first system-on-chip (SOC) shipping with a dedicated neural compute engine for accelerating deep learning inferences at the edge. • Astronomers had discovered seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a relatively nearby dwarf star. The system is called TRAPPIST-1. It is especially appealing because it has three planets in the habitable zone it means that these worlds could potentially support liquid water and perhaps even life announced on 1st sept 2017. • Breakthrough Listen project detected 15 Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) coming from a dwarf galaxy about 3 million light years away from earth. • WhatsApp is launching a new app to help businesses communicate with their customers announced on 6thsept 2017. WhatsApp Business gives users a verified green checkmark badge next to their names. www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

• According to the Commerce Ministry, Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority(APEDA) has developed a mobile app “Hortinet” for farmers to facilitate registration, testing and certification of certain fruits and vegetables. • Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu has launched national teacher’s portal diksha.gov.in on 5th of Sept.2017. DIKSHA Portal is created to provide digital and advance technology to the teachers. • Astronomers have discovered a pulsar spinning at more than 42,000 revolutions per minute. It is thesecond-fastest Spinning Pulsar identified so far. The new object, named PSR J0952-0607 – or J0952 for short – is classified as a millisecond pulsar and is located between 3,200 and 5,700 light-years away in the constellation Sextans.

• On 8th September 2017, the Government set up an online service named Contact @DGFT facility to help importers and exporters resolve all foreign trade-related issues, in New Delhi. • Scientists have developed an artificial leaf that absorbs sunlight to generate hydrogen fuel from water. It is an advance technology that may provide clean energy for powering eco-friendly cars in the future. • On September 14,2017 scientists from Brown University have created the first map of water and its chemical building blocks trapped in the uppermost portion of the Moon’s soil.The research was funded by the NASA Lunar Advanced Science and Exploration Research Program. The study was published in Science Advances journal. • On September 14,2017 ,The Uttar Pradesh tax department has launched a web page (page comtax.up.nic.in/feedback.htm) to allow traders and others to submit their complaints and feedback related to the GST. • On 7th September 2017, scientists of Cardiff University, successfully created a fuel ‘methanol’ from methane and oxygen obtained from the free air, in the United Kingdom.

• The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully flight tested India’s indigenously developed third generation Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) ‘Nag. The missile was tested in a desert in the western sector of Rajasthan on 9th Sept. 2017. • SpaceX has launched the US Air Force’s super-secret space shuttle announced on 7th Sept. 2017 & a technology tester capable of spending years in orbit. It’s the fifth flight for one of these crewless mini shuttles, known as the X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle.This is the first time SpaceX has provided a lift for the experimental mini-shuttle. • On 8th September 2017, CEO of SpaceX Billionaire Elon Musk shared a picture of his space exploration startup SpaceX’s first full-body spacesuit on Instagram.The spacesuit is designed to protect astronauts when they are in the space capsule and while moving over to other vehicles like the International Space Station (ISS) under pressurised conditions. • Reliance Energy has launched a digital assistance robot named ELEKTRA. This system provides automated responses to customers for their queries and requests. • On 11th September 2017, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) launched an online platform named ‘FoSCoRIS’, in New Delhi.FoSCoRIS is an online web-based platform where data related to inspection, sampling and test result data would be shared by all the officials. • On 11th September 2017, Payment gateway provider PayU announced its collaboration with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), in New Delhi. PayU and IRCTC have joined hands to provide users a safe and secure option to make payment for rail tickets booked on the IRCTC website • On September 15,2017 NASAs Cassini spacecraft ended its 20-year-long epic journey with a fiery plunge into the Saturns crushing atmosphere, while sending back never- before-seen images of the ringed planet and its moons. www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

• Airtel Payments Bank has become the first payments bank in India to integrate the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on its digital platform announced on 17th of Sept. 2017. It will help in making instant money transfers to any bank account in India and will add to customer choice and convenience for making secure digital payments to online and offline merchants. • Google has launched its Unified Payments Interface (UPI)-based digital payment service by the name ‘Tez’ in India announced on 18th of Sept. 2017. The new Google payment App ‘TeZ’ is powered by UPI. It is a payments protocol built by the Government-backed National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

• On 19th September 2017, HP Inc India launched its new, all-in-one point-of-sale (POS) system HP ElitePOS at the “India Retail Forum 2017″ event, in Mumbai.Elite POS is priced at Rs.59,999. • On 20th September 2017, Fino Payments Bank launched its mobile banking app called BPay in India. • The “Bandhan Tod” app is launched by Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on 18th of Sept. 2017. It is a unique initiative, Gender Alliance Bihar, a collective effort of over 270 civil society organisations.Bandhan Tod is part of Gender Alliance’s strategy to support the state government’s efforts to end child marriage and dowry. • Scientists at The University of Manchester have created the world’s first ‘molecular robot’. This robot iscapable of performing basic tasks including building other molecules. • Scientists, including one of the first animals without a brain or central nervous system to do so.The study was published in the journal Current Biology. • On 22nd September 2017, NASA’s asteroid-chasing spacecraft ‘Osiris-Rex’ swung by Earth on its way to an asteroid. Osiris-Rex spacecraft was launched in 2016 within 17,237 km of Earth above Antarctica by NASA.

• On 25th September 2017, SBI (State bank of India) launched a Chatbot (chat assistant) to respond and answer customer enquiries. The chat assistant is named as SBI Intelligent Assistant (SIA). Payjo, an Artificial Intelligence Banking Platform developed the Chatbot in collaboration with SBI. • On 25th September 2017, Indonesia announced that the world’s smallest squirrel was discovered by Indonesian scientists in Borneo rain forest, Indonesia. The Bormean pigmy squirrel or exilisciurus exilis was found in Meratus mountain of South Kalimantan province of Indonesia. • On 26th September 2017, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh launched the PENCIL Platform for Effective Enforcement of No Child Labour Project (NCLP), in the National Conference on Child Labour, in New Delhi. Intel has announced the roll out of the 8th generation of the “Intel Core” desktop th processor family which begin from 5 October. It is built for gamers and content creators for heavy duty tasks. • Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) has signed contract with Research Centre Imarat (RCI) for supply of Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missiles (MRSAM) to th Indian Army announced on 25 Sept. 2017. • On 26th September 2017, Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thaawarchand Gehlot launched the

Mobile App ‘Divyang Sarathi’ for the differently abled.This mobile application would empower the ‘Divyangjans’ (differently abled) by providing easy access of information regarding schemes, scholarships, statutes, institutional support systems etc. • NASA and the Russian space agency Roscosmos have announced a new partnership for th human exploration of the moon and deep space on 27 Sept. 2017.Both agencies signed a joint statement on cooperation at the 68th International Astronautical Congress in Adelaide, Australia. • On 28th September 2017, scientists announced that Gravitational waves have been detected for the fourth time, in the fabric of space and time. The www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

gravitational wave signal was formed by the collision of two massive black holes, located about 1.8 billion light-years away. • earchers have discovered a new snake species named ‘Aquatic Rhabdops’ in the north of Western Ghats. The new species of burrowing snakes belongs to genus Rhabdops. It is found in Koyna, Chandoli, Barki and Amboli regions of Maharashtra. • State-run telecom firm Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd has announced agreement with IoT solutions provider Aeris Communications to jointly tap the Internet of Things market in th India on 29 Sept. 2017.The partnership will ensure faster permeation of IoT across India and help businesses and PSUs gain remarkable advantages.

DEFENCE th • On 5 September 2017, India handed over an off-shore patrol vessel, Varuna, to Sri Lanka as a part of stepping up co-operation between the two coast guards. The ship (Varuna) was decommissionedwith traditional honours on August 23 to facilitate the handing over at Kochi. th • On 7 September 2017, the seventh edition of India-Sri Lanka joint maritime naval exercise SLINEX 2017 started near Vishakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh in India on the Bay of Bengal. It will last till 14th September 2017.SLINEX – Sri Lanka India Naval Exercise are a series of naval exercises between the Indian Navy and the Sri Lankan Navy. • Nepal India Joint Military Exercise Surya Kiran has launched and it is to be held from September 3 to 16. This is the 12th edition of the exercise.Joint military exercise, Surya Kiran Nepal Army Battle School at Saljhandi. • Ashok Leyland Defence Systems (ALDS), Russia’s Rosoboronexport and ELCOM Group have signed a cooperation agreement in defence business announced on th 6 of Sept. 2017.The MoU has signed on the sidelines of the International Military Technical Forum Army, held at Kubinka, near Moscow. • Swedish defence giant Saab and Indian conglomerate Adani group has announced a collaboration in defence manufacturing announced on 1st sept 2017.The project would encompass design, development and production of Gripen jets for India in line with the Make in India initiative. • In accordance with the India’s ‘Act East Policy’, two Indian Naval Ships departed for deployment to East and South-East Asia.INS Satpura and INS Kadmatt departed from Visakhapatnam on 8th of Sept. 2017 to visit 12 ports. • The Indian Navy’s woman team has embarked on a circumnavigation of the globe, with Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 10th of Sept. 2017. The Indian Navy calls it a “historic” day for the country.The minister flagged off the first such expedition by the Indian Navy, ‘Navika Sagar Parikrama’, at a ceremony at the INS Mandovi naval training base, Panaji Goa.

• Sweden hosts huge war games exercise with NATO. It is biggest military exercise in more than 20 years with support from NATO countries.Sweden is not a member of NATO but the exercise, called “Aurora”, involves 19,000 troops and will replicate an attack from the east on the Baltic island of Gotland, near the Swedish mainland.

• The air forces of China and Pakistan has begun a joint training exercise and deployed their latest fighter jets and AWACS aircraft.Pakistan has sent JF-17 Thunder fighter jets and early warning aircraft to join the exercise, named “Shaheen VI”. • On September 15, 2017 the final Development Flight Trials of Astra – Beyond Visual Range Air to Air Missile (BVRAAM) were successfully conducted over the Bay of Bengal, Off the Coast of Chandipur, and Odisha .A total of seven trials were conducted against Pilotless Target Aircrafts (PTA) successfully. • On September 15,2017, An indigenous artillery gun Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS), developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the private sector has set a new world record in range by hitting targets at a distance of 48 km.

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• On September 20 2017, two Navy ships, a submarine and two Long Range Maritime Reconnaissance Aircraft of the Western Naval Command (WNC) are presently on deployment to the Western Arabian Sea and the southern Indian Ocean. • The US Army and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) inaugurated a permanent base In Israel.

This is the first time that a permanent American base has been opened in the Middle Eastern country. • On 14th September 2017, The Indian and U.S. armies started the 13th edition of their ‘Yudh Abhyas’ series of joint military exercises.The exercise began on 14th September 2017, at Joint Base Lewis McChord in Washington, United States. • On 16th September 2017, The US and UAE’s joint military exercise began in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The joint military exercise is named as Iron Union 5.The Iron Union 5, is an extension of of Iron Claw exercises. • On 18th September 2017, China and Russia started the second stage of their “Joint Sea-2017” naval exercises in Vladivostok, Russia.The exercises took place in Sea of Japan and the Okhotsk Sea.

• As per the defence ministry the small training maneuvers “Exercise Panda-Kangaroo 2017” were the first joint drills between China and Australia held in China.Chinese and Australian soldiers have ended a series of military exercises in the mountainous terrain of southwestern China. • Turkey was holding naval exercises with NATO members at a time of crisis in relations with several alliance states and controversy over Ankara’s plan to purchase weapons from Russia.The NATO exercises, focused on submarine rescue operations and called “Dynamic Monarch”.It will take place in Turkish waters in the Mediterranean Sea off the resort city of Marmaris. • On 26th September 2017, INS Tarasa, a Water Jet Fast Attack Craft (FAC) was commissioned into the Indian Navy by Vice Admiral Girish Luthra, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command at the Naval Dockyard, in Mumbai.INS Tarasa is 50 m long.It is powered by three water jets, with speed more than 35 knots (65 km/hr).It is equipped with a 30 mm main gun and several light, medium and heavy machine guns. • A new interceptor boat (V-409) which is built by Bharathi Defence and Infrastructure Limited (BDIL) waslaunched at a function held at the Mangaluru Coast Guard yard on The 28-metre long, V-409 interceptor boat has aluminium hull and fitted with new generation of Arneson Surface Drive (ASD) which is drive by two powerful diesel engines of 1650 KW each. • Pakistan and Russia will hold a two-week long military exercise which mainly focuses on counter-terrorism operations. It enhances defence ties between the two countries.The joint exercise DRUZBA 2017 between special forces of Pakistan and Russia Armies started in Minralney Vody, Russia. • On 23rd September 2017, Pakistan Navy successfully test-fired an anti-ship missile from a helicopter in the northern Arabian Sea.The anti-ship missile was fired from Pakistan Navy helicopter Sea King into the open sea.The missile hit its target placed in the sea successfully.

ENVIRONMENT • On august 28,2017 , Archaeologists in Andhra Pradesh have discovered an ancient Buddhist site that dates back to 1st century AD , in Guntur district, in Putlagudem village of Achampet mandal.

• The new species of edible freshwater fish has been discovered in Pampa River in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala. • On 9th September 2017, Egypt announced the discovery of a tomb belonging to a royal goldsmith who lived more than 3,500 years ago, in Luxor, Egypt. www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

• On 13th September 2017, a few mouse deer were released into Amrabad Tiger Reserve, near Mannanur, in Mahbubnagar district of Telengana. • On 13th September 2017, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has released its first compendium named ‘Fauna of Sundarban Biosphere Reserve in Indian Sundarbans’. • On 14th September 2017, International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced that the snow leopard which was considered to be a long endangered species has been upgraded to ‘vulnerable’ status.Snow leopards were listed as endangered species in 1972. • On 20th September 2017, Denmark launched a US based global alliance to manage Climate change, in Copenhagen. Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G) is supported by the following members –China, Indonesia and C40. • On 19th September 2017, scientists have discovered an underwater city built by octopuses and named it as ‘Octlantis’, in Australia. This underwater city built by octopuses was found near the Australian coast. • On 28th September 2017, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency published its new report on global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, in Netherlands.India ranked 3rd in the GHG emissions with an increase of 4.7 % in GHG emissions.

SPORTS • Young Indian shuttler Rahul Bharadwaj is defeated by top seed Thai Kunlavut Vitidsarn in the men’s singles. He finish runners-up at the India Junior International Grand Prix on 3rd Sept 2017. • MS Dhoni reached a record of 100 stumpings in One-Day Internationals during his 301st match, as India played Sri Lanka in the fifth ODI of the five-match series at Colombo.Dhoni surpassed former Sri Lankan wicket-keeper Kumar Sangakkara, who had 99 stumpings in 404 matches. • Nagpur-based Divya Deshmukh clinched the gold medal in the the girls’ U-12 category at the World Cadets Chess Championship at Pocos de Caldas, Brazil.She scored a total of 9.5 points to give India its only medal in the championship this year. • Amritpal Singh becomes first Indian to sign up for Australia’s National Basketball LeagueDraft Combine in Melbourne, Australia.

• India’s Konsam Ormila Devi bagged a gold medal in 44kg weight category on the opening day of theCommonwealth Youth (boys & girls) weightlifting championships.Commonwealth Youth weightlifting Championship was held at Gold Coast, Australia. • The official song for the FIFA Under-17 World Cup football tournament was launched by the Local Organising Committee (LOC) and Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) on 4th of Sept 2017. The official song called “Kar Ke Dikhla De Goal”and the song has been written by lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya and composed by Pritam. • Star India bagged the IPL media rights for TV and digital broadcast for a consolidated sum of Rs.16, 347.5 crore ($ 2.55 billion) for a period of five years.It will start from the 11th edition of IPL 2018 for five years. It pipped Sony to acquire the rights from 2018 to 2022. • Lewis Hamilton has won the Italian Grand Prix 2017 to take lead in Formula-1 title race announced on 3rd sept. 2017. • India has been selected to host the 2019 edition of the Commonwealth (Youth, Junior and Senior) Weightlifting Championships. The current edition of the tournament is being held at the Gold Coast Australia. • Tejasvi Duduka from Hyderabad won the women’s singles of U.S. Open Grand Slam Carrom tournament. Earlier, she had won the Telangana State Women’s singles title in Nizamabad. In the men’s singles, Vemuri Anil Kumar of India finished runner up for the second year in the U.S Open. • India’s Ankur Mittal has won the silver medal in the men’s double trap event at the ISSF Shotgun World Championships held in Moscow.Russia’s Vitaly Fokeev has won the gold medal at ISSF Shotgun World www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

Championships. In the junior category, Ahvar Rizvi also won a silver medal in the same event. AIBA world boxing championships - Hamburg, Germany th • On 25 August 2017, the 2017 edition of AIBA world boxing championships started. This nd event was hosted byHamburg, Germany. The event lasted till 2 September 2017. st • On 31 August 2017, 24 year oldIndian boxer Gaurav Bidhuri and 19 year old American boxer Duke Ragan fought in the semi-finals of the bantamweight (56 kilogram) category.Gaurav Bidhuri lost 0-5 to Duke Raganand clinched  Ukraine’s Oleksandr Khyzhniak wins Best Boxer, Cuba win Best team and USA’s Billy Walsh wins Best   Coach  India’s Sonam Malik bags Gold in Cadet World Wrestling Championship; Neelam settles for bronze. It is held in Athens, Greece   Tottenham have announced plans for the world’s first dividing retractable football pitch at their new stadium on 7th of Sept. 2017. The club’s new ground will boast separate  playing surfaces for NFL and football.  Harinder Pal Sandhu has won the Malaysian Squash Tour. This is his 21st consecutive international match to win in a row.He beat Malaysia’s Mohammed Syafiq Kamal to win   the final match. The tournament was held in in Kuala Lumpur.  On 9th September 2017, India won the Second South Asian Basketball, SABA, Under – 16 Championship, in Kathmandu, Nepal.In its last match India defeated Bhutan by 131 –  50 points.  On 9th September 2017, Joycilline Jepkosgei of Kenya broke her own 10 km road world record, in Prague, Czech Republic. Joycilline Jepkosgei is a 23 year old Kenyan runner. She has become the first woman to run 10 km distance under 30 minutes on road.      Kochi is all set to host the BWF World Senior Badminton Championships from September 11 to 17 2017. The championship will be held in India for the first time. 137th edition - US Open Tennis 2017-New York. Category Winners Runners Men’s singles Rafael Nadal Kevin Anderson Women singles Sloane Stephens of US Madison Keys (US) Men’s doubles Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau Feliciano Lopez and Marc Lopez Women Doubles Chan Yung-Jan and Martina Hingis Lucie Hradecka and Katerina Siniakova. Mixed Doubles Martina Hingis and Jamie Murray Chan Hao-ching and Michael Venus

 On 9th September 2017, Indian tennis player Sumit Nagal won the ITF Futures tournament, in Chennai. S R Subramaniam Memorial ITF Futures tournament was held  on 9thSeptember 2017, in Chennai.  On 12th September 2017, gold medalist Priyanka Panwar was suspended for eight years after she tested positive for a banned performance enhancing drug, in New Delhi.Priyanka Panwar a 29 year old Indian athlete won gold medal in 4x400m  women’s relay at the 2014 Asian Games.  On 13th September 2017, Goa’s Sports Minister Mr.Manohar Ajgaonkar said that Goa   would host the 36th National Games, in Goa. The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) has given the official rights to Goa to host the 36th National Games. The event would be held in November, 2017.

 Maharashtra has won the Chief Minister’s cup at National kickboxing championship. It  has 45 gold medals.The National kickboxing championship is being held in Raipur.  On 13th September 2017, Rishabh Shah of Mumbai, bagged two bronze medals in the Under-14 Rapid and Blitz formats of the 2nd Western Asia Youth Chess Championship in  Sri Lanka.

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 On 15th September 2017, Maharashtra Chief Minister Mr.Devendra Fadnavis launched the ‘Maharashtra Mission 1 Million’ initiative through which 10 lakh (1 million) students across the state would play football, in Mumbai. The FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 is to  happen for the first time in India and in Maharashtra.  On 16th September 2017, South African all-rounder JP Duminy announced his retirement from test cricket, in South Africa.  On 17th September 2017, Indian badminton player PV Sindhu won the women’s singles title at the Korean Open Super Series 2017 by defeating Japanese player Nozomi Okuhara, in Seoul,   South Korea.  Former Sri Lanka batsman Chamara Silva has banned for two-year from cricket-related  activities and for breaching the spirit of the game during a Tier-B first class match.  In the latest ICC T20 rankings of batsmen Indian captain Virat Kohli has remained on top spot with 826 points.In the bowlers’ list, Imad Wasim of Pakistan leads the table with 742  points and India’s Ravichandran  Ashwin is at the 10th placed with 626 points.  Pakistan beat World XI to clinch the final Twenty20 match and the series at Lahore’s th  Gaddafi Stadium on 15 of Sept. 2017.  On 17th September 2017, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton won the Formula 1 Singapore  Grand Prix, in Singapore.  West Indies legend Chris Gayle has become the first batsman to hit 100 sixes in the  shortest format of the game during their Twenty20 International match.  On 17th September 2017, Ana Carrasco of Spain became the first female to win an individual World Championship motorbike race, in Portugal. Ana Carrasco won the 1st place in the Supersport 300 World Championship’s round 10 in Portugal. She has become the first female to win an Individual Championshipmotorbike race.

• On 18th September 2017, British cyclist Mark Beaumont set a new world record by cycling around the world in 79 days, in Paris. Mark Beaumont travelled around the world in 79 days. He beat the previous record of 123 days. • On 20th September 2017, FIFA’s Ethics Committee banned Caribbean soccer leader Gordon Derrick for six years due to financial offenses. • Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has imposed a five-year ban and a fine of one million rupees on batsmanKhalid Latif for his involvement in spot-fixing during the PSL. • The official emblem and slogan for FIFA Women’s World Cup France 2019 were unveiled in Paris, France.The slogan of the tournament “Dare To Shine” reflects the development of football, especially women’s football.

• Los Angeles has received its official go-ahead to host the 2028 Olympics from the International Olympic Committee’s evaluation commission.IOC will award the 2024 Games to Paris and the 2028 Games to Los Angeles. • Chinaman bowler Kuldeep Yadav has become the first Indian spinner to take a hat-trick in ODI cricket during the second match of the ongoing series against Australia at Eden nd Gardens, Kolkata on 22 Sept. 2017. He became only the third Indian after Kapil Dev (1991) and Chetan Sharma (1987) to take a hat-trick in an ODI. • Indian professional badminton player, Rio Olympic silver medalist PUSARLA V. Sindhu has jumped two places to the second spot in the BWF (Badminton World Federation) women’s singles ranking.TAI Tzu Ying of Taiwan ranks first in BWF women’s singles.

OBITUARY • A Japanese man Sumiteru Taniguchi who survived the Nagasaki atomic bomb in August 1945 has died. • Pulitzer-prize winning poet John Ashbery, a post-modern American trailblazer, has died at age 90 in Hudson, New York.

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• Noted poet and activist Shirish Pai had passed away on 2nd sept 2017. She started writing Haiku in 1975. She studied Japanese Haiku, its origin and nature and published five Marathi Haiku books. • Former Union minister and Trinamool Congress MP Sultan Ahmed had passed away on 4th of Sept. 2017. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Uluberia constituency on a TMC ticket. • Arunachal Pradesh Health and Family Welfare Minister Jomde Kena had passed away on 5th Sept. 2017. • Veteran Kannada actor RN Sudarshan had passed away in Bengaluru. He was 78. • On September 11,2017, Former Odisha Health Minister Syed Mustafiz Ahmed (76) passed away today following a prolonged illness.

• LGBT rights activist Edith Windsor passed away. Windsor, whose same-sex marriage fight led to a landmark US ruling, passed away on 12 September 2017. She was 88. • Senior Supreme Court Lawyer and Constitutional expert PP Rao passed away at New Delhi due to cardiac arrest.He was awarded the Padma Bhushan. • Frank Vincent, an American actor died in New Jersey, United States. • Violet Mosse Brown had passed away in Jamaica 6th Sept. 2017. She was born on 10th March 1900. She

became the world’s oldest person on 15th April this year at 117. • On 16th September 2017, Marshal Arjan Singh, who led the Indian Air Force during the 1965 India-Pakistan war, died. Arjan Singh was the IAF chief from 1964-1969. • On 17th September 2017, BJP MP, Mr.Mahant Chandnath, from Alwar, passed away at a hospital in Delhi. Mr.Mahanth Chandnath won the Alwar seat in Rajasthan in 2014 parliamentary elections by defeating Congress candidate and former Union Minister Mr.Jitendra Singh. • On 17th September 2017, Dr.K.S.Chugh, the “father of nephrology in India”, died at the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh. Dr.K.S.Chugh was suffering from blood cancer for the past two years. • On September 17 2017,Former Union minister and senior Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Mohammed

Taslimuddin,74 died in a Chennai Appollo hospital. He had visited to Chennai for a parliamentary committee meeting. • Veteran Congress lawmaker and former Karnataka Minister Qamarul Islam had passed away th on 18 of Sept. 2017. He was 69.

• Stanislav Petrov,a former Soviet military officer credited with preventing a possible nuclear disaster at the peak of the Cold War has died at the age of 77.He died at his home in Moscow in May but his death has only now been made public.He was known in the West as “the man who saved the world”. • Liliane Bettencourt, the L’Oréal heiress and the world’s richest woman, had passed away at the age of 94 on st 21 of Sept. 2017.

• Boxing legend Jake LaMotta passed away aged 95. He was from U.S.A. • Babuji Dheere Chalna’ actress Shakila passes away aged 82.She earned the tag of ‘fairy queen of Indian movies’. • Renowned Marathi writer, journalist Arun Sadhu passes away at 76 in Mumbai • Legendary soul singer Charles Bradley diedin Brooklyn New York. He was 68. th • Former world’s heaviest woman Eman Abd El Aty died in Abu Dhabi on 25 Sept. 2017. • Veteran Bengali actor Dwijen Bandyopadhyay passed awayin Kolkata.

• Former Speaker and sitting MLA of Nagaland Kiyanilie Peseyie died at a private hospital, in Dimapur, Nagaland. • P P Antony, former national women’s hockey coach, who also trained and taught th coaches at the SAI, Bengaluru campus passed away on 27 Sept. 2017. www.saleminstituteofbanking.in Wtsapp:7667 48 48 42

th • Veteran freedom fighter Suryamani Panda had passed away at the age of 96 on 26 of Sept. 2017. th • Hugh Hefner, the founder of Playboy Enterprises, has passed away at the age of 91 on 27 Sept. 2017. • On 28th September 2017, Makhan Lal Fotedar, a veteran Congress leader, died at the age of 85, in Delhi. • Veteran theatre, television and film actor Tom Alter, best known for his performances in th “Shatranj Ke Khilari”, “Junoon” and “Kranti”, passed away at the age of 67 on 30 Sept. 2017. • Radhika Mohan Bhagawati, veteran Guwahati-based journalist and editor of Dainik Asam, oldest Assamese daily newspaper had passed away. He was 84.

BOOKS & AUTHORS • Amish, a best selling writer who has entertained readers with his mythological series on Lord Shiva and Lord Rama, has announced to launch his new book “Immortal India” in non-fiction category.It was published by Westland and Tranquebar Press. • The book of Former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran named “How India Sees the World: Kautilya to the 21st Century” launched by former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh .The book records the crucial meeting of the CCS (Cabinet Committee on Security) on the eve of India-Pakistan Defence Secretary-level talks in May 2006.

• The BCCI player’s handbook is titled ‘100 things every professional cricketer must know’.The handbook document will be the official handbook for all the cricketers registered with the BCCI.The book titled ‘100 things every professional cricketer must know’ which is also in line with Lodha recommendations.

• Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has launched his first book named Hit Refresh. The book includes the inside story of the company’s continuing transformation, Nadella’s own personal journey, Vision for the coming wave of intelligent technologies. • book titled Unstoppable: My Life So Far is authored by tennis star Maria Sharapova was launched in September 2017.The book talks about how a seventeen-year-old Maria Sharapova became popular by defeating the two-time defending champion Serena Williams to win the prestigious Wimbledon. • On September 20 2017, Dr.Mahesh Sharma, Minister of State (Independent charge) for Culture released the book entitled “Bhartiya Kala Mein Salil Kridayen Evam Sadyahsnata Nayika” at a function in National Museum at New Delhi.It was written by Dr. Kshetrapal Gangwar and Shri Sanjib Kumar Singh.

IMPORTANT DAYS • World Coconut Day is all about coconut. Coconut day is celebrated on 2nd of Sep. It is celebrated by theCoconut Development Board.The main function will be held at Vijayawada, with the theme ‘Coconut for Family Nutrition, Health and Wellness.’

• National Nutrition Week has been observed throughout the country from 1st to 7th September. National Nutrition week is used to make the people get every knowledge about the nutrition and its importance for human body.The theme of the National Nutrition Week for 2017 is “Optimal Infant & Young Child Feeding Practices: Better Child Health”. • Each year, Teacher’s Day is celebrated on the 5th of September in India. Teacher’s Day is celebrated to mark in honour of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.The first Teachers’ Day was celebrated in India in 1962. • On 5th September every year International Day of Charity is observed world-wide. It was declared in the United Nations General Assembly in 2012. • On 8th September 2017, 51st International Literacy Day was celebrated at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The theme was`Literacy in a digital world’. • Himalayan Day will be observed across the country on 9th September and the main programme will be held in Dehradun.The theme for this year is ‘Contribution of Himalayas and Our Responsibility’.

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This year’s theme is ‘Take a minute, change a life.’ • On 12th September 2017, United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation is observed. The theme would be “South-South Cooperation in the Era of Economic, Social and Environmental • Transformation: Road to the 40th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Buenos Aires Plan of Action(BAPA+40)”. • On 14th September every year Hindi Diwas (Day) is celebrated in India. After India got Independence in 1947, the selection of official language was of great concern. • On september 15,2017, The international day on democracy was celebrated on United Nations Headquarters on new York, US. This year’s theme is “In defence of democracy: The 20th anniversary of IPU’s Universal Declaration on Democracy” Engineers day was celebrated all over India on 15th September every year by engineering community. It is celebrated as a tribute to the greatest Indian Engineer Bharat Ratna Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya. This year’s theme is “Role of Engineers in a devolping India” • Every year on September 16, the World celebrates the International day for the preservation of Ozone layer as the World Ozone Day. The theme of this year is “Caring for all life under Sun”. • The International Coastal Cleanup day is conducted on September 16 in various parts of the world on the third Saturday of September every year under the aegis of United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and under the aegis of South Asia Co- operative Environment Programme (SACEP) in the South Asian Region. • The International Day of Peace is observed around the world on 21 September. The General Assembly has declared this as a day devoted to strengthening the ideals of peace, both within and among all nations and peoples.The theme for 2017 is “Together for Peace: Respect, Safety and Dignity for All.” • On 25th September 2017, Ministry of Rural Development conducted an event named ‘Bharat ke Kaushalzaade’, to honour beneficiaries of its skill development programmes, at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.Beneficiaries of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) and Rural Self Employment Training Institutes (RSETI) were honoured. • The World Tourism Day is celebrated across the world on 27th of September. The theme for World Tourism Day 2017 is ‘Sustainable Tourism – a Tool for Development’. • The President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind presented the “National Tourism Awards” to various segments of the travel, tourism and hospitality industry at a function organised by Ministry of Tourism in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on World Tourism Day. • World Rabies Day is celebrated annually to raise awareness about rabies prevention. The 2017 World Rabies Day theme is ‘Rabies: Zero by 30’. • Maritime Day is celebrated across the world on 28 September across the world. The theme for 2017 World Maritime Day is ‘Connecting Ships, Ports and People’. • The World Heart Federation (WHF) organizes the World Heart Day, an international campaign on September 29th every year. This year, World Heart Day theme is ‘share the power’. • International Translation Day is celebrated every year on 30 September on the feast of St. Jerome. International Translation Day 2017 theme, ‘Translation and Diversity’.

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Prakash Javadekar Human Resource Development Petroleum and Natural Gas; and Skill Development and Dharmendra Pradhan Entrepreneurship. Piyush Goyal Railways; and Coal. Nirmala Sitharaman Defence Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Minority Affairs. Minister of State (Independent Charge) Rao Inderjit Singh Planning; and Chemicals and Fertilizers. Santosh Kumar Gangwar Labour and Employment. Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Shripad Yesso Naik Homoeopathy (AYUSH). Giriraj Singh Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Development of North Eastern Region; Prime Minister’s Office; Dr. Jitendra Singh Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Department of Atomic Energy; and Department of Space.

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