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Contents
Topic Page Number MOU/Agreement Countries 3 MOU Industry/States/Others 3-5 Appointments and Resignations 5-9 Awards and Recognitions 10-15 Conference and Summits 15-20 International News 20-25 National News 25-35 State News 35-44 Finance and Banking News 44-50 Business News 50-52 Economy News 52-56 Science & Technology 57-58 Defence News 58-60 Sports News 60-69 Committees 69-70 Rankings of Countries 70-72 Rankings (Persons and Organisations) 72-73 Loans from Banks 73-75 Deadlines 75 Books and Authors 76 Obituaries 77-80 Nobel Prize Winners 80 Important Days (Dec-Feb) 81-82 Union Budget 82-83 Important Government Schemes 84-85 Demonitisation in India 86
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MOU/Agreement Countries
India Japan To start a postal service called cool box service , which will help Japanese people living in India to order food from Japan. India Belarus Both countries released a postage stamp to mark 25 years of diplomatic ties between the two sides. India Russia To build the Roppur nuclear power plant in Bangladesh, the first initiative under a Indo-Russia deal to undertake atomic energy projects in third countries. India Switzerland On technical cooperation in the rail sector, including development of tilting trains that tilt on approaching a bend. India Myanmar On upgradation of the Women s Police Training Centre at Yamethin, Myanmar. India Myanmar Agreement on restoration of normalcy and development of the Rakhine State, from where thousands of Rohingya Muslims recently fled following incidents of violence against the community. India Sweden A Sweden-India Startup Sambandh initiative has been launched by Invest India and Founders Alliance in Sweden for higher cooperation among start-ups. India Mozambique To expedite development of the giant Rovuma gas discovery, which is planned to be converted into LNG for exports. Myanmar Bangladesh For the return of over six lakh Rohingya Muslims who had fled to Bangladesh to escape a violent crackdown by the Myanmar military.
MOU Industry/States/Others
NITI Aayog International Road They have signed a Statement of Intent (SoI) to Federation, Geneva (IRF cooperate in the field of Intelligent Transportation Geneva) Systems (ITS). Punjab National Bank BSNL They have teamed up to roll out open mobile wallet Speedpay across 10 states in the country. PNB s Speedway wallet will operate like any other mobile wallet for paying bills, recharging phone besides its users will be able to deposit and withdraw money from authorised retail outlets. Yes Bank IIM-Lucknow They have signed a charter to help spread Climate Literacy, aiming to achieve sustainable development through shared learning. Paytm Payments Bank National Payments to launch a RuPay-powered digital debit card. Corporation of India (NPCI) HSBC Sa-Dhan To develop digital ecosystem for India s unbanked segment. Sa-Dhan is microfinance industry association. Amazon Web Services Microsoft To launch an open-source and deep learning interface (AWS) Gluon that will help developers to deploy machine learning models across several platforms. Indian Railways German Railways To make country s existing rail corridors semi high speed. The semi high speed trains will run at 200 km
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per hour. Punjab National Bank Engineering Export To provide access to finance for the small and medium Promotion Council (EEPC) enterprises and merchant exporters of the council of India Andhra Pradesh Govt Visa For Digital Dhan Sankalp project. It is an initiative to develop Visakhapatnam into India s first less cash city. Vijaya Bank Hindustan Petroleum For enabling all HPCL retail outlets with BHIM/UPI Corporation Ltd (HPCL) merchant solutions. IndusInd Bank MobiKwik To launch a co-branded wallet IndusInd Mobikwik Kotak Mahindra Bank Fintech firm Zeta Launch of Paymint , a multi-wallet digital prepaid solution for salaried employees. AU Small Finance Bank Small Industries To launch a Rs. 200-crore fund for providing loans to Development Bank of India MSMEs. (SIDBI) Yes Bank Abu Dhabi Global Market To further foster cross-border exchange between the (ADGM), the International fintech ecosystems of the United Arab Emirates and Financial Centre in Abu India. Dhabi, Punjab National Bank Action Construction For augmenting tractors/agricultural implements Equipment Ltd (ACE) financing to the farmers across the country through PNB s branch network Yes Bank Innovation Centre Denmark To bring fintech innovations and startups from India (ICDK India) Denmark to India, and facilitate entry of Indian startups to the region. Reliance General YES Bank A comprehensive bancassurance-corporate agency Insurance agreement has been signed between the two. Paytm ICICI Bank To jointly launch Paytm-ICICI Bank Postpaid , the most seamless way to access interest-free short-term digital credit. Karnataka Bank Boston Consulting Group MoU for transformation initiatives of banks. Project - (India) Pvt Ltd KBL Vikaas – was launched for same. Skill Development Maruti Suzuki They have signed an agreement to impart training to Ministry youth and enhance their employment potential. YES Bank European Investment Bank They will co-finance $400-million funding for renewable power generation in the country. Samsung India UNESCO MGIEP (Mahatma Partnership is to launch 360 video and virtual reality Gandhi Institute of (VR) content of two magnificent Indian heritage sites, Education for Peace and the Sun Temple in Konark, Odisha and Taj Mahal in Sustainable Development) Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Samsung Axis Bank Smartphone manufacturer Samsung launched its Bill Payments on its flagship payments service, Samsung Pay in partnership with Axis Bank. Allahabad Bank National e-Governance Agreement for utilizing the latter s Information Utility Services Limited (NeSL) Services envisaged under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. Federal Bank LuLu Exchange (Abu Dhabi- MoU is to leverage blockchain technology for cross-
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based) border remittances Sohan Lal Commodity HDFC Bank and IndusInd The tie-up is to improve the farmers access to post- Management (SLCM) Bank harvest credits at affordable interest rates AU Small Finance Bank Sahaj e-Village MoU for extending its banking service in remote areas through Business Correspondent Agent (BC) model. Sahaj e-Village Limited is a venture initiative of SREI Infrastructure Finance Limited (SIFL) that has been bridging the digital divide between urban and rural India under the flagship of NeGP of the Government of India. HDFC Bank Rajasthan Govt. Under this partnership, HDFC Bank will team up with the state government to provide end-to-end solutions like current accounts, credit cards and other solutions to startups under its SmartUp programme. Indian Institute of India Post Payments Bank Under the agreement, IICA has been entrusted with the Corporate Affairs (IICA) key responsibility of capacity building of IPPB through training of its officials/employees The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) and State Bank of India (SBI) jointly signed an MoU with non-government organisations (NGOs) from West Bengal for financing of 2,500 Joint Liability Groups (JLGs), or informal credit group of farmers.
Appointments and Resignations
Name Post Institution and other Info Rahul Gandhi President Indian National Congress (With this, Sonia Gandhi s 19-year tenure as party president has come to an end.) Rajiv Mehrishi Comptroller and He is Former Union Home Secretary AuditorGeneral of India Uma Shankar Executive Director Reserve Bank of India Dr. A. Surya Prakash Chairman Prasar Bharati Board BJP s Sanyukta Bhatia will be the first woman to hold the Lucknow Municipal Corporation Mayor s post in 100 years after the Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act came into being in 1916 The Union Agriculture Ministry has roped in actor Akshay Kumar for television advertisements to promote the government s flagship agriculture schemes like soil health card and crop insurance. Besides soil health card scheme, the actor will promote Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bhima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana, Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana and others. Salil S. Parekh Chief Executive Officer and Infosys Managing Director Vice Admiral Ajit Kumar Vice Chief Naval Staff, India Preeti Sudan Union Health Secretary Vijay Rupani Chief Minister Gujarat Nitin Patel Deputy Chief Minister Gujarat
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Jairam Thakur Chief Minister Himachal Pradesh Justice U.D. Salvi Acting Chairperson National Green Tribunal (NGT) Ajay Bhushan Pandey Chairman Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN). He is Aadhaar authority UIDAI Chief Executive. Viveck Goenka Chairman Press Trust of India Rajnish Kumar Chairman State Bank of India Suresh Sethi MD and CEO India Post Payments Bank Ashish Srivastava MD and CEO PNB MetLife Jayant Rikhye CEO Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) India Ajay Vipin Nanavati Chairman Syndicate Bank Sankara Narayanan Managing Director (MD) and Vijaya Bank Chief Executive Officer (CEO) P R Seshadri MD and CEO Karur Vysya Bank KV Rama Moorthy MD and CEO Tamilnad Mercantile Bank M Nagaraja Sarma Chief Managing Director United India Insurance Co Ltd. Shashi Shanker Chairman and Managing Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) Director Rajiv Kumar Secretary Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance Rajiv Kumar Vice Chairman NITI Aayog Sanjaya Baru Secretary General Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Ficci) Desh Deepak Verma Secretary General Rajya Sabha India TV chairman and President News Broadcasters Association (NBA) editor-in- chief Rajat Sharma Rajni Kant Mishra Chief Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) Y.C. Modi Director General National Investigation Agency (NIA) Gopal Singh Chairman and Managing Coal India Ltd (CIL) Director B Sambamurthy Chairman Board of National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) Balraj Joshi Chairman-cum-managing NHPC Limited director (CMD) Anita Karwal Chairperson Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Royana Singh Chief Proctor First woman to hold the post at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) Akshay Kumar Ambassador Uttarakhand Swachh Bharat Mission brand ambassador Sanjeev Kapoor Ambassador World Food India s Food Street. Food Street, being held by Ministry of Food Processing Industry, will be hosted for the first time in India from November 3. Parineeti Chopra first Indian woman for Tourism Australia Ambassador Ajay Bisaria India s new High He succeeded Gautam Bambawale
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Commissioner to Pakistan Actress Dia Mirza UN Environment s Goodwill Ambassador for India Ellie Goulding Global Goodwill Ambassador She is British singer-songwriter for UN Environment Mary Kom Ambassador Youth World Championships Vikas Seth Chief Executive Officer Bharti AXA Life Insurance Sudhanshu Jain Chief Financial Officer Paytm Payments Bank (PPB) Sethurathnam Ravi Chairman Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Y.C. Modi Director-General National Investigation Agency (NIA) Ira Joshi Director-General Doordarshan News Ajay Bisaria Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Navtej Sarna Indian Ambassador to the He was supposed to retire November 2017 end, has US been given a year extended. Neelamani N. Raju Karnataka s first woman Director General and Inspector General of Police Kenneth Juster US Ambassador To India S Y Qureshi Ombudsmen to formulate the AIFF Constitution within eight weeks. Salil S. Parekh Chief Executive Officer and Infosys Managing Director Michel Coulomb Head of Sales Apple has appointed him for its operations in India. Narinder Batra President Indian Olympic Association (IOA) Tulsi Gabbard Chairperson World Hindu Congress 2018 Debjani Ghosh 1st woman President National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) Pradeep Singh Kharola Chairman and Managing Air India Director (CMD) B.N. Sharma Chairman National Anti-profiteering Authority – which is under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Act Actor Trisha Krishnan UNICEF celebrity advocate She is the first actor from the South Indian film for child rights industry to receive this honour, which was previously bestowed upon Bollywood celebrities like Nandita Das, Madhuri Dixit, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Raveena Tandon. Rajinder Khanna Deputy National Security Adviser (NSA) Vijay Keshav Gokhale Foreign Secretary of India India He will replace S. Jaishankar AB Mathur Central Government has appointed AB Mathur as the interlocutor on their behalf to hold talks with the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA). Soumeylou Maiga Prime Minister Mali
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AVPS Chakravarthi Ambassador World Packaging Organisation Anupam Kher Chairman Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune Sambit Patra Non-official director Board of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Ltd. Nisha Desai Biswal President US-India Business Council NS Venkatesh Chief Executive Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) Rukaiya Rangwala Business Head MobiKwik Payment Gateway Rakesh Asthana Special Director Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Gurbachan Singh Special Director Intelligence Bureau (IB) Deepak Kumar Mishra and Special Director General Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Sudeep Lakhtakia Rajesh Ranjan and A.P. Special Director General Border Security Force (BSF) Maheshwari Alok Kumar Pateria Additional Director General Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) (ADG) Birendra Prasad Baishya President Indian Weightlifting Federation (IWLF) Suresh Raina Ambassador Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation (GMC) Soumya Swaminathan WHO Deputy Director General for Programmes Jane Ellison WHO Deputy Director General for Corporate Operations Brenda Hale first female president of UK s supreme court Jagmeet Singh first Sikh politician to lead major Canadian party French Audrey Azoulay Director-General UNESCO David Harquail Chairman World Gold Council. It is headquartered in London United Kingdom Eman Al-Ghamdi First time a Saudi woman has been named to a senior government post for the first time. Former United Nations Chair of Ethics Commission International Olympic Committee (IOC) (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Peter Thomson first special envoy for the UN has appointed him as the first special envoy for oceans the oceans, seeking to galvanize efforts to protect the world s seas. Kenneth I Juster Ambassador US Ambassador to India. Juster is Successor to Richard Verma (First US Ambassador to India of Indian origin) Actress Dia Mirza UN Environment s Goodwill Ambassador for India Ellie Goulding Global Goodwill Ambassador She is British singer-songwriter for UN Environment Henrietta Fore (from US) UNICEF Head Appointed by United Nations Kumi Naidoo (from South Secretary General Amnesty International
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Africa) Sebastian Pinera President Chile George Weah President Liberia Constantino Chiwenga Vice President Zimbabwe Jacinda Ardern Prime Minister New Zealand Ukhnaa Khurelsukh Prime Minister Mongolia
Halimah Yacob President First woman and 8th President of Singapore Joao Lourenco President Angola JY Pillay President Singapore s acting President Uhuru Kenyatta President Kenya Borut Pahor President Slovenia Emmerson Mnangagwa President Zimbabwe Mercedes Aráoz Prime Minister Peru Fernández Angela Merkel Chancellor Germany Airtel Payments Bank chief executive Shashi Arora has quit the company after a recent controversy surrounding India s largest telecom operator and its payment bank s alleged violation of rules on using Aadhaar for its electronic know-your-customer (e-KYC) verification process. RESIGNATIONS Airtel Payments Bank chief executive Shashi Arora has quit the company after a recent controversy surrounding India s largest telecom operator and its payment bank s alleged violation of rules on using Aadhaar for its electronic know-your-customer (e-KYC) verification process. Brian Acton, the co-founder of WhatsApp which was later acquired by Facebook, has announced that he was leaving the company to start a non-profit venture of his own. Acton had co-founded WhatsApp with Jan Koum in 2009 and agreed to sell it to Facebook in 2014 for approximately $19 billion USD in cash and stock. Indian women s boxing s first foreign coach, Stephane Cottalorda, has ended his stint abruptly after just one month in India, alleging delay in salary and other payments. He is from Paris, France. Iceland s Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson has resigned Kwon Oh-hyun, Samsung Electronics CEO, vice chairman, and the head resigned from his post Facebook India MD Umang Bedi quits, Bhushan interim MD The Nepal government has accepted the resignation of its Ambassador to India, Deep Kumar Upadhyay, to contest the upcoming parliamentary elections. Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, the country s second-most senior legal officer, has resigned citing personal reasons. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe s appointment as its Goodwill Ambassador has been cancelled. He was just recently appointed as the WHO s Goodwill Ambassador. Robert Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe since independence in 1980 and once proclaimed that only God will remove me, resigned as president Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigned
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Awards and Recognitions
Award Name Person/Institution Extra Knowledge India won award for putting high effort to combat Illegal Wildlife Trade Miss Supranational 2017 Miss Korea Jenny Kim Miss World 2017 Manushi Chillar India s Manushi Chillar won the coveted Miss World 2017 pageant held in China, 17 years after Priyanka Chopra won the title in 2000. Miss Universe 2017 Demi-Leigh Nel- She is from South Africa Peters Miss International 2017 Kevin Lilliana She is from Indonesia Miss India Australia 2017 Aarzu Singh Miss India USA 2017 Shree Saini Mr India 2017 Jitesh Singh Deo He is from Lucknow Mrs India contest (21-34 years) Mayanka Patel Mrs India contest (21-34 years) Poonam Gaur Time magazine s 2017 Person silence breakers The silence breakers — the women behind this year s of the Year #MeToo movement against sexual harassment in America won the award Vyas Samman for year 2017 Mamta Kalia For her novel Dukkham Sukkham 2017 SASTRA Ramanujan Prize Maryna Viazovska Received award for her contribution to number theory Von Hippel Award C.N.R Rao Eminent scientist, Professor C.N.R Rao, has become the first Asian to be chosen for the prestigious Von Hippel Award for his immense contribution in materials research. Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar Vijaya Bank (Region C) ANR National Award S S Rajamouli for his contribution to the Telugu film industry. Shri Shakti Samman Parull Mahaajan She is Eminent Social Activist. Got Award for her phenomenal contribution in the field of Women Empowerment. Global Diversity Award at Salman Khan The Global Diversity Award is given to people of immense Britain s House of Commons stature in terms of what they have done for diversity in the world. Sarala award Banaj Devi She is Noted Odia poet and short story writer. She got Sarala award for her short story compilation Kathapua National Award for Excellence Hyderabad in Energy Management International Airport Ltd National Tourism Awards - Gujarat Hall of Fame award for being the Best State in Comprehensive Development of Tourism
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National Tourism Awards - Madhya Pradesh Best Tourism State Samudra Manthan – Caring Jawaharlal Nehru Organisation of the Year Port Trust award Mother Teresa Memorial Actress Priyanka She has taken up the cause of fighting for the rights of award for Social Justice Chopra refugees and displaced people as a Unicef Goodwill Ambassador People for the Ethical Actress Anushka Treatment of Animals (PETA) Sharma 2017 Person of the Year Award First ever Smita Patil memorial Actress Rekha Given for her contribution in the film industry. National award award-winning actor Smita Patil passed away in 1986. National Design Award G. Satheesh Reddy He is Scientific Adviser to Raksha Mantri and Director General, Missiles and Strategic Systems. Yeraringan Award Prof M S Swaminathan 31st Moortidevi Award for Joy Goswami It is the first time the award will be given to a Bengali 2017 (Bengali Poet) poet. National Awards for senior Gurbax Singh He is Indian boxing coach citizens Sandhu Lal Bahadur Shastri National Bindeshwar Pathak Award for Excellence in Public Administration, Academics and Management for the year 2017 Centenary National Award for Namita Gokhale She is an eminent writer in English language Literature Mathrubhumi Literary Award M K Sanu He is eminent critic, biographer and orator for 2016 Shivarama Karanth Huttura Prakash Raj Prashasti Anna Politkovskaya Award Gauri Lankesh (Posthumously) She is first Indian Journalist to win Anna Politkovskaya Award Hridaynath Mangeshkar Award Javed Akhtar He is veteran writer-lyricist. Padma Prabha Puraskaram Prabha Varma He is eminent poet, lyricist and journalist. Indira Gandhi Award for TM Krishna He is Carnatic vocalist National Integration for 2015- 16 Lifetime Achievement Award Actress Sharmila by the PHD Chamber of Tagore Commerce and Industry Cross of the Order of Merit Rajesh Nath The highest civilian honour awarded to individuals for their services to German Swachh Iconic Place in India Meenakshi Temple located in Madurai, Tamil Nadu Sundareswarar
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Temple Parmod Mahajan Smriti Award Anupam Kher and Saira Banu Golden Peacock Award in N Chandrababu He is current Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister category -- Global Leadership Naidu in Public Service and Economic Transformation Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Former PM Disarmament and Manmohan Singh Development General Insurance Company of Apollo Munich the Year Health Insurance Company Veteran actors Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth and film director K. Raghvendra Rao have bagged the NTR National Film Awards for 2014, 2015 and 2016. Jnanpith award 2017 Krishna Sobti He is an eminent Hindi Litterateur Rashtriya Bal Kalyan Award Anand Kumar President Ram Nath Kovind awarded this year s Rashtriya Bal Kalyan Award to Super 30 founder Anand Kumar for his contributions in the field of teaching and education. Tata Literature Live! Lifetime Girish Karnad Achievement Award 2017 Best film at International Film 120 Beats Per It is a French film, directed by Robin Campillo. Festival of India (IFFI) Minute 3rd ICCR Distinguished Hiroshi Marui He is a Professor from Japan. Indologist award 2017 DSC Prize for South Asian Anuk He is from Sri Lanka. He won for the book - The Story of Literature Arudpragasam a Brief Marriage Mother Teresa Memorial United Nations Award for Social Justice, 2017 High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Airline of the Year for 2018 Air New Zealand American Bazaar Philanthropy Ajay Raju Indian-American attorney award 2017 World Food Prize Award Akinwunmi He is from Nigeria. Adesina Also Adesina is the current President of the African Development Bank. 2017 Man Booker Prize George Saunders He is US Author. Awarded for his novel Lincoln in the Bardo Blue Planet Prize Hans Joachim He is German theoretical physicist Schellnhuber Balzan Prize Bina Agarwal Two U.S. scientists + India Economist BIna Agarwal UN peace prize Zannah Mustapha He is a Nigerian lawyer who helped secure the release of more than 100 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Jawaharlal Nehru Port Container Terminal (JNPCT) was awarded Container Terminal of the Year Award for the
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above 0.6 million TEUs category at The Gateway Awards 2017 held at Mumbai. Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling was honoured for his pioneering work in the field of organic farming during a ceremony at Germany s Lagau on the occasion of the One World Festival.
List of winners of Zee Cine Awards 2018:
Best actor male- Varun Dhawan for Badrinath Ki Dulhania. Best actor female- Sridevi for Mom. Best director- Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari for Bareilly Ki Barfi. Best film- Golmaal Again. Extraordinary franchisee award- Baahubali. Global icon award- Priyanka Chopra. Best script award- Nitesh Tiwari for Bareilly Ki Barfi. Best music director- Amit Trivedi for Secret Superstar. Best male playback Singer- Akhil Sachdeva for Humsafar. Best action director- Sham Kaushal for Kaabil.
RECOGNITIONS The Meghalaya Election Department has entered Limca Book of Records for the formation of the biggest human logo comprising young voters in the state. According Forbes magazine s annual India Rich List 2017 , Reliance Industries chief Mukesh Ambani emerged as India s wealthiest for the 10th straight year Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos has overtaken Bill Gates to become the world s richest person with a net worth of $91.6 billion. Late singer Michael Jackson has been named the highest-earning dead celebrity for the 5th consecutive year by Fo es. His ea i gs ha e ee esti ated to e $ illio ₹ o e . Forbes released the top 20 richest sportsmen in the world for 2017 with Real Madrid superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo leading the chart. Indian consumers regard Google as the most authentic brand, even though Amazon.com tops the list globally, reveal results of the 2017 Authentic Brands Study by the new survey of global communications agency Cohn & Wolfe. Akshay Ruparelia, Indian-origin teenager has made a fortune by selling houses through his online estate agency business during his school lunch breaks and has become one of UK s youngest millionaires. Gina Miller, an Indian-origin campaigner has been named the UK s most influential black person of the year. Sixteen-year-old Mohamad Al Jounde from Syria was awarded the International Children s Peace Prize for his efforts to ensure the rights of Syrian refugee children. Acknowledging the role played by yoga legend Bishnu Charan Ghosh and his family members in spreading Indian postural yoga in Japan, the Japanese postal department has released postage stamps on four of Bengal s famous exponents of the ancient Indian practice. Two mountain ranges on Pluto have been named after Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary respectively by the International Astronomical Union. Tenzing Montes and Hillary Montes are mountain ranges honouring Tenzing Norgay (1914-1986) and Sir Edmund Hillary (1919-2008), the Indian/Nepali Sherpa and New Zealand mountaineer who were the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest and return safely.
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Reliance Foundation Young Champs named as the No.1 grassroots academy in India by the All India Football Federation (AIFF). Mansour Anis, a 14-year-old Indian-origin teenager based in Sharjah, UAE has become one of the youngest pilots to fly a single-engine aircraft Two Indians — Chanda Kochhar and Shikha Sharma — have made it to the rankings of most powerful women in business outside the United States drawn up by the Fortune magazine while Indra Nooyi featured in the top three on the US edition list. Topped by Banco Santander group executive chairman Ana Botin. PepsiCo chairman and CEO Indra Nooyi came in at No. 2 on the US Most Powerful Women in Business list, led by General Motors chairman and CEO Mary Barra. In commemoration of the first anniversary of her canonisation, the Archdiocese of Calcutta is set to declare Mother Teresa as its co-patron. In Karantaka, former DIG D Roopa, who highlighted in a report alleged irregularities at the Central jail in Bengaluru, including preferential treatment to AIADMK leader V K Sasikala, was conferred the President s Medal. Raj Kumar Vaishya, a 98-year-old man has cleared the Masters in Economics examination from Patna s Nalanda Open University (NOU). Google Doodle, today, celebrates 100th birthday of Asima Chatterjee, a renowned Indian chemist, who was the first female Doctorate of Science in India from an Indian University. National Award-winning filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar and veteran actress Hema Malini will be felicitated at the 4th Indian Film Festival of Russia, for their contribution to Indian cinema. Priyanka Chopra to be honoured at Variety s Power of Women World s Most Influential People in Market Structure - Sebi Chairman Ajay Tyagi ranked 7th. Topped by European Union s Commissioner (Competition) Margrethe Vestager. An Indian Police Service (IPS) Officer of Uttar Pradesh Cadre, Aparna Kumar has become the first Indian woman to scale Mount Manaslu, which is the eighth highest mountain peak in the world. CEO of ICICI Bank Chanda Kochhar was named the most powerful woman in India as she ranked 32nd in World s 100 Most Powerful Women list by Forbes. This year s list is topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. With a net worth of $38 billion, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) chairman Mukesh Ambani has topped Forbes annual list of India s 100 richest tycoons of 2017. He is followed by Wipro s Azim Premji and Hinduja family. Tata Power Solar has won Dun & Bradstreet – Everest Infra Awards 2017 under Infrastructure Project category for commissioning India s largest solar project under Domestic Content Requirement for NTPC at Anantapur in Andhra Pradesh. The Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam, the sacred shrine temple has won the UNESCO Asia Pacific Award of Merit 2017 for cultural heritage conservation following the massive renovation and restoration work . Indian short film The School Bag , which tells a story based in Pakistan, has won the Best Short Film Award at the South Asian Film Festival of Montreal (SAFFM). The film is directed by Dheeraj Jindal. Shri Harmandir Sahib also known as Golden Temple and the Darbar Sahib has been awarded as the most visited place of the world. The holy Sikh Shrine is situated in Amritsar, Punjab. It is surrounded by a Sarovar which is fed by river Ravi. Book of World Records, London Awards Harmandir Sahib as the Most Visited Place of the World. India s Ambani family has topped the Forbes list of Asia s 50 Richest Families for the first time, with a net worth of $44.8 billion.
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Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan honoured with personality of the year award at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa. India s foreign-language Oscar hopeful Newton bagged two wins at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Brisbane, with Rajkummar Rao winning the best actor, and writer Mayank Tewari and director Amit V. Masurkar grabbing the best screenplay honour. In a first, a woman has been inducted as a pilot in the Indian Navy. Shubhangi Swaroop, who hails from Uttar Pradesh, will soon be flying Maritime Reconnaissance aircraft. Sixteen-year-old Mohamad Al Jounde from Syria was awarded the International Children s Peace Prize for his efforts to ensure the rights of Syrian refugee children. On the eve of Christmas celebrations, international sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created the world s biggest sand Santa-face with the message world peace on the Puri beach of Odisha. Superstar Salman Khan has once again maintained the top spot in Forbes India Celebrity 100 list for the second consecutive year. Ravi Menon, the Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), has been named the best central bank governor in Asia-Pacific for 2018 by UK-based magazine The Banker. Conference and Summits
Summit Place . Extra Knowledge India will host a meeting of WTO member countries in February 2018 to muster support for food security and other issues. International AYUSH Conference and India Theme -- Lifestyle diseases: Exhibition 2017 Prevention and management through AYUSH CMS Conference of the Parties CMSCOP13 India To be hosted in 2020 as announced by UN for Environment Programme Mitra Shakti 2017 Pune, Maharashtra It is 5th India-Sri Lanka joint training exercise. International seminar and Global Ayurveda Kochi, Kerala . In February, 2018 meet 12th World Sudoku Championship and the Bengaluru . 26th World Puzzle Championship 8th Global Entrepreneurship Summit Hyderabad, Telangana To be held in November. Theme -- Women First, Prosperity for All 14th India-EU Summit India . To be held in October 9th BRICS summit (2017) Xiamen, China 10th BRICS summit Johannesburg, South . to be held in 2018 Africa World Congress on Adolescent Health India To be held in October Theme: Investing in Adolescent Health the Future is Now India Mobile Congress 2017 New Delhi First BIMSTEC disaster management exercise New Delhi, India To be conducted between October 10- 13 and acronymed as BIMSTEC DMEx-
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2017 First ever Nordic-Baltic youth film festival New Delhi . Island Development Agency (IDA) Meet New Delhi . Global Clubfoot Conference New Delhi . 21st World Congress of Mental Health New Delhi World Food India 2017 New Delhi . 1st Heli Expo India and International Civil New Delhi Helicopter Conclave-2017 India Disaster Response Summit New Delhi Jointly by the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) and Facebook Asean-India business and investment New Delhi To be held in January 2018 summit Asean-India Connectivity Summit (AICS) New Delhi Theme: Powering Digital and Physical Linkages for Asia in the 21st Century 15th Russia-India-China (RIC) trilateral meet New Delhi . Japan-India Act East Forum New Delhi . India-Australia-Japan trilateral meeting New Delhi . First meeting of 15th Finance Commission New Delhi Shared Value Summit 2017 New Delhi . 14th Inclusive Finance India Summit New Delhi . First Ever International Conference on New Delhi AYUSH and Wellness Arogya 2017 Bodhi Parva BIMSTEC Festival of Buddhist New Delhi . Global Partnership Summit 2017 New Delhi . International Conference on Sports New Delhi . Medicine and Sports Sciences SAICON 2017 World Conference on Vedas, Vishwa Ved New Delhi . Sammelan 36th International Geological Congress (IGC) New Delhi To be held in year 2020 Hindustan Times Leadership Summit New Delhi Seminar on cyber security in the context of New Delhi Indian Navy Global Conference on Cyber Space (GCCS) New Delhi Theme – Cyber4All: A Secure and Inclusive Cyberspace for Sustainable Development 12th North East Business Summit New Delhi 15th Asia Pacific Computer Emergency New Delhi Response Team (APCERT) Conference South Asia Regional Training and Technical New Delhi It was Interim Meeting of the Steering Assistance Center (SARTTAC) Meet Committee of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) s South Asia Regional Training and Technical Assistance Center (SARTTAC) 42nd World Congress of the International New Delhi Theme - Military Medicine in
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Committee of Military Medicine (ICMM) Transition: Looking Ahead. Consultative Workshop on New National New Delhi Policy on Biofuels 12th meeting of the Standing Committee of New Delhi Inter-State Council (ISC) International Seminar on Indian Space New Delhi Programme: Trends and Opportunities for Industry Global Conference on Stroke New Delhi Asean-India Connectivity Summit (AICS) New Delhi Theme: Powering Digital and Physical Linkages for Asia in the 21st Century Japan-India Act East Forum New Delhi . First meeting of 15th Finance Commission New Delhi Shared Value Summit 2017 New Delhi . First Ever International Conference on New Delhi AYUSH and Wellness Arogya 2017 Bodhi Parva BIMSTEC Festival of Buddhist New Delhi . Global Partnership Summit 2017 New Delhi . International Conference on Sports New Delhi . Medicine and Sports Sciences SAICON 2017 International Tourism Mart Guwahati, Assam . World Congress of Optometry Hyderabad, Telangana Coastal Shipping and Inland Water Kochi, Kerala Transportation Business Summit 2017 12th India-Japan annual summit Gandhinagar, Gujarat Japan PM Shinzo Abe came to India and met PM Modi International Conference on Consumer New Delhi India did not invite Pakistan and North Protection Korea to attend the conference First Meeting of BIMSTEC Task Force on New Delhi Traditional Medicine Third Global Investors India Forum New Delhi Third International Conference on Yoga New Delhi Theme - Yoga for Wellness CMS Vatavaran New Delhi It is an international film festival on environment and wildlife Global meet on Indian space industry New Delhi World Congress on Adolescent Health New Delhi Theme: Investing in Adolescent Health—the Future is Now 2017 Technology Summit New Delhi To be in held in November, 2017 Canada will be the partner country First ever National Conference on Mission New Delhi Mode to address Under-Nutrition Conference on Sustainable Landscapes & New Delhi In the conference, Wood is Good Forest Ecosystems : Theory to Practice campaign launched. The purpose of the campaign is to promote wood as a climate-friendly resource and
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substitute to materials like steel and plastic. First National Conference on Uniformed New Delhi Women in Prison Administration North East Calling New Delhi Rajaswa Gyan Sangam, 2017 New Delhi VASTRA Fair Jaipur, Rajasthan International Conference on Dialogue of India at Delhi, Gandhinagar and Dholavira Civilizations – IV International medical conference Chandigarh . International puppet festival Kolkata The puppet festival is aimed at regenerating the emotions attached to puppetry and it will be held at Mohorkunj in Kolkata. First ever ASEAN-India music festival Purana Quila in New Delhi Skill Seeds International MSME and Startup Hyderabad Expo 2017 20th International Children s Film Festival Hyderabad International Symposium to Promote Jaipur, Rajasthan Innovation & Research in Energy Efficiency (INSPIRE 2017) 12th Biennial International Conference & Jaipur, Rajasthan Exposition of Society of Petroleum Geophysicists (SPG) Asian Bankers Association (ABA) Mumbai Hosted by State Bank, with the theme of Asia s turn to transform . 1st Tribal Entrepreneurship Summit Dantewada, Chhattisgarh Sangai International Festival Manipur First ever North East Development Summit Imphal, Manipur (NEDS) 2017 Nobel Prize Series — India 2018 (Science Goa Impacts Life) India s first Military Literature Festival Chandigarh Organic World Congress – 2017 Greater Noida International Tourism Mart Guwahati, Assam . Regional Conference on Good Governance Guwahati, Assam . and Replication of Best Practices 25th National Children Science Congress Gandhinagar, Gujarat The theme of the Congress was Science and Innovation for Sustainable Development 3rd Annual Meeting of the Board of Mumbai, Maharashtra To be held in June 2018. Governors of AIIB The theme of the meeting will be Mobilizing Finance for Infrastructure: Innovation and Collaboration.
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Indian Science Congress Imphal, Manipur To be held in March 2018 9th International Youth Sailing Competition Krishnapatnam Port in Nellore, Andhra Pradesh 100th Indian Economic Association Guntur, Andhra Pradesh conference 3rd World Telugu Conference Hyderabad, Telangana International Sweet Festival Hyderabad, Telangana 78th Indian History Congress Kolkata, West Bengal India International Coffee Festival (IICF) Bengaluru, Karnataka International conference on climate change Kathmandu, Nepal SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) Sochi, Russia summit Ministerial meeting of the UN Security Japan Council 11th World Trade Organization (WTO) Buenos Aires, Argentina Ministerial Conference (MC11) UNWTO/UNESCO World Conference on Muscat, Oman Tourism and Culture: Fostering Sustainable Development India-UAE Partnership Summit Dubai, UAE United Nations conference on nuclear Abu Dhabi, UAE energy 8th SAARC speaker Parliamentarians Sri Lanka conference ASEAN-India Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas Singapore To be held in 2018 4th ASEAN Defense Ministers Meeting Clark, Philippines (ADMM) Plus -- Southeast Asian defence ministers meeting South Asian Association for Regional Co- Colombo, Sri Lanka operation in Law (SAARCLAW) 2nd World Congress on Marxism Beijing, China To be held in 2018 7th ASEM (Asia–Europe Meeting) Economic Seoul, South Korea Theme for this year s meeting was Ministers Meeting Innovative Partnership for Inclusive Prosperity . UN General Assembly (UNGA) session New York, USA External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj represented India at the annual UNGA session International Hindu Conference Kathmandu, Nepal Theme: Emerging spiritualism: Renaissance of Hinduism International conference on climate change Kathmandu, Nepal SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) Sochi, Russia summit Ministerial meeting of the UN Security Japan Council APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) Da Nang, Vietnam Theme - Creating New Dynamism,
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Summit 2017 Fostering a Shared Future 2017 UN Peacekeeping Defence Ministerial Vancouver, Canada Conference International Energy Agency (IEA) Ministerial Paris, France Meet 23rd Conference of Parties (COP-23) to the Bonn, Germany India Pavilion at COP 23 was also United Nations Framework Convention on inaugurated there. Climate Change (UNFCCC) India s theme for COP 23 is Conserving Now, Preserving Future World Youth Forum 2017 Sharm El sheikh, Egypt International Conference on Ramayan Janakpur, Nepal Circuit and Mithila-Awadh Relations ASEAN Summit 2017 Manila, Philippines East Asia Summit 2017 Manila, Philippines South Asia Economic Summit Kathmandu, Nepal 1st WHO Global Ministerial Conference on Moscow, Russia The conference was themed Ending Ending TB in Sustainable Development Era TB in the Sustainable Development Era: A Multisectoral Response . 13th Asia-Europe Foreign Ministers Meeting Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar For the first time, India, US and Afghanistan will hold a joint trade and investment show in Delhi, as New Delhi steps up to its role of being a bigger development partner to Afghanistan.
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Hurricane Harvey menaces Texas, Louisiana in the USA. Hurricane Maria devastates island of Dominica Mawar, the 16th typhoon of this year, has made landfall in China s Guangdong province, bringing heavy rains and winds, Hurricane Irma kills 10 people in Cuba The WHO has released its first tranche of emergency funding of $175,000 to provide lifesaving healthcare to the vulnerable population in Bangladesh s Cox s Bazar. The US will provide a humanitarian aid package worth $32 million to the Rohingya Muslim minority who have fled violence in Myanmar and crossed into neighbouring Bangladesh. The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that it needs to pump in over $800 million to eliminate measles from five developing economies of South East Asia (SEA) — Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Myanmar and Timor Leste — by 2020. The deadline for elimination of the highly contagious infection, killing annually an estimated 134,200 children globally, is 2020. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has told the South East Asian countries to integrate their national plans and mobilise and utilise resources efficiently to reach the Tuberculosis elimination target of 2030. Norway s sovereign wealth fund, the largest in the world, has reached the value of $1 trillion for the first time, the Norwegian central bank, which manages the fund, said. This amount equals nearly $189,000 (157,000 euros) for each of the 5.3 million people living in Norway.
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Organisations, institutions and individuals advocating non-violence are joining hands with the Indian community in the Netherlands and the Embassy of India to launch a unique campaign titled Follow the Mahatma on October 1 and 2. Chabahar Port in Iran will be operational by the end of 2018. Chabahar port, located in the Sistan-Balochistan province in the energy-rich Persian Gulf nation s southern coast, lies outside the Persian Gulf and is easily accessed from India s western coast, bypassing Pakistan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India will grant gratis visa to Myanmarese citizens wanting to visit the country. 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. UN has said that the security operation targeting Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar seems a textbook example of ethnic cleansing , urging the country to end the cruel military operation in its Rakhine state. Nepal has begun its first-ever survey to remeasure Mount Everest to check if the world s tallest peak s height was altered by the 7.8-magnitude earthquake that struck the country in 2015. Prince Charles, the heir to Britain s throne, has become the longest-serving Prince of Wales in history. United States banking regulator has shut down operations of Pakistan s Habib Bank (HBL) in New York after almost 40 year. The United States has announced $25 million award to the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery for transformational programmes around the world to reduce the prevalence of modern slavery – also known as human trafficking. Sri Lanka has banned plastic bags and other disposable products after one of the country s biggest dump collapsed in April leading to a disposal crisis. The world s highest sandcastle has been created in the German city of Duisburg, standing at 16.68 metres (54.72ft) tall. China is gearing up to ban petrol and diesel cars, a move that would boost electric vehicles and shake up the world´s biggest car market in a country that is plagued by pollution. Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced $76 million for a BRICS economic and technology cooperation plan and another $4 million to support the projects of the bloc s New Development Bank at the BRICS summit in Xiamen, China. China has increased the maximum speed of bullet trains on the Beijing-Shanghai line to 350 kilometres (217 miles) per hour, six years after a fatal accident led to a speed cap. Now it has started operating the world s fastest bullet train, Fusing, between Beijing and Shanghai, the country s busiest route. China hold memorial for world s oldest captive panda named Basi who died at the age of 37 in Fuzhou. Basi was the model for the 1990 Asian Games in Beijing s mascot Panpan. China has issued a commemorative stamp priced at 1.2 yuan in honour of the world s largest radio telescope located in Guizhou province. Chinese real estate giant Evergrande Group s Chairman Hui Ka Yan has become Asia s richest man with a net worth of $41.1 billion. The Chinese government has banned initial coin offerings, a new fundraising phenomenon that has taken the Internet by storm. Nepal has signed a USD 635 million UN assistance package for 2018-2022 to lay out the country s development strategy for the next five years.
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Russia has launched the world s largest and most powerful icebreaker ship, designed to transport cargo via the Northern Sea Route in the Arctic Ocean. Indonesian scientists have found the world s smallest squirrel in the country s Borneo rain forest. The Bormean pigmy squirrel or exilisciurus exilis was found in Meratus mountain of South Kalimantan province. The Tajikistan government has banned its women from wearing veils and has introduced a legislation, wherein it has asked the women to stick to traditional national clothes and culture . London has retained its crown as the world s top financial center in a ranking that surveys industry professionals, extending its lead over New York and Hong Kong despite ongoing uncertainty about the implications of Brexit. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), has taken snow leopard off the endangered list, where it was included in 1972. In the new assessment, IUCN has placed the animal under the less-threatened vulnerable category. Saudi Arabia has invited women to a sports stadium for the first time to attend the kingdom s 87th National Day celebrations with their families. This marks a shift from previous celebrations in the kingdom where women are effectively barred from sports arenas. Saudi women will be allowed to drive in the kingdom in 2018 Saudi Arabia has voted to allow women to issue fatwas, following a vote in Saudi s advisory council. Taxi-hailing app Uber suffered a major blow as Transport for London (TfL) — the body responsible for issuing licences to cab companies — said that from September-end it would lose its licence to operate in the city. Fifty countries have signed a treaty to ban nuclear weapons, a pact that the world s nuclear powers spurned but supporters hailed as a historic agreement nonetheless. Brazil was the first country to sign onto the ban, followed by nations from Algeria to Venezuela. The INTERPOL General Assembly has voted to admit the State of Palestine and the Solomon Islands as new member countries. The membership of the world policing body now totals 192. PM Narendra Modi visited the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in Los Banos, Philippines and inaugurated Shri Narendra Modi Resilient Rice Field Laboratory . Ayodhya Mahotsav , depicting the cultural heritage of the temple town, would be staged in Seoul and Gimhe cities of South Korea next year. In return, a Korea Festival will be held in Lucknow and Ayodhya. India has pledged to contribute about USD 2.87 million to Afghanistan in its latest financial assistance to the neighbouring country. Developing countries will receive $540 million to continue their work in phasing out ozone-depleting chemicals, according to UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Fake news, a term heavily popularised by US President Donald Trump, has been named the word of the year by Collins dictionary due to its widespread use around the world. It was found that the use of this word registered a 365 per cent rise in the last 12 months. Fake News - false, often sensational, information disseminated under the guise of news reporting . Last year, term selected was – BREXIT. US grants $500k to promote religious freedom in India, Sri Lanka United Nations hosts first talks on use of killer robots in Geneva A Curtain Raiser Event for the Founding Ceremony of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) was held in Bonn, Germany.
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Sarajevo Haggadah, the 14th- century richly illuminated Hebrew manuscript, which was brought to Sarajevo through the efforts of Jews fleeing persecution in Spain, has been included in UNESCO s Memory of the World Register. Kazakhstan is changing its name to Qazaqstan as part of a transition from Cyrillic to a Latin-based script. A national commission will be set up to oversee the transition, which will be completed by 2025. A female bottlenose dolphin named Nana , thought to be around 47 years old, has died at a Japanese aquarium A five-ship Indian naval training flotilla, based in Kerala is on a visit to Sri Lanka to foster bridges of friendship between the two countries and expose their trainees to foreign waters. China unveiled one of the world s coolest library with more than one million books to readers. It is located in the Binhai Cultural District in Tianjin, China. China has unveiled Asia s largest artificial island-building ship. China has launched world s first all-electric ship that can travel up to 80 km with 2000-tonnes cargo after a two- hour charge. China, which on its way to emerge as a Space Superpower, has claimed be the first nation to make contact with alien life using the world s largest radio dish. Guinea becomes new member of International Solar Alliance Typhoon Damrey arrives in Vietnam Nepal inaugurated a bridge built with India s financial assistance of USD 430,626 on the Kaligandaki river near China border. Nepal scraps 1200-MW Budhigandaki Hydroelectric project with China Nepal Electricity Authority, NEA has signed a joint venture agreement with a Chinese company to construct 750 MW West Seti hydropower Project. Scientists have developed the world s first artificial intelligence politician that can answer a person s queries regarding local issues such as policies around housing, education and immigration. The virtual politician, called SAM, was created by Nick Gerritsen, a 49-year-old entrepreneur in New Zealand. Syria has officially signed up to the Paris Agreement, leaving only the United States as the only country to reject the global climate-rescue pact. The Saudi Ministry of Trade and Industry declared that Yoga has been listed under sports activities . Russia will create Independent Internet for BRICS Countries. The word populism has been announced as Cambridge Dictionary s Word of the Year 2017. The dictionary defined populism as political ideas and activities that are intended to get the support of ordinary people by giving them what they want . Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has announced the creation of a new virtual currency Petro in a bid to ease the country s economic crisis. US President Donald Trump has recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, breaking nearly 70-year-old US policy. The US has become the first country to recognise the status of Jerusalem which is claimed as the capital by both Israel and Palestine. Australia has became the 26th country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage. The UN has approved a $286 million cut in its annual budget for the next year, a 5% historic reduction in spending .
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The UN General Assembly has decided to mark the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela s birth by holding a high- level meeting focusing on world peace ahead of the annual gathering of world leaders in September 2018. The summit will be called Nelson Mandela Peace Summit . The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions against North Korea in response to its latest launch of a ballistic missile that Pyongyang says is capable of reaching anywhere on the U.S. mainland. For the first time, WHO will add gaming disorder to its International Classification of Diseases (ICD). The ICD — a diagnostic manual that s published by the WHO — was last updated 27 years ago, in 1990. World Health Organisation has declared Gabon a polio-free country , given the lack of new reported or suspected cases in the central African country. Now the disease is endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan China started trial operations of the world s biggest automated container terminal – the Shanghai Yangshan Deep Water Port China s domestically developed AG600, the world s largest amphibious aircraft, performed its maiden flight on 24th December. The world s longest glass bridge, located in China s Hebei province, was opened for the public. Google will open a research lab focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Beijing — its first such centre in Asia - Google AI China Centre . Russia will create Independent Internet for BRICS Countries. The word populism has been announced as Cambridge Dictionary s Word of the Year 2017. The dictionary defined populism as political ideas and activities that are intended to get the support of ordinary people by giving them what they want . The Oxford English has come out with its Word of the Year, and it s a word called — youthquake. Oxford s definition is as follows: A significant cultural, political, or social change arising from the actions or influence of young people. The online dictionary, Merriam-Webster has dubbed feminism its word of the year, meaning it is the most- searched word on Merriam-Webster s website. Feminism can be defined as the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes; organized activity on behalf of women s rights and interests. British authorities have named Mount Hope as the country s new highest peak. Hope, which is sited in the part of the Antarctic claimed by the UK, was recently re-measured and found to tower above the previous title holder, Mount Jackson. Saudi Arabia s Ministry of Culture and Information has announced that commercial cinemas would be allowed to operate in the Kingdom as of early 2018. They will be re-opened after 35 years. Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has announced the creation of a new virtual currency Petro in a bid to ease the country s economic crisis. US President Donald Trump has recognised Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, breaking nearly 70-year-old US policy. The US has become the first country to recognise the status of Jerusalem which is claimed as the capital by both Israel and Palestine. Australia has become the 26th country in the world to legalise same-sex marriage. For the first time ever, a foreign nation has appointed a woman to be its ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Belgium has done this and the woman s name is Dominique Mineur. France s parliament has approved a law banning all exploration and production of oil and natural gas by 2040 within the country and its overseas territories. The French government claims the ban is a world first.
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French sailor Francois Gabart broken the record for sailing around the world alone, circumnavigating the planet in just 42 days and 16 hours. Switzerland unveiled the 52 million-Swiss franc ($52.6 million) project running from Schywz to the mountain village of Stoos. Norway became the world s first country to shut down national broadcasts of its FM network by completing its transition to digital radio. The central bank of Pakistan gave its green signal to using the Chinese currency, Yuan, for bilateral trade with China. The decision came just a day after US President Donald Trump vowed to stop all aid to Islamabad. Unesco has accepted the Turkey s endangered bird language of Black Sea villagers as an endangered part of world heritage in need of urgent protection. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have introduced Value Added Tax (VAT) for the first time. Israel has filed notice to withdraw from the UNESCO alongside the United States. Israel has blasted UNESCO in recent years over the organisation s criticism of Israel s occupation of East Jerusalem and its decision to grant full membership to Palestine in 2011. A new law making it illegal to pay men more than women has taken effect in Iceland. The legislation makes Iceland the first country in the world to legalise equal pay between men and women.
National News US tech giant Google has unveiled Tez - a simple and secure mobile app for digital payments and commerce, built with the goal of working for everyone in India, and is available now for download on Google Play (Android) and the App Store (iOS). App is available in English and seven Indian languages (Hindi, Bengali, Gujrati, Kannada, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu). Tez works in partnership with four Banks – Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, and State Bank of India (SBI) – to facilitate the processing of payments across over 50 UPI enabled banks. The Union Ministry of Human Resource and Development (HRD) on 5 September 2017 launched DIKSHA Portal (diksha.gov.in) for providing digital platform to teachers for making their lifestyle more digital. DIKSHA will enable, accelerate and amplify solutions in the realm of teacher education. PM Narendra Modi launched a postage stamp based on Ramayana during his visit to historic Tulsi Manas temple in Varanasi and said that stamps are a wonderful way to preserve history. The Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA) of the Ministry of Women & Child Development has started a monthly Jan Sampark program to enable the public to have interaction with its officials and staff The government has decided to increase the retirement age of central government doctors including those working under the AYUSH ministry and in the railways to 65 years. Dr. Harshvardhan launched Pt Deen Dayal Upadhyay Vigyan Gram Sankul Pariyojana which will experiment and endeavour to formulate and implement appropriate S&T Interventions for Sustainable Development through cluster approach in Uttarakhand Minister of State Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel launched a nationwide health campaign to sensitise women about the early screening and the preventive care for cancer. Theme – Nurturing the Nurturer . The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has launched two new contraceptives, an injectable contraceptive MPA under the Antara programme and a contraceptive pill, Chhaya, in the public health system to expand the basket of contraceptive choices to meet the emerging needs of couples.
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The Ministry for Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has launched a nationwide hackathon OpenGovDataHack to support and showcase potential ideas/talent from inner India. The hackathon aims to enable participants develop their ideas into apps/infographics primarily by the use of open government data around the themes of drinking water and sanitation, transport, education, health, and crime to a stage, after which it can be evaluated by a jury and be selected for prizes and support/funding. The Union Cabinet has given its approval for an increase of 1% additional Dearness Allowance (DA) to central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners to compensate for price rise. This additional installment of DA represents an increase of 1% over the existing rate of 4% of basic pay/pension. The Union Cabinet approved a Dairy Processing & Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF) with an outlay of Rs 10,881 crore during the period from 2017-18 to 2028-29. India has started Operation Insaniyat to provided assistance to Bangladesh in response to the humanitarian crisis being faced on account of the large influx of Rohingya refugees into that country from Myanmar. INS Garhial of Indian Navy carried around 86 thousand family packs as relief material in the ongoing operation Insaniyat launched in support of Bangladesh for the Rohingya refugees. National Aluminium Company (Nalco), Hindustan Copper (HCL)and MECL, three state-run PSUs, have signed an MoU to form a joint venture — Khanij Bidesh India Ltd (Kabil). Government think-tank Niti Aayog has come out with the National Nutrition Strategy, seeking to put nutrition at the forefront of the narrative of the National Development Agenda. It aims at ensuring every child, adolescent girl and woman attains optimal nutritional status by 2022. The government issued an alert on spread of new malware Locky Ransomware that can lock computers and demand ransom for unlocking them. The Department of Biotechnology announced 3 missions focussing on the northeast India, including the B4, which is centred on the Brahmaputra s biodiversity and biology. This new project aims at starting a lab on boat on Bramhaputra river for biological analysis of the river system. The first laboratory under the Bramhaputra Biodiversity Biology Boat (B4) initiative will cover Pasighat, Dibrugarh, Neemati, Tejpur and Guwahati in Assam. Portal PENCIL (Platform for Effective Enforcement for No Child Labour) — an electronic platform for no child labour in the country is being developed by the Labour Ministry. Launched for effective implementation of the National Child Labour Project (NCLP). On the eve of Antyodaya Diwas 2017, the government has celebrated the Bharat Ke Kaushalzaade occasion on 24th September this year. Antyodaya Diwas has completed 3 years this year on 25th September. India, Asia s third-largest producer and exporter of coffee, has started producing the world s most expensive coffee, made from the poop of civet cat, on a small scale in Coorg district of Karnataka. The Civet coffee is also called as Luwark coffee. GOI inaugurated the first Pension Adalat and a pension app for Central Government employees in New Delhi. The Adalat aims to quick resolve long pending pension cases. Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar launched -Mission 24 for Mumbai s M east ward which is known to have one of highest slum population s in the city. India s first Centre for Animal Law has been established at the NALSAR University of Law At Hyderabad, Telangana. After remaining non-functional for the last three years the Janakpur-Jayanagar Railway line connecting Nepal and India is expected to become functional by 2018. Recently-released black comedy film Newton , starring Rajkummar Rao, is India s official entry to the 90th Academy Awards ceremony.
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The Kandla Port Trust in Gujarat has been renamed Deendayal Port Trust. An MoU was signed by Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya under the Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat program, to boost cultural ties. On the occasion of National Ayurveda Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) at Delhi s Sarita Vihar. The All India Institute of Ayurveda, set up on a total area of 10.015 acres on a budget of Rs 157 crore, is the first medical institute under the AYUSH ministry to hold the coveted National Accreditation Board for Hospitals and Healthcare Providers (NABH) accreditation. India is among the five countries — Pakistan, Nigeria, Congo and Ethiopia being the others — responsible for half of all new-born deaths in the world, according to a UN report. The report, Levels and Trends in Child Mortality 2017 , revealed that 5.6 million children died before reaching the age of five in 2016. However, this is a marked decrease compared to 2000 when nearly 9.9 million children had died before turning five. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the first phase of the roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) ferry service connecting Saurashtra with south Gujarat. The first phase of the project worth Rs 650-crore connects Ghogha of Bhavnagar district in Saurashtra region to Dahej of Bharuch district in south Gujarat. This is the first of its kind project not only in India, but also in South-East Asia. Essar Projects, the EPC arm of Ruias-led Essar Group, has constructed and designed the roll-on-roll-off (ro-ro) terminals at both Dahej and Ghogha ports. India s first Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK) for Skilling in Smart Cities, in collaboration with New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) in New Delhi launched. Government has launched Sampoorna Bima Gram Yojana and expansion of Postal Life Insurance. Sampoorna Bima Gram (SBG) Yojana -- a minimum of one village will be taken up in each of the districts of the country, and efforts will be made to cover all households of the village with at least one Rural Postal Life Insurance policy each. The much-awaited Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) Act has come into effect from October 12 with a provision to bring more services and products like jewellery under the mandatory standard regime. Parliament had, in March 2016, passed the law to replace the BIS Act of 1986. India s first Sewage Treatment Plant under Hybrid Annuity Mode to come up in Haridwar and Varanasi President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated Shirdi International Airport in Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra. Ministries of power and textiles have jointly announced a new scheme SAATHI under which Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL) will provide energy efficient power loom equipment to small and medium units at no upfront cost. SAATHI -- Sustainable and Accelerated Adoption of efficient Textile technologies to Help small Industries. Cabinet approves SANKALP, STRIVE schemes to boost Skill India Mission SANKALP - Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion -- Rs 4,455 crore Centrally sponsored scheme including Rs. 3,300 crore loan support from World Bank. STRIVE - Skill Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement -- Rs. 2,200 crore – central sector scheme, with half of the scheme outlay as World bank loan assistance. The Union Cabinet has approved road building programmes of around Rs 7 lakh crore with a target to construct 83,677 km of roads in the next five years. MSME Delayed Payment Portal – MSME Samadhaan (http://msefc.msme.gov.in), empowering micro and small entrepreneurs across the country to directly register their cases relating to delayed payments by Central Ministries/Departments/CPSEs/State Governments.
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HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar announced that the Paika Bidroha (Paika rebellion) of 1817 will find a place in the history books as the First War of Independence from the next academic session. Paika Bidroha against the British rule took place four decades before the 1857 Sepoy Mutiny, which has so far been regarded as the First War of Indian Independence. The Government of India, has increased its stake in IDBI Bank to 77.79% by acquiring 3.81 per cent shares through preferential allotment. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal launched the railways first set of solar plants in Delhi with a total capacity of 5 megawatt peak (MWp), an ambitious project aimed at reducing the national transporter s carbon footprint. Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated the Indian Railways 110km Bidar-Kalaburgi railway track in the Hyderabad-Karnataka region that is aimed at reducing the distance between Bengaluru and New Delhi by 380km and travel time by six to eight hours President Ram Nath Kovind launched Mata Amritanandamayi Math s Rs 100 crore clean water initiative for rural India at the math headquarters in the coastal hamlet of Vallikkavu in Kerala India has opened 2 immigration check posts along the borders with Myanmar & Bangladesh. Myanmar - Zorinpui check post of Mizoram. Bangladesh - Kawrpuichhuah post of Mizoram. President Ram Nath Kovind on the occasion of World Tourism Day which is celebrated on September 27 annually, launched Incredible India 2.0 Campaign , Adopt a Heritage project. The Centre has launched a six-year project called SECURE Himalaya, to ensure conservation of locally and globally significant biodiversity, land and forest resources in the high Himalayan ecosystem spread over four states in India. SECURE ---- Securing Livelihoods, Conservation, Sustainable use and Restoration of High Range Himalayan ecosystems Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Intensified Mission Indradhanush (IMI). The special drive will focus on improving immunization coverage in select districts and cities to ensure full immunization to more than 90% by December 2018. The Multi-Commodity Exchange of India Ltd (MCX) has launched India s first commodity options in gold, giving stakeholders a new set of financial instruments to hedge their price risks. Nepal and India will be conducting in November a joint head count of tigers in the national parks, forests and sanctuaries along the international border between the two neighbours using a similar camera tapping method. The world s largest combustion research centre which will impart a major boost to the Indian scientific community has been inaugurated at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. India sent first wheat shipment to Afghanistan via Iran s Chabahar port. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Salahuddin Rabbani and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif flagged off the shipment through video-conferencing. To strengthen maritime security, India and the United States have agreed to implement the programme for Helicopter Operations from Ships other Than Aircraft Carriers (HOSTAC). India first country to partner with Facebook on disaster response. The ₹1 currency note completed 100 years on 30 Nov, 2017, after the first note, which was printed in England, was issued o No e e , i I dia. The ote as lau hed e ause the sil e used fo ₹ oi s as ei g used to make weaponry components during Wo ld Wa I. Nota l , he the ote as issued, ₹ as e ui ale t to . g of silver. Since 1917 to 2017, there have been 125 different One Rupee notes that have been issued for circulation with different serial numbers and signatures.
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The Union Cabinet approved India s membership for European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), a move which will help it obtain funding in various areas including services and manufacturing. Government approved new scheme called Mahila Shakti Kendra and expanded the umbrella scheme Mission for Protection and Empowerment for Women for a period 2017-18 to 2019-20. Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2017 was held in Hyderabad between November 28 and November 30. This year s Summit highlighted the theme Women First, Prosperity for All . Mitra , a made-in-India robot developed by Bengaluru-based Invento Robotics, declared the start of GES 2017. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US First daughter Ivanka Trump inaugurated the event by pressing a button on the bot. Government launched a new mobile app — UMANG (Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance) which will allow citizens to access Government services on a single platform. App has been developed by SpiceDigital. Under Ek Bharat-Shreshtha Bharat Yojana, Madhya Pradesh has been made partner of Manipur and Nagaland. Ministry of Human Resources Development has launched a Digital Signature campaign on Constitution Day affirming faith in Indian Constitution and to generate awareness on fundamental duties enshrined in the Constitution. The Centre approved setting up of Pradhan Mantri Mahila Shakti Kendras across 115 most backward districts of the country for reaching out to rural women and facilitating skill development, employment, digital literacy, health and nutrition. The government has given the go-ahead for setting up India s first mega coastal economic zone (CEZ) at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Maharashtra as part of a plan to develop 14 such industrial clusters to spur manufacturing and generate jobs. The Ministry of Finance increased the maximum age of joining the National Pension System (NPS) from the existing 60 years to 65 years under NPS – Private Sector (i.e. all citizen and corporate model). Goa ranks top, Bihar at bottom of Gender Vulnerability Index released by Child development NGO Plan India. According to a joint study by Assocham and EY, India is home to the largest number of malnourished children in the world. Railways has launched the main arch of the world s highest bridge on the River Chenab in Jammu and Kashmir s Reasi district which will provide direct connectivity to the Kashmir valley. The Inter-State Council, which is mandated to investigate and advise on disputes between states, has been reconstituted with Prime Minister Narendra Modi as its chairman and six Union ministers and all chief ministers as members. According to a gazette notification, the Union ministers who will be members of the reconstituted council are Rajnath Singh (home), Sushma Swaraj (external affairs), Arun Jaitley (finance), Nitin Gadkari (road transport), Thaawar Chand Gehlot (social justice and empowerment) and Nirmala Sitharaman (defence). Cabinet approved extension of the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) as RKVY-RAFTAAR for fiscals 2017-18 to 2019-20. The Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana – Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied sector Rejuvenation (RKVY- RAFTAAR) will incentivise states in increasing allocations to agricultural and allied sectors to boost farm output. The financial allocation of the scheme will be Rs 15,722 crore. Power and New & Renewable Energy Ministry, launched the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana – Saubhagya Web Portal.
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World Food India 2017 - launched Nivesh Bandhu , an Investor Facilitation Portal. Karnataka was the focus State. Chef Sanjeev Kapoor was named brand ambassador for World Food India s Food Street. Germany, Japan and Denmark were partner countries to World Food India, while Italy and the Netherlands were the focus countries. A Pan India scholarship program for school children called Deen Dayal SPARSH Yojana has been launched by the government to increase the reach of Philately. SPARSH (Scholarship for Promotion of Aptitude & Research in Stamps as a Hobby) Border Roads Organisation (BRO) has constructed the world s highest motorable road in the cold desert of Ladakh. Tata Steel has established India s largest Coke Dry Quenching (CDQ) facility, capable of handling 200 metric tonnes per hour, at its state-of-the-art steel plant at Kalinganagar Industrial Complex in Jajpur district of Odisha. The National Institution for Transforming India (NITI Aayog) in its document called New India @2022 anticipated a New India by 2022 that will be free from poverty, dirt, corruption, terrorism, casteism and communalism The government made installation of FASTag, a rechargeable card that uses passive radio frequency identification (RFID ) technology to debit toll charges automatically, mandatory for all four-wheel automobiles sold from December 1. The government has more than tripled the maximum amount that a central government employee can borrow from the government to Rs 25 lakh, from Rs 7.50 lakh earlier. India sets Guinness Record for cooking 918 kgs of Khichdi at the World Food India 2017 event. The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) opened its campus to an Israel Centre which is aimed at becoming a bridge of academic collaboration between India and Israel. India has pledged an additional USD 100 million towards the UN partnership fund, significantly scaling up its support to sustainable development projects across the developing world. Shri Piyush Goyal, Union Minister of Railways & Coal launched Grahak Sadak Koyla Vitaran App benefitting customers of Coal India Limited (CIL) lifting coal through road mode. Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi launched SHe-box (sexual harassment electronic box), an online portal for registering complaint related to sexual harassment in non-government and government organisations. Unesco, the UN cultural organisation, has included Chennai in its list of Creative Cities for its contribution to music. Chennai is the third Indian city on the list of UNESCO Creative Cities list after Jaipur and Varanasi. Google Arts and Culture unveils its first lab experiment in India in Mumbai. A new passenger train between West Bengal and Bangladesh, Bandhan Express, was flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina via video conferencing. The train will connect Kolkata to Khulna in Bangladesh. This will be the second train to run between the two countries after Maitree Express that runs between Dhaka and Kolkata. Northeast to get India s first air dispensary. Number of pilgrims visiting the Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir limited to 50,000 a day, to avoid any mishap. WCD Ministry to hosted Hausala 2017 to Celebrate Child Rights Week from 16-20 November 2017. The government has launched phase 2 of BharatNet to connect 1.5 lakh gram panchayats with high-speed broadband by March 2019. Phase 1 of BharatNet set to complete by the end of 2017. Railways to start 9-month upskilling exercise named Project Saksham for employees in January
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The US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced $1 million to create awareness about Tuberculosis (TB) to help India in its fight against the disease. The move would support Prime Minister Modi s ultimate goal of securing a TB-free India by 2025. World s first Sanskrit 3D film Anurakthi was among the main attraction in 3D category at the International Film Festival of India in Panaji in Goa. Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar launched the Jai Kisaan App, a farmer engagement app packed with features and functions to fulfill the needs of the farmers community in India. The Eastern Railways has pressed India s first Swarna Rajdhani rake - Sealdah – New Delhi Rajdhani . Indian Railways decided to upgrade Premium Rajdhani and Shatabdi trains under Project Swarna . Tata Power Solar has commissioned India s first rooftop solar car port at Unity One mall in Rohini, Delhi. Bombay Stock Exchange Institute Ltd. (BIL), has signed an MoU with DLT Labs in Mumbai to set up the country s first state-of-the-art Block Chain Lab in an institution. Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has collaborated with app-based taxi aggregator Ola to launch the country s first electric charging station at one of its petrol/diesel stations in Nagpur. Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh has sent a proposal to United Nations for declaring 2018 as International Year of Millets to raise awareness among consumers, policy makers, industry and research sector. Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe arrived in Bengaluru on 4 day visit to India. A biographical film on the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) supremo and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal titled An Insignificant Man was finally released on November 17, 2017. The film has been directed by Khushboo Ranka and Vina Shukla. A two-day Korea festival showcasing Korea s rich art, culture and heritage was inaugurated by Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO) Executive Vice President Min Hong Min at the Ambience Mall in Gurugram, Haryana. According to the state-wise analysis of state of women entrepreneurship in the country by Sheatwork, a knowledge hub for women entrepreneurs, Tamil Nadu has the highest number of women entrepreneurs in India, followed by Kerala and West Bengal The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Modi has approved setting up of National Nutrition Mission (NNM) with a three year budget of Rs.9046.17 crore commencing from 2017-18. India won the election to the Council of International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in Category-B which represents the developing countries and countries with largest interests in international sea-borne trade. The Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has approved the construction of 1.12 lakh more affordable houses for urban poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). Under PMAY(U), the government targets to provide houses to all urban poor by 2022. Currently, the shortage of houses is pegged at 1.2 crore. Madame Tussauds has debuted in Delhi, with 50 wax models of Indian and international celebrities. Waxworks of Bollywood actors, sports stars, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and father of the Indian nation Mahatma Gandhi are on display at the museum. The Delhi centre is the 23rd museum for Madame Tussauds. Cyclone Ockhi hit southern Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Lakshadweep Government of India increased the budget of Agricultural Education by 47.4% this year as compared to the financial year 2013-14. India s Kumbh Mela (held in Allahabad, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nasik) has been recognised by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity .
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Centre offers Rs 2.5 lakh for every inter-caste marriage with a Dalit With 19 countries ratifying its framework agreement, the International Solar Alliance (ISA) headquartered Gurugram became the first treaty-based international government organisation to be based in India. Australia is the 19th member to join ISA. In the World Energy Access report released by the International Energy Agency (IEA), IES has said that India will achieve electricity for all by early 2020s. India has been admitted as the 42nd member of the Wassenaar Arrangement, a global export control regime. Kacheguda Railway Station (in Hyderabad) under the South Central Railway (SCR) has earned the unique distinction of being the first Energy Efficient A1 Category Railway Station on Indian Railways. The waste management system being implemented in Kerala s coastal town of Alappuzha, often called the Venice of East , has been recognised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as one of the five models across the world for fighting the pollution menace. A Public Procurement Portal MSME Sambandh was launched by the government for MSME in New Delhi. India has been declared free from infective Trachoma which is a contagious bacterial infection of the eye. It causes inflamed granulation on the inner surface of the lids. UN Women in collaboration with Facebook inaugurated a two day event in Mumbai titled We The Women to empower and recognise the magnificent contribution of women in our society. Haryana (with 69 per cent score) has topped the list in the ease of doing business rankings, according to government data. It is followed by Telangana (68.46) and Gujarat (67.74). Russia s Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin visited India. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is back in power for the sixth straight term in Gujarat and also it has won the Himachal Pradesh Elections. With this, the party now controls 19 of the 29 states. The Union Cabinet approved a Bill that makes instant triple talaq or talaq-e-biddat a criminal offence and a Muslim husband resorting to instant talaq can be jailed for up to three years. This Bill will adjudicate all cases of instant triple talaq across the country except Jammu and Kashmir. At least 10 leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will be taking part in the 2018 Republic Day celebrations as chief guests. In a bid to give users timely updates from verified users such as celebrities and organisations directly from the source, Google announced the launch of Posts feature in India. The government informed the Lok Sabha that it had so far infused a capital of Rs 51,858 crore in Public Sector Banks (PSBs) under its Indradhanush Plan since 2015-16. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Ockhi affected Lakshwadeep, Tamil Nadu and Kerala to take stock of situation, and met affected people. There he announced a relief package of Rs 325 crore for all 3 states and ex- gratia assistance of Rs. 2 lakh to the next of kin of the deceased. The government has approved setting up of a total 42 Mega Food Parks in the country to create modern infrastructure for food processing. The Union Cabinet chaired by PM Modi has approved setting up of National Nutrition Mission (NNM) with a three year budget of Rs.9046.17 crore commencing from 2017-18. India won the election to the Council of International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in Category-B which represents the developing countries and countries with largest interests in international sea-borne trade.
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Centre announced Rs 90,000 crore for improving roads and national highways in the Northeast in the next two to three years to facilitate better connectivity. The Government has decided to make additional market borrowing of only 50,000 crore in the remaining period of the current fiscal year to meet expenditure. The Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry has approved the construction of 1.12 lakh more affordable houses for urban poor under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). Under PMAY(U), the government targets to provide houses to all urban poor by 2022. Currently, the shortage of houses is pegged at 1.2 crore. Later in the month, Ministry approved the construction of 5,45,090 more affordable houses for the benefit of urban poor under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) with an investment of Rs. 31,003 cr with central assistance of Rs. 8,107 cr. The govern e t has app o ed ₹ , o e fo p o idi g i te et o e ti it to people i all g a pa ha ats under BharatNet project. Centre released Rs 24,500 crore to compensate states post GST. Karnataka got maximum compensation from the Centre at Rs 3,271 crore, followed by Gujarat (Rs 2,282 crore) and Punjab (Rs 2,098 crore). The Centre has sanctioned 1250 crore rupees for the development of transport sector of Assam. Home Ministry has released 167 crore rupees to nine states with international border for the development of infrastructure in forward areas. States - Meghalaya, Punjab, Rajasthan, Bihar, Sikkim, Tripura, Assam, Himachal Pradesh and West Bengal. The home ministry has released Rs 174 crore to six states having an international border for development of infrastructure in forward areas. States - Assam, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. The Union Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) approved a new skill development scheme (Scheme for Capacity Building in Textile Sector (SCBTS)), covering the textile sector s entire value chain excluding spinning and weaving in the organised sector, from 2017-18 to 2019-20 at an outlay of Rs 1,300 crore. Government launched project DARPAN - Digital Advancement of Rural Post Office for a New India in New Delhi. DARPAN will provide low-power technology solution which will enable each of around 1.29 Lakhs Branch Post Offices to improve the level of services being offered to rural customers. It is targeted to complete the project by March 2018. Ministry of Environment and Forests has launched a pilot project named Blue Flag for beach cleanup and development. The objective of the project is to enhance standards of cleanliness and upkeep basic amenities at beaches. Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad launched first NIC-CERT, a setup of National Informatics Centre to prevent and predict cyber attacks on government utilities. With the motto to improve labour room quality, the government has launched LaQshya, a safe delivery mobile application for health workers who manage normal and complicated deliveries in peripheral areas. India has announced a development assistance of $25 million for Myanmar s Rakhine State, from where thousands of Rohingya Muslims recently fled following incidents of violence against the community. The centre s ambitious Ganga Gram Project, aimed at holistic development of villages situated along the bank of the holy river, was launched in New Delhi. A new LIGO gravitational wave detector to measure ripples in the fabric of space and time is set to be built in India by 2025, in collaboration with universities from across the globe.
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Madame Tussauds has debuted in Delhi, with 50 wax models of Indian and international celebrities. Waxworks of Bollywood actors, sports stars, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and father of the Indian nation Mahatma Gandhi are on display at the museum. The Delhi centre is the 23rd museum for Madame Tussauds. An online platform, electronic-Human Resource Management System (e-HRMS), has been launched for central government employees to apply for leave and access their service-related information. Agriculture Ministry launched Livestock Disease Forewarning –Mobile Application (LDF-Mobile App). Nirmala Sitharaman has launched a start-up incubation centre called the Centre for Entrepreneurship Opportunities and Learning (CEOL) in Mangaluru, Karnataka. To combat climate change, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has approved a regional project on Climate Resilience Building among Farmers through Crop Residue Management under the National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change (NAFCC). India will be establishing a Centre of Excellence in Information Technology (CEIT) at Al Azhar University, Egypt s highest religious authority and one of the world s most eminent seats of Sunni Muslim learning. Cyclone Ockhi hit southern Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Lakshadweep Government of India increased the budget of Agricultural Education by 47.4% this year as compared to the financial year 2013-14. India s Kumbh Mela (held in Allahabad, Haridwar, Ujjain and Nasik) has been recognised by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage of humanity . Centre offers Rs 2.5 lakh for every inter-caste marriage with a Dalit With 19 countries ratifying its framework agreement, the International Solar Alliance (ISA) headquartered Gurugram became the first treaty-based international government organisation to be based in India. Australia is the 19th member to join ISA. In the World Energy Access report released by the International Energy Agency (IEA), IES has said that India will achieve electricity for all by early 2020s. India has been admitted as the 42nd member of the Wassenaar Arrangement, a global export control regime. Kacheguda Railway Station (in Hyderabad) under the South Central Railway (SCR) has earned the unique distinction of being the first Energy Efficient A1 Category Railway Station on Indian Railways. The waste management system being implemented in Kerala s coastal town of Alappuzha, often called the Venice of East , has been recognised by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) as one of the five models across the world for fighting the pollution menace. A Public Procurement Portal MSME Sambandh was launched by the government for MSME in New Delhi. India has been declared free from infective Trachoma which is a contagious bacterial infection of the eye. It causes inflamed granulation on the inner surface of the lids. With an aim to bring foreign policy to the masses the External Affairs Ministry has come up with an initiative – SAMEEP – Students and MEA Engagement Programme . Under this MEA officials will talk to students to help them better understand foreign policy. UN Women in collaboration with Facebook inaugurated a two day event in Mumbai titled We The Women to empower and recognise the magnificent contribution of women in our society. The Union Cabinet approved the Ministry of Railways transformative initiative to set up the first ever National Rail and Transport University (NRTU) in Gujarat s Vadodara.
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India s first pod taxi project is going to get completed. The p oje ted ₹ , -crore pod taxi scheme — also known as Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) — is a dream project of Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, and the NHAI has been mandated to execute it on Delhi-Gurgaon pilot corridor (12.3 km) from Delhi-Haryana border to Rajiv Chowk in Gurgaon on a PPP (public-private partnership) basis. India has provided medical assistance worth about $1 million to Yemen in response to a request from the Yemeni government. Patanjali has been ranked as India s most trusted Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) Brand by the Brand Trust Report India Study 2017 and has been announced as the most attractive brand in India. The Indian Navy in collaboration with the Sri Lankan navy successfully completed the second phase of the joint oceanographic survey conducted off the South Western Coast of Sri Lanka. Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi launched a web portal, NARI, which will provide information on all government schemes for women. Users can log on to www.nari.nic.in to access information on different programmes offered by various state governments as well as the Centre. Gandhi also unveiled a website for NGOs called e-SAMVAD, an interactive portal allowing NGOs to contact the ministry and share their feedback, suggestions, grievances and their best practices. The Union Health Ministry launched the nation s first digital Online Oncology Tutorial Series, which aims to train doctors across the country in early detection, prevention, palliation, rehabilitation and treatment of various cancers. Government has sought views and suggestions of people from all walks of life to move ahead on the idea. The government has launched MyGov platform where it invites citizens, members of civil society, journalists, students, teachers, police officers, government employees, Parliamentarians, academics experts, bureaucrats, social media influencers, think tanks and all other interested people to give their considered view on the subject. Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Prakash Javadekar released the All India Survey on Higher Education (AISHE) for the year 2016-17 in New Delhi. According to this survey, the number of students enrolling for higher education in India saw a marginal 0.7 per cent increase in 2016-17. India has excluded Pakistan from the list of SAARC member countries with which it will be connecting its state-of- the-art National Knowledge Network (NKN) for sharing scientific databases and remote access to advanced research facilities.
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Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh has announced a new programme to offer prayers to water bodies and to create awareness among the public regarding water preservation. Named Jala Siriki Haarati , the programme is aimed at praying at all the rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, irrigation projects, water reservoirs, check dams and all kinds of water bodies. The Andhra Pradesh government has signed an MoU with the US-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies to build India s first Hyperloop system. The planned project is aimed at connecting cities Amaravati and Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, supposedly covering the distance of over 35 km in just five minutes. Andhra Pradesh has released People First mobile application for grievance redressal at the Collectors conference in Vijayawada. Under this application, people of Andhra Pradesh can dial 1100 to register complaints about government services and schemes.
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Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu declared that the year of 2017 as e-pragati year. No helmet, no petrol rule comes into force in Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu launched Swachh Andhra Mission on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti. PV Sindhu has been chosen as the brand ambassador of Swachh Andhra. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu laid the foundation stone for the TU142M aircraft museum in Visakhapatnam. The Russian aircraft, which was decommissioned in March 2017 at INS Rajali in Tamil Nadu after 29 years, was brought to the city on April 8 to be converted into a Museum. Etikoppaka toys of Andhra, popularly known as Lakkapidathalu, have received Geographical Indication by the Registration of Geographical Indication, categorised in class 20 of the toys category. The Araku valley near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh hosted the first edition of its Hot Air Balloon Festival. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the Naval Maritime Aircraft Museum in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh featuring the maritime patrol aircraft Tupolev-142M, which served the Navy for almost three decades. The Andhra Pradesh Government in association with the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) is planning to establish a centre of excellence for children with learning differences as well as a gaming for e-learning hub . It will be the first of the its kind in India and in Asia-Pacific region. India s first Electronic Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) will be coming to Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu declared 2018 as Telugu promotion year.
Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh s biggest festival Solung of the Adi Tribe was celebrated with traditional fervor and in a grand way at Boleng in Siang District on September 3. The Arunachal Assembly has passed a bill paving way for creation of a new district to be named Kamle. With the official creation of the new district, the total number of districts in the state shot up to 23. Arunachal Pradesh has been declared Open Defecation Free. It has become the second state in the North East after Sikkim to achieve the status with the declaration of Upper Subansiri, Siang, and Changlang districts as officially Open Defecation Free.
Assam Assam has become first state to pass a legislation which states that Assam government employees who dump parents will lose part salary. The Assam Assembly passed The Assam Employees Parental Responsibility And Norms for Accountability and Monitoring (PRANAM) 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. Singapore will set up a Skill Center at Guwahati which will cater to the entire North-Eastern region. A 100-ft tall bamboo idol of Goddess in Assam is all set to enter the Guinness Book of Records as the tallest bamboo sculpture ever made in the world A program called SATH- Sustainable Action for Transforming Human Capital, a joint initiative of Government of Assam and NITI Aayog, which aims to provide structured support to Assam in identifying key health priorities and implement the solutions towards transforming the health and improving the well-being of people of Assam has been launched in Assam. Foundation stone for the country s first ever Industrial Training Institute for the Dibyangans exclusively was laid on October 3 in Dibrugarh in Assam.
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ISRO to set up research centre in Guwahati, Assam The first ever Namami Barak festival was held at Silchar in Assam. In a bid to add more dynamism to Assam government s initiatives of financial inclusion and bringing all sections of the people under the ambit of banking sector and cashless transaction, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal ceremonially launched the Chah Bagichar Dhan Puraskar Mela 2017-18.
Bihar Sonepur cattle fair, considered as Asia s largest such, kicked-off in Bihar. The Bihar government gave its nod for setting up a State Ayush Society to give a boost to alternative medicine in the state. In a unique initiative, Gender Alliance Bihar, a collective effort of over 270 civil society organisations backed by the UN Population Fund, has come up with a mobile application Bandhan Tod to fight the rampant social evil of child marriage in the state. In Bihar, four-day Chhat Pooja celebrations are beginning from today (24 October), with NAHAY-KHAY. Kharna rituals will be held tomorrow. Bihar government has launched Safe City Surveillance Scheme for keeping the crimes against women in check. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar laid foundation stones for more than 100 projects worth Rs 700 crore in Nalanda district as part of his state-wide Vikas Samiksha Yatra .
Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh bans use of chlorinated plastic and Polyvinyl Chloride. Chhattisgarh has become the first state in the country to award citizenship to as many as 51 Hindu families who had migrated from Pakistan several years ago. Jokapatha village, a tribal village in Chhattisgarh s Balrampur district has got electricity connection for the first time. The village had been deprived of power supply since independence.
Delhi The Supreme Court has placed a ban on the sale of firecrackers in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) during the upcoming festive season of Diwali. The ban will remain in effect till November 1. New Delhi, the national capital, has been named as world s worst megacity for sexual violence against women in a survey conducted by the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd installed the Nobel Memorial Wall at Rajiv Chowk metro station for the seventh consecutive year. The Delhi government signed a twin city agreement with the Seoul Metropolitan Government for strengthening cooperation in the fields of e-governance, transportation, climate change and smart city. Dr Ambedkar International Centre inaugurated by PM Modi in New Delhi. The South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has launched a new scheme for the poor that will allow them to buy meal for Rs 10 from the civic body s kiosks during the day.
Goa Goa will be hosting the third edition of the Science Film Festival of India in January 2018. The festival is titled SCI-FFI Goa.
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Gujarat Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a unique world-class hospital at the Swaminarayan Gurukul Vidyapeeth Pratisthanam in Ahmedabad. Gujarat on October 10 reduced VAT on petrol and diesel by 4%, becoming the first state to give relief to consumers from a recent surge in oil prices. The Centre has given green clearance for a greenfield airport project at Hirasar, about 28 km from Rajkot in Gujarat, at a cost of over Rs. 1,400 crores. Birsa Munda Tribal University inaugurated in the tribal dominated Rajpipla town in Narmada district about 90 kms from Vadodara. Ahmedabad in Gujarat has been formally accorded the status of India s first World Heritage City. The honour makes the walled city of Ahmedabad the first city in India, and the third in Asia after Bhaktapur (Nepal) and Galle (Sri Lanka). Making steps towards digital revolution in the schools of Gujarat, state govt. launched state-wide Gyankunj Project on Teachers Day. The objective of the project is to produce world-class students. Gujarat government has launched Shramik Annapoorna Yojana (Construction Workers Meal Scheme), under which each registered worker is provided a plateful of food for a mere Rs 10 with the Gujarat government providing a hefty subsidy of Rs 19 per meal. The ₹ -crore high-speed rail training centre for the first bullet train project will be set up in Vadodara, Gujarat. Amaazia, India s first Cartoon Network branded amusement park, will open in Surat, Gujarat in the first quarter of 2019. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a unique world-class hospital at the Swaminarayan Gurukul Vidyapeeth Pratisthanam in Ahmedabad. The Animal Husbandry department of Gujarat government, has banned all voluntary animal care and non- government organisations working under the Karuna Abhiyan to operate in residential areas during the Uttarayan festival this year.
Haryana President Ram Nath Kovind has accorded approval to the proposal for setting up the world s first AYUSH University at Haryana s Kurukshetra. The Haryana government announced lifetime monthly pension to the Hindi satyagrahis and those from the state who were jailed during the Emergency in 1975, hiked financial assistance to veterans of the Second World War (WW-II) and their widows, and provide 10-hour power supply to the agriculture sector. Haryana first state to treat Hepatitis-C patients with oral medicine Gurugram to have North India s biggest butterfly park World s biggest toilet pot model was unveiled at Marora, popularly known as the Trump village , in Mewat region, near Gurugram, Haryana on the World Toilet Day in a bid to create awareness towards sanitation and use of toilets. The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, inaugurated the International Gita Mahotsava-2017 in Kurukshetra, Haryana. Haryana Government launched the Bhavantar Bharpai —a scheme through which the state government would compensate farmers for price deficit for vegetable produce. Haryana (with 69 per cent score) has topped the list in the ease of doing business rankings, according to government data. It is followed by Telangana (68.46) and Gujarat (67.74). India s first and only design university, World University of Design opened it campus at Sonipat, Haryana. WUD is India s first university dedicated to education in the creative domain.
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The Haryana tourism department disclosed that Uttar Pradesh would be the theme state for the 32nd Surajkund International Crafts Mela, which would be organized at Surajkund, Faridabad from February 2 to 15. Apart from all other states, about 24 countries would also participate in it.
Himachal Pradesh After two years of trial runs on the challenging Manali-Rohtang highway, Himachal Roads Transport Corporation (HRTC) has finally launched its electric bus service on the route on a regular basis. With this, Himachal Pradesh has become the first hill state in the country to run electric buses. Himachal Pradesh hosted the International Lavi Fair at Rampur Bushahr in Shimla district. The 300-year-old Lavi fair is an important trade event between India and Tibet. PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for an AIIMS premier hospital in Bilaspur town of Himachal Pradesh.
Jammu & Kashmir Pratham-Shyok bridge that will link Leh to Karakoram, providing connectivity on the strategically important Darbuk- Shyok-Daulat Beg Olde axis for military transport. First power plant under PM Ladakh scheme commissioned in Biaras Drass of Kargil in Jammu & Kashmir. Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir is celebrating Losar Festival from today (19th December 2017). Cleared the Rs 6,808.69 crore strategic Zojila Tunnel project to provide all-weather connectivity to Kargil and Leh in Jammu and Kashmir which remain cut off from the rest of the country during the winter season.
Jharkhand Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu laid the foundation stone for Ranchi Smart City coming up on the Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) land. This would be the country s first green-field smart city. Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das launched Saubhagya Yojana , a programme that would provide electricity to all the 29,376 villages in the state.
Karnataka Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah launched the Mathru Purna scheme, which aims to provide nutritious meals to about 12 lakh pregnant women and lactating mothers in the state. Karnataka government, from next academic year, has decided to provide free education to girls from class one to graduation level in all public and aided private schools and colleges. Karnataka has become the first Indian state to have an electric vehicle policy after the state Cabinet approved the Karnataka Electric Vehicle and Energy Storage Policy. The Vice President, Shri M Venkaiah Naidu, inaugurated the Swachhta Hi Seva and Shouchalayakkagi Samara (A Crusade For Toilets) Programme in Karnataka. Karnataka s capital city Bengaluru has become the first Indian city to have its own logo. The logo was designed by a design start-up and uses both English and Kannada alphabets. The Karnataka government announced that Karnataka International Travel Expo (KITE) will be held from February 28, billing it as the largest B2B travel event in the country. According to a survey conducted by Amazon India s Annual Reading Trends Reports for 2017, Bengaluru has emerged as the most well read city in India, while Mumbai and Delhi stands at second and third position, respectively.
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Kerala Onam, the biggest and the most important festival of the state of Kerala, celebrated in the state. Kerala is going to open India s first transgender-exclusive clinics at government medical colleges across the state. Kerala government launched She Pad , a scheme to distribute free sanitary napkins to girl students from classes VI to XII in government and aided private schools affiliated to the state school board. The Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA), common platform of 21 countries including India and geographically bordering Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a unique world-class hospital at the Swaminarayan Gurukul Vidyapeeth Pratisthanam in Ahmedabad. India s largest floating solar power plant inaugurated at the Banasura Sagar dam in Wayanad district, Kerala. The Kerala government came out with a new Ordinance raising the minimum age for liquor consumption from 21 to 23.
Lakshadweep Island According to a study, Parali I island in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep, part of Bangaram atoll, which had an area of 0.032 sq.km in 1968 has been completely eroded, resulting in its inundation. India is all set to get its first runway on a sea bridge soon, as the Airports Authority of India (AAI) has been given a nod to extend Lakshadweep s Agatti Airport.
Madhya Pradesh MP govt. launched Single Click Pension Delivery scheme, wherein the money will go directly into the account of the beneficiaries. MP CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan inaugurated a toilet in the Mangalwara area for the exclusive use of transgenders --- first of its kind in the country. Madhya Pradesh, which was the first state to announce that it would switch to January-December financial year from the existing April-March cycle starting 2018, has put the plan on the back burner. Bhavantar Bhugtan Yojna for the farmers of the state launched. Madhya Pradesh is the first state to lend money to farmers at zero percent interest.
Maharashtra Maharashtra government has announced plans to launch 112 as a single integrated helpline number for police, fire brigade, and ambulance services. The Maharashtra government is planning to ban plastic carry bags after the Gudi Padwa (Maharashtrian New Year) next year. Gudi Padwa falls in March-April period. Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has launched the Maharashtra Mission 1 Million initiative under which over 10 lakh students across the state will play football. MahaLabharthi web portal that will help people get information about all the government schemes that they are eligible for. The restored Royal Opera House, located at Mumbai s Charni Road, has received the Award of Merit from the 2017 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation. The building, which was closed to the public in 1993 and reopened in 2016, was restored by architect Abha Narain Lambah. The Maharashtra government has set up a seven-member committee headed by Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Sudhir Shrivastava to recommend ways to stop the custodial deaths.
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Maharashtra government, in a bid to become plastic-free state from March 2018, has banned packaged water bottles in Mantralaya and other government offices. The country s first AC local left Borivali station for its maiden journey to Churchgate in Mumbai on 25th December, 2017. Comprising about 24 per cent of the total cess collections of Rs 30,224 crore under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, Maharashtra and then Uttar Pradesh are the top contributors among states and Union Territories in the first five months of the rollout of the GST regime. Mumbai Metro One launched the first mobile security product, SecuCare app to make commuters more secure. With the help of this app, a commuter can click pictures or make videos which will get directly transmitted to the Central Security Control Room.
Manipur Heikru Hidongba, the traditional boat race festival of Manipur, was celebrated at the Thangapat (moat) of Shri Bijoy Govindajee, Sagolband, Imphal on September 3. Manipur celebrates Mera Houchongba festival Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh inaugurated a two-day India-Myanmar media interaction programme in Imphal.
Mizoram Mizoram s Dampa Tiger Reserve now holds the distinction of housing the highest number of clouded leopards in Southeast Asia, the state government has claimed. Density of population of clouded leopards, locally knows as Kelral , is 5.14 per 100 sq km in the reserve.
Meghalaya Meghalaya became the first state in India to operationalise a law that makes social audit of government programmes and schemes a part of government practice after the state government launched The Meghalaya Community Participation and Public Services Social Audit Act, 2017 .
Nagaland Nagaland scripted history when it became the first State in the Northeast to launch Point of Sale (POS) facility for electricity bill payment, where the mode of payment will be cashless. President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the Hornbill Festival and State Formation Day celebrations of Nagaland in Kisama.
Odisha Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik unveiled the logo and mascot for the Hockey Men s World Cup 2018 at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. The annual Balijatra festival was inaugurated at the Gadagadia ghat in Cuttack on the banks of river Mahanadi. Odisha government launched a scheme - Fish Pond Yojana - to boost fish production in the state with a budgetary provision of 96 crore rupees. The Odisha government will launch a massive vaccination drive to combat killer Japanese Encephalitis (JE) in 13 districts of the state.
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Odisha government has launched a new scheme, Nabakrushna Choudhury Seccha Unnayan Yojana worth Rs 635 crore to provide irrigation facility to about 55,000 hectare of agricultural land across the state. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik unveiled the logo and mascot for the Hockey Men s World Cup 2018 at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar. The Centre has recognised Odisha as champion state for recording highest growth in exports during 2016-17. Eastern India s first compressed natural gas (CNG) stations inaugurated at Chandrasekharpur and Patia in Bhubaneswar, Odisha to supply CNG to vehicles.
Puducherry The Puducherry government has decided to ban manufacture and use of plastic packaging materials of less than 51 microns as these were found to be injurious to health and a source of menace during monsoon in the Union Territory.
Rajasthan Rajasthan becomes 1st state to incorporate skill development programme in higher education. Rajasthan has launched the Election Commission s web- based project, ERO-Net, using which voters can register their names on electoral rolls. Government has passed an ordinance which seeks to protect both serving and former judges, magistrates and public servants in Rajasthan from being investigated for on-duty action without its prior sanction -- Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Ordinance, 2017. The annual Balijatra festival was inaugurated at the Gadagadia ghat in Cuttack on the banks of river Mahanadi. Fino Payments Bank has signed up Rajasthan government s Rajcomp as its corporate business correspondent to give banking services to people in the state. Japan has decided to offer a grant worth 8.4 million Yen for the construction of a vocational training centre for poor women and youth in Rajasthan s Baran district. Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to offer free e-mail address in Hindi to its residents. The facility —[email protected] (in Devanagari script) — will lead to millions of new users who are not comfortable with English e-mail ids.
Tamil Nadu The Madras high court has banned the use of pictures of living persons on banners and hoardings in Tamil Nadu, where towering cut-outs of politicians and actors are almost a part of the local culture. India s Second Technology and Innovation Support Center (TISC) Established in Chennai. 1st at Punjab. India and Israel are coming together to set up a centre for excellence in floriculture at Thally in Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu.
Telangana Regional Vocational Training Institute, Hyderabad, the first of its kind in Telangana inaugurated. Trademark Hyderabadi dishes biryani, baghare baingan, and seviyan have all made their way into India postage, with the Department of Post issuing stamps with photos of the same. Telangana declared Urdu as the state s second official language. First official language is Telugu.
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The Telangana Government announced a move to set up an exclusive innovation hub on the lines of T-Hub for women called WE-Hub, backing it with an exclusive Rs. 15-crore fund. Telangana government will set up World s first Information Technology (IT) campus for persons with disabilities that will focus on creating employment opportunities for them. Internet for every household in Telangana by December 2018. Telangana created history by becoming the first state in the country offering free power to farmers 24 hours a day. Telangana government s prestigious Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) has finally got the green nod. Union Cabinet approved the establishment of an International Training Centre for Operational Oceanography in Hyderabad by Unesco. Telangana government has announced to launch a mobile application Urban Genie which will enable citizens in urban areas across the state to find certified technicians and workers. Hyderabad once again launched a drive to turn Hyderabad into Beggar Free city which was earlier put to halt after rumors that the drive was initiated because of US president Donald Trump s daughter Ivanka Trump to the city.
Uttarakhand The Uttarakhand Government and a charitable funding agency, Swan Cultural Center and Foundation launched Solar Briefcase in Kedarnath Dham. The initiative was taken to provide electricity to far flung areas in the hill state.
Uttar Pradesh In order to protect the rich aquatic biodiversity of river Ganga from escalating anthropogenic pressures, development of a Turtle sanctuary in Allahabad, UP along with a River Biodiversity Park at Sangam (confluence of Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Sarasvati) have been approved under Namami Gange programme. UP government approved the Mukhyamantri Samoohik Vivaah Yojana , a mass marriage scheme, wherein Rs 35,000 will be spent on each couple, besides gifting them mobile phones and household items. The Mughalsarai railway station of Uttar Pradesh has been renamed to Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay railway station. TheUttar Pradesh government has issued an order notifying Vrindavan and Barsana towns in Mathura district as pavitra teerth sthals (sacred pilgrimage sites) . No meat and liquor shops will be allowed in these towns anymore. Uttar Pradesh cabinet decided to make India s first conservation reserve for black buck in Allahabad s Meja. With an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 491 on the 500-point scale, Varanasi has become the most polluted Indian city among 42 cities, according to data from Central Pollution Control Board. 2nd - Gurugram. Uttar Pradesh tops in opening new PMJDY accounts after demonetisation. Uttar Pradesh s Shamli district has been included in the national capital region, taking the total number of districts in the NCR to 23. UP has become the first State to endorse the Central government s draft bill that makes instant triple talaq a cognisable and non-bailable offence. UP government has launched a free household power connection scheme Prakash hai to vikas hai for the poor in the state to mark former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee s birthday on 25th December. UP government has proposed a Gita Research Institute for the study of the Bhagavad Gita which will be set up in Mathura, Uttar Pradesh. The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, laid the foundation stone of the Nyaya Gram project of the High Court of Allahabad in Allahabad.
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The official Logo and tagline for Allahabad Kumbh Mela 2019 were released in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The logo comprises of temples, seers, a kalash & a Swastika. The tagline for Kumbh Mela 2019 is Chalo Chalo Chalo, Kumbh Chalo. It will be held in Allahabad.
Uttarakhand The National Green Tribunal (NGT) reiterated its 2015 order banning the use, sale, manufacturing and storage of plastic items in the pilgrimage towns of Haridwar and Rishikesh in Uttarakhand.
West Bengal India s first State of art virology laboratory inaugurated at Dr. Anjali Chatterjee Regional Research Institute for Homoeopathy in Kolkata. The West Bengal Transport department has introduced Yatrik mobile phone app to help in the easy booking of traditional meter taxis in Kolkata. The West Bengal government has negotiated with the World Bank to avail subsidy to buy 130 electric buses for plying in Kolkata, Asansol and Durgapur. The World Bank has agreed to provide a subsidy of Rs seven lakh per bus. West Bengal got GI (Geographical Indication) tag for rosogolla. Both WB and Odisha had applied for it. After this, Odisha government has announced that it would apply for the tag for Odishara Rasogolla soon. West Bengal Green University Bill 2017 for setting up an environmental studies university at Hooghly district. With this it has become the first state in India to setup green university. West Bengal Govt. a ou ed a life i su a e of ₹ lakh ea h fo pilg i s isiti g the state fo the up o i g Gangasagar fair, the second biggest pilgrimage fair after Kumbh. The West Bengal government launched its official emblem, conceptualised and designed by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The state emblem – the Biswa Bangla logo with Ashoka Pillar of the national emblem – would be used in all the official works and documents of the Bengal government from now on. The ninth edition of Apeejay Kolkata Literary Festival is set to host multifarious sessions on various critical issues in the country after 70 years of its Independence. Theme - India @70 .
Finance and Banking News Foundation stone laying ceremony for the construction of the permanent headquarters building of the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) held in Shanghai, China. The building is expected to become a landmark building along Huangpu River. RBI has announced it has added private lender HDFC Bank to its list of domestic systemically important banks (D- SIBs) considered too big to fail. With HDFC Bank s inclusion, there are now three banks that are described as too big to fail, including state-run State Bank of India and private lender ICICI Bank. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided not to pursue a proposal for introduction of Islamic banking in the country. Islamic or Sharia banking is a finance system based on the principles of not charging interest, which is prohibited under Islam. The Reserve Bank of India, RBI, has withdrawn the sale of Rs Ten thousand crore worth of government securities under Open Market Operations, OMO. RBI has asked co-operative societies not use the word Bank in their names as it violates the Section 7 of Banking Regulation Act, 1949.
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The RBI has decided to allow asset reconstruction companies to have higher holding than the 26 per cent cap set earlier with regard to limits on shareholding of the post-converted equity of a borrower company under reconstruction. In August, the RBI had paid a dividend of Rs 30,659 crore for the fiscal ended June 2017. It was less than half the Rs 65,876 crore it had paid in 2015-16. Now, the Government has seeked Rs 13,000 crore of surplus lying with the central bank. Govt set Rs 10,000 min balance in bank accounts as rural poverty measure Moody s Investors Service upped the long-term ratings of four Indian financial institutions by a notch to Baa2 following the upgrade of the country s sovereign rating to the same level. These are -- Export- Import Bank of India (EXIM India), HDFC Bank, Indian Railway Finance Corporation Limited (IRFC) and State Bank of India (SBI) The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) announced that NRIs and PIOs are not required to link bank accounts and other services with Aadhaar. According to a government of India notification, all the peer-to-peer lending (P2P) platforms will be treated as non- banking financial companies (NBFCs) and will be brought under the ambit of the banking regulator. Indian insurance sector regulator IRDAI has given the final nod to online non-life insurer Acko General Insurance Ltd. The State Bank of India (SBI) announced SBI Intelligent Assistant (SIA) — a chat assistant aimed to address customer enquiries like a bank representative does. Developed by Payjo, an artificial intelligence (AI) banking platform, SIA is equipped to handle nearly 10,000 enquiries per second or 864 million in a day — which is nearly 25 per cent of the queries processed by Google each day. According to the Truecaller Insights report, the State Bank of India is the biggest bank by volume of SMSes, with 30 per cent of Truecaller users using it, followed by HDFC at 14 per cent and ICICI at 13 percent. State Bank of India (SBI) has launched comprehensive digital service platform You Only Need One also known as YONO which is a omni digital platform that offers just about everything related to financial services and lifestyle products or services. Public sector lender IDBI Bank has initiated a turnaround plan – Project Nishchay in consultation with The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The project aims to accelerate the struggling lender s turnaround programme and improve financial performance. India s largest private sector lender by consolidated assets, ICICI Bank has announced a new home loan scheme that offers borrowers the benefit of 1% cashback on every EMI, for the entire tenure of the loan. The offer will be valid for home loans with a minimum tenure of 15 years and maximum tenure of 30 years. Airtel Payments Bank has become the first payments bank in India to integrate the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) on its digital platform. In a bid to help develop the fintech ecosystem in India, Fino Payments Bank has launched its mobile banking app called BPay. Fincare Small Finance Bank (previously known as Disha Microfin Limited) on Sep 1 2017 has kick-started its banking operations. Fincare CEO - Rajeev Yadav. It has its Registered Office at Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and Corporate Office at Bangalore, Karnataka. Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based chatbot Eva — built for HDFC Bank by Bengaluru-based Senseforth AI Research — has successfully addressed over 2.7 million customer queries in six months to become the country s largest banking chatbot.
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Singapore s biggest lender DBS Group Holdings has won the Reserve Bank of India s approval to provide banking services in the country through a wholly-owned subsidiary. Bharat Financial Inclusion Limited (BFIL), formerly SKS Microfinance, has signed an exclusivity agreement for a potential merger with IndusInd Bank. Reserve Bank of India opens branch in Dehradun, Uttarakhand. According to the Reserve Bank of India, Gross non-performing assets (GNPA) ratio for NBFCs increased to 5% at end-March 2017 from 2.9 per cent at end-March 2012. The Reserve Bank has clarified that, in applicable cases, linkage of Aadhaar number to bank account is mandatory under the Prevention of Money-laundering (Maintenance of Records) Second Amendment Rules, 2017 published in the Official Gazette on June 1, 2017. SBI Foundation has committed Rs 10 crore for the conservation and restoration of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSTM) of Mumbai over the period of 3-5 years. SBI is creating a 15,000-sqft innovation centre in Belapur in Navi Mumbai investing around Rs 100 crore. SBI has launched a new product -- SME Assist -- to provide short-term working capital demand loans to its MSME clients. The State Bank of India has launched the second edition of its Hackathon named Digitize For Bank. This hackathon will be held from 1st to12th November 2017. According to a Crisil report, banks are likely to need nearly Rs 3.3 lakh crore this fiscal as provisioning for large NPA accounts in the current financial year. Union Bank of India has launched an Android app, Union Sahyog, as part of its drive to digitise customer-facing banking services. Oriental Bank of Commerce becomes 7th bank to be under PCA (Prompt corrective Action) by RBI. Others are - Dena Bank, Central Bank of India, IDBI Bank, Indian Overseas Bank, Bank of Maharashtra and UCO Bank ICICI announced financial assistance of Rs. 10 crores to the Indian Armed Forces. HDFC Bank wants to become the Go To bank and preferred banker for the start-up community in the country. Launched SmartUp zones in its branches across India. HDFC Life Insurance Company has launched Neo — a servicing bot for Twitter that uses artificial intelligence for customer service. The insurer hopes to deploy the bot in answering policy —related queries on social media. Private sector Yes Bank has committed Rs 156 crore to fund first Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) to be constructed at Varanasi under Hybrid Annuity-PPP Model. HSBC (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) announced the launch of a mobile app – Trade Transaction Tracker – to help customers track the status of their trade transactions on a real-time basis. Private insurer Tata AIA Life announced the launch of Eazy Connect , that will extend online customer service to social media platforms. The government announced an aggressive Rs 2.11 lakh crore capital infusion for the NPA hit public sector banks over a period of 2 years. Out of this, Rs 1.35 lakh crore will be through the recapitalisation bonds, while remaining Rs 76,000 crore from the budgetary support. Non-performing assets of banks have increased from Rs 2.75 lakh in March 2015 to Rs 7.33 crore as on June 2017. North East Small Finance Bank Limited has commenced operations as a small finance bank from 17th October 2017. The Rashtriya Gramin Vikas Nidhi Microfinance Limited– North East (RGVNMFL-NE) is the promoter of North East Small Finance Bank.
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State-run lender Bank of Baroda launched digital Supply Chain Finance solution which aims to accelerate working capital loan opportunities for the small and medium enterprises and large corporate clients. Andhra Bank has launched a new scheme, Pattabhi Sitaramayya — Self Business Group (PS-SBG), for self-help groups (SHGs) to encourage entrepreneurship. Kotak Mahindra Bank (Kotak) has launched 24 hour accessible e-Lobbies Smart Banking 24×7 in the Mumbai suburbs of Juhu and Powai. India s largest private sector bank by consolidated assets, ICICI Bank, announced the launch of India s first voice- based international remittance service to enable non-resident Indians (NRIs) to send money to any bank in India. ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited (ICICI Pru Life) has become the first life insurance company in India that has implemented the Electronic – National Automated Clearing House (e-NACH) service of the National Payment Corporation of India. Private sector RBL Bank has set up an all women branch in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The women branch is a testament to the bank s efforts in encouraging gender equality. Paytm Payments Bank formally launched. It is India s only mobile first bank providing zero balance accounts and zero digital transaction charges. Currently, India has four Payments Bank including Paytm Payments Bank. The other three operational ones are Airtel Payments Bank, India Post Payments Bank and Fino Payments Bank. AU Small Finance Bank received approval from Reserved Bank of India (RBI) to operate as Scheduled Commercial Bank. AU Small Finance Bank s name has now been included in the Second Schedule of Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934. YES Bank is all set to launch a first-of-its-kind fintech survey. Called India Fintech Opportunities Review, the study will cover India and a few major fintech markets in the world. India Post Payments Bank will become operational in all 650 districts of the country by April next year. Two such banks are already operational in Ranchi and Raipur. Private sector lender Yes Bank signed an agreement with the government to provide Rs 1,000 crore financing for food processing projects. HSBC has pledged to provide $100 billion in financing and investment by 2025 to help combat climate change. Private Sector, Federal Bank has obtained RBI approval to open representative offices at Kuwait and Singapore. Canara Bank launched a digital library, a Canarites app, a field recovery mobile app, a retail loan (vehicle) – tracking system, and a regulatory guidance tracking system. IDFC Bank, MobiKwik and Net1 have partnered to launch a co-branded virtual prepaid card on the Visa platform to customers of MobiKwik. Emirates NBD, the UAE s second-largest lender, has started operations in India with an aim to invest USD 100 million capital into its Indian operations. Branch opened in Mumbai. IndiaFirst Life Insurance (IndiaFirst Life) has launched an unique micro-insurance plan insurance khata targeted at those in the informal sector and agricultural labourers with seasonal incomes. Bajaj Allianz General Insurance has launched Pro-fit , a platform that will act as a one-stop solution to all the health-record tracking needs of customers. During the International Fraud Awareness week, Axis Bank in association with Mumbai Police has launched its latest campaign #MuhPeTaala to promote safe banking.
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Private sector lender Axis Bank has launched an instant international payment services using Ripple s enterprise blockchain technology solution for retail and corporate customers. The Royal Bank of Canada is the first Canadian lender to be added to the Financial Stability Board s list of global systemically important banks, which are deemed too big to fail. JM Financial Home Loans, a step-down subsidiary of Mumbai-based JM Financial, has received certificate of registration from the National Housing Bank for carrying out housing finance activities. The government has engaged private lender ICICI Bank to enable online payments at 470 mandis integrated with national portal of electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM). RBI announced that overseas branches and subsidiaries of Indian banks have been permitted to refinance external commercial borrowings (ECBs) of AAA rated public sector and private sector companies. Earlier ECB refinancing, was so far restricted to only foreign lenders. RBI has launched an SMS campaign and a missed-call helpline to warn people against scams like fraudsters promising prize money from the RBI. Helpline number – 8691960000. The missed call to this helpline number is returned with another call that provides more information on steps to be taken in such cases India s largest digital bank Paytm Payments bank has unveiled Paytm Ka ATM outlets that allows customers to open Saving Accounts and deposit/withdraw money from their bank accounts. Axis Securities, a subsidiary of Axis Bank, has become the first-ever broking arm of a bank to take membership of a commodity exchange by registering itself with NCDEX. Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company has started adoption of digital branch services through its offering Mosambee to add depth and breadth to its service offerings. The Financial Services Commission, Mauritius has opened its representative office in Mumbai, a move that will further strengthen and deepen its partnership with its Indian counterparts. The World Bank announced that it will stop financing oil and gas exploration and extraction from 2019, seeking to boost the global economy s shift to cleaner energy. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) announced that India is the first country where the Bank has committed more than $1 billion of financing. The government has engaged private lender ICICI Bank to enable online payments at 470 mandis integrated with national portal of electronic National Agriculture Market (e-NAM). Ce t e has pu ped i apital of ₹ , o e i eak pu li se to a ks - Bank of India, IDBI Bank, Uco Bank, Bank of Maharashtra, Dena Bank and Central Bank of India. These banks are kept under Prompt Corrective Action (PCA) in last 10-11 months. The capital is provided to help them meet their equity requirements and enable them to resume normal business. India s first home-grown high purity gold reference standard – the Bharatiya Nirdeshak Dravya (BND-4201) – was launched at the India Government Mint, Mumbai. BND-4201, which is the reference material for gold of 9999 fineness (gold that is 99.99 per cent pure), will be beneficial to the consumers and public at large to ensure purity of gold. GOI has decided, Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) applicable on all debit card/BHIM UPI/ AePS transactions up to and including a value of Rs 2000 will be be borne by government for 2 years with effect from 1 January, 2018 by reimbursing same to the banks. MDR is the rate charged to a merchant by a bank for providing debit and credit card services. RBI placed Bank of India and United Bank of India under prompt corrective action (PCA) framework. BOI and UBI became 9th and 10th bank respectively to be put under PCA in last 10 month. Also, this is the second time in four years that UBI came under regulatory sanctions and be forced to take corrective measures for strains in financials.
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RBI imposed a monetary penalty of Rs. 30 million on IndusInd Bank for non-compliance with the directions issued by RBI on Income Recognition and Asset Classification (IRAC) norms. According to Reserve Bank data, bad loans of Public sector banks (PSBs) stood at Rs 7.34 lakh crore by the end of second quarter (September 30) this fiscal, a bulk of which came from corporate defaulters. However, on the other hand private sector banks non- performing assets (NPAs) were considerably low at Rs 1.03 lakh crore by September 30. According to the Reserve Bank of India s (RBI) Financial Stability Report (FSR), gross non-performing assets (GNPAs) might rise from 10.2 per cent of gross advances in September 2017 to 10.8 per cent in March 2018 and further to 11.1 per cent by September 2018. The Reserve Bank of India s (RBI) Fraud Monitoring Reports showed that the scheduled commercial banks including select financial institutions lost Rs 16,789 crore due to frauds in 2016-17. RBI announced that overseas branches and subsidiaries of Indian banks have been permitted to refinance external commercial borrowings (ECBs) of AAA rated public sector and private sector companies. Earlier ECB refinancing, was so far restricted to only foreign lenders. RBI increased limits for investment by foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) for the January-March 2018 quarter by ₹ , o e i Ce t al Go e e t Se u ities G-Se s a d ₹ , o e i State de elop e t loa s SDLs . RBI has launched an SMS campaign and a missed-call helpline to warn people against scams like fraudsters promising prize money from the RBI. Helpline number – 8691960000. The missed call to this helpline number is returned with another call that provides more information on steps to be taken in such cases. Public sector Bank of Baroda has entered into an agreement with Italian bank UniCredit S.p.A. to acquire its 51 per cent stake in Baroda Pioneer Asset Management Company, thus increasing its shareholding to 100 per cent. OBOPAY, the global mobile payment solutions company, recently announced that the company has secured alicense for Prepaid Payment Instrument (PPI) from the Reserve Bank of India to operate a semi-closed loop wallet in the country. US buyout giant KKR & Co has become the first foreign investor to fully own an asset reconstruction company (ARC) in India as it received approval from the Reserve Bank of India India s largest digital bank Paytm Payments bank has unveiled Paytm Ka ATM outlets that allows customers to open Saving Accounts and deposit/withdraw money from their bank accounts. Axis Securities, a subsidiary of Axis Bank, has become the first-ever broking arm of a bank to take membership of a commodity exchange by registering itself with NCDEX. Yes Bank has established a Medium Term Note (MTN) programme to raise USD 1 billion (over 6,400 crore) by issuing debt securities on private placement basis. Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance Company has started adoption of digital branch services through its offering Mosambee to add depth and breadth to its service offerings. The Financial Services Commission, Mauritius has opened its representative office in Mumbai, a move that will further strengthen and deepen its partnership with its Indian counterparts. Cholamandalam MS General Insurance Company Limited has been awarded the prestigious Golden Peacock Award for Risk Management for the year 2017. Customers will not have to pay any transaction charges for payments through debit card, BHIM app and other payment made for up to Rs 2,000 from January 1, 2018. The merchant discount rate (MDR) will be borne by the government for two years with effect from January 1, 2018 by reimbursing the same to banks.
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Public sector Allahabad Bank said the Reserve Bank has put the lender under prompt corrective action (PCA) framework post an on-site inspection of high NPAs and negative return of assets for fiscal 2016-17.
RBI unveils new Rs 10 banknotes
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday unveiled banknotes of Rs 10 denomination under the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series. The new 63 mm x 123 mm notes are embossed with the signature of RBI Governor Dr Urjit Patel and have the motif of the Sun Temple, Konark on the reverse, depicting the country s cultural heritage. While the base colour of the note is chocolate brown, it comes with other designs, geometric patterns aligning with the overall colour scheme, both at the obverse and reverse. The obverse side of the note contains a see-through register with denominational numeral 10 and the same in Devnagari script. It contains a portrait of Mahatma Gandhi at the centre, with the micro letters RBI , INDIA (in both English and Hindi) and 10 . There is also a windowed demetalised security thread with inscriptions Bharat (in Hindi) and RBI.
Fifth bi-monthly policy review
The RBI maintained its projection for FY18 real GVA growth at 6.7 per cent, saying the risks are evenly balanced. Also the RBI expects the inflation to stay in 4.3-4.7 per cent in December and March quarters.
Current Monetary Policy Rates: Repo Rate: Unchanged at 6% Revrese Repo Rate: Unchanged at 5.75% Marginal Standing Facility (MSF) Rate: Unchanged at 6.25% Bank Rate: Unchanged at 6.25% Cash Reserve Ratio: Unchanged at 4% Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR): Unchanged at 19.5%
Business News Google has announced to acquire part of the Taiwan-based HTC Corporation s mobile division team for $1.1 billion. Google has acquired Bitium, a company that provides enterprise customers with identity and access management solutions, including single sign-on (SS) and provisioning for Cloud applications. HCL Technologies has announced the acquisition of automation-driven data management platform Datawave. To enable small businesses and start-ups to file their Goods and Services Tax (GST) returns smoothly, Airtel Business has launched Airtel GST Advantage. Thyssenkrupp AG and Tata Steel Ltd. reached a tentative deal to merge their European steel businesses in a bid to create the region s second-largest producer and tackle overcapacity in the industry. Bharti Airtel, the telecommunications service provider, has acquired a strategic stake in Juggernaut Books, a digital platform to discover and read high quality, affordable books and to submit amateur writing. E-commerce major Flipkart has acquired mobiles and IT products repair services company, F1 Info Solutions for an undisclosed amount.
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State-owned IDBI Bank has sold 9 per cent stake in Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi) for an undisclosed amount in a bid to mobilise funds by exiting non-core business. Earlier in September, the bank sold 1% stake in Sidbi. E-commerce major Amazon India has launched a new marketplace Amazon Business to cater to the requirements of the small and medium businesses (SMBs) in the country. The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has bought an additional 7% stake totaling to 10% in Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi) for Rs900 crore from troubled public sector lender IDBI Bank Ltd. Bharti Airtel acquires Tatas telecom business on cash-free basis - Consumer Mobile Businesses (CMB) of Tata Teleservices Limited (TTSL) and Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Limited (TTML). Bharti Airtel has received Ghana s National Communications Authority s approval for the merger between Bharti Ghana (Airtel) and Millicom Ghana (Tigo) Axis Bank has acquired payments wallet Freecharge for Rs. 373 crore. Sangram Singh has been appointed as the CEO of Freecharge Payment Technologies Private Ltd. The Board of Directors of IndusInd Bank Ltd and Bharat Financial Inclusion Ltd have approved the merger of two companies through a composite scheme of arrangement. E-commerce major eBay has acquired a 5.4% stake in Flipkart. The IDFC Group and Shriram Group have decided to call off their merger proposal as they were not able to reach a mutually acceptable swap ratio. Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) has revamped its portal www.udyamimitra.in with enhanced features to provide easy access to credit and hand-holding services for micro small medium enterprises (MSME). Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) became the first Indian company to cross Rs6 trillion market capitalisation after its shares surged over 75% so far this year and hit a fresh lifetime high. Nokia and Xiaomi ink patent and equipment deal, Xiaomi buys Nokia patents Popular mobile-based digital payment platform Paytm launched Inbox , a messaging service that will allow consumers to chat with friends and family, and send and request money at the same time. ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation) gets government nod for acquiring HPCL (Hindustan Petroleum). Rs 10,000 Crore MoU signed between Govt of India & Patanjali According to Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), provisional figures of direct tax collections up to October, 2017 show that net collections are at Rs. 4.39 lakh crore which is 15.2 percent higher than the net collections for the corresponding period of last year. The GST Council decided to raise Composition Scheme threshold to Rs 2 crore. The Council, which held its 23rd meeting in Guwahati, decided that there will be no inter-state taxes and input tax credit for composition dealers. Out of 228 items in the 28% tax bracket, 178 have been put into the lower tax category of 18%. It will be applicable from 15th November. Amazon India announced the launch of Amazon Saheli, a new pioneering program aimed at empowering and enabling women entrepreneurs across the country to sell their products on the Amazon.in marketplace. Amazon India collaborated with hardware accelerator HAX and crowd-funding community Kickstarter to announce Startup C-Cube — a multi-level challenge for the startups that will commence in Bengaluru on December 5. Paytm has picked up a majority stake in CreditMate, a Mumbai-based startup that facilitates two-wheeler loans for customers with no formal credit history.
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Bharti Airtel, the telecommunications service provider, has acquired a strategic stake in Juggernaut Books, a digital platform to discover and read high quality, affordable books and to submit amateur writing. Bharti Airtel entered into a definitive agreement with Millicom International Cellular S.A. under which Airtel Rwanda Limited will acquire 100 percent equity interest in Tigo Rwanda Limited. Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJio) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire specified assets of debt-laden Reliance Communications (RCom) and affiliates, controlled by his younger sibling Anil Ambani. Amazon has acquired a startup named Blink that builds wireless home monitoring systems, including connected Wi- Fi home security cameras. Apple announced that it has acquired song recognition company Shazam. The deal is worth $400 million. Nod given to Bharti Airtel and Tata to merge Consumer Mobile Businesses (CMB) of Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTSL) and Tata Teleservices Maharashtra Ltd (TTML) into Bharti Airtel. CCI has approved the scheme of amalgamation between IndusInd Bank and Bharat Financial Inclusion. Ride-sharing platform Ola announced that it has acquired Foodpanda s India business from Germany s Delivery Hero in exchange for Ola stock. Direct-to-home (DTH) operator Dish TV India Ltd has announced that that the company has received the final approval from the government for closing its merger with Videocon d2h, the DTH arm of Videocon Industries Ltd. The new entity will be called Dish TV Videocon Limited. Technology giant Apple acquired a Vancouver-based mobile iteration platform, Buddybuild, with an aim to make it easier for developers to create and iterate their apps for its platforms. Carlyle Group has completed the acquisition of GE Capital s entire 26 percent stake in SBI Card, which is the second largest and credit card issuer in the country. To boost inflows of foreign funds into Indian capital markets, regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) raised the investment limit for FPI in central government securities to over Rs 1.91 lakh crore from January 1, 2018. India s largest mobile-first financial services platform, Paytm announced that its app has crossed the 100 million milestone on Google Play Store in the second week of December 2017. Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) has entered into a definitive agreement with digital classified firm Quikr, to transfer its entire shareholding in HDFC Realty Limited, a real estate brokerage platform; and, HDFC Developers Limited (which runs the HDFC RED platform) to Quikr. The United Kingdom has topped Forbes rankings of best countries in the world for business in 2018 for the first time, up from fifth last year. The UK is followed by New Zealand and the Netherlands, while India was ranked 62nd on the list. Economy News For the first time ever, forex exchange reserves crossed the $400-billion mark as on September 8 to reach $400.727 billion, data from the Reserve Bank of India show. The central bank took almost a decade to shore up its forex kitty by $100 billion to cross $400 billion from $300 billion. According to a new series of gross State domestic product data with 2011-12 as the base year published by the Central Statistics Office, Arunachal Pradesh was the fastest expanding State economies in 2015-16 followed by Jammu and Kashmir. Maharashtra topped the list. State Bank of India (SBI) is India s most trusted and most popular bank according to a survey conducted by Brand Finance, a business valuation and strategic consultancy headquartered in London.
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said, India s current account deficit (CAD) rose sharply to $14.3 billion in the first quarter (April-June) of 2017-18 from $0.4 billion reported for the like period of 2016-17. The Reserve Bank of India s (RBI) weekly statistical supplement showed that India s foreign exchange (Forex) reserves kitty increased by $1.20 billion as on November 24, 2017. The overall Forex reserves rose to $400.74 billion from $399.53 billion reported for the week ended November 17. According to Fitch s December Global Economic Outlook (GEO), the global ratings agency reduced the growth forecast for the fiscal year to end-March 2018 (FY18) to 6.7% from 6.9%. India s GDP growth to rise to 7.5% in 2018: Morgan Stanley According to Dun and Bradstreet report titled India s Top Banks 2017 , the credit growth of all scheduled commercial banks slowed down from 10.9 per cent in 2015-16 to 8.1 per cent in 2016-17. According to Japanese financial services major Nomura, India s current account deficit is expected to widen to 1.5 per cent of GDP in 2017 Project Insight , launched in October 2017, will use big data analytics to match information from social media sites to deduce mismatches between spending pattern and income declaration. So next time a photo of your shiny new luxury car on Instagram or a costly watch on Facebook may lead the taxman to your door as the tax department from next month will begin amassing virtual information to trace black money. India s first bullet train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai is likely to be completed by 2022, the year marking 75 years of India s Independence. According to Fitch Ratings, Indian Banks will require about USD 65 billion in additional capital, to meet the new Basel-III capital standards by March 2019 (financial year 2018-19) and push loan growth. The Reserve Bank of India, RBI will introduce 100 rupees coin to mark the birth centenary of AIADMK founder Late Dr M G Ramachandran. It will also issue 5 rupees coin to mark the birth centenary of Dr M G Ramachandran. The Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu released a Commemorative Coin on Bharat Ratna Dr. M.S. Subbulakshmi and inaugurated an exhibition entitled Kurai Onrum Illai-MS: Life in Music on the occasion of Birth Centenary Commemoration of Dr. M.S. Subbulakshmi. Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi (also known as M.S.) was an Indian Carnatic singer from Madurai, Tamil Nadu. She was the first musician ever to be awarded the Bharat Ratna, India s highest civilian honour. She is the first Indian musician to receive the Ramon Magsaysay award, often considered Asia s Nobel Prize. The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has upped the age limit for joining the National Pension Scheme (NPS) to 65 years from the current 60. NPS is currently open for people between 18 and 60, and the Board has approved raising the age limit for joining to 65. The scheme anyway has the option of continuing and making contributions up to the age of 70. According to revised estimates published by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), global merchandise trade is expected to grow at a higher 3.6 per cent in 2017, compared with 1.6 per cent increase last year. The WTO had earlier projected the world trade to grow at 2.4 per cent in 2017. India s external debt amounted to $485.8 billion during the quarter ended June 17, up 1.3 per cent over the same period a year ago. According to data released by the Commerce Ministry, cooling of food prices helped ease India s annual rate of inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), with the revised base year of 2011-12, in September to 2.6 per cent. According to market research firm Gartner, Global IT spending in India is projected to hit $3.7 trillion in 2018 — a 4.3 per cent increase from 2017.
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According to Coffee Board, coffee output in India, is pegged to be a record 3.50 lakh tonnes in the 2017-18 marketing year started this month on higher acreage. The GST council meet chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley mentioned that permanent account number (PAN) or Aadhaar would not be mandatory if jewellery is purchased above Rs 50,000. Govt. approved Rs 2,000 crore specifically for setting up Aadhaar centres in post offices, a move that will see private contractors phased out from the data collection process. The provisional figures of Direct Tax collections up to September, 2017 reported a 15.8 percent increase (Rs. 3.86 lakh crore) compared to the net collections for the corresponding period of last year. Digital payments to grow at 26 % CAGR during 2016-2020: World Payment Report The centre has released Rs 8,698 crore to states to compensate them for revenue loss following Goods and Services Tax (GST) implementation. All states barring Rajasthan and Arunachal Pradesh, have been given compensation. According to the data furnished by the Comptroller General of Accounts (CGA), the Indian budgetary fiscal deficit over the first half of the current financial year at Rs 4.99 lakh crore — stood at 91.3 per cent of the full year s target of Rs 5.46 lakh crore. According to NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar, the economic slowdown that began in 2013-14 has bottomed out and the GDP is likely to grow at 6.9-7 % this fiscal (2017-18) and 7.5% in 2018-19. Government has permitted banks to sell more small savings schemes. Banks can also sell National Savings Time Deposit Scheme 1981, National Savings (Monthly Income Account) Scheme 1987, National Savings Recurring Deposit Scheme 1981 and NSC VIII issue. Present annual rate of interests are as: Investments in the public provident fund (PPF) – 7.8 per cent Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) investments – 7.5 per cent and mature in 115 months. Sukanya Samriddhi Account Scheme – 8.3 per cent 5-year Senior Citizens Savings Scheme – 8.3 per cent. The interest rate on the senior citizens scheme is paid quarterly. Singapore s DBS Bank lowered India s GDP growth forecast for 2017-18 to 6.6% from the previous 6.8%. In 2018-19 – 7.2%. The government gave ex-post facto clearance to implementation of the Special Banking Arrangement (SBA) of Rs10,000 crore for payment of outstanding claims towards fertiliser subsidy in 2016-17. Asia Index Pvt Ltd, a joint venture of S&P Dow Jones Indices and BSE, has launched an environmental, social and governance (ESG) index to measure the exposure to securities meeting sustainability investing criteria. Eight core sectors grew to a six-month high of 5.2 per cent in September, helped by a robust performance in coal, natural gas, and refinery segments. The data furnished by the Comptroller General of Accounts (CGA) showed that India s budgetary fiscal deficit for the first seven months of 2017-18 stood at 96.1 per cent — Rs 5.25 lakh crore — of the full year s target of Rs 5.46 lakh crore. According to data of Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, India s Gross Domestic Products (GDP) surged by 6.3 percent in the second quarter (July-September) Q2 of 2017-18. According to the Japanese financial services major, Nomura s report, India s current account deficit (CAD) for this financial year is expected to be around $40 billion, or 1.5% of gross domestic product (GDP). The revenue department has announced that farmers do not need to quote PAN for cash sale of their produce up to Rs 2 lakh a day.
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The government has decided to increase the New Fund Offer (NFO) size of Bharat 22 ETF from Rs. 8,000 crore to Rs. 14,500 crore, to cater to the demand of retail investors and retirement funds. Lauding India s increasing per capita income, World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva said she has no doubt that India will be a high-middle income country by 2047 when it completes its centenary year of independence. India s insurance regulator IRDAI has mandated all insurers – life and non-life – to link the Aadhaar number of the policy holders to their policies. It further said that linking of Aadhaar number to insurance policies is mandatory under the Prevention of Money-laundering (Maintenance of Records) Second Amendment Rules 2017. Sidbi, Crisil to launch sentiment index named CriSidEx for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector The Government of India launched the BHARAT-22 Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) managed by ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund targeting an initial amount of about Rs.8,000 crore. This New Fund Offer is open till November 17, 2017. The Units of the Scheme will be allotted 25% to each category of investors. According to data from the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), with the revised base year of 2011-12, went up in October to 3.59 per cent from 2.60 per cent in September. International credit rating agency Moody s Investors Service has upgraded India s bond rating for the first time in 14 years, saying continued progress in India s economic and institutional reforms will enhance its high growth potential. It has upgraded India s bond rating to Baa2 from its lowest investment grade (Baa3). Moody s Investors Service has upgraded the ratings of infrastructure government-related issuers (GRIs) NTPC, NHPC, NHAI & GAIL to Baa2 in line with India s sovereign ratings. Rating agency Standard & Poor s (S&P) maintained India s sovereign ratings at BBB-/A-3 with stable outlook. Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the country increased by 17 per cent to USD 25.35 billion during April-September this fiscal. The Reserve Bank of India s (RBI) weekly statistical supplement showed that India s foreign exchange (Forex) reserves kitty increased by $1.20 billion as on November 24, 2017. The overall Forex reserves rose to $400.74 billion from $399.53 billion reported for the week ended November 17. Asian Development Bank said that the economies of developing countries of Asia are expected to record a 6% growth in 2017 Asian Development Bank (ADB) lowered its Indian GDP forecast for the 2017 to 6.7 per cent. According to Fitch s December Global Economic Outlook (GEO), the global ratings agency reduced the growth forecast for the fiscal year to end-March 2018 (FY18) to 6.7% from 6.9%. According to the United Nations, India can achieve an 8% growth rate for the next two decades by promoting investment and improving the living conditions of its people. According to UN s World Economic Situation and Prospects 2018 report, Indian economy is likely to grow by 7.2% in 2018 and go up further to 7.4% in 2019. Global investment bank Nomura has predicted India s economy to register a 7.5 per cent growth rate in 2018 India s GDP growth to rise to 7.5% in 2018: Morgan Stanley India s April-November fiscal deficit remained at 112% of full year s target — Rs 6.12 lakh crore — of the full year s target of Rs 5.46 lakh crore. Finance minister Arun Jaitley announced that despite the slowdown in 2016-17, as per the IMF, India was the fastest growing major economy in 2016 and second fastest growing major economy in 2017 in the world.
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According to rating agency Standard & Poor s (S&P), Indian banking sector has been classified under Group 5 . The other countries in group 5 are Spain, Ireland, Italy, Panama, Bermuda, Poland, Peru, Qatar, South Africa and the UAE. According to a report by CARE Ratings, India has the highest level of non-performing assets (NPA) among BRICS countries and is ranked 5th on a list of countries with the highest levels of NPAs. Greece topped the list. India s GDP growth may rebound to 7.5% in 2018: Nomura India Set To Be 5th Largest Economy in 2018, Overtaking UK, France, according to a report by UK s Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). China is likely to overtake the US as world s largest economy in 2032, CEBR added. Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) has announced that the 8 per cent GoI savings bond is not closed but has been replaced by 7.75 per cent scheme. According to an HSBC report, India s GDP growth rate is expected to accelerate to 7.0 per cent in 2018-19 from 6.5 per cent in this fiscal and improve further to 7.6 per cent by 2019-20. Parliament has passed the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Amendment) Bill, 2017 with the Rajya Sabha approving it. The Bill seeks to amend the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Act, 1981. The Bill allows the central government to increase the authorised capital of the Bank from 5 thousand crore rupees to 30 thousand crore rupees. Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has successfully commissioned its refinery off-gas cracker (ROGC) complex of 1.5 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) capacity along with downstream plants and utilities in Jamnagar, Gujarat. The company said that it is the world s first ROGC. According to the estimate of national income for 2017-18 released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the Indian economy is expected to grow at a slower 6.5 per cent in 2017-18 compared to the 7.1 per cent in 2016-17. India Inc expects the country s 2017-18 economic growth to be above the 6.5 per cent-mark due to a favourable base effect. To make India attractive to cruise passengers and to promote cruise tourism, the Central Government has exempted cruise tourists arriving with e-visas from the requirement of biometric enrolment for a period of three years till December 31, 2020.
Govt cuts small savings interest rates by 20 bps
The government has reduced the interest rates on small saving schemes, including National Savings Certificates (NSCs), Public Provident Fund (PPF) and Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP), by 0.2 percentage point for the fourth quarter of the fiscal (January-March).
The interest rate on the one-year time deposit has been lowered to 6.6 percent as compared to 6.8 percent in the October-December quarter, whereas the 2-year time deposit will now fetch a lower interest rate of 6.7 percent from 6.9 percent in the previous quarter.
For small saving schemes, new interest rates (for January-March) are:
Public Provident Fund (PPF) – 7.6% National Savings Certificates (NSCs) – 7.6% Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) – 7.3%
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Senior Citizen s Savings Scheme of five-year period – 8.3% Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana for the girl child – 8.1% Science & Technology India s rendezvous with the red planet continues as its celebrated Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) completes three years in orbit. The country had on 24 September 2014 successfully placed the Mars Orbiter Mission spacecraft in the orbit around the red planet, in its very first attempt, thus breaking into an elite club. NASA astronaut Peggy Whitson, the world s most experienced spacewoman, has returned to Earth after clocking cumulative 665 days in space. The 57-year-old landed after completing 288 days and 4,623 orbits around Earth during her third ISS mission. According to an international team of astronomers used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the Earth-sized planets orbiting the ultracool TRAPPIST-1 dwarf star 40 light-years away may have substantial amounts of water and could be habitable. Scientists from Brown University in the US have created the first map of water trapped in the uppermost layer of the Moon s soil using data from an instrument aboard India s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft. As per a study says that this may prove useful to future lunar explorers. In a bid to boost the health sector, scientists at The University of Manchester have created the world s first molecular robot which can be used to build molecules and also help discover novel drugs. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved for the first time a test -- cobas Zika test -- for detecting the Zika virus in donated blood. According to a large clinical trial in Liberia, two experimental Ebola vaccines — cAd3-EBOZ and rVSV-ZEBOV — are safe and can elicit immune response that lasts for at least one year. After orbitting the Red Planet for 16 years, NASA s Mars Odyssey spacecraft has captured its first images of the Martian moon Phobos. Astronomers have discovered that a Sun-like star - Dubbed Kronos - lurking around 350 light-years away consumed the rocky equivalent of 15 Earths. India s second bid to explore Earth s satellite is likely to start in March 2018. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), is set to start a lunar journey of the Chandrayaan-2 mission as early as March of next year. Technology Giant Google announced the launch of Datally App that will help users understand, control and save on their mobile data. NASA launched a next-generation satellite, called the Joint Polar Satellite System-1, into space designed to monitor weather around the world and help improve forecasts. Astronomers have discovered an Earth-sized planet, named Ross 128 b, outside our solar system which is expected to be temperate and could be a comfortable abode for possible life . The Space Kingdom of Asgardia has launched its first satellite - Asgardia-1. This so-called virtual nation is the pet project of Russian scientist and billionaire Igor Ashurbeyli. The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug Abilify MyCite in the United States with a digital ingestion tracking system. India is all set for the take-off of its maiden mission to the Sun by the year 2019. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chairman AS Kiran Kumar said, Aditya-L1, India s maiden mission to the Sun, will be launched in 2019 .
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India has created history after it successfully flight-tested the world s fastest supersonic cruise missile BrahMos Air Launched Cruise Missile (ALCM) from the Indian Air Forces (IAF) front-line fighter aircraft Sukhoi-30MKI against a sea based target in the Bay of Bengal. It is 2.5 tonne supersonic air-to-surface cruise missile with range of more than 400 km. BrahMos is a joint venture between the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India and NPOM of Russia. Tech giant Google announced the launch of Files Go app that takes a mobile-first approach to freeing up space, finding files faster and easily sharing them with others, even when offline. Tech giant Google announced the launch of Files Go app that takes a mobile-first approach to freeing up space, finding files faster and easily sharing them with others, even when offline. NASA has announced the discovery of an eight planet orbiting Kepler-90, a star comparable to the Sun located 2,545 light-years from the Earth. With eight planets, the Kepler-90 system equals our own system in terms of the number of planets orbiting a single star. Astronomers have yet to detect a system with more than eight planets. Defence News The joint military exercise – Surya Kiran between India and Nepal held in in Rupandehi district, Nepal. The exercise Yudh Abhyas – 2017 between India and USA, will be held from September 14-27 at Joint Base Lewis- McChord in the US. Indian Navy and Sri Lankan Navy on 7 September 2017 began the 2017 Sri Lanka-India Exercise (SLINEX) at Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Indian Naval ship Sukanya reached Belawan port, Indonesia to take part in the 30th edition of CORPAT (Coordinated Patrol) and third Bilateral exercise between the Indian and Indonesian navies. Exercise INDRA-2017, the first ever Tri Services Joint Exercise between Indian and Russian Armed Forces conducted at the 249th Combined Army Range Sergeevisky and in the Sea of Japan near Vladivostok, Russia. Indian and Kazakhstan - 14-day joint exercise ͚Prabal Dostyk 2017͛ from November 2 in Bakloh belt of Himachal Pradesh. Indian and the Bangladeshi armies - an intensive combat exercise ͚Exercise Sampriti͛ at India s Counter-Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School at Vairengte in Mizoram. Indian and Myanmar armies - their maiden joint exercise ͞IMBAX-2017͟ at Umroi Cantonment, about 25 km from Shillong, the state capital of Meghalaya An army training capsule on counter-insurgency/ counter-terrorism operations will be conducted in Patna s Danapur Cantonment from November 13 to December 10. Indo – United Kingdom joint army training exercise ͚Ajeya Warrior 2017͛ will be conducted between the Indian and United Kingdom Army from 01 to 14th December 1-14, 2017 at Mahajan field firing ranges in Rajasthan. Indian Navy Chief Admiral Sunil Lanba visited Bangladesh to participate in the International Multilateral Maritime Search and Rescue Exercise (IMMSAREX), the first ever operational exercise held under the aegis of Indian Ocean Naval Symposium (IONS) in Bangladesh. Defence of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Exercise (DANX) was conducted under the aegis of Andaman & Nicobar Command. Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) conducted Multi State Mega Mock Tsunami Exercise 2017 along the entire East Coast in 31 coastal districts across four states-West Bengal, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu and Puducherry (UT)
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Aiming to strengthen coastal security along the Odisha and West Bengal coastline, the governments of both states will hold a joint security exercise Sagar Kavach in the Bay of Bengal The Union Government announced on 3 November 2017 that an indigenously developed lightweight Glide bomb was successfully tested in Chandipur in Odisha. Indian Navy is likely to go with an advanced catapult-based aircraft launch mechanism (CATOBAR) from the U.S. for its second indigenous aircraft carrier (IAC-II) India successfully test-fired the indigenously-designed and developed long-range subsonic cruise missile Nirbhay from an Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha s Balasore. It failed its last test in December 2015. A 45 member contingent of the Indian Air Force left for Israel to participate in exercise Blue Flag-17 . Blue Flag is a bi-annual multilateral exercise which aims to strengthen military cooperation amongst participating nations. Indian Air Force is participating with the C-130J special operations aircraft along with Garud commandos. The Indian Coast Guard has handed over offshore patrol vessel ICGS Varuna to the Sri Lankan Coast Guard. India has earlier handed over two offshore patrol vessels of the Indian Coast Guard — Varaha in April 2006 and Vigraha in August 2008. ICGS Varuna, named after sea god Varuna, was commissioned in the Indian Coast Guard in February 1988. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) twice successfully flight tested Indias indigenously developed third generation Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) Nag in Rajasthan. Astra, the beyond visual range air-to-air missile, is all set for production and later induction into the armed forces. A multi agency exercise was conducted on the banks of Hussain Sagar Lake as the final event of Pralay Sahayam in Hyderabad. A new interceptor boat V-409 built by Bharati Defence and infrastructure limited was launched at Mangalore. The objective of the boat is to provide coastal security. The Indian Coast Guard has commissioned two high-speed interceptor boats –C-433 and C-434 (built by L&T Shipbuilding) — fitted with a 12.7 mm machine gun at the Dighi Port in Mumbai, in a move that will boost security along the Maharashtra coastline. For the first time in 22 years, India s first ingenuously built INS Kalavari submarine has been handed over to the Indian Navy. INS Tarasa, a Water Jet Fast Attack Craft intended for extended coastal and offshore surveillance and patrolling, has been commissioned into the Indian Navy. China has announced commissioning its first radar-evading J-20 stealth fighter jets into military service, giving its air force an edge in the region. The Chengdu J-20 is China s fourth-generation medium and long-range fighter jet Bangladesh naval ship Somudra Avijan arrived Visakhapatnam on a four-day goodwill visit to the Eastern Naval Command (ENC). On the occasion of its 85th anniversary, the Indian Air Force has launched an innovative mobile health App named `MedWatch in keeping with the Prime Minister s vision of Digital India . Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman commissioned the third of the four indigenously-built Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) stealth corvettes INS Kiltan under Project 28 (Kamorta class) into the Indian Navy at Visakhapatnam s Naval Dockyard. Indian Naval Ships Satpura and Kadmatt will participate in Passage Exercise (PASSEX) with Japanese Marine Self Defence Force. An offshore patrol vessel (OPV) named Vikram , entirely developed in-house by Larsen and Toubro and the country s first-ever such defence craft to be built in a private shipyard, has been handed over to the Coast Guard.
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GOI has armed the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) with ISRO s geostationary communication satellite, GSAT-6, to supervise the nearly 3,500-km-long Sino-Indian border. The Indian Navy has dispatched a P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft to Manila to undertake a Search and Rescue (SAR) for missing sailors of a merchant vessel that sank off the coast of Philippines. The Indian Coast Guard on 29 November 2017 conducted a Regional Level Marine Oil Pollution Response Exercise Clean Sea – 2017 at sea off Port Blair, capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Surface to Air Missile AKASH with indigenous radio frequency seeker against target Banshee has been successfully launched from Chandipur, Odisha. With this success, India has achieved the capability of making any type of Surface to Air Missile. The Indian Coast Guard on 29 November 2017 conducted a Regional Level Marine Oil Pollution Response Exercise Clean Sea – 2017 at sea off Port Blair, capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The Indian Army s Southern Command, conducted exercise Hamesha Vijayee from December 16 till December 22 in the general area of Barmer and Jaisalmer in Rajasthan. The two-week long eighth edition of the Indo-Maldives joint military exercise, Ekuverin , came to an end at Belagavi, Karnataka. Indian Navy conducted the joint naval exercise Naseem-Al-Bahr with the Oman Navy. The exercise is also known as Sea Breeze. The exercise was conducted in Muscat, Oman. The Surface to Air Missile AKASH with indigenous radio frequency seeker against target Banshee has been successfully launched from Chandipur, Odisha. With this success, India has achieved the capability of making any type of Surface to Air Missile. India has successfully test-fired its indigenously developed Advanced Air Defence (AAD) supersonic interceptor missile, capable of destroying any incoming ballistic missile in low altitude, from a test range in Odisha. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG) has commissioned its sixth and final 105M Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV), ICGS Sujay during a ceremony in Goa, on Dec. 20. Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned India s first indigenous Scorpene-class submarine Kalvari into the Navy at Mumbai s Naval Dockyard. The 1,565-tonne INS Kalvari is India s first new diesel-electric submarine in 17 years and will be followed by five other Scorpene submarines u de the ₹ , -crore Project-75 . Named after the first Foxtort-class submarine, INS Kalvari was inducted into the Navy on December 8, 1967. The Pakistan Navy demonstrated its ability to respond to any aggression by conducting a test fire of a cruise missile – Harba Naval Cruise Missile, which is a surface-to-surface anti-ship missile, from its newly commissioned Fast Attack Craft (Missile), PNS Himmat, off Karachi in the North Arabian Sea. Indian Coast Guard Ship C-161 was commissioned at Porbandar in Gujarat. The induction is a part of ongoing efforts by the Coast Guard to strengthen coastal security. Sports News
Tournament Winner Other Info Korea Open (Badminton) PV Sindhu She defeated World Championships gold winner, Japan s Nozomi Okuhara 2nd South Asian Basketball, SABA, India Bangladesh finished second and host Nepal Under – 16 Championship third. South Asian Regional Badminton India Beat Nepal to win the tournament
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Tournament ICC Intercontinental Cup Afghanistan Beat UAE Men s singles in the tennis event of Sumit Nagal Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games held in Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Ashgabat, Turkmenistan Malaysian Squash Tour X event Harinder Pal Sandhu 8th MCC – S R Subramaniam Memorial Sumit Nagal ITF Futures Men s tennis championship 57th National Open Athletics Govindan Lakshmanan Championships (Men s 500-meter race) South Asian Regional Badminton India Beat Nepal to win the tournament Tournament ICC Intercontinental Cup Afghanistan Beat UAE SAFF U15 Women s Championship Bangladesh Beat India World Rapid Chess Championship Viswanathan Anand The Championship held in Saudi Arabia for the first time 61st National Shooting Championships Jitu Rai Held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - Men s 50-metre pistol national title Royal Cup Shiv Kapur Held in Pattaya, Thailand Ranji Trophy Vidarbha Beat Delhi Badminton Junior Nationals (U-17 & Aakarshi Kashyap U-19 singles titles) Commonwealth Wrestling Sakshi Malik Championship (62kg women s freestyle category) Commonwealth Wrestling Sushil Kumar Championships (74kg men s freestyle category) Joburg Open golf tournament Shubhankar Sharma Men s Hockey World League title Australia By beating Argentina. India won Bronze by beating Germany. The tournament was held at the Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Commonwealth Youth weightlifting Konsam Ormila Devi She bagged a gold medal in 44kg weight Championship category. C ship held at Gold Coast, Australia World Cadet Chess Championship in Divya Deshmukh the under-12 category Cadet World Wrestling Championship Sonam Malik She won a gold medal by defeating Japanese Wrestler Sena Nagamoto Belgian Junior Open (Badminton) Vaishnavi Reddy 2017 US Open (tennis) – Men s singles Rafael Nadal (Spain) 2017 US Open (tennis) – Women s Sloane Stephens With she won her 1st Grand Slam. singles (American) 2017 US Open (tennis) – Men s Henri Kontinen Doubles (Finland), John Peers
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(Australia) 2017 US Open (tennis) – Women s Ekaterina Makarova Doubles (Russia), Elena Vesnina (Russia) 2017 US Open (tennis) – Mixed Martina Hingis Doubles (Switzerland) and Jamie Murray (British) Italian Grand Prix Mercedes Lewis Beat Max Verstappen Hamilton Singapore Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton Beat Daniel Ricciardo Hockey Asia Cup title India Defeated Malaysia. Held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. FIFA Under-17 World Cup England Defeated Spain. Tournament held in India. Final at the Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata. The FIFA U-17 World Cup in India became the most attended in the history of the tournament. Pro Kabaddi League title Patna Pirates Beat Gujarat Fortunegiants French Open title – men s singles Kidambi Srikanth It is his 4th title of the year. Earlier - Indonesia Open, Australian Open and Denmark Open. Denmark Open title – men s singles Kidambi Srikanth Bulgarian International Shuttler RMV Gurusaidutt World Open Under-16 Snooker Anupama Held in Russia Championship title Ramachandran U-15 Asian Junior Championship Shuttler Samiya Imad Held in Myanmar Farooqui European Racing Championship Mahaveer Raghunathan He became first Indian to win the race Gold at Wushu World Championships Pooja Kadian India s first ever gold medal at the chanpionship International Shooting Sport Jitu Rai and Heena Sidhu Federation (ISSF) World Cup Final - 10m air pistol mixed team event Macao Open trophy Indian golfer Gaganjeet Bhullar Vietnam Open trophy – men s doubles Saketh Myneni and Vijay Sundar Prashanth Erste Open title – men s doubles Rohan Bopanna and Held in Vienna, Austria Pablo Cuevas 2017 Asian Kabaddi Championships India Both Indian men s and women s kabaddi teams won. Men s team beat Pakistan and women s team beat South Korea to win Ch ship. U-19 Asia Youth Cup trophy Afghanistan Beat Pakistan. Senior National title – women s singles PV Sindhu
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title Senior National title – men s singles H.S. Prannoy title Asian Boxing Championships Mary Kom Held in Vietnam National Women s Trap champion Shagun Chowdhary at the ongoing 61st National Shooting Championship Competition National Men s Trap Shooting title Manavjit Sandhu at the ongoing 61st National Shooting Championship Competition Panasonic Open India (Golf) Shiv Kapur Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Open Aditi Ashok (Golf) Asia Cup Hockey Title (Women) India Beat China ATP Challenger Tour Yuki Bhambri IBSF World Billiards Championship Pankaj Advani Championship held at Doha, Qatar IBSF World Snooker Championship Pankaj Advani Held at Doha, Qatar World Weightlifting Championship Mirabai Chanu She became the first Indian woman in over two decades to clinch gold at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championship Asian Marathon Championship Gopi Thonakal He became the first Indian man to win the Asian Marathon Championship Davis Cup France Beat Belgium The Best FIFA Men s Player award Cristiano Ronaldo The Best FIFA Women s Player award Lieke Martens China Open title (tennis) – men s Rafael Nadal singles China Open (tennis) – women s singles Caroline Garcia From France Mexico Grand Prix Max Verstappen F1 s Malaysian Grand Prix Max Verstappen after beating Lewis Hamilton.
Japanese Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton US Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton Tianjin Open Maria Sharapova Brazilian Grand Prix Sebastian Vettel Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Valtteri Bottas Ballon d Or Cristiano Ronaldo He won the Ballon d Or for a fifth time
Sports The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has approved the revamped Khelo India programme at a cost of Rs.1,756 crore for the period 2017-18 to 2019-20. India will host the 2019 edition of the Commonwealth (Youth, Junior and Senior) Weightlifting Championships. Birmingham has been named as the British government s choice to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games. India becomes 1st visiting country to inflict 5-0 whitewash on Sri Lanka.
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The World Senior Badminton Championship began at Kochi. It is for the first time that India is hosting the Championship. Asia Road Racing Championship started from 22nd September in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. South Asian Championship to be held in Guwahati from December 6-10. Five-time world champion and Olympic bronze medalist MC Mary Kom has become the first Indian to be picked as International Boxing Association s (AIBA) representative for the IOC Athletes Forum, scheduled in November. MS Dhoni has became the first wicketkeeper to have 100 stumpings to his names in one-day international. Dhoni surpassed former Sri Lankan wicket-keeper Kumar Sangakkara, who had 99 stumpings in 404 matches. Indian captain Virat Kohli became the fastest player to score 15,000 runs in international cricket during the one-off T20I against Sri Lanka. The renowned Indian Badminton legend Prakash Padukone has been selected for the first life time award by Badminton Association of India. He has been selected for the award for his contributions to Badminton. The captain of the Indian basketball team, Amritpal Singh scripted history by becoming the first Indian-born player to be picked up by an Australian NBL team. The present Chief Coach of India senior women Hockey Team, Waltherus Norbertus Maria Marijne is appointed as the Chief Coach of Indian Senior Men Hockey Team. Also, Shri Harendra Singh, Dronacharya Awardee, Hockey Coach as High Performance Specialist Coach for Indian Senior Women Hockey Team. FIFA U-17 World Cup song officially launched - Called Kar Ke Dikhla De Goal , the song has been written by lyricist Amitabh Bhattacharya and composed by Pritam. Acting on the recommendations of the Olympic Task Force on preparations for Olympics 2020-2028, the Sports Ministry has announced the setting up of an Empowered Steering Committee (ESC) to look into the same. The task force with members such as Abhinav Bindra and P Gopichand had submitted its interim report focussing on short- term preparations for the 2020 Tokyo Games on May 22. Hockey India has sacked national coach Roelant Oltmans after a string of unimpressive outings at the international level. England s top tier football club Tottenham Hotspur has unveiled the world s first-ever dividing retractable pitch at its new stadium. The retractable grass football pitch will sit on top of an artificial pitch which will be used by American football league NFL Official Slogan and Emblem of FIFA Women s World Cup France 2019. - The slogan of the tournament Dare To Shine reflects the development of football, especially women s football. India remain 4th in women s cricket team rankings The Indian football team rose two spots above to 105th position in the latest FIFA rankings in October 2017. Ravi Shastri has emerged as the world s highest earning cricket coach with salary close to 1.17 million dollars per year, according to ESPNCricinfo. Jeakson Singh Thounaojam created history at Delhi s Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium by scoring India s first goal in a World Cup during India s match against Colombia. Yuvraj Singh has been appointed as Laureus first Indian ambassador. Virat Kohli has become the top run-scorer at the 200 ODI-mark, after taking the field against New Zealand in the first ODI at Mumbai. Virat Kohli became the fastest to reach 9000 ODI runs, taking just 194 innings to achieve the feat
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On October 29, as the ICC Rankings were updated, both the Indian captains Virat Kohli and Mithali Raj came out on top. Kohli overtook South Africa s AB de Villiers in the rankings and Mithali Raj overtook Australia s Meg Lanning. Indian pacer Ashish Nehra confirmed his retirement from all forms of cricket on Nov. 1 Kavita Devi, who was part of the WWE s Mae Young classic tournament, has made history by becoming the first ever woman wrestler from India to be awarded a WWE developmental contract. Netherlands captain Arjen Robben announced retirement from international football. All-rounder Shakib Al Hasan became the first cricketer from Bangladesh to be inducted in the MCC World Cricket Committee under the chairmanship of Mike Gatting. Heena Sidhu clinched the 10-metre air pistol gold medal at the Commonwealth Shooting Championships. In a bid to create awareness about para-sports and provide a platform to para sportspersons to narrate their stories of triumph and adversity,thenationspride.com, the country s first portal dedicated to para-sports has been launched in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Dehradun, Uttarakhand hosted its first ever Ranji Trophy cricket match. Scott Fleming, former India men s national team head coach, has joined NBA India as Head of Basketball Operations. The U-17 World Cup will set a record of sorts as it will see for the first time a female assistant referee in a FIFA men s competition this time. Seven female assistant referees from across the world, one from each continent, have been chosen by FIFA. Switzerland s Esther Staubli became the first female referee to officiate a match at the FIFA U-17 World Cup when Japan clashed with New Caledonia in the final round group E match in Kolkata on 14th October 2017. Official ball for Under-17 football World Cup -- Krasava, a word generally used by Russian sports fans to describe a striking performance and it is the ultimate praise for a team when they play with creativity and flair. 9 top weightlifting countries suspended by the by the International Weightlifting Federation – Russia, China, Kazakhstan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova, Turkey, and Ukraine. Australian fast bowler John Hastings announced his retirement from first-class and one-day cricket Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) has decided to suspend the Pakistan Football Federation. The next cricket season will witness the debut of Puducherry in the domestic circuit after the Supreme Court- appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) acceded to BCCI s proposal of granting associate membership to the Union Territory. Turkey is all set to host the 10th installment of the World Rally Championship (WRC) in September 2018 in Ankara, capital city of Turkey. The Indian football team remained static at 105th in the latest FIFA rankings. India drew with Myanmar 2-2 at home in the AFC Asian Cup qualifiers during this ranking period. Indian ace shuttler Srikanth Kidmabi has risen to the zenith of his career as he established himself as world number 2 in the latest BWF men s singles ratings. Indian women s cricket team captain Mithali Raj bagged the Indian Sportswoman of the Year (Team Sports) award at the Indian Sports Honours (ISH) event. The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) has decided to name the Gate No. 3 and 4 of the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium after the cricketer-turned-commentator , Anjum Chopra.
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Women s Youth World Boxing Championship held in Guwahati. Mary Com is the Ambassador of 2017 AIBA youth women s World boxing championship. Assam s famed one-horned rhino – Guppy – is the official mascot, and Make Some Noise its anthem. Basel, Switzerland will become the first city to jointly host the Badminton and Para Badminton World Championships after it was awarded the 2019 edition of the Para event. The second edition of World Gaming Festival (casino) will be held in Panaji, Goa from November 30 to December 4 Guwahati hosted the World Youth Women s Boxing Championship Mairaj Khan crowned skeet champion at 61st National Shotgun C ship India wrestler Ritu Phogat clinched a silver medal in the 48kg event in the Under-23 Senior World Wrestling Championship at Poland. Geeta Phogat wins gold at All India Police Championship Prakash Nanjappa wins gold at Commonwealth Shooting Championships Virat Kohli - top of the latest ICC Twenty-20 Rankings for Batsmen. Sandeep Tulsi Yadav, who had also failed the dope test last year, has been handed a four-year ban by the Anti- Doping Disciplinary Panel of the NADA. France will host the 2023 Rugby World Cup Spain s Rafael Nadal was presented with ATP World No. 1 award The official mascot of the 2017 AIBA Youth Womens World Boxing Championship is Assams famed one-horned rhino. The official mascot, anointed Guppy, is a female version of Assam s one-horned rhino. The opening ceremony is scheduled to take place on November 19 at the Maulana Mohd. Tayebulla Hockey Stadium. Ankushita Boro, a young girl from Assam, has done India proud after winning The Best Boxer title in World Youth Women s boxing Championship held in Guwahati. The Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) has named a gate of the Feroz Shah Kotla ground after former India opener Virender Sehwag. The Gate No. 2 of the stadium, in Delhi, was named as the Virender Sehwag Gate . Indian fast bowler Jasprit Bumrah became the number one bowler in the latest ICC T20I rankings Player Rankings. Pakistan to host ACC Emerging Nations Cup in April 2018 Hong Kong is set to become the first Asian city to host the Gay Games, after it won the right to host the Games in 2022, beating the likes of Mexico s Guadalajara and Washington DC. 25-time Grand Slam champion Martina Hingis has announced her retirement from professional tennis at the conclusion of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore. Adidas Football has unveiled the Telestar 18 official ball for the 2018 FIFA World Cup to be held in Russia. India s star gymnast Dipa Karmakar has been conferred a D.Litt. degree from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Agartala. M. S. Dhoni inaugurated his first global cricket academy in Dubai, UAE The Competition Commission of India (CCI) imposed fine of Rs 52.24 crore on the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for anti-competitive conduct in the IPL Media Rights agreement. UK s premier Southhall Football Club will jointly set up an international level football academy with Cordia Institutes at its campus at Sanghol in Fatehgarh Sahib district in Punjab. M C Mary Kom and Sushil Kumar resigned as the national observer for Indian boxing.
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Virat Kohli became the fourth fastest Indian batsman to reach the landmark of 5,000 runs in the five-day format on the opening day of the third and final cricket Test against Sri Lanka. Captain Virat Kohli surpassed Brian Lara to set the record for most double centuries scored by a Test captain on the second day of the third and final Test against Sri Lanka in Delhi. Prithvi Shaw named India s captain for U-19 World Cup to be held in 2018 in New Zealand. Visually impaired swimmer Kanchanmala Pande scripted history by becoming the first Indian to win gold at the World Para Swimming Championship, held in Mexico. India will host the Senior Women s World Boxing Championships in 2018 and the Senior Men s World Championships in 2021. Delhi will host India Open boxing tournament from Jan 28, 2018. Melbourne (city in Victoria, Australia) will host Golf World Cup in 2018 Russia has been banned from the 2018 Winter Games by the International Olympic Committee. 2018 Winter Games will be hosted by Pyeongchang County, South Korea. FIFA lifted two-year ban imposed on Kuwait s football federation. M C Mary Kom and Sushil Kumar resigned as the national observer for Indian boxing. India has become the first-ever team to register 300+ totals 100 times in ODIs, after posting 392/4 against Sri Lanka in Mohali. Khelo India, a programme strives to promote Sports for All as well as Sports for Excellence,will be launched at a cost of Rs.1,756 crore. 2018 will be celebrated as Year of Sports. BCCI announced that India will host 81 more home games in the 2019-23 cycle. Virat Kohli became the fourth fastest Indian batsman to reach the landmark of 5,000 runs in the five-day format on the opening day of the third and final cricket Test against Sri Lanka. Captain Virat Kohli surpassed Brian Lara to set the record for most double centuries scored by a Test captain on the second day of the third and final Test against Sri Lanka in Delhi. Rohit Sharma became the first-ever player in ODI history to hit three double hundreds, slamming his third in the Mohali ODI against Sri Lanka. World youth champion Sachin Siwach has been named the Asian Boxing Confederation s best youth boxer of the year. Prithvi Shaw named India s captain for U-19 World Cup to be held in 2018 in New Zealand. BCCI has appointed former India wicketkeeper Saba Karim as General Manager, Cricket Operations. To promote football in India, the Premier League has forged a partnership with Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh. Visually impaired swimmer Kanchanmala Pande scripted history by becoming the first Indian to win gold at the World Para Swimming Championship, held in Mexico. Former AC Milan and Real Madrid midfielder Kaka, who lifted the 2002 World Cup with Brazil, announced his retirement from football. Roger Federer has been voted BBC overseas sports personality of the year for a record fourth time. India captain Mithali Raj was named in the ICC women s ODI team of the year while left-arm spinner Ekta Bisht was the lone cricketer to find a place in the both the ODI and T20 Teams of the year announced by the world body. World No. 2 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan won the women s singles title in Dubai World Badminton Superseries defeating top Indian shuttler PV Sindhu, who had to then settle for silver.
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India s men and women s hockey teams remained in the 6th and 10th positions respectively in the rankings revealed by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). India football team remained stagnant on the 105th position while Germany finished first to be named the Team of the Year in the FIFA rankings released in December 2017. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik inaugurated the Tribal Sports Meet 2017, a first-of-its kind event in the country to promote sports among tribals in Odisha. Patnaik also unveiled the logo of the event and mascot of the meet Olly . India will host the Senior Women s World Boxing Championships in 2018 and the Senior Men s World Championships in 2021. Delhi will host India Open boxing tournament from Jan 28, 2018. Melbourne (city in Victoria, Australia) will host Golf World Cup in 2018. The emblems of the Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, respectively named Winter Dream and Flight, have been unveiled in Beijing, China. England women s cricketers won the Team of the Year award at the BBC Sports Personality show after their 2017 World Cup triumph. Russia has been banned from the 2018 Winter Games by the International Olympic Committee. 2018 Winter Games will be hosted by Pyeongchang County, South Korea. The first ever International Wheelchair Cricket Tournament was organised in Nepal s Kathmandu. The tournament has participation of teams from Nepal, India and Bangladesh. FIFA lifted two-year ban imposed on Kuwait s football federation. Shooting Excluded from 2022 Commonwealth Games going to be hosted by Birmingham, England. Australia won the Ashes for the 33rd time after defeating England. G Sathiyan has surpassed the legendary Sharath Kamal to become India s highest- ranked player in the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rankings, which also have an unprecedented nine players in the top- 100. Shooter Shahzar Rizvi won the Men s 10m Air Pistol Gold at the 61st National Shooting Championship (NSCC), at the Karni Singh Shooting Range in Delhi. Meghalaya signed the Host City Contract with the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for hosting the 39th National Games in 2022.
Indian Sports Honours Sportsman and woman of the year for individual sports – Indian shuttlers Srikanth Kidambi and PV Sindhu respectively Sportsman and woman of the year in the team sports – off-spinner R Ashwin in men s and Mithali Raj respectively Inspirational Honour – Tennis player Sania Mirza Transformational Contribution to Sports award – Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra Team of the Year – The Indian Women s Cricket Team Indian Sports Honours is an initiative partnered by India skipper Virat Kohli and Sanjiv Goenka, in line with their vision to support the development of Indian sports.
National Wrestling Championship Two-time Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar, who was back on mat after the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, won a gold medal in men s 74 kilogram freestyle competition.
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Sakshi Malik and wrestler Geeta Phogat achieved a gold medal each 62kg and 59 kg categories respectively of women s wrestling.
Committees
Head of Purpose Committee Dr. Rajiv Kumar NITI Aayog has constituted an Expert Task Force to provide a major thrust to job creation by enhancing India s exports. It will be headed by NITI Aayog Vice Chairman Dr. Rajiv Kumar. Bhupender Yadav The Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017 has been referred to a Joint Parliamentary Committee of both the Houses, under the Chairpersonship of Shri Bhupender Yadav, M.P for examination and presenting a Report to the Parliament. Sushil Kumar Modi The Union Finance Ministry has constituted Group of Ministers (GoM) to monitor and (Bihar Deputy Chief resolve IT challenges faced in implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST). Minister) Dilip C Chakraborty The RBC (risk-based capital) committee headed by Dilip C Chakraborty in its report to Irdai 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. Bibek Debroy The Economic Advisory Council headed by NITI Aayog member Bibek Debroy will be an independent body for giving advice on economic and related issues to the government, especially to the Prime minister. T.K. Viswanathan The Home Ministry is examining a report submitted by a high-level committee formed to propose new laws or amendments to deal with hate speech on the internet. The committee, headed by T.K. Viswanathan submitted its report to the Union Home Ministry recently. PM Narendra Modi Government of India will commemorate the 150th Birth Anniversary of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi during the period from 2nd October, 2019 to 2nd October, 2020. Rajiv Kumar (NITI For proper management of water resources in the North-Eastern region Aayog Vice Chairman) G Rohini (Delhi High To examine subcategorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) under Article 340 of Court s former Chief the Constitution Justice) Himanta Biswa Sarma To make the composition scheme more attractive and to revisit the goods and services tax rates on restaurants. Sarma is Assam finance minister. Shashi Tharoor A parliamentary committee has decided to examine the whole gamut of Sino-Indian relations, including the border situation. PV Reddi Law ministry nod to panel to look into pay hike issue of lower court judges Afzal Amanullah Committee appointed by the government on Haj Policy has recommended phasing out of subsidy for Haj pilgrims and allowing women devotees above 45 years of age to travel in a group of at least four without a male. Arun Jaitley Panel will oversee merger proposals of state-owned banks. The other members of the panel include Railway and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The constitution of Alternative Mechanism (AM) is a movement in that
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direction. A. Arumughaswamy Panel constituted by Tamil Nadu Government to look into the circumstances leading to the death of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa. Y. M. Deosthalee Panel set up by RBI to develop a comprehensive public credit registry (PCR) — an extensive database of credit information for India that is accessible to all stakeholders. A Surya Prakash Panel formed to select the candidate for the post of editor-in-chief of Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV). Surya is Prasar Bharati Chairman. B C Khanduri Panel to examine the operational preparedness of the armed forces and review the accidents involving strategic defence assets. Yashwant Thorat Maharashtra government has formed a committee to study the feasibility of merging financially weak District Central Cooperative Banks (DCCBs) with the Maharashtra State Cooperative (MSC) Bank Sushil Chandra Multi-Agency Group (MAG) will investigate the Paradise Papers on offshore financial holdings, including a list 714 Indian individuals and entities. M Vinod Kumar Panel has started a review of the laws governing goods and services tax (GST) to remove any glitches. CK Mishra Committee to formulate short and long-term measures to solve the problem of air pollution in the Delhi-NCR region. Nand Kishore Singh He will lead 15th Finance Commission. Commission is formed by the government to recommend on the sharing of revenue between the Centre and states for a five-year period from April 1, 2015 and will go on until March 31, 2020. (This Finance Commission comes under Article 280 of the Constitution.) Arbind Modi A task force under Arbind Modi for redrafting the 50-year old income tax law in sync with the economic needs of the country. Amitabh Kant Panel to address the problem of stressed assets in India s power sector. Kant is NITI Aayog s chief executive. Narendra Singh A 30-member central advisory council is formed by govt., which will play key role in Tomar (Housing and protecting the interest of consumers while advising government on implementation of Urban Affairs the Real Estate Regulation Act (Rera). Minister) Dr. Kirti Bhushan The Delhi government under Dr. Kirti Bhushan set-up a nine-member expert committee to look into the functioning of private hospitals and nursing homes and recommend norms to be followed the clinics, including capping the profit margin on medicines and consumables.
Rankings
Index India’s Other Information Rank Global Retail Development 1st India replaced China at numero uno position Index Highest proportion of 1st According to the Capgemini and LinkedIn survey, India has the digital talent highest proportion of digital talent with 76 percent among the countries surveyed, compared to the global average of 56 percent. Global TB Report 2017 1st India s rank accounting for 64 per cent of the 10.4 million new
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tuberculosis (TB) cases worldwide in 2016. report released by the World Health Organisation (WHO). World s largest 2nd Ist – China smartphone market India overtook USA to become world s second-largest smartphone market Business Optimism index 7 1st – Indonesia Most valuable nation 8th 1st – USA brand According to Brand Finance s Nation Brands 2017 Climate Change 14 The top three rankings are unoccupied. 4th – Sweden Performance Index (CCPI) 2018 Melbourne Mercer Global 28th 1st – Denmark Pension Index 2017 World Economic Forum s 40th Topped by Switzerland (WEF) Global Competitiveness Index IMD World Talent Ranking 51st 1st – Switzerland Most Powerful passports 75th 1st – Singapore. in the World Passport Index developed by global financial advisory firm Arton Capital Ease of Doing Business 100th 1st – New Zealand index Report by World Bank. India has climbed to 4th position in protecting interest of minority investors, as per the latest Ease of Doing Business Report of the World Bank. List is topped by Kazakhstan. Global Hunger Index (GHI), 100 2017 Global Prosperity Index 100 1st – Norway. [It is The Legatum Prosperity Index 2017 ] Kochenov Quality of 101 Topped by Germany Nationality Index (QNI) World Economic Forum s 103 Topped by Norway (WEF) Global Human Capital Index Global Gender Gap index 108 1st – Iceland Index is launched by World Economic Forum India leapt up the global rankings by 12 places to take the 14th spot in terms of best country for expats to live and work in, says a HSBC survey. Topped by Singapore. India is the most corrupt Asian country with 69 per cent bribery rates, according to a report by Transparency International. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that India ranked third among the countries that have faced the most natural disasters in the last half century. The United States experienced the most disasters According to a KPMG (a professional service company) survey, India has emerged as the top country for reporting corporate responsibility information in the annual financial report of companies, but the quality of disclosures has to improve. With 2.51 million deaths in 2015, India has been ranked No. 1 in pollution related deaths, according to a report by The Lancet Commission on pollution and health. 2nd - China The Indian government is the third most trusted government in the world, a survey by the World Economic
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Forum (WEF) has revealed. The list is topped by Switzerland, followed by Indonesia, while India grabs the third spot. Indians second-highest public bingers in the world. 1st – Mexico. Binge Watching means the practice of watching multiple episodes of a television programme in rapid succession, typically by means of DVDs or digital streaming. India tops domestic air passenger traffic in September, China second: International Air Transport Association (IATA) According to the Q3 2017 Salary Budget Planning Report , India s projected salary growth for 2018 stood the highest in the Asia-Pacific region at 10 per cent despite a decreasing year-on-year pattern. According to a report released recently by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), India has slipped from a rating of compliant to an overall rating of largely compliant as regards its meeting international standards for exchange of tax information. Union Agriculture Minister Radhan Mohan Singh announced that India has become the second largest fish producing country in the world. According to a survey of Expedia Vacation Deprivation Report 2017, globally India has been ranked as the 5th most vacation deprived country due to heavy work schedule, with 60 percent respondents corroborating with the view. South Korea stood at number one position. According to the World Migration Report (2018) , published by the International Organisation for Migration, a UN agency, the Indian diaspora is the world s largest, with slightly more than 15.6 million Indians residing overseas. After India, Mexico has the second largest diaspora.
Rankings (Persons,Cities,Organisations and Others)
In the race to go digital, businesses judge India s Silicon Valley — Bangalore — the best host among 45 cities worldwide. San Francisco came in second followed by two other Indian cities — Mumbai and New Delhi. The posh Khan Market in South Delhi has been ranked as the 24th most expensive retail location in the world. The top spot on the list was bagged by Upper 5th Avenue in New York, followed by Causeway Bay in Hong Kong. Tata Consultancy Services, a leading IT services, consulting and business solutions organisation, has been recognised in Fortune s annual list of the Top 50 companies that are changing the world. mKrishi developed by TCS got 30th rank. JPMorgan Chase topped the list. New Delhi s Connaught Place has been ranked as the tenth most expensive office market in the world, as revealed by the CBRE South Asia s Global Prime Office Rents survey. Hong Kong s Central Markettopped the survey ranking. Apple topped the list of the world s 100 most valuable brands, according to rankings by consultancy group Interbrand. Apple is followed by Google. Reliance Industries Ltd has jumped five places to rank as the world s third-biggest energy company behind Russian gas firm Gazrpom and German utility E.ON, according to Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings. Three Indian entrepreneurial legends, Ratan Tata, Lakshmi Mittal and Vinod Khosla have been included in Forbes s special list of the world s 100 Greatest Living Business Minds . Patanjali Ayurved CEO Acharya Balkrishna has been named among India s top 10 richest people for the first time in Hurun Rich List 2017, with a wealth of ₹70,000 crore. Mukesh Ambani retains the richest Indian title for the sixth year. Forbes – Priyanka Chopra is eighth highest paid TV actress, Sofia Vergara tops the list
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Google, Bharat Heavy Electricals and State Bank of India have been named as the top three best places to work in India by leading global job site Indeed. Bengaluru is the world s most affordable technology hub, according to a study conducted by a realty consultancy firm. London has retained its rank as the number one city in the world shrugging off Brexit worries, according to Global Power City Index (GPCI). Japanese capital city Tokyo has topped The Economist Intelligence Unit s Safe Cities Index 2017. Delhi and Mumbai have ranked 43rd and 45th respectively. The Jaipur and Srinagar Airport got First and Second rank respectively in the category of 2-5 million passengers in ACI-ASQ Survey. Hyderabad s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) has bagged the World 1 airport Award trophy of the Airports Council International (ACI) in the 5-15 million passengers per annum category. As per the report titled, Office Space Across the World 2017 , Delhi-NCR ranks at 84th position in the list of most e pe si e offi e lo atio s glo all . With e tal alues al ost as high as ₹ pe s ua e feet pe o th, Delhi a d NCR is the most expensive office location in the country followed by Bandra-Kurla Complex (BKC) in Mumbai. Loans from Banks
From To Amount Purpose Asian IndusInd USD 200 The seven-year senior loan will go toward IndusInd Bank s Development Bank million microfinance activities. The loan specially will be used to serve Bank (ADB) (about Rs low income women borrowers in rural areas 1,282 crore) ADB Reliance $583 million The loan is given to develop the Reliance Bangladesh Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Power Project ADB India $346 million To fund highway upgradation project in Karnataka. ADB West Bengal $300 million To continue a comprehensive series of fiscal reforms in West Bengal to bring about more accessible, affordable, and high quality public services ADB India $4 billion ADB has extended the lending to support the country to accelerate inclusive economic transformation ADB Himachal USD 80 For modernisation of Himachal Pradesh s technical and Pradesh million vocational education and training (TVET) institution (about Rs 524 crore) ADB India $20 billion Asian Development Bank (ADB) will raise annual funding to India to up to $4 billion from existing $2.7 billion, from next year. Period - 2018-22. So totaling to $20 billion ADB India $500 million Loan to improve rural road connectivity in five states – Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and West Bengal. ADB Reliance $583 million The loan is given to develop the Reliance Bangladesh Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and Power Project ADB India $346 million To fund highway upgradation project in Karnataka. NABARD Andhra Rs. 273.06 Loan under Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF) for
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Pradesh crore Rural Water supply, Road and Bridge projects. Govt. World Bank India $119 Million For the Odisha Higher Education Programme for Excellence & Equity (OHEPEE) Project was signed with the World Bank. World Bank India $200 million For the Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project World Bank India $40 million The loan amount is for U.P. Pro-Poor Tourism Development Project . World Bank India $318 million The loan amount is for the Tamil Nadu Irrigated Agriculture Modernization Project to promote climate resilient agriculture technologies, improve water management practices, and increase market opportunities for small and marginal farmers. World Bank India $125 million Credit is for the Skills Strengthening for Industrial Value Enhancement Operation (STRIVE) Project World Bank India $250 million Loan amount is for the Skills Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) Project AIIB (Asian India USD 2 million For various projects in Andhra Pradesh. Projects for roads and Infrastructure loan (Rs. buildings department, for rural safe drinking water department, Investment 13,000 municipal and urban development department and Panchayat Bank) crores) Raj department AIIB India $335 million The loan is to finance a 100-per cent electric metro rail project - Bangalore Metro Rail Project?Reach 6 (R6) - in Bangalore. Asian India $ 65.5 million To continue interventions to check coastal erosion on the Development western coast in Karnataka. Bank (ADB) ADB India USD 300 To continue a series of fiscal reforms in the State of West Bengal million to improve the quality of public service delivery. AIIB and ADB India USD 100 To improve power transmission network and expand the use of million solar and wind energy Brics New India and $400 million Loans will be used to rehabilitate the Indira Gandhi canal system Development Russia in India and to build a toll transport corridor connecting Ufa city Bank (NDB) centre to the M-5 federal highway in Russia European India € Eu o For Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase II Line R6 Investment million Bank (EIB) India Bangladesh USD 4.5- For developing Bangladesh s infrastructure, health and billion education. India Ethiopia India would give Ethiopia a line of credit of USD 195 million for power transmission sector and medicines worth USD 2 million. India Sri Lanka USD 585,000 The assistance package was given to develop agriculture as well as engineering faculty on the Killinochchi campus of University of Jaffna, Sri Lanka. NABARD Odisha Rs 372.51 Assuistance under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund crore (RIDF) towards irrigation and rural bridge projects for the last quarter of this fiscal. State-run State Bank of India (SBI) has announced the sanction of loans worth Rs 2,317 crore in collaboration with the World Bank to finance grid-connected solar rooftop projects in the country. SBI had availed line of credit
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facilities worth $625 million from World Bank for onward lending to viable solar rooftop projects last year. So far, the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) mega-project was being developed only with the Indian government s financial assistance. Now a $4.5 billion soft loan from Japan International Cooperation Agency will be used to boost $100 bn Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor project. The union government and the World Bank signed a guarantee agreement for USD 98 million and grant agreement for USD 2 million for the Shared Infrastructure for Solar Parks Project. A Loan agreement and a Guarantee agreement for providing additional funding of Euro 20 million was signed between India and Germany for the project Pare Hydroelectric Plant (in Arunachal Pradesh) under Indo-German Bilateral Development Cooperation.
Deadlines/ Important Dates
What for Deadline/Date First phase of the national optic fibre network, christened Bharat Net project - December, 2017 which aims to deploy high-speed optical fibre cables across rural areas Deadline for sale of pre-GST goods with stickers of revised rates. Earlier it was December 31, 2017 September 30. RBI has asked banks to provide doorstep banking facilities to senior citizens of December 31, 2017 more than 70 years of age and differently-abled persons by Indian Railways has decided to install Aadhaar-based biometric attendance system January 31, 2018 across its zones and divisions by Aadhaar and mobile number must be linked by February 6, 2018 Deadline fixed for mandatory linking of Aadhaar with various schemes, including March 31, 2018 one s bank accounts. In an eco-friendly measure to cut power consumption, the Indian Railways has March 31, 2018 planned to make all stations cent per cent LED lit by Deadline to paste price stickers on unsold packaged products to reflect new MRP March 2018 (earlier it was post GST December 2017) Roll out of BS-VI fuel in the national capital (Earlier the deadline was April 1, 2020) April 2018 Target of 100 per cent completion of installing bio-toilets in the Indian Railways December 2018 coaches (Earlier the deadline was September 2019) To meet affordable housing targets, the Centre has extended the benefits of the March 2019 interest subsidy scheme on home loans under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana or PMAY (Urban). Earlier it was till December 2017 Completion of the work of installing bio-toilets in all passenger trains By March 2019 Seaplanes to Link Small Towns (The government is speeding up the process to before the 2019 general frame norms for the mode of transport, and has decided to allow them under the elections regional connectivity scheme.) NBCC to redevelop 10 railway stations with amenities similar to airports 2020
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Books
Book Author Other Info How India Sees the World: Kautilya Shyam Saran He is Former Foreign Secretary to the 21st Century 100 things every professional The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) issued cricketer must know players handbook that covers several issues from money managing to managing emotions. The book is also in line with Lodha recommendations. Hit Refresh Satya Nadella He is India-born Microsoft CEO Unstoppable: My Life So Far Maria Sharapova She is Russian tennis player A to Z of Financial Management in Dr. Rajat The book is book on financial management. Autonomous Institutions Bhargava and Deenanath Pathak A journey towards self-reliance First ever coffee table book on Department of Defence Production (DDP) e-book titled India 2017 Yearbook Rajiv Mehrishi Mehrishi is Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) and former Union home secretary Dreamnation: Uniting a Country Saji Mathew and Book contains inspiring words of Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam with Handwritten Dreams Jubie John Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Ram Kamal It is Biography of Hema Malini. It also contains a short Girl Mukherjee foreword written by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Two (Novel) Gulzar Veteran lyricist Gulzar has come out with his debut novel titled Two in English which examines the status of refugees after the Partition. Bollywood: The Films! The Songs! Co-authored by It is a coffee table book, which provides historical The Stars! S.M.M. Ausaja, insights, lesser-known facts and behind-the-scene Karan Bali, Rajesh exclusives of the most iconic movies made in the history Devraj and Tanul of the Indian film industry. Thakur Veteran lyricist Gulzar has come out with his debut novel titled Two in English which examines the status of refugees after the Partition. Trivendra Ek Zindaginama – Nandan Singh It is a biography of Uttarakhand s Chief Minister Khairasain ka Sooraj Bisht Trivendra Singh Rawat The Way I See It — a Gauri Lankesh Edited by writer It is a book containing selected writings by late Reader and sociologist journalist Gauri Lankesh who was shot dead by some Chandan Gowda unidentified men some time ago.
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Obituaries
Name Profession Other Info Shashi Kapoor Veteran Bollywood actor Veteran Bollywood actor and the romantic screen icon of the 70s and early 80s, Shashi Kapoor who immortalised the line Mere Paas Maa Hai , died this evening after prolonged illness. Adarsh Sen Anand Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Purabi Mukhopadhyay Rabindrasangeet singer Adithyan South Indian music director Ja Ra Sundaresan Tamil journalist and humourist Sukharanjan Sengupta Journalist KS Chugh Doctor He is known as the father of nephrology in India. He was a recipient of several national and international awards, including the Padma Shri, the fourth-highest civilian award, in 2000. P.P. Antony Former national women s hockey coach Shirish Pai Poet Marathi poet and activist Arun Sadhu Journalist journalist and Renowned Marathi writer Shakila Actress Bollywood actress Tom Alter Actor Padma Shri awardee and veteran film, television and theatre actor, director and writer R N Sudarshan Actor South Indian Dwijen Bandyopadhyay Actor Bengali Abdul Majid Actor An icon of the Assamese film industry, an eminent actor, Director and writer P P Rao Senior Advocate He was a constitutional law expert Gauri Lankesh Journalist Sultan Ahmed Politician Former Union minister and sitting Trinamool Congress MP Jomde Kena Politician Arunachal Pradesh Health and Family Welfare Minister Syed Mustafiz Politician Former Odisha health minister M L Fotedar Politician He was a veteran Congress leader who was a close confidante of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandh Kiyanilie Peseyie Politician Former Speaker of the Nagaland Assembly and sitting MLA Alwar Mahant Politician He was Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP from Chandnath Rajasthan s Alwar K.R Aravindakshan Politician He was Communist Party Marxist State General Secretary Prabhakarpant Ojharkar Politician
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Purushottam Lal Politician Former Minister for Information and Broadcasting Niharendu Mallick Player Indian shuttler Justice V Khalid Judge Former Supreme Court judge and eminent jurist Justice Bhagwati Prasad Chief Justice Former chief justice of the Jharkhand High Court Abdul Mannan Hossain Politician Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi Politician He was former Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting. Virendra Sanghi Journalist Jagdish Mohan Hindustani vocalist Kunwar Narain Hindi poet Ashok Khal Veteran cyclist Amritsar Govindsingh Cricketer Milkha Singh Sreerupa Bose Cricketer Former India women s cricket team coach and (Mukherjee) batswoman Manu Sharma Hindi Author Biju Phukan Assam Actor Vettoor Purushan Malayalam actor Abi Malayalam actor and mimicry artist Thodupuzha Vasanthi Malayalam TV and film actress Rita Koiral Bengali actress Mangi Bai Arya Rajasthani Maand folk singer K S Achyutan Former Director of Doordarshan Dr MV Sridhar Ex-BCCI general manager Bismoy Kumar Mohanty Journalist RM Bhagawati Journalist veteran Guwahati-based journalist and editor of Dainik Asam, oldest Assamese daily newspaper HM Marathe Marathi writer and journalist Punathil Kunjabdulla Writer Hugely popular writer and novelist Punyaslok Dasgupta Poet Shamsher Khan Swimmer He was the first swimmer to represent India in Olympics Girija Devi Singer Thumri exponent and veteran classical singer Kundan Shah Director Lekh Tandon Filmmaker I.V. Sasi Director Acclaimed Malayalam film director Ram Mukherjee Director and screenwriter Indian film director and screenwriter in Hindi and Bengali cinema and father of Bollywood star Rani Mukerji. Satish Chandra Historian Veteran historian of medieval India and noted
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educational administrator Radha Vishwanathan Carnatic vocalist Anwar Jalapuri Urdu Poet Ananta Ojha Odiya jatra actor, director Vladimir Yankilevsky Russian painter Chaudhary Prem Singh Politician Banwari Lal Joshi Delhi s former Lt Governor Ashok Mattoo Sports Administrator He headed the national boxing and hockey federations at different times Lalji Singh Scientist He is called the Father of DNA finger printing in India M V Pylee Educationist Neeraj Vora Actor-director Shashi Kapoor Bollywood actor Veteran Bollywood actor and the romantic screen icon of the 70s and early 80s, Shashi Kapoor who immortalised the line Mere Paas Maa Hai , died this evening after prolonged illness. Partha Mukhopadhyay Bengali Actor Jatileswar Bengali Singer Mukhopadhyay Rabisankar Bal Journalist and Bengali author Adarsh Sen Anand Former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Purabi Mukhopadhyay Rabindrasangeet singer Adithyan South Indian music director Ja Ra Sundaresan Tamil journalist and humourist Sukharanjan Sengupta Journalist Daljit Singh Doctor (Ophthalmologist) He was a surgeon, teacher, researcher, activist, poet and later even a politician. Fats Domino (Antoine Pianist American. Legendary rhythm and blues pianist and Dominique Domino Jr.) singer-songwriter and rock and roll pioneer William J. Lombardy Chess Player American Choirul Huda Footballer Veteran Indonesian goalkeeper Ralphie May Comedian American Richard Wilbur Poet American Roy Dotrice Actor British Harry Dean Stanton Actor American Frank Vincent Actor American Richard Anderson Actor American Walter Becker Guitarist He was America s legendary guitarist, bassist and co- writer for the sophisticated, dark-humored band Steely Dan Charles Bradley Singer American John Ashbery Poet American
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Kirti Nidhi Bista Former Prime Minister of Nepal Dina Wadia She was Mohammad Ali Jinnah s Daughter Mansur bin Muqrin Saudi Prince Sue Grafton American Author She was author and creator of the Alphabet Series of mystery novels. Robbie Malinga Musician He was a legendary South African musician.
Arjan Singh, pride Marshal of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and India͛s oldest, five-star ranked air force officer has passed away.
Arjan Singh was the only officer of the IAF to be given a distinction equal to that of a Field Marshal. In 2016, the IAF named its Panagarh (West Bengal) air base after Arjan Singh on the occasion of his 97th birth anniversary. The Panagarh base would be called Air Force Station Arjan Singh. He was the only living officer to have a base named after him
Nobel Prize Winners
Award Winner For What 2017 Nobel Prize in Americans Jeffrey C. Hall, for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms Physiology or Medicine Michael Rosbash and Michael controlling the circadian rhythm . W. Young 2017 Nobel physics prize Americans Rainer Weiss, Barry for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne the observation of gravitational waves . 2016 Nobel Prize in Swiss Jacques Dubochet, for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high- Chemistry German Joachim Frank and resolution structure determination of biomolecules in British Richard Henderson solution . 2017 Nobel Peace Prize International Campaign to for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic Abolish Nuclear Weapons humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear (ICAN) headquartered in weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to Geneva, Switzerland achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons . 2017 The Sveriges Riksbank American Richard H. Thaler for his contributions to behavioural economics . Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2017 Nobel Prize in British novelist Kazuo Ishiguro who, in novels of great emotional force, has Literature uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world .
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Important Days
December 2017
Date Day Extra Info 1 December World AIDS Day Theme: Right to health 2 December International Day for the Abolition of Slavery 2 December World Computer Literacy Day 3 December International Day of Persons Theme: Transformation towards sustainable with Disabilities and resilient society for all 4 December Indian Navy Day 5 December World Soil Day Theme: Caring for the planet starts from the ground 5 December International Volunteer Day for Theme: Volunteers Act First. Here. Economic and Social Everywhere. Development 7 December International Civil Aviation Day Theme: Working Together to Ensure No country is Left Behind 7 December Indian Armed Force Flag Day 9 December International Anti-Corruption Theme: United against corruption for Day development, peace and security 10 December Human Rights Day 11 December International Mountain Day Theme: Mountain Under Pressure: climate, hunger, migration 12 December Universal Health Coverage Day 12 December International Day of Neutrality 14 December National Energy Conversation Day 16 December Vijay Diwas 18 December International Migrants Day Theme: Safe Migration in a World on the Move 18 December National Minority Rights Day 20 December International Human Solidarity Day 22 December National Mathematics Day The day is observed to mark the birth anniversary of famed Indian Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. 23 December Kisan Diwas/Farmers Day 24 December National Consumer Day 25 December Good Governance Day The day is observed to mark the birth anniversary of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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January
Date Day 4 January World Braille Day 9 January NRI Day/ Pravasi Bhartiya Divas 10 January World Hindi Day 12 January National Youth Day 15 January Indian Army Day 24 January National Girl Child Day 25 January National Voters Day 27 January International Holocaust Remembrance Day 29 January World Leprosy Day 30 January Shaheed Diwas 31 January Raising Day of National Disaster Response Force(NDRF)
Febrauary
Date Day 2 February World Wetlands Day 4 February World Cancer Day 6 February International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation 10 February National Deworming Day 11 February International Day of Women and Girls in Science 13 February World Radio Day 20 February World Day of Social Justice 21 February International Mother Language Day 24 February Central Excise Day 27 February 2017 86th death anniversary of Chandra Shekhar Azad 28 February National Science Day
Union Budget Highlights
Agenda of Union Budget 2017-18 : TEC India (Transform, Energize, Clean) Three Changes in Union Budget 2017-18: (i) Date- Presented on 1 February instead of last working day of February (ii) Merger of General Budget and Railway Budget (iii) Removal of Planned & Non-Planned Expenditure
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Funds Allocated The total Budget expenditure allocated for 2017-18 is Rs. 21.47 lakh crores. Target of agriculture credit fixed at Rs 10 lakh cr in 2017-18 Income tax rate reduced from 10% to 5% for tax slab of Rs 250,000 to Rs 500,000. Total allocation for rural, agriculture and allied sectors- Rs 1,87,223 crore Allocation under MNREGA- Rs.48,000 crore Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion programme (SANKALP) will be launched in 2017- 18 with an outlay of Rs. 4,000 crore to provide market relevant training to 3.5 crore youth. Mahila Shakti Kendra to be set up at village level with an allocation of Rs. 500 crores Under Maternity Benefit Scheme Rs. 6,000 will be transferred directly to the bank accounts of pregnant women NABARD fund will be increased to Rs. 40,000 crore. A sum of Rs. 10 lakh crore is allocated as credit to farmers, with 60 days interest waiver. Irrigation corpus increased from Rs 20,000 crore to Rs 40,000 crore. Govt to set up dairy processing fund of Rs 8,000 crore over three years with initial corpus of Rs 2,000 crore Dedicated micro-irrigation fund to be created with a corpus of Rs 5000 crore The allocation for rural agri and allied sector in 2017-18 is record Rs 1,81,223 crore. More funds beyond Rs 10,000 cr for recapitalisation of banks will be provided if needed Govt doubles distribution target under Mudra Yojana to Rs 2.44 lakh crore for 2017-18 National Housing Bank will refinance indiviual loans worth Rs 20,000 crore in 2017-18 To construct one crore houses by 2019 for homeless, PM Awas Yojana allocation raised from Rs 15,000 cr to Rs 23,000 cr. 27,000 cr on to be spend on PM Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY); 1 cr houses to be completed by 2017-18 for houseless. Rs 500 cr allocated to set up Mahila Shakti Kendras; Allocation raised from Rs 1.56 lakh cr to Rs 1.84 lakh cr for women & child welfare. For transport sector, including railways, road and shipping, government provides Rs 2.41 lakh crore Allocation of Rs 10,000 cr for Bharat Net project for providing high-speed broadband in FY18 Allocation for national highways stepped up to Rs 64,000 cr from Rs 57,676 cr Sports Ministry got a total of Rs 1943 crore in contrast to Rs 1592 crore earmarked last year, thus increasing the budget for sport by 40%. Rs 1,840.77 crore allocated to tourism ministry. Allocation under MNREGA increased to 48,000 crore from Rs 38,500 crore. This is highest ever allocation.
Infrastructure and Railway A total allocation of Rs. 39,61,354 crore has been made for infrastructure. Total allocation for Railways is Rs. 1,31,000 crore. No service charge on tickets booked through IRCTC. Raksha coach with a corpus of Rs. 1 lakh crore for five years (railway safety fund for passenger safety). Unmanned level crossings will be eliminated by 2020. 3,500 km of railway lines to be commissioned this year up from 2,800 km last year. SMS-based clean my coach service is put in place. No service charge will be levied on tickets booked through the IRCTC website from April 1. Coach mitra facility will be introduced to register all coach related complaints. By 2019 all trains will have bio-toilets. Rs. 64,000 crore allocated for highways. Study more about Union Budget 2017-18 using our Union Budget 2017-18 Questions and Answers PDF containing 101 Questions with Answer. Click Here to download.
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Important Government Schemes
Public Provident Fund(PPF) Scheme [Interest Rate- Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) [Interest Rate-7.5%] 7.8%] Introduction : KVP scheme is a saving scheme in which a Introduction : It is a long term investment scheme backed person can buy KVP certificates(available in denominations by Government of India and returns in this scheme are fully of Rs 1,000, 5000, 10,000 and Rs 50,000) and the amount exempted from Tax. Introduced in the year 1968. doubles after maturity period. Who can open the account : Resident Indian Individuals and It was introduced in 1988, then discontinued in 2011 and individuals on behalf of minors. then again introduced in 2014 with some minor changes. Interest Rate : 7.8% (compounded yearly) The amount deposited in this scheme is used for welfare of Minimum Amount for opening : Rs. 100/- farmers. Minimum Deposit :Rs. 500/- in a financial year Who can open the account : Resident Indian Individuals and Maximum Deposit : Rs. 1,50,000/- in a financial year individuals on behalf of minors. Maturity : 15 years (can be extended in blocks of 5 years) Interest Rate : 7.5%(annually) Premature closure : Not Allowed before 15 years Minimum Deposit : Rs. 1000/- Important points Maximum Deposit : No limit A PPF subscriber can take loan against the PPF Maturity : 115 months(amount becomes double) account between the 3rd and 6th financial year of Important points opening of account. No income tax benefit is available under the Partial withdrawal is permissible after 7th financial scheme. year from the year of opening of account. Certificate can be encashed after 2 & 1/2 years from Interest is tax-free the date of issue.(Premature withdrawal)
Senior Citizen Savings Scheme (SCSS) [Interest Rate- Sukanya Samriddhi Accounts [Interest Rate-8.3%] 8.3%] Introduction : It is a saving scheme for girl child introduced Introduction : It is a saving scheme for senior citizen. by government of India in 2015. Introduced in the year 2004. It is only a one time deposit Who can open the account : (i)A legal Guardian/Natural saving scheme(in multiples of Rs 1000) Guardian can open account in the name of Girl Child from Who can open the account : (i)An individual of the Age of the birth of the girl child till she attains the age of 10 years 60 years or more (ii) In a family a maximum of 2 girl child can have this (ii) An individual of the age of 55 years or more but less than account. 60 years who has retired on superannuation or under VRS Interest Rate : 8.3%(annually) can also open account subject to the condition that the Minimum Deposit : Rs. 1000/- in a financial year account is opened within one month of receipt of Maximum Deposit : Rs. 1,50,000/- in a financial year retirement benefits and amount should not exceed the Maturity : (i)After the girl attains the age of 21 years amount of retirement benefits. (ii) After the girl attains 18 years provided she is married. Interest Rate : 8.3%(compounded quarterly) Important points Minimum Deposit : Rs. 1000 Deposits in an account can be made till completion Maximum Deposit : Rs 15 lakh of 14 years, from the date of opening of the Maturity : 5 years (can be extended by 3 years after account. maturity) Investment in Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana scheme is Important points exempted from Income Tax under section 80C. Interest is taxable Partial withdrawal facility available after attaining Premature closure of account is allowed after 1 year 18 years of age. of opening the account but with penalty. There is no limit on the number of deposits made in A person can open any number of accounts in any a financial year. Deposits should be in multiple of Rs post office subject to maximum investment limit by 100/- . adding balance in all accounts.
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National Savings Certificates (NSC) Scheme [Interest Scope of Coverage: All savings bank account Rate-7.8%] holders in the age of 18-50 years Introduction : It is a saving scheme introduced by Benefits: Rs 2 lakh government of India in 1950s and subscriber can buy these Premium: Rs 330 per annum certificates from Post Office Maturity/Termination: On attaining age 55 years Who can open the account : Any Indian Resident Interest Rate : 7.8%(compounded half yearly but paid at Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) maturity) PMJDY is a financial inclusion mission to ensure Minimum Deposit : Rs. 100/- banking service to everyone ina affordable manner. Maximum Deposit : No Limit In this Basic Savings Bank Deposit Account (BSBDA) Maturity : 5 years can be opened in which there is no requirement of Important points minimum balance. Available in denomination of Rs 100, Rs 500, Rs Any individual above the age of 10 years can open 1,000, Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000. BSBDA account. Tax deduction under Section 80C, up to INR 1 Lakh a Accidental insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh year Life Insurance cover of Rs 30,000 Overdraft facility of Rs 5,000 Atal Pension Yojana(APY) Standup India – Loan from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 100 lakh for 7 APY is a guaranteed pension Scheme of GOI and is years administered by PFRDA. Pension between Rs 1,000 and Rs 5,000 a month Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana- Premium Joining age between 19 and 40 years Kharif Crops – 2% Rabi Crops- 1.5% Pradhan Mantri Surakhsa Beema Yojana (PMSBY) Horticulture Crops – 5% PMSBY is a Accidental Insurance Scheme offereing Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana accidental death and disability covers for death or Micro Units Development & Refinance Agency Ltd. disability on account of an accident. It is (MUDRA) is a new institution set up by Government of India administered by Public Sector General Insurance to provide funding to the non-corporate, non-farm sector companies income generating activities of micro and small enterprises Scope of Coverage: All saving bank account holders hose edit eeds a e elo ₹ Lakh. between the age 18-70 years Under the aegis of Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana (PMMY), Benefits: Death- Rs 2 lakh MUDRA has created three products i.e. 'Shishu', 'Kishore' Total and irrecoverable loss of both organ- and Tarun as per the stage of growth and funding needs of Rs 2 lakh the beneficiary micro unit. These schemes cover loan Total and irrecoverable loss of one organ- amounts as below: Rs 1 lakh Shishu: o e i g loa s up to ₹ , Premium: Rs 12 per annum Kishore: o e i g loa s a o e ₹ , a d up to Maturity/Termination: On attaning age 70 years ₹ , , Tarun: o e i g loa s a o e ₹ , , a d up to Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) ₹ , , PMJJBY is an insurance scheme offereing life insurance for death due to any reason. Administered by LIC.
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Demonetisation in India
Till now demonetisation of bank notes has been taken 3 times in India of which 2 came after Independance.
S.No Date and Year Notes Demonitised Then Prime Minister Then RBI Governor First time 12 January 1946 Rs 500, Rs 1,000 and - (India was ruled by C. D. Deshmukh Rs 10,000 Britain) Second Time 16 January 1978 Rs 1,000, Rs 5,000 and Morarji Desai I. G. Patel Rs 10,000 Third Time 9 November 2017 Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 Narendra Modi Urjit Patel
RBI can withdraw the legal tender character of bank notes as per Section 26(2) of RBI Act, 1934
Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act 2017
For non- resident Indians (Indian passport holders), the grace period to deposit SBN is till June 30, 2017. Maximum Rs 25,000. This facility will not be available for Indian citizens resident in Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The grace period for resident Indians expired on March 31, 2017. After the expiry of grace period, holding of not more than 10 notes in total, irrespective of denomination or not more than 25 notes for the purpose of study/ research/ numismatics is permitted. It may result into fine which may extend upto 10,000 INR or five times the face value of the SBNs involved in the contravention, whichever is higher.
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